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Zhu XG, Shi QL, Deng XL, Xu W, Xue M. [Clinical effect and influencing factors of focused ultrasound ablation surgery combined with suction curettage for the treatment of mass-type cesarean scar pregnancy]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2022; 57:253-258. [PMID: 35484656 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112141-20210902-00483] [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: 06/14/2023]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical effect of focused ultrasound ablation surgery (FUAS) combined with suction curettage for mass-type cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) and to analyze the influencing factors of vaginal bleeding and readmission. Methods: From January 2014 to December 2020, 88 patients with mass-type CSP were treated by FUAS combined with suction curettage in the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. The clinical results and the influencing factors of bleeding and readmission for mass-type CSP were analyzed. Results: All the patients underwent one time FUAS treatment successfully. Immediately after FUAS treatment, color Doppler ultrasound showed obvious necrosis and no perfusion area in all lesions, and the blood flow in the mass-type CSP tissue significantly decreased. The median volume of blood loss in the procedure was 20 ml (range: 5-950 ml). Thirteen patients (15%, 13/88) had vaginal bleeding≥200 ml, and 15 patients (17%, 15/88) were hospitalized again. The average time for menstruation recovery was (28±8) days (range: 18-66 days). The average time needed for serum human chorionic gonadotropin-beta subunit to return to normal levels was (22±6) days (range: 7-59 days). The risk of large vaginal bleeding of patients were related to the blood supply of the mass (OR=5.280, 95%CI: 1.335-20.858, P=0.018) and the largest diameter of the mass (OR=1.060, 95%CI: 1.010-1.120, P=0.030). The risk of readmission were related to the largest diameter of the mass (OR=1.055, 95%CI: 1.005-1.108, P=0.030) and the depth of the uterus cavity (OR=1.583, 95%CI: 1.015-2.471, P=0.043). No serious complications such as intestinal and nerve injury occurred during and after FUAS treatment. Conclusions: FUAS combined with suction curettage is safe and effective in treating patients with mass-type CSP through this preliminary study. The volume of vaginal bleeding are associated with the blood supply of the mass and the largest diameter of the mass, the risk of readmission are related to the largest diameter of the mass and the depth of the uterus cavity.
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- X G Zhu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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Chen QY, Luo XB, Xie DH, Li ML, Ji XY, Zhou R, Huang YB, Zhang W, Feng W, Zhang Y, Huang L, Hao QQ, Liu Q, Zhu XG, Liu Y, Zhang P, Lai XC, Si Q, Tan SY. Orbital-Selective Kondo Entanglement and Antiferromagnetic Order in USb_{2}. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 123:106402. [PMID: 31573295 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.106402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In heavy-fermion compounds, the dual character of f electrons underlies their rich and often exotic properties like fragile heavy quasiparticles, a variety of magnetic orders and unconventional superconductivity. 5f-electron actinide materials provide a rich setting to elucidate the larger and outstanding issue of the competition between magnetic order and Kondo entanglement and, more generally, the interplay among different channels of interactions in correlated electron systems. Here, by using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we present the detailed electronic structure of USb_{2} and observe two different kinds of nearly flat bands in the antiferromagnetic state of USb_{2}. Polarization-dependent measurements show that these electronic states are derived from 5f orbitals with different characters; in addition, further temperature-dependent measurements reveal that one of them is driven by the Kondo correlations between the 5f electrons and conduction electrons, while the other reflects the dominant role of the magnetic order. Our results on the low-energy electronic excitations of USb_{2} implicate orbital selectivity as an important new ingredient for the competition between Kondo correlations and magnetic order and, by extension, in the rich landscape of quantum phases for strongly correlated f electron systems.
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- Q Y Chen
- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, CAS, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and Rice Center for Quantum Materials, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China
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Ye MZ, Deng XL, Zhu XG, Xue M. [Clinical study of high intensity focused ultrasound ablation combined with GnRH-a and LNG-IUS for the treatment of adenomyosis]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 2016; 51:643-649. [PMID: 27671043 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0529-567x.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the clinical effect of dysmenorrhea in patients with adenomyosis treated by high intensity focused ultrasound(HIFU)ablation combined with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist(GnRH-a)and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system(LNG-IUS). Methods: From April 2012 to December 2015, 477 cases of adenomyosis patients with dysmenorrhea were treated by HIFU in the Third Xiangya Hospital. Among them, some patients were treated with HIFU alone, some of them were treated with HIFU combined with GnRH-a and(or)LNG-IUS, thus were classified as H group, H+G group, H+M group and H+G+M group. The improvements of clinical results were compared among the four groups and the influencing factors of HIFU treatment for adenomyosis were also analyzed. Results: During the follow-up period, the overall effective rates of the treatment decreased with time, 3 months 89.4%(345/386), 12 months 84.0%(221/263), 24 months 74.2%(98/132), and the overall recurrence rate was 12.9%(39/303). The significant difference in the curative at 3 months[H group 83.7%(170/203), H+M group 95.0%(95/100), H+G group 100.0%(43/43), H+G+M group 96.8%(30/31)], 12 months[H group 79.4%(123/155), H+M group 93.2%(69/74), H+G group 11/12, H+G+M group 15/17], and 24 months[H group 68.0%(51/75), H+M group 96.4%(27/28), H+G group 6/12, H+G+M group 15/15]after HIFU treatment and recurrence rate[H group 19.0%(29/153), H+M group 3.3%(3/90), H+G group 19.4%(6/31), H+G+M group 4.5%(1/22)]were observed among the four groups(P<0.05). Pairwise comparison further showed that, in 3 months after the treatment, the effect of H group was significantly lower than those of H+M group and H+G group(P= 0.003, P=0.005); in 12 months after the treatment, the effect of H group was significantly lower than that of H+M group(P=0.006); while in 24 months after treatment, the effect of H group was significantly lower than that of H+G+M group(P=0.005), and the effect of H+G group was lower than that of H+G+M group(P= 0.001); and the recurrence rate of H group was significantly higher than that of H+M group(P<0.008). In patients of group H, the effect of HIFU was related to uterine size, the effect of patients with large uterine volume was significantly higher than that of small volume of uterine of patients(P=0.017, OR=2.739, 95%CI: 1.200- 6.251); with increasing of age, the improvement of dysmenorrhea had a increasing trend(P<0.05). Conclusions: HIFU combined with GnRH-a and(or)LNG-IUS could improve the treatment effect in relief of dysmenorrhea. Based on our results, individual treatment protocol should be selected for different patients.
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- M Z Ye
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
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Micromolding in open capillaries, a simpler method for PDMS through-holes fabrication, whose procedures are easy to handle and observe.
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- K. Zhou
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049, China
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Lei JP, Huang H, Dong XL, Zhu XG, Lu B, Lei MK. Oxidation and corrosion behaviors of Mg-based nanoparticles. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2009; 9:7503-7509. [PMID: 19908818 DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2009.1789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Various Mg-based nanoparticles were prepared by evaporating bulk magnesium in the atmospheres of Ar, Ar+N2 and CH4, respectively. The formations, phases, morphologies, thermal properties and corrosion behaviors of these kinds of nanocomposite particles were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG/DTA) and potentiodynamic polarisation scan (PPS). It is shown that the Mg-based nanoparticles produced in Ar and Ar+N2 atmospheres have hexangular crystal habits with particles' sizes ranging from 50 to 400 nm, while the nanoparticles produced in CH4 atmosphere have amorphous carbon out layers with particles' sizes among 20-100 nm. TG/DTA results show that two-steps oxidation process can be confirmed for all samples, which may be attributed to the oxidations of out layer and core of nanoparticle. The CH4 atmosphere-prepared nanoparticles exhibit better corrosion resistance properties due to its peculiar carbon doping.
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- J P Lei
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning 116023, China
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Araki O, Ying H, Zhu XG, Willingham MC, Cheng SY. Distinct dysregulation of lipid metabolism by unliganded thyroid hormone receptor isoforms. Mol Endocrinol 2009; 23:308-15. [PMID: 19131509 DOI: 10.1210/me.2008-0311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) play critical roles in energy homeostasis. To understand the role of TRs in lipid homeostasis in vivo, we adopted the loss-of-function approach by creating knock-in mutant mice with targeted mutation in the TRalpha gene (TRalpha1PV mouse) or TRbeta gene (TRbetaPV mouse). The PV mutation, identified in a patient with resistance to thyroid hormone, exhibits potent dominant-negative activity. Here we show that in contrast to TRalpha1PV mouse, TRbetaPV mice exhibited no significant reduction in WAT but had significant increases in serum free fatty acids and total triglycerides. Moreover, the liver of TRbetaPV mice was markedly increased (33%) with excess lipid accumulation, but the liver mass of TRalpha1PV mouse was decreased (23%) with paucity of lipids. These results indicate that apo-TRbeta and apo-TRalpha1 exerted distinct abnormalities in lipid metabolism. Further biochemical analyses indicate that increased lipogenic enzyme expression, activated peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (Ppargamma) signaling, and decreased fatty acid beta-oxidation activity contributed to the adipogenic steatosis and lipid accumulation in the liver of TRbetaPV mice. In contrast, the expression of lipogenic enzymes and Ppargamma was decreased in the liver of TRalpha1PV mice. These results suggest that the regulation of genes critical for lipid metabolism by TRs in the liver is isoform dependent. These results indicate that apo-TRbeta and apo-TRalpha1 had different effects on lipid metabolism and that both TR isoforms contribute to the pathogenesis of lipid metabolism in hypothyroidism.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, 37 Convent Drive, Room 5128, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4264, USA
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Zhu XG, Tao L, Mei ZR, Wu HP, Jiang ZW. Aspisol inhibits tumor growth and induces apoptosis in breast cancer. Exp Oncol 2008; 30:289-294. [PMID: 19112426] [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: 05/27/2023]
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UNLABELLED Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit cell proliferation and induce apoptosis in various cancer cell lines, which is considered to be an important mechanism for their anti-tumor activity and cancer prevention. However, the molecular mechanisms through which these compounds induce apoptosis are not well understood. AIM to determine the effects of nonselective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor, aspisol on breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. METHODS The cytotoxic activity of aspisol was evaluated by MTT assay. The apoptosis index of cells was measured by flow cytometry. Immunohistochemical staining was used to detect expressions of COX-2 and caspase-3 in MDA-MB-231 cells. The expression of bcl-2 and bax was analyzed by Western blot analysis. The content of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in MDA-MB-231 cells was estimated by ELISA. In vivo apoptosis of the tumor cells was detected by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL). RESULTS Our results showed that aspisol reduced viability of MDA-MB-231 cells in time- and dose- dependent fashions and induced apoptosis by increase of caspase-3 and bax expressions while decrease of COX-2 and bcl-2 expression in vitro. In addition, exposure to aspisol decreased the basal release of PGE2. In vivo, aspisol also inhibited the proliferation of breast cancer cells and induced their apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS Our in vitro and in vivo data indicated that the antitumor effects of aspisol on breast cancer cells was probably mediated by the induction of apoptosis, and it could be linked to the downregulation of the COX-2 or bcl-2 expression and up-regulation of caspase-3 or bax expression.
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- X G Zhu
- Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy Department, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233003, China
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Liu L, Liu J, Qiu RX, Zhu XG, Dong ZY, Tang GM. Improving heterologous gene expression in Aspergillus niger by introducing multiple copies of protein-binding sequence containing CCAAT to the promoter. Lett Appl Microbiol 2003; 36:358-61. [PMID: 12753242 DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2003.01321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To increase the expression level of heterologous gene in Aspergillus niger. METHODS AND RESULTS Inserting multiple copies of an activator protein-binding site originally encoded in the cis-regulatory region of A. niger glucoamylase gene (glaA), CCAAT-containing sequence, into the promoter of an expression plasmid greatly enhanced the production of heterologous protein. CONCLUSION The promoter activity was increased by the introduction of the CCAAT-containing sequence resulting in increased gene expression. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study provides evidence that the CCAAT-containing region of the glaA promoter of A. niger is a binding site for a positive transcriptional factor and demonstrates the possibility for improving the expression of both heterologous and endogenous genes in Aspergillus.
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, PR China
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Fujii H, Zhu XG, Matsumoto T, Inagaki M, Tokusashi Y, Miyokawa N, Fukusato T, Uekusa T, Takagaki T, Kadowaki N, Shirai T. Genetic classification of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma. Hum Pathol 2000; 31:1011-7. [PMID: 11014564 DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2000.9782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (combined HCC/ CC) is a rare form of liver neoplasms showing both hepatocellular (HCC) and bile duct differentiation (CC). In an attempt to clarify the clonality and genetic/phenotypic relationships in the evolution of these neoplasms, we microdissected multiple HCC and CC foci and studied allelic status of chromosome arms 1p, 1q, 3p, 4q, 5q, 6q, 8p, 9p, 10q, 11q, 13q, 16q, 17p, 17q, 18q, and 22q. Overall, the highest frequency of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was seen on 4q and 17p, followed by 8p and 16q. Of the 11 cases studied, 3 cases did not show any of the identical allelic losses between HCC and CC foci, indicating the biclonal nature. The remaining 8 cases showed multiple allelic losses shared between both components, strongly suggestive of a single clonal derivation. Moreover, 4 of the 8 cases showed additional or divergent allelic losses at more than 1 chromosomal locus only in HCC and/or CC foci. Thus, this heterogeneity was shown to affect the phenotypic diversity of the tumor. Summarizing the genetic patterns, combined HCC/CC could be classified into the following 3 possibilities: (1) collision tumor in which 2 independent neoplastic clones develop at close proximity; (2) single clonal tumor with homogeneous genetic background in both components--histological diversity is thus a manifestation of divergent differentiation potential of a single clone; (3) single clonal process in which genetic heterogeneity in the process of clonal evolution within the tumor parallels histologic diversity; therefore, the tumor in this category is mainly composed of mosaics of closely related subclones.
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- Department of Pathology II, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Zhu XG, Park KS, Kaneshige M, Bhat MK, Zhu Q, Mariash CN, McPhie P, Cheng SY. The orphan nuclear receptor Ear-2 is a negative coregulator for thyroid hormone nuclear receptor function. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:2604-18. [PMID: 10713182 PMCID: PMC85476 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.7.2604-2618.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone (T3) nuclear receptors (TR) are ligand-dependent transcription factors which regulate growth, differentiation, and development. One emerging hypothesis suggests that TR mediate these diverse effects via a large network of coregulators. Recently, we found that TR-mediated transcriptional responses varied in six cell lines derived from different tissues. We therefore used human TR subtype beta1 (TRbeta1) as bait to search for coregulators in human colon carcinoma RKO cells with a yeast two-hybrid system. RKO cells exhibited T3-dependent and -independent transcriptional activation. One of the three positive clones was identified as Ear-2, which is a distant member of the chick ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factors of the orphan nuclear receptor family. The physical interaction between Ear-2 and TRbeta1 was further confirmed by specific binding of Ear-2 to glutathione S-transferase-TRbeta1. In addition, Ear-2 was found to associate with TRbeta1 in cells. As a result of this physical interaction, binding of TRbeta1 to the T3 response elements was inhibited. Using reporter systems, we found that both the basal activation and the T3-dependent activation mediated by TRbeta1 were repressed by Ear-2 in CV1 cells. In RKO cells, however, the T3-independent transcriptional activity was more sensitive to the repression effect of Ear-2 than the T3-dependent transcriptional activity. The repression effect of Ear-2 was reversed by steroid hormone receptor coactivator 1. These results suggest that TR-mediated responses reflect a balance of corepressors and coactivators in cells. These findings further strengthen the hypothesis that the diverse activities of TR are achieved via a large network of coregulators that includes Ear-2.
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- X G Zhu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Zhu XG, Kaneshige M, Parlow AF, Chen E, Hunziker RD, McDonald MP, Cheng SY. Expression of the mutant thyroid hormone receptor PV in the pituitary of transgenic mice leads to weight reduction. Thyroid 1999; 9:1137-45. [PMID: 10595466 DOI: 10.1089/thy.1999.9.1137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH) is a genetic disease caused by mutations of the thyroid hormone receptor beta gene (TRbeta). One of the symptoms in some affected individuals is growth retardation. To understand the molecular basis of growth retardation in these patients with RTH, a transgenic mouse was prepared in which the expression of the TRbeta1 mutant PV was targeted to the pituitary using the promoter of the glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit. The PV mutant was originally identified in a patient with severe growth impairment. The PV mutation is a C-insertion at codon 448 of the TRbeta gene and leads to a frame-shift of the carboxyl-terminal 14 amino acids of TRbeta1, resulting in total loss of triiodothyronine (T3) binding and transcriptional activation. PV was selectively expressed in the pituitary of the transgenic mouse and not in other tissues examined. The transgenic mice showed a significant impairment in weight gain. However, no changes in the serum level of thyroid-stimulating hormone were seen, and no elevation of thyroid hormones was detected in the transgenic mice. The circulating levels of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor I were not affected in the transgenic mice, suggesting that the growth impairment in RTH is complex and is mediated by pathways that are yet to be elucidated.
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- X G Zhu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA
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Jian ZM, Cao JD, Zhu XG, Zhao WX, Yu JC, Ma EL, Wang XR, Zhu MW, Shu H, Liu YW. The impact of alanyl-glutamine on clinical safety, nitrogen balance, intestinal permeability, and clinical outcome in postoperative patients: a randomized, double-blind, controlled study of 120 patients. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 1999; 23:S62-6. [PMID: 10483898 DOI: 10.1177/014860719902300516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of alanyl-glutamine (Ala-Gln)-supplemented parenteral nutrition (PN) on clinical safety, nitrogen balance, intestinal permeability, and clinical outcome in postoperative patients. METHODS One hundred twenty patients undergoing major abdominal surgery were enrolled. Protocol was approved and informed consent obtained. A double-blind protocol was designed as used in Europe. The clinical safety and outcome were observed for 60 patients in 2 centers (30 each). Sixty patients from 2 additional centers (30 each) were observed for clinical safety, nitrogen balance, intestinal permeability, and clinical outcome. All patients received isonitrogenous (0.20 g/kg body wt per day) and isocaloric (30 kcal/kg body wt per day) parenteral nutrition. The study group received Ala-Gln (Dipeptiven, Fresenius Kabi, Bad Homberg, Germany) 0.50 g/kg per day. Clinical chemistry variables, plasma amino acids profile, nitrogen balance, intestinal permeability (lactulose/mannitol ratio [L/M ratio]) were measured; hospital stay and infection rate were monitored. Statview was used for analysis of variance (ANOVA) or chi2 tests. Data were expressed as means +/- SD, and the significance level was p < .05. RESULTS The patients in both groups were comparable prior to the operation. Vital signs and clinical chemical parameters were similar between groups. L/M ratio was 0.047+/-0.029 in control and 0.058+/-0.049 in study group before the operation (AOD-3). The L/M ratio was 0.132+/-0.081 in the control group, and 0.097+/-0.063 in study group on the seventh postoperative day. The difference of L/M ratio between groups was significant (p = .02). The cumulative nitrogen balance values were -5+/-162 mg/kg for 6 days in control and 144+/-145 mg/kg for 6 days in study group (p = .0004). All the patients recovered without incision infection. However, there were 3 cases that had infection-related complications in the control group; the difference was not significant between groups. The hospital stay in the study group was 12.5 days, which was 4 days less than that of the control group (p = .02). CONCLUSIONS Ala-Gln-supplemented PN was clinically safe, had better nitrogen balance, and maintained intestinal permeability in postoperative patients. The clinical outcome of the patients in study group was better; it was significantly different from the control group.
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- Z M Jian
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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Zhu XG, Hanover JA, Hager GL, Cheng SY. Hormone-induced translocation of thyroid hormone receptors in living cells visualized using a receptor green fluorescent protein chimera. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:27058-63. [PMID: 9765220 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.42.27058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Thyroid hormone nuclear receptors (TRs) are ligand-dependent transcription factors that regulate growth, differentiation, and development. To understand the role of the hormone, 3,3', 5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3), in the nuclear translocation and targeting of TRs to the regulatory sites in chromatin, we appended green fluorescent protein (GFP) to the human TR subtype beta1 (TRbeta1). The fusion of GFP to the amino terminus of TRbeta1 protein did not alter T3 binding or transcriptional activities of the receptor. The subcellular localization of GFP-TRbeta1 in living cells was visualized by laser-scanning confocal microscopy. In the presence of T3, the expressed GFP-TRbeta1 was predominately localized in the nucleus, exhibiting a nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio of approximately 5.5. No GFP-TRbeta1 was detected in the nucleolus. In the absence of T3, more GFP-TRbeta1 was present in the cytoplasm, exhibiting a nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio of approximately 1.5. In these cells, cytoplasmic GFP-TRbeta1 could be induced to enter the nucleus by T3. The T3-induced translocation was blocked when Lys184-Arg185 in domain D of TRbeta1 was mutated to Ala184-Ala185. Furthermore, the inability of the mutant TR to translocate to the nucleus correlated with the loss of most of its transcriptional activity. These results suggest that TR functions may, in part, be regulated by T3-induced nuclear entry.
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- X G Zhu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Lin KH, Zhu XG, Hsu HC, Chen SL, Shieh HY, Chen ST, McPhie P, Cheng SY. Dominant negative activity of mutant thyroid hormone alpha1 receptors from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Endocrinology 1997; 138:5308-15. [PMID: 9389515 DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.12.5625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Complementary DNAs for two mutant thyroid hormone alpha1 receptors (TR alpha1) were isolated from hepatocellular carcinomas of two patients. Sequence analyses of the complementary DNAs showed a single Val390Ala and double Pro398Ser/Glu350Lys mutations in mutants H and L, respectively. We characterized their hormone-binding, DNA-binding, and dominant negative activities. Mutants H and L did not bind the hormone T3. Their DNA-binding activities were analyzed using three types of thyroid hormone response elements (TREs) in which the half-site binding motifs are arranged in an everted repeat (Lys), an inverted repeat (Pal), or a direct repeat separated by four nucleotides (DR4). Compared with wild-type TR alpha1 (w-TR alpha1), which bound these TREs with different homodimer/monomer ratios, binding of mutant L to the three TREs as homodimers was reduced by approximately 90%. However, binding of mutant H to these TREs was more complex. Although it bound normally to DR4 as homodimers, its binding to Lys as homodimers was reduced by approximately 80%. Surprisingly, its binding to Pal was markedly enhanced compared with w-TR alpha1. The binding of these two mutants to the three TREs as heterodimers with retinoid X receptors (RXR alpha and -beta) was not significantly affected. Consistent with the lack of T3-binding activity, both mutants had lost their trans-activation capacity. Mutants H and L exhibited dominant negative activity, but differed in their TRE dependency. The dominant negative potency of mutant H was in the rank order of Pal > DR4 > Lys, whereas no TRE dependency was observed for mutant L. The present study indicates that mutations of the TR alpha gene do occur in patients and that these novel TR alpha1 mutants provide a valuable tool to further understand the molecular basis of the dominant negative action of mutant TRs.
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- K H Lin
- Department of Biochemistry, Chang-Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan. cguaplo.cgu.tw.edu
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Lin K, Chen SL, Zhu XG, Shieh H, McPhie P, Cheng S. The gene regulating activity of thyroid hormone nuclear receptors is modulated by cell-type specific factors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 238:280-4. [PMID: 9299494 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.7285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To understand whether the transcriptional activity of thyroid hormone nuclear receptors (TRs) is modulated by cell-type specific factors, full length TR subtype alpha1 (TRalpha1) and beta1 (TRbeta1) cDNAs were cloned from human hepatoma cell lines: HA22T, SK-Hep-1 and HepG2. The cloned receptor bound to the thyroid hormone 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) and the thyroid hormone response elements (TREs) similarly to those cloned from other tissues. They exhibited T3- and TRE-dependent transactivation activities, indicating these TRs were transcriptionally active. The lipogenic malic enzyme (ME), a T3-target gene in liver, was stimulated approximately 3- and 1.5-fold by T3 in HA22T and SK-Hep-1, respectively. The T3-stimulated ME gene expression was inhibited in HA22T, but stimulated in SK-Hep-1 cells by insulin. These results suggest that the gene regulating activity of TRs was modulated by cell-type specific factors. Furthermore, these cell-type specific factors could modulate the cross talk between TR- and insulin receptor-mediated pathways.
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- K Lin
- Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chang-Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Zhu XG, McPhie P, Lin KH, Cheng SY. The differential hormone-dependent transcriptional activation of thyroid hormone receptor isoforms is mediated by interplay of their domains. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:9048-54. [PMID: 9083030 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.14.9048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Human thyroid hormone nuclear receptor isoforms (TRalpha1 and TRbeta1) express differentially in a tissue-specific and development-dependent manner. It is unclear whether these two isoforms have differential functions. We analyzed their interaction with a thyroid hormone response element with half-site binding motifs arranged in an everted repeat separated by six nucleotides (F2). Despite extensive sequence homologies, the two isoforms bound to F2 with different affinities and ratios of homodimer/monomer. Using F2-containing reporter gene, we found that the transcriptional activity of TRbeta1 was approximately 6-fold higher than that of TRalpha1. The lower activity of TRalpha1 was not due to differences in expression of the two isoforms because similar nuclear localization patterns were observed. To understand the structural determinants responsible for these differences, we constructed chimeric receptors in which hinge regions (domain D), hormone binding domains (domain E), and domains (D + E) were sequentially interchanged and their activities were compared. Chimeric TRs containing the domains D, E or (D + E) of TRbeta1 showed increased propensities to form homodimers and mediated higher transactivation activities than TRalpha1. Thus, differential transactivation activities of TR isoforms are mediated by interplay of their domains and could serve as an important regulatory mechanism to achieve diversity and specificity of pleiotropic T3 effect.
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- X G Zhu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Division of Basic Sciences, NIDDKD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Zhu XG, McPhie P, Cheng SY. Differential sensitivity of thyroid hormone receptor isoform homodimers and mutant heterodimers to hormone-induced dissociation from deoxyribonucleic acid: its role in dominant negative action. Endocrinology 1997; 138:1456-63. [PMID: 9075702 DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.4.5067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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General resistance to thyroid hormone is an inheritable disease with resistance of peripheral tissues to elevated levels of thyroid hormone. Genetic studies have shown that it is due to interference in the functions of wild-type thyroid hormone nuclear receptors (wTRs) via the dominant negative effect of mutant TRs (mTRs). The present study compared the heterodimerization of the two TR isoforms, TR beta1 and TR alpha1, with mutant TRs to understand if mTRs had isoform-dependent dominant negative action. Using electrophoresis gel mobility shift assay, we have demonstrated that mutant PV, S, ED, and OK form heterodimers with wTR alpha1 and deltaTR beta1 (in which the A/B domain of wTR beta1 has been deleted), on the F2-thyroid hormone response element (TRE). In the presence of T3, both homo- and heterodimer complexes are dissociated in a T3 concentration dependent manner. The ED50 for deltaTR beta1 homodimers was 3-fold higher than that of wTR alpha1 homodimers. ED50s for deltaTR beta1/mTR heterodimers were 10- to 40-fold higher than the corresponding wTR alpha1/mTR heterodimers. Mutant ED and OK homodimers were only partially dissociated at the highest T3 concentrations used (100 nM), whereas no dissociation could be detected for PV and S homodimers, indicating differential sensitivity of the F2-bound TR dimers to the T3-induced dissociation. We presented a model that indicates the dissociation of any particular TR dimer from F2 is determined by competition of T3 for both of its constituent TRs. By transfection assays, we showed that the potency of the dominant negative action of PV on TR alpha1 and TR beta1 inversely correlated with the sensitivity of the appropriate mTR/wTR heterodimer to T3-induced dissociation from F2. The differential dominant negative action of mutants on the two TR isoforms could play an important role in the heterogeneity of tissue-specific manifestations in patients with resistance to thyroid hormone.
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- X G Zhu
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA
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Lin KH, Zhu XG, Shieh HY, Hsu HC, Chen ST, McPhie P, Cheng SY. Identification of naturally occurring dominant negative mutants of thyroid hormone alpha 1 and beta 1 receptors in a human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line. Endocrinology 1996; 137:4073-81. [PMID: 8828459 DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.10.8828459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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To understand the function of thyroid hormone nuclear receptors (TRs) in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HCC), we characterized the hormone binding and transactivational activity of TRs in a HCC cell line, J7. TR alpha 1 (J7-TR alpha 1) and TR beta 1 (J7-TR beta 1) complementary DNAs were cloned from this cell line, and the binding activity to the hormone response elements (TREs) and to the thyroid hormone, 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3) of the expressed TR proteins were evaluated. J7-TR alpha 1 and J7-TR beta 1 bound to TREs similarly as the TRs isolated from other tissues. However, J7-TR alpha 1 did not bind to T3, and J7-TR beta 1 bound to T3 with only about 10% the affinity of the wild-type TR beta 1. Sequencing of the complementary DNAs shows a single Met259Ile mutation in J7-TR alpha 1 and Met334Val in J7-TR beta 1. Using reporters containing TREs, we found that J7-TR alpha 1 and J7-TR beta 1 had virtually lost their transactivational activity. Moreover, these two mutants inhibited the transactivational activity of the wild-type TRs by a dominant negative effect not only on the transfected TRs, but also on endogenous TRs in other two HCC cell lines, SK-Hep-1 and HepG2. The potency of the dominant negative effect of these two mutants inversely correlated with the expression level of endogenous TRs. The present studies identified two novel naturally occurring TR mutants that have potent dominant negative action. The identification of both the alpha and beta dominant negative mutants in J7 made this cell line a useful model system to further understand the molecular mechanism of the dominant negative action of TR mutants.
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- K H Lin
- Department of Biochemistry, Chang-Guang College of Medicine and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Zhu XG, Yu CL, McPhie P, Wong R, Cheng SY. Understanding the molecular mechanism of dominant negative action of mutant thyroid hormone beta 1-receptors: the important role of the wild-type/mutant receptor heterodimer. Endocrinology 1996; 137:712-21. [PMID: 8593822 DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.2.8593822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The clinical manifestations of patients with resistance to thyroid hormone result from inhibition of the functions of wild-type thyroid hormone receptors (wTRs) by the dominant negative effect of mutant TR beta 1 receptors (mTR beta 1). One of the proposed mechanisms by which mTR beta 1 exerts its dominant negative action is via formation of the putative inactive wTR beta 1/mTR beta 1 heterodimer. However, the nature of the wTR beta 1/mTR beta 1 heterodimer is poorly understood. The present study characterizes the wTR beta 1/mTR beta 1 heterodimer by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. The mutant TR beta 1 used was PV, which contains a frame shift mutation in the C-terminal part of TR beta 1 and has less than 1% of the T3 binding affinity of the wTR beta 1. Because of the difficulty in resolving wTR beta 1 and mutant PV dimers, we used a truncated wTR beta 1 in which the A/B domain was deleted (delta TR beta 1) to demonstrate the formation of the heterodimer on thyroid hormone response elements (TREs) in which the half-site binding motifs are oriented in an inverted repeat (F2), a direct repeat separated by four nucleotides (DR4), or an inverted repeat (Pal). Deletion of the A/B domain had no effect on the binding of T3 and TREs to wTR beta 1. In the presence of equal amounts of delta TR beta 1 and PV, three types of molecular complexes. delta TR beta 1 homodimer, delta TR beta 1/PV heterodimer, and PV homodimer bound to each TRE in a ratio of approximately 1:2:1. The identities of these complexes were confirmed by their ability to be supershifted by anti-TR beta 1 and/or anti-PV antibodies. delta TR beta 1/PV heterodimer formation varied with different TREs. The ratio of apparent affinity constant (Ka) in the binding of delta TR beta 1/PV to TREs was F2:DR4:Pal = approximately 6:2:1. The effect of T3 on delta TR beta 1/PV heterodimer formation was TRE dependent. No T3-induced dissociation was observed for the delta TR beta 1/PV heterodimer when bound to F2 and Pal. In contrast, the delta TR beta 1/PV heterodimer bound to DR4 was dissociated by T3 with an ED50 of 3.9 +/- 0.9 nM. The T3-induced dissociation of delta TR beta 1 homodimer bound to F2, DR4, and Pal had ED50 values of 4.1 +/- 1.2, 1.3 +/- 0.3, and more than 100 nM, respectively. By transfection assays, the dominant negative action of PV was found to be TRE dependent with the rank order of F2 >> Pal > ME (a DR4-like TRE in the rat malic enzyme gene). Taken together, these results indicate a strong correlation between wTR beta 1/mTR beta 1 heterodimer formation and the dominant negative potency of PV. These results suggest that the wTR beta 1/mTR beta 1 heterodimer could play an important role in the dominant negative action of mTR beta 1.
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- X G Zhu
- Division of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Bhat MK, McPhie P, Ting YT, Zhu XG, Cheng SY. Structure of the carboxy-terminal region of thyroid hormone nuclear receptors and its possible role in hormone-dependent intermolecular interactions. Biochemistry 1995; 34:10591-9. [PMID: 7544615 DOI: 10.1021/bi00033a034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 01/25/2023]
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The thyroid hormone nuclear receptors (TRs) are ligand-dependent transcription factors. To understand the molecular basis of ligand-dependent transactivation, we studied the structure of their carboxy-terminal activation domain. We analyzed the structures of the peptides derived from the C-terminal sequences of human TR subtypes beta 1 (h-TR beta 1) and alpha 1 (h-TR alpha 1) and a human TR mutant, PV, by circular dichroism (CD). Mutant PV has a C-terminal frameshift mutation and does not bind to the thyroid hormone, 3,3',5-triiodo-L-thyronine (T3). Analyses of the secondary structures of the peptides by CD indicate that five amino acids, EVFED, are part of an amphipathic alpha-helix which is required to maintain the structural integrity of the hormone binding domain. A monoclonal antibody, C4 (mAb C4), which recognizes both h-TR beta 1 and h-TR alpha 1 was developed. Using a series of truncated mutants and synthetic peptides, we mapped the epitope of mAb C4 to the conserved C-terminal amino acids, EVFED. Analysis of the binding data indicates that binding of T3 to either h-TR beta 1 or h-TR alpha 1 was competitively inhibited by mAb C4. Deletion of C-terminal amino acids including EVFED led to a total loss of T3 binding activity. Thus, part of the T3 binding site is located in this five amino acid segment. T3 may transduce its hormonal signal to the transcriptional machinery via interaction with EVFED at the C-terminus of TRs.
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- M K Bhat
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA
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Jin X, Chen Y, Dong GS, Zhang M, Xu M, Zhu XG, Wang X, Lu ED, Pan HB, Xu PS, Zhang XY, Fan CY. Synchrotron-radiation study of the electronic structure of fcc Mn thin films grown on a GaAs(001) surface. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1995; 51:9702-9706. [PMID: 9977636 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.9702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Wong R, Zhu XG, Pineda MA, Cheng SY, Weintraub BD. Cell type-dependent modulation of the dominant negative action of human mutant thyroid hormone beta 1 receptors. Mol Med 1995; 1:306-19. [PMID: 8529109 PMCID: PMC2229906] [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: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Mutations in the ligand-binding domain of the thyroid hormone receptor beta (TR beta) gene cause the syndrome of resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH). The clinical phenotype results from the antagonism of the normal TR alpha and the non-mutated TR beta alleles by the TR beta 1 mutants, via a dominant negative effect. There is, however, marked heterogeneity of organ resistance within and among kindreds with RTH. This study examines the potential role of cell type in modulating the dominant negative potency of human TR beta 1 (h-TR beta 1) mutants. MATERIALS AND METHODS Transient transfections were performed in HeLa and NIH3T3 cells, using a wild type (WT) and three naturally occurring mutant h-TR beta 1 constructs, and three natural thyroid hormone response elements (TREs). Immunocytochemistry was performed to detect levels of TR beta 1 expression in these two cell types. In order to determine how TR beta 1 interacts with other cellular partners, gel-shift analyses using HeLa and NIH3T3 nuclear extracts were performed. RESULTS Transfection studies using WT h-TR beta 1 in HeLa and NIH3T3 cells, showed that the 3,3',5-triiodothyronine (T3)-induced transactivation of the different TREs varied between cell types. Unlike the non-T3-binding h-TR beta 1 mutant, PV, mutants ED and OK displayed the expected T3-induced dose responsiveness in these two cell types. For each TRE examined, the magnitude of the dominant negative effect varied between the cell types. The levels of receptor expression in HeLa and NIH3T3 cells were identical, as determined by immunocytochemistry. Gel-shift analyses showed differences in the formation of hetero- and homodimers depending on both the cell type and TRE motif. CONCLUSIONS The cell type in which a mutant receptor operates affects the relative amounts of hetero- and homodimers. Together with the nature of the mutation and the TRE-motif, this could modulate the dominant negative action of mutant receptors in different tissues, which, in turn, could contribute to the variable phenotypic characteristics of RTH.
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- R Wong
- Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Jin X, Zhang M, Dong GS, Chen Y, Xu M, Zhu XG, Wang X, Lu ED, Pan HB, Xu PS, Zhang XY, Fan CY. Magnetic ordering of Mn overlayers on GaAs(100). Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1994; 50:9585-9588. [PMID: 9975016 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.50.9585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Wang SJ, Wang CL, Zhu XG, Qi ZN. Structural characteristics of HDPE/CaCO3 polymer composites probed by positron annihilation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1002/pssa.2211420130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Li R, Hu XD, Zhu XG. [Preliminary results of three different cannulations for percutaneous transhepatic cholecystic drainage in the interventional gallstone dissolutions]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1994; 32:97-9. [PMID: 7924677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Three different methods of percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder cathetering drainage were applied in 33 patients undergoing interventional gallstone dissolution. Among them, sheathed needle was used in 6 cases with a success rate of 33%; wire-guided in 16 with a success rate of 50%; and double-sheathed inner needle was successfully used in all the 11 cases. The authors believe that this last method could safely be used in the nonoperative drainage of acute cholecystitis as well as the interventional gallstone dissolutions.
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- R Li
- General Hospital of Peoples Liberation Army, Beijing
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Li R, Zhu XG, Han JD, Huang CT. Role of monoconjugated bilirubin in pathogenesis of gallstones. Chin Med J (Engl) 1992; 105:641-6. [PMID: 1458966] [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: 12/27/2022] Open
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In order to explore the substantial role of monoconjugated bilirubin (MCB) in gallstone formation, bile pigment precipitation and hemolytic jaundice, three experimental protocols have been studied, namely, (1) MCB and dietary induced pigment gallstone model, (2) MCB in human gallstone and incubated bile precipitates and (3) MCB in hemolytic jaundice. It was found that doubly increased MCB accounted for 1/3 of the total pigment in lithogenic guinea pig and CDCA plus glycine possessed certain protective effect from gallstone development; MCB was found in human gallstones both in bilirubinate and cholesterol type, and an unknown pigment, possibly an isomer of MCB, was found in black stone. During experimental hemolytic jaundice model preparation, both MCB and UCB were elevated, and MCB was found increased by 10 times, even exceeding the concentration of DCB when the injected bilirubin was about 4 mg/kg of body weight. It is reasonable to consider that MCB as a coprecipitant with UCB and a precursor of UCB played an essential role in the pathogenesis of gallstones.
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- R Li
- Department of Surgery, People's Hospital, Beijing Medical University
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Zhu XG. [First-aid of serious trauma at the emergency room (an analysis of 144 cases)]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 1989; 69:17-9, 4. [PMID: 2758341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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From 1983 to 1987 there were 144 patients with serious trauma who were given first-aid in the emergency room of our hospital. Sixty of them died (41.7%). The mortality was 56% (1983-1984) and 29.8% (1985-1987) (P less than 0.05). Our experience included: 1. to perform intratracheal intubation or tracheostomy at once for decreasing the mortality of the comatose or asphyxial patients, 2. to transfuse large quantity of liquid quickly and enough quantity of blood for treating shock; 3. learn to be more familiar with multiple injury for reducing diagnostic mistake; 4. to provide with excellent medical services and raise the efficiency of first-aid for decreasing the mortality of serious trauma in the emergency room.
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Zhu XG, Greeley GH, Lewis BG, Lilja P, Thompson JC. Blood-CSF barrier to CCK and effect of centrally administered bombesin on release of brain CCK. J Neurosci Res 1986; 15:393-403. [PMID: 3754587 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490150310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The purpose of this study, in part, was to determine the ability of cholecystokinin (CCK-33/39 and CCK-8) to penetrate the blood cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier in dogs by measuring these forms of CCK in plasma and in CSF. In addition, the effectiveness of centrally administered bombesin in releasing brain CCK-33/39 and CCK-8 was evaluated. Six groups of five dogs each were studied. Each group received one of the following: (1) intravenous infusion of CCK-33/39 (1.3 micrograms/kg/hr); (2) intravenous infusion of CCK-8 (0.4 micrograms/kg/hr); (3) intrathecal infusion of CCK-33/39 (1.3 micrograms/kg/hr); (4) intrathecal infusion of CCK-8 (0.5 micrograms/kg/hr); (5) intravenous infusion of bombesin (1 micrograms/kg/hr); and (6) intrathecal infusion of bombesin (1 microgram/kg/hr). Plasma concentrations of CCK-33/39 significantly increased during intravenous infusion of CCK-33/39 (from basal of 84 +/- 8 to 142 +/- 2 pg/ml) or bombesin (from basal of 78 +/- 13 to 325 +/- 87 pg/ml); however, CSF perfusate concentrations of CCK-33/39 did not increase. CCK-33/39 levels of the CSF perfusate increased significantly (P less than .05) from 211 +/- 84 to 9,873 +/- 3,368 pg/ml during intrathecal infusion of CCK-33/39, but failed to rise simultaneously in the systemic circulation. Similarly, intravenous infusion of CCK-8 caused a fivefold elevation in plasma CCK-8 levels and no change in CSF perfusate levels of CCK-8; moreover, intrathecal infusion of CCK-8 failed to elevate peripheral CCK-8 levels, despite CSF perfusate CCK-8 levels of 92,300 +/- 18,598 pg/ml. Intrathecal concentrations of neither CCK-33 nor CCK-8 were affected by intravenous or intrathecal administration of bombesin. We conclude that CCK-33/39 and CCK-8 do not penetrate the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in dogs, and centrally administered bombesin is ineffective in causing release of cholecystokinin from brain tissue into the CSF.
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Lu QH, Swierczek JS, Zhu XG, Greeley GH, Thompson JC. Central versus peripheral effects of bombesin on the release of gastrointestinal hormones in dogs. J Neurosci Res 1986; 16:553-9. [PMID: 3772992 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490160310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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This study compared the effects of bombesin given intracerebroventricularly and intravenously on circulating levels of gastrin, pancreatic polypeptide (PP), and cholecystokinin (CCK-33). Bilateral cannulas were implanted permanently into the lateral cerebral ventricles of five dogs. An intravenous (IV) bolus injection of bombesin (0.25 microgram/kg) significantly elevated circulating levels of gastrin, PP, and CCK-33. Vagotomy inhibited the release of PP that was induced by IV bombesin, but vagotomy did not affect gastrin and CCK-33 responses. Intracerebroventricular injection of bombesin (5.0 micrograms) significantly elevated circulating gastrin levels but did not affect circulating levels of CCK-33 and PP. Vagotomy did not alter gastrin release induced by intracerebroventricular injection of bombesin.
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Zhu XG, Greeley GH, Newman J, Wiener I, Fagan CJ, Thompson JC. Correlation of in vitro measurements of contractility of the gallbladder with in vivo ultrasonographic findings in patients with gallstones. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1985; 161:470-2. [PMID: 3901362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The objective of this study was to examine the in vitro responsiveness to cholecystokinin-8 of gallbladder muscle strips from patients with gallstones and to correlate the findings with preoperative ultrasonographic studies of gallbladder contractility. The response of gallbladder muscle strips to cholecystokinin-8 of patients with noncontracting gallbladders was significantly reduced in comparison to that of patients with gallstones whose gallbladders contracted in response to fat.
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Sakamoto T, Fujimura M, Newman J, Zhu XG, Greeley GH, Thompson JC. Comparison of hepatic elimination of different forms of cholecystokinin in dogs. Bioassay and radioimmunoassay comparisons of cholecystokinin-8-sulfate and -33-sulfate. J Clin Invest 1985; 75:280-5. [PMID: 3965508 PMCID: PMC423437 DOI: 10.1172/jci111686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The influence of hepatic transit on the ability of exogenous cholecystokinin-8-sulfate and -33-sulfate (CCK-8 and CCK-33, respectively) to stimulate gallbladder contraction and exocrine pancreatic secretion, as well as on the peripheral plasma concentration of each agent, was evaluated in five conscious dogs with pancreatic and gallbladder fistulas and complete portacaval transposition. The gallbladder pressure increments after portal administration of CCK-8 (0.125, 0.25, 0.50, and 1.0 microgram/kg per h for 5 min) were diminished by 36, 45, 39 and 25%, respectively, in comparison with those obtained with systemic administration of identical doses of CCK-8 (P less than 0.05). In a subsequent experiment, the integrated pancreatic juice volume, bicarbonate, and protein secretion were diminished by 22, 32, and 48%, respectively, during a 30-min infusion of CCK-8 (0.10 micrograms/kg per h) into the portal venous system, in comparison with the results obtained with systemic administration of CCK-8 (P less than 0.05). In contrast, the gallbladder pressure and pancreatic exocrine secretory responses to portal administration of CCK-33 did not differ significantly (P greater than 0.05) from the results obtained with systemic administration of CCK-33. Radioimmunoassay for CCK-8 in plasma showed that the integrated CCK-8 value during portal administration was significantly lower (P less than 0.05) than it was during systemic administration. The results for CCK-33, however, did not vary, whether it was given by a systemic or portal route (P greater than 0.05). Thus, the present study demonstrates that CCK-8 is partially inactivated by the liver whereas CCK-33 is not, which suggests that CCK-3 in the circulation may play a significant role in the physiologic regulation of the gallbladder and exocrine pancreas.
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Inoue K, Fried GM, Wiener I, Zhu XG, Greeley GH, Thompson JC. Colonic inhibition of cholecystokinin release and pancreatic protein secretion in dogs. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1984; 159:423-8. [PMID: 6495139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We have shown that the colon is capable of exerting profound inhibition on pancreatic enzyme secretion. This inhibition is brought about, at least in part, by significant suppression of release of cholecystokinin. Pancreatic polypeptide does not appear to be involved in colonic inhibition of pancreatic secretion.
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Lu QH, Greeley GH, Zhu XG, Thompson JC. Intracerebroventricular administration of cholecystokinin-8 elevates plasma pancreatic polypeptide levels in awake dogs. Endocrinology 1984; 114:2415-7. [PMID: 6327247 DOI: 10.1210/endo-114-6-2415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The effect of intracerebroventricular (ICV) administration of cholecystokinin-8 (CCK-8) (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 micrograms) on plasma levels of pancreatic polypeptide (PP) was studied in conscious dogs. ICV administration of CCK-8 (1.0, 2.0, 4.0 micrograms) produced a rapid and transient elevation in plasma concentrations of PP. Peripheral muscarinic receptor blockade with atropine or truncal vagotomy abolished PP secretion induced by ICV CCK-8. Pretreatment with ICV atropine also prevented the elevation in plasma PP induced by CCK-8. Plasma levels of CCK-33/39, CCK-8, and gastrin were not affected by ICV CCK-8. Our results indicate that central administration of CCK-8 selectively elevated plasma PP concentration. Since the effect of CCK-8 on plasma PP was abolished by central and peripheral atropine pretreatment, as well as by vagotomy, central and peripheral vagal cholinergic mechanisms appear to participate in release of PP that is induced by CCK-8 given by ICV injection.
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Ethanol is often implicated in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis, but the pathophysiologic processes of alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis remains poorly understood. We found that ingestion of alcohol by healthy volunteers did not stimulate release of cholecystokinin, which is the chief hormonal stimulant of pancreatic enzyme secretion, nor did it significantly alter fasting levels of pancreatic polypeptide, a hormonal inhibitor of pancreatic enzyme secretion. In conscious dogs prepared with chronic pancreatic fistulas, direct intraduodenal instillation of ethanol significantly reduced pancreatic protein output, and this reduction corresponded to a decline in plasma concentrations of cholecystokinin that was similar in the percentage of diminution and in duration. These data suggest that, in patients who do not have chronic pancreatitis, alcohol does not induce acute pancreatitis, either by stimulating cholecystokinin release or by stimulating enzyme secretion directly.
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Zhu XG. [Study of main lipids in the bile of patients with cholelithiasis]. Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 1983; 21:94-5. [PMID: 6872742] [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: 01/22/2023]
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Zhu XG. [Report on 12 cases of amniography and fetography (author's transl)]. Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi 1981; 16:26-8. [PMID: 7297229] [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: 01/24/2023]
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