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Yang JS, Zhao YJ, Li XM, Dong XY, Si YB, Xiao LY, Hu JH, Yu Z, Zang SQ. Staggered Assembly of a Dimeric Au 13 Cluster: Impacts on Coupling of Geometric Isomerism. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318030. [PMID: 38308534 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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The specific states of aggregation of metal atoms in sub-nanometer-sized gold clusters are related to the different quantum confinement volumes of electrons, leading to novel optical and electronic properties. These volumes can be tuned by changing the relative positions of the gold atoms to generate isomers. Studying the isomeric gold core and the electron coupling between the basic units is fundamentally important for nanoelectronic devices and luminescence; however, appropriate cases are lacking. In this study, the structure of the first staggered di-superatomic Au25 -S was solved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The optical properties of Au25 -S were studied by comparing with eclipsed Au25 -E. From Au25 -E to Au25 -S, changes in the electronic structures occurred, resulting in significantly different optical absorptions originating from the coupling between the two Au13 modules. Au25 -S shows a longer electron decay lifetime of 307.7 ps before populating the lowest triplet emissive state, compared to 1.29 ps for Au25 -E. The experimental and theoretical results show that variations in the geometric isomerism lead to distinct photophysical processes owing to isomerism-dependent electronic coupling. This study offers new insights into the connection between the geometric isomerism of nanosized building blocks and the optical properties of their assemblies, opening new possibilities for constructing function-specific nanomaterials.
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- Jin-Sen Yang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 454000, Jiaozuo, China
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, 454000, Jiaozuo, China
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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Cai XJ, Hu JH. [Minimally invasive liver surgery:progress in the last decade and evolving trends]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 2023; 62:6-9. [PMID: 38044600 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112139-20231107-00217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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With the promotion and popularity of minimally invasive surgery and instruments,minimally invasive technologies have been widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease. In the past decade,with the development of relevant instruments,improvement of skills,and perfection of theories,the concept of individualized minimal invasion and precision has been popularized. Minimally invasive liver surgery is moving toward the goal of innovation-driven high-quality development.
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- X J Cai
- Department of General Surgery,Sir Run-Run Shaw Hospital,School of Medicine,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310016,China
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- Department of General Surgery,Sir Run-Run Shaw Hospital,School of Medicine,Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310016,China
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Ma XH, Si Y, Hu JH, Dong XY, Xie G, Pan F, Wei YL, Zang SQ, Zhao Y. High-Efficiency Pure Blue Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence from Chiral N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Stabilized Copper(I) Clusters. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:25874-25886. [PMID: 37963217 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) materials have attracted considerable attention for their promising applications in encryption, chiral sensing, and three-dimensional (3D) displays. However, the preparation of high-efficiency, pure blue CPL materials remains challenging. In this study, we reported an enantiomeric pair of triangle copper(I) clusters (R/S-Cu3) rigidified by employing chiral N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands with two pyridine-functionalized wingtips. These chiral clusters emitted pure blue phosphorescence that overlapped with that of the commercial blue phosphor having Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates of (0.14, 0.10), and the films exhibited an unprecedented photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) of ∼70.0%. Additionally, the solutions showed very bright circularly polarized phosphorescence (CPP) with a dissymmetry factor of ±2.1 × 10-3. The excellent solubility and photostability endowed these pure-blue-emitting chiral clusters with promising applications as pure blue CPP inks for 3D printing white objects, such as precise-atomic-enlarged models of metal clusters and a lovely white stereoscopic "rabbit". The intricate mechanism underlying blue phosphorescence in this small cluster and across various states is elucidated through a comprehensive approach that integrates thorough analysis of luminescence properties, controlled experiments, and theoretical calculations. For the first time, we propose that the dominant high-energy emission center is constituted by delocalized hybrid orbitals over multiple atomic centers, encompassing both the metal and the coordinated atoms. This challenges stereotypical assumptions that the cluster center solely supports low-energy emissions. This work expands the currently limited range of CPP functional materials and provides a new direction for CPP applications involving NHC-stabilized metal clusters.
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- Xiao-Hong Ma
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, P. R. China
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- The Institute of Flexible Electronics (Future Technologies), Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChEM, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China
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Yang YQ, Fan SJ, Lyu AG, Miao H, Guo L, Jia Q, Fan SY, Wang PW, Li ZD, Liu HR, Hao J, Hu JH, Han W, Wang NL. [Distribution and reference intervals of daytime intraocular pressure in the eye health screening population of Handan]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2023; 59:620-626. [PMID: 37550969 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20221013-00512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Objective: To describe the distribution and establish reference intervals (RI) of daytime intraocular pressure (IOP) in the eye health screening population of Handan. Methods: This cross-sectional study included subjects who participated in eye health screening at the Physical Examination Center of Handan First Hospital from May 2021 to June 2022. A complete general and ocular examination was performed, including measurements of visual acuity and IOP (using Goldmann tonometry), slit lamp microscopy, fundus photography, and anterior and posterior segment optical coherence tomography. Subjects with factors that could cause significant changes in IOP or affect the accuracy of IOP measurement, or with an inability to measure IOP were excluded. Simple random sampling was used to select participants, who were grouped by gender and age (18 to <30, 30 to <40, 40 to <50, 50 to <60, 60 to <70, and ≥70 years). Central corneal thickness and IOP at 8 to 11 o'clock in one eye of each participant were recorded. The independent sample t test and ANOVA were used for statistical analysis, and the RI of IOP values was calculated by x¯±1.96s. Results: A total of 9 310 subjects had their IOP measured, and 3 491 participants (3 491 eyes) were randomly selected from 7 886 healthy subjects. The age of the participants was (47.74±14.47) years old, ranging from 18 to 90 years old. There were 1 694 males and 1 797 females. The central corneal thickness of all participants was (525.56±49.39) μm. The daytime IOP of all participants was (15.40±2.54) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), and the RI was 10.42 to 20.39 mmHg. The IOP was (15.49±2.58) mmHg for males and (15.29±2.49) mmHg for females, and the gender difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The RI of daytime IOP values was 10.43 to 20.54 mmHg for males and 10.41 to 20.18 mmHg for females. There were significant differences in daytime IOP [(15.13±2.58), (15.33±2.53), (15.49±2.50), (15.53±2.55), (15.39±2.62), and (15.28±2.52) mmHg] among 6 age groups (P<0.05). Conclusions: The distribution of daytime IOP in different gender and age groups in the eye health screening population of Handan and the RIs derived from the distribution were roughly the same as the international normal IOP RI (10 to 21 mmHg). It is recommended to refer to the RI of daytime IOP values of different genders and ages for clinical decision.
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- Y Q Yang
- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Handan City Eye Hospital (The Third Hospital of Handan), Handan 056006, China
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- Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
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Zhang T, Deng Y, Kang HY, Xiang HL, Nan YM, Hu JH, Meng QH, Fang JL, Xu J, Wang XM, Zhao H, Pan CQ, Jia JD, Xu XY, Xie W. [Recompensation of complications in patients with hepatitis B virus-related decompensated cirrhosis treated with entecavir antiviral therapy]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2023; 31:692-697. [PMID: 37580250 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20230324-00126] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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Objective: To analyze the occurrence of recompensation conditions in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus-related decompensated cirrhosis after entecavir antiviral therapy. Methods: Patients with hepatitis B virus-related decompensated cirrhosis with ascites as the initial manifestation were prospectively enrolled. Patients who received entecavir treatment for 120 weeks and were followed up every 24 weeks (including clinical endpoint events, hematological and imaging indicators, and others) were calculated for recompensation rates according to the Baveno VII criteria. Measurement data were compared using the Student t-test or Mann-Whitney U test between groups. Categorical data were compared by the χ (2) test or Fisher's exact probability method between groups. Results: 283 of the 320 enrolled cases completed the 120-week follow-up, and 92.2% (261/283) achieved a virological response (HBV DNA 20 IU/ml). Child-Pugh and MELD scores were significantly improved after treatment (8.33 ± 1.90 vs. 5.77 ± 1.37, t = 12.70, P < 0.001; 13.37 ± 4.44 vs. 10.45 ± 4.58, t = 5.963, P < 0.001). During the 120-week follow-up period, 14 cases died, two received liver transplants, 19 developed hepatocellular cancer, 11 developed gastroesophageal variceal bleeding, and four developed hepatic encephalopathy. 60.4% (171/283) (no decompensation events occurred for 12 months) and 56.2% (159/283) (no decompensation events occurred for 12 months and improved liver function) of the patients had achieved clinical recompensation within 120 weeks. Patients with baseline MELD scores > 15 after active antiviral therapy achieved higher recompensation than patients with baseline MELD scores ≤15 [50/74 (67.6%) vs. 109/209 (52.2%), χ (2) = 5.275, P = 0.029]. Conclusion: Antiviral therapy can significantly improve the prognosis of patients with hepatitis B virus-related decompensated cirrhosis. The majority of patients (56.2%) had achieved recompensation. Patients with severe disease did not have a lower probability of recompensation at baseline than other patients.
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- T Zhang
- Center of Liver Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China
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- The Sixth Department of Infectious Diseases, Shijiazhuang Fifth Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050021, China
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, the Third Central Hospital of Tianjin, Tianjin 300170, China
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- Department of Traditional and Western Medical Hepatology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
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- Department of Liver Disease, the Fifth Medical Centre of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100071, China
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- Department of Liver Disease, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Liver Diseases, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China
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- Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
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- Center of Liver Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China
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Ma XH, Li J, Luo P, Hu JH, Han Z, Dong XY, Xie G, Zang SQ. Carbene-stabilized enantiopure heterometallic clusters featuring EQE of 20.8% in circularly-polarized OLED. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4121. [PMID: 37433775 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39802-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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Bright and efficient chiral coinage metal clusters show promise for use in emerging circularly polarized light-emitting materials and diodes. To date, highly efficient circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (CP-OLEDs) with enantiopure metal clusters have not been reported. Herein, through rational design of a multidentate chiral N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand and a modular building strategy, we synthesize a series of enantiopure Au(I)-Cu(I) clusters with exceptional stability. Modulation of the ligands stabilize the chiral excited states of clusters to allow thermally activated delayed fluorescence, resulting in the highest orange-red photoluminescence quantum yields over 93.0% in the solid state, which is accompanied by circularly polarized luminescence. Based on the solution process, a prototypical orange-red CP-OLED with a considerably high external quantum efficiency of 20.8% is prepared. These results demonstrate the extensive designability of chiral NHC ligands to stabilize polymetallic clusters for high performance in chiroptical applications.
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- Xiao-Hong Ma
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Henan Polytechnic University, 454000, Jiaozuo, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China.
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Henan Polytechnic University, 454000, Jiaozuo, China.
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- Sauvage Center for Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab on Organic and Polymeric Optoelectronic Materials, Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 450001, Zhengzhou, China.
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Song W, Bai YY, Hu JH, Li LL, He WW, Liu CC, Li L, Ning X, Zhu LN, Cui XL, Chen B, Wang TY, Su KX, Miao YX, Luo YE, Sheng QL, Yue TL. Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp . torquens inhibits bone loss in obese mice via modification of the gut microbiota. Food Funct 2023; 14:4522-4538. [PMID: 37062959 DOI: 10.1039/d2fo03863c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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High-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity results in bone loss associated with an imbalanced gut microbiota and altered immune status. Probiotics are live microorganisms that are beneficial to the host and are important in maintaining bone health and gut homeostasis. In this study, the probiotic Lactobacillus coryniformis subsp. torquens (T3L) was isolated from traditional yak milk cheese produced in Lhasa and showed distinct acid and bile salt resistance as potential probiotics. Our data indicated that T3L not only reversed HFD-induced gut dysbiosis, as indicated by decreased Firmicutes-to-Bacteroidetes ratios but also reduced bone loss. The anti-obesity, microbiome-modulating, and bone-protective effects were transmissible via horizontal faeces transfer from T3L-treated mice to HFD-fed mice. The protective effects of T3L on bone mass were associated with regulatory T (Treg) cell-mediated inhibition of osteoclast differentiation. Our data indicate that T3L is a regulator of the gut microbiota and bone homeostasis in an animal model.
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- W Song
- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150000, China
- National Local Joint Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Nutritional Molecule Synthesis Transformation and Separation, Harbin, 150000, China
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150000, China
- National Local Joint Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Nutritional Molecule Synthesis Transformation and Separation, Harbin, 150000, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150000, China
- National Local Joint Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Nutritional Molecule Synthesis Transformation and Separation, Harbin, 150000, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China.
- Laboratory of Nutritional and Healthy Food-Individuation Manufacturing Engineering, Xi'an, 710069, China
- Research Center of Food Safety Risk Assessment and Control, Xi'an, 710069, China
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Han Z, Si Y, Dong XY, Hu JH, Zhang C, Zhao XH, Yuan JW, Wang Y, Zang SQ. Smart Reversible Transformations between Chiral Superstructures of Copper Clusters for Optical and Chiroptical Switching. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:6166-6176. [PMID: 36912642 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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Superstructures made from nanoscale clusters with new collective properties are promising in high-tech applications; however, chiral superstructures remain elusive, and the limited intercluster coupling effect at room temperature hampers the tailoring of collective properties. Here, we show that from chiral monomeric copper clusters to two enantiomeric pairs of supercrystals with distinct phases, the absorption band edge red-shifts by over 1.3 eV, with photoluminescence and circularly polarized phosphorescence from visible (572 nm) to near-infrared (NIR, 858 nm). These supercrystals with high NIR quantum yields of up to 45% at room temperature are prototyped for night-vision imaging. In response to solvent and temperature stimuli, chiral supercrystal-to-supercrystal transformations occurred, concomitant with high-contrast optical/chiroptical switching. In situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD), steady-state and time-resolved optical spectroscopy, and response experiments combined with theoretical calculations demonstrate that distance-sensitive intercluster orbital interactions contribute to the exceptional collective optical responses. Such chiral supercrystals built from subnanoscale metal clusters with novel collective chiroptical responses would be useful in the fields of information storage and NIR optical devices.
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- Zhen Han
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454000, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Li H, Su HB, Wang YG, Yan LL, Peng YH, Li C, Liu XY, Hu JH, Ning P, Guan CD. [Analysis of the clinical predictive value of lactate on the prognosis of patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure combined with infection]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2023; 31:300-306. [PMID: 37137857 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20230224-00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Objective: To explore the predictive value of lactic acid for the adverse prognostic outcomes in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure combined with infection. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 208 cases of ACLF combined with infection who were hospitalized from January 2014 to March 2016. Patients were divided into a survival group (n = 83) and a mortality group (n = 125) according to the results of a 90-day follow-up. The clinical data were statistically analyzed between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression with two categorical variables was used to analyze the independent risk factors for 90-day disease mortality and establish a new prediction model. The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC curve) was used to evaluate the predictive value of lactic acid, the MELD score, the MELD-Na score, lactic acid combined with the MELD score, lactic acid combined with the MELD-Na score, and the new model. Results: The 90-day mortality rate of 208 cases of ACLF combined with infection was 60.1%. There were statistically significant differences in white blood cell count, neutrophil count, total bilirubin (TBil), serum creatinine (Cr), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), blood ammonia, the international normalized ratio (INR), lactic acid (LAC), procalcitonin, the MELD score, the MELD-Na score, hepatic encephalopathy (HE), acute kidney injury (AKI), and bleeding between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that TBil, INR, LAC, HE, and bleeding were independent risk factors for 90-day mortality in patients with ACLF combined with infection. After the establishment of MELD-LAC, MELD-Na-LAC, and a new prediction model, the ROC curve revealed that the AUC (95% confidence interval) of MELD-LAC and MELD-Na LAC were 0.819 (0.759 ~ 0.870) and 0.838 (0.780 ~ 0.886), respectively, and was superior than the MELD score [0.766 (0.702 ~ 0.823)] and MELD-Na score [0.788 (0.726 ~ 0.843)], with P < 0.05, while the new model had an AUC of 0.924, the sensitivity of 83.9%, specificity of 89.9%, and accuracy of 87.8%, which was higher than LAC, MELD score, MELD-Na score, MELD-LAC, and MELD-Na-LAC (P < 0.01). Conclusion: Lactic acid is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with ACLF combined with infection, and it improves the clinical predictive value of MELD and MELD-Na for the prognosis of mortality.
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- H Li
- Department of Hepatology Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Hepatology Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Hepatology Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Hepatology Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Hepatology Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Hepatology Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Hepatology Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Hepatology Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Hepatology Medicine, the Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100039, China
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Hu JH, Liu Y, Hoffman DA. Identification of Kv4.2 protein complex and modifications by tandem affinity purification-mass spectrometry in primary neurons. Front Cell Neurosci 2022; 16:1070305. [PMID: 36568885 PMCID: PMC9788671 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2022.1070305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Proteins usually form complexes to fulfill variable physiological functions. In neurons, communication relies on synapses where receptors, channels, and anchoring proteins form complexes to precisely control signal transduction, synaptic integration, and action potential firing. Although there are many published protocols to isolate protein complexes in cell lines, isolation in neurons has not been well established. Here we introduce a method that combines lentiviral protein expression with tandem affinity purification followed by mass-spectrometry (TAP-MS) to identify protein complexes in neurons. This protocol can also be used to identify post-translational modifications (PTMs) of synaptic proteins. We used the A-type voltage-gated K+ channel subunit Kv4.2 as the target protein. Kv4.2 is highly expressed in the hippocampus where it contributes to learning and memory through its regulation of neuronal excitability and synaptic plasticity. We tagged Kv4.2 with the calmodulin-binding-peptide (CBP) and streptavidin-binding-peptide (SBP) at its C-terminus and expressed it in neurons via lentivirus. Kv4.2 was purified by two-step TAP and samples were analyzed by MS. MS identified two prominently known Kv4.2 interacting proteins [dipeptidyl peptidase like (DPPs) and Kv channel-interacting proteins (KChIPs)] in addition to novel synaptic proteins including glutamate receptors, a calcium channel, and anchoring proteins. Co-immunoprecipitation and colocalization experiments validated the association of Kv4.2 with glutamate receptors. In addition to protein complex identification, we used TAP-MS to identify Kv4.2 phosphorylation sites. Several known and unknown phosphorylation sites were identified. These findings provide a novel path to identify protein-protein interactions and PTMs in neurons and shed light on mechanisms of neuronal signaling potentially involved in the pathology of neurological diseases.
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Kong YJ, Hu JH, Dong XY, Si Y, Wang ZY, Luo XM, Li HR, Chen Z, Zang SQ, Mak TCW. Achiral-Core-Metal Change in Isomorphic Enantiomeric Ag 12Ag 32 and Au 12Ag 32 Clusters Triggers Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:19739-19747. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yu-Jin Kong
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454003, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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Ma MY, Chen XL, Chen Z, Wang X, Zhang LF, Li SN, Zheng CY, Kang YT, Zhou HH, Chen L, Cao X, Hu JH, Wang ZW. [Investigation on status of dyslipidemia in Chinese females aged 35 years or above]. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi 2022; 50:486-493. [PMID: 35589598 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112148-20211201-01035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control status of dyslipidemia among females aged ≥35 years old across China. Methods: Participants were selected by stratified multistage random sampling method in the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" National Science and Technology Support Project "Survey on the Prevalence of Important Cardiovascular Diseases and Key Technology Research in China" project. This study is a retrospective, cross-sectional study. A total of 17 418 females aged 35 years and over were included in the current study. The basic information such as age, medical history and menopause was collected by questionnaire. The blood lipid parameters were derived from clinical laboratory examinations. The prevalence of dyslipidemia and the rate of awareness, treatment, and control of dyslipidemia were analyzed in females aged 35 years and over. Results: The age of participants was (56.2±13.0) years old, and the prevalence of dyslipidemia was 33.1% (5 765/17 418). The prevalence rates of high total cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL-C and high LDL-C were 9.7% (1 695/17 418), 11.1% (1 925/17 418), 10.9% (1 889/17 418) and 7.3% (1 262/17 418), respectively. The prevalence of dyslipidemia increased with age and the prevalence of dyslipidemia in women who were not married, Han, menarche age>16 years, obesity, central obesity, alcohol consumption, diabetes, hypertension and family history of cardiovascular disease were higher than those without such characteristics (P<0.05). There were 10 432 (59.9%) menopausal females in this cohort and prevalence of dyslipidemia of these participants was 38.8% (4 048/10 432), which was higher than that of non-postmenopausal females (24.6%, 1 717/6 986) (P<0.05). The awareness rates, treatment rates and control rates of dyslipidemia were 33.9% (1 953/5 765), 15.1% (870/5 765) and 2.5% (143/5 765) respectively among females aged 35 years and over in China. Conclusion: The prevalence of dyslipidemia in Chinese females aged 35 years and over is high, and its awareness, treatment, and control rates need to be optimized.
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- M Y Ma
- School of Public Health, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Public Health, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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- School of Public Health, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Community Prevention and Treatment, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 102308, China
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Wang YH, Yu JH, Hu JH, Xu QH, Huang Q, Gan PY, Wang AA, Liao HF. [Navigation-guided nasal endoscopy for removal of the cavernous hemangioma of the orbital apex through the sphenoid approach]. Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi 2021; 57:837-843. [PMID: 34743469 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112142-20210207-00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the feasibility of navigation-guided nasal endoscopy for removal of the cavernous hemangioma of the orbital apex through the sphenoid approach. Methods: Retrospective case series study. From May 2012 to December 2019, 12 patients (12 eyes) with imaging findings of cavernous hemangioma in the orbital apex were collected at the Eye Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, including 3 males and 9 females aged 32 to 59 years. All patients underwent navigation-guided sinusoscopy through the sphenoid approach to remove the cavernous hemangioma of the orbital apex (video attached). Changes of visual function and complications after operation were analyzed. Results: In 3 patients without visual impairment, the postoperative visual function was still normal. Among the remaining 9 patients with preoperative visual impairment, visual function was fully recovered in 3 patients after operation, was improved in 2 patients, and had no change in 4 patients. There were no complications in 3 of the 12 patients, and 9 patients had transient, mildly limited intraocular rotation with diplopia after operation, which all returned to normal within 1 month. Conclusion: Navigation-guided sinus endoscopy through the sphenoid approach is effective and feasible in the removal of the cavernous hemangioma of the orbital apex. (Chin J Ophthalmol, 2021, 57: 837-843).
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- Department of Orbital Diseases, Ophthalmology Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Orbital Diseases, Ophthalmology Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Orbital Diseases, Ophthalmology Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Orbital Diseases, Ophthalmology Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Orbital Diseases, Ophthalmology Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Orbital Diseases, Ophthalmology Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Orbital Diseases, Ophthalmology Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Orbital Diseases, Ophthalmology Hospital Affiliated to Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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Cui JL, Chen YC, Hu JH, Xing CH, Gu JP, Yin XD. [Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging analysis of abnormal directional functional connectivity of the nucleus accumbens in patients with chronic tinnitus]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:2127-2132. [PMID: 34275247 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20201109-03040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate abnormal directional functional connectivity of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in chronic tinnitus patients using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and to determine the relationship between the degree of this connectivity and tinnitus characteristics. Methods: The resting-state fMRI data of 40 patients with bilateral chronic tinnitus (12 males and 28 females, aged from 26 to 63(50.6±11.6) years) and 40 healthy controls with normal hearing (16 males and 24 females, aged from 26 to 70(45.9±12.4)years) were retrospectively enrolled from the Department of Otolaryngology, Nanjing First Hospital from January 2017 to January 2020. The bilateral NAc were selected as seeds to detect the directional functional connectivity with the whole brain, then the effective connectivity values between the two groups were compared using Granger Causality Analysis (GCA), and the correlation between the effective connectivity and the characteristics of tinnitus was calculated. Results: Compared with healthy controls, the effective connectivity from the left NAc to left middle frontal gyrus in patients with bilateral chronic tinnitus was increased [(1.0±0.2)vs(0.6±0.3)], the effective connectivity from the right NAc to left inferior frontal gyrus was enhanced [(0.9±0.3)vs(0.6±0.4)], the effective connectivity from the right middle temporal gyrus to left NAc was enhanced [(1.0±0.2)vs(0.5±0.3)], the effective connectivity from the right middle frontal gyrus to right NAc was also enhanced[(1.0±0.2)vs(0.5±0.3)](all P<0.05). After adjusting for age, gender, education level, and gray matter volume, positive correlations was observed between the Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire (THQ) scores and increased effective connectivity values from the left NAc to the left middle frontal gyrus (r=0.386, P=0.020). Additionally, enhanced effective connectivity values from the right middle frontal gyrus to the right NAc was also positively associated with tinnitus duration (r=0.390, P=0.019). Conclusion: The directional functional connectivity between the NAc and prefrontal cortex in patients with chronic tinnitus is enhanced.
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- J L Cui
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, China
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Xiang F, Xue DD, Luo J, Hu JH, Yuan LL, Jia JZ, Huang YS. [Effects and mechanism of mitochondrial transcription factor A and cytochrome c oxidase pathway in the energy production of hypoxic cardiomyocytes of rats regulated by tumor necrosis factor receptor associated protein 1]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2020; 36:651-657. [PMID: 32829603 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501120-20200430-00247] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the effects and mechanism of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) pathway in the energy production of hypoxic cardiomyocytes of rats regulated by tumor necrosis factor receptor associated protein 1 (TRAP1). Methods: The cardiomyocytes were isolated from 135 neonatal Sprague-Dawley rats (aged 1-3 d) and cultured for the following experiments. (1) Cells were collected and divided into normoxia blank control (NBC) group, hypoxia blank control (HBC) group, hypoxia+ TRAP1 over-expression control (HTOC) group, and hypoxia+ TRAP1 over-expression (HTO) group according to the random number table (the same grouping method below), with 1 bottle in each group. Cells in NBC group were cultured routinely, cells in HBC group were cultured in hypoxic condition for 6 hours after routine culture, cells in HTOC and HTO groups were respectively added with TRAP1 over-expression empty virus vector and TRAP1 over-expression adenovirus vector virus suspension for transfection for 48 hours after routine culture and then cultured in hypoxic condition for 6 hours. The protein expression of TFAM of cells in each group was detected by Western blotting. (2) Cells were collected and divided into NBC, HBC, HTOC, HTO, HTO+ TFAM interference control (HTOTIC), and HTO+ TFAM interference (HTOTI) groups, with 1 well in each group. Cells in the former 4 groups were dealt with the same methods as the corresponding groups in experiment (1). Cells in HTOTIC and HTOTI groups were respectively added with TFAM interference empty virus vector and TFAM interference adenovirus vector virus suspension for transfection for 48 hours, and the other processing methods were the same as those in HTO group. The content of ATP of cells in each group was determined by ATP determination kit and microplate reader, and the COX activity of cells in each group was determined by COX activity assay kit and microplate reader. (3) Cells were collected and divided into NBC group, normoxia+ sodium azide (NSA) group, HBC group, and hypoxia+ sodium azide (HSA) group, with 1 well in each group. Cells in NBC and HBC groups were respectively dealt with the same methods as the corresponding groups in experiment (1). Cells in NSA and HSA groups were respectively added with 32 nmol sodium azide at 30 min before experiment or hypoxia, and then cells in HSA group were cultured in hypoxic condition for 6 hours. The content of ATP was determined by the same method as above. The above three experiments were repeated for three times. Data were statistically analyzed with one-way analysis of variance and least significant difference test. Results: (1) Compared with that in NBC group, the protein expression of TFAM of cells in HBC group was significantly decreased (P<0.01). Compared with that in HBC group or HTOC group, the protein expression of TFAM of cells in HTO group was significantly increased (P<0.01). (2) Compared with 0.552±0.041 and 1.99±0.15 in NBC group, the COX activity (0.270±0.044) and ATP content (1.09±0.11) of cells in HBC group were significantly decreased (P<0.01). Compared with 0.269±0.042 and 1.17±0.12 in HBC group and those in HTOC group, the COX activity (0.412±0.032 and 0.404±0.016) and ATP content (1.75±0.06 and 1.69±0.07) of cells in HTO and HTOTIC groups were significantly increased (P<0.01). Compared with those in HTO and HTOTIC groups, the COX activity (0.261±0.036) and ATP content (1.23±0.07) of cells in HTOTI group were significantly decreased (P<0.01). (3) Compared with that in NBC group, the ATP content of cells in NSA and NBC groups was significantly decreased (P<0.01). Compared with that in HBC group, the ATP content of cells in HSA group was significantly decreased (P<0.01). Conclusions: TRAP1 can increase the COX activity of cardiomyocytes by raising the expression of TFAM, and finally alleviate the impairment in energy production of cardiomyocytes caused by hypoxia.
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- F Xiang
- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China (Huang Yuesheng is now working at Department of Wound Repair, Institute of Wound Repair, Shenzhen People's Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology, the Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen 518020, China)
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Chen J, Li WG, Liu XY, Tong JJ, Li C, Li H, Yan LL, Guan CD, Hu JH, Su HB. [Clinical characteristics of infection-induced acute renal injury in acute-on-chronic liver failure]. Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi 2020; 28:397-402. [PMID: 32536055 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501113-20200426-00215] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the incidence rate, influencing factors and prognosis of infection-induced acute renal injury (AKI) in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). Methods: 516 cases with acute-on-chronic liver failure complicated with infection that were hospitalized in our hospital during 2014 to 2016 were retrospectively studied. General conditions and clinical characteristics of the patients were collected, and grouped according to the presence or absence of incidence and severity of AKI. General conditions, laboratory results, occurrence of complications and survival were compared and analyzed. Results: The main causes were HBV infection (67.8%) and alcoholic liver disease (20.0%). The most common sites of infection were abdominal cavity, lung and blood. Multivariate analysis showed that neutrophil count, TBIL, lactate and septic shock were independent risk factors for infection-induced AKI in ACLF patients. The cumulative mortality in patients with AKI after infection at 28, 90 and 360 days was significantly higher than those without AKI (51.6% and 20.5%, 70.2% and 40.3%, 73.4% and 45.9%; P < 0.01). In both groups, deaths had occurred mainly in the early (0 ~ 28 d) and middle (29 ~ 90 d) stage of follow-up period. In the late follow-up period (91-360 d), there was no statistically significant difference in mortality rate between the two groups. Conclusion: Infection is an important inducing cause of AKI in ACLF patients. The underlying liver disease and the severity of infection are significantly related to the infection-induced AKI in ACLF patients, and once AKI occurs after infection, the mortality rate of the patients is significantly increased.
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- Liver Failure Treatment and Research Center, the Fifth Medical Center of PLA, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Liver Oncology, the Fifth Medical Center, General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100039, China
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- Liver Failure Treatment and Research Center, the Fifth Medical Center of PLA, Beijing 100039, China
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- Liver Failure Treatment and Research Center, the Fifth Medical Center of PLA, Beijing 100039, China
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- Liver Failure Treatment and Research Center, the Fifth Medical Center of PLA, Beijing 100039, China
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- Liver Failure Treatment and Research Center, the Fifth Medical Center of PLA, Beijing 100039, China
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- Liver Failure Treatment and Research Center, the Fifth Medical Center of PLA, Beijing 100039, China
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- Liver Failure Treatment and Research Center, the Fifth Medical Center of PLA, Beijing 100039, China
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- Liver Failure Treatment and Research Center, the Fifth Medical Center of PLA, Beijing 100039, China
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- Liver Failure Treatment and Research Center, the Fifth Medical Center of PLA, Beijing 100039, China
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Hu JH, Malloy C, Tabor GT, Gutzmann JJ, Liu Y, Abebe D, Karlsson RM, Durell S, Cameron HA, Hoffman DA. Activity-dependent isomerization of Kv4.2 by Pin1 regulates cognitive flexibility. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1567. [PMID: 32218435 PMCID: PMC7099064 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15390-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Voltage-gated K+ channels function in macromolecular complexes with accessory subunits to regulate brain function. Here, we describe a peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase NIMA-interacting 1 (Pin1)-dependent mechanism that regulates the association of the A-type K+ channel subunit Kv4.2 with its auxiliary subunit dipeptidyl peptidase 6 (DPP6), and thereby modulates neuronal excitability and cognitive flexibility. We show that activity-induced Kv4.2 phosphorylation triggers Pin1 binding to, and isomerization of, Kv4.2 at the pThr607-Pro motif, leading to the dissociation of the Kv4.2-DPP6 complex. We generated a novel mouse line harboring a knock-in Thr607 to Ala (Kv4.2TA) mutation that abolished dynamic Pin1 binding to Kv4.2. CA1 pyramidal neurons of the hippocampus from these mice exhibited altered Kv4.2-DPP6 interaction, increased A-type K+ current, and reduced neuronal excitability. Behaviorally, Kv4.2TA mice displayed normal initial learning but improved reversal learning in both Morris water maze and lever press paradigms. These findings reveal a Pin1-mediated mechanism regulating reversal learning and provide potential targets for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by cognitive inflexibility.
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- Jia-Hua Hu
- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Neuroplasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Neuroplasticity, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Hu JH, Zou H, Sun Y, Li FW. Role of PD-L1 in radio-sensitivity of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2020; 34:20. [PMID: 32090536 DOI: 10.23812/19-389-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- J H Hu
- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hongqi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Fixed Assets, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hongqi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang Heilongjiang, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hongqi Hospital of Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China
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Yang SJ, Wang DD, Zhou SY, Zhang Q, Wang JY, Zhong SL, Zhang HD, Wang XY, Xia X, Chen W, Yang SY, Hu JH, Zhao JH, Tang JH. Identification of circRNA-miRNA networks for exploring an underlying prognosis strategy for breast cancer. Epigenomics 2020; 12:101-125. [PMID: 31920098 DOI: 10.2217/epi-2019-0058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Aim: Circular RNAs (circRNAs) still have many potential functions in the process of tumor development that are not completely understood. The study aims to explore novel circRNAs and their mechanisms of action in breast cancer (BCa). Materials & methods: A combination strategy of RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) technique, quantitative real-time PCR and bioinformatic analysis was employed to identify the potential mechanisms involving differentially expressed circRNAs in the serum exosomes and tissues of BCa patients. Results: The expression levels of hsa-circRNA-0005795 and hsa-circRNA-0088088 were significantly different both in serum exosomes and tissues and might function as competing endogenous RNAs and play vital roles in BCa development. Conclusion: We constructed two circRNA-miRNA networks and provided new insight into the prognosis and therapy of BCa using circRNAs from serum exosomes.
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- Su-Jin Yang
- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China.,The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China
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- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, PR China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China.,The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China.,The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China
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- The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, PR China.,Center of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Department of General Surgery, Southeast University Medical School, Nanjing 210000, PR China
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- Nanjing Maternal & Child Health Hospital, China Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
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- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, PR China
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- The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, PR China.,Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Xuanwu Lake Community Health Service Center, Nanjing 210008, PR China
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- The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, PR China.,Center of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210000, PR China.,Center of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China
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Wang Y, Liu XB, Cao J, Hu JH. [Effects of clinical medicine on salt sensitivity hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 99:2367-2374. [PMID: 31434418 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2019.30.009] [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: 02/07/2023]
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Objective: To assess the effects of clinical medicine on salt sensitive hypertension. Methods: The PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CBM, WanFang Data, VIP and CNKI databases were searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on clinical medicine in treating salt sensitive hypertension from inception to December 2018. Two reviewers independently screened the literature, extracted data, and another investigator assessed the risk of bias included in the study. Then meta-analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3 software. Results: A total of 16 RCTs studies involving 1 355 patients were included. Meta-analysis showed that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) combined with diuretics could effectively reduce 24 h systolic blood pressure variability [mean difference (MD)=4.45, 95%CI: 3.47-5.43, P<0.001] and 24 h diastolic blood pressure variability (MD=3.71, 95%CI:2.83-4.59, P<0.001) in salt-sensitive hypertension patients. Angiotensin Ⅱ receptor antagonists (ARBs) combined with diuretics had no antihypertensive effect on salt-sensitive hypertension patients. Indapamide alone can reduce systolic blood pressure (MD=-14.70, 95%CI:-18.57--10.83, P<0.001) and diastolic blood pressure (MD=-8.73, 95%CI:-11.57--5.89, P<0.001). The use of ACEIs alone in salt-sensitive hypertension patients can not reduce systolic pressure (MD=2.20, 95%CI:-1.48-5.88, P=0.240) and diastolic pressure (MD=2.95, 95%CI: 1.37~4.54, P<0.001). Amlodipine combined with metformin had therapeutic effect on salt-sensitive hypertension (RR=1.23, 95%CI: 1.14~1.33, P<0.001). Conclusions: ACEIs combined with diuretics can effectively reduce blood pressure variability in salt-sensitive hypertensive patients. The use of amlodipine in combination with metformin and indapamide alone have antihypertensive effect in salt-sensitive hypertensive patients.
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- Y Wang
- Public Health School, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Public Health School, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Public Health School, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Research and Experiment Center of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Tabor GT, Park JM, Murphy JG, Hu JH, Hoffman DA. A novel bungarotoxin binding site-tagged construct reveals MAPK-dependent Kv4.2 trafficking. Mol Cell Neurosci 2019; 98:121-130. [PMID: 31212013 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2019.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Kv4.2 voltage-gated K+ channel subunits, the primary source of the somatodendritic A-type K+ current in CA1 pyramidal neurons of the hippocampus, play important roles in regulating dendritic excitability and plasticity. To better study the trafficking and subcellular distribution of Kv4.2, we created and characterized a novel Kv4.2 construct encoding a bungarotoxin binding site in the extracellular S3-S4 linker region of the α-subunit. When expressed, this construct can be visualized in living cells after staining with rhodamine-conjugated bungarotoxin. We validated the utility of this construct by visualizing the spontaneous internalization and insertion of Kv4.2 in HEK 293T cells. We further report that Kv4.2 colocalized with several endosome markers in HEK 293T cells. In addition, Kv4.2 internalization is significantly impaired by mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitors in transfected primary hippocampal neurons. Therefore, this newly developed BBS-Kv4.2 construct provides a novel and powerful tool for studying surface Kv4.2 channel localization and trafficking.
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- G Travis Tabor
- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology & Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology & Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology & Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America; National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology & Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America.
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology & Biophysics, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States of America.
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Wu D, Wang C, Wang ZE, Hu JH, Shi Y, Zhu YJ, Peng X. [Effects of glutamine on skeletal muscle membrane repair in severely burned mice and the functional mechanism]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2019; 35:341-350. [PMID: 31154731 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-2587.2019.05.004] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To observe how glutamine affect the skeletal muscle membrane repair in severely burned mice through promoting the mitsugumin 53 (MG53) dimerization in skeletal muscle and to explore its functional mechanism. Methods: (1) Animal experiments. A total of 179 BALB/c male mice aged 6 to 8 weeks were divided into sham injury group (n=43), burn group (n=73) and burn+ glutamine group (n=63) according to the random number table (the same grouping method below). Mice in sham injury group were sham injured on the back, and mice in burn group and burn+ glutamine group were inflicted with 30% total body surface area full-thickness scald (hereinafter referred to as burn) on the back. Mice in burn+ glutamine group were intragastrically administered with glutamine (1 mg/kg), and the other two groups were given the same amount of amino acid solution once per day for 14 days. On post burn hour 12, 10 mice from burn group were taken for preparation of burn serum, which is used in the following cell experiments. Blood samples were collected from the hearts to prepare serum from 10 mice in sham injury group immediately after burn and from 10 mice in burn group and burn+ glutamine group on post burn day (PBD) 5, 10, and 14, respectively. And then the whole gastrocnemius muscle was harvested after the mice were sacrificed. On PBD 10, the whole flexor brevis digitorum was harvested from 6 mice in the 3 groups respectively after the mice were sacrificed. On PBD 5, 10, and 14, the whole gastrocnemius muscle tissue was harvested from another 9 mice in the 3 groups respectively after the mice were sacrificed. The mass of the whole gastrocnemius muscle of mice was weighed. The total protein content of gastrocnemius muscle of mice was detected by coomassie brilliant blue method. The repair function of myolemma of flexor brevis digitorum of mice was detected by two-photon laser fiber membrane perforating. The serum content of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) of mice was determined with radioimmunoassay. The expressions of MG53 dimer and monomer in gastrocnemius of mice were determined with non-reductive electrophoresis-Western blotting. The protein expressions of endoplasmic reticulum stress sign proteins CCAAT/enhancer binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) and glucose-regulated protein 78 (GRP78) in gastrocnemius of mice were determined with Western blotting. (2) Cell experiments. Mice skeletal muscle precursor cells C2C12 were cultured in vitro, and cells of the second passage were selected for the experiments. The cells were divided into normal control group, burn serum group, and burn serum+ glutamine group, with 3 dishes in each group and 1×10(3) cells in each dish. Cells in normal control group were cultured with 1 mL Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM) with fetal bovine serum of volume fraction 10%, cells in burn serum group were cultured with 1 mL DMEM with burn serum of volume fraction 10%, and cells in burn serum+ glutamine group were cultured with 1 mL DMEM with burn serum of volume fraction 10% and 4 μL glutamine with a final molar concentration of 8 mmol/L. After 24 hours of culturing, the repair function of myocyte membrane after differentiation of skeletal muscle precursor cells in mice was detected with the same method before. Another cells were grouped and cultured as before, with 3 wells in each group and 1×10(5) cells in each well. After 24 hours of culturing, the expressions of MG53 dimer and monomer and endoplasmic reticulum stress marker proteins in the cells were detected as before. Data were processed with analysis of variance of factorial design, one-way analysis of variance, least significant difference t test, and Student Newman Keuls test. Results: Animal experiments. (1) Compared with those in sham injury group, the mass and total protein content of gastrocnemius muscle of mice in burn group were significantly decreased on PBD 5, 10, and 14 (P<0.05). Compared with those in burn group, the mass and total protein content of gastrocnemius muscle of mice in burn+ glutamine group were significantly increased on PBD 5, 10, and 14 (P<0.05). (2) Compared with that in sham injury group (0.9±0.4), the fluorescence intensity of FM1-43 in myofiber of mice in burn group (7.8±0.4) was significantly increased on PBD 10 (t=7.75, P<0.05). Compared with that in burn group, the fluorescence intensity of FM1-43 in myofiber of mice in burn+ glutamine group (4.0±0.4) was significantly decreased on PBD 10 (t=-4.31, P<0.05). (3) Compared with that in sham injury group, the serum content of TNF-α and IL-6 of mice in burn group was significantly increased on PBD 5, 10, and 14 (P<0.05). Compared with that in burn group, the serum content of TNF-α and IL-6 of mice in burn+ glutamine group was significantly decreased on PBD 5, 10, and 14 (P<0.05). (4) Compared with 56.97±2.82, 44.89±4.72, 42.46±1.06, 14.26±0.99, 62.36±2.74, and 29.45±0.84 in sham injury group, the expressions of MG53 dimer and monomer in gastrocnemius of mice were significantly decreased in burn group on PBD 5, 10, and 14 (6.16±0.25, 26.09±1.22, 28.86±1.53, 5.63±0.25, 26.74±0.79, 4.41±0.52, P<0.05). Compared with those in burn group, the expression of MG53 dimer of gastrocnemius of mice in burn+ glutamine group was significantly increased on PBD 10 and 14 (36.79±1.44, 43.96±1.62), and the expression of MG53 monomer of gastrocnemius muscle of mice in burn+ glutamine group was significantly increased on PBD 14 (13.16±2.17, P<0.05). Compared with those in sham injury group, the protein expressions of CHOP and GRP78 in gastrocnemius muscle of mice in burn group were significantly elevated on PBD 5, 10, and 14 (P<0.05). Compared with those in burn group, the protein expressions of CHOP and GRP78 in gastrocnemius of mice in burn+ glutamine group were significantly reduced on PBD 5, 10 (P<0.05). Cell experiments. (1) Compared with that in normal control group (1.76±0.25), the fluorescence intensity of FM1-43 in cells in burn serum group (9.46±1.22) was significantly increased after 24 hours of culturing (t=12.28, P<0.05). Compared with that in burn serum group, the fluorescence intensity of FM1-43 in cells in burn serum+ glutamine group (4.71±0.45) was significantly decreased after 24 hours of culturing (t=-7.59, P<0.05). (2) The expressions of MG53 monomer of cells were similar in normal control group, burn serum group, and burn+ glutamine group after 24 hours of culturing (P>0.05). Compared with 58.5±1.8 in normal control group, the expression of MG53 dimer of cells in burn serum group was significantly decreased after 24 hours of culturing (14.1±1.4, P<0.05). Compared with that in burn serum group, the expression of MG53 dimer of cells in burn serum+ glutamine group was significantly increased after 24 hours of culturing (30.9±0.6, P<0.05). Compared with those in normal control group, the protein expressions of CHOP and GRP78 of cells were significantly elevated in burn serum group after 24 hours of culturing (P<0.05). Compared with those in burn serum group, the protein expressions of CHOP and GRP78 of cells were significantly reduced in burn serum+ glutamine group after 24 hours of culturing (P<0.05). Conclusions: Glutamine can promote MG53 dimerization by alleviating endoplasmic reticulum stress in severely burned mice. Thus it can accelerate skeletal muscle membrane repair, reduce the local inflammatory reaction of skeletal muscle and consumption of skeletal muscle.
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- D Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Burns, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou 350001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burn Research, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038, China
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Piard J, Hu JH, Campeau PM, Rzonca S, Van Esch H, Vincent E, Han M, Rossignol E, Castaneda J, Chelly J, Skinner C, Kalscheuer VM, Wang R, Lemyre E, Kosinska J, Stawinski P, Bal J, Hoffman DA, Schwartz CE, Van Maldergem L, Wang T, Worley PF. FRMPD4 mutations cause X-linked intellectual disability and disrupt dendritic spine morphogenesis. Hum Mol Genet 2019; 27:589-600. [PMID: 29267967 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
FRMPD4 (FERM and PDZ Domain Containing 4) is a neural scaffolding protein that interacts with PSD-95 to positively regulate dendritic spine morphogenesis, and with mGluR1/5 and Homer to regulate mGluR1/5 signaling. We report the genetic and functional characterization of 4 FRMPD4 deleterious mutations that cause a new X-linked intellectual disability (ID) syndrome. These mutations were found to be associated with ID in ten affected male patients from four unrelated families, following an apparent X-linked mode of inheritance. Mutations include deletion of an entire coding exon, a nonsense mutation, a frame-shift mutation resulting in premature termination of translation, and a missense mutation involving a highly conserved amino acid residue neighboring FRMPD4-FERM domain. Clinical features of these patients consisted of moderate to severe ID, language delay and seizures alongside with behavioral and/or psychiatric disturbances. In-depth functional studies showed that a frame-shift mutation, FRMPD4p.Cys618ValfsX8, results in a disruption of FRMPD4 binding with PSD-95 and HOMER1, and a failure to increase spine density in transfected hippocampal neurons. Behavioral studies of frmpd4-KO mice identified hippocampus-dependent spatial learning and memory deficits in Morris Water Maze test. These findings point to an important role of FRMPD4 in normal cognitive development and function in humans and mice, and support the hypothesis that FRMPD4 mutations cause ID by disrupting dendritic spine morphogenesis in glutamatergic neurons.
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- Juliette Piard
- Centre de Génétique Humaine and Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit EA481, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Department of Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Program in Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics Section, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- CNRS UMR7104, Institut de Génétique, Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch, France
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- Research Group Development and Disease, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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- Program in Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics Section, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Centre de Génétique Humaine and Integrative and Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit EA481, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.,Centre of Clinical Investigation 1431, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Department of Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Datko MC, Hu JH, Williams M, Reyes CM, Lominac KD, von Jonquieres G, Klugmann M, Worley PF, Szumlinski KK. Behavioral and Neurochemical Phenotyping of Mice Incapable of Homer1a Induction. Front Behav Neurosci 2017; 11:208. [PMID: 29163080 PMCID: PMC5672496 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Immediate early and constitutively expressed products of the Homer1 gene regulate the functional assembly of post-synaptic density proteins at glutamatergic synapses to influence excitatory neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity. Earlier studies of Homer1 gene knock-out (KO) mice indicated active, but distinct, roles for IEG and constitutively expressed Homer1 gene products in regulating cognitive, emotional, motivational and sensorimotor processing, as well as behavioral and neurochemical sensitivity to cocaine. More recent characterization of transgenic mice engineered to prevent generation of the IEG form (a.k.a Homer1a KO) pose a critical role for Homer1a in cocaine-induced behavioral and neurochemical sensitization of relevance to drug addiction and related neuropsychiatric disorders. Here, we extend our characterization of the Homer1a KO mouse and report a modest pro-depressant phenotype, but no deleterious effects of the KO upon spatial learning/memory, prepulse inhibition, or cocaine-induced place-conditioning. As we reported previously, Homer1a KO mice did not develop cocaine-induced behavioral or neurochemical sensitization within the nucleus accumbens; however, virus-mediated Homer1a over-expression within the nucleus accumbens reversed the sensitization phenotype of KO mice. We also report several neurochemical abnormalities within the nucleus accumbens of Homer1a KO mice that include: elevated basal dopamine and reduced basal glutamate content, Group1 mGluR agonist-induced glutamate release and high K+-stimulated release of dopamine and glutamate within this region. Many of the neurochemical anomalies exhibited by Homer1a KO mice are recapitulated upon deletion of the entire Homer1 gene; however, Homer1 deletion did not affect NAC dopamine or alter K+-stimulated neurotransmitter release within this region. These data show that the selective deletion of Homer1a produces a behavioral and neurochemical phenotype that is distinguishable from that produced by deletion of the entire Homer1 gene. Moreover, the data indicate a specific role for Homer1a in regulating cocaine-induced behavioral and neurochemical sensitization of potential relevance to the psychotogenic properties of this drug.
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- Michael C Datko
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Translational Neuroscience Facility, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Translational Neuroscience Facility, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.,Department of Molecular, Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.,Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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Fang Q, Wang J, Hao YY, Li H, Hu JX, Yang GS, Hu JH. Effects of iodine methionine on boar sperm quality during liquid storage at 17°C. Reprod Domest Anim 2017; 52:1061-1066. [DOI: 10.1111/rda.13024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Q Fang
- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Northwest A&F University; Yangling Shaanxi China
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Tian JH, Xue B, Hu JH, Li JX, Cheng XY, Hu JS, Li FC, Chen YH, Li B. Exogenous substances regulate silkworm fat body protein synthesis through MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways. Chemosphere 2017; 171:202-207. [PMID: 28024205 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/17/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Insect fat body is an important intermediate metabolic organ that plays an important role in protein metabolism and detoxification. In order to study the effects of TiO2 NPs and phoxim on fat body protein synthesis through MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways in silkworms, we determined the effects of TiO2 NPs and phoxim, alone and in combination, on fat body protein content of silkworms, analyzed the gene expression profile of the fat body, and verified the expression of characteristic genes. We found that TiO2 NPs and phoxim alone increased the total protein content of the fat body, and up-regulated MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathway genes. TiO2 NPs up-regulated the expression of two growth and development-related genes-insulin-like peptide and neuropeptide receptor B-by 5.17 and 3.89-fold, respectively. Phoxim up-regulated the expression of detoxification genes-P450, GST, and CarE2. Pretreatment with TiO2 NPs could reduce phoxim-increased total protein content and up-regulated MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathway genes and detoxification genes; the activities of detoxification enzymes were consistent with the gene expression pattern. Our results showed that MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways both regulate fat body protein synthesis in silkworms, but the target proteins induced to express were different under different inducing factors. Our finding may provide a reference for investigating the mechanism of protein synthesis regulation through MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways.
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- J H Tian
- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
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- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China.
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Hu JH, Worley PF, Kammermeier PJ. Dynamic Regulation of Homer Binding to Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors by Preso1 and Converging Kinase Cascades. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2017; 361:122-129. [PMID: 28179473 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.116.238394] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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In rat sympathetic neurons from the superior cervical ganglia (SCG) expressing metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR1 or mGluR5, overexpression of scaffolding Homer proteins, which bind to a Homer ligand in their C termini, cause receptor clustering and uncoupling from ion channel modulation. In the absence of recombinant Homer protein overexpression, uncoupling of mGluRs from voltage-dependent channels can be induced by expression of Preso1, an adaptor of proline-directed kinases that phosphorylates the Homer ligand and recruits binding of endogenous Homer proteins. Here we show that in SCG neurons expressing mGluR1 and the tyrosine receptor kinase B, treatment with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) produces a similar uncoupling of the receptors from calcium channels. We investigated the pathways that mediate this uncoupling and compared it with uncoupling observed with Preso1 expression. Both BDNF- and Preso1-induced uncoupling require residues T1151 and S1154 in the mGluR1 Homer ligand (TPPSPF). Uncoupling via Preso1 but not BDNF was prevented by expression of a dominant negative Cdk5, suggesting that endogenous Cdk5 mediates Preso1-dependent phosphorylation of mGluR1. Dominant negative Cdk5 did not block the BDNF effect but this was sensitive to inhibitors of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase cascade. Interestingly, the BDNF pathway appeared to require native Preso1 binding to mGluR, because overexpression of the Preso1 FERM domain, which mediates the Preso1-mGluR interaction, prevented BDNF-induced uncoupling. These data suggest that the BDNF/tyrosine receptor kinase B and Cdk5 pathways converge at the level of mGluR to similarly induce Homer ligand phosphorylation, recruit Homer binding, and uncouple mGluRs from channel regulation.
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- Jia-Hua Hu
- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland (J.-H.H.); Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (P.F.W.); and Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York (P.J.K.)
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland (J.-H.H.); Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (P.F.W.); and Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York (P.J.K.)
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- Section on Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institutes of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland (J.-H.H.); Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (P.F.W.); and Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York (P.J.K.)
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Cozzoli DK, Courson J, Rostock C, Campbell RR, Wroten MG, McGregor H, Caruana AL, Miller BW, Hu JH, Zhang PW, Xiao B, Worley PF, Crabbe JC, Finn DA, Szumlinski KK. Protein Kinase C Epsilon Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens and Central Nucleus of the Amygdala Mediates Binge Alcohol Consumption. Biol Psychiatry 2016; 79:443-51. [PMID: 25861702 PMCID: PMC4561036 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Revised: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Protein kinase C epsilon (PKCε) is emerging as a potential target for the development of pharmacotherapies to treat alcohol use disorders, yet little is known regarding how a history of a highly prevalent form of drinking, binge alcohol intake, influences enzyme priming or the functional relevance of kinase activity for excessive alcohol intake. METHODS Immunoblotting was employed on tissue from subregions of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and the amygdala to examine both idiopathic and binge drinking-induced changes in constitutive PKCε priming. The functional relevance of PKCε translocation for binge drinking and determination of potential upstream signaling pathways involved were investigated using neuropharmacologic approaches within the context of two distinct binge drinking procedures, drinking in the dark and scheduled high alcohol consumption. RESULTS Binge alcohol drinking elevated p(Ser729)-PKCε levels in both the NAc and the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA). Moreover, immunoblotting studies of selectively bred and transgenic mouse lines revealed a positive correlation between the propensity to binge drink alcohol and constitutive p(Ser729)-PKCε levels in the NAc and CeA. Finally, neuropharmacologic inhibition of PKCε translocation within both regions reduced binge alcohol consumption in a manner requiring intact group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors, Homer2, phospholipase C, and/or phosphotidylinositide-3 kinase function. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these data indicate that PKCε signaling in both the NAc and CeA is a major contributor to binge alcohol drinking and to the genetic propensity to consume excessive amounts of alcohol.
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- Debra K. Cozzoli
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, U.S.A,Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland Alcohol Research Center, VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, OR 97239, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, U.S.A
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, U.S.A
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, U.S.A
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, U.S.A
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- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, U.S.A
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland Alcohol Research Center, VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, OR 97239, U.S.A
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland Alcohol Research Center, VA Portland Healthcare System, Portland, OR 97239, U.S.A
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, U.S.A
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Dai DP, Geng PW, Cai J, Wang SH, Nic JJ, Hu JH, Hu GX, Cai JP. 293FT is a highly suitable mammalian cell line for the in vitro enzymatic activity analysis of typical P450 proteins. Pharmazie 2015; 70:33-37. [PMID: 25975096] [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: 06/04/2023]
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Mammalian cells have been widely used for the in vitro evaluation of the functional effect of allelic variants of cytochrome P450 (CYP). The aim of this study was to determine the most suitable mammalian cell line for the in vitro drug metabolism analysis of CYP variants. Three reported cell lines (COS-7, HepG2, 293T) and one fast-growing variant of the 293 cell line 293FT were transfected with vectors expressing green fluorescent protein or typical variants of CYP2C9, CYP2C19 or CYP2D6 to investigate the protein expression levels and the catalytic activity of expressed CYP allelic variants. The transfected 293FT cells had the highest protein expression level and exhibited the highest enzymatic activity, while HepG2 cells showed the lowest activity among the four tested cell lines. Simultaneously, 293FT cells still maintained the similar relative enzymatic ratio among three typical CYP2C9 variants to that of the commonly used COS-7 cells. In addition, 293FT cells could also be used for the in vitro functional evaluation of two other typical P450 proteins, CYP2C19 and CYP2D6. Therefore, the 293FT cell line is more suitable for the in vitro enzymatic activity analysis of typical P450 proteins than any other reported mammalian cell lines.
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Li HC, Wang DG, Hu JH, Chen CZ. Influence of fluoride additions on biological and mechanical properties of Na2O-CaO-SiO2-P2O5 glass-ceramics. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl 2013; 35:171-8. [PMID: 24411365 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2013.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Revised: 09/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Two series of Na2O-CaO-SiO2-P2O5 glass-ceramics doped with NH4HF2 (G-NH4HF2) or CaF2 (G-CaF2) have been prepared by sol-gel method. The glass-ceramic phase composition and morphology were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). The mechanical properties and thermal expansion coefficient were measured by a microhardness tester, an electronic tensile machine and a thermal expansion coefficient tester. The structure difference between these two glass-ceramics was investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and the in vitro bioactivity of the glass-ceramics was determined by in vitro simulated body fluid (SBF) immersion test. The hemolysis test, in vitro cytotoxicity test, systemic toxicity test and the implanted experiment in animals were used to evaluate the biocompatibility of the glass-ceramics. The mechanical properties of sample G-NH4HF2 are lower than that of sample G-CaF2, and the bioactivity of sample G-NH4HF2 is better than that of sample G-CaF2. The thermal expansion coefficients of these two glass-ceramics are all closer to that of Ti6Al4V. After 7 days of SBF immersion, apatites were induced on glass-ceramic surface, indicating that the glass-ceramics have bioactivity. The hemolysis test, in vitro cytotoxicity test and systemic toxicity test demonstrate that the glass-ceramics do not cause hemolysis reaction, and have no toxicity to cell and living animal. The implanted experiment in animals shows that bone tissue can form a good osseointegration with the implant after implantation for two months, indicating that the glass-ceramics are safe to serve as implants.
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- H C Li
- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, Shandong, People's Republic of China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, Shandong, People's Republic of China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, Shandong, People's Republic of China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, Shandong, People's Republic of China; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Park JM, Hu JH, Milshteyn A, Zhang PW, Moore CG, Park S, Datko MC, Domingo RD, Reyes CM, Wang XJ, Etzkorn FA, Xiao B, Szumlinski KK, Kern D, Linden DJ, Worley PF. A prolyl-isomerase mediates dopamine-dependent plasticity and cocaine motor sensitization. Cell 2013; 154:637-50. [PMID: 23911326 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Revised: 04/14/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Synaptic plasticity induced by cocaine and other drugs underlies addiction. Here we elucidate molecular events at synapses that cause this plasticity and the resulting behavioral response to cocaine in mice. In response to D1-dopamine-receptor signaling that is induced by drug administration, the glutamate-receptor protein metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) is phosphorylated by microtubule-associated protein kinase (MAPK), which we show potentiates Pin1-mediated prolyl-isomerization of mGluR5 in instances where the product of an activity-dependent gene, Homer1a, is present to enable Pin1-mGluR5 interaction. These biochemical events potentiate N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR)-mediated currents that underlie synaptic plasticity and cocaine-evoked motor sensitization as tested in mice with relevant mutations. The findings elucidate how a coincidence of signals from the nucleus and the synapse can render mGluR5 accessible to activation with consequences for drug-induced dopamine responses and point to depotentiation at corticostriatal synapses as a possible therapeutic target for treating addiction.
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- Joo Min Park
- Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Obara I, Goulding SP, Hu JH, Klugmann M, Worley PF, Szumlinski KK. Nerve injury-induced changes in Homer/glutamate receptor signaling contribute to the development and maintenance of neuropathic pain. Pain 2013; 154:1932-1945. [PMID: 23685007 DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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While group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) and ionotropic N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors regulate nociception, the precise molecular mechanism(s) contributing to glutamate signaling in chronic pain remain unclear. Here we not only confirmed the key involvement of Homer proteins in neuropathic pain, but also distinguished between the functional roles for different Homer family members and isoforms. Chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve induced long-lasting, time-dependent increases in the postsynaptic density expression of the constitutively expressed (CC) isoforms Homer1b/c and/or Homer2a/b in the spinal dorsal horn and supraspinal structures involved in nociception (prefrontal cortex, thalamus), that co-occurred with increases in their associated mGluRs, NR2 subunits of the NMDA receptor, and the activation of downstream kinases. Virus-mediated overexpression of Homer1c and Homer2b after spinal (intrathecal) virus injection exacerbated CCI-induced mechanical and cold hypersensitivity, however, Homer1 and Homer2 gene knockout (KO) mice displayed no changes in their neuropathic phenotype. In contrast, overexpression of the immediate early gene (IEG) Homer1a isoform reduced, while KO of Homer1a gene potentiated neuropathic pain hypersensitivity. Thus, nerve injury-induced increases in CC-Homers expression promote pain in pathological states, but IEG-Homer induction protects against both the development and maintenance of neuropathy. Additionally, exacerbated pain hypersensitivity in transgenic mice with reduced Homer binding to mGluR5 supports also an inhibitory role for Homer interactions with mGluR5 in mediating neuropathy. Such data indicate that nerve injury-induced changes in glutamate receptor/Homer signaling contribute in dynamic but distinct ways to neuropathic pain processing, which has relevance for the etiology of chronic pain symptoms and its treatment.
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- Ilona Obara
- Department of Psychology and The Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, USA School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Queens Campus, Stockton on Tees TS17 6BH, UK Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Translational Neuroscience Facility, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Kensington Campus, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Bangash M, Park J, Melnikova T, Wang D, Jeon S, Lee D, Syeda S, Kim J, Kouser M, Schwartz J, Cui Y, Zhao X, Speed H, Kee S, Tu J, Hu JH, Petralia R, Linden D, Powell C, Savonenko A, Xiao B, Worley P. Retraction notice to: Enhanced polyubiquitination of Shank3 and NMDA receptor in a mouse model of autism. Cell 2013; 152:367. [PMID: 23332766 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Obara I, Goulding SP, Gould AT, Lominac KD, Hu JH, Zhang PW, von Jonquieres G, Dehoff M, Xiao B, Seeburg PH, Worley PF, Klugmann M, Szumlinski KK. Homers at the Interface between Reward and Pain. Front Psychiatry 2013; 4:39. [PMID: 23761764 PMCID: PMC3675508 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 05/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pain alters opioid reinforcement, presumably via neuroadaptations within ascending pain pathways interacting with the limbic system. Nerve injury increases expression of glutamate receptors and their associated Homer scaffolding proteins throughout the pain processing pathway. Homer proteins, and their associated glutamate receptors, regulate behavioral sensitivity to various addictive drugs. Thus, we investigated a potential role for Homers in the interactions between pain and drug reward in mice. Chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve elevated Homer1b/c and/or Homer2a/b expression within all mesolimbic structures examined and for the most part, the Homer increases coincided with elevated mGluR5, GluN2A/B, and the activational state of various down-stream kinases. Behaviorally, CCI mice showed pain hypersensitivity and a conditioned place-aversion (CPA) at a low heroin dose that supported conditioned place-preference (CPP) in naïve controls. Null mutations of Homer1a, Homer1, and Homer2, as well as transgenic disruption of mGluR5-Homer interactions, either attenuated or completely blocked low-dose heroin CPP, and none of the CCI mutant strains exhibited heroin-induced CPA. However, heroin CPP did not depend upon full Homer1c expression within the nucleus accumbens (NAC), as CPP occurred in controls infused locally with small hairpin RNA-Homer1c, although intra-NAC and/or intrathecal cDNA-Homer1c, -Homer1a, and -Homer2b infusions (to best mimic CCI's effects) were sufficient to blunt heroin CPP in uninjured mice. However, arguing against a simple role for CCI-induced increases in either spinal or NAC Homer expression for heroin CPA, cDNA infusion of our various cDNA constructs either did not affect (intrathecal) or attenuated (NAC) heroin CPA. Together, these data implicate increases in glutamate receptor/Homer/kinase activity within limbic structures, perhaps outside the NAC, as possibly critical for switching the incentive motivational properties of heroin following nerve injury, which has relevance for opioid psychopharmacology in individuals suffering from neuropathic pain.
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- Ilona Obara
- Department of Psychology, Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA, USA ; School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Queen's Campus, University of Durham Stockton on Tees, UK
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Hu JH, Yang L, Kammermeier PJ, Moore CG, Brakeman PR, Tu J, Yu S, Petralia RS, Li Z, Zhang PW, Park JM, Dong X, Xiao B, Worley PF. Preso1 dynamically regulates group I metabotropic glutamate receptors. Nat Neurosci 2012; 15:836-44. [PMID: 22561452 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs), including mGluR1 and mGluR5, are G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) that are expressed at excitatory synapses in brain and spinal cord. GPCRs are often negatively regulated by specific G protein–coupled receptor kinases and subsequent binding of arrestin-like molecules. Here we demonstrate an alternative mechanism in which group I mGluRs are negatively regulated by proline-directed kinases that phosphorylate the binding site for the adaptor protein Homer, and thereby enhance mGluR–Homer binding to reduce signaling. This mechanism is dependent on a multidomain scaffolding protein, Preso1, that binds mGluR, Homer and proline-directed kinases and that is required for their phosphorylation of mGluR at the Homer binding site. Genetic ablation of Preso1 prevents dynamic phosphorylation of mGluR5, and Preso1(−/−) mice exhibit sustained, mGluR5-dependent inflammatory pain that is linked to enhanced mGluR signaling. Preso1 creates a microdomain for proline-directed kinases with broad substrate specificity to phosphorylate mGluR and to mediate negative regulation.
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- Jia-Hua Hu
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Hu JH, Zhao H, Huang YP, Zhang X, Gao HN, Yang MF, Fan J, Ma WH. Opportunistic posttransplantation virus infections in renal transplant recipients. Transplant Proc 2012; 43:3715-9. [PMID: 22172833 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 09/25/2010] [Revised: 06/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Opportunistic virus infection is one of the most common complications in renal transplant (RT) recipients. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and BK virus (BKV) are important pathogens and each of these infections affects the other. In contrast, there is only limited information on JC virus (JCV) infection and its relation to CMV infection in RT recipients. This prospective study investigated the rates of JCV and CMV infections and their risk factors and correlations. METHODS We studied 52 RT recipients. JCV and CMV were detected using nested qualitative polymerase chain reaction assays of urine. The clinical characteristics of JCV and CMV infection were compared and risk factors analyzed with the use of binary logistic regression. RESULTS JCV and CMV were detected in 40.4% and 34.6% of the RT recipients, respectively. Cyclosporine (CsA) was a risk factor for both JCV and CMV infection (odds ratio [OR] 7.187; P=.002; OR 4.182; P=.021); CMV infection was a risk factor for JCV infection (OR 3.900; P=.039). CONCLUSIONS JCV and CMV infections are common in RT recipients. CsA is a risk factor for both JCV and CMV infection. JCV infection is related to CMV infection.
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Cozzoli DK, Courson J, Caruana AL, Miller BW, Greentree DI, Thompson AB, Wroten MG, Zhang PW, Xiao B, Hu JH, Klugmann M, Metten P, Worley PF, Crabbe JC, Szumlinski KK. Nucleus accumbens mGluR5-associated signaling regulates binge alcohol drinking under drinking-in-the-dark procedures. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2012; 36:1623-33. [PMID: 22432643 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01776.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alcohol increases the expression of Group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) and their associated scaffolding protein Homer2 and stimulates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) within the nucleus accumbens (NAC). Moreover, functional studies suggest that NAC Group 1 mGluR/Homer2/PI3K signaling may be a potential target for pharmacotherapeutic intervention in alcoholism. METHODS Immunoblotting was conducted to examine the effects of alcohol consumption under drinking-in-the-dark (DID) procedures on Group 1 mGluR-associated proteins in C57BL/6J (B6) mice. Follow-up behavioral studies examined the importance of Group 1 mGluR/Homer2/PI3K signaling within the NAC shell for limited-access alcohol drinking. Finally, immunoblotting examined whether the NAC expression of Group 1 mGluR-associated proteins is a genetic correlate of high alcohol drinking using a selectively bred high DID (HDID-1) mouse line. RESULTS Limited-access alcohol drinking under DID procedures up-regulated NAC shell Homer2 levels, concomitant with increases in mGluR5 and NR2B. Intra-NAC shell blockade of mGluR5, Homer2, or PI3K signaling, as well as transgenic disruption of the Homer binding site on mGluR5, decreased alcohol consumption in B6 mice. Moreover, transgenic disruption of the Homer binding site on mGluR5 and Homer2 deletion both prevented the attenuating effect of mGluR5 and PI3K blockade upon intake. Finally, the basal NAC shell protein expression of mGluR1 and Homer2 was increased in offspring of HDID-1 animals. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these data further implicate Group 1 mGluR signaling through Homer2 within the NAC in excessive alcohol consumption.
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- Debra K Cozzoli
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
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Hu JH, Park JM, Park S, Xiao B, Dehoff MH, Kim S, Hayashi T, Schwarz MK, Huganir RL, Seeburg PH, Linden DJ, Worley PF. Homeostatic scaling requires group I mGluR activation mediated by Homer1a. Neuron 2011; 68:1128-42. [PMID: 21172614 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2010.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Homeostatic scaling is a non-Hebbian form of neural plasticity that maintains neuronal excitability and informational content of synaptic arrays in the face of changes of network activity. Here, we demonstrate that homeostatic scaling is dependent on group I metabotropic glutamate receptor activation that is mediated by the immediate early gene Homer1a. Homer1a is transiently upregulated during increases in network activity and evokes agonist-independent signaling of group I mGluRs that scales down the expression of synaptic AMPA receptors. Homer1a effects are dynamic and play a role in the induction of scaling. Similar to mGluR-LTD, Homer1a-dependent scaling involves a reduction of tyrosine phosphorylation of GluA2 (GluR2), but is distinct in that it exploits a unique signaling property of group I mGluR to confer cell-wide, agonist-independent activation of the receptor. These studies reveal an elegant interplay of mechanisms that underlie Hebbian and non-Hebbian plasticity.
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- Jia-Hua Hu
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Ablikim M, Bai JZ, Ban Y, Cai X, Chen HF, Chen HS, Chen HX, Chen JC, Chen J, Chen YB, Chu YP, Dai YS, Diao LY, Deng ZY, Dong QF, Du SX, Fang J, Fang SS, Fu CD, Gao CS, Gao YN, Gu SD, Gu YT, Guo YN, He KL, He M, Heng YK, Hou J, Hu HM, Hu JH, Hu T, Huang GS, Huang XT, Ji XB, Jiang XS, Jiang XY, Jiao JB, Jin DP, Jin S, Lai YF, Li G, Li HB, Li J, Li RY, Li SM, Li WD, Li WG, Li XL, Li XN, Li XQ, Liang YF, Liao HB, Liu BJ, Liu CX, Liu F, Liu F, Liu HH, Liu HM, Liu J, Liu JB, Liu JP, Liu J, Liu Q, Liu RG, Liu ZA, Lou YC, Lu F, Lu GR, Lu JG, Luo CL, Ma FC, Ma HL, Ma LL, Ma QM, Mao ZP, Mo XH, Nie J, Ping RG, Qi ND, Qin H, Qiu JF, Ren ZY, Rong G, Ruan XD, Shan LY, Shang L, Shen DL, Shen XY, Sheng HY, Sun HS, Sun SS, Sun YZ, Sun ZJ, Tang X, Tong GL, Wang DY, Wang L, Wang LL, Wang LS, Wang M, Wang P, Wang PL, Wang WF, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang ZY, Wang Z, Wei CL, Wei DH, Weng Y, Wu N, Xia XM, Xie XX, Xu GF, Xu XP, Xu Y, Yan ML, Yang HX, Yang YX, Ye MH, Ye YX, Yu GW, Yuan CZ, Yuan Y, Zang SL, Zeng Y, Zhang BX, Zhang BY, Zhang CC, Zhang DH, Zhang HQ, Zhang HY, Zhang JW, Zhang JY, Zhang SH, Zhang XY, Zhang Y, Zhang ZX, Zhang ZP, Zhao DX, Zhao JW, Zhao MG, Zhao PP, Zhao WR, Zhao ZG, Zheng HQ, Zheng JP, Zheng ZP, Zhou L, Zhu KJ, Zhu QM, Zhu YC, Zhu YS, Zhu ZA, Zhuang BA, Zhuang XA, Zou BS. Anomalous line shape of the cross section for e{+}e{-}--> hadrons in the center-of-mass energy region between 3.650 and 3.872 GeV. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 101:102004. [PMID: 18851209 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.102004] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We observe an obvious anomalous line shape of the e;{+}e;{-}--> hadrons total cross sections in the energy region between 3.700 and 3.872 GeV. It is inconsistent with the explanation for only one simple psi(3770) resonance with a statistical significance of 7sigma. The anomalous line shape may be explained by two possible enhancements of the inclusive hadron production near the center-of-mass energies of 3.764 and 3.779 GeV, indicating that either there is likely a new structure in addition to the psi(3770) resonance around 3.773 GeV, or there are some physics effects reflecting the DD[over ] production dynamics.
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- M Ablikim
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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Ablikim M, Bai JZ, Ban Y, Cai X, Chen HF, Chen HS, Chen HX, Chen JC, Chen J, Chen YB, Chu YP, Dai YS, Diao LY, Deng ZY, Dong QF, Du SX, Fang J, Fang SS, Fu CD, Gao CS, Gao YN, Gu SD, Gu YT, Guo YN, Guo ZJ, Harris FA, He KL, He M, Heng YK, Hou J, Hu HM, Hu JH, Hu T, Huang XT, Ji XB, Jiang XS, Jiang XY, Jiao JB, Jin DP, Jin S, Jin Y, Lai YF, Li G, Li HB, Li J, Li RY, Li SM, Li WD, Li WG, Li XL, Li XN, Li XQ, Liang YF, Liao HB, Liu BJ, Liu CX, Liu F, Liu F, Liu HH, Liu HM, Liu J, Liu JB, Liu JP, Liu J, Liu Q, Liu RG, Liu ZA, Lou YC, Lu F, Lu GR, Lu JG, Luo CL, Ma FC, Ma HL, Ma LL, Ma QM, Mao ZP, Mo XH, Nie J, Olsen SL, Ping RG, Qi ND, Qin H, Qiu JF, Ren ZY, Rong G, Ruan XD, Shan LY, Shang L, Shen CP, Shen DL, Shen XY, Sheng HY, Sun HS, Sun SS, Sun YZ, Sun ZJ, Tang X, Tong GL, Varner GS, Wang DY, Wang L, Wang LL, Wang LS, Wang M, Wang P, Wang PL, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang ZY, Wang Z, Wei CL, Wei DH, Wiedner U, Weng Y, Wu N, Xia XM, Xie XX, Xu GF, Xu XP, Xu Y, Yan ML, Yang HX, Yang YX, Ye MH, Ye YX, Yu GW, Yuan CZ, Yuan Y, Zang SL, Zeng Y, Zhang BX, Zhang BY, Zhang CC, Zhang DH, Zhang HQ, Zhang HY, Zhang JW, Zhang JY, Zhang SH, Zhang XY, Zhang Y, Zhang ZX, Zhang ZP, Zhao DX, Zhao JW, Zhao MG, Zhao PP, Zhao WR, Zhao ZG, Zheng HQ, Zheng JP, Zheng ZP, Zhou L, Zhu KJ, Zhu QM, Zhu YC, Zhu YS, Zhu ZA, Zhuang BA, Zhuang XA, Zou BS. Search for the invisible decay of J/psi in psi(2S) --> pi(+)pi(-) J/psi. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:192001. [PMID: 18518438 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.192001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Using psi(2S) --> pi(+)pi(-) J/psi events in a sample of 14.0 x 10(6) psi(2S) decays collected with the BES-II detector, a search for the decay of the J/psi to invisible final states is performed. No signal is found, and an upper limit at the 90% confidence level is determined to be 1.2 x 10(-2) for the ratio B(J/psi --> invisible)/B(J/psi-->mu(+)mu(-)). This is the first search for J/psi decays to invisible final states.
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- M Ablikim
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing, PR China
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Ablikim M, Bai JZ, Ban Y, Cai X, Chen HF, Chen HS, Chen HX, Chen JC, Chen J, Chen YB, Chu YP, Dai YS, Diao LY, Deng ZY, Dong QF, Du SX, Fang J, Fang SS, Fu CD, Gao CS, Gao YN, Gu SD, Gu YT, Guo YN, Guo ZJ, Harris FA, He KL, He M, Heng YK, Hou J, Hu HM, Hu JH, Hu T, Huang GS, Huang XT, Ji XB, Jiang XS, Jiang XY, Jiao JB, Jin DP, Jin S, Lai YF, Li G, Li HB, Li J, Li RY, Li SM, Li WD, Li WG, Li XL, Li XN, Li XQ, Liang YF, Liao HB, Liu BJ, Liu CX, Liu F, Liu F, Liu HH, Liu HM, Liu J, Liu JB, Liu JP, Liu JLQ, Liu RG, Liu ZA, Lou YC, Lu F, Lu GR, Lu JG, Luo CL, Ma FC, Ma HL, Ma LL, Ma QM, Mao ZP, Mo XH, Nie J, Olsen SL, Ping RG, Qi ND, Qin H, Qiu JF, Ren ZY, Rong G, Ruan XD, Shan LY, Shang L, Shen CP, Shen DL, Shen XY, Sheng HY, Sun HS, Sun SS, Sun YZ, Sun ZJ, Tang X, Tong GL, Varner GS, Wang DY, Wang L, Wang LL, Wang LS, Wang M, Wang P, Wang PL, Wang YF, Wang Z, Wang ZY, Wang Z, Wei CL, Wei DH, Weng Y, Wu N, Xia XM, Xie XX, Xu GF, Xu XP, Xu Y, Yan ML, Yang HX, Yang YX, Ye MH, Ye YX, Yu GW, Yuan CZ, Yuan Y, Zang SL, Zeng Y, Zhang BX, Zhang BY, Zhang CC, Zhang DH, Zhang HQ, Zhang HY, Zhang JW, Zhang JY, Zhang SH, Zhang XY, Zhang Y, Zhang ZX, Zhang ZP, Zhao DX, Zhao JW, Zhao MG, Zhao PP, Zhao WR, Zhao ZG, Zheng HQ, Zheng JP, Zheng ZP, Zhou L, Zhu KJ, Zhu QM, Zhu YC, Zhu YS, Zhu ZA, Zhuang BA, Zhuang XA, Zou BS. Measurement of psi2S radiative decays. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 99:011802. [PMID: 17678148 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.011802] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2006] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Using 14 x 10(6) psi(2S) events accumulated at the BESII detector, we report first measurements of branching fractions or upper limits for psi(2S) decays into gammapp, gamma2(pi+pi-), gammaKS0K+pi-+c.c., gammaK+K-pi+pi-, gammaK*0K-pi++c.c., gammaK*0K*0, gammapi+pi-pp, gamma2(K+K-), gamma3(pi+pi-), and gamma2(pi+pi-)K+K- with the invariant mass of hadrons below 2.9 GeV/c2. We also report branching fractions of psi(2S) decays into 2(pi+pi-)pi0, omegapi+pi-, omegaf2(1270), b1+/-pi-/+, and pi02(pi+pi-)K+K-.
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- M Ablikim
- Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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Zhang YZ, Zhang SC, Liu XZ, Xu YJ, Hu JH, Xu YY, Li J, Chen SL. Toxicity and protective efficiency of cryoprotectants to flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) embryos. Theriogenology 2005; 63:763-73. [PMID: 15629795 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2004.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 09/11/2003] [Revised: 01/17/2004] [Accepted: 04/29/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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With the purpose of finding an ideal cryoprotectant or combination of cryoprotectants in a suitable concentration for flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) embryo cryopreservation, we tested the toxicities, at culture temperature (16 degrees C), of five most commonly used cryoprotectants-dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO), glycerol, methanol (MeOH), 1,2-propylene glycol (PG) and ethylene glycol (EG). In addition, cryoprotective efficiency to flounder embryos of individual and combined cryoprotectants were tested at -15 degrees C for 60 min. Five different concentrations of each of the five cryoprotectants and 20 different combinations of these cryoprotectants were tested for their protective efficiency. The results showed that the toxicity to flounder embryos of the five cryoprotectants are in the following sequence: PG < MeOH < Me2SO < glycerol < EG (P < 0.05); whereas the protective efficiency of each cryoprotectant, at -15 degrees C for a period of 60 min, are in the following sequence: PG > Me2SO approximately MeOH approximately glycerol > EG (greater symbols mean P < 0.05, and approximate symbols mean P > 0.05). Methanol combined with any one of the other cryoprotectants gave the best protection, while ethylene glycol combined with any one of the other cryoprotectants gave the poorest protection at -15 degrees C. Toxicity effect was concentration dependent with the lowest concentration being the least toxic for all five cryoprotectants at 16 degrees C. For PG, MeOH and glycerol, 20% solutions gave the best protection at -15 degrees C; whereas a 15% solution of Me2SO, and a 10% solution of EG, gave the best protection at -15 degrees C.
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- Department of Marine Biology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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Shan X, Hu JH, Cayabyab FS, Krieger C. Increased phospho-adducin immunoreactivity in a murine model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neuroscience 2005; 134:833-46. [PMID: 15994023 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 01/17/2005] [Revised: 03/22/2005] [Accepted: 04/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Adducins alpha, beta and gamma are proteins that link spectrin and actin in the regulation of cytoskeletal architecture and are substrates for protein kinase C and other signaling molecules. Previous studies have shown that expressions of phosphorylated adducin (phospho-adducin) and protein kinase C are increased in spinal cord tissue from patients who died with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disorder of motoneurons and other cells. However, the distribution of phospho-adducin immunoreactivity has not been described in the mammalian spinal cord. We have evaluated the distribution of immunoreactivity to serine/threonine-dependent phospho-adducin at a region corresponding to the myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate-related domain of adducin in spinal cords of mice over-expressing mutant human superoxide dismutase, an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and in control littermates. We find phospho-adducin immunoreactivity in control spinal cord in ependymal cells surrounding the central canal, neurons and astrocytes. Phospho-adducin immunoreactivity is localized to the cell bodies, dendrites and axons of some motoneurons, as well as to astrocytes in the gray and white matter. Spinal cords of mutant human superoxide dismutase mice having motoneuron loss exhibit significantly increased phospho-adducin immunoreactivity in ventral and dorsal horn spinal cord regions, but not in ependyma surrounding the central canal, compared with control animals. Increased phospho-adducin immunoreactivity localizes predominantly to astrocytes and likely increases as a consequence of the astrogliosis that occurs in the mutant human superoxide dismutase mouse with disease progression. These findings demonstrate increased immunoreactivity against phosphorylated adducin at the myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate domain in a murine model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. As adducin is a substrate for protein kinase C at the myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate domain, the increased phospho-adducin immunoreactivity is likely a consequence of protein kinase C activation in neurons and astrocytes of the spinal cord and evidence for aberrant phosphorylation events in mutant human superoxide dismutase mice that may affect neuron survival.
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- School of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Hu JH, Ma YH, Jiang J, Yang N, Duan SH, Jiang ZH, Mei ZT, Fei J, Guo LH. Cognitive impairment in mice over-expressing γ-aminobutyric acid transporter I (GAT1). Neuroreport 2004; 15:9-12. [PMID: 15106822 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200401190-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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: 10/26/2022]
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There is increasing evidence that GABAergic system plays an important role in the neural control of learning and memory processes. GAT1 over-expressing mice (NA) were generated, in which GAT1 is under the control of a neuron-specific enolase (NSE) promoter, to investigate effects of GABA transporter on cognitive function. Our results revealed that NA mice displayed cognitive deterioration in associative learning ability and new object recognition retention, compared with the wild-type littermates (WT2). However, the impaired cognitive function of transgenic mice could be rescued after chronic administration of GAT1 selective inhibitor for 6 days. In addition, there was no change of the expression of NMDA receptors in NA mice. Taken together, we show a potentially important role for GAT1 in the neural control of cognitive processes, and indicate great potential for GAT1 as a clinical target of cognitive disorders.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 YueYang Road, Shanghai 200031, PR China
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Hu JH, Yang N, Ma YH, Zhou XG, Zhang XY, Jiang J, Mei ZT, Fei J, Guo LH. Decrease of morphine-induced reward effects and withdrawal symptoms in mice overexpressing ?-aminobutyric acid transporter I. J Neurosci Res 2003; 74:614-21. [PMID: 14598306 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Morphine addiction has been shown to result from neural adaptations produced by repeated drug exposure, but the mechanism is still unclear. In the present study, we found that gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) uptake was increased in mouse brain 120 min after, but not 20 min after, morphine (10 mg/kg, s.c.) injection. We generated GABA transporter I (GAT1)-overexpressing mice to investigate whether the GABAergic system and GABA transporter are involved in morphine-induced reward effects and withdrawal symptoms. Our results revealed that the rewarding effects induced by morphine were significantly decreased in GAT1-overexpressing mice as measured by the conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigm. Moreover, both somatic and vegetative signs of naloxone-induced morphine withdrawal symptoms were substantially reduced in GAT1-overexpressing mice. In addition, the decreased morphine rewarding in transgenic mice could be recovered when mice were coinjected with NO-711 (a GAT1 selective inhibitor) in the CPP paradigm. These findings suggest that the GABAergic system plays an important role in morphine addiction and point to the possibility of developing drugs that target GAT1 and extend the clinical application of opiates.
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- Jia-Hua Hu
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Hu JH, Yang N, Ma YH, Zhou XG, Jiang J, Duan SH, Mei ZT, Fei J, Guo LH. Hyperalgesic effects of gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter I in mice. J Neurosci Res 2003; 73:565-72. [PMID: 12898541 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The present study focused on the involvement of gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter I (GAT1) in pain. We found that GABA uptake was increased in mouse spinal cord at 20 min and 120 min after formalin injection and in mouse brain at 120 min, but not 20 min, after formalin injection. In addition, the antinociceptive effects of GAT1-selective inhibitors were examined using assays of thermal (tail-flick) and chemical (formalin and acetic acid) nociception in C57BL/6J mice. The GAT1-selective inhibitors, ethyl nipecotate and NO-711, exhibited significant antinociceptive effects in these nociceptive assays. To study further the effects of GAT1 on pain, we used two kinds of GAT1-overexpressing transgenic mice (under the control of a CMV promoter or a NSE promoter) to examine the nociceptive responses in these mice. In the thermal, formalin, and acetic acid assays, both kinds of transgenic mice displayed significant hyperalgesia after nociceptive stimuli. In addition, the micro opioid receptor antagonist naloxone had no influence on nociceptive responses in wild-type and transgenic mice. The results indicate that GAT1 is involved in the regulation of pain processes, and point to the possibility of developing analgesic drugs that target GAT1 other than opioid receptors.
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- Jia-Hua Hu
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Hu JH, Ding M, Søballe K, Bechtold JE, Danielsen CC, Day JS, Hvid I. Effects of short-term alendronate treatment on the three-dimensional microstructural, physical, and mechanical properties of dog trabecular bone. Bone 2002; 31:591-7. [PMID: 12477573 DOI: 10.1016/s8756-3282(02)00870-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The bisphosphonate, alendronate, is well known for its potent inhibition of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. It has been used clinically for the treatment of osteoporosis and has also recently been used to reduce osteolysis around prostheses in a canine revision model of implant loosening (femoral condyle). In this study, the effects of alendronate on trabecular bone properties were assessed in dogs at an oral dose of 0.5 mg/kg per day over a 12 week period, and compared with control dogs. Cubic cancellous bone specimens were produced from lumbar vertebrae (L-1 and L-2) and bilateral proximal humeri. These specimens were scanned using a high-resolution microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) system. From accurate data sets, three-dimensional microstructural properties were calculated and physical and mechanical properties were determined. Treatment with alendronate increased bone volume fraction by 9.5%, 7.7%, 7.4%, and 18.4%, respectively, in L-1, L-2, humeral greater tuberosity, and humeral head trabecular bone. In the lumbar vertebrae, the alendronate-treated trabeculae were thicker and lower in bone surface-to-volume ratio. In the greater tuberosity, the alendronate-treated trabeculae were thicker, lower in bone surface-to-volume ratio, and less anisotropic. In the humeral head, the alendronate-treated trabeculae were thicker, less anisotropic, lower in surface density, and showed decreased trabecular separation. Alendronate significantly increased apparent density and collagen density in the lumbar vertebrae and humeral heads, and significantly decreased collagen concentration in the vertebrae. In the lumbar vertebrae, Young's modulus in the cephalocaudal direction, ultimate stress, and failure energy were significantly increased in the alendronate-treated group. The changes in mechanical properties in the humeral head trabecular bone were similar to those seen in the lumbar vertebrae. Our results demonstrate that alendronate increases the mechanical properties of healthy canine trabecular bone after short-term treatment. The physical and microstructural changes of trabecular bone are consistent with the significantly increased mechanical properties.
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- J H Hu
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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Ring-shaped lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoelectric vibrators were subjected to non-uniform mechanical stress applied by bolt clamping. The effect of mechanical stress on the effective electromechanical coupling factor (k(eff)) and mechanical quality factor (Qm) of the thickness and wall thickness modes was studied by an equivalent electric circuit analysis. The initiation and propagation of cracks under mechanical stress were also discussed based on the resonance method and the indentation technique. k(eff) for both the thickness and wall thickness modes decreased with increase in mechanical stress due to de-poling of the PZT. Qm of the thickness mode dropped sharply with increase in mechanical stress while Qm of the wall thickness mode remained almost unchange. Existence of microcracks in a PZT vibrator can be detected by the occurrence of spurious vibrations at the wall thickness mode in the electrical impedance vs. frequency spectra.
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- C H Xu
- Department of Applied Physics and Materials Research Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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An Y, Zhu ZM, Hu JH, Liu AH. [The characteristic infrared spectra of alpha,alpha'-dioxoketene cyclic dithioacetals]. Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi 2001; 21:775-777. [PMID: 12958892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The characteristic infrared spectra of the five alpha,alpha'-dioxoketene cyclic dithioacetals such as carbonyl, double bond of carbon and carbon, single bond of carbon and sulfur etc have been studied. It is specially important that the changing rules with the change of chemical structure have been discussed.
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- Y An
- Chemistry Department, Liaoning Teacher University, Dalian 116029, China
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Ciprofloxacin albumin microspheres were prepared by the spray drying technique, with bovine serum albumin as the natural biodegradable wall material. The spherical microspheres, flowed well, were organic solvent free and in the size range 1-5 microm. The drug release from the microspheres could be retarded by further thermal denaturation. The sustained-release microspheres were suitable for dry powder inhaled lung drug delivery systems.
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- F Q Li
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
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