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Pandey A, Galeone A, Han SY, Story BA, Consonni G, Mueller WF, Steinmetz LM, Vaccari T, Jafar-Nejad H. Gut barrier defects, intestinal immune hyperactivation and enhanced lipid catabolism drive lethality in NGLY1-deficient Drosophila. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5667. [PMID: 37704604 PMCID: PMC10499810 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40910-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Intestinal barrier dysfunction leads to inflammation and associated metabolic changes. However, the relative impact of gut bacteria versus non-bacterial insults on animal health in the context of barrier dysfunction is not well understood. Here, we establish that loss of Drosophila N-glycanase 1 (Pngl) in a specific intestinal cell type leads to gut barrier defects, causing starvation and JNK overactivation. These abnormalities, along with loss of Pngl in enterocytes and fat body, result in Foxo overactivation, leading to hyperactive innate immune response and lipid catabolism and thereby contributing to lethality. Germ-free rearing of Pngl mutants rescued their developmental delay but not lethality. However, raising Pngl mutants on isocaloric, fat-rich diets partially rescued lethality. Our data indicate that Pngl functions in Drosophila larvae to establish the gut barrier, and that the lethality caused by loss of Pngl is primarily mediated through non-bacterial induction of immune and metabolic abnormalities.
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- Ashutosh Pandey
- Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Institute of Nanotechnology, National Research Council (CNR-NANOTEC), Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
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- Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
- Genetics & Genomic Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
- Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics Graduate Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
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Tong S, Ventola P, Frater CH, Klotz J, Phillips JM, Muppidi S, Dwight SS, Mueller WF, Beahm BJ, Wilsey M, Lee KJ. NGLY1 deficiency: a prospective natural history study. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:2787-2796. [PMID: 37379343 PMCID: PMC10481101 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad106] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Revised: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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N-glycanase 1 (NGLY1) deficiency is a debilitating, ultra-rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by loss of function of NGLY1, a cytosolic enzyme that deglycosylates other proteins. It is characterized by severe global developmental delay and/or intellectual disability, hyperkinetic movement disorder, transient elevation of transaminases, (hypo)alacrima and progressive, diffuse, length-dependent sensorimotor polyneuropathy. A prospective natural history study (NHS) was conducted to elucidate clinical features and disease course. Twenty-nine participants were enrolled (15 onsite, 14 remotely) and followed for up to 32 months, representing ~29% of the ~100 patients identified worldwide. Participants exhibited profound developmental delays, with almost all developmental quotients below 20 on the Mullen Scales of Early Learning, well below the normative score of 100. Increased difficulties with sitting and standing suggested decline in motor function over time. Most patients presented with (hypo)alacrima and reduced sweat response. Pediatric quality of life was poor except for emotional function. Language/communication and motor skill problems including hand use were reported by caregivers as the most bothersome symptoms. Levels of the substrate biomarker, GlcNAc-Asn (aspartylglucosamine; GNA), were consistently elevated in all participants over time, independent of age. Liver enzymes were elevated for some participants but improved especially in younger patients and did not reach levels indicating severe liver disease. Three participants died during the study period. Data from this NHS informs selection of endpoints and assessments for future clinical trials for NGLY1 deficiency interventions. Potential endpoints include GNA biomarker levels, neurocognitive assessments, autonomic and motor function (particularly hand use), (hypo)alacrima and quality of life.
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- Sandra Tong
- Grace Science Foundation, Menlo Park, CA 94026, USA
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- Cogstate, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
- Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Grace Science Foundation, Menlo Park, CA 94026, USA
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- Grace Science Foundation, Menlo Park, CA 94026, USA
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Pandey A, Galeone A, Han SY, Story BA, Consonni G, Mueller WF, Steinmetz LM, Vaccari T, Jafar-Nejad H. Gut barrier defects, increased intestinal innate immune response, and enhanced lipid catabolism drive lethality in N -glycanase 1 deficient Drosophila. bioRxiv 2023:2023.04.07.536022. [PMID: 37066398 PMCID: PMC10104161 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.07.536022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Intestinal barrier dysfunction leads to inflammation and associated metabolic changes. However, the relative impact of infectious versus non-infectious mechanisms on animal health in the context of barrier dysfunction is not well understood. Here, we establish that loss of Drosophila N -glycanase 1 (Pngl) leads to gut barrier defects, which cause starvation and increased JNK activity. These defects result in Foxo overactivation, which induces a hyperactive innate immune response and lipid catabolism, thereby contributing to lethality associated with loss of Pngl . Notably, germ-free rearing of Pngl mutants did not rescue lethality. In contrast, raising Pngl mutants on isocaloric, fat-rich diets improved animal survival in a dosage-dependent manner. Our data indicate that Pngl functions in Drosophila larvae to establish the gut barrier, and that the immune and metabolic consequences of loss of Pngl are primarily mediated through non-infectious mechanisms.
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Zhu L, Tan B, Dwight SS, Beahm B, Wilsey M, Crawford BE, Schweighardt B, Cook JW, Wechsler T, Mueller WF. AAV9-NGLY1 gene replacement therapy improves phenotypic and biomarker endpoints in a rat model of NGLY1 Deficiency. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 2022; 27:259-271. [PMID: 36320418 PMCID: PMC9593239 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2022.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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N-glycanase 1 (NGLY1) Deficiency is a progressive, ultra-rare, autosomal recessive disorder with no approved therapy and five core clinical features: severe global developmental delay, hyperkinetic movement disorder, elevated liver transaminases, alacrima, and peripheral neuropathy. Here, we confirmed and characterized the Ngly1 -/- / rat as a relevant disease model. GS-100, a gene therapy candidate, is a recombinant, single-stranded adeno-associated virus (AAV) 9 vector designed to deliver a functional copy of the human NGLY1 gene. Using the Ngly1 -/- rat, we tested different administration routes for GS-100: intracerebroventricular (ICV), intravenous (IV), or the dual route (IV + ICV). ICV and IV + ICV administration resulted in widespread biodistribution of human NGLY1 DNA and corresponding mRNA and protein expression in CNS tissues. GS-100 delivered by ICV or IV + ICV significantly reduced levels of the substrate biomarker N-acetylglucosamine-asparagine (GlcNAc-Asn or GNA) in CSF and brain tissue compared with untreated Ngly1-/- rats. ICV and IV + ICV administration of GS-100 resulted in behavioral improvements in rotarod and rearing tests, whereas IV-only administration did not. IV + ICV did not provide additional benefit compared with ICV administration alone. These data provide evidence that GS-100 could be an effective therapy for NGLY1 Deficiency using the ICV route of administration.
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- Lei Zhu
- Grace Science, LLC, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Grace Science, LLC, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Grace Science, LLC, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Grace Science, LLC, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Corresponding author William F. Mueller, Grace Science, LLC, 1142 Crane Street, Ste 4, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
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Rauscher B, Mueller WF, Clauder-Münster S, Jakob P, Islam MS, Sun H, Ghidelli-Disse S, Boesche M, Bantscheff M, Pflaumer H, Collier P, Haase B, Chen S, Hoffman R, Wang G, Benes V, Drewes G, Snyder M, Steinmetz LM. Patient-derived gene and protein expression signatures of NGLY1 deficiency. J Biochem 2021; 171:187-199. [PMID: 34878535 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvab131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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N-Glycanase 1 (NGLY1) deficiency is a rare and complex genetic disorder. Although recent studies have shed light on the molecular underpinnings of NGLY1 deficiency, a systematic characterization of gene and protein expression changes in patient-derived cells has been lacking. Here, we performed RNA-sequencing and mass spectrometry to determine the transcriptomes and proteomes of 66 cell lines representing 4 different cell types derived from 14 NGLY1 deficient patients and 17 controls. Although NGLY1 protein levels were up to 9.5-fold downregulated in patients compared to parents, residual and likely non-functional NGLY1 protein was detectable in all patient-derived lymphoblastoid cell lines. Consistent with the role of NGLY1 as a regulator of the transcription factor Nrf1, we observed a cell type-independent downregulation of proteasomal genes in NGLY1 deficient cells. In contrast, genes involved in ribosome biogenesis and mRNA processing were upregulated in multiple cell types. In addition, we observed cell type-specific effects. For example, genes and proteins involved in glutathione synthesis, such as the glutamate-cysteine ligase subunits GCLC and GCLM, were downregulated specifically in lymphoblastoid cells. We provide a web application that enables access to all results generated in this study at https://apps.embl.de/ngly1browser. This resource will guide future studies of NGLY1 deficiency in directions that are most relevant to patients.
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- Benedikt Rauscher
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Cellzome GmbH, a GlaxoSmithKline Company, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Cellzome GmbH, a GlaxoSmithKline Company, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Cellzome GmbH, a GlaxoSmithKline Company, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Cellzome GmbH, a GlaxoSmithKline Company, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Cellzome GmbH, a GlaxoSmithKline Company, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117.,Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.,Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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Mueller WF, Zhu L, Tan B, Dwight S, Beahm B, Wilsey M, Wechsler T, Mak J, Cowan T, Pritchett J, Taylor E, Crawford BE. GlcNAc-Asn (GNA) is a biomarker for NGLY1 deficiency. J Biochem 2021; 171:177-186. [PMID: 34697629 PMCID: PMC8863169 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvab111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Substrate-derived biomarkers are necessary in slowly progressing monogenetic diseases caused by single-enzyme deficiencies to identify affected patients and serve as surrogate markers for therapy response. N-glycanase 1 (NGLY1) deficiency is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by developmental delay, peripheral neuropathy, elevated liver transaminases, hyperkinetic movement disorder and (hypo)-alacrima. We demonstrate that N-acetylglucosamine-asparagine (GlcNAc-Asn; GNA), is the analyte most closely associated with NGLY1 deficiency, showing consistent separation in levels between patients and controls. GNA accumulation is directly linked to the absence of functional NGLY1, presenting strong potential for its use as a biomarker. In agreement, a quantitative liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry assay, developed to assess GNA from 3 to 3000 ng/ml, showed that it is conserved as a marker for loss of NGLY1 function in NGLY1-deficient cell lines, rodents (urine, cerebrospinal fluid, plasma and tissues) and patients (plasma and urine). Elevated GNA levels differentiate patients from controls, are stable over time and correlate with changes in NGLY1 activity. GNA as a biomarker has the potential to identify and validate patients with NGLY1 deficiency, act as a direct pharmacodynamic marker and serve as a potential surrogate endpoint in clinical trials.
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- Grace Science, LLC - Menlo Park, CA, USA 94025
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- Grace Science, LLC - Menlo Park, CA, USA 94025
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- Grace Science, LLC - Menlo Park, CA, USA 94025
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- Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA 94305
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- Stanford University - Stanford, CA, USA 94305
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- Integrated Analytical Solutions, Inc. - Berkeley, CA, USA 94710
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- Integrated Analytical Solutions, Inc. - Berkeley, CA, USA 94710
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Mueller WF, Jakob P, Sun H, Clauder-Münster S, Ghidelli-Disse S, Ordonez D, Boesche M, Bantscheff M, Collier P, Haase B, Benes V, Paulsen M, Sehr P, Lewis J, Drewes G, Steinmetz LM. Loss of N-Glycanase 1 Alters Transcriptional and Translational Regulation in K562 Cell Lines. G3 (Bethesda) 2020; 10:1585-1597. [PMID: 32265286 PMCID: PMC7202010 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.401031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
N-Glycanase 1 (NGLY1) deficiency is an ultra-rare, complex and devastating neuromuscular disease. Patients display multi-organ symptoms including developmental delays, movement disorders, seizures, constipation and lack of tear production. NGLY1 is a deglycosylating protein involved in the degradation of misfolded proteins retrotranslocated from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). NGLY1-deficient cells have been reported to exhibit decreased deglycosylation activity and an increased sensitivity to proteasome inhibitors. We show that the loss of NGLY1 causes substantial changes in the RNA and protein landscape of K562 cells and results in downregulation of proteasomal subunits, consistent with its processing of the transcription factor NFE2L1. We employed the CMap database to predict compounds that can modulate NGLY1 activity. Utilizing our robust K562 screening system, we demonstrate that the compound NVP-BEZ235 (Dactosilib) promotes degradation of NGLY1-dependent substrates, concurrent with increased autophagic flux, suggesting that stimulating autophagy may assist in clearing aberrant substrates during NGLY1 deficiency.
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- William F Mueller
- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Stanford University, CA, 94305
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Cellzome GmbH, a GlaxoSmithKline Company, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Cellzome GmbH, a GlaxoSmithKline Company, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Cellzome GmbH, a GlaxoSmithKline Company, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- Cellzome GmbH, a GlaxoSmithKline Company, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
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- European Molecular Biology Labs, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany, 69117
- Stanford University, CA, 94305
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Fujihira H, Masahara-Negishi Y, Akimoto Y, Hirayama H, Lee HC, Story BA, Mueller WF, Jakob P, Clauder-Münster S, Steinmetz LM, Radhakrishnan SK, Kawakami H, Kamada Y, Miyoshi E, Yokomizo T, Suzuki T. Liver-specific deletion of Ngly1 causes abnormal nuclear morphology and lipid metabolism under food stress. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2020; 1866:165588. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.165588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Kaminski Strauss S, Schirman D, Jona G, Brooks AN, Kunjapur AM, Nguyen Ba AN, Flint A, Solt A, Mershin A, Dixit A, Yona AH, Csörgő B, Busby BP, Hennig BP, Pál C, Schraivogel D, Schultz D, Wernick DG, Agashe D, Levi D, Zabezhinsky D, Russ D, Sass E, Tamar E, Herz E, Levy ED, Church GM, Yelin I, Nachman I, Gerst JE, Georgeson JM, Adamala KP, Steinmetz LM, Rübsam M, Ralser M, Klutstein M, Desai MM, Walunjkar N, Yin N, Aharon Hefetz N, Jakimo N, Snitser O, Adini O, Kumar P, Soo Hoo Smith R, Zeidan R, Hazan R, Rak R, Kishony R, Johnson S, Nouriel S, Vonesch SC, Foster S, Dagan T, Wein T, Karydis T, Wannier TM, Stiles T, Olin-Sandoval V, Mueller WF, Bar-On YM, Dahan O, Pilpel Y. Evolthon: A community endeavor to evolve lab evolution. PLoS Biol 2019; 17:e3000182. [PMID: 30925180 PMCID: PMC6440615 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
In experimental evolution, scientists evolve organisms in the lab, typically by challenging them to new environmental conditions. How best to evolve a desired trait? Should the challenge be applied abruptly, gradually, periodically, sporadically? Should one apply chemical mutagenesis, and do strains with high innate mutation rate evolve faster? What are ideal population sizes of evolving populations? There are endless strategies, beyond those that can be exposed by individual labs. We therefore arranged a community challenge, Evolthon, in which students and scientists from different labs were asked to evolve Escherichia coli or Saccharomyces cerevisiae for an abiotic stress—low temperature. About 30 participants from around the world explored diverse environmental and genetic regimes of evolution. After a period of evolution in each lab, all strains of each species were competed with one another. In yeast, the most successful strategies were those that used mating, underscoring the importance of sex in evolution. In bacteria, the fittest strain used a strategy based on exploration of different mutation rates. Different strategies displayed variable levels of performance and stability across additional challenges and conditions. This study therefore uncovers principles of effective experimental evolutionary regimens and might prove useful also for biotechnological developments of new strains and for understanding natural strategies in evolutionary arms races between species. Evolthon constitutes a model for community-based scientific exploration that encourages creativity and cooperation. This Community Page article describes Evolthon; a first-of-its-kind community-based effort, involving about 30 participant labs around the world, aiming to explore the best strategy for evolving microorganisms to cope with an environmental challenge.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Bits and Atoms, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Physics of Living Systems, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
- Stanford Genome Technology Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- The Molecular Biology of Metabolism laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Biochemistry, Charitè University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Bits and Atoms, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Bits and Atoms, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Faculty of Computer Science, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Bits and Atoms, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard University Extension School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Institute of Microbiology, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Bits and Atoms, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Bits and Atoms, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- BosLab, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Nutrition Physiology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Tomlin F, Gerling-Driessen UIM, Liu YC, Flynn RA, Vangala JR, Lentz CS, Clauder-Muenster S, Jakob P, Mueller WF, Ordoñez-Rueda D, Paulsen M, Matsui N, Foley D, Rafalko A, Suzuki T, Bogyo M, Steinmetz LM, Radhakrishnan SK, Bertozzi CR. Inhibition of NGLY1 Inactivates the Transcription Factor Nrf1 and Potentiates Proteasome Inhibitor Cytotoxicity. ACS Cent Sci 2017; 3:1143-1155. [PMID: 29202016 PMCID: PMC5704294 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Proteasome inhibitors are used to treat blood cancers such as multiple myeloma (MM) and mantle cell lymphoma. The efficacy of these drugs is frequently undermined by acquired resistance. One mechanism of proteasome inhibitor resistance may involve the transcription factor Nuclear Factor, Erythroid 2 Like 1 (NFE2L1, also referred to as Nrf1), which responds to proteasome insufficiency or pharmacological inhibition by upregulating proteasome subunit gene expression. This "bounce-back" response is achieved through a unique mechanism. Nrf1 is constitutively translocated into the ER lumen, N-glycosylated, and then targeted for proteasomal degradation via the ER-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. Proteasome inhibition leads to accumulation of cytosolic Nrf1, which is then processed to form the active transcription factor. Here we show that the cytosolic enzyme N-glycanase 1 (NGLY1, the human PNGase) is essential for Nrf1 activation in response to proteasome inhibition. Chemical or genetic disruption of NGLY1 activity results in the accumulation of misprocessed Nrf1 that is largely excluded from the nucleus. Under these conditions, Nrf1 is inactive in regulating proteasome subunit gene expression in response to proteasome inhibition. Through a small molecule screen, we identified a cell-active NGLY1 inhibitor that disrupts the processing and function of Nrf1. The compound potentiates the cytotoxicity of carfilzomib, a clinically used proteasome inhibitor, against MM and T cell-derived acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) cell lines. Thus, NGLY1 inhibition prevents Nrf1 activation and represents a new therapeutic approach for cancers that depend on proteasome homeostasis.
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- Frederick
M. Tomlin
- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States
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- Department
of Pathology, Stanford University School
of Medicine, 300 Pasteur
Drive, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Genome
Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology
Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genome
Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology
Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genome
Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology
Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genome
Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology
Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genome
Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology
Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Glycomine,
Inc., 953 Indiana Street, San Francisco, California 94107, United States
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- Glycomine,
Inc., 953 Indiana Street, San Francisco, California 94107, United States
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- Glycomine,
Inc., 953 Indiana Street, San Francisco, California 94107, United States
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- Glycometabolome
Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department
of Pathology, Stanford University School
of Medicine, 300 Pasteur
Drive, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Department
of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford
University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Genome
Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology
Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Department
of Genetics, School of Medicine, Stanford
University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Howard
Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy
Chase, Maryland 20815, United States
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Mueller WF, Larsen LSZ, Garibaldi A, Hatfield GW, Hertel KJ. The Silent Sway of Splicing by Synonymous Substitutions. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:27700-11. [PMID: 26424794 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.684035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [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: 08/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alternative splicing diversifies mRNA transcripts in human cells. This sequence-driven process can be influenced greatly by mutations, even those that do not change the protein coding potential of the transcript. Synonymous mutations have been shown to alter gene expression through modulation of splicing, mRNA stability, and translation. Using a synonymous position mutation library in SMN1 exon 7, we show that 23% of synonymous mutations across the exon decrease exon inclusion, suggesting that nucleotide identity across the entire exon has been evolutionarily optimized to support a particular exon inclusion level. Although phylogenetic conservation scores are insufficient to identify synonymous positions important for exon inclusion, an alignment of organisms filtered based on similar exon/intron architecture is highly successful. Although many of the splicing neutral mutations are observed to occur, none of the exon inclusion reducing mutants was found in the filtered alignment. Using the modified phylogenetic comparison as an approach to evaluate the impact on pre-mRNA splicing suggests that up to 45% of synonymous SNPs are likely to alter pre-mRNA splicing. These results demonstrate that coding and pre-mRNA splicing pressures co-evolve and that a modified phylogenetic comparison based on the exon/intron architecture is a useful tool in identifying splice altering SNPs.
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- the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92619
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- From the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92619
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- From the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92619
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The in vitro splicing assay is a valuable technique that can be used to study the mechanism and machinery involved in the splicing process. The ability to investigate various aspects of splicing and alternative splicing appears to be endless due to the flexibility of this assay. Here, we describe the tools and techniques necessary to carry out an in vitro splicing assay. Through the use of radiolabeled pre-mRNA and crude nuclear extract, spliced mRNAs can be purified and visualized by autoradiography for downstream analysis.
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- Maliheh Movassat
- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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Erkelenz S, Mueller WF, Evans MS, Busch A, Schöneweis K, Hertel KJ, Schaal H. Position-dependent splicing activation and repression by SR and hnRNP proteins rely on common mechanisms. RNA 2013; 19:96-102. [PMID: 23175589 PMCID: PMC3527730 DOI: 10.1261/rna.037044.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Alternative splicing is regulated by splicing factors that modulate splice site selection. In some cases, however, splicing factors show antagonistic activities by either activating or repressing splicing. Here, we show that these opposing outcomes are based on their binding location relative to regulated 5' splice sites. SR proteins enhance splicing only when they are recruited to the exon. However, they interfere with splicing by simply relocating them to the opposite intronic side of the splice site. hnRNP splicing factors display analogous opposing activities, but in a reversed position dependence. Activation by SR or hnRNP proteins increases splice site recognition at the earliest steps of exon definition, whereas splicing repression promotes the assembly of nonproductive complexes that arrest spliceosome assembly prior to splice site pairing. Thus, SR and hnRNP splicing factors exploit similar mechanisms to positively or negatively influence splice site selection.
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- Steffen Erkelenz
- Institute of Virology, Heinrich-Heine-University, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4025, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4025, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4025, USA
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- Institute of Virology, Heinrich-Heine-University, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697-4025, USA
- Corresponding authorsE-mail E-mail
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- Institute of Virology, Heinrich-Heine-University, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Corresponding authorsE-mail E-mail
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Wang E, Mueller WF, Hertel KJ, Cambi F. G Run-mediated recognition of proteolipid protein and DM20 5' splice sites by U1 small nuclear RNA is regulated by context and proximity to the splice site. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:4059-71. [PMID: 21127064 PMCID: PMC3039333 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.199927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Highly conserved G runs, G1M2 and ISE, regulate the proteolipid protein (PLP)/DM20 ratio. We have investigated recruitment of U1 small nuclear ribonuclear protein (snRNP) by G1M2 and ISE and examined the effect of splice site strength, distance, and context on G run function. G1M2 is necessary for initial recruitment of U1snRNP to the DM20 5' splice site independent of the strength of the splice site. G1M2 regulates E complex formation and supports DM20 splicing when functional U1snRNP is reduced. By contrast, the ISE is not required for the initial recruitment of U1snRNP to the PLP 5' splice site. However, in close proximity to either the DM20 or the PLP 5' splice site, the ISE recruits U1snRNP to both splice sites. The ISE enhances DM20 splicing, whereas close to the PLP 5' splice site, it inhibits PLP splicing. Splicing enhancement and inhibition are mediated by heterogeneous nuclear ribonuclear protein (hnRNP)H/F. The data show that recognition of the DM20 5' splice site depends on G run-mediated recruitment of U1snRNA, whereas a complex interaction between the ISE G runs, context and position determines the functional outcome on splicing. The data suggest that different mechanisms underlie G run-mediated recognition of 5' splice sites and that context and position play a critical role.
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- Erming Wang
- From the Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 and
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- the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697
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- the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, California 92697
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- From the Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 and
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Vaman C, Andreoiu C, Bazin D, Becerril A, Brown BA, Campbell CM, Chester A, Cook JM, Dinca DC, Gade A, Galaviz D, Glasmacher T, Hjorth-Jensen M, Horoi M, Miller D, Moeller V, Mueller WF, Schiller A, Starosta K, Stolz A, Terry JR, Volya A, Zelevinsky V, Zwahlen H. Z = 50 shell gap near 100Sn from intermediate-energy Coulomb excitations in even-mass 106-112Sn isotopes. Phys Rev Lett 2007; 99:162501. [PMID: 17995242 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.162501] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 08/01/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Rare isotope beams of neutron-deficient 106,108,110Sn from the fragmentation of 124Xe were employed in an intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation experiment. The measured B(E2,0(1)(+)-->2(1)(+)) values for 108Sn and 110Sn and the results obtained for the 106Sn show that the transition strengths for these nuclei are larger than predicted by current state-of-the-art shell-model calculations. This discrepancy might be explained by contributions of the protons from within the Z = 50 shell to the structure of low-energy excited states in this region.
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- C Vaman
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Campbell CM, Aoi N, Bazin D, Bowen MD, Brown BA, Cook JM, Dinca DC, Gade A, Glasmacher T, Horoi M, Kanno S, Motobayashi T, Mueller WF, Sakurai H, Starosta K, Suzuki H, Takeuchi S, Terry JR, Yoneda K, Zwahlen H. Measurement of excited states in (40)Si and evidence for weakening of the N=28 shell gap. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 97:112501. [PMID: 17025880 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.112501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Excited states in (40)Si have been established by detecting gamma rays coincident with inelastic scattering and nucleon removal reactions on a liquid hydrogen target. The low excitation energy, 986(5) keV, of the 2(1)(+) state provides evidence of a weakening in the N=28 shell closure in a neutron-rich nucleus devoid of deformation-driving proton collectivity.
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- C M Campbell
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Davies AD, Stuchbery AE, Mantica PF, Davidson PM, Wilson AN, Becerril A, Brown BA, Campbell CM, Cook JM, Dinca DC, Gade A, Liddick SN, Mertzimekis TJ, Mueller WF, Terry JR, Tomlin BE, Yoneda K, Zwahlen H. Probing shell structure and shape changes in neutron-rich sulfur isotopes through transient-field g-factor measurements on fast radioactive beams of 38S and 40S. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 96:112503. [PMID: 16605815 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.112503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The shell structure underlying shape changes in neutron-rich nuclei near N = 28 has been investigated by a novel application of the transient-field technique to measure the first-excited-state g factors in 38S and 40S produced as fast radioactive beams. There is a fine balance between proton and neutron contributions to the magnetic moments in both nuclei. The g factor of deformed 40S does not resemble that of a conventional collective nucleus because spin contributions are more important than usual.
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- A D Davies
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 USA
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Gade A, Bazin D, Becerril A, Campbell CM, Cook JM, Dean DJ, Dinca DC, Glasmacher T, Hitt GW, Howard ME, Mueller WF, Olliver H, Terry JR, Yoneda K. Quadrupole deformation of the self-conjugate nucleus 72Kr. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 95:022502. [PMID: 16090679 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.022502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2005] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We report on the first determination of the absolute B(E2;0+(1)-->2+(1)) excitation strength in the N=Z nucleus 72Kr. 72Kr is the heaviest N=Z nucleus for which this quantity has been measured and provides a benchmark in a region of the nuclear chart dominated by rapidly changing deformations and shapes mediated by the interplay of strongly oblate and prolate-driving orbitals. The deduced quadrupole deformation strength is in agreement with a variety of self-consistent models that predict an oblate shape for the ground state of 72Kr. Large-scale shell-model Monte Carlo calculations reproduce the experimental B(E2) value and link the result to the occupation of the deformation-driving g9/2 orbit.
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- A Gade
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Fridmann J, Wiedenhöver I, Gade A, Baby LT, Bazin D, Brown BA, Campbell CM, Cook JM, Cottle PD, Diffenderfer E, Dinca DC, Glasmacher T, Hansen PG, Kemper KW, Lecouey JL, Mueller WF, Olliver H, Rodriguez-Vieitez E, Terry JR, Tostevin JA, Yoneda K. ‘Magic’ nucleus 42Si. Nature 2005; 435:922-4. [PMID: 15959511 DOI: 10.1038/nature03619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2005] [Accepted: 03/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Nuclear shell structures--the distribution of the quantum states of individual protons and neutrons--provide one of our most important guides for understanding the stability of atomic nuclei. Nuclei with 'magic numbers' of protons and/or neutrons (corresponding to closed shells of strongly bound nucleons) are particularly stable. Whether the major shell closures and magic numbers change in very neutron-rich nuclei (potentially causing shape deformations) is a fundamental, and at present open, question. A unique opportunity to study these shell effects is offered by the 42Si nucleus, which has 28 neutrons--a magic number in stable nuclei--and 14 protons. This nucleus has a 12-neutron excess over the heaviest stable silicon nuclide, and has only one neutron fewer than the heaviest silicon nuclide observed so far. Here we report measurements of 42Si and two neighbouring nuclei using a technique involving one- and two-nucleon knockout from beams of exotic nuclei. We present strong evidence for a well-developed proton subshell closure at Z = 14 (14 protons), the near degeneracy of two different (s(1/2) and d(3/2)) proton orbits in the vicinity of 42Si, and a nearly spherical shape for 42Si.
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- J Fridmann
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4350, USA
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Tripathi V, Tabor SL, Mantica PF, Hoffman CR, Wiedeking M, Davies AD, Liddick SN, Mueller WF, Otsuka T, Stolz A, Tomlin BE, Utsuno Y, Volya A. 29Na: defining the edge of the island of inversion for Z=11. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 94:162501. [PMID: 15904217 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.162501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2004] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The low-energy level structure of the exotic Na isotopes (28,29)Na has been investigated through beta-delayed gamma spectroscopy. The N=20 isotones for Z=10-12 are considered to belong to the "island of inversion" where intruder configurations dominate the ground state wave function. However, it is an open question as to where and how the transition from normal to intruder dominated configurations happens in an isotopic chain. The present work, which presents the first detailed spectroscopy of (28,29)Na, clearly demonstrates that such a transition in the Na isotopes occurs between 28Na (N=17) and 29Na (N=18), supporting the smaller N=20 shell gap in neutron-rich sd shell nuclei. The evidence for inverted shell structure is found in beta-decay branching ratios, intruder dominated spectroscopy of low-lying states, and shell model analysis.
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- Vandana Tripathi
- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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Hosmer PT, Schatz H, Aprahamian A, Arndt O, Clement RRC, Estrade A, Kratz KL, Liddick SN, Mantica PF, Mueller WF, Montes F, Morton AC, Ouellette M, Pellegrini E, Pfeiffer B, Reeder P, Santi P, Steiner M, Stolz A, Tomlin BE, Walters WB, Wöhr A. Half-life of the doubly magic r-process nucleus 78Ni. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 94:112501. [PMID: 15903849 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.112501] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2004] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Nuclei with magic numbers serve as important benchmarks in nuclear theory. In addition, neutron-rich nuclei play an important role in the astrophysical rapid neutron-capture process (r process). 78Ni is the only doubly magic nucleus that is also an important waiting point in the r process, and serves as a major bottleneck in the synthesis of heavier elements. The half-life of 78Ni has been experimentally deduced for the first time at the Coupled Cyclotron Facility of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University, and was found to be 110(+100)(-60) ms. In the same experiment, a first half-life was deduced for 77Ni of 128(+27)(-33) ms, and more precise half-lives were deduced for 75Ni and 76Ni of 344(+20)(-24) ms and 238(+15)(-18) ms, respectively.
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- P T Hosmer
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Gade A, Bazin D, Brown BA, Campbell CM, Church JA, Dinca DC, Enders J, Glasmacher T, Hansen PG, Hu Z, Kemper KW, Mueller WF, Olliver H, Perry BC, Riley LA, Roeder BT, Sherrill BM, Terry JR, Tostevin JA, Yurkewicz KL. Reduced occupancy of the deeply bound 0d(5/2) neutron state in 32Ar. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 93:042501. [PMID: 15323753 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.042501] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The 9Be(32Ar, 31Ar)X reaction, leading to the 5/2+ ground state of a nucleus at the proton drip line, has a cross section of 10.4(13) mb at a beam energy of 65.1 MeV/nucleon. This translates into a spectroscopic factor that is only 24(3)% of that predicted by the many-body shell-model theory. We introduce refinements to the eikonal reaction theory used to extract the spectroscopic factor to clarify that this very strong reduction represents an effect of nuclear structure. We suggest that it reflects correlation effects linked to the high neutron separation energy (22.0 MeV) for this state.
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- A Gade
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Clement RRC, Bazin D, Benenson W, Brown BA, Cole AL, Cooper MW, DeYoung PA, Estrade A, Famiano MA, Frank NH, Gade A, Glasmacher T, Hosmer PT, Lynch WG, Montes F, Mueller WF, Peaslee GF, Santi P, Schatz H, Sherrill BM, van Goethem MJ, Wallace MS. New approach for measuring properties of rp-process nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:172502. [PMID: 15169141 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.172502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A new experimental approach was developed that can reduce the uncertainties in astrophysical rapid proton capture (rp) process calculations due to nuclear data. This approach utilizes neutron removal from a radioactive ion beam to populate the nuclear states of interest. Excited states were deduced by the gamma-decay spectra measured in a semiconductor Ge-detector array. In the first case studied, 33Ar, excited states were measured with uncertainties of several keV. The 2 orders of magnitude improvement in the uncertainty of the level energies resulted in a 3 orders of magnitude improvement in the uncertainty of the calculated 32Cl(p,gamma)33Ar rate that is critical to the modeling of the rp process. This approach has the potential to measure key properties of almost all interesting nuclei on the rp-process path.
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- R R C Clement
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Van Roosbroeck J, Guénaut C, Audi G, Beck D, Blaum K, Bollen G, Cederkall J, Delahaye P, De Maesschalck A, De Witte H, Fedorov D, Fedoseyev VN, Franchoo S, Fynbo HOU, Górska M, Herfurth F, Heyde K, Huyse M, Kellerbauer A, Kluge HJ, Köster U, Kruglov K, Lunney D, Mishin VI, Mueller WF, Nagy S, Schwarz S, Schweikhard L, Smirnova NA, Van de Vel K, Van Duppen P, Van Dyck A, Walters WB, Weissman L, Yazidjian C. Unambiguous identification of three beta-decaying isomers in 70Cu. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:112501. [PMID: 15089126 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.112501] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Using resonant laser ionization, beta-decay studies, and for the first time mass measurements, three beta-decaying states have been unambiguously identified in 70Cu. A mass excess of -62 976.1(1.6) keV and a half-life of 44.5(2) s for the (6-) ground state have been determined. The level energies of the (3-) isomer at 101.1(3) keV with T(1/2)=33(2) s and the 1+ isomer at 242.4(3) keV with T(1/2)=6.6(2) s are confirmed by high-precision mass measurements. The low-lying levels of 70Cu populated in the decay of 70Ni and in transfer reactions compare well with large-scale shell-model calculations, and the wave functions appear to be dominated by one proton-one neutron configurations outside the closed Z=28 shell and N=40 subshell. This does not apply to the 1+ state at 1980 keV which exhibits a particular feeding and deexcitation pattern not reproduced by the shell-model calculations.
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- J Van Roosbroeck
- IKS, University of Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Liddick SN, Mantica PF, Janssens RVF, Broda R, Brown BA, Carpenter MP, Fornal B, Honma M, Mizusaki T, Morton AC, Mueller WF, Otsuka T, Pavan J, Stolz A, Tabor SL, Tomlin BE, Wiedeking M. Lowest excitations in 56Ti and the predicted N=34 shell closure. Phys Rev Lett 2004; 92:072502. [PMID: 14995845 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.072502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Recent experimental characterization of the subshell closure at N=32 in the Ca, Ti, and Cr isotones has stimulated shell-model calculations that indicated the possibility that the N=34 isotones of these same elements could exhibit characteristics of a shell closure, namely, a high energy for the first excited 2(+) level. To that end, we have studied the decay of 56Sc produced in fragmentation reactions and identified new gamma rays in the daughter N=34 isotone 56Ti. The first 2(+) level is found at an energy of 1127 keV, well below the expected position that would indicate the presence of an N=34 shell closure in 56Ti.
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- S N Liddick
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Bazin D, Brown BA, Campbell CM, Church JA, Dinca DC, Enders J, Gade A, Glasmacher T, Hansen PG, Mueller WF, Olliver H, Perry BC, Sherrill BM, Terry JR, Tostevin JA. New direct reaction: two-proton knockout from neutron-rich nuclei. Phys Rev Lett 2003; 91:012501. [PMID: 12906536 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.012501] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The reaction 9Be(28Mg,26Ne+gamma)X has been studied at 82 MeV/nucleon together with two similar cases, 30Mg and 34Si. Strong evidence that the reactions are direct is offered by the parallel-momentum distributions of the reaction residues and by the inclusive cross sections. The pattern of the partial cross sections for 28Mg suggests the presence of correlations. A preliminary theoretical discussion based on eikonal reaction theory and the many-body shell model is presented. The reaction holds great promise for the study of neutron-rich nuclei.
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- D Bazin
- National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Kelman BJ, Swenson LJ, Uppala LV, Cohen JM, Millette JR, Mueller WF. Chemical components of shredded paper insulation: a preliminary study. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1999; 14:192-7. [PMID: 10453634 DOI: 10.1080/104732299303160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We conducted an evaluation of shredded paper insulation to identify potentially toxic components. The study was to provide a preliminary characterization of a few samples of insulation currently in use. The following samples were analyzed: previously produced insulation (PPI) containing fire retardants, shredded recycled paper (PPI feedstock), freshly produced insulation (FPI), and insulation which had been installed in a residence (II). Volatile constituents were analyzed by GC-MS from headspace air of samples held at room temperature or heated to 90 degrees C. Extractable constituents were sampled by extracting with methylene chloride, and analyzing by GC-MS. Formaldehyde analysis was done according to EPA Method TO11. Headspace air at room temperature contained no detectable quantities of volatile constituents for any sample measured. In headspace air at 90 degrees C, only PPI contained traces of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and higher aldehydes, and FPI traces of toluene. Extracts of PPI contained traces of octadecadienoic acid methyl ester and aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and higher aldehydes. Extracts of PPI feedstock contained traces of a substituted cyclohexenecarboxylic acid. FPI contained extractable diethyl phthalate (30-50 micrograms/g). Extracts of II contained traces of methyl palmitate, an octadecenoic acid methyl ester, and a phthalate plasticizer. No formaldehyde was detected. PPI was composed of approximately 98 percent paper fiber and 2 percent pre-gelatinized starch. PPI samples agglomerated together with less than 0.01 percent separating from clumps as fine dust. Boron and sodium were expected and confirmed because they were added to PPI and FPI as fire retardants. Chromium, copper, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, and silicon were present at detectable concentrations. Study calculations indicate that an occupant would have to completely consume all the fine particles produced from 3.3 kg of insulation per day to have an intake of boron equivalent to the EPA RfD. No other constituent appeared to be present even close to toxicologically relevant amounts.
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- B J Kelman
- Golder Associates Inc., Redmond, Washington, USA
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Fischer SM, Carpenter MP, Janssens RV, Crowell B, Ahmad I, Blumenthal DJ, Khoo TL, Lauritsen T, Nisius D, Reviol W, Mueller WF, Riedinger LL, Smith BH, Cederwall B. Alignment additivity in the two-quasiparticle superdeformed bands of 192Tl. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1996; 53:2126-2133. [PMID: 9971187 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.53.2126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Disseminated toxoplasmosis in AIDS is a rare condition. We present an unusual case of a fulminant form of disseminated toxoplasmosis in a young male homosexual. He was a 30-year-old HIV-positive (diagnosed 4 months earlier), admitted with a 5-day history of diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and cough. He had been generally healthy except for an 8-week history of weight loss and malaise. On admission, except for a temperature of 37.6 degrees C, the physical examination was normal. He was treated symptomatically. Four days after admission he suddenly became short of breath. Despite intensive management, he continued to deteriorate and expired 6 h later. Postmortem examination revealed disseminated toxoplasmosis involving the heart, lungs, brain, stomach, small intestine, and colon. This is an unusual presentation of disseminated toxoplasmosis because of its rapid course with no prior indication of infection. To our knowledge, such an atypical and rapid downhill course of toxoplasmosis (with minimal clinical and laboratory features) has not been reported previously. Increased awareness of this infection in all HIV patients and its possibly rapid course is needed.
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- A K al-Kassab
- Department of Internal Medicine Education, Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Flint, USA
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Mueller WF, Jensen HJ, Reviol W, Riedinger LL, Yu C, Zhang J, Nazarewicz W, Wyss R. Signature splitting in nuclear rotational bands: Neutron i13/2 systematics. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1994; 50:1901-1912. [PMID: 9969865 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.50.1901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Reviol W, Riedinger LL, Zhang J, Bingham CR, Mueller WF, Zimmerman BE, Janssens RV, Carpenter MP, Ahmad I, Bearden IG, Henry RG, Khoo TL, Lauritsen T, Liang Y. Prolate collectivity in 187Tl. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1994; 49:R587-R591. [PMID: 9969338 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.49.r587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Christie WB, Mueller WF, Olson DL, Symons TJ, Wieman HH, Beavis D, Brady FP, Romero JL, Tull CE, Abbott T, Fung SY, Keane D, Liu Y. Pion correlations in 1.8A GeV Ar on KCl and La and 1.2A GeV Xe on La. Phys Rev C Nucl Phys 1992; 45:2836-2853. [PMID: 9968049 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.45.2836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Goldberg EM, Simunovic LM, Drake SL, Mueller WF, Verrill HL. Comparison of serum CA 19-9 and CEA levels in a population at high risk for colorectal cancer. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 1989; 8:569-75. [PMID: 2807313 DOI: 10.1089/hyb.1989.8.569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The sera of 563 patients who underwent colonoscopy were assayed for glycolipid antigen CA 19-9 and CEA. These patients represented a broad spectrum of clinical diseases ranging from advanced metastatic cancer of the colon, pancreas, or stomach to those with negative colonoscopic examination. Sensitivity and specificity for CA 19-9 and CEA were calculated using the following clinical definitions. Malignant or pre-malignant disease was defined as colon, pancreatic or stomach carcinoma, stomach dysplasia, atypical adenomatous polyp, atypical villous adenoma, carcinoma in situ and carcinoma in an adenomatous polyp. When the normal group included patients with adenomatous polyp, hyperplastic adenoma, inflammatory disease and patients with no disease apparent, the sensitivity and specificity for CA 19-9 was 23% and 96%, and for CEA, 23% and 95%, respectively. When adenomatous polyp patients were placed in the malignant or pre-malignant disease group, the sensitivity and specificity for CA 19-9 was 8% and 96%, and for CEA, 11% and 95%, respectively. When comparing CA 19-9 and CEA in colorectal carcinoma, the percent positivity of the CEA assay was equal to, or better than, CA 19-9 in all Dukes' stages. In pancreatic carcinomas CA 19-9 showed better diagnostic performance than CEA.
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- E M Goldberg
- Department of Pathology, Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI
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Verrill HL, Girgis RE, Easterling RE, Malhi BS, Mueller WF. Distribution of cyclosporine in blood of a renal-transplant recipient with type V hyperlipoproteinemia. Clin Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/33.3.423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A patient with severe type V hyperlipoproteinemia and chronic end-stage renal disease received a renal transplant and therapy with cyclosporine. Concentrations of the drug in plasma as determined by liquid chromatography appeared extraordinarily high for the dose ingested. When we measured the drug in the plasma, plasma cleared by ultracentrifugation, leukocytes, erythrocytes, and whole blood, we found that the high concentrations of cyclosporine were associated with the chylomicrons that always were present in this patient's blood. Cyclosporine added directly to this patient's plasma was less associated with the plasma lipids. Isolated lymphocytes and kidney slices incubated with plasma from this patient bound no more drug than when incubated with nonhyperlipemic plasma containing cyclosporine at a normal therapeutic concentration. We conclude that the cyclosporine associated with the chylomicrons in this patient was not biologically available to either lymphocytes or kidney tissue. We strongly recommend the use of chylomicron-cleared plasma for therapeutic drug monitoring of cyclosporine in type V hyperlipoproteinemic patients.
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Verrill HL, Girgis RE, Easterling RE, Malhi BS, Mueller WF. Distribution of cyclosporine in blood of a renal-transplant recipient with type V hyperlipoproteinemia. Clin Chem 1987; 33:423-8. [PMID: 3545541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A patient with severe type V hyperlipoproteinemia and chronic end-stage renal disease received a renal transplant and therapy with cyclosporine. Concentrations of the drug in plasma as determined by liquid chromatography appeared extraordinarily high for the dose ingested. When we measured the drug in the plasma, plasma cleared by ultracentrifugation, leukocytes, erythrocytes, and whole blood, we found that the high concentrations of cyclosporine were associated with the chylomicrons that always were present in this patient's blood. Cyclosporine added directly to this patient's plasma was less associated with the plasma lipids. Isolated lymphocytes and kidney slices incubated with plasma from this patient bound no more drug than when incubated with nonhyperlipemic plasma containing cyclosporine at a normal therapeutic concentration. We conclude that the cyclosporine associated with the chylomicrons in this patient was not biologically available to either lymphocytes or kidney tissue. We strongly recommend the use of chylomicron-cleared plasma for therapeutic drug monitoring of cyclosporine in type V hyperlipoproteinemic patients.
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Various species of laboratory animals are used to evaluate the efficacy and safety of drugs in man. However, the extrapolation of data from animals to man is often complicated by species differences in the disposition of foreign chemicals. The findings of comparative metabolism studies are used to illustrate species differences in metabolic pathways, rates of biotransformation, kinetics, and excretion routes. Biochemical and structural consequences of the significant differences in enzyme induction between rodents and primate species are discussed. Among the primates, the chimpanzee has been shown to be the most closely related to man not only in the disposition of xenobiotics, but also in the aspects of endocrinology, serology, and immunology. It would, therefore, be the best possible model to predict the fate and effects of foreign chemicals in man. Due to the limited availability of chimpanzees, however, they can only be used for the evaluation of the most critical chemicals and drugs. Comparative metabolism and disposition studies, e.g., of compounds representative of classes of chemicals in chimpanzees and other animals. Only when the pertinent differences between the selected test species and man are known can correct extrapolations to man be made.
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Okoye MI, Congdon DE, Mueller WF. Asymmetric septal hypertrophy of the heart. New findings concerning the possible etiology of sudden deaths in five males. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1985; 6:105-24. [PMID: 3161322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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This report describes certain interesting postmortem findings in the hearts of five subjects who died suddenly, silently, and unexpectedly, and in whom the only significant abnormality at autopsy was asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH) of the heart. Deep clefts, cystic faults, and dilated vascular channels were not only seen within the septal myocardium in all the hearts, but also within the left ventricular free walls of two hearts. The septal myocardium and the left ventricular free walls of two hearts and the A-V node and His bundle of one heart demonstrated mural and luminal thrombi of several dilated vascular channels. In another heart, foci of cardiocytic myofibrillar degeneration were seen, especially close to narrowed small coronary vessels. Fetal dispersion and fibrosis of the A-V node and His bundle were evident in one heart. These abnormalities in the conducting system and the ventricular myocardium suggest that the hearts of subjects with ASH are not only excellent anatomic substrates for lethal arrhythmias, but also are bound to be hemodynamically impaired. We believe that conditions such as hypoxia, increased oxygen demand by the heart or abnormal sympathetic stimulus may easily trigger fatal arrhythmias in such individuals, thereby causing sudden death.
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A fatal maprotiline intoxication is presented. The postmortem anatomical and toxicologic findings are discussed, as is the mechanism of maprotiline toxicity. This report is, to the best of our knowledge, the sixth fatal maprotiline poisoning in the medical literature.
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Eighty-one cases of testicular gonadal stromal tumor have been reported in the literature. An additional case is herein reported. The pathologic, immunohistologic, and histogenetic aspects are presented.
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Okoye MI, Mueller WF. Invasive pituitary oncocytoma. J Natl Med Assoc 1983; 75:1215-6, 1218-9. [PMID: 6655723 PMCID: PMC2561728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A large invasive pituitary neoplasm, surgically resected by left frontotemporal craniotomy, and thought to represent "chromophobe" adenoma by light microscopy, exhibited ultrastructural features characteristic of oncocytoma. Electron microscopic and immunocytochemical studies showed that the tumor did not possess enhanced secretory activity. The indispensable role of electron microscopy in the identification of this rare neoplasm and especially in the classification of all pituitary tumors is emphasized.
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Okoye MI, Verrill HL, Mueller WF. Marked concomittant elevations in serum creatine kinase and lactic dehydrogenase in a patient with bowel necrosis. Am Surg 1983; 49:612-5. [PMID: 6638702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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We report what we believe to be the first proven marked concomittant elevations in serum creatine kinase (CK) and lactic dehydrogenase (LD) in a patient with bowel necrosis. The necrosis was the result of infarction secondary to bowel strangulation. The serum from this patient showed elevation of total CK activity resulting from an abnormal amount of MM, MB, and BB isoenzymes with LD2, LD3, and LD5 yielding 18 per cent, 19 per cent, and 29 per cent, respectively, of the total LD activity.
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Okoye MI, Mueller WF, Congdon DE, Dewitt BL, Blight CO, Lau JM. Isolated congenital hypoplastic bicuspid pulmonary valve. Report of a case associated with seizure disorder in a 27-year-old man. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1983; 4:79-83. [PMID: 6837541 DOI: 10.1097/00000433-198303000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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In addition to using radioimmunoassays for the determination of estrogens and other steroids, the possibility of using mass fragmentography for analysis was investigated. t-Butyldimethylsilyl chloride was selected as a reagent for derivatisation because it forms rather stable silylethers. In all the mass-spectra obrained from the steroid derivatives, one pronounced peak suitable for mass fragmentography was always present. Some of the spectra of the investigated estrogens, as well as testosterone, 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstan-17-one and 17 alpha-methyl-17 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstan-3-one are discussed. The stability of various t-butyldimethylsilylethers and the rate of enolization of testosterone and progesterone in the presence of the silylation-agent under different conditions were established.
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Felt GR, Mueller WF, Iatropoulos MJ, Coulston F, Korte F. Chronic toxicity of 2,5,4'-trichlorobiphenyl in young rhesus monkeys. I. Body distribution, elimination, and metabolism. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1977; 41:619-27. [PMID: 411198 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-008x(77)80015-x] [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: 12/15/2022]
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Badin J, Mueller WF. A case report: idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: use of gastric washings in diagnosis. Mich Med 1972; 71:193-9. [PMID: 5014955] [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: 01/13/2023]
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Mueller WF. Pathology of temporal bone hemorrhage in drowning. J Forensic Sci 1969; 14:327-36. [PMID: 5802945] [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: 01/16/2023]
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