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Xiang J, Chang Q, McLinden JH, Bhattarai N, Welch JL, Kaufman TM, Stapleton JT. Characterization of "Off-Target" Immune Modulation Induced by Live Attenuated Yellow Fever Vaccine. J Infect Dis 2024; 229:786-794. [PMID: 36994927 PMCID: PMC10938199 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Live attenuated vaccines alter immune functions and are associated with beneficial outcomes. We previously demonstrated that live attenuated yellow fever virus (YFV) vaccine (LA-YF-Vax) dampens T-cell receptor (TCR) signaling in vitro via an RNA-based mechanism. We examined study participants before and after LA-YF-Vax to assess TCR-mediated functions in vivo. METHODS Serum samples and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were obtained before and after LA-YF-Vax (with or without additional vaccines) or quadrivalent influenza vaccine. TCR-mediated activation was determined by interleukin 2 release or phosphorylation of the lymphocyte-specific Src kinase. TCR-regulating phosphatase (protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type E [PTPRE]) expression was also measured. RESULTS Compared with prevaccination findings, LA-YF-Vax recipient PBMCs demonstrated transient reduction in interleukin 2 release after TCR stimulation and PTPRE levels, unlike in control participants who received quadrivalent influenza vaccine. YFV was detected in 8 of 14 participants after LA-YF-Vax. After incubation of healthy donor PBMCs in serum-derived extracellular vesicles prepared from LA-YF-Vax recipients, TCR signaling and PTPRE levels were reduced after vaccination, even in participants without detectable YFV RNA. CONCLUSIONS LA-YF-Vax reduces TCR functions and PTPRE levels after vaccination. Extracellular vesicles from serum recapitulated this effect in healthy cells. This likely contributes to the reduced immunogenicity for heterologous vaccines after LA-YF-Vax administration. Identification of specific immune mechanisms related to vaccines should contribute to understanding of the "off-target," beneficial effects of live vaccines.
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- J Xiang
- Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Iowa City Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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Hur SW, Safaryan K, Yang L, Blair HT, Masmanidis SC, Mathews PJ, Aharoni D, Golshani P. Correlated signatures of social behavior in cerebellum and anterior cingulate cortex. eLife 2024; 12:RP88439. [PMID: 38345922 PMCID: PMC10942583 DOI: 10.7554/elife.88439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
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The cerebellum has been implicated in the regulation of social behavior. Its influence is thought to arise from communication, via the thalamus, to forebrain regions integral in the expression of social interactions, including the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). However, the signals encoded or the nature of the communication between the cerebellum and these brain regions is poorly understood. Here, we describe an approach that overcomes technical challenges in exploring the coordination of distant brain regions at high temporal and spatial resolution during social behavior. We developed the E-Scope, an electrophysiology-integrated miniature microscope, to synchronously measure extracellular electrical activity in the cerebellum along with calcium imaging of the ACC. This single coaxial cable device combined these data streams to provide a powerful tool to monitor the activity of distant brain regions in freely behaving animals. During social behavior, we recorded the spike timing of multiple single units in cerebellar right Crus I (RCrus I) Purkinje cells (PCs) or dentate nucleus (DN) neurons while synchronously imaging calcium transients in contralateral ACC neurons. We found that during social interactions a significant subpopulation of cerebellar PCs were robustly inhibited, while most modulated neurons in the DN were activated, and their activity was correlated with positively modulated ACC neurons. These distinctions largely disappeared when only non-social epochs were analyzed suggesting that cerebellar-cortical interactions were behaviorally specific. Our work provides new insights into the complexity of cerebellar activation and co-modulation of the ACC during social behavior and a valuable open-source tool for simultaneous, multimodal recordings in freely behaving mice.
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- Sung Won Hur
- Department of Neurology, DGSOM, University of California Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterTorranceUnited States
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- Department of Neurology, DGSOM, University of California Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Psychology, University of California Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of California Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterTorranceUnited States
- Department of Neurology, Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterTorranceUnited States
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- Department of Neurology, DGSOM, University of California Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Neurology, DGSOM, University of California Los AngelesLos AngelesUnited States
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Handforth A, Singh RP, Treven M, Ernst M. Search for Novel Therapies for Essential Tremor Based on Positive Modulation of α6-Containing GABA A Receptors. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2023; 13:39. [PMID: 37900009 PMCID: PMC10607569 DOI: 10.5334/tohm.796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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Background Prior work using GABAA receptor subunit knockouts and the harmaline model has indicated that low-dose alcohol, gaboxadol, and ganaxolone suppress tremor via α6βδ GABAA receptors. This suggests that drugs specifically enhancing the action of α6βδ or α6βγ2 GABAA receptors, both predominantly expressed on cerebellar granule cells, would be effective against tremor. We thus examined three drugs described by in vitro studies as selective α6βδ (ketamine) or α6βγ2 (Compound 6, flumazenil) receptor modulators. Methods In the first step of evaluation, the maximal dose was sought at which 6/6 mice pass straight wire testing, a sensitive test for psychomotor impairment. Only non-impairing doses were used to evaluate for anti-tremor efficacy in the harmaline model, which was assessed in wildtype and α6 subunit knockout littermates. Results Ketamine, in maximally tolerated doses of 2.0 and 3.5 mg/kg had minimal effect on harmaline tremor in both genotypes. Compound 6, at well-tolerated doses of 1-10 mg/kg, effectively suppressed tremor in both genotypes. Flumazenil suppressed tremor in wildtype mice at doses (0.015-0.05 mg/kg) far lower than those causing straight wire impairment, and did not suppress tremor in α6 knockout mice. Discussion Modulators of α6βδ and α6βγ2 GABAA receptors warrant attention for novel therapies as they are anticipated to be effective and well-tolerated. Ketamine likely failed to attain α6βδ-active levels. Compound 6 is an attractive candidate, but further study is needed to clarify its mechanism of action. The flumazenil results provide proof of principle that targeting α6βγ2 receptors represents a worthy strategy for developing essential tremor therapies. Highlights We tested for harmaline tremor suppression drugs previously described as in vitro α6βδ or α6βγ2 GABAA receptor-selective modulators. Well-tolerated flumazenil doses suppressed tremor in α6-wildtype but not α6-knockout mice. Compound 6 and ketamine failed to display this profile, likely from off-target effects. Selective α6 modulators hold promise as tremor therapy.
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- Adrian Handforth
- Neurology Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Neuroscience Cluster, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Green SI, Clark JR, Santos HH, Weesner KE, Salazar KC, Aslam S, Campbell JW, Doernberg SB, Blodget E, Morris MI, Suh GA, Obeid K, Silveira FP, Filippov AA, Whiteson KL, Trautner BW, Terwilliger AL, Maresso A. A Retrospective, Observational Study of 12 Cases of Expanded-Access Customized Phage Therapy: Production, Characteristics, and Clinical Outcomes. Clin Infect Dis 2023; 77:1079-1091. [PMID: 37279523 PMCID: PMC10573729 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is undermining modern medicine, a problem compounded by bacterial adaptation to antibiotic pressures. Phages are viruses that infect bacteria. Their diversity and evolvability offer the prospect of their use as a therapeutic solution. Reported are outcomes of customized phage therapy for patients with difficult-to-treat antimicrobial resistant infections. METHODS We retrospectively assessed 12 cases of customized phage therapy from a phage production center. Phages were screened, purified, sequenced, characterized, and Food and Drug Administration-approved via the IND (investigational new drug) compassionate-care route. Outcomes were assessed as favorable or unfavorable by microbiologic and clinical standards. Infections were device-related or systemic. Other experiences such as time to treatment, antibiotic synergy, and immune responses were recorded. RESULTS Fifty requests for phage therapy were received. Customized phages were generated for 12 patients. After treatment, 42% (5/12) of cases showed bacterial eradication and 58% (7/12) showed clinical improvement, with two-thirds of all cases (66%) showing favorable responses. No major adverse reactions were observed. Antibiotic-phage synergy in vitro was observed in most cases. Immunological neutralization of phages was reported in 5 cases. Several cases were complicated by secondary infections. Complete characterization of the phages (morphology, genomics, and activity) and their production (methods, sterility, and endotoxin tests) are reported. CONCLUSIONS Customized phage production and therapy was safe and yielded favorable clinical or microbiological outcomes in two-thirds of cases. A center or pipeline dedicated to tailoring the phages against a patient's specific AMR bacterial infection may be a viable option where standard treatment has failed.
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- Sabrina I Green
- Tailored Antibacterials and Innovative Laboratories for Phage (Φ) Research (TAILΦR), Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Laboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Tailored Antibacterials and Innovative Laboratories for Phage (Φ) Research (TAILΦR), Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Tailored Antibacterials and Innovative Laboratories for Phage (Φ) Research (TAILΦR), Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Tailored Antibacterials and Innovative Laboratories for Phage (Φ) Research (TAILΦR), Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Tailored Antibacterials and Innovative Laboratories for Phage (Φ) Research (TAILΦR), Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention, St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Division of Infection Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Wound Infections Department, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Tailored Antibacterials and Innovative Laboratories for Phage (Φ) Research (TAILΦR), Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Tailored Antibacterials and Innovative Laboratories for Phage (Φ) Research (TAILΦR), Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Handforth A, Kosoyan HP, Kadam PA, Singh RP. Alcohol and Ganaxolone Suppress Tremor via Extra-Synaptic GABA A Receptors in the Harmaline Model of Essential Tremor. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) 2023; 13:18. [PMID: 37214542 PMCID: PMC10198231 DOI: 10.5334/tohm.760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Background A long-standing question is why essential tremor often responds to non-intoxicating amounts of alcohol. Blood flow imaging and high-density electroencephalography have indicated that alcohol acts on tremor within the cerebellum. As extra-synaptic δ-subunit-containing GABAA receptors are sensitive to low alcohol levels, we wondered whether these receptors mediate alcohol's anti-tremor effect and, moreover, whether the δ-associated GABAA receptor α6 subunit, found abundantly in the cerebellum, is required. Methods We tested the hypotheses that low-dose alcohol will suppress harmaline-induced tremor in wild-type mice, but not in littermates lacking GABAA receptor δ subunits, nor in littermates lacking α6 subunits. As the neurosteroid ganaxolone also activates extra-synaptic GABAA receptors, we similarly assessed this compound. The harmaline mouse model of essential tremor was utilized to generate tremor, measured as a percentage of motion power in the tremor bandwidth (9-16 Hz) divided by background motion power at 0.25-32 Hz. Results Ethanol, 0.500 and 0.575 g/kg, and ganaxolone, 7 and 10 mg/kg, doses that do not impair performance in a sensitive psychomotor task, reduced harmaline tremor compared to vehicle-treated controls in wild-type mice but failed to suppress tremor in littermates lacking the δ or the α6 GABAA receptor subunit. Discussion As cerebellar granule cells are the predominant brain site intensely expressing GABAA receptors containing both α6 and δ subunits, these findings suggest that this is where alcohol acts to suppress tremor. It is anticipated that medications designed specifically to target α6βδ-containing GABAA receptors may be effective and well-tolerated for treating essential tremor. Highlights How does alcohol temporarily ameliorate essential tremor? This study with a mouse model found that two specific kinds of GABA receptor subunits were needed for alcohol to work. As receptors with both these subunits are found mainly in cerebellum, this work suggests this is where alcohol acts to suppress tremor.
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- Adrian Handforth
- Neurology Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Research Service, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Ghosh P, Sasaki K, Pulido Ruiz IA, King KE, Weinman SA, Wozniak AL. Inflammatory macrophage to hepatocyte signals can be prevented by extracellular vesicle reprogramming. J Cell Sci 2023; 136:jcs260691. [PMID: 37051862 PMCID: PMC10184766 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.260691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Macrophage-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) play key roles in intercellular communication. Within the liver, they have been linked to several inflammatory diseases including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). In this study, we found that inflammatory macrophages cause injury to hepatocytes, in part by a cell-cell crosstalk phenomenon involving the secretion of EVs containing pro-inflammatory cargo. Incorporation of these inflammatory signals into EV requires the cleavage of the trafficking adaptor protein RILP, which, as previously shown, results from inflammasome-mediated caspase-1 activation. RILP cleavage can be blocked by overexpressing a dominant negative, non-cleavable form of RILP (ncRILP). EV preparations from ncRILP-expressing cells are, by themselves, sufficient to suppress inflammatory effects in hepatocytes. These results suggest that both direct RILP manipulation and/or supplying ncRILP-modified EVs could be used as a novel therapy for the treatment of inflammatory liver diseases.
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- Priyanka Ghosh
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
- Liver Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
- Liver Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
- Liver Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
- Liver Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
- Liver Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
- Liver Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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Liu J, Zhu S, Hu W, Zhao X, Shan Q, Peng W, Xue HH. CTCF mediates CD8+ effector differentiation through dynamic redistribution and genomic reorganization. J Exp Med 2023; 220:e20221288. [PMID: 36752796 PMCID: PMC9948760 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20221288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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Differentiation of effector CD8+ T cells is instructed by stably and dynamically expressed transcription regulators. Here we show that naive-to-effector differentiation was accompanied by dynamic CTCF redistribution and extensive chromatin architectural changes. Upon CD8+ T cell activation, CTCF acquired de novo binding sites and anchored novel chromatin interactions, and these changes were associated with increased chromatin accessibility and elevated expression of cytotoxic program genes including Tbx21, Ifng, and Klrg1. CTCF was also evicted from its ex-binding sites in naive state, with concomitantly reduced chromatin interactions in effector cells, as observed at memory precursor-associated genes including Il7r, Sell, and Tcf7. Genetic ablation of CTCF indeed diminished cytotoxic gene expression, but paradoxically elevated expression of memory precursor genes. Comparative Hi-C analysis revealed that key memory precursor genes were harbored within insulated neighborhoods demarcated by constitutive CTCF binding, and their induction was likely due to disrupted CTCF-dependent insulation. CTCF thus promotes cytotoxic effector differentiation by integrating local chromatin accessibility control and higher-order genomic reorganization.
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- Jia Liu
- Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack University Medical Center, Nutley, NJ, USA
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- Department of Physics, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack University Medical Center, Nutley, NJ, USA
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- Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack University Medical Center, Nutley, NJ, USA
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- Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack University Medical Center, Nutley, NJ, USA
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- Department of Physics, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack University Medical Center, Nutley, NJ, USA
- New Jersey Veterans Affairs Health Care System, East Orange, NJ, USA
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Ramsey A, Huang EJ. Plastin 3 rescues BDNF-TrkB signaling in spinal muscular atrophy. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:e202301036. [PMID: 36786833 PMCID: PMC9960025 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202301036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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In this issue, Hennlein and colleagues (2023. J. Cell Biol.https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202204113) show that F-actin-bundling protein Plastin 3 is drastically reduced in motor neurons with spinal muscular atrophy, whereas virus-mediated overexpression of Plastin 3 restores actin cytoskeleton and promotes BDNF-TrkB signaling in the growth cones of spinal motor neurons.
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- Arren Ramsey
- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Pathology Service 113B, San Francisco Veterans Administrations Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Du W, Menjivar RE, Donahue KL, Kadiyala P, Velez-Delgado A, Brown KL, Watkoske HR, He X, Carpenter ES, Angeles CV, Zhang Y, Pasca di Magliano M. WNT signaling in the tumor microenvironment promotes immunosuppression in murine pancreatic cancer. J Exp Med 2023; 220:e20220503. [PMID: 36239683 PMCID: PMC9577101 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20220503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [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] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is associated with activation of WNT signaling. Whether this signaling pathway regulates the tumor microenvironment has remained unexplored. Through single-cell RNA sequencing of human pancreatic cancer, we discovered that tumor-infiltrating CD4+ T cells express TCF7, encoding for the transcription factor TCF1. We conditionally inactivated Tcf7 in CD4 expressing T cells in a mouse model of pancreatic cancer and observed changes in the tumor immune microenvironment, including more CD8+ T cells and fewer regulatory T cells, but also compensatory upregulation of PD-L1. We then used a clinically available inhibitor of Porcupine, a key component of WNT signaling, and observed similar reprogramming of the immune response. WNT signaling inhibition has limited therapeutic window due to toxicity, and PD-L1 blockade has been ineffective in PDA. Here, we show that combination targeting reduces pancreatic cancer growth in an experimental model and might benefit the treatment of pancreatic cancer.
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- Wenting Du
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Immunology Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Sittig DF, Sherman JD, Eckelman MJ, Draper A, Singh H. i-CLIMATE: a "clinical climate informatics" action framework to reduce environmental pollution from healthcare. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2022; 29:2153-2160. [PMID: 35997550 PMCID: PMC9667163 DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocac137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Addressing environmental pollution and climate change is one of the biggest sociotechnical challenges of our time. While information technology has led to improvements in healthcare, it has also contributed to increased energy usage, destructive natural resource extraction, piles of e-waste, and increased greenhouse gases. We introduce a framework "Information technology-enabled Clinical cLimate InforMAtics acTions for the Environment" (i-CLIMATE) to illustrate how clinical informatics can help reduce healthcare's environmental pollution and climate-related impacts using 5 actionable components: (1) create a circular economy for health IT, (2) reduce energy consumption through smarter use of health IT, (3) support more environmentally friendly decision-making by clinicians and health administrators, (4) mobilize healthcare workforce environmental stewardship through informatics, and (5) Inform policies and regulations for change. We define Clinical Climate Informatics as a field that applies data, information, and knowledge management principles to operationalize components of the i-CLIMATE Framework.
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- Dean F Sittig
- School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Center on Climate Change and Health, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Health Data Informatics and Analytics, University of Denver, HCA Continental Division, GreenCIO.org, Denver, Colorado, USA
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- Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Green KM, Miller SL, Malik I, Todd PK. Non-canonical initiation factors modulate repeat-associated non-AUG translation. Hum Mol Genet 2022; 31:2521-2534. [PMID: 35220421 PMCID: PMC9618161 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation of expanded repeat-mutation mRNA produces toxic peptides in neurons of patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. Recent findings indicate that RAN translation in diverse model systems is not inhibited by cellular stressors that impair global translation through phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eIF2, the essential eukaryotic translation initiation factor that brings the initiator tRNA to the 40S ribosome. Using in vitro, cell-based and Drosophila models, we examined the role of alternative ternary complex factors that may function in place of eIF2, including eIF2A, eIF2D, DENR and MCTS1. Among these factors, DENR knockdown had the greatest inhibitory effect on RAN translation of expanded GGGGCC and CGG repeat reporters and its reduction improved the survival of Drosophila expressing expanded GGGGCC repeats. Taken together, these data support a role for alternative initiation factors in RAN translation and suggest these may serve as novel therapeutic targets in neurodegenerative disease.
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- Katelyn M Green
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Rakic JM, Zeng S, Rohdin-Bibby L, Van Blarigan EL, Liu X, Ma S, Kane JP, Redberg RF, Turino GM, Oestreicher Stock E, Arjomandi M. Elastin Degradation and Lung Function Deterioration with Remote Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Never-smokers. Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis 2022; 9:377-393. [PMID: 35700534 PMCID: PMC9448014 DOI: 10.15326/jcopdf.2022.0289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prolonged past exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) in never-smokers is associated with abnormal lung function and reduced diffusing capacity suggestive of an associated lung tissue injury and damage. The mechanisms by which past SHS exposure may contribute to lung tissue damage are unknown. Elastin is a major constituent of extracellular matrix in lung parenchyma. OBJECTIVE To determine whether past exposure to SHS is associated with ongoing lung tissue damage as indicated by elevated elastin degradation products that are linked to lung function. METHODS We measured the plasma levels of elastin degradation markers (EDM) from 193 never-smoking flight attendants with a history of remote SHS exposure in aircraft cabins and 103 nonsmoking flight attendants or sea-level control participants without such history of cabin SHS exposure and examined those levels versus their lung function with adjustment for covariates. The cabin SHS exposure was estimated based on airline employment history and years of the smoking ban enactment. RESULTS The median [interquartile range] plasma EDM level for all participants was 0.30 [0.24-0.36] ng/mL with a total range of 0.16-0.65 ng/mL. Plasma EDM levels were elevated in those with a history of exposure to cabin SHS compared to those not exposed (0.33±0.08 versus 0.26±0.06 ng/mL; age- and sex-adjusted P<0.001). In those with a history of cabin SHS exposure, higher EDM levels were associated with a lower diffusing capacity (parameter estimate [PE] 95% [confidence interval(CI)]=4.2 [0.4-8.0] %predicted decrease per 0.1 ng/mL increase in EDM; P=0.030). Furthermore, EDM levels were inversely associated with forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), FEV1 to forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio , and forced expiratory flow rate between 25% and 75% ( FEF25%-75%) (PE [95%CI]=5.8 [2.1-9.4], 4.0 [2.2-5.7], and 12.5 [5.8-19.2] %predicted decrease per 0.1 ng/mL increase in EDM, respectively; P<0.001). Plasma EDM mediated a substantial fraction of the association of SHS with FEV1, FVC, and FEF25%-75% (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Long after past exposure to SHS, there is ongoing elastin degradation beyond what is expected from the aging process, which likely contributes to lower lung function and a reduced pulmonary capillary bed as seen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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- Jelena Mustra Rakic
- Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, alifornia, United States
- *These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Medical Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center; San Francisco; California, United States
- Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
- *These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Bland Lane Center of Excellence on Secondhand Smoke, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai-St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai-St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York, United States
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, alifornia, United States
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- Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Bland Lane Center of Excellence on Secondhand Smoke, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
- Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai-St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York, United States
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, alifornia, United States
- Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Bland Lane Center of Excellence on Secondhand Smoke, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
- Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
- **Co-senior authors
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- Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
- Medical Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center; San Francisco; California, United States
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunology, and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine; University of California, San Francisco, California, United States
- **Co-senior authors
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Anderson LJ, Migula D, Abay R, Crabtree S, Graf SA, Matsumoto AM, Chauncey TR, Garcia JM. Androgens and estrogens predict sexual function after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant in men. Andrology 2022; 10:291-302. [PMID: 34624176 PMCID: PMC8760151 DOI: 10.1111/andr.13117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is associated with sexual dysfunction and hypogonadism. Androgens are associated with sexual function in healthy men, but the role of estrogens is less well-known, and the association of these sex steroids with sexual function during AHSCT has not been characterized. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive value of sex hormones before and acutely after AHSCT on sexual function recovery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined sex hormones and self-reported sexual function before (PRE) and 1-month post-AHSCT (MONTH1; n = 19), and sexual function again 1-year post-AHSCT in men (YEAR1; n = 15). RESULTS Sexual function decreased from PRE to MONTH1 (p ≤ 0.05) with no differences between PRE and YEAR1. Erectile dysfunction was prevalent at PRE (68.4%) and increased at MONTH1 (100%; p ≤ 0.05) but was not different between PRE and YEAR1 (60.0%). From PRE to MONTH1, total testosterone (TT), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), follicle-stimulating hormone, and sex-hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) increased (p ≤ 0.02) while estradiol (p ≤ 0.026) and estrone decreased (p ≤ 0.001). MONTH1 TT and DHT were associated with sexual function at MONTH1, while PRE SHBG, MONTH1 estradiol, and change in estrone predicted sexual function at YEAR1. DISCUSSION Sexual dysfunction is very prevalent prior to AHSCT and is transiently and severely worsened acutely after. AHSCT induces acute decreases in total and free estrogens, with SHBG increases leading to increases in total androgens, without changes in free androgens. CONCLUSION Androgens and estrogens are both adversely affected by AHSCT but may predict sexual dysfunction in this population. This supports the premise that estrogen impacts sexual function independent from androgens and that steroid hormones are associated with acute changes in sexual function in this setting. Larger, controlled trials with long-term sex hormone assessment will need to confirm the association between early changes in estrogens and long-term sexual function recovery.
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- Lindsey J. Anderson
- Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 98195, WA, USA
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, 98108, WA, USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, 98108, WA, USA
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- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, 98108, WA, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, 98108, WA, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, 98108, WA, USA
- Oncology, University of Washington Department of Medicine, Seattle, 98195, WA, USA
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 98109, WA, USA
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- Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 98195, WA, USA
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, 98108, WA, USA
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- Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, 98108, WA, USA
- Oncology, University of Washington Department of Medicine, Seattle, 98195, WA, USA
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 98109, WA, USA
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- Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 98195, WA, USA
- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, 98108, WA, USA
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Li J, Kumari T, Barazia A, Jha V, Jeong SY, Olson A, Kim M, Lee BK, Manickam V, Song Z, Clemens R, Razani B, Kim J, Dinauer MC, Cho J. Neutrophil DREAM promotes neutrophil recruitment in vascular inflammation. J Exp Med 2022; 219:e20211083. [PMID: 34751735 PMCID: PMC8719643 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20211083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [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] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The interaction between neutrophils and endothelial cells is critical for the pathogenesis of vascular inflammation. However, the regulation of neutrophil adhesive function remains not fully understood. Intravital microscopy demonstrates that neutrophil DREAM promotes neutrophil recruitment to sites of inflammation induced by TNF-α but not MIP-2 or fMLP. We observe that neutrophil DREAM represses expression of A20, a negative regulator of NF-κB activity, and enhances expression of pro-inflammatory molecules and phosphorylation of IκB kinase (IKK) after TNF-α stimulation. Studies using genetic and pharmacologic approaches reveal that DREAM deficiency and IKKβ inhibition significantly diminish the ligand-binding activity of β2 integrins in TNF-α-stimulated neutrophils or neutrophil-like HL-60 cells. Neutrophil DREAM promotes degranulation through IKKβ-mediated SNAP-23 phosphorylation. Using sickle cell disease mice lacking DREAM, we show that hematopoietic DREAM promotes vaso-occlusive events in microvessels following TNF-α challenge. Our study provides evidence that targeting DREAM might be a novel therapeutic strategy to reduce excessive neutrophil recruitment in inflammatory diseases.
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- Jing Li
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Shieh A, Lee SM, Lagishetty V, Gottleib C, Jacobs JP, Adams JS. Pilot Trial of Vitamin D3 and Calcifediol in Healthy Vitamin D Deficient Adults: Does It Change the Fecal Microbiome? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 106:3464-3476. [PMID: 34343292 PMCID: PMC8864755 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgab573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Experimental studies suggest that vitamin D receptor signaling may benefit the gut microbiome. In humans, whether vitamin D supplementation directly alters the gut microbiome is not well studied. OBJECTIVE To determine whether correcting vitamin D deficiency with cholecalciferol (vitamin D3, D3) or calcifediol (25-hydroxyvitamin D3, 25(OH)D3) changes gut microbiome composition. METHODS 18 adults with vitamin D deficiency (25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] <20 ng/mL) received 60 µg/day of D3 or 20 µg/day of 25(OH)D3 for 8 weeks. Changes in serum 25(OH)D, 1,25-diydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D), and 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (24,25(OH)2D) were assessed. We characterized composition of the fecal microbiota using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and examined changes in α-diversity (Chao 1, Faith's Phylogenetic Diversity, Shannon Index), β-diversity (DEICODE), and genus-level abundances (DESeq2). RESULTS Vitamin D3 and 25(OH)D3 groups were similar. After 8 weeks of vitamin D3, mean 25(OH)D and 24,25(OH)2D increased significantly, but 1,25(OH)2D did not (25(OH)D: 17.8-30.1 ng/mL, P = .002; 24,25(OH)2D: 1.1 to 2.7 ng/mL, P =0.003; 1,25(OH)2D: 49.5-53.0 pg/mL, P = .9). After 8 weeks of 25(OH)D3, mean 25(OH)D, 24,25(OH)2D, and 1,25(OH)2D increased significantly (25(OH)D: 16.7-50.6 ng/mL, P < .0001; 24,25(OH)2D: 1.3-6.2 ng/mL, P = .0001; 1,25(OH)2D: 56.5-74.2 pg/mL, P = .05). Fecal microbial α-diversity and β-diversity did not change with D3 or 25D3 supplementation. Mean relative abundance of Firmicutes increased and mean relative abundance of Bacterioidetes decreased from baseline to 4 weeks, but returned to baseline by study completion. DESeq2 analysis did not confirm any statistically significant taxonomic changes. CONCLUSION In a small sample of healthy adults with vitamin D deficiency, restoration of vitamin D sufficiency with vitamin D3 or 25(OH)D3 did not lead to lasting changes in the fecal microbiota.
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- Albert Shieh
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Correspondence: Albert Shieh, MD, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 10945 Le Conte, Suite 2339, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1687, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine and Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Parenteral Nutrition, Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine and Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Pace JA, Bronstein R, Guo Y, Yang Y, Estrada CC, Gujarati N, Salant DJ, Haley J, Bialkowska AB, Yang VW, He JC, Mallipattu SK. Podocyte-specific KLF4 is required to maintain parietal epithelial cell quiescence in the kidney. Sci Adv 2021; 7:eabg6600. [PMID: 34516901 PMCID: PMC8442927 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abg6600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Podocyte loss triggering aberrant activation and proliferation of parietal epithelial cells (PECs) is a central pathogenic event in proliferative glomerulopathies. Podocyte-specific Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4), a zinc-finger transcription factor, is essential for maintaining podocyte homeostasis and PEC quiescence. Using mice with podocyte-specific knockdown of Klf4, we conducted glomerular RNA-sequencing, tandem mass spectrometry, and single-nucleus RNA-sequencing to identify cell-specific transcriptional changes that trigger PEC activation due to podocyte loss. Integration with in silico chromatin immunoprecipitation identified key ligand-receptor interactions, such as fibronectin 1 (FN1)–αVβ6, between podocytes and PECs dependent on KLF4 and downstream signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling. Knockdown of Itgb6 in PECs attenuated PEC activation. Additionally, podocyte-specific induction of human KLF4 or pharmacological inhibition of downstream STAT3 activation reduced FN1 and integrin β 6 (ITGB6) expression and mitigated podocyte loss and PEC activation in mice. Targeting podocyte-PEC crosstalk might be a critical therapeutic strategy in proliferative glomerulopathies.
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- Jesse A. Pace
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
- Renal Section, Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, NY, USA
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Majithia A, Matheny ME, Dani SS, Paulus JK, Marinac-Dabic D, Robbins S, Ssemaganda H, Hewitt K, Ponirakis A, Loyo-Berrios N, Moussa I, Drozda J, Normand SL, Resnic FS. Impact of early surveillance on safety signal identification in the CathPCI DELTA study. BMJ Surg Interv Health Technologies 2020; 2:e000047. [PMID: 35047794 PMCID: PMC8749303 DOI: 10.1136/bmjsit-2020-000047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objectives The CathPCI Data Extraction and Longitudinal Trend Analysis study was designed to determine the feasibility of conducting prospective surveillance of a large national registry to perform comparative safety analyses of medical devices. We sought to determine whether the complementary use of retrospective case data could improve safety signal detection time. Design We performed a simulated surveillance study of the comparative safety of the Mynx vascular closure device (VCD) with propensity score matched alternate VCD recipients, using both retrospective and prospective cohort data. Setting Centers within the USA using the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) CathPCI Registry. Participants Percutaneous coronary intervention cases captured within the NCDR CathPCI Registry from July 1, 2009 to September 30, 2013 were included in the analysis. Interventions None. Main outcome measures Absolute and relative risk (RR) of any vascular complication (a composite of bleeding at access site, hematoma at access site, retroperitoneal bleeding, and other vascular complications requiring treatment); time to signal detection. Results A safety alert was detected for the primary outcome of “any vascular complication” after 15 months of surveillance and was sustained for the study duration (absolute risk of any vascular complication, 1.20% vs 0.73%, RR, 1.63; 95% CI 1.50 to 1.79; p<0.001). The safety signal was identified 12 months earlier with the use of retrospective case data than during the initial study. Conclusions Prospective, active surveillance of cardiovascular registries is feasible to perform comparative analyses of medical devices. Retrospective data may complement prospective surveillance to improve time to signal detection, indicating the need for earlier prospective application of safety surveillance for devices new to the market.
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- Arjun Majithia
- Cardiovascular Medicine, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
- Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
- Tuft School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Center for Population Health Informatics, Departments of Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
- Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
- Tuft School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness (PACE) Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS), Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States
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- Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
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- Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
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- National Cardiovascular Data Registry, American College of Cardiology, Washington DC, United States
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- National Cardiovascular Data Registry, American College of Cardiology, Washington DC, United States
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- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, Boston, United States
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
- Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
- Tuft School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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Clayson PE, Wynn JK, Infantolino ZP, Hajcak G, Green MF, Horan WP. Reward processing in certain versus uncertain contexts in schizophrenia: An event-related potential (ERP) study. J Abnorm Psychol 2019; 128:867-880. [PMID: 31657597 PMCID: PMC6822386 DOI: 10.1037/abn0000469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Disturbances in motivation are prominent in the clinical presentation of people with schizophrenia and might reflect a disturbance in reward processing. Recent advances in affective neuroscience have subdivided reward processing into distinct components, but there are two limitations of the prior work in schizophrenia. First, studies typically focus on only one component rather than on the unfolding of reward processing across multiple stages. Second, studies have not considered the impact of certainty effects, which represent an important contextual factor that impacts processing. We examined whether individuals with schizophrenia show the typical certainty effects across three phases of reward processing: cue evaluation, feedback anticipation, and feedback receipt. Electroencephalography from 74 healthy controls and 92 people with schizophrenia was recorded during a cued gambling task under conditions in which cues indicated forthcoming reward outcomes that were certain or uncertain. Controls demonstrated the expected certainty effects across each stage. Initial cue evaluation (cue P300) was intact in the schizophrenia group, but people with schizophrenia showed diminished certainty effects during feedback anticipation (stimulus-preceding negativity [SPN]) and receipt (feedback reward positivity [fRewP] and feedback P300). During feedback receipt, event-related potentials in people with schizophrenia were similar to controls for the uncertain context but larger than controls for the certain context. Essentially, people with schizophrenia appeared to process certain feedback as though it were uncertain. These findings show, for the first time, that the fundamental distinction between certain and uncertain contexts is altered in schizophrenia at a neural level. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Peter E. Clayson
- Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Psychology and Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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- Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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Jang H, Carl M, Ma Y, Jerban S, Guo T, Zhao W, Chang EY, Du J. Fat suppression for ultrashort echo time imaging using a single-point Dixon method. NMR Biomed 2019; 32:e4069. [PMID: 30768813 PMCID: PMC6476675 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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PURPOSE In ultrashort echo time (UTE) imaging, fat suppression can improve short T2 * contrast but can also reduce short T2 * signals. The conventional two-point Dixon (2p-Dixon) method does not perform well due to short T2 * decay. In this study, we propose a new method to suppress fat for high contrast UTE imaging of short T2 tissues, utilizing a single-point Dixon (1p-Dixon) method. METHODS The proposed method utilizes dual-echo UTE imaging, where UTE is followed by the second TE, chosen flexibly. Fat is estimated by applying a 1p-Dixon method to the non-UTE image after correction of phase errors, which is used to suppress fat in the UTE image. In vivo ankle and knee imaging were performed at 3 T to evaluate the proposed method. RESULT It was observed that fat and water signals in tendons were misestimated by the 2p-Dixon method due to signal decay, while the 1p-Dixon method showed reliable fat and water separation not affected by the short T2 * signal decay. Compared with the conventional chemical shift based fat saturation technique, the 1p-Dixon based approach showed much stronger signal intensities in the Achilles, quadriceps, and patellar tendons, with significantly improved contrast to noise ratios (CNRs) of 11.8 ± 2.2, 16.0 ± 1.6, and 26.8 ± 1.3 with the 1p-Dixon method and 0.6 ± 0.2, 4.6 ± 1.0, and 17.5 ± 1.4 with regular fat saturation, respectively. CONCLUSION The proposed 1p-Dixon based fat suppression allows more flexible selection of imaging parameters and more accurate fat and water separation over the conventional 2p-Dixon in UTE imaging. Moreover, the proposed method provides much improved CNR for short T2 tissues over the conventional fat saturation method.
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- Hyungseok Jang
- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
- Radiology Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
- Corresponding Author: Jiang Du, Ph.D., , University of California, San Diego, Department of Radiology, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8226, Phone (619) 471-0519 Fax (619) 471-0503
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Dunn JP, Abumrad NN, Patterson BW, Kessler RM, Tamboli RA. Brief communication: β-cell function influences dopamine receptor availability. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0212738. [PMID: 30849082 PMCID: PMC6407783 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212738] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We aim to identify physiologic regulators of dopamine (DA) signaling in obesity but previously did not find a compelling relationship with insulin sensitivity measured by oral-minimal model (OMM) and DA subtype 2 and 3 receptor (D2/3R) binding potential (BPND). Reduced disposition index (DI), a β-cell function metric that can also be calculated by OMM, was shown to predict a negative reward behavior that occurs in states of lower endogenous DA. We hypothesized that reduced DI would occur with higher D2/3R BPND, reflecting lower endogenous DA. Participants completed PET scanning, with a displaceable radioligand to measure D2/3R BPND, and a 5-hour oral glucose tolerance test to measure DI by OMM. We studied 26 age-similar females without (n = 8) and with obesity (n = 18) (22 vs 39 kg/m2). Reduced DI predicted increased striatal D2/3R BPND independent of BMI. By accounting for β-cell function, we were able to determine that the state of insulin and glucose metabolism is pertinent to striatal D2/3R BPND in obesity. Clinical Trial Registration Number: NCT00802204.
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- Julia P. Dunn
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Veterans Administration St. Louis Health Care System, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Ma YJ, Zhao W, Wan L, Guo T, Searleman A, Jang H, Chang EY, Du J. Whole knee joint T 1 values measured in vivo at 3T by combined 3D ultrashort echo time cones actual flip angle and variable flip angle methods. Magn Reson Med 2019; 81:1634-1644. [PMID: 30443925 PMCID: PMC6347520 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.27510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE To measure T1 relaxations for the major tissues in whole knee joints on a clinical 3T scanner. METHODS The 3D UTE-Cones actual flip angle imaging (AFI) method was used to map the transmission radiofrequency field (B1 ) in both short and long T2 tissues, which was then used to correct the 3D UTE-Cones variable flip angle (VFA) fitting to generate accurate T1 maps. Numerical simulation was carried out to investigate the accuracy of T1 measurement for a range of T2 values, excitation pulse durations, and B1 errors. Then, the 3D UTE-Cones AFI-VFA method was applied to healthy volunteers (N = 16) to quantify the T1 of knee tissues including cartilage, meniscus, quadriceps tendon, patellar tendon, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), marrow, and muscles at 3T. RESULTS Numerical simulation showed that the 3D UTE-Cones AFI-VFA technique can provide accurate T1 measurements (error <1%) when the tissue T2 is longer than 1 ms and a 150 μs excitation RF pulse is used and therefore is suitable for most knee joint tissues. The proposed 3D UTE-Cones AFI-VFA method showed an average T1 of 1098 ± 67 ms for cartilage, 833 ± 47 ms for meniscus, 800 ± 66 ms for quadriceps tendon, 656 ± 43 ms for patellar tendon, 873 ± 38 ms for ACL, 832 ± 49 ms for PCL, 379 ± 18 ms for marrow, and 1393 ± 46 ms for muscles. CONCLUSION The 3D UTE-Cones AFI-VFA method allows volumetric T1 measurement of the major tissues in whole knee joints on a clinical 3T scanner.
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- Ya-Jun Ma
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
- Radiology Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
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Ioannou GN, Green P, Lowy E, Mun EJ, Berry K. Differences in hepatocellular carcinoma risk, predictors and trends over time according to etiology of cirrhosis. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0204412. [PMID: 30260995 PMCID: PMC6160079 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background and aims Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk is high in cirrhosis. We sought to describe differences in HCC risk, predictors and trends over time according to etiology of cirrhosis. Methods We identified 116,404 patients with cirrhosis diagnosed between 2001–2014 in the VA healthcare system and determined incident HCC cases occurring from the date of cirrhosis diagnosis until 01/31/2017. Patients were divided by cirrhosis etiology into hepatitis C virus (HCV, n = 52,671), alcoholic liver disease (ALD, n = 35,730), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD, n = 17,354), or OTHER (n = 10,649). Results During a mean follow-up of 4.3 years, 10,042 new HCC cases were diagnosed. Patients with HCV had >3 times higher incidence of HCC (3.3 per 100 patient-years) than patients with ALD (0.86/100 patient-years), NAFLD (0.90/100 patient-years) or OTHER (1.0/100 patient-years), an association that persisted after adjusting for baseline characteristics. HCC incidence was 1.6 times higher in patients with cirrhosis diagnosed in 2008–2014 (2.47/100 patient-years) than in 2001–2007 (1.55/100 patient-years). Independent predictors of HCC among all cirrhosis etiologies included: age, male sex, Hispanic ethnicity, high serum alpha fetoprotein, alkaline phosphatase and AST/√ALT ratio and low serum albumin and platelet count. Diabetes was associated with HCC in ALD-cirrhosis and NAFLD-cirrhosis, and BMI in ALD-cirrhosis. Conclusions HCC risk is 3 times greater in cirrhotic patients with HCV than ALD or NAFLD. HCC risk continues to increase over time in analyses extending to 2017 in cirrhosis of all etiologies. Multiple readily available risk factors for HCC were identified that were influenced by cirrhosis etiology and could be used to develop HCC risk estimation models.
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- George N. Ioannou
- Division of Gastroenterology, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Berg CJ, Haardörfer R, McBride CM, Kilaru V, Ressler KJ, Wingo AP, Saba NF, Payne JB, Smith A. Resilience and biomarkers of health risk in Black smokers and nonsmokers. Health Psychol 2017; 36:1047-1058. [PMID: 28825494 DOI: 10.1037/hea0000540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Blacks are disproportionately affected by tobacco-related illnesses as well as traumatic events associated with psychiatric conditions and smoking. We examined the potential protective nature of resilience within this context, hypothesizing resilience differentially moderates the associations of traumatic experiences to depressive symptoms and to biomarkers of health risk among Black ever versus never smokers. METHOD Measures of resilience, traumatic experiences, depressive symptoms, and biomarkers (interleukin-6 [IL-6], C-reactive protein [CRP], allostatic load) were obtained among 852 Blacks recruited from Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. RESULTS Ever smokers experienced more trauma (p < .001) and depressive symptoms (p = .01). Structural equation modeling indicated that, in ever smokers, childhood trauma was positively associated with depressive symptoms (p < .001); resilience was negatively associated with depressive symptoms (p = .01). Depressive symptoms were positively associated with IL-6 (p = .03), which was positively associated with allostatic load (p = .01). Adulthood trauma was associated with higher CRP levels (p = .03). In never smokers, childhood (p < .001) and adulthood trauma (p = .01) were associated with more depressive symptoms. Adulthood trauma was also associated with higher CRP levels (p < .001), which was positively associated with allostatic load (p < .001). Never smokers with higher resilience had a negative association between childhood trauma and depressive symptoms whereas those with lower resilience had a positive association between childhood trauma and depressive symptoms. Resilience was negatively associated with CRP levels (p < .001). CONCLUSIONS Interventions targeting resilience may prevent smoking and adverse health outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- Carla J Berg
- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Emory University
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Emory University
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE Eudaemonic positive psychological health (PPH), such as purpose in life (PIL), may be maintained more than hedonic PPH, such as quality of life (QOL), for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and their caregivers across the disease course. Furthermore, patients' and caregivers' PPH may impact one another. The present study examined (a) PIL and QOL variance structures; (b) PIL and QOL trajectories from diagnosis, approaching death, with disease severity; and (c) between-dyad and within-dyad relationships for PIL and QOL in patients with ALS and their caregivers. METHOD PIL and QOL were assessed in patient-caregiver dyads (N = 110) up to 7 times over 18 months. RESULTS Multilevel models revealed the proportion of variance attributed to stable between-person differences was higher for PIL (patients = 74%; caregivers = 76%) than QOL (patients = 60%; caregivers = 55%). PIL and QOL declined in relation to disease severity and time. For PIL, proximity to diagnosis and death moderated within-person change; decline was generally faster following diagnosis and approaching death. Longitudinal within-dyad relationships revealed that patients' fluctuations in PIL were mirrored in their caregiver and vice versa. CONCLUSIONS PIL was more stable than QOL and was therefore a potential psychological resource for patients and caregivers. Critical periods-after diagnosis and approaching death-accompanied more rapid PIL decline. QOL was also impacted by proximity to critical periods. PIL within-dyad relationships may reflect a shared disease experience. Psychological intervention focused on enhancing purpose, particularly during critical periods, is a promising direction for future study. (PsycINFO Database Record
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