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Jiang S, Chung S, Ahlberg M, Frisk A, Khymyn R, Le QT, Mazraati H, Houshang A, Heinonen O, Åkerman J. Magnetic droplet soliton pairs. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2118. [PMID: 38459046 PMCID: PMC10923811 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46404-7] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
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We demonstrate magnetic droplet soliton pairs in all-perpendicular spin-torque nano-oscillators (STNOs), where one droplet resides in the STNO free layer (FL) and the other in the reference layer (RL). Typically, theoretical, numerical, and experimental droplet studies have focused on the FL, with any additional dynamics in the RL entirely ignored. Here we show that there is not only significant magnetodynamics in the RL, but the RL itself can host a droplet driven by, and coexisting with, the FL droplet. Both single droplets and pairs are observed experimentally as stepwise changes and sharp peaks in the dc and differential resistance, respectively. While the single FL droplet is highly stable, the coexistence state exhibits high-power broadband microwave noise. Furthermore, micromagnetic simulations reveal that the pair dynamics display periodic, quasi-periodic, and chaotic signatures controlled by applied field and current. The strongly interacting and closely spaced droplet pair offers a unique platform for fundamental studies of highly non-linear soliton pair dynamics.
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- S Jiang
- School of Microelectronics, South China University of Technology, 511442, Guangzhou, China
- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Department of Physics Education, Korea National University of Education, Cheongju, 28173, Korea.
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- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Seagate Technology, 7801 Computer Ave., Bloomington, MN, 55435, USA
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- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Center for Science and Innovation in Spintronics, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
- Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
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Bingham NS, Zhang X, Ramberger J, Heinonen O, Leighton C, Schiffer P. Collective Ferromagnetism of Artificial Square Spin Ice. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:067201. [PMID: 36018663 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.067201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We study the temperature and magnetic field dependence of the total magnetic moment of large-area permalloy artificial square spin ice arrays. The temperature dependence and hysteresis behavior are consistent with the coherent magnetization reversal expected in the Stoner-Wohlfarth model, with clear deviations due to interisland interactions at small lattice spacing. Through micromagnetic simulations, we explore this behavior and demonstrate that the deviations result from increasingly complex magnetization reversal at small lattice spacing, induced by interisland interactions, and depending critically on details of the island shapes. These results establish new means to tune the physical properties of artificial spin ice structures and other interacting nanomagnet systems, such as patterned magnetic media.
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- N S Bingham
- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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Lempainen L, Kosola J, Pruna R, Sinikumpu JJ, Valle X, Heinonen O, Orava S, Maffulli N. Tears of Biceps Femoris, Semimembranosus, And Semitendinosus are Not Equal-A New Individual Muscle-Tendon Concept in Athletes. Scand J Surg 2021; 110:483-491. [PMID: 33612019 PMCID: PMC8688976 DOI: 10.1177/1457496920984274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Objectives: Hamstring injuries are common and can now be accurately diagnosed. In addition, novel surgical indications have been introduced. However, evidence-based guidelines on the hamstring injuries in management of top-level athletes are missing. Methods: The management methods and outcomes of treatment are classically based on relatively small case series. We discuss a novel concept based on the fact that each tendon of the hamstrings muscle should be managed in an individual fashion. Furthermore, suitable indications for hamstring surgery in athletes are introduced. Results: The present study introduces modern treatment principles for hamstring injury management. Typical clinical and imagining findings as well as surgical treatment are presented based on a critical review of the available literature and personal experience. Conclusions: Hamstring injuries should not be considered to be all equal given the complexity of this anatomical region: The three separate tendons are different, and this impacts greatly on the decision-making process and outcomes in athletes.
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- L Lempainen
- Sports Trauma Research Unit, Hospital Mehiläinen NEO, Turku, Finland.,Department of Physical Activity and Health, Paavo Nurmi Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Physical Activity and Health, Paavo Nurmi Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Department of Surgery, Kanta-Häme Central Hospital, Hämeenlinna, Finland
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- FC Barcelona, Medical Services, FIFA Center of Excellence, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Children and Adolescents, PEDEGO unit and MRC Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- FC Barcelona, Medical Services, FIFA Center of Excellence, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physical Activity and Health, Paavo Nurmi Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Sports Trauma Research Unit, Hospital Mehiläinen NEO, Turku, Finland.,Department of Physical Activity and Health, Paavo Nurmi Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders, University of Salerno School of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Salerno, Italy.,Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.,Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University School of Medicine, Stoke on Trent, UK
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Tikhonov Y, Kondovych S, Mangeri J, Pavlenko M, Baudry L, Sené A, Galda A, Nakhmanson S, Heinonen O, Razumnaya A, Luk'yanchuk I, Vinokur VM. Controllable skyrmion chirality in ferroelectrics. Sci Rep 2020; 10:8657. [PMID: 32457537 PMCID: PMC7251125 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65291-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Chirality, an intrinsic handedness, is one of the most intriguing fundamental phenomena in nature. Materials composed of chiral molecules find broad applications in areas ranging from nonlinear optics and spintronics to biology and pharmaceuticals. However, chirality is usually an invariable inherent property of a given material that cannot be easily changed at will. Here, we demonstrate that ferroelectric nanodots support skyrmions the chirality of which can be controlled and switched. We devise protocols for realizing control and efficient manipulations of the different types of skyrmions. Our findings open the route for controlled chirality with potential applications in ferroelectric-based information technologies.
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- Yu Tikhonov
- Faculty of Physics, Southern Federal University, 5 Zorge str., 344090, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- University of Picardie, Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Amiens, 80039, France
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- University of Picardie, Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Amiens, 80039, France
- Life Chemicals Inc., Murmanska st. 5, Kyiv, 02660, Ukraine
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- Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 18221, Praha 8, Czech Republic
- Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Southern Federal University, 5 Zorge str., 344090, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology (IEMN)-DHS Départment, UMR CNRS 8520, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59652, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- University of Picardie, Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Amiens, 80039, France
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- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Institute of Material Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, 06269, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois, 60637, USA
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- Faculty of Physics, Southern Federal University, 5 Zorge str., 344090, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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- University of Picardie, Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Amiens, 80039, France
- L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Akademika Semenova av., 1A9, Chernogolovka, 142432, Russia
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- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois, 60637, USA.
- Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering (CASE) University of Chicago, 5801S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
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Paana T, Jaakkola S, Tuunainen E, Wittfooth S, Bamberg K, Petterson K, Kallio P, Heinonen O, Airaksinen KEJ. P4420Is exercise-induced cardiac troponin release caused by skeletal muscle injury? Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Cardiac troponins (cTn) are highly sensitive and specific markers for cardiac injury and a key element in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome. Strenuous exercise is known to induce increases in cTn, but the causative factors remain ambiguous. It is also equivocal whether exercise induced skeletal muscle injury is associated with cTn elevation.
Purpose
The aim of this study was to identify independent predictors for the rise in cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and I (cTnI) concentration and to focus on the relationship between skeletal muscle injury measured by skeletal troponin I (skTnI) and cTn elevations after a marathon race in a large group of male recreational runners.
Methods
A total of 40 recreational runners participating in the marathon in our city were recruited. The study included baseline visit (prerace) and immediate post-race sampling.
Results
The post-marathon cTnT concentration rose above the reference limit in 38 (95%) participants and the detection limit for cTnI was exceeded in 34 (85%) participants. Similarly, a 10-fold increase in skTnI concentration was observed and elevated post-race values were seen in all participants. There was no significant correlation between the post-race cTnT or cTnT change and post-race skTnI (Spearman's rho = 0.249, p=0.122, rho = 0.285, p=0.074). However, post-race cTnI and change in cTnI were associated with post-race skTnI (rho = 0.404, p=0.01, rho = 0.460, p=0.003) and creatine kinase (r=0.368, p=0.019) concentration. Subjective exertion or self-reported muscle symptoms did not correlate with post-race cTnT, cTnI or skTnI levels.
Post-Race cTnT <40 Post-Race cTnT ≥40 p-value n=18 n=22 Age, years 53.3±12.2 44.0±11.9 0.002 Active training, years 12.0 (9.3) 17.0 (15.8) 0.190 Muscle symptoms 7 (38.9) 11 (52.4) 0.523 Creatinine kinase, ug/l 406 (137) 399 (319) 0.163 N-terminal proBNP ng/l 137±168 158±277 0.783 Skeletal Troponin I, ng/ml 28.6 (41) 56.7 (143) 0.199
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Conclusions
Cardiac troponin became abnormal in almost all runners after marathon race. The exercise-induced rise in cardiac troponin I is related to simultaneous release of skeletal troponin I. The mechanism of this association remains uncertain, but clinicians should be cautious when interpreting post-exercise troponin levels without clinical symptoms and signs of myocardial ischemia.
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- T Paana
- Turku University Hospital, Heart Center, Turku, Finland
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- Turku University Hospital, Heart Center, Turku, Finland
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- University of Turku, Department of Biochemistry/ Biotechnology, Turku, Finland
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- University of Turku, Department of Biochemistry/ Biotechnology, Turku, Finland
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- University of Turku, Department of Biochemistry/ Biotechnology, Turku, Finland
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- University of Turku, Department of Biochemistry/ Biotechnology, Turku, Finland
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- University of Turku, Paavo Nurmi Centre, Department of Physical Activity and Health functioning, Turku, Finland
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- University of Turku, Paavo Nurmi Centre, Department of Physical Activity and Health functioning, Turku, Finland
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Dumas RK, Iacocca E, Bonetti S, Sani SR, Mohseni SM, Eklund A, Persson J, Heinonen O, Åkerman J. Spin-wave-mode coexistence on the nanoscale: a consequence of the Oersted-field-induced asymmetric energy landscape. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:257202. [PMID: 23829755 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.257202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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It has been argued that if multiple spin wave modes are competing for the same centrally located energy source, as in a nanocontact spin torque oscillator, that only one mode should survive in the steady state. Here, the experimental conditions necessary for mode coexistence are explored. Mode coexistence is facilitated by the local field asymmetries induced by the spatially inhomogeneous Oersted field, which leads to a physical separation of the modes, and is further promoted by spin wave localization at reduced applied field angles. Finally, both simulation and experiment reveal a low frequency signal consistent with the intermodulation of two coexistent modes.
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- Randy K Dumas
- Physics Department, University of Gothenburg, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Phatak C, Petford-Long AK, Heinonen O. Direct observation of unconventional topological spin structure in coupled magnetic discs. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:067205. [PMID: 22401118 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.067205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Confined magnetic thin films are known to exhibit a variety of fascinating topological spin states such as Skyrmions, vortices, and antivortices. Such topological excitations are fundamentally important to our understanding of quantum critical phenomenon and related phase transitions. Here we report on the direct observation of an unconventional topological spin state and its behavior in antiferromagnetically coupled NiFe discs at room temperature. The observed spin structure is similar to the theoretically predicted merons which have not yet been observed directly. We have used in situ Lorentz microscopy magnetizing experiments combined with micromagnetic simulations to follow the stability and the behavior of the meron state. The work presented in this paper will open new opportunities for direct experimental investigation of various topological states that can provide insights into the fundamental physics of their interactions.
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- C Phatak
- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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Sivenius J, Pyörälä K, Salonen J, Heinonen O, Riekkinen PJ. The significance of physiotherapy in the recovery of stroke. Acta Neurol Scand 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1984.tb02478.x] [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: 12/01/2022]
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Holopainen I, Heinonen O, Pulkki K, Näntö-Salonen K, Haataja L, Holme E, van Gennip AH. [Status epilepticus in children from urine sample to gene error]. Duodecim 2001; 113:1040-3. [PMID: 11466856] [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: 02/20/2023]
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- I Holopainen
- Department of Pediatrics and Central Laboratory Unit, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland; Department of Clinical Chemistry, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Gothenborg, Sweden and Department of Clinical Chemistry and Pediatrics, Amsterdam, The Neteherlands
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Piironen T, Nurmi M, Irjala K, Heinonen O, Lilja H, Lövgren T, Pettersson K. Measurement of circulating forms of prostate-specific antigen in whole blood immediately after venipuncture: implications for point-of-care testing. Clin Chem 2001; 47:703-11. [PMID: 11274021] [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: 02/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to validate the use of whole-blood samples in the determination of circulating forms of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). METHODS Blood samples of hospitalized prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia patients were collected and processed to generate whole-blood and serum samples. Three different rapid two-site immunoassays were developed to measure the concentrations of total PSA (PSA-T), free PSA (PSA-F), and PSA-alpha(1)-antichymotrypsin complex (PSA-ACT) to detect in vitro changes in whole-blood samples immediately after venipuncture. The possible influence of muscle movement on the release of PSA from prostate gland was studied in healthy men by measuring the rapid in vitro whole-blood kinetics of PSA forms before and after 15 min of physical exercise on a stationary bicycle. RESULTS Rapid PSA-T, PSA-F, and PSA-ACT assays were designed using a 10-min sample incubation. No significant changes were detected in the concentrations of PSA-T, PSA-F, and PSA-ACT from the earliest time point of 12-16 min compared with measurements performed up to 4 h after venipuncture. Physical exercise did not influence the concentrations of the circulating forms of PSA. Hematocrit-corrected whole-blood values of PSA-T and PSA-F forms were comparable to the respective serum values. Calculation of the percentage of PSA-F (PSA F/T ratio x 100) was similar irrespective of the sample format used, i.e., whole blood or serum. CONCLUSIONS We found that immunodetectable PSA forms are likely at steady state immediately after venipuncture, thus enabling the use of anticoagulated whole-blood samples in near-patient settings for point-of-care testing, whereas determinations of PSA (e.g., PSA-T, PSA-F, or PSA-ACT) performed within the time frame of the office visit would provide results equivalent to conventional analyses performed in serum.
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- T Piironen
- The Finsen Laboratory af.sn. 8621, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lehtovirta M, Kyttälä A, Eskelinen EL, Hess M, Heinonen O, Jalanko A. Palmitoyl protein thioesterase (PPT) localizes into synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles in neurons: implications for infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL). Hum Mol Genet 2001; 10:69-75. [PMID: 11136716 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/10.1.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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A deficiency of palmitoyl protein thioesterase (PPT) leads to the neurodegenerative disease infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL), which is characterized by an almost complete loss of cortical neurons. PPT expressed in COS-1 cells is recognized by the mannose-6-phosphate receptor (M6PR) and is routed to lysosome, but a substantial fraction of PPT is secreted. We have here determined the neuronal localization of PPT by confocal microscopy, cryoimmunoelectron microscopy and cell fractionation. In mouse primary neurons and brain tissue, PPT is localized in synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles but not in lysosomes. Furthermore, in polarized epithelial Caco-2 cells, PPT is localized exclusively to the basolateral site, in contrast to the classical lysosomal enzyme, aspartylglucosaminidase (AGA), which is localized in the apical site. The current data imply that PPT has a role outside the lysosomes in the brain and may be associated with synaptic functioning. This finding opens a new route to study the neuropathological events associated with INCL.
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- M Lehtovirta
- National Public Health Institute, Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Mannerheimintie 166, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
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Heinonen O, Salonen T, Jalanko A, Peltonen L, Copp A. CLN-1 and CLN-5, genes for infantile and variant late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses, are expressed in the embryonic human brain. J Comp Neurol 2000; 426:406-12. [PMID: 10992246 DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20001023)426:3<406::aid-cne5>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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: 11/10/2022]
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Mutations in the CLN-1 and CLN-5 genes underlie the infantile, and Finnish variant of the late-infantile, neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses, respectively. These disorders are characterized by a massive neuronal death early in childhood. We have studied mRNA and protein expression of CLN-1 and CLN-5 in embryonic human brains. The spatial and temporal distributions of CLN-1 and CLN-5 were similar in the embryonic human brain. Both genes are expressed at the beginning of cortical neurogenesis, and this expression increases as cortical development proceeds. In the developing cortical plate, expression is found in postmitotic migrating neuroblasts and neuroblasts that have completed migration. Expression was intense also in cells of the thalamus as well as in the future Purkinje cell layer of the cerebellum. These findings indicate that expression of CLN-1 and CLN-5 may be significant for development of a wide range of maturating neurons.
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- O Heinonen
- National Public Health Institute, Department of Human Molecular Genetics, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland.
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We investigated the effect of physical activity and sports participation on LDL oxidation in vivo and on lipid risk factors in 183 teenage girls (9-15 years): 64 gymnasts, 61 runners, and 58 controls. Oxidized LDL was measured as baseline levels of conjugated dienes in LDL lipids (ox-LDL). The gymnasts had a 15% lower ratio of LDL conjugated dienes to LDL cholesterol (ox-LDL:LDL ratio, P = 0.0052) compared to controls, and the difference persisted when the body mass index was included as a covariate (ANCOVA, P = 0.013). Also, the gymnasts had a 12% higher ratio of HDL cholesterol to total cholesterol than the controls (ANCOVA, P = 0.046). There were no differences in the other common lipid risk factors between the groups. The ox-LDL:LDL ratio correlated negatively with HDL cholesterol (r = -0.23, P=0.0021) and with physical activity METs (multiples of resting metabolic rate) (r = -0.21, P=0.0040). Our study strengthens the evidence that the atherogenic risk is influenced favourably by physical exercise and sporting activities as early as in adolescents. This risk reduction is associated with lower mildly oxidized LDL in adolescent girls.
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- T Vasankari
- Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit, Paavo Nurmi Centre, Turku, Finland.
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Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder in childhood that is caused by mutations in the gene encoding lysosomal palmitoyl protein thioesterase (PPT). INCL is characterized by massive and selective loss of cortical neurons. Here we have analyzed the intracellular processing and localization of adenovirus-mediated PPT in mouse primary neurons and NGF-induced PC-12 cells. The neuronal processing of PPT was found to be similar to that observed in peripheral cells, and a significant amount of the PPT enzyme was secreted in the primary neurons. Immunofluorescence analysis of the neuronal cells infected with wild-type PPT showed a granular staining pattern in the cell soma and neuronal shafts. Interestingly, PPT was also found in the synaptic ends of the neuronal cells and the staining pattern of the enzyme colocalized to a significant extent with the synaptic markers SV2 and synaptophysin. These in vitro data correspond with the distribution of endogeneous PPT in mouse brain and suggest that PPT may not solely be a lysosomal hydrolase. The specific targeting of PPT into the neuritic shafts and nerve terminals indicates that PPT may be associated with the maintenance of synaptic function. Furthermore, since a substantial amount of PPT is secreted by neurons, it is tempting to speculate that the enzyme could also have an extracellular substrate.
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- O Heinonen
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, 00300, Finland.
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Isosomppi J, Heinonen O, Hiltunen JO, Greene ND, Vesa J, Uusitalo A, Mitchison HM, Saarma M, Jalanko A, Peltonen L. Developmental expression of palmitoyl protein thioesterase in normal mice. Brain Res Dev Brain Res 1999; 118:1-11. [PMID: 10611498 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(99)00115-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Deficiency in palmitoyl protein thioesterase (PPT) results in the rapid death of neocortical neurons in human. Very little is known about the developmental and cell-specific expression of this lysosomal enzyme. Here we show that PPT is expressed as a major 2.65 kb and a minor 1.85 kb transcript in the mouse brain. Transcript levels gradually increase between postnatal days 10 and 30. In situ hybridization analysis revealed that PPT transcripts are found widely but not homogeneously in the brain. The most intense signal was detected in the cerebral cortex (layers II, IV-V), hippocampal CA1-CA3 pyramidal cells, dentate gyrus granule cells and the hypothalamus. Immunostaining of PPT was localized in the cell soma, axons and dendrites, especially in the pyramidal and granular cells of the hippocampus, correlating well, both spatially and temporally, with the immunoreactivity of a presynaptic vesicle membrane protein, synaptophysin. In whole embryos, at embryonic day 8, the PPT mRNA expression was most apparent throughout the neuroepithelium, and from day 9 onwards it was seen in all tissues. The expression pattern of PPT suggests its general significance for the brain cells and reflects the response to maturation and growth of the neural networks. Strong PPT immunoreactivity in the axons and dentrites would imply that PPT may not be exclusively a lysosomal enzyme. A notable correlation with synaptophysin would suggest that PPT may have a role in the function of the synaptic machinery.
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- J Isosomppi
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, National Public Health Institute and Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300, Helsinki, Finland
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Vuorimaa T, Vasankari T, Mattila K, Heinonen O, Häkkinen K, Rusko H. Serum hormone and myocellular protein recovery after intermittent runs at the velocity associated with VO(2max). Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 1999; 80:575-81. [PMID: 10541924 DOI: 10.1007/s004210050636] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The responses of serum myocellular proteins and hormones to exercise were studied in ten well-trained middle-distance runners [maximal oxygen consumption (VO(2max)) = 69.4 (5.1) ml x kg(-1) x min(-1)] during 3 recovery days and compared to various measures of physical performance. The purpose was to establish the duration of recovery from typical intermittent middle-distance running exercises. The subjects performed, in random, order two 28-min treadmill running exercises at a velocity associated with VO(2max): 14 bouts of 60-s runs with 60 s of rest between each run (IR(60)) and 7 bouts of 120-s runs with 120 s of rest between each run (IR(120)). Before the exercises (pre- exercise), 2 h after, and 1, 2 and 3 days after the exercises, the same series of measurements were performed, including those for serum levels of the myocellular proteins creatine kinase, myoglobin and carbonic anhydrase III (S-CK, S-Mb and S-CA III, respectively), serum hormones testosterone, Luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and cortisol (S-testosterone, S-LH, S-FSH and S-cortisol, respectively) and various performance parameters: maximal vertical jump height (CMJ) and stride length, heart rate and ratings of perceived exertion during an 8-min run at 15 km x h(-1) (SL(15 km x h(-1)), HR(15 km x h(-1)) and RPE(15 km x h(-1)), respectively). Two hours after the end of both exercise bouts the concentration of each measured serum protein had increased significantly (P < 0.001) compared to the pre-exercise level, but there were no changes in SL(15 km x h(-1)) or CMJ. During the recovery days only S-CK was significantly raised (P < 0.01), concomitant with a decrease in CMJ (P < 0.01) and an increase in RPE(15 km x h(-1)) (P < 0.01). Hormone levels remained unchanged compared to the pre-exercise levels during the recovery days and there were no significant differences between the two exercise bouts in any of the observed post-exercise day-to-day responses. With the exception of S-CK, after IR(120) the post-exercise responses returned to their pre-exercise levels within the 3 days of recovery. The present findings suggest that a single 28-min intermittent middle-distance running exercise does not induce changes in serum hormones of well-trained runners during recovery over 3 days, while changes in S-CK, CMJ and RPE(15 km x h(-1)) indicate that 2-3 days of light training may be needed before the recovery at muscle level is complete.
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- T Vuorimaa
- Sport Institute of Finland, FIN 19120 Vierumäki, Finland.
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Uusitalo A, Tenhunen K, Heinonen O, Hiltunen JO, Saarma M, Haltia M, Jalanko A, Peltonen L. Toward understanding the neuronal pathogenesis of aspartylglucosaminuria: expression of aspartylglucosaminidase in brain during development. Mol Genet Metab 1999; 67:294-307. [PMID: 10444340 DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1999.2872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The deficiency of a lysosomal enzyme, aspartylglucosaminidase, results in a lysosomal storage disorder, aspartylglucosaminuria, manifesting as progressive mental retardation. To understand tissue pathogenesis and disease progression we analyzed the developmental expression of the enzyme, especially in brain, which is the major source of the pathological symptoms. Highest mRNA levels in brain were detected during embryogenesis, the levels decreased neonatally and started to increase again from Day 7 on. In Western analyses, a defective processing of aspartylglucosaminidase was observed in brain as compared to other tissues, resulting in very low levels of the mature, active form of the enzyme. Interestingly immunohistochemical analyses of mouse brain revealed that aspartylglucosaminidase immunoreactivity closely mimicked the myelin basic protein immunostaining pattern. The only evident neuronal staining was observed in the developing Purkinje cells of the cerebellum from Days 3 to 10, reflecting well the mRNA expression. In human infant brain, the immunostaining was also present in myelinated fibers as well as in the Purkinje cells and, additionally, in the soma and extensions of other neurons. In the adult human brain neurons and oligodendrocytes displayed immunoreactivity whereas myelinated fibers were not stained. Our results of aspartylglucosaminidase immunostaining in myelinated fibers of infant brain might imply the involvement of aspartylglucosaminidase in the early myelination process. This is consistent with previous magnetic resonance imaging findings in the brains of aspartylglucosaminuria patients, revealing delayed myelination in childhood.
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- A Uusitalo
- National Public Health Institute and Department of Medical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Mannerheimintie 166, Helsinki, FIN-00300, Finland
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Kyttälä A, Heinonen O, Peltonen L, Jalanko A. Expression and endocytosis of lysosomal aspartylglucosaminidase in mouse primary neurons. J Neurosci 1998; 18:7750-6. [PMID: 9742145 PMCID: PMC6793022] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU) is a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease that is caused by mutations in the gene encoding for a soluble hydrolase, aspartylglucosaminidase (AGA). In this study, we have used our recently developed mouse model for AGU and analyzed processing, intracellular localization, and endocytosis of recombinant AGA in telencephalic AGU mouse neurons in vitro. The processing steps of AGA were found to be similar to the peripheral cells, but both the accumulation of the inactive precursor molecule and delayed lysosomal processing of the enzyme were detected. AGA was distributed to the cell soma and neuronal processes but was not found in the nerve terminals. Endocytotic capability of cultured telencephalic neurons was comparable to that of fibroblasts, and endocytosis of AGA was blocked by free mannose-6-phosphate (M6P), indicating that uptake of the enzyme was mediated by M6P receptors (M6PRs). Uptake of extracellular AGA was also studied in the tumor-derived cell lines rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) and mouse neuroblastoma cells (N18), which both endocytosed AGA poorly as compared with cultured primary neurons. Expression of cation-independent M6PRs (CI-M6PRs) in different cell lines correlated well with the endocytotic capability of these cells. Although a punctate expression pattern of CI-M6PRs was found in fibroblasts and cultured primary neurons, the expression was beyond the detection limit in PC12 and N18 cells. This indicates that PC12 and N18 are not feasible cell lines to describe neuronal uptake of mannose-6-phosphate-tagged proteins. This in vitro data will form an important basis for the brain-targeted therapy of AGU.
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- A Kyttälä
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, National Public Health Institute, University of Helsinki, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland
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Peltola M, Kyttälä A, Heinonen O, Rapola J, Paunio T, Revah F, Peltonen L, Jalanko A. Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer results in decreased lysosomal storage in brain and total correction in liver of aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU) mouse. Gene Ther 1998; 5:1314-21. [PMID: 9930336 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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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Aspartylglucosaminuria (AGU) is a lysosomal storage disease leading to mental retardation, which is caused by deficiency of aspartylglucosaminidase (AGA). AGU is strongly enriched in the Finnish population in which one major mutation called AGU(Fin) has been identified. The molecular pathogenesis of AGU as well as the biology of the AGA enzyme have been extensively studied, thus giving a profound basis for therapeutic interventions. In this study we have performed adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to the recently produced mouse model of AGU, which exhibits similar pathophysiology as that in humans. Recombinant adenovirus vectors encoding for the human AGA and AGU(Fin) polypeptides were first applied in primary neurons of AGU mouse to demonstrate wild-type and mutant AGA expression in vitro. In vivo, both of the adenovirus vectors were injected into the tail vein of AGU mice and the expression of AGA was demonstrated in the liver. The adenovirus vectors were also injected intraventricularly into the brain of AGU mice resulting in AGA expression in the ependymal cells lining the ventricles and further, diffusion of AGA into the neighbouring neurons. Also, AGA enzyme injected intraventricularly was shown to transfer across the ependymal cell layer. One month after administration of the wild-type Ad-AGA, a total correction of lysosomal storage in the liver and a partial correction in brain tissue surrounding the ventricles was observed. After administration of the Ad-AGU virus the lysosomal storage vacuoles in liver or brain remained unchanged. These data demonstrate that the lysosomal storage in AGU can be biologically corrected and furthermore, in the brain a limited number of transduced cells can distribute AGA enzyme to the surrounding areas.
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- M Peltola
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Heinänen K, Näntö-Salonen K, Leino L, Pulkki K, Heinonen O, Valle D, Simell O. Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina: lymphocyte ornithine-delta-aminotransferase activity in different mutations and carriers. Pediatr Res 1998; 44:381-5. [PMID: 9727717 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199809000-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Deficiency of omithine-delta-aminotransferase (OAT) causes gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina with hyperornithinemia (GA; McKusick 258870), a progressive autosomal recessive chorioretinal degeneration leading to early blindness. As residual enzyme activity may vary in different mutations of the OAT gene and explain individual variations in disease progression, a sensitive HPLC modification of the OAT assay in lymphocytes was developed, based on measurement of the dihydroquinozolinium reaction product. The OAT activities (ranges) of 43 Finnish GA patients with mutations L402P/L402P, R180T/L402P, N89K/ L402P, and L402P/x (x = previously unknown allele), were <1-10, <1-13, <1-17, and <1 pmol x min(-1) mg protein(-1), respectively. The OAT activities (mean+/-SD) of nine L402P/ wild heterozygotes were 70+/-50 (range 33-193), and those of 15 healthy control subjects 184+/-60 (range 85-291) pmol x min(-1) mg protein(-1). This lymphocyte assay is an easy, rapid, and sensitive method for reliable recognition of GA homozygotes. OAT mutations of the Finnish patients show similar residual enzyme activity in the lymphocytes. OAT activities in the L402P heterozygotes and healthy control subjects overlap, suggesting that, for reliable carrier detection, the OAT alleles have to be studied. However, as all OAT mutations are not known, direct measurement of enzyme activity has a role in heterozygote identification and possibly also in prenatal diagnosis of GA.
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- K Heinänen
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku, Finland
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Teikari JM, Rautalahti M, Haukka J, Järvinen P, Hartman AM, Virtamo J, Albanes D, Heinonen O. Incidence of cataract operations in Finnish male smokers unaffected by alpha tocopherol or beta carotene supplements. J Epidemiol Community Health 1998; 52:468-72. [PMID: 9799882 PMCID: PMC1756731 DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.7.468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of alpha tocopherol and beta carotene supplementation on the incidence of age related cataract extraction. SETTING The Alpha-tocopherol Beta-carotene (ATBC) Study was a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled, 2 x 2 factorial trial conducted in south western Finland. The cataract surgery study population of 28,934 male smokers 50-69 years of age at the start. INTERVENTION Random assignment to one of four regimens: alpha tocopherol 50 mg per day, beta carotene 20 mg per day, both alpha tocopherol and beta carotene, or placebo. Follow up continued for five to eight years (median 5.7 years) with a total of 159,199 person years. OUTCOME MEASURE Cataract extraction, ascertained from the National Hospital Discharge Registry. RESULTS 425 men had cataract surgery because of senile or presenile cataract during the follow up. Of these, 112 men were in the alpha tocopherol alone group, 112 men in the beta carotene alone group, 96 men in the alpha tocopherol and beta carotene group, and 105 men in the placebo group. When supplementation with alpha tocopherol and with beta carotene were introduced to a Cox proportional hazards model with baseline characteristics (age, education, history of diabetes, body mass index, alcohol consumption, number of cigarettes smoked daily, smoking duration, visual acuity, and total cholesterol), neither alpha tocopherol (relative risk, RR, 0.91, 95% confidence intervals, CI, 0.74, 1.11) nor beta carotene (RR 0.97, 95% CI 0.79, 1.19) supplementation affected the incidence of cataract surgery. CONCLUSION Supplementation with alpha tocopherol or beta carotene does not affect the incidence of cataract extractions among male smokers.
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- J M Teikari
- University of Helsinki, Department of Public Health, Finland
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Paunio T, Kangas H, Heinonen O, Buc-Caron MH, Robert JJ, Kaasinen S, Julkunen I, Mallet J, Peltonen L. Cells of the neuronal lineage play a major role in the generation of amyloid precursor fragments in gelsolin-related amyloidosis. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:16319-24. [PMID: 9632693 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.26.16319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Gelsolin-related amyloidosis or familial amyloidosis, Finnish type (FAF) (OMIM No105120) is a hereditary amyloid disease caused by a mutation in a precursor protein for amyloid (gelsolin) and characterized by corneal dystrophy and polyneuropathy. In vitro expression of the FAF-mutant (Asp187 --> Asn/Tyr) secretory gelsolin in COS cells leads to generation of an aberrant polypeptide presumably representing the precursor for tissue amyloid. Here, we provide evidence that this abnormal processing results from defective initial folding of the secreted FAF gelsolin due to the lack of the Cys188-Cys201 disulfide bond, normally formed next to the FAF mutation site. We compared cells of different tissue origin and discovered a dramatic difference between the amount of cleavage of FAF gelsolin to the amyloid precursor in neuronal and non-neuronal cells. More than half of the mutant gelsolin was cleaved in PC12 and in vitro differentiated human neuronal progenitor cells. In contrast, human fibroblasts and Schwannoma cell cultures showed only a limited capacity to cleave FAF gelsolin, although the cleavage mechanism per se seems to be similar in the various cell types. The present findings of processing and distribution of secreted FAF gelsolin in the neuronal cells emphasize the role of neurons in the tissue pathogenesis of this amyloid polyneuropathy.
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- T Paunio
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki and National Public Health Institute, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
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Lindström T, Gullichsen E, Heinonen O, Grönroos J, Nevalainen T, Niinikoski J. Group II phospholipase A2 in serum after knee surgery and intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fracture. Injury 1997; 28:169-71. [PMID: 9274731 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(96)00192-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This prospective study investigates the effect of injury and surgery of cartilage and bone on serum group II phospholipase A2 (PLA2-II) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. Serum concentrations of PLA2-II and CRP were measured before and after the operation in nine patients with closed tibial shaft fractures treated by nailing, 11 patients with fractures of lateral tibial plateau treated by bone grafting, and 19 patients with ruptured anterior cruciate ligament treated by reconstruction. The postoperative PLA2-II and CRP values were statistically significantly higher than the pre-operative values in the tibial plateau fracture and ligament rupture groups, whereas the increase in the PLA2-II values in the tibial fracture group was not statistically significant. The highest values of both parameters were found on the second postoperative day. The changes in the PLA2-II and CRP values were parallel in the lateral condyle fracture and in anterior cruciate ligament rupture groups. PLA2-II behaves as an acute phase reactant in the serum of patients undergoing acute and elective knee surgery.
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- T Lindström
- Department of Surgery, University of Turku, Finland
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Pirttilä T, Soininen H, Mehta PD, Heinonen O, Lehtimäki T, Bogdanovic N, Paljärvi L, Kim KS, Kosunen O, Winblad B, Riekkinen P, Wisniewski HM. Apolipoprotein E genotype and amyloid load in Alzheimer disease and control brains. Neurobiol Aging 1997; 18:121-7. [PMID: 8983040 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-4580(96)00204-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We investigated the effect of apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype on amyloid load in the frontal and cerebellar cortices of 24 patients with definite Alzheimer disease (AD) and 19 controls. Amyloid load was examined by using two methods: 1) acid-extractable amyloid beta-protein (A beta) and insoluble A beta levels of frontal and cerebellar cortices were measured by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and 2) all types of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in the frontal cortices were counted after silver staining. Acid-extractable A beta and insoluble A beta levels were higher in AD brains than controls, although there was an overlap between the groups. Acid-extractable A beta and insoluble A beta levels were higher from AD and controls with the apoE epsilon 4 alleles than those without such alleles. However, the differences did not reach statistical significance in AD group. There was no correlation between acid-extractable A beta or insoluble A3 levels and the number of amyloid plaques in AD and control brains. However, insoluble A beta levels correlated positively with the number of NFT in AD brains. Our results show that although apoE epsilon 4 influences the accumulation of A beta, multiple processes may be involved in deposition of A beta in the brain.
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- T Pirttilä
- Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA
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Heinonen O, Eggert S. Electron-Phonon Interactions on a Single-Branch Quantum Hall Edge. Phys Rev Lett 1996; 77:358-361. [PMID: 10062431 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.77.358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Pirttilä T, Soininen H, Heinonen O, Lehtimäki T, Bogdanovic N, Paljärvi L, Kosunen O, Winblad B, Riekkinen P, Wisniewski HM, Mehta PD. Apolipoprotein E (apoE) levels in brains from Alzheimer disease patients and controls. Brain Res 1996; 722:71-7. [PMID: 8813351 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00183-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We measured apolipoprotein E (apoE) level in neutral and acidic pH extracts of the frontal, temporal and cerebellar cortices from patients with definite Alzheimer's disease (AD) and controls, and analyzed the relationship among apoE levels, clinical and neuropathological findings, and apoE genotype. Our data showed that the levels varied in different brain regions being lowest in the frontal cortex and highest in the cerebellum in Ad brains. ApoE levels in neutral pH extracts from the frontal cortex from AD patients were significantly lower than those of controls, and correlated negatively with the number of neurofibrillary tangles. ApoE genotype was not associated with the levels of apoE. There was no correlation between apoE levels and amyloid load or synaptophysin-immunoreactivity in the brain. We conclude that apoE levels are not increased in AD brains. However, apoE levels vary in different brain regions, and local factors related to the synthesis and metabolism of apoE may be crucial in the pathogenesis of AD.
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- T Pirttilä
- Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA
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Helisalmi S, Linnaranta K, Lehtovirta M, Mannermaa A, Heinonen O, Ryynänen M, Riekkinen P, Soininen H. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in patients with different neurodegenerative disorders. Neurosci Lett 1996; 205:61-4. [PMID: 8867021 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12373-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) neurofibrillary tangles and beta-amyloid protein in senile plaques. There are three common alleles of ApoE, designated epsilon 2, epsilon 3 and epsilon 4. We studied Finnish patients with neurodegenerative disorders: AD, vascular dementia (VAD), Parkinson's disease (PD), PD+dementia (PDD), Lewy body variant of AD (LB), frontal dementia (FD), and Down's syndrome (DS), as well as control individuals (C). The ApoE genotypes and corresponding allele frequencies of 188 patients and 60 controls were determined by digestion of ApoE polymerase chain reaction products with the restriction enzyme Hha I. The ApoE epsilon 4 allele frequency was 0.17 for C, 0.44 for AD, 0.35 for VAD, 0.10 for PD, 0.38 for PDD, 0.28 for LB, 0.39 for FD, and 0.17 for DS. We found significant differences in genotype frequency between AD/C, AD/PD and AD/DS. Our results suggest that, beside AD, an increased frequency of epsilon 4 may also be involved in other dementing neurological disorders.
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- S Helisalmi
- Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Finland
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Pirttilä T, Mehta PD, Soininen H, Kim KS, Heinonen O, Paljärvi L, Kosunen O, Riekkinen P, Wisniewski HM. Cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of soluble amyloid beta-protein and apolipoprotein E in patients with Alzheimer's disease: correlations with amyloid load in the brain. Arch Neurol 1996; 53:189-93. [PMID: 8639071 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550020105022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare soluble amyloid beta-protein and apolipoprotein E levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and brain extracts from patients with definite Alzheimer's disease. SETTING University medical center. PATIENTS Nineteen patients with definite Alzheimer's disease. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Soluble amyloid beta-protein and apolipoprotein E levels in CSF, in neutral and low-pH brain extracts, and in formic acid-treated sections of the frontal, temporal, and cerebellar cortices, measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS Soluble amyloid beta-protein and apolipoprotein E levels in CSF were significantly lower in patients with congophilic angiopathy than in those without angiopathy. The levels did not correlate with the number of amyloid plaques in the neocortex. There was, however, a tendency toward an inverse correlation between the amount of amyloid beta-protein in the frontal cortex extracts and the soluble amyloid beta-protein level in CSF. CONCLUSION Soluble amyloid beta-protein levels in CSF may reflect amyloid accumulation in brain blood vessels.
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- T Pirttilä
- Department of Immunology, Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, USA
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Kosunen O, Soininen H, Paljärvi L, Heinonen O, Talasniemi S, Riekkinen PJ. Diagnostic accuracy of Alzheimer's disease: a neuropathological study. Acta Neuropathol 1996; 91:185-93. [PMID: 8787153 DOI: 10.1007/s004010050412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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This prospective study focused on the accuracy of diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We recruited 100 dementia patients and 20 controls who underwent a systematic evaluation. The clinical diagnosis of probable AD or possible AD according to the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria was assigned in 69% of the patients, 21% had vascular dementia (VaD) (DSM-III-R) and 8% had mixed AD-VaD; only 2 patients (2%) had the Lewy body variant of AD (AD-LB). During a 3-year period 57 patients died, 53 of them (93%) being autopsied. Neuropathological examination according to the CERAD criteria showed definite AD in 27 out of 28 (96%) patients diagnosed as probable AD. In the possible AD group, the diagnostic accuracy was also high, 86% showed at least some degree of AD pathological alterations. The neocortical senile plaque scores correlated significantly with tangle scores in patients with AD pathology, and there was a significant negative correlation between age of onset and neocortical tangle scores. The concordance between the clinical diagnosis and pathological findings was clearly lower in VaD than in AD. In the clinical VaD group, 8 of 10 patients had at least some degree of AD changes together with vascular changes and only 2 of 10 patients had pure VaD. This study confirms the high accuracy of the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria for diagnosing AD. In contrast, uncertainty in the clinical diagnosis of VaD should be taken into account, for example, in drug trials with VaD patients.
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- O Kosunen
- Department of Neurology, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Heinonen O, Johnson MD. Integer quantum Hall effect for hard-core bosons and a failure of bosonic Chern-Simons mean-field theories for electrons at a half-filled Landau level. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1996; 53:1517-1521. [PMID: 9983614 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.1517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Soininen H, Lehtovirta M, Helisalmi S, Linnaranta K, Heinonen O, Kosunen O, Paljärvi L, Riekkinen P. 540 Cholinergic function and apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0197-4580(96)80542-2] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Soininen H, Lehtovirta M, Helisalmi S, Linnaranta K, Heinonen O, Riekkinen P. Increased acetylcholinesterase activity in the CSF of Alzheimer patients carrying apolipoprotein epsilon4 allele. Neuroreport 1995; 6:2518-20. [PMID: 8741753 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199512150-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We measured CSF acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in 57 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with different apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotypes at the early stage of the disease, and in 11 non-demented controls. The AChE activities of the whole AD group did not differ from those of controls. However, analysis of variance over the AD subgroups with two, one or no epsilon4 alleles and controls showed significant differences (p < 0.0001); the AD patients with two epsilon4 alleles had higher AChE activities than controls and AD patients with one or no epsilon4 and also the AD patients carrying one epsilon4 allele had higher AChE activities than the AD patients without the epsilon4 allele. The study suggests that cholinergic metabolism is altered in proportion to the number of apoE epsilon4 alleles. The different degree of AChE activity in relation to the number of epsilon4 alleles might have an impact on AD patients' responses to cholinesterase inhibitors.
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- H Soininen
- Department of Neurology, A.I. Virtanen Institute, University Hospital and University of Kuopio, Finland
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Heinonen O, Lubin MI, Johnson MD. Ensemble density functional theory of the fractional quantum Hall effect. Phys Rev Lett 1995; 75:4110-4113. [PMID: 10059817 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.4110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Heinonen O, Lehtovirta M, Soininen H, Helisalmi S, Mannermaa A, Sorvari H, Kosunen O, Paljärvi L, Ryynänen M, Riekkinen PJ. Alzheimer pathology of patients carrying apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 allele. Neurobiol Aging 1995; 16:505-13. [PMID: 8544899 DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(95)00076-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [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: 01/31/2023]
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A recent report suggested that brains of Alzheimer patients homozygous for APOE epsilon 4 show increased amyloid pathology compared to APOE epsilon 3 homozygotes. We studied APOE allele frequencies in 73 AD patients and 38 controls. We also investigated relation of APOE genotypes to beta/A4 immunopositive plaques, cerebrovascular beta/A4 deposition, neurons expressing paired helical filaments (PHFs), and synaptophysin-like immunopositivity in 22 neuropathologically verified AD patients. We also correlated APOE genotypes of definite AD patients to beta/A4 immunoreactivity in dermal vessel walls detected in lifetime skin biopsy samples. APOE allele epsilon 4 frequency was increased in AD compared to nondemented controls (0.37 vs. 0.11; p = 0.006). The number of beta/A4 immunoreactive plaques, PHFs-containing neurons, the degree of cerebrovascular beta/A4 deposition or synaptophysin-like immunoreactivity did not differ significantly in AD patients with or without epsilon 4. beta/A4 deposition in dermal vessel walls was more frequent in definite AD patients with epsilon 4 (43%) than in patients without epsilon 4 (22%). However, the difference did not reach the statistical significance.
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- O Heinonen
- Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Kosunen O, Talasniemi S, Lehtovirta M, Heinonen O, Helisalmi S, Mannermaa A, Paljärvi L, Ryynänen M, Riekkinen PJ, Soininen H. Relation of coronary atherosclerosis and apolipoprotein E genotypes in Alzheimer patients. Stroke 1995; 26:743-8. [PMID: 7740560 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.26.5.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Apolipoprotein E (apoE) epsilon 4 allele has been associated with a high risk for coronary heart disease. Increased frequency of the epsilon 4 allele has also been reported in patients with late-onset familial and sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of this study was to investigate the degree of coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis in a neuropathologically verified series of AD patients with different apoE genotypes. In addition, we studied the relationship between the degree of coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis and the extent of beta-amyloid (A beta) accumulation. METHODS We studied 38 subjects (32 patients with definite AD and 6 age-matched control subjects) for whom postmortem autopsy delay was less than 8 hours. ApoE genotypes were identified through Hha I digestion of the polymerase chain reaction-amplified samples. We used A beta immunohistochemistry to detect diffuse and neuritic plaques as well as cerebrovascular amyloid. The degree of coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis was rated as none, mild, moderate, or severe. RESULTS The apoE genotypes of the AD patients were epsilon 4/4 2, epsilon 3/4 19, epsilon 3/3 9, and epsilon 3/2 2. We found more severe atherosclerosis of the coronary vessels among AD patients with the apoE epsilon 4 allele compared with those AD patients without the epsilon 4 allele (chi 2 = 4.1, df = 1, P < .05). The extent of cerebral atherosclerosis did not differ among AD subgroups with and without the epsilon 4 allele. The degree of coronary or cerebral atherosclerosis was not related to the amount of amyloid accumulation in the frontal and temporal cortices or in the hippocampal structures. CONCLUSIONS This study confirms the association of apoE epsilon 4 allele with coronary atherosclerosis in AD patients.
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- O Kosunen
- Department of Pathology, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Wang WC, Heinonen O, Mäkelä AL, Mäkelä P, Näntö V, Branth S. Serum selenium, zinc and copper in Swedish and Finnish orienteers. A comparative study. Analyst 1995; 120:837-40. [PMID: 7741237 DOI: 10.1039/an9952000837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Serum selenium, zinc and copper concentrations of 127 highly-trained Swedish orienteers have been analysed and compared with the corresponding values of 30 elite Finnish orienteers, and those of 111 healthy Finnish medical students. The mean serum selenium levels of Finnish orienteers, 1.35 mumol l-1, and students, 1.38 mumol l-1, were statistically significantly higher than those of Swedish orienteers, 1.09 mumol l-1. The serum levels of selenium were lower than 1.0 mumol l-1 in 27% of Swedish orienteers. This is obviously due to the lower selenium intake of the population in Sweden, where the soil selenium content is known to be low. Serum levels of zinc were within the reference interval in both Swedish and Finnish orienteers (mean values 14.8 and 14.1 mumol l-1, respectively). However, Finnish students had significantly lower serum levels of zinc, 12.5 mumol l-1. The mean serum concentration of copper was statistically significantly higher in females than in males.
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- W C Wang
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland
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Vasankari T, Kujala U, Heinonen O, Kapanen J, Ahotupa M. Measurement of serum lipid peroxidation during exercise using three different methods: diene conjugation, thiobarbituric acid reactive material and fluorescent chromolipids. Clin Chim Acta 1995; 234:63-9. [PMID: 7758223 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(94)05976-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Serum lipid peroxidation was measured by three different methods (diene conjugation, DC; thiobarbituric acid reactive material, TBARM; and fluorescent chromolipids, FC) during physical exercise of different duration. The aim of the study was to investigate which of the three methods is the most representative in measuring oxidative stress after physiological stimulus (physical exercise) in man. In general, diene conjugation is a measure of early events of lipid peroxidation reactions, TBARM measures end products of lipid peroxidation and FC are products formed by reaction of end products of lipid peroxidation with the amino groups. In trial I, 8 subjects ran 1 km with maximal speed; in trial II, 7 subjects ran 10 km with maximal speed; in trial III, 9 subjects ran 27 km with maximal speed, and in trial IV, 5 subjects cycled 8 days in competition, altogether 1061 km biking. In each trial venous blood samples were taken before and immediately after the exercise. In trials II, III, and IV serum DC concentration increased by 14% (P < 0.05), 11% (P < 0.01), and 25% (P < 0.05), respectively, during the exercise. FC or TBARM did not change in the trials. We conclude that DC as a measure of the early phase of lipid peroxidation may be less affected by protective antioxidant functions than FC and TBARM methods, which both measure end products of lipid peroxidation. Therefore, DC may be the most sensitive of the three methods to estimate serum lipid peroxidation induced by exercise in man.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- T Vasankari
- Department of Physiology, University of Turku, Finland
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Heinonen O, Soininen H, Sorvari H, Kosunen O, Paljärvi L, Koivisto E, Riekkinen PJ. Loss of synaptophysin-like immunoreactivity in the hippocampal formation is an early phenomenon in Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience 1995; 64:375-84. [PMID: 7700527 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(94)00422-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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: 01/26/2023]
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We studied a synatophysin-like immunoreactivity in the hippocampal formation of patients with definite Alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct dementia, patients with no evidence of clinical dementia with neuropathological findings fulfilling the criteria of possible Alzheimer's disease, and age-matched nondemented controls. Possible Alzheimer's disease cases were of special interest because they were considered to represent early Alzheimer's disease. We also studied the spatial relationship of synaptophysin-like immunopositivity with amyloid-beta-protein immunopositive senile plaques and anti-paired helical filament immunopositive degenerating neurons locally as well as considering the intrinsic circuits in the hippocampal formation. The synaptophysin-like immunoreactivity was decreased in the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex in patients with definite and possible Alzheimer's disease but not in multi-infarct dementia patients compared to controls. Equal loss of synapses in possible and definite Alzheimer's disease patients supports the hypothesis that synaptic loss is an early phenomenon in Alzheimer's disease. Unchanged synaptophysin-like immunopositivity in patients with multi-infarct dementia suggests that the loss of synapses is centrally involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and not dementia per se. There was no spatial correlation between loss of synapses and amyloid-beta-protein positive senile plaques. Moreover, we could not find a strict spatial relationship between senile plaques and degenerating neurons. Our results do not support the amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease that local accumulation of amyloid-beta-protein leads to the loss of synapses.
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- O Heinonen
- Department of Neurology, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Heinonen O, Kurvinen K, Soininen H, Koponen H, Syrjänen S, Riekkinen PJ. Testing for mutations in exon 17 of the beta-amyloid precursor protein gene in Finnish Alzheimer patients and normal subjects. J Neural Transm Park Dis Dement Sect 1994; 7:211-5. [PMID: 7710672 DOI: 10.1007/bf02253439] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Mutations in the beta-amyloid precursor protein gene on chromosome 21 were shown to cause a small proportion of Alzheimer's disease. We studied the occurrence of the point mutations in exon 17 of the beta-amyloid precursor protein gene in a sample of Finnish familial Alzheimer patients and nondemented controls using polymerase chain reaction and a single strand conformation polymorphism technique. In addition, mutations in familial Alzheimer's disease patients were studied by sequencing the amplified products. Interestingly, two probable polymerase chain reaction errors were detected in codons 717 and 693 of the exon 17. However, no mutations in the exon 17 were confirmed adding the study to the body of literature that mutations in the exon 17 are a rare cause of familial Alzheimer's disease.
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- O Heinonen
- Department of Neurology, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Heinonen O, Soininen H, Syrjänen S, Neittaanmäki H, Paljärvi L, Kosunen O, Syrjänen K, Riekkinen P. beta-Amyloid protein immunoreactivity in skin is not a reliable marker of Alzheimer's disease. An autopsy-controlled study. Arch Neurol 1994; 51:799-804. [PMID: 8042928 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1994.00540200075019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES As a possible diagnostic marker for Alzheimer's disease (AD), we investigated beta-amyloid protein (beta/A4) immunoreactivity in skin. Furthermore, we studied the presence of beta-amyloid precursor protein 695 immunoreactivity in skin. DESIGN Lifetime skin biopsy specimens were stained for beta/A4 and beta-amyloid precursor protein 695. The follow-up period was 12 months. We determined the correlation between beta/A4 immunoreactivity in skin and brain in patients with a neuropathologic diagnosis. SETTING All patients with dementia were hospitalized; most of them had moderate to severe dementia. Aged nondemented controls were residents of a nursing home. The Down's syndrome (DS) group included both hospitalized and ambulatory patients. Young nondemented controls were medical students or staff members who volunteered for the study. PATIENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS The study included a total of 111 subjects. Thirty-five patients had probable AD, nine had possible AD, 15 had multi-infarct dementia, one had idiopathic Parkinson's disease, and one had Parkinson's disease and possible AD. There were also 19 elderly nondemented controls, 23 patients with DS, and eight young nondemented controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Immunohistochemical detection of beta/A4 in skin and correlation to the diagnosis of AD. RESULTS Immunopositivity for beta/A4 antibody was present in and around the endothelium of dermal blood vessels in a proportion of patients with AD and multi-infarct dementia as well as elderly controls. The patients with sporadic AD displayed beta/A4 immunoreactivity significantly more frequently than did patients with familial AD, patients with multi-infarct dementia, and controls. The beta/A4 immunopositivity in skin was rare in the patients with DS and not present in young controls. Instead, 48% of patients with DS but none of other groups had beta-amyloid precursor protein 695 immunoreactivity in skin. Only four (31%) of 13 patients with neuropathologically confirmed AD had shown endothelial beta/A4 immunopositivity in skin biopsy specimens while alive. CONCLUSION Our results do not support beta/A4 as a diagnostic marker for AD.
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- O Heinonen
- Department of Neurology, University of Kuopio, Findland
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Heinonen O, Johnson MD. Density matrix for an ideal driven current cylinder. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1994; 49:13740-13743. [PMID: 10010318 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.49.13740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Soininen H, Heinonen O, Hallikainen M, Hänninen T, Koivisto K, Syrjänen S, Talasniemi S, Riekkinen PJ. Circulating immune complexes in sera from patients with Alzheimer's disease and subjects with age-associated memory impairment. J Neural Transm Park Dis Dement Sect 1993; 6:179-88. [PMID: 8123191 DOI: 10.1007/bf02260920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Before, we reported a higher frequency of circulating immune complexes (CIC) in the sera from institutionalized Alzheimer's disease (AD), multi-infarct dementia and Down's syndrome patients than from age-matched controls. In this study, we tested the presence of CIC in the sera from an extended series of hospitalized AD patients, AD patients living in the community, from age-associated memory impairment (AAMI) subjects as well as from nursing home and community controls. We used two methods to measure CIC, C1q binding Elisa (C1qB-Elisa) and conglutinin binding (KgB-Elisa). The AD patients showed the highest frequency of positive findings and differed from the controls in KgB (42% vs. 17%) (Chi-square, p = 0.01) and C1qB (30% vs. 11%) (p < 0.05). In severe AD, 14/19 patients were KgB positive and 11/19 were C1qB positive and differed from controls. The frequency of CIC for the patients with moderate or mild dementia, the AAMI subjects and controls was similar. In the multivariate linear regression analysis, high CIC values of the AD patients significantly associated with a long disease duration and a history of recurrent urinary infections but not with age, sex, hospitalization, or the Mini-Mental Status score. We conclude that AD patients with severe dementia frequently show CIC but those with mild or moderate disease do not. The CIC relate to a long disease duration and a history of recurrent urinary infections.
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- H Soininen
- Department of Neurology, University of Kuopio, Finland
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Plumer ML, Caillé A, Heinonen O. Relative chirality of octupolar columns in a triangular array. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1993; 47:8479-8485. [PMID: 10004884 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.47.8479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Heinonen O. Crystal-field symmetry and ordered phases in arrays of helical XY spin chains. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1993; 47:2661-2670. [PMID: 10006323 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.47.2661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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