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Sun ZZ, Sun GF, Zhuang R, Zhu LQ, Bao L, Yang LP, Mi YY, Xie M, Dai CH, Mei Q, Huan YC. [Best evidence summary for awake prone positioning in treating hypoxemic due to COVID-19 infection]. Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 2024; 47:313-318. [PMID: 38599805 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112147-20230717-00014] [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: 04/12/2024]
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Objective: To retrieve, evaluate, and summarize the best evidence for the treatment of hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19 infection using the awake prone positioning, with the aim of guiding healthcare professionals in the standardized implementation of this therapy. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in databases including UpToDate, BMJ Best Practice, JBI Evidence-Based Healthcare Center, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Intensive Care Society, European Respiratory Society, World Health Organization website, Cochrane Library, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Wanfang. The retrieved literature was subjected to quality assessment and evidence extraction. Results: A total of ten publications were included, consisting of one thematic evidence summary, one guideline, two systematic reviews, three randomized controlled trials, and three expert consensus statements. This summary synthesizes thirty key pieces of evidence in five categories: organizational management and training, risk assessment, preparatory operations, implementation key points, and risk control. Conclusions: Awake prone positioning is beneficial for improving hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19 and is easy to implement. Medical institutions should develop nursing management systems, operational standards, and best practices for awake prone positioning based on evidence-based evidence in order to improve the quality of care management for such patients.
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- Z Z Sun
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212008, China
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Gong YX, Chen CN, Yang YF, Sun SN, Shao Y, Zhu LQ, Shi YQ, Li X, Han X, Zhang ZH. [Clinicopathological and molecular genetic features of Crohn's disease]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2024; 53:351-357. [PMID: 38556818 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112151-20231010-00242] [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: 04/02/2024]
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Objective: To investigate the clinicopathological and molecular genetic characteristics of Crohn's disease (CD). Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 52 CD patients who underwent surgical resection at the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University between January 2014 and June 2023. Clinical presentations and histopathological features were assessed. Whole-genome sequencing was performed on 17 of the samples, followed by sequencing and pathway enrichment analyses. Immunohistochemistry was used to assess the expression of frequently mutated genes. Results: Among the 52 patients, 34 were males and 18 were females, male-to-female ratio was 1.9∶1.0, with a median age of 45 years at surgery and 35 years at diagnosis. According to the Montreal classification, A3 (51.9%,27/52), B2 (61.5%, 32/52), and L3 (50.0%,26/52) subtypes were the most predominant. Abdominal pain and diarrhea were the common symptoms. Histopathological features seen in all 52 patients included transmural inflammation, disruption of cryptal architecture, lymphoplasmacytic infiltration, varying degrees of submucosal fibrosis and thickening, increased enteric nerve fibers and neuronal proliferation. Mucosal defects, fissure ulcers, abscesses, pseudopolyps, and adenomatous proliferation were also observed in 51 (98.1%), 38 (73.1%), 28 (53.8%), 45 (86.5%), and 28 (53.8%) cases, respectively. Thirty-one (59.6%) cases had non-caseating granulomas, and 3 (5.8%) cases had intestinal mucosal glandular epithelial dysplasia. Molecular analysis showed that 12/17 CD patients exhibited mutations in at least one mucin family gene (MUC2, MUC3A, MUC4, MUC6, MUC12, MUC17), and MUC4 was the most frequently mutated in 7/17 of cases. Immunohistochemical stains showed reduced MUC4 expression in epithelial cells, with increased MUC4 expression in the epithelial surface, particularly around areas of inflammatory cell aggregation; and minimal expression in the lower half of the epithelium. Conclusions: CD exhibits diverse clinical and pathological features, necessitating a comprehensive multidimensional analysis for diagnosis. Mutations and expression alterations in mucin family genes, particularly MUC4, may play crucial roles in the pathogenesis of CD.
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- Y X Gong
- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Pathology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Nanjing Geneseeq Technology Company Limited, Nanjing 210000, China
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- Nanjing Geneseeq Technology Company Limited, Nanjing 210000, China
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- Nanjing Geneseeq Technology Company Limited, Nanjing 210000, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Zhu FH, Chen XY, Hou LL, Dong JH, Liu HW, Zhu LQ, Chen F. Limosilactobacillus reuteri peptidoglycan alleviates aflatoxin B 1-induced toxicity through adsorbing toxins and improving growth, antioxidant status, immunity and liver pathological changes in chicks. Br Poult Sci 2024:1-9. [PMID: 38466183 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2024.2316228] [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: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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1. The objective of this study was to investigate the protective effects of a peptidoglycan produced by Limosilactobacillus reuteri against aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) induced toxicity in vitro and in vivo in broiler chicks.2. Toxin adsorption experiments were carried out firstly in vitro. These experiments indicated that the absorption efficiency of the peptidoglycan for AFB1 was 64.3-75.9%.3. In the in vivo experiments, Hy-Line Brown chicks were fed a diet containing AFB1 at 71.43 µg/kg with and without peptidoglycan supplementation at concentrations of 100, 200, or 300 g/kg feed from 0-42 d of age.4. The peptidoglycan supplementation in AFB1-contaminated diets resulted in significant improvements in terms of average daily gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, white blood cell count, haemoglobin content, glutathione peroxidase activity, immunoglobulin (Ig) A, IgG, IgM and Newcastle disease virus antibody titres (p < 0.05) and diminished liver steatosis.5. In conclusion, peptidoglycan supplementation alleviated AFB1-induced toxicity through adsorbing toxins and improving growth performance, antioxidant ability, immunity and liver pathological changes in chicks. The optimal supplemental dose was 200 mg/kg in feed.
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- F H Zhu
- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Metabolic and Poisoning Diseases, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- College of Animal Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Metabolic and Poisoning Diseases, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Metabolic and Poisoning Diseases, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Metabolic and Poisoning Diseases, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- College of Animal Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- College of Animal Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Metabolic and Poisoning Diseases, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Metabolic and Poisoning Diseases, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
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Zhu LQ, Hu XK, Xu J, Li SZ, Feng XY. [Identification, molecular structure and expression characteristics of Torso like gene in Anopheles dirus]. Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi 2020; 32:584-590. [PMID: 33325192 DOI: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2020257] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To characterize Torso-like (tsl) gene and investigate its expression characteristics in Anopheles dirus, so as to provide a theoretical basis for subsequent functional studies of the tsl gene. METHODS According to the coding sequences of Drosophila melanogaster and An. gambiae tsl genes, the complete genome of An. dirus was retrieved and the An. dirus tsl gene was characterized. Specific primers were designed and the target gene was amplified using PCR and reverse-transcription PCR assays. The physicochemical properties, signal peptide, transmembrane structure, secondary structure and tertiary structure of the encoded protein TSL were analyzed using bioinformatics tools, and a phylogenetic analysis was performed. In addition, the specific expression of the tls gene was detected in various tissues of An. dirus using a quantitative real-time PCR assay. RESULTS The An. dirus tsl gene was 16 751 bp in length with a CDS region of 1 134 bp, encoding 377 amino acids, and the encoded TSL protein was a stably hydrophilic protein. The TSL protein was predicted to be a secretory protein that was located in extra-membrane regions containing signal peptides. The secondary structure of the TSL protein contained α-helix (51.72%), extended strand (12.20%), β-bridge (4.78%) and random coil (31.30%) in the secondary structure, and a 3D homology model was generated using 5cj9.1.A as a template. Phylogenetic analysis revealed a close genetic relationship in the TSL protein between An. dirus and An. farauti. In addition, quantitative real-time PCR assay detected the tsl gene expression in the head, chest, abdomen and foot of An. dirus, with the highest expression in the head and low expression in the foot. CONCLUSIONS The tsl gene is characterized in An. dirus at a genomic level, and the prediction of the TSL protein structure and the elucidation of the tissue-specific tsl gene expression in An. dirus provide a basis for the further studies on the gene functions.
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- L Q Zhu
- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasites and Vector Biology, Shanghai 200025, China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasites and Vector Biology, Shanghai 200025, China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasites and Vector Biology, Shanghai 200025, China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasites and Vector Biology, Shanghai 200025, China.,One Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Parasites and Vector Biology, Shanghai 200025, China.,One Health Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China
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Xu JH, Jiang J, Shen CL, Chen XY, Zhu LQ, Wang HM. [Effect of customized zirconia abutment on peri-implant tissue: a one-year prospective study]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020; 55:885-890. [PMID: 33171563] [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 observe the changes of peri-implant tissue around the individualized abutment that was grinded from zirconia provisional crown in one year. Methods: In this research, a prosthodontic-driven virtual implant planning and immediate provisionalization were conducted in computer assisted design software. And computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) techniques were used to fabricate the zirconia provisional crown and surgical guide template before surgery. The implant was accurately placed with the surgical guide, and the zirconia provisional crown was immediately delivered after surgery. Three months later, the implant osseointegration was completed, and zirconia provisional crown was prepared intraorally to generate customized zirconia abutment for final prosthesis. The study included 30 patients with single anterior tooth loss, including 18 males and 12 females, aged from 26 to 50 years old, and the mean age was (36.2±6.1) years old. The patients were from the Center of Oral Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College from January 2017 to February 2018. After cementation of the final prosthesis, the cases were followed up at 6 and 12 months time intervals. Implant survival rate, probing depth, bleeding on probing, marginal bone level loss and papilla index score (PIS) were recorded in every appointment. Results: The survival rate of 30 implants was 100%, and the probing depths were less than 5 mm. The bone resorption at 6 and 12 months follow-up after the final delivery was 0 (0, 0) mm and 0 (-0.2, 0) mm, respectively, and the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05). The PIS was 3.0 (2.0, 4.0), 3.0 (2.8, 4.0) and 3.0 (3.0, 4.0) on the final delivery, 6 and 12 months after final delivery, respectively. Conclusions: Marginal bone level and bone loss were stable with this new implant clinical protocol at the one-year follow-up.
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- J H Xu
- Center of Oral Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310002, China
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- Department of Medicine St Vincent Hospital, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Center of Oral Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310002, China
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- Center of Oral Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310002, China
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- Center of Oral Implantology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310002, China
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- Department of Implant, The Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310006, China
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Mei C, Peng BK, Zhu LQ, Zhou Q, Tang Z. [A case report of mediastinal paraganglioma with ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2020; 59:66-68. [PMID: 31887840 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0578-1426.2020.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- C Mei
- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Yan'an Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650051, China
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Chen RR, Shen YQ, Zhu LQ, Wang JJ. [Functional and esthetic rehabilitation of dentition with severe dental erosion]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 54:395-398. [PMID: 31177678 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2019.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- R R Chen
- Department of Prosthodontics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Stomatology Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310006, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Prosthodontics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China
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Liu YL, Feng ZY, Tan JP, Zhu LQ, Zhang JP. [Relationship between inflammatory indexes of amniotic fluid and pregnancy outcome of women with cervical incompetence]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2018; 53:517-521. [PMID: 30138960 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-567x.2018.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the relationship between the level of amniotic fluid inflammatory factor and the pregnancy outcome in patients with cervical incompetence. Methods: A retrospective case-control study was conducted. Totally 110 cases of pregnant women were diagnosed as cervical incompetence for cervical dilation at the medical examination in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yatsen University, from January 1st, 2015 to December 31th, 2016. A total of 32 patients (29.1%, 32/110) were performed cervical cerclage. According to their neonatal outcomes, they were divided into live infant group (23 cases, 72%) and dead infant group (9 cases, 28%) . The demographic and clinical data of two groups were analyzed and compared. Results: The mean peripheral blood leucocyte counts, the median amniotic tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and the median interleukin-8 (IL-8) level of two groups were (10.5±2.8) ×10(9)/L vs (13.6±3.1) ×10(9)/L, 23.80 ng/L (14.9-85.5 ng/L) vs 379.00 ng/L (70.2-418.5 ng/L) , and 3 354 ng/L (1 020-7 500 ng/L) vs 7 500 ng/L (4 210-7 500 ng/L) respectively. The differences were statistically significant (all P<0.05) . The amniotic fluid IL-1β, IL-2 receptor, IL-6, IL-10, C-reactive protein and procalcitonin were not significantly different (all P>0.05) between two groups. Conclusions: The peripheral blood leucocyte counts, amniotic fluid TNF-α and IL-8 level are the factors affecting the pregnancy outcome in women with cervical incompetence before cervical cerclage. When IL-8 is higher than 3 580 ng/L and TNF-α is higher than 105 ng/L, the death of perinatal infants could be predicted.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Chen F, Gao SS, Zhu LQ, Qin SY, Qiu HL. Effects of dietary Lactobacillus rhamnosus CF supplementation on growth, meat quality, and microenvironment in specific pathogen-free chickens. Poult Sci 2018; 97:118-123. [PMID: 29077943 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The probiotic effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain CF (Chen Fu) on growth performance, meat quality, and microenvironment in specific pathogen-free (SPF) chickens were investigated and compared with Enterococcus faecium. One-hundred-eighty 7-day-old SPF chickens were randomly assigned into 3 groups with 3 replicate pens of 20 chickens each. Group 1 served as a control that was fed a basal diet without probiotics supplementation. Groups 2 and 3 were fed the basal diet supplemented with L. rhamnosus CF and E. faecium, respectively. On d 12 and 24, BW, ADG, feed conversion ratio (FCR), dressing percentage (DP), and apparent digestibility of crude protein (AD-CP) were calculated. Meat color, fat content, shear force, water content, and pH value of breast and thigh muscles; ammonia, urea nitrogen, and uric acid content in plasma; pH value, Enterococcus, Lactobacillus, and E. coli in ceca; and ammonia emission were determined. Compared with group 1, group 2 exhibited higher BW, ADG, AD-CP, DP, cecal Lactobacilli, and muscle fat content (P < 0.05) as well as lower FCR, muscle water content, plasma ammonia, pH value, E. coli, and Enterococcus in ceca, and ammonia emission (P < 0.05), and group 3 exhibited higher BW, ADG, AD-CP, DP, and muscle fat content (P < 0.05), as well as lower FCR, meat color, plasma ammonia, E. coli and Enterococcus in ceca, and ammonia emission (d 24) (P < 0.05). Compared with group 3, group 2 exhibited lower plasma ammonia level, E. coli, and pH value in ceca and ammonia emission (P < 0.05) and higher AD-CP, meat color, pH value in thigh muscles, fat content in breast muscles, and number of Lactobacillus in ceca (P < 0.05). Thus, L. rhamnosus CF improves growth performance, meat quality, and microenvironment and is a potential probiotic additive in chickens.
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- F Chen
- Institute of Animal Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- Institute of Animal Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, College of Veterinary Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Haidu College, Qingdao Agricultural University, Laiyang, 265200, China
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Zhou XY, Wang Y, Zhu J, Miao QH, Zhu LQ, Zhan SH, Wang GJ, Liu GQ. First report of peste des petits ruminants virus lineage II in Hydropotes inermis
, China. Transbound Emerg Dis 2017; 65:e205-e209. [DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- X. Y. Zhou
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
- College of Animal Science and Technology; Anhui Agricultural University; Hefei China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Anhui Agricultural University; Hefei China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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- Anhui Center for Control and Prevention of Animal Infectious Disease; Hefei Anhui China
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- Anhui Center for Control and Prevention of Animal Infectious Disease; Hefei Anhui China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology; Anhui Agricultural University; Hefei China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute; Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Shanghai China
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Zhang W, Zhu LQ, Huo XL, Qin J, Yuan GY. Association between adiponectin gene T45G polymorphism and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease risk: a meta-analysis. Genet Mol Res 2016; 15:gmr7190. [PMID: 26909902 DOI: 10.4238/gmr.15017190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Numerous epidemiological investigations have evaluated the association between adiponectin gene T45G polymorphism and risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the results of these studies have proven to be inconsistent. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to obtain a more accurate estimation of this association. Published articles were retrieved from PubMed and Web of Science databases and pooled odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using fixed- or random-effect models. Five case-control studies incorporating 597 cases and 701 controls were included in this meta-analysis. No association between adiponectin gene T45G polymorphism and NAFLD was established (TT vs GG: OR = 0.83, 95%CI = 0.37-1.86; TG vs GG: OR = 0.76, 95%CI = 0.33-1.79; dominant model: OR = 0.83, 95%CI = 0.37-1.84; recessive model: OR = 1.10, 95%CI = 0.69-1.76). Moreover, in a subgroup analysis, no significant correlation was found among Asian subjects. In conclusion, the T45G polymorphism of the adiponectin gene may not constitute an NAFLD risk factor. However, this needs to be further validated in single large well-designed future studies.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps-Four Division Hospital, Yining, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps-Four Division Hospital, Yining, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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Lu XX, Zhu LQ, Pang F, Sun W, Ou C, Li Y, Cao J, Hu YL. Relationship between RUNX3 methylation and hepatocellular carcinoma in Asian populations: a systematic review. Genet Mol Res 2014; 13:5182-9. [PMID: 25061743 DOI: 10.4238/2014.july.7.11] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Runt-related transcription factor 3 (RUNX3) is a potential tumor suppressor that is frequently hypermethylated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present meta-analysis of case-control studies was carried out to determine whether RUNX3 hypermethylation is associated with HCC. The PubMed, Embase, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure databases were searched for all relevant studies published between May 2000 and May 2012. A total of 11 studies were identified, and 8 studies involving 491 patients with HCC and 409 patients without tumors were found to satisfy the inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis. All tissue samples were from Asian populations. There was significant heterogeneity between the studies. Over the entire sample, the odds ratio (OR) of RUNX3 promoter methylation was 18.5 [95% confidence interval (CI), 11.6-29.6] for HCC tissues relative to control tissues. The ORs of RUNX3 methylation were 16.6 (95%CI = 6.5-42.4) for tumor tissues relative to tumor-adjacent tissues in patients with HCC, 67.3 (95%CI = 13.0-348.5) for tumor tissues from patients with HCC relative to liver tissues from patients with non-neoplastic liver diseases, and 3.26 (95%CI = 1.54-6.90) for tissues from patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)- related HCC relative to liver tissues from patients with HCC unrelated to HCV. There was no association between RUNX3 methylation and age, gender, pathological stage, or hepatitis B virus infection in HCC tissues. Methylation of the RUNX3 promoter strongly correlated with HCC in Asian populations, especially in individuals with HCV-related HCC, and may be a useful marker for HCC diagnosis in these populations.
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- X X Lu
- Research Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Research Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Research Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Research Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Research Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Research Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Medical Scientific Research Centre, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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Zhu LQ, Jiang WT, Pan C, Liu YH, Thian Y. Liver injury possibly related to drug interaction after liver transplant: a case report. J Clin Pharm Ther 2014; 39:439-41. [PMID: 24661191 DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.12150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Received: 10/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is potentially lethal. Liver transplant patients receive a large number of medications and adverse drug reactions, and drug-drug interactions must be closely monitored. CASE SUMMARY We report a case of a 29-year-old liver transplant patient who suffered liver injury most likely induced by drug interaction between capecitabine and warfarin. Vitamin K1 caused skin rash possibly because of the distribution and metabolism characteristic of the drug in this patient. WHAT IS NEW AND CONCLUSION Close monitoring and prompt discontinuation of the drugs with high volume of distribution and metabolized through the liver are necessary to avoid drug-drug interaction in liver transplant patients.
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- L Q Zhu
- Department of Pharmacy, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Zhu LQ, Ding XY, Tao J, Wang JY, Zhang XJ, Wang XB, Hu Y, Li HF, Chen KW, Zhu GQ. Identification of target cells for Goose parvovirus infection in the immune system organs. Acta Virol 2010; 54:211-5. [PMID: 20822314 DOI: 10.4149/av_2010_03_211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Target cells for Goose parvovirus (GPV) in natural infection are still unknown. In this study, immune system organs namely the spleen, bone marrow, thymus, bursa of Fabricius, and blood of experimentally GPV-infected goslings were examined by an immunoassay and flow cytometry for the presence of viral antigen and by a PCR for viral genome. The results indicated that the virus replicated in some cells of the spleen and bone marrow, but not in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs). These data suggested that some cell populations in the spleen and bone marrow were targets for GPV infection. In addition, the immunoassay used for the detection of GPV was found comparable with a PCR in reliability and sensitivity.
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- L Q Zhu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, P. R. China
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The identification and characterization of bovine viral diarrhea virus 2 (BVDV-2) strain SD-06 isolated from cattle in China is reported. We performed sequence analysis of 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) and E2 sequences and the identity at the nucleotide and amino acid level indicated that the isolate was closely related to BVDV-2. The BVDV-2 strain New York'93 showed the highest sequence homology with the isolate SD-06. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the isolate SD-06 belonged to BVDV-2a subtype. Furthermore, immunofluorescence assay with the monoclonal antibody specific for BVDV-2 glycoprotein E2 confirmed this identification. Thus, the strain SD-06 was the first isolate of BVDV-2 identified in China.
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- L Q Zhu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, PR China
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Zhu LQ, Lin YQ, Ding XY, Ren M, Tao J, Wang JY, Zhang GP, Zhu GQ. Genomic sequencing and characterization of a Chinese isolate of Bovine viral diarrhea virus 2. Acta Virol 2009; 53:197-202. [PMID: 19941402 DOI: 10.4149/av_2009_03_197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The complete genomic sequencing and characterization of Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) isolate XJ-04 originated from cattle in China was described. The genomic RNA of the isolate was 12,284 nt long and contained short 5'- untranslated region (UTR), 3'-non-coding regions (NCR), and one open reading frame (ORF) encoding a large polyprotein of 3,895 amino acids with 20 potential N-glycosylation sites. The identity of the isolate XJ-04 with reference strains NADL (BVDV-1) and 890 (BVDV-2) in autoprotease (N(pro)) gene and structural genes (C, E(rns), E1, E2) was analyzed. The percentage of nt and aa identity in analyzed genes indicated that the isolate XJ-04 was closer to the reference strain 890 (BVDV-2) than to NADL (BVDV-1). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the isolate belonged to BVDV-2a subtype. Furthermore, comparison analysis indicated that the isolate XJ-04 did not contain any genomic insertions that can be directly related to the cytopathic phenotype.
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- L Q Zhu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, P.R. China
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He G, Fang Q, Zhang JX, Zhu LQ, Liu M, Zhang LD. Structural, interfacial and optical characterization of ultrathin zirconia film grown by in situthermal oxidation of sputtered metallic Zr films. Nanotechnology 2005; 16:040. [PMID: 34911205 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/16/9/040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2004] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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High dielectric constant ZrO2gate dielectric thin films have been prepared by means ofin situthermal oxidation of sputtered metallic Zr films. XRD reveals that the as-oxidized samples are amorphous, but can be made polycrystalline with a highly ()-preferential orientation by increasing the annealing temperature. AFM measurements confirm that high temperature annealing results in increase of the roughness root mean square value of the films. The growth and properties of the interfacial SiO2layer formed at the ZrO2/Si interface are observed by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. It has been found that the formation of the interfacial layer depends on the post-deposition annealing temperature. On the basis of a parametrized Tauc-Lorentz dispersion model, the optical properties of the as-oxidized and annealed films related to the annealing temperature are systematically investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry. The increase in the refractive index and decrease in extinction coefficient with increase of the annealing temperature are discussed in detail.
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- G He
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
- Electronic and electrical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London WC1E 7JE, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People's Republic of China
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Li ZY, Liu CP, Zhu LQ, Jing GZ, Zhou JM. The chaperone activity of trigger factor is distinct from its isomerase activity during co-expression with adenylate kinase in Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett 2001; 506:108-12. [PMID: 11591381 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02896-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To investigate the molecular chaperone function of trigger factor (TF) and its relationship with isomerase activity in vivo, the assisted folding of adenylate kinase (AK) by TF in Escherichia coli was examined by measuring the amounts of soluble AK produced during co-expression. When the mutant of chicken AK, P17G, is expressed in plasmid pBVAK, 95% of the protein is found in inclusion bodies. Co-expression of AK with TF was achieved using a plasmid pBVAT that allowed expression of TF and AK in the same plasmid under separate control. Co-expression with TF resulted in an increase in the amount of soluble AK, with a higher increase when TF was expressed at higher levels in the cell. Co-expression of AK with the two TF mutants, Y221G and F233Y, in which peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerase activity was 1% of wild-type, gave the same results as wild-type TF. This provides in vivo evidence that the molecular chaperone activity of TF is distinct from its isomerase activity.
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- Z Y Li
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, 15 Datun Road, 100101, Beijing, PR China
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Chan EW, Wong HT, Cheng SC, Yan WY, Zheng ZX, Sheng ZT, Zhu LQ, Xie Y. An immunoglobulin G based chimeric protein induced foot-and-mouth disease specific immune response in swine. Vaccine 2000; 19:538-46. [PMID: 11027819 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00186-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Epitopes containing the residues 141aa-160aa and 200aa-213aa from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) serotype O1K HK type FMDV VP1 were joined to a swine immunoglobulin G single heavy chain constant region (scIgG), creating a novel chimeric protein, named F1-scIgG. In this study, inoculation with F1-scIgG induced both FMD virus-neutralizing antibody response and T cell response in swine. Antisera from these F1-scIgG-inoculated swine protected suckling mice against 1000 lethal dose 50 (1000LD(50)) FMD challenge. F1-scIgG-inoculated swine were also fully protected against 50LD(50) FMD virus challenge. The present study demonstrates the clear potential for viral epitopes linked with self-Ig in novel FMD vaccine design.
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- E W Chan
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Zhang M, Xia HX, Zhu LQ, Zhang YJ. [Progress in the study on tissue culture of Dendrobium]. Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 2000; 25:323-6. [PMID: 12512416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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Yuan C, Du K, Zhu LQ, Wang JX. [Simultaneous determination of magnolol and honokiol in serum and urine by high performance liquid chromatography]. Se Pu 2000; 18:229-31. [PMID: 12541560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023] Open
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A reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic method for simultaneous determination of magnolol and honokiol in serum and urine of rat has been established. Two drugs were determined within 15 minutes by the method on the column with spherisorb C18, by using a mobile phase consisted of methanol-water-glacial acetic acid (70:30:1, V/V) at 1 mL/min, monitored at 294 nm and with a sensitivity of 0.005 AUFS. After 0.25, 1 and 8 hour of administration of the drugs, protein in serum and urine of Wistar rat was precipitated by methanol and magnolol and honokiol in acidified body fluid were determined after being extracted by a mixture of ethyl acetate and ether. Good linear relationship between concentration in serum and urine and peak area in the ranges of 0.05-2 mg/L for magnolol and 0.025-1 mg/L for honokiol was obtained. Good precision and reproducibility were found too. The average recoveries of the two drugs were 95.6% (RSD = 3.85%), 93.8% (RSD = 3.95%) in serum and 96.0% (RSD = 3.83%), 94.9% (RSD = 3.54%) for urine respectively. The lower limit of the method was 0.02 mg/L of magnolol and 0.04 mg/L of honokiol respectively. The results showed that this method is suitable for the determination of magnolol and honokiol in body fluids.
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- C Yuan
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, General Hospital of Jinan Military Region, Jinan 250031, China.
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Yang YH, Jiang L, Yang SL, Wu YJ, Zhu LQ. [Site-directed mutagenesis and effects on the enzymatic properties of subtilisin E]. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao 2000; 16:341-4. [PMID: 11059277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Site-directed mutagenesis was used to investigate the effects of S221C/P225A, N118S/S221C/P225A, D60N/N118S/S221C/P225A and Q103R/N118S/S221C/P225A mutations on the properties of Subtilisin E. It was found that S221C/P225A mutant is 73,000-fold decreased in amidase activity than subtilisin E and 3-fold increased than subtiligase in the ratio of esterase/amidase; N118S/S221C/P225A mutant has 3.6-fold and 15-fold decreased in amidase and esterase activity respectively and as a result, it has a 4-fold lower in the ratio of amidase/esterase than S221C/P225A mutant; Although it has no effect on the esterase activity, D60N/N118S/S221C/P225A mutant enhanced its ratio of amidase/esterase by 15 fold, 3.3-fold and 10.3 fold compared to N118S/S221C/P225A mutant, S221C/P225A mutant and subtiligase respectively; Q103R/N118S/S221C/P225A mutant, however, has a 5-fold enhanced in the amidase activity and 55-fold and 1000-fold decrease in the esterase activity and the ratio of esterase/amidase compared to N118S/S221C/P225A.
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- Y H Yang
- Shanghai Research Center of Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Yang YH, Wu YJ, Jiang L, Zhu LQ, Yang SL. [Mutants of subtilisin E]. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao 2000; 16:147-9. [PMID: 10976314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Ser 236, located in the surface of subtilisin E and at the end of alpha-helex with Ser221, is far from the active center (Asp32, His64, Ser221). The replacement of Ser236 with Cys via directed-mutagenesis should effect protease activity insignificantly and may be able to improve the stability of enzyme due to the potency to form disulfide across two molecules. The results indicated that BP-1 (Ser236Cys) was found to gain 150% activity (Kcat/Km value) of the wild-type subtilisin E and 3-fold increase in stability in aqueous solution at pH7.4 and 50 degrees C, compared to the wild-type enzyme. However, further mutations on BP-1 to introduce Ala15Asp/Gly20His (BU-1) or Ser24His/Lys27Asp (BW-1) was found negative effects on the activity and stability of subtilisin E.
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- Y H Yang
- Shanghai Research Center of Biotechnology
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Kawamoto A, Ohashi K, Kishikawa H, Zhu LQ, Azuma C, Murata Y. Two-color fluorescence staining of lectin and anti-CD46 antibody to assess acrosomal status. Fertil Steril 1999; 71:497-501. [PMID: 10065788 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(98)00507-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine potential methods for distinguishing between the acrosome reaction and acrosomal loss. DESIGN Prospective randomized study. SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan. PATIENT(S) Five healthy volunteers and 34 patients with normozoospermia who were participating in an IVF program. INTERVENTION(S) Semen samples were collected from the volunteers before the hamster egg penetration assay and from the patients at the time of IVF. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) The numbers of oocytes penetrated and spermatozoa bound were determined with the hamster egg penetration assay. Acrosomal status was assessed with two-color fluorescence staining using fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated Pisum sativum agglutinin (FITC-PSA) and MH61 (anti-CD46 monoclonal antibody) with Texas red-conjugated antimouse immunoglobulin G antiserum. RESULT(S) The MH61 monoclonal antibody inhibited the penetration of human spermatozoa into hamster oocytes but did not reduce the number of spermatozoa bound to the zona-free hamster oocytes. Two-color fluorescence staining revealed four staining patterns of the acrosomal region. The percentage of PSA-negative/CD46-positive spermatozoa increased to a greater extent than that of PSA-negative/CD46-negative spermatozoa with an increase in the incubation time. CONCLUSION(S) Two-color fluorescence staining with FITC-PSA and the anti-CD46 monoclonal antibody may be useful for distinguishing between the acrosome reaction and acrosomal loss.
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- A Kawamoto
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan
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Liu ZZ, Zhu LQ, Eide FF. Critical role of TrkB and brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the differentiation and survival of retinal pigment epithelium. J Neurosci 1997; 17:8749-55. [PMID: 9348344 PMCID: PMC6573079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/1997] [Revised: 08/18/1997] [Accepted: 08/28/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In the vertebrate eye, the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the neural retina arise from a single layer of neuroectoderm. Factors influencing the differentiation of retinal neurons have been identified; however, little is known about molecules directing the differentiation of the RPE. Here we have found that the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays an autocrine role in the differentiation and survival of Xenopus laevis RPE. Fluorescent in situ hybridization studies showed a precise co-expression of BDNF and its receptor trkB in the retinal neuroepithelium and actively differentiating RPE; in vitro studies demonstrated survival- and differentiation-promoting effects in serum-free explants and dissociated cultures. When a dominant negative mutant of the trkB receptor was expressed in developing embryos, severe arrest of RPE differentiation was seen with persistence of nestin- and Notch-positive neuroblasts.
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- Z Z Liu
- Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Zhu LQ, Liu YH, Zhou YB. [A study on observation of bone metabolism in middle-aged and senile female Graves' disease]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 1996; 16:467-9. [PMID: 9387746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Sixty-nine cases of middle aged and senile female Graves' desease (GD) patients suffered from abnormal bone metabolism have been studied. They were divided randomly into group A and B, treated separately with antithyroid drugs (Tapazol and inderal, etc.) in group A, and added with Chinese herbal medicine for tonifying Kidney and promoting blood circulation in group B. Before treatment, patients of both groups showed obvious higher blood calcium (Ca) 24-hour urinary Ca, phosphorus (P) and serum clcitonin (CT) levels than that in normal subjects. These patients' serum Ca, moreover, had a parallel relationship with serum T3 levels (r = 0.6142, P < 0.01) and the serum Ca also a paralleled with serum CT levels (r = 0.5714, P < 0.05). After six months of treatment, the serum Ca, 24-hour urinary Ca, P and blood CT values were all reduced in various degree. The decrease of these bone metabolic parameters were more significant in group B than that in group A.
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- L Q Zhu
- Institute of Endocrionology, Tianjin Medical University
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Chicken apocytochrome c has been shown to possess a much stronger tendency to fold spontaneously in aqueous solution than the equivalent enzyme from other species. In the present work, the amino acid that determines its folding ability was elucidated by site-directed mutagenesis. Wild-type chicken apocytochrome c and three mutants V92A, S103A, and V92A/S103A were expressed in Escherichia coli. The wild-type apoprotein and S103A exhibited the same folding property during dialysis renaturation processes as that chemically prepared from chicken cytochrome c, while those containing V92A mutation did not. Quantitative studies by 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) and sodium perchlorate (NaClO4) titration demonstrated that the V92A mutation decreased the helix content that could be induced and confirmed that valine 92 is the major determinant of the folding propensity of chicken apocytochrome c. Furthermore, CD spectra, turbidity measurements, and a translocation assay on a model membrane system showed that the V92A mutation also drastically altered the conformation of apocytochrome c after being incorporated into lipid bilayer and decreased the aggregation of phospholipid vesicles after association of the apoprotein, thus rendering the molecule more competent for translocation across the membrane. Our results showed that a single amino acid substitution could radically alter the folding propensity of an unfolded polypeptide chain and thus influence the conformation following its insertion into phospholipid bilayer.
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- J C Tong
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China
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Tong JC, Zhu LQ, Yang FY. Cloning and high-level expression of chicken apocytochrome c gene in Escherichia coli. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1995; 36:1187-95. [PMID: 8535290] [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: 01/31/2023]
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Chicken apocytochrome c gene with correct reading frame was easily cloned through excision by polymerase chain reaction of the intron in the genomic clone of chicken cytochrome c gene, and was successfully overexpressed in Escherichia coli by cloning into expression vector pET-3d under the control of T7 promoter. Expressed protein can amount to as high as 40% of the total protein and mainly presents as inclusion body. Purification of chicken apocytochrome c from the inclusion body and characterization by SDS-PAGE, isoelectric focusing electrophoresis, and amino acid analysis showed that the purified apocytochrome c is identical to that prepared from chicken heart cytochrome c by chemically depletion of heme.
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- J C Tong
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Laboratory of Protein Engineering, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China
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Zhu LQ. [Ultrastructural and morphometric studies on lesions in experimental membranous glomerulonephritis (MGN) of rabbits]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 1992; 21:206-8. [PMID: 1473203] [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: 12/27/2022]
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Lesions of experimental MGN in rabbits were studied by transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and the size of epithelial deposits as well as the thickness of GBM were measured by using stereological quantitative method in image analysis system. Results showed that changes of the morphological parameters could be measured and analysed objectively with accuracy. Morphometric study is beneficial to investigate the relationship between morphological lesions and functional changes, and it can also provide quantitative data of the morphological change in evaluating the curative effect of drugs for glomerulonephritis.
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- L Q Zhu
- Department of Pathology, Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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A marker-coupled method for site-directed mutagenesis (SDM) has been developed. In this method, target DNA is first cloned into a plasmid vector which carries an inactivated tetracycline-resistance (TcR)-encoding tet gene. Using this cloned plasmid as template, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is performed with a mutagenic primer and a marker primer. The mutagenic primer contains the desired mutations to be introduced into the target DNA, and the marker primer contains a mutation for restoring the activity of the inactivated tet gene. The PCR product is annealed with a gapped duplex plasmid template, extended and ligated in vitro. The resulting uni-strand-mutated plasmid is converted into the gapped duplex form, transformed into Escherichia coli JM109 and spread on yeast extract/tryptone culture medium + Tc plates. The TcR colonies grown on these plates all carry active tet genes. Due to the 'tight coupling' between the marker primer and the mutagenic primer formed in the PCR product, these TcR colonies should also carry the mutagenic primer, e.g., the desired mutations in the target DNA. In fact, practically all of the TcR colonies have been found to be the desired mutants in the present experiments. Therefore, this method provides a very efficient approach for SDM.
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- T J Shen
- Department of Nucleic Acids Biochemistry, Institute of Biophysics, Beijing, China
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Zhu LQ, Gangopadhyay T, Padmanabha KP, Deutscher MP. Escherichia coli rna gene encoding RNase I: cloning, overexpression, subcellular distribution of the enzyme, and use of an rna deletion to identify additional RNases. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:3146-51. [PMID: 2188952 PMCID: PMC209119 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.6.3146-3151.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [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: 12/30/2022] Open
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The cloning and overexpression of the Escherichia coli rna gene encoding RNase I are described. Only a single copy of the rna gene is present on the E. coli chromosome. Although cells with as much as a 100-fold increase in RNase I activity were constructed, little effect on cell growth was observed. Overexpressed RNase I was found in the periplasmic space to the same degree (approximately 85%) as wild-type enzyme, suggesting no limitation in RNase I transport. The rna clone was used to identify a deletion strain totally lacking the rna gene. The normal growth of this strain showed that RNase I is not essential for cell viability. Extracts from the RNase I deletion strain still retained a low level of RNase activity in the presence of EDTA, conclusively demonstrating the existence of additional EDTA-active RNases in E. coli. The possibility of a RNase I inhibitor is also discussed.
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- L Q Zhu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06032
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Zhu LQ, Liao XL, Feng ZK, Fan CK. [Anti-inflammatory effect of diethylcarbamazine citrate]. Zhongguo Yao Li Xue Bao 1989; 10:81-4. [PMID: 2816406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) at 180-300 mg/kg ip or 560 mg/kg ig inhibited hind paw swelling induced by sc 0.15 ml of carrageenan in normal and adrenalectomized rats. DEC ip 300 mg/kg also inhibited the same swelling induced by sc 2.5% formaldehyde in rats. The proliferation of granuloma induced by cotton-pellets tended to be inhibited by DEC, although not significantly. It inhibited the swelling of mouse ear induced by xylene and the increased vascular permeability induced by ip 0.7% HAC. DEC neither prolonged the survival time in adrenalectomized rats nor increased the weight of the adrenal or plasma cortisol levels in normal rats. DEC decreased the prostaglandin E content in inflammatory tissue, although less than the extent in the indomethacin group. These results indicate that the anti-inflammatory action of DEC is presumably due to the inhibition of synthesis or the release of prostaglandin E, in addition to a possible action mediated by its leukotriene synthesis inhibitor action.
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Zhu LQ, Cudny H, Deutscher MP. A mutation in Escherichia coli tRNA nucleotidyltransferase that affects only AMP incorporation is in a sequence often associated with nucleotide-binding proteins. J Biol Chem 1986; 261:14875-7. [PMID: 3533927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli strain 5C15 contains a mutation in the cca gene that decreases AMP incorporation by tRNA nucleotidyltransferase while leaving CMP incorporation unaffected. Earlier studies of the purified mutant enzyme suggested that the mutation was localized to the AMP-incorporating site. In order to analyze this mutation in more detail, the cca gene from strain 5C15 was cloned into plasmid pUC8. Analysis of tRNA nucleotidyltransferase activity in extracts of a strain transformed with this plasmid demonstrated an elevated level of CMP incorporation, but low AMP incorporation, as expected from the properties of the original mutant. Sequence analysis of the mutant cca gene revealed only a single G to A point mutation leading to a glycine to aspartic acid substitution at position 70 of the peptide chain. The amino acid change was localized to one of two Gly-X-Gly-X-X-Gly sequences present in the protein. This sequence has been identified previously near the nucleotide-binding domain of various proteins, but it has not been noted in enzymes that incorporate nucleotide residues. However, other sequences often associated with ATP-binding domains are not found in tRNA nucleotidyltransferase. The implications of these findings for our understanding of nucleotide-binding domains are discussed.
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Zhu LQ, Cudny H, Deutscher MP. A mutation in Escherichia coli tRNA nucleotidyltransferase that affects only AMP incorporation is in a sequence often associated with nucleotide-binding proteins. J Biol Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)66797-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Wang GH, Zhu LQ, Yuan JG, Liu F, Zhang LF. Joining of yeast alanine transfer ribonucleic acid half molecules to form a whole molecule by T4 RNA ligase. Biochim Biophys Acta 1981; 652:82-9. [PMID: 6260188 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2787(81)90211-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Covalent joining of the two half molecules of tRNAAla by T4 RNA ligase to form a reconstituted whole molecule was investigated. The two half molecules consisting, respectively, of residues 1-35 and 36-75 were prepared by partial degradation of tRNAAla with RNAase T1. The 5'-half molecule was treated with alkaline phosphatase to remove the 3'-terminal phosphate group, and the 5'-OH group of the 3'-half molecule was phosphorylated with [gamma-32P]ATP by polynucleotide kinase. The two terminal nucletides to be joined were identified as Guo and Cyd. Prior to the covalent joining reaction, the two modified half molecules in an equimolar mixture were annealed, and the rejoined half molecules, separated by gel electrophoresis, served as the substrate for T4 RNA ligase. Optimum conditions for this ligation, such as RNA ligase concentration, pH, Mg2+ concentration, reaction temperature and time of reaction, were investigated. Under the optimum conditions a yield of about 70% joining of the reconstituted whole molecule was obtained as shown by gel electrophoresis, resistance to hydrolysis by alkaline phosphatase, nearest neighbour analysis and alanine acdeptor activity.
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