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Dziekońska-Rynko J, Mierzejewska K, Kubiak K, Rydzewska M, Hliwa P. Helminths of European smelt Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Lake Hańcza and the Vistula Lagoon, with special regard to their zoonotic threats. Acta Vet Hung 2018; 66:96-106. [PMID: 29580090 DOI: 10.1556/004.2018.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Reports published in recent years on the increased risk in the Baltic Sea of fish infection with larvae of nematodes potentially pathogenic to humans have prompted a study of European smelt Osmerus eperlanus with respect to the presence of these parasites in the Vistula Lagoon. Additionally, samples of this fish from Lake Hańcza were comparatively considered. The body cavity, the surface of internal organs, the alimentary tract and the swimbladder of fish from two environmentally different water bodies were taken into account in the analysis. Only the tapeworm Proteocephalus longicollis was found in the alimentary tract of the fish from Lake Hańcza. Depending on the period of study, the prevalence ranged from 60% to 100%, and the mean intensity from 11.5 to 42.0. The helminth fauna of smelt from the Vistula Lagoon was more diverse: Cystidicola farionis occurred with a prevalence from 25.9 to 75.0% and a mean intensity of infection from 2.7 to 66.0%, Proteocephalus longicollis and cystacanths of Corynosoma with a prevalence ranging in different years from 12.0 to 44.0% and from 14.8 to 50.0%, respectively. Zoonotic parasites, such as nematode larvae of the Anisakidae family (Contracaecum sp., Anisakis simplex), occurred in the intestine with a prevalence of 31%, 72% and 22% in consecutive years of the study.
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- Janina Dziekońska-Rynko
- 1 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Oczapowskiego str. 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- 2 Department of Fish Biology and Pisciculture, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Oczapowskiego str. 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- 3 Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oczapowskiego str. 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- 1 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Oczapowskiego str. 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- 4 Department of Ichthyology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego str. 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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Stańczak K, Krejszeff S, Dębowska M, Mierzejewska K, Woźniak M, Hliwa P. Mass marking of Leuciscus idus larvae using Artemia salina as a vector of fluorescent dyes. J Fish Biol 2015; 87:799-804. [PMID: 26255972 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A method for the mass marking of ide Leuciscus idus larvae by feeding them Artemia salina nauplii that were immersed in different solutions of alizarin red S, tetracycline hydrochloride and calcein was tested. The best quality marks were obtained after feeding fish for 4 days with nauplii that had been immersed in 200 mg l(-1) alizarin red S.
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- K Stańczak
- University of Warmia and Mazury - UWM, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Fish Biology and Pisciculture, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-917 Olsztyn, Poland
- University of Warmia and Mazury - UWM, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ichthyology, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-917 Olsztyn, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury - UWM, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Lake and River Fisheries, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-917 Olsztyn, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury - UWM, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Lake and River Fisheries, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-917 Olsztyn, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury - UWM, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Fish Biology and Pisciculture, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-917 Olsztyn, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury - UWM, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Fish Biology and Pisciculture, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-917 Olsztyn, Poland
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- University of Warmia and Mazury - UWM, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Ichthyology, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-917 Olsztyn, Poland
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Mierzejewska K, Borkowska S, Suszynska E, Suszynska M, Poniewierska-Baran A, Maj M, Pedziwiatr D, Adamiak M, Abdel-Latif A, Kakar SS, Ratajczak J, Kucia M, Ratajczak MZ. Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells express several functional sex hormone receptors-novel evidence for a potential developmental link between hematopoiesis and primordial germ cells. Stem Cells Dev 2015; 24:927-37. [PMID: 25607657 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2014.0546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Evidence has accumulated that hematopoietic stem progenitor cells (HSPCs) share several markers with the germline, a connection supported by reports that prolactin, androgens, and estrogens stimulate hematopoiesis. To address this issue more directly, we tested the expression of receptors for pituitary-derived hormones, such as follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), on purified murine bone marrow (BM) cells enriched for HSPCs and tested the functionality of these receptors in ex vivo signal transduction studies and in vitro clonogenic assays. We also tested whether administration of pituitary- and gonad-derived sex hormones (SexHs) increases incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) into HSPCs and expansion of hematopoietic clonogenic progenitors in mice and promotes recovery of blood counts in sublethally irradiated animals. We report for the first time that HSPCs express functional FSH and LH receptors and that both proliferate in vivo and in vitro in response to stimulation by pituitary SexHs. Furthermore, based on our observations that at least some of CD45(-) very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) may become specified into CD45(+) HSPCs, we also evaluated the expression of pituitary and gonadal SexHs receptors on these cells and tested whether these quiescent cells may expand in vivo in response to SexHs administration. We found that VSELs express SexHs receptors and respond in vivo to SexHs stimulation, as evidenced by BrdU accumulation. Since at least some VSELs share several markers characteristic of migrating primordial germ cells and can be specified into HSPCs, this observation sheds new light on the BM stem cell hierarchy.
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Grymula K, Piotrowska K, Słuczanowska-Głąbowska S, Mierzejewska K, Tarnowski M, Tkacz M, Poniewierska-Baran A, Pędziwiatr D, Suszyńska E, Laszczyńska M, Ratajczak MZ. Positive effects of prolonged caloric restriction on the population of very small embryonic-like stem cells - hematopoietic and ovarian implications. J Ovarian Res 2014; 7:68. [PMID: 24987461 PMCID: PMC4076763 DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-7-68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Low calorie intake, or calorie restriction (CR) without malnutrition, has been demonstrated in several animal species, including mice, to increase both median and maximum lifespan as well as delay reproductive senescence. Our previous work demonstrated a positive correlation between life span and the number of very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) in long living Laron dwarf mice. These animals have very low levels of circulating insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in peripheral blood (PB), maintain higher numbers of hematopoietic stem cells (HSPCs) in bone marrow (BM), and display prolonged fecundity compared with wild type littermates. Since CR lowers the level of IGF-1 in PB, we become interested in the effect of CR on the number of VSELs and HSPCs in BM as well as on the morphology of ovaries and testes. METHODS In our studies four-week-old female and male mice were subjected to CR by employing an alternate-day ad libitum feeding diet for a period of 9 months. RESULTS We observed that mice on CR had a higher number of BM-residing VSELs than control mice fed ad libitum. These changes correlated with higher numbers of HSPCs in BM, spleen, and peripheral blood (PB) as well as with an increase in the number of primordial and primary follicles in ovaries. At the same time, however, no changes were observed in the testes of mice under CR. CONCLUSION We conclude that CR positively affects the pool of VSELs in adult tissues and explains the positive effect of CR on longevity.
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- Katarzyna Grymula
- Department of Physiology at Pomeranian, Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Physiology at Pomeranian, Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Physiology at Pomeranian, Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Physiology at Pomeranian, Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Physiology at Pomeranian, Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Histology and Developmental Biology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Physiology at Pomeranian, Medical University, Szczecin, Poland ; Stem Cell Institute at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 500 S. Floyd Street, Rm. 107, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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Grymula K, Tarnowski M, Piotrowska K, Suszynska M, Mierzejewska K, Borkowska S, Fiedorowicz K, Kucia M, Ratajczak MZ. Evidence that the population of quiescent bone marrow-residing very small embryonic/epiblast-like stem cells (VSELs) expands in response to neurotoxic treatment. J Cell Mol Med 2014; 18:1797-806. [PMID: 24895014 PMCID: PMC4162847 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The concept that bone marrow (BM)-derived cells may participate in neural regeneration remains controversial, and the identity of the specific cell type(s) involved remains unknown. We recently reported that the adult murine BM contains a highly mobile population of Sca-1+Lin−CD45− cells known as very small embryonic/epiblast-like stem cells (VSELs) that express several markers of pluripotency such as Oct-4. In the BM microenvironment, these cells are kept quiescent because of epigenetic modification of certain paternally imprinted genes. However, as reported, these cells can be mobilized in mice in an experimental model of stroke and express several genes involved in neurogenesis while circulating in peripheral blood (PB). In the current work, we employed a model of toxic brain damage, which is induced by administration of kainic acid, to see not only whether VSELs can be mobilized into PB in response to this neurotoxin, but, more importantly, whether they proliferate and expand in BM tissue. We report here for the first time that brain damage leads to activation and expansion of the BM pool of quiescent VSELs, which precedes their subsequent egress into PB. Harnessing these cells in neural tissue regeneration is currently one of the challenges in regenerative medicine.
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- Katarzyna Grymula
- Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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Borkowska S, Suszynska M, Mierzejewska K, Ismail A, Budkowska M, Salata D, Dolegowska B, Kucia M, Ratajczak J, Ratajczak MZ. Novel evidence that crosstalk between the complement, coagulation and fibrinolysis proteolytic cascades is involved in mobilization of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs). Leukemia 2014; 28:2148-54. [PMID: 24667943 PMCID: PMC4177021 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2014.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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: 01/08/2014] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The role of blood proteinases in the mobilization of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) is still not well understood. As previously reported, activation of the complement cascade (ComC) and cleavage of C5 by C5 convertase are enabling events in the release of C5a that plays a crucial role in the egress of HSPCs from bone marrow (BM) into peripheral blood (PB) and explains why C5-deficient mice are poor mobilizers. Here we provide evidence that during granulocyte colony-stimulating factor- and AMD3100-induced mobilization, not only the ComC but also two other evolutionarily ancient proteolytic enzyme cascades, the coagulation cascade (CoaC) and the fibrynolytic cascade (FibC), become activated. Activation of all three cascades was measured by generation of C5a, decrease in prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time as well as an increase in the concentrations of plasmin/antiplasmin and thrombin/antithrombin. More importantly, the CoaC and FibC, by generating thrombin and plasmin, respectively, provide C5 convertase activity, explaining why mobilization of HSPCs in C3-deficient mice, which do not generate ComC-generated C5a convertase, is not impaired. Our observations shed more light on how the CoaC and FibC modulate stem cell mobilization and may lead to the development of more efficient mobilization strategies in poor mobilizers. Furthermore, as it is known that all these cascades are activated in all the situations in which HSPCs are mobilized from BM into PB (for example, infections, tissue/organ damage or strenuous exercise) and show a circadian rhythm of activation, they must be involved in both stress-induced and circadian changes in HSPC trafficking in PB.
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- S Borkowska
- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- 1] Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA [2] Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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Kvach Y, Kornyychuk Y, Mierzejewska K, Rubtsova N, Yurakhno V, Grabowska J, Ovcharenko M. Parasitization of invasive gobiids in the eastern part of the Central trans-European corridor of invasion of Ponto-Caspian hydrobionts. Parasitol Res 2014; 113:1605-24. [PMID: 24609233 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3791-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Four gobiid species, Babka gymnotrachelus, Neogobius melanostomus, Neogobius fluviatilis, and Proterorhinus semilunaris, were parasitologically studied in different localities of the Dnieper and Vistula river basins. The highest number of parasitic species was found in N. fluviatilis (35 taxa). The parasite fauna of N. melanostomus, B. gymnotrachelus, and P. semilunaris consists of 23, 22, and 15 taxa, respectively. The species accumulation curves show stable accumulation of parasite species by all four fish hosts along the studied part of the corridor, from the Dnieper Estuary to the Vistula River delta. The plot reveals also that the studied gobies lose the parasites common in the host native range and accept new parasites from the colonized area. In the case of N. melanostomus, it complies with the enemy release hypothesis, as the parasite load was low in the invaded area if compared to the native range. The three other alien gobies are vector for Gyrodactylus proterorhini in the Baltic basin. Moreover, populations of this alien monogenean tend to be more abundant in their new range in comparison with the Black Sea basin. In general, the number of parasite species in the colonized area was of the same rank as in the native one for N. fluviatilis, and even higher for B. gymnotrachelus. This results from accumulating new parasite species along the gobiid invasion route. In particular, the N. fluviatilis, B. gymnotrachelus, and P. semilunaris lost some of their native parasites and gained the local ones after entering the post-dam part of the Vistula River; it can be interpreted as a partial escape from parasites.
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- Yuriy Kvach
- Odessa Branch of the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Pushkinska 37, Odessa, 65011, Ukraine,
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Mierzejewska K, Heo J, Kang JW, Kang H, Ratajczak J, Ratajczak MZ, Kucia M, Shin DM. Genome-wide analysis of murine bone marrow‑derived very small embryonic-like stem cells reveals that mitogenic growth factor signaling pathways play a crucial role in the quiescence and ageing of these cells. Int J Mol Med 2013; 32:281-90. [PMID: 23708325 PMCID: PMC3776718 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2013.1389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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It has been postulated that the most primitive population of stem cells, Oct4+Sca-1+Lin−CD45− very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs), differentiate into tissue-committed stem cells in adult mice. However, Oct4+ VSELs remain quiescent in adult tissues and do not form teratomas. In thi study, we report the characteristics of the VSEL transcriptome by gene set enrichment analysis employing a microarray database established from 20 murine bone marrow-derived, FACS-sorted VSELs in comparison with hematopoietic stem cells and embryonic stem cells. In the Oct4+ VSELs, we observed the upregulation of tissue-specific gene sets and a gene set encoding the complement-coagulation cascade. By contrast, in the VSELs, we observed the downregulation of genes involved in the UV radiation response, mRNA processing and mitogenic growth factor signaling [e.g., insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor A (TRKA), as well as the ERK and PI3K pathways]. Employing leading-edge subset analysis and real-time PCR assays, we observed that several genes, such as growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (GRB2), son of sevenless homolog 1 (SOS1), SHC (Src homology 2 domain containing) transforming protein 1 (SHC1), mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MAP2K1), v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 3 (AKT3), ELK1, ribosomal protein S6 kinase, 90kDa, polypeptide 3 (RPS6KA3), glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) and casein kinase 2, alpha 1 polypeptide (CSNK2A1), which are involved in mitogenic growth factor signaling pathways, were commonly downregulated in the VSELs. Notably, this repression was reversed in the VSELs co-cultured over a C2C12 supportive cell-line, whereby they are induced to form VSEL-derived spheres (VSEL-DSs); thus, they are enriched, forming more differentiated stem cells. Therefore, we suggest that the repression of mitogenic growth factor signaling (e.g., through the IGF-1 receptor) may prevent uncontrolled Oct4+ VSEL proliferation and teratoma formation. Thus, restoring the responsiveness to mitogenic growth factors may be a crucial step in employing these cells in regenerative medicine.
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- Katarzyna Mierzejewska
- Stem Cell Institute at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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Kucia M, Masternak M, Liu R, Shin DM, Ratajczak J, Mierzejewska K, Spong A, Kopchick JJ, Bartke A, Ratajczak MZ. The negative effect of prolonged somatotrophic/insulin signaling on an adult bone marrow-residing population of pluripotent very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs). Age (Dordr) 2013; 35:315-330. [PMID: 22218782 PMCID: PMC3592960 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9364-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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It is well known that attenuated insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling (IIS) has a positive effect on longevity in several animal species, including mice. Here, we demonstrate that a population of murine pluripotent very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) that reside in bone marrow (BM) is protected from premature depletion during aging by intrinsic parental gene imprinting mechanisms and the level of circulating insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I). Accordingly, an increase in the circulating level of IGF-I, as seen in short-lived bovine growth hormone (bGH)-expressing transgenic mice, which age prematurely, as well as in wild-type animals injected for 2 months with bGH, leads to accelerated depletion of VSELs from bone marrow (BM). In contrast, long-living GHR-null or Ames dwarf mice, which have very low levels of circulating IGF-I, exhibit a significantly higher number of VSELs in BM than their littermates at the same age. However, the number of VSELs in these animals decreases after GH or IGF-I treatment. These changes in the level of plasma-circulating IGF-I corroborate with changes in the genomic imprinting status of crucial genes involved in IIS, such as Igf-2-H19, RasGRF1, and Ig2R. Thus, we propose that a chronic increase in IIS contributes to aging by premature depletion of pluripotent VSELs in adult tissues.
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- Magda Kucia
- />Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 500 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, KY 40202 USA
- />Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- />Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences College of Medicine, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA
- />Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL USA
- />Institute for Human Genetics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- />Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 500 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, KY 40202 USA
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- />Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 500 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, KY 40202 USA
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- />Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 500 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, KY 40202 USA
- />Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- />Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 500 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, KY 40202 USA
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- />Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL USA
- />Institute for Human Genetics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- />Edison Biotechnology Institute and Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH USA
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- />Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL USA
- />Institute for Human Genetics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- />Stem Cell Institute at James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, 500 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, KY 40202 USA
- />Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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Ratajczak J, Kucia M, Mierzejewska K, Liu R, Kim CH, Natarajan N, Sharma V, Miller DM, Maciejewski J, Ratajczak MZ. A novel view of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria pathogenesis: more motile PNH hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells displace normal HSPCs from their niches in bone marrow due to defective adhesion, enhanced migration and mobilization in response to erythrocyte-released sphingosine-1 phosphate gradient. Leukemia 2012; 26:1722-5. [PMID: 22343521 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2012.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mierzejewska K, Kvach Y, Woźniak M, Kosowska A, Dziekońska-Rynko J. Parasites of an Asian Fish, the Chinese Sleeper Perccottus glenii, in the Włocławek Reservoir on the Lower Vistula River, Poland: In Search of the Key Species in the Host Expansion Process. COMP PARASITOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1654/4519.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mierzejewska K, Martyniak A, Kakareko T, Dzika E, Stańczak K, Hliwa P. Gyrodactylus proterorhini Ergens, 1967 (Monogenoidea, Gyrodactylidae) in gobiids from the Vistula River—the first record of the parasite in Poland. Parasitol Res 2010; 108:1147-51. [PMID: 21153840 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2175-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mierzejewska K, Martyniak A, Kakareko T, Hliwa P. First record of Nippotaenia mogurndae Yamaguti and Miyata, 1940 (Cestoda, Nippotaeniidae), a parasite introduced with Chinese sleeper to Poland. Parasitol Res 2009; 106:451-6. [PMID: 19943065 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1685-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Accepted: 11/04/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A parasitological survey of an Asian fish, Chinese sleeper Perccottus glenii, inhabiting the Włocławek Reservoir on the lower Vistula River (central Poland) revealed the occurrence of an exotic cestode Nippotaenia mogurndae Yamaguti and Miyata, 1940, which spreads spontaneously with a host to European waters. This paper documented the first record of the parasite in Poland. Specimens were described, and the effect of fish size and season on the infection level was analyzed. Within the 3 years, 112 fish were examined. Samples were collected by electrofishing in the upper part of the Włocławek Reservoir three times (seasonally) in 2006 and 2007 and once in autumn 2008. Parasitological indices (prevalence, intensity of infection, and abundance) in particular samples as well as in two size groups of fish were calculated. Statistical tests were applied to analyze the results (Spearman's correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney's U test). The infection level of Chinese sleeper with N. mogurndae in the Włocławek Reservoir (prevalence 54.7%, mean intensity of infection 7.2, maximum 29) was comparable to infection noted in the area of the natural range of the host. The infection of smaller fish (less than 80 mm, TL) increased gradually with increasing body size. The infection of bigger specimens was in general higher, but the parasite recruitment was of a more incidental character. The spreading of N. mogurndae with Chinese sleeper is still in progress. The Włocławek Reservoir provides suitable conditions for parasite development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Katarzyna Mierzejewska
- Department of Fish Biology and Pisciculture, Warmia and Mazury University in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego Str. 2, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
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Mierzejewska K, Własow T, Dzika E. Fish monogeneans from a shallow, eutrophic Oświn Lake in Poland. Wiad Parazytol 2006; 52:37-47. [PMID: 17007335] [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: 05/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND A study was carried out in a shallow, eutrophic Oświn Lake, within Seven Islands Reserve (north-eastern Poland), in order to determine the infection of fish with monogeneans as sensitive indicators of water quality. This paper presents comparative analysis of the occurrence of Monogenea in fishes from two, distinctly separated pools of the lake, differing in environmental conditions. The impact of fish size and sampling season on the infection parameters was also analyzed. MATERIAL AND METHODS In 1998 and 1999, a total of 1091 fish representing 8 dominant species were examined. Samples were collected four times a year (in May, July, August, and October) simultaneously from the eastern and western parts of the lake. RESULTS 16 species of Monogenea (and some unidentified specimeus) occurred in the fish examined, most of them from the Dactylogyridae family: Dactylogyrus sphyrna, D. auriculatus, D. intermedius, D. anchoratus, D. falcatus, D. tincae, D. wunderi, D. zandti, D. difformis, D. nanus, D. distinguendus, D. crucifer, D. caballeroi. Furthermore, Tetraonchus monenteron (Tetraonchidae), Gyrodactylus elegans (Gyrodactylidae), and Paradiplozoon megan (Diplozoidae) were detected. Monogenea occurred abundantly on the gills of pike, roach, rudd, white bream, carp bream and crucian carp, but rather sporadically in tench and perch. The highest species variety and diversity of monogenean guilds were detected in carp bream and roach. It was proved that D. crucifer and D. difformis were significantly more abundant in the western pool compared to the eastern one. Infection of fish with Dactylogyridae was season-dependent, contrary to the infection of pike with T. monenteron. Intensity of infection of white bream with D. sphyrna and roach with D. crucifer increased with fish body length; such a relationship did not appear for the other monogeneans and their hosts. CONCLUSION Presence of common Monogenea in the fish examined, lack of rare species, poor diversity of monogenean guilds and relatively low infection rate could be connected with the low stability of the lake environment. Location-dependent occurrence of D. crucifer and D. difformis indicated that the exchange between fish groups from the eastern and western parts of the lake is limited.
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