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Amaducci S, Colonna N, Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Finocchiaro P, Krtička M, Massimi C, Mastromarco M, Mazzone A, Maugeri EA, Mengoni A, Roederer IU, Straniero O, Valenta S, Vescovi D, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Barbagallo M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Billowes J, Bosnar D, Brown A, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero-Ontanaya L, Calviño F, Calviani M, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Cortés G, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Diakaki M, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Eleme Z, Fernández-Domínguez B, Ferrari A, Furman V, Göbel K, Garg R, Gawlik-Ramięga A, Gilardoni S, Gonçalves IF, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Harada H, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, Junghans A, Käppeler F, Kadi Y, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Leeb H, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale SJ, Macina D, Manna A, Martínez T, Masi A, Mastinu P, Mendoza E, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo PM, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Nolte R, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Petrone C, Piersanti L, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Ramos-Doval D, Rauscher T, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Rubbia C, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Smith AG, Sosnin NV, Sprung P, Stamatopoulos A, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeño-Saldivia A, Tassan-Got L, Thomas T, Torres-Sánchez P, Tsinganis A, Ulrich J, Urlass S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright T, Žugec P. Measurement of the ^{140}Ce(n,γ) Cross Section at n_TOF and Its Astrophysical Implications for the Chemical Evolution of the Universe. Phys Rev Lett 2024; 132:122701. [PMID: 38579210 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.122701] [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: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
Abstract
^{140}Ce(n,γ) is a key reaction for slow neutron-capture (s-process) nucleosynthesis due to being a bottleneck in the reaction flow. For this reason, it was measured with high accuracy (uncertainty ≈5%) at the n_TOF facility, with an unprecedented combination of a high purity sample and low neutron-sensitivity detectors. The measured Maxwellian averaged cross section is up to 40% higher than previously accepted values. Stellar model calculations indicate a reduction around 20% of the s-process contribution to the Galactic cerium abundance and smaller sizeable differences for most of the heavier elements. No variations are found in the nucleosynthesis from massive stars.
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- S Amaducci
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, Italy
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- Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Italy
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy
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- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Italy
- Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Italy
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, Norh Carolina 27695, USA
- Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics-Center for the Evolution of the Elements (JINA-CEE), USA
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- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo, Italy
- INFN Sezione Napoli, Napoli, Italy
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- Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
- TU Wien, Atominstitut, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Wien, Austria
- CEA Irfu, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Italy
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- CEA Irfu, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- University of York, United Kingdom
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia, Università di Perugia, Italy
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- IGFAE-Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
- University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
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- University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
- National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- CEA Irfu, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- IGFAE-Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- University of Ioannina, Greece
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- Affiliated with an institute or an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
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- CEA Irfu, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-Mura, Japan
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- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North, IKP, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-Mura, Japan
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- Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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- Affiliated with an institute or an international laboratory covered by a cooperation agreement with CERN
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- TU Wien, Atominstitut, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Wien, Austria
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Italy
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Italy
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- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Spain
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
- National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- CEA Irfu, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Italy
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Italy
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
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- University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Vienna, Austria
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- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
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- Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico d'Abruzzo, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia, Italy
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
- Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Geel, Belgium
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- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
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- University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Italy
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular, CSIC - Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, CNRS-IN2P3, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
- National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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- Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari, Italy
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- Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Italy
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
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- National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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- Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Bennett SA, Garrett K, Sharp DK, Freeman SJ, Smith AG, Wright TJ, Kay BP, Tang TL, Tolstukhin IA, Ayyad Y, Chen J, Davies PJ, Dolan A, Gaffney LP, Heinz A, Hoffman CR, Müller-Gatermann C, Page RD, Wilson GL. Direct Determination of Fission-Barrier Heights Using Light-Ion Transfer in Inverse Kinematics. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 130:202501. [PMID: 37267578 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.202501] [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: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We demonstrate a new technique for obtaining fission data for nuclei away from β stability. These types of data are pertinent to the astrophysical r process, crucial to a complete understanding of the origin of the heavy elements, and for developing a predictive model of fission. These data are also important considerations for terrestrial applications related to power generation and safeguarding. Experimentally, such data are scarce due to the difficulties in producing the actinide targets of interest. The solenoidal-spectrometer technique, commonly used to study nucleon-transfer reactions in inverse kinematics, has been applied to the case of transfer-induced fission as a means to deduce the fission-barrier height, among other variables. The fission-barrier height of ^{239}U has been determined via the ^{238}U(d,pf) reaction in inverse kinematics, the results of which are consistent with existing neutron-induced fission data indicating the validity of the technique.
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- S A Bennett
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- IGFAE, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, USA
- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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Babiano-Suarez V, Balibrea-Correa J, Caballero-Ontanaya L, Domingo-Pardo C, Ladarescu I, Lerendegui-Marco J, Tain JL, Calviño F, Casanovas A, Tarifeño-Saldivia A, Guerrero C, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Bacak M, Barbagallo M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Billowes J, Bosnar D, Brown A, Busso M, Caamaño M, Calviani M, Cano-Ott D, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Colonna N, Cortés G, CortésGiraldo MA, Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Diakaki M, Dietz M, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Eleme Z, Fernández-Domínguez B, Ferrari A, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Göbel K, Garg R, Gawlik-Ramięga A, Gilardoni S, Gonçalves IF, González-Romero E, Gunsing F, Harada H, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, Junghans A, Käppeler F, Kadi Y, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Krtička M, Kurtulgil D, Lederer-Woods C, Leeb H, Lonsdale SJ, Macina D, Manna A, Martínez T, Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu P, Mastromarco M, Maugeri EA, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo PM, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Nolte R, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Persanti L, Petrone C, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Ramos-Doval D, Rauscher T, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Romanets Y, Rubbia C, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Smith AG, Sosnin NV, Sprung P, Stamatopoulos A, Tagliente G, Tassan-Got L, Thomas T, Torres-Sánchez P, Tsinganis A, Ulrich J, Urlass S, Valenta S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright T, Žugec P. First 80Se(n, γ) cross section measurement with high resolution in the full stellar energy range 1 eV - 100 keV and its astrophysical implications for the s-process. EPJ Web Conf 2022. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202226011026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Most elements heavier than iron have been generated in the stellar media by means of neutron capture reactions, approximately half are produced by the slow neutron capture or s-process. Radiative neutron capture cross section measurements are of fundamental importance for the study of this mechanism. In this contribution we present a brief summary on the measurement and results for the 80Se(n,γ) cross-section. The experiment was carried out at CERN n_TOF EAR1 via the time of flight (ToF) technique, using four C6D6 scintillation detectors with very fast response. More than a hundred new resonances have been analyzed for the first time with a high accuracy. The MACS obtained at kT = 8 keV is 36% smaller than the recommended value in KADo-NiS. Some of the astrophysical implications of this result are elucidated in this contribution.
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Manna A, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Babiano VS, Bacak M, Barbagallo M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Bosnar D, Brown AS, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero L, Calviani M, Calvi F, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Colonna N, Cortés GP, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Coséntino L, Cristallo S, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Diakaki M, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Eleme Z, Fernández-Domíngez B, Ferrari A, Ferro-Goncalves I, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Garg R, Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Göbel K, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, Jericha E, Jiri U, Junghans A, Kadi Y, Käppeler F, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Krtiička M, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale SJ, Macina D, Martínez T, Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu PF, Mastromarco M, Maugeri E, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo PM, Millán-Callado MA, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Nolte R, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Petrone C, Piersanti L, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada J, Ramos D, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Rubbia C, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Smith A, Sosnin N, Sprung P, Stamatopoulos A, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeno-Saldivia AE, Tassan-Got L, Thomas B, Torres-Sánchez P, Tsinganis A, Urlass S, Valenta S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright TJ, Žugec P. Setup for the measurement of the 235U(n, f) cross section relative to n-p scattering up to 1 GeV. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023901008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The neutron induced fission of 235U is extensively used as a reference for neutron fluence measurements in various applications, ranging from the investigation of the biological effectiveness of high energy neutrons, to the measurement of high energy neutron cross sections of relevance for accelerator driven nuclear systems. Despite its widespread use, no data exist on neutron induced fission of 235U above 200 MeV. The neutron facility n_TOF offers the possibility to improve the situation. The measurement of 235U(n,f) relative to the differential n-p scattering cross-section, was carried out in September 2018 with the aim of providing accurate and precise cross section data in the energy range from 10 MeV up to 1 GeV. In such measurements, Recoil Proton Telescopes (RPTs) are used to measure the neutron flux while the fission events are detected and counted with dedicated detectors. In this paper the measurement campaign and the experimental set-up are illustrated.
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Terranova N, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Barbagallo M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Bosnar D, Brown AS, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero L, Calviani M, Calviño F, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Colonna N, Cortés GP, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Diakaki M, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Eleme Z, Fernández-Domíngez B, Ferrari A, Ferro-Gonçalves I, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Garg R, Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Göbel K, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, Jericha E, Jiri U, Junghans A, Kadi Y, Käppeler F, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Krtička M, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale SJ, Macina D, Manna A, Martínez T, Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu PF, Mastromarco M, Maugeri E, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo PM, Millán-Callado MA, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Petrone C, Piersanti L, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Doval DR, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Rubbia C, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Smith AG, Sosnin N, Sprung P, Stamatopoulos A, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeño-Saldivia AE, Tassan-Got L, Thomas B, Torres-Sánchez P, Tsinganis A, Urlass S, Valenta S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright TJ, Žugec P. Monte Carlo simulations and n-p differential scattering data measured with Proton Recoil Telescopes. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023901024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The neutron-induced fission cross section of 235U, a standard at thermal energy and between 0.15 MeV and 200 MeV, plays a crucial role in nuclear technology applications. The long-standing need of improving cross section data above 20 MeV and the lack of experimental data above 200 MeV motivated a new experimental campaign at the n_TOF facility at CERN. The measurement has been performed in 2018 at the experimental area 1 (EAR1), located at 185 m from the neutron-producing target (the experiment is presented by A. Manna et al. in a contribution to this conference). The 235U(n,f) cross section from 20 MeV up to about 1 GeV has been measured relative to the 1H(n,n)1H reaction, which is considered the primary reference in this energy region. The neutron flux impinging on the 235U sample (a key quantity for determining the fission events) has been obtained by detecting recoil protons originating from n-p scattering in a C2H4 sample. Two Proton Recoil Telescopes (PRT), consisting of several layers of solid-state detectors and fast plastic scintillators, have been located at proton scattering angles of 25.07° and 20.32°, out of the neutron beam. The PRTs exploit the ΔE-E technique for particle identification, a basic requirement for the rejection of charged particles from neutron-induced reactions in carbon. Extensive Monte Carlo simulations were performed to characterize proton transport through the different slabs of silicon and scintillation detectors, to optimize the experimental set-up and to deduce the efficiency of the whole PRT detector. In this work we compare measured data collected with the PRTs with a full Monte Carlo simulation based on the Geant-4 toolkit.
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Barbagallo M, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Bosnar D, Brown AS, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero L, Calviani M, Calviño F, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Colonna N, Cortés GP, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Diakaki M, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Eleme Z, Fernández-Domíngez B, Ferrari A, Ferro-Gonçalves I, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Garg R, Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Göbel K, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, Jericha E, Jiri U, Junghans A, Kadi Y, Käppeler F, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Krtička M, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale SJ, Macina D, Manna A, Martínez T, Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu PF, Mastromarco M, Maugeri E, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo PM, Millán-Callado MA, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Petrone C, Piersanti L, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Ramos Doval D, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Rubbia C, Sabaté- Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Smith AG, Sosnin N, Sprung P, Stamatopoulos A, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeño-Saldivia AE, Tassan-Got L, Thomas B, Torres-Sánchez P, Tsinganis A, Urlass S, Valenta S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright TJ, Žugec P. Measurement of the energy-differential cross-section of the 12C(n,p) 12B and 12C(n,d) 11B reactions at the n_TOF facility at CERN. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023901045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Although the 12C(n,p)12B and 12C(n,d)11B reactions are of interest in several fields of basic and applied Nuclear Physics the present knowledge of these two cross-sections is far from being accurate and reliable, with both evaluations and data showing sizable discrepancies. As part of the challenging n_TOF program on (n,cp) nuclear reactions study, the energy differential cross-sections of the 12C(n,p)12B and 12C(n,d)11 B reactions have been measured at CERN from the reaction thresholds up to 30 MeV neutron energy. Both measurements have been recently performed at the long flight-path (185 m) experimental area of the n_TOF facility at CERN using a pure (99.95%) rigid graphite target and two silicon telescopes. In this paper an overview of the experiment is presented together with a few preliminary results.
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Michalopoulou V, Stamatopoulos A, Vlastou R, Kokkoris M, Tsinganis A, Diakaki M, Eleme Z, Patronis N, Heyse J, Schillebeeckx P, Tassan-Got L, Barbagallo M, Colonna N, Urlass S, Macina D, Chiaveri E, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Bosnar D, Brown AS, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero L, Calviani M, Calviño F, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Cortés GP, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Femández-Domíngez B, Ferrari A, Ferro-Gonçalves I, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Garg R, Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Göbel K, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Heinitz S, Jenkins DG, Jericha E, Jiri U, Junghans A, Kadi Y, Käppeler F, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kopatch Y, Krtiička M, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale SJ, Manna A, Martínez T, Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu PF, Mastromarco M, Maugeri E, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Milazzo PM, Millán-Callado MA, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Petrone C, Piersanti L, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Ramos Doval D, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Rubbia C, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Smith AG, Sosnin N, Sprung P, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeño-Saldivia AE, Thomas B, Torres-Sánchez P, Valenta S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright TJ, Žugec P. First results of the 230Th(n,f) cross section measurements at the CERN n_TOF facility. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023905004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The study of neutron-induced reactions on actinides is of considerable importance for the design of advanced nuclear systems and alternative fuel cycles. Specifically, 230Th is produced from the α-decay of 234U as a byproduct of the 232Th/233U fuel cycle, thus the accurate knowledge of its fission cross section is strongly required. However, few experimental datasets exist in literature with large deviations among them, covering the energy range between 0.2 to 25 MeV. In addition, the study of the 230Th(n,f) cross-section is of great interest in the research on the fission process related to the structure of the fission barriers. Previous measurements have revealed a large resonance at En=715 keV and additional fine structures, but with high discrepancies among the cross-section values of these measurements. This contribution presents preliminary results of the 230Th(n,f) cross-section measurements at the CERN n_TOF facility. The high purity targets of the natural, but very rare isotope 230Th, were produced at JRC-Geel in Belgium. The measurements were performed at both experimental areas (EAR-1 and EAR-2) of the n_TOF facility, covering a very broad energy range from thermal up to at least 100 MeV. The experimental setup was based on Micromegas detectors with the 235U(n,f) and 238U(n,f) reaction cross-sections used as reference.
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Mastromarco M, Mazzone A, Massimi C, Cristallo S, Colonna N, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Barbagallo M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Bosnar D, Brown AS, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero L, Calviani M, Calviño F, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Cortés GP, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cosentino L, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Diakaki M, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Eleme Z, Fernández-Domíngez B, Ferrari A, Ferro-Gonçalves I, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Garg R, Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Göbel K, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, Jericha E, Jiri U, Junghans A, Kadi Y, Käppeler F, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Krtička M, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale SJ, Macina D, Manna A, Martínez T, Masi A, Mastinu PF, Maugeri E, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo PM, Millán-Callado MA, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Petrone C, Piersanti L, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Doval DR, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Rubbia C, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Smith AG, Sosnin N, Sprung P, Stamatopoulos A, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeño-Saldivia AE, Tassan-Got L, Thomas B, Torres-Sánchez P, Tsinganis A, Urlass S, Valenta S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright TJ, Žugec P. The 154Gd neutron capture cross section measured at the n_TOF facility and its astrophysical implications. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023907003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The (n, γ) cross sections of the gadolinium isotopes play an important role in the study of the stellar nucleosynthesis. In particular, among the isotopes heavier than Fe, 154Gd together with 152Gd have the peculiarity to be mainly produced by the slow capture process, the so-called s-process, since they are shielded against the β-decay chains from the r-process region by their stable samarium isobars. Such a quasi pure s-process origin makes them crucial for testing the robustness of stellar models in galactic chemical evolution (GCE). According to recent models, the 154Gd and 152Gd abundances are expected to be 15-20% lower than the reference un-branched s-process 150Sm isotope. The close correlation between stellar abundances and neutron capture cross sections prompted for an accurate measurement of 154Gd cross section in order to reduce the uncertainty attributable to nuclear physics input and eventually rule out one of the possible causes of present discrepancies between observation and model predictions. To this end, the neutron capture cross section of 154Gd was measured in a wide neutron energy range (from thermal up to some keV) with high resolution in the first experimental area of the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF (EAR1) at CERN. In this contribution, after a brief description of the motivation and of the experimental setup used in the measurement, the preliminary results of the 154Gd neutron capture reaction as well as their astrophysical implications are presented.
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Eleme Z, Patronis N, Stamatopoulos A, Tsinganis A, Kokkoris M, Michalopoulou V, Diakaki M, Vlastou R, Tassan-Got L, Colonna N, Heyse J, Barbagallo M, Mastromarco M, Macina D, Chiaveri E, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Bosnar D, Brown AS, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero L, Calviani M, Calviño F, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Cortés GP, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Fernández-Domíngez B, Ferrari A, Ferro-Gonçalves I, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Garg R, Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Göbel K, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Heinitz S, Jenkins DG, Jericha E, Jiri U, Junghans A, Kadi Y, Käppeler F, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kopatch Y, Krticˇka M, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale SJ, Manna A, Martínez T, Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu PF, Maugeri E, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Milazzo PM, Millán-Callado MA, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Petrone C, Piersanti L, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Ramos Doval D, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Rubbia C, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Sekhar A, Smith AG, Sosnin N, Sprung P, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeño-Saldivia AE, Thomas B, Torres-Sánchez P, Urlass S, Valenta S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright TJ, Žugec P. First results of the 241Am(n,f) cross section measurement at the Experimental Area 2 of the n_TOF facility at CERN. EPJ Web Conf 2020. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202023905014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Feasibility, design and sensitivity studies on innovative nuclear reactors that could address the issue of nuclear waste transmutation using fuels enriched in minor actinides, require high accuracy cross section data for a variety of neutron-induced reactions from thermal energies to several tens of MeV. The isotope 241Am (T1/2= 433 years) is present in high-level nuclear waste (HLW), representing about 1.8 % of the actinide mass in spent PWR UOx fuel. Its importance increases with cooling time due to additional production from the β-decay of 241Pu with a half-life of 14.3 years. The production rate of 241 Am in conventional reactors, including its further accumulation through the decay of 241Pu and its destruction through transmutation/incineration are very important parameters for the design of any recycling solution. In the present work, the 241 Am(n,f) reaction cross-section was measured using Micromegas detectors at the Experimental Area 2 of the n_TOF facility at CERN. For the measurement, the 235U(n,f) and 238U(n,f) reference reactions were used for the determination of the neutron flux. In the present work an overview of the experimental setup and the adopted data analysis techniques is given along with preliminary results.
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Tassan-Got L, Colonna N, Diakaki M, Eleme Z, Manna A, Sekhar A, Stamatopoulos A, Aberle O, Alcayne V, Amaducci S, Andrzejewski J, Audouin L, Babiano-Suarez V, Bacak M, Barbagallo M, Bennett S, Berthoumieux E, Bosnar D, Brown AS, Busso M, Caamaño M, Caballero L, Calviani M, Calviño F, Cano-Ott D, Casanovas A, Cerutti F, Chiaveri E, Cortés GP, Cortés-Giraldo MA, Cosentino L, Cristallo S, Damone LA, Davies PJ, Dietz M, Domingo-Pardo C, Dressler R, Ducasse Q, Dupont E, Durán I, Fernández-Domíngez B, Ferrari A, Ferro-Gonçalves I, Finocchiaro P, Furman V, Garg R, Gawlik A, Gilardoni S, Göbel K, González-Romero E, Guerrero C, Gunsing F, Heinitz S, Heyse J, Jenkins DG, Jiri U, Junghans A, Kadi Y, Käppeler F, Kimura A, Knapová I, Kokkoris M, Kopatch Y, Krticˇka M, Kurtulgil D, Ladarescu I, Lederer-Woods C, Lerendegui-Marco J, Lonsdale SJ, Macina D, Martínez T, Masi A, Massimi C, Mastinu PF, Mastromarco M, Maugeri E, Mazzone A, Mendoza E, Mengoni A, Michalopoulou V, Milazzo PM, Millán-Callado MA, Mingrone F, Moreno-Soto J, Musumarra A, Negret A, Ogállar F, Oprea A, Patronis N, Pavlik A, Perkowski J, Petrone C, Piersanti L, Pirovano E, Porras I, Praena J, Quesada JM, Ramos Doval D, Reifarth R, Rochman D, Rubbia C, Sabaté-Gilarte M, Saxena A, Schillebeeckx P, Schumann D, Smith AG, Sosnin N, Sprung P, Tagliente G, Tain JL, Tarifeño-Saldivia AE, Thomas B, Torres-Sánchez P, Tsinganis A, Urlass S, Valenta S, Vannini G, Variale V, Vaz P, Ventura A, Vescovi D, Vlachoudis V, Vlastou R, Wallner A, Woods PJ, Wright TJ, Žugec P. Fission program at n_TOF. EPJ Web Conf 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201921103006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Since its start in 2001 the n_TOF collaboration developed a measurement program on fission, in view of advanced fuels in new generation reactors. A special effort was made on measurement of cross sections of actinides, exploiting the peculiarity of the n_TOF neutron beam which spans a huge energy domain, from the thermal region up to GeV. Moreover fission fragment angular distributions have also been measured. An overview of the cross section results achieved with different detectors is presented, including a discussion of the 237Np case where discrepancies showed up between different detector systems. The results on the anisotropy of the fission fragments and its implication on the mechanism of neutron absorption, and in applications, are also shown.
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Throughout his life Mozart suffered frequent attacks of tonsillitis. In 1784 he developed post-streptococcal Schönlein-Henoch syndrome which caused chronic glomerular nephritis and chronic renal failure. His fatal illness was due to Schönlein-Henoch purpura, with death from cerebral haemorrhage and bronchopneumonia. Venesection(s) may have contributed to his death.
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Milne SA, Bentley MA, Simpson EC, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman JS, Bruce AM, Davies PJ, Diget CA, Gade A, Henry TW, Iwasaki H, Lemasson A, Lenzi SM, McDaniel S, Napoli DR, Nichols AJ, Ratkiewicz A, Scruton L, Stroberg SR, Tostevin JA, Weisshaar D, Wimmer K, Winkler R. Isospin Symmetry at High Spin Studied via Nucleon Knockout from Isomeric States. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:082502. [PMID: 27588851 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.082502] [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: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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One-neutron knockout reactions have been performed on a beam of radioactive ^{53}Co in a high-spin isomeric state. The analysis is shown to yield a highly selective population of high-spin states in an exotic nucleus with a significant cross section, and hence represents a technique that is applicable to the planned new generation of fragmentation-based radioactive beam facilities. Additionally, the relative cross sections among the excited states can be predicted to a high level of accuracy when reliable shell-model input is available. The work has resulted in a new level scheme, up to the 11^{+} band-termination state, of the proton-rich nucleus ^{52}Co (Z=27, N=25). This has in turn enabled a study of mirror energy differences in the A=52 odd-odd mirror nuclei, interpreted in terms of isospin-nonconserving (INC) forces in nuclei. The analysis demonstrates the importance of using a full set of J-dependent INC terms to explain the experimental observations.
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- S A Milne
- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brighton, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- GANIL, CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, BP55027, F-14076, Caen Cedex 5, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica del'Universita and INFN, Sezione di Padova, I-35131 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, I-35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 Canada
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
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- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Davies PJ, Bentley MA, Henry TW, Simpson EC, Gade A, Lenzi SM, Baugher T, Bazin D, Berryman JS, Bruce AM, Diget CA, Iwasaki H, Lemasson A, McDaniel S, Napoli DR, Ratkiewicz A, Scruton L, Shore A, Stroberg R, Tostevin JA, Weisshaar D, Wimmer K, Winkler R. Mirror energy differences at large isospin studied through direct two-nucleon knockout. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 111:072501. [PMID: 23992059 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.072501] [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: 02/12/2013] [Revised: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The first spectroscopy of excited states in 52Ni (T(z)=-2) and 51Co (T(z)=-3/2) has been obtained using the highly selective two-neutron knockout reaction. Mirror energy differences between isobaric analogue states in these nuclei and their mirror partners are interpreted in terms of isospin nonconserving effects. A comparison between large-scale shell-model calculations and data provides the most compelling evidence to date that both electromagnetic and an additional isospin nonconserving interactions for J=2 couplings, of unknown origin, are required to obtain good agreement.
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- P J Davies
- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom.
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Taylor MP, Ives CD, Davies PJ, Stokes R. Troubled waters-an examination of the disconnect between river science and law. Environ Sci Technol 2011; 45:8178-8179. [PMID: 21902280 DOI: 10.1021/es202982g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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- M P Taylor
- Environmental Science, Department of Environment and Geography, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University , North Ryde, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
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Bahl AK, Bertelli G, Lewis PD, Jenkins P, Aziz A, Davies PJ, Persad R, Smith CG, Hurley K, Mason MD. Correlation of elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) treated with docetaxel chemotherapy: Results of SWSW Uro-oncology Group study from three U.K. centers. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.7_suppl.206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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206 Background: Treatment with docetaxel in CRPC based on the results of the TAX 327 study has been recommended by NICE guidance in UK. Paucity of UK data on any significant difference in median survival of CRPC patients receiving chemotherapy with normal or elevated ALP is a possible contributory factor to the delayed consideration of chemotherapy in CRPC. We therefore analysed differences in survival in metastatic CRPC patients with normal or elevated ALP treated with docetaxel chemotherapy in 3 cancer centres in UK with a contemporary referral population. Methods: Survival data were collected on consecutive cases of metastatic CRPC treated with at least 1 cycle of docetaxel chemotherapy in these 3 centres. Variables analysed included: presence or absence of pain, PSADT, Gleason score, Haemoglobin, Alkaline phosphatase and number of previous lines of hormone therapy. Results: Median overall survival in 170 eligible patients was 18.1 months (15.3-20.7) with median follow-up of 30.1 months. 84 cases had normal ALP and 86 cases had elevated ALP at time of commencing docetaxel chemotherapy. Median survival was 14.1 months (95% CI= 11.1-17.1) in the elevated ALP group and 22.2 months (95% CI= 17.5- 26.9) in the normal ALP group. The difference between group medians was significant (p<0.001). In multivariate analysis, elevated ALP was a significant prognostic factor for outcome after docetaxel chemotherapy in metastatic CRPC. Conclusions: Regular monitoring of ALP along with PSA monitoring can be a relatively simple way of ensuring that patients with metastatic CRPC are referred for chemotherapy appropriately. To our knowledge this is the first UK data on the impact of ALP level on survival in this group of patients after docetaxel chemotherapy. It is important that decision regarding chemotherapy is based on the parameters of disease progression and regular ALP monitoring may be a relatively simple and practical way of ensuring the right timescales for referral for chemotherapy in metastatic CRPC. [Table: see text]
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- A. K. Bahl
- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; South West Wales Cancer Institute, Swansea, United Kingdom; Institute of Life Science, Swansea, United Kingdom; Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, United Kingdom; sanofi-aventis, Guildford, United Kingdom; Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Piredda L, Amendola A, Colizzi V, Davies PJ, Farrace MG, Fraziano M, Gentile V, Uray I, Piacentini M, Fesus L. Lack of 'tissue' transglutaminase protein cross-linking leads to leakage of macromolecules from dying cells: relationship to development of autoimmunity in MRLIpr/Ipr mice. Cell Death Differ 2006; 4:463-72. [PMID: 16465267 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/1999] [Revised: 04/05/1999] [Accepted: 04/15/1999] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Genetic defects of the CD95 (Fas/Apo-1) receptor/ligand system, has recently been involved in the development of human and murine autoimmunity. We investigated whether a deregulation of the ;tissue' transglutaminase (tTG), a multifunctional enzyme which is part of the molecular program of apoptosis, may act as a cofactor in the development of autoimmunity. We found that MRLlpr/lpr, which are characterized by a defect in the CD95 receptor and suffer of a severe systemic lupus erythematosus-like disease, produce large amounts of circulating tTG autoantibodies. This phenomenon is paralleled by an abnormal accumulation of an inactive enzyme protein in the accessory cells of lymphoid organs. To investigate the molecular mechanisms by which tTG inhibition may contribute to the development of autoimmunity we generated a cell culture model system consisting of L929 cells stably transfected with a full length tTG cDNA. When L929 cells were killed by Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFalpha) a pronounced release of DNA and Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) was observed. Overexpression of tTG in these cells largely prevented the leakage of macromolecules determined by TNFalpha treatment, an effect which is abolished by inactivating the enzyme cross-linking activity by a synthetic inhibitor. These in vitro observations provided the basis to explain the increased levels of plasmatic LDH we detected in MRLlpr/lpr mice. These data suggest that lack of an active tTG may represent a cofactor in the development of autoimmunity.
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- L Piredda
- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Davies PJ, Thomas EA, Bornstein JC. Different types of potassium channels underlie the long afterhyperpolarization in guinea-pig sympathetic and enteric neurons. Auton Neurosci 2006; 124:26-30. [PMID: 16325477 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2005.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2005] [Revised: 10/06/2005] [Accepted: 10/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels play an important role in the control of neuronal excitability via the generation of the afterhyperpolarization. While both small and large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels underlie afterhyperpolarizations in different neuron types, the role of intermediate conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels (IK(Ca)) in the generation of afterhyperpolarizations remains unclear. The effects of blockade of IK(Ca) on guinea pig coeliac and ileal myenteric neurons were studied using single microelectrode current and voltage clamp. In coeliac neurons, TRAM-39, a selective blocker of IK(Ca), depressed the amplitude of the prolonged conductance underlying the slow afterhyperpolarization, (gKCa2) by 57%. In contrast, the conductance underlying the prolonged afterhyperpolarization in AH-type myenteric neurons was unaffected by TRAM-39, although it has been suggested that this AHP is mediated by IK(Ca). In both types of neurons, TRAM-39 did not alter the resting cell properties or the properties of the action potential. TRAM-39 had no effect on the amplitude of the fast component of the afterhyperpolarization present in sympathetic LAH neurons. The results of this study suggest that in sympathetic LAH neurons, activation of IK(Ca) underlies at least part of the prolonged afterhyperpolarization while the nature of the channel underlying the AHP in enteric neurons remains unclear.
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- P J Davies
- Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
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Alderson A, Davies PJ, Williams MR, Evans KE, Alderson KL, Grima JN. Modelling of the mechanical and mass transport properties of auxetic molecular sieves: an idealised organic (polymeric honeycomb) host–guest system. Molecular Simulation 2005. [DOI: 10.1080/08927020500385852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Alderson A, Davies PJ, Evans KE, Alderson KL, Grima JN. Modelling of the mechanical and mass transport properties of auxetic molecular sieves: an idealised inorganic (zeolitic) host–guest system. Molecular Simulation 2005. [DOI: 10.1080/08927020500378055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Nagy L, Thomázy VA, Saydak MM, Stein JP, Davies PJ. The promoter of the mouse tissue transglutaminase gene directs tissue-specific, retinoid-regulated and apoptosis-linked expression. Cell Death Differ 2003; 4:534-47. [PMID: 14555966 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/1999] [Revised: 06/09/1999] [Accepted: 06/12/1999] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Tissue transglutaminase is a multifunctional enzyme that accumulates to high levels in cells undergoing apoptosis. Retinoids act as an acute and direct regulator of tissue transglutaminase gene transcription. The studies reported here were carried out to elucidate the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of tissue transglutaminase expression. We have isolated and characterized the mouse tissue transglutaminase gene promoter and 3.8 kb of 5'-flanking DNA. A large fragment of the promoter that includes both the core promoter and 3.8 kb of 5'-flanking DNA shows retinoid-dependent transcriptional activity when stably transfected into HeLa cells. In these stably transfected HeLa cells both the endogenous tissue transglutaminase gene and transfected mouse tissue transglutaminase promoter are activated by all-trans retinoic acid and by retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-specific and retinoid X receptor (RXR)-specific retinoids. In embryos made transgenic with a transglutaminase promoter-beta-galactosidase reporter gene, the transgene shows specific patterns of expression during limb development. The transglutaminase transgene is expressed in cartilage, the cells of the apical ectodermal ridge, and in regions of apoptotic cell death of the interdigital mesenchyme. It appears that cis-acting elements responsible for the complex retinoid regulation, tissue- and apoptosis-specific expression are embedded within the proximal 3.8 kb of DNA flanking the 5'-end of the mouse tissue transglutaminase gene.
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- L Nagy
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas - Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225, USA
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Alloo F, Arizpe L, Belford TS, Clark J, Csanadi J, Davies PJ, Emmerij L, George S, Hyden G, Jonsson U. The Bellagio Declaration: overcoming hunger in the 1990's. Dev Dialogue 2002:177-84. [PMID: 12343252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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Stress-strain data obtained from animal and human tissue have several applications including medical diagnosis, assisting in surgical instrument design and the production of realistic computer-based simulators for training in minimal access surgery. Such data may also be useful for corroborating mathematical models of tissue response. This paper presents data obtained from ex-vivo and in-vivo tissue indentation tests using a small indentor that is similar to instruments used in minimal access surgery. In addition, uniform stress tests provide basic material property data, via an exponential stress-strain law, to allow a finite element method to be used to predict the response for the non-uniform stresses produced by the small indentor. Data are obtained from harvested pig liver and spleen using a static compliance probe. Data for human liver are obtained from volunteer patients, undergoing minor open surgery, using a sterile hand-held compliance probe. All the results demonstrate highly non-linear stress-strain behaviour. Pig spleen is shown to be much more compliant than pig liver with mean elastic moduli of 0.11 and 4.0 MPa respectively. The right lobe of human liver had a mean elastic modulus of about 0.27 MPa. However, a single case of a diseased liver had a mean modulus of 0.74 MPa--nearly three times the stiffness. It was found that an exponential stress-strain law could accurately fit uniform stress test data and that subsequent finite element modelling for non-uniform stress around a small indentor matched measured force characteristics.
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- F J Carter
- Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Level 6, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, DD1 9SY, Scotland, Dundee, UK.
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Davies PJ. [Ludwig van Beethoven: an autoimmune deafness?]. Hist Sci Med 2001; 29:271-6. [PMID: 11615339] [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: 02/21/2023]
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The author reminds us of the great moments of Beethoven's life and of the different stages of his deafness onset, until to last instants. The post-mortem examination, performed by doctor Wagner, and the scientific studies of the remains, during the exhumations, are reported. Beethoven's deafness was clearly a sensorineural impairment and the previously suggested prevalent hypotheses are discussed. A new theory is emphasized, based on modern studies about autoimmune sensorineural hearing losses in relation with chronic inflammatory bowel ailment. Conclusion is that Beethoven's deafness was probably owing to a primary autoimmune degeneration of the organ of Corti, giving rise to atrophy of the auditory nerve.
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Uray IP, Davies PJ, Fésüs L. Pharmacological separation of the expression of tissue transglutaminase and apoptosis after chemotherapeutic treatment of HepG2 cells. Mol Pharmacol 2001; 59:1388-94. [PMID: 11353797 DOI: 10.1124/mol.59.6.1388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Chemotherapeutic drugs are known to eliminate cancer cells by inducing apoptosis. Tissue transglutaminase (tTG), a frequent player in apoptotic processes, is markedly induced in drug-resistant cancer cells. To better understand the action of apoptosis-inducing drugs, our study elucidates changes in the expression of tTG in the early phase of cell death, before the downstream events of apoptosis. We demonstrate that HepG2 cells uniformly induce both tTG mRNA and enzyme activity upon treatment with cisplatin, doxorubicin, and bleomycin, chemotherapeutic agents with different modes of action. The expression of fas ligand, caspase3 and baxalpha changes differentially or remain unaffected. tTG expression did not change significantly after administration of either the peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-alpha agonist WY14643 or the retinoid X receptor-specific analog LG 100268. However, both compounds blocked drug-induced tTG induction without affecting the extent of cell death. The pleiotropic cytokine interleukin-6 effectively rescued hepatoma cells from apoptosis while tTG induction still took place, along with the induction of antiapoptotic transcripts bcl-x(L), gp130, and her2/neu. These results suggest that the induction of tTG, although present in drug-induced apoptosis, is pharmacologically dissociable from the early, initiating events of apoptosis. Blocking the induction of tTG during drug-induced cell death may alleviate limiting side effects of anticancer agents, including fibrosis and neuropathies.
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- I P Uray
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Faculty of Medicine, H-4012 Debrecen, Hungary
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Singh Ahuja H, Liu S, Crombie DL, Boehm M, Leibowitz MD, Heyman RA, Depre C, Nagy L, Tontonoz P, Davies PJ. Differential effects of rexinoids and thiazolidinediones on metabolic gene expression in diabetic rodents. Mol Pharmacol 2001; 59:765-73. [PMID: 11259621 DOI: 10.1124/mol.59.4.765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Both retinoid X receptor (RXR)-selective agonists (rexinoids) and thiazolidinediones (TZDs), PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor)-gamma-specific ligands, produce insulin sensitization in diabetic rodents. In vitro studies have demonstrated that TZDs mediate their effects via the RXR/PPAR-gamma complex. To determine whether rexinoids lower hyperglycemia by activating the RXR/PPAR-gamma heterodimer in vivo, we compared the effects of a rexinoid (LG100268) and a TZD (rosiglitazone) on gene expression in white adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, and liver of Zucker diabetic fatty rats (ZDFs). In adipose tissue, rosiglitazone decreased tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) mRNA and induced glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4), muscle carnitine palmitoyl-transferase (MCPT), stearoyl CoA desaturase (SCD1), and fatty acid translocase (CD36). In contrast, LG100268 increased TNF-alpha and had no effect or suppressed the expression of GLUT4, MCPT, SCD1, and CD36. In liver, the rexinoid increased MCPT, SCD1, and CD36 mRNAs, whereas rosiglitazone induced only a small increase in CD36. In skeletal muscle, rosiglitazone and LG100268 have similar effects; both increased SCD1 and CD36 mRNAs. The differences in the pattern of genes induced by the rexinoids and the TZDs in diabetic animals found in these studies suggests that these compounds may have independent and tissue-specific effects on metabolic control in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- Adipose Tissue/drug effects
- Adipose Tissue/metabolism
- Animals
- Blood Glucose/drug effects
- Diabetes Mellitus/drug therapy
- Diabetes Mellitus/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/drug therapy
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Glucose Tolerance Test
- Hyperglycemia/blood
- Hyperglycemia/drug therapy
- Hyperglycemia/etiology
- Hyperinsulinism/blood
- Hyperinsulinism/drug therapy
- Hyperinsulinism/etiology
- Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology
- Liver/drug effects
- Liver/metabolism
- Male
- Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Nicotinic Acids/pharmacology
- Obesity
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Rats
- Rats, Zucker
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/agonists
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics
- Receptors, Retinoic Acid/metabolism
- Retinoid X Receptors
- Rosiglitazone
- Tetrahydronaphthalenes/pharmacology
- Thiazoles/pharmacology
- Thiazolidinediones
- Transcription Factors/agonists
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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- H Singh Ahuja
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Young ME, Patil S, Ying J, Depre C, Ahuja HS, Shipley GL, Stepkowski SM, Davies PJ, Taegtmeyer H. Uncoupling protein 3 transcription is regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (alpha) in the adult rodent heart. FASEB J 2001; 15:833-45. [PMID: 11259402 DOI: 10.1096/fj.00-0351com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Relatively little is known concerning the regulation of uncoupling proteins (UCPs) in the heart. We investigated in the adult rodent heart 1) whether changes in workload, substrate supply, or cytokine (TNF-alpha) administration affect UCP-2 and UCP-3 expression, and 2) whether peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) regulates the expression of either UCP-2 or UCP-3. Direct comparisons were made between cardiac and skeletal muscle. UCP-2, UCP-3, and PPARalpha expression were reduced when cardiac workload was either increased (pressure overload by aortic constriction) or decreased (mechanical unloading by heterotopic transplantation). Similar results were observed during cytokine administration. Reduced dietary fatty acid availability resulted in decreased expression of both cardiac UCP-2 and UCP-3. However, when fatty acid (the natural ligand for PPARalpha) supply was increased (high-fat feeding, fasting, and STZ-induced diabetes), cardiac UCP-3 but not UCP-2 expression increased. Comparable results were observed in rats treated with the specific PPARalpha agonist WY-14,643. The level of cardiac UCP-3 but not UCP-2 expression was severely reduced (20-fold) in PPARalpha-/- mice compared to wild-type mice. These results suggest that in the adult rodent heart, UCP-3 expression is regulated by PPARalpha. In contrast, cardiac UCP-2 expression is regulated in part by a fatty acid-dependent, PPARalpha-independent mechanism.
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- M E Young
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas Houston Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Juneja HS, Lee S, Thomazy V, Shipley G, Davies PJ. Acute activation of gp130 gene expression in bone marrow stromal cells by contact with myeloma-derived lymphoblastic cell line ARH77 cell membranes. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2001; 21:157-66. [PMID: 11331038 DOI: 10.1089/107999001750133177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cell-cell contact of myeloma-derived cell lines (MDCL) or fresh myeloma cells with bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) is known to induce interleukin-6 (IL-6) and matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) production by a marrow stromal cell line. To determine if other BMSC transcripts are altered during cell-cell contact between BMSC and tumor cells, we have used cell lines ARH77 and U266 in an in vitro model. Using mRNA differential display and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), it was determined that a total of 141 transcripts were either upregulated or downregulated in the BMSC on contact with cell membrane from cell lines ARH77 and U266. Induction of two of these transcripts, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and gp130 in the BMSC by ARH77 cell membranes was studied in greater detail. Real-time PCR was used to quantitate transcript levels of gp130, IL-6, and 36b4, a housekeeping gene. Cycloheximide (CHX) alone increased both gp130 and IL-6 transcripts in the BMSC. In addition, CHX caused a superinduction of these transcripts in BMSC exposed to ARH77 cell membranes. The induction of gp130 was independent of the increase in IL-6 mRNA. Upregulation of gp130, a component of the membrane receptors for the IL-6 superfamily, can have profound effects on the response of BMSC to the IL-6 superfamily of cytokines.
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- H S Juneja
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Citron BA, SantaCruz KS, Davies PJ, Festoff BW. Intron-exon swapping of transglutaminase mRNA and neuronal Tau aggregation in Alzheimer's disease. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:3295-301. [PMID: 11013236 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004776200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In order to understand the mechanism for insoluble neurotoxic protein polymerization in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain neurons, we examined protein and gene expression for transglutaminase (TGase 2; tissue transglutaminase (tTG)) in hippocampus and isocortex. We found co-localization of tTG protein and activity with tau-positive neurofibrillary tangles, whereas mRNA and sequence analysis indicated an absolute increase in tTG synthesized. Although apoptosis in AD hippocampus is now an established mode of neuronal cell death, no definite underlying mechanism(s) is known. Since TGase-mediated protein aggregation is implicated in polyglutamine ((CAG)(n)/Q(n) expansion) disorder apoptosis, and expanded Q(n) repeats are excellent TGase substrates, a role for TGase in AD is possible. However, despite such suggestions almost 20 years ago, the molecular mechanism remained elusive. We now present one possible molecular mechanism for tTG-mediated, neurotoxic protein polymerization leading to neuronal apoptosis in AD that involves not its substrates (like Q(n) repeats) but rather the unique presence of alternative transcripts of tTG mRNA. In addition to a full-length (L) isoform in aged non-demented brains, we found a short isoform (S) lacking a binding domain in all AD brains. Our current results identify intron-exon "switching" between L and S isoforms, implicating G-protein-coupled signaling pathways associated with tTG that may help to determine the dual roles of this enzyme in neuronal life and death processes.
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- B A Citron
- Neurobiology Research Lab, Heartland Veterans Integrated Service Network, Kansas City, Missouri 64128, USA
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Davies PJ, Berry SA, Shipley GL, Eckel RH, Hennuyer N, Crombie DL, Ogilvie KM, Peinado-Onsurbe J, Fievet C, Leibowitz MD, Heyman RA, Auwerx J. Metabolic effects of rexinoids: tissue-specific regulation of lipoprotein lipase activity. Mol Pharmacol 2001; 59:170-6. [PMID: 11160850 DOI: 10.1124/mol.59.2.170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hypertriglyceridemia is a frequent complication accompanying the treatment of patients with either retinoids or rexinoids, [retinoid X receptor (RXR)-selective retinoids]. To investigate the cellular and molecular basis for this observation, we have studied the effects of rexinoids on triglyceride metabolism in both normal and diabetic rodents. Administration of a rexinoid such as LG100268 (LG268) to normal or diabetic rats results in a rapid increase in serum triglyceride levels. LG268 has no effect on hepatic triglyceride production but suppresses post-heparin plasma lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity suggesting that the hypertriglyceridemia results from diminished peripheral processing of plasma very low density lipoproteins particles. Treatment of diabetic rats with rexinoids suppresses skeletal and cardiac muscle but not adipose tissue LPL activity. This effect is independent of changes in LPL mRNA. In C2C12 myocytes, LG268 suppresses the level of cell surface (i.e., heparin-releasable) LPL activity without altering LPL mRNA. This effect is very rapid (t(1/2) = 2 h) and is blocked by the transcriptional inhibitor actinomycin D. These studies demonstrate that RXR ligands can have dramatic effects on the post-translational processing of LPL and suggest that skeletal muscle may be an important target of rexinoid action. In addition, these data underscore that the metabolic consequences of RXR activation are distinct from either retinoic acid receptor or peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor activation.
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- P J Davies
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas School of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77225, USA.
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Szegezdi E, Szondy Z, Nagy L, Nemes Z, Friis RR, Davies PJ, Fésüs L. Apoptosis-linked in vivo regulation of the tissue transglutaminase gene promoter. Cell Death Differ 2000; 7:1225-33. [PMID: 11175260 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [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: 11/08/2022] Open
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Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) is upregulated in various cells undergoing apoptosis. To investigate the transcriptional regulation of tTG a mouse strain carrying a beta-galactosidase reporter gene under the control of a 3.8 kilobase fragment of the tTG promoter was characterised. The transgene construct was shown to be expressed in the apoptotic regions of the mouse embryo. Here we report that the regulation of the transgene is also apoptosis-linked in adult animals. The transgene is induced in endocrine apoptosis involving mammary gland involution and corpus luteum regression. Induction of the reporter gene is detectable during in vivo but not in vitro apoptosis of thymocytes induced by the glucocorticoid receptor, the nur77, p53 and the retinoid receptor gamma mediated pathways. Additionally, the lacZ expression mimics the activation of the endogenous promoter in tissues characterised by high apoptotic turnover. These results suggest that the apoptosis-specific transcriptional regulation of tTG is mediated through elements of a 3.8 kb promoter and may require cosignals available only in tissue environment. Cell Death and Differentiation (2000) 7, 1225 - 1233.
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- E Szegezdi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Martínez-Pinna J, Davies PJ, McLachlan EM. Diversity of channels involved in Ca(2+) activation of K(+) channels during the prolonged AHP in guinea-pig sympathetic neurons. J Neurophysiol 2000; 84:1346-54. [PMID: 10980007 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.84.3.1346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The types of Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channel involved in the prolonged afterhyperpolarization (AHP) in a subgroup of sympathetic neurons have been investigated in guinea pig celiac ganglia in vitro. The conductance underlying the prolonged AHP (gKCa2) was reduced to a variable extent in 100 nM apamin, an antagonist of SK-type Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channels, and by about 55% in 20 nM iberiotoxin, an antagonist of BK-type Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channels. The reductions in gKCa2 amplitude by apamin and iberiotoxin were not additive, and a resistant component with an amplitude of nearly 50% of control remained. These data imply that, as well as apamin- and iberiotoxin-sensitive channels, other unknown Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) channels participate in gKCa2. The resistant component of gKCa2 was not abolished by 0.5-10 mM tetraethylammonium, 1 mM 4-aminopyridine, or 5 mM glibenclamide. We also investigated which voltage-gated channels admitted Ca(2+) for the generation of gKCa2. Blockade of Ca(2+) entry through L-type Ca(2+) channels has previously been shown to reduce gKCa2 by about 40%. Blockade of N-type Ca(2+) channels (with 100 nM omega-conotoxin GVIA) and P-type Ca(2+) channels (with 40 nM omega-agatoxin IVA) each reduced the amplitude of gKCa2 by about 35%. Thus Ca(2+) influx through multiple types of voltage-gated Ca(2+) channel can activate the intracellular mechanisms that generate gKCa2. The slow time course of gKCa2 may be explained if activation of multiple K(+) channels results from Ca(2+) influx triggering a kinetically invariant release of Ca(2+) from intracellular stores located close to the membrane.
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- J Martínez-Pinna
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03550 Alicante, Spain
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BACKGROUND In this experimental study, we measured the force needed to puncture the liver (low elastin) and the spleen (high elastin). The surface displacement preceding puncture was also measured. These data are relevant to an understanding of surgical technique and are essential to the development of electronic surgical simulators. METHODS Controlled puncture experiments were performed on intact organs harvested from pigs and sheep, as well as on their surface capsules following removal and suspension at zero strain and at three increasing levels of prestrain. The biomechanical data were compared with information obtained from histological studies. RESULTS The spleen has a higher puncture force than the liver and suffers greater displacement before puncture (p < 0.05). Prestrain decreases displacement before puncture (p < 0.05) but has no effect on puncture force. CONCLUSION The higher puncture force and displacement of spleen, as compared with liver, is probably due to its higher elastin content.
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- F J Carter
- Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, Level 6, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland
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Depre C, Young ME, Ying J, Ahuja HS, Han Q, Garza N, Davies PJ, Taegtmeyer H. Streptozotocin-induced changes in cardiac gene expression in the absence of severe contractile dysfunction. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2000; 32:985-96. [PMID: 10888252 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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: 11/22/2022]
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UNLABELLED Diabetes mellitus alters energy substrate metabolism and gene expression in the heart. It is not known whether the changes in gene expression are an adaptive or maladaptive process. To answer this question, we determined both the time-course and the extent of the alteration of gene expression induced by insulin-deficient diabetes. Transcript analysis with real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed in rat hearts 1 week (acute group) or 6 months (chronic group) after administration of streptozotocin (55 mg/kg). In the acute group, insulin-dependent diabetes induced a 55-70% decrease of both glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) and GLUT4 transcripts, a slight decrease of liver-specific carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I), and no change in muscle-specific CPT I. The uncoupling protein UCP-3 increased three-fold, with no change in UCP-2. These metabolic alterations were accompanied by an isoform switching from the normally expressed alpha myosin heavy chain (MHC) to the fetal isoform betaMHC mRNA, by a 50% decrease of cardiac alpha-actin mRNA, a 30% decrease of the sarcoplasmic Ca++-ATPase mRNA, and a 50% decrease of muscle creatine kinase (P<0.01 v controls). All genomic changes were also present in the chronic group. Genomic markers of ventricular dysfunction [tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclo-oxygenase-2] were not affected by chronic diabetes. In both groups, there were no changes in resting left ventricular function by echocardiography. CONCLUSION The heart adapts to insulin-deficient diabetes by a rapid and simultaneous response of multiple genes involved in cardiac metabolism and function. This genomic adaptation resembles the adaptation of cardiac hypertrophy, remains stable over time, and does not lead to major contractile dysfunction.
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- C Depre
- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, 77030, USA
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Davies PJ, Ireland DR, Martinez-Pinna J, McLachlan EM. Electrophysiological roles of L-type channels in different classes of guinea pig sympathetic neuron. J Neurophysiol 1999; 82:818-28. [PMID: 10444679 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.2.818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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The electrophysiological consequences of blocking Ca(2+) entry through L-type Ca(2+) channels have been examined in phasic (Ph), tonic (T), and long-afterhyperpolarizing (LAH) neurons of intact guinea pig sympathetic ganglia isolated in vitro. Block of Ca(2+) entry with Co(2+) or Cd(2+) depolarized T and LAH neurons, reduced action potential (AP) amplitude in Ph and LAH neurons, and increased AP half-width in Ph neurons. The afterhyperpolarization (AHP) and underlying Ca(2+)-dependent K(+) conductances (gKCa1 and gKCa2) were reduced markedly in all classes. Addition of 10 microM nifedipine increased input resistance in LAH neurons, raised AP threshold in Ph and LAH neurons, and caused a small increase in AP half-width in Ph neurons. AHP amplitude and the amplitude and decay time constant of gKCa1 were reduced by nifedipine in all classes; the slower conductance, gKCa2, which underlies the prolonged AHP in LAH neurons, was reduced by 40%. Surprisingly, AHP half-width was lengthened by nifedipine in a proportion of neurons in all classes; despite this, neuron excitability was increased during a maintained depolarization. Nifedipine's effects on AHP half-width were not mimicked by 2 mM Cs(+) or 2 mM anthracene-9-carboxylic acid, a blocker of Cl(-) channels, and it did not modify transient outward currents of the A or D types. The effects of 100 microM Ni(2+) differed from those of nifedipine. Thus in Ph neurons, Ca(2+) entry through L-type channels during a single action potential contributes to activation of K(+) conductances involved in both the AP and AHP, whereas in T and LAH neurons, it acts only on gKCa1 and gKCa2. These results differ from the results in rat superior cervical ganglion neurons, in which L-type channels are selectively coupled to BK channels, and in hippocampal neurons, in which L-type channels are selectively coupled to SK channels. We conclude that the sources of Ca(2+) for activating the various Ca(2+)-activated K(+) conductances are distinct in different types of neuron.
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- P J Davies
- Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia
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Novel strategies in the treatment of heart failure include mechanical unloading with a left ventricular assist device. Although first considered as a bridge to cardiac transplantation, this surgical treatment may improve cardiac function in patients with heart failure, even after removal of the device. The molecular adaptation of the heart to unloading remains largely unknown. Most of the enzymes involved in the regulation of myocardial energetics (including contractile proteins, ion pumps, and metabolic enzymes)exist in "fetal" and "adult" isoforms. It is known that cardiac hypertrophy due to increased work load in vivo involves a switching from the normally expressed adult isoform to the fetal isoform. Our work has now shown that the same pattern occurs in the unloaded heart. In both conditions, this switching is accompanied by the reexpression of growth factors and proto-oncogenes. The functional improvement of the failing heart after mechanical unloading may in part be the result of a reexpression of fetal genes.
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- C Depre
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas Houston Medical School 77030, USA
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Häbler HJ, McLachlan EM, Jamieson J, Davies PJ. Synaptic responses evoked by lower urinary tract stimulation in superior cervical ganglion cells in the rat. J Urol 1999; 161:1666-71. [PMID: 10210436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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PURPOSE Stimulation of afferent neurons from the urinary tract can evoke powerful cardiovascular reflexes in animals and in humans. Here we tested whether and to what extent postganglionic sympathetic neurons projecting to the head and neck are involved in these reflexes. MATERIALS AND METHODS In adult anesthetized female Wistar rats, reflex changes in synaptic activity elicited from the lower urinary tract were recorded in neurons of the superior cervical ganglion using intracellular recording techniques. RESULTS Gentle movements of the urethral cannula and/or slow injections of 0.3 to 0.6 ml. saline into the bladder modified synaptic activity in 75% of neurons tested: 11/15 neurons tested showed reflexes to urethral stimulation (8 excitatory, 3 inhibitory) and 8/12 neurons responded to bladder distension (5 excitatory, 3 inhibitory). Five neurons showed a reciprocal response pattern to the two stimuli. Suprathreshold and subthreshold inputs to a given cell mostly showed the same type of response. There was no evidence that urinary tract stimulation recruited preganglionic inputs that did not have ongoing activity prior to the stimulus. CONCLUSIONS Reflexes from the lower urinary tract clearly reached sympathetic neurons located in remote segments. The response incidence in the population studied suggests that most sympathetic neurons involved in cardiovascular regulation participate in these reflexes. The different reflex patterns probably occur in neurons with different functional targets in the head and neck.
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- H J Häbler
- Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Dupé V, Ghyselinck NB, Thomazy V, Nagy L, Davies PJ, Chambon P, Mark M. Essential roles of retinoic acid signaling in interdigital apoptosis and control of BMP-7 expression in mouse autopods. Dev Biol 1999; 208:30-43. [PMID: 10075839 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We previously reported that mice lacking the RARgamma gene and one or both alleles of the RARbeta gene (i.e., RARbeta+/-/RARgamma-/- and RARbeta-/-/RARgamma-/- mutants) display a severe and fully penetrant interdigital webbing (soft tissue syndactyly), caused by the persistence of the fetal interdigital mesenchyme (Ghyselinck et al., 1997, Int. J. Dev. Biol. 41, 425-447). In the present study, these compound mutants were used to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in retinoic acid (RA)-dependent formation of the interdigital necrotic zones (INZs). The mutant INZs show a marked decrease in the number of apoptotic cells accompanied by an increase of cell proliferation. This marked decrease was not paralleled by a reduction of the number of macrophages, indicating that the chemotactic cues which normally attract these cells into the INZs were not affected. The expression of a number of genes known to be involved in the establishment of the INZs, the patterning of the autopod, and/or the initiation of apoptosis was also unaffected. These genes included BMP-2, BMP-4, Msx-1, Msx-2, 5' members of Hox complexes, Bcl2, Bax, and p53. In contrast, the mutant INZs displayed a specific, graded, down-regulation of tissue transglutaminase (tTG) promoter activity and of stromelysin-3 expression upon the removal of one or both alleles of the RARbeta gene from the RARgamma null genetic background. As retinoic acid response elements are present in the promoter regions of both tTG and stromelysin-3 genes, we propose that RA might increase the amount of cell death in the INZs through a direct modulation of tTG expression and that it also contributes to the process of tissue remodeling, which accompanies cell death, through an up-regulation of stromelysin-3 expression in the INZs. Approximately 10% of the RARbeta-/- /RARgamma-/- mutants displayed a supernumerary preaxial digit on hindfeet, which is also a feature of the BMP-7 null phenotype (Dudley et al., 1995, Genes Dev. 9, 2795-2807; Luo et al., 1995, Genes Dev. 9, 2808-2820). BMP-7 was globally down-regulated at an early stage in the autopods of these RAR double null mutants, prior to the appearance of the digital rays. Therefore, RA may exert some of its effects on anteroposterior autopod patterning through controlling BMP-7 expression.
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- V Dupé
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS/INSERM/ULP/ Collège de France, Illkirch Cedex, C.U de Strasbourg, 67404, France
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Thomázy VA, Davies PJ. Expression of tissue transglutaminase in the developing chicken limb is associated both with apoptosis and endochondral ossification. Cell Death Differ 1999; 6:146-54. [PMID: 10200561 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [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: 11/09/2022] Open
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The cross-linking enzyme tissue transglutaminase (tTG) participates in a variety of cellular functions. To assess its contribution to extracellular and intracellular processes during development we cloned the cDNA for chicken heart tissue transglutaminase and localized the sites of transglutaminase expression by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. Compared with the chicken red blood cell transglutaminase cDNA, the heart cDNA encodes a transglutaminase with an amino-terminal truncation. The truncated enzyme retains full catalytic activity and is GTP-inhibitable. Tissue transglutaminase expression was observed in developmentally transient structures in embryonic chicken limb at day 7.5 of incubation suggesting that its expression is dynamically regulated during limb morphogenesis. The major morphogenetic events of the limb associated with transglutaminase expression were cartilage maturation during skeletal development, interdigital apoptosis, and differentiation of skeletal muscle. Maturation of the cartilage during endochondral ossification was characterized by intra- and extracellular transglutaminase accumulation in the zone of hypertrophic chondrocytes. Only intracellular enzyme could be detected in mesenchymal cells of the prospective joints, in apoptotic cells of the interdigital web, and in skeletal muscle myoblasts. An apparently constitutive expression of tissue transglutaminase was found in vascular endothelial cells corresponding to the adult expression pattern. The dynamic pattern of transglutaminase expression during morphogenesis suggests that tissue remodeling is a major trigger for transglutaminase induction.
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- V A Thomázy
- Department of Integrative Biology, Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225, USA
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Ireland DR, Davies PJ, McLachlan EM. Calcium channel subtypes differ at two types of cholinergic synapse in lumbar sympathetic neurones of guinea-pigs. J Physiol 1999; 514 ( Pt 1):59-69. [PMID: 9831716 PMCID: PMC2269049 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.059af.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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1. The involvement of different presynaptic Ca2+ channels in transmission at 'weak' (subthreshold) and 'strong' (suprathreshold) synapses was investigated in guinea-pig paravertebral ganglia isolated in vitro. Selective Ca2+ channel antagonists were used to block excitatory synaptic currents evoked by stimulating single preganglionic axons. 2. The N-type Ca2+ channel blocker, omega-conotoxin GVIA (100 nM), reduced peak synaptic conductance by similar amounts at weak synapses (by 39 +/- 6 %) and strong synapses (34 +/- 6 %). 3. The P-type Ca2+ channel blocker, omega-agatoxin IVA (40 nM), significantly reduced transmitter release at weak synapses (by 42 +/- 6 %) but had only a small effect at strong synapses (reduced by 6 +/- 2 %). 4. Blockers of Q-, L- or T-type Ca2+ channels had no significant effects on peak synaptic conductance at either type of synapse. 5. We conclude that the two functionally distinct types of preganglionic terminal in sympathetic ganglia which synapse on the same neurone differ in their expression of particular types of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels. Both types utilize N-type channels and channels resistant to blockade by specific antagonists, but Ca2+ entry through P-type channels makes a substantial contribution to acetylcholine release only at weak synapses.
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- D R Ireland
- Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
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Ireland DR, Davies PJ, McLachlan EM. The role of N-type Ca2+ channels in regulating excitability of guinea-pig sympathetic neurones. J Auton Nerv Syst 1998; 73:109-14. [PMID: 9862385 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1838(98)00127-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ca2+ entry through voltage-gated channels activated during the action potential modifies neuronal excitability by activating several types of K+ channel. We have determined the effects of Ca2+ influx through N-type Ca2+ channels in sympathetic paravertebral neurones of the guinea-pig, using the specific antagonist, omega-conotoxin GVIA. Blockade of large conductance (BK) Ca2(+)-activated K+ channels slowed action potential repolarization but did not affect the peak amplitude of the conductance (gKCal) underlying the afterhyperpolarization. Blockade of small conductance (SK) Ca2(+)-activated K+ channels decreased gKCal but did not affect action potential repolarization. Blockade of N-type Ca2+ channels slowed action potential repolarization and reduced the peak amplitude of gKCa1. We conclude that Ca2+ entry via N-type channels activates both BK and SK channels in guinea-pig sympathetic neurones. This differs from our previous observations in rat sympathetic neurones.
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- D R Ireland
- Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
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Depre C, Shipley GL, Chen W, Han Q, Doenst T, Moore ML, Stepkowski S, Davies PJ, Taegtmeyer H. Unloaded heart in vivo replicates fetal gene expression of cardiac hypertrophy. Nat Med 1998; 4:1269-75. [PMID: 9809550 DOI: 10.1038/3253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 333] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The cardiac response to increased work includes a reactivation of fetal genes. The response to a decrease in cardiac work is not known. Such information is of clinical interest, because mechanical unloading can improve the functional capacity of the failing heart. We compared here the patterns of gene expression in unloaded rat heart with those in hypertrophied rat heart. Both conditions induced a re-expression of growth factors and proto-oncogenes, and a downregulation of the 'adult' isoforms, but not of the 'fetal' isoforms, of proteins regulating myocardial energetics. Therefore, opposite changes in cardiac workload in vivo induce similar patterns of gene response. Reactivation of fetal genes may underlie the functional improvement of an unloaded failing heart.
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- C Depre
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Houston Medical School, 77030, USA
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McLachlan EM, Habler HJ, Jamieson J, Davies PJ. Analysis of the periodicity of synaptic events in neurones in the superior cervical ganglion of anaesthetized rats. J Physiol 1998; 511 ( Pt 2):461-78. [PMID: 9706023 PMCID: PMC2231137 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.461bh.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [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] [Received: 04/14/1998] [Accepted: 05/22/1998] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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1. The patterns of on-going synaptic events recorded intracellularly in neurones of superior cervical ganglia (SCG)of anaesthetized female rats were analysed by constructing inter-event interval histograms, autocorrelograms, ln-survivor curves and histograms triggered by the arterial pulse wave and by the intercostal EMG. 2. In 11/12 cells with on-going frequencies > 0.5 Hz, one or two inputs were strong (i.e. always suprathreshold). In five cells, action potentials also arose from synaptic potentials with amplitudes close to threshold. 3. Synaptic events in 5/11 neurones tested were phase-related to the arterial pressure wave (i.e. had cardiac rhythmicity, CR). 4. Synaptic events in 9/10 neurones tested (including all with CR) were phase-related to the intercostal EMG and/or their autocorrelograms showed peaks at multiples of the respiratory interval (i.e. had respiratory rhythmicity, RR). 5. The intervals between all synaptic events were exponentially distributed in 8/12 neurones although intervals between single strong events showed peaks related to the respiratory cycle. Bursts occurred only by chance. 6. Event patterns could be simulated by combining events from several respiration-modulated inputs with their timing distributed over nearly half the cycle. From the simulations, the mean number of active preganglionic inputs was estimated to be approximately 6 with mean discharge frequency approximately 0.4 Hz. 7. We conclude that, in the spontaneously breathing anaesthetized rat, most preganglionic neurones to the SCG fire with relatively low probability in relation to the respiratory cycle. Rhythms in a postganglionic neurone reflect the activity of its suprathreshold preganglionic inputs.
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- E M McLachlan
- Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
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Ritter SJ, Davies PJ. Identification of a transforming growth factor-beta1/bone morphogenetic protein 4 (TGF-beta1/BMP4) response element within the mouse tissue transglutaminase gene promoter. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:12798-806. [PMID: 9582307 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.21.12798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tissue transglutaminase is a calcium-dependent, protein cross-linking enzyme that is highly expressed in cells undergoing apoptosis. The expression of tissue transglutaminase is regulated by a variety of molecules including retinoids, interleukin-6, and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1). Retinoid and interleukin-6 inductions of tissue transglutaminase expression are mediated by specific cis-regulatory elements located within the first 4.0 kilobase pairs of the promoter of the gene. The present studies were designed to identify the molecular mechanisms mediating the regulation of tissue transglutaminase gene expression by TGF-beta family members. Transient transfection of Mv1Lu cells with transglutaminase promoter constructs demonstrated that 0.2 nM TGF-beta1 maximally induced the activation of the promoter through a 10-base pair TGF-beta1 response element (TRE; GAGTTGGTGC) located 868 base pairs upstream of the transcription start site. This same element mediated an inhibitory activity of TGF-beta1 on the transglutaminase promoter in MC3T3 E1 cells. The TRE through which TGF-beta1-regulated the activity of the transglutaminase promoter was necessary and sufficient for bone morphogenetic protein 2- (BMP) and BMP4-dependent inhibition of the tissue transglutaminase promoter. The TGF-beta1, BMP2, and BMP4 regulation of the transglutaminase promoter activity was similar to the responses we observed for the endogenous transglutaminase activity of Mv1Lu and MC3T3 E1 cells. For BMP2 and BMP4, this regulation was paralleled by a decrease in tissue transglutaminase mRNA in MC3T3 E1 cells. The results of these experiments suggest that TGF-beta1, BMP2, and BMP4 regulation of mouse tissue transglutaminase gene expression requires a composite TRE located in the 5'-flanking DNA.
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- S J Ritter
- Department of Integrative Biology, Pharmacology and Physiology, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Lippman SM, Davies PJ. Retinoids, neoplasia and differentiation therapy. Cancer Chemother Biol Response Modif 1998; 17:349-62. [PMID: 9551220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- S M Lippman
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Institute, Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention, Houston 77030, USA
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Zhu Y, Zhang Y, Luo J, Davies PJ, Ho DT. PPF-1, a post-floral-specific gene expressed in short-day-grown G2 pea, may be important for its never-senescing phenotype. Gene 1998; 208:1-6. [PMID: 9479033 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00613-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 02/06/2023]
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We cloned a developmentally regulated gene from a cDNA library constructed from short-day (SD) grown G2 pea tissue using cDNA representational difference analysis (cDNA RDA) and named it PPF-1 for the first Pisum sativum post-floral-specific gene. Sequence comparisons with various databases revealed that PPF-1 shares a substantial homology only at the deduced amino-acid level with the Bacillus subtilis gene SP3J, which is required for maintaining vegetative growth, and with other genes coding for bacterial inner membrane proteins. All five potential hydrophobic regions from the bacterial proteins were maintained in the PPF-1 sequence. A series of Northern blots showed that this gene was only expressed after floral initiation and was limited to the apical buds, with non-detectable levels in roots, stems and mature leaves. Under SD conditions, when G2 pea displays an unlimited growth habit, PPF-1 expression was sustained at a relatively high level long after floral initiation. Under long-day (LD) conditions, when G2 pea undergoes an apical senescence similar to wild-type plants with genotype sn hr, PPF-1 was only expressed very briefly after flower initiation. Interestingly, in day-neutral, wild-type Alaska pea, the PPF-1 level was hardly detectable under any growth conditions. Treatment of LD-grown G2 pea with gibberellin A3 (GA3) was able to stimulate PPF-1 expression unless it was applied at a very late growth stage, at which time the process of apical senescence cannot be reversed.
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- Y Zhu
- National Laboratory of Protein Engineering, Plant Genetic Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China.
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Kuncio GS, Tsyganskaya M, Zhu J, Liu SL, Nagy L, Thomazy V, Davies PJ, Zern MA. TNF-alpha modulates expression of the tissue transglutaminase gene in liver cells. Am J Physiol 1998; 274:G240-5. [PMID: 9486175 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1998.274.2.g240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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One of several postulated roles for tissue transglutaminase (tTG) is the stabilization and assembly of extracellular matrix via peptide cross-linking. We previously determined that tTG activity increased in an animal model of hepatic fibrogenesis and in human liver disease. To further study the role of tTG in liver disease, we initiated investigations into the effect of a proinflammatory mediator, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, on tTG activity in cultured liver cells. Treatment of human Hep G2 cells with 1 ng/ml TNF-alpha increased [14C]putrescine cross-linking to cellular proteins. An increase in tTG mRNA content was observed 1 h after addition of TNF-alpha, and levels of tTG mRNA remained elevated after 24 h. Hep G2 cells, transiently transfected with a luciferase reporter containing 1.67 kb of the human tTG promoter, showed an increase in reporter activity after addition of TNF-alpha. Gel shift experiments using nuclear extracts from TNF-alpha-treated cells and oligonucleotides containing the tTG nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B motif revealed increased binding, concordant with mRNA data. Transient transfections with a truncated reporter construct lacking the tTG NF-kappa B sequence showed an attenuated response to TNF-alpha treatment. Similar responses were seen in stably transfected HeLa cells. Primary hepatocytes isolated from a transgenic mouse line containing the mouse tTG promoter driving the beta-galactosidase reporter, show similar time-dependent increases in promoter activity when treated with TNF-alpha. Furthermore, Hep G2 cells are incapable of upmodulating tTG promoter reporter activity in the presence of TNF-alpha when those cells overexpress a transdominant, negative mutant NF-kappa B subunit. Because TNF-alpha expression is upregulated in hepatic inflammation, the data suggest TNF-alpha-mediated increases in tTG expression may play an important role in the process of hepatic fibrogenesis.
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- G S Kuncio
- Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Vitamin A and its derivatives (collectively referred to as retinoids) are required for many fundamental life processes, including vision, reproduction, metabolism, cellular differentiation, hematopoesis, bone development, and pattern formation during embryogenesis. There is also considerable evidence to suggest that natural and synthetic retinoids have therapeutical effects due to their antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing effects in human diseases such as cancer. Therefore it is not surprising that a significant amount of research was dedicated to probe the molecular and cellular mechanisms of retinoid action during the past decade. One of the cellular mechanisms retinoids have been implicated in is the initiation and modulation of apoptosis in normal development and disease. This review provides a brief overview of the molecular basis of retinoid signaling, and focuses on the retinoid-regulation of apoptotic cell death and gene expression during normal development and in pathological conditions in vivo and in various tumor cell lines in vitro.
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- L Nagy
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225, USA.
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