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Aouchiche K, Bernoux D, Baechler Sadoul E, Haine E, Joubert F, Epstein S, Faure Galon N, Dalla-Vale F, Combe JC, Samper M, Simonin G, Castets S, Marquant E, Vergier J, Reynaud R. Impact of continuous glucose monitoring on everyday life of young children with type 1 diabetes and their parents: An evaluation of 114 families. Prim Care Diabetes 2024; 18:91-96. [PMID: 38000979 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.002] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The prevalence of type 1 diabetes is increasing worldwide. The advent of new monitoring devices has enabled tighter glycemic control. AIM To study the impact of glucose monitoring devices on the everyday life of young children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their parents. METHODS A questionnaire was addressed to parents of children with T1D under the age of 6 years with an insulin pump treated in one of the hospitals of the ADIM network in France between January and July 2020. RESULTS Among the 114 families included in the study, 53% of parents (26/49) woke up every night to monitor blood glucose levels when their child had flash glucose monitoring (FGM), compared with 23% (13/56) of those whose child had continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Overall, 81% of parents (86/108) found that glucose monitoring improved their own sleep and parents whose child had CGM were significantly more likely to report improved sleep (86% vs 73%, p = 0.006). Forty-nine percent of parents (55/113) declared that they (in 87% of cases, the mother only) had reduced their working hours or stopped working following their child's T1D diagnosis. Maternal unemployment was significantly associated with the presence of siblings (p = 0.001) but not with glycemic control (p = 0,87). Ninety-eight percent of parents (105/107) think that glucose monitoring improves school integration. CONCLUSION In these families of children with T1D, new diabetes technologies reduced the burden of care but sleep disruption remained common. Social needs evaluation, particularly of mothers, is important at initial diagnosis of T1D in children.
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- K Aouchiche
- Assistance-Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Multidisciplinary Pediatric Service - La Timone Children's Hospital, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France.
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- Assistance-Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Multidisciplinary Pediatric Service - La Timone Children's Hospital, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Nice-Lenval University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, 57 Avenue de la Californie, Nice, France
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- Nice-Lenval University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, 57 Avenue de la Californie, Nice, France
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- Avignon Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, 305 Rue Raoul Follereau, 84902 Avignon, France
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- Aubagne Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, 179 Av des Sœurs Gastine, 13677 Aubagne, France
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- Aix-en-Provence Pertuis Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Avenue des Tamaris, Aix-en Provence, France
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- Montpellier University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Arnaud De Villeneuve Hospital, 371 avenue Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier, France; Saint-Pierre Institute, Department of Pediatrics, 371 Avenue de l'évêché de Maguelone, 34250 Palavas-les-Flots, France
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- Hyères hospital, Depatment of Pediatrics, Bd Maréchal Juin, 83400 Hyères, France
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- Pediatric Val Pré Vert Rehabilitation and Recuperative Care Facilities, 929 route de Gardanne, 13105 Mimet, France
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- Assistance-Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Multidisciplinary Pediatric Service - La Timone Children's Hospital, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Assistance-Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Multidisciplinary Pediatric Service - La Timone Children's Hospital, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Assistance-Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Multidisciplinary Pediatric Service - La Timone Children's Hospital, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Assistance-Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Multidisciplinary Pediatric Service - La Timone Children's Hospital, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Assistance-Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Multidisciplinary Pediatric Service - La Timone Children's Hospital, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France
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Baker C, Xochicale M, Lin FY, Mathews S, Joubert F, Shakir DI, Miles R, Mosse CA, Zhao T, Liang W, Kunpalin Y, Dromey B, Mistry T, Sebire NJ, Zhang E, Ourselin S, Beard PC, David AL, Desjardins AE, Vercauteren T, Xia W. Intraoperative Needle Tip Tracking with an Integrated Fibre-Optic Ultrasound Sensor. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:9035. [PMID: 36501738 PMCID: PMC9739176 DOI: 10.3390/s22239035] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Ultrasound is an essential tool for guidance of many minimally-invasive surgical and interventional procedures, where accurate placement of the interventional device is critical to avoid adverse events. Needle insertion procedures for anaesthesia, fetal medicine and tumour biopsy are commonly ultrasound-guided, and misplacement of the needle may lead to complications such as nerve damage, organ injury or pregnancy loss. Clear visibility of the needle tip is therefore critical, but visibility is often precluded by tissue heterogeneities or specular reflections from the needle shaft. This paper presents the in vitro and ex vivo accuracy of a new, real-time, ultrasound needle tip tracking system for guidance of fetal interventions. A fibre-optic, Fabry-Pérot interferometer hydrophone is integrated into an intraoperative needle and used to localise the needle tip within a handheld ultrasound field. While previous, related work has been based on research ultrasound systems with bespoke transmission sequences, the new system-developed under the ISO 13485 Medical Devices quality standard-operates as an adjunct to a commercial ultrasound imaging system and therefore provides the image quality expected in the clinic, superimposing a cross-hair onto the ultrasound image at the needle tip position. Tracking accuracy was determined by translating the needle tip to 356 known positions in the ultrasound field of view in a tank of water, and by comparison to manual labelling of the the position of the needle in B-mode US images during an insertion into an ex vivo phantom. In water, the mean distance between tracked and true positions was 0.7 ± 0.4 mm with a mean repeatability of 0.3 ± 0.2 mm. In the tissue phantom, the mean distance between tracked and labelled positions was 1.1 ± 0.7 mm. Tracking performance was found to be independent of needle angle. The study demonstrates the performance and clinical compatibility of ultrasound needle tracking, an essential step towards a first-in-human study.
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- Christian Baker
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7TY, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7TY, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7TY, UK
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, 74 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK
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- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7TY, UK
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, 74 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK
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- NIHR Great Ormond Street BRC and Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- NIHR Great Ormond Street BRC and Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7TY, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7TY, UK
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- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7TY, UK
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute for Women’s Health, University College London, 74 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6AU, UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
- Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7TY, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, 4th Floor, Lambeth Wing, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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Joubert F, Gillois P, Bouaziz H, Marret E, Iohom G, Albaladejo P. Bleeding complications following peripheral regional anaesthesia in patients treated with anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents: A systematic review. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2019; 38:507-516. [DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2018.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Revised: 12/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Burger M, Coetzee W, du Plessis LZ, Geldenhuys L, Joubert F, Myburgh E, van Rooyen C, Vermeulen N. The effectiveness of Schroth exercises in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. S Afr J Physiother 2019; 75:904. [PMID: 31206094 PMCID: PMC6556933 DOI: 10.4102/sajp.v75i1.904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [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: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is one of the most common structural spinal deformities in adolescents, becoming apparent around the time of puberty. Schroth scoliosis-specific exercises have demonstrated promising results in reducing the progression of AIS. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify, critically appraise and establish the best available evidence for the effectiveness of Schroth exercises in comparison to non-surgical management to reduce the progression of AIS. METHODOLOGY Seven databases were searched in April 2018. Main key search terms included AIS, Schroth exercises, physiotherapy, exercise, electrical stimulation, yoga, Pilates, tai chi and bracing. The quality of the trials was critically appraised according to the PEDro scale. Revman© Review Manager Software was used to pool the quality of life (QOL) results. RESULTS Four randomised control trials with an average PEDro score of 6.75/10 were included in this study. Results indicated that Schroth exercises had a significant effect in decreasing the Cobb angle (p < 0.05) in comparison to non-surgical management. The pooled effect on QOL showed a significant result in favour of Schroth exercises at 12 weeks (p < 0.002) and at 24 weeks (p < 0.0004). CONCLUSION Level II evidence suggests that Schroth exercises have a significant effect on reducing the Cobb angle and improving QOL in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS This review's findings should be considered with caution for physiotherapy practice because of the limited number of identified articles and their methodologic limitations. Based on the current available and limited evidence, clinicians could combine supervised Schroth exercises with conventional physiotherapy care (observation, exercise, bracing and manual therapy) when treating adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.
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- Marlette Burger
- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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Joubert F, Gillois P, Bouaziz H, Marret E, Iohom G, Albaladejo P. Bleeding complications following peripheral regional anaesthesia in patients treated with anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents: A systematic review. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2018. [PMID: 30586601 DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2018.12.009.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients on either antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy may need procedures performed under peripheral nerve blocks in preference to general anaesthesia techniques. The risk of bleeding associated with peripheral nerve blocks under these circumstances remains unknown. This systematic review evaluates the incidence of bleeding complications following peripheral nerve blocks in patients receiving antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant medication. METHOD All English, French and Spanish publications on peripheral nerve blocks in patients receiving antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant medication, from 1978 to 2018 from various sources including Pubmed, were reviewed. Publications on neuraxial anaesthesia (spinal or epidural) and eye blocks were excluded. RESULTS Twenty-four articles were selected, including six observational studies and 18 case reports. Patients received antiplatelet agents only, in 4 studies, anticoagulants only in 14 studies, and both in 6 studies. In the observational studies, 80 bleeding complications (haematoma or minor bleeding at the puncture site) were identified following 9738 peripheral nerve blocks. Amongst case reports, 15 bleeding complications were noted following 50 peripheral nerve blocks. Bleeding complications were reported mostly with lumbar plexus blocks (1 requirement for blood transfusion, 1 catheter embolization, 1 surgical exploration and 1 death). The overall estimate of the incidence of bleeding complications was 0.82% (0.64%-1.0%). CONCLUSION This systematic review found that bleeding complications following peripheral nerve blocks were rare in patients receiving antiplatelet and/or anticoagulant medication.
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- F Joubert
- Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, Grenoble Alpes university hospital, 38043 Grenoble, France.
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- Department of public health, Grenoble Alpes university hospital, 38043 Grenoble, France.
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- Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, university of Lorraine, CHU Nancy, 54000 Nancy, France.
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- Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, AP-HP, university of Paris Sorbonne, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Department of anaesthesia and intensive care medicine, Cork university hospital, Cork, Ireland.
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- Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, Grenoble Alpes university hospital, 38043 Grenoble, France.
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Joubert F, Pasparakis G. Hierarchically designed hybrid nanoparticles for combinational photochemotherapy against a pancreatic cancer cell line. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:1095-1104. [PMID: 32254297 DOI: 10.1039/c7tb03261g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Here, we report the formulation of hybrid nanoparticles consisting of aggregated gold nanoparticles (GNPs) impregnated into a gemcitabine-polymer conjugate matrix that exhibit synergistic photo-chemo-therapeutic activity against pancreatic cancer. Well-defined, sub-100 nm hybrid NPs were successfully formulated and their photothermal conversion efficiency was evaluated, which was found to be as high as 63% in the red-visible spectrum. By varying the GNP and GEM-polymer feed, it was possible to control the red-shifting of the surface plasmon resonance at therapeutically relevant wavelengths. The hybrid NPs exhibited significant cytotoxicity against MiaPaCa-2 cells with a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 0.0012 mg mL-1; however the IC50 decreased by a factor of 2 after the cells were irradiated with a continuous wave red laser for 1 min (1.4 W cm-2). Although the irradiation of the aggregated GNPs loaded in the hybrid NPs produced a higher thermal effect for the same amount of non-loaded GNPs, the IC50 of the hybrid NPs was significantly lower than that of the free GNPs, hence indicating a synergistic effect of the polymer bound GEM and the GNPs.
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- F Joubert
- UCL School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick square, WC1N 1AX London, UK.
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Hemmendinger A, Joubert F, Hechinger M, Marescaux C. Étude transversale sur la connaissance et l’intérêt des médecins pour le Recueil d’informations médicalisé en psychiatrie – Bron, Rhône. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2017.01.083] [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] Open
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Hubert F, Belacel-Ouari M, Manoury B, Zhai K, Domergue-Dupont V, Mateo P, Joubert F, Fischmeister R, Leblais V. Alteration of vascular reactivity in heart failure: role of phosphodiesterases 3 and 4. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 171:5361-75. [PMID: 25048877 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study examined the role of the main vascular cAMP-hydrolysing phosphodiesterases (cAMP-PDE) in the regulation of basal vascular tone and relaxation of rat aorta mediated by β-adrenoceptors, following heart failure (HF). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Twenty-two weeks after proximal aortic stenosis, to induce HF, or SHAM surgery in rats, we evaluated the expression, activity and function of cAMP-PDE in the descending thoracic aorta. KEY RESULTS HF rat aortas exhibited signs of endothelial dysfunction, with alterations of the NO pathway, and alteration of PDE3 and PDE4 subtype expression, without changing total aortic cAMP-hydrolytic activity and PDE1, PDE3 and PDE4 activities. Vascular reactivity experiments using PDE inhibitors showed that PDE3 and PDE4 controlled the level of PGF2α -stimulated contraction in SHAM aorta. PDE3 function was partially inhibited by endothelial NO, whereas PDE4 function required a functional endothelium and was under the negative control of PDE3. In HF, PDE3 function was preserved, but its regulation by endothelial NO was altered. PDE4 function was abolished and restored by PDE3 inhibition. In PGF2α -precontracted arteries, β-adrenoceptor stimulation-induced relaxation in SHAM aorta, which was abolished in the absence of functional endothelium, as well as in HF aortas, but restored after PDE3 inhibition in all unresponsive arteries. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Our study underlines the key role of the endothelium in controlling the contribution of smooth muscle PDE to contractile function. In HF, endothelial dysfunction had a major effect on PDE3 function and PDE3 inhibition restored a functional relaxation to β-adrenoceptor stimulation.
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- F Hubert
- Faculté de Pharmacie, Inserm UMR-S 769, LabEx LERMIT-DHU TORINO, Châtenay-Malabry, France; Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud, Châtenay-Malabry, France; Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
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Joubert F, Perrin-Terrin A, Fiamma M, Cardot P, Frugiere A, Bodineau L. Facilitation of the respiratory rhythm in mice by acute exposure to a progestin, the etonogestrel. Involvement of medullary areas. Rev Mal Respir 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2015.02.085] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Joubert F, De Gerando-Mate A, Straus C, Similowski T, Bodineau L. Effet d’une exposition aiguë à un progestatif de synthèse, l’étonogestrel, sur la commande centrale respiratoire chez la souris. Rev Mal Respir 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2014.04.079] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Joubert F, Bodineau L. Étude de l’influence des systèmes progestéronergiques sur la commande respiratoire – effet d’une exposition aiguë à un progestatif de synthèse, l’étonogestrel, sur la commande centrale respiratoire chez la souris. Rev Mal Respir 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2013.10.131] [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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Caffin F, Prola A, Piquereau J, Novotova M, David DJ, Garnier A, Fortin D, Alavi MV, Veksler V, Ventura-Clapier R, Joubert F. Altered skeletal muscle mitochondrial biogenesis but improved endurance capacity in trained OPA1-deficient mice. J Physiol 2013; 591:6017-37. [PMID: 24042504 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.263079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The role of OPA1, a GTPase dynamin protein mainly involved in the fusion of inner mitochondrial membranes, has been studied in many cell types, but only a few studies have been conducted on adult differentiated tissues such as cardiac or skeletal muscle cells. Yet OPA1 is highly expressed in these cells, and could play different roles, especially in response to an environmental stress like exercise. Endurance exercise increases energy demand in skeletal muscle and repeated activity induces mitochondrial biogenesis and activation of fusion-fission cycles for the synthesis of new mitochondria. But currently no study has clearly shown a link between mitochondrial dynamics and biogenesis. Using a mouse model of haploinsufficiency for the Opa1 gene (Opa1(+/-)), we therefore studied the impact of OPA1 deficiency on the adaptation ability of fast skeletal muscles to endurance exercise training. Our results show that, surprisingly, Opa1(+/-) mice were able to perform the same physical activity as control mice. However, the adaptation strategies of both strains after training differed: while in control mice mitochondrial biogenesis was increased as expected, in Opa1(+/-) mice this process was blunted. Instead, training in Opa1(+/-) mice led to an increase in endurance capacity, and a specific adaptive response involving a metabolic remodelling towards enhanced fatty acid utilization. In conclusion, OPA1 appears necessary for the normal adaptive response and mitochondrial biogenesis of skeletal muscle to training. This work opens new perspectives on the role of mitochondrial dynamics in skeletal muscle cells and during adaptation to stress.
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- F Caffin
- F. Joubert: U-769 INSERM, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud, 5 rue J-B Clément, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France.
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Cockburn N, Steven D, Lecuona K, Joubert F, Rogers G, Cook C, Polack S. Prevalence, causes and socio-economic determinants of vision loss in Cape Town, South Africa. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30718. [PMID: 22363476 PMCID: PMC3282720 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Purpose To estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Cape Town, South Africa and to explore socio-economic and demographic predictors of vision loss in this setting. Methods A cross sectional population-based survey was conducted in Cape Town. Eighty-two clusters were selected using probability proportionate to size sampling. Within each cluster 35 or 40 people aged 50 years and above were selected using compact segment sampling. Visual acuity of participants was assessed and eyes with a visual acuity less than 6/18 were examined by an ophthalmologist to determine the cause of vision loss. Demographic data (age, gender and education) were collected and a socio-economic status (SES) index was created using principal components analysis. Results Out of 3100 eligible people, 2750 (89%) were examined. The sample prevalence of bilateral blindness (presenting visual acuity <3/60) was 1.4% (95% CI 0.9–1.8). Posterior segment diseases accounted for 65% of blindness and cataract was responsible for 27%. The prevalence of vision loss was highest among people over 80 years (odds ratio (OR) 6.9 95% CI 4.6–10.6), those in the poorest SES group (OR 3.9 95% CI 2.2–6.7) and people with no formal education (OR 5.4 95% CI 1.7–16.6). Cataract surgical coverage was 68% in the poorest SES tertile (68%) compared to 93% in the medium and 100% in the highest tertile. Conclusions The prevalence of blindness among people ≥50 years in Cape Town was lower than expected and the contribution of posterior segment diseases higher than previously reported in South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa. There were clear socio-economic disparities in prevalence of vision loss and cataract surgical coverage in this setting which need to be addressed in blindness prevention programs.
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- Nicky Cockburn
- Department of Ophthalmology, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
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de Beer TAP, Wells GA, Burger PB, Joubert F, Marechal E, Birkholtz L, Louw AI. Antimalarial drug discovery: in silico structural biology and rational drug design. Infect Disord Drug Targets 2009; 9:304-18. [PMID: 19519484 DOI: 10.2174/1871526510909030304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Malaria remains one of the most burdensome human infectious diseases, with a high rate of resistance outbreaks and a constant need for the discovery of novel antimalarials and drug targets. For several reasons, Plasmodial proteins are difficult to characterise structurally using traditional physical approaches. However, these problems can be partially overcome using a number of in silico approaches. This review describes the peculiarities of malaria proteins and then details various in silico strategies to select and allow descriptions of the molecular structures of drug target candidates as well as subsequent rational approaches for drug design. Chiefly, homology modelling with specific focus on unique aspects of malaria proteins including low homology, large protein size and the presence of parasite-specific inserts is addressed and alternative strategies including multiple sequence and structure-based prediction methods, sampling-based approaches that aim to reveal likely global or shared features of a Plasmodial structure and the value of molecular dynamics understanding of unique features of Plasmodial proteins are discussed. Once a detailed description of the drug target is available, in silico approaches to the specific design of an inhibitory drug thereof becomes invaluable as an economic and rational alternative to chemical library screening.
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- T A P de Beer
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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Maza A, Gaudy-Marqueste C, Collet-Vilette AM, Joubert F, Richard MA, Grob JJ. [Congenital universal hypertrichosis]. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2009; 136:300-2. [PMID: 19328322 DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2008.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2008] [Accepted: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- A Maza
- Service de dermatologie, hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, CHU de Marseille, 270, boulevard Sainte-Marguerite, 13009 Marseille, France.
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Piquereau J, Joubert F, Fortin D, Novotova M, Ventura-Clapier R, Veksler V. J015 Rôle de l’architecture cellulaire dans la signalisation énergétique du cœur de souris au cours du développement postnatal. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1875-2136(09)72390-3] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Stander BA, Marais S, Steynberg TJ, Theron D, Joubert F, Albrecht C, Joubert AM. Influence of Sutherlandia frutescens extracts on cell numbers, morphology and gene expression in MCF-7 cells. J Ethnopharmacol 2007; 112:312-8. [PMID: 17433588 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2006] [Revised: 01/12/2007] [Accepted: 03/09/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Sutherlandia frutescens is a well-known South African herbal remedy traditionally used for stomach problems, internal cancers, diabetes, various inflammatory conditions and recently to improve the overall health in cancer and HIV/AIDS patients. The influence of crude Sutherlandia frutescens extracts (prepared with 70% ethanol) was investigated on cell numbers, morphology, and gene expression profiles in a MCF-7 human breast adenocarcinoma cell line. Time-dependent (24, 34, 48 and 72 h) and dose-dependent (0.5-2.5 mg/ml) studies were conducted utilizing spectrophotometrical analysis with crystal violet as DNA stain. A statistically significant decrease to 50% of malignant cell numbers was observed after 24 h of exposure to 1.5 mg/ml Sutherlandia frutescens extract when compared to vehicle-treated controls. Morphological characteristics of apoptosis including cytoplasmic shrinking, membrane blebbing and apoptotic bodies were observed after 24h of exposure. A preliminary global gene expression profile was obtained by means of microarray analysis and revealed valuable information about the molecular mechanisms and signal transduction associated with 70% ethanolic Sutherlandia frutescens extracts.
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- B A Stander
- Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria, P.O. Box 2034, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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Hefer CA, Joubert F, Van Marle-Köster E. Angoradb: A database for QTL research in Angora goats (Short communication). S AFR J ANIM SCI 2006. [DOI: 10.4314/sajas.v35i4.3967] [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: 11/17/2022]
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Joubert F, Mateo P, Gillet B, Beloeil JC, Mazet JL, Hoerter JA. CK flux or direct ATP transfer: versatility of energy transfer pathways evidenced by NMR in the perfused heart. Mol Cell Biochem 2004; 256-257:43-58. [PMID: 14977169 DOI: 10.1023/b:mcbi.0000009858.41434.fc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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: 11/12/2022]
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How the myocardium is able to permanently coordinate its intracellular fluxes of ATP synthesis, transfer and utilization is difficult to investigate in the whole organ due to the cellular complexity. The adult myocardium represents a paradigm of an energetically compartmented cell since 50% of total CK activity is bound in the vicinity of other enzymes (myofibrillar sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic reticulum ATPases as well as mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocator, ANT). Such vicinity of enzymes is well known in vitro as well as in preparations of skinned fibers to influence the kinetic properties of these enzymes and thus the functioning of the subcellular organelles. Intracellular compartmentation has often been neglected in the NMR analysis of CK kinetics in the whole organ. It is indeed a methodological challenge to reveal subcellular kinetics in a working organ by a global approach such as NMR. To get insight in the energy transfer pathway in the perfused rat heart, we developed a combined analysis of several protocols of magnetization transfer associated with biochemical data and quantitatively evaluated which scheme of energetic exchange best describes the NMR data. This allows to show the kinetic compartmentation of subcellular CKs and to quantify their fluxes. Interestingly, we could show that the energy transfer pathway shifts from the phosphocreatine shuttle in the oxygenated perfused heart to a direct ATP diffusion from mitochondria to cytosol under moderate inhibition of ATP synthesis. Furthermore using NMR measured fluxes and the known kinetic properties of the enzymes, it is possible to model the system, estimate local ADP concentrations and propose hypothesis for the versatility of energy transfer pathway. In the normoxic heart, a 3-fold ADP gradient was found between mitochondrial intermembrane space, cytosol and ADP in the vicinity of ATPases. The shift from PCr to ATP transport observed when ATP synthesis decreases might result from a balance in the activity of two populations of ANT, either coupled or uncoupled to CK. We believe this NMR approach could be a valuable tool to reinvestigate the control of respiration by ADP in the whole heart reconciling the biochemical knowledge of mitochondrial obtained in vitro or in skinned fibers with data on the whole heart as well as to identify the implication of bioenergetics in the pathological heart.
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- F Joubert
- U-446 INSERM, Cardiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Université Paris-Sud, Chatenay Malabry, France
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Joubert F, Hoerter JA, Mazet JL. Modeling the energy transfer pathways. creatine kinase activities and heterogeneous distribution of ADP in the perfused heart. Mol Biol Rep 2003; 29:177-82. [PMID: 12241053 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020321711771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 11/12/2022]
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The exchange scheme of high energy phosphate transport in a whole heart relies on a system of CK functioning in different ways. This suggests that the CKs are able to act both like a shuttle and like a buffer for the energy transfer. The challenge is to understand how these two functions are balanced in the CK system. One key of this balance is the knowledge of the local concentrations of the ADP nucleotide. These concentrations cannot be directly measured, but they may be derived by computation. In the present report we introduce the known properties of the enzymes catalyzing the exchange of high energy phosphate into the model of flux pathways derived from NMR experiments to compute both the maximum activity of each enzyme and the local concentrations of all the substrates. We show that the ADP distribution must be heterogeneous for the system to work. Its concentration is 50% higher in the vicinity of ATPase sites and 50% lower in the intermembrane space of the mitochondria than in the cytosol. Another result of this analysis is that the apparent large unbalance of the CKmito pathway is imposed by the adenosine nucleotide transferase fluxes. This analysis proves that it is possible to deduce biochemistry the local concentrations of a substrate by combining data originating from NMR, and enzymology into a common model.
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- F Joubert
- U446 INSERM, Université Paris-Sud, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Joubert F, Mazet JL, Mateo P, Hoerter JA. Identification of subcellular energy fluxes by P NMR spectroscopy in the perfused heart: contractility induced modifications of energy transfer pathways. Mol Biol Rep 2003; 29:171-6. [PMID: 12241052 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020369627701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 11/12/2022]
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The identification of subcellular fluxes of exchange of ATP, phosphocreatine (PCr) and Pi between mitochondria, cytosol and ATPases and pathways of energy transfer in a whole organ is a challenge specially in the myocardium where 50% of creatine kinases (CK) are found in close vicinity of ATP producing (mito-CK) and utilizing (MM-bound CK) reactions. To dissect their contribution in cardiac energy transfer we recently developed a new experimental 31P NMR spectroscopy approach. This led to identify three kinetically different subcellular CKs and to evidence experimentally the CK shuttle in a rat heart perfused in isovolumy. Here we show that a decreased energy demand alters energetic pathways : two CKs (cytosolic and MM-bound) functioning at equilibrium and a non mitochondrial ATP<-->Pi exchange was sufficient to describe NMR data. Mito-CK fluxes was not detected anymore. This confirms the dependence of energy pathways upon cardiac activity. Indeed the subcellular localization and activity of CKs may have important bioenergetic consequences for the in vivo control of respiration at high work: free ADP estimated from global CK equilibrium might not always adequately reflect its concentration at the ANT.
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- F Joubert
- U446 INSERM, Cardiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Université Paris Sud, Chatenay Malabry, France
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The ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) component of the bifunctional S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase/ornithine decarboxylase enzyme (PfAdoMetDC-ODC) of Plasmodium falciparum was modeled on the crystal structure of the Trypanosoma brucei enzyme. The homology model predicts a doughnut-shaped active homodimer that associates in a head-to-tail manner. The monomers contain two distinct domains, an N-terminal alpha/beta-barrel and a C-terminal modified Greek-key domain. These domains are structurally conserved between eukaryotic ODC enzymes and are preserved in distant analogs such as alanine racemase and triosephosphate isomerase-like proteins. Superimposition of the PfODC model on the crystal structure of the human enzyme indicates a significant degree of deviation in the carbon alpha-backbone of the solvent accessible loops. The surface locality of the ab initio modeled 38 amino acid parasite-specific insert suggests a role in the stabilization of the large bifunctional protein complex. The active site pockets of PfODC at the interface between the monomers appear to be conserved regarding the binding sites of the cofactor and substrate, but each contains five additional malaria-specific residues. The predicted PfODC homology model is consistent with mutagenesis results and biochemical studies concerning the active site residues and areas involved in stabilizing the dimeric form of the protein. Two competitive inhibitors of PfODC could be shown to interact with several parasite-specific residues in comparison with their interaction with the human ODC. The PfODC homology model contributes toward a structure-based approach for the design of novel malaria-specific inhibitors.
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- L Birkholtz
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Seegers JC, Lottering ML, Joubert AM, Joubert F, Koorts A, Engelbrecht CA, van Papendorp DH. A pulsed DC electric field affects P2-purinergic receptor functions by altering the ATP levels in in vitro and in vivo systems. Med Hypotheses 2002; 58:171-6. [PMID: 11812198 DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Recently it was shown that extracellular ATP, acting through purinergic receptors, has many physiological functions, including opening of Ca(2+)-ion channels, activation and mediation of signal transduction mechanisms as well as activation of the pain sensation. Since electrical stimulation is also known to affect many signal transduction processes as well as the alleviation of pain, we hypothesized that electric stimulation may affect the extracellular release of ATP. We investigated the effects of a small DC electric field (10(1)--10(2) V m(-1) range and with frequencies below 150 Hz) on the release of ATP in vitro (HeLa cells), and on the levels of ATP in vivo (the plasma of healthy volunteers). In HeLa cells ATP release was increased 50 fold, while the total amount of ATP in the cells was increased by 163%. In the plasma a significant decrease (P<0.05) in ATP concentration was seen after electrical stimulation, in all the volunteers. The small DC electric field also affected the cAMP signal transduction system in vitro (HeLa cells and human lymphocytes) and in vivo (human plasma). Decreased levels of cAMP (P<0.05) were seen in HeLa cells and increased levels of cAMP (P<0.05) in isolated human lymphocytes. The cAMP levels in the plasma of the electrically treated volunteers were lower than control values. These results show that the frequency, waveform and signal strength of the applied electric field are suitable for effecting measurable changes on signal transduction in vitro and in vivo.
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- J C Seegers
- Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
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A challenge in the understanding of creatine kinase (CK) fluxes reflected by NMR magnetization transfer in the perfused rat heart is the choice of a kinetic model of analysis. The complexity of the energetic pathways, due to the presence of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-inorganic phosphate (Pi) exchange, of metabolite compartmentation and of subcellular localization of CK isozymes cannot be resolve from the sole information obtained from a single NMR protocol. To analyze multicompartment exchanges, we propose a new strategy based on the simultaneous analysis of four inversion transfer protocols. The time course of ATP and Phosphocreatine (PCr) magnetizations computed from the McConnell equations were adjusted to their experimental value for exchange networks of increasing complexity (up to six metabolite pools). Exchange schemes were selected by the quality of their fit and their consistency with data from other sources: the size of mitochondrial pools and the ATP synthesis flux. The consideration of ATP-Pi exchange and of ATP compartmentation were insufficient to describe the data. The most appropriate exchange scheme in our normoxic heart involved the discrimination of three specific CK activities (cytosolic, mitochondrial, and close to ATPases). At the present level of heart contractility, the energy is transferred from mitochondria to myofibrils mainly by PCr.
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- F Joubert
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U-446, Cardiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Pharmacie, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Joubert F, Neitz AW, Louw AI. Structure-based inhibitor screening: a family of sulfonated dye inhibitors for malaria parasite triosephosphate isomerase. Proteins 2001; 45:136-43. [PMID: 11562943 DOI: 10.1002/prot.1133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 11/08/2022]
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The crystal structure of malaria triosephosphate isomerase (TIM) was screened against the National Cancer Institute database of three-dimensional molecular structures. Ten top-scoring commercially available compounds were analyzed for inhibition of recombinant TIM. Two anionic dyes showed inhibition of TIM at concentrations of <100 mM. Four related sulfonated dyes were identified from the literature, docked, and screened in vitro. All showed inhibition of malaria TIM. Models indicate that these compounds bind in two suggested conformations to the active site region of the TIM enzyme. These compounds may be used in rational modification procedures for the synthesis of lead anti-TIM drugs.
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- F Joubert
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Joubert AM, Panzer A, Joubert F, Lottering ML, Bianchi PC, du Toit PJ, Seegers JC. Identification of a tyrosine kinase-phosphorylated protein in arachidonic acid- and prostaglandin A(2)-treated cells in vitro. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2001; 65:173-7. [PMID: 11728168 DOI: 10.1054/plef.2001.0306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effects of 20 microg/ml exogenous arachidonic acid (AA) and prostaglandin A(2) (PGA(2)) were evaluated on total tyrosine kinase (TK) activity and tyrosine phosphorylation status in HeLa and MCF-7 cells. AA and PGA(2) increased TK activity in both HeLa and MCF-7 cells. Western blotting employing an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody showed only one protein of approximately 55 kDa (approximately 55 kDa) to be phosphorylated in the MCF-7 cells, while a variety of proteins were phosphorylated in the HeLa cells, including the approximately 55 kDa protein. Amino acid analyses as well as Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization were conducted on this protein from different cell lines and it was shown to be similar. Comparison to p53 did not show similarities. The identity of this protein needs to be further characterized to help elucidate the signal transduction pathways of AA and PGA(2).
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- A M Joubert
- Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.
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Joubert F, Mateo P, Mazet J, Hoerter J. Heart function modifies the pathways of energy transfer: 31P NMR discrimination of subcellular CK fluxes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2828(01)90218-4] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Joubert F, Vrezas I, Mateo P, Gillet B, Beloeil JC, Soboll S, Hoerter JA. Cardiac creatine kinase metabolite compartments revealed by NMR magnetization transfer spectroscopy and subcellular fractionation. Biochemistry 2001; 40:2129-37. [PMID: 11329281 DOI: 10.1021/bi001695j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 11/29/2022]
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In the perfused rat heart NMR inversion transfer revealed the existence of a compartment of ATP not exchanging through creatine kinase (CK), as demonstrated by an apparent discrepancy between the forward (F(f)) and reverse (F(r)) CK flux if this compartment was neglected in the analysis [Joubert et al. (2000) Biophys. J. 79, 1-13]. To localize this compartment, CK fluxes were measured by inversion of PCr (inv-PCr) or gamma ATP (inv-ATP), and the distribution of metabolites between mitochondria and cytosol was studied by subcellular fractionation. Physiological conditions were designed to modify the concentration and distribution of CK metabolites (control, adenylate depletion, inhibition of respiration, KCl arrest). Depending on cardiac activity, mitochondrial ATP (mito-ATP) assessed by fractionation varied from 11% to 30% of total ATP. In addition, the apparent flux discrepancy increased together with mito-ATP (F(f)/F(r) ranged from 0.85 to 0.50 in inv-PCr and from 1.13 to 1.88 in inv-ATP). Under conditions masking the influence of the ATP-P(i) exchange on CK flux, the ATP compartment could be directly quantified by the apparent flux discrepancy; its size was similar to that of mito-ATP measured by fractionation. Thus NMR inversion technique is a potential tool to assess metabolite compartmentation in the whole organ.
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- F Joubert
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U-446, Cardiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Université Paris-Sud, Chatenay Malabry, France
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Joubert F, Gillet B, Mazet JL, Mateo P, Beloeil J, Hoerter JA. Evidence for myocardial ATP compartmentation from NMR inversion transfer analysis of creatine kinase fluxes. Biophys J 2000; 79:1-13. [PMID: 10866933 PMCID: PMC1300911 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(00)76269-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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The interpretation of creatine kinase (CK) flux measured by (31)P NMR magnetization transfer in vivo is complex because of the presence of competing reactions, metabolite compartmentation, and CK isozyme localization. In the isovolumic perfused rat heart, we considered the influence of both ATP compartmentation and ATP-P(i) exchange on the forward (F(f): PCr --> ATP) and reverse (F(r)) CK fluxes derived from complete analysis of inversion transfer. Although F(f) should equal F(r) because of the steady state, in both protocols when PCr (inv-PCr) or ATP (inv-ATP) was inverted and the contribution of ATP-P(i) was masked by saturation of P(i) (sat-P(i)), F(f)/F(r) significantly differed from 1 (0.80 +/- 0.06 or 1.32 +/- 0.06, respectively, n = 5). These discrepancies could be explained by a compartment of ATP (f(ATP)) not involved in CK. Consistently, neglecting ATP compartmentation in the analysis of CK in vitro results in an underestimation of F(f)/F(r) for inv-PCr and its overestimation for inv-ATP. Both protocols gave access to f(ATP) if the system was adequately analyzed. The fraction of ATP not involved in CK reaction in a heart performing medium work amounts to 20-33% of cellular ATP. Finally, the data suggest that the effect of sat-P(i) might not result only from the masking of ATP-P(i) exchange.
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- F Joubert
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U-446, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Cardiology, Université Paris-Sud, Chatenay Malabry, France
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Seegers JC, Joubert AM, Panzer A, Lottering ML, Jordan CA, Joubert F, Maree JL, Bianchi P, de Kock M, Gelderblom WC. Fumonisin B1 influenced the effects of arachidonic acid, prostaglandins E2 and A2 on cell cycle progression, apoptosis induction, tyrosine- and CDC2-kinase activity in oesophageal cancer cells. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2000; 62:75-84. [PMID: 10780872 DOI: 10.1054/plef.1999.0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In a previous study, we showed that, of a group of lipids including arachidonic acid (AA), prostaglandins E2 (PGE2) and A2 (PGA2), PGA2 had the most marked effect on the inhibition of cell growth, activation of tyrosine kinase activity, lowering of the number of G1-phase cells, and induction of p53 levels in oesophageal carcinoma (WHCO3) cells. No significant effects by the three lipids were seen in normal monkey kidney cells. In the present study, the effects of the inhibitor of ceramide synthesis, fumonisin B1 (FB1), a metabolite of Fusarium verticillioides (= F. moniliforme) which is implicated in the high incidence of oesophageal cancer, were determined on AA, PGE2 and PGA2 WHCO3 treated cells. In the presence of FB1, the lipid-enhanced tyrosine kinase activity was lowered. Flow cytometric and morphological studies showed that FB1 lowered the marked apoptosis induced by especially PGA2. FB1, however, in combination with AA, PGE2 or PGA2 increased the number of G2/M cells. AA>PGE2>PGA2 alone decreased CDC2-kinase activity, but, in the presence of FB1, CDC2-kinase activity was significantly increased. The PGA2- and AA-induced p53 levels were lowered in the presence of FB1. We concluded that FB1 diminished the cytotoxic effects of the lipids on oesophageal tumour cells.
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- J C Seegers
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
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Joubert AM, Panzer A, Joubert F, Lottering ML, Bianchi PC, Seegers JC. Comparative study of the effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids and their metabolites on cell growth and tyrosine kinase activity in oesophageal carcinoma cells. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 1999; 61:171-82. [PMID: 10582657 DOI: 10.1054/plef.1999.0087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effects of exogenous gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), arachidonic acid (AA), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and prostaglandin A2 (PGA2) were evaluated on cell growth in two squamous oesophageal carcinoma cell lines, WHCO1 and WHCO3 and normal monkey kidney (NMK) cells. In both cancer cell lines all four compounds inhibited cell growth significantly. Indomethacin (I) alone, or in combination with either GLA or AA, caused marked inhibition of cell growth in WHCO3. Total tyrosine kinase (TK) activity was determined after exposure of all three cell types to the lipid compounds. Negligible differences were observed in TK activity between treated and untreated NMK cells. Small increases were noticed in WHCO1. Marked TK stimulation was observed in WHCO3. Addition of indomethacin to WHCO3 also increased TK activity above control value. Tyrosine phosphorylation status of exposed cells indicated that a band of approximately 55 kDa (approximately 55 kDa) was primarily influenced in both WHCO3 and WHCO1. PGA2 caused a decrease in tyrosine phosphorylation of the approximately 55 kDa protein in all three cell types. Negligible differences were observed in the tyrosine phosphorylation status of the approximately 55 kDa in NMK cells exposed to GLA, AA and PGE2 respectively. However, tyrosine phosphorylation of a number of other proteins (21.5-97.4 kDa) was observed in NMK cells. Flow cytometry studies showed an increase in S phase and decrease in G1 phase in WHCO3 exposed to PGE2 and PGA2. Indomethacin alone, or in combination with GLA and AA, respectively, lead to an increase in G1 and a decrease in S phase. Induction of p53 levels was observed in WHCO3 cells exposed to GLA, AA, PGA2, indomethacin and the combination of indomethacin and GLA or AA.
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- A M Joubert
- Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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Joubert AM, Louw AI, Joubert F, Neitz AW. Cloning, nucleotide sequence and expression of the gene encoding factor Xa inhibitor from the salivary glands of the tick, Ornithodoros savignyi. Exp Appl Acarol 1998; 22:603-619. [PMID: 9890144 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006198713791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The N-terminal sequence of the competitive and slow tight-binding factor Xa inhibitor (fXaI; Ki = 0.83 +/- 0.10 nM) isolated from the salivary glands of Ornithodoros savignyi ticks (Acari: Argasidae) was employed to design a degenerate gene-specific primer (GSP) for 3'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends (3'-RACE). The primer consisted of a sequence encoding for amino acid residues 5-11. A full-length gene was next constructed from the 3'-RACE product in a two-step PCR procedure and successfully expressed by the BAC-TO-BAC baculovirus expression system. The deduced amino acid sequence of the gene showed 46% identity and 78% homology to an fXaI (TAP) from Ornithodoros moubata. Recombinant fXaI (rfXaI) consists of 60 amino acid residues, has a molecular mass of approximately 7 kDa and inhibited fXa by approximately 91%. The availability of the rfXaI will aid further investigations of its potential for therapeutic applications and as vaccine against tick infestation. The authentic nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding tick fXaI furthermore enables studies at the genetic level and probing of other tick species for similar and related genes.
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- A M Joubert
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, South Africa
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Joubert F, Hoerter JA. Magentization transfer study of creatine kinase in myocardium. Potential clinical interest of in vivo enzymology. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 1997; 43:763-72. [PMID: 9298598] [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: 02/05/2023]
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Since myocardial contractility relies on the continuous balance of ATP synthesis and ATP degradation, a dynamic estimation of the high energy phosphates (HEP) turnover by magnetization transfer 31P NMR spectroscopy appears to be a more valuable index of heart function than the static evaluation of HEP concentration. The theory of the main magnetization transfer techniques (saturation transfer, inversion transfer) is described as well as a critical evaluation of their application to the determination of creatine kinase (CK) fluxes in myocardium. The determinants of CK flux in vivo is evaluated (total CK activity, isozymic CK expression and concentrations of CK substrates and products). CK flux is shown to vary in relation to contractility during short term stress (hypoxia, ischemia) and in long term adaptation or pathology of the myocardium. The dynamic estimation of energetic flux in vivo is proposed as a non-invasive tool of diagnosis in myocardial pathologies.
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- F Joubert
- U-446 INSERM, Cardiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté de Pharmacie, Chatenay Malabry, France
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Heussen C, Joubert F, Dowdle EB. Purification of human tissue plasminogen activator with Erythrina trypsin inhibitor. J Biol Chem 1984; 259:11635-8. [PMID: 6541221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Seeds of the legume Erythrina latissima contain a 20,000-dalton, single-chain protein that has been shown to inhibit the amidolytic activity of trypsin and tissue plasminogen activator. It had no comparable effect on urokinase. IC50 values of 1.1 X 10(-7) M for tissue plasminogen activator and 6.9 X 10(-10) M for trypsin were determined by titration. When coupled to agarose, the Erythrina inhibitor provided an effective reagent for affinity purification of tissue plasminogen activator from melanoma cell-conditioned tissue culture medium. Using this as a single-step procedure, 270-fold purified enzyme was reproducibly obtained with yields of 90% or greater. Both one- and two-chain forms of tissue plasminogen activator were purified. The enzyme migrated, in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, as a predominant 72,000-dalton doublet with lesser amounts of immunochemically similar, 115,000- and 68,000-dalton components.
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Joubert F, Taljaard N. Purification, some properties and the primary structures of three reduced and S-carboxymethylated toxins (CM-5, CM-6 and CM-10a) from Naje haje haje (Egyptian cobra) venom. Biochim Biophys Acta 1978; 537:1-8. [PMID: 718974 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(78)90597-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Three reduced and S-carboxymethylated toxins (CM-5, CM-6 and CM-10a) were purified from Naja haje haje (Egyptian cobra) venom. Whereas toxin CM-5 comprises 71 amino acid residues and five intrachain disulphide bridges, toxins CM-6 and CM-10a contain each 61 residues and four disulphide bridges. The complete primary structures of the three toxins have been established. The toxicity, the immunochemical properties, the sequence and the invariant amino acid residues of toxin CM-5 resemble the properties of the long neurotoxin group, while those of toxin CM-6 and CM-10a are related to the short neurotoxin group. Further, the sequences of the three toxins from Naja haje haje venom reveal a high degree of homology with those of the corresponding neurotoxins isolated from Naja haje annulifera or Naja nivea venoms.
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Joubert F, Taljaard N. Naja haje (Egyptian cobra) venom. Purification, some properties and the amino acid sequences of four toxins (CM-7, CM-8, CM-9, and CM-10b). Biochim Biophys Acta 1978; 534:331-40. [PMID: 667107 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(78)90016-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Four toxins (CM-7, CM-8, CM-9 and CM-10b) were purified from Naja haje haje (Egyptian cobra) venom by gel filtration on Sephadex G-50 followed by ion-exchange chromatography on CM-cellulose. They each contain 60 amino acid residues and are cross-linked by four intrachain disulphide bridges. The complete primary structure of the four toxins have been elucidated. The toxicities, the immunochemical properties, the sequences and invariant amino acid residues opf toxins CM-7, CM-8, CM-9 and CM-10b resemble the corresponding properties of the cytotoxin group.
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Carreau S, Joubert F, Chemama A, Drosdowsky M. Biosynthesis of corticosterone and deoxycorticosterone in Sprague-Dawley male and female rats after administration of 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene. J Steroid Biochem 1977; 8:971-6. [PMID: 410997 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(77)90195-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Joubert F, Drosdowsky MA. [Biosynthesis of desoxycorticosterone and corticosterone in Sprague-Dawley female rats after administration of 7, 12 dimethyl-benzanthracene]. C R Seances Soc Biol Fil 1971; 165:2095-8. [PMID: 4262908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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