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Li J, Li H, Chen Y, Bei D, Huang B, Gan K, Sang P, Liu J, Shan Z, Chen J, Zhao F, Chen B. Induction of cervical disc degeneration and discogenic pain by low concentration Propionibacterium acnes infection: an in vivo animal study. Arthritis Res Ther 2024; 26:41. [PMID: 38297365 PMCID: PMC10829385 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-024-03269-x] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Although cervical intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is closely associated with neck pain, its cause remains unclear. In this study, an animal model of cervical disc degeneration and discogenic neck pain induced by a low concentration of Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes-L) is investigated to explore the possible mechanisms of cervical discogenic pain. METHODS Cervical IVD degeneration and discitis was induced in 8-week-old male rats in C3-C6 IVDs through the anterior intervertebral puncture with intradiscal injections of low and high concentrations of P. acnes (P. acnes-L, n = 20 and P. acnes-H, n = 15) or Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus, n = 15), compared to control (injection with PBS, n = 20). The structural changes in the cervical IVD using micro-CT, histological evaluation, and gene expression assays after MRI scans at 2 and 6 weeks post-modeling. The P. acnes-L induced IVD degeneration model was assessed for cervical spine MRI, histological degeneration, pain-like behaviors (guarding behavior and forepaw von Frey), nerve fiber growth in the IVD endplate region, and DRG TNF-α and CGRP. RESULTS IVD injection with P. acnes-L induced IVD degeneration with decreased IVD height and MRI T2 values. IVD injection with P. acnes-H and S. aureus both lead to discitis-like changes on T2-weighted MRI, trabecular bone remodeling on micro-CT, and osseous fusion after damage in the cartilage endplate adjacent to the injected IVD. Eventually, rats in the P. acnes-L group exhibited significant nociceptive hypersensitivity, nerve fiber ingrowth was observed in the IVD endplate region, inflammatory activity in the DRG was significantly increased compared to the control group, and the expression of the pain neurotransmitter CGRP was significantly upregulated. CONCLUSION P. acnes-L was validated to induce cervical IVD degeneration and discogenic pain phenotype, while P. acnes-H induced was identified to resemble septic discitis comparable to those caused by S. aureus infection.
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- Jie Li
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital Affiliated to Ningbo University, 1111 Jiangnan Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315040, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital Affiliated to Ningbo University, 1111 Jiangnan Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315040, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital Affiliated to Ningbo University, 1111 Jiangnan Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315040, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital Affiliated to Ningbo University, 1111 Jiangnan Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315040, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
- Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration, Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital Affiliated to Ningbo University, 1111 Jiangnan Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315040, China.
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Ma Y, Sang P, Chen B, Li J, Bei D. The role of prevertebral soft tissue swelling in dysphagia after anterior cervical corpectomy fusion: change trends and risk factors. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2023; 24:720. [PMID: 37689657 PMCID: PMC10492395 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-06843-7] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to analyze the change trends of prevertebral soft tissue swelling (PSTS) for anterior cervical corpectomy fusion(ACCF) and to evaluate the risk factors of PSTS for postoperative dysphagia. METHODS There were 309 patients with degenerative cervical diseases who were treated with ACCF from November 2015 and September 2019 in our hospital. According to the symptom of swallowing function after ACCF, those were divided into the dysphagia group and the normal-swallowing function group. Cervical computed tomography(CT) was analyzed, and radiological evaluation of the prevertebral soft tissue was measured between the antero-inferior corner of each vertebral body and the air shadow of the airway through CT mid-sagittal slice images before operation and after operation(one week, one month, eight months and twelve months). RESULTS The incidence of dysphagia after ACCF was 41.1%. 120 of 127(94.5%) patients had dysphagia disappeared at the 8 months after ACCF, and all disappeared at the 12 months. In both groups, PSTS would be biggest at 1 week postoperatively comparing to the preoperative, and then get smaller from 1 week to 12 months postoperatively (p < 0.05). After 12 months of operation, the PSTS of all cervical spinal levels would get equal to the preoperative size in the normal-swallowing function group, while the PSTS in dysphagia group would get equal only in C5-7 levels. The PSTS of preoperative C6 level and postoperative C2 level were more closely related to the present of postoperative dysphagia (OR: 9.403, 95%CI: 2.344-37.719, OR: 3.187, 95%CI: 1.78-5.705). It was more important to predict postoperative dysphagia using the value of PSTS at preoperative C6 level and postoperative C2 level, with the cutoff threshold for the PSTS of preoperative C6 level ≦1.51 cm and postoperative C2 level ≦1.3915 cm, which could get sensitivity & specificity 66.929% and 61.54%, 77.17% and 64.29%, respectively. CONCLUSION Our study showed that the increasing of the PSTS after ACCF should be considered as a risk factor of dysphagia after surgery. With the recovery of PSTS over time, the incidence of postoperative dysphagia decreases. The PSTS of preoperative C6 level and and postoperative C2 level should play an important part in predicting the risk of postoperative dysphagia.
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- Yanyan Ma
- Department of Gastroenterology, Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo Medical Center, Ningbo, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo Medical Center, #57, Xingning Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, PR China.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo Medical Center, #57, Xingning Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo Medical Center, #57, Xingning Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, PR China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo Medical Center, #57, Xingning Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, PR China
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Li J, Chen Y, Wu H, Gan K, Bei D, Fan T, Chen J, Zhao F, Chen B. Can oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) create more lumbosacral lordosis in lumbar spine surgery than minimally invasive transforaminal interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF)? Front Surg 2023; 9:1063354. [PMID: 36684176 PMCID: PMC9852049 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.1063354] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Objective To compare the differences in the correction effect for lumbosacral lordosis and clinical outcomes between OLIF with/without posterior pedicle screw fixation (PSF) and MIS-TLIF through a retrospective cohort study. Method There were 98 consecutive patients originally enrolled for the study, but 15 patients were excluded due to intraoperative endplate injury or osteotomy performed for severe spinal deformity. Thus, 83 patients included in this study (36 males and 47 females, mean age 65.8 years) underwent single to three-segment OLIF (including OLIF + PSF and OLIF Standalone) or MIS-TLIF surgery from 2016 to 2018. The operation time, bleeding and blood transfusion, fusion rate, complication, pre-and postoperative visual analogue scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were evaluated. In addition, radiological parameters including lumbosacral lordosis (LL), fused segment lordosis (FSL), anterior disc height (ADH) and posterior disc height (PDH) were measured. The clinical outcomes, LL, FSL, ADH and PDH restored and were compared between the OLIF group, OLIF subgroups and MIS-TLIF group. Results The average operation time and intraoperative bleeding were significantly less in the OLIF group than in the MIS-TLIF group (163 ± 68 vs. 233 ± 79 min, 116 ± 148 vs. 434 ± 201 ml, P < 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference between the OLIF group and the MIS-TLIF group in VAS and ODI improvements, fusion rate, complication, LL and FSL correction (P > 0.05). The ADH and PDH increases in the OLIF group were more than that in MIS-TLIF group (P < 0.001). The correction of LL was significantly more in the OLIF + PSF group than in the MIS-TLIF group (9.9 ± 11.1 vs. 4.2 ± 6.1deg, P = 0.034). Conclusion OLIF and MIS-TLIF are both safe and effective procedures, capable of restoring lumbosacral lordosis and disc height partly. Combined with PSF, OLIF can achieve a better correction effect of lumbosacral lordosis than MIS-TLIF.
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- Jie Li
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine; Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China,Correspondence: Binhui Chen Fengdong Zhao
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China,Correspondence: Binhui Chen Fengdong Zhao
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Li J, Chen Y, Wu H, Gan K, Bei D, Fan T, Chen J, Chen B. Corrigendum: Can oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) create more lumbosacral lordosis in lumbar spine surgery than minimally invasive transforaminal interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF)? Front Surg 2023; 10:1171387. [PMID: 37188099 PMCID: PMC10179492 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1171387] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.1063354.].
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- Jie Li
- Department of Spine Surgery, Ningbo Medical Centre Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, China
- Correspondence: Jie Li Binhui Chen
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou, China
- Correspondence: Jie Li Binhui Chen
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Ningbo Medical Centre Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Ningbo Medical Centre Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Ningbo Medical Centre Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Spine Surgery, Ningbo Medical Centre Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, China
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Li J, Gan K, Chen B, Chen Y, Hong J, Bei D, Fan T, Zheng M, Zhao L, Zhao F. Anterior cervical transpedicular screw fixation system in subaxial cervical spine: A finite element comparative study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2022; 101:e29316. [PMID: 35866798 PMCID: PMC9302373 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000029316] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Multilevel cervical corpectomy has raised the concern among surgeons that reconstruction with the anterior cervical screw plate system (ACSPS) alone may fail eventually. As an alternative, the anterior cervical transpedicular screw (ACTPS) has been adopted in clinical practice. We used the finite element analysis to investigate whether ACTPS is a more reasonable choice, in comparison with ACSPS, after a 2-level corpectomy in the subaxial cervical spine. These 2 types of implantation models with the applied 75 N axial pressure and 1 N • m pure moment of the couple were evaluated. Compared with the intact model, the range of motion (ROM) at the operative segments (C4-C7) decreased by 97.5% in flexion-extension, 91.3% in axial rotation, and 99.3% in lateral bending in the ACTPS model, whereas it decreased by 95.1%, 73.4%, 96.9% in the ACSPS model respectively. The ROM at the adjacent segment (C3/4) in the ACTPS model decreased in all motions, while that of the ACSPS model increased in axial rotation and flexion-extension compared with the intact model. Compared to the ACSPS model, whose stress concentrated on the interface between the screws and the titanium plate, the stress of the ACTPS model was well-distributed. There was also a significant difference between the maximum stress value of the 2 models. ACTPS and ACSPS are biomechanically favorable. The stability in reducing ROM of ACTPS may be better and the risk of failure for internal fixator is relatively low compared with ACSPS fixation except for under lateral bending in reconstruction the stability of the subaxial cervical spine after 2-level corpectomy.
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- Jie Li
- Department of Orthopedics surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Affiliated to Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Affiliated to Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Affiliated to Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of spinal surgery, Ningbo 6th hospital, Ningbo 315040, zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Affiliated to Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Affiliated to Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopedics surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Affiliated to Ningbo University, Ningbo 315040, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of spinal surgery, Ningbo 6th hospital, Ningbo 315040, zhejiang, China
- *Correspondence: Fengdong Zhao, Department of Orthopedics, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 3, Qingchun Road East, Hangzhou 310016, People’s Republic of China (e-mail: )
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- Department of Orthopedics, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang, China
- *Correspondence: Fengdong Zhao, Department of Orthopedics, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 3, Qingchun Road East, Hangzhou 310016, People’s Republic of China (e-mail: )
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Li J, Chen Y, Wu H, Shan Z, Bei D, Gan K, Liu J, Zhang X, Chen B, Chen J, Zhao FD. Different responses of cervical intervertebral disc caused by low and high virulence bacterial infection: a comparative study in rats. Bioengineered 2022; 13:12446-12461. [PMID: 35587595 PMCID: PMC9275948 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2022.2075305] [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] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The aims of this study were to investigate the outcomes of low- and high-virulence bacterial cervical intervertebral discs (IVDs) infection and its association with cervical IVDs degeneration in rats. A total of 75 clean grade male rats were used to establish the corresponding animal models of low and high virulent bacterial cervical disc infection via an anterior cervical approach, with injection of Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis) with a 29 G needle to cervical IVDs. Specimens were collected for evaluation of Blood routine (Blood-RT), histological staining, and gene expression assays after a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. There were no statistical differences in all groups in white blood cells (WBC) at 2 and 6 weeks postoperatively (P = 0.136). The highest percentage of neutrophils was found in the S. epidermidis group at 2 weeks postoperatively (P = 0.043). MRI and histology showed that at 6 weeks postoperatively, the puncture group and P. acnes group had similar disc degeneration. In the S. epidermidis group, the disc and subchondral bone structure had been destroyed and bony fusion had occurred after the discitis. The upregulation of pro-inflammatory factor expression had the strongest effect of S. epidermidis on the early stage, while the upregulation in the puncture and P. acnes groups was more persistent. P. acnes infection of the cervical IVDs can lead to degenerative changes, whereas S. epidermidis infection leads to the manifestation of septic discitis. The correlation between P. acnes infection and cervical IVDs degeneration found in clinical studies was confirmed.
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- Jie Li
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal System Degeneration and Regeneration Translational Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Liu Y, He J, Xu J, Li J, Jiao Y, Bei D, Hu Y, Chen H, Xiao Q, Ding K. Neuroendocrine differentiation is predictive of poor survival in patients with stage II colorectal cancer. Oncol Lett 2017; 13:2230-2236. [PMID: 28454385 PMCID: PMC5403537 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2017.5681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The diagnosis of neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) is made primarily on the basis of ultrastructure and/or immunohistochemistry (IHC). Synaptophysin (Syn) and chromogranin A (CgA) are two important frequently used NED markers in colorectal cancer (CRC). The association between NED and the prognosis of stage II CRC remains controversial. Administration of adjuvant chemotherapy remains challenging for stage II CRC. Identification of reliable factors that improve the selection of patients with stage II CRC at high risk following surgery is of great importance. A total of 151 cases of patients with stage II CRC who received radical surgery in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) between January 2002 and March 2011 were assayed for Syn and CgA using IHC, following which patients were classified as NED(+) or NED(-). Survival curves were constructed using the Kaplan-Meier estimator, and the prognostic value was determined using a log-rank test and Cox's regression test. In the 151 cases of stage II CRC examined, the incidence of NED was 34.44%. The overall survival of the NED(+) group was significantly less favorable than that of the NED(-) group (P=0.001). The 5-year survival rate was 68% for NED(+) (n=51) and 90% for NED(-) (n=97). The independent prognostic factors of survival of patients with stage II CRC following multivariate analysis were age ≥65 years (P=0.007) and NED-positivity (P=0.014). NED was revealed to be an independent factor of poor prognosis for patients with stage II CRC, which may offer potential for improved therapy stratification.
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- Yue Liu
- Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Cancer Institute, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention, China National Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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Chen H, Shen Z, Hu Y, Xiao Q, Bei D, Shen X, Ding K. Association between MutL homolog 1 polymorphisms and the risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2015; 141:2147-58. [PMID: 25986311 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-015-1976-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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PURPOSE As one of the most essential components of mismatch repair system, MutL homolog 1 (MLH1) plays an increasingly implicated role in initiation and promotion of colorectal carcinogenesis, with germ-line mutations in different loci. However, whether a single genetic variant in MLH1 could predict the risk of cancer was still under doubt and recent studies yielded inconsistent results. Therefore, this meta-analysis aimed at investigating the association between MLH1 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and colorectal cancer (CRC) risks. METHODS A systematic literature search of PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science and BIOSIS databases was performed to obtain all available SNPs and studies. We focused on three SNPs (rs1800734, rs1799977 and rs63750448) with the most included studies and conducted overall and subgroup analyses after data extraction. RESULTS A total of 37,347, 29,114 and 2722 patients in case and control groups were meta-analyzed in four genetic models (AA vs. BB, AB vs. BB, AA+AB vs. BB and AA vs. BB+AB) for each SNP. The overall results suggested that the mutation in rs63750447 predicted a higher CRC risk (AB vs. BB: OR 2.283, 95 % CI 1.612-3.232, P = 0.000; AA+AB vs. BB: OR 2.291, 95 % CI 1.618-3.244, P = 0.000), while rs1800734 and rs1799977 were not associated with CRC risks. Subgroup analysis according to study area, quality score and genotyping technique revealed the similar results. CONCLUSIONS As the first meta-analysis reporting the association between rs63750448 and CRC risk, the A allele substitution might be a risk factor for CRC. Additionally, there was no persuasive evidence showing that SNPs of rs1800734 and rs1799977 were related to CRC susceptibility.
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- Haiyan Chen
- The Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention of China National Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention of China National Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention of China National Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention of China National Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention of China National Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.,Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Intervention of China National Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Medical Sciences of Zhejiang Province, Cancer Institute, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. .,Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
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Huawei L, Bei D, Huan Z, Zilai P, Aorong T, Kemin C. Arteriovenous fistula complicating iliac artery pseudo aneurysm: diagnosis by CT angiography. JBR-BTR 2002; 85:104-5. [PMID: 12083621] [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: 02/25/2023]
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Fistula formation to the inferior vena cava is a rare complication of aortic aneurysm which is often misdiagnosed clinically. In one hundred of reported arteriocaval fistulae, none was originating from the right common iliac artery. We report a case of ileo-caval fistula due to a iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm. High resolution 3D imaging using breath-hold CT angiography is highly specific in identifying the location, extent of the aortocaval fistula as well as the neighbouring anatomic structures.
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- L Huawei
- Department of Radiology, Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical University, China
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Yongjing G, Huawei L, Zilai P, Bei D, Hao J, Kemin C. McCune-Albright syndrome: radiological and MR findings. JBR-BTR 2002; 84:250-2. [PMID: 11817476] [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: 02/23/2023]
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McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is a non-inherited disorder due to the GNAS1 gene mutation. The syndrome is characterized with the triad of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, pigmented skin lesions, endocrinopathy, and precocious puberty. We report the case of a 14-year-old boy, presenting with sclerotic type of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. Radiological methods including plain X-ray film, MR and whole body bone scintigraphy suggested the diagnosis of MAS. MRI provided more directly perceived images and it was more sensitive in demonstrating the lesion: its shape, contents, especially the size of the affected region. Histopathological study and the identification of mutant gene finally confirmed the diagnostic result.
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- G Yongjing
- Department of Radiology, RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai 2nd Medical University, PR China
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Liu D, Bei D, Parmar H, Matus A. Activity-regulated, cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) is essential for visceral endoderm organization during early embryogenesis. Mech Dev 2000; 92:207-15. [PMID: 10727859 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(99)00340-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Activity-regulated, cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) was first identified as an immediate-early gene regulated by synaptic activity. We have studied its functional role in vivo using a gene-targeting approach. We found that Arc is encoded by a single exon, and Arc mRNA is ubiquitously expressed in early mouse embryos. Homozygous Arc mutants are severely growth-retarded, fail to gastrulate and subsequently die before day 8.5 of embryogenesis. Further analysis revealed severe disorganization of visceral endoderm formation, and total separation and ectopic location of embryonic and extraembryonic structure. These findings demonstrate that Arc function is essential for early embryo development and patterning in mice, and support the hypothesis that signaling from visceral endoderm is essential for normal patterning of the extraembryonic and embryonic structure.
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- D Liu
- Friedrich Miescher Institute, P.O. Box 2543, 4002, Basel, Switzerland
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Johnstone M, Goold RG, Bei D, Fischer I, Gordon-Weeks PR. Localisation of microtubule-associated protein 1B phosphorylation sites recognised by monoclonal antibody SMI-31. J Neurochem 1997; 69:1417-24. [PMID: 9326270 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69041417.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 02/05/2023]
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MAP 1B is a microtubule-associated phosphoprotein that is expressed early in neurons and plays a role in axon growth. MAP 1B has two types of phospho-isoforms, one of which is developmentally down-regulated after neuronal maturation and one of which persists into adulthood. Because phosphorylation regulates MAP 1B binding activity, characterisation of the phosphorylation sites and identification of the corresponding kinases/phosphatases are important goals. We have characterised the developmentally down-regulated phosphorylation sites recognised by monoclonal antibody (mAb) SMI-31. We purified MAP 1B from neonatal rat brain and mapped the mAb SMI-31 sites to specific MAP 1B fragments after chemical cleavage. We then developed an in vitro kinase assay by using a high-speed spin supernatant from neonatal rat brain in the presence of ATP and recombinant proteins encoding selective regions of the MAP 1B molecule. Phosphorylation of the recombinant protein was detected on western blots using mAb SMI-31. This analysis showed that mAb SMI-31 recognises two recombinant proteins corresponding to residues 1,109-1,360 and 1,836-2,076 of rat MAP 1B after in vitro phosphorylation. The former phosphorylation site was further defined in the in vitro kinase assay by inhibition with peptides and antibodies from candidate regions of the MAP 1B sequence. This approach identified a region of 20 amino acids, from 1,244 to 1,264, characterised by a high concentration of serines immediately upstream of prolines, indicating that the kinase responsible is a proline-directed serine kinase.
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- M Johnstone
- Developmental Biology Research Centre, King's College London, England
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BACKGROUND The most common form of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) is repetitive monomorphic VT (RMVT), which is characterized by frequent ventricular ectopy and salvos of nonsustained VT with intervening sinus rhythm. Unlike most other forms of idiopathic VT, this tachycardia typically occurs at rest and is nonsustained. The mechanism of RMVT is undefined. Because of a common site of origin, the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), we hypothesized that RMVT is mechanistically related to paroxysmal sustained, exercise-induced VT, which has been shown to be consistent with cAMP-mediated triggered activity. Therefore, in this study, we sought to identify (1) the mechanism of RMVT at the cellular level by using electropharmacological probes known to activate either stimulatory or inhibitory G proteins and thereby modify intracellular cAMP levels, (2) potential autonomic triggers of RMVT through analysis of heart rate variability, and (3) whether well-characterized somatic activating mutations in the stimulatory G protein, G alpha s, underlie RMVT. METHODS AND RESULTS Twelve patients with RMVT underwent electrophysiological study. Sustained monomorphic VT was reproducibly initiated and terminated with programmed stimulation and/or isoproterenol infusion in 11 of the 12 patients (the other patient had incessant RMVT). Induction of VT demonstrated cycle length dependence and was facilitated by rapid atrial or ventricular pacing. Termination of VT occurred in response to interventions that either lowered stimulated levels of intracellular cAMP (and thus decreased intracellular Ca2+)--ie, adenosine (12 of 12), vagal maneuvers or edrophonium (8 of 9), and beta-blockade (3 of 5)--or directly decreased the slow-inward calcium current--ie, verapamil (10 of 12). Analysis of heart rate variability during 24-hour ambulatory monitoring in 7 patients showed that the sinus heart rate is increased and accelerates before nonsustained VT (P < .05), whereas high-frequency heart rate variability is unchanged. These findings are consistent with transient increases in sympathetic tone preceding nonsustained VT. Finally, myocardial biopsy samples were obtained from the site of origin of the VT (typically the RVOT) and from the right ventricular apex from 9 patients. Genomic DNA was extracted from each biopsy sample, and three exons of G alpha s in which activating mutations have previously been described were amplified by polymerase chain reaction. All sequences from these regions were found to be identical to that of control. CONCLUSIONS Although the arrhythmia occurs at rest, the constellation of findings in idiopathic VT that is characterized by RMVT is consistent with the mechanism of cAMP-mediated triggered activity. Therefore, the spectrum of VT resulting from this mechanism includes not only paroxysmal exercise-induced VT but also RMVT.
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- B B Lerman
- Department of Medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, NY 10021, USA
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