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Priyanka P, Gopalakrishnan AP, Nisar M, Shivamurthy PB, George M, John L, Sanjeev D, Yandigeri T, Thomas SD, Rafi A, Dagamajalu S, Velikkakath AKG, Abhinand CS, Kanekar S, Prasad TSK, Balaya RDA, Raju R. A global phosphosite-correlated network map of Thousand And One Kinase 1 (TAOK1). Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2024; 170:106558. [PMID: 38479581 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2024.106558] [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: 08/12/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
Abstract
Thousand and one amino acid kinase 1 (TAOK1) is a sterile 20 family Serine/Threonine kinase linked to microtubule dynamics, checkpoint signaling, DNA damage response, and neurological functions. Molecular-level alterations of TAOK1 have been associated with neurodevelopment disorders and cancers. Despite their known involvement in physiological and pathophysiological processes, and as a core member of the hippo signaling pathway, the phosphoregulatory network of TAOK1 has not been visualized. Aimed to explore this network, we first analyzed the predominantly detected and differentially regulated TAOK1 phosphosites in global phosphoproteome datasets across diverse experimental conditions. Based on 709 qualitative and 210 quantitative differential cellular phosphoproteome datasets that were systematically assembled, we identified that phosphorylation at Ser421, Ser9, Ser965, and Ser445 predominantly represented TAOK1 in almost 75% of these datasets. Surprisingly, the functional role of all these phosphosites in TAOK1 remains unexplored. Hence, we employed a robust strategy to extract the phosphosites in proteins that significantly correlated in expression with predominant TAOK1 phosphosites. This led to the first categorization of the phosphosites including those in the currently known and predicted interactors, kinases, and substrates, that positively/negatively correlated with the expression status of each predominant TAOK1 phosphosites. Subsequently, we also analyzed the phosphosites in core proteins of the hippo signaling pathway. Based on the TAOK1 phosphoregulatory network analysis, we inferred the potential role of the predominant TAOK1 phosphosites. Especially, we propose pSer9 as an autophosphorylation and TAOK1 kinase activity-associated phosphosite and pS421, the most frequently detected phosphosite in TAOK1, as a significant regulatory phosphosite involved in the maintenance of genome integrity. Considering that the impact of all phosphosites that predominantly represent each kinase is essential for the efficient interpretation of global phosphoproteome datasets, we believe that the approach undertaken in this study is suitable to be extended to other kinases for accelerated research.
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- Pahal Priyanka
- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine (CSBMM), Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine (CSBMM), Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine (CSBMM), Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine (CSBMM), Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine (CSBMM), Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India.
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Shaji V, Dagamajalu S, Sanjeev D, George M, Kanekar S, Prasad G, Keshava Prasad TS, Raju R, Devasahayam Arokia Balaya R. Deciphering the Receptor-Mediated Signaling Pathways of Interleukin-19 and Interleukin-20. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2024. [PMID: 38451706 DOI: 10.1089/jir.2024.0009] [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] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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Interleukin-19 (IL-19) and Interleukin-20 (IL-20) are inflammatory cytokines belonging to the IL-10 family with immunoregulatory properties. Emerging evidence highlights the importance of association of these cytokines with both immunological and inflammatory disorders, including chronic inflammation, cardiac dysfunction, and cancer. IL-19 and IL-20 bind to the heterodimeric receptor complex and induce multiple downstream signaling cascades by activating the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), AKT serine/threonine kinase 1 (AKT1), and NFKB inhibitor alpha (NFKBIA), leading to proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory reactions in cancer, inflammation, tumor microenvironment, and infectious diseases. Considering the significant role of these cytokines, we integrated its cellular signaling network by combining multiomics molecular events associated with 56 molecules of induced by IL-19 and 156 molecules of by IL-20. The reactions of these signaling events are classified into enzyme catalysis/post-translational modifications, activation/inhibition events, molecular associations, gene regulations at the mRNA and protein level, and the protein translocation events. We believe that this signaling pathway map would serve as a knowledge base, that aid researchers and clinicians to understand and explore the intricate mechanisms and identify novel signaling components and therapeutic targets for diseases associated with dysregulated IL-19 and IL-20 signaling.
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- Vineetha Shaji
- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Center for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Center for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Center for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
- Center for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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Sanjeev D, George M, John L, Gopalakrishnan AP, Priyanka P, Mendon S, Yandigeri T, Nisar M, Nisar M, Kanekar S, Balaya RDA, Raju R. Tyr352 as a Predominant Phosphosite in the Understudied Kinase and Molecular Target, HIPK1: Implications for Cancer Therapy. OMICS 2024; 28:111-124. [PMID: 38498023 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2023.0244] [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] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Homeodomain-interacting protein kinase 1 (HIPK1) is majorly found in the nucleoplasm. HIPK1 is associated with cell proliferation, tumor necrosis factor-mediated cellular apoptosis, transcription regulation, and DNA damage response, and thought to play significant roles in health and common diseases such as cancer. Despite this, HIPK1 remains an understudied molecular target. In the present study, based on a systematic screening and mapping approach, we assembled 424 qualitative and 44 quantitative phosphoproteome datasets with 15 phosphosites in HIPK1 reported across multiple studies. These HIPK1 phosphosites were not currently attributed to any functions. Among them, Tyr352 within the kinase domain was identified as the predominant phosphosite modulated in 22 differential datasets. To analyze the functional association of HIPK1 Tyr352, we first employed a stringent criterion to derive its positively and negatively correlated protein phosphosites. Subsequently, we categorized the correlated phosphosites in known interactors, known/predicted kinases, and substrates of HIPK1, for their prioritized validation. Bioinformatics analysis identified their significant association with biological processes such as the regulation of RNA splicing, DNA-templated transcription, and cellular metabolic processes. HIPK1 Tyr352 was also identified to be upregulated in Her2+ cell lines and a subset of pancreatic and cholangiocarcinoma tissues. These data and the systems biology approach undertaken in the present study serve as a platform to explore the functional role of other phosphosites in HIPK1, and by extension, inform cancer drug discovery and oncotherapy innovation. In all, this study highlights the comprehensive phosphosite map of HIPK1 kinase and the first of its kind phosphosite-centric analysis of HIPK1 kinase based on global-level phosphoproteomics datasets derived from human cellular differential experiments across distinct experimental conditions.
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- Diya Sanjeev
- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science (CIODS), Yenepoya (Deemed-to-be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Gopal D, Muthuraj R, Balaya RDA, Kanekar S, Ahmed I, Chandrasekaran J. Computational discovery of novel FYN kinase inhibitors: a cheminformatics and machine learning-driven approach to targeted cancer and neurodegenerative therapy. Mol Divers 2024:10.1007/s11030-024-10819-7. [PMID: 38418686 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-024-10819-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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In this study, we explored the potential of novel inhibitors for FYN kinase, a critical target in cancer and neurodegenerative disorders, by integrating advanced cheminformatics, machine learning, and molecular simulation techniques. Our approach involved analyzing key interactions for FYN inhibition using established multi-kinase inhibitors such as Staurosporine, Dasatinib, and Saracatinib. We utilized ECFP4 circular fingerprints and the t-SNE machine learning algorithm to compare molecular similarities between FDA-approved drugs and known clinical trial inhibitors. This led to the identification of potential inhibitors, including Afatinib, Copanlisib, and Vandetanib. Using the DrugSpaceX platform, we generated a vast library of 72,196 analogues from these leads, which after careful refinement, resulted in 6008 promising candidates. Subsequent clustering identified 48 analogues with significant similarity to known inhibitors. Notably, two candidates derived from Vandetanib, DE27123047 and DE27123035, exhibited strong docking affinities and stable binding in molecular dynamics simulations. These candidates showed high potential as effective FYN kinase inhibitors, as evidenced by MMGBSA calculations and MCE-18 scores exceeding 50. Additionally, our exploration into their molecular architecture revealed potential modification sites on the quinazolin-4-amine scaffold, suggesting opportunities for strategic alterations to enhance activity and optimize ADME properties. Our research is a pioneering effort in drug discovery, unveiling novel candidates for FYN inhibition and demonstrating the efficacy of a multi-layered computational strategy. The molecular insights gained provide a pathway for strategic refinements and future experimental validations, setting a new direction in targeted drug development against diseases involving FYN kinase.
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- Dhanushya Gopal
- Department of Pharmacology, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai, 600116, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai, 600116, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Prof. Ravindra Nikam College of Pharmacy, Dhule, India
- Division of Computer Aided Drug Design, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur, India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai, 600116, India.
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Giridhara Prema S, Chandrasekaran J, Kanekar S, George M, Prasad TSK, Raju R, Dagamajalu S, Balaya RDA. Cisplatin and Procaterol Combination in Gastric Cancer? Targeting Checkpoint Kinase 1 for Cancer Drug Discovery and Repurposing by an Integrated Computational and Experimental Approach. OMICS 2024; 28:8-23. [PMID: 38190280 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2023.0163] [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] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Checkpoint kinase 1 (CHK1), a serine/threonine kinase, plays a crucial role in cell cycle arrest and is a promising therapeutic target for drug development against cancers. CHK1 coordinates cell cycle checkpoints in response to DNA damage, facilitating repair of single-strand breaks, and maintains the genome integrity in response to replication stress. In this study, we employed an integrated computational and experimental approach to drug discovery and repurposing, aiming to identify a potent CHK1 inhibitor among existing drugs. An e-pharmacophore model was developed based on the three-dimensional crystal structure of the CHK1 protein in complex with CCT245737. This model, characterized by seven key molecular features, guided the screening of a library of drugs through molecular docking. The top 10% of scored ligands were further examined, with procaterol emerging as the leading candidate. Procaterol demonstrated interaction patterns with the CHK1 active site similar to CHK1 inhibitor (CCT245737), as shown by molecular dynamics analysis. Subsequent in vitro assays, including cell proliferation, colony formation, and cell cycle analysis, were conducted on gastric adenocarcinoma cells treated with procaterol, both as a monotherapy and in combination with cisplatin. Procaterol, in synergy with cisplatin, significantly inhibited cell growth, suggesting a potentiated therapeutic effect. Thus, we propose the combined application of cisplatin and procaterol as a novel potential therapeutic strategy against human gastric cancer. The findings also highlight the relevance of CHK1 kinase as a drug target for enhancing the sensitivity of cytotoxic agents in cancer.
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- Suchitha Giridhara Prema
- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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Agarwal A, Bhatt AA, Bathla G, Kanekar S, Soni N, Murray J, Vijay K, Vibhute P, Rhyner PH. Update from the 5th Edition of the WHO Classification of Nasal, Paranasal, and Skull Base Tumors: Imaging Overview with Histopathologic and Genetic Correlation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2023; 44:1116-1125. [PMID: 37591773 PMCID: PMC10549938 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a7960] [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] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Sinonasal and skull base tumors are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with considerable histologic variation and overlapping imaging features. In 2022, the World Health Organization updated the head and neck tumor classification, further emphasizing the importance of molecular data and genetic alterations in sinonasal neoplasms. The changes include the addition of new entities and discussion of emerging entities, as well as changes to the taxonomy and characterization of tumors. The new classification focuses on entities that develop in these sites either exclusively (eg, olfactory neuroblastoma) or most frequently. Another change includes reduction in the number of categories by creating separate category-specific chapters for soft-tissue, hematolymphoid, and neuroectodermal lesions. In this review, we briefly discuss the various categories in the new classification with a more detailed description of the 2 new entities (SWItch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable complex-deficient sinonasal carcinomas and human papillomavirus-related multiphenotypic sinonasal carcinoma). We also highlight the emerging entities including IDH-mutant sinonasal malignancies and DEK-AFF2 carcinoma, presently classified as sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma and nonkeratinizing squamous cell carcinoma, respectively.
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- A Agarwal
- From the Department of Radiology (A.A., J.M., P.V., P.H.R.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Department of Radiology (G.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- From the Department of Radiology (A.A., J.M., P.V., P.H.R.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Penn State University Health System (S.K.), Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Radiology (N.S.), University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Department of Neuroradiology (J.M., P.V., P.H.R.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Department of Radiology (K.V.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Neuroradiology (J.M., P.V., P.H.R.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Department of Neuroradiology (J.M., P.V., P.H.R.), Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
- Department of Radiology (K.V.), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Devasahayam Arokia Balaya R, Chandrasekaran J, Kanekar S, Kumar Modi P, Dagamajalu S, Gopinathan K, Raju R, Prasad TSK. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CAMKK2) inhibitors: a novel approach in small molecule discovery. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:15196-15206. [PMID: 37029757 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2193999] [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: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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The calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CAMKK2) plays a key role in regulation of intracellular calcium levels and signaling pathways. It is involved in activation of downstream signaling pathways that regulate various cellular processes. Dysregulation of CAMKK2 activity has been linked to various diseases including cancer, suggesting that CAMKK2 inhibitors might be beneficial in oncological, metabolic and inflammatory indications. The most pressing issues in small molecule discovery are synthesis feasibility, novel chemical structure and desired biological characteristics. To circumvent this constraint, we employed 'DrugspaceX' for rapid lead identification, followed by repositioning seven FDA-approved drugs for CAMKK2 inhibition. Further, first-level transformation (Set1 analogues) was performed in 'DrugspaceX', followed by virtual screening. The t-SNE visualization revealed that the transformations surrounding Rucaparib, Treprostinil and Canagliflozin are more promising for developing CAMKK2 inhibitors. Second, using the top-ranked Set1 analogues, Set2 analogues were generated, and virtual screening revealed the top-ranked five analogues. Among the top five Set2 analogues, DE273038_5 had the lowest docking score of -11.034 kcal/mol and SA score of 2.59, retaining the essential interactions with Hotspot residues LYS194 and VAL270 across 250 ns simulation period. When compared to the other four compounds, the ligand effectiveness score was 0.409, and the number of rotatable penalties was only three. Further, DE273038_5 after two rounds of transformations was discovered to be novel and had not been previously described in other databases. These data suggest that the new candidate DE273038_5 is likely to have inhibitory activity at the CAMKK2 active site, implying potential therapeutic use.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher education and Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Pharmacy, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher education and Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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Kumar S, Balaya RDA, Kanekar S, Raju R, Prasad TSK, Kandasamy RK. Computational tools for exploring peptide-membrane interactions in gram-positive bacteria. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2023; 21:1995-2008. [PMID: 36950221 PMCID: PMC10025024 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.02.051] [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: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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The vital cellular functions in Gram-positive bacteria are controlled by signaling molecules known as quorum sensing peptides (QSPs), considered promising therapeutic interventions for bacterial infections. In the bacterial system QSPs bind to membrane-coupled receptors, which then auto-phosphorylate and activate intracellular response regulators. These response regulators induce target gene expression in bacteria. One of the most reliable trends in drug discovery research for virulence-associated molecular targets is the use of peptide drugs or new functionalities. In this perspective, computational methods act as auxiliary aids for biologists, where methodologies based on machine learning and in silico analysis are developed as suitable tools for target peptide identification. Therefore, the development of quick and reliable computational resources to identify or predict these QSPs along with their receptors and inhibitors is receiving considerable attention. The databases such as Quorumpeps and Quorum Sensing of Human Gut Microbes (QSHGM) provide a detailed overview of the structures and functions of QSPs. The tools and algorithms such as QSPpred, QSPred-FL, iQSP, EnsembleQS and PEPred-Suite have been used for the generic prediction of QSPs and feature representation. The availability of compiled key resources for utilizing peptide features based on amino acid composition, positional preferences, and motifs as well as structural and physicochemical properties, including biofilm inhibitory peptides, can aid in elucidating the QSP and membrane receptor interactions in infectious Gram-positive pathogens. Herein, we present a comprehensive survey of diverse computational approaches that are suitable for detecting QSPs and QS interference molecules. This review highlights the utility of these methods for developing potential biomarkers against infectious Gram-positive pathogens.
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Key Words
- 3-HBA, 3–Hydroxybenzoic Acid
- AAC, Amino Acid Composition
- ABC, ATP-binding cassette
- ACD, Available Chemicals Database
- AIP, Autoinducing Peptide
- AMP, Anti-Microbial Peptide
- ATP, Adenosine Triphosphate
- Agr, Accessory gene regulator
- BFE, Binding Free Energy
- BIP Inhibitors
- BIP, Biofilm Inhibitory Peptides
- BLAST, Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
- BNB, Bernoulli Naïve-Bayes
- CADD, Computer-Aided Drug Design
- CSP, Competence Stimulating Peptide
- CTD, Composition-Transition-Distribution
- D, Aspartate
- DCH, 3,3′-(3,4-dichlorobenzylidene)-bis-(4-hydroxycoumarin)
- DT, Decision Tree
- FDA, Food and Drug Administration
- GBM, Gradient Boosting Machine
- GDC, g-gap Dipeptide
- GNB, Gaussian NB
- Gram-positive bacteria
- H, Histidine
- H-Kinase, Histidine Kinase
- H-phosphotransferase, Histidine Phosphotransferase
- HAM, Hamamelitannin
- HGM, Human Gut Microbiota
- HNP, Human Neutrophil Peptide
- IT, Information Theory Features
- In silico approaches
- KNN, K-Nearest Neighbors
- MCC, Mathew Co-relation Coefficient
- MD, Molecular Dynamics
- MDR, Multiple Drug Resistance
- ML, Machine Learning
- MRSA, Methicillin Resistant S. aureus
- MSL, Multiple Sequence Alignment
- OMR, Omargliptin
- OVP, Overlapping Property Features
- PCP, Physicochemical Properties
- PDB, Protein Data Bank
- PPIs, Protein-Protein Interactions
- PSM, Phenol-Soluble Modulin
- PTM, Post Translational Modification
- QS, Quorum Sensing
- QSCN, QS communication network
- QSHGM, Quorum Sensing of Human Gut Microbes
- QSI, QS Inhibitors
- QSIM, QS Interference Molecules
- QSP inhibitors
- QSP predictors
- QSP, QS Peptides
- QSPR, Quantitative Structure Property Relationship
- Quorum sensing peptides
- RAP, RNAIII-activating protein
- RF, Random Forest
- RIP, RNAIII-inhibiting peptide
- ROC, Receiver Operating Characteristic
- SAR, Structure-Activity Relationship
- SFS, Sequential Forward Search
- SIT, Sitagliptin
- SVM, Support Vector Machine
- TCS, Two-Component Sensory
- TRAP, Target of RAP
- TRG, Trelagliptin
- WHO, World Health Organization
- mRMR, minimum Redundancy and Maximum Relevance
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- Shreya Kumar
- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India
- Centre for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India
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- Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India
- Centre for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore 575018, India
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- Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR), and Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (IKOM), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Kanekar S, Rao SS, Yuvarajan S, Surya S, Rekha P. Linalool-encapsulated alginate microspheres as anti-virulence target against wound infections using In vitro and In vivo models. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2022.103848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Yuvarajan S, Hameed A, Bhagwath Arun A, Kanekar S, Rekha PD. Urease-negative uropathogen Kalamiella piersonii YU22 metabolizes urea by urea carboxylase and allophanate hydrolase enzyme system. Microbiol Res 2022; 263:127142. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127142] [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] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Kanekar S, Devasya RP. Growth-phase specific regulation of cviI/R based quorum sensing associated virulence factors in Chromobacterium violaceum by linalool, a monoterpenoid. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:23. [PMID: 34989882 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-021-03208-x] [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: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Quorum sensing (QS)-dependent gene regulation in bacteria performs a vital role in synchronization of cell-density-dependent functions. In Chromobacterium violaceum QS-dependent cviI/R regulatory genes are activated during the mid- or late-exponential phase of growth. However, sufficient evidence is lacking on the role of QS inhibitors on gene regulation at different phases of growth. Hence, we report the role of linalool, a natural monoterpenoid on QS mediated gene regulation at different stages of growth in C. violaceum by performing biosensor, growth kinetic and gene expression studies. In vitro and in vivo studies were performed for establishing role of linalool in reducing the virulence and infection by using HEK-293 T cell lines and Caenorhabditis elegans models respectively. C. violaceum CV026 with C6-HSL was used as control. The results showed linalool to be a QS inhibitor with an estimated IC50 of 63 µg/mL for violacein inhibition. At this concentration the cell density difference (delta OD600) of 0.14 from the compound was observed indicating the quorum concentration. The expression of cviI/R was initiated at mid-log phase (~ 18 h) and reached the maximum at 36 h in control whereas in treatment it remained significantly downregulated at all time points. The expression of violacein biosynthetic genes vioA, vioC, vioD and vioE was also downregulated by linalool. Infection studies with linalool showed higher survival rates in HEK-293T cell lines and C. elegans compared to the infection control. Taken together, this study proves linalool to be a QS inhibitor capable of attenuation of QS by controlling the cell density through cviI/R downregulation at the early phase of growth and hence offering scope for its application for controlling infections.
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- Saptami Kanekar
- Microbiology and Biotechnology Division, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), University Road, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, 575018, India
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- Microbiology and Biotechnology Division, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), University Road, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, 575018, India.
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Kanekar S, Fathima F, Rekha PD. Carvone - a quorum sensing inhibitor blocks biofilm formation in Chromobacterium violaceum. Nat Prod Res 2021; 36:4546-4551. [PMID: 34672225 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2021.1993214] [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] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Carvone is a natural monoterpenoid and in this study it was tested for its role in attenuating quorum sensing (QS) controlled biofilm formation in Chromobacterium violaceum. It showed significant QS inhibition in terms of reduction in violacein at a concentration range of 60 to 70 µg/mL against C. violaceum ATCC 12472. At the same concentration, carvone also inhibited biofilm formation by more than 80%. The biofilm morphology of C. violaceum is unique with a well organised pattern of cell arrangement in a tight matrix. The same was evident in Scanning electron microscopy, however, carvone treatment not only showed reduction in biofilm density but also disruption of biofilm matrix. Interruption of biofilm formation was attributed to reduction in the exopolysaccharide production and swarming motility. Molecular investigations (RT-PCR) showed that the important genes involved in biofilm regulation such as pilS, pilR, pilB and pilT were downregulated significantly in the treatment groups.
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- Saptami Kanekar
- Microbiology and Biotechnology Division, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore, India
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- Microbiology and Biotechnology Division, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore, India
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- Microbiology and Biotechnology Division, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore, India
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Saral A, Kanekar S, Koul KK, Bhagyawant SS. Plant growth promoting bacteria induce anti-quorum-sensing substances in chickpea legume seedling bioassay. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2021; 27:1577-1595. [PMID: 34366598 PMCID: PMC8295451 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-01034-x] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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UNLABELLED Microorganisms and their hosts communicate through an array of signals. Many physiological processes regulated in quorum sensing (QS) are dependent on auto-inducers, like N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) as in numerous groups of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. In vitro grown seven-day old chickpea seedlings treated with plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPRs) were used to screen the AHL mimicking and for phytochemical substances like phytohormones and secondary metabolites such as phenolics and flavonoids. Potential anti-quorum sensing (anti-QS) activity surrounding the roots on semi-solid agar lawn of Chromobacterium violaceum (ATCC12742) was observed. Crude protein (4.46-8.30 μg/mL) and methanolic extracts (100 μg/mL) of seedling gave moderate anti-QS activity against CV12742 anti QS bioassay, respectively. Crude protein and methanolic extract of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (34.00 ± 2.23; 34.00 ± 4.33 mm) and B. subtilis A (27.00 ± 2.10; 3.29 ± 2.16 mm) treated samples showed higher zone of inhibition due to anti-QS activity. Phytohormone analysis using LC-MS for zeatin, auxin and methyl jasmonate (MeJA) indicated that phytohormones were significantly upregulated by 1909.80 ng/g FW, 669.67 ng/g FW and 244.55 ng/g FW, respectively in Pseudomonas brassicacearum treated seedlings compared to control. UHPLC of PGPR treated seedlings showed overly expressed gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, catechin, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid, catechol, vanillin, and ferulic acid in B. amyloliquefaciens treated seedlings compared to others. Enrichment analysis identified significant pathways related to metabolism, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. The present study indicates that chickpea neutralizes an extensive range of functional responses to AHLs that may play important role in legume host-microbe interactions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-021-01034-x.
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- Anamika Saral
- School of Studies in Biotechnology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, 474011 India
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- Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore, India
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- School of Studies in Biotechnology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, 474011 India
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Shastry RP, Kanekar S, Pandial AS, Rekha PD. Isoeugenol suppresses multiple quorum sensing regulated phenotypes and biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Nat Prod Res 2021; 36:1663-1667. [PMID: 33719769 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2021.1899174] [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] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The potential strategy to prevent bacterial pathogenicity is disabling quorum sensing circuits with structural mimicking molecules. Here, we analyzed a synthetic molecule isoeugenol, for inhibition of quorum sensing regulated phenotype and biofilm formation. Isoeugenol was an effective inhibitor, i.e., more than 70% of virulence factors were inhibited including pyocyanin, rhamnolipid, exopolysaccharide, swarming motility and biofilm formation. Interestingly, these quorum sensing regulated phenotypes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 were inhibited without affecting the planktonic cells. Moreover, the presence of isoeugenol exhibited more than 70% inhibition of biofilm formation through inhibition of the quorum sensing systems. Furthermore, docking studies suggest that isoeugenol bound to the quorum sensor regulators such as LasI, LasR PqsE and SidA with considerable binding interactions. Our results demonstrate the utility of isoeugenol as a blocker of quorum sensing, which will be functioning as an antivirulence compound.
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- Rajesh P Shastry
- Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore, India
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- Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore, India
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- Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore, India
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- Division of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangalore, India
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Du G, Lewis MM, Kanekar S, Sterling NW, He L, Kong L, Li R, Huang X. Combined Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Apparent Transverse Relaxation Rate Differentiate Parkinson Disease and Atypical Parkinsonism. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2017; 38:966-972. [PMID: 28364007 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a5136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Both diffusion tensor imaging and the apparent transverse relaxation rate have shown promise in differentiating Parkinson disease from atypical parkinsonism (particularly multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy). The objective of the study was to assess the ability of DTI, the apparent transverse relaxation rate, and their combination for differentiating Parkinson disease, multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, and controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 106 subjects (36 controls, 35 patients with Parkinson disease, 16 with multiple system atrophy, and 19 with progressive supranuclear palsy) were included. DTI and the apparent transverse relaxation rate measures from the striatal, midbrain, limbic, and cerebellar regions were obtained and compared among groups. The discrimination performance of DTI and the apparent transverse relaxation rate among groups was assessed by using Elastic-Net machine learning and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. RESULTS Compared with controls, patients with Parkinson disease showed significant apparent transverse relaxation rate differences in the red nucleus. Compared to those with Parkinson disease, patients with both multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy showed more widespread changes, extending from the midbrain to striatal and cerebellar structures. The pattern of changes, however, was different between the 2 groups. For instance, patients with multiple system atrophy showed decreased fractional anisotropy and an increased apparent transverse relaxation rate in the subthalamic nucleus, whereas patients with progressive supranuclear palsy showed an increased mean diffusivity in the hippocampus. Combined, DTI and the apparent transverse relaxation rate were significantly better than DTI or the apparent transverse relaxation rate alone in separating controls from those with Parkinson disease/multiple system atrophy/progressive supranuclear palsy; controls from those with Parkinson disease; those with Parkinson disease from those with multiple system atrophy/progressive supranuclear palsy; and those with Parkinson disease from those with multiple system atrophy; but not those with Parkinson disease from those with progressive supranuclear palsy, or those with multiple system atrophy from those with progressive supranuclear palsy. CONCLUSIONS DTI and the apparent transverse relaxation rate provide different but complementary information for different parkinsonisms. Combined DTI and apparent transverse relaxation rate may be a superior marker for the differential diagnosis of parkinsonisms.
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- G Du
- From the Departments of Neurology (G.D., M.M.L., N.W.S., L.H., X.H.)
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- From the Departments of Neurology (G.D., M.M.L., N.W.S., L.H., X.H.)
- Pharmacology (M.M.L., X.H.)
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- From the Departments of Neurology (G.D., M.M.L., N.W.S., L.H., X.H.)
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- From the Departments of Neurology (G.D., M.M.L., N.W.S., L.H., X.H.)
- Department of Public Health (L.H.), Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China
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- Public Health Sciences (L.K.), Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Statistics (R.L.), Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
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- From the Departments of Neurology (G.D., M.M.L., N.W.S., L.H., X.H.)
- Radiology (S.K., X.H.)
- Pharmacology (M.M.L., X.H.)
- Neurosurgery (X.H.)
- Kinesiology (X.H.)
- Bioengineering (X.H.)
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Gould TD, Georgiou P, Brenner LA, Brundin L, Can A, Courtet P, Donaldson ZR, Dwivedi Y, Guillaume S, Gottesman II, Kanekar S, Lowry CA, Renshaw PF, Rujescu D, Smith EG, Turecki G, Zanos P, Zarate CA, Zunszain PA, Postolache TT. Animal models to improve our understanding and treatment of suicidal behavior. Transl Psychiatry 2017; 7:e1092. [PMID: 28398339 PMCID: PMC5416692 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2016] [Revised: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Worldwide, suicide is a leading cause of death. Although a sizable proportion of deaths by suicide may be preventable, it is well documented that despite major governmental and international investments in research, education and clinical practice suicide rates have not diminished and are even increasing among several at-risk populations. Although nonhuman animals do not engage in suicidal behavior amenable to translational studies, we argue that animal model systems are necessary to investigate candidate endophenotypes of suicidal behavior and the neurobiology underlying these endophenotypes. Animal models are similarly a critical resource to help delineate treatment targets and pharmacological means to improve our ability to manage the risk of suicide. In particular, certain pathophysiological pathways to suicidal behavior, including stress and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction, neurotransmitter system abnormalities, endocrine and neuroimmune changes, aggression, impulsivity and decision-making deficits, as well as the role of critical interactions between genetic and epigenetic factors, development and environmental risk factors can be modeled in laboratory animals. We broadly describe human biological findings, as well as protective effects of medications such as lithium, clozapine, and ketamine associated with modifying risk of engaging in suicidal behavior that are readily translatable to animal models. Endophenotypes of suicidal behavior, studied in animal models, are further useful for moving observed associations with harmful environmental factors (for example, childhood adversity, mechanical trauma aeroallergens, pathogens, inflammation triggers) from association to causation, and developing preventative strategies. Further study in animals will contribute to a more informed, comprehensive, accelerated and ultimately impactful suicide research portfolio.
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- T D Gould
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Denver, CO, USA
- Military and Veteran Microbiome Consortium for Research and Education, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Psychology, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Emergency Psychiatry and Post Acute Care, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Université Montpellier, Inserm U1061, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Emergency Psychiatry and Post Acute Care, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Université Montpellier, Inserm U1061, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Denver, CO, USA
- Military and Veteran Microbiome Consortium for Research and Education, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA
- Department of Integrative Physiology and Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Center for Neuroscience, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Denver, CO, USA
- Military and Veteran Microbiome Consortium for Research and Education, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA
- VISN 5 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Baltimore MD, USA
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Slattery ML, Schumacher MC, Lanier AP, Edwards S, Edwards R, Murtaugh MA, Sandidge J, Day GE, Kaufman D, Kanekar S, Tom-Orme L, Henderson JA. A prospective cohort of American Indian and Alaska Native people: study design, methods, and implementation. Am J Epidemiol 2007; 166:606-15. [PMID: 17586578 PMCID: PMC2556228 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In 2001, the National Cancer Institute funded three centers to test the feasibility of establishing a cohort of American Indian and Alaska Native people. Participating tribal organizations named the study EARTH (Education and Research Towards Health). This paper describes the study methods. A computerized data collection and tracking system was developed using audio computer-assisted survey methodology with touch screens. Data were collected on diet, physical activity, lifestyle and cultural practices, medical and reproductive history, and family history of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. In addition, a small panel of medical measurements was obtained, including height, weight, waist and hip circumferences, blood pressure, and a lipid panel plus glucose. At the completion of the enrollment visit, data were used to provide immediate health feedback to study participants. During the initial funding period, the authors anticipate enrolling 16,000 American Indian and Alaska Native participants. The age distribution of the study population was similar to that reported in the 2000 US Census for the relevant populations. A component critical to the success of the EARTH Study has been the partnerships with tribal members. The study has focused on involvement of American Indian and Alaska Native communities in development and implementation and on provision of feedback to participants and communities.
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- M L Slattery
- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.
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Parameswaran B, Kanekar S. Radiological quiz - abdomen. Indian J Radiol Imaging 2006. [DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.29032] [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: 11/04/2022] Open
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- Department of Radiology, Salmaniya Medical Complex
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Kanekar S. Atlantoaxial dislocation in idiopathic cervical dystonia. Neurol India 2004; 52:124-5. [PMID: 15069262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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We report a case of severe cervical spondylosis and atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD) in association with idiopathic cervical dystonia (ICD) in a middle-aged male. To our knowledge, this is the first case of ICD reported in association with AAD.
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- S Kanekar
- Department of Radiology, PO Box 12, Salmania Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain.
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Kanekar S. Fin-de-siècle ranking of important psychologists by a sample of undergraduate students enrolled in history of psychology. Psychol Rep 2001; 89:650. [PMID: 11824731 DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.3.650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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134 undergraduate students of the history of psychology from 1998 through 2000 were requested to name three psychologists in order of importance, eminence, or influence within as well as outside the discipline of psychology. Salient was confirmation of Sigmund Freud as outranking other psychologists by a wide margin.
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The authors used vignettes to solicit each participant's estimate of the likelihood of help and his/her recommendation for or against helping a student who needed to borrow another student's class notes. The study had a 2 (Hindu vs. Muslim participant) x 2 (participant's gender) x 2 (liking vs. disliking relationship) x 2 (justified vs. unjustified need for help) x 2 (low vs. high cost of helping) factorial design with 15 participants per cell. Estimated likelihood of help was higher among the female than among the male participants, with the liking than with the disliking relationship, and with the low rather than with the high cost of helping. The Hindu participants gave lower estimates of the likelihood of help than did the Muslim participants with the disliking relationship and with the unjustified need for help. Intracommunal helping, irrespective of contextual variations, may have been a stronger social norm for the Muslim than for the Hindu participants, probably because of the former's minority status in India and, more important, the Islamic prescription of communal brotherhood. Even though both communities are deemed collectivist, the Indian Muslim participants' helping norms appeared to be more obligation oriented and less option oriented than those of the Indian Hindu participants.
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- S Kanekar
- University of Phoenix, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Tucker P, Laemle L, Munson A, Kanekar S, Oliver ER, Brown N, Schlecht H, Vetter M, Glaser T. The eyeless mouse mutation (ey1) removes an alternative start codon from the Rx/rax homeobox gene. Genesis 2001; 31:43-53. [PMID: 11668677 DOI: 10.1002/gene.10003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The eyeless inbred mouse strain ZRDCT has long served as a spontaneous model for human anophthalmia and the evolutionary reduction of eyes that has occurred in some naturally blind mammals. ZRDCT mice have orbits but lack eyes and optic tracts and have hypothalamic abnormalities. Segregation data suggest that a small number of interacting genes are responsible, including at least one major recessive locus, ey1. Although predicted since the 1940s, these loci were never identified. We mapped ey1 to chromosome 18 using an F2 genome scan and there found a Met10-->Leu mutation in Rx/rax, a homeobox gene that is expressed in the anterior headfold, developing retina, pineal, and hypothalamus and is translated via a leaky scanning mechanism. The mutation affects a conserved AUG codon that functions as an alternative translation initiation site and consequently reduces the abundance of Rx protein. In contrast to a targeted Rx null allele, which causes anophthalmia, central nervous system defects, and neonatal death, the hypomorphic M10L allele is fully viable.
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- P Tucker
- Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Dynamic interactions between cells and the extracellular matrix are essential in the regulation of a number of cellular processes including migration, adhesion, proliferation and differentiation. A variety of factors have been identified which modulate these interactions including transforming growth factor-beta, platelet-derived growth factor and others. Insulin-like growth factors have been shown to regulate collagen production by heart fibroblasts; however, the effects of this growth factor on the interactions of heart fibroblasts with the extracellular matrix have not been examined. The present studies were carried out to determine the effects of IGF-I on the ability of fibroblasts to interact with the extracellular matrix and to begin to determine the mechanisms of this response. These experiments illustrate that IGF-I treatment results in increased migration, collagen reorganization and gel contraction by heart fibroblasts. IGF-I has been shown to activate both the mitogen-activated protein kinase and phophatidylinositol-3 kinase pathways in isolated cells. Experiments with pharmacological antagonists of these pathways indicate that the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway is essential for IGF-I stimulated collagen gel contraction by fibroblasts. These studies illustrate that IGF-I modulates the ability of fibroblasts to interact with the collagen matrix and that activation of multiple signaling pathways by IGF-I may produce distinct downstream responses in these cells.
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- S Kanekar
- Department of Developmental Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia 29208, USA
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Brown NL, Kanekar S, Vetter ML, Tucker PK, Gemza DL, Glaser T. Math5 encodes a murine basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor expressed during early stages of retinal neurogenesis. Development 1998; 125:4821-33. [PMID: 9806930 DOI: 10.1242/dev.125.23.4821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We have identified Math5, a mouse basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) gene that is closely related to Drosophila atonal and Xenopus Xath5 and is largely restricted to the developing eye. Math5 retinal expression precedes differentiation of the first neurons and persists within progenitor cells until after birth. To position Math5 in a hierarchy of retinal development, we compared Math5 and Hes1 expression in wild-type and Pax6-deficient (Sey) embryos. Math5 expression is downregulated in Sey/+ eyes and abolished in Sey/Sey eye rudiments, whereas the bHLH gene Hes1 is upregulated in a similar dose-dependent manner. These results link Pax6 to the process of retinal neurogenesis and provide the first molecular correlate for the dosage-sensitivity of the Pax6 phenotype. During retinogenesis, Math5 is expressed significantly before NeuroD, Ngn2 or Mash1. To test whether these bHLH genes influence the fates of distinct classes of retinal neurons, we ectopically expressed Math5 and Mash1 in Xenopus retinal progenitors. Unexpectedly, lipofection of either mouse gene into the frog retina caused an increase in differentiated bipolar cells. Directed expression of Math5, but not Xath5, in Xenopus blastomeres produced an expanded retinal phenotype. We propose that Math5 acts as a proneural gene, but has properties different from its most closely related vertebrate family member, Xath5.
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- N L Brown
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0650, USA. naybro@umich. edu
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Kanekar S, Miranda JP. Attribution as a function of agential distance in a causal chain. Genet Soc Gen Psychol Monogr 1998; 124:271-82. [PMID: 9679288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The hypothesis that causality and blame will be differently affected by agential distance within a two-step causal chain was tested. A hypothetical medical accident was presented to 360 female college students in India, who gave causality, blame, or punishment judgments about either the proximal agent or the distal agent. The study had a 2 (proximal vs. distal agent) x 2 (high vs. low extenuation) x 2 (mild vs. severe outcome) x 3 (casuality, blame, or punishment judgments) fully crossed, between-subjects factorial design, with 15 participants per cell. In support of the basic hypothesis, more blame and punishment were assigned to the distal agent than to the proximal agent, whereas agential distance did not affect causal attribution. Extenuation was effective on causality and blame judgments only when the outcome was mild, and there was no effect of extenuation on punishment judgments, irrespective of outcome severity.
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- S Kanekar
- Department of Health Care Professions, University of Phoenix, USA.
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The ciliary marginal zone is a perpetually self-renewing proliferative neuroepithelium at the perimeter of the retina in amphibians and fish. In the ciliary marginal zone (CMZ), cells are spatially ordered with respect to cellular development, deep stem cells being most peripheral and differentiating retinal progenitors being most central. This spatial gradient in the CMZ recapitulates embryonic retinogenesis and provides a powerful system to examine the relative order of gene expression during this process. A number of neurogenic and proneural genes have been described to have interacting roles in the development of the vertebrate nervous system, and so it is of major importance to put these genes in a hierarchical pathway. In no other system yet described are the developmental stages of neurogenesis arrayed so clearly in a spatial pattern as in the CMZ. We have therefore taken advantage of this system, using double in situ hybridizations on cross sections of the CMZ, to compare the spatial patterns of 15 proneural, neurogenic, and other genes involved in early and late phases of retinal development. In addition, we have positioned these expression patterns with respect to cell division. What emerges from this work is a spatial ordering of gene expression that predicts a genetic hierarchy governing vertebrate retinogenesis. By injecting messenger RNA for some of these genes into blastomeres of the Xenopus embryo and examining the effects on expression of the putative downstream genes, we have been able to corroborate some of the relationships between genes predicted to act sequentially.
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- M Perron
- Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Formerly a fatal condition, Wegener's granulomatosis is now treated with good results. Although the annual incidence of Wegener's granulomatosis in the general population is not known, most European and American studies revealed an incidence in the range of one for every 250,000 of the population. The estimated total population of Bahrain as of June 1997 is 586,110; here we report the first diagnosed case of Wegener's granulomatosis in Bahrain. Our patient presented with epistaxis, and from the clinical features, the very high ESR, the operative, histopathological and the radiological findings, and a high index of suspicion we could confirm the diagnosis along with the appropriate immunological test (positive cANCA). Standard treatment with cytotoxic agents and corticosteroids has been used. On follow-up the patient has shown a progressive improvement in her clinical and laboratory parameters.
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- A Jamal
- Department of Otolaryngology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Bahrain
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We examined the function of basic-helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors during retinal neurogenesis. We identified Xath5, a Xenopus bHLH gene related to Drosophila atonal, which is expressed in the developing Xenopus retina. Targeted expression of Xath5 in retinal progenitor cells biased the differentiation of these cells toward a ganglion cell fate, suggesting that Xath5 can regulate the differentiation of retinal neurons. We examined the relationship between the three bHLH genes Xash3, NeuroD, and Xath5 during retinal neurogenesis and found that Xash3 is expressed in early retinoblasts, followed by coexpression of Xath5 and NeuroD in differentiating cells. We provide evidence that the expression of Xash3, NeuroD, and Xath5 is coupled and propose that these bHLH genes regulate successive stages of neuronal differentiation in the developing retina.
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- S Kanekar
- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84132, USA
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Venkatachalam S, Balakrishnan C, Mangat G, Kanekar S, Niranjan A, Sainani RG, Joshi VR. Central nervous system toxoplasmosis in acquired immune deficiency syndrome. J Assoc Physicians India 1995; 43:427-30. [PMID: 8906950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- S Venkatachalam
- National Health and Education Society, PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Veer Savarkar Marg, Mahim, Bombay
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A mixed factorial design was used to examine the physical attractiveness stereotype in the context of consumer behavior, with physical attractiveness and clothing elegance as between-subjects variables and type of consumer product as a within-subject variable. Female graduate students in India were shown photographs of a young female model and were asked to indicate the quality of four consumer products that the model was likely to choose. Product quality was rated higher for the attractive model than for the plain (nonattractive) model, but the difference was significant only for beauty products. Product quality was rated higher for the elegantly dressed model than for the model who was not elegantly dressed, irrespective of product type.
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- H Parekh
- Department of Applied Psychology, University of Bombay, India
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- S Kanekar
- Department of Applied Psychology, University of Bombay, India
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Kanekar S, Pinto AJ, Nazareth AM. Estimated willingness to donate a kidney as a function of donor-recipient relationship and probability of success. J Soc Psychol 1990; 130:259. [PMID: 2342349 DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1990.9924576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Koothur JP, Kanekar S. Type A behavior pattern and academic performance of college students in India. J Soc Psychol 1984; 123:275-6. [PMID: 6503239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Kanekar S, Nanji VJ, Kolsawalla MB, Mukerji GS. Perception of an aggressor and a victim of aggression as a function of sex and retaliation. J Soc Psychol 1981; 114:139-40. [PMID: 7242040 DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1981.9922740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Kanekar S, Mazumdar D, Bulsara RM, Kolsawalla MB. Perception of an aggressor and his victim as a function of their relationship and retaliation. Psychol Rep 1979; 44:609-10. [PMID: 461654 DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1979.44.2.609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Two experiments, using a simple incident of aggression described in a passage, were conducted to study the evaluation of an aggressor (Study II) and his victim (Study I) as a function of their relationship. Both studies used a 2 (subjects' sex) × 2 (aggressor superior to victim vs aggressor subordinate to victim) × 2 (retaliating vs nonretaliating victim) factorial design, with 20 college students per cell as subjects ( N = 320). The nonretaliating victim was rated more positively than the retaliating victim on all dimensions. The aggressor tended to be more favorably judged when the victim was a superior rather than a subordinate, although this was not true of all conditions or of all dimensions.
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Cardinali G, Aoul-Enein M, Kanekar S. Hematological studies in mouse transplantable leukemia. Haematol Lat 1966; 9:1-22. [PMID: 5955014] [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: 01/17/2023]
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