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Lei JQ, Qiu L, Ding XH, Fu YX, Yuan XG, Liu Y. [Expression of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor beta3 subunit in murine cleft palate induced by 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin]. Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2019; 54:328-334. [PMID: 31091566 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1002-0098.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the expression of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor beta3 subunit (GABRB3) on cleft palate in C57BL/6J mice induced by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo- p-dioxin (TCDD). Methods: Sixty C57BL/6J pregnant mice on gestation day (GD) 10.5 were divided into two groups: one group was administered through gastric tubes one dose of 28 μg/kg TCDD (experimental group) and the other group was administered through gastric tubes one dose of 5.6 ml/kg corn oil (control group). Embryos were removed by cesarean section from pregnant mice during the palatal formation stage (GD 13.5-17.5) and the palatal tissue studied in morphological and histological observation. The relative mRNA and protein expression of GABRB3 was measured by real-time quantitative PCR and Western blotting. Localization of GABRB3 protein was measured by immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence. Results: The incidence of cleft palate at GD17.5 was 100% in experimental group and there was no cleft palate occurred in the control group (0); elevation of palatine processes in experimental group was completed on GD15.5 which was clearly delayed by a day compared with that in control group. On GD14.5-GD17.5, the mRNA expression (0.561±0.073, 0.728±0.104, 0.782±0.137, 0.686±0.145) and protein expression (0.288±0.013, 0.404±0.017, 0.399±0.012, 0.307±0.010) in the experimental group were significantly lower than the control group mRNA expression (0.818±0.088, 0.865±0.086, 1.021±0.054, 1.163±0.179) and protein expression (0.481±0.017, 0.456±0.009, 0.474±0.016, 0.529±0.015)(P<0.05). Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence showed that GABRB3 was mainly expressed in the mesenchymal cells and medial edge epithelium. Conclusions: TCDD delayed palatal shelf elevation and eventually led to cleft palate may be associated with a decrease in GABRB3. GABRB3 may play an important role in the elevation and fusion phases of the palate development.
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- J Q Lei
- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University & Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders & China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders & Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing 400014, China
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Shao Y, Fu YX, Wang QF, Cheng ZQ, Zhang GY, Hu SY. Khubchandani’s procedure combined with stapled posterior rectal wall resection for rectocele. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25:1421-1431. [PMID: 30918434 PMCID: PMC6429338 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i11.1421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Obstructed defecation syndrome (ODS) is a widespread disease in the world. Rectocele is the most common cause of ODS in females. Multiple procedures have been performed to treat rectocele and no procedure has been accepted as the gold-standard procedure. Stapled transanal rectal resection (STARR) has been widely used. However, there are still some disadvantages in this procedure and its effectiveness in anterior wall repair is doubtful. Therefore, new procedures are expected to further improve the treatment of rectocele.
AIM To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a novel rectocele repair combining Khubchandani’s procedure with stapled posterior rectal wall resection.
METHODS A cohort of 93 patients were recruited in our randomized clinical trial and were divided into two different groups in a randomized manner. Forty-two patients (group A) underwent Khubchandani’s procedure with stapled posterior rectal wall resection and 51 patients (group B) underwent the STARR procedure. Follow-up was performed at 1, 3, 6, and 12 mo after the operation. Preoperative and postoperative ODS scores and depth of rectocele, postoperative complications, blood loss, and hospital stay of each patient were documented. All data were analyzed statistically to evaluate the efficiency and safety of our procedure.
RESULTS In group A, 42 patients underwent Khubchandani’s procedure with stapled posterior rectal wall resection and 34 were followed until the final analysis. In group B, 51 patients underwent the STARR procedure and 37 were followed until the final analysis. Mean operative duration was 41.47 ± 6.43 min (group A) vs 39.24 ± 6.53 min (group B). Mean hospital stay was 3.15 ± 0.70 d (group A) vs 3.14 ± 0.54 d (group B). Mean blood loss was 10.91 ± 2.52 mL (group A) vs 10.14 ± 1.86 mL (group B). Mean ODS score in group A declined from 16.50 ± 2.06 before operation to 5.06 ± 1.07 one year after the operation, whereas in group B it was 17.11 ± 2.57 before operation and 6.03 ± 2.63 one year after the operation. Mean depth of rectocele decreased from 4.32 ± 0.96 cm (group A) vs 4.18 ± 0.95 cm (group B) preoperatively to 1.19 ± 0.43 cm (group A) vs 1.54 ± 0.82 cm (group B) one year after operation. No other serious complications, such as rectovaginal fistula, perianal sepsis, or deaths, were recorded. After 12 mo of follow-up, 30 patients’ (30/34, 88.2%) final outcomes were judged as effective and 4 (4/34, 11.8%) as moderate in group A, whereas in group B, 30 (30/37, 81.1%) patients’ outcomes were judged as effective, 5 (5/37, 13.5%) as moderate, and 2 (2/37, 5.4%) as poor.
CONCLUSION Khubchandani’s procedure combined with stapled posterior rectal wall resection is an effective, feasible, and safe procedure with minor trauma to rectocele.
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- Yi Shao
- Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Neonatal Medicine, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang 262500, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Neonatal Medicine, Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang, Weifang 262500, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, Shandong Province, China
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Fu YX, Wang YH, Tong XS, Gong Z, Sun XM, Yuan JC, Zheng TT, Li C, Niu DQ, Dai HG, Liu XF, Mao YJ, Tang BD, Xue W, Huang YJ. EDACO, a derivative of myricetin, inhibits the differentiation of Gaoyou duck embryonic osteoclasts in vitro. Br Poult Sci 2019; 60:169-175. [PMID: 30722674 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2018.1564239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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1. This study determined the effects of (E)-3-(2-(4-(3-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)acryloyl)phenoxy)ethoxy)-5,7-dimethoxy-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-4H-chromen-4-one (EDACO) on the differentiation of Gaoyou duck embryonic osteoclasts cultured in vitro. 2. Bone marrow mononuclear cells (BM-MNC) were collected from 23-d-old Gaoyou duck embryos and induced by macrophage colony-stimulating factor and receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand in the presence of EDACO at different concentrations (i.e. 10, 20, 40, 80 and 160 µM). Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining and resorption ability determination were conducted. 3. Results suggested that EDACO suppressed the shaping of positive multinucleated cells and the number of TRAP-positive cells in the 20, 40, 80 and 160 μM EDACO groups was significantly decreased (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Besides, the absorption activity of differentiated duck embryonic osteoclasts was significantly inhibited (P < 0.05) in both 80 and 160 μM EDACO groups. 4. Overall, EDACO can inhibit the differentiation of BM-MNC into mature osteoclasts in duck embryos.1.
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- b State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering , Guizhou University , Huaxi District , Guiyang , 550025 , PR China
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- c College of Veterinary Medicine , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou , 225009 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- d Department of Clinical Medicine , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- e Department of gynaecology and obstetrics , The Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- f Animal husbandry and veterinary bureau of Fengyang County , Chuzhou , 233100 , PR China
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- g Department of surgical oncology , The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College , Huaxi District , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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- b State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering , Guizhou University , Huaxi District , Guiyang , 550025 , PR China
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- a Department of Bioscience , Bengbu Medical College , Bengbu , 233030 , PR China
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Liu S, Wang C, Fu YX. [Analysis of drug resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii in wound of children with traffic injury and its relationship with antibiotic use]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2017; 33:404-409. [PMID: 28763905 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-2587.2017.07.002] [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] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Objective: To know the drug resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) in wound of children with traffic injury and its relationship with antibiotic use. Methods: Wound exudate of 226 children with traffic injury admitted to our unit from January 2010 to December 2015 were collected. API bacteria identification panels and fully automatic microbiological identification system were used to identify pathogens. Kirby-Bauer paper disk diffusion method was used to detect the drug resistance of pathogens to 18 antibiotics including amoxycillin/clavulanic acid, piperacillin/tazobactam, and imipenem. The detection situation of pathogen of children's wounds and drug resistance of detected AB to 18 antibiotics in each year were collected. Forty-six AB positive children (2 children excluded) were divided into imipenem-resistant group (IR, n=19) and non imipenem-resistant group (NIR, n=25) according to whether AB was 100% resistant to imipenem. Drug resistance of AB in wounds of children to 18 antibiotics in two groups was compared. The antibiotic use of AB positive children was collected, and the antibiotic use intensity of children in two groups was compared. Data were processed with Fisher's exact test, independent sample t test, and corrected t test. Results: (1) The detection rates of pathogen in wounds of children in 2010-2015 were 95.6% (43/45), 89.8% (53/59), 81.3% (148/182), 81.1% (107/132), 81.6% (120/147), and 77.5% (62/80), respectively, showing a trend of decreasing year by year. A total of 665 strains and 75 pathogens were detected, and the top 5 pathogens with detection rate from high to low were AB, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloacae, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Escherichia coli, respectively. (2) Drug resistance rates of AB to amoxycillin/clavulanic acid, cefazolin, aztreonam, and piperacillin were all 100%, while AB was 100% sensitive to polymyxin, and the total drug resistance rates of AB to the other 13 antibiotics were all above 50%. The drug resistance rate of AB in wounds of children to piperacillin was higher than that to piperacillin/tazobactam in 2010-2015. (3) Except for imipenem, amoxycillin/clavulanic acid, cefazolin, aztreonam, piperacillin, and polymyxin, the drug resistance rates of AB in wounds of children in group IR to the other 12 antibiotics were higher than those in group NIR (with P values below 0.01). Besides, AB strains in wounds of children in group IR were completely resistant to at least 3 kinds of antibiotics including carbapenems, aminoglycosides, and quinolones, so that they were multidrug-resistant AB. (4) A total of 32 antibiotics were used in 46 AB positive children, and the 10-top-used antibiotics with use intensity from high to low were cefoperazone/sulbactam, piperacillin/tazobactam, cefazolin, imipenem, ceftizoxime, amoxycillin/clavulanate, ceftazidime, cefepime, amoxycillin/sulbactam, and cefmetazole, respectively. (5) Twenty-one antibiotics were not included in the comparison because of their small amount of usage. For the other 11 antibiotics, only the use intensity of metronidazole of children in two groups was statistically different (t=-3.104, P<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in total antibiotic use of children in two groups (t=0.368, P>0.05). Conclusions: AB is one of the main pathogens in wounds of children with traffic injury, with high drug resistant rate. The high intensity of antibiotic use may lead to its drug resistance. In this study, the top-used antibiotics were in accord with AB resistant drugs, indicating a lack of normative use of antibiotics.
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- Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400014, China
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Peng Y, Fu YX. [Advances in the research of treating multi-drug resistant bacterial infections]. Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi 2016; 32:539-41. [PMID: 27647070 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1009-2587.2016.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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It is imperative to research the treatment strategy for infections caused by multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria, as there are increasing reports showing that more and more patients are decimated by the infections of MDR bacteria and the development of antimicrobial drugs is in downturn. Current researches mainly focus on the following three aspects: developing new antimicrobial agents with the aid of basic scientific achievements in finding new antibacterial targets, achieving antimicrobial purpose by specific lysis of host bacteria with phages of high specificity, and killing bacteria potently by destroying its cytomembrane using broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptides.
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- Y Peng
- The First Clinical College of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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Zhao J, Fu YX, Yang T, Shen ZY, Wu CL. Prediction of Complement-Binding Capacity of HLA Antibodies Based on Mean Fluorescence Intensity. Transplant Proc 2016; 48:2235-40. [PMID: 27569975 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2016] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies estimated by Luminex single-antigen beads, especially those that fix complement, are associated with antibody-mediated rejection and graft failure. However, the relationship between HLA antibody strength and complement-binding ability is controversial. METHODS Serum samples of 31 sensitized renal patients waiting for renal transplantation were retrospectively analyzed by IgG-Luminex to identify HLA antibodies and in parallel by C1q-Luminex to determine the complement binding of HLA antibodies. RESULTS The percentage of HLA class I antibodies binding with C1q was lower than that of HLA class II antibodies (43.2% vs. 51.3%, P = .006). The mean fluorescence intensities (MFI) of IgG-Luminex correlated with the MFI of C1q-Luminex for the same antibodies (Spearman correlation; class I, r = 0.665, P < .01; class II, r = 0.761, P < .01). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that the MFIs of HLA antibodies by IgG-Luminex predicted their C1q-binding abilities (area under the curve [AUC] class I = 0.917; AUC class II = 0.927). Using MFI cutoff values of 8238 and 6754 in IgG-Luminex for HLA class I and class II antibodies, respectively, the sensitivity and specificity for C1q binding were 82.4% and 87.4% for class I antibodies and 90.9% and 82% for class II antibodies. CONCLUSIONS The MFI of HLA antibodies by IgG-Luminex predicts the complement-binding capability to a certain extent before transplantation.
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- J Zhao
- Department of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China; Department of Transplant Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Transplant Surgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Urology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
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Qiao F, Wang CF, Chen XX, Wang P, Chi YH, Cottrill E, Pan N, Shi JM, Zhu-Ge WW, Fu YX, Qian XP, Xu J. Synthesis, crystal structure, and π–π stacking magnetism of the mononuclear radical complex [N-hydrogenpyridinium][Pd(mnt)2]. J Mol Struct 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.07.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Choudhary M, Zanhua X, Fu YX, Kaplan S. Genome analyses of three strains of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: evidence of rapid evolution of chromosome II. J Bacteriol 2006; 189:1914-21. [PMID: 17172323 PMCID: PMC1855717 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01498-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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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Three strains of Rhodobacter sphaeroides of diverse origin have been under investigation in our laboratory for their genome complexities, including the presence of multiple chromosomes and the distribution of essential genes within their genomes. The genome of R. sphaeroides 2.4.1 has been completely sequenced and fully annotated, and now two additional strains (ATCC 17019 and ATCC 17025) of R. sphaeroides have been sequenced. Thus, genome comparisons have become a useful approach in determining the evolutionary relationships among different strains of R. sphaeroides. In this study, the concatenated chromosomal sequences from the three strains of R. sphaeroides were aligned, using Mauve, to examine the extent of shared DNA regions and the degree of relatedness among their chromosome-specific DNA sequences. In addition, the exact intra- and interchromosomal DNA duplications were analyzed using Mummer. Genome analyses employing these two independent approaches revealed that strain ATCC 17025 diverged considerably from the other two strains, 2.4.1 and ATCC 17029, and that the two latter strains are more closely related to one another. Results further demonstrated that chromosome II (CII)-specific DNA sequences of R. sphaeroides have rapidly evolved, while CI-specific DNA sequences have remained highly conserved. Aside from the size variation of CII of R. sphaeroides, variation in sequence lengths of the CII-shared DNA regions and their high sequence divergence among strains of R. sphaeroides suggest the involvement of CII in the evolution of strain-specific genomic rearrangements, perhaps requiring strains to adapt in specialized niches.
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- M Choudhary
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Wang J, Lo JC, Foster A, Yu P, Chen HM, Wang Y, Tamada K, Chen L, Fu YX. The regulation of T cell homeostasis and autoimmunity by T cell-derived LIGHT. J Clin Invest 2001; 108:1771-80. [PMID: 11748260 PMCID: PMC209470 DOI: 10.1172/jci13827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Costimulatory molecules on antigen-presenting cells (APCs) play an important role in T cell activation and expansion. However, little is known about the surface molecules involved in direct T-T cell interaction required for their activation and expansion. LIGHT, a newly discovered TNF superfamily member (TNFSF14), is expressed on activated T cells and immature dendritic cells. Here we demonstrate that blockade of LIGHT activity can reduce anti-CD3-mediated proliferation of purified T cells, suggesting that T cell-T cell interaction is essential for this proliferation. To test the in vivo activity of T cell-derived LIGHT in immune homeostasis and function, transgenic (Tg) mice expressing LIGHT in the T cell lineage were generated. LIGHT Tg mice have a significantly enlarged T cell compartment and a hyperactivated peripheral T cell population. LIGHT Tg mice spontaneously develop severe autoimmune disease manifested by splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, glomerulonephritis, elevated autoantibodies, and severe infiltration of various peripheral tissues. Furthermore, the blockade of LIGHT activity ameliorates the severity of T cell-mediated diseases. Collectively, these findings establish a crucial role for this T cell-derived costimulatory ligand in T cell activation and expansion; moreover, the dysregulation of T cell-derived LIGHT leads to altered T cell homeostasis and autoimmune disease.
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- J Wang
- Department of Pathology and Committee on Immunology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Guo Z, Wang J, Meng L, Wu Q, Kim O, Hart J, He G, Zhou P, Thistlethwaite JR, Alegre ML, Fu YX, Newell KA. Cutting edge: membrane lymphotoxin regulates CD8(+) T cell-mediated intestinal allograft rejection. J Immunol 2001; 167:4796-800. [PMID: 11673481 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.9.4796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Blocking the CD28/B7 and/or CD154/CD40 costimulatory pathways promotes long-term allograft survival in many transplant models where CD4(+) T cells are necessary for rejection. When CD8(+) T cells are sufficient to mediate rejection, these approaches fail, resulting in costimulation blockade-resistant rejection. To address this problem we examined the role of lymphotoxin-related molecules in CD8(+) T cell-mediated rejection of murine intestinal allografts. Targeting membrane lymphotoxin by means of a fusion protein, mAb, or genetic mutation inhibited rejection of intestinal allografts by CD8(+) T cells. This effect was associated with decreased monokine induced by IFN-gamma (Mig) and secondary lymphoid chemokine (SLC) gene expression within allografts and spleens respectively. Blocking membrane lymphotoxin did not inhibit rejection mediated by CD4(+) T cells. Combining disruption of membrane lymphotoxin and treatment with CTLA4-Ig inhibited rejection in wild-type mice. These data demonstrate that membrane lymphotoxin is an important regulatory molecule for CD8(+) T cells mediating rejection and suggest a strategy to avoid costimulation blockade-resistant rejection.
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- Z Guo
- Emory Transplant Center and Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Wang J, Chun T, Lo JC, Wu Q, Wang Y, Foster A, Roca K, Chen M, Tamada K, Chen L, Wang CR, Fu YX. The critical role of LIGHT, a TNF family member, in T cell development. J Immunol 2001; 167:5099-105. [PMID: 11673520 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.9.5099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Negative selection refers to the selective deletion of autoreactive thymocytes but its molecular events have not been well defined. In this study, we demonstrate that a cellular ligand for herpes virus entry mediator and lymphotoxin receptor (LIGHT), a newly identified member of the TNF superfamily, may play a critical role in negative selection. Using TCR transgenic mice, we find that the blockade of LIGHT signaling in vitro and in vivo prevents negative selection induced by peptide and intrathymically expressed Ags, resulting in the rescue of thymocytes from apoptosis. Furthermore, the thymi of LIGHT transgenic mice show severe atrophy with remarkably reduced CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive cells caused by increased apoptosis, suggesting that LIGHT can delete immature T cells in vivo. Taken together, these results demonstrate a critical role of LIGHT in thymic negative selection of the T cell repertoire.
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- J Wang
- Department of Pathology and Committee on Immunology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Fu YX, Shen Y, Dan Y. Motion-induced perceptual extrapolation of blurred visual targets. J Neurosci 2001; 21:RC172. [PMID: 11588202 PMCID: PMC6763880] [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: 02/21/2023] Open
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In the motion-extrapolation hypothesis, the visual system can extrapolate the instantaneous position of a moving object from its past trajectory. The existence of such a mechanism in human vision has been intensely debated. Here, we show compelling perceptual extrapolation of both first- and second-order moving stimuli, the magnitude of which depends on blurring of the visual target. The spatiotemporal characteristics of the extrapolation can be quantitatively accounted for by a simple model based on temporally biphasic neuronal response, a property widely observed among sensory neurons. Thus, motion-induced perceptual extrapolation exists in human vision, and spatial blurring is an important factor in the interaction between motion and perceptual localization.
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- Y X Fu
- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Zhu G, Flies DB, Tamada K, Sun Y, Rodriguez M, Fu YX, Chen L. Progressive depletion of peripheral B lymphocytes in 4-1BB (CD137) ligand/I-Ealpha)-transgenic mice. J Immunol 2001; 167:2671-6. [PMID: 11509610 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.5.2671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Interaction of 4-1BB (CD137) and its ligand (4-1BBL) is thought to positively regulate cell-mediated and humoral immune responses. We have prepared transgenic mouse strains that express 4-1BBL cDNA under the control of MHC class II I-Ealpha promoter. The 4-1BBL-transgenic mice show progressive splenomegaly and selective depletion of B220(+) B cells accompanied with low levels of circulating IgG and defective humoral responses to Ag challenge. In addition, splenocytes from the transgenic mice fail to provide stimulation for allogeneic T cells in both lymphoproliferative and CTL responses in vitro, whereas their T cells remain functionally normal. Our results reveal unexpected functions of 4-1BBL in the regulation of humoral immune responses and Ag presentation.
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MESH Headings
- 4-1BB Ligand
- Aging/immunology
- Animals
- Antibody Formation
- Antigen Presentation
- Antigens, CD
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/genetics
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/metabolism
- In Vitro Techniques
- Ligands
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phenotype
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Spleen/immunology
- Spleen/pathology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 9
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- G Zhu
- Department of Immunology, Mayo Graduate and Medical Schools, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Rennert PD, Hochman PS, Flavell RA, Chaplin DD, Jayaraman S, Browning JL, Fu YX. Essential role of lymph nodes in contact hypersensitivity revealed in lymphotoxin-alpha-deficient mice. J Exp Med 2001; 193:1227-38. [PMID: 11390430 PMCID: PMC2193379 DOI: 10.1084/jem.193.11.1227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Lymph nodes (LNs) are important sentinal organs, populated by circulating lymphocytes and antigen-bearing cells exiting the tissue beds. Although cellular and humoral immune responses are induced in LNs by antigenic challenge, it is not known if LNs are essential for acquired immunity. We examined immune responses in mice that lack LNs due to genetic deletion of lymphotoxin ligands or in utero blockade of membrane lymphotoxin. We report that LNs are absolutely required for generating contact hypersensitivity, a T cell-dependent cellular immune response induced by epicutaneous hapten. We show that the homing of epidermal Langerhans cells in response to hapten application is specifically directed to LNs, providing a cellular basis for this unique LN function. In contrast, the spleen cannot mediate contact hypersensitivity because antigen-bearing epidermal Langerhans cells do not access splenic white pulp. Finally, we formally demonstrate that LNs provide a unique environment essential for generating this acquired immune response by reversing the LN defect in lymphotoxin-alpha(-/)- mice, thereby restoring the capacity for contact hypersensitivity.
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Affiliation(s)
- P D Rennert
- Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Biogen, Incorporated, 14 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
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We present in this paper a simple method for estimating the mutation rate per site per year which also yields an estimate of the length of a generation when mutation rate per site per generation is known. The estimator, which takes advantage of DNA polymorphisms in longitudinal samples, is unbiased under a number of population models, including population structure and variable population size over time. We apply the new method to a longitudinal sample of DNA sequences of the env gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) from a single patient and obtain 1.62 x 10(-2) as the mutation rate per site per year for HIV-1. Using an independent data set to estimate the mutation rate per generation, we obtain 1.8 days as the length of a generation of HIV-1, which agrees well with recent estimates based on viral load data. Our estimate of generation time differs considerably from a recent estimate by Rodrigo et al. when the same mutation rate per site per generation is used. Some factors that may contribute to the difference among different estimators are discussed.
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- Y X Fu
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas at Houston, 77030, USA.
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Hoe NP, Vuopio-Varkila J, Vaara M, Grigsby D, De Lorenzo D, Fu YX, Dou SJ, Pan X, Nakashima K, Musser JM. Distribution of streptococcal inhibitor of complement variants in pharyngitis and invasive isolates in an epidemic of serotype M1 group A Streptococcus infection. J Infect Dis 2001; 183:633-9. [PMID: 11170990 DOI: 10.1086/318543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2000] [Revised: 11/07/2000] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Streptococcal inhibitor of complement (Sic) is a highly polymorphic extracellular protein made predominantly by serotype M1 group A Streptococcus (GAS). New variants of the Sic protein frequently appear in M1 epidemics as a result of positive natural selection. To gain further understanding of the molecular basis of M1 epidemics, the sic gene was sequenced from 471 pharyngitis and 127 pyogenic and blood isolates recovered from 598 patients living in metropolitan Helsinki, Finland, during a 37-month population-based surveillance study. Most M1 GAS subclones recovered from pyogenic infections and blood were abundantly represented in the pool of subclones causing pharyngitis. Alleles shared among the pharyngitis, pyogenic, and blood samples were identified in throat isolates a mean of 9.8 months before their recovery from pyogenic infections and blood, which indicates that selection of most sic variants occurs on mucosal surfaces. In contrast, no variation was identified in the emm and covR/covS genes.
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- N P Hoe
- Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 903 S. 4th St., Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
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Wu Q, Sun Y, Wang J, Lin X, Wang Y, Pegg LE, Fütterer A, Pfeffer K, Fu YX. Signal via lymphotoxin-beta R on bone marrow stromal cells is required for an early checkpoint of NK cell development. J Immunol 2001; 166:1684-9. [PMID: 11160211 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.3.1684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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NK cells play an important role in the immune system but the cellular and molecular requirements for their early development are poorly understood. Lymphotoxin-alpha (LTalpha)(-/-) and LTbetaR(-/-) mice show a severe systemic reduction of NK cells, which provides an excellent model to study NK cell development. In this study, we show that the bone marrow (BM) or fetal liver cells from LTalpha(-/-) or LTbetaR(-/-) mice efficiently develop into mature NK cells in the presence of stromal cells from wild-type mice but not from LTalpha(-/-) or LTbetaR(-/-) mice. Direct activation of LTbetaR-expressing BM stromal cells is shown to promote to early NK cell development in vitro. Furthermore, the blockade of the interaction between LT and LTbetaR in adult wild-type mice by administration of LTbetaR-Ig impairs the development of NK cells in vivo. Together, these results indicate that the signal via LTbetaR on BM stromal cells by membrane LT is an important pathway for early NK cell development.
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MESH Headings
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- Bone Marrow Cells/cytology
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Line
- Cells, Cultured
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/immunology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/pathology
- Homeostasis/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/cytology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Killer Cells, Natural/pathology
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphocyte Count
- Lymphoid Tissue/immunology
- Lymphoid Tissue/pathology
- Lymphopenia/genetics
- Lymphopenia/immunology
- Lymphopenia/therapy
- Lymphotoxin beta Receptor
- Lymphotoxin-alpha/genetics
- Lymphotoxin-alpha/metabolism
- Lymphotoxin-beta
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/deficiency
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Stromal Cells/immunology
- Stromal Cells/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/pathology
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Affiliation(s)
- Q Wu
- Department of Pathology and Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Yu N, Zhao Z, Fu YX, Sambuughin N, Ramsay M, Jenkins T, Leskinen E, Patthy L, Jorde LB, Kuromori T, Li WH. Global patterns of human DNA sequence variation in a 10-kb region on chromosome 1. Mol Biol Evol 2001; 18:214-22. [PMID: 11158380 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Human DNA variation is currently a subject of intense research because of its importance for studying human origins, evolution, and demographic history and for association studies of complex diseases. A approximately 10-kb region on chromosome 1, which contains only four small exons (each <155 bp), was sequenced for 61 humans (20 Africans, 20 Asians, and 21 Europeans) and for 1 chimpanzee, 1 gorilla, and 1 orangutan. We found 52 polymorphic sites among the 122 human sequences and 382 variant sites among the human, chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan sequences. For the introns sequenced (8,991 bp), the nucleotide diversity (pi) was 0.058% among all sequences, 0.076% among the African sequences, 0.047% among the Asian sequences, and 0.045% among the European sequences. A compilation of data revealed that autosomal regions have, on average, the highest pi value (0.091%), X-linked regions have a somewhat lower pi value (0.079%), and Y-linked regions have a very low pi value (0.008%). The lower polymorphism in the present region may be due to a lower mutation rate and/or selection in the gene containing these introns or in genes linked to this region. The present region and two other 10-kb noncoding regions all show a strong excess of low-frequency variants, indicating a relatively recent population expansion. This region has a low mutation rate, which was estimated to be 0.74 x 10 per nucleotide per year. An average estimate of approximately 12,600 for the long-term effective population size was obtained using various methods; the estimate was not far from the commonly used value of 10,000. Fu and Li's tests rejected the assumption of an equilibrium neutral Wright-Fisher population, largely owing to the high proportion of low-frequency variants. The age of the most recent common ancestor of the sequences in our sample was estimated to be more than 1 Myr. Allowing for some unrealistic assumptions in the model, this estimate would still suggest an age of more than 500,000 years, providing further evidence for a genetic history of humans much more ancient than the emergence of modern humans. The fact that many unique variants exist in Europe and Asia also suggests a fairly long genetic history outside of Africa and argues against a complete replacement of all indigenous populations in Europe and Asia by a small Africa stock. Moreover, the ancient genetic history of humans indicates no severe bottleneck during the evolution of humans in the last half million years; otherwise, much of the ancient genetic history would have been lost during a severe bottleneck. We suggest that both the "Out of Africa" and the multiregional models are too simple to explain the evolution of modern humans.
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- N Yu
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Fu YX, Xiang DL, Zhang XW. [Repairing deformity of the head and face with tissue flap pedicled with the superficial temporal artery in children]. Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi 2001; 15:36-8. [PMID: 12563928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of tissue flap pedicled with the superficial temporal artery in repairing deformity of the head and face in children. METHODS From October 1986 to December 1996, 13 children with deformity of the head and face were repaired by this tissue flap. Among them, there were congenital deformity in 9 cases, burned scar in 3 cases and infection scar in 1 case. Among the flaps, 1 was temporal skin flap, 3 were temporal flap with hairbearing scalp, 1 was frontal skin flap, and 8 were posterio-uricular superficial fascia flap and skin flap. The area of tissue flap was ranged from 5.0 cm x 1.2 cm to 10.0 cm x 5.0 cm. The length of the pedicle was 5-8 cm. RESULTS All tissue flaps healed with first intention. Followed up for 6 months to 12 years, the appearance and function of tissue flaps were satisfactory. CONCLUSION The tissue flap pedicled with the superficial temporal artery is suitable to repair many kinds of deformities of the head and face in children. It has the advantages of good blood supply, closely acceptor area, easy operation and satisfactory appearance.
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- Y X Fu
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Congqing, P. R. China 400014
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Wang Y, Wang J, Sun Y, Wu Q, Fu YX. Complementary effects of TNF and lymphotoxin on the formation of germinal center and follicular dendritic cells. J Immunol 2001; 166:330-7. [PMID: 11123309 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.1.330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The formation of germinal centers (GC) around follicular dendritic cells (FDC) is a critical step in the humoral immune responses that depends on the cooperative effects of B cells and T cells. Mice deficient in either TNF or lymphotoxin (LT) fail to form both GC and FDC network in B cell follicles. To test a potential complementary effect of TNF and LT, a mixture of bone marrow cells from TNF(-/-) mice and LT alpha(-/-) mice was transferred into irradiated LT alpha(-/-) mice or TNF(-/-) mice. Interestingly, the formation of both GC and FDC clusters in B cell follicles was restored in such chimeric mice, suggesting that TNF and LT from different cells could complement one another. To identify the exact contributions of each subset to the complementary effect of TNF and LT, different sources of T and B cells from LT alpha(-/-) mice or TNF(-/-) mice were used for reconstitution. Our study demonstrates that either T or B cell-derived TNF is sufficient to restore FDC/GC in the presence of LT-expressing B cells. However, TNF itself is not required for GC reactions if the FDC network is already intact. Thus, the development and maintenance of these lymphoid structures depend on a delicate interaction between TNF and LT from different subsets of lymphocytes.
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- Y Wang
- Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Ding YC, Wooding S, Harpending HC, Chi HC, Li HP, Fu YX, Pang JF, Yao YG, Yu JG, Moyzis R, Zhang Y. Population structure and history in East Asia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:14003-6. [PMID: 11095712 PMCID: PMC17690 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.240441297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [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: 11/18/2022] Open
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Archaeological, anatomical, linguistic, and genetic data have suggested that there is an old and significant boundary between the populations of north and south China. We use three human genetic marker systems and one human-carried virus to examine the north/south distinction. We find no support for a major north/south division in these markers; rather, the marker patterns suggest simple isolation by distance.
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- Y C Ding
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, People's Republic of China
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Zhao Z, Jin L, Fu YX, Ramsay M, Jenkins T, Leskinen E, Pamilo P, Trexler M, Patthy L, Jorde LB, Ramos-Onsins S, Yu N, Li WH. Worldwide DNA sequence variation in a 10-kilobase noncoding region on human chromosome 22. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:11354-8. [PMID: 11005839 PMCID: PMC17204 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.200348197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [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] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Human DNA sequence variation data are useful for studying the origin, evolution, and demographic history of modern humans and the mechanisms of maintenance of genetic variability in human populations, and for detecting linkage association of disease. Here, we report worldwide variation data from a approximately 10-kilobase noncoding autosomal region. We identified 75 variant sites in 64 humans (128 sequences) and 463 variant sites among the human, chimpanzee, and orangutan sequences. Statistical tests suggested that the region is selectively neutral. The average nucleotide diversity (pi) across the region was 0.088% among all of the human sequences obtained, 0.085% among African sequences, and 0.082% among non-African sequences, supporting the view of a low nucleotide diversity ( approximately 0.1%) in humans. The comparable pi value in non-Africans to that in Africans indicates no severe bottleneck during the evolution of modern non-Africans; however, the possibility of a mild bottleneck cannot be excluded because non-Africans showed considerably fewer variants than Africans. The present and two previous large data sets all show a strong excess of low frequency variants in comparison to that expected from an equilibrium population, indicating a relatively recent population expansion. The mutation rate was estimated to be 1.15 x 10(-9) per nucleotide per year. Estimates of the long-term effective population size N(e) by various statistical methods were similar to those in other studies. The age of the most recent common ancestor was estimated to be approximately 1.29 million years ago among all of the sequences obtained and approximately 634,000 years ago among the non-African sequences, providing the first evidence from a noncoding autosomal region for ancient human histories, even among non-Africans.
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- Z Zhao
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Wu X, Jiang N, Fang YF, Xu C, Mao D, Singh J, Fu YX, Molina H. Impaired affinity maturation in Cr2-/- mice is rescued by adjuvants without improvement in germinal center development. J Immunol 2000; 165:3119-27. [PMID: 10975825 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.6.3119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cr2-/- mice have an impairment in humoral immunity, as shown by the decrease in the Ab titers against T cell-dependent Ags and abnormalities in germinal center formation. Germinal centers are present, but they are decreased in size and number, indicating problems in their development. In this study, we investigated whether this abnormality in germinal center development is associated with problems in the establishment of optimal affinity maturation and the generation of memory B cells, processes closely related to the germinal center reaction. We immunized the Cr2-/- animals with different Ags with or without adjuvants. We showed that, when immunized without adjuvants, complement receptors are absolutely required for optimal affinity maturation. Although limited affinity maturation is elicited in the Cr2-/- Ab response, it is decreased as compared with normal animals. Memory B cell generation is also impaired. In the presence of adjuvants, germinal center development in the Cr2-/- mice is still abnormal, as demonstrated by their decreased size and number. Surprisingly, adjuvants establish optimal affinity maturation and partially restore the amount of Ab produced during the primary response and memory B cell generation. However, adjuvants cannot improve the ability of follicular dendritic cells to retain Ags in the form of immune complexes. These observations indicate that immunization with inflammatory Ags offset some of the immunological abnormalities found in the Cr2-/- mice and show that optimal affinity maturation in the Cr2-/- mice can be achieved in the absence of normal germinal centers.
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- X Wu
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, and Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Whether germinal centers (GC) with follicular dendritic cell (FDC) clusters are the essential sites for affinity maturation of immunoglobulin is still controversial. To re-evaluate the role of GC / FDC in affinity maturation and somatic mutation in a defined antigen system, lymphotoxin-alpha(- / -) and TNF receptor I(- / -) mice, lacking GC / FDC, were immunized with (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl) acetyl-sheep RBC (NP-SRBC). In contrast to soluble hapten-carrier systems, NP-SRBC allows us to compare affinity maturation in the presence or absence of adjuvant. These mice showed a dramatically impaired ability to generate high-affinity IgG to NP, but retained the ability to produce low-affinity anti-NP IgG when NP-SRBC was used in the absence of adjuvant. In contrast to wild-type mice, somatic mutation of the expressed IgG heavy chain gene was rarely detected in these GC / FDC-deficient mice. This suggests that GC / FDC are essential for affinity maturation. Trapping antigen-specific B cells inside the T cell zone of TNFRI(- / -) mice may prolong the interaction between T and B cells, which allows class switching but no further affinity maturation of IgG. Interestingly, GC / FDC-deficient mice could be induced to generate high-affinity, somatically mutated IgG antibodies by immunization with the same amount of NP-SRBC antigen emulsified in incomplete Freund's adjuvant or repeated immunization with the antigen alone. Thus, these data support a model in which prolonged availability of antigen is required for somatic mutation and affinity maturation, and FDC or adjuvants facilitate such processes by slowly releasing antigens.
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- Y Wang
- Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago 60637, USA
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Tamada K, Shimozaki K, Chapoval AI, Zhu G, Sica G, Flies D, Boone T, Hsu H, Fu YX, Nagata S, Ni J, Chen L. Modulation of T-cell-mediated immunity in tumor and graft-versus-host disease models through the LIGHT co-stimulatory pathway. Nat Med 2000; 6:283-9. [PMID: 10700230 DOI: 10.1038/73136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 265] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [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] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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LIGHT was recently described as a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) 'superfamily'. We have isolated a mouse homolog of human LIGHT and investigated its immunoregulatory functions in vitro and in vivo. LIGHT has potent, CD28-independent co-stimulatory activity leading to T-cell growth and secretion of gamma interferon and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Gene transfer of LIGHT induced an antigen-specific cytolytic T-cell response and therapeutic immunity against established mouse P815 tumor. In contrast, blockade of LIGHT by administration of soluble receptor or antibody led to decreased cell-mediated immunity and ameliorated graft-versus-host disease. Our studies identify a previously unknown T-cell co-stimulatory pathway as a potential therapeutic target.
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- K Tamada
- Department of Immunology, Mayo Graduate and Medical Schools, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Fu YX, Huang G, Wang Y, Chaplin DD. Lymphotoxin-alpha-dependent spleen microenvironment supports the generation of memory B cells and is required for their subsequent antigen-induced activation. J Immunol 2000; 164:2508-14. [PMID: 10679088 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.5.2508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lymphotoxin alpha-deficient (LTalpha-/-) mice show dramatically reduced IgG responses after either primary or secondary immunizations with sheep red blood cells (SRBC). When splenocytes from SRBC-primed wild-type donor mice were infused into irradiated naive wild-type recipient mice, they generated a robust memory IgG response, but not when infused into LTalpha-/- recipients, indicating that the microenvironment that develops in LTalpha-/- mice is incompetent to support the activation of this memory response. When irradiated wild-type mice were reconstituted with splenocytes from primed LTalpha-/- donors and then challenged with the same immunizing Ag, no memory response was observed, indicating further that memory cells could not be generated in the LTalpha-/- environment. To address which lymphocyte subsets were impaired in the LTalpha-/- mice, we performed reconstitution experiments using a hapten/carrier system and T cells and B cells from different primed donors. There was no detectable defect in either the generation or expression of memory T cells from LTalpha-/- donors. In contrast, B cells were not primed for memory in the microenvironment of LTalpha-/- mice. Additionally, primed wild-type memory B cells could not express a memory IgG response in the LTalpha-/- microenvironment. Thus, splenic white pulp structure, which depends on the expression of LTalpha for its development and maintenance, is needed to support the generation of memory B cells and to permit existing memory B cells to express an isotype switched memory Ig response following antigenic challenge.
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- Y X Fu
- Departments of Laboratory Medicine/Pathology and Internal Medicine, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Center for Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Hoe NP, Nakashima K, Lukomski S, Grigsby D, Liu M, Kordari P, Dou SJ, Pan X, Vuopio-Varkila J, Salmelinna S, McGeer A, Low DE, Schwartz B, Schuchat A, Naidich S, De Lorenzo D, Fu YX, Musser JM. Rapid selection of complement-inhibiting protein variants in group A Streptococcus epidemic waves. Nat Med 1999; 5:924-9. [PMID: 10426317 DOI: 10.1038/11369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 01/25/2023]
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Serotype M1 group A Streptococcus strains cause epidemic waves of human infections long thought to be mono- or pauciclonal. The gene encoding an extracellular group A Streptococcus protein (streptococcal inhibitor of complement) that inhibits human complement was sequenced in 1,132 M1 strains recovered from population-based surveillance of infections in Canada, Finland and the United States. Epidemic waves are composed of strains expressing a remarkably heterogeneous array of variants of streptococcal inhibitor of complement that arise very rapidly by natural selection on mucosal surfaces. Thus, our results enhance the understanding of pathogen population dynamics in epidemic waves and infectious disease reemergence.
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- N P Hoe
- Institute for the Study of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Coalescent theory represents the most significant progress in theoretical population genetics in the past two decades of this century. It is now widely recognized as a cornerstone for rigorous statistical analyses of molecular data from populations. In the future, challenges from the rapidly expanding body of molecular data will continue to inject fresh blood into the development of coalescent theory. As the 21st century looms, we review recent progress in coalescent theory and discuss some prospects for future developments, particularly with regard to human population genetics.
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- Y X Fu
- Human Genetics Center, SPH, University of Texas, Houston, Texas 77225, USA
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Cheng W, Fu YX, Porres JM, Ross DA, Lei XG. Selenium-dependent cellular glutathione peroxidase protects mice against a pro-oxidant-induced oxidation of NADPH, NADH, lipids, and protein. FASEB J 1999; 13:1467-75. [PMID: 10428770 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.11.1467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 11/11/2022]
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Since our prior work indicated that Se-dependent cellular glutathione peroxidase (GPX1) was necessary for protection against paraquat lethality, the present studies were to elucidate the biochemical mechanisms related to that protection. Four groups of mice [Se-deficient or -adequate GPX1 knockout and wild-type (WT)] were injected (i.p.) with 50 mg paraquat/kg body weight and tissues were collected 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, or 4 h after the injection. Whereas the ratios of NADPH/NADP and NADH/NAD in lung were reduced by 50-70% only 0.5 h after the injection in all groups, these two ratios in liver of the Se-adequate WT were significantly higher than those of the three GPX1 knockout or deficient groups 2-4 h after the injection. The paraquat-induced pulmonary lipid peroxidation and hepatic protein oxidation, measured as F(2)-isoprostanes and carbonyl contents, respectively, peaked at 1 h in these three groups. No such oxidative events were shown in any tissue of the Se-adequate WT throughout the time course. Whereas the F(2)-isoprostane formation was accelerated by both GPX1 knockout and Se deficiency in liver, it was not significantly elevated by the paraquat treatment in brain of any group. The paraquat injection also resulted in temporal changes in lung GPX activity and GPX1 protein in the Se-adequate WT, and significant reductions in lung total SOD activity in the GPX1 knockout or deficient groups. In conclusion, GPX1 plays a critical role in maintaining the redox status of mice under acute oxidative stress, and protects against paraquat-induced oxidative destruction of lipids and protein in vivo. These protections of GPX1 seem to be inducible and coordinated with those of other antioxidant enzymes.
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- W Cheng
- Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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The secondary lymphoid tissues are located at strategic sites where foreign antigens can be efficiently brought together with immune system regulatory and effector cells. The organized structure of the secondary lymphoid tissues is thought to enhance the sensitivity of antigen recognition and to support proper regulation of the activation and maturation of the antigen-responsive lymphoid cells. Although a substantial amount is known about the cellular elements that compose the lymphoid and nonlymphoid components of the secondary lymphoid tissues, information concerning the signals that control the development of the tissues and that maintain the organized tissue microenvironment remain undefined. Studies over the past few years have identified lymphotoxin as a critical signaling molecule not only for the organogenesis of secondary lymphoid tissues but for the maintenance of aspects of their microarchitecture as well. Additional signaling molecules that contribute to the formation of normal lymphoid tissue structure are being identified at an accelerating pace. Analyses of mouse strains with congenital defects in different aspects of secondary lymphoid tissue development are beginning to clarify the role of these tissues in immune responses and host defense. This review focuses on studies defining recently identified crucial signals for the biogenesis of secondary lymphoid organs and for the maintenance of their proper microarchitecture. It also discusses new insights into how the structure of these tissues supports effective immune responses.
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- Y X Fu
- Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Iizuka K, Chaplin DD, Wang Y, Wu Q, Pegg LE, Yokoyama WM, Fu YX. Requirement for membrane lymphotoxin in natural killer cell development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:6336-40. [PMID: 10339588 PMCID: PMC26882 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.11.6336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/1999] [Accepted: 03/29/1999] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Development of natural killer (NK) cells is thought to depend on interactions between NK progenitors and the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment; however, little is known about the molecular signals involved. Here we show that lymphotoxin (LT) provides an important signal for the development of both NK cells and NK/T cells. LTalpha-/- mice show marked reduction in splenic and BM NK and NK/T cell numbers and dramatically impaired NK and NK/T cell function. Mice deficient in either tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)-I or TNFR-II have normal numbers of NK and NK/T cells, implying that neither of the TNFRs nor soluble LTalpha3 is required for development of these cell types. Reciprocal BM transfers between LTalpha-/- and wild-type mice suggest that close interactions between membrane LT-expressing NK cell precursors and LT-responsive radioresistant stromal cells are necessary for NK cell development. When LT-deficient BM cells are incubated with IL-15, NK cells are formed. In addition, LT-deficient BM cells produce IL-15 after activation. Thus, membrane LT appears to deliver a signal for NK cell development that is either independent of IL-15 or upstream in the IL-15 pathway. These results reveal a novel function for membrane LT in NK and NK/T cell development. They also support a cellular and molecular mechanism by which NK cell precursors themselves deliver essential signals, through the membrane ligand, that induce the microenvironment to promote further NK cell and NK/T cell development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Bone Marrow Cells/cytology
- Bone Marrow Cells/immunology
- Bone Marrow Transplantation/immunology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Gamma Rays
- Graft Rejection/immunology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/drug effects
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/immunology
- Immunosuppression Therapy
- Interleukin-15/genetics
- Interleukin-15/pharmacology
- Interleukin-15/physiology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lymphocyte Transfusion
- Lymphotoxin-alpha/genetics
- Lymphotoxin-alpha/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mice, Knockout
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/deficiency
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II
- Spleen/immunology
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- K Iizuka
- Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Center for Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Optokinetic nystagmus is a reflex to stabilize an object image on the retina by compensatory eye movements. In lower vertebrates, the nucleus of the basal optic root participates in generating this reflex. Visual responses of 135 neurons were extracellularly recorded from the nucleus in pigeons and their receptive field properties were analysed on-line with a workstation. These cells could be categorized into slow (84%), intermediate (3%) and fast (13%) cells, preferring motion velocities of 0.25-8, 16 and 32-64 deg./s, respectively. Using whole-field gratings as stimuli revealed that 97% of the cells were selective for direction of motion and 3% were not. The directional cells preferred motion in the dorsoventral (35%), nasotemporal (34%), ventrodorsal (23%), or temporonasal (8%) directions. The omni-directional neurons were equally excited or inhibited by motion in all directions. The receptive field of basal optic neurons usually consisted of an excitatory receptive field and an inhibitory receptive field, both of which possessed opposite (heterodirectional) or identical (homodirectional) directionalities. In the case of homodirectional co-existence of both fields, whether whole-field gratings could produce visual responses from the cells would depend on the interaction between excitation and inhibition evoked in their excitatory and inhibitory receptive fields, respectively. Therefore, in some cases a single object was more effective than whole-field gratings in eliciting visual responses from basal optic neurons in pigeons. All of these receptive field properties revealed by on-line computer analysis may underlie the detection of optic flow and the induction of optokinetic responses.
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- T Zhang
- Laboratory for Visual Information Processing, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, PR China
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The purpose of the present study was to find out what particular stimulus features, in addition to the direction and velocity of motion, specifically activate neurons in the nucleus lentiformis mesencephali (nLM) in pigeons. Visual responses of 60 nLM cells to a variety of computer-generated stimuli were extracellularly recorded and quantitatively analyzed. Ten recording sites were histologically verified to be localized within nLM with cobalt sulfide markings. It was shown that the pigeon nLM cells were specifically sensitive to the leading edge moving at the optimal velocity in the preferred direction through their excitatory receptive fields (ERFs). Generally speaking, nLM cells preferred black edges to white ones. However, this preference cannot be explained by OFF-responses to a light spot. The edge sharpness was also an essential factor influencing the responsive strength, with blurred edges producing little or no visual responses at all. These neurons vigorously responded to black edge orientated perpendicular to, and moved in, the preferred direction; the magnitude of visual responses was reduced with changing orientation. The spatial summation occurred in all neurons tested, characterized by the finding that neuronal firings increased as the leading edge was lengthened until saturation was reached. On the other hand, it appeared that nLM neurons could not detect any differences in the shape and area of stimuli with an identical edge. These data suggested that feature extraction characteristics of nLM neurons may be specialized for detecting optokinetic stimuli, but not for realizing pattern recognition. This seems to be at least one of the reasons why large-field gratings or random-dot patterns have been used to study visual responses of accessory optic neurons and optokinetic nystagmus, because many high-contrast edges in these stimuli can activate a neuron to periodically discharge, or groups of neurons to simultaneously fire to elicit optokinetic reflex.
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- Y X Fu
- Laboratory for Visual Information Processing, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Minisatellite and microsatellite are short tandemly repetitive sequences dispersed in eukaryotic genomes, many of which are highly polymorphic due to copy number variation of the repeats. Because mutation changes copy numbers of the repeat sequences in a generalized stepwise fashion, stepwise mutation models are widely used for studying the dynamics of these loci. We propose a minimum chi-square (MCS) method for simultaneous estimation of all the parameters in a stepwise mutation model and the ancestral allelic type of a sample. The MCS estimator requires knowing the mean number of alleles of a certain size in a sample, which can be estimated using Monte Carlo samples generated by a coalescent algorithm. The method is applied to samples of seven (CA)n repeat loci from eight human populations and one chimpanzee population. The estimated values of parameters suggest that there is a general tendency for microsatellite alleles to expand in size, because (1) each mutation has a slight tendency to cause size increase and (2) the mean size increase is larger than the mean size decrease for a mutation. Our estimates also suggest that most of these CA-repeat loci evolve according to multistep mutation models rather than single-step mutation models. We also introduced several quantities for measuring the quality of the estimation of ancestral allelic type, and it appears that the majority of the estimated ancestral allelic types are reasonably accurate. Implications of our analysis and potential extensions of the method are discussed. SINCE the discovery that a large number of loci with tandemly repeated sequences in human and many eukaryote species are highly polymorphic because of copy number variation of the repeats in different individuals (Jeffreys 1985; Litt and Luty 1989; Weber and May 1989), allele size data from such loci are rapidly becoming the dominant source of genetic markers for genome mapping, forensic testing, and population studies. Loci with repeat sequences longer than 5 bp are generally referred to as minisatellite or variable number tandem repeat loci, and those with repeat sequences between 2 to 5 bp are referred to as microsatellite or short tandem repeat loci (Tautz 1993). Because mutations change the copy number of such loci in a stepwise fashion, rapid accumulation of population samples from minisatellite and microsatellite loci has resurrected the interest of the stepwise mutation model (SMM), which was popular in the 1970s.
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- Y X Fu
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas 77225, USA.
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Deng HW, Fu YX, Lynch M. Inferring the major genomic mode of dominance and overdominance. Genetica 1998; 102-103:559-67. [PMID: 9720298] [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: 02/08/2023]
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The mode of within-locus gene action in most genomic regions is termed as the major genomic mode, i.e., it is the within-locus allelic effects in most regions of the genome. Determining whether dominance or overdominance is the major genomic mode is important for two long-standing evolutionary genetics issues: 1. How is the genetic variation in most genomic regions maintained? 2. What is the major mechanism for heterosis? Many efforts have been made, but almost all of them suffer some explanational difficulties. Here we propose an alternative inference approach. It is based on the existent theoretical results on the correlation of the recombination rate and the level of neutral variation in different genomic regions. Positive and negative correlation suggest dominance and overdominance, respectively, as the major genomic mode. Zero correlations imply either few selected sites or about equal composition and distribution of dominant and overdominant regions in the genome, depending on the data distribution. This approach not only avoids all the problems associated with earlier approaches, but it is also particularly useful in organisms where controlled breeding is difficult. Well-corroborated data in Drosophila and recently emerging data in mice and humans all suggest dominance as the major genomic mode.
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- H W Deng
- ORC, Dept. of Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68131, USA.
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Mutations that result in segregating sites (polymorphic sites) in a sample of DNA sequences can be classified into different types. A pattern of segregating sites is an array of the numbers of various types of mutations. Using an urn model, the probability of a pattern of segregating sites can be expressed as a recurrence equation and its value can be computed sequentially. Among those that can be computed by this method are the probability of obtaining k external mutations (mutations that occur in external branches of the genealogy of a sample), the probability of obtaining k internal mutations (mutations that occur in internal branches), the probability of obtaining k singletons (segregating sites at which one of the two segregating nucleotides is present in only one sequence), and the probability of obtaining k non-singletons. Two applications of the method are discussed. One is a maximum likelihood estimation of straight theta and another is a Bayesian statistical test of the hypothesis of neutral mutations.
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- Y X Fu
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas 77225, USA
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Due to the tremendous cost of the traditional mutation-accumulation approach (the Bateman-Mukai technique), data are rare for deleterious mutation parameters such as genomic mutation rate, selection and dominance coefficients. Two alternative approaches have been developed (the Morton-Charlesworth and Deng-Lynch techniques). Except for the Deng-Lynch method, the statistical properties (bias and sampling variance) of these techniques are poorly understood; therefore we investigated them using computer simulation. With constant fitness effects of mutations, the Bateman-Mukai (assuming additive effects) and Deng-Lynch (assuming multiplicative effects) techniques are unbiased; the Morton-Charlesworth technique (assuming multiplicative effects) is very biased if fitness is used in the regression to estimate h, but slightly biased if the logarithm of fitness is used. With variable fitness effects, all techniques are biased. The Deng-Lynch technique is statistically better than the others except when fitness is used to estimate the average degree of dominance in selfing populations with the Morton-Charlesworth technique. If fitness effects are multiplicative but additivity is assumed, the Bateman-Mukai technique is biased under constant fitness effects, and less biased under variable fitness effects relative to when fitness effects are additive (as assumed by the technique). Our study not only quantifies the degree of bias under the biologically plausible situations investigated, thus forming a basis for correct inference of the true parameters by using these techniques, but also provides insights into the relative efficiencies of these techniques when the same number of genotypes are handled experimentally.
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- H W Deng
- Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68131, USA
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Fang Y, Xu C, Fu YX, Holers VM, Molina H. Expression of complement receptors 1 and 2 on follicular dendritic cells is necessary for the generation of a strong antigen-specific IgG response. J Immunol 1998; 160:5273-9. [PMID: 9605124] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Two mechanisms could account for the impaired humoral immune response found in Cr2-/- mice. The absence of complement receptors 1 and 2 (CR1, CR2) on B cells could affect their activation. Alternatively, impaired Ag trapping by follicular dendritic cells (FDC) could affect B cell maturation into Ig-secreting or memory B cells. To compare the roles of CR1 and CR2 on B cells vs FDC in this abnormal response, bone marrow (BM) chimeric mice were generated and immunized with specific T-dependent Ags. The primary and secondary Ab response was measured. Cr2+/+ animals reconstituted with a Cr2-/- BM generated a diminished but detectable humoral immune response compared with controls. When injected with preformed immune complexes (IC), these mice maintained follicular IC localization. Cr2-/- animals reconstituted with a Cr2+/+ BM had an initial rise in the Ab titer, but were unable to maintain it as shown by a pronounced decrease in the IgG titer. This defect persisted during the secondary immune response. Follicular IC trapping was also impaired. Despite the abnormal Ab response, germinal center formation was retained in all of the chimeric animals. These experiments are the first to demonstrate an absolute requirement for CR1 and CR2 expression on FDC in the generation of a normal humoral immune response.
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- Y Fang
- Veteran's Administration Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63106, USA
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Centrifugal modulation of visual responsiveness of tectal cells by the isthmo-optic nucleus (ION) through the retina was studied in homing pigeons. Visual activity evoked by computer-generated stimuli was reduced by an average of 59% in tectal cells whose receptive fields (RFs) either overlapped with, or were close to, those of isthmo-optic cells whose activity was blocked by the injection of lidocaine through micropipettes. Activity usually recovered to 87% of pre-drug controls in 8-17 min (average 12.3 min) after stopping lidocaine injections. Those tectal cells whose RFs were far from those of ION cells did not show clear-cut changes in their visual responsiveness to isthmo-optic lidocaine application. The spatial relationship between receptive fields of tectal and isthmo-optic cells, saline controls, as well as the specificity, reproducibility and reversibility of effects of ION-injected lidocaine on tectal activity, show that this chemical action is pharmacological, not toxicological. Neuronal circuitry underlying centrifugal modulation of tectal activity by isthmo-optic cells is discussed.
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- J L Li
- Laboratory for Visual Information Processing, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China
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Lymphotoxin (LT)alpha is expressed by activated T cells, especially CD4(+) T helper type 1 cells, and by activated B and natural killer cells, but the functions of this molecule in vivo are incompletely defined. We have previously shown that follicular dendritic cell (FDC) clusters and germinal centers (GCs) are absent from the peripheral lymphoid tissues of LTalpha-deficient (LTalpha-/-) mice. LTalpha-/- mice produce high levels of antigen-specific immunoglobulin (Ig)M, but very low levels of IgG after immunization with sheep red blood cells. We show here that LTalpha-expressing B cells are essential for the recovery of primary, secondary, and memory humoral immune responses in LTalpha-/- mice. It is not necessary for T cells to express LTalpha to support these immune functions. Importantly, LTalpha-expressing B cells alone are essential and sufficient for the formation of FDC clusters. Once these clusters are formed by LTalpha-expressing B cells, then LTalpha-deficient T cells can interact with B cells to generate GCs and productive class-switched antibody responses. Thus, B cells themselves provide an essential signal that induces and maintains the lymphoid microenvironment essential for GC formation and class-switched Ig responses.
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- Y X Fu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine/Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Stockbauer KE, Grigsby D, Pan X, Fu YX, Mejia LM, Cravioto A, Musser JM. Hypervariability generated by natural selection in an extracellular complement-inhibiting protein of serotype M1 strains of group A Streptococcus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:3128-33. [PMID: 9501227 PMCID: PMC19706 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.6.3128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 02/06/2023] Open
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In many countries, M1 strains of the human pathogenic bacterium group A Streptococcus are the most common serotype recovered from patients with invasive disease episodes. Strains of this serotype express an extracellular protein that inhibits complement [streptococcal inhibitor of complement (Sic)] and is therefore believed to be a virulence factor. Comparative sequence analysis of the 915-bp sic gene in 165 M1 organisms recovered from diverse localities and infection types identified 62 alleles. Inasmuch as multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis previously showed that most M1 organisms represent a distinct streptococcal clone, the extent of sic gene polymorphism was unexpected. The level of polymorphism greatly exceeds that recorded for all other genes examined in serotype M1 strains. All insertions and deletions are in frame, and virtually all nucleotide substitutions alter the amino acid sequence of the Sic protein. These molecular features indicate that structural change in Sic is mediated by natural selection. Study of 70 strains recovered from two temporally distinct epidemics of streptococcal infections in the former East Germany found little sharing of Sic variants among strains recovered in the different time periods. Taken together, the data indicate that sic is a uniquely variable gene and provide insight into a potential molecular mechanism contributing to fluctuations in streptococcal disease frequency and severity.
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- K E Stockbauer
- Institute for the Study of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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The past decades have witnessed extensive efforts to correlate fitness traits with genomic heterozygosity. While positive correlations are revealed in most of the organisms studied, results of no/negative correlations are not uncommon. There has been little effort to reveal the genetic causes of these negative correlations. The positive correlations are regarded either as evidence for functional overdominance in large, randomly mating populations at equilibrium, or the results of populations at disequilibrium under dominance. More often, the positive correlations are viewed as a phenomenon of heterosis, so that it cannot possibly occur under within-locus additive allelic effects. Here we give exact genetic conditions that give rise to positive and negative correlations in populations at Hardy-Weinberg and linkage equilibria, thus offering a genetic explanation for the observed negative correlations. Our results demonstrate that the above interpretations concerning the positive correlations are not complete or even necessary. Such a positive correlation can result under dominance and potentially under additivity, even in populations where associated overdominance due to linked alleles at different loci is not significant. Additionally, negative correlations and heterosis can co-occur in a single population. Although our emphasis is on equilibrium populations and for biallelic genetic systems, the basic conclusions are generalized to non-equilibrium populations and for multi-allelic situations.
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- H W Deng
- Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, USA.
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DNA variation in human populations was studied by examining the last intron of the ZFX gene (about 1, 151 bp) with a worldwide sample of 29 individuals. Only one polymorphic site was found, which is located in an Alu sequence. This polymorphism is present at an intermediate frequency in all populations studied, and could be a shared polymorphism or due to migration among populations in Asia, Europe, and Africa. The nucleotide diversity is 0.04%, supporting the view that the level of nucleotide variation in nuclear DNA is very low in humans. From the sequence data, the age (T) of the most recent common ancestor of the sampled sequences is estimated: the mode of T is about 306,000 years, and the 95% confidence interval of T is 162,000-952,000 years. This mode estimate is considerably older than the estimates from Y-linked sequences.
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- W Huang
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas, Houston 77225, USA
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The receptive field (RF) properties of visual neurons extracellularly recorded from the nucleus lentiformis mesencephali (nLM) in pigeons (Columba livia) were quantitatively analyzed using a workstation computer. These cells were actively spontaneous, and direction-and velocity-selective. Using spatial gratings as visual stimuli, these cells could be divided into three groups: uni- (74%), bi- (17%), and omnidirectional (9%) cells in terms of their directionality. On the basis of their velocity selectivity, they could be named slow cells (84%), preferring low velocity (0.1-11 degrees/s), and fast cells (14%), preferring rapid motion (34-67 degrees/s), with one cell (2%) responding maximally to an intermediate velocity of 18 degrees/ s. These two properties were correlated in the way that all unidirectionals were slow cells, omnidirectionals were fast cells, and bidirectionals were either slow or fast cells including the intermediate cell. Using small targets as visual stimuli, it was found that the majority of cells examined had RFs that each consisted of an excitatory RF (ERF) and an inhibitory RF (IRF) that overlapped. The unidirectionals were mainly of this type of RF structure, whereas the omnidirectionals apparently had ERFs alone. The direction preference of ERF was opposite to that of IRF for unidirectional cells tested, whereas they were perpendicular to each other for one bidirectional cell. The overall responses of these cells resulted from interaction between excitation and inhibition induced by directionally different motion. Under certain conditions, visual responses of a particular cells to a small target moving through its ERF were equal in responsive strength to those to whole-field gratings swept over the screen. It was suggested that optokinetic nystagmus produced by wholefield gratings results from population activity of large group(s) of neurons in some optokinetic nuclei, at least one of which is nLM.
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- Y X Fu
- Laboratory for Visual Information Processing, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, PR China
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Matsumoto M, Fu YX, Molina H, Huang G, Kim J, Thomas DA, Nahm MH, Chaplin DD. Distinct roles of lymphotoxin alpha and the type I tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor in the establishment of follicular dendritic cells from non-bone marrow-derived cells. J Exp Med 1997; 186:1997-2004. [PMID: 9396768 PMCID: PMC2199170 DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.12.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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In mice deficient in either lymphotoxin alpha (LT-alpha) or type I tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR-I), organized clusters of follicular dendritic cells (FDC) and germinal centers (GC) are absent from the spleen. We investigated the role of LT-alpha and TNFR-I in the establishment of spleen FDC and GC structure by using reciprocal bone marrow (BM) transfer. When LT-alpha-deficient mice were reconstituted with wild-type BM, FDC organization and the ability to form GC were restored, indicating that the LT-alpha-expressing cells required to establish organized FDC are derived from BM. The role of LT-alpha in establishing organized FDC structure was further investigated by the transfer of complement receptor 1 and 2 (CR1/2)-deficient BM cells into LT-alpha-deficient mice. Organized FDC were identified with both the FDC-M1 and anti-CR1 monoclonal antibodies in these BM-chimeric mice, indicating that these cells were derived from the LT-alpha-deficient recipient. Thus, expression of LT-alpha in the BM-derived cells, but not in the non-BM-derived cells, is required for the maturation of FDC from non-BM precursor cells. In contrast, when TNFR-I-deficient mice were reconstituted with wild-type BM, they showed no detectable FDC clusters or GC formation. This indicates that TNFR-I expression on non-BM-derived cellular components is necessary for the establishment of these lymphoid structures. TNFR-I-deficient BM was able to restore FDC organization and GC formation in LT-alpha-deficient mice, indicating that formation of these structures does not require TNFR-I expression on BM-derived cells. The data in this study demonstrate that FDC organization and GC formation are controlled by both LT-alpha-expressing BM-derived cells and by TNFR-I-expressing non-BM-derived cells.
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- M Matsumoto
- Center for Immunology and the Department of, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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The main purpose of this article is to present several new statistical tests of neutrality of mutations against a class of alternative models, under which DNA polymorphisms tend to exhibit excesses of rare alleles or young mutations. Another purpose is to study the powers of existing and newly developed tests and to examine the detailed pattern of polymorphisms under population growth, genetic hitchhiking and background selection. It is found that the polymorphic patterns in a DNA sample under logistic population growth and genetic hitchhiking are very similar and that one of the newly developed tests, Fs, is considerably more powerful than existing tests for rejecting the hypothesis of neutrality of mutations. Background selection gives rise to quite different polymorphic patterns than does logistic population growth or genetic hitchhiking, although all of them show excesses of rare alleles or young mutations. We show that Fu and Li's tests are among the most powerful tests against background selection. Implications of these results are discussed.
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- Y X Fu
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas, Houston 77225, USA.
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A coalescent theory for a sample of DNA sequences from a partially selfing diploid population and an algorithm for simulating such samples are developed in this article. Approximate formulas are given for the expectation and the variance of the number of segregating sites in a sample of k sequences from n individuals. Several new estimators of the important parameters theta = 4N mu and the selfing rate s, where N and mu are, respectively, the effective population size and the mutation rate per sequence per generation, are proposed and their sampling properties are studied.
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- Y X Fu
- Human Genetics Center, University of Texas, Houston 77225, USA.
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Zhang YW, Bae SC, Huang G, Fu YX, Lu J, Ahn MY, Kanno Y, Kanno T, Ito Y. A novel transcript encoding an N-terminally truncated AML1/PEBP2 alphaB protein interferes with transactivation and blocks granulocytic differentiation of 32Dcl3 myeloid cells. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:4133-45. [PMID: 9199349 PMCID: PMC232267 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.7.4133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The gene AML1/PEBP2 alphaB encodes the alpha subunit of transcription factor PEBP2/CBF and is essential for the establishment of fetal liver hematopoiesis. Rearrangements of AML1 are frequently associated with several types of human leukemia. Three types of AML1 cDNA isoforms have been described to date; they have been designated AML1a, AML1b, and AML1c. All of these isoforms encode the conserved-Runt domain, which harbors the DNA binding and heterodimerization activities. We have identified a new isoform of the AML1 transcript, termed AML1 deltaN, in which exon 1 is directly connected to exon 4 by alternative splicing. The AML1 deltaN transcript was detected in various hematopoietic cell lines of lymphoid to myeloid cell origin, as revealed by RNase protection and reverse transcriptase PCR analyses. The protein product of AML1 deltaN lacks the N-terminal region of AML1, including half of the Runt domain, and neither binds to DNA nor heterodimerizes with the beta subunit. However, AML1 deltaN was found to interfere with the transactivation activity of PEBP2, and the molecular region responsible for this activity was identified. Stable expression of AML1 deltaN in 32Dcl3 myeloid cells blocked granulocytic differentiation in response to granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. These results suggest that AML1 deltaN acts as a modulator of AML1 function and serves as a useful tool to dissect the functional domains in the C-terminal region of AML1.
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- Y W Zhang
- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Japan
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