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Chiang-Ni C, Hsu CY, Yeh YH, Chi CY, Wang S, Tsai PJ, Chiu CH. Detection of toxigenic M1 UK lineage group A Streptococcus clones in Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2024; 57:269-277. [PMID: 38278671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2024.01.004] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND A new sublineage of emm1 group A Streptococcus (GAS), M1UK, has emerged in Europe, North America, and Australia. Notably, a significant portion of emm1 isolates in Asia, particularly in Hong Kong and mainland China, acquired scarlet fever-associated prophages following the 2011 Hong Kong scarlet fever outbreak. However, the presence of the M1UK sublineage has not yet been detected in Asia. METHODS This study included 181 GAS isolates (2011-2021). The emm type of these isolates were determined, and 21 emm1 isolates from blood or pleural fluid (2011-2021) and 10 emm1 isolates from throat swabs (2016-2018) underwent analysis. The presence of the scarlet fever-associated prophages and the specific single nucleotide polymorphisms of the M1UK clone were determined by polymerase chain reaction and the genome sequencing. RESULTS The M1UK lineage strains from throat swab and blood samples were identified. One of the M1UK strain in Taiwan carried the scarlet fever-associated prophage and therefore acquired the ssa, speC, and spd1 toxin repertoire. Nonetheless, the increase of M1UK was not observed until 2021, and there was a reduction in the diversity of emm types in 2020-2021, possibly due to the COVID-19 pandemic restriction policies in Taiwan. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggested that the M1UK lineage clone has introduced in Taiwan. In Taiwan, the COVID-19 restrictions were officially released in March 2023; therefore, it would be crucial to continuously monitor the M1UK expansion and its related diseases in the post COVID-19 era.
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- Chuan Chiang-Ni
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan; Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Gong JJ, Huang IH, Su MSW, Xie SX, Liu WY, Huang CR, Hung YP, Wu SR, Tsai PJ, Ko WC, Chen JW. Phage transcriptional regulator X (PtrX)-mediated augmentation of toxin production and virulence in Clostridioides difficile strain R20291. Microbiol Res 2024; 280:127576. [PMID: 38183754 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127576] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
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Clostridioides difficile is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, and spore-forming bacterial member of the human gut microbiome. The primary virulence factors of C. difficile are toxin A and toxin B. These toxins damage the cell cytoskeleton and cause various diseases, from diarrhea to severe pseudomembranous colitis. Evidence suggests that bacteriophages can regulate the expression of the pathogenicity locus (PaLoc) genes of C. difficile. We previously demonstrated that the genome of the C. difficile RT027 strain NCKUH-21 contains a prophage-like DNA sequence, which was found to be markedly similar to that of the φCD38-2 phage. In the present study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying the φNCKUH-21-mediated regulation of the pathogenicity and the PaLoc genes expression in the lysogenized C. difficile strain R20291. The carriage of φNCKUH-21 in R20291 cells substantially enhanced toxin production, bacterial motility, biofilm formation, and spore germination in vitro. Subsequent mouse studies revealed that the lysogenized R20291 strain caused a more severe infection than the wild-type strain. We screened three φNCKUH-21 genes encoding DNA-binding proteins to check their effects on PaLoc genes expression. The overexpression of NCKUH-21_03890, annotated as a transcriptional regulator (phage transcriptional regulator X, PtrX), considerably enhanced toxin production, biofilm formation, and bacterial motility of R20291. Transcriptome analysis further confirmed that the overexpression of ptrX led to the upregulation of the expression of toxin genes, flagellar genes, and csrA. In the ptrX-overexpressing R20291 strain, PtrX influenced the expression of flagellar genes and the sigma factor gene sigD, possibly through an increased flagellar phase ON configuration ratio.
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- Jun-Jia Gong
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK 74107, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Oral Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Center for Clinical Medicine Research, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Chen CH, Tsai PJ, Chang WW, Chen CY, Chen CY, Guo YL. Subpleural curvilinear lines as an early indicator of silicosis in artificial stone workers. Pulmonology 2024; 30:174-176. [PMID: 37743171 DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2023.08.006] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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- C H Chen
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University (NTU) College of medicine and NTU Hospital, No. 7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng-Li Rd., North District, Tainan, 70403, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng-Li Rd., North District, Tainan, 70403, Taiwan
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- Division of Occupational Hazards Assessment, Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor, No. 99, Ln. 407, Hengke Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City, 221004 , Taiwan
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- Division of Occupational Hazards Assessment, Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor, No. 99, Ln. 407, Hengke Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City, 221004 , Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University (NTU) College of medicine and NTU Hospital, No. 7, Zhongshan S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan; Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, No. 17, Xuzhou Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan; National Institute of Environmental Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, No. 35, Keyan Rd., Zhunan Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
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Su YC, Wang CC, Chen YW, Wang ST, Shu CY, Tsai PJ, Ko WC, Chen CS, Chen PL. Haemolysin Ahh1 secreted from Aeromonas dhakensis activates the NLRP3 inflammasome in macrophages and mediates severe soft tissue infection. Int Immunopharmacol 2024; 128:111478. [PMID: 38183913 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111478] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
Abstract
Severe soft tissue infections caused by Aeromonas dhakensis, such as necrotizing fasciitis or cellulitis, are prevalent in southern Taiwan and around the world. However, the mechanism by which A. dhakensis causes tissue damage remains unclear. Here, we found that the haemolysin Ahh1, which is the major virulence factor of A. dhakensis, causes cellular damage and activates the NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome signalling pathway. Deletion of ahh1 significantly downregulated caspase-1, the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and gasdermin D (GSDMD) and further decreased the damage caused by A. dhakensis in THP-1 cells. In addition, we found that knockdown of the NLRP3 inflammasome confers resistance to A. dhakensis infection in both THP-1 NLRP3-/- cells and C57BL/6 NLRP3-/- mice. In addition, we demonstrated that severe soft-tissue infections treated with antibiotics combined with a neutralizing antibody targeting IL-1β significantly increased the survival rate and alleviated the degree of tissue damage in model mice compared control mice. These findings show that antibiotics combined with therapies targeting IL-1β are potential strategies to treat severe tissue infections caused by toxin-producing bacteria.
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- Yu-Cheng Su
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Division of Oral Biology and Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, United States
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
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Chiang-Ni C, Chiang CY, Chen YW, Shi YA, Chao YT, Wang S, Tsai PJ, Chiu CH. RopB-regulated SpeB cysteine protease degrades extracellular vesicles-associated streptolysin O and bacterial proteins from group A Streptococcus. Virulence 2023; 14:2249784. [PMID: 37621107 PMCID: PMC10461520 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2023.2249784] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) can be released from gram-positive bacteria and would participate in the delivery of bacterial toxins. Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, GAS) is one of the most common pathogens of monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis. Spontaneous inactivating mutation in the CovR/CovS two-component regulatory system is related to the increase of EVs production via an unknown mechanism. This study aimed to investigate whether the CovR/CovS-regulated RopB, the transcriptional regulator of GAS exoproteins, would participate in regulating EVs production. Results showed that the size, morphology, and number of EVs released from the wild-type strain and the ropB mutant were similar, suggesting RopB is not involved in controlling EVs production. Nonetheless, RopB-regulated SpeB protease degrades streptolysin O and bacterial proteins in EVs. Although SpeB has crucial roles in modulating protein composition in EVs, the SpeB-positive EVs failed to trigger HaCaT keratinocytes pyroptosis, suggesting that EVs did not deliver SpeB into keratinocytes or the amount of SpeB in EVs was not sufficient to trigger cell pyroptosis. Finally, we identified that EV-associated enolase was resistant to SpeB degradation, and therefore could be utilized as the internal control protein for verifying SLO degradation. This study revealed that RopB would participate in modulating protein composition in EVs via SpeB-dependent protein degradation and suggested that enolase is a potential internal marker for studying GAS EVs.
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- Chuan Chiang-Ni
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Huang PC, Lin TY, Chen CC, Wang SW, Tsai BY, Tsai PJ, Tu YF, Ko WC, Cheng CM, Shieh CC, Liu CC, Shen CF. Age and prior vaccination determine the antibody level in children with primary SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2023; 56:1187-1197. [PMID: 37739902 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2023.08.006] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) reinfection relies on immunity generated after primary infection. However, humoral immunity following primary infection with the Omicron variant is not well understood. METHODS We prospectively recruited children <19 years with virologically-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection at National Cheng Kung University Hospital from February 2022 to September 2022 during the first wave of Omicron BA.2 outbreak in Taiwan. Serum samples were collected one month after acute infection to measure anti-spike protein receptor binding domain antibody levels and surrogate virus neutralizing antibody (NAb) levels against wild type disease and variants. RESULTS Of the 164 patients enrolled, most were under 5 years (65.2%) with a diagnosis of upper respiratory tract infection. Children under 6 months with maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination had higher levels of both anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody (119.0 vs 27.4 U/ml, p < 0.05) and anti-wild type NAb (56.9% vs 27.6% inhibition, p = 0.001) than those without. Children aged 5-12 years with prior vaccination had higher anti-spike antibody, anti-wild type, and anti-Omicron BA.2 NAb levels than those without (all p < 0.05). In previously naïve children without maternal or self-vaccination, those 6 months to 2 years had the highest antibody levels. Multivariable linear regression analysis showed age was the only independent factor associated with antibody level. CONCLUSIONS In our study, children aged 6 months to 2 years have the highest antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant infection. Age and prior vaccination are the main factors influencing the immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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- Pin-Chen Huang
- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kuo General Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC.
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Ho LC, Chen YH, Wu TY, Kao LZ, Hung SY, Liou HH, Chen PC, Tsai PJ, Lin HK, Lee YC, Wang HH, Tsai YS. Phosphate burden induces vascular calcification through a NLRP3-caspase-1-mediated pyroptotic pathway. Life Sci 2023; 332:122123. [PMID: 37742736 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2023.122123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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AIMS The aim of this study is to clarify the role of NLRP3 inflammasome in phosphate burden-induced vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) calcification. MAIN METHODS VSMC calcification was induced using a high concentration of inorganic phosphate. After pharmacological inhibition or genetic silencing of the NLRP3 inflammasome, pyroptosis, or potassium efflux, the cells were examined by RT-qPCR, immunofluorescence, and western blotting to identify the NLRP3-mediated pathway for VSMC calcification. KEY FINDINGS Calcified VSMCs with α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) disarray presented features of pyroptosis, including caspase-1 maturation, cleaved gasdermin D (GSDMD), and a high supernatant level of lactate dehydrogenase A. Pharmacological inhibitions of caspase-1 and pyroptosis attenuated VSMC calcification, whereas interleukin-1β receptor antagonism did not. Unlike canonical NLRP3 activation, osteogenic VSMCs did not upregulate NLRP3 expression. However, NLRP3 genetic silencing or inhibitions, which targets different domains of the NLRP3 protein, could ameliorate VSMC calcification by aborting caspase-1 and GSDMD activation. Furthermore, potassium efflux through the inward-rectifier potassium channel, and not through the P2X7 receptor, triggered NLRP3 inflammasome activation and VSMC calcification. SIGNIFICANCE In the present study, we identified a potassium efflux-triggered NLRP3-caspase-1-mediated pyroptotic pathway for VSMC calcification that is unique and different from the canonical NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Therefore, targeting this pathway may serve as a novel therapeutic strategy for vascular calcification.
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- Li-Chun Ho
- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hsin-Jen Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, USA; Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Chen T, Xu ZG, Luo J, Manne RK, Wang Z, Hsu CC, Pan BS, Cai Z, Tsai PJ, Tsai YS, Chen ZZ, Li HY, Lin HK. NSUN2 is a glucose sensor suppressing cGAS/STING to maintain tumorigenesis and immunotherapy resistance. Cell Metab 2023; 35:1782-1798.e8. [PMID: 37586363 PMCID: PMC10726430 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
Abstract
Glucose metabolism is known to orchestrate oncogenesis. Whether glucose serves as a signaling molecule directly regulating oncoprotein activity for tumorigenesis remains elusive. Here, we report that glucose is a cofactor binding to methyltransferase NSUN2 at amino acid 1-28 to promote NSUN2 oligomerization and activation. NSUN2 activation maintains global m5C RNA methylation, including TREX2, and stabilizes TREX2 to restrict cytosolic dsDNA accumulation and cGAS/STING activation for promoting tumorigenesis and anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy resistance. An NSUN2 mutant defective in glucose binding or disrupting glucose/NSUN2 interaction abolishes NSUN2 activity and TREX2 induction leading to cGAS/STING activation for oncogenic suppression. Strikingly, genetic deletion of the glucose/NSUN2/TREX2 axis suppresses tumorigenesis and overcomes anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy resistance in those cold tumors through cGAS/STING activation to facilitate apoptosis and CD8+ T cell infiltration. Our study identifies NSUN2 as a direct glucose sensor whose activation by glucose drives tumorigenesis and immunotherapy resistance by maintaining TREX2 expression for cGAS/STING inactivation.
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- Tingjin Chen
- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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- Chongqing Engineering Laboratory of Targeted and Innovative Therapeutics, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Kinase Modulators as Innovative Medicine, IATTI, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Yongchuan, Chongqing 402160, China
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Science, 200 South Cedar, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
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- Chongqing Engineering Laboratory of Targeted and Innovative Therapeutics, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Kinase Modulators as Innovative Medicine, IATTI, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Yongchuan, Chongqing 402160, China
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Science, 200 South Cedar, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Ruan JW, Liao YC, Chen PC, Chen YJ, Tsai YH, Tsai PJ, Yang YJ, Shieh CC, Lin YC, Chi CY. The composition of the maternal breastmilk microbiota influences the microbiota network structure during early infancy. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2023; 56:1084-1097. [PMID: 37544808 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2023.07.005] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE(S) Human breastmilk (BM) is important for microbiome maturation in infants across different body sites. Streptococcus and Staphylococcus are considered universally predominant genera in the BM microbiota. However, whether the differential abundance of Streptococcus and Staphylococcus in BM can differentially affect microbiome maturation in infants remains unclear. METHODS We recruited exclusively breastfeeding mothers from among the donors of the human milk bank established at National Cheng-Kung University Hospital. The donor mothers provided 35 BM samples at three months (3 M; before introducing children to complementary feeding) and 23 BM samples at six months (6 M; after introducing children to complementary feeding) postpartum. At both time points, samples from different body sites, including nasal swabs, oral swabs and stool, were collected from the mothers and their infants. RESULTS Maternal BMI was inversely associated with coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) abundance in breastmilk. Staphylococcus caprae representation in BM CoNS showed a negative correlation with Streptococcus abundance. Network analysis revealed that infants fed Staphylococcus-dominated BM had better gut and nasal microbiota networks than infants fed Streptococcus-abundant BM during early infancy. CONCLUSION Our work suggests that maternal metabolic status plays a crucial role in Staphylococcus/Streptococcus competition in BM, which in turn can impact the development of the infant microbiota. Our microbiota co-occurrence network analysis might serve as a helpful bioinformatic tool to monitor microbiota maturation during early infancy.
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- Jhen-Wei Ruan
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; National Institute of Infectious Disease and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli, Taiwan; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Leu SY, Tsang YL, Ho LC, Yang CC, Shao AN, Chang CY, Lin HK, Tsai PJ, Sung JM, Tsai YS. NLRP3 inflammasome activation, metabolic danger signals, and protein binding partners. J Endocrinol 2023; 257:JOE-22-0184. [PMID: 36799299 DOI: 10.1530/joe-22-0184] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is an oligomeric complex that assembles in response to exogenous signals of pathogen infection and endogenous danger signals of non-microbial origin. When NLRP3 inflammasome assembly activates caspase-1, it promotes the maturation and release of the inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1B and IL-18. Aberrant activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome has been implicated in various diseases, including chronic inflammatory, metabolic, and cardiovascular diseases. The NLRP3 inflammasome can be activated through several principal mechanisms, including K+ efflux, lysosomal damage, and the production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species. Interestingly, metabolic danger signals activate the NLRP3 inflammasome to induce metabolic diseases. NLRP3 contains three crucial domains: an N-terminal pyrin domain, a central nucleotide-binding domain, and a C-terminal leucine-rich repeat domain. Protein-protein interactions act as a 'pedal or brake' to control the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. In this review, we present the mechanisms underlying NLRP3 inflammasome activation after induction by metabolic danger signals or via protein-protein interactions with NLRP3 that likely occur in metabolic diseases. Understanding these mechanisms will enable the development of specific inhibitors to treat NLRP3-related metabolic diseases.
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- Sy-Ying Leu
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry and Cells in Motion Interfaculty Centre, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- School of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
- Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-DA Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
- Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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Shen CF, Fu YC, Ho TS, Chen PL, Lee NY, Tsai BY, Tsai PJ, Ko WC, Liu CC, Cheng CM, Shieh CC. Pre-existing humoral immunity and CD4 + T cell response correlate with cross-reactivity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants after heterologous prime-boost vaccination. Clin Immunol 2023; 251:109342. [PMID: 37100338 PMCID: PMC10124102 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2023.109342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Information regarding the heterologous prime-boost COVID vaccination has been fully elucidated. The study aimed to evaluate both humoral, cellular immunity and cross-reactivity against variants after heterologous vaccination. METHODS We recruited healthcare workers previously primed with Oxford/AstraZeneca ChAdOx1-S vaccines and boosted with Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine boost to evaluate the immunological response. Assay used: anti-spike RBD antibody, surrogate virus neutralizing antibody and interferon-γ release assay. RESULTS All participants exhibited higher humoral and cellular immune response after the booster regardless of prior antibody level, but those with higher antibody level demonstrated stronger booster response, especially against omicron BA.1 and BA.2 variants. The pre-booster IFN-γ release by CD4+ T cells correlates with post-booster neutralizing antibody against BA.1 and BA.2 variant after adjustment with age and gender. CONCLUSIONS A heterologous mRNA boost is highly immunogenic. The pre-existing neutralizing antibody level and CD4+ T cells response correlates with post-booster neutralization reactivity against the Omicron variant.
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- Ching-Fen Shen
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Pediatrics, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan 700007, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, ROC.
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Chang CS, Yu SS, Ho LC, Chao SH, Chou TY, Shao AN, Kao LZ, Chang CY, Chen YH, Wu MS, Tsai PJ, Maeda N, Tsai YS. Inguinal Fat Compensates Whole Body Metabolic Functionality in Partially Lipodystrophic Mice with Reduced PPARγ Expression. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:3904. [PMID: 36835312 PMCID: PMC9966317 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) gene mutations in humans and mice lead to whole-body insulin resistance and partial lipodystrophy. It is unclear whether preserved fat depots in partial lipodystrophy are beneficial for whole-body metabolic homeostasis. We analyzed the insulin response and expression of metabolic genes in the preserved fat depots of PpargC/- mice, a familial partial lipodystrophy type 3 (FPLD3) mouse model resulting from a 75% decrease in Pparg transcripts. Perigonadal fat of PpargC/- mice in the basal state showed dramatic decreases in adipose tissue mass and insulin sensitivity, whereas inguinal fat showed compensatory increases. Preservation of inguinal fat metabolic ability and flexibility was reflected by the normal expression of metabolic genes in the basal or fasting/refeeding states. The high nutrient load further increased insulin sensitivity in inguinal fat, but the expression of metabolic genes became dysregulated. Inguinal fat removal resulted in further impairment of whole-body insulin sensitivity in PpargC/- mice. Conversely, the compensatory increase in insulin sensitivity of the inguinal fat in PpargC/- mice diminished as activation of PPARγ by its agonists restored insulin sensitivity and metabolic ability of perigonadal fat. Together, we demonstrated that inguinal fat of PpargC/- mice plays a compensatory role in combating perigonadal fat abnormalities.
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- Cherng-Shyang Chang
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan
- Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung 824, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
- Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan
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Tsai WJ, Lai YH, Shi YA, Hammel M, Duff AP, Whitten AE, Wilde KL, Wu CM, Knott R, Jeng US, Kang CY, Hsu CY, Wu JL, Tsai PJ, Chiang-Ni C, Wu JJ, Lin YS, Liu CC, Senda T, Wang S. Structural basis underlying the synergism of NADase and SLO during group A Streptococcus infection. Commun Biol 2023; 6:124. [PMID: 36721030 PMCID: PMC9887584 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04502-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a strict human pathogen possessing a unique pathogenic trait that utilizes the cooperative activity of NAD+-glycohydrolase (NADase) and Streptolysin O (SLO) to enhance its virulence. How NADase interacts with SLO to synergistically promote GAS cytotoxicity and intracellular survival is a long-standing question. Here, the structure and dynamic nature of the NADase/SLO complex are elucidated by X-ray crystallography and small-angle scattering, illustrating atomic details of the complex interface and functionally relevant conformations. Structure-guided studies reveal a salt-bridge interaction between NADase and SLO is important to cytotoxicity and resistance to phagocytic killing during GAS infection. Furthermore, the biological significance of the NADase/SLO complex in GAS virulence is demonstrated in a murine infection model. Overall, this work delivers the structure-functional relationship of the NADase/SLO complex and pinpoints the key interacting residues that are central to the coordinated actions of NADase and SLO in the pathogenesis of GAS infection.
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- Wei-Jiun Tsai
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Structural Biology Research Center, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Tsai PJ, Lai YH, Manne RK, Tsai YS, Sarbassov D, Lin HK. Correction: Akt: a key transducer in cancer. J Biomed Sci 2023; 30:7. [PMID: 36698128 PMCID: PMC9878804 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-023-00900-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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- Pei-Jane Tsai
- grid.241167.70000 0001 2185 3318Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 USA ,grid.64523.360000 0004 0532 3255Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan ,grid.64523.360000 0004 0532 3255Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- grid.64523.360000 0004 0532 3255Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- grid.241167.70000 0001 2185 3318Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 USA
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- grid.241167.70000 0001 2185 3318Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 USA ,grid.64523.360000 0004 0532 3255Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan ,grid.412040.30000 0004 0639 0054Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- grid.428191.70000 0004 0495 7803Biology Department, School of Sciences and Humanities, and National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Nur Sultan City, 010000 Kazakhstan
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- grid.241167.70000 0001 2185 3318Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157 USA
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Tsai BY, Tsai PJ, Lee CC, Chiu CW, Lai YH, Lee JC, Ko WC, Hung YP. Association of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Nucleotide-Binding Domain Leucine-Rich Repeat Protein 1 with Clostridioides difficile Colonization or Infection. Infect Drug Resist 2023; 16:413-421. [PMID: 36718463 PMCID: PMC9883994 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s392510] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Introduction Nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat protein (NLRP) is critical in the inflammasome-activation pathway, which is important for host survival and the clearance of Clostridioides difficile. Therefore, the influence of NLRP1 polymorphisms on C. difficile colonization (CdC) or infection (CDI) was analyzed. Materials and Methods A prospective cohort study consisted of hospitalized adults was conducted from January 2011 to January 2013. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of NLRP1, including rs12150220, rs2670660, rs6502867, rs878329, rs8182352, rs3744717, and rs11078571, were incorporating in analyses. The episodes of CdC and CDI were the primary and secondary outcome, respectively. Results Of the total of 509 eligible patients, 376 (73.9%) had neither CdC nor CDI, 104 (21.8%) had CdC without developing CDI, and 29 (4.3%) developed CDI during the study period. Through multivariate analyses, comorbid diabetes mellitus (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 1.59, P=0.04) and CC genotype in NLRP1 rs3744717 (AOR 1.70, P=0.02) were recognized as the risk factor of CdC. After adjusting the independent predictors of CDI, in terms of comorbid diabetes mellitus (AOR 3.18, P=0.005) and prior exposure to ceftazidime/ceftriaxone (AOR 2.87, P=0.04) or proton pump inhibitors (AOR 3.86, P=0.001), patients with CC+GC genotype in NLRP1, rs878329 (AOR 2.39, P=0.03) remained a higher risk of CDI. Conclusion For hospitalized adults, the association of CC genotype in NLRP1 rs3744717 and CdC as well as the CC+GC genotype in NLRP1 rs878329 and CDI was respectively evidenced. We believed the prompt identification of patients having specific genotype in NLRP1 would prevent and improve the quality of care in CDI.
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- Bo-Yang Tsai
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,Centers of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Centers of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan,Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,Correspondence: Yuan-Pin Hung; Wen-Chien Ko, Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan, Email ;
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Lai YH, Wu TC, Tsai BY, Hung YP, Lin HJ, Tsai YS, Ko WC, Tsai PJ. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ as the gatekeeper of tight junction in Clostridioides difficile infection. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:986457. [PMID: 36439832 PMCID: PMC9691888 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.986457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Clostridioides difficile is a major causative pathogen of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhea and severe colitis. Despite the use of vancomycin and fidaxomicin as standard drugs for the treatment of C. difficile infection (CDI), clinical relapse rates remain high. Therefore, new alternative therapeutics to treat CDI are urgently required. The nuclear receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ), is mainly expressed in the adipose tissue and modulates lipid metabolism and insulin sensitization. Previous studies have shown that PPAR-γ is highly expressed in colonic tissues and regulates tight junction function in epithelial cells. However, the role of PPAR-γ in CDI pathogenesis remains unclear. In this study, we used a mouse model of CDI and found that both expression levels of PPAR-γ and the tight junction protein, occludin, were decreased in colonic tissues. Furthermore, to investigate the role of PPAR-γ in CDI, we used PPAR-γ defective mice and found that intestinal permeability and bacterial dissemination in these mice were significantly higher than those in wild-type mice during CDI. Administration of the PPAR-γ agonist, pioglitazone, to activate PPAR-γ activity improved the phenotypes of CDI, including bodyweight loss, inflammation, and intestinal integrity. Taken together, these results demonstrate that PPAR-γ is a potential therapeutic target in CDI, as it modulates colonic inflammation and integrity.
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- Yi-Hsin Lai
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Lee CC, Chiu CW, Lee JC, Tsai PJ, Ko WC, Hung YP. Risk Factors and Clinical Impact of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Coinfections Among Hospitalized Patients with Clostridioides difficile Infection. Infect Drug Resist 2022; 15:6287-6295. [PMID: 36337933 PMCID: PMC9635385 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s386309] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Introduction The risk factors and clinical impact of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) coinfection among hospitalized patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) were analyzed in this study. Materials and Methods A clinical study was performed at the medical wards of Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare in southern Taiwan. Patients with CDI between January 2013 and April 2020 were included. Results Among 238 patients included for analysis, 22 (9.2%) patients developed CRE coinfections within 14 days before or after the onset of CDI. CDI patients with CRE coinfection had longer hospitalization stays (103.0 ± 97.0 days vs 42.5 ± 109.6 days, P = 0.01) than those without CRE coinfection. In the multivariate analysis, age (odds ratio [OR] 1.05, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01–1.10, P = 0.02) was independently associated with CRE coinfection. In contrast, underlying old stroke (OR 0.15, 95% CI 0.03–0.70, P = 0.02) was negatively linked to CRE coinfection. Conclusion Among patients with CDI, CRE coinfections were associated with prolonged hospitalization for CDI. Age was an independent risk factor for CRE coinfection among patients with CDI.
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- Ching-Chi Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, 711, Taiwan,Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, 700, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, 704, Taiwan,Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan,Centers of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan,Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan,Wen-Chien Ko, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Email
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan,Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, 700, Taiwan,Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan,Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,Correspondence: Yuan-Pin Hung, Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan, Email
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Tsai CS, Cheng YL, Chen JS, Tsai PJ, Tsai BY, Hsu BM, Huang IH. Hypervirulent Clostridioides difficile RT078 lineage isolates from the river: A potential reservoir for environmental transmission. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2022; 55:977-981. [PMID: 35739056 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2022.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This is the first report to discover Clostridiodes difficile (C. difficile) ribotype RT126 and RT598 (both ribotypes belong to RT078-lineage) in a river water system in southern Taiwan. Fluoroquinolone resistance was also found. The connection between clinical isolates and those from the environment needs further investigation.
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- Chin-Shiang Tsai
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Dou-Liou Branch, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Yunlin, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, USA.
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Tsai BY, Chien CC, Huang SH, Zheng JY, Hsu CY, Tsai YS, Hung YP, Ko WC, Tsai PJ. The emergence of Clostridioides difficile PCR ribotype 127 at a hospital in northeastern Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2022; 55:896-909. [PMID: 35042668 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2021.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Several studies have highlighted the incidence of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) in Taiwan and certain ribotypes have been related to severe clinical diseases. A study was conducted to investigate the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotypes and genetic relatedness of clinical C. difficile strains collected from January 2009 to December 2015 at a hospital in northeastern Taiwan. MATERIAL AND METHODS A modified two-step typing algorithm for C. difficile was used by combining a modified 8-plex and 3'-truncated tcdA screening PCR. In addition, MLVA typing was adopted for investigation of bacterial clonality and transmission. RESULTS Among a total of 86 strains, 24 (28%) were nontoxigenic and 62 (72%) had both tcdA and tcdB (A + B+). No tcdA-negative and tcdB-positive (A-B+) strains were identified. Binary toxin (CDT)-producing (cdtA+/cdtB+) strains were started to be identified in 2013. The 21 (34%) A+B+ clinical strains with binary toxin and tcdC deletion were identified as RT127 strains, which contained both RT078-lineage markers and fluoroquinolone (FQ)-resistant mutations (Thr82Ile in gyrA). Multiple loci variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) for phylogenetic relatedness of RT127 strains indicated that 20 of 21 strains belonged to a clonal complex that was identical to a clinical strain collected from southern Taiwan in 2011, suggestive of a clonal expansion in Taiwan. CONCLUSION A two-step typing method could rapidly confirm species identification and define the toxin gene profile of C. difficile isolates. The clonal expansion of RT127 strains in Taiwan indicates monitoring and surveillance of toxigenic C. difficile isolates from human, animal, and environment are critical to develop One Health prevention strategies.
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- Bo-Yang Tsai
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kee-Lung, Keelung, Taiwan.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kee-Lung, Kee-Lung, Taiwan.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Growth factor signaling plays a pivotal role in diverse biological functions, such as cell growth, apoptosis, senescence, and migration and its deregulation has been linked to various human diseases. Akt kinase is a central player transmitting extracellular clues to various cellular compartments, in turn executing these biological processes. Since the discovery of Akt three decades ago, the tremendous progress towards identifying its upstream regulators and downstream effectors and its roles in cancer has been made, offering novel paradigms and therapeutic strategies for targeting human diseases and cancers with deregulated Akt activation. Unraveling the molecular mechanisms for Akt signaling networks paves the way for developing selective inhibitors targeting Akt and its signaling regulation for the management of human diseases including cancer.
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- Pei-Jane Tsai
- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Biology Department, School of Sciences and Humanities, and National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan City, 010000, Kazakhstan.
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
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Lee CC, Lee JC, Chiu CW, Tsai PJ, Ko WC, Hung YP. Impacts of Corticosteroid Therapy at Acute Stage of Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infections. Infect Drug Resist 2022; 15:5387-5396. [PMID: 36119637 PMCID: PMC9473547 DOI: 10.2147/idr.s377967] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction The influence of corticosteroid therapy before or after the onset of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs) on the clinical outcomes of adults with hospital-onset CDIs was investigated. Materials and Methods A clinical study was conducted on the medical wards of a teaching hospital between January 2013 and April 2020. Adults (aged ≥ 20 years) with hospital-onset CDIs (ie, symptom onset at least 48 hours after hospitalization) were included. "Corticosteroid therapy during acute CDIs" was defined as the receipt of a corticosteroid at the prednisolone equivalent (PE) dose of ≥10 mg for at least 48 hours within one week after the CDI diagnosis. "Prior corticosteroid exposure" was defined as the receipt of a corticosteroid at the PE dose of ≥5 mg PE for at least 48 hours within one month before the CDI diagnosis. Results Of the 243 adults with hospital-onset CDIs, patients (44, 18.1%) who received corticosteroid therapy during acute CDIs were more likely to have prior corticosteroid exposure (86.4% vs 11.9%, P <0.001) and CDI episodes in intensive care units (31.8% vs 10.8%, P =0.001). Of note, a crucial association between corticosteroid therapy during acute CDIs and CDI recurrence was evidenced (13.6% vs 1.5%, P =0.002). Prior corticosteroid exposure was not associated with favorable CDI outcomes in terms of successful treatment (78.3% vs 74.9%, P =0.89), in-hospital crude mortality (17.4% vs 24.0%, P =0.61), or CDI recurrence (4.3% vs 5.3%, P = 1.00). However, for 177 patients without prior corticosteroid exposure, corticosteroid therapy during acute CDIs was linked to a higher proportion of CDI recurrence (33.3% vs 5.3%, P =0.046). Conclusion Corticosteroid therapy during acute CDIs might impact the recurrence of CDIs, particularly in those with a lack of prior corticosteroid exposure.
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- Ching-Chi Lee
- Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan.,Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, 700, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan.,Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Centers of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan.,Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan.,Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, 700, Taiwan.,Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan.,Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Lee JC, Lee CC, Chiu CW, Tsai PJ, Hsueh PR, Lee YT, Hung YP, Ko WC. Reappraisal of the clinical role of metronidazole therapy for Clostridioides difficile infection in Taiwan: A multicenter prospective study. J Formos Med Assoc 2022; 121:2608-2616. [PMID: 35872113 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2022.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Although metronidazole is not recommended to treat Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in Western countries, it was still to be recommended for the treatment of non-severe CDI among Taiwanese adults in 2020. This controversy in the clinical role of metronidazole therapy for CDI was examined in a prospective clinical study. METHODS The study was conducted from January 2015 to December 2016 in three hospitals in Taiwan. Metronidazole treatment failure (MTF) was defined as the persistence of diarrhea after six days of treatment, medication modification (shifting to oral vancomycin), or death after five days of therapy. RESULTS Overall, 325 patients receiving metronidazole for CDI were included. The overall MTF rate was 48.6% (158 patients). Leukocyte counts of >15,000 cells/mL in peripheral blood (odd ratio [OR] 1.81; P = 0.04) and congestive heart failure (OR 3.26; P = 0.02) were independently associated with MTF. The MTF rate for patients with leukocyte counts of ≤15,000 cells/mL and no congestive heart failure, leukocyte counts of >15,000 cells/mL and no congestive heart failure, leukocyte counts of ≤15,000 cells/mL and congestive heart failure, and leukocyte counts of >15,000 cells/mL and congestive heart failure were 44.2%, 51.8%, 73.3%, and 66.7%, respectively. Of note, patients who experienced MTF had a higher recurrence rate of CDI than those with metronidazole treatment success (13.9% vs. 6.0%, P = 0.02). CONCLUSION For Taiwanese adults with CDI, the failure rate of metronidazole therapy approached 50%, which suggests the reappraisal of the therapeutic role of metronidazole therapy, especially for patients with leukocytosis or underlying congestive heart failure.
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- Jen-Chieh Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan; Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, 700, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, 704, Taiwan; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine and Ph.D Program for Aging, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital; Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, 700, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan.
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Lee JC, Chiu CW, Tsai PJ, Lee CC, Huang IH, Ko WC, Hung YP. Clostridium butyricum therapy for mild-moderate Clostridioides difficile infection and the impact of diabetes mellitus. Biosci Microbiota Food Health 2022; 41:37-44. [PMID: 35433161 PMCID: PMC8970652 DOI: 10.12938/bmfh.2021-049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
The therapeutic effect of Clostridium butyricum for adults with
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) was investigated. A
retrospective study was conducted in medical wards of Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health
and Welfare, between January 2013 and April 2020. The disease severity of CDI was scored
based on the Clinical Practice Guidelines of the IDSA/SHEA. Treatment success was defined
as the resolution of diarrhea within six days of a therapeutic intervention without the
need to modify the therapeutic regimen. In total, 241 patients developed CDI during
hospitalization in the study period. The treatment success rates for the 99 patients with
mild-moderate CDI among them were as follows: metronidazole, 69.4%; C.
butyricum, 68.2%; metronidazole plus C. butyricum, 66.7%; and
oral vancomycin, 66.7% (p=1.00). Patients with treatment success were less likely to have
diabetes mellitus than those with treatment failure (38.2% vs. 61.3%, p=0.05). Patients
treated with C. butyricum alone or in combination with metronidazole had
shorter durations of diarrhea than those treated with metronidazole alone (3.1 ± 2.0 days
or 3.5 ± 2.4 days vs. 4.2 ± 3.5 days; p=0.43 or 0.71), although the differences were not
statistically significant. In conclusion, the treatment success rate of C.
butyricum alone or in combination with metronidazole for patients with CDI was
non inferior to that of metronidazole alone. The presence of diabetes mellitus in affected
individuals is a risk factor for treatment failure.
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- Jen-Chieh Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No.138, Sheng Li Road, North Dist., Tainan 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, No. 125, Jhongshan Rd., West Central Dist., Tainan 70043, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Medical College, No.1, University Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan.,Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, Dasyue Rd, East District, Tainan 701, Taiwan.,Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, No.138, Sheng Li Road, North Dist., Tainan 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No.138, Sheng Li Road, North Dist., Tainan 704, Taiwan.,Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, Dasyue Rd, East District, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 1111 W. 17th Street Tulsa, OK 74107, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No.138, Sheng Li Road, North Dist., Tainan 704, Taiwan.,Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City 70101, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No.138, Sheng Li Road, North Dist., Tainan 704, Taiwan.,Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, No. 125, Jhongshan Rd., West Central Dist., Tainan 70043, Taiwan
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Lee CC, Lee JC, Chiu CW, Tsai PJ, Ko WC, Hung YP. Neutrophil Ratio of White Blood Cells as a Prognostic Predictor of Clostridioides difficile Infection. J Inflamm Res 2022; 15:1943-1951. [PMID: 35342296 PMCID: PMC8943478 DOI: 10.2147/jir.s353814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Introduction A leukocyte count ≥15,000 cells/mL and serum creatinine of >1.5 mg/dL have been reported as two important predictors of severe CDI. However, the association of the differential ratios of blood leukocytes, and the prognosis of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is not clear. Materials and Methods A clinical study was conducted at medical wards of Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare in southern Taiwan between January 2013 and April 2020. Hospitalized adults (aged ≥20 years) with hospital-onset CDI (ie, symptom onset after at least 48 hours of admission) were included. Results A total of 235 adults with an average age of 75.7 years and female predominance (51.5%), including 146 (62%) adults with non-severe CDI and 87 (38%) severe CDI, were included for analysis. Patients with severe CDI had a higher crude in-hospital mortality rate than patients with non-severe CDI (35.6% vs 18.5%, P = 0.005). Multivariate analysis revealed no association between a leukocyte count >15,000 cell/mL at the onset of CDI and in-hospital mortality (odds ratio [OR] 1.66, P = 0.21). In contrast, a neutrophil ratio >75% (OR 2.65, P = 0.02), serum creatinine >1.5 mg/L (OR 3.42, P = 0.03), and CDI caused by isolates harboring the tcdC gene (OR 3.54, P = 0.02) were independently associated with in-hospital mortality. Patients with a neutrophil ratio >85%, 80–85%, or 75–80% of serum leukocytes had a higher mortality rate (34.8%, 30.3%, or 34.4%, respectively) than patients with a neutrophil ratio of 70–75% or ≤75% (12.5% or 13.9%, respectively). Conclusion Serum creatinine >1.5 mg/L, a high neutrophil ratio of blood leukocytes (>75%), and the causative C. difficile harboring the tcdC gene was independent prognostic predictors in hospitalized adults with CDI.
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- Ching-Chi Lee
- Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, 700, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Centers of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
- Wen-Chien Ko, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan, Email
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, 700, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 704, Taiwan
- Correspondence: Yuan-Pin Hung, Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, 700, Taiwan, Email
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Chang YS, Hou SY, Yu SS, Tsai SY, Chen YY, Hsu LJ, Tsai PJ, Lin HK, Lin CH, Tsai YS. Postnatal Dexamethasone Therapy Impairs Brown Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Autophagy Flux in Neonatal Rat Pups. Theranostics 2022; 12:5803-5819. [PMID: 35966581 PMCID: PMC9373816 DOI: 10.7150/thno.70752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Rationale: Very preterm infants may require dexamethasone (Dex) for facilitating extubation or treating bronchopulmonary dysplasia. However, Dex may result in disturbance of metabolisms. This study was to investigate the effects of postnatal short course Dex exposure on brown adipose tissue (BAT) in neonatal rats. Method: Neonatal rats received either three consecutive doses of daily Dex (0.2 mg/kg/day) or saline from postnatal P1 to P3. We investigated the effects of Dex on BAT including thermogenesis, mitochondrial dynamics and autophagy flux. We also compared diurnal temperature variation between preterm infants who received systemic corticosteroid and their treatment-naïve controls. Results: Postnatal Dex treatment induced growth retardation, BAT whitening, UCP1 downregulation and cold intolerance in neonatal rats. BAT mitochondria were damaged, evident by loss of normal number, structure, and alignment of cristae. Mitochondrial fission-fusion balance was disrupted and skewed toward increased fusion, reflected by increased OPA1 and MFN2 and decreased DRP1, FIS1 and phosphorylated MFF protein levels. Autophagosome synthesis was increased but clearance was inhibited, indicated by accumulation of p62 protein after Dex treatment and no further increase of LC3-II after chloroquine co-treatment. While autophagy modulators, including chloroquine and rapamycin, did not improve UCP1 downregulation and BAT whitening, AMPK activators could partially rescue these damages. We also demonstrated that preterm infants had higher diurnal temperature variation during corticosteroid treatment. Conclusions: Postnatal short course Dex impaired BAT mitochondrial function and autophagy flux in rat pups. AMPK activators had the potential to rescue the damage.
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Lai YH, Tsai BY, Hsu CY, Chen YH, Chou PH, Chen YL, Liu HC, Ko WC, Tsai PJ, Hung YP. Corrigendum: The Role of Toll-Like Receptor-2 in Clostridioides difficile Infection: Evidence From a Mouse Model and Clinical Patients. Front Immunol 2021; 12:803805. [PMID: 34956242 PMCID: PMC8693169 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.803805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Yi-Hsin Lai
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Departments of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Yuan-Pin Hung, ; Pei-Jane Tsai,
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Departments of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Yuan-Pin Hung, ; Pei-Jane Tsai,
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Shih YH, Tsai PJ, Chen YL, Pranata R, Chen RJ. Assessment of the Antibacterial Mechanism of Pterostilbene against Bacillus cereus through Apoptosis-like Cell Death and Evaluation of Its Beneficial Effects on the Gut Microbiota. J Agric Food Chem 2021; 69:12219-12229. [PMID: 34632761 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c04898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Foods contaminated by harmful substances such as bacteria and viruses have caused more than 200 kinds of diseases, ranging from diarrhea to cancer. Among them, Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) is a foodborne pathogen that commonly contaminates raw meat, fresh vegetables, rice, and uncooked food. The current chemical preservatives may have adverse effects on food and even human health. Therefore, natural antibacterial agents are sought after as alternative preservatives. Stilbene compounds, including pterostilbene (PT), pinostilbene (PS), and piceatannol (PIC), which have many health benefits and exhibit antibacterial activity, were tested against B. cereus. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and minimum bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) of PT, PS, and PIC against B. cereus ranged from 25 to 100 μg/mL. From the time-kill curve assay, PT reduced B. cereus cell survival, increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), and induced apoptosis-like cell death (ALD) in a dose-dependent manner. The quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) results confirmed that treatment with PT induced genetic changes related to ALD, such as an increase in RecA gene expression and a decrease in LexA gene expression. In addition, PT showed a beneficial effect on the gut microbiota that increased the abundance of Bacteroidetes and lowered the abundance of Firmicutes. Taken together, our results showed that PT has antibacterial effects against B. cereus via ALD and is beneficial for promoting healthy gut microbiota that is worthy for the development of antibacterial agents for the food industry.
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- Yu-Hsuan Shih
- Department of Food Safety/Hygiene and Risk Management, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan
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- Bioresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC), Food Industry Research and Development Institute, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Food Safety/Hygiene and Risk Management, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan
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- Department of Food Safety/Hygiene and Risk Management, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan
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Huang A, Lin YS, Kao LZ, Chiou YW, Lee GH, Lin HH, Wu CH, Chang CS, Lee KT, Hsueh YY, Tsai PJ, Tang MJ, Tsai YS. Inflammation-induced macrophage lysyl oxidase in adipose stiffening and dysfunction in obesity. Clin Transl Med 2021; 11:e543. [PMID: 34586740 PMCID: PMC8444557 DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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- An Huang
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,International Center for Wound Repair & Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,International Center for Wound Repair & Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,International Center for Wound Repair & Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Family Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,International Center for Wound Repair & Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,International Center for Wound Repair & Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China.,Center for Clinical Medicine Research, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Davuluri GVN, Chen CC, Chiu YC, Tsai HW, Chiu HC, Chen YL, Tsai PJ, Kuo WT, Tsao N, Lin YS, Chang CP. Autophagy Drives Galectin-1 Secretion From Tumor-Associated Macrophages Facilitating Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:741820. [PMID: 34552935 PMCID: PMC8450461 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.741820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Galectin-1 (Gal-1) is a secretory lectin with pro-tumor activities and is associated strongly with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. Although Gal-1 is a well-known soluble pro-tumor factor in the tumor microenvironment (TME), the secretion mode of Gal-1 is not clearly defined. On the other hand, in addition to cancer cells, Gal-1 is widely expressed in tumor stromal cells, including tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). TAMs are a significant component of stromal cells in TME; however, their contributions in producing Gal-1 to TME are still not explored. Here we reveal that TAMs can actively secrete Gal-1 in response to stimuli of HCC cells. Gal-1 produced by TAMs leads to an increase of the systemic level of Gal-1 and HCC tumor growth in mice. Mechanistically, TLR2-dependent secretory autophagy is found to be responsible for Gal-1 secretion from TAMs. Gal-1 acts as a cargo of autophagosomes to fuse with multivesicular bodies via Rab11 and VAMP7-mediated vesicle trafficking before being secreted. This autophagy-regulated Gal-1 secretion in TAMs correlates to poor overall survival and progression-free survival rates of HCC patients. Our findings uncover the secretion mode of Gal-1 via secretory autophagy and highlight the pathological role of TAM-produced Gal-1 in HCC progression.
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- Department of Pathology, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi City, Taiwan.,Department of Cosmetic Science, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oral Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- The Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Hung YP, Lee CC, Lee JC, Tsai PJ, Hsueh PR, Ko WC. The Potential of Probiotics to Eradicate Gut Carriage of Pathogenic or Antimicrobial-Resistant Enterobacterales. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10091086. [PMID: 34572668 PMCID: PMC8470257 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10091086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Probiotic supplements have been used to decrease the gut carriage of antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacterales through changes in the microbiota and metabolomes, nutrition competition, and the secretion of antimicrobial proteins. Many probiotics have shown Enterobacterales-inhibiting effects ex vivo and in vivo. In livestock, probiotics have been widely used to eradicate colon or environmental antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacterales colonization with promising efficacy for many years by oral supplementation, in ovo use, or as environmental disinfectants. In humans, probiotics have been used as oral supplements for infants to decease potential gut pathogenic Enterobacterales, and probiotic mixtures, especially, have exhibited positive results. In contrast to the beneficial effects in infants, for adults, probiotic supplements might decrease potentially pathogenic Enterobacterales, but they fail to completely eradicate them in the gut. However, there are several ways to improve the effects of probiotics, including the discovery of probiotics with gut-protection ability and antimicrobial effects, the modification of delivery methods, and the discovery of engineered probiotics. The search for multifunctional probiotics and synbiotics could render the eradication of “bad” Enterobacterales in the human gut via probiotic administration achievable in the future.
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- Yuan-Pin Hung
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan 700, Taiwan;
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan; (C.-C.L.); (J.-C.L.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan; (C.-C.L.); (J.-C.L.)
- Clinical Medicine Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan; (C.-C.L.); (J.-C.L.)
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 705, Taiwan;
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 705, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (P.-R.H.); (W.-C.K.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan; (C.-C.L.); (J.-C.L.)
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 705, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (P.-R.H.); (W.-C.K.)
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Hung YP, Lee CC, Lee JC, Tsai PJ, Ko WC. Gut Dysbiosis during COVID-19 and Potential Effect of Probiotics. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9081605. [PMID: 34442684 PMCID: PMC8402052 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), an RNA virus of the family Coronaviridae, causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an influenza-like disease that chiefly infects the lungs through respiratory transmission. The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, a transmembrane protein in its outer portion, targets angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as the binding receptor for the cell entry. As ACE2 is highly expressed in the gut and pulmonary tissues, SARS-CoV-2 infections frequently result in gastrointestinal inflammation, with presentations ordinarily ranging from intestinal cramps to complications with intestinal perforations. However, the evidence detailing successful therapy for gastrointestinal involvement in COVID-19 patients is currently limited. A significant change in fecal microbiomes, namely dysbiosis, was characterized by the enrichment of opportunistic pathogens and the depletion of beneficial commensals and their crucial association to COVID-19 severity has been evidenced. Oral probiotics had been evidenced to improve gut health in achieving homeostasis by exhibiting their antiviral effects via the gut-lung axis. Although numerous commercial probiotics have been effective against coronavirus, their efficacies in treating COVID-19 patients remain debated. In ClinicalTrials.gov, 19 clinical trials regarding the dietary supplement of probiotics, in terms of Lactobacillus and mixtures of Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus, for treating COVID-19 cases are ongoing. Accordingly, the preventive or therapeutic role of probiotics for COVID-19 patients can be elucidated in the near future.
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- Yuan-Pin Hung
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan 700, Taiwan;
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan; (C.-C.L.); (J.-C.L.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan; (C.-C.L.); (J.-C.L.)
- Clinical Medicine Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 705, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 711, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan; (C.-C.L.); (J.-C.L.)
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 705, Taiwan;
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 705, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 705, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan; (C.-C.L.); (J.-C.L.)
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 705, Taiwan
- Correspondence:
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Lai YH, Tsai BY, Hsu CY, Chen YH, Chou PH, Chen YL, Liu HC, Ko WC, Tsai PJ, Hung YP. The Role of Toll-Like Receptor-2 in Clostridioides difficile Infection: Evidence From a Mouse Model and Clinical Patients. Front Immunol 2021; 12:691039. [PMID: 34322122 PMCID: PMC8313301 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.691039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background Clostridioides difficile is the leading cause of nosocomial infectious diarrhea. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the major components of innate immunity that sense pathogens. The relationship between TLRs and C. difficile infection (CDI) was analyzed in clinical patients and a mouse model. Materials and Methods A prospective investigation was conducted in medical wards of Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan, from January 2011 to January 2013. Adult patients were followed up for the development of CDI. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of TLR2 and TLR4 were analyzed to assess the relationship between genetic polymorphisms and the development of CDI. A mouse model of CDI was used to investigate the pathogenic role of TLRs in CDI, TLR2 and TLR4 knockout (Tlr2-/- and Tlr4-/-) mice. Results In the prospective study, 556 patients were enrolled, and 6.5% (36) of patients, accounting for 3.59 episodes per 1000 patient-days, developed CDI. Of 539 patients with available blood samples, the TLR2 rs3804099 polymorphism was more often noted in those with CDI than in those without CDI (64.5% vs. 46.1%; P = 0.046) but was not significant in multivariate analysis. Because the TLR2 rs3804099 polymorphism was moderately associated with CDI, the role of TLR2 and TLR4 was further evaluated in a mouse model. Both Tlr2-/- and Tlr4-/- mice showed more severe CDI disease than wild-type mice in terms of body weight change and fecal content five days after oral challenge with C. difficile. Furthermore, Tlr2-/- mice suffered from more severe disease than Tlr4-/- mice, as evidenced by stool consistency, cecum weight, and survival rate. Conclusion The TLR2 rs3804099 polymorphism is marginally associated with the development of CDI, and the pathogenic role of TLR2 is further supported by a mouse model.
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- Yi-Hsin Lai
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Departments of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
- Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
- Departments of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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Chiu CW, Tsai PJ, Lee CC, Ko WC, Hung YP. Inhibition of spores to prevent the recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection - A possibility or an improbability? J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2021; 54:1011-1017. [PMID: 34229970 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2021.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Clostridioides difficile is one of the most common nosocomial gastrointestinal pathogens, and recurrence is a problematic issue because approximately 20-30% of patients experience at least one episode of recurrence, even after treatment with a therapeutic drug of choice for C. difficile infection (CDI), such as vancomycin. CDI recurrence has a multifactorial complex mechanism, in which gut microbiota disruption coincident with viable C. difficile spores, is considered the most important factor. The effectiveness of an anti-C. difficile antimicrobial agent against CDI cannot guarantee its inhibitory effect on C. difficile spores and vice versa. However, an antimicrobial agent, such as fidaxomicin, which has a good inhibitory effect on both C. difficile vegetative cells and spores is assumed to not only treat CDI but also prevent its recurrence. Prolonged adherence to the exosporium has been proposed as a possible mechanism of inhibiting spores, and as a result, redesigning anti-C. difficile antimicrobial agents with the ability to adhere to the exosporium may provide another pathway for the development of anti-C. difficile spore agents. For example, vancomycin lacks an inhibitory effect against C. difficile spores, but a vancomycin-loaded spore-targeting iron oxide nanoparticle that selectively binds to C. difficile spores has been developed to successfully delay spore germination. Some new antimicrobial agents in phase II clinical trials, including cadazolid and ridinilazole, have shown exceptional anti-C. difficile and spore-inhibiting effects that can be expected to not only treat CDI but also prevent its recurrence in the future.
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- Chun-Wei Chiu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung Univeristy, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung Univeristy, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung Univeristy, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Chiu PJ, Rathod J, Hong YP, Tsai PJ, Hung YP, Ko WC, Chen JW, Paredes-Sabja D, Huang IH. Clostridioides difficile spores stimulate inflammatory cytokine responses and induce cytotoxicity in macrophages. Anaerobe 2021; 70:102381. [PMID: 34082120 DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2021.102381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Clostridioides difficile is a gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobic bacterium, and the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide. During C. difficile infection, spores germinate in the presence of bile acids into vegetative cells that subsequently colonize the large intestine and produce toxins. In this study, we demonstrated that C. difficile spores can universally adhere to, and be phagocytosed by, murine macrophages. Only spores from toxigenic strains were able to significantly stimulate the production of inflammatory cytokines by macrophages and subsequently induce significant cytotoxicity. Spores from the isogenic TcdA and TcdB double mutant induced significantly lower inflammatory cytokines and cytotoxicity in macrophages, and these activities were restored by pre-exposure of the spores to either toxins. These findings suggest that during sporulation, spores might be coated with C. difficile toxins from the environment, which could affect C. difficile pathogenesis in vivo.
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- Po-Jung Chiu
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth Sciences National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA; Millennium Nucleus in the Biology of Intestinal Microbiota, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK, USA; Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine at Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, OK, USA.
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Tsai WC, Tsai PJ, Tsai BY, Tsai CS, Chen PL, Lee NY, Ko WC, Syue LS. Community-onset Clostridioides difficile infection in a pregnant woman without traditional risk factors. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2021; 54:1188-1189. [PMID: 34099421 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2021.03.023] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- Wen-Chai Tsai
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Centre for Infection Control, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Research Center of Infectious Disease and Signalling, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Centre for Infection Control, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Centre for Infection Control, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Centre for Infection Control, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Centre for Infection Control, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Centre for Infection Control, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Chiu CW, Tsai PJ, Lee CC, Ko WC, Hung YP. Application of Microbiome Management in Therapy for Clostridioides difficile Infections: From Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Probiotics to Microbiota-Preserving Antimicrobial Agents. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10060649. [PMID: 34073695 PMCID: PMC8225043 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10060649] [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] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Oral vancomycin and metronidazole, though they are the therapeutic choice for Clostridioides difficile infections (CDIs), also markedly disturb microbiota, leading to a prolonged loss of colonization resistance to C. difficile after therapy; as a result, their use is associated with a high treatment failure rate and high recurrent rate. An alternative for CDIs therapy contains the delivery of beneficial (probiotic) microorganisms into the intestinal tract to restore the microbial balance. Recently, mixture regimens containing Lactobacillus species, Saccharomyces boulardii, or Clostridium butyricum have been extensively studied for the prophylaxis of CDIs. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), the transfer of (processed) fecal material from healthy donors to patients for treating CDIs, combined with vancomycin was recommended as the primary therapy for multiple recurrent CDIs (rCDIs). Either probiotics or FMT have been utilized extensively in preventing or treating CDIs, aiming at less disturbance in the microbiota to prevent rCDIs after therapy cessation. Otherwise, many newly developed therapeutic agents have been developed and aim to preserve microbiota during CDI treatment to prevent disease recurrence and might be useful in clinical patients with rCDIs in the future.
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- Chun-Wei Chiu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan 700, Taiwan;
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Medical College, Tainan 704, Taiwan;
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- Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan;
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (W.-C.K.); (Y.-P.H.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan 700, Taiwan;
- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan 704, Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (W.-C.K.); (Y.-P.H.)
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Chang WCW, Wu HY, Kan HL, Lin YC, Tsai PJ, Chen YC, Pan YY, Liao PC. Discovery of Spoilage Markers for Chicken Eggs Using Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry-Based Untargeted and Targeted Foodomics. J Agric Food Chem 2021; 69:4331-4341. [PMID: 33787240 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c01009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The current approaches remain insufficient for measuring chicken egg spoilage or present analytical limitations. This study aimed to complement the existing analyses and identify novel markers using liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry-based foodomics strategies. In the discovery set, comparative untargeted metabolomics was utilized to identify marker candidates in microbially inoculated chicken eggs. Markers were annotated by spectral matching with authentic standards, experimental libraries, or in silico fragmentation. In the validation set, targeted metabolomics was employed to verify the markers in stored chicken eggs from five farms. Statistical differences at a p-value < 0.001 revealed increases in lactic and 3-hydroxybutyric acids and decreases in phosphocholine, LPE(O-18:1), LPC(16:0), and LPC(18:0) in stored eggs. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of the six combined markers yielded an AUC of 0.956 and a sensitivity and specificity of ∼90%. Four phospholipids were highlighted as a novel class of spoilage markers. Our findings may contribute to further industrial implementation, benefiting the quality assurance and food safety of poultry egg production.
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- William Chih-Wei Chang
- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
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- Instrumentation Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- PhD Program in Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
- PhD Program in Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Food Safety/Hygiene and Risk Management, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 704, Taiwan
- Department of Food Safety/Hygiene and Risk Management, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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Chen JY, Wu YP, Li CY, Jheng HF, Kao LZ, Yang CC, Leu SY, Lien IC, Weng WT, Tai HC, Chiou YW, Tang MJ, Tsai PJ, Tsai YS. PPARγ activation improves the microenvironment of perivascular adipose tissue and attenuates aortic stiffening in obesity. J Biomed Sci 2021; 28:22. [PMID: 33781257 PMCID: PMC8008548 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-021-00720-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Obesity-related cardiovascular risk, end points, and mortality are strongly related to arterial stiffening. Current therapeutic approaches for arterial stiffening are not focused on direct targeting within the vessel. Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) surrounding the artery has been shown to modulate vascular function and inflammation. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) activation significantly decreases arterial stiffness and inflammation in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease. Thus, we hypothesized that PPARγ activation alters the PVAT microenvironment, thereby creating a favorable environment for the attenuation of arterial stiffening in obesity. Methods Obese ob/ob mice were used to investigate the effect of PPARγ activation on the attenuation of arterial stiffening. Various cell types, including macrophages, fibroblasts, adipocytes, and vascular smooth muscle cells, were used to test the inhibitory effect of pioglitazone, a PPARγ agonist, on the expression of elastolytic enzymes. Results PPARγ activation by pioglitazone effectively attenuated arterial stiffening in ob/ob mice. This beneficial effect was not associated with the repartitioning of fat from or changes in the browning of the PVAT depot but was strongly related to improvement of the PVAT microenvironment, as evidenced by reduction in the expression of pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidative factors. Pioglitazone treatment attenuated obesity-induced elastin fiber fragmentation and elastolytic activity and ameliorated the obesity-induced upregulation of cathepsin S and metalloproteinase 12, predominantly in the PVAT. In vitro, pioglitazone downregulated Ctss and Mmp12 in macrophages, fibroblasts, and adipocytes—cell types residing within the adventitia and PVAT. Ultimately, several PPARγ binding sites were found in Ctss and Mmp12 in Raw 264.7 and 3T3-L1 cells, suggesting a direct regulatory mechanism by which PPARγ activation repressed the expression of Ctss and Mmp-12 in macrophages and fibroblasts. Conclusions PPARγ activation attenuated obesity-induced arterial stiffening and reduced the inflammatory and oxidative status of PVAT. The improvement of the PVAT microenvironment further contributed to the amelioration of elastin fiber fragmentation, elastolytic activity, and upregulated expression of Ctss and Mmp12. Our data highlight the PVAT microenvironment as an important target against arterial stiffening in obesity and provide a novel strategy for the potential clinical use of PPARγ agonists as a therapeutic against arterial stiffness through modulation of PVAT function. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12929-021-00720-y.
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- Ju-Yi Chen
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.,Research and Development Division, National Laboratory Animal Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.,International Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.,International Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC. .,Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC. .,International Center for Wound Repair and Regeneration, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC. .,Center of Clinical Medicine Research, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
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Hung YP, Tsai CS, Tsai BY, Tsai PJ, Lee YT, Lee JC, Liu HC, Hsueh PR, Lee CC, Ko WC. Clostridioides difficile infection in patients with hematological malignancy: A multicenter study in Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2021; 54:1101-1110. [PMID: 33678554 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2021.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Among the individuals with hematological malignancy (HM) complicated with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), the variables associated with in-hospital mortality and recurrence of CDI were investigated. MATERIAL AND METHODS Including adults with HM and those without malignancy suffering from CDI from January 2015 to December 2016 in three hospitals in Taiwan. RESULTS Totally 314 patients including 77 with HM and 237 patients without malignancy were included. HM patients more often had low leukocyte counts (<500 cells/mL: 28.6% vs. 2.1%) than those without malignancy and more patients without malignancy had severe CDI than patients with HM (31.6% vs. 14.3%, P = .003), according to the severity score of IDSA/SHEA. Patients with HM had a higher recurrence rate of CDI (14.3%, 11/77 vs. 7.2%, 17/237; P = .07) and longer hospital stay (47.2 ± 40.8 days vs. 33.3 ± 37.3 days; P = .006) than those without malignancy. In the multivariate analyses for those with HM and CDI, the in-hospital mortality was associated with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization or infection (odds ratio [OR] 7.72; P = .01), and C. difficile ribotype 078 complex infection (OR 9.22; P = .03). Moreover underlying hematological malignancy (OR 2.74; P = .04) and VRE colonization/infection (OR 2.71; P = .02) were independently associated with CDI recurrence. CONCLUSION Patients with HM complicated with CDI were often regarded as non-severe infection, but had a similar in-hospital mortality rate as those without malignancy. CDI due to ribotype 078 complex isolates heralded a poor prognosis among HM patients.
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- Yuan-Pin Hung
- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, and School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Experiment and Diagnosis, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Executive Yuan, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Clinical Medicine Research Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Yang CC, Wu CH, Lin TC, Cheng YN, Chang CS, Lee KT, Tsai PJ, Tsai YS. Inhibitory effect of PPARγ on NLRP3 inflammasome activation. Am J Cancer Res 2021; 11:2424-2441. [PMID: 33500734 PMCID: PMC7797672 DOI: 10.7150/thno.46873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Rationale: Stimulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome by metabolic byproducts is known to result in inflammatory responses and metabolic diseases. However, how the host controls aberrant NLRP3 inflammasome activation remains unclear. PPARγ, a known regulator of energy metabolism, plays an anti-inflammatory role through the inhibition of NF-κB activation and additionally attenuates NLRP3-dependent IL-1β and IL-18 production. Therefore, we hypothesized that PPARγ serves as an endogenous modulator that attenuates NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages. Methods: Mouse peritoneal macrophages with exposure to a PPARγ agonist at different stages and the NLRP3 inflammasome-reconstituted system in HEK293T cells were used to investigate the additional anti-inflammatory effect of PPARγ on NLRP3 inflammasome regulation. Circulating mononuclear cells of obese patients with weight-loss surgery were used to identify the in vivo correlation between PPARγ and the NLRP3 inflammasome. Results: Exposure to the PPARγ agonist, rosiglitazone, during the second signal of NLRP3 inflammasome activation attenuated caspase-1 and IL-1β maturation. Moreover, PPARγ interfered with NLRP3 inflammasome formation by decreasing NLRP3-ASC and NLRP3-NLRP3 interactions as well as NLRP3-dependent ASC oligomerization, which is mediated through interaction between the PPARγ DNA-binding domain and the nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeat domains of NLRP3. Furthermore, PPARγ was required to limit metabolic damage-associated molecular pattern-induced NLRP3 inflammasome activation in mouse macrophages. Finally, the mature caspase-1/PPARγ ratio was reduced in circulating mononuclear cells of obese patients after weight-loss surgery, which we define as an “NLRP3 accelerating index”. Conclusions: These results revealed an additional anti-inflammatory role for PPARγ in suppressing NLRP3 inflammasome activation through interaction with NLRP3. Thus, our study highlights that PPARγ agonism may be a therapeutic option for targeting NLRP3-related metabolic diseases.
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Tsai WC, Shen CF, Lin YL, Shen FC, Tsai PJ, Wang SY, Lin YS, Wu JJ, Chi CY, Liu CC. Emergence of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes emm12 in southern Taiwan from 2000 to 2019. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2020; 54:1086-1093. [PMID: 32994137 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is an important pathogen causing morbidity and mortality worldwide. Surveillance of resistance and emm type has important implication to provide helpful information on the changing GAS epidemiology and empirical treatment. METHODS To study the emergence of resistant GAS in children with upper respiratory tract infection (URTI), a retrospective study was conducted from 2000 to 2019 in southern Taiwan. Microbiological studies, including antibiotic susceptibility, were performed. GAS emm types and sequences were determined by molecular methods. The population was divided into two separate decades to analyze potential changes over time. The 1st decade was 2000-2009; the 2nd decade was 2010-2019. Multivariate analyses were performed to identify independent risk factors associated with macrolide resistance between these periods. RESULTS A total of 320 GAS from 339 children were enrolled. Most of the children (75%) were under 9 years of age. The most common diagnosis was scarlet fever (225, 66.4%), and the frequency increased from 54.8% in the 1st to 77.9% in the 2nd decade (p < 0.0001). There was a significant increase in resistance to erythromycin and azithromycin from 18.1%, 19.3% in the 1st to 58.4%, 61.0% in the 2nd decade (p < 0.0001). This was associated with clonal expansion of the GAS emm12-ST36 which carrying erm(B) and tet(M) from 3.0% in the 1st to 53.2% in the 2nd decade (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Significant emergence of macrolide-resistant GAS emm12-ST36 in children supports the need for continuing surveillance and investigation for the clonal virulence.
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- Wei-Chun Tsai
- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan; National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, Taiwan; Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan.
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Lee JC, Hung YP, Tsai BY, Tsai PJ, Ko WC. Severe Clostridium difficile infections in intensive care units: Diverse clinical presentations. Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection 2020; 54:1111-1117. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2020.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Chen Y, Huang K, Chen LK, Wu HY, Hsu CY, Tsai YS, Ko WC, Tsai PJ. Membrane Cholesterol Is Crucial for Clostridium difficile Surface Layer Protein Binding and Triggering Inflammasome Activation. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1675. [PMID: 32849582 PMCID: PMC7411348 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Clostridium difficile, an obligate anaerobic gram-positive bacillus, generates spores and is commonly found colonizing the human gut. Patients with C. difficile infection (CDI) often exhibit clinical manifestations of pseudomembranous colitis or antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Surface layer proteins (SLPs) are the most abundant proteins in the C. difficile cell wall, suggesting that they might involve in immune recognition. Our previous results demonstrated that C. difficile triggers inflammasome activation. Here, we found SLPs as well as C. difficile induced inflammasome activation, and in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, the cholesterol-rich microdomains on the cell membrane (also referred to as lipid rafts) are thought to be crucial for bacterial adhesion and signal transduction. We demonstrated that lipid rafts participated in C. difficile SLPs binding to the cell membrane. Fluorescence microscopy showed that membrane cholesterol depletion by methyl-β-cyclodextrin (MβCD) reduced the association of SLPs with the cell surface. The coalescence of SLPs in the cholesterol-rich microdomains was confirmed in C. difficile-infected cells. Furthermore, the inflammasome activations induced by SLPs or C. difficile were abrogated by MβCD. Our results demonstrate that SLPs recruit the lipid rafts, which may be a key step for C. difficile colonization and inducing inflammasome activation.
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- Yu Chen
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.,Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Yang YJ, Chen PC, Lai FP, Tsai PJ, Sheu BS. Probiotics-Containing Yogurt Ingestion and H. pylori Eradication Can Restore Fecal Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Dysbiosis in H. pylori-Infected Children. Biomedicines 2020; 8:biomedicines8060146. [PMID: 32492860 PMCID: PMC7344718 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8060146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 05/09/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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This study investigated the compositional differences in fecal microbiota between children with and without H. pylori infection and tested whether probiotics-containing yogurt and bacterial eradication improve H. pylori-related dysbiosis. Ten H. pylori-infected children and 10 controls ingested probiotics-containing yogurt for 4 weeks. Ten-day triple therapy plus yogurt was given to the infected children on the 4th week. Fecal samples were collected at enrollment, after yogurt ingestion, and 4 weeks after successful H. pylori eradication for cytokines and microbiota analysis using ELISA and metagenomic sequencing of the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene, respectively. The results showed H. pylori-infected children had significantly higher levels of fecal TGF-β1 than those who were not infected. Eight of 295 significantly altered OTUs in the H. pylori-infected children were identified. Among them, the abundance of F. prausnitzii was significantly lower in the H. pylori-infected children, and then increased after yogurt ingestion and successful bacterial eradication. We further confirmed probiotics promoted F. prausnitzii growth in vitro and in ex vivo using real-time PCR. Moreover, F. prausnitzii supernatant significantly ameliorated lipopolysaccharide-induced IL-8 in HT-29 cells. In conclusions, Probiotics-containing yogurt ingestion and H. pylori eradication can restore the decrease of fecal F. prausnitzii in H. pylori-infected children.
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- Yao-Jong Yang
- Departments of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan; (Y.-J.Y.); (F.-P.L.)
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan;
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan;
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- Departments of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan; (Y.-J.Y.); (F.-P.L.)
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- Departments of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan;
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan
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- Departments of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70428, Taiwan
- Internal Medicine & Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +886-6-235-3535 (ext. 5368); Fax: +886-6-237-0941
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Tsai PJ, Hsu CY, Lai WT, Wang YC, Tsai YS. Group A Streptococci Shift the Balance of Muscular Mitochondrial Dynamics. FASEB J 2020. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.09615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Leu SY, Kuo LH, Weng WT, Lien IC, Yang CC, Hsieh TT, Cheng YN, Chien PH, Ho LC, Chen SH, Shan YS, Chen YW, Chen PC, Tsai PJ, Sung JM, Tsai YS. Loss of EGR-1 uncouples compensatory responses of pancreatic β cells. Theranostics 2020; 10:4233-4249. [PMID: 32226550 PMCID: PMC7086362 DOI: 10.7150/thno.40664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Rationale: Subjects unable to sustain β-cell compensation develop type 2 diabetes. Early growth response-1 protein (EGR-1), implicated in the regulation of cell differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, is induced by diverse metabolic challenges, such as glucose or other nutrients. Therefore, we hypothesized that deficiency of EGR-1 might influence β-cell compensation in response to metabolic overload. Methods: Mice deficient in EGR-1 (Egr1-/-) were used to investigate the in vivo roles of EGR-1 in regulation of glucose homeostasis and beta-cell compensatory responses. Results: In response to a high-fat diet, Egr1-/- mice failed to secrete sufficient insulin to clear glucose, which was associated with lower insulin content and attenuated hypertrophic response of islets. High-fat feeding caused a dramatic impairment in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and downregulated the expression of genes encoding glucose sensing proteins. The cells co-expressing both insulin and glucagon were dramatically upregulated in islets of high-fat-fed Egr1-/- mice. EGR-1-deficient islets failed to maintain the transcriptional network for β-cell compensatory response. In human pancreatic tissues, EGR1 expression correlated with the expression of β-cell compensatory genes in the non-diabetic group, but not in the diabetic group. Conclusion: These results suggest that EGR-1 couples the transcriptional network to compensation for the loss of β-cell function and identity. Thus, our study highlights the early stress coupler EGR-1 as a critical factor in the development of pancreatic islet failure.
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Hsieh CL, Hsieh SY, Huang HM, Lu SL, Omori H, Zheng PX, Ho YN, Cheng YL, Lin YS, Chiang-Ni C, Tsai PJ, Wang SY, Liu CC, Noda T, Wu JJ. Nicotinamide Increases Intracellular NAD + Content to Enhance Autophagy-Mediated Group A Streptococcal Clearance in Endothelial Cells. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:117. [PMID: 32117141 PMCID: PMC7026195 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a versatile pathogen that causes a wide spectrum of diseases in humans. Invading host cells is a known strategy for GAS to avoid antibiotic killing and immune recognition. However, the underlying mechanisms of GAS resistance to intracellular killing need to be explored. Endothelial HMEC-1 cells were infected with GAS, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Salmonella Typhimurium under nicotinamide (NAM)-supplemented conditions. The intracellular NAD+ level and cell viability were respectively measured by NAD+ quantification kit and protease-based cytotoxicity assay. Moreover, the intracellular bacteria were analyzed by colony-forming assay, transmission electron microscopy, and confocal microscopy. We found that supplementation with exogenous nicotinamide during infection significantly inhibited the growth of intracellular GAS in endothelial cells. Moreover, the NAD+ content and NAD+/NADH ratio of GAS-infected endothelial cells were dramatically increased, whereas the cell cytotoxicity was decreased by exogenous nicotinamide treatment. After knockdown of the autophagy-related ATG9A, the intracellular bacterial load was increased in nicotinamide-treated endothelial cells. The results of Western blot and transmission electron microscopy also revealed that cells treated with nicotinamide can increase autophagy-associated LC3 conversion and double-membrane formation during GAS infection. Confocal microscopy images further showed that more GAS-containing vacuoles were colocalized with lysosome under nicotinamide-supplemented conditions than without nicotinamide treatment. In contrast to GAS, supplementation with exogenous nicotinamide did not effectively inhibit the growth of MRSA or S. Typhimurium in endothelial cells. These results indicate that intracellular NAD+ homeostasis is crucial for controlling intracellular GAS infection in endothelial cells. In addition, nicotinamide may be a potential new therapeutic agent to overcome persistent infections of GAS.
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- Cheng-Lu Hsieh
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Center for Frontier Oral Science, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.,Molecular Infectious Disease Research Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Center for Frontier Oral Science, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Biotechnology and Laboratory Science in Medicine, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chen KY, Rathod J, Chiu YC, Chen JW, Tsai PJ, Huang IH. The Transcriptional Regulator Lrp Contributes to Toxin Expression, Sporulation, and Swimming Motility in Clostridium difficile. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:356. [PMID: 31681632 PMCID: PMC6811523 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, and major cause of nosocomial diarrhea. Related studies have identified numerous factors that influence virulence traits such as the production of the two primary toxins, toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB), as well as sporulation, motility, and biofilm formation. However, multiple putative transcriptional regulators are reportedly encoded in the genome, and additional factors are likely involved in virulence regulation. Although the leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) has been studied extensively in Gram-negative bacteria, little is known about its function in Gram-positive bacteria, although homologs have been identified in the genome. This study revealed that disruption of the lone lrp homolog in C. difficile decelerated growth under nutrient-limiting conditions, increased TcdA and TcdB production. Lrp was also found to negatively regulate sporulation while positively regulate swimming motility in strain R20291, but not in strain 630. The C. difficile Lrp appeared to function through transcriptional repression or activation. In addition, the lrp mutant was relatively virulent in a mouse model of infection. The results of this study collectively demonstrated that Lrp has broad regulatory function in C. difficile toxin expression, sporulation, motility, and pathogenesis.
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- Kuan-Yu Chen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Liu YH, Chang YC, Chen LK, Su PA, Ko WC, Tsai YS, Chen YH, Lai HC, Wu CY, Hung YP, Tsai PJ. Corrigendum: The ATP-P2X 7 Signaling Axis Is an Essential Sentinel for Intracellular Clostridium difficile Pathogen-Induced Inflammasome Activation. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:260. [PMID: 31380303 PMCID: PMC6650631 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00084.].
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- Ya-Hui Liu
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Pharmacy, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.,Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Chang Gung University, Taoyaun, Taiwan.,Research Center for Industry of Human Ecology, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyaun, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Health Industry and Technology, College of Human Ecology, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Taoyaun, Taiwan
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- Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University, Taoyaun, Taiwan.,Research Center of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Chang Gung University, Taoyaun, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.,Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Chen YH, Li TJ, Tsai BY, Chen LK, Lai YH, Li MJ, Tsai CY, Tsai PJ, Shieh DB. Vancomycin-Loaded Nanoparticles Enhance Sporicidal and Antibacterial Efficacy for Clostridium difficile Infection. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1141. [PMID: 31178844 PMCID: PMC6543869 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Current antibiotic treatments fail to eliminate the Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) spores and induce dysbiosis and intestinal inflammation via off-target effect, which causes refractory C. difficile infection raise an unmet need for a spore-specific antimicrobial treatment. We developed a sporicidal and antimicrobial vancomycin-loaded spore-targeting iron oxide nanoparticle (van-IONP) that selectively binds to C. difficile spores. Cryo-electron microscopy showed that vancomycin-loaded nanoparticles can target and completely cover spore surfaces. They not only successfully delayed the germination of the spores but also inhibited ∼50% of vegetative cell outgrowth after 48 h of incubation. The van-IONPs also inhibited the interaction of spores with HT-29 intestinal mucosal cells in vitro. In a murine model of C. difficile infection, the van-IONP significantly protected the mice from infected by C. difficile infection, reducing intestinal inflammation, and facilitated superior mucosal viability compared with equal doses of free vancomycin. This dual-function targeted delivery therapy showed advantages over traditional therapeutics in treating C. difficile infection.
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- Yi-Hsuan Chen
- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Oral Medicine and Department of Stomatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oral Medicine and Department of Stomatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Oral Medicine and Department of Stomatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Center for Micro/Nano Science and Technology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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