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Wang ZJ, Wu HH, Shen JC, Wang J, Wang QJ, Han F, Gui H, Chen R. [Clinical characteristics of patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome combined with alveolar hypoventilation]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2022; 102:555-562. [PMID: 35196777 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20210630-01476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) combined with alveolar hypoventilation. Methods: This retrospective study included patients who were diagnosed as OSAHS by polysomnography (PSG) and underwent daytime awake transcutaneous carbon dioxide (PtcCO2) monitoring from November 2019 to February 2021 at the Sleep Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. A total of 177 patients were enrolled in the analysis, including 167 males and 10 females, aged (40±8) years old. Patients with daytime awake PtcCO2>45 mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa) were diagnosed as daytime alveolar hypoventilation, with which participants were divided into the daytime alveolar hypoventilation group and non-daytime alveolar hypoventilation group. Body mass index (BMI) cut-off value predicting daytime alveolar hypoventilation was calculated and the patients were divided into the high BMI group and low BMI group. The continuous nocturnal PtcCO2 data was available for a subset of 128 patients, and the patients were divided into two groups according the daytime alveolar hypoventilation or not. Across-group differences were compared, respectively. Results: Compared with the non-daytime alveolar hypoventilation group (n=125), the BMI [27.57 (26.55, 30.33) vs 26.60 (25.06, 28.09) kg/m2], Epworth sleepiness score(ESS) score [9.50 (6.25, 12.00) vs 7.00 (4.00, 10.75)], higher oxygen desaturation index (ODI) [38.00 (15.23, 64.93) vs 26.80 (11.30, 44.30) events/h] and percentage of total time with oxygen saturation level<90% (TS90%) [11.24% (1.88%, 32.44%) vs 4.35% (0.72%, 9.87%)] of the daytime alveolar hypoventilation group(n=52) were significantly higher (P<0.05), and lowest arterial oxygen saturation (LSaO2) [74.50% (60.25%, 82.00%) vs 79.00% (73.00%, 84.50%)], mean arterial oxygen saturation (MSaO2) [94.00% (91.00%, 95.00%) vs 95.00% (94.00%, 96.00%)] were significantly lower (P<0.05). The BMI cut-off value for predicting daytime alveolar hypoventilation was 27.04 kg/m2. Of the 177 enrolled patients, 90 were in the high BMI group and 87 were in low group. Compared with the low BMI group, the proportion of daytime sleepiness, the ESS score, the prevalence of hypertension, AHI and daytime awake PtcCO2 in the high BMI group were significantly higher (P<0.05). Among the subset of 128 patients with nocturnal PtcCO2 data available, the BMI, daytime PtcCO2 level, the nocturnal CO2 level and the prevalence of sleep related alveolar hypoventilation in the daytime alveolar hypoventilation group (n=40) were significantly higher than those in the non-daytime alveolar hypoventilation group (n=88) (P<0.05). Conclusions: The OSAHS patients with alveolar hypoventilation have higher BMI and more severe nocturnal hypoxia. OSAHS patients with BMI>27.04 kg/m2 are more likely to develop sleep related alveolar hypoventilation disorder.
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- Z J Wang
- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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Liang YY, Shen JC, Li W. Evolution of compressive mechanical properties of early hypertrophic scar during laser treatment. J Biomech 2021; 129:110783. [PMID: 34662757 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Laser therapy has been widely used in the treatment of hypertrophic scars (HPS), but whether the mechanical properties of HPS tissue after laser treatment can be restored to those of normal skin remains unclear. In this paper, the relationship between the evolution of compressive mechanical properties and histological changes of HPS tissues following three successive combined pulsed dye laser (PDL) and fractional CO2 laser (CO2) treatments was investigated by compression tests and histological analysis. The early HPS model of rabbit ear was established by CO2 laser ablation. The loading-unloading tests and strain creep tests under the compression forces of 1 N, 2 N, and 3 N were carried out for normal skin, untreated HPS and HPS after different treatment times, respectively. The results showed that the compression ratio λ of all tissues revealed force dependence and rose with the increasing compression force, which was similar to the trend of most biological soft tissues. The histological changes of HPSs following laser treatment have a significant influence on the compressive mechanical response. Compared with the normal skin, the toughness and anti-deformation ability of HPS reduced due to the proliferation of collagen fibers and the destruction of elastic fibers, resulting in higher energy dissipation, compression ratio λ, and stable creep rate D, and lower elastic modulus. After three successive combined PDL/ CO2 laser treatments, the compressive mechanical properties and creep properties of HPS gradually approached that of the normal skin owing to the gradual restoration of the amount and distribution of collagen and elastic fibers in HPS. The results provide a new method for evaluating the clinical efficacy of laser therapy for treatment of HPS tissue.
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- Y Y Liang
- Tribology Research Institute, Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology of Materials of Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Second People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan Province 610017, China
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- Tribology Research Institute, Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology of Materials of Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China.
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Luo SY, Ye YX, Sun MY, Shen JC, Chen NX, Jia S, Li XY, Liu YH, Zhu W, Xia M. [Relationship of quality and duration of sleep with hypertension among adults in Guangzhou]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 55:853-859. [PMID: 34304422 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20210204-00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To explore the relationship of sleep quality and sleep duration with hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years old in Guangzhou. Methods: According to multi-stage stratified cluster sampling, 12 747 residents aged 30-79 years old were sampled and surveyed in Guangzhou from January 2018 to March 2019. Data on general demographic characteristics, sleep quality, sleep duration and hypertension were collected through questionnaire survey, the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and physical examination. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze the putative association between sleep quality, sleep duration and hypertension. Restrictive cubic spline curve was used to draw the dose-response relationship curve between sleep quality, sleep time and hypertension. Results: The mean age of the subjects was (52.68±12.17) years, the prevalence of hypertension was 36.6% (4 664/12 747), the average score of PSQI was (4.70±2.88), and the average sleep time was (7.00±1.32) hours. The prevalence of hypertension was positively associated with the PSQI score. Compared to the subjects with a score less than 3, OR (95%CI) of hypertension with a PSQI score of 3-5, 5-8, ≥9 were 1.14 (1.02-1.27), 1.17 (1.03-1.34), 1.41 (1.21-1.64), respectively. The relationship between sleep duration and hypertension appeared U-shaped. Compared with 6 to 8 hours sleep duration, both sleep duration<6 hours with OR(95%CI) of 1.27(1.12-1.43) or >8 hours with OR(95%CI) of 1.20(1.05-1.38) was associated with hypertension. Conclusion: Both poor sleep quality, longer or shorter sleep duration were responsible for increased risk of cognitive impairment in older Chinese.
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- S Y Luo
- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Basic Public Health Service, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510440, China
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- Department of Basic Public Health Service, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510440, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Toxicology Inspection, Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510440, China
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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Shen JC, Sun L, Wang J, Du ZY, Chen R. [Effect of obstructive sleep apnea on cardiopulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2021; 101:1665-1670. [PMID: 34126714 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20201125-03187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To study the characteristics of cardiopulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) overlapping syndrome (OS). Methods: A total of 149 COPD patients, who were on stable treatment, were enrolled from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from December 2017 to December 2019. The patients were divided into the OS group (n=56) and the COPD only group (n=93) according to their apnea hypopnea index (AHI) measured by the Apnealink device. Data were gathered from polysomnograph (PSG), spirometry, arterial blood gas and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) assay to assess the cardiopulmonary function of patients. Partial correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between AHI and various factors, to study the characteristic changes in the cardiopulmonary function of these OS patients. Results: There were no significant cross-group differences in age and gender (all P>0.05). In the OS group, the forced expiratory volume in one second to forced vital capacity ratio (FEV1/FVC), the forced expiratory volume in the first second expressed as percent predicted (FEV1%pred), pH[M (Q1, Q3)], partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2) and oxygen saturation (SaO2) were lower than those in the COPD group [(49.46±12.98)% vs (54.38±11.72)%, (47.86±14.78)% vs (57.78±15.81)%, 7.37(7.34, 7.39) vs 7.40(7.39, 7.41), (80.75±10.20) vs (84.28±8.43) mmHg (1 mmHg=0.133 kPa), (94.46±2.52)% vs (95.74±2.28)%], whereas partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) [M (Q1, Q3)] was higher than that in the COPD group [55.00 (45.50, 60.00) vs 44.00(40.00, 48.00)mmHg] (all P<0.05). Pulmonary arterial pressure and plasma NT-proBNP levels [M (Q1, Q3)] in the OS group were significantly higher than those in the COPD group [38.90 (28.60, 49.05) vs 28.60 (24.95, 32.60) mmHg, 434.00 (273.75, 631.00) vs 136.00 (86.00, 205.00) pg/ml] (P<0.05). Partial correlation analysis showed that AHI was positively correlated with PaCO2, pulmonary artery pressure, NT-proBNP, and acute exacerbation events (r values: 0.496, 0.544, 0.628, 0.446), and negatively correlated with FEV1/FVC, FEV1%pred, pH, PaO2, and SaO2 (r values:-0.309, -0.346, -0.410, -0.289, -0.267) (all P<0.05). Conclusion: Patients with OS suffer from more severe hypoxemia, hypercapnia and pulmonary function damage, and their pulmonary arterial pressure and NT-proBNP are significantly higher than those with COPD only.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu 322000, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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Guo KD, Wang J, Wang QJ, Shen JC, Chen R. [Relationship between insomnia phenotype and mild cognitive impairment in young and middle-aged patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 100:2675-2681. [PMID: 32921016 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20200511-01498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Objective: To explore the relationship between insomnia phenotype and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in young and middle-aged patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). Methods: Those patients admitted due to snoring and examined by polysomnography (PSG) in the Sleep Center of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from January 2014 to January 2019 were screened. They were between 30 and 60 years old, and their cognitive function was assessed by the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) and their sleep quality was assessed by the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI). According to the sleep apnea hypopnea index (AHI), the patients were divided into three groups: snoring group (AHI<5 times/h), mild/moderate OSAHS group (5≤AHI≤30 times/h) and severe OSAHS group (AHI>30 times/h). According to the results of PSQI score, the patients were further divided into non-insomnia group (PSQI total score<8) and insomnia group (PSQI total score≥8). The differences of parameters in different groups were compared, and the relationship between OSAHS insomnia phenotype and MCI was analyzed by binary logistic regression model. Results: A total of 2 098 patients with the average age of (42.7±8.4) years old and the average BMI of (26.3±3.6) kg/m(2) were enrolled in the study, including 398 cases in snoring group (including 254 cases in non-insomnia group and 144 cases in insomnia group), 754 cases in mild/moderate OSAHS group (including 446 cases in non-insomnia group and 308 cases in insomnia group) and 946 cases in severe OSAHS group (including 722 cases in non-insomnia group and 224 cases in insomnia group). In the mild/moderate OSAHS group, compared with the non-insomnia group, the proportion of women in the insomnia group was higher with lighter degree of obesity, lighter severity of illness and lighter degree of hypoxia (all P<0.05). In the severe OSAHS group, the general characteristics of insomnia patients were similar to those of the mild/moderate OSAHS group, and the MoCA score of the insomnia group was lower than that of the non-insomnia group [(26.3±2.7) vs (25.5±2.9) points] (P=0.001). In the evaluation of each item of PSQI, the total score and daytime dysfunction score of insomnia patients in mild/moderate OSAHS group and severe OSAHS group was higher than those in snoring group [(11.2±1.9) points, (12.8±2.2) points vs (10.9±2.1) points and (1.5±0.4) points, (1.9±0.8) points vs (0.5±0.5) points], but the score in sleep latency was lower than that in snoring group [(1.5±0.5) points, (1.5±0.5) points vs (2.1±0.8) points] (all P<0.05). After correcting the effects of OSAHS disease severity, hypoxia, awake times, education, age, gender, hypnagogue, BMI, smoking and drinking history, the risk of MCI in insomnia group of severe OSAHS patients was significantly higher than that of non-insomnia group by 49% (OR=1.49, 95%CI: 1.05-2.11). Conclusion: Insomnia phenotype is a common clinical phenotype of OSAHS, and it is a risk factor for MCI in young and middle-aged patients with severe OSAHS.
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- K D Guo
- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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- Sleep Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, China
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Shen JC, Zhang ZH, Liu R, Wang ZH. Ecological restoration of eroded karst utilizing pioneer moss and vascular plant species with selection based on vegetation diversity and underlying soil chemistry. Int J Phytoremediation 2019; 20:1369-1379. [PMID: 30652488 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2018.1474435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Soil erosion in karst areas not only destroys the natural environment but also accelerates the decline in land productivity together with the associated increase in poverty for local communities. There are no simple or straightforward answers to controlling soil erosion on karst. Such erosion has become a serious problem in China. This study addresses both the diversity of vegetation (mosses, herbs, shrubs and trees) on karst and the underlying soil chemical characteristics, in order to provide a scientific basis by which suitable plant species can be selected for recovery and restoration of karst degraded by soil erosion. Vegetation diversity and soil chemistry were assessed in areas with five different grades of soil erosion in Guiyang Karst Park, Guizhou, China. Mosses are more tolerant than vascular plants of soil erosion and associated environmental degradation of karst and the order of species diversity was: mosses > herbs > shrubs > trees. Mosses were found to play a major role in ecological restoration of microhabitats on karst. Soil microbial biomass carbon was found to be significantly higher in soil under mosses than in bare soil associated with other plant categories. Mosses were more effective in converting unavailable potassium to available potassium. Vascular plants were found to have a positive effect on total nitrogen fixation and the availability of phosphorus in the soil. Increasing soil degradation was associated with lower levels of total Nitrogen in soil underlying mosses than in soil underlying vascular plants. Thus, based on their different but complementary contributions to soil chemistry, mosses and vascular plants in combination can provide the most practical outcome for the repair and restoration of areas of karst affected by soil erosion. The combination of the moss species, Homomallium plagiangium, Cyrto-hypnum pygmaeuman and Brachythecium perminusculum, the herbs Veronica arvensis and Youngia japonica, and the tree Prunus salicina, are recommended as suitable pioneer plant species to cultivate for use in restoration of regions of karstic soil erosion.
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- J C Shen
- a Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province , Guizhou Normal University , Guiyang , China
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- a Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province , Guizhou Normal University , Guiyang , China
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- a Key Laboratory for Information System of Mountainous Area and Protection of Ecological Environment of Guizhou Province , Guizhou Normal University , Guiyang , China
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- b School of Life Sciences , Guizhou Normal University , Guiyang , China
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Wang LF, Huang ZC, Shen JC. [A case of nasal big angiosarcoma]. Lin Chung Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018; 30:1902-1904. [PMID: 29798024 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.1001-1781.2016.23.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Angiosarcoma also called malignant hemangioendothelioma, caused by vascular endothelial cells or in the direction of vascular endothelial cell differertiation of mesenchymal malignant tumor, is a rare tumor found in clinical, can be in any place of the body, such as head and neck, skin and tissue, breast, bone, liver and other organs and so on, also in the nose, and sinuses rich blood vessels. But this tumor has a low incidence in the nose. Because the nose and sinuses location is hidden, the patient often with nasal bleeding, stuffy nose, headache and so on. With the increase of tumor involvement, the patient can appears the symptoms of corresponding adjacent tissue. Therefore this tumor is difficult to be early detected timely. Early complete surgical excision and supplemented by radiotherapy are preferred methods as the treatments of the nasal and sinuses angiosarcoma without distant metastase.
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Shen JC, Zhang YC, Zhao MF. Protective effects of deferasirox and N-acetyl-L-cysteine on iron overload-injured bone marrow. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 50:e6087. [PMID: 29069221 PMCID: PMC5649863 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20176087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Using an iron overload mouse model, we explored the protective effect of deferasirox (DFX) and N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) on injured bone marrow hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC) induced by iron overload. Mice were intraperitoneally injected with 25 mg iron dextran every 3 days for 4 weeks to establish an iron overload (Fe) model. DFX or NAC were co-administered with iron dextran in two groups of mice (Fe+DFX and Fe+NAC), and the function of HSPCs was then examined. Iron overload markedly decreased the number of murine HSPCs in bone marrow. Subsequent colony-forming cell assays showed that iron overload also decreased the colony forming capacity of HSPCs, the effect of which could be reversed by DFX and NAC. The bone marrow hematopoiesis damage caused by iron overload could be alleviated by DFX and NAC.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Logistics University of People's Armed Police Forces, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, Affiliated Hospital of Logistics University of People's Armed Police Forces, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Cai SJ, Chen R, Zhang YL, Xiong KP, Lian YX, Li J, Shen JC, Liu CF. Correlation of Epworth Sleepiness Scale with multiple sleep latency test and its diagnostic accuracy in assessing excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome. Chin Med J (Engl) 2013; 126:3245-3250. [PMID: 24033944] [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: 06/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is often associated with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) and contributes to a number of comorbidities in these patients. Therefore, early detection of EDS is critical in disease management. We examined the association between Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) and diagnostic accuracy of ESS in assessing EDS in OSAHS patients. METHODS The ESS, MSLT and overnight polysomnography were administered to 107 Chinese patients to assess EDS and its correlations with polysomnographic parameters. The diagnostic accuracy of ESS in classifying EDS (mean sleep latency (MSL) ≤ 10 minutes) was evaluated by calculating the area under ROC curve. RESULTS As the severity of OSAHS increased, MSL decreased with increase in ESS score. Conversely, patients with worsening EDS (shorter MSL) were characterized by advanced nocturnal hypoxaemia and sleep disruption compared to those with normal MSL, suggesting EDS is associated with more severe OSAHS. There was a negative correlation between ESS score and MSL and both moderately correlated with some polysomnographic nocturnal hypoxaemic parameters. The area under ROC curve of ESS for identifying EDS was 0.80 (95% CI: 0.71 to 0.88) and ESS score ≥ 12 provided the best predictive value with a sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 69%. CONCLUSION The ESS score moderately correlates with MSL and our ROC study supports ESS as a screening strategy for assessing EDS in OSAHS.
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- Si-Jie Cai
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215004, China; Department of Respiratory Medicine, First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Kunshan, Jiangsu 215300, China
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Su WN, Wu XL, Wang X, Zhang YY, Shen JC, Zhu JM. Synthesis of crystalline beta-FeSi2 under high-temperature and high-pressure. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2011; 11:10963-10966. [PMID: 22409035 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.4067] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this paper, we report the synthesis of crystalline beta-FeSi2 via the reaction of Si and Fe powders under high-temperature and high-pressure. X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering results confirm formation of the beta-FeSi2 phase. Scanning electron microscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, and selected-area electron diffraction patterns show that the beta-FeSi2 phase coexists with Si phase with small nanocrystal sizes. The formation of the beta-FeSi2 phase is a result of Si diffusion into Fe region. The obtained results suggest that the removal of Si phase can be reached through increasing Fe content and prolonging the duration of high-pressure thermal treatment.
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- W N Su
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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Gan ZX, Xiong SJ, Wu XL, He CY, Shen JC, Chu PK. Mn²+-bonded reduced graphene oxide with strong radiative recombination in broad visible range caused by resonant energy transfer. Nano Lett 2011; 11:3951-3956. [PMID: 21848298 DOI: 10.1021/nl202240s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The photoluminescence (PL) characteristics of Mn(2+)-bonded reduced graphene oxide (rGO) are studied in details. The Mn(2+)-bonded rGO is synthesized using MnO(2)-decorated GO as the intermediate products and ideal tunable PL is obtained by enhancing the long-wavelength (450-550 nm) emission. The PL spectra excited by different wavelengths are analyzed to elucidate the mechanism, and the resonant energy transfer between Mn(2+) and sp(2) clusters of the rGO appears to be responsible for the enhanced long-wavelength emission. To examine the effect of Mn(2+) on the long-wavelength emission from the Mn(2+)-bonded rGO, the PL characteristics of Mn(2+)-bonded rGO with smaller Mn concentrations are studied and weaker emission is observed. Our theoretical calculation corroborates the experimental results.
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- Z X Gan
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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Wu XL, Xiong SJ, Liu Z, Chen J, Shen JC, Li TH, Wu PH, Chu PK. Green light stimulates terahertz emission from mesocrystal microspheres. Nat Nanotechnol 2011; 6:103-6. [PMID: 21240282 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The discovery of efficient sources of terahertz radiation has been exploited in imaging applications, and developing a nanoscale terahertz source could lead to additional applications. High-frequency mechanical vibrations of charged nanostructures can lead to radiative emission, and vibrations at frequencies of hundreds of kilohertz have been observed from a ZnO nanobelt under the influence of an alternating electric field. Here, we observe mechanical resonance and radiative emission at ∼ 0.36 THz from core-shell ZnO mesocrystal microspheres excited by a continuous green-wavelength laser. We find that ∼ 0.016% of the incident power is converted into terahertz radiation, which corresponds to a quantum efficiency of ∼ 33%, making the ZnO microspheres competitive with existing terahertz-emitting materials. The mechanical resonance and radiation stem from the coherent photo-induced vibration of the hexagonal ZnO nanoplates that make up the microsphere shells. The ZnO microspheres are formed by means of a nonclassical, self-organized crystallization process, and represent a straightforward route to terahertz radiation at the nanoscale.
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- X L Wu
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Li Q, Li C, Shen JC, Liu H, Huang M, Zhang XL. [Effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia on mitochondrial function of rat genioglossus cells and intervention role of adiponectin]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2011; 34:21-25. [PMID: 21429414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) on mitochondrial function in genioglossus cells of rats and intervention role of adiponectin (Ad). METHODS Thirty-nine healthy male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups, normal control (NC) group, CIH group and CIH + Ad group with 13 rats in each. Rats in NC group were kept breathing normal air, while rats in both CIH and CIH + Ad groups experienced the same CIH environment (CIH 8 h/day for successive 5 weeks). However, rats in CIH + Ad group was given intravenous Ad supplement at the dosage of 10 µg, twice a week for successive 5 weeks. At the end of experiment (day 35), the levels of plasma adiponectin, mitochondrial membrane potential activities of respiratory chain complexes I and IV in mitochondrion of genioglossus cells were compared among different groups. RESULTS Serum Ad level was significantly lower in CIH group than that in NC group [(1108 ± 112) ng/ml vs (2241 ± 121) ng/ml, P < 0.01]. Serum Ad level in CIH + Ad group [(1889 ± 119) ng/ml] was significantly higher than that in NC group but lower than that in CIH group (all P < 0.01). Mitochondrial membrane potential was significantly lower in CIH group than that in NC group [(1.82 ± 0.11) vs (2.09 ± 0.14), P < 0.01]. Mitochondrial membrane potential in CIH + Ad group (1.98 ± 0.09) was higher than that in CIH group but lower than that in NC group (all P < 0.05). The concentrations of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes I and IV in CIH group (35.68 ± 1.73) µmol×min(-1)×mg(-1) and (2.37 ± 0.11) nmol×min(-1)×mg(-1), respectively) were the lowest but became higher from CIH + Ad group [(37.18 ± 1.95) µmol×min(-1)×mg(-1) and (2.49 ± 0.09) nmol×min(-1)×mg(-1), respectively] to NC group (39.02 ± 1.38) µmol×min(-1)×mg(-1) and (2.81 ± 0.12) nmol×min(-1)×mg(-1), respectively), with a significant difference between NC and CIH groups (P < 0.01), between CIH + Ad and CIH groups (P < 0.05), as well as between CIH + Ad and NC groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION CIH could lead to hypoadiponectinemia and impaired mitochondrial function in genioglossus cells of rats. Since such changes could be partially improved by supplement of adiponectin, it was suggested that hypoadiponectinemia might be involved in CIH-induced impairment of genioglossus energy metabolism.
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- Qin Li
- Department of Respirology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Wu XL, Xiong SJ, Zhu J, Wang J, Shen JC, Chu PK. Identification of surface structures on 3C-SiC nanocrystals with hydrogen and hydroxyl bonding by photoluminescence. Nano Lett 2009; 9:4053-4060. [PMID: 19894694 DOI: 10.1021/nl902226u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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SiC nanocrystals (NCs) exhibit unique surface chemistry and possess special properties. This provides the opportunity to design suitable surface structures by terminating the surface dangling bonds with different atoms thereby boding well for practical applications. In this article, we report the photoluminescence properties of 3C-SiC NCs in water suspensions with different pH values. Besides a blue band stemming from the quantum confinement effect, the 3C-SiC NCs show an additional photoluminescence band at 510 nm when the excitation wavelengths are longer than 350 nm. Its intensity relative to the blue band increases with the excitation wavelength. The 510 nm band appears only in acidic suspensions but not in alkaline ones. Fourier transform infrared, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption near-edge structure analyses clearly reveal that the 3C-SiC NCs in the water suspension have Si-H and Si-OH bonds on their surface, implying that water molecules only react with a Si-terminated surface. First-principle calculations suggest that the additional 510 nm band arises from structures induced by H(+) and OH(-) dissociated from water and attached to Si dimers on the modified (001) Si-terminated portion of the NCs. The size requirement is consistent with the observation that the 510 nm band can only be observed when the excitation wavelengths are relatively large, that is, excitation of bigger NCs.
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- X L Wu
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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Wu XL, Xiong SJ, Sun LT, Shen JC, Chu PK. Low-frequency Raman scattering from nanocrystals caused by coherent excitation of phonons. Small 2009; 5:2823-2826. [PMID: 19882689 DOI: 10.1002/smll.200901579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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- X L Wu
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
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Shen JC, Zhang XL, Li C. [Effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia on genioglossus and its intervention by adiponectin]. Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2009; 44:837-842. [PMID: 20079054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) on electromyograph (EMG) and ultrastructure of genioglossus (GG) and the interventive effects with adiponectin supplement. METHODS Forty-two healthy male Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal control (A), CIH (B) and adiponectin treatment (C) groups with 14 rats in each. CIH was performed 8 hours per day for 5 weeks in both group B and C. In group C, transvenous injection of adiponectin of 10 microg dosage each time, twice a week for 5 weeks. While in group A and B, transvenous injection of saline was performed twice a week for 5 weeks. At the beginning of 6th week the GG EMG voltages were measured before, during and following hypoxia stimulation by inserted bipolar needle electrodes and compared among three groups. Transmission electron microscope was used for observation of ultrastructure of GG. RESULTS The serum adiponectin level in group B (1226.0 +/- 112.0) ng/ml (x(-) +/- s) was significantly lower than that in group A (2491.8 +/- 117.9) ng/ml, q = 38.2, P < 0.01), and adiponectin level in group C (1988.3 +/- 114.7) ng/ml was significantly higher than that in group B (q = 23.0, P < 0.01). Comparison of GG EMG activity showed that the baseline amplitude of GG EMG before hypoxia stimulation was significantly lower in group B than that in both group A and group C (all P < 0.01). At the 5th min of hypoxia stimulation the GG EMG activities were significantly enhanced among three groups (all P < 0.01). Such an enhancement was the most evident in group A but the least remarkable in group B, with a significant difference among three groups (q(ab) = 17.5; q(ac) = 8.9; q(bc) = 8.6, all P < 0.01). 15 min, 30 min and 45 min after hypoxia stimulation the amplitude of GG EMG remained at relative higher levels in group A and C, significantly higher than that in group B (all P < 0.01). CIH could cause significant ultrastructural pathological changes such as myofibril discontinuities, lysis of myofilament, edema of mitochondria and disruption of cristae, vacuoles and lysis of some mitochondria in group B. Venous supplement of adiponectin could improve pathological changes resulting from CIH. CONCLUSIONS CIH could resulted in pathological changes in EMG and ultrastructure of GG, which might be associated with hypoadiponectinemia caused by CIH.
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- Jiu-Cheng Shen
- Department of Respiratory Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Chen HT, Xiong SJ, Wu XL, Zhu J, Shen JC, Chu PK. Tin oxide nanoribbons with vacancy structures in luminescence-sensitive oxygen sensing. Nano Lett 2009; 9:1926-1931. [PMID: 19435379 DOI: 10.1021/nl900075f] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Vacancy structures in tin oxide nanoribbons fabricated via thermal evaporation and post-processing are probed by luminescence spectroscopy, and interesting properties that bode well for oxygen sensing are observed. Besides a broad 620-nm band, the fabricated tin oxide nanoribbons show a photoluminescence band at 480 nm when the measurement temperature is <100 K. The blue band appears from nanoribbons synthesized under high oxygen pressure or annealed under oxygen. The dependence suggests that the oxygen interstitial and vacancy densities determine the electronic states that produce the blue band. Calculation of the electron structures based on the density functional theory shows that decreased oxygen vacancies or increased oxygen interstitials enhance the 480-nm band but suppress the 620-nm band. The results reported here indicate that the tin oxide nanoribbons with vacancy structures have potential applications in luminescence-sensitive oxygen sensing.
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- H T Chen
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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Zhang YJ, Jin NY, Jiang WZ, Zhu XJ, Shen JC. Cloning and expression of the external-glycoprotein gene mutant from HIV-2 in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris and identification of the glycoprotein. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2001; 34:1-4. [PMID: 11483147 DOI: 10.1042/ba20010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 11/17/2022]
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To achieve high-level expression of HIV-2(ROD) external glycoprotein gp105 in Pichia pastoris, the gp105 gene mutant tP1, with the 5' non-functional region of the gp105 gene removed, was obtained by PCR amplification and was cloned into secreted expression vector pHILS1. The His(+)Mut(s) recombinant P. pastoris strain was screened by PCR and induced by methanol. SDS/PAGE and Western-blot analyses showed that mutation of the low-usage codon AGG into synonymous codon CGA and the introduction of the optimal codon TTC made P. pastoris overexpress tP1, an 85 kDa heterologous glycoprotein that was secreted into the medium and recognized specifically by HIV-2 polyclonal antibody. The recombinant strain GS115/tP1 had excellent genetic stability in terms of the properties of growth and expression of gp105, and seven out of 58 recombinant stains with a yield of 29% were selected to be used for further purification of gp105.
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- Y J Zhang
- College of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023, People's Republic of China.
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Luo GM, Qi DH, Zheng YG, Mu Y, Yan GL, Yang TS, Shen JC. ESR studies on reaction of saccharide with the free radicals generated from the xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine system containing iron. FEBS Lett 2001; 492:29-32. [PMID: 11248231 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02226-8] [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: 10/18/2022]
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The free radicals generated from the iron containing system of xanthine oxidase and hypoxanthine (Fe-XO/HX) were directly detected by using spin trapping. It was found that not only superoxide anion (O(2)*-) and hydroxyl radical (OH*), but also alkyl or alkoxyl radicals (R*) were formed when saccharides such as glucose, fructose and sucrose were added into the Fe-XO/HX system. The generated amount of R* was dependent on the kind and concentration of saccharides added into the Fe-XO/HX system and no R* were detected in the absence of saccharides, indicating that there is an interaction between the saccharide molecules and the free radicals generated from the Fe-XO/HX system and saccharide molecules are essential for generating R* in the Fe-XO/HX system. It is expected that the toxicity of R* would be greater than of hydrophilic O(2)*- and OH* because they are liposoluble and their lives are longer and the active sites of biomolecules are closely related with lipophilic phase, thus they can damage cells more seriously than O(2)*- and OH*. The R* generated from the saccharide containing Fe-XO/HX can be effectively scavenged by selenium containing abzyme (Se-abzyme), indicating Se-abzyme is a promising antioxidant.
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- G M Luo
- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China.
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Shen JC, Klein RD, Wei Q, Guan Y, Contois JH, Wang TT, Chang S, Hursting SD. Low-dose genistein induces cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and G(1) cell-cycle arrest in human prostate cancer cells. Mol Carcinog 2000. [PMID: 11074606 DOI: 10.1002/1098-2744(200010)29:2<92::aid-mc6>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Genistein, a naturally occurring isoflavone found chiefly in soy products, reportedly has antiprostate cancer effects, but the mechanisms underlying these effects are unknown. We studied the antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing effects of genistein in the androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP. Viable cell number was assessed by the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay; cell-cycle progression and apoptosis were evaluated by flow cytometry; apoptosis was also assessed by a histone enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; and the expression of several cell-cycle- and apoptosis-related genes and their gene products was determined by northern blot analysis, western blot analysis, and/or assays based on polymerase chain reaction. Physiologic concentrations of genistein (< or = 20 microM) decreased LNCaP viable cell number in a dose-dependent manner, induced a G(1) cell-cycle block, decreased prostate-specific antigen mRNA expression, and increased p27(KIP1) and p21(WAF1) (mRNA and protein) but had no effect on apoptosis or the mRNA expression of the apoptosis- and cell-cycle-related markers bcl-2, bax, Rb, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Higher concentrations of genistein (> 20 microM) did induce apoptosis. We conclude that genistein (at physiologic concentrations) exerts potent antiproliferative effects on LNCaP cells by inducing a G(1) cell-cycle block. The antiproliferative effects of genistein may be mediated by increased levels of p27(KIP1) and p21(WAF1), which are negative cell-cycle regulators that act as cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and that have been recently linked with prostate carcinogenesis. These findings may provide insights into the mechanisms underlying the apparent antiprostate cancer effects of soy consumption observed in epidemiologic studies.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Shen JC, Klein RD, Wei Q, Guan Y, Contois JH, Wang TT, Chang S, Hursting SD. Low-dose genistein induces cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and G(1) cell-cycle arrest in human prostate cancer cells. Mol Carcinog 2000; 29:92-102. [PMID: 11074606 DOI: 10.1002/1098-2744(200010)29:2<92::aid-mc6>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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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Genistein, a naturally occurring isoflavone found chiefly in soy products, reportedly has antiprostate cancer effects, but the mechanisms underlying these effects are unknown. We studied the antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing effects of genistein in the androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP. Viable cell number was assessed by the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay; cell-cycle progression and apoptosis were evaluated by flow cytometry; apoptosis was also assessed by a histone enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; and the expression of several cell-cycle- and apoptosis-related genes and their gene products was determined by northern blot analysis, western blot analysis, and/or assays based on polymerase chain reaction. Physiologic concentrations of genistein (< or = 20 microM) decreased LNCaP viable cell number in a dose-dependent manner, induced a G(1) cell-cycle block, decreased prostate-specific antigen mRNA expression, and increased p27(KIP1) and p21(WAF1) (mRNA and protein) but had no effect on apoptosis or the mRNA expression of the apoptosis- and cell-cycle-related markers bcl-2, bax, Rb, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Higher concentrations of genistein (> 20 microM) did induce apoptosis. We conclude that genistein (at physiologic concentrations) exerts potent antiproliferative effects on LNCaP cells by inducing a G(1) cell-cycle block. The antiproliferative effects of genistein may be mediated by increased levels of p27(KIP1) and p21(WAF1), which are negative cell-cycle regulators that act as cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and that have been recently linked with prostate carcinogenesis. These findings may provide insights into the mechanisms underlying the apparent antiprostate cancer effects of soy consumption observed in epidemiologic studies.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Werner syndrome (WS) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by early onset of many features of aging, by an unusual spectrum of cancers, and by genomic instability. The WS protein (WRN) possesses 3'-->5' DNA helicase and associated ATPase activities, as well as 3'-->5' DNA exonuclease activity. Currently, WRN is the only member of the widely distributed RecQ DNA helicase family with documented exonuclease activity. It is not known whether deficiency of the exonuclease or helicase/ATPase activities of WRN, or all of them, is responsible for various elements of the WS phenotype. WRN exonuclease has limited homology to Escherichia coli RNaseD, a tRNA processing enzyme. We show here that WRN preferentially degrades synthetic DNA substrates containing alternate secondary structures, with an exonucleolytic mode of action suggestive of RNaseD. We present evidence that structure-dependent binding of WRN to DNA requires ATP binding, while DNA degradation requires ATP hydrolysis. Apparently, the exonuclease and ATPase act in concert to catalyze structure-dependent DNA degradation. We propose that WRN protein functions as a DNA processing enzyme in resolving aberrant DNA structures via both exonuclease and helicase activities.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Pathology, Box 357705, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7705, USA
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Werner syndrome (WS) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that is manifested by genetic instability and premature onset of age-related diseases, including atherosclerosis and cancer. The gene that is mutated in WS cells (WRN) has been identified recently. Characterizations of the WRN gene product indicate that WRN encodes both a 3'-->5' DNA helicase, belonging to the Escherichiacoli RecQ helicase family, and a 3'-->5' DNA exonuclease. Studies to define the molecular mechanism of WRN-DNA transactions are currently underway in many laboratories. Preliminary results indicate that WRN functions as a key factor in resolving aberrant DNA structures that arise from DNA metabolic processes such as replication, recombination and/or repair, to preserve the genetic integrity in cells.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7705, USA.
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The WRN DNA helicase is a member of the DExH-containing DNA helicase superfamily that includes XPB, XPD, and BLM. Mutations in WRN are found in patients with the premature aging and cancer susceptibility syndrome known as Werner syndrome (WS). p53 binds to the WRN protein in vivo and in vitro through its carboxyl terminus. WS fibroblasts have an attenuated p53- mediated apoptotic response, and this deficiency can be rescued by expression of wild-type WRN. These data support the hypothesis that p53 can induce apoptosis through the modulation of specific DExH-containing DNA helicases and may have implications for the cancer predisposition observed in WS patients.
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- E A Spillare
- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA
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To explore the mechanisms underlying the chemopreventive effects of the synthetic retinoid N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4-HPR) in prostate cancer, we evaluated the anti-proliferative and apoptosis-inducing effects of 4-HPR in the androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP. 4-HPR decreased the number of viable LNCaP cells (as measured by the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay) in a dose-dependent manner. Although 4-HPR exerted a modest G1 cell-cycle block (as determined by flow cytometry), its effect on reduced cell number appeared to result primarily from induction of apoptosis (as measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and flow-cytometric assays). The mitogenic effects of R1881, a non-metabolizable androgen that potently induces LNCaP cell proliferation, was completely blocked by greater than 0.5 microM 4-HPR. Furthermore, increasing the R1881 concentration in the presence of 2.0 microM 4-HPR increased apoptotic cell death. 4-HPR decreased prostate-specific antigen (PSA) protein levels in conditioned medium and decreased PSA mRNA expression. 4-HPR also decreased the ratio of bcl-2 to bax mRNA expression in LNCaP cells by approximately 45%, indicating that the apoptotic effects of 4-HPR may be mediated, at least in part, by alterations in the bcl-2/bax-regulated apoptotic pathway. N-acetylcysteine (4 mM) completely blocked the anti-proliferative and apoptotic-inducing effects of 4-HPR, suggesting that an oxidative mechanism may be involved. We concluded that (i) 4-HPR exerts growth-suppressive and apoptotic effects on LNCaP cells, (ii) 4-HPR can interact with androgen to suppress proliferation and induce apoptosis, (iii) the apoptotic effects of 4-HPR may be mediated in part by the bcl-2/bax pathway, and (iv) a pro-oxidant mechanism may contribute to the anti-proliferative and apoptotic-inducing effects of 4-HPR.
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MESH Headings
- Androgens/pharmacology
- Antigens, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Neoplasm/genetics
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Cell Cycle
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
- Fenretinide/pharmacology
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Genes, bcl-2
- Humans
- Male
- Metribolone/antagonists & inhibitors
- Metribolone/pharmacology
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/metabolism
- Neoplasms, Hormone-Dependent/pathology
- Prostate-Specific Antigen/biosynthesis
- Prostate-Specific Antigen/genetics
- Prostatic Neoplasms/metabolism
- Prostatic Neoplasms/pathology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/biosynthesis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/biosynthesis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Tumor Cells, Cultured/drug effects
- bcl-2-Associated X Protein
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- J C Shen
- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030-4095, USA
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Shen JC, Gray MD, Oshima J, Kamath-Loeb AS, Fry M, Loeb LA. Werner syndrome protein. I. DNA helicase and dna exonuclease reside on the same polypeptide. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:34139-44. [PMID: 9852073 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.51.34139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Werner Syndrome (WS) is a human progeroid disorder characterized by genomic instability. The gene defective in WS encodes a 3' --> 5' DNA helicase (Gray, M. D., Shen, J.-C., Kamath-Loeb, A. S., Blank, A. , Sopher, B. L., Martin, G. M., Oshima, J., and Loeb, L. A.(1997) Nat. Genet. 17, 100-103). Sequence alignment analysis identified an N-terminal motif in WRN that is homologous to several exonucleases. Using combined molecular genetic, biochemical, and immunochemical approaches, we demonstrate that WRN also exhibits an integral DNA exonuclease activity. First, whereas wild-type recombinant WRN possesses both helicase and exonuclease activities, mutant WRN lacking the nuclease domain does not display exonucleolytic activity. In contrast, WRN proteins with defective helicase activity are active in exonucleolytic digestion of DNA. Second, the exonuclease co-purifies with the 160-kDa WRN protein and its associated DNA helicase and ATPase activities through successive steps of ion exchange and affinity chromatography, suggesting that all three activities are physically associated. Lastly, anti-WRN antiserum specifically co-precipitates the WRN helicase and exonuclease activities indicating that both activities reside on the same antigenic WRN polypeptide. The association of an exonuclease with WRN distinguishes it from other RecQ homologs and raises the possibility that the distinct phenotypic characteristics of WS may be due in part to a defective exonuclease.
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- J C Shen
- Gottstein Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory, Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7705, USA
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In addition to its DNA helicase activity, Werner syndrome protein (WRN) also possesses an exonuclease activity (Shen, J.-C., Gray, M. D., Kamath-Loeb, A. S., Fry, M., Oshima, J., and Loeb, L. A. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 34139-34144). Here we describe the properties of nearly homogeneous WRN exonuclease. WRN exonuclease hydrolyzes a recessed strand in a partial DNA duplex but does not significantly digest single-stranded DNA, blunt-ended duplex, or a protruding strand of a partial duplex. Although DNA is hydrolyzed in the absence of nucleoside triphosphates, nuclease activity is markedly stimulated by ATP, dATP, or CTP. WRN exonuclease digests DNA with a 3' --> 5' directionality to generate 5'-dNMP products, and DNA strands terminating with either a 3'-OH or 3'-PO4 group are hydrolyzed to similar extents. A recessed DNA strand with a single 3'-terminal mismatch is hydrolyzed more efficiently by WRN than one with a complementary nucleotide, but the enzyme fails to hydrolyze a DNA strand terminating with two mismatched bases. WRN exonuclease is distinguished from known mammalian DNA nucleases by its covalent association with a DNA helicase, preference for a recessed DNA strand, stimulation by ATP, ability to equally digest DNA with 3'-OH or 3'-PO4 termini, and its preferential digestion of DNA with a single 3'-terminal mismatch.
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- A S Kamath-Loeb
- Gottstein Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory, Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7705, USA.
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- S J Gao
- State Lab of Enzyme Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- S J Gao
- State Lab of Enzyme Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Rink SM, Shen JC, Loeb LA. Creation of RNA molecules that recognize the oxidative lesion 7,8-dihydro-8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) in DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:11619-24. [PMID: 9751715 PMCID: PMC21690 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.20.11619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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] [Received: 05/13/1998] [Accepted: 08/05/1998] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We used in vitro evolution to obtain RNA molecules that specifically recognize and bind with high affinity to the oxidative lesion 7, 8-dihydro-8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) in DNA. A pool of approximately 10(15) RNA molecules containing a random insert of 45 nucleotides in length was subject to 10 successive rounds of chromatographic enrichment using an 8-oxodG affinity matrix, reverse transcription, PCR amplification, and RNA synthesis. Selected RNA molecules bind to 8-oxodG located at the 3' terminus (Kd = 270 nM) or in the center (Kd = 2.8 microM) of a 19-nt strand of DNA, with no detectable affinity for the corresponding dG-containing DNA sequences. These 8-oxodG-binding RNAs will be used to monitor levels of 8-oxodG in DNA from biological sources and should provide a unique method for evaluating oxygen-mediated DNA damage. This approach should be applicable for the creation of RNA molecules that can bind to and identify the different modifications of DNA produced by a variety of environmental agents.
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- S M Rink
- The Joseph Gottstein Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory, Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-7705, USA
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Liu JQ, Gao SJ, Luo GM, Yan GL, Shen JC. Artificial imitation of glutathione peroxidase with 6-selenium-bridged beta-cyclodextrin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 247:397-400. [PMID: 9642139 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/22/2022]
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On the basis of cyclodextrin, 6-selenium bridged beta-cyclodextrin (6-beta-CD-Se-Se-beta-CD, known as 6-SeCD) was synthesized by the selective tosylation of beta-cyclodextrin and nucleophilic displacement by sodium hydroselenide to imitate glutathione peroxidase (GPX). The GPX activity of diselenide 6-SeCD is 4.3 times that of PZ51. The structure of the mimic 6-SeCD was characterized by means of laser mass spectroscopy, elemental analysis, IR and 1H NMR. The selenium content and its valence in 6-SeCD were determined by means of X-ray photoelectron spectra. Kinetics of the mimic showed that its enzymatic behavior was similar to that of native GPX.
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- J Q Liu
- The National Laboratory of Enzyme Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023, P.R. China
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Shen JC, Gray MD, Oshima J, Loeb LA. Characterization of Werner syndrome protein DNA helicase activity: directionality, substrate dependence and stimulation by replication protein A. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:2879-85. [PMID: 9611231 PMCID: PMC147646 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.12.2879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Werner syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by premature aging, genetic instability and a high incidence of cancer. The wild type Werner syndrome protein (WRN) has been demonstrated to exhibit DNA helicase activity in vitro. Here we report further biochemical characterization of the WRN helicase. The enzyme unwinds double-stranded DNA, translocating 3'-->5' on the enzyme-bound strand. Hydrolysis of dATP or ATP, and to a lesser extent hydrolysis of dCTP or CTP, supports WRN-catalyzed strand-displacement. K m values for ATP and dATP are 51 and 119 microM, respectively, and 2.1 and 3.9 mM for CTP and dCTP, respectively. Strand-displacement activity of WRN is stimulated by single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs). Among the SSBs from Escherichia coli, bacteriophage T4 and human, stimulation by human SSB (human replication protein A, hRPA) is the most extensive and occurs with a stoichiometry which suggests direct interaction with WRN. A deficit in the interaction of WRN with hRPA may be associated with deletion mutations that occur at elevated frequency in Werner syndrome cells.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Box 357705, Seattle, WA 98195-7705, USA
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Most prokaryotic (cytosine-5)-DNA methyltransferases increase the frequency of deamination at the cytosine targeted for methylation in vitro in the absence of the cofactor S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) or the reaction product S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy). We show here that, under the same in vitro conditions, the prokaryotic methyltransferase, M.MspI (from Moraxella sp.), causes very few cytosine deaminations, suggesting a mechanism in which M.MspI may avoid enzyme-mediated cytosine deamination. Two analogues of AdoMet, sinefungin and 5'-amino-5'-deoxyadenosine, greatly increased the frequency of cytosine deamination mediated by M.MspI presumably by introducing a proton-donating amino group into the catalytic centre, thus facilitating the formation of an unstable enzyme-dihydrocytosine intermediate and hydrolytic deamination. Interestingly, two naturally occurring analogues, adenosine and 5'-methylthio-5'-deoxyadenosine, which do not contain a proton-donating amino group, also weakly increased the deamination frequency by M.MspI, even in the presence of AdoMet or AdoHcy. These analogues may trigger a conformational change in the enzyme without completely inhibiting the access of solvent water to the catalytic centre, thus allowing hydrolytic deamination of the enzyme-dihydrocytosine intermediate. Under normal physiological conditions the enzymes M.HpaII (from Haemophilus parainfluenzae), M. HhaI (from Haemophilus hemolytica) and M.MspI all increased the in vivo deamination frequency at the target cytosines with comparable efficiency.
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- J M Zingg
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Werner syndrome (WS) is an uncommon autosomal recessive disorder characterized by premature aging. The clinical manifestations of WS, including atherosclerosis and osteoporosis, appear early in adulthood, and death in the fourth to sixth decade commonly ensues from myocardial infarction or cancer. In accord with the aging phenotype, cells from WS patients have a reduced replicative life span in culture. Genomic instability is observed at the cytogenetic level in the form of chromosome breaks and translocations and at the molecular level by multiple large deletions. The Werner syndrome gene (WRN) has recently been cloned. The predicted product is a 1,432-amino-acid protein whose central domain is homologous to members of the RecQ family of DNA helicases. Such homology does not necessarily mean that WRN encodes an active helicase. For example, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD26 gene protein and the human transcription-repair coupling factor CSB (Cockayne syndrome 8) are highly homologous to known helicases, yet neither encodes an active helicase. Moreover, the Bloom's syndrome gene (BLM), discovered before WRN, is also homologous to the RecQ family of DNA helicases, though we still await demonstration that it encodes an active helicase. Here we report that the WS protein does indeed catalyze DNA unwinding.
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- M D Gray
- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7705, USA
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Zingg JM, Shen JC, Yang AS, Rapoport H, Jones PA. Methylation inhibitors can increase the rate of cytosine deamination by (cytosine-5)-DNA methyltransferase. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:3267-75. [PMID: 8774911 PMCID: PMC146075 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.16.3267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 02/02/2023] Open
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The target cytosines of (cytosine-5)-DNA methyltransferases in prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA show increased rates of C-->T transition mutations compared to non-target cytosines. These mutations are induced either by the spontaneous deamination of 5-mC-->T generating inefficiently repaired G:T rather than G:U mismatches, or by the enzyme-induced C-->U deamination which occurs under conditions of reduced levels of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) and S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy). We tested whether various inhibitors of (cytosine-5)-DNA methyltransferases analogous to AdoMet and AdoHcy would affect the rate of enzyme-induced deamination of the target cytosine by M.HpaII and M.SssI. Interestingly, we found two compounds, sinefungin and 5'-amino-5'-deoxyadenosine, that increased the rate of deamination 10(3)-fold in the presence and 10(4)-fold in the absence of AdoMet and AdoHcy. We have therefore identified the first mutagenic compounds specific for the target sites of (cytosine-5)-DNA methyltransferases. A number of analogs of AdoMet and AdoHcy have been considered as possible antiviral, anticancer, antifungal and antiparasitic agents. Our findings show that chemotherapeutic agents with affinities to the cofactor binding pocket of (cytosine-5)-DNA methyltransferase should be tested for their potential mutagenic effects.
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- J M Zingg
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferases can cause deamination of cytosine when the cofactor S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) is limiting and thus function as sequence-specific C-->U mutator enzymes. Here we explored whether mutations causing inactivation of the cofactor binding activity of the HpaII methyltransferase, thus mimicking conditions of limiting AdoMet concentration, could convert a DNA methyltransferase to a C-->U mutator enzyme. We created two mutator enzymes from the HpaII methyltransferase (F38S and G40D) which both showed enhanced cytosine deamination activities in vitro and in vivo. Interestingly, the G:U mispairs generated by these enzymes were not repaired completely in bacteria equipped with uracil-DNA glycosylase-initiated repair machinery, giving rise to a potent mutator phenotype. This is the first report showing the creation of mutator enzymes from a DNA methyltransferase and the demonstration of their mutagenicity in living cells.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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Yang AS, Shen JC, Zingg JM, Mi S, Jones PA. HhaI and HpaII DNA methyltransferases bind DNA mismatches, methylate uracil and block DNA repair. Nucleic Acids Res 1995; 23:1380-7. [PMID: 7753629 PMCID: PMC306865 DOI: 10.1093/nar/23.8.1380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The hydrolytic deamination of 5-methylcytosine (5-mC) to thymine (T) is believed to be responsible for the high mutability of the CpG dinucleotide in DNA. We have shown a possible alternate mechanism for mutagenesis at CpG in which HpaII DNA-(cytosine-5) methyltransferase (M.HpaII) can enzymatically deaminate cytosine (C) to uracil (U) in DNA [Shen, J.-C., Rideout, W.M., III and Jones, P.A., Cell, 71, 1073-1080, (1992)]. Both the hydrolytic deamination of 5-mC and enzymatic deamination of C create premutagenic DNA mismatches (G:U and G:T) with the guanine (G) originally paired to the normal C. Surprisingly, we found that DNA-(cytosine-5) methyltransferases have higher affinities for these DNA mismatches than for their normal G:C targets and are capable of transferring a methyl group to the 5-position of U, creating T at low efficiencies. This binding by methyltransferase to mismatches at the recognition site prevented repair of G:U mismatches by uracil DNA glycosylase in vitro.
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- A S Yang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kenneth Norris Jr Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA
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Luo GM, Ding L, Zhu ZQ, Gao G, Sun QA, Liu Z, Yang TS, Shen JC. A new strategy for generating selenium-containing abzyme. Chemical mutation of monoclonal antibodies with substrate-binding sites. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1995; 750:277-83. [PMID: 7785854 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb19965.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- G M Luo
- National Laboratory of Enzyme Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Schmutte C, Rideout WM, Shen JC, Jones PA. Mutagenicity of nitric oxide is not caused by deamination of cytosine or 5-methylcytosine in double-stranded DNA. Carcinogenesis 1994; 15:2899-903. [PMID: 8001253 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/15.12.2899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Several human tumors of diverse histological origin have a high incidence of C:G to T:A transition mutations at methylated CpG sites in tumor suppressor genes. We used a sensitive genetic assay to examine the ability of nitric oxide (NO), a physiological intra- and intercellular messenger molecule, to promote these transitions by deaminating cytosine (C) or methylcytosine (5mC) in double-stranded DNA. Exposure of a test double-stranded plasmid containing C or 5mC at the target site to NO in phosphate-buffered solution at pH 7.4 followed by transformation into Escherichia coli ung- strain to avoid repair of U did not result in a significant increase in reversion frequency. In addition, exposure of E. coli transformed with the target plasmid to an NO-releasing spermine-NO complex during log-phase growth did not result in larger numbers of revertants, whereas Salmonella typhimurium strain TA1535 showed a dose-responsive increase in reversion frequency when treated in the same way. We conclude that genotoxicity of NO is not caused by deamination of C or 5mC to U or T, respectively, in double-stranded DNA. This is supported by the finding that extracts of TA1535 contained high uracil-DNA glycosylase activity, suggesting that the difference in mutagenesis between the strains is not due to a lack of uracil repair. Therefore, mutational hot-spots seen in human tumor tissues at CpG sites are probably not due to the action of NO at 5mC.
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- C Schmutte
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kenneth Norris, Jr, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033-0800
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Zhu ZQ, Ding L, Luo GM, Liu Z, Sun QA, Yang TS, Shen JC. Some physicochemical and enzymic properties of selenium-containing abzyme. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1994; 202:1645-50. [PMID: 8060351 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1994.2122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We successfully prepared the Se-containing abzyme (Se-abzyme) with glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity and further studied its physicochemical and enzymic properties and stabilities. Data showed that the isoelectric point of the abzyme was 6.95-7.08, and its molecular weight was 158 KD. The ranges of optimum pH and temperature of the Se-abzyme were wider than the native GPX. The store stability of the abzyme was higher than the native GPX. The Se content in the abzyme was found to be 5 mol Se/mol abzyme by X-ray photoelectron spectrum, and binding constant 1.11 x 10(7)M-1 by using ELISA method. The Se-abzyme was inhibited competitively by dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB), and inhibition constant was determined to be 1.25 x 10(-3)M-1.
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- Z Q Zhu
- National Laboratory of Enzyme Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. China
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The modified base, 5-methylcytosine, constitutes approximately 1% of human DNA, but sites containing 5-methylcytosine account for at least 30% of all germline and somatic point mutations. A genetic assay with a sensitivity of 1 in 10(7), based on reversion to neomycin resistance of a mutant pSV2-neo plasmid, was utilized to determine and compare the deamination rates of 5-methylcytosine and cytosine in double-stranded DNA for the first time. The rate constants for spontaneous hydrolytic deamination of 5-methylcytosine and cytosine in double-stranded DNA at 37 degrees C were 5.8 x 10(-13) s-1 and 2.6 x 10(-13) s-1, respectively. These rates are more than sufficient to explain the observed frequency of mutation at sites containing 5-methylcytosine and emphasize the importance of hydrolytic deamination as a major source of human mutations.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Luo GM, Zhu ZQ, Ding L, Gao G, Sun QA, Liu Z, Yang TS, Shen JC. Generation of selenium-containing abzyme by using chemical mutation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1994; 198:1240-7. [PMID: 8117281 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1994.1175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 01/28/2023]
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A new strategy for generating abzyme was developed. Glutathione peroxidase (GPX, EC 1.11.1.9) is one of the important members of antioxidation enzyme system; it catalyzes the reductions of a variety of hydroperoxides in presence of glutathione(GSH). We have first prepared the monoclonal antibody (McAb) with GSH binding sites, then incorporated GPX catalytic group selenocystein (SeCys) into the antibody combining sites by using chemical mutation. Thus the mutated antibody displays high GPX activity, which approaches the magnitude level of native GPX, exhibits the kinetic behavior similar to native GPX, and has some advantages over native GPX.
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- G M Luo
- National Laboratory of Enzyme Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, P.R. China
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HpaII methylase (M. HpaII), an example of a DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase, was found to induce directly a high frequency of C-->U transition mutations in double-stranded DNA. A mutant pSV2-neo plasmid, constructed with an inactivating T-->C transition mutation creating a CCGG site, was incubated with M. HpaII in the absence of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM). This caused an approximately 10(4)-fold increase in the rate of reversion when the mutant neo plasmid was transformed into bacteria lacking uracil-DNA glycosylase. The mutation frequency was very sensitive to SAM concentration and was reduced to background when the concentration of the methyl donor exceeded 300 nM. The data support current models for the formation of a covalent complex between the methyltransferase and cytosine. They also suggest that the occurrence of mutational hot spots at CpG sites may not always be due to spontaneous deamination of 5-methylcytosine, but might also be initiated by enzymatic deamination of cytosine and proceed through a C-->U-->T pathway.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kenneth Norris, Jr., Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Shen JC, Creighton S, Jones PA, Goodman MF. A comparison of the fidelity of copying 5-methylcytosine and cytosine at a defined DNA template site. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:5119-25. [PMID: 1383939 PMCID: PMC334293 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.19.5119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 12/26/2022] Open
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5-Methylcytosine has been postulated to be an endogenous mutagen in procaryotes and eucaryotes leading to base substitution hot spots, C-->T transitions, resulting from spontaneous deamination of mC to T. The possibility remains, however, that a second mechanism involving mispairing of mC with A might also contribute to base substitution mutagenesis via G-->A transitions. Stimulation of the G-->A mutational pathway could involve preferential misincorporation of dAMP opposite template mC compared to C. To investigate this possibility, we synthesized a sequence containing mC at a defined template location. We compared the fidelity of copying mC versus C and the efficiency of extending mismatched base pairs at the mC position using three DNA polymerases, AMV reverse transcriptase, Drosophila DNA polymerase alpha, and mutant Escherichia coli Klenow fragment containing no proofreading exonuclease activity. Significant differences in misinsertion and mismatch extension efficiencies were observed only for the case of AMV reverse transcriptase. AMV reverse transcriptase was observed to incorporate dAMP 4 to 5-fold more efficiently opposite mC than C. Favored extension of a 5-MeC.A over C.A mispair was also observed with a difference of about 3-fold. In contrast to AMV reverse transcriptase, Klenow fragment showed no significant difference when copying either mC or C sites or when extending mispairs involving mC and C. Incorporation of dAMP opposite either C or mC was barely detectable using pol alpha, although pol alpha has been observed to form A.C mismatches in other sequences. While we cannot completely exclude the possibility that dAMP might be incorporated opposite mC in preference to C, our results suggest that contributions of the G-->A pathway to mC mutagenic hot spots are likely to be minor, lending additional support to the model invoking deamination of mC.
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- J C Shen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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The fifth base in human DNA, 5-methylcytosine, is inherently mutagenic. This has led to marked changes in the distribution of the CpG methyl acceptor site and an 80% depletion in its frequency of occurrence in vertebrate DNA. The coding regions of many genes contain CpGs which are methylated in sperm and serve as hot spots for mutation in human genetic diseases. Fully 30-40% of all human germline point mutations are thought to be methylation induced even though the CpG dinucleotide is under-represented and efficient cellular repair systems exist. Importantly, tumor suppressor genes such as p53 also contain methylated CpGs and these serve as hot spots for mutations in some, but not all, human cancers. Comparison of the spectrum of mutations present in this gene in different human cancers allows for predictions to be made on the molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis.
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- P A Jones
- Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Carchman RA, Shen JC, Bilgin S, Rubin RP. Diverse effects of Ca2+ on the prostacyclin and corticotropin modulation of adenosine 3': 5'-monophosphate and steroid production in normal cat and mouse tumor cells of the adrenal cortex. Biochem Pharmacol 1980; 29:2213-8. [PMID: 6252896 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(80)90200-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The relative potencies of various prostaglandins were investigated in trypsin-dispersed cat adrenocortical cells. Prostacyclin proved to be the most potent steroidogenic prostaglandin, being 100-1000 times more potent than PGE2. This stimulant effect of prostacyclin was only partially dependent upon the presence of extracellular calcium and was associated with increased levels of cyclic AMP. These data suggest a possible role for prostacyclin in corticosteroidogenesis.
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Laychock SG, Shen JC, Carmines EL, Rubin RP. The effect of corticotropin on phospholipid metabolism in isolated adrenocortical cells. Biochim Biophys Acta 1978; 528:355-63. [PMID: 205250 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(78)90024-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Trypsin-dispersed cat adrenocortical cells were incubated at 37 degrees C in modified Eagle's medium containing [14C]arachidonic acid of sodium [14C]-acetate and then in non-radioactive medium. Radioactive incorporation was obtained in all phospholipids, with the greatest amount of radioactivity in phosphatidylcholine, followed by phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidyl-serine, and phosphatidylinositol. Concentrations of individual phospholipids generally paralleled the relative amounts of corresponding radiolabeled phospholipids, although the percentage of phosphatidylinositol was considerably lower than its radioactive counterpart, resulting in a high specific activity of this particular phospholipid. Although a potently steroidogenic concentration of corticotropin failed to enhance release of label from any particular phospholipid, analysis of specific activity showed that corticotropin stimulation was accompanied by an increased turnover of phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidic acid. These studies demonstrate that isolated cortical cells have the capacity to synthesize phospholipids from radioactive precursors. The finding that the acute effects of corticotropin are associated with changes in specific phospholipids, including phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidic acid, conforms to the general pattern observed in other secretory systems.
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