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Behmand B, Noronha AM, Wilds CJ, Marignier JL, Mostafavi M, Wagner JR, Hunting DJ, Sanche L. Hydrated electrons induce the formation of interstrand cross-links in DNA modified by cisplatin adducts. J Radiat Res 2020; 61:343-351. [PMID: 32211848 PMCID: PMC7299263 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rraa014] [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: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Double-stranded oligonucleotides containing cisplatin adducts, with and without a mismatched region, were exposed to hydrated electrons generated by gamma-rays. Gel electrophoresis analysis demonstrates the formation of cisplatin-interstrand crosslinks from the cisplatin-intrastrand species. The rate constant per base for the reaction between hydrated electrons and the double-stranded oligonucleotides with and without cisplatin containing a mismatched region was determined by pulse radiolysis to be 7 × 109 and 2 × 109 M-1 s-1, respectively. These results provide a better understanding of the radiosensitizing effect of cisplatin adducts in hypoxic tumors and of the formation of interstrand crosslinks, which are difficult for cells to repair.
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- B Behmand
- Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, H4B1R6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, H4B1R6, Canada
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- Centre de cinétique rapide ELYSE, Laboratoire de chimie physique, Université de Paris-Saclay 11, Orsay, France
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- Centre de cinétique rapide ELYSE, Laboratoire de chimie physique, Université de Paris-Saclay 11, Orsay, France
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- Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5N4, Canada
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Kwon YK, Cheema FA, Wagner JR, Gordon R, Sheiner PA, Maneckshana BT, Rochon C. Pulsatile Hematuria From Procurement Core Needle Biopsy: A Case Report. Transplant Proc 2018; 50:3957-3960. [PMID: 30577295 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Core needle biopsies are still widely performed to evaluate the pathologic suitability of a kidney allograft. Here, we report a case of pulsatile hematuria from a procurement core needle biopsy where the patient had to be taken emergently to interventional radiology for coil embolization immediately after organ reperfusion.
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- Y K Kwon
- Department of Transplant, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT.
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
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- Department of Urology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
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- Department of Transplant, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
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- Department of Transplant, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
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Peltzer MA, Salvay AG, Delgado JF, de la Osa O, Wagner JR. Use of Residual Yeast Cell Wall for New Biobased Materials Production: Effect of Plasticization on Film Properties. FOOD BIOPROCESS TECH 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11947-018-2156-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lemelin V, Bass AD, Wagner JR, Sanche L. Absolute vibrational excitation cross sections for 1-18 eV electron scattering from condensed dimethyl phosphate (DMP). J Chem Phys 2017; 147:234305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5008486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- V. Lemelin
- Groupe en Sciences des Radiations, Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et Sciences des Radiations, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Groupe en Sciences des Radiations, Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et Sciences des Radiations, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Groupe en Sciences des Radiations, Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et Sciences des Radiations, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Groupe en Sciences des Radiations, Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine et Sciences des Radiations, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 5N4, Canada
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Khalil A, Wagner JR, Fülöp Jr T. Comparative study of the oxidation of low and high density lipoproteins exposed to gamma-irradiation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1051/jcp/1997940365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Castro BA, Flanigan P, Jahangiri A, Hoffman D, Chen W, Kuang R, De Lay M, Yagnik G, Wagner JR, Mascharak S, Sidorov M, Shrivastav S, Kohanbash G, Okada H, Aghi MK. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor downregulation: a novel mechanism of resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy. Oncogene 2017; 36:3749-3759. [PMID: 28218903 PMCID: PMC5491354 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2017.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Revised: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Anti-angiogenic therapies for cancer such as VEGF neutralizing antibody bevacizumab have limited durability. While mechanisms of resistance remain undefined, it is likely that acquired resistance to anti-angiogenic therapy will involve alterations of the tumor microenvironment. We confirmed increased tumor-associated macrophages in bevacizumab-resistant glioblastoma patient specimens and two novel glioblastoma xenograft models of bevacizumab resistance. Microarray analysis suggested downregulated macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) to be the most pertinent mediator of increased macrophages. Bevacizumab-resistant patient glioblastomas and both novel xenograft models of resistance had less MIF than bevacizumab-naive tumors, and harbored more M2/protumoral macrophages that specifically localized to the tumor edge. Xenografts expressing MIF-shRNA grew more rapidly with greater angiogenesis and had macrophages localizing to the tumor edge which were more prevalent and proliferative, and displayed M2 polarization, whereas bevacizumab-resistant xenografts transduced to upregulate MIF exhibited the opposite changes. Bone marrow-derived macrophage were polarized to an M2 phenotype in the presence of condition-media derived from bevacizumab-resistant xenograft-derived cells, while recombinant MIF drove M1 polarization. Media from macrophages exposed to bevacizumab-resistant tumor cell conditioned media increased glioma cell proliferation compared with media from macrophages exposed to bevacizumab-responsive tumor cell media, suggesting that macrophage polarization in bevacizumab-resistant xenografts is the source of their aggressive biology and results from a secreted factor. Two mechanisms of bevacizumab-induced MIF reduction were identified: (1) bevacizumab bound MIF and blocked MIF-induced M1 polarization of macrophages; and (2) VEGF increased glioma MIF production in a VEGFR2-dependent manner, suggesting that bevacizumab-induced VEGF depletion would downregulate MIF. Site-directed biopsies revealed enriched MIF and VEGF at the enhancing edge in bevacizumab-naive patients. This MIF enrichment was lost in bevacizumab-resistant glioblastomas, driving a tumor edge M1-to-M2 transition. Thus, bevacizumab resistance is driven by reduced MIF at the tumor edge causing proliferative expansion of M2 macrophages, which in turn promotes tumor growth.
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- B A Castro
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, USA
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Ricardo M, Wagner JR. Robotic-Assisted Single Site High Utero-Sacral Ligament Suspension: A Novel Minimally Invasive Alternative for the Repair of Symptomatic Pelvic Organ Prolapse. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2016.08.324] [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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Palazolo GG, Mitidieri FE, Wagner JR. Relationship between Interfacial Behaviour of Native and Denatured Soybean Isolates and Microstructure and Coalescence of Oil in Water Emulsions - Effect of Salt and Protein Concentration. FOOD SCI TECHNOL INT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/1082013203040899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The capacity of both native (NSI) and denatured (DSI) soybean isolates to stabilise oil in water emulsions under controlled shear stress was evaluated. The effect of protein concentration, thermal treatment of proteins and salt addition were studied. Sodium caseinate (SC) was used as standard protein. Emulsions prepared with NSI and SC were stable against coalescence in the whole range of protein concentration (1-10 mg/mL) in spite of showing different interfacial behaviour. The interfacial pressure of DSI was higher than NSI, according to its high dissociation degree and aromatic surface hydrophobicity. However, the emulsions prepared with this sample were unstable in the whole range of bulk protein concentrations. When NaCl was added, higher coalescence was obtained with NSI and SC emulsions at low protein concentrations, and stabilisation was reached only by increasing protein concentrations. At high protein concentrations(>5 mg/mL), DSI emulsions were stable in presence of salt, due to the formation of rigid flocs resistant to agitation. Droplet size distribution, microstructure and flocculation tendency of droplets explained the differences in coalescence of NSI, DSI and SC emulsions.
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- G. G. Palazolo
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Calle 47 y 116, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Calle 47 y 116, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Calle 47 y 116, 1900, La Plata, Argentina,
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Behmand B, Marignier JL, Mostafavi M, Wagner JR, Hunting DJ, Sanche L. Radiosensitization of DNA by Cisplatin Adducts Results from an Increase in the Rate Constant for the Reaction with Hydrated Electrons and Formation of Pt(I). J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:9496-500. [PMID: 26098937 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b01752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pulse radiolysis measurements of the decay of hydrated electrons in solutions containing different concentrations of the oligonucleotide GTG with and without a cisplatin adduct show that the presence of a cisplatin moiety accelerates the reaction between hydrated electrons and the oligonucleotide. The rate constant of the reaction is found to be 2.23 × 10(10) mol(-1) L s(-1), which indicates that it is diffusion controlled. In addition, we show for the first time the formation of a Pt(I) intermediate as a result of the reaction of hydrated electrons with GTG-cisplatin. A putative reaction mechanism is proposed, which may form the basis of the radiosensitization of cancer cells in concomitant chemoradiation therapy with cisplatin.
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- B Behmand
- †Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4
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- ‡Centre de cinétique rapide ELYSE, Laboratoire de chimie physique, Université de Paris-Sud 11, 91405, Orsay, France
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- ‡Centre de cinétique rapide ELYSE, Laboratoire de chimie physique, Université de Paris-Sud 11, 91405, Orsay, France
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- †Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4
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- †Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4
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- †Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4
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Canel RS, Ludemann V, De La Osa O, Wagner JR. Determination of hydration properties and thermal behavior of Paecilomyces variotii by differential scanning calorimetry. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2014; 49:600-5. [PMID: 25434184 DOI: 10.1134/s0003683813060045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Due to the structure and the composition of Paecilomyces variotii, the mycelia of this fungus could have potential applications as ingredients in wettable foods. For this use, drying could be employed, justifying the study of thermal behavior of P. variotii. The objectives of this work were to perform a study of thermal behavior of P. variotii isolates, to evaluate the hydration properties of these mycelia and to analyze the effect of different technological parameters on the latter properties. Wet cultures exhibited a wide endothermic transition, with mean values of peak temperature of 61 degrees C and denaturation enthalpy of4 J/g dry matter. Initial (50 degrees C) and final (80 degrees C) temperatures of the endothermic transition were used to dry the mycelia. Freeze-drying was also assayed. For all dried mycelia, a decrease in denaturation enthalpy between 40 and 50% was observed for drying at 50 degrees C and freeze-drying, and a drastic decrease of almost 100% for drying at 80 degrees C. According to the hydration properties, wet mycelia exhibited water holding capacity (WHC) value of 45 g water/g dry matter. Significant differences among dried mycelia, resulting WHC values in order: 50 degrees C > freeze-dried > 80 degrees C (p < 0.05) were revealed for each P. variotii strain. Fungi obtained by drying at 50 degrees C and by freeze-drying, showed a rapid water absorption (t(1/2) < 0.1 min). Ionic strength, pH and particle size of dried mycelia influenced the hydration properties.
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The oligonucleotide TTTTTGTGTTT with or without a cisplatin adduct was reacted with hydrated electrons generated by ionizing radiation. Hydroxyl radicals were quenched with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and the solutions were bubbled with wet nitrogen to eliminate oxygen, a scavenger of hydrated electrons. Prior to irradiation, the structure of the initial cisplatin adduct was identified by mass spectrometry as G-cisplatin-G. Radiation damage to DNA bases was quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), after enzymatic digestion of the TTTTTGTGTTT-cisplatin complex to deoxyribonucleosides. The masses of the platinum adducts following digestion and separation by HPLC were measured by mass spectrometry. Our results demonstrate that hydrated electrons induce damage to thymines as well as detachment of the cisplatin moiety from both guanines in the oligonucleotide. This detachment regenerates both unmodified guanine and damaged guanine, in equimolar amounts. At 1000 Gy, a net average of 2.5 thymines and 1 guanine are damaged for each platinum lost from the oligonucleotide. Given the extensive base damage that occurs for each cisplatin adduct lost, it is clear that, prior to undergoing detachment, these adducts must catalyze several cycles of reactions of hydrated electrons with DNA bases. It is likely that a single reaction leads to the loss of the cisplatin adduct and the damage observed on the guanine base; however, the damage to the thymine bases must require the continued presence of the cisplatin adduct, acting as a catalyst. To our knowledge, this is the first time that platinum-DNA adducts have been shown to have catalytic activity. We propose two pathways for the interaction of hydrated electrons with TTTTTGTGTTT-cisplatin: (1) the hydrated electron is initially captured by a thymine base and transferred by base to base electron hopping to the guanine site, where the cisplatin moiety detaches from the oligonucleotide via dissociative electron attachment, and (2) the hydrated electron interacts directly with the platinum-guanine adduct and induces detachment of the cisplatin moiety via dissociative electron attachment. Although the precise mechanism remains to be elucidated, our results provide important insights into the radiosensitization of DNA by cisplatin.
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- B. Behmand
- Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4
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- Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4
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- Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4
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- Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4
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Behmand B, Cloutier P, Girouard S, Wagner JR, Sanche L, Hunting DJ. Hydrated electrons react with high specificity with cisplatin bound to single-stranded DNA. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:15994-9. [PMID: 24205952 DOI: 10.1021/jp4089904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Short oligonucleotides TTTTTGTGTTT and TTTTTTTGTTT in solution with and without cisplatin (cisPt) bound to the guanine bases were irradiated with γ-rays at doses varying from 0 to 2500 Gy. To determine the effect of hydrated electrons from water radiolysis on the oligonucleotides, we quenched (•)OH radicals with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and displaced oxygen, which reacts with hydrated electrons, by bubbling the solution with wet nitrogen. DNA strand breaks and platinum detachment were quantified by gel electrophoresis. Our results demonstrate that hydrated electrons react almost exclusively at the position of the cisPt adduct, where they induce cisPt detachment from one or both guanines in the oligonucleotide. Given the high yield of hydrated electrons in irradiated tissues, this reaction may be an important step in the mechanism of radiosensitization of DNA by cisPt.
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- B Behmand
- Groupe en sciences des radiations, Faculté de médicine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada J1H 5N4
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Kiianko MV, Canel RS, Ludemann V, Pose G, Wagner JR. [Beta-glucan content and hydration properties of filamentous fungi]. Prikl Biokhim Mikrobiol 2013; 49:48-52. [PMID: 23662450 DOI: 10.7868/s055510991301008x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The aim of this work was to isolate and identify filamentous fungi from several sources to study the dietary fiber and beta-glucan content. The fungal hydration properties such as water absorption and water holding capacities were also evaluated. Total dietary fiber of isolates exhibited a noticeable variability from 16 to 53% and the highest values were obtained for the genera Paecilomyces and Penicillium, a fact consistent with a higher content of beta-glucans (24 and 17%, respectively), higher than previously reported for Basidiomycetes and yeast. We observed a large decrease (75%) in the water holding capacity when the mycelia were dried. Isolates of filamentous fungi with greater water holding capacity also exhibited greater absorption capacity. Paecilomyces variotii and Penicillium nalgiovense had the best hydration properties. Our results contribute to the search for new unconventional ingredients providing a high protein and beta-glucans content. The addition of these dried mycelia could change the hydration properties in the food system.
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Wagner JR. Review of Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons, Fourth Edition. J Anal Toxicol 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/jat/bks023] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Schinckel AP, Wagner JR, Forrest JC, Einstein ME. Evaluation of the prediction of alternative measures of pork carcass composition by three optical probes. J Anim Sci 2009; 88:767-94. [PMID: 19820040 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The accuracy of 3 optical probes (HGP4 Hennessey Grading Probe, Destron-Feering PG-100 probe, and Giraldo OPTO-Electronic PG-200 probe) to predict the carcass percentage of 5 alternative measures of carcass composition (fat-tissue-free lean, lipid-free soft tissue, lipid-free lean, total fat tissue, and soft tissue lipid) was evaluated on 203 barrows and gilts of 7 genetic populations. The optical probe backfat depths were more closely correlated (P < 0.001, 0.963 to 0.983) than the LM depths (r = 0.695 to 0.734). The optical probe backfat depths were related to lean percentage (r = -0.82 to -0.88), total fat tissue percentage (r = 0.84 to 0.88), and soft tissue lipid percentage (r = 0.86 to 0.87). Optical probe LM depths were weakly related (P < 0.05; r = 0.23 to 0.34) to measures of carcass lean percentage and total fat tissue percentage (r = -0.16 to -0.26). Fat-free lean percentage was predicted with residual SD (RSD) of 3.7% for equations including last-rib midline backfat thickness, 2.4 to 2.7% for equations including optical probe backfat and LM depth, and 2.3% for ribbed carcass measurements. The RSD for the optical probe equations ranged from 2.1 to 2.4% for lipid-free soft tissue percentage and from 2.0 to 2.3% for lipid-free lean percentage. The RSD for the optical probe equations ranged from 2.9 to 3.3% for total fat tissue percentage and 2.5 to 2.8% for soft tissue lipid percentage. Quadratic and cross-product variables of optical probe fat depth, LM depth, and carcass weight were significant (P < 0.05) and reduced the RSD of the equations. Optical probe backfat and LM measurements can be used to predict alternative measures of carcass composition. The predicted relationships in fat-free lean percentage to backfat depth were nearly identical for each optical probe.
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- A P Schinckel
- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2054, USA.
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- M O Schimpf
- Division of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.
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Pameijer CRJ, Navanjo A, Meechoovet B, Wagner JR, Aguilar B, Wright CL, Chang WC, Brown CE, Jensen MC. Conversion of a tumor-binding peptide identified by phage display to a functional chimeric T cell antigen receptor. Cancer Gene Ther 2006; 14:91-7. [PMID: 17024231 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Adoptive transfer of ex vivo expanded tumor-specific T cells is a promising therapeutic modality for promoting or augmenting antitumor immunity. Several groups, including ours, are developing antigen receptor gene transfer strategies as a means of generating effector cells for adoptive therapy. Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have been described that use single-chain antibodies or cytokine ligands as tumor targeting domains. Here, we describe the capacity of a tumor-binding peptide identified by phage display combinatorial library screening to serve as a CAR targeting domain. A phage library-selected high-affinity 12-mer peptide (Bpep) specific for alpha(v) beta(6) integrin (alpha v beta6) was chosen for these studies. Primary human T cells were genetically modified to express the Bpep-CAR consisting of an alpha v beta6-specific peptide and human IgG4 hinge-Fc extracellular domain fused to the cytoplasmic tail of CD3-zeta. T cell expression of the Bpep-CAR was assessed by Western blot analysis, and trafficking of the Bpep-CAR to the cell surface was demonstrated by flow cytometry. Functionally, Bpep-CAR redirected cytotoxic T lymphocytes specifically kill integrin alpha v beta6+ ovarian tumor targets, and are activated for interferon gamma secretion. Our data suggest that large new repertoires of tumor-specific T cell antigen receptor transgenes might be available through merging combinatorial peptide libraries with CAR construct design.
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- C R J Pameijer
- Division of General and Oncologic Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Armstrong TA, Ivers DJ, Wagner JR, Anderson DB, Weldon WC, Berg EP. The effect of dietary ractopamine concentration and duration of feeding on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of finishing pigs. J Anim Sci 2004; 82:3245-53. [PMID: 15542471 DOI: 10.2527/2004.82113245x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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A total of 400 barrows from Dekalb EB and 83 terminal sires mated to 43 and 45 maternal lines were used to evaluate the effects of dietary ractopamine (RAC; Paylean, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN) concentrations (0, 5, 10, or 20 ppm; as-fed basis) and feeding durations (6 to 34 d) on growth, efficiency, carcass, and meat quality characteristics of finishing pigs. Barrows were weighed and sorted into five weight blocks, each block consisting of 16 pens (five pigs per pen). Weight blocks were allocated to feeding duration treatments and assigned consecutively by weight from lightest to heaviest to represent 34, 27, 20, 13, and 6 d on test, respectively. The lightest and heaviest blocks averaged 79.8 and 103.8 kg, respectively, at the start of the test. Within a weight block, pens (four per treatment) were randomly assigned to one of four dietary concentrations of RAC in a basal diet containing 18.5% CP and 1.13% lysine. The experiment-wide target slaughter weight was 109 kg, and pigs and feeders were weighed weekly. Weight blocks (80 barrows per block) were slaughtered at a commercial packing plant after 6, 13, 20, 27, or 34 d on test. Overall, RAC supplementation improved (P < 0.05) ADG; however, ADG was not different (P > 0.08) from controls for pigs fed 5, 10, and 20 ppm RAC for 27, 34, and 6 d, respectively. During each feeding period, RAC-fed pigs had improved (P < 0.05) G:F, and, after 20, 27, and 34 d on test, pigs fed 20 ppm RAC had greater (P < 0.05) G:F compared with those fed 0 or 5 ppm RAC. Hot carcass weight was increased (P < 0.05) by RAC feeding after 13 and 27 d of feeding, and by feeding 10 and 20 ppm RAC after 20 d of feeding. After 34 d, pigs fed 20 ppm RAC had heavier (P < 0.05) hot carcass weight than pigs fed 10 ppm RAC. Fat-free lean estimates and the 10th-rib LM area were increased (P < 0.05) by feeding 10 and 20 ppm RAC after 27 d, and by feeding 20 ppm RAC after 34 d compared with controls. Japanese and American color scores, as well as L*, a*, and b* values of the LM, were not affected (P > 0.11) by 5 and 10 ppm RAC compared with controls during each feeding period. Visual marbling score for the LM was decreased (P < 0.05) when RAC was fed at 10 and 20 ppm compared with 0 ppm RAC when fed for 34 d. Dietary RAC improved growth performance at all feeding durations, whereas carcass composition was improved at longer feeding durations. In addition, 5 and 10 ppm RAC did not affect objective and subjective measures of pork quality.
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- T A Armstrong
- Elanco Animal Health, A Division of Eli Lilly and Co., Greenfield, IN 46140, USA.
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Scuriatti MP, Tomás MC, Wagner JR. Influence of soybean protein isolates-phosphatidycholine interaction on the stability on oil-in-water emulsions. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 2003. [DOI: 10.1007/s11746-003-0825-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- M. P. Scuriatti
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA); Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET) 47 and 116 (1900) La Plata; Provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA); Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET) 47 and 116 (1900) La Plata; Provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA); Universidad Nacional de la Plata (UNLP)-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET) 47 and 116 (1900) La Plata; Provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina
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Otero MA, Wagner JR, Vasallo MC, Anon MC, Garcia L, Jimenez JC, Lopez JC. Thermal Denaturation Kinetics of Yeast Proteins in Whole Cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces fragilis. FOOD SCI TECHNOL INT 2002. [DOI: 10.1177/1082013202008003258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wagner JR, van Lier JE, Berger M, Cadet J. Thymidine Hydroperoxides: Structural Assignment, Conformational Features, and Thermal Decomposition in Water. J Am Chem Soc 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ja00085a001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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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Wagner JR, Strong FM, Elvehjem CA. Nutritive Value of Canned Foods Effect of Commercial Canning Operations on the Ascorbic Acid, Thiamine, Riboflavin, and Niacin Contents of Vegetables. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ie50452a013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Wagner JR, Strong FM, Elvehjem CA. Effects of Blanching on the Retention of Ascorbic Acid, Thiamine, and Niacin in Vegetables. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1021/ie50452a014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Añón MC, Sorgentini DA, Wagner JR. Relationships between different hydration properties of commercial and laboratory soybean isolates. J Agric Food Chem 2001; 49:4852-8. [PMID: 11600034 DOI: 10.1021/jf010384s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Functional properties related to water protein interactions of soy protein isolates depend on the structural and aggregation characteristics of their major components (storage globulins 7S and 11S) that could be modified by the preparation procedure, thermal and/or chemical treatments, and drying methods. Commercial and laboratory isolates with different functionalities resulting from their structural modifications were compared. Isolates with high solubility or excessive thermally induced insolubilization or compact calcium-induced aggregates caused low water-imbibing capacity (WIC) values. The highest WIC results from the balance between intermediate solubility and the formation of aggregates with good hydration properties. The apparent viscosity of dispersions of commercial (spray dried) and laboratory (lyophilized) isolates depends on the WIC, the morphology and size of the particles, and the interaction of the hydrated particles. The hydration properties and viscosity of protein isolate suspensions were strongly determined by the amount and properties of the insoluble fraction.
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- M C Añón
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA) and Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 47 y 116 (1900) La Plata, Argentina
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Kelkar HS, Griffith J, Case ME, Covert SF, Hall RD, Keith CH, Oliver JS, Orbach MJ, Sachs MS, Wagner JR, Weise MJ, Wunderlich JK, Arnold J. The Neurospora crassa genome: cosmid libraries sorted by chromosome. Genetics 2001; 157:979-90. [PMID: 11238388 PMCID: PMC1461552 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/157.3.979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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] Open
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A Neurospora crassa cosmid library of 12,000 clones (at least nine genome equivalents) has been created using an improved cosmid vector pLorist6Xh, which contains a bacteriophage lambda origin of replication for low-copy-number replication in bacteria and the hygromycin phosphotransferase marker for direct selection in fungi. The electrophoretic karyotype of the seven chromosomes comprising the 42.9-Mb N. crassa genome was resolved using two translocation strains. Using gel-purified chromosomal DNAs as probes against the new cosmid library and the commonly used medium-copy-number pMOcosX N. crassa cosmid library in two independent screenings, the cosmids were assigned to chromosomes. Assignments of cosmids to linkage groups on the basis of the genetic map vs. the electrophoretic karyotype are 93 +/- 3% concordant. The size of each chromosome-specific subcollection of cosmids was found to be linearly proportional to the size of the particular chromosome. Sequencing of an entire cosmid containing the qa gene cluster indicated a gene density of 1 gene per 4 kbp; by extrapolation, 11,000 genes would be expected to be present in the N. crassa genome. By hybridizing 79 nonoverlapping cosmids with an average insert size of 34 kbp against cDNA arrays, the density of previously characterized expressed sequence tags (ESTs) was found to be slightly <1 per cosmid (i.e., 1 per 40 kbp), and most cosmids, on average, contained an identified N. crassa gene sequence as a starting point for gene identification.
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- H S Kelkar
- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Carcass and live measurements of 203 pigs representing seven genetic populations and four target live weights (100, 114, 128, and 152 kg) were used to evaluate alternative measures of carcass composition. Measures of carcass lean (fat tissue-free lean, FFLM; lipid-free soft tissue, LFSTIS; and dissected lean in the four lean cuts, DL), fat (total carcass fat tissue, TOFAT), and lipid mass (soft tissue lipid, STLIP) were evaluated. Overall, LFSTIS was 22.8% greater than FFLM (47.8 vs 38.9 kg) and TOFAT was 30% greater than STLIP (38.5 vs 29.6 kg). The allometric growth coefficients relative to carcass weight were different for the measures: b = 0.776, 0.828, 0.794, 1.37, and 1.49 for FFLM, LFSTIS, DL, TOFAT, and STLIP, respectively. At 90 kg carcass weight, the predicted growth of FFLM, LFSTIS, TOFAT, and STLIP was 0.314, 0.420, 0.553, and 0.446 kg/kg increase in carcass weight. The difference between FFLM and LFSTIS, representing nonlipid components of the carcass fat tissue, was greater for barrows than for gilts (9.2 vs 8.6 kg). Lipid-free soft tissue mass was predicted more accurately from carcass or live animal measurements than FFLM with smaller relative RSD (4.6 vs 6.5% of their mean values). The alternative measures of carcass composition were evaluated as predictors of empty body protein (MTPRO) and lipid (MTLIP) mass. Empty body protein was predicted with similar accuracy (R2 = 0.74 to 0.81) from either DL, FFLM, LFSTIS, or ribbed carcass measurements. Empty body lipid was predicted more accurately from TOFAT (R2 = 0.92) or STLIP (R2 = 0.93) than ribbed carcass measurements (R2 = 0.88). Although the alternative measures of lean mass (LFSTIS vs FFLM) and lipid mass (TOFAT vs STLIP) were highly related to each other (r = 0.93 to 0.98), they had different relative growth rates (allometric coefficients) and thus cannot be predicted as linear functions of the similar alternative variable without significant weight group biases. From the 100- to 152-kg target weight groups, gilts gained 12.9% greater FFLM and 12.1% greater MTPRO but only 4.4% greater LFSTIS than barrows. Fat-free lean mass is more precise as a measure of muscle growth and as a predictor of lysine requirements. Lipid-free soft tissue can be obtained more quickly and predicted more accurately from carcass or live animal measurements.
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- A P Schinckel
- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1151, USA.
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LeBeau MA, Montgomery MA, Wagner JR, Miller ML. Analysis of biofluids for flunitrazepam and metabolites by electrospray liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. J Forensic Sci 2000; 45:1133-41. [PMID: 11005191] [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: 02/17/2023]
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A rapid and sensitive liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC/MS) procedure has been developed for the analysis of biofluids containing flunitrazepam and its metabolites. Specimens were spiked with deuterated analogs of the analytes. Urine specimens were enzymatically hydrolyzed and blood specimens were untreated. Extractions were carried out using CleanScreen DAU SPE cartridges. The drugs were separated on a C18 column using a methanol-water-ammonium hydroxide (60:40: 0.03 v/v) mobile phase. After determination of base peaks using full scan mass spectrometry, the mass spectrometry method was optimized to operate in selected-ion monitoring (SIM) mode for the base peak of each analyte. Positive findings were confirmed by LC/MS/MS using the same mobile phase and column. This analytical procedure allows for the detection of low levels of flunitrazepam and metabolites in biofluids. It is useful for ascertaining the role of flunitrazepam in cases of drug-facilitated sexual assault.
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- M A LeBeau
- Chemistry Unit, FBI Laboratory, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC 20535, USA
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- E E Gottenger
- Department of Urology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10003, USA
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Wagner JR, Sorgentini DA, Añón MC. Relation between solubility and surface hydrophobicity as an indicator of modifications during preparation processes of commercial and laboratory-prepared soy protein isolates. J Agric Food Chem 2000; 48:3159-3165. [PMID: 10956085 DOI: 10.1021/jf990823b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Because water solubility is the main hydration property of proteins, solubility values of commercial and laboratory soy protein isolates, prepared under different conditions, were comparatively analyzed. In contrast, the surface hydrophobicity manifested by proteins is a physicochemical property that determines, to a great extent, the tendency of protein molecules to aggregate and so to lose solubility. On these grounds, the solubility of isolates was analyzed as a function of the surface hydrophobicity of their proteins, and, as a result, three well-defined groups of laboratory isolates were identified: (A) native, (B) partially or totally denatured with high solubility and surface hydrophobicity, and (C) totally denatured with low solubility and surface hydrophobicity. Commercial isolates could not be included in any of these groups; they were grouped as (A') partially native and (C') totally denatured. Solubility values in these two groups were similar to those of group C, but the surface hydrophobicity levels were much lower. The different processes leading to the groups mentioned above are discussed, along with the way the soy proteins are influenced by the specific preparation conditions, namely, protein concentration, chemical or thermal treatments, presence of salts, drying, and phospholipid addition, among others.
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- J R Wagner
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA), La Plata, Argentina.
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Lenton KJ, Therriault H, Cantin AM, Fülöp T, Payette H, Wagner JR. Direct correlation of glutathione and ascorbate and their dependence on age and season in human lymphocytes. Am J Clin Nutr 2000; 71:1194-200. [PMID: 10799383 DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.5.1194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Endogenous reactive oxygen species appear to contribute to aging and cancer and dietary antioxidants, present in fruit and vegetables, counteract these effects. OBJECTIVE The objective was to examine the association between intracellular glutathione, ascorbate (vitamin C), and alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) in human lymphocytes. DESIGN The study group consisted of 240 healthy nonsmoking volunteers with an approximately equal number of male and female subjects subdivided into 3 age groups: 18-39, 40-59, and >/=60 y). Glutathione, glutathione disulfide, ascorbate, and alpha-tocopherol were measured in lymphocytes by HPLC. RESULTS The average concentration of antioxidants in lymphocytes was 27 +/- 8 nmol/mg protein for glutathione, 21 +/- 8 nmol/mg protein for ascorbate, and 0.4 +/- 0.2 nmol/mg protein for alpha-tocopherol. There was a strong positive correlation between glutathione and ascorbate (r = 0.62, P < 0.001). No correlation was observed for glutathione and ascorbate with alpha-tocopherol. The concentration of glutathione in lymphocytes was inversely correlated with age (r = -0.19, P < 0.01), as was that of ascorbate (r = -0.22, P < 0.01), with 10-20% lower values in elderly than in young and elderly subjects. The concentrations of glutathione in lymphocytes were as much as 25% higher and those of ascorbate were as much as 38% higher during the summer than during the winter. The seasonal variation of ascorbate in lymphocytes was described by a linear function for age and a periodic sine function for season. CONCLUSION Glutathione and ascorbate are directly correlated in human lymphocytes.
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- K J Lenton
- Centre de Recherche, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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The close proximity of pelvic organs makes the genitourinary system susceptible to injury during major pelvic surgery. Iatrogenic injury remains the most common cause of lower urinary tract trauma. Recent modifications in surgical technique, such as sharp mesorectal incision and nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy, have decreased the incidence of many of these complications. Genitourinary complications due to pelvic surgery remain common, however, and as new surgical advancements are made, new complications may present. An understanding of the prevention, recognition, and treatment of urologic complications is important for every surgeon performing major pelvic surgery.
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- J R Wagner
- Department of Urology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
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Lenton KJ, Therriault H, Wagner JR. Analysis of glutathione and glutathione disulfide in whole cells and mitochondria by postcolumn derivatization high-performance liquid chromatography with ortho-phthalaldehyde. Anal Biochem 1999; 274:125-30. [PMID: 10527505 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1999.4258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 11/22/2022]
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A method is described for the detection of glutathione (GSH) and glutathione disulfide (GSSG) based on a HPLC postcolumn reaction with ortho-phthalaldehyde (OPT) at pH 12 followed by fluorescence detection. Although similar methods have been reported, the high pH of the postcolumn reaction adds considerable selectivity and sensitivity to the measurement of GSH and glutathione disulfide. The limit of detection approaches 100 fmol, which is sufficient to detect whole-cell glutathione disulfide in 10,000 cells or mitochondrial glutathione disulfide in 20 million cells. Using this method, glutathione and glutathione disulfide were measured in human lymphocytes, granulocytes, and cultured Jurkat T cells, as well as in the corresponding samples of mitochondria. The percentage of glutathione disulfide to total glutathione in whole-cell extracts was approximately 1%. In contrast, the percentage was relatively high in mitochondria, with the mitochondria of granulocytes having the highest (25%) followed by those of lymphocytes (15%) and finally by cultured Jurkat T cells (9%). This method extends the analysis of glutathione and glutathione disulfide to mitochondria obtained from a relatively small number of cells.
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- K J Lenton
- Centre de recherche en gérontologie et gériatrie, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Sherbrooke (Pavillon d'Youville), 1036 Belvédère Sud, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 4C4, Canada
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2'-Deoxycytidine glycols (5,6-dihydroxy-5, 6-dihydro-2'-deoxycytidine) are major products of the hydroxyl radical-induced oxidation of 2'-deoxycytidine resulting from either a Fenton reaction or exposure to ionizing radiation. Because of their instability, however, the glycols have not previously been characterized. Instead, the impetus has been placed on the primary decomposition products of 2'-deoxycytidine glycols, which includes 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxycytidine, 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxyuridine, and 2'-deoxyuridine glycols. Here, we have identified one of the four possible diastereomers of 2'-deoxycytidine glycols by product analyses of decomposition products, (1)H NMR, and mass spectrometry. This glycol was observed to decompose with a half-life of 50 min at 37 degrees C in buffered neutral solutions and preferentially undergo dehydration to 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxycytidine. The rate of decomposition was strongly dependent on pH (2-10) and the concentration of phosphate ion (10-300 mM). Next, we report on the deamination of cytosine glycols to uracil glycols in oxidized DNA using acid hydrolysis and high performance liquid chromatography analysis with electrochemical detection to monitor 5-hydroxycytosine and 5-hydroxyuracil. The results showed that the lifetime of cytosine glycols is greatly enhanced in DNA (34-fold; half-life, 28 h), and that deamination accounts for at least one-third of the total decomposition. The relatively long lifetime of cytosine glycols in DNA suggests that this important class of DNA oxidation products will be significantly involved in repair and mutagenesis processes.
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- S Tremblay
- Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Sherbrooke (Pavillon d'Youville), 1036 rue Bélvédère Sud, Sherbrooke, Québec J1H 4C4, Canada
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Wagner JR, Walther MM, Linehan WM, White DE, Rosenberg SA, Yang JC. Interleukin-2 based immunotherapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma with the kidney in place. J Urol 1999; 162:43-5. [PMID: 10379736 DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199907000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE We assessed morbidity, response and survival in patients with metastatic renal carcinoma treated with high dose intravenous interleukin-2 (IL-2) based immunotherapy with the primary renal tumor in place. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the records of patients with metastatic renal carcinoma and the primary kidney tumor in situ who were treated at the surgery branch of the National Cancer Institute. Of the patients 607 were treated with IL-2 based therapy. Patient age, sex, sites of extrarenal disease, morbidity, and response and survival rates were examined. RESULTS From 1986 to 1996, 51 patients with the majority of disease at extrarenal sites were treated with the primary tumor in place. Treatment involved IL-2 based regimens, reflecting the evolution of immunotherapy at the National Institutes of Health. When evaluating only extrarenal sites, response was complete in 1 and partial in 2 of the 51 cases (6%). No responses were noted in the primary renal tumor. Three patients with responses at extrarenal sites underwent nephrectomy. The duration of response in these 3 cases was greater than 88, 11 and 4 months, respectively. Median survival in all 51 patients was 13 months (range 1 to 86). CONCLUSIONS Select patients may be treated with IL-2 based immunotherapy with the primary renal tumors in place with morbidity. A randomized study is needed to assess the role of cytoreductive nephrectomy for treating metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
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- J R Wagner
- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Wagner JR, Guéguen J. Surface functional properties of native, acid-treated, and reduced soy glycinin. 1. Foaming properties. J Agric Food Chem 1999; 47:2173-80. [PMID: 10794605 DOI: 10.1021/jf980977b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Foaming properties of native and chemically modified glycinin were evaluated. Effects of ionic strength and glycinin composition and concentration on foam formation and stabilization were studied. Glycinin was modified by means of combined treatments: cold or hot acidic treatments, with or without later disulfide bridges reduction. Modified proteins obtained from glycinin present different degrees of dissociation, deamidation, and as consequence, varied surface hydrophobicity and molecular size. Parameters of forming and stabilizing of foam were correlated with both deamidation and dissociation degrees of modified and native glycinin samples. A positive relationship was observed between surface behavior and foaming properties of different protein species. Results show that dissociation, deamidation, and reduction have produced structural changes on glycinin (increased surface hydrophobicity, increased net charge, decreased molecular size) which enhance the adsorption and anchorage of proteins at the air-water interface and, consequently, improve the foam forming and stabilizing capacities.
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- J R Wagner
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
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Wagner JR, Guéguen J. Surface functional properties of native, acid-treated, and reduced soy glycinin. 2. Emulsifying properties. J Agric Food Chem 1999; 47:2181-7. [PMID: 10794606 DOI: 10.1021/jf9809784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Emulsifying properties of native and chemically modified soy glycinins were studied. The influence of ionic strength, protein sample composition and concentration, and assay conditions on the flocculation-creaming process and coalescence resistance was analyzed. Differences in these emulsifying properties were exhibited by native glycinins, which have a variable content of 4S, 11S, and 15S forms. Structure and functionality of native glycinin were modified by means of combined treatments: mild acidic treatments without heating or with heating at variable time and with or without disulfide bonds reduction. Modified glycinins presented different degrees of deamidation, surface hydrophobicity, and molecular mass. A slight enhancement of emulsifying stability at moderated deamidation degrees was observed. In different protein samples, a positive relationship between the flocculation-creaming rate constant and equilibrium oil volume fraction of emulsions with surface hydrophobicity was detected. A remarkable difference was observed between reduced and nonreduced samples, mainly with respect to behavior at low or high ionic strength.
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- J R Wagner
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos (CIDCA), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
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This study was conducted to model the growth of carcass, viscera, and empty body components and component composition of pigs. Quantitative tissue and chemical composition of 319 swine, representative of barrows and gilts from five commercial genetic populations, was determined at eight stages of growth between 25 and 152 kg. After whole body grinding and carcass dissection, proximate analyses were performed to calculate concentrations of protein, lipid, moisture, and ash of carcass, viscera, empty body, carcass lean, and carcass fat. Linear and nonlinear equations were developed to investigate the growth patterns of each component. Nonlinear growth functions accounted for the greatest amount of variation in empty body protein, lipid, moisture, and ash mass. Differences (P < .05) existed between barrows and gilts for nearly all components investigated. Carcass lean and fat tissues significantly increased in lipid percentage and decreased in moisture percentage as live weight increased. There were significant changes in the ratio and composition of the tissues of barrows and gilts during growth. Nonlinear models fitted the data better than allometric equations for nearly all of the components investigated.
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- J R Wagner
- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1151, USA
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Lenton KJ, Therriault H, Fülöp T, Payette H, Wagner JR. Glutathione and ascorbate are negatively correlated with oxidative DNA damage in human lymphocytes. Carcinogenesis 1999; 20:607-13. [PMID: 10223188 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/20.4.607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 01/01/2023] Open
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Intracellular antioxidants, glutathione and ascorbate, and two molecular markers of oxidative DNA damage, 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxycytidine (5-OH-dCyd) and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dGuo), were measured in lymphocytes from 105 healthy volunteers. The analysis of 5-OH-dCyd and 8-oxo-dGuo was carried out by HPLC with electrochemical detection such that both compounds were detected on the same chromatography run. There was no significant difference in oxidative DNA damage when the extraction of DNA from cells using phenol was carried out under anaerobic conditions or in the presence of metal ion chelators. This indicates that auto-oxidation of DNA during sample preparation was minimal. Using the above methods, the average level of oxidative DNA damage in lymphocytes was 2.9 +/- 1.4 for 5-OH-dCyd and 4.5 +/- 1.8 for 8-oxo-dGuo lesions per 10(6) dGuo (n = 105). It is unlikely that artifactual oxidation contributed to the observed damage because the level of 5-OH-dCyd was comparable with that of 8-oxo-dGuo in lymphocyte DNA, whereas 8-oxo-dGuo outnumbers 5-OH-dCyd by a ratio of >5:1 when DNA is exposed to various oxidants, including ionizing radiation or Fenton reagents. Rather, the nearly equal levels of 5-OH-dCyd and 8-oxo-dGuo in cellular DNA implies that 8-oxo-dGuo may be more efficiently removed by DNA repair. Finally, and most importantly, the correlation of our endpoints revealed that the naturally occurring level of intracellular antioxidants was negatively correlated to the level of oxidative DNA damage with the strongest correlation observed for glutathione and 8-oxo-dGuo (r = -0.36; P < 0.001). These results strongly suggest that intracellular glutathione and ascorbate protect human lymphocytes against oxidative DNA damage.
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- K J Lenton
- Centre de recherche, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Fülöp T, Wagner JR, Khalil A, Weber J, Trottier L, Payette H. Relationship between the response to influenza vaccination and the nutritional status in institutionalized elderly subjects. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 1999; 54:M59-64. [PMID: 10051856 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.2.m59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Influenza is a major health problem among elderly people in industrialized countries. Nursing homes may be a particularly good setting for outbreaks of influenza. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate some aspects of the nutritional status of institutionalized elderly subjects in relation to their response to influenza vaccination. Certain aspects of the cellular immune response were also investigated. METHODS Twenty-three patients participated in this cross-sectional study. All patients were vaccinated on day 0 with FluviralR, 1994-95 preparation: A/Shangdong/09/93, A/Texas/36/91, B/Panama/45/90. At the same time the prevaccination antibody titer, the nutritional status by the Mini Nutritional Assessment, biochemical parameters, and lymphocyte proliferation were assessed. On day 28, the postvaccination antibody titer was determined. The determination of pre- and postvaccination antibody titers against the various influenza antigens was carried out by the hemagglutination inhibition test. An increase of 4x for any of the virus antigens was considered as a seroconversion. A titer higher than 40 at the prevaccination period was considered as protective. RESULTS Eleven elderly subjects were responsive and 12 were not. We have shown that the nutritional parameters such as hemoglobin, hematocrit, total protein, iron and vitamin E levels, as well as the DHEA level and the cellular immune response were significantly lower in the nonresponsive group as compared to the responsive group. Thus, they might be associated with the influenza vaccine responsiveness of institutionalized elderly subjects. CONCLUSIONS These results will help design intervention studies for improving the immune response by achieving an optimal nutritional status, mainly in the frail elderly population, that could have a great public health impact.
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- T Fülöp
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
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A tripodal mandibular subperiosteal dental implant is a three piece cast metal framework that fits on the residual ridge beneath the periosteum and provides support for a dental prosthesis by means of posts or other mechanisms protruding through the oral mucosa. This implant is indicated in patients with advanced atrophy of the mandible where the unstable alveolar bone has completely disappeared, leaving in place the more stable basal bone with specific anatomical contours. The authors present their experience of 317 cases carried out in three different centers related to this implant modality and underline the importance of the basic anatomic, physiologic, and medical knowledge required to optimize the results.
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- L I Linkow
- Department of Implant Dentistry, New York University, College of Dentistry, USA
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Hicks C, Schinckel AP, Forrest JC, Akridge JT, Wagner JR, Chen W. Biases associated with genotype and sex in prediction of fat-free lean mass and carcass value in hogs. J Anim Sci 1998; 76:2221-34. [PMID: 9781476 DOI: 10.2527/1998.7692221x] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Carcass and live measurements of 165 market hogs that represented seven genotypes were used to investigate genotype and sex biases associated with the prediction of fat-free lean mass (FFLM) and carcass value. Carcass value was determined as the sum of the product of weight of individual cuts and their average unit prices adjusted for slaughter and processing costs. Independent variables used in the prediction equations included carcass measurements, such as optical probe, midline ruler, ribbed carcass measurements, and electromagnetic scanning (EMSCAN), and live animal ultrasonic scanning. The effect of including subpopulation mean values of independent variables in the prediction equations for FFLM and carcass value was also investigated. Genotype and sex biases were found in equations in which midline backfat, ribbed carcass, EMSCAN, and live ultrasonic scanning were used as single technology sets of measurements. The prediction equations generally undervalued genotypes with above-average carcass value. Biases were reduced when measurements of combined technologies and mean adjusted variables were used. The FFLM and carcass value of gilts were underestimated, and they were overestimated of barrows. Equations that combined OP and EMSCAN technologies were the most accurate and least biased for both FFLM and carcass value. Equations that included carcass weight and midline last-rib backfat thickness measurements were the least accurate and most biased. Genotype and sex biases must be considered when predicting FFLM and carcass value.
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- C Hicks
- Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Wagner JR, Tremblay S, Gowans B, Hunting DJ. Incorporation of two deoxycytidine oxidation products into cellular DNA. Biochem Cell Biol 1998; 75:377-81. [PMID: 9493960] [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: 02/06/2023] Open
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The oxidation of cytosine in DNA by free radicals and other oxidants leads to an assortment of products including pyrimidine ring 5,6-saturated, 5,6-unsaturated, contraction, and fragmentation products. The formation of these products in cellular DNA may explain in part the preponderance of C to T transitions induced spontaneously and by H2O2 or ionizing radiation. Our studies have focused on the biological effects of two major 5,6-unsaturated oxidation products of cytosine: 5- hydroxycytosine and 5-hydroxyuracil. In the present work, we have attempted to study the repair of these two lesions by specifically incorporating them into cellular DNA upon incubation of cells with 5-hydroxy-2'deoxycytidine and 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxyuridine. Incubation of mouse L1210 cells with 250 M 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxycytidine led to the incorporation of this lesion to a level 20 times higher (43 lesions/10(5) cytosines) than base-line levels; however, there was no evidence for its repair following a 15-h chase. In contrast, we did not observe any significant incorporation of 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxyuridine into the DNA of L1210 cells but did observe an unidentified product, presumably an oxidation product. This unidentified pyrimidine was incorporated at a very high level (about 2000 lesions/10(5) cytosine residues) and then partially repaired in chase experiments.
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- J R Wagner
- Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
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PURPOSE To evaluate the use of dual-phase three-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) angiography in the preoperative staging of renal cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS MR angiography was performed in 18 patients before performance of partial (n = 7), radical (n = 10), or laparoscopic (n = 1) nephrectomy to treat renal cancer. Dynamic, three-dimensional MR angiograms were obtained with gadoteridol enhancement, breath holding, and a three-dimensional spoiled gradient-echo sequence. Images were obtained at 15-second intervals to achieve opacification of arteries and veins. Source, maximum intensity projection, and multiplanar reconstruction images were evaluated. Imaging results were compared with surgical findings. RESULTS Renal arterial phase MR angiograms depicted 30 of 31 (97%) surgically confirmed renal arteries, with one false-positive result (an artery that arose from an early-branching single main renal artery, interpreted as a separate accessory artery). Renal venous phase MR angiograms depicted all seven instances of renal vein involvement, including extension to the inferior vena cava in two patients. Collateral vessels around the tumor, including prominent gonadal veins in three patients, were demonstrated. Additional findings included adenopathy and adrenal and pulmonary metastases. CONCLUSION Dual-phase MR angiography of the kidney may be a useful technique in depicting renal vessels before nephrectomy.
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- P L Choyke
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182, USA
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PURPOSE Spontaneous regression of pulmonary metastases from renal cell carcinoma is a rare but well documented event. We present 2 recent cases that were radiographically consistent with pulmonary metastases from renal cell carcinoma but were pathologically shown to be pulmonary infarcts with no evidence of metastatic cells. Stable pulmonary infarcts can be misconstrued as metastatic disease in patients with renal cell carcinoma while resolving pulmonary infarcts may represent a subpopulation of patients with apparent spontaneous regression. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinical and pathological data from 2 patients with large primary renal tumors, venous thrombi and lung masses were reviewed. Data from these cases, as well as pertinent urological and pathological literature, are presented. RESULTS Although preoperative assessment was consistent with stage IV renal cell carcinoma, pathological examination of the lung masses in these patients showed no evidence of tumor cells. CONCLUSIONS Pulmonary infarcts may mimic resolving or stable pulmonary metastasis in patients with renal cell carcinoma. Accurate clinical staging is crucial for the prognosis and treatment of renal cell carcinoma. Mistaking pulmonary infarcts for metastatic lesions can lead to inaccurate prognoses and inappropriate treatment.
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- J R Wagner
- Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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PURPOSE Our goal was to describe the imaging features of hereditary papillary renal cancer syndrome (HPRC), a new familial cancer syndrome. METHOD Members of seven kindreds with HPRC comprising 78 individuals were screened with contrast-enhanced CT and abdominal US. MRI was performed in three patients. Enhancement values and doubling times of solid masses were determined from CT scans. RESULTS Seventeen of 78 (22%) patients were affected. The HPRCs demonstrated lower enhancement (mean change in enhancement = 31 HU) than a comparable group of clear cell tumors (mean change in enhancement = 67 HU: p = 0.00001). The median tumor doubling time on serial CT was 18 months. The HPRCs were relatively hypovascular, enhanced uniformly, and grew slowly. Therefore, careful measurements of the region of interest should be obtained before and after intravenous administration of contrast medium. Though US detected only 45% of the lesions visualized on CT, it was useful in determining if lesions were cystic. Contrast-enhanced MRI demonstrated similar characteristics to contrast-enhanced CT. CONCLUSION The tumors of patients with HPRC pose some diagnostic difficulties because they can be missed by US, are small, and enhance poorly on CT. CT is preferable to US as a screening tool because of its higher sensitivity in detecting small lesions, and when contrast media cannot be administered, MR is a suitable alternative to CT.
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MESH Headings
- Abdomen/diagnostic imaging
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/diagnosis
- Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell/diagnostic imaging
- Adult
- Aged
- Carcinoma, Papillary/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Papillary/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Papillary/genetics
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/diagnostic imaging
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell/genetics
- Contrast Media/administration & dosage
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Female
- Humans
- Image Enhancement
- Injections, Intravenous
- Kidney Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Kidney Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging
- Kidney Neoplasms/genetics
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- Radiographic Image Enhancement
- Syndrome
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Ultrasonography
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- P L Choyke
- Department of Radiology, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182, USA
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Gnarra JR, Ward JM, Porter FD, Wagner JR, Devor DE, Grinberg A, Emmert-Buck MR, Westphal H, Klausner RD, Linehan WM. Defective placental vasculogenesis causes embryonic lethality in VHL-deficient mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:9102-7. [PMID: 9256442 PMCID: PMC23053 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.17.9102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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Inheritance of an inactivated form of the VHL tumor suppressor gene predisposes patients to develop von Hippel-Lindau disease, and somatic VHL inactivation is an early genetic event leading to the development of sporadic renal cell carcinoma. The VHL gene was disrupted by targeted homologous recombination in murine embryonic stem cells, and a mouse line containing an inactivated VHL allele was generated. While heterozygous VHL (+/-) mice appeared phenotypically normal, VHL -/- mice died in utero at 10.5 to 12.5 days of gestation (E10.5 to E12.5). Homozygous VHL -/- embryos appeared to develop normally until E9.5 to E10.5, when placental dysgenesis developed. Embryonic vasculogenesis of the placenta failed to occur in VHL -/- mice, and hemorrhagic lesions developed in the placenta. Subsequent hemorrhage in VHL -/- embryos caused necrosis and death. These results indicate that VHL expression is critical for normal extraembryonic vascular development.
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- J R Gnarra
- Urologic Oncology Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Fülöp T, Fouquet C, Allaire P, Perrin N, Lacombe G, Stankova J, Rola-Pleszczynski M, Gagné D, Wagner JR, Khalil A, Dupuis G. Changes in apoptosis of human polymorphonuclear granulocytes with aging. Mech Ageing Dev 1997; 96:15-34. [PMID: 9223108 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(96)01881-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Many alterations with aging occur at the cellular and organic levels in the immune system ultimately leading to a decrease in the immune response. Our aim in the present work was to study apoptosis of polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMN) with aging under various stimulations since apoptosis might play an important role in several pathologies encountered with aging. The PMN of healthy young (20-25 years) and elderly (65-85 years) subjects were examined after 24 h of sterile culture with and without stimulation. The stimulating agents included: phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl phenylalanine (FMLP), granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), reduced glutathione (GSH), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interleukin 2 (IL-2). Apoptosis was assessed by traditional staining of the plates, by flow cytometric staining and DNA gel electrophoresis. It was found that without stimulation the susceptibility of PMN to apoptosis was slightly increased with aging. Under various stimulations, such as PMA. H2O2, apoptosis was almost 100%, while the treatment by FMLP, oxLDL and GSH did not change its extent in PMN obtained either from young or elderly subjects. Marked age-related changes were observed in the extent of apoptosis under stimulation with GM-CSF, IL-2 and LPS. These agents were able to significantly prevent apoptosis in PMN of young subjects, while only the GM-CSF was able to slightly modulate it in neutrophils of elderly subjects. From these results, we suggest that changes in apoptosis of PMN with aging could play a role in the increased incidence of certain immune system related pathologies of aging, such as cancer, infections and autoimmune disorders.
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- T Fülöp
- Service de Médecine Interne et Centre de Recherche en Gérontologie et Gériatrie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
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Vargas HI, Kavoussi LR, Bartlett DL, Wagner JR, Venzon DJ, Fraker DL, Alexander HR, Linehan WM, Walther MM. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a new standard of care. Urology 1997; 49:673-8. [PMID: 9145969 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-4295(97)00083-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Adrenalectomy is the mainstay of treatment for adrenal tumors. A variety of surgical approaches to the adrenal gland have been described. We studied the feasibility of laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA), compared laparoscopic with open adrenalectomy (OA), and studied the hemodynamic changes in patients with pheochromocytoma. METHODS Our early experience with 20 consecutive LAs is compared with a contemporaneous, matched control cohort of 20 patients who underwent OA via a flank or subcostal incision. LA was performed via a transperitoneal approach, following a standardized surgical technique. RESULTS LA was successfully completed in 18 of 20 cases. Average operating time in the first 5 cases was 261 minutes, but, with further experience, a significant decrease in operative time was seen in the last cohort of 4 patients (155 minutes) (P = 0.0018). There was no significant difference in operative time or degree of blood loss between LA and OA groups. Patients who underwent LA required lower doses of postoperative parenteral narcotics (P = 0.0169), had a shorter hospital stay (mean 3.2 days) (P < 0.0001), and had a shorter convalescent period (mean 3.1 weeks) (P < 0.0001). Complications in the laparoscopic group (chronic port site pain in 1 patient, intra-abdominal fluid collection in another) occurred in the 2 patients who required open conversion. These 2 patients had large adrenal tumors (9 and 7 cm in diameter, respectively). LA resulted in similar hemodynamic changes as OA in patients with pheochromocytoma. CONCLUSIONS LA is a safe and effective approach in most patients with adrenal pathology. Benefits include excellent operative exposure and visualization, less postoperative pain, shorter hospital stay and convalescent period, and improved cosmetic result. Pheochromocytoma is not a contraindication to LA. Patients with large adrenal tumors (larger than 6 cm), evidence of venous involvement, or invasion into surrounding tissue should be approached cautiously.
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- H I Vargas
- Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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