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Stergiou N, Wuensche TE, Schreurs M, Mes I, Verlaan M, Kooijman EJM, Windhorst AD, Helboe L, Vergo S, Christensen S, Asuni AA, Jensen A, Van Dongen GAMS, Bang-Andersen B, Vugts DJ, Beaino W. Application of 89Zr-DFO*-immuno-PET to assess improved target engagement of a bispecific anti-amyloid-ß monoclonal antibody. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2023; 50:1306-1317. [PMID: 36635462 PMCID: PMC10027647 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-023-06109-3] [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: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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PURPOSE The recent conditional FDA approval of Aducanumab (Adu) for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the continued discussions around that decision have increased interest in immunotherapy for AD and other brain diseases. Reliable techniques for brain imaging of antibodies may guide decision-making in the future but needs further development. In this study, we used 89Zr-immuno-PET to evaluate the targeting and distribution of a bispecific brain-shuttle IgG based on Adu with transferrin receptor protein-1 (TfR1) shuttling mechanism, mAbAdu-scFab8D3, designated Adu-8D3, as a candidate theranostic for AD. We also validated the 89Zr-immuno-PET platform as an enabling technology for developing new antibody-based theranostics for brain disorders. METHODS Adu, Adu-8D3, and the non-binding control construct B12-8D3 were modified with DFO*-NCS and radiolabeled with 89Zr. APP/PS1 mice were injected with 89Zr-labeled mAbs and imaged on days 3 and 7 by positron emission tomography (PET). Ex vivo biodistribution was performed on day 7, and ex vivo autoradiography and immunofluorescence staining were done on brain tissue to validate the PET imaging results and target engagement with amyloid-β plaques. Additionally, [89Zr]Zr-DFO*-Adu-8D3 was evaluated in 3, 7, and 10-month-old APP/PS1 mice to test its potential in early stage disease. RESULTS A 7-fold higher brain uptake was observed for [89Zr]Zr-DFO*-Adu-8D3 compared to [89Zr]Zr-DFO*-Adu and a 2.7-fold higher uptake compared to [89Zr]Zr-DFO*-B12-8D3 on day 7. Autoradiography and immunofluorescence of [89Zr]Zr-DFO*-Adu-8D3 showed co-localization with amyloid plaques, which was not the case with the Adu and B12-8D3 conjugates. [89Zr]Zr-DFO*-Adu-8D3 was able to detect low plaque load in 3-month-old APP/PS1 mice. CONCLUSION 89Zr-DFO*-immuno-PET revealed high and specific uptake of the bispecific Adu-8D3 in the brain and can be used for the early detection of Aβ plaque pathology. Here, we demonstrate that 89Zr-DFO*-immuno-PET can be used to visualize and quantify brain uptake of mAbs and contribute to the evaluation of biological therapeutics for brain diseases.
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- N Stergiou
- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- H. Lundbeck A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- H. Lundbeck A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- H. Lundbeck A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- H. Lundbeck A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, de Boelelaan 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Stergiou N, Wünsche E, Mes I, Schreurs M, Verlaan M, Kooijman E, Windhorst A, Dongen G, Helboe L, Vergo S, Christensen S, Asuni A, Jensen A, Bang-Andersen B, Vugts D, Beaino W. Corrigendum to “SSP-27: 89Zr-immuno-PET of a novel bispecific amyloid β monoclonal antibody reveals improved and high specific brain uptake” [Nucl Med Biol (2020) Volumes 96–97, Supplement. S30-S31]. Nucl Med Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2021.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Slobbe DC, Klees R, Verlaan M, Zijl F, Alberts B, Farahani HH. Height system connection between island and mainland using a hydrodynamic model: a case study connecting the Dutch Wadden islands to the Amsterdam ordnance datum (NAP). J Geod 2018; 92:1439-1456. [PMID: 30930554 PMCID: PMC6405183 DOI: 10.1007/s00190-018-1133-3] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present an efficient and flexible alternative method to connect islands and offshore tide gauges with the height system on land. The method uses a regional, high-resolution hydrodynamic model that provides total water levels. From the model, we obtain the differences in mean water level (MWL) between tide gauges at the mainland and at the islands or offshore platforms. Adding them to the MWL relative to the national height system at the mainland's tide gauges realizes a connection of the island and offshore platforms with the height system on the mainland. Numerical results are presented for the connection of the Dutch Wadden islands with the national height system (Normaal Amsterdams Peil, NAP). Several choices of the period over which the MWLs are computed are tested and validated. The best results were obtained when we computed the MWL only over the summer months of our 19-year simulation period. Based on this strategy, the percentage of connections for which the absolute differences between the observation- and model-derived MWL differences are ≤ 1 cm is about 34% (46 out of 135 possible leveling connections). In this case, for each Wadden island we can find several connections that allow the transfer of NAP with (sub-)centimeter accuracy.
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- D. C. Slobbe
- Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands
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- Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands
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- Deltares, Boussinesqweg 1, 2629 HV Delft, The Netherlands
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- Deltares, Boussinesqweg 1, 2629 HV Delft, The Netherlands
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- Rijkswaterstaat Centrale Informatievoorziening, Derde Werelddreef 1, 2622 HA Delft, The Netherlands
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- Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands
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van der Laken C, Chandrupatla D, Molthoff C, Jansen G, Greeuw I, Verlaan M, van Kooij R, Bloemendaal M, Windhorst B, Lammertsma A, Low P, Qingshou C. AB0116 In Vivo Evaluation of Folate Receptor Expression in Relation to Methotrexate Treatment Efficacy in Arthritic Rats Using [18F]-PEG-Folate PET. Ann Rheum Dis 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-eular.5451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Ameri A, Farajzadeh R, Suicmez VS, Verlaan M, Bruining J. Dynamic Interactions between Matrix and Fracture during Miscible Gravity Drainage in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs. Ind Eng Chem Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. Ameri
- Department
of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2628CN Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2628CN Delft, The Netherlands
- Shell Global Solutions
International, 2288GS Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
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- Maersk Oil, Danish
Business Unit, Oslo Plads 2, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Shell Canada Limited, P.O. Box 100, STN M, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2H5, Canada
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- Department
of Geoscience and Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2628CN Delft, The Netherlands
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Gent Y, Weijers K, Molthoff C, Windhorst A, de Greeuw I, Al M, Bergstra R, Verlaan M, Kassiou M, Lammertsma A, Jansen G, van der Laken C. OP0235 Pet high affinity translocator protein ligands as a novel modality for macrophage targeting in arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-eular.1918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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te Morsche RHM, Drenth JPH, Truninger K, Schulz HU, Kage A, Landt O, Verlaan M, Rosendahl J, Macek M, Jansen JBMJ, Witt H. UGT1A7 polymorphisms in chronic pancreatitis: an example of genotyping pitfalls. Pharmacogenomics J 2007; 8:34-41. [PMID: 17325733 DOI: 10.1038/sj.tpj.6500443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGT) catalyze the glucuronidation of various compounds and thus inactivate toxic substrates. Genetic variations reducing the activity of UGT1A7 have been associated with various gastrointestinal cancers. Most recently, the UGT1A7*3 allele has been reported as a significant risk factor for pancreatic disorders, but we could not confirm these data. This study focused on the possible causes for the noted discrepancy. UGT1A7 genotypes were assessed in 37 samples, which were previously analyzed for UGT1A7 polymorphisms by others. We determined genotypes by melting curve analysis and by DNA sequencing. Additionally, we produced UGT1A7*1 and *3 constructs with or without a mutation at position - 57 of UGT1A7 and analyzed various combinations of these constructs. In 14/37 samples UGT1A7 genotyping results differed. The discrepancy could be explained by polymerase chain reaction bias owing to an unbalanced allelic amplification which was caused by a -57T>G variant located within the sequence of the chosen primer template in previous studies. Our findings indicate that most of the previously reported genetic associations between UGT1A7 and gastrointestinal cancers are based on primer-dependent genotyping errors.
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- R H M te Morsche
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Crone MR, Verlaan M, Willemsen MC, van Soelen P, Reijneveld SA, Sing RAH, Paulussen TGWM. Sustainability of the prevention of passive infant smoking within well-baby clinics. Health Educ Behav 2006; 33:178-96. [PMID: 16531512 DOI: 10.1177/1090198105276296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 11/15/2022]
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This study assessed the antecedents of continued use of an education program to prevent passive smoking in infants. It consists of a booklet for parents and a manual for health professionals describing a five-step procedure for discussing passive smoking. A questionnaire was sent to 67 managers, 670 nurses, and 335 physicians working in well-baby clinics (response rate: 70%, 53%, 47% respectively). Questions concerned the completeness of use, level of institutionalization, and characteristics of the organization, the user, and the dissemination strategy. Seventy-one percent of nurses and 42% of physicians worked with the program. They foremost provided the first three steps of the five-step procedure. Physicians' completeness of use was related to their perceived responsibility in providing this education, and nurses' use was related to their perceived self-efficacy, responsibility, training attendance, participation in the adoption decision, and level of institutionalization. Diffusion efforts should focus on improving the completeness of use and level of institutionalization.
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- M R Crone
- TNO Quality of Life, TNO Prevention and Health, P.O. Box 2215, 2301CE Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Verlaan M, Drenth JPH, Truninger K, Koudova M, Schulz HU, Bargetzi M, Künzli B, Friess H, Cerny M, Kage A, Landt O, te Morsche RHM, Rosendahl J, Luck W, Nickel R, Halangk J, Becker M, Macek M, Jansen JBMJ, Witt H. Polymorphisms of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A7 are not involved in pancreatic diseases. J Med Genet 2006; 42:e62. [PMID: 16199544 PMCID: PMC1735930 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2005.032599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Xenobiotic mediated cellular injury is thought to play a major role in the pathogenesis of pancreatic diseases. Genetic variations that reduce the expression or activity of detoxifying phase II biotransformation enzymes such as the UDP-glucuronosyltransferases might be important in this respect. Recently, a UGT1A7 low detoxification activity allele, UGT1A7*3, has been linked to pancreatic cancer and alcoholic chronic pancreatitis. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether UGT1A7 polymorphisms contribute to the risk of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. METHODS Genetic polymorphisms in the UGT1A7 gene were assessed in a large cohort of patients with different types of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer originating from the Czech Republic (n = 93), Germany (n = 638), Netherlands (n = 136), and Switzerland (n = 106), and in healthy (n = 1409) and alcoholic (n = 123) controls from the same populations. Polymorphisms were determined by melting curve analysis using fluorescence resonance energy transfer probes. In addition, 229 Dutch subjects were analysed by restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS The frequencies of UGT1A7 genotypes did not differ between patients with acute or chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic adenocarcinoma and alcoholic and healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that, in contrast to earlier studies, UGT1A7 polymorphisms do not predispose patients to the development of pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis.
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Laheij RJE, Verlaan M, Van Oijen MGH, De Doelder MS, Dejong CAJ, Jansen JBMJ. Gastrointestinal symptoms and ethanol metabolism in alcoholics. Dig Dis Sci 2004; 49:1007-11. [PMID: 15309892 DOI: 10.1023/b:ddas.0000034563.02099.78] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Excessive alcohol intake frequently results in gastrointestinal discomfort. It is an empirical fact that the severity of gastrointestinal discomfort induced by alcohol abuse is subject to interindividual variation. The aim of this study was to determine whether genetic polymorphism in alcohol dehydrogenase 3 (ADH3) and cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1), important first-pass enzymes in the metabolism of ethanol, predispose to the development of gastrointestinal symptoms in alcoholics, Blood samples were obtained from 92 adult alcoholics admitted for detoxification. The samples were analyzed for genetic polymorphism in ADH3 and CYP2E1 by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses. During an interview on the first day of hospital admission, patient characteristics and gastrointestinal symptoms in the week before admission were assessed. A total of 75 of 92 alcoholics (83%) reported symptoms: 66 patients had upper gastrointestinal symptoms (72%), 70 patients had lower gastrointestinal symptoms (76%), and 59 patients reported alarming symptoms (64%). Patients with gastrointestinal symptoms less often abused beer in comparison to those without gastrointestinal symptoms (P = 0.05). The numbers of patients with the homozygous y1y1 genotype, the heterozygous y1y2 genotype, and the homozygous y2y2 genotype in ADH3 who reported gastrointestinal symptoms were 20 (83%), 34 (76%), and 15 (88%), respectively. The number of patients with the heterozygous c1c2 CYP2E1 genotype (5%) and the heterozygous DC CYP2E1 genotype (14%) was low and also unrelated to gastrointestinal symptoms. Our data suggest that the ethanol concentrations of the consumed beverages, and not interindividual variations in the activities of first-pass alcohol-metabolizing enzymes, are associated with gastrointestinal symptoms in alcoholics.
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- R J E Laheij
- Department of Gastroenterology, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- J P H Drenth
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Duyndam MC, van Dam H, Smits PH, Verlaan M, van der Eb AJ, Zantema A. The N-terminal transactivation domain of ATF2 is a target for the co-operative activation of the c-jun promoter by p300 and 12S E1A. Oncogene 1999; 18:2311-21. [PMID: 10327051 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1202584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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: 11/09/2022]
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The adenovirus E1A proteins activate the c-jun promoter through two Jun/ATF-binding sites, jun1 and jun2. P300, a transcriptional coactivator of several AP1 and ATF transcription factors has been postulated to play a role in this activation. Here, we present evidence that p300 can control c-jun transcription by acting as a cofactor for ATF2: (1) Over-expression of p300 was found to stimulate c-jun transcription both in the presence and absence of E1A. (2) Like E1A, p300 activates the c-jun promoter through the junl and jun2 elements and preferentially activates the N-terminal domain of ATF2. (3) Co-immunoprecipitation assays of crude cell extracts indicate that endogenous p300/CBP(-like) proteins and ATF2 proteins are present in a multiprotein complex that can bind specifically to the jun2 element. We further demonstrate that the Stress-Activated-Protein-Kinase (SAPK) target sites of ATF2, Thr69 and Thr71 are not required for the formation of the p300/CBP-ATF2 multiprotein complex. These data indicate that E1A does not inhibit all transcription activation functions of p300, and, in fact, cooperates with p300 in the activation of the ATF2 N-terminus.
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- M C Duyndam
- Laboratory for Molecular Carcinogenesis, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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Gyllenberg HG, Gyllenberg M, Koski T, Lund T, Schindler J, Verlaan M. Classification of Enterobacteriaceae by minimization of stochastic complexity. Microbiology (Reading) 1997; 143:721-732. [DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A new method for classifying bacteria is presented and applied to a large set of biochemical data for the Enterobacteriaceae. The method minimizes the bits needed to encode the classes and the items or, equivalently, maximizes the information content of the classification. The resulting taxonomy of Enterobacteriaceae corresponds well to the general structure of earlier classifications. Minimization of stochastic complexity can be considered as a useful tool to create bacterial classifications that are optimal from the point of view of information theory.
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- H. G. Gyllenberg
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, 3. Medical Faculty, Charles University, Srobarova, 50, Prague 10, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Technical Mathematics and Informatics, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
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Homan WL, Limper L, Verlaan M, Borst A, Vercammen M, van Knapen F. Comparison of the internal transcribed spacer, ITS 1, from Toxoplasma gondii isolates and Neospora caninum. Parasitol Res 1997; 83:285-9. [PMID: 9089727 DOI: 10.1007/s004360050248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) region and the 5' part of the 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene of the ribosomal DNA repeat from 20 Toxoplasma gondil isolates was sequenced and found to be identical in all isolates, independent of host origin or virulence to mice. The ITS1 region from the closely related coccidian parasite Neospora caninum differed in 22% of its nucleotides. Hence, the ITS1 region provides a good marker for the distinction of T. gondii and N. caninum but is not useful for epidemiology studies of T. gondii.
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- W L Homan
- Microbiological Laboratory for Health Protection, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Hagmeyer BM, Duyndam MC, Angel P, de Groot RP, Verlaan M, Elfferich P, van der Eb A, Zantema A. Altered AP-1/ATF complexes in adenovirus-E1-transformed cells due to EIA-dependent induction of ATF3. Oncogene 1996; 12:1025-32. [PMID: 8649793] [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: 02/01/2023]
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The adenovirus (Ad) E1A proteins alter the expression level and activity of AP-1/ATF transcription factors. Previously we have shown that in AdE1-transformed cells cJun is hyperphosphorylated in its N-terminal transactivation domain, which parallels enhanced transactivation function. To find out whether the interaction between cJun and other cellular proteins is altered, we have searched for proteins which would physically associate with cJun. In this report we show that in AdE1-transformed cells cJun specifically associates with two proteins of 21 and 23 kD. These proteins are not expressed at detectable levels in the parental cells or in cells transformed by oncogenes other than AdE1. The cJun-associated proteins represent different forms of the bZIP transcription factor ATF3, the human homolog of rat LRF1. The expression of ATF3 is induced in AdE1-transformed cells and is a direct effect of the expression of E1A. Through induction of ATF3 expression and the subsequent formation of cJun/ATF3 heterodimers, E1A alters the repertoire of AP-1/ATF factors and may thereby redirect the corresponding gene-expression program. Since the induction of ATF3 is a function of sequences within the transforming 12S-ElA protein, cJun/ATF3 complexes might be involved in establishing cellular transformation by AdE1A.
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- B M Hagmeyer
- Laboratory for Molecular Carcinogenesis, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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