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Jiang WD, Zhang L, Feng L, Wu P, Liu Y, Kuang SY, Li SW, Tang L, Mi HF, Zhang L, Zhou XQ. New Insight on the Immune Modulation and Physical Barrier Protection Caused by Vitamin A in Fish Gills Infected With Flavobacterium columnare. Front Immunol 2022; 13:833455. [PMID: 35401542 PMCID: PMC8992971 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.833455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In this study, we have investigated the influence of vitamin A on gill barrier function of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) infected with Flavobacterium columnare. The fish were fed different concentrations of vitamin A diets for 10 weeks and then infected with F. columnare by immersion. We observed that optimal vitamin A significantly prevented gill rot morbidity in fish infected with F. columnare. Further investigations revealed that vitamin A boosted the gill immunity by increasing the contents of complements (C3 and C4), activities of acid phosphatase (ACP) and lysozyme, mRNAs of β-defensin-1, liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 2A and 2B (LEAP-2A and LEAP-2B), hepcidin, and anti-inflammatory cytokines like transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), TGF-β2, interleukin-10 (IL-10), and IL-11. It also enhanced the levels of various related signaling molecules including inhibitor protein κBα (IκBα), target of rapamycin (TOR), and ribosome protein S6 kinase 1 (S6K1) but downregulated the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines including IL-1β, IL-8, tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and interferon γ2 (IFN-γ2) and related signaling molecules including nuclear factor κB p65 (NF-κB p65) (rather than NF-κB p52), IκB kinase β (IKKβ), IKKγ (rather than IKKα), eIF4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1), and 4E-BP2 mRNA levels in fish gills. In addition, dietary vitamin A markedly lowered the concentrations of reactive oxygen species (ROS), malondialdehyde (MDA), and protein carbonyl (PC), increased both the activities and mRNAs of copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/ZnSOD), MnSOD, glutathione transferases (GSTs), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and glutathione reductase (GR) associated with upregulation of NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) mRNAs and downregulation of Kelch-like-ECH-associated protein (Keap1a) and Keap1b mRNAs. Moreover, vitamin A decreased the mRNAs of different apoptotic mediators [caspases 8, 9, 3 (rather than 7)] associated with downregulation of signaling molecule p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK) mRNAs in fish gills. Besides, vitamin A promoted tight junction (TJ) complex mRNAs [including claudin-b, -c, -3, -7, -12, occludin, and zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1)] that have been linked to the downregulation of myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) signaling. Taken together, the current study demonstrated for the first time that vitamin A markedly enhanced gill health associated with immune modulation and physical barrier protection. Based on protecting fish against gill rot morbidity, ACP activity, and against lipid peroxidation, optimum vitamin A concentrations in on-growing grass carp (262-997 g) were found to be 1,991, 2,188, and 2,934 IU/kg diet, respectively.
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- Wei-Dan Jiang
- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Sichuan Animtech Feed Co. Ltd., Chengdu, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Sichuan Animtech Feed Co. Ltd., Chengdu, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Sichuan Animtech Feed Co. Ltd., Chengdu, China
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- Tongwei Co., Ltd., Healthy Aquaculture Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Tongwei Co., Ltd., Healthy Aquaculture Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan, China
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Elfarargy MS, Abu-Risha S, Al-Ashmawy G, Khattab H. Serum vitamin A levels as a novel predictor for respiratory distress syndrome in neonates: is it beneficial? Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2021; 22:235-240. [PMID: 34548005 DOI: 10.2174/1871530321666210921120258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is a very important dangerous disease in neonates and is accompanied by neonatal complications and death. OBJECTIVE Early determination of neonatal serum vitamin A levels as a possible novel predictor for neonatal RDS. PATIENTS AND METHODS A case-control study, with the identification number TCTR20210206001 was done on 100 neonates who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Tanta University Hospital (TUH) suffering from RDS (patient group) and 100 healthy neonates (control group). Estimation of serum vitamin A (retinol) was occurred for all neonates of this study within the first four hours after birth before any nutrition or therapies. RESULTS Showed no significant difference between serums retinol (RT) levels in grade 1&2 RDS neonates (patient group) and the serum RT levels in the control group while there was significant difference between serums retinol levels in grade 3&4 RDS neonates (patient group) and the serum retinol levels in the control group where the P-value was 0.006, 0.002 respectively. CONCLUSION Serum vitamin A levels in neonates were decreased in RDS neonates and could be used as a predictor for the development and severity of RDS. RECOMMENDATION Routine estimation of serum vitamin A levels in neonates as a novel predictor for neonatal RDS.
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- Department of pharmacology& toxicology, faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University. Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University. Egypt
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University. Egypt
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The relationship between umbilical cord blood vitamin A levels and late preterm infant morbidities: a prospective cohort study. Eur J Pediatr 2021; 180:791-797. [PMID: 32851492 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-020-03787-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Revised: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The aim of this study is to explore the association between umbilical cord blood (UCB) vitamin A levels and late preterm infants morbidities. We conducted a prospective cohort study of 208 late-preterm infants(from 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks gestational age) between January 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. UCB specimens were collected shortly after birth, and vitamin A levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Prevalence of low UCB vitamin A level < 0.7 μmol/L was 37.5% in late preterm infants. In comparison to vaginal delivery, cesarean section was associated with UCB vitamin A level < 0.7 μmol/L (P < 0.001). Nevertheless, UCB vitamin A levels did not correlate with gestational age, birth weight, and gender. UCB vitamin A level < 0.7 μmol/L was not an independent risk factor for hospitalization, oxygen supplementation, hyperbilirubinemia, sepsis, and respiratory distress syndrome.Conclusions: Low umbilical cord blood vitamin A levels are common among late-preterm infants. Cesarean section delivery is associated with low umbilical cord blood vitamin A level. Low umbilical cord blood vitamin A levels at birth do not increase morbidity of late-preterm infants, including hyperbilirubinemia, sepsis, and respiratory distress syndrome. What is Known: • Late preterm infants have a higher morbidity and mortality rates when compared to term infants. • Low plasma vitamin A levels increase the risk of preterm infants' morbidity. What is New: • Late preterm infants commonly have low level of umbilical cord blood vitamin A. • Low umbilical cord blood vitamin A level at birth appears to be not associated with the morbidity of late-preterm infants. • Cesarean section is associated with low umbilical cord blood vitamin A level < 0.7 μmol/L compared with vaginal delivery.
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Pereira-Fantini PM, Pang B, Byars SG, Oakley RB, Perkins EJ, Dargaville PA, Davis PG, Nie S, Williamson NA, Ignjatovic V, Tingay DG. Preterm Lung Exhibits Distinct Spatiotemporal Proteome Expression at Initiation of Lung Injury. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2020; 61:631-642. [PMID: 30995072 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2019-0084oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The development of regional lung injury in the preterm lung is not well understood. This study aimed to characterize time-dependent and regionally specific injury patterns associated with early ventilation of the preterm lung using a mass spectrometry-based proteomic approach. Preterm lambs delivered at 124-127 days gestation received 15 or 90 minutes of mechanical ventilation (positive end-expiratory pressure = 8 cm H2O, Vt = 6-8 ml/kg) and were compared with unventilated control lambs. At study completion, lung tissue was taken from standardized nondependent and dependent regions, and assessed for lung injury via histology, quantitative PCR, and proteomic analysis using Orbitrap-mass spectrometry. Ingenuity pathway analysis software was used to identify temporal and region-specific enrichments in pathways and functions. Apoptotic cell numbers were ninefold higher in nondependent lung at 15 and 90 minutes compared with controls, whereas proliferative cells were increased fourfold in the dependent lung at 90 minutes. The relative gene expression of lung injury markers was increased at 90 minutes in nondependent lung and unchanged in gravity-dependent lung. Within the proteome, the number of differentially expressed proteins was fourfold higher in the nondependent lung than the dependent lung. The number of differential proteins increased over time in both lung regions. A total of 95% of enriched canonical pathways and 94% of enriched cellular and molecular functions were identified only in nondependent lung tissue from the 90-minute ventilation group. In conclusion, complex injury pathways are initiated within the preterm lung after 15 minutes of ventilation and amplified by continuing ventilation. Injury development is region specific, with greater alterations within the proteome of nondependent lung.
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- Department of Clinical Pathology.,Melbourne Integrative Genomics
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Neonatal Research, and.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and.,The Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; and
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- Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Haematology Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics
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- Neonatal Research, and.,Department of Paediatrics.,Department of Neonatology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Jiang WD, Zhang L, Feng L, Wu P, Liu Y, Jiang J, Kuang SY, Tang L, Zhou XQ. Inconsistently impairment of immune function and structural integrity of head kidney and spleen by vitamin A deficiency in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2020; 99:243-256. [PMID: 32058097 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2020.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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To investigate effects of vitamin A (VA) on fish immune function and structural integrity in the head kidney and spleen of fish, total of 540 on-growing grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) were divided into six groups, feeding graded levels of VA (0, 600, 1200, 1800, 2800 and 3800 IU/kg diet) for 70 days. Results showed that dietary VA deficiency depressed antibacterial ability and aggravated inflammatory response partially linked to nuclear factor κB p65 (NF-κB p65) and target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathways in the head kidney and spleen of fish. Meanwhile, VA deficiency caused oxidative damage, apoptosis and disruption of tight junctions (TJs), which were partially attributed to the down-regulation of NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling mediated antioxidant ability, the up-regulation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK) signaling mediated apoptosis and myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) signaling mediated disruption of tight junctions (TJs). Taken together, current study firstly demonstrated that VA deficiency decreased the immune function and damaged the structural integrity of the head kidney and spleen in fish.
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- Wei-Dan Jiang
- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety in Production Sichuan University Key Laboratory, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition, Sichuan Province, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety in Production Sichuan University Key Laboratory, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition, Sichuan Province, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety in Production Sichuan University Key Laboratory, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition, Ministry of Education, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety in Production Sichuan University Key Laboratory, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition and Feed, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Chengdu, 610066, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Chengdu, 610066, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety in Production Sichuan University Key Laboratory, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Disease-resistant Nutrition, Sichuan Province, China.
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Jiang WD, Zhou XQ, Zhang L, Liu Y, Wu P, Jiang J, Kuang SY, Tang L, Tang WN, Zhang YA, Shi HQ, Feng L. Vitamin A deficiency impairs intestinal physical barrier function of fish. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 87:546-558. [PMID: 30716522 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.01.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The present study was the first to investigate the effects of dietary vitamin A (VA) on the intestinal physical barrier function associated with oxidation, antioxidant system, apoptosis and cell-cellular tight junction (TJ) in the proximal (PI), mid (MI) and distal (DI) intestines of young grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella). Fish were fed graded levels of dietary VA for 10 weeks, and then a challenge test using an injection of Aeromonas hydrophila was conducted for 14 days. Results indicated that dietary VA deficiency caused oxidative damage to fish intestine partly by the reduced non-enzymatic antioxidant components glutathione (GSH) and VA contents as well as reduced antioxidant enzyme activities [not including manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD)]. Further results observed that the decreased antioxidant enzyme activities by VA deficiency were partly related to the down-regulation of their corresponding mRNA levels which were regulated by the down-regulation of NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) mRNA levels and up-regulation of kelch-like-ECH-associated protein (Keap1a) (rather than Keap1b) mRNA levels in three intestinal segments of fish. Meanwhile, VA deficiency up-regulated the mRNA levels of the apoptosis signalling [caspase-3, caspase-8, caspase-9 (rather than caspase-7)] associated with the inhibition of the target of rapamycin (TOR) signalling pathway in three intestinal segments of fish. Additionally, VA deficiency decreased the mRNA levels of TJ complexes [claudin-b, claudin-c, claudin-3, claudin-12, claudin-15a, occludin and zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) in the PI, MI and DI, as well as claudin-7 and claudin-11a in the MI and DI] linked to the up-regulation of myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) signalling. These results suggested that VA deficiency impaired structural integrity in three intestinal segments of fish. Meanwhile, excessive VA also showed similar negative effects on these indexes. Taken together, the current study firstly demonstrated that VA deficiency impaired physical barrier functions associated with impaired antioxidant capacity, aggravated cell apoptosis and disrupted TJ complexes in the PI, MI and DI, but different segments performed different actions in fish. Based on protecting fish against protein oxidation, the optimal VA levels for grass carp were estimated to be 2622 IU/kg diet.
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- Wei-Dan Jiang
- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Chengdu, 610066, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Chengdu, 610066, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Academy of Animal Science, Chengdu, 610066, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Guangzhou Cohoo Bio-tech Research & Development Centre, Guangzhou, 510663, Guangdong, China
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- Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Fish Nutrition and Safety Production University Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China; Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China.
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Arigliani M, Spinelli AM, Liguoro I, Cogo P. Nutrition and Lung Growth. Nutrients 2018; 10:E919. [PMID: 30021997 PMCID: PMC6073340 DOI: 10.3390/nu10070919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Experimental evidence from animal models and epidemiology studies has demonstrated that nutrition affects lung development and may have a lifelong impact on respiratory health. Chronic restriction of nutrients and/or oxygen during pregnancy causes structural changes in the airways and parenchyma that may result in abnormal lung function, which is tracked throughout life. Inadequate nutritional management in very premature infants hampers lung growth and may be a contributing factor in the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Recent evidence seems to indicate that infant and childhood malnutrition does not determine lung function impairment even in the presence of reduced lung size due to delayed body growth. This review will focus on the effects of malnutrition occurring at critical time periods such as pregnancy, early life, and childhood, on lung growth and long-term lung function.
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- Michele Arigliani
- Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Udine, Piazzale S. Maria Misericordia 1, 33100 Udine, Italy.
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- Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Udine, Piazzale S. Maria Misericordia 1, 33100 Udine, Italy.
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- Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Udine, Piazzale S. Maria Misericordia 1, 33100 Udine, Italy.
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- Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Udine, Piazzale S. Maria Misericordia 1, 33100 Udine, Italy.
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Serum retinol levels and neonatal outcomes in preterm infants. J Formos Med Assoc 2017; 116:626-633. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2017.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Tao EF, Yuan TM. [Vitamin A level and diseases of premature infants]. ZHONGGUO DANG DAI ER KE ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS 2016; 18:177-182. [PMID: 26903067 PMCID: PMC7403044 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2016.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, and it is not only necessary for the normal growth and development of epithelial cells, but also plays a very important role in the normal growth and development of the retina, lungs, gastrointestinal tract, brain, and immune system. Studies have confirmed that the low level of vitamin A in premature infants at birth can last through the entire infancy. Recently, there have been particular concerns about the level of vitamin A and development of diseases in premature infants, with major focuses on the related mechanisms of action of vitamin A in respiratory distress syndrome, chronic lung disease, retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis, patent ductus arteriosus, and infections in premature infants, which still awaits further investigation.This paper summarizes and analyzes the current status of research on vitamin A level and diseases of premature infants at home and abroad. In addition, although enough evidence suggests that vitamin A supplementation is beneficial to preterm infants, evidence is still lacking for recommended methods for supplementation and dose of vitamin A, and further studies are needed.
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- En-Fu Tao
- Department of Neonatology, Children′s Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
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Justus G, Sloboda DM, Henrich W, Plagemann A, Dudenhausen JW, Braun T. Avoiding the prenatal programming effects of glucocorticoids: are there alternative treatments for the induction of antenatal lung maturation? J Perinat Med 2015; 43:503-23. [PMID: 25405717 DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2014-0295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The long-term outcomes of antenatal glucocorticoids (GCs) vary between reports, and have generated controversy in terms of repeated and single-course events, causing irreversible effects on endocrine set points. AIM This study aimed to assess the effects of alternative therapeutic agents other than synthetic glucocorticoid GC administration for fetal lung maturation. METHODS A review of literature from PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar was conducted to assess the use of alternative therapies to synthetic GCs using recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement (PRISMA). End points included the rates of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), mRNA expression for pneumocyte type II, concentration of surfactant proteins in alveolar lavage, morphological differences, histological proof of lung maturation, and angiogenesis or quantification of the surfactant pool. RESULTS In all 41 studies examined, we found that ambroxol showed positive effects on lung maturation, but it has yet to be analyzed with sufficient significance in humans. Interleukins and TNF-alpha produce accelerated lung maturation, but have only been evaluated in basic research/experimental studies. Growth factors promote structural and functional growth in all phases of lung maturation, but little is known about their reciprocal effects and exact mechanisms as therapeutics. Thyroid releasing hormone or vitamin A cause detrimental side effects or were less effective for lung maturation. CONCLUSIONS The efficacy and safety of these alternative agents are differentiated and none up to now can be recommended as an alternative to GCs.
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Gadhia MM, Cutter GR, Abman SH, Kinsella JP. Effects of early inhaled nitric oxide therapy and vitamin A supplementation on the risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature newborns with respiratory failure. J Pediatr 2014; 164:744-8. [PMID: 24388327 PMCID: PMC3962699 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess whether the combination of early inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy and vitamin A supplementation lowers the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in premature newborns with respiratory failure. STUDY DESIGN A total of 793 mechanically ventilated infants (birth weight 500-1250 g) were randomized (after stratification by birth weight) to receive placebo or iNO (5 ppm) for 21 days or until extubation (500-749, 750-999, or 1000-1250 g). A total of 398 newborns received iNO, and of these, 118 (30%) received vitamin A according to their enrollment center. We compared patients who received iNO + vitamin A with those who received iNO alone. The primary outcome was a composite of death or BPD at 36 weeks postconceptual age. RESULTS BPD was reduced in infants who received iNO + vitamin A for the 750-999 g birth weight group compared with iNO alone (P = .01). This group also showed a reduction in the combined outcome of BPD + death compared with iNO alone (P = .01). The use of vitamin A did not change the risk for BPD in the placebo group. Overall, the use of vitamin A was low (229 of 793 patients, or 29%). Combined therapy improved Bayley Scales of Infant Development II Mental and Psychomotor Developmental Index scores at 1 year compared with infants treated solely with iNO for the 500-749 g birth weight group. CONCLUSIONS In this retrospective analysis of the nonrandomized use of vitamin A, combined iNO + vitamin A therapy in preterm infants with birth weight 750-999 g reduced the incidence of BPD and BPD + death and improved neurocognitive outcomes at 1 year in the 500-749 g birth weight group.
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- Monika M. Gadhia
- Weill Cornell Medical College, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Pediatric Heart Lung Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora CO,Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora CO
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- Pediatric Heart Lung Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora CO,Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora CO
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In the 35 years since low plasma vitamin A levels were first described in premature infants, much effort has gone into attempting to describe the functional consequences of vitamin A deficiency in this population. Supplementation of extremely low birth weight infants with intramuscular (i.m.) vitamin A has a significant but modest beneficial effect upon the development of chronic lung disease (NNT 13), most likely due to reduced production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Early high dose i.m. vitamin A also improves retinal development and there are limited clinical and laboratory data suggesting a role for vitamin A in prevention of retinopathy of prematurity. Despite evidence of benefit, there is reluctance to give routine i.m. vitamin A in the neonatal intensive care unit, but current intravenous supplementation is almost certainly inadequate. Further work is required to identify the optimal dose and most appropriate route of administration of vitamin A for preterm infants.
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There is convincing evidence that asthma has its origins in early life. We review the epidemiological and biological evidence for fetal exposures that may have a causal role in asthma development. However, those factors that provoke asthma exacerbations are not necessarily the same as those associated with disease induction. Epidemiological studies have identified many potential exposures linked to asthma but these do not confirm causality and have not been replicated by experiment. Asthma is a heterogeneous disease and there are developmental influences on at least two pathways, airway structure and airway inflammation. The fetus is not immunologically naive and intrauterine exposures can act directly to invoke immunological sensitisation leading postnatally to airway inflammation. Other potential mechanisms include indirect effects on airway and lung growth through fetal nutrition and epigenetic modifications of DNA expression by environmental exposures. Identifying the causal factors will provide the targets for interventions to prevent disease.
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- A John Henderson
- School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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Sharma M. Preterm infants: is prophylactic surfactant therapy and early vitamin A supplementation the way ahead? Med J Armed Forces India 2011; 67:102-3. [PMID: 27365778 PMCID: PMC4920686 DOI: 10.1016/s0377-1237(11)60001-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Mukti Sharma
- Prof and Head, Dept. of Paediatrics, AFMC, Pune – 40
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James ML, Ross AC, Bulger A, Philips JB, Ambalavanan N. Vitamin A and retinoic acid act synergistically to increase lung retinyl esters during normoxia and reduce hyperoxic lung injury in newborn mice. Pediatr Res 2010; 67:591-7. [PMID: 20220550 PMCID: PMC2888037 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e3181dbac3d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have shown that vitamin A (VA) and retinoic acid (RA) synergistically increase lung retinyl ester content in neonatal rats. To confirm whether this biochemical synergism attenuates early neonatal hyperoxic lung injury in mice, we exposed newborn C57BL/6 mice to 95% O2 or air from birth to 4 d. The agent [vehicle, VA, RA, or the combination vitamin A+retinoic acid (VARA)] was given orally daily. Lung and liver retinyl ester content was measured, and lung injury and development were evaluated. We observed that lung, but not liver, retinyl ester levels were increased more by VARA than by VA or RA alone. Hyperoxic lung injury was reduced by VA and RA, and more so by VARA. VARA attenuated the hyperoxia-induced increases in macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 mRNA and protein expression, but did not alter hyperoxia-induced effects on peptide growth factors (PDGF, VEGF, and TGF-beta1). The 4-d exposure to hyperoxia or retinoids did not lead to observable differences in lung development. We conclude that the VARA combination has synergistic effects on lung retinyl ester concentrations and on the attenuation of hyperoxia-induced lung injury in newborn mice, possibly by modulation of inflammatory mediators.
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- Masheika L. James
- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences and Huck Institute for Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35233
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35233
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- Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233
,Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35233
,Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35233
,Corresponding Author / Author for reprints: Namasivayam Ambalavanan MD, 525 New Hillman Building, 619 South 20 Street, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249, Tel: (205) 934-4680 Fax: (205) 934-3100
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Gavrilova R, Babovic N, Lteif A, Eidem B, Kirmani S, Olson T, Babovic-Vuksanovic D. Vitamin A deficiency in an infant with PAGOD syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2009; 149A:2241-7. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Donahoe PK. A pediatric surgeon retools in genetics and genomics to study congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Pediatr Surg 2009; 44:307-11. [PMID: 19231523 PMCID: PMC2680546 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2008] [Accepted: 10/23/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Prof. Donahoe outlines her career-long interest in congenital diaphragmatic hernia and how this has led to her current investigations into its etiology and possible treatment using gene probes.
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- Patricia K Donahoe
- Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Nagl B, Loui A, Raila J, Felderhoff-Mueser U, Obladen M, Schweigert FJ. Urinary vitamin A excretion in very low birth weight infants. Pediatr Nephrol 2009; 24:61-6. [PMID: 18751734 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-0965-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2008] [Revised: 07/17/2008] [Accepted: 07/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Vitamin A (VA) deficiency in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants is associated with an increased risk for disorders related to kidney and lung maturation and function. VA losses through increased urinary retinol (ROH) excretion might contribute to this deficiency risk. The mechanism accounting for ROH loss in the urine has not yet been clarified. The aim of this study was to assess the excretion of ROH, retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) and transthyretin (TTR) in urine from VLBW infants in comparison with that in term infants in relation to kidney function. Urine specimens were collected from 15 VLBW infants (birth weight < 1,500 g) as well as from 20 term infants during the first 2 days after birth. ROH in urine was detectable in 14 of the 15 VLBW infants at a median concentration of 234 nmol/g creatinine. In the group of term infants, 17 of the 20 excreted ROH, but at an approximately five-times lower concentration (P < 0.001). Excretion of RBP4 and TTR was also much higher in VLBW infants (both P< 0.001). The urinary ROH excretion in VLBW infants may be related to the impaired tubular handling of its carrier proteins RBP4 and TTR. Thus, ROH excretion might contribute to an increased risk of VA deficiency, especially in VLBW infants.
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- Britta Nagl
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
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Klemm RDW, Labrique AB, Christian P, Rashid M, Shamim AA, Katz J, Sommer A, West KP. Newborn vitamin A supplementation reduced infant mortality in rural Bangladesh. Pediatrics 2008; 122:e242-50. [PMID: 18595969 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We assessed the effect of supplementing newborns with 50000 IU of vitamin A on all-cause infant mortality through 24 weeks of age. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a community-based, double-masked, cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted in 19 unions in rural northwest Bangladesh. The study was nested into and balanced across treatment arms of an ongoing placebo-controlled, weekly maternal vitamin A or beta-carotene supplementation trial. Study-defined sectors (N = 596) were evenly randomized for newborns of participating mothers to receive a single, oral supplement of vitamin A (50000 IU) or placebo as droplets of oil squeezed from a gelatinous capsule. Mothers provided informed consent for newborn participation at approximately 28 weeks' gestation. After birth, typically at home (where >90% of births occurred), infants were supplemented and their vital status was followed through 24 weeks of age. The main outcome measure was mortality through 24 weeks of age. RESULTS We obtained maternal consent to dose 17116 live-born infants (99.8% of all eligible) among whom 15937 (93.1%) were visited to be supplemented <30 days after birth and for whom vital status at 24 weeks of age was known. Dosed infants (n = 15902 [99.8%]) received their study supplement at a median age of 7 hours. Relative to control subjects, the risk of death in vitamin A-supplemented infants was 0.85, reflecting a 15% reduction in all-cause mortality. Protective relative risks were indistinguishable by infant gender, gestational age, birth weight, age at dosing, maternal age, parity, or across the 3 treatment arms of the maternal supplementation trial. CONCLUSIONS Newborn vitamin A dosing improved infant survival through the first 6 months of life in Bangladesh. These results corroborate previous findings from studies in Indonesia and India and provide additional evidence that vitamin A supplementation shortly after birth can reduce infant mortality in South Asia.
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- Rolf D W Klemm
- DrPH, Johns Hopkins University, Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205.
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Pike KC, Hanson MA, Godfrey KM. Developmental mismatch: consequences for later cardiorespiratory health. BJOG 2008; 115:149-57. [PMID: 18081597 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01603.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Clinical and epidemiological studies have established that people who were small at birth and had poor infant growth have an increased risk of adult cardiovascular and respiratory disease, particularly if their restricted early growth is followed by accelerated childhood weight gain. This relationship extends across the normal range of infant size in a graded manner. The 'mismatch hypothesis' proposes that ill health in later life originates through developmental plastic responses made by the fetus and infant; these responses increase the risk of adult disease if the environment in childhood and adult life differs from that predicted during early development.
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- K C Pike
- Child Health, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Wade KC, Guttentag SH, Gonzales LW, Maschhoff KL, Gonzales J, Kolla V, Singhal S, Ballard PL. Gene induction during differentiation of human pulmonary type II cells in vitro. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2006; 34:727-37. [PMID: 16474099 PMCID: PMC2644235 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2004-0389oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Accepted: 01/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mature alveolar type II cells that produce pulmonary surfactant are essential for adaptation to extrauterine life. We profiled gene expression in human fetal lung epithelial cells cultured in serum-free medium containing dexamethasone and cyclic AMP, a treatment that induces differentiation of type II cells. Microarray analysis identified 388 genes that were induced > 1.5-fold by 72 h of hormone treatment. Induced genes represented all categories of molecular function and subcellular location, with increased frequency in the categories of ionic channel, cell adhesion, surface film, lysosome, extracellular matrix, and basement membrane. In time-course experiments, self-organizing map analysis identified a cluster of 17 genes that were slowly but highly induced (5- to approximately 190-fold) and represented four functional categories: surfactant-related (SFTPC, SFTPA, PGC, SFTPB, LAMP3, LPL), regulatory (WIF2, IGF2, IL1RL1, NR4A2, HIF3A), metabolic (MAOA, ADH1B, SEPP1), and transport (SCNN1A, CLDN18, AQP4). Induction of both mRNA and protein for these genes, which included nine newly identified regulated genes, was confirmed, and cellular localization was determined in both fetal and postnatal tissue. Induction of lysosomal-associated membrane protein 3 required both hormones, and expression was localized to limiting membranes of lamellar bodies. Hormone-induced differentiation of human type II cells is associated with genome-wide increased expression of genes with diverse functions.
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- Kelly C Wade
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Holloway JW, Holgate ST. Identification and Function of a Novel Candidate Gene for Asthma:ADAM 33. Allergol Int 2005. [DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.54.25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Yan X, Bellotto DJ, Foster DJ, Johnson RL, Hagler HK, Estrera AS, Hsia CCW. Retinoic acid induces nonuniform alveolar septal growth after right pneumonectomy. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2004; 96:1080-9. [PMID: 14617528 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00771.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To determine whether all- trans retinoic acid (RA) enhances compensatory lung growth in fully mature animals, adult male dogs ( n = 4) received 2 mg·kg-1·day-1 po RA 4 days/wk beginning the day after right pneumonectomy (R-PNX, 55-58% resection). Litter-matched male R-PNX controls ( n = 4) received placebo. After 4 mo, the remaining lung was fixed by tracheal instillation of fixatives at a constant airway pressure for detailed morphometric analysis. After RA treatment compared with placebo, lung volume was slightly but not significantly lower. Volume density of septum to lung was 37% higher because of a 50 and 25% higher volume density of capillary and septal tissue, respectively. Mean septal thickness was 27% higher. Absolute volumes of endothelial cells and capillary blood were 31-37% higher, whereas epithelial and interstitial volumes were not different between groups. Absolute alveolar-capillary surface areas did not differ between groups, and alveolar septal surface-to-volume ratio was 20% lower in RA-treated animals. RA treatment exaggerated interlobar differences in morphometric indexes and caused alveolar capillary morphology to revert to a more immature state. Thus RA treatment during early post-R-PNX adaptation preferentially enhanced alveolar capillary and endothelial cell volumes consistent with formation of new capillaries, but the associated septal distortion precluded a corresponding increase in gas-exchange surface or morphometric estimates of lung diffusing capacity.
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- Xiao Yan
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9034, USA
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Zhou J, You Y, Zabner J, Ryan AJ, Mallampalli RK. The CCT promoter directs high-level transgene expression in distal lung epithelial cell lines. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2004; 30:61-8. [PMID: 12829450 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2003-0020oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Gene therapy requires the presence of a robust and yet small promoter to drive high-level expression of desired proteins. In comparative analysis, we investigated the promoter strength of the CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase promoter (CCT alpha) with other commonly used promoters, which were all cloned into a similar background vector (PGL3 basic). Transient promoter-reporter assays in murine lung epithelial (MLE-12) cells revealed that the core CCT alpha promoter (240 bp) was observed to exhibit a 40-fold, 8-fold, and 3-fold higher level of activity compared with the simian virus 40, human cytomegalovirus, and Rous sarcoma virus promoters, respectively. The CCT alpha promoter was significantly more active than the Clara cell 10, thymidine kinase, and phosphoglycerate kinase promoters. This pattern of high-level expression for CCT alpha was detected primarily in cell lines of distal lung epithelial origin (MLE-12, RLE, H441) and was reduced in other cell lines (A549, CHO, HepG 2). CCT alpha promoter-reporter activity, CCT alpha transcript levels, and immunoreactive protein levels increased significantly in the presence of all-trans retinoic acid. The CCT alpha promoter, in a retinoic acid-inducible manner, efficiently directed expression of murine erythropoietin in MLE-12 cells. Collectively, these observations suggest that the CCT alpha construct might be useful to drive high-level, regulatable expression of heterologous proteins in alveolar epithelia.
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- Jiming Zhou
- Pulmonary Division, C-33K, GH, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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- Malcolm Maden
- MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology King's College London London SE1 1UL, United Kingdom
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Barlier-Mur AM, Chailley-Heu B, Pinteur C, Henrion-Caude A, Delacourt C, Bourbon JR. Maturational factors modulate transcription factors CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins alpha, beta, delta, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma in fetal rat lung epithelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2003; 29:620-6. [PMID: 14568882 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.4912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Previous investigations have evidenced the importance of CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBPs) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma for lung development, especially for alveolar type II cells (ATII). This prompted us to explore whether ATII maturation-promoting mediators controlled their expression in isolated ATII. In whole rat lung, C/EBPalpha, beta, delta, and PPARgamma mRNAs increased 3-5 times between gestational day 18 and term (Day 22), dropped around birth, then reincreased. C/EBPbeta and delta, but not PPARgamma, displayed similar profile in isolated ATII; C/EBPalpha transcript disappeared and the protein became hardly detectable in isolated cells. In cultured ATII, dexamethasone increased C/EBPbeta and PPARgamma mRNAs 2-4 times, and cyclic AMP increased C/EBPbeta and delta mRNAs approximately 1.5 times. Whereas retinoic acid increased C/EBPbeta and PPARgamma mRNAs 1.5 times in ATII in vitro, vitamin-A deficiency strongly decreased fetal lung C/EBPalpha, beta, and PPARgamma transcripts in vivo. C/EBPbeta, delta, and PPARgamma mRNAs were also increased in vitro by epidermal growth factor and keratinocyte growth factor, whereas they were unchanged by the maturation inhibitor transforming growth factor-beta. C/EBPalpha expression was not reinduced by any mediator. Changes in transcripts were reflected in protein levels analyzed through Western blotting. These results argue for a role of these factors in ATII functional maturation, and indicate a multifactorial control of their ontogeny.
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- Anne-Marie Barlier-Mur
- Inserm U 492, Faculté de Médecine, 8 rue du Général Sarrail, 94010 Créteil cedex, France
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E X, Zhang L, Lu J, Tso P, Blaner WS, Levin MS, Li E. Increased neonatal mortality in mice lacking cellular retinol-binding protein II. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:36617-23. [PMID: 12138113 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205519200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cellular retinol-binding protein II (CRBP II) is a member of the cellular retinol-binding protein family, which is expressed primarily in the small intestine. To investigate the physiological role of CRBP II, the gene encoding CRBP II was inactivated. The saturable component of intestinal retinol uptake is impaired in CRBP II(-/-) mice. The knockout mice, while maintained on a vitamin A-enriched diet, have reduced (40%) hepatic vitamin A stores but grow and reproduce normally. However, reducing maternal dietary vitamin A to marginal levels during the latter half of gestation results in 100% mortality/litter within 24 h after birth in the CRBP II(-/-) line but no mortality in the wild type line. The neonatal mortality in heterozygote offspring of CRBP II(-/-) dams (79 +/- 21% deaths/litter) was increased as compared with the neonatal mortality in heterozygote offspring of wild type dams (29 +/- 25% deaths per litter, p < 0.05). Maternal CRBP II was localized by immunostaining in the placenta at 18 days postcoitum as well as in the small intestine. These studies suggest that both fetal as well as maternal CRBP II are required to ensure adequate delivery of vitamin A to the developing fetus when dietary vitamin A is limiting.
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- Xueping E
- Department of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Zolfaghari R, Ross AC. Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase expression is regulated by dietary vitamin A and exogenous retinoic acid in the lung of adult rats. J Nutr 2002; 132:1160-4. [PMID: 12042426 DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.6.1160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT), a retinol esterifying enzyme, plays a major role in the metabolism and storage of vitamin A in several animal tissues. Groups of vitamin A (VA)-adequate (control) and VA-deficient rats were treated with vehicle or 5 mg of all-trans-retinoic acid (RA); an additional group of VA-deficient rats were fed 100 microg of RA. In control rats, lung LRAT mRNA and LRAT specific activity were approximately 50% of the levels expressed in the liver. In the lung of VA-deficient rats, LRAT mRNA and specific activity levels were <10% of those in the control group. Treatment of VA-deficient rats with 100 microg RA increased lung LRAT mRNA (P < 0.005) and specific activity (P < 0.0001), and treatment with 5 mg of RA increased LRAT mRNA level and specific activity more than approximately 15- and 6-fold above those in control lung, respectively (both P < or = 0.001). The lung tissue of VA-adequate rats contained retinyl ester (approximately 3 nmol/g tissue), whereas none was detected in the lung tissue of VA-deficient rats. These results show that LRAT expression and vitamin A storage are regulated by vitamin A status and by treatment with all-trans-RA in the adult lung. These results suggest that the regulated storage of vitamin A may be important for maintaining the integrity and physiologic functions of the lung.
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- Reza Zolfaghari
- Department of Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Vilar J, Lalou C, Van Huyen JPD, Charrin S, Hardouin S, Raulais D, Merlet-Bénichou C, Leliévre-Pégorier M. Midkine is involved in kidney development and in its regulation by retinoids. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13:668-676. [PMID: 11856770 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v133668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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In the kidney, in which development depends on epithelial-mesenchymal interactions, it has been shown that retinoids modulate nephrogenesis in a dose-dependent manner in vivo and in vitro. Midkine (MK) is a retinoic acid responsive gene for a heparin-binding growth factor. The aim of the present study was therefore to quantify the expression of MK mRNA during renal development in the rat, to analyze the regulation of MK expression by retinoids in vivo and in vitro, and, finally, to study the role of MK in rat metanephric organ cultures. The spatiotemporal expression of MK in fetal kidney was studied. In control rats, MK expression is ubiquitous at gestational day 14, i.e., at the onset of nephrogenesis. On day 16, MK is expressed in the condensed mesenchyme and in early epithelialized mesenchymal derivatives. On gestational day 21, MK is rather localized in the nonmature glomeruli of the renal cortex. In utero exposure to vitamin A deficiency did not modify the specific spatial and temporal expression pattern of MK gene in the metanephros, although a decrease in mRNA expression occurred. In metanephroi explanted from 14-d-old fetuses and cultured in a defined medium, expression of MK mRNA was found to be stimulated when retinoic acid (100 nM) was added in the culture medium. Finally, in vitro nephrogenesis was strongly inhibited in the presence of neutralizing antibodies for MK: the number of nephrons formed in vitro was reduced by approximately 50% without changes in ureteric bud branching morphogenesis. These results indicated that MK is implicated in the regulation of kidney development by retinoids. These results also suggested that MK plays an important role in the molecular cascade of the epithelial conversion of the metanephric blastema.
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- José Vilar
- *Unité de Recherches, INSERM U356, IFR 58, Université Paris 6; Unité de Recherches, INSERM U430, IFR 58, Hôpital Broussais; and Unité de Recherches, INSERM U440, Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris, France
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- *Unité de Recherches, INSERM U356, IFR 58, Université Paris 6; Unité de Recherches, INSERM U430, IFR 58, Hôpital Broussais; and Unité de Recherches, INSERM U440, Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris, France
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- *Unité de Recherches, INSERM U356, IFR 58, Université Paris 6; Unité de Recherches, INSERM U430, IFR 58, Hôpital Broussais; and Unité de Recherches, INSERM U440, Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris, France
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- *Unité de Recherches, INSERM U356, IFR 58, Université Paris 6; Unité de Recherches, INSERM U430, IFR 58, Hôpital Broussais; and Unité de Recherches, INSERM U440, Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris, France
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- *Unité de Recherches, INSERM U356, IFR 58, Université Paris 6; Unité de Recherches, INSERM U430, IFR 58, Hôpital Broussais; and Unité de Recherches, INSERM U440, Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris, France
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- *Unité de Recherches, INSERM U356, IFR 58, Université Paris 6; Unité de Recherches, INSERM U430, IFR 58, Hôpital Broussais; and Unité de Recherches, INSERM U440, Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris, France
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- *Unité de Recherches, INSERM U356, IFR 58, Université Paris 6; Unité de Recherches, INSERM U430, IFR 58, Hôpital Broussais; and Unité de Recherches, INSERM U440, Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris, France
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- *Unité de Recherches, INSERM U356, IFR 58, Université Paris 6; Unité de Recherches, INSERM U430, IFR 58, Hôpital Broussais; and Unité de Recherches, INSERM U440, Institut du Fer à Moulin, Paris, France
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Thébaud B, Barlier-Mur AM, Chailley-Heu B, Henrion-Caude A, Tibboel D, Dinh-Xuan AT, Bourbon JR. Restoring effects of vitamin A on surfactant synthesis in nitrofen-induced congenital diaphragmatic hernia in rats. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 164:1083-9. [PMID: 11588001 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.6.2010115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a major cause of refractory respiratory failure in the newborn. Besides pulmonary hypoplasia, the pathophysiology of CDH also includes surfactant deficiency. Vitamin A (vit A) is important for various aspects of lung development. We hypothesized that antenatal treatment with vit A would stimulate lung surfactant synthesis in experimental CDH induced in rats by maternal ingestion of the herbicide nitrofen (2,4-dichloro-phenyl-p-nitrophenyl-ether) on Day 12. Fetuses were assigned to six experimental groups: (1) controls from rats that received olive oil, the vehicle; (2) fetuses from rats that received olive oil on Day 12 and vit A orally (15,000 IU) on Day 14; (3) nitrofen (N)-exposed fetuses without diaphragmatic hernia (N/no DH); (4) N/no DH from rats given vit A on Day 14; (5 ) nitrofen-exposed fetuses with DH (N/+DH); (6) N/+DH from rats given vit A on Day 14. Fetuses were delivered by C-section at Day 21. Lung DNA content was lowered in the nitrofen group as compared with the controls group, but increased by subsequent vit A treatment. Lung surfactant disaturated phosphatidylcholine was reduced in the N/+DH group and restored to control level by vit A. The expression level of surfactant proteins (SP) -A and -C was decreased in vit A-treated control rats and in nitrofen-exposed fetuses with or without DH. Vit A restored SP-A and -C mRNA expression to control levels in N/+DH. SP-B expression was lowered in N/no DH and increased by vit A in this group. The proportion of type II cells assessed by SP-B immunolabeling was lowered in N/+DH and restored by vit A treatment. We conclude that antenatal treatment with vit A restores lung maturation in nitrofen-induced hypoplastic lungs with CDH. These findings point out vit A as a potential therapeutical agent for correcting surfactant deficiency in CDH.
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- B Thébaud
- Réanimation Néonatale-UPRES 2704, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Université Paris-Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France.
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Amri K, Freund N, Duong Van Huyen JP, Merlet-Bénichou C, Lelièvre-Pégorier M. Altered nephrogenesis due to maternal diabetes is associated with increased expression of IGF-II/mannose-6-phosphate receptor in the fetal kidney. Diabetes 2001; 50:1069-75. [PMID: 11334410 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.5.1069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We have recently demonstrated that the exposure to hyperglycemia in utero impairs nephrogenesis in rat fetuses (Amri K et al., Diabetes 48:2240-2245, 1999). Diabetic pregnancy is commonly associated with alterations in the IGF system in fetal tissues. It has also been shown that both IGF-I and IGF-II are produced within developing metanephros and promote renal organogenesis. Therefore, we investigated the effect of maternal diabetes on IGFs and their receptors in developing fetal rat kidney. Diabetes was induced in pregnant rats by a single injection of streptozotocin on day 0 of gestation. We measured the amounts of IGF and their receptors, both proteins and mRNAs, in the metanephroi of fetuses issued from diabetic subjects and in age-matched fetuses from control subjects (14-20 days of gestation). IGF-II was produced throughout fetal nephrogenesis, whereas IGF-I protein was not detected, suggesting a critical role of IGF-II in kidney development. Fetal exposure to maternal diabetes caused no change in IGF production in the early stages of nephrogenesis. Similarly, the amounts of IGF-I receptor and insulin receptor were not altered. By contrast, there was an increase in production of IGF-II/mannose-6-phosphate receptor throughout nephrogenesis. Because this receptor plays an essential role in regulating the action of IGF-II, the altered nephrogenesis in fetuses exposed to maternal diabetes may be linked to a decrease in IGF-II bioavailability.
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- K Amri
- INSERM U 319, Université Paris 7 Denis-Diderot, France
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Belloni PN, Garvin L, Mao CP, Bailey-Healy I, Leaffer D. Effects of all-trans-retinoic acid in promoting alveolar repair. Chest 2000; 117:235S-41S. [PMID: 10843926 DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.5_suppl_1.235s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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- P N Belloni
- Roche Bioscience, Department of Respiratory Diseases, Palo Alto, CA 94308, USA
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