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Buchan A, Scott-Kirchen L, Kocurek E, Strain D, Li R, Meek J, Meek M. 3:27 PM Abstract No. 258 Outcomes of mechanical thrombectomy using the Inari FlowTriever system for the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Magalhães C, Kiene RP, Buchan A, Machado A, Wiebe WJ, Bordalo AA. Methanethiol accumulation exacerbates release of N2 O during denitrification in estuarine sediments and bacterial cultures. Environ Microbiol Rep 2011; 3:308-314. [PMID: 23761276 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00226.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Microbes play critical roles in the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen and sulfur in aquatic environments. Here we investigated the interaction between the naturally occurring organic sulfur compound methanethiol (MeSH) and the final step of the denitrification pathway, the reduction of nitrous oxide (N2 O) to dinitrogen (N2 ) gas, in sediment slurries from the temperate Douro and Ave estuaries (NW Portugal) and in pure cultures of the marine bacterium Ruegeria pomeroyi. Sediment slurries and cell suspensions were amended with a range of concentrations of either MeSH (0-120 µM) or methionine (0-5 mM), a known precursor of MeSH. MeSH or methionine additions caused N2 O to accumulate and this accumulation was linearly related to MeSH concentrations in both coastal sediments (R(2) = 0.7-0.9, P < 0.05) and R. pomeroyi cell suspensions (R(2) = 0.9, P < 0.01). Our results suggest that MeSH inhibits the final step of denitrification resulting in N2 O accumulation.
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- C Magalhães
- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas, n° 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, LSCB 25 Mobile, AL 36688 USA Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, M409 Walters Life Sciences Knoxville, TN 37996-0845, USA Laboratory of Hydrobiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS-UP), University of Porto, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar n° 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Grunwald IQ, Wakhloo AK, Walter S, Molyneux AJ, Byrne JV, Nagel S, Kühn AL, Papadakis M, Fassbender K, Balami JS, Roffi M, Sievert H, Buchan A. Endovascular stroke treatment today. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2011; 32:238-43. [PMID: 21233233 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a2346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to review current treatment options in acute ischemic stroke, focusing on the latest advances in the field of mechanical recanalization. These devices recently made available for endovascular intracranial thrombectomy show great potential in acute stroke treatments. Compelling evidence of their recanalization efficacy comes from current mechanical embolectomy trials. In addition to allowing an extension of the therapeutic time window, mechanical recanalization devices can be used without adjuvant thrombolytic therapy, thus diminishing the intracranial bleeding risk. Therefore, these devices are particularly suitable in patients in whom thrombolytic therapy is contraindicated. IV and IA thrombolysis and bridging therapy are viable options in acute stroke treatment. Mechanical recanalization devices can potentially have a clinically relevant impact in the interventional treatment of stroke, but at the present time, a randomized study would be beneficial.
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- I Q Grunwald
- Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, UK.
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Boughton BJ, Simpson AW, Bolt C, Buchan A, McLeish P. Platelet Membrane Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa has Sequence Homologies with Human Virus Proteins and Synthetic Viral Peptides Inhibit Anti-GPIIb/IIIa Antibodies in Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Platelets 2009; 6:75-82. [DOI: 10.3109/09537109509078447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Bath PMW, Gray LJ, Bath AJG, Buchan A, Miyata T, Green AR. Effects of NXY-059 in experimental stroke: an individual animal meta-analysis. Br J Pharmacol 2009; 157:1157-71. [PMID: 19422398 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00196.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Disodium 2,4-disulphophenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (NXY-059) was neuroprotective in experimental stroke models but ineffective in a large clinical trial. This first-ever individual animal meta-analysis was used to assess the preclinical studies. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Studies were obtained from AstraZeneca and PubMed searches. Data for each animal were obtained from the lead author of each study and/or AstraZeneca. Published summary data were used if individual data were not available. Infarct volume and motor impairment were standardized to reflect different species and scales. Standardized mean difference (SMD), coefficients from multilevel models and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) are presented. KEY RESULTS Fifteen studies (26 conditions, 12 laboratories) involving rats (544), mice (9) and marmosets (32) were identified (NXY-059: 332, control: 253) with individual data for 442 animals. Four studies were unpublished. Studies variably used randomization (40%), blinding of surgeon (53%) and outcome assessor (67%). NXY-059 reduced total (SMD -1.17, 95% CI -1.50 to -0.84), cortical (SMD -2.17, 95% CI -2.99 to -1.34) and subcortical (-1.43, 95% CI -2.20 to -0.86) lesion volume; efficacy was seen in transient, permanent and thrombotic ischaemia, up to 180 min post occlusion. NXY-059 reduced motor impairment (SMD -1.66, 95% CI -2.18 to -1.14) and neglect. Evidence for performance, attrition and publication bias was present. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS NXY-059 was neuroprotective in experimental stroke although bias may have resulted in efficacy being overestimated. Efficacy in young, healthy, male animals is a poor predictor of clinical outcome. We suggest the use of preclinical meta-analysis before initiation of future clinical trials.
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- P M W Bath
- Stroke Trials Unit, University of Nottingham, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital Campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, UK.
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Moran MA, Belas R, Schell MA, González JM, Sun F, Sun S, Binder BJ, Edmonds J, Ye W, Orcutt B, Howard EC, Meile C, Palefsky W, Goesmann A, Ren Q, Paulsen I, Ulrich LE, Thompson LS, Saunders E, Buchan A. Ecological genomics of marine Roseobacters. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:4559-69. [PMID: 17526795 PMCID: PMC1932822 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02580-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacterioplankton of the marine Roseobacter clade have genomes that reflect a dynamic environment and diverse interactions with marine plankton. Comparative genome sequence analysis of three cultured representatives suggests that cellular requirements for nitrogen are largely provided by regenerated ammonium and organic compounds (polyamines, allophanate, and urea), while typical sources of carbon include amino acids, glyoxylate, and aromatic metabolites. An unexpectedly large number of genes are predicted to encode proteins involved in the production, degradation, and efflux of toxins and metabolites. A mechanism likely involved in cell-to-cell DNA or protein transfer was also discovered: vir-related genes encoding a type IV secretion system typical of bacterial pathogens. These suggest a potential for interacting with neighboring cells and impacting the routing of organic matter into the microbial loop. Genes shared among the three roseobacters and also common in nine draft Roseobacter genomes include those for carbon monoxide oxidation, dimethylsulfoniopropionate demethylation, and aromatic compound degradation. Genes shared with other cultured marine bacteria include those for utilizing sodium gradients, transport and metabolism of sulfate, and osmoregulation.
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- M A Moran
- Department of Marine Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
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Lyons JI, Newell SY, Buchan A, Moran MA. Diversity of ascomycete laccase gene sequences in a southeastern US salt marsh. Microb Ecol 2003; 45:270-281. [PMID: 12632211 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-1055-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2002] [Accepted: 11/14/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The diversity of ascomycete laccase sequences was surveyed in a southeastern US salt marsh using a degenerate primer set designed around copper binding sites conserved in fungal laccases. This gene was targeted for diversity analysis because of its potential function in lignin degradation in the salt marsh ecosystem and because few studies have assessed functional gene diversity in natural fungal communities. Laccase sequences were amplified from genomic DNA extracted from 24 isolates (representing 10 ascomycete species) cultured from decaying blades of Spartina alterniflora, and from DNA extracted directly from the decaying blades. Among the ascomycete isolates, 21 yielded a PCR product of expected size (900 bp) that was tentatively identified as laccase based on sequence similarities to previously published laccase sequences from related organisms. Overall, 13 distinct sequence types, containing 39 distinct sequences, were identified among the isolates, with several species yielding multiple distinct laccase types. PCR amplifications from early and late decay blades of S. alterniflora yielded seven laccase types. Of these, five were composed of sequences >96% similar at the amino acid level to sequences from three cultured ascomycetes previously found to be dominant members of the fungal communities on decaying S. alterniflora blades. Two of the laccase types from the natural-decay clone library were novel and did not match any of the sequences obtained from the cultured ascomycetes. The 39 distinct sequences and 15 distinct laccase sequence types retrieved from the S. alterniflora decay system demonstrate high sequence diversity of this functional gene in a natural fungal community.
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- J I Lyons
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3636, USA.
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Maini N, Buchan A, Joseph S. Derivation of a salinity target for the Lower Murray Darling Valley. Water Sci Technol 2003; 48:105-112. [PMID: 14653640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The NSW Government commissioned catchment management boards (CMBs) to set the direction and process for catchment scale natural resource management. In the Lower Murray Darling, Rivers are highly regulated and water resources shared between three states. The Catchment Board only has jurisdiction over the northern bank of the Murray but salt and water enter the river from many locations upstream and along the area boundary. River salt and flow modelling has continually been improved to reflect and contribute to an increased understanding of salinity processes. The MDBC Salt Load study correlates 10 years of actual measured data with its modelled outputs, and estimates river salinities for 2020, 2050 and 2100. Routing models such as SALTFLO and MURKEY generate percentile salinity levels at different nodes in the River Murray downstream of the Lower Darling confluence. National, Murray-Darling Basin and NSW salinity management policy and legislative requirements were considered, MDBC model output was used to ensure the interim targets are achievable, auditable, and appropriate to the catchment. The method for an end-of-valley river based target for salinity is described. A target of less than 463 microS/cm for Lock 6, a point in the lower reaches of the Murray River is recommended for year 2010. Catchment management targets that express the main river salinity risk in five hydrologically distinct management zones are also recommended. Salinity management changes are needed in each zone to meet the end-of-valley target.
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- N Maini
- NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation, PO Box 829, Albury NSW 2640, Australia
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Buchan A, Newell SY, Moreta JIL, Moran MA. Analysis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of rRNA genes in fungal communities in a southeastern U.S. salt marsh. Microb Ecol 2002; 43:329-40. [PMID: 12037611 DOI: 10.1007/s00248-001-1062-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2001] [Accepted: 12/05/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The ascomycete community colonizing decaying Spartina alterniflora blades in a southeastern U.S. salt marsh was characterized by analysis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions of fungal rRNA genes. ITS sequences were amplified with ascomycete-specific primers from DNA extracted from S. alterniflora blades at two stages of decay (early and late) and were identified based on sequence analysis of a companion ascomycete culture collection. The S. alterniflora ITS libraries were dominated by clones from three species of ascomycetes: Mycosphaerella sp. 2, Phaeosphaeria spartinicola, and Phaeosphaeria halima. ITS sequences from five other less abundant ascomycete species were also found in the clone libraries, only two of which could be identified based on the culture collection, Hydropisphaera erubescens and a new species nicknamed '4clt'. Ascospore expulsion assays indicated dominance by the same three species as the ITS analysis, although this non-molecular approach differed from the molecular method in relative ranking of the dominant species and in characterization of minor species. Analysis of ITS amplicons from three replicate plots by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis showed significant spatial homogeneity in ascomycete community composition for both early- and late-stage decay. ITS sequence analysis identified morphologically cryptic subgroups for two of the three dominant salt marsh ascomycetes.
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- A Buchan
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-3636, USA.
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Degradation of lignin-related aromatic compounds is an important ecological process in the highly productive salt marshes of the southeastern United States, yet little is known about the mediating organisms or their catabolic pathways. Here we report the diversity of a gene encoding a key ring-cleaving enzyme of the beta-ketoadipate pathway, pcaH, amplified from bacterial communities associated with decaying Spartina alterniflora, the salt marsh grass that dominates these coastal systems, as well as from enrichment cultures with aromatic substrates (p-hydroxybenzoate, anthranilate, vanillate, and dehydroabietate). Sequence analysis of 149 pcaH clones revealed 85 unique sequences. Thirteen of the 53 amino acid residues compared were invariant in the PcaH proteins, suggesting that these residues have a required catalytic or structural function. Fifty-eight percent of the clones matched sequences amplified from a collection of 36 bacterial isolates obtained from seawater, marine sediments, or senescent Spartina. Fifty-two percent of the pcaH clones could be assigned to the roseobacter group, a marine lineage of the class alpha-Proteobacteria abundant in coastal ecosystems. Another 6% of the clones matched genes retrieved from isolates belonging to the genera Acinetobacter, Bacillus, and Stappia, and 42% of the clones could not be assigned to a cultured bacterium based on sequence identity. These results suggest that the diversity of the genes encoding a single step in aromatic compound degradation in the coastal marsh examined is high.
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- A Buchan
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Buchan A, Alber M, Hodson RE. Strain-specific differentiation of environmental Escherichia coli isolates via denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of the 16S-23S intergenic spacer region. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2001; 35:313-321. [PMID: 11311442 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2001.tb00817.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) was applied to the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region (ISR) as a means to evaluate strain level differences in Escherichia coli. The ISRs of 81 environmental E. coli isolates obtained from bovine, poultry, and human sources yielded a total of 41 unique DGGE banding patterns, with identical patterns and common bands within each source and no overlapping patterns among sources. An additional 51 isolates from two nearby streams yielded 45 unique banding patterns with no overlap between sites. However, two of the isolates from the streams had identical banding patterns to those from two of the source isolates, resulting in a total of 84 unique DGGE banding patterns out of 132 isolates identified in this study. These results revealed high diversity among environmental E. coli isolates, which made it difficult to unambiguously ascribe strains found in water samples to specific host organisms.
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Buchan A. Strain-specific differentiation of environmental Escherichia coli isolates via denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of the 16S–23S intergenic spacer region. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-6496(01)00109-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Munro CA, Winter K, Buchan A, Henry K, Becker JM, Brown AJ, Bulawa CE, Gow NA. Chs1 of Candida albicans is an essential chitin synthase required for synthesis of the septum and for cell integrity. Mol Microbiol 2001; 39:1414-26. [PMID: 11251855 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02347.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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CaCHS1 of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans encodes an essential chitin synthase that is required for septum formation, viability, cell shape and integrity. The CaCHS1 gene was inactivated by first disrupting one allele using the ura-blaster protocol, then placing the remaining allele under the control of the maltose-inducible, glucose-repressible MRP1 promoter. Under repressing conditions, yeast cell growth continued temporarily, but daughter buds failed to detach from parents, resulting in septumless chains of cells with constrictions defining contiguous compartments. After several generations, a proportion of the distal compartments lysed. The conditional Deltachs1 mutant also failed to form primary septa in hyphae; after several generations, growth stopped, and hyphae developed swollen balloon-like features or lysed at one of a number of sites including the hyphal apex and other locations that would not normally be associated with septum formation. CHS1 therefore synthesizes the septum of both yeast and hyphae and also maintains the integrity of the lateral cell wall. The conditional mutant was avirulent under repressing conditions in an experimental model of systemic infection. Because this gene is essential in vitro and in vivo and is not present in humans, it represents an attractive target for the development of antifungal compounds.
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- C A Munro
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
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Mott BD, Canver CC, Nazeer T, Buchan A, Ilves R. Staged resection of bilateral pleuropulmonary blastoma in a two-month old girl. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2001; 42:135-7. [PMID: 11292922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare unilateral intrathoracic tumor of childhood. We report an unusual case of bilateral pleuropulmonary blastoma in a two-month old girl who underwent staged thoracotomies for complete wedge resection of both neoplasm. She remains well and tumor free two years after the operation.
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- B D Mott
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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Buchan A, Collier LS, Neidle EL, Moran MA. Key aromatic-ring-cleaving enzyme, protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase, in the ecologically important marine Roseobacter lineage. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000; 66:4662-72. [PMID: 11055908 PMCID: PMC92364 DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.11.4662-4672.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aromatic compound degradation in six bacteria representing an ecologically important marine taxon of the alpha-proteobacteria was investigated. Initial screens suggested that isolates in the Roseobacter lineage can degrade aromatic compounds via the beta-ketoadipate pathway, a catabolic route that has been well characterized in soil microbes. Six Roseobacter isolates were screened for the presence of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase, a key enzyme in the beta-ketoadipate pathway. All six isolates were capable of growth on at least three of the eight aromatic monomers presented (anthranilate, benzoate, p-hydroxybenzoate, salicylate, vanillate, ferulate, protocatechuate, and coumarate). Four of the Roseobacter group isolates had inducible protocatechuate 3, 4-dioxygenase activity in cell extracts when grown on p-hydroxybenzoate. The pcaGH genes encoding this ring cleavage enzyme were cloned and sequenced from two isolates, Sagittula stellata E-37 and isolate Y3F, and in both cases the genes could be expressed in Escherichia coli to yield dioxygenase activity. Additional genes involved in the protocatechuate branch of the beta-ketoadipate pathway (pcaC, pcaQ, and pobA) were found to cluster with pcaGH in these two isolates. Pairwise sequence analysis of the pca genes revealed greater similarity between the two Roseobacter group isolates than between genes from either Roseobacter strain and soil bacteria. A degenerate PCR primer set targeting a conserved region within PcaH successfully amplified a fragment of pcaH from two additional Roseobacter group isolates, and Southern hybridization indicated the presence of pcaH in the remaining two isolates. This evidence of protocatechuate 3, 4-dioxygenase and the beta-ketoadipate pathway was found in all six Roseobacter isolates, suggesting widespread abilities to degrade aromatic compounds in this marine lineage.
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- A Buchan
- Departments of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Disinfectant MRI-1 was prepared by dissolution of non-ionic and ionic detergent in ethanol. The disinfectant inactivated extracellular and intracellular enveloped and non-enveloped viruses including herpes viruses, influenza A and human immunodeficiency disease virus in suspension or on surfaces by pre-exposure or post-exposure to the disinfectant; in addition, cells were disabled as potential hosts for viral infection using concentrations of MRI-1 which were 50-fold less than the operative concentration for disinfection. There was no evidence of in vitro mutagenicity using Salmonella typhimurium or sensitization or other adverse effect in a guinea pig model or in human subjects.
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- G R Skinner
- Vaccine Research Trust, Harborough Banks, Lapworth, UK
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Dumbell KR, Harper L, Buchan A, Douglass NJ, Bedson HS. A variant of variola virus, characterized by changes in polypeptide and endonuclease profiles. Epidemiol Infect 1999; 122:287-90. [PMID: 10355794 PMCID: PMC2809618 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268899002150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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A variant of variola virus is described which produces a late polypeptide of 25 kDa instead of one of 27 kDa and which has an additional endonuclease cleavage site for SalI in the viral DNA. These markers were shown to be genetically independent and to characterize 14 of the 48 variola strains which were examined. The variant strains were isolated from smallpox outbreaks originating in or from Pakistan between 1961 and 1974 and also from two cases at a Mission Hospital in Vellore, India in 1964. No variant strains were found among 9 other isolates from cases of variola major occurring in other parts of India or in Bangladesh, nor among 4 isolates from Indonesia, 15 from Africa or 6 isolates of variola minor.
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- K R Dumbell
- St Mary's Hospital Medical School, University of London, UK
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Evans JS, Lock KP, Levine BA, Champness JN, Sanderson MR, Summers WC, McLeish PJ, Buchan A. Herpesviral thymidine kinases: laxity and resistance by design. J Gen Virol 1998; 79 ( Pt 9):2083-92. [PMID: 9747715 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-9-2083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- J S Evans
- School of Biochemistry, and Department of Infection, University of Birmingham, UK
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Norris JW, Buchan A, Cote R, Hachinski V, Phillips SJ, Shuaib A, Silver F, Simard D, Teal P. Canadian guidelines for intravenous thrombolytic treatment in acute stroke. A consensus statement of the Canadian Stroke Consortium. Neurol Sci 1998; 25:257-9. [PMID: 9706731 DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100034120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND The thromobolytic drug, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) has been approved in the United States for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke amid controversy and concern about the balance of risk and benefit. The Canadian Stroke Consortium (CSC), a national network of neurologists who collaborate on joint projects in stroke medicine, including clinical trials and consensus statements, has developed guidelines for the use of tPA in Canada. METHODS AND RESULTS The CSC Board of Directors wrote a preliminary report based on existing publications, including randomized drug trials and the report of a special committee struck by the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association. This draft was circulated to the CSC membership-at-large for suggestions or amendments, to produce this final draft. CONCLUSIONS The present guidelines have been devised to represent a Canadian viewpoint of management. The Health Protection Branch of the Ministry of Health of Canada has not yet produced an evaluation. Further modification of these guidelines may be necessary when more data from clinical trials and experience with the drug become available.
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- J W Norris
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Goodyear HM, McLeish P, Buchan A, Harper JI. Virus characterization studies in eczema herpeticum. Br J Dermatol 1998; 138:545-6. [PMID: 9580819 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02143.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Evans JS, Lock KP, Levine BA, Champness JN, Sanderson MR, Summers WC, Buchan A. Structure-specificity features of HSV-1 thymidine kinases. Biochem Soc Trans 1997; 25:S621. [PMID: 9450049 DOI: 10.1042/bst025s621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- J S Evans
- School of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, UK
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Ling W, Lougheed M, Suzuki H, Buchan A, Kodama T, Steinbrecher UP. Oxidized or acetylated low density lipoproteins are rapidly cleared by the liver in mice with disruption of the scavenger receptor class A type I/II gene. J Clin Invest 1997; 100:244-52. [PMID: 9218499 PMCID: PMC508185 DOI: 10.1172/jci119528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) and acetyl LDL are recognized by the scavenger receptor class A type I/II (SR-AI/II) on macrophages and liver endothelial cells. Several investigators have suggested that there are additional receptors specific for oxidized LDL, but characterization of these alternate receptors for oxidized LDL and evaluation of their quantitative importance in uptake of oxidized LDL has been difficult because of overlapping ligand specificity with SR-AI/II. The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of SR-AI/II in the removal of modified LDL from the bloodstream in vivo. The clearance rate of oxidized LDL from plasma in normal mice was very rapid, and > 90% of injected dose was removed from the blood within 5 min. Clearance rates of oxidized LDL were equally high in SR-AI/II knockout mice, indicating that this receptor is not required for removal of oxidized LDL from plasma. Surprisingly, there was no difference in the clearance rate of acetyl LDL in wild-type and SR-AI/II knockout animals. The plasma clearance of radioiodinated acetyl LDL was almost fully blocked by a 50-fold excess of unlabeled acetyl LDL, but the latter only inhibited oxidized LDL clearance by approximately 5%. Both modified LDLs were cleared mostly by the liver, and there was no difference in the tissue distribution of modified LDL in control and knockout mice. Studies in isolated nonparenchymal liver cells showed that Kupffer cells accounted for most of the uptake of oxidized LDL. Extensively oxidized LDL and LDL modified by exposure to fatty acid peroxidation products were efficient competitors for the uptake of labeled oxidized LDL by SR-AI/II-deficient Kupffer cells, while acetyl LDL and malondialdehyde-modified LDL were relatively poor competitors.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apolipoproteins/metabolism
- Cell Adhesion/physiology
- Cell Adhesion Molecules
- Cells, Cultured
- Copper Sulfate/pharmacology
- Endothelium/metabolism
- Kupffer Cells/metabolism
- Lipoproteins, LDL/blood
- Lipoproteins, LDL/metabolism
- Lipoproteins, LDL/pharmacokinetics
- Liver/metabolism
- Malondialdehyde/pharmacology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Oxidation-Reduction
- Receptors, Immunologic/metabolism
- Receptors, LDL/genetics
- Receptors, LDL/metabolism
- Receptors, Oxidized LDL
- Receptors, Scavenger
- Scavenger Receptors, Class A
- Scavenger Receptors, Class E
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- W Ling
- Department of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Skinner GR, Turyk ME, Benson CA, Wilbanks GD, Heseltine P, Galpin J, Kaufman R, Goldberg L, Hartley CE, Buchan A. The efficacy and safety of Skinner herpes simplex vaccine towards modulation of herpes genitalis; report of a prospective double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Med Microbiol Immunol 1997; 186:31-6. [PMID: 9255764 DOI: 10.1007/s004300050043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A randomised, placebo-controlled, multi-centre trial of intracellular subunit herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 vaccine NFU.Ac.HSV-1(S-)MRC (Skinner vaccine) was conducted at three medical centres in the United States. Subjects with documented herpes genitalis of at least 1-year duration and a history of six or more genital HSV recurrences in the 12 months prior to study entry were randomised to receive vaccine or placebo at 0, 1 and 2 months. Vaccination induced significant neutralising, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and lymphocyte transformation response to HSV-1 antigen. The frequency of recurrences was reduced in the vaccinated female patients at both 3 and 6 months following vaccination with an overall reduction in patients of both sexes which did not reach statistical significance. Recurrence severity was reduced as measured by decreased number of lesions and associated symptoms per recurrence (P = 0.04). The data suggest that clinical manifestations of latent HSV genital infection may be modified by therapeutic immunisation.
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- G R Skinner
- Department of Infection, University of Birmingham, UK
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Ladic L, Buchan A. Comparison of the spatial distribution of endopeptidase-24.11 with substance P, substance P receptor (NK-1r) and gastric efferent neurons in the dorsal vagal complex of the rat. Neurosci Lett 1997; 222:41-4. [PMID: 9121718 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(97)13337-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The spatial location of neutral endopeptidase 24.11 (NEP) immunoreactivity was compared to that of substance P (SP), SP receptor (NK-1r) and identified gastric efferent neurons in the dorsal vagal complex in rat brainstem. The majority of NEP labeling was observed caudal to the obex. Neutral endopeptidase-immunoreactivity was associated with the central canal, ependyma and blood vessels, and surrounded the area postrema. A comparison of the results of immunocytochemical and retrograde tracing experiments demonstrated the absence of co-labeling of neurons or their process with NEP and either substance P or NK-1r. Furthermore, no NEP-immunoreactivity was observed in the vicinity of identified gastric efferents in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. These results would suggest that NEP does not degrade SP in the vicinity of gastric efferent neurons.
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- L Ladic
- Department of Physiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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An outbreak of herpes rugbiorum involved nine players including the scrum half and the full back. The infection was characterized by significant constitutional upset with decreased levels of general fitness and match performance for 1-4 months following the outbreak; one player had herpetic lesions on his right eyelid and corneum. Every infected player, 15 non-infected players and five sociosexual contacts received two vaccinations with intracellular subunit vaccine NFU. Ac. HSV-1 (S-MRC5). None of the players or contacts developed cutaneous herpetic recurrence during a follow-up period of 3 years; the player with ocular disease had one recurrence at 30 months following the original episode. These findings encourage consideration of prophylactic or post-exposure vaccination of participants in rugby or other contact sports with this or other appropriate herpes simplex vaccine.
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- G R Skinner
- Department of Infection, Medical School, University of Birmingham, U.K
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In a novel approach to looking at why some children with atopic eczema are susceptible to cutaneous herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections, this study evaluates the hypothesis that HSV replicates more easily on eczematous than normal skin. Growth of HSV on eczematous skin explants was compared with growth on explants from three control groups (psoriasis, Darier's disease and normal skin) over a 2-day period. Growth of HSV was significantly less on normal skin than in atopic eczema, psoriasis and Darier's disease. Virus replicated more quickly, and grew to higher titre within 24h, in eczematous and psoriatic explants than in normal skin. A defect in skin barrier function and host defence factors including local cytokine secretion are discussed as possible mechanisms in causing the increased susceptibility of children with atopic eczema to HSV infection.
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- H M Goodyear
- Department of Paediatric Dermatology, Hospital for Sick Children, London, UK
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Durkin JP, Tremblay R, Buchan A, Blosser J, Chakravarthy B, Mealing G, Morley P, Song D. An early loss in membrane protein kinase C activity precedes the excitatory amino acid-induced death of primary cortical neurons. J Neurochem 1996; 66:951-62. [PMID: 8769854 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66030951.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Several lines of evidence indicate that a rapid loss of protein kinase C (PKC) activity may be important in the delayed death of neurons following cerebral ischemia. However, in primary neuronal cultures, cytotoxic levels of glutamate have been reported not to cause a loss in PKC as measured by immunoblot and conventional activity methods. This apparent contradiction has not been adequately addressed. In this study, the effects of cytotoxic levels of glutamate, NMDA, and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) on membrane PKC activity was determined in cortical neurons using an assay that measures only PKC that is active in isolated membranes, which can be used to differentiate active enzyme from that associated with membranes in an inactive state. A 15-min exposure of day 14-18 cortical neurons to 100 microM glutamate, AMPA, or NMDA caused a rapid and persistent loss in membrane PKC activity, which by 4 h fell to 30-50% of that in control cultures. However, the amount of enzyme present in these membranes remained unchanged during this period despite the loss in enzyme activity. The inactivation of PKC activity was confirmed by the fact that phosphorylation of the MARCKS protein, a PKC-selective substrate, was reduced in intact neurons following transient glutamate treatment. By contrast, activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors by trans-(1S,3R)-1-amino-1,3-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid was not neurotoxic and induced a robust and prolonged activation of PKC activity in neurons. PKC inactivation by NMDA and AMPA was dependent on extracellular Ca2+, but less so on Na+, although cell death induced by these agents was dependent on both ions. The loss of PKC activity was likely effected by Ca2+ entry through specific routes because the bulk increase in intracellular free [Ca2+] effected by the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin did not cause the inactivation of PKC. The results indicate that the pattern of PKC activity in neurons killed by glutamate, NMDA, and AMPA in vitro is consistent with that observed in neurons injured by cerebral Ischemia in vivo.
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- J P Durkin
- Cellular Neurobiology Group, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Goodyear HM, McLeish P, Randall S, Buchan A, Skinner GR, Winther M, Rolland J, Morgan G, Harper JI. Immunological studies of herpes simplex virus infection in children with atopic eczema. Br J Dermatol 1996; 134:85-93. [PMID: 8745891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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This study examines the role of immune defence mechanisms in herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections in atopic eczema and whether impairment of these mechanisms explains the susceptibility of some children with atopic eczema to cutaneous HSV infections. Ten children with eczema herpeticum and 13 with atopic eczema and recurrent HSV infection affecting multiple skin sites were studied, together with relevant control groups. In all children with atopic eczema, in vitro lymphoproliferation in response to stimulation with concanavalin A (Con A) was significantly decreased and natural killer (NK) cells (CD16 + 56) were reduced compared with non-atopic controls. IL-2 receptors, a marker for lymphocyte activation, were decreased during the acute phase of eczema herpeticum, and for 1 month thereafter. A positive stimulation index (> 3) to HSV antigen, and high HSV IgG antibody titres measured by ELISA, Western blotting and neutralization assay, were seen in children with eczema herpeticum by 6 weeks, and also in children with atopic eczema and recurrent HSV infections. No evidence of an HSV-specific immune defect (either cell-mediated or humoral) was found in atopic eczema. Impairment of cell-mediated immunity in atopic eczema was suggested by the reduced response to Con A. It is likely that reduced numbers of circulating NK cells and a decrease in IL-2 receptors during early eczema herpeticum contribute to the susceptibility of children with atopic eczema to cutaneous HSV infections.
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- H M Goodyear
- Department of Paediatric Dermatology, Hospital for Sick Children, London
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Davies J, Hallworth JA, McLeish P, Randall S, Martin BA, Buchan A, Skinner GR. Characterization and immunogenicity of a candidate subunit vaccine against varicella-zoster virus. Med Microbiol Immunol 1994; 183:105-17. [PMID: 7935160 DOI: 10.1007/bf00277161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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This study describes the properties of an inactivated subunit antigen preparation from varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-infected MRC-5 cells by treatment with detergent and formaldehyde, ultracentrifugation over sucrose and acetone precipitation. The method preserved the antigenicity of VZV proteins and several VZV-specific glycoproteins, while virus DNA was less than 20 pg/250 micrograms protein--a putative vaccine dose. The vaccine was immunogenic in rabbits and stimulated antibodies to the major capsid protein as well as to glycoproteins; an immunoprecipitin was shared with a known immune human serum. The preparation contained no infectious VZV with no evidence of side effects in a rabbit or in five human vaccinees during a follow-up period of 6-10 years.
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- J Davies
- Vaccine Research Foundation, Lapworth, Warwickshire, UK
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Hartley CE, Buchan A, Randall S, Skinner GR, Osborne M, Tomkins LM. The effects of lithium and potassium on macromolecular synthesis in herpes simplex virus-infected cells. J Gen Virol 1993; 74 ( Pt 8):1519-25. [PMID: 8393911 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-74-8-1519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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All herpes simplex virus (HSV) infected cell-specific polypeptides (ICSPs) were synthesized in the presence of lithium at a concentration (60 mM) inhibitory to the production of infectious virus. Yields of certain ICSPs were increased and others, in particular glycoprotein C, decreased. HSV DNA synthesis was completely inhibited; synthesis and in vitro activities of HSV DNA polymerase and thymidine kinase were decreased but to a degree insufficient to account for the complete inhibition of HSV DNA synthesis. HSV DNA synthesis was inhibited to an equivalent degree by either incubation with 60 mM-lithium or by potassium starvation; both procedures decreased intracellular potassium by an equivalent amount as adjudged by X-ray microanalysis. We conclude that lithium inhibits HSV DNA synthesis by displacement of potassium from a potassium-dependent biochemical reaction or by other physiological changes brought about by the loss of cellular potassium. The possibility that lithium also directly inhibits a virus replicative event cannot be excluded.
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- C E Hartley
- Department of Infection Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, U.K
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- W Pulsinelli
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College, New York, N.Y. 10021
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Umana JP, Mutimer DJ, Shaw JC, McLeish PJ, Buchan A, Martin B, Neuberger JM, Elias E, McMaster P. Cytomegalovirus surveillance following liver transplantation: does it allow presymptomatic diagnosis of cytomegalovirus disease? Transplant Proc 1992; 24:2643-5. [PMID: 1334593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- J P Umana
- Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Persistent sciatic artery is a congenital vascular anomaly of the arterial supply to the lower extremity. Thrombosis, distal embolization, aneurysmal dilatation, and rupture of this vessel with compression of the sciatic nerve have been recorded. Although rare in occurrence, complications of persistent sciatic artery should be included in the differential diagnosis of sciatic neuropathy. We present a case of an acute sciatic neuropathy secondary to pseudoaneurysm formation of a persistent sciatic artery. We demonstrate the diagnostic usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging.
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- A P Gasecki
- Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, London, Ontario, Canada
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Buchan A. Advances in cerebral ischemia: experimental approaches. Neurol Clin 1992; 10:49-61. [PMID: 1313534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Drugs that dissolve clots, such as streptokinase and rTPA, and drugs that promote vasodilation are undergoing clinical testing for the treatment of hyperacute stroke, but an adjuvant therapy that either prolongs temporal thresholds before irreversible injury occurs or actually protects the brain from ischemia would transform these trials. Mild hypothermia, either intraischemically or at the onset of reperfusion, provides us with a gold standard for cytoprotection against which new pharmacologic strategies can be measured. The cytoprotective effects of the voltage-sensitive calcium channel blockers and the NMDA antagonists have been relatively less compelling than more recent findings with non-NMDA or AMPA antagonists. Their ability to inhibit SINN or reduce neocortical infarction is remarkable. Future randomized clinical trials for both resuscitated cardiac arrest victims and patients sustaining embolic stroke are predicted by this major advance in the field of stroke medicine.
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- A Buchan
- Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada
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Skinner GR, Fink C, Melling J, Wiblin C, Thornton B, Hallworth J, Gardner W, McLeish P, Hartley C, Buchan A. Report of twelve years experience in open study of Skinner herpes simplex vaccine towards prevention of herpes genitalis. Med Microbiol Immunol 1992; 180:305-20. [PMID: 1549071 DOI: 10.1007/bf00191551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Three hundred and forty-seven subjects at risk for herpes genitalis were vaccinated with Skinner vaccine, NFUAc.HSV1.(S-MRC5), and were followed for an average duration of 2 years representing a total consortship of 664.4 years. Based on survey information obtained during this consortship, there were estimated to be 3076 recurrences which summated to 3.5 years total duration of disease and comprised at least 6794 lesions; there were an estimated 51997 episodes of intercourse including at least 241 episodes of unprotected intercourse in the presence of herpetic lesions. The rate of contraction of herpes genitalis was 6 of 54 consorts (11.1%) who received one vaccination and 7 of 293 (2.4%) who received two, three of four vaccinations. There was no evidence of physical or psychological side effects from vaccination.
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- G R Skinner
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Great Britain
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It is difficult to evaluate the protective efficacy of species-specific viruses of humans and expensive companion animals where there is no non-human animal model. This study describes an in vivo model system which allows simultaneous operation of humoral, cell-mediated, interferon-like or other unidentified immunological defence mechanisms. There was evidence of in vivo inactivation of both enveloped and unenveloped DNA and RNA viruses including retrovirus mouse sarcoma virus/mouse leukaemia virus as evaluated by assay of the enzyme reverse transcriptase. This model will allow examination of vaccine efficacy in immunocompetent host animals while avoiding morbidity and/or mortality from virus infection in these animals.
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- G R Skinner
- Vaccine Research Foundation, Lapworth, Warwickshire, UK
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Smith S, Baker D, Buchan A, Bodiwala G. Adult domestic violence. Health Trends 1991; 24:97-9. [PMID: 10123244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Adult domestic violence in Leicestershire was reviewed by examining the clinical notes of all patients aged 14 years and over attending the Accident and Emergency Department of the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 1988 with a history of assault. Of the 341 patients so classified, 297 victims were identified. This paper describes the results of the review, including the age and gender of the victims, and the nature and cost of the violence. Suggestions are made to improve the management of adult domestic violence.
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Randall S, Billstrom M, Davies J, Patel S, Buchan A, Horrobin D, Skinner G. The efficacy of combinative drugs at sub-threshold concentrations. Antiviral Res 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0166-3542(91)90223-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Randall S, Hartley C, Buchan A, Skinner G. Lithium resistant herpes virus mutant. Antiviral Res 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0166-3542(91)90211-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Buchan A, Li H, Pulsinelli WA. The N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist, MK-801, fails to protect against neuronal damage caused by transient, severe forebrain ischemia in adult rats. J Neurosci 1991; 11:1049-56. [PMID: 2010804 PMCID: PMC6575368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The neuroprotective effects of dizocilipine maleate (MK-801), a noncompetitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor/channel, were tested in the 4-vessel occlusion rat model of forebrain ischemia. Adult Wistar rats, treated intraperitoneally with MK-801 or saline using several different treatment paradigms were subjected to 5 (n = 208) or 15 (n = 62) min of severe, transient forebrain ischemia. In saline-treated animals, 15 min of ischemia (n = 13) produced extensive and consistent loss of pyramidal neurons in the CA1 zone of hippocampus. The degree and distribution of cell loss were not reduced by single dose preischemic administration of MK-801 at 1 (n = 7), 2.5 (n = 4), or 5 mg/kg (n = 8). In other animals subjected to 15 min of forebrain ischemia, multiple doses of MK-801 (5, 2.5, and 2.5 mg/kg) given immediately and at approximately 8 and 20 hr after cerebral reperfusion (n = 5) did not alter CA1 injury compared to saline-treated controls (n = 5). Five minutes of forebrain ischemia in saline-treated animals, (n = 82) resulted in significantly fewer (p less than 0.001) dead CA1 pyramidal cells and a greater variance compared to animals subjected to 15 min of ischemia. Power analysis of the preliminary saline-treated animals subjected to 5 min of ischemia (n = 22) indicated that 60 animals per group were necessary to detect a 15% difference between MK-801 and vehicle-treated groups. Multidose treatment with MK-801 (1 mg/kg) given 1 hr prior to 5 min of ischemia (n = 60) and again at approximately 8 and 16 hr after recirculation failed to attenuate hippocampal injury.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A Buchan
- Cerebrovascular Disease Research Center, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, New York 10021
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Randall S, Hartley C, Skinner G, Buchan A. The molecular effect of lithium on herpes simplex virus replication. Antiviral Res 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0166-3542(91)90192-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Randall S, Skinner G, Buchan A, Winther M. Synergistic interactions between lithium and nucleoside analogue antiviral compounds. Antiviral Res 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0166-3542(91)90222-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shariff DM, Davies J, Desperbasques M, Billstrom M, Geerligs HJ, Welling GW, Welling-Wester S, Buchan A, Skinner GR. Immune inhibition of virus release from human and nonhuman cells by antibody to viral and host cell determinants. Intervirology 1991; 32:28-36. [PMID: 1707865 DOI: 10.1159/000150182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Immune inhibition of release of the DNA viruses, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 and pseudorabies virus by anti-viral and anti-host cell sera occurred while two RNA viruses, influenza and encephalomyocarditis, were inhibited only by anti-viral sera (not anti-host cell sera). Simian virus 40 and surprisingly two herpes viruses, bovine mamillitis and equine abortion, were not inhibited by either anti-viral or anti-host sera. Using the herpes simplex virus model, inhibition of virus release was detected in different cells of human and nonhuman origin with cross-inhibition between cell lines of different origin; thus, this form of immunotherapy may not require antibody to be tissue or organ specific. Evidence of inhibition of virus release from neoplastic and leukemic cell lines suggests possible application of this approach to control of virus-mediated leukoproliferative pathology (e.g. Burkitt's lymphoma or adult T cell leukemia).
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- D M Shariff
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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Skinner GR, Buchan A, Davies J, Durham J, Castrucci G. A virus-particle vaccine prepared from bovine mammillitis virus against herpes genitalis. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 1991; 14:133-50. [PMID: 1657508 DOI: 10.1016/0147-9571(91)90127-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A vaccine against herpes genitalis was prepared from the extracellular virus particles from baby hamster kidney cells infected with bovine mammillitis virus (BMV) strain "Allerton". The virus was inactivated by formaldehyde followed by ultracentrifugation to concentrate the virus particles and eliminate formaldehyde to an acceptable concentration for immunisation of human subjects. The vaccine was cross antigenic and cross immunogenic with herpes simplex virus type 1. Thirty-four consorts at high risk of herpes genitalis were immunised with two or three doses each containing 10(9) virus particles equialent to approx. 150 micrograms protein. There has been no evidence of local or general side effect in a follow-up period of over 100 patient years. The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of this vaccine in human subjects will be investigated in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
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Ahmad A, Clarke S, Buchan A, Skinner GR. Sequential release of antigens from chloroform-treated Staphylococcus epidermidis: application towards a possible vaccine. J Appl Bacteriol 1990; 69:676-85. [PMID: 2126007 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1990.tb01562.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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This study describes the properties of two potential Staphylococcus epidermidis vaccines prepared by chloroform treatment of bacteria and release of antigen from these chloroform-treated organisms. Both vaccines were antigenic on testing with homologous hyperimmune serum and induced immune reactivity in immunized rabbits. There was protective efficacy in mice against intraperitoneal challenge by Staph. epidermidis.
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- A Ahmad
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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Cowan M, Davies J, Brookes K, Billstrom M, McLeish P, Buchan A, Skinner GR. Inhibition of rate of tumour growth in rodent species by inoculation of herpesviruses and encephalomyocarditis virus. J Med Virol 1990; 30:211-5. [PMID: 2160515 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890300313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Inoculation of herpesviruses and encephalomyocarditis virus into subcutaneous tumours in hamsters and mice reduced the rate of tumour growth compared to untreated tumours or secondary tumours which had arisen following surgical excision of the primary tumour; in addition, survival times were increased in animals whose tumours were inoculated with virus. It is suggested that the role of virus in the modification of tumour growth merits further exploration.
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- M Cowan
- Vaccine Research Foundation, Department of Medical Microbiology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, England
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Seroogy K, Hökfelt T, Buchan A, Brown JC, Terenius L, Norman AW, Goldstein M. Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in rat main olfactory bulb: extent of coexistence with neuropeptide Y-, tyrosine hydroxylase- and vitamin D-dependent calcium binding protein-like immunoreactivities. Brain Res 1989; 496:389-96. [PMID: 2572295 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(89)91095-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A double-labeling immunofluorescence colocalization technique was used to examine the extent of coexistence of somatostatin (SOM)-like immunoreactivity with neuropeptide Y (NPY)-, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)- and vitamin D-dependent calcium binding protein (D-CaBP)-like immunoreactivities in neurons of the rat main olfactory bulb. SOM-like immunoreactivity (SOM-I) was distributed within restricted populations of periglomerular neurons and deep short-axon cells, and rarely within superficial short-axon cells at the glomerular layer/external plexiform layer (GL/EPL) border region. Double-labeling analysis revealed that all of the SOM-I deep and superficial short-axon cells also contained NPY-I. Colocalization of SOM-I and TH-I or of SOM-I and D-CaBP-I was infrequently observed within periglomerular neurons. The rare SOM-I short-axon cells at the GL/EPL border always exhibited D-CaBP-I. These results demonstrate virtual complete coexistence of SOM and NPY in short-axon neurons of the main olfactory bulb. With a few exceptions, however, bulbar SOM neurons appear to constitute subclasses of periglomerular cells immunohistochemically distinct from those containing TH or D-CaBP.
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- K Seroogy
- Department of Physiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
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