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Demal TJ, Fehr S, Reiter B, Reichenspurner H, Gatti G, Onorati F, Mariscalco G, Santini F, Biancari F. Outcome of Patients with Elevated Risk of Bleeding in on- versus off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG). Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1705346] [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: 10/24/2022]
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Tremmel R, Fehr S, Battke F, Klein K, Schaeffeler E, Schwab M, Biskup S, Zanger U.. Adme-wide analysis of Copy Number Variation using Targeted exome resequencing and their functional relevance in Human Liver. Clin Ther 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.05.300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Klein K, Fehr S, Tremmel R, Schaeffeler E, Winter S, Schwab M, Biskup S, Zanger U. Targeted Exome Resequencing: Adme Pharmacogenetics In Human Liver. Clin Ther 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2015.05.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zhang J, Bao X, Cao G, Jiang S, Zhu X, Lu H, Jia L, Pan H, Fehr S, Davis M, Leonard H, Ravine D, Wu X. What does the nature of the MECP2 mutation tell us about parental origin and recurrence risk in Rett syndrome? Clin Genet 2012; 82:526-33. [PMID: 22182064 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01838.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The MECP2 mutations occurring in the severe neurological disorder Rett syndrome are predominantly de novo, with rare familial cases. The aims of this study were to provide a precise estimate of the parental origin of MECP2 mutations using a large Chinese sample and to assess whether parental origin varied by mutation type. The parental origin was paternal in 84/88 [95.5%, (95% confidence interval 88.77-98.75)] of sporadic Chinese cases. However, in a pooled sample including data from the literature the spectrum of mutations occurring on maternally and paternally derived chromosomes differed significantly. The excess we found of 'single base pair gains or losses' on maternally derived MECP2 gene alleles suggests that this mutational category is associated with an elevated risk of gonadal mosaicism, which has implications for genetic counseling.
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- J Zhang
- Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, PR China
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Vasiljevic M, Heisler FF, Hausrat TJ, Fehr S, Milenkovic I, Kneussel M, Sieghart W. Spatio-temporal expression analysis of the calcium-binding protein calumenin in the rodent brain. Neuroscience 2011; 202:29-41. [PMID: 22178608 PMCID: PMC3270221 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.11.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2011] [Revised: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 11/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Calumenin is a Ca2+-binding protein that belongs to the CREC superfamily. It contains six EF-hand domains that exhibit a low affinity for Ca2+ as well as an endoplasmic reticulum retention signal. Calumenin exhibits a broad and relatively high expression in various brain regions during development as demonstrated by in situ hybridization. Signal intensity of calumenin is highest during the early development and then declines over time to reach a relatively low expression in adult animals. Immunohistochemistry indicates that at the P0 stage, calumenin expression is most abundant in migrating neurons in the zones around the lateral ventricle. In the brain of adult animals, it is expressed in various glial and neuronal cell types, including immature neurons in subgranular zone of hippocampal dentate gyrus. At the subcellular level, calumenin is identified in punctuate and diffuse distribution mostly in somatic regions where it co-localizes with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and partially Golgi apparatus. Upon subcellular fractionation, calumenin is enriched in fractions containing membranes and is only weakly present in soluble fractions. This study points to a possible important role of calumenin in migration and differentiation of neurons, and/or in Ca2+ signaling between glial cells and neurons.
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- M Vasiljevic
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Jasch K, Barth N, Fehr S, Bunjes H, Augustin W, Scholl S. A Microfluidic Approach for a Continuous Crystallization of Drug Carrier Nanoparticles. Chem Eng Technol 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.200900318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Krebs C, Hamming I, Sadaghiani S, Steinmetz OM, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Fehr S, Stahl RAK, Garrelds IM, Danser AHJ, van Goor H, Contrepas A, Nguyen G, Wenzel U. Antihypertensive therapy upregulates renin and (pro)renin receptor in the clipped kidney of Goldblatt hypertensive rats. Kidney Int 2007; 72:725-30. [PMID: 17597696 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Recently, a (pro)renin receptor has been identified which mediates profibrotic effects independent of angiotensin II. Because antihypertensive therapy induces renal injury in the clipped kidney of two kidney-1-clip hypertensive rats, we examined the regulation of renin and the (pro)renin receptor in this model. Hypertensive Goldblatt rats were treated with increasing doses of the vasopeptidase inhibitor AVE 7688 after which the plasma renin and prorenin as well as the renal renin and (pro)renin receptor expression were measured. The vasopeptidase inhibitor dose-dependently lowered blood pressure, which was associated with a massive increase in plasma prorenin and renin as well as increased renal renin expression. The (pro)renin receptor was upregulated in the clipped kidney of the Goldblatt rat indicating a parallel upregulation of renin and its receptor in vivo. Immunohistochemistry showed a redistribution of renin upstream from the glomerulus in preglomerular vessels and renin staining in tubular cells. Expression of the (pro)renin receptor was increased in the vessels and tubules. This upregulation was associated with thickening of renin-positive vessels and tubulointerstitial damage. We propose that renin and the (pro)renin receptor may play a profibrotic role in the clipped kidney of Goldblatt rats treated for hypertension.
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- C Krebs
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Steinmetz OM, Panzer U, Fehr S, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Stahl RAK, Wenzel UO. A pitfall of glomerular sieving: profibrotic and matrix proteins derive from the Bowman's capsule and not the glomerular tuft in rats with renovascular hypertension. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007; 22:3055-60. [PMID: 17640943 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The glomeruli in the non-clipped kidney of rats with 2-kidney, 1-clip hypertension are a classical model for studying the mechanisms of glomerular injury. METHODS In the present study, we compared the glomerular expression of PAI-1 and collagen I alpha1 mRNA from glomeruli isolated by the classic technique of sieving with the recently developed technique of tissue laser microdissection. For quantification of mRNA from both methods, real-time PCR was used. RESULTS Real-time PCR revealed a 9.0 +/- 1.3- and a 7.1 +/- 0.2-fold induction of PAI-1 and collagen I alpha 1, respectively, in the glomeruli from hypertensive rats isolated by sieving. However, in situ hybridization and microdissection revealed that expression of both mRNAs was mainly from the Bowman's capsule and not from the glomerular tuft (10.7 +/- 1.3- and 7.2 +/- 0.6-fold higher induction in whole glomeruli compared with tuft alone). CONCLUSION This emphasizes that studies focusing on processes in the mesangium, endothelial cells or podocytes should not rely on glomeruli obtained by sieving. Rather, a technique like the laser microdissection or in situ hybridization should be applied which allows the clear separation of different glomerular and periglomerular compartments.
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- O M Steinmetz
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Kühn F, Fehr S, Stoll T. [Back pain and acne conglobata: SAPHO syndrome]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2007; 96:591-5. [PMID: 17506389 DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157.96.15.591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We report on a young woman suffering from SAPHO syndrome with back pain and arthritis of the sternoclavicular joints. This inflammatory disorder of the osteoarticular system (synovitis, osteitis, and hyperostosis) is associated with severe acne or palmoplantar pustulosis. The patient was treated with pamidronate, NSAID and physiotherapy which improved the musculoskeletal symptoms completely. The acne was treated with isotretinoin.
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- F Kühn
- Abteilung Rheumatologie, Kantonsspital Schaffhausen
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Steinmetz OM, Sadaghiani S, Panzer U, Krebs C, Meyer-Schwesinger C, Streichert T, Fehr S, Hamming I, van Goor H, Stahl RAK, Wenzel U. Antihypertensive therapy induces compartment-specific chemokine expression and a Th1 immune response in the clipped kidney of Goldblatt hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2007; 292:F876-87. [PMID: 17062848 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00174.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The present study examined the pathogenesis of interstitial inflammation and fibrosis in antihypertensively treated rats with two-kidney, one-clip hypertension. Hypertensive rats were randomized into four groups: no treatment and moderate, intermediate, and intensified lowering of blood pressure with increasing doses of a vasopeptidase inhibitor for 6 wk. The vasopeptidase inhibitor dose dependently lowered blood pressure. The tubulointerstitial damage was accompanied by a diffuse infiltration of mononuclear cells and circumscript mononuclear inflammatory cell cluster formation consisting mainly of T cells and to a lesser degree of macrophages and B cells. Real-time PCR analyses showed a dose-dependent induction of MCP-1 and the Th1-type chemokines IP10 and Mig as well as their receptor CXCR3 and the Th1 cytokine IFN-γ. In situ hybridization and laser microdissection revealed a strong expression of these Th1-associated transcripts in the clusters and, in the case of MCP-1, also diffusely in the interstitium. The inflammation was accompanied by the appearance of myofibroblasts and synthesis of the fibrogenic factor plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 as well as the collagenase matrix metalloproteinase-2, leading to collagen I upregulation and interstitial scarring. No inflammation or fibrosis was found in normotensive rats treated with the vasopeptidase inhibitor. The renal injury in the clipped kidney is accompanied by compartment-specific chemokine expression and cell cluster formation of Th1 specificity associated with upregulation of fibrogenic proteins and matrix metalloproteinases. These findings suggest that the Th1 chemokines IP10 and Mig as well as their receptor CXCR3 are potential targets for therapeutic interventions in ischemic nephropathy.
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- O M Steinmetz
- Dept. of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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BACKGROUND We performed a bench experiment to investigate the extent of start-up delays in fluid delivery for four different syringe pumps after initially placing the infusion syringe in the syringe pump. METHODS Pump performance was determined at an infusion rate of 1 ml.h-1 with and without a fluid bolus delivered by the infusion pump prior to connecting the infusion line to the simulated patient. RESULTS The time (mean +/- SD) from starting the pump up to first fluid delivery (t1) differed considerably between pumps (from 6.75 +/- 4.4 to 57.2 +/- 28.6 min) as did the time to steady state fluid delivery (t2) (from 19.6 +/- 9.3 to 76.3 +/- 29.0 min). Applying an initial bolus of 2 ml before connecting the line to the simulated patient practically eliminated the delay in fluid delivery (t1 ranging from 0.3 +/- 0.1 to 1.1 +/- 0.8 min). This manoeuvre also reduced the time to steady flow delivery (t2 from 6.0 +/- 3.1 to 11.1 +/- 4.3 min, P<0.001) and minimized the differences between syringe pumps. CONCLUSIONS Syringe pump design affects start-up delay times because of free play of the syringe. These delays can be eliminated by a start-up bolus of 2 ml prior to connecting the infusion line to the patient.
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- T Neff
- Research Group, Department of Intensive Care and Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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BACKGROUND Despite enormous progress in the medical treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), corticosteroids still represent the most effective drugs in the management of acute IBD. Unfortunately, surgical intervention under concomitant therapy with corticosteroids is often complicated by impaired intestinal wound healing. Our aim was to assess the effects of the corticosteroids prednisolone and budesonide on different aspects of intestinal epithelial wound healing in vitro to identify potential causes for impaired intestinal wound healing under corticosteroid therapy. METHODS The effects of both corticosteroids on intestinal epithelial cell function were studied in non-transformed small intestinal epithelial intestinal epithelial cell line IEC-6 cells and human colon cancer-derived HT-29 cells. Effects on epithelial migration were assessed using an in vitro wounding model. Effects on epithelial cell proliferation were assessed using colorimetric 3(4,5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays. Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGFbeta) mRNA and protein expression were determined by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and ELISA. RESULTS Prednisolone and budesonide caused a significant dose-dependent inhibition of intestinal epithelial cell migration and proliferation in IEC-6 and HT-29 cells. Both corticosteroids induced apoptosis of intestinal epithelial cells in a dose-dependent fashion. Neither corticosteroid modulated the expression of TGFbeta mRNA and the synthesis of TGFbeta peptide. However, both corticosteroids stimulated the bioactivation of latent TGFbeta peptide. CONCLUSIONS Prednisolone and budesonide inhibit intestinal epithelial cell restitution and proliferation in vitro. Both processes play a key role in the rapid resealing of the mucosal barrier following intestinal injury. Thus, impaired intestinal epithelial wound healing under corticosteroid therapy in vivo may be caused by inhibition of intestinal epithelial cell restitution and proliferation.
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- S Jung
- Dept. of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, University Clinic Charité-Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany
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Neff T, Fischer J, Fehr S, Baenziger O, Weiss M. Evaluation of the FASTSTART mode for reducing start-up delay in syringe pump infusion systems. Swiss Med Wkly 2001; 131:219-22. [PMID: 11400545 DOI: 2001/15/smw-09694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate the IVAC P7000 FASTSTART mode with regard to start-up performance in a 50-ml infusion syringe at a flow rate of 1 ml.h-1. METHODS The time from depression of the start button to first fluid flow (T1) and to establishment of a pre-set flow rate (T2) were gravimetrically recorded with and without FASTSTART and with and without priming of the infusion system with a 1-ml fluid bolus prior to connection of the infusion line to the patient. RESULTS FASTSTART significantly reduced start-up times in the unprimed syringe pump infusion system from (mean [SD]) 9.4 (6.0) to 2.5 (3.5) min for T1 and from 21.8 (9.8) to 9.4 (6.2) min for T2 (all p < 0.001). The greatest improvement in shortening of T1 and T2 was obtained when the system was primed prior to starting (p < 0.0001). After priming the infusion system, FASTSTART shortened T2 by some 50% from 1.4 (1.4) to 0.7 (0.6) min. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that the FASTSTART procedure is effective and that substantial improvements can be obtained by priming the system prior to starting.
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- T Neff
- Division of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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Neff T, Fischer J, Fehr S, Baenziger O, Weiss M. Evaluation of the FASTSTART mode for reducing start-up delay in syringe pump infusion systems. Swiss Med Wkly 2001; 131:219-22. [PMID: 11400545 DOI: 10.4414/smw.2001.09694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate the IVAC P7000 FASTSTART mode with regard to start-up performance in a 50-ml infusion syringe at a flow rate of 1 ml.h-1. METHODS The time from depression of the start button to first fluid flow (T1) and to establishment of a pre-set flow rate (T2) were gravimetrically recorded with and without FASTSTART and with and without priming of the infusion system with a 1-ml fluid bolus prior to connection of the infusion line to the patient. RESULTS FASTSTART significantly reduced start-up times in the unprimed syringe pump infusion system from (mean [SD]) 9.4 (6.0) to 2.5 (3.5) min for T1 and from 21.8 (9.8) to 9.4 (6.2) min for T2 (all p < 0.001). The greatest improvement in shortening of T1 and T2 was obtained when the system was primed prior to starting (p < 0.0001). After priming the infusion system, FASTSTART shortened T2 by some 50% from 1.4 (1.4) to 0.7 (0.6) min. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that the FASTSTART procedure is effective and that substantial improvements can be obtained by priming the system prior to starting.
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- T Neff
- Division of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
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Mutations in all four known KCNQ potassium channel alpha-subunit genes lead to human diseases. KCNQ1 (KvLQT1) interacts with the beta-subunit KCNE1 (IsK, minK) to form the slow, depolarization-activated potassium current I(Ks) that is affected in some forms of cardiac arrhythmia. Here we show that the novel beta-subunit KCNE3 markedly changes KCNQ1 properties to yield currents that are nearly instantaneous and depend linearly on voltage. It also suppresses the currents of KCNQ4 and HERG potassium channels. In the intestine, KCNQ1 and KCNE3 messenger RNAs colocalized in crypt cells. This localization and the pharmacology, voltage-dependence and stimulation by cyclic AMP of KCNQ1/KCNE3 currents indicate that these proteins may assemble to form the potassium channel that is important for cyclic AMP-stimulated intestinal chloride secretion and that is involved in secretory diarrhoea and cystic fibrosis.
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- B C Schroeder
- Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg, Hamburg University, Germany
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We have isolated genomic sequences as well as transcripts from the bovine homolog of the human testis-specific protein, Y-encoded, TSPY which-in both species-is located on the Y Chromosome (Chr), organized as a gene family with a variable number of members, and expressed exclusively in the testis. 1266 bp of bovine TSPY specific sequence have been isolated from a testis cDNA library, by RT-PCR analyses and by Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE). A bovine TSPY gene 4 is organized in seven exons, and transcripts are polyadenylated at various 3' ends. Consensus polyadenylation signals AAUUAAA are missing. Microheterogeneous sequence variation is found between TSPY family members. In addition, homologies to other Y-located repeated sequence families, BRY, have been discovered; these sequences are presumably derived from ancient members of the TSPY cluster, now forming a separate, probably nonfunctional subfamily. Bovine TSPY is subject to differential splicing. In the adult, it is expressed in early germ-cell stages, and expression could also be detected in fetal testis. Comparison with the human homolog shows the highest degree of similarity in the coding regions of exons 2, 3, and 4, which are also precisely conserved regarding their length.
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- T Vogel
- Institut für Humangenetik, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30623 Hannover, Germany
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Transcripts encoding the vasopressin precursor are located in axons and dendrites of rat hypothalamic magnocellular neurons. While the axonal vasopressin mRNA has been extensively characterized both at the biochemical and morphological level, little is known about those transcripts residing in dendrites of magnocellular neurons. As revealed by in situ hybridization at the electron microscopic level, the mRNA is located in proximal and distal dendritic segments and is exclusively confined to regions containing rough endoplasmic reticulum. These results suggest that dendrites of hypothalamic neurons may be capable of local precursor synthesis independent of that occurring in the cell somata. A heterologous system has been employed to define cis-acting elements within the vasopressin mRNA which may be involved in dendritic compartmentalization. Expression vector constructs consisting of the cytomegalovirus promoter coupled to the rat vasopressin cDNA have been injected into the cell nuclei of cultured neurons derived from embryonic rat superior cervical ganglia. Vector-encoded vasopressin transcripts were also sorted to dendrites of these neurons indicating that the molecular determinants of dendritic mRNA transport are not cell specific. Mapping of the targeting elements revealed two segments within the vasopressin mRNA that are able to confer dendritic compartmentalization to alpha-tubulin mRNA which is normally confined to the cell body.
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- N Prakash
- Institut für Zellbiochemie und Klinische Neurobiologie, Universität Hamburg, Germany
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Buchholz H, Schönrock C, Fehr S, Richter D. Sequence analysis of a cDNA encoding an isotocin precursor and localization of the corresponding mRNA in the brain of the cartilaginous fish Torpedo marmorata. Mol Mar Biol Biotechnol 1995; 4:179-84. [PMID: 7773335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding an isotocin hormone precursor has been elucidated by analyzing a lambda ZAPII library constructed using poly(A)+ RNA from the brain of the cartilaginous fish Torpedo marmorata. The sequence predicts a precursor of 126 amino acid residues that consists of a signal peptide, the isotocin moiety, and a neurophysin carrier protein. In contrast to other known fish isotocin precursor sequences, the Torpedo neurophysin moiety is not extended at its carboxy-terminus by a copeptin-like sequence. The T. marmorata isotocin precursor exhibits highest amino acid sequence identity (61%) to the toad mesotocin precursor. As demonstrated by in situ hybridization, the isotocin mRNA is present in neurons of the preoptic area of the Torpedo brain.
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- H Buchholz
- Institut für Zellbiochemie und klinische Neurobiologie, UKE, Universität Hamburg, Germany
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Hartmann D, Fehr S, Meyerhof W, Richter D. Distribution of somatostatin receptor subtype 1 mRNA in the developing cerebral hemispheres of the rat. Dev Neurosci 1995; 17:246-55. [PMID: 8575344 DOI: 10.1159/000111293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Somatostatin (SST) is one of the major peptide transmitters in the mammalian central nervous system and also seems to exert specific functions during brain development. In contrast to ligand binding experiments, by which two pharmacologically different binding sites were characterized, molecular cloning techniques have led to the identification of at least five different receptor subtypes (SSTR1-5), which according to RNA blot analyses seem to be differentially distributed and regulated in the developing brain. In order to provide more precise data on the distribution of SSTR1 during ontogenesis, we have performed an in situ hybridization analysis, using a 35S-labelled RNA probe, in the developing rat cortex between embryonic day (E)12 and adulthood. Within the cortical plate, expression of SSTR1 gene was first detected in parallel with the establishment of the deep laminae V/VI at E16, thereby following the characteristic morphogenetic gradients of cortical plate construction. Thus, with the subsequent addition of cells along the radial dimension, e.g. the deposition of the supragranular neurons beyond E18, the hybridization signal spreads as an uniform homogenous band through the entire cortical plate, whereby silver grains reach their peak density around birth. Similar developmental gradients were observed along the lateromedial and frontooccipital dimension, whereby SSTR1 transcripts were detected near the frontal pole and the lateral cortical areas roughly 2 days before they appeared in the occipital and medial cortical anlage, respectively. From the initially homogenous distribution, two distinct SSTR1 mRNA-positive bands coextensive with laminae V/VI and II/III, respectively, and sparing lamina IV evolved during the first postnatal week, the grain density of which decreased during further postnatal development. Within the hippocampal formation, SSTR1 transcripts were initially observed at E18 in the subicular complex, and after birth also extending into the neighboring CA1 region. During the 1st and 2nd postnatal week, silver grains were observed over the pyramidal cell layer of CA2 and CA3 and as a faint supragranular band in the dentate gyrus. Similar to the isocortex, grain density decreased thereafter. Hypothetically, the pronounced temporospatial regulation of SSTR1 gene expression during brain development can be correlated with (1) the establishment and eventual reduction of transient cortical SSTergic neuron populations described for late pregnancy and early postnatal development and (2) a receptor subtype exchange during maturation as evidenced by the late (from postnatal day 7 onward) appearance of e.g. SSTR3.
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- D Hartmann
- Anatomisches Institut, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Germany
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Hartmann D, Fehr S, Meyerhof W, Richter D. Distribution of Somatostatin Receptor Subtype 1 mRNA in the Developing Cerebral Hemispheres of the Rat (Part 2 of 2). Dev Neurosci 1995. [DOI: 10.1159/000315761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The relative abundances of mRNAs encoding four different somatostatin receptors were examined using PCR techniques during postnatal development of the rat brain and hypophysis. In most tissues, somatostatin receptor 1 and 4 mRNAs are more abundant than those encoding somatostatin receptor 2 and 3. Transcript levels of somatostatin receptor subtype 4 are relatively high in the cortex, hippocampus, and striatum, those of subtype 1 in the cortex and brainstem, and those of subtype 3 in the cerebellum. In situ hybridization revealed the presence of significant amounts of somatostatin receptor 1 mRNA, as early as prenatal day 14, in the trigeminal ganglion and in the neuroepithelial layers surrounding the lateral, third, and fourth ventricles. In the developing cortex a morphological change in the sites of somatostatin receptor 1 gene expression occurs; mRNA is present superficially in the cortex at prenatal stages, appears in all layers shortly after birth, and in adult rats is restricted to the deep cortical layers. In the cerebellum, somatostatin receptor 1 mRNA levels are highest around birth, declining thereafter. In contrast, cerebellar somatostatin receptor 3 transcripts are absent at birth, become detectable around postnatal day 7, and reach a maximal level during maturation.
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- Institut für Zellbiochemie und Klinische Neurob iologie, Universität Hamburg, F.R.G
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Meyerhof W, Obermüller F, Fehr S, Richter D. A novel rat serotonin receptor: primary structure, pharmacology, and expression pattern in distinct brain regions. DNA Cell Biol 1993; 12:401-9. [PMID: 8517926 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1993.12.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Serotonin mediates various central and peripheral functions by its ability to bind to and activate a variety of receptors that belong to four pharmacologically defined classes termed 5-HT1 to 5-HT4. Using a polymerase chain reaction-derived probe, a clone, GPRFO, was isolated from a rat brain cDNA library. This cDNA encodes a putative G protein-coupled receptor that exhibits highest similarity to receptors for biogenic amines. RNA blot analysis indicated that the corresponding gene is expressed in the diencephalon. Consistent with the RNA blot data, GPRFO mRNA has been detected by in situ hybridization in the centrolateral, central medial, and intermediodorsal thalamic nuclei. Highest amounts of GPRFO mRNA, however, have been observed in a small area, i.e., the hippocampal rudiments and the stria longitudinalis. COS-7 cells transiently transfected with the GPRFO cDNA acquire saturable high-affinity binding sites for [3H]serotonin (KD = 41 nM). The pharmacological properties of the receptor differ from those of the known serotonin receptor subtypes, suggesting that the GPRFO cDNA encodes a novel serotonin receptor that is expressed in distinct rat brain regions.
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- W Meyerhof
- Institut für Zellbiochemie und klinische Neurobiologie, UKE, Universität Hamburg, Germany
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Tallen G, Fehr S, Saeger W, Uhlig H, Lüdecke DK. Detection of growth hormone, prolactin and human beta-chorionic gonadotropin mRNA in growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas and in prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas by in situ hybridization using a non-isotopic detection method. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1993; 128:411-7. [PMID: 8317187 DOI: 10.1530/acta.0.1280411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A non-isotopic in situ hybridization method with digoxigenin-labelled probes was used to examine growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL) and human beta-chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG(LH)) gene expression in 63 pituitary tumours in acromegaly and 20 adenomas in hyperprolactinaemia. hCG and LH were detected simultaneously because of the extensive homology (more than 90%) of their mRNA sequences (1). A comparison with former results obtained with 35S-labelled probes shows the value of the easier and faster non-isotopic method. Additionally, immunohistochemical data are included to give even more evidence for the synthesis of the respective hormones by the tumour cells. In all 63 adenomas in acromegaly, GH mRNA was revealed in 59 PRL mRNA and in 36 beta-hCG(LH) mRNA. A positive immunostaining for GH was found in all, for PRL in 40, and for beta-hCG(LH) in 34 adenomas. The comparison of the two in situ hybridization methods revealed no differences concerning GH mRNA detection, but not all tumours positive after non-isotopic PRL and beta-hCG(LH) mRNA detection showed signals with the radioactive method. Referring to the 20 PRL-secreting adenomas, PRL gene expression was demonstrable in all, GH mRNA in 12, and beta-hCG(LH) mRNA in 2 cases. Comparing the positive results of immunohistochemistry with those of in situ hybridization, correspondence was found in 19 cases for PRL, in 5 cases for GH and in no case for beta-hCG(LH).
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- G Tallen
- Department of Pathology, Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg, Germany
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Meyerhof W, Wulfsen I, Schönrock C, Fehr S, Richter D. Molecular cloning of a somatostatin-28 receptor and comparison of its expression pattern with that of a somatostatin-14 receptor in rat brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:10267-71. [PMID: 1279674 PMCID: PMC50319 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.21.10267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The tetradecapeptide somatotropin-release inhibiting factor somatostatin-14 regulates the release of peptide hormones and also functions as neurotransmitter. The octacosapeptide somatostatin-28, the N-terminally extended form of somatostatin-14, shows similar biological activities yet with different potencies. Both peptides most likely function through distinct receptors. Here we report on the molecular and functional characterization of a somatostatin-28 receptor (SSR-28) cloned from a rat brain cDNA library. The nucleotide sequence contains an open reading frame for a protein of 428 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass of 47 kDa. Binding assays using radiolabeled somatostatin-14 and membranes from COS cells transfected with the cloned cDNA show that this receptor, SSR-28, has a higher binding affinity for somatostatin-28 (IC50 = 0.24 nM) than for somatostatin-14 (IC50 = 0.89 nM). RNA blot analysis reveals a 4.4-kilobase mRNA in rat cerebellum and at significantly lower abundance in other brain regions. In situ hybridization indicates that SSR-28 mRNA is present in the granular and Purkinje cell layers of the cerebellum and in the large cells of the hypoglossal nucleus of the brain stem. Signals for SSR-28 mRNA do not overlap with those of a previously cloned rat receptor that preferentially binds somatostatin-14 (SSR-14). SSR-14 mRNA is found in the medial cerebellar nucleus, horizontal limb of the diagonal band, various hypothalamic nuclei, and in layers IV and V of the cortex. In the rat cerebellum, SSR-14 and SSR-28 mRNAs are developmentally regulated; the levels of the former are highest around birth and levels of the latter are highest at the adult stage.
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- W Meyerhof
- Institut für Zellbiochemie und klinische Neurobiologie, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Uhlig H, Saeger W, Fehr S, Lüdecke DK. Detection of growth hormone, prolactin and human beta-chorionic gonadotropin messenger RNA in growth-hormone-secreting pituitary adenomas by in situ hybridization. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol 1991; 418:539-46. [PMID: 2058088 DOI: 10.1007/bf01606505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In a series of 39 adenomas from patients with the clinical hyperfunction syndrome of acromegaly and in one from a case of prolactinoma we studied the mRNA expression of growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL) and beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) by using this technique of in situ hybridization (ISH). This technique allows the direct identification and localization of cells expressing mRNA and thus synthesizing the respective hormone. The aim of our study was to demonstrate the frequent co-expression of PRL mRNA and HCG mRNA in pituitary adenomas of acromegalic patients. Probes for ISH of the above-mentioned hormones were obtained by subcloning cDNA fragments into pGEM plasmids. Subsequent Sp6-polymerase catalysed in vitro transcription with 35S-CTP revealed radiolabelled single-stranded antisense RNA probes [the probe for beta HCG detects beta-luteinizing hormone (beta LH) simultaneously because of a sequence homology of 90%]. To localize the labelled hybrids, autoradiography was carried out. Light microscopical evaluation of the tissue sections demonstrated positive signals in all cases for GH, in 80% of cases for PRL and in 25% of cases for HCG [LH] mRNA. The comparison of mRNA content shown by ISH with immunocytochemical (ICC) hormone detection revealed that in all cases the detection of GH corresponded to GH mRNA content of the cells. For PRL and HCG [LH] positive mRNA detection (ISH) and negative hormone detection (ICC) occurred in some cases (PRL 17.5%; HCG [LH] 15%). In contrast, negative mRNA detection (ISH) and positive hormone content (ICC) was also demonstrated (PRL 5%; HCG [LH] 37.5%). The remaining adenomas showed both mRNA and the respective hormone, as well as negative ISH and ICC.
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- H Uhlig
- Department of Pathology, Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg, FRG
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Bäz E, Saeger W, Uhlig H, Fehr S, Lüdecke DK. HGH, PRL and beta HCG/beta LH gene expression in clinically inactive pituitary adenomas detected by in situ hybridization. Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol 1991; 418:405-10. [PMID: 1709764 DOI: 10.1007/bf01605926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Within our surgical collection clinically inactive pituitary adenomas represent 30.7% of all pituitary tumours. To characterize their endocrine activity we studied 40 clinically inactive pituitary adenomas with in situ hybridization (ISH) using cRNA probes labelled with 35S encoding growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL) and chorionic gonadotrophin (beta HCG). No tumour was associated with clinical evidence of elevated hormone secretion. A mild hyperprolactinaemia not correlated with hormone or the mRNA content of the cells was interpreted to be incidental in 11 patients. By histological analysis, immunohistochemistry (IH) and electron microscopy the adenomas were diagnosed as small cell chromophobic (n = 16) and large cell chromophobic (n = 8) adenomas, and oncocytomas (n = 16). Gene expression of one or more hormones was identified by ISH in 18 of 40 adenomas in few cells. GH and PRL gene expression was rare (GH mRNA in 3 of 40 tumours and PRL mRNA in 8 of 40 tumours) whereas in 14 of 40 adenomas beta HCG/beta LH gene expression was identified in scattered cells. Five of 40 adenomas lacking hybridization signals revealed hormones by IH. The detection of mRNA was accompanied by positive immunostaining for the respective hormones in 72%. The combination of ISH and IH reveals good evidence that the hormones are synthesized in the tumours and not taken up from the serum and stored in the cells. The two methods used together permit a more precise analysis of tumour biology than each alone.
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- E Bäz
- Department of Pathology, Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Hypothalamic vasopressin and oxytocin transcripts have been detected in the posterior pituitary suggesting either transcription of the respective genes in pituicytes or axonal mRNA transport from the hypothalamus to the nerve terminals of the posterior pituitary. The concept of axonal mRNA transport is supported firstly, by Northern blot and in situ hybridization analysis indicating that vasopressin and oxytocin mRNAs are also present in the neural stalk; secondly, by intron analysis and transcription run on experiments demonstrating the absence of primary vasopressin and oxytocin transcripts in non-neuronal cells of the posterior pituitary; thirdly, by embryonic developmental studies showing that appearance of vasopressin transcripts in the hypothalamus and the pituitary anlage is correlated. Furthermore, during axonal transport the respective mRNAs are subject to specific modification at the poly(A) tails.
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- E Mohr
- Institut für Zellbiochemie und klinische Neurobiologie, Universität Hamburg, UKE, FRG
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In a series of 40 pituitary adenomas in acromegaly all tumors showed mRNA for GH by in situ hybridization (ISH). The signals were mostly very strong and found in more than 80% of adenoma cells by using frozen sections. In paraffin sections the number of positive cells and the intensity of signals are lower. Prolactin mRNA was found in 87% of adenomas. In 27% more than 80% of cells were marked. beta-HCGmRNA (with 90% hormology for LH-mRNA) was demonstrable in very sparse cells of 25% of adenomas. Comparing ISH with immunohistology (IH) we found a correlation between signals and hormone content in 100% of adenomas for GH, in 60% for Prolactin and in 10% for Gonadotropins. In 18% Prolactin mRNA but not the hormone was demonstrable and in 5% Prolactin was immunostained but no hybridization signals were detected. In a series of 40 clinically inactive adenomas sparse cells of three tumors expressed GHmRNA and two of these contained also the hormone, whereas in one adenoma GH but not GHmRNA was demonstrable. Prolactin mRNA was found in 8 adenomas. 7 of these also contained the hormone. In two cases Prolactin but not Prolactin mRNA was present. Beta-HCG(LH)mRNA and the respective hormones were shown in very sparse cells of 6 adenomas, whereas only beta-HCG(LH)-mRNA was found in 8 cases. The significance of the findings is discussed.
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- W Saeger
- Department of Pathology, Marienkrankenhaus, Hamburg, FRG
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In the normal (Wistar) rat vasopressin encoding mRNA first appears at embryonic day 15 as demonstrated by in situ hybridization of hypothalamic sections. In mutant (Brattleboro) rats, which possess a defective vasopressin gene with a single nucleotide deletion, the corresponding transcript is not detectable before fetal day 18. In both rat strains however expression of the structurally related oxytocin gene begins at fetal day 19. Whereas normal and mutant vasopressin encoding mRNAs are identical in size up to at least three weeks after birth, the corresponding transcripts from adult Brattleboro but not from normal rats are markedly larger. This increase in size is due to a longer stretch of poly(A) sequence as demonstrated by treatment of the respective mRNAs with RNase H and oligo(dT). Thus the mutant vasopressin gene transcript is subject to a cellular-specific differential polyadenylation process during development.
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- S Fehr
- Institut für Zellbiochemie und klinische Neurobiologie, Universitäts-Krankenhaus, Eppendorf, Hamburg, FRG
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Schmale H, Fehr S, Richter D. Vasopressin biosynthesis--from gene to peptide hormone. Kidney Int Suppl 1987; 21:S8-13. [PMID: 3306109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In the bovine ovary there is a delay of 4-6 days between the observed maximum of oxytocin mRNA and the peak in the luteal levels of oxytocin nonapeptide. This implies a maturation process involving components of the post-translational processing pathway. In situ hybridization shows the oxytocin gene to be transcribed exclusively in the large cells of the corpus luteum at the beginning of the estrous cycle.
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The response of the thermophile Bacillus stearothermophilus to inhibition of tRNA acylation, energy starvation and temperature downshift was characterized. We found that B. stearothermophilus, like other prokaryotic organisms, reacts with the so-called stringent response, which includes the accumulation of the unusual nucleotides guanosine 3',5' bis (diphosphate) [ppGpp] and guanosine 3'-diphosphate, 5'-tri-phosphate [pppGpp] and concomitantly the reduction of RNA synthesis and growth rate. The amount of (p)ppGpp formed depended on the cause of the stringent response: when tRNA acylation was inhibited (p)ppGpp synthesis was much higher than after energy starvation or temperature downshift whereas RNA synthesis was totally blocked in each case.
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Fehr S, Richter D. Stringent response of Bacillus stearothermophilus: evidence for the existence of two distinct guanosine 3',5'-polyphosphate synthetases. J Bacteriol 1981; 145:68-73. [PMID: 6161916 PMCID: PMC217245 DOI: 10.1128/jb.145.1.68-73.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Bacillus stearothermophilus reacted to pseudomonic acid-induced inhibition of isoleucine-transfer ribonucleic acid (RNA) acylation and to energy downshift caused by alpha-methylglucoside addition with accumulation of guanosine 3',5'-polyphosphates [(p)ppGpp] and restriction of RNA synthesis. In vitro studies indicated that (p)ppGpp was synthesized by two different enzymes. One enzyme, (p)ppGpp synthetase I, was present in the ribosomal fraction, required the addition of a ribosome-messenger RNA-transfer RNA complex for activation, and was inhibited by tetracycline and thiostrepton. It is suggested that (p)ppGpp synthetase I is comparable to the relA gene product from Escherichia coli and is responsible for (p)ppGpp accumulation during amino acid starvation. The other enzyme, (p)ppGpp synthetase II, was found in the high-speed supernatant fraction (S100). It functioned independently of ribosomes, transfer RNA, and messenger RNA and was not inhibited by the above-mentioned antibiotics. (p)ppGpp synthetase II is thought to be responsible for (p)ppGpp accumulation during carbon source downshift. The two enzymes differ in their Km values for adenosine triphosphate (ATP):2mM ATP for synthetase I and 0.05 mM ATP for synthetase II. They also have different molecular weights: apparent Mr of 86,000 (+/- 5,000) for synthetase I and 74,000 (+/- 5,000) for synthetase II.
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Richter D, Fehr S, Harder R. The guanosine 3',5'-bis(diphosphate) (ppGpp) cycle. Comparison of synthesis and degradation of guanosine 3',5'-bis(diphosphate) in various bacterial systems. Eur J Biochem 1979; 99:57-64. [PMID: 114395 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1979.tb13230.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Fehr S, Godt F, Isono K, Richter D. A ribosome-independent stringent factor from Bacillus stearothermophilus and a low molecular weight substance inhibitory to its activity. FEBS Lett 1979; 97:91-5. [PMID: 216581 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(79)80059-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Bretting H, Kalthoff H, Fehr S. Studies on the relationship between lectins from Axinella polypoides agglutinating bacteria and human erythrocytes. J Invertebr Pathol 1978; 32:151-7. [PMID: 731069 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2011(78)90024-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Schmale H, Fehr S, Richter D. Stringent factor and ribosomes are present in equimolar amounts in cells from a stringent strain of Escherichia coli. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem 1978; 359:125-7. [PMID: 342384 DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1978.359.1.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Schmale H, Farnung K, Fehr S, Richter D. Transfer of pyrophosphate from ATP and its insertion into the 3'-position of guanosine nucleotides by a stringent factor associated with the particulate fraction from Escherichia coli. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem 1977; 358:1613-22. [PMID: 201555 DOI: 10.1515/bchm2.1977.358.2.1613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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