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Papantoniou M, Zampelis T, Kokotis P, Tzavellas E, Paparrigopoulos T, Chatzipanagiotou S, Nikolaou C, Rentzos M. Elevated liver enzymes and fasting glucose levels correlate with neuropathy in patients diagnosed with alcohol use disorder independently of the blood thiamine levels. Alcohol Alcohol 2024; 59:agae011. [PMID: 38469882 DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agae011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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AIMS Chronic alcohol consumption is well known to cause peripheral neuropathy, affecting both small and large nerve fibers. The aim of this study was to correlate biochemical and neurophysiological findings and investigate possible biomarkers and risk factors for pathogenetic mechanisms of neuropathy in patients diagnosed with alcohol use disorder (AUD). METHODS Ninety patients diagnosed with AUD were enrolled in this prospective study over a period of 3 years. Serum biochemical parameters, as well as thiamine blood levels, were determined upon admission. Every subject was assessed by clinical neurological examination, followed by Nerve Conduction Studies, Quantitative Sensory Testing, and Sympathetic Skin Response. Fifty age and gender-matched patients without a diagnosis of AUD were used as the control group. RESULTS Peripheral neuropathy was diagnosed in 54 patients (60%). Among them, pure large fiber neuropathy was found in 18 patients, pure small fiber neuropathy in 12 patients, and both large and small fiber neuropathy was diagnosed in 24 patients. Elevated liver enzymes and fasting glucose levels upon admission were significantly correlated with neuropathy. Lower blood thiamine levels (than reference) were found in seven patients and were not correlated with neuropathy. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that alcohol-related liver dysfunction and hyperglycemia may contribute as risk factors of peripheral neuropathy in patients diagnosed with AUD, while blood thiamine levels do not correlate with neuropathy. Moreover, we suggest that liver enzymes and the De Ritis ratio could be potentially used as biomarkers for the incidence and severity of alcohol-related neuropathy.
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- Michail Papantoniou
- Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, First Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11528, Greece
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- Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, First Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11528, Greece
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- Laboratory of Clinical Neurophysiology, First Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11528, Greece
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- First Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11528, Greece
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- First Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11528, Greece
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11528, Greece
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11528, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11528, Greece
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Holling T, Nampoothiri S, Tarhan B, Schneeberger PE, Vinayan KP, Yesodharan D, Roy AG, Radhakrishnan P, Alawi M, Rhodes L, Girisha KM, Kang PB, Kutsche K. Novel biallelic variants expand the SLC5A6-related phenotypic spectrum. Eur J Hum Genet 2022; 30:439-449. [PMID: 35013551 PMCID: PMC8747999 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-021-01033-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The sodium (Na+):multivitamin transporter (SMVT), encoded by SLC5A6, belongs to the sodium:solute symporter family and is required for the Na+-dependent uptake of biotin (vitamin B7), pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), the vitamin-like substance α-lipoic acid, and iodide. Compound heterozygous SLC5A6 variants have been reported in individuals with variable multisystemic disorder, including failure to thrive, developmental delay, seizures, cerebral palsy, brain atrophy, gastrointestinal problems, immunodeficiency, and/or osteopenia. We expand the phenotypic spectrum associated with biallelic SLC5A6 variants affecting function by reporting five individuals from three families with motor neuropathies. We identified the homozygous variant c.1285 A > G [p.(Ser429Gly)] in three affected siblings and a simplex patient and the maternally inherited c.280 C > T [p.(Arg94*)] variant and the paternally inherited c.485 A > G [p.(Tyr162Cys)] variant in the simplex patient of the third family. Both missense variants were predicted to affect function by in silico tools. 3D homology modeling of the human SMVT revealed 13 transmembrane helices (TMs) and Tyr162 and Ser429 to be located at the cytoplasmic facing region of TM4 and within TM11, respectively. The SLC5A6 missense variants p.(Tyr162Cys) and p.(Ser429Gly) did not affect plasma membrane localization of the ectopically expressed multivitamin transporter suggesting reduced but not abolished function, such as lower catalytic activity. Targeted therapeutic intervention yielded clinical improvement in four of the five patients. Early molecular diagnosis by exome sequencing is essential for timely replacement therapy in affected individuals.
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- Tess Holling
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Genetics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Cochin, 682041, Kerala, India
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- Amedes MVZ Wagnerstibbe für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Hämostaseologie, Humangenetik und Mikrobiologie Hannover, 30159, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Genetics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Cochin, 682041, Kerala, India
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- Department of Neurology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Cochin, 682041, Kerala, India
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- Suma Genomics Pvt. Ltd, Manipal Universal Technology Business Incubator (MUTBI), Manipal, 576104, India
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- Bioinformatics Core, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576104, India
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA.
- Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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Tsuji A, Ikeda Y, Murakami M, Kitagishi Y, Matsuda S. Reduction of oocyte lipid droplets and meiotic failure due to biotin deficiency was not rescued by restoring the biotin nutritional status. Nutr Res Pract 2022; 16:314-329. [PMID: 35663441 PMCID: PMC9149319 DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2022.16.3.314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Ai Tsuji
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Life and Environment, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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Wang X, Li XY, Piao Y, Yuan G, Lin Y, Chen H, Wang Z, Li C, Wang C. Hartnup disease presenting as hereditary spastic paraplegia and severe peripheral neuropathy. Am J Med Genet A 2021; 188:237-242. [PMID: 34459558 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Hartnup disease cases were rare, and the genotype-phenotype correlation was not fully understood. Here we reported two unrelated young men diagnosed as Hartnup disease, who carried novel compound heterozygote mutations in the SLC6A19 gene and presented with new phenotypes. Other than intermittent encephalopathy and photosensitive rashes, they displayed symptoms and signs of spastic paraplegia and severe peripheral nerve damages. Magnetic resonance imaging showed mild bilateral cerebellar atrophy and thinning of the thoracic spinal cord. Electromyogram detected mixed sensorimotor polyneuropathy in lower limbs. Sural nerve biopsy and pathological study indicated the moderately reduced neural fibers in the periphery nerves. Urinary amino acid analysis showed increased levels of multiple neutral amino acids. Moreover, muscle strengths in the lower limbs and the walking ability have been improved in both cases (MRC 3/5 to 4/5 in Patient 1; walking distance elongated from 50 to 100 m in Patient 2) after the treatment with oral nicotinic acid and intravenous injection of multiple amino acids. Exome sequencing revealed and confirmed the existence of the novel compound heterozygous SLC6A19 mutations: c.533G>A (p.Arg178Gln) and c.1379-1G>C mutations in patient1, and c.1433delG (p.Gly478AlafsTer44) and c.811G>A (p.Ala271Thr) in patient 2. Taken together, these findings expanded the clinical, neuroimaging, pathology, and genetic spectrum of Hartnup disease. However, the co-existence of HSP and peripheral neuropathy was only inferred based on clinical observations, and pathological and molecular studies are needed to further dissect the underlying mechanisms.
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- Xianling Wang
- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China.,Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China.,Department of Pathology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China
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Stein J, Geisel J, Obeid R. Association between neuropathy and B-vitamins: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Neurol 2021; 28:2054-2064. [PMID: 33619867 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is common in patients with diseases that are in turn associated with deficiency of the B-vitamins, and vitamin treatment has shown mixed results. METHODS This systematic review and meta-analysis studied the association between PN/pain and B-vitamin biomarkers and investigated whether vitamin treatment can ameliorate the symptoms. PubMed and Web of Science were searched according to the study protocol. RESULTS A total of 46 observational and seven interventional studies were identified and included in the data synthesis. The presence of PN was associated with lowered B12 levels (pooled estimate [95% CIs] = 1.51 [1.23-1.84], n = 34, Cochran Q Test I2 = 43.3%, p = 0.003) and elevated methylmalonic acid (2.53 [1.39-4.60], n = 9, I2 = 63.8%, p = 0.005) and homocysteine (3.48 [2.01-6.04], n = 15, I2 = 70.6%, p < 0.001). B12 treatment (vs. the comparators) showed a non-significant association with symptom improvement (1.36 (0.66-2.79), n = 4, I2 = 28.9%). Treatment with B1 was associated with a significant improvement in symptoms (5.34 [1.87-15.19], n = 3, I2 = 64.6%, p = 0.059). Analysis of seven trials combined showed a non-significant higher odds ratio for improvement under treatment with the B-vitamins (2.58 [0.98-6.79], I2 = 80.0%, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS PN is associated with lowered plasma vitamin B12 and elevated methylmalonic acid and homocysteine. Overall, interventional studies have suggested that B-vitamins could improve symptoms of PN. Available trials have limitations and generally did not investigate vitamin status prior to treatment. Well-designed studies, especially in non-diabetes PN, are needed. This meta-analysis is registered at PROSPERO (ID: CRD42020144917).
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- Johannes Stein
- Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany.,Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany
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Julian T, Glascow N, Syeed R, Zis P. Alcohol-related peripheral neuropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurol 2018; 266:2907-2919. [PMID: 30467601 PMCID: PMC6851213 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-018-9123-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The primary aim of this systematic review was to establish the prevalence, character, and risk factors of peripheral neuropathy amongst chronic alcohol abusers and to identify the most appropriate management strategies. In this review, possible pathogenetic mechanisms are also discussed. A systematic, computer-based search was conducted using the PubMed database. Data regarding the above parameters were extracted. 87 articles were included in this review, 29 case–control studies, 52 prospective/retrospective cohort studies and 2 randomised control trials, 1 cross sectional study, and 3 population-based studies. The prevalence of peripheral neuropathy amongst chronic alcohol abusers is 46.3% (CI 35.7– 57.3%) when confirmed via nerve conduction studies. Alcohol-related peripheral neuropathy generally presents as a progressive, predominantly sensory axonal length-dependent neuropathy. The most important risk factor for alcohol-related peripheral neuropathy is the total lifetime dose of ethanol, although other risk factors have been identified including genetic, male gender, and type of alcohol consumed. At present, it is unclear what the pathogenetic mechanisms for the development of neuropathy amongst those who chronically abuse alcohol are, and therefore, it is unknown whether it is attributed to the direct toxic effects of ethanol or another currently unidentified factor. There is presently sparse data to support a particular management strategy in alcohol-related peripheral neuropathy, but the limited data available appears to support the use of vitamin supplementation, particularly of B-vitamin regimens inclusive of thiamine.
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- Thomas Julian
- The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Rd, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Rd, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Rd, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Academic Department of Neurosciences, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK. .,Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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Subramanian VS, Lambrecht N, Lytle C, Said HM. Conditional (intestinal-specific) knockout of the riboflavin transporter-3 (RFVT-3) impairs riboflavin absorption. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2016; 310:G285-93. [PMID: 26660539 PMCID: PMC4754740 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00340.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Riboflavin (RF) is indispensable for normal cell metabolism, proliferation, and growth. The RFVT-3 protein (product of the Slc52a3 gene) is expressed in the gut with the expression being restricted to the apical membrane domain of the polarized intestinal epithelial cells. The relative contribution of RFVT-3 to total carrier-mediated RF uptake in the native intestine, however, is not clear. We addressed this issue in the current investigation using a conditional (intestinal-specific) RFVT-3 knockout (cKO) mouse model developed by the Cre/Lox approach. All RFVT-3 cKO mice were found to be RF deficient and showed a significant growth and development retardation; also, nearly two-thirds of them died prematurely between the age of 6 and 12 wk. In vivo (intestinal and colonic loops) and in vitro (native isolated intestinal epithelial cells) uptake studies showed a severe inhibition in carrier-mediated RF uptake in the cKO mice compared with control littermates. We also observed a significant increase in the level of expression of oxidative stress-responsive genes in the intestine of the cKO mice compared with control littermates. Supplementation of the RFVT-3 cKO mice with pharmacological doses of RF led to a complete correction of the growth retardation and to normalization in the level of expression of the oxidative stress-responsive genes in the gut. These results show, for the first time, that the RFVT-3 system is the main transporter involved in carrier-mediated RF uptake in the native mouse small and large intestine, and that its dysfunction impairs normal RF body homeostasis.
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- Veedamali S. Subramanian
- 1Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California; ,2Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California; and
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- 2Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California; and
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- 3Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California
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- 1Departments of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California; ,2Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California; and
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Revisiting the evidence for neuropathy caused by pyridoxine deficiency and excess. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis 2015; 16:25-31. [PMID: 25137514 DOI: 10.1097/cnd.0000000000000049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pyridoxine deficiency and excess have been implicated as a cause for peripheral neuropathy. As a result, unrelated neuropathies are often treated with pyridoxine based on questionable evidence. However, neurological practitioners frequently discourage patients from taking pyridoxine in excess of 50 mg/d given concerns around the development of a toxic sensory neuronopathy. There is no systematic review to support either of the 2 practices. To address this gap in knowledge, we reviewed the available literature on neuropathy attributed to pyridoxine deficiency and excess. Based on the current limited data, it can be concluded that very low doses of daily pyridoxine are required to prevent peripheral neuropathy. There is inadequate evidence to support routine pyridoxine supplementation in patients with disorders of peripheral nervous system. Supplementation with pyridoxine at doses greater than 50 mg/d for extended duration may be harmful and should be discouraged.
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Ghosal A, Sabui S, Said HM. Identification and characterization of the minimal 5'-regulatory region of the human riboflavin transporter-3 (SLC52A3) in intestinal epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2014; 308:C189-96. [PMID: 25394472 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00342.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The human riboflavin (RF) transporter-3 (product of the SLC52A3 gene) plays an important role in intestinal RF absorption. Our aims in this study were to identify the minimal 5'-regulatory region of the SLC52A3 gene and the regulatory element(s) involved in its activity in intestinal epithelial cells, as well as to confirm promoter activity and establish physiological relevance in vivo in transgenic mice. With the use of transiently transfected human intestinal epithelial HuTu 80 cells and 5'-deletion analysis, the minimal SLC52A3 promoter was found to be encoded between -199 and +8 bp (using the start of the transcription start site as position 1). Although several putative cis-regulatory elements were predicted in this region, only the stimulating protein-1 (Sp1) binding site (at position -74/-71 bp) was found to play a role in promoter activity, as indicated by mutational analysis. Binding of Sp1 to the minimal SLC52A3 promoter was demonstrated by means of EMSA and supershift assays and by chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis. Studies with Drosophila SL2 cells (which lack Sp activity) confirmed the importance of Sp1 in driving the activity of the SLC52A3 minimal promoter; they further showed that Sp3 can also do the activation. Finally, with the use of luciferase gene fusions, the activity of the cloned SLC52A3 promoter was confirmed in vivo in transgenic mice. These studies report, for the first time, on the identification and characterization of the SLC52A3 promoter and also demonstrate the importance of Sp1 in regulating its activity in intestinal epithelial cells.
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- Abhisek Ghosal
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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Srinivasan P, Kapadia R, Biswas A, Said HM. Chronic alcohol exposure inhibits biotin uptake by pancreatic acinar cells: possible involvement of epigenetic mechanisms. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2014; 307:G941-9. [PMID: 25214397 PMCID: PMC4250263 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00278.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Chronic exposure to alcohol affects different physiological aspects of pancreatic acinar cells (PAC), but its effect on the uptake process of biotin is not known. We addressed this issue using mouse-derived pancreatic acinar 266-6 cells chronically exposed to alcohol and wild-type and transgenic mice (carrying the human SLC5A6 5'-promoter) fed alcohol chronically. First we established that biotin uptake by PAC is Na(+) dependent and carrier mediated and involves sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT). Chronic exposure of 266-6 cells to alcohol led to a significant inhibition in biotin uptake, expression of SMVT protein, and mRNA as well as in the activity of the SLC5A6 promoter. Similarly, chronic alcohol feeding of wild-type and transgenic mice carrying the SLC5A6 promoter led to a significant inhibition in biotin uptake by PAC, as well as in the expression of SMVT protein and mRNA and the activity of the SLC5A6 promoters expressed in the transgenic mice. We also found that chronic alcohol feeding of mice is associated with a significant increase in the methylation status of CpG islands predicted to be in the mouse Slc5a6 promoters and a decrease in the level of expression of transcription factor KLF-4, which plays an important role in regulating SLC5A6 promoter activity. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that chronic alcohol exposure negatively impacts biotin uptake in PAC and that this effect is exerted (at least in part) at the level of transcription of the SLC5A6 gene and may involve epigenetic/molecular mechanisms.
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- Padmanabhan Srinivasan
- Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California; and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California; and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California; and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California; and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California
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Sabui S, Ghosal A, Said HM. Identification and characterization of 5'-flanking region of the human riboflavin transporter 1 gene (SLC52A1). Gene 2014; 553:49-56. [PMID: 25284511 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Revised: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The human SLC52A1 gene encodes the riboflavin transporter-1 (RFVT-1), a plasma membrane protein that transports vitamin B2 (riboflavin, RF) into cells, and thus, plays a role in controlling cellular homeostasis of RF in those tissues that express the carrier protein (e.g. placenta and intestine). Currently, there is nothing known about transcriptional regulation of the SLC52A1 gene, therefore, we aimed to clone and characterize its 5'-flanking region. Using rapid amplification of the cDNA ends (5'-RACE), we identified one transcription start site (TSS). A 579 bp segment of the 5'-flanking region of this gene was cloned which exhibited robust promoter activity upon transfection in human intestinal epithelial cells. Deletion analysis revealed that the core promoter activity to be embedded in a region between -234 and -23 that lacked TATA element, was GC-rich, and harbored several putative cis-regulatory sites including KLFs, AP-2, EGRF and Sp-1. Mutating each of these sites led to a significant decrease in promoter activity (which was highest for the Sp-1 site), suggesting their possible involvement in regulating SLC52A1 transcription. Focusing on the Sp-1 site, EMSA, super-shift and ChIP analysis was performed that established the interaction of the Sp-1 transcription factor with the SLC52A1 promoter; also, co-transfection of the minimal SLC52A1 promoter with an Sp-1 containing vector in Drosophila SL-2 cells led to significant promoter activation. These results are the first to reveal the identity of the minimal SLC52A1 promoter and to establish an important role for Sp-1 in its activity.
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- Subrata Sabui
- Department of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90822, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90822, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA; Department of Medical Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90822, USA.
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Subramanian VS, Subramanya SB, Ghosal A, Said HM. Chronic alcohol feeding inhibits physiological and molecular parameters of intestinal and renal riboflavin transport. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2013; 305:C539-46. [PMID: 23804199 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00089.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Vitamin B2 (riboflavin, RF) is essential for normal human health. Mammals obtain RF from exogenous sources via intestinal absorption and prevent its urinary loss by reabsorption in the kidneys. Both of these absorptive events are carrier-mediated and involve specific RF transporters (RFVTs). Chronic alcohol consumption in humans is associated with a high prevalence of RF deficiency and suboptimal levels, but little is known about the effect of chronic alcohol exposure on physiological and molecular parameters of the intestinal and renal RF transport events. We addressed these issues using rats chronically fed an alcohol liquid diet and pair-fed controls as a model. The results showed that chronic alcohol feeding significantly inhibits carrier-mediated RF transport across the intestinal brush-border and basolateral membrane domains of the polarized enterocytes. This inhibition was associated with a parallel reduction in the expression of the rat RFVT-1 and -3 at the protein, mRNA, and heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA) levels. Chronic alcohol feeding also caused a significant inhibition in RF uptake in the colon. Similarly, a significant inhibition in carrier-mediated RF transport across the renal brush-border and basolateral membrane domains was observed, which again was associated with a significant reduction in the level of expression of RFVT-1 and -3 at the protein, mRNA, and hnRNA levels. These findings demonstrate that chronic alcohol exposure impairs both intestinal absorption and renal reabsorption processes of RF and that these effects are, at least in part, mediated via transcriptional mechanism(s) involving the slc52a1 and slc52a3 genes.
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- Veedamali S Subramanian
- Department of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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Ghosal A, Lambrecht N, Subramanya SB, Kapadia R, Said HM. Conditional knockout of the Slc5a6 gene in mouse intestine impairs biotin absorption. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2013; 304:G64-71. [PMID: 23104561 PMCID: PMC3543636 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00379.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/19/2012] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The Slc5a6 gene expresses a plasma membrane protein involved in the transport of the water-soluble vitamin biotin; the transporter is commonly referred to as the sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT) because it also transports pantothenic acid and lipoic acid. The relative contribution of the SMVT system toward carrier-mediated biotin uptake in the native intestine in vivo has not been established. We used a Cre/lox technology to generate an intestine-specific (conditional) SMVT knockout (KO) mouse model to address this issue. The KO mice exhibited absence of expression of SMVT in the intestine compared with sex-matched littermates as well as the expected normal SMVT expression in other tissues. About two-thirds of the KO mice died prematurely between the age of 6 and 10 wk. Growth retardation, decreased bone density, decreased bone length, and decreased biotin status were observed in the KO mice. Microscopic analysis showed histological abnormalities in the small bowel (shortened villi, dysplasia) and cecum (chronic active inflammation, dysplasia) of the KO mice. In vivo (and in vitro) transport studies showed complete inhibition in carrier-mediated biotin uptake in the intestine of the KO mice compared with their control littermates. These studies provide the first in vivo confirmation in native intestine that SMVT is solely responsible for intestinal biotin uptake. These studies also provide evidence for a casual association between SMVT function and normal intestinal health.
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- Abhisek Ghosal
- Department of Medicine, University of California, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Ghosal A, Said HM. Mechanism and regulation of vitamin B2 (riboflavin) uptake by mouse and human pancreatic β-cells/islets: physiological and molecular aspects. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2012; 303:G1052-8. [PMID: 22917629 PMCID: PMC3517668 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00314.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Riboflavin (RF) is essential for the normal metabolic activities of pancreatic β-cells and provides protection against oxidative stress. Very little is known about the mechanism of RF uptake by these cells and how the process is regulated. We addressed these issues using mouse-derived pancreatic β-TC-6 cells and freshly isolated primary mouse and human pancreatic islets. Our results showed (3)H-RF uptake by β-TC-6 cells is Na(+) independent, cis inhibited by RF-related compounds, trans stimulated by unlabeled RF, and saturable as a function of concentration (apparent K(m) of 0.17 ± 0.02 μM). The latter findings suggest involvement of a carrier-mediated process. Similarly, RF uptake by primary mouse and human pancreatic islets was via carrier-mediated process. RF transporters 1, 2, and 3 (RFVT-1, -3, and -2) were all expressed in mouse and human pancreatic β-cells/islets, with RFVT-1 being the predominant transporter expressed in the mouse and RFVT-3 in the human. Specific knockdown of RFVT-1 with gene-specific small interfering RNA leads to a significant inhibition in RF uptake by β-TC-6 cells. RF uptake by β-TC-6 cells was also found to be adaptively upregulated in RF deficiency via a transcriptional mechanism(s). Also, the process appears to be under the regulation of a Ca(2+)/calmodulin-mediated regulatory pathway. Results of these studies demonstrate, for the first time, the involvement of a carrier-mediated process for RF uptake by mouse and human pancreatic β-cells/islets. Furthermore, the process appears to be regulated by extracellular and intracellular factors.
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- Abhisek Ghosal
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, California; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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Subramanian VS, Subramanya SB, Said HM. Relative contribution of THTR-1 and THTR-2 in thiamin uptake by pancreatic acinar cells: studies utilizing Slc19a2 and Slc19a3 knockout mouse models. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2012; 302:G572-8. [PMID: 22194418 PMCID: PMC3311432 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00484.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Thiamin is essential for normal function of pancreatic acinar cells, and its deficiency leads to a reduction in pancreatic digestive enzymes. We have recently shown that thiamin uptake by rat pancreatic acinar cells is carrier-mediated and that both thiamin transporter (THTR)-1 and THTR-2 are expressed in these cells; little, however, is known about the relative contribution of these transporters toward total carrier-mediated thiamin uptake by these cells. We addressed this issue using a gene-specific silencing approach (siRNA) in mouse-derived pancreatic acinar 266-6 cells and Slc19a2 and Slc19a3 knockout mouse models. First we established that thiamin uptake by mouse pancreatic acinar cells is via a carrier-mediated process. We also established that these cells as well as native human pancreas express THTR-1 and THTR-2, with expression of the former (and activity of its promoter) being significantly higher than that of the latter. Using gene-specific siRNA against mouse THTR-1 and THTR-2, we observed a significant inhibition in carrier-mediated thiamin uptake by 266-6 cells in both cases. Similarly, thiamin uptake by freshly isolated primary pancreatic acinar cells of the Slc19a2 and Slc19a3 knockout mice was significantly lower than uptake by acinar cells of the respective littermates; the degree of inhibition observed in the former knockout model was greater than that of the latter. These findings demonstrate, for the first time, that both mTHTR-1 and mTHTR-2 are involved in carrier-mediated thiamin uptake by pancreatic acinar cells.
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Significant progress has been made in our understanding of the biochemical, physiological and nutritional aspects of the water-soluble vitamin biotin (vitamin H). It is well know now that biotin plays important roles in a variety of critical metabolic reactions in the cell, and thus, is essential for normal human health, growth and development. This is underscored by the serious clinical abnormalities that occur in conditions of biotin deficiency, which include, among other things, growth retardation, neurological disorders, and dermatological abnormalities (reviewed in 1). Studies in animals have also shown that biotin deficiency during pregnancy leads to embryonic growth retardation, congenital malformation and death (Watanabe 1983; Cooper and Brown 1958; Mock et al. 2003; Zempleni and Mock 2000). The aim of this chapter is to provide coverage of current knowledge of the biochemical, physiological, and clinical aspects of biotin nutrition. Many sections of this chapter have been the subject of excellent recent reviews by others (Wolf 2001; McMahon 2002; Mock 2004; Rodriguez-Melendez and Zempleni 2003; Said 2004; Said et al. 2000; Said and Seetheram 2006), and thus, for more information the reader is advised to consider these additional sources.
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- Hamid M Said
- University of California-School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, USA,
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Our knowledge of the mechanisms and regulation of intestinal absorption of water-soluble vitamins under normal physiological conditions, and of the factors/conditions that affect and interfere with theses processes has been significantly expanded in recent years as a result of the availability of a host of valuable molecular/cellular tools. Although structurally and functionally unrelated, the water-soluble vitamins share the feature of being essential for normal cellular functions, growth and development, and that their deficiency leads to a variety of clinical abnormalities that range from anaemia to growth retardation and neurological disorders. Humans cannot synthesize water-soluble vitamins (with the exception of some endogenous synthesis of niacin) and must obtain these micronutrients from exogenous sources. Thus body homoeostasis of these micronutrients depends on their normal absorption in the intestine. Interference with absorption, which occurs in a variety of conditions (e.g. congenital defects in the digestive or absorptive system, intestinal disease/resection, drug interaction and chronic alcohol use), leads to the development of deficiency (and sub-optimal status) and results in clinical abnormalities. It is well established now that intestinal absorption of the water-soluble vitamins ascorbate, biotin, folate, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, riboflavin and thiamin is via specific carrier-mediated processes. These processes are regulated by a variety of factors and conditions, and the regulation involves transcriptional and/or post-transcriptional mechanisms. Also well recognized now is the fact that the large intestine possesses specific and efficient uptake systems to absorb a number of water-soluble vitamins that are synthesized by the normal microflora. This source may contribute to total body vitamin nutrition, and especially towards the cellular nutrition and health of the local colonocytes. The present review aims to outline our current understanding of the mechanisms involved in intestinal absorption of water-soluble vitamins, their regulation, the cell biology of the carriers involved and the factors that negatively affect these absorptive events.
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- Hamid M Said
- School of Medicine, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
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Subramanya SB, Subramanian VS, Kumar JS, Hoiness R, Said HM. Inhibition of intestinal biotin absorption by chronic alcohol feeding: cellular and molecular mechanisms. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2011; 300:G494-501. [PMID: 21148397 PMCID: PMC3064116 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00465.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The water-soluble vitamin biotin is essential for normal cellular functions and its deficiency leads to a variety of clinical abnormalities. Mammals obtain biotin from exogenous sources via intestinal absorption, a process mediated by the sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT). Chronic alcohol use in humans is associated with a significant reduction in plasma biotin levels, and animal studies have shown inhibition in intestinal biotin absorption by chronic alcohol feeding. Little, however, is known about the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the inhibition in intestinal biotin transport by chronic alcohol use. These mechanisms were investigated in this study by using rats and transgenic mice carrying the human full-length SLC5A6 5'-regulatory region chronically fed alcohol liquid diets; human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells chronically exposed to alcohol were also used as models. The results showed chronic alcohol feeding of rats to lead to a significant inhibition in carrier-mediated biotin transport events across jejunal brush border and basolateral membrane domains. This inhibition was associated with a significant reduction in level of expression of the SMVT protein, mRNA, and heterogenous nuclear RNA. Chronic alcohol feeding also inhibited carrier-mediated biotin uptake in rat colon. Studies with transgenic mice confirmed the above findings and further showed chronic alcohol feeding significantly inhibited the activity of SLC5A6 5'-regulatory region. Finally, chronic exposure of Caco-2 cells to alcohol led to a significant decrease in the activity of both promoters P1 and P2 of the human SLC5A6 gene. These studies identify for the first time the cellular and molecular parameters of the intestinal biotin absorptive processes that are affected by chronic alcohol feeding.
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- Sandeep B. Subramanya
- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California, Irvine; and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
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Subramanian VS, Subramanya SB, Said HM. Chronic alcohol exposure negatively impacts the physiological and molecular parameters of the renal biotin reabsorption process. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2011; 300:F611-7. [PMID: 21209005 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00707.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Normal body homeostasis of biotin is critically dependent on its renal recovery by kidney proximal tubular epithelial cells, a process that is mediated by the sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT; a product of the SLC5A6 gene). Chronic ethanol consumption interferes with the renal reabsorption process of a variety of nutrients, including water-soluble vitamins. To date, however, there is nothing known about the effect of chronic alcohol feeding on physiological and molecular parameters of the renal biotin reabsorption process. We addressed these issues using rats and transgenic mice carrying the human SLC5A6 (P1P2) 5'-regulatory region as an in vivo model systems of alcohol exposure, and cultured human renal proximal tubular epithelial HK-2 cells chronically exposed to alcohol as an in vitro model of alcohol exposure. The [(3)H]biotin uptake results showed that chronic ethanol feeding in rats leads to a significant inhibition in carrier-mediated biotin transport across both renal brush border and basolateral membrane domains. This inhibition was associated with a marked reduction in the level of expression of SMVT protein, mRNA, and heterogenous nuclear RNA (hnRNA). Furthermore, studies with transgenic mice carrying the SLC5A6 5'-regulatory region showed that chronic alcohol feeding leads to a significant decrease in promoter activity. Studies with HK-2 cells chronically exposed to alcohol again showed a marked reduction in carrier-mediated biotin uptake, which was associated with a significant reduction in promoter activity of the human SLC5A6 5'-regulatory region. These findings demonstrate for the first time that chronic ethanol feeding inhibits renal biotin transport and that this effect is, at least in part, being exerted at the transcriptional level.
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- Veedamali S Subramanian
- Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, and Department of Veterans AffairsMedical Center, Long Beach, California, USA
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Mee L, Nabokina SM, Sekar VT, Subramanian VS, Maedler K, Said HM. Pancreatic beta cells and islets take up thiamin by a regulated carrier-mediated process: studies using mice and human pancreatic preparations. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2009; 297:G197-206. [PMID: 19423748 PMCID: PMC2711754 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00092.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Thiamin is essential for the normal function of the endocrine pancreas, but very little is known about uptake mechanism(s) and regulation by beta cells. We addressed these issues using mouse-derived pancreatic beta-TC-6 cells, and freshly isolated primary mouse and human pancreatic islets. Results showed that thiamin uptake by beta-TC-6 cells involves a pH (but not Na+)-dependent carrier-mediated process that is saturable at both the nanomolar (apparent K(m) = 37.17 +/- 9.9 nM) and micromolar (apparent K(m) = 3.26 +/- 0.86 microM) ranges, cis-inhibited by thiamin structural analogs, and trans-stimulated by unlabeled thiamin. Involvement of carrier-mediated process was also confirmed in primary mouse and human pancreatic islets. Both THTR-1 and THTR-2 were found to be expressed in these mouse and human pancreatic preparations. Maintaining beta-TC-6 cells in the presence of a high level of thiamin led to a significant (P < 0.01) decrease in thiamin uptake, which was associated with a significant downregulation in level of expression of THTR-1 and THTR-2 at the protein and mRNA levels and a decrease in transcriptional (promoter) activity. Modulators of intracellular Ca2+/calmodulin- and protein-tyrosine kinase-mediated pathways also altered thiamin uptake. Finally, confocal imaging of live beta-TC-6 cells showed that clinical mutants of THTR-1 have mixed expression phenotypes and all led to impairment in thiamin uptake. These studies demonstrate for the first time that thiamin uptake by the endocrine pancreas is carrier mediated and is adaptively regulated by the prevailing vitamin level via transcriptional mechanisms. Furthermore, clinical mutants of THTR-1 impair thiamin uptake via different mechanisms.
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- Lisa Mee
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center-151, 5901 E. 7th St., Long Beach, CA 90822, USA.
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California College of Medicine, Irvine, California; and Center of Biomolecular Interaction, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California College of Medicine, Irvine, California; and Center of Biomolecular Interaction, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California College of Medicine, Irvine, California; and Center of Biomolecular Interaction, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California College of Medicine, Irvine, California; and Center of Biomolecular Interaction, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California and Departments of Medicine and Physiology/Biophysics, University of California College of Medicine, Irvine, California; and Center of Biomolecular Interaction, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Subramanian VS, Marchant JS, Boulware MJ, Ma TY, Said HM. Membrane targeting and intracellular trafficking of the human sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter in polarized epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2009; 296:C663-71. [PMID: 19211916 PMCID: PMC2670647 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00396.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2008] [Accepted: 02/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The human sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (hSMVT) mediates sodium-dependent uptake of biotin in renal and intestinal epithelia. To date, however, there is nothing known about the structure-function relationship or targeting sequences in the hSMVT polypeptide that control its polarized expression within epithelia. Here, we focused on the role of the COOH-terminal tail of hSMVT in the targeting and functionality of this transporter. A full-length hSMVT-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein was functional and expressed at the apical membrane in renal and intestinal cell lines. Microtubule disrupting agents disrupted the mobility of trafficking vesicles and impaired cell surface delivery of hSMVT, which was also prevented in cells treated with dynamitin (p50), brefeldin, or monensin. Progressive truncation of the COOH-terminal tail impaired the functionality and targeting of the transporter. First, biotin transport decreased by approximately 20-30% on deletion of up to 15 COOH-terminal amino acids of hSMVT, a decrease mimicked solely by deletion of the terminal PDZ motif (TSL). Second, deletions into the COOH-terminal tail (between residues 584-612, containing a region of predicted high surface accessibility) resulted in a further drop in hSMVT transport (to approximately 40% of wild-type). Third, apical targeting was lost on deletion of a helical-prone region between amino acids 570-584. We conclude that the COOH tail of hSMVT contains several determinants important for polarized targeting and biotin transport.
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Humans cannot synthesize biotin and thus must obtain this vitamin from exogenous sources. The intestine is exposed to 2 sources of biotin: a dietary source and a bacterial source, which is normal microflora of the large intestine. Dietary protein-bound biotin is converted to free biotin prior to absorption. Absorption of free biotin in the small and large intestine involves a saturable and Na(+)-dependent carrier-mediated process that is shared with pantothenic acid and lipoate. For this reason, the involved transport system is referred to as the sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT); in humans, it is designated as hSMVT. The hSMVT system has been cloned, demonstrated to be exclusively expressed at the apical membrane of enterocytes, and shown, by means of gene-specific short interfering RNA, to be the main biotin uptake system that operates in human intestinal epithelial cells. The 5'-regulatory region of the hSMVT gene has also been cloned and characterized both in vitro and in vivo. Further, the human intestinal biotin uptake process was adaptively up-regulated in biotin deficiency via a transcriptionally mediated mechanism(s) that involves Kruppel-like factor 4 sites. Studies on cell biology of hSMVT have shown a region in the cytoplasmic C-terminal domain of the polypeptide to be essential for its targeting to the apical membrane domain of epithelial cells. Intracellular trafficking of the hSMVT protein appears to involve distinct trafficking vesicles that require an intact microtubules network and the motor protein dynein for their mobility.
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- Hamid M Said
- University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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Reidling JC, Said HM. Regulation of the human biotin transporter hSMVT promoter by KLF-4 and AP-2: confirmation of promoter activity in vivo. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2006; 292:C1305-12. [PMID: 17135299 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00360.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The mechanism of biotin uptake in human intestine has been well characterized and involves the human sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (hSMVT), yet little is known about the molecular/transcriptional regulation of the system. Previous investigations cloned the 5' regulatory region of the hSMVT gene and identified the minimal promoter. To expand these investigations, we compared activity of the hSMVT promoter in three human intestinal epithelial cell lines (NCM460, Caco-2, and HuTu-80) and contrasted a renal epithelial cell line (HEK-293). We analyzed the role of putative cis-elements in regulating promoter activity and confirmed activity of the cloned hSMVT promoter in vivo. In vitro studies demonstrated that all cell lines utilized the same minimal promoter region, and mutation of specific cis-regulatory elements [Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF-4) and activator protein-2 (AP-2)] led to a decrease in promoter activity in all intestinal cell types but not in renal cells. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we identified two specific DNA/protein complexes. Using oligonucleotide competition and antibody supershift analysis, we determined that KLF-4 and AP-2 were involved in forming the complexes. In HEK-293 cells, overexpressing KLF-4 increased the endogenous hSMVT message levels threefold and activated a cotransfected hSMVT promoter-reporter construct. In vivo studies using hSMVT promoter-luciferase transgenic mice established physiological relevance and showed the pattern of hSMVT promoter expression to be similar to endogenous mouse SMVT mRNA expression. The results demonstrate, for the first time, the importance of KLF-4 and AP-2 in regulating the activity of the hSMVT promoter in the intestine and provide direct in vivo confirmation of hSMVT promoter activity.
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Reidling JC, Nabokina SM, Balamurugan K, Said HM. Developmental maturation of intestinal and renal thiamin uptake: studies in wild-type and transgenic mice carrying human THTR-1 and 2 promoters. J Cell Physiol 2006; 206:371-7. [PMID: 16206251 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Thiamin (B1) is an essential micronutrient for normal growth and development. Mammals obtain thiamin through intestinal absorption, while in the kidney thiamin is reabsorbed to prevent its loss in the urine, both processes are specialized, carrier-mediated and involve thiamin transporters-1 and 2 (THTR-1 and THTR-2, respectively; products of the SLC19A2 and SLC19A3 genes). Although thiamin appears to play an important role in neonatal growth, little is currently known about the possible regulation of intestinal and renal thiamin uptake during developmental maturation. We addressed these issues by examining intestinal and renal thiamin uptake and expression of THTR-1 and THTR-2 during early stages of life. We utilized wild-type mice (mice express orthologues of both thiamin transporters) and transgenic mice expressing human SLC19A2 or SLC19A3 promoter-reporter transgenes as a model system and examined carrier-mediated thiamin uptake, mTHTR-1 and 2 protein and mRNA levels and luciferase activity in suckling (13 days), weanling (25-27 days), and adult (60-65 days) mice. Carrier-mediated thiamin uptake by jejunal and renal brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) both decreased with maturation (suckling>weanling>adult) and were associated with a reduction in mTHTR-1 and mTHTR-2 protein, mRNA levels, and the activity of human SLC19A2 and SLC19A3 promoter-reporter constructs in the intestines and kidneys of transgenic mice. These results are the first to demonstrate that intestinal and renal thiamin uptake are developmentally regulated during early stages of life, mediated through mTHTR-1 and mTHTR-2, and suggest the possible involvement of transcriptional regulatory mechanism(s) in this regulation.
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- Jack C Reidling
- VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90822 and University of California College of Medicine, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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Reidling JC, Said HM. Adaptive regulation of intestinal thiamin uptake: molecular mechanism using wild-type and transgenic mice carrying hTHTR-1 and -2 promoters. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2005; 288:G1127-34. [PMID: 15705657 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00539.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Thiamin participates in metabolic pathways contributing to normal cellular functions, growth, and development. The molecular mechanism of the human intestinal thiamin absorption process involves the thiamin transporters-1 (hTHTR-1) and -2 (hTHTR-2), products of the SLC19A2 and SLC19A3 genes. Little is known about adaptive regulation of the intestinal thiamin uptake process or the molecular mechanism(s) involved during thiamin deficiency. In these studies, we addressed these issues using wild-type mice and transgenic animals carrying the promoters of the hTHTR-1 and -2. We show that, in thiamin deficiency, a significant and specific upregulation in intestinal carrier-mediated thiamin uptake occurs and that this increase is associated with an induction in protein and mRNA levels of mTHTR-2 but not mTHTR-1; in addition, an increase in the activity of the SLC19A3, but not the SLC19A2, promoter was observed in the intestine of transgenic mice. Similar findings were detected in the kidney; however, expression of both thiamin transporters and activity of both human promoters were upregulated in this organ in thiamin deficiency. We also examined the effect of thiamin deficiency on the level of expression of mTHTR-1 and mTHTR-2 messages and activity of the human promoters in the heart and brain of transgenic mice and found an increase in mTHTR-1 mRNA and a rise in activity of the SLC19A2 promoter in thiamin-deficient mice. These results show that the intestinal and renal thiamin uptake processes are adaptively upregulated during dietary thiamin deficiency, that expression of mTHTR-1 and mTHTR-2 is regulated in a tissue-specific manner, and that this upregulation is mediated via transcriptional regulatory mechanism(s).
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- Jack C Reidling
- Department of Medical Research, VA Medical Center-151, Long Beach, CA 90822, USA
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Many substances, organic and manufactured, may induce peripheral nerve damage when exposed to them. The expected clinical phenotype is of a distal, sensory or sensorimotor polyneuropathy, often painful, with axonal characteristics on electrodiagnostic and histopathologic analysis. Treatment is limited; often, the only effective management is supportive care and avoidance from or removal of the offending toxin. Fortunately, the majority of toxic neuropathies are self-limited and improves gradually after toxin elimination.
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- Patrick M Grogan
- Department of Neurology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX 78236, USA.
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Masaki T, Mochizuki H, Matsushita S, Yokoyama A, Kamakura K, Higuchi S. Association of aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 polymorphism with alcoholic polyneuropathy in humans. Neurosci Lett 2004; 363:288-90. [PMID: 15182962 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2004] [Revised: 03/31/2004] [Accepted: 04/03/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Persons who have the Glu-487-->Lys mutation (single nucleotide polymorphism) of the aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) gene have less ability to metabolize the alcohol breakdown product acetaldehyde. In order to clarify whether acetaldehyde is associated with the pathogenesis of alcoholic polyneuropathy, we compared nerve conduction data as well as clinical signs and symptoms of neuropathy between alcoholics with ALDH2*2 (Lys-487) heterozygotes and those with ALDH2*1 (Glu-487) homozygotes. Alcoholics with ALDH2*2 heterozygotes showed significantly lower sensory nerve action potential amplitudes of the sural and median nerves than those with ALDH2*1 homozygotes, suggesting that the accumulation of acetaldehyde due to ALDH2 inactivity is associated with alcoholic polyneuropathy.
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- Toshihiro Masaki
- Department of Neurology, National Institute on Alcoholism, Kurihama National Hospital, 5-3-1 Nobi, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-0841, Japan.
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Said HM, Balamurugan K, Subramanian VS, Marchant JS. Expression and functional contribution of hTHTR-2 in thiamin absorption in human intestine. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2004; 286:G491-8. [PMID: 14615284 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00361.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The aim of this study was to investigate expression and relative contribution of human thiamin transporter (hTHTR)-2 toward overall carrier-mediated thiamin uptake by human intestinal epithelial cells. Northern blot analysis showed that the message of the hTHTR-2 is expressed along the native human gastrointestinal tract with highest expression being in the proximal part of small intestine. hTHTR-2 protein was found, by Western blot analysis, to be expressed at the brush-border membrane (BBM), but not at the basolateral membrane, of native human enterocytes. This pattern of expression was confirmed in studies using a fusion protein of hTHTR-2 with the enhanced green fluorescent protein (hTHTR2-EGFP) expressed in living Caco-2 cells grown on filter. Pretreating Caco-2 cells (which also express the hTHTR-2 at RNA and protein levels) with hTHTR-2 gene-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) led to a significant (P < 0.01) and specific inhibition (48%) in carrier-mediated thiamin uptake. Similarly, pretreating Caco-2 cells with siRNA that specifically target hTHTR-1 (which is expressed in Caco-2 cells) also significantly (P < 0.01) and specifically inhibited (by 56%) carrier-mediated thiamin uptake. When Caco-2 cells were pretreated with siRNAs against both hTHTR-2 and hTHTR-1 genes, an almost complete inhibition in carrier-mediated thiamin uptake was observed. These results show that the message of hTHTR-2 is expressed along the human gastrointestinal tract and that expression of its protein in intestinal epithelia is mainly localized to the apical BBM domain. In addition, results show that this transporter plays a significant role in carrier-mediated thiamin uptake in human intestine.
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- Hamid M Said
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center-151, Long Beach, and University of California, Irvine, USA.
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Said HM, Reidling JC, Ortiz A. Cellular and molecular aspects of thiamin uptake by human liver cells: studies with cultured HepG2 cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1567:106-12. [PMID: 12488043 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(02)00606-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The liver is an important site for thiamin metabolism, utilization, and storage. Little is known about the mechanism of thiamin uptake by the human liver. In this study, we examined cellular and molecular aspects of the human liver thiamin uptake process using the human-derived liver HepG2 cells as a model system. Our studies showed that the initial rate of thiamin uptake to be: (1) Na(+)-independent and occurs with no detectable metabolic alterations in the transported substrate, (2) highly pH-dependent with diminished uptake upon decreasing incubation buffer pH from 8.0 to 5.0, (3) higher following cell acidification compared to unacidified control cells, (4) saturable as a function of concentration with an apparent K(m) of 7.7+/-1.6 microM, (5) inhibited by the thiamin structural analogues oxythiamin and amprolium but not by the unrelated organic cations tetraethylammonium (TEA) and N-methylnicotinamide (NMN), and (6) inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by the membrane transport inhibitor amiloride. Both of the recently cloned human thiamin transporters, i.e., SLC19A2 and SLC19A3, were found to be expressed in liver HepG2 cells with the former being the predominant form. High promoter activity of the predominant form, i.e., SLC19A2, was detected in HepG2 cells, and the minimal region of the SLC19A2 promoter required for its basal activity in these cells was found to be encoded in a sequence between -356 and -36 and has multiple putative cis-regulatory elements. Mutation of a number of these putative cis-elements diminished promoter activity of the SLC19A2 minimal region. These results show the involvement of a specialized carrier-mediated mechanism for thiamin uptake by human liver HepG2 cells. In addition, SLC19A2 was found to be the predominant thiamin uptake carrier expressed in these cells and its promoter displays a high level of activity in them.
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- Hamid M Said
- Department of Medicine and Physiology, VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA 90822-5201, USA.
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D'Amour ML, Brissette S, Lavoie J, Butterworth RF. Reduced sensory and motor nerve conduction velocities in moderate drinkers. Addict Biol 2000; 5:71-5. [PMID: 20575821 DOI: 10.1080/13556210071298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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The mechanism responsible for peripheral nerve dysfunction in chronic alcoholism has not been fully elucidated either in terms of its relationship to the quantity of alcohol consumed or to nutritional status. As part of a series of studies to address these issues, the effects of moderate drinking (60-90 g ethanol per day) or heavy drinking (> 100 g ethanol per day) on peripheral nervous function and thiamine status was measured in 73 patients admitted to a detoxification unit. Electromyographic evaluation revealed significant reductions in median and ulnar sensory and motor nerve conduction velocities in both moderate drinkers (n = 30) and heavy drinkers (n = 43) compared to age-matched controls. Twelve moderate drinkers and 25 heavy drinkers manifested clinical neurological signs of peripheral neuropathy. Thiamine deficiency, as revealed by erythrocyte transketolase activation assay, was detected in two moderate drinkers and seven heavy drinkers but was not significantly correlated with electromyographic alterations with the exception of ulnar nerves. These findings provide evidence for significant early peripheral nerve dysfunction in moderate drinkers and a possible contributory role of thiamine deficiency to the ulnar nerve conduction deficits. Whether deficits in other water-soluble vitamins or a direct neurotoxic effect of ethanol are implicated in alcoholic peripheral neuropathy awaits further studies.
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Said HM, Ortiz A, Kumar CK, Chatterjee N, Dudeja PK, Rubin S. Transport of thiamine in human intestine: mechanism and regulation in intestinal epithelial cell model Caco-2. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 277:C645-51. [PMID: 10516094 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.4.c645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The present study examined the intestinal uptake of thiamine (vitamin B(1)) using the human-derived intestinal epithelial cells Caco-2 as an in vitro model system. Thiamine uptake was found to be 1) temperature and energy dependent and occurred with minimal metabolic alteration; 2) pH sensitive; 3) Na(+) independent; 4) saturable as a function of concentration with an apparent Michaelis-Menten constant of 3.18 +/- 0.56 microM and maximal velocity of 13.37 +/- 0.94 pmol. mg protein(-1). 3 min(-1); 5) inhibited by the thiamine structural analogs amprolium and oxythiamine, but not by unrelated organic cations tetraethylammonium, N-methylnicotinamide, and choline; and 6) inhibited in a competitive manner by amiloride with an inhibition constant of 0.2 mM. The role of specific protein kinase-mediated pathways in the regulation of thiamine uptake by Caco-2 cells was also examined using specific modulators of these pathways. The results showed possible involvement of a Ca(2+)/calmodulin (CaM)-mediated pathway in the regulation of thiamine uptake. No role for protein kinase C- and protein tyrosine kinase-mediated pathways in the regulation of thiamine uptake was evident. These results demonstrate the involvement of a carrier-mediated system for thiamine uptake by Caco-2 intestinal epithelial cells. This system is Na(+) independent and is different from the transport systems of organic cations. Furthermore, a CaM-mediated pathway appears to play a role in regulating thiamine uptake in these cells.
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- H M Said
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California, 90822, USA.
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Corsetti G, Rezzani R, Rodella L, Bianchi R. Ultrastructural study of the alterations in spinal ganglion cells of rats chronically fed on ethanol. Ultrastruct Pathol 1998; 22:309-19. [PMID: 9805356 DOI: 10.3109/01913129809103352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A study was conducted to find the effects of chronic alcohol (EtOh) administration on the rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells in vivo. Morphoquantitative changes of the cytoplasmic organelles in neurons and satellite cells (SC) of lumbar DRG of animals fed with 20 and 40% of EtOH for 6 months were determined at the electron microscopic level. Stereological methods were used to quantitatively evaluate the changes in the neuronal Golgi fields, in the lysosomal system components called dense bodies (DB), in the mitochondria, and in the cytoplasmic perikaryal projections (PP) characteristic of DRG neurons. Prolonged consumption of 20% EtOh was well tolerated by neurons. There were, however, some structural modifications in the studied organelles, and there was a significant increase in the neuronal surface. In SC the number of mitochondria and DB increased significantly. Treatment with 40% EtOH produced massive organelle alterations in both neurons and SC, including disruption of the PP, markedly reducing the neuronal surface area. The architecture of the SC sheath appeared disorganized. The alterations resembled those of senescence, and indicated that a high dose of EtOH (or its metabolites) had a profound disruptive effect on the organelles and on the membrane systems of the DRG cells. The SC of the DRG units from the animals fed with EtOH were the first to show significant morphological alterations. When the architecture of the SC sheath already showed evident signs of disorganization, the neuronal body was just beginning to show morphological damage. These results suggest that the progressive disorganization of the SC sheath is a probable source of complication in peripheral neuropathy.
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- G Corsetti
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Italy
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D'Amour ML, Butterworth RF. Pathogenesis of alcoholic peripheral neuropathy: direct effect of ethanol or nutritional deficit? Metab Brain Dis 1994; 9:133-42. [PMID: 8072461 DOI: 10.1007/bf01999766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- M L D'Amour
- Neuroscience Research Unit, Hôpital Saint-Luc (University of Montreal), Quebec, Canada
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Müitzell S. Mortality, Suicide, Social Maladjustment and Criminality among Male Alcoholic Parents and Men from the General Population and their Offspring. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE AND YOUTH 1994. [DOI: 10.1080/02673843.1994.9747743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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D'Amour ML, Bruneau J, Butterworth RF. Abnormalities of peripheral nerve conduction in relation to thiamine status in alcoholic patients. Can J Neurol Sci 1991; 18:126-8. [PMID: 2070293 DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100031565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Thiamine status was evaluated using the erythrocyte transketolase activation assay in 20 alcoholic patients admitted on a voluntary basis to a Detoxification Unit. Electromyographic evaluation revealed significant reductions of motor and sensory conduction velocities in the alcoholic group. 38% of alcoholic patients showed significant erythrocyte transketolase activation deficits indicative of severe thiamine deficiency. In the case of peroneal nerve, reduced conduction velocities were negatively correlated with abnormal transketolase parameters. These findings are consistent with a contributory (but not exclusive) role of thiamine deficiency in the pathogenesis of alcoholic peripheral neuropathy. Deficiencies of other vitamins as well as direct neurotoxic effects of alcohol could also be involved in this phenomenon.
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- M L D'Amour
- Neurology Service, André-Viallet Clinical Research Center, Hôpital Saint-Luc University of Montreal
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Melgaard B, Hanel HK, Nielsen K, Ahlgren P, Andersen K, Danielsen UT, Sørensen H, Vilstrup H. Nervous system damage and nutritional factors in chronic alcoholics. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1989; 91:129-34. [PMID: 2543523 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-8467(89)80033-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Dietary habits in 45 chronic alcoholics were assessed by the dietary history method, and plasma albumin and serum transferrin. These variables as well as clinical findings did not indicate general malnutrition, but a moderate deficiency in folate intake was found. There was no correlation between the nutritional variables and central and peripheral nervous system function investigated by neuroradiological, neuropsychological, and neurophysiological methods. Transketolase and thiamine-pyrophosphate effects were measured in a subgroup of alcoholics and compared to a control group. No differences were found and there was no correlation to central nervous system impairment. These findings do not support the hypothesis that nervous system damage found in chronic alcoholics is of nutritional etiology.
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- B Melgaard
- Department of Neurology, Gentofte Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark
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Cipriano TC, Zucoloto S, Muccilo G, Kajiwara JK. Acute and subacute effects of thiamine deficiency on the morphometry and cell kinetics of jejunal and ileal epithelial cells. CELL AND TISSUE KINETICS 1988; 21:221-6. [PMID: 3233641 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.1988.tb00781.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The effects of acute and subacute thiamine deficiency on jejunal and ileal epithelial cells were studied in rats, using crypt and villus cell population, crypt cell production per crypt (CCPC), crypt growth fraction (Ip) and crypt cell cycle time (Tc) as parameters. In acute thiamine deficiency there was marked jejunal hypoplasia of the crypt and villus, but in the ileum there was hypoplasia only of the crypt. The jejunal epithelium of the subacute thiamine deficiency (STD) group showed no morphometric changes. In contrast, in the ileal epithelium of STD rats there was decreased crypt depth and villus cell population. Thiamine deficiency had no significant effect on CCPC, Ip and Tc.
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- T C Cipriano
- Department of Pathology, Federal University of Fortaleza, Ceará
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A sample of 200 men from the general population was investigated concerning alcohol consumption in relation to cardiovascular and laboratory findings. Symptoms of alcoholism (subjective relative loss of control over drinking, blackouts and morning drinks) were found to be related to the alcohol consumption. The subjects were divided into three groups: (I) a group with low alcohol consumption without symptoms of alcoholism, (II) an intermediate group with low, moderate or high alcohol consumption and with different alcohol symptoms and (III) a "heavy-drinking" group with moderate or high alcohol consumption and two or more symptoms. Group III had, on an average, a higher heart rate and a larger heart volume, and significantly lower serum (S) levels of magnesium, creatinine and IgG than groups I and II. Ten of the 53 heavy drinkers used liver-metabolized drugs, because of illness. On the average the heavy drinkers who used drugs had a higher heart rate and diastolic blood pressure and a larger heart volume, and in this group there was a higher incidence of pathological ECGs and a lower peak flow. They had higher S-cholesterol and triglycerides and, especially, low S-creatinine. Elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels showed no relationships to high alcohol consumption alone, but a combination of high alcohol consumption and liver-metabolized drugs was significantly correlated to such elevations. The finding of a combination of high alcohol consumption as reported in a standardized questionnaire and low S-creatinine may discriminate an interesting homogeneous subgroup with over-consumption of alcohol.
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- S Mützell
- Department of Family Medicine, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Hallett M, Fox JG, Rogers AE, Nicolosi R, Schoene W, Goolsby HA, Landis DM, Pezeshkpour G. Controlled studies on the effects of alcohol ingestion on peripheral nerves of macaque monkeys. J Neurol Sci 1987; 80:65-71. [PMID: 3039070 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(87)90221-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In two different studies, monkeys were fed diets with 50% and 30% of calories replaced with alcohol for 5 and 3 years, respectively. Nerves were studied with electrophysiological and quantitative histological methods, but no deleterious effect of alcohol was identified.
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Pinto J, Huang YP, Rivlin RS. Mechanisms underlying the differential effects of ethanol on the bioavailability of riboflavin and flavin adenine dinucleotide. J Clin Invest 1987; 79:1343-8. [PMID: 3033022 PMCID: PMC424383 DOI: 10.1172/jci112960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Chronic alcoholism is associated with a high prevalence of riboflavin deficiency. Experiments were designed in an animal model to determine whether ethanol alters selectively the absorption of riboflavin and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), the predominant dietary form of the vitamin. Rats received by gavage a liver homogenate to which either [14C]riboflavin or [14C]FAD was added with either ethanol or isocaloric sucrose solutions. Ethanol markedly diminished the bioavailability of [14C]FAD to a greater degree than that of [14C]riboflavin. Corroboration of an ethanol-impaired intraluminal hydrolysis of FAD was provided by using everted jejunal segments and measuring mucosal uptake of [14C]riboflavin together with nonradiolabeled FAD. In subsequent studies with mucosal cell extracts, ethanol markedly inhibited activities of FAD pyrophosphatase and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) phosphatase. These findings suggest that dietary sources of riboflavin (FMN and FAD) are not absorbed as well in the presence of ethanol than are vitamin preparations containing riboflavin, which is utilized more readily.
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There are three general approaches to treatment of peripheral neuropathy. First, an attempt should be made to reverse the pathophysiological process if its nature can be elucidated. Second, nerve metabolism can be stimulated and regeneration encouraged. Third, even if the neuropathy itself cannot be improved, symptomatic therapy can be employed. This review outlines the options available for each approach.
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Two groups of alcoholics (30 patients each)--identified by the MALT score--were examined. Clinical and laboratory investigations showed no connection between thiamine, riboflavin, or Vitamin B6 deficiency and development of the polyneuropathy. Neither the polyneuropathy nor the diminished sensory conduction velocity were related to malnutrition. The relation between the duration of alcoholism and symptoms of polyneuropathy was highly significant in one group. The neurotoxicity of ethanol was confirmed in an experiment with rats.
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Rao GA, Larkin EC. Inadequate intake by growing rats of essential nutrients from liquid diets used for chronic alcohol consumption. Nutr Res 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5317(85)80214-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Opacka J, Wrońska-Nofer T, Kołakowski J, Opalska B. Effect of alcohol intake on some disturbances induced by chronic exposure to carbon disulphide in rats. II. Biochemical and ultrastructural alterations in the peripheral nerves. Toxicol Lett 1985; 24:171-7. [PMID: 2984807 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(85)90054-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The effect of chronic ethanol (EtOH) administration on CS2-induced peripheral neuropathy in rats was studied. Rats were exposed to 0.8 mg/l CS2 for 12-15 months and to 10% EtOH as only drink during the last 4 months of the experiment. Some biochemical correlates of Wallerian degeneration of the peripheral nerve were estimated and ultrastructural examinations of the peripheral nerves were performed. It was shown that EtOH augmented the alterations in lipid content provoked by CS2 in the peripheral nerves, i.e. an increase in cholesterol esters and in the ratio of cholesterol esters to free cholesterol (E/F ratio) and a decrease in phospholipid content. The magnitude of ultrastructural changes induced by CS2 in the nerves was increased by EtOH.
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Ten male alcoholics aged 38-72 years with clear clinical and electroneurographical signs of peripheral neuropathy were re-examined three to five years later. Conduction velocities, latencies and nerve action potential amplitudes were measured from median, peroneal and sural nerves on both occasions and the results were compared with age-matched reference values from 80 healthy men. Seven of the alcoholics showed normal or nearly normal scores in electroneurographical and clinical examination and they had all managed to stop drinking alcohol. The results suggest that the prognosis of alcoholic peripheral neuropathy is good and independent of age provided that intake of alcohol is discontinued and other causes of neuropathy (malignancy, diabetes, nerve trauma) are carefully excluded.
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Dastur DK, Manghani DK, Osuntokun BO, Sourander P, Kondo K. Neuromuscular and related changes in malnutrition. A review. J Neurol Sci 1982; 55:207-30. [PMID: 7131032 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(82)90102-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Bashir KR, Smith SM, Bulmer DA, Raman S. The brief alcoholism rating scale: a new test for diagnosing. CANADIAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN MEDECIN DE FAMILLE CANADIEN 1982; 28:987-993. [PMID: 21286108 PMCID: PMC2306426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A new scale, comprising 100 criteria based on medical history, physical examination and routine laboratory data, independent of a drinking history, can help physicians in the detection, diagnosis and early treatment of alcoholism. The scale also permits objective classification of alcoholism into mild, moderate and severe categories and overcomes the patient's denial-a major obstacle to early diagnosis. Results suggest that the instrument is accurate: 94% of patients were classified correctly by the scale. Further validation studies in clinical practice are necessary.
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Ylikoski JS, House JW, Hernandez I. Eighth nerve alcoholic neuropathy: a case report with light and electron microscopic findings. J Laryngol Otol 1981; 95:631-42. [PMID: 7252342 DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100091209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A 55-year-old man with symptoms of hearing loss, balance disturbance, and facial weakness was treated by translabyrinthine eighth cranial nerve trans-section. The patient also had a history and physical signs of chronic alcoholism and peripheral polyneuropathy. Results of laboratory tests revealed concomitant nutritional deficiency. Histopathological examination of the eighth nerve showed extensive degeneration of both myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers in both cochlear and vestibular divisions. Light and electron microscopic features of the degenerative process were compatible with previously described pathology of experimentally induced Wallerian-like degeneration. Alcoholic neuropathy as the cause of hearing loss and balance disturbance--and probably facial paresis--is suggested.
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