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Yarana C, Prachayasittikul V, Nuchpramol W, Khaokhiew T, Kittiniyom K, Udomsangpetch R, Na Ayudhya CI, Suwanjang W. Impact of a Holistic Health Intervention on the Well-Being of Elderly Thais. Glob J Health Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v14n5p28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Mental stress is a major risk factor of metabolic diseases and impairs quality of life in the elderly. The goal of this study was to investigate whether a mindfulness-based intervention can improve health parameters and reduce stress-related hormones in elderly Thais.
METHODS: A total of 192 participants were recruited from urban (n = 96) and rural areas (n = 96) in central region of Thailand. Creative visual art relaxation and meditative movement exemplified by Dao De Xin Xi exercise were introduced as monthly workshops and individual participants were encouraged to practice regularly for three months. General health status, levels of blood pressure (BP), fasting blood sugar (FBS), cortisol and dehydroepiandrosteone (DHEA) were evaluated before and after completing the intervention.
RESULTS: This mindfulness-based intervention was effective as assessed by several biological health parameters. However, the degree of effectiveness differed between participants in urban and rural groups. In urban group, BPs were significantly reduced in hypertension and pre-hypertension subgroups of participants, and levels of DHEA in low DHEA participants were significantly increased after the intervention. In contrast, FBS levels in diabetic and pre-diabetic participants in the rural group, but not in the urban group, were significantly decreased after the intervention. We found a trend toward improvement of cortisol levels in both groups. However, the levels of glycated hemoglobin in either group remained unchanged.
CONCLUSION: This mindfulness-based intervention to elderly people improved health parameters related to metabolic diseases. Therefore, applying the intervention in primary healthcare may help promote the well-being in elderly.
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Chuong LV, Prachayasittikul V, Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Lawung R. Multiplex PCR scheme for variant plasmid mediated class C β-lactamase typing. J Clin Lab Anal 2017; 32. [PMID: 28718958 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.22298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND An increasing of prevalence and diversification of plasmid-mediated AmpC (pAmpC) has been emerged worldwide. The incidence of pAmpC resulted in increasing β-lactamase production and conferred resistance to almost all β-lactam antibiotics excluding carbapenems. The lack of standard method for pAmpC identification and classification exert a challenge in epidemiological surveillance and infection control practices. METHODS A robust, single tube multiplex PCR has been developed to classify six different pAmpC groups including CIT (CMY-2 like, LAT and CFE), ECB (ACT, MIR), MOX & CMY-1 like, DHA, ACC, and FOX. The developed method was optimized and validated by testing of sensitivity and specificity. RESULTS Developed method can detect crude extracted DNA template at nano-scale (2.5 ηg) and has high discriminatory power as compared to phenotypic and commercial genotypic method. CONCLUSION The developed method can be utilized for tracking the changes of clinically important resistance patterns and further investigation of occurrence and distribution of plasmid-mediated AmpC types.
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- Le Van Chuong
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Luangwattananun P, Eiamphungporn W, Songtawee N, Bülow L, Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Prachayasittikul V, Yainoy S. Improving enzymatic activities and thermostability of a tri-functional enzyme with SOD, catalase and cell-permeable activities. J Biotechnol 2017; 247:50-59. [PMID: 28274879 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/03/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Synergistic action of major antioxidant enzymes, e.g., superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is known to be more effective than the action of any single enzyme. Recently, we have engineered a tri-functional enzyme, 6His-MnSOD-TAT/CAT-MnSOD (M-TAT/CM), with SOD, CAT and cell-permeable activities. The protein actively internalized into the cells and showed superior protection against oxidative stress-induced cell death over native enzymes fused with TAT. To improve its molecular size, enzymatic activity and stability, in this study, MnSOD portions of the engineered protein were replaced by CuZnSOD, which is the smallest and the most heat resistant SOD isoform. The newly engineered protein, CAT-CuZnSOD/6His-CuZnSOD-TAT (CS/S-TAT), had a 42% reduction in molecular size and an increase in SOD and CAT activities by 22% and 99%, respectively. After incubation at 70°C for 10min, the CS/S-TAT retained residual SOD activity up to 54% while SOD activity of the M-TAT/CM was completely abolished. Moreover, the protein exhibited a 5-fold improvement in half-life at 70°C. Thus, this work provides insights into the design and synthesis of a smaller but much more stable multifunctional antioxidant enzyme with ability to enter mammalian cells for further application as protective/therapeutic agent against oxidative stress-related conditions.
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- Piriya Luangwattananun
- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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- Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund SE-221 00, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Applied Technology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
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Nantasenamat C, Naenna T, Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Prachayasittikul V. Quantitative prediction of imprinting factor of molecularly imprinted polymers by artificial neural network. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2005; 19:509-24. [PMID: 16244792 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-005-9004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2005] [Accepted: 07/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Artificial neural network (ANN) implementing the back-propagation algorithm was applied for the calculation of the imprinting factors (IF) of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) as a function of the computed molecular descriptors of template and functional monomer molecules and mobile phase descriptors. The dataset used in our study were obtained from the literature and classified into two distinctive datasets on the basis of the polymer's morphology, irregularly sized MIP and uniformly sized MIP datasets. Results revealed that artificial neural network was able to perform well on datasets derived from uniformly sized MIP (n = 23, r = 0.946, RMS = 2.944) while performing poorly on datasets derived from irregularly sized MIP (n = 75, r = 0.382, RMS = 6.123). The superior performance of the uniformly sized MIP dataset over the irregularly sized MIP dataset could be attributed to its more predictable nature owing to the consistency of MIP particles, uniform number and association constant of binding sites, and minimal deviation of the imprinted polymers. The ability to predict the imprinting factor of imprinted polymer prior to performing actual experimental work provide great insights on the feasibility of the interaction between template-functional monomer pairs.
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- Chanin Nantasenamat
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, 10700, Bangkok, Thailand
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Nantasenamat C, Naenna T, Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Prachayasittikul V. Quantitative prediction of imprinting factor of molecularly imprinted polymers by artificial neural network. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2005. [PMID: 16244792 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-005-9004-4/metrics] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Artificial neural network (ANN) implementing the back-propagation algorithm was applied for the calculation of the imprinting factors (IF) of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIP) as a function of the computed molecular descriptors of template and functional monomer molecules and mobile phase descriptors. The dataset used in our study were obtained from the literature and classified into two distinctive datasets on the basis of the polymer's morphology, irregularly sized MIP and uniformly sized MIP datasets. Results revealed that artificial neural network was able to perform well on datasets derived from uniformly sized MIP (n = 23, r = 0.946, RMS = 2.944) while performing poorly on datasets derived from irregularly sized MIP (n = 75, r = 0.382, RMS = 6.123). The superior performance of the uniformly sized MIP dataset over the irregularly sized MIP dataset could be attributed to its more predictable nature owing to the consistency of MIP particles, uniform number and association constant of binding sites, and minimal deviation of the imprinted polymers. The ability to predict the imprinting factor of imprinted polymer prior to performing actual experimental work provide great insights on the feasibility of the interaction between template-functional monomer pairs.
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- Chanin Nantasenamat
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, 10700, Bangkok, Thailand
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Bharnthong T, Prachayasittikul V, Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Premchaiporn P, Khow O, Sitprija V. A lyophilized formulation to extend the shelf-life of tuberculin PPD. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2005; 36:970-5. [PMID: 16295554] [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: 05/05/2023]
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This study was aimed to develop a dry purified protein devirative (PPD) preparation to extend the shelf-life of tuberculin PPD. Five percent sucrose (S), 6.5% mannitol (M), 2.5% trehalose (T) or 0.3% Hemaccel (H) was added to each formulation. In vivo and in vitro analyses were carried out to determine the efficacy of the lyophilized products. In the in vivo test, the delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses of the lyophilized preparations were compared to the liquid preparation (CL) after injection into BCG vaccinated guinea pigs. The preparations of H, M, T, and S generated DTH responses of 100, 90, 89, and 60%, as compared to the response of CL, respectively. There was no loss of tuberculin activity in the H formula. A statistically significant difference in activity was found between S and CL (p < 0.05). The cellular test for IFN-gamma secretions was performed using the whole blood of human subjects screened for DTH response to tuberculin PPD Mantoux tests. The detection of IFN-gamma secretions was done using ELISA and the efficacy was expressed in terms of percentage of IFN-gamma responses to the tuberculin antigens. The results of CL, H, M, T and S were 3.28, 10.40, 0.84, 1.52 and 1.29%, compared to mitogen stimulation, respectively. The lyophilized H, M and T formulations and the liquid CL were studied for their shelf-life stabiliy. Accelerated degradation was done by storing the samples at higher temperatures of 37 degrees C and 56 degrees C for 3, 6, 9 and 12 months. All the tuberculin PPD solutions were injected into BCG vaccinated guinea pigs at the end of each storage period and the activity of each solution was evaluated. The formulation with the Hemaccel as excipient gave a superior response than the others at the normal storage temperature of 40 micro C for 12 months. Therefore, Hemaccel provides protection for PPD activity. This supports the potential for the development of lyophilized tuberculin PPD with the addition of 0.3% Hemaccel to extend shelf life.
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Prachayasittikul V, Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Hilterhaus L, Hinz A, Tantimongcolwat T, Galla HJ. Interaction analysis of chimeric metal-binding green fluorescent protein and artificial solid-supported lipid membrane by quartz crystal microbalance and atomic force microscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 327:174-82. [PMID: 15629446 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.11.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Received: 11/23/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Non-specific adsorption and specific interaction between a chimeric green fluorescent protein (GFP) carrying metal-binding region and the immobilized zinc ions on artificial solid-supported lipid membranes was investigated using the quartz crystal microbalance technique and the atomic force microscopy (AFM). Supported lipid bilayer, composed of octanethiol and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine/1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-[N-(5-amino-1-carboxypentyl iminodiacetic acid)succinyl] (NTA-DOGS)-Zn2+, was formed on the gold electrode of quartz resonator (5 MHz). Binding of the chimeric GFP to zinc ions resulted in a rapid decrease of resonance frequency. Reversibility of the process was demonstrated via the removal of metal ions by EDTA. Nanoscale structural orientation of the chimeric GFP on the membrane was imaged by AFM. Association constant of the specific binding to metal ions was 2- to 3-fold higher than that of the non-specific adsorption, which was caused by the fluidization effect of the metal-chelating lipid molecules as well as the steric hindrance effect. This infers a possibility for a further development of biofunctionalized membrane. However, maximization is needed in order to attain closer advancement to a membrane-based sensor device.
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- Virapong Prachayasittikul
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
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Prachayasittikul V, Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Tantimongcolwat T, Galla HJ. Nanoscale orientation and lateral organization of chimeric metal-binding green fluorescent protein on lipid membrane determined by epifluorescence and atomic force microscopy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 326:298-306. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Prachayasittikul V, Galla HJ. Binding of chimeric metal-binding green fluorescent protein to lipid monolayer. Eur Biophys J 2004; 33:522-34. [PMID: 14997358 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-004-0393-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2003] [Revised: 01/26/2004] [Accepted: 01/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Membrane-based bioanalytical devices for metal determination using green fluorescent protein as the sensor molecule may be a useful future biomimetic material. However, in order to develop such a device, it is necessary first to understand the interaction of the protein with lipid membranes. Thus we have investigated the interaction between chimeric cadmium-binding green fluorescent proteins (CdBPGFPs) and lipid monolayers, using a film-balance technique complemented with epifluorescence microscopy. The binding avidity was monitored from the surface pressure vs. area isotherms or from the measured increase in the lateral pressure upon injection of the chimeric CdBPGFPs beneath the lipid monolayer. Increased fluidization as well as expansion of the surface area were shown to depend on the concentration of the CdBPGFPs. The kinetics of the protein-induced increase in lateral pressure was found to be biphasic. The chimeric CdBPGFPs possessed high affinity to the 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) monolayer with a dissociation constant of Kd = 10(-8)M. Epifluorescence measurements showed that this affinity is due to the presence of the Cd-binding peptide, which caused the GFP to incorporate preferentially to the liquid phase and defect part of the rigid domain at low interfacial pressure. At high compression, the Cd-binding peptide could neither incorporate nor remain in the lipid core. However, specific orientation of the chimeric CdBPGFPs underneath the air-water interface was achieved, even under high surface pressure, when the proteins were applied to the metal-chelating lipid-containing surfaces. This specific binding could be controlled reversibly by the addition of metal ions or metal chelator. The reversible binding of the chimeric CdBPGFPs to metal-chelating lipids provided a potential approach for immobilization, orientation and lateral organization of a protein at the membrane interface. Furthermore, the feasibility of applying the chelator lipids for the codetermination of metal ions with specific ligands was also revealed. Our finding clearly demonstrates that a strong interaction, particularly with fluid lipid domains, could potentially be used for sensor development in the future.
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- Chartchalerm Isarankura Na Ayudhya
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, 2 Prannok Road, Bangkok-Noi, 10700 Bangkok, Thailand
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Prachayasittikul V, Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Piacham T, Kiatfuengfoo R. One-step purification of chimeric green fluorescent protein providing metal-binding avidity and protease recognition sequence. Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol 2003; 21:259-67. [PMID: 15198344] [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: 04/29/2023]
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Gene fusion technique was successfully applied as a potential approach to create a metal-binding site to assist one-step purification of green fluorescent protein (GFP). The chimeric GFP carrying hexapolyhistidine (H6GFPuv) was purified to homogeneous protein via the Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography charged with zinc ions. Removal of metal tagger could readily be performed by using enterokinase enzyme. Engineering of the hexahistidine and enterokinase cleavage sites (DDDDK) onto the chimeric protein did not significantly affect the fluorescent property and the binding avidity to Burkholderia pseudomallei protease of a chimeric protease-binding GFP (H6PBGFPuv). This concludes that engineering of repetitive histidine regions onto interested target protein along with the enterokinase cleavage sites will ease the complication of protein purification.
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- Virapong Prachayasittikul
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Piacham T, Isarankura Na Ayudhya C, Prachayasittikul V, Bülow L, Ye L. A polymer supported manganese catalyst useful as a superoxide dismutase mimic. Chem Commun (Camb) 2003:1254-5. [PMID: 12809217 DOI: 10.1039/b301683h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Polymer supported manganese was synthesized via a template polymerization involving functional monomers to afford a catalyst with superoxide dismutase activity.
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- Theeraphon Piacham
- Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Chemical Center, Lund University, Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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