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Guo J, Zhao J, Liu R, Yu J, Zhang M, Wang H, Liu L. Metabolomics analysis of serum in pediatric nephrotic syndrome based on targeted and non-targeted platforms. Metabolomics 2021; 17:38. [PMID: 33788045 DOI: 10.1007/s11306-021-01788-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a common pediatric urinary system disease. The aim in this work was to investigate the changes in pediatric NS-related metabolites through serum metabolomics, and explore the new potential metabolites and differential metabolic pathways. METHODS Serum samples from 40 pediatric patients with nephrotic syndrome and 40 healthy controls were collected. The targeted and non-targeted metabolomics analyses were performed to determine the metabolic changes in pediatric NS. Based on multivariate statistical analysis and the regression model, the serum potential metabolites were screened and different metabolic pathways were explored. RESULTS 39 differential metabolites in pediatric NS were obtained based on the metabolomics analysis. 12 differential metabolites (serine, C18: 2 (EFA), C18: 2 (FFA), Isonuatigenin 3- [rhamnosyl- (1- > 2) -glucoside], C18: 4 (EFA), C18: 4 (FFA), caprylic acid, citric acid, methylmalonic acid, caproic acid, canavalioside and uroporphyrin were identified to establish the diagnostic model for pediatric NS. Five metabolic pathways including TCA cycle, amino acid metabolism, bile acid biosynthesis, linoleate metabolism and glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism were the key differential metabolic pathways. CONCLUSION These data elucidated the metabolic alterations associated with pediatric NS and suggested a new diagnosis model for monitoring pediatric NS. The current study provides the useful information to bridge the gaps in our understanding of the metabolic alterations associated with pediatric NS and might facilitate the characterization of pediatric NS patients by performing serum metabolomics.
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- Jing Guo
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China
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- The Department of Clinical Nutrition, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Harbin Children's Hospital, 57 Youyi Road, Daoli District, Harbin, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, 157 Baojian Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150086, People's Republic of China.
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Thompson JW, Adams KJ, Adamski J, Asad Y, Borts D, Bowden JA, Byram G, Dang V, Dunn WB, Fernandez F, Fiehn O, Gaul DA, Hühmer AFR, Kalli A, Koal T, Koeniger S, Mandal R, Meier F, Naser FJ, O’Neil D, Pal A, Patti GJ, Pham-Tuan H, Prehn C, Raynaud FI, Shen T, Southam AD, St. John-Williams L, Sulek K, Vasilopoulou CG, Viant M, Winder CL, Wishart D, Zhang L, Zheng J, Moseley MA. International Ring Trial of a High Resolution Targeted Metabolomics and Lipidomics Platform for Serum and Plasma Analysis. Anal Chem 2019; 91:14407-14416. [PMID: 31638379 PMCID: PMC7310668 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b02908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [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: 12/19/2022]
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A challenge facing metabolomics in the analysis of large human cohorts is the cross-laboratory comparability of quantitative metabolomics measurements. In this study, 14 laboratories analyzed various blood specimens using a common experimental protocol provided with the Biocrates AbsoluteIDQ p400HR kit, to quantify up to 408 metabolites. The specimens included human plasma and serum from male and female donors, mouse and rat plasma, as well as NIST SRM 1950 reference plasma. The metabolite classes covered range from polar (e.g., amino acids and biogenic amines) to nonpolar (e.g., diacyl- and triacyl-glycerols), and they span 11 common metabolite classes. The manuscript describes a strict system suitability testing (SST) criteria used to evaluate each laboratory's readiness to perform the assay, and provides the SST Skyline documents for public dissemination. The study found approximately 250 metabolites were routinely quantified in the sample types tested, using Orbitrap instruments. Interlaboratory variance for the NIST SRM-1950 has a median of 10% for amino acids, 24% for biogenic amines, 38% for acylcarnitines, 25% for glycerolipids, 23% for glycerophospholipids, 16% for cholesteryl esters, 15% for sphingolipids, and 9% for hexoses. Comparing to consensus values for NIST SRM-1950, nearly 80% of comparable analytes demonstrated bias of <50% from the reference value. The findings of this study result in recommendations of best practices for system suitability, quality control, and calibration. We demonstrate that with appropriate controls, high-resolution metabolomics can provide accurate results with good precision across laboratories, and the p400HR therefore is a reliable approach for generating consistent and comparable metabolomics data.
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- J. Will Thompson
- Duke Proteomics and Metabolomics Shared Resource, Duke School of Medicine, 701 W Main Street, Durham, NC 27701
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke School of Medicine, Durham, NC
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- Duke Proteomics and Metabolomics Shared Resource, Duke School of Medicine, 701 W Main Street, Durham, NC 27701
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- Research Unit Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Genetik, Technische Universität München, 85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), 85764 München-Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Drug Metabolism Pharmacokinetics and Metabolomics group, Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute for Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton Surrey, SM2 5NG, UK
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, San Jose, CA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hollings Marine Laboratory, 331 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, United States
- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1333 Center Road, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- UC Davis Genome Center – Metabolomics, Davis, CA 95618
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400
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- UC Davis Genome Center – Metabolomics, Davis, CA 95618
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400
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- Department of Computing Science, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E8
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
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- Washington University, Departments of Chemistry, Genetics, and Medicine. Saint Louis, Missouri 63110 USA
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- University of Birmingham and Phenome Centre Birmingham, UK
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- Drug Metabolism Pharmacokinetics and Metabolomics group, Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute for Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton Surrey, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Washington University, Departments of Chemistry, Genetics, and Medicine. Saint Louis, Missouri 63110 USA
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- Research Unit Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Drug Metabolism Pharmacokinetics and Metabolomics group, Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute for Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton Surrey, SM2 5NG, UK
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- UC Davis Genome Center – Metabolomics, Davis, CA 95618
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- Duke Proteomics and Metabolomics Shared Resource, Duke School of Medicine, 701 W Main Street, Durham, NC 27701
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Birmingham and Phenome Centre Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Computing Science, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E8
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- Department of Computing Science, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E8
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- Department of Computing Science, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E8
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- Duke Proteomics and Metabolomics Shared Resource, Duke School of Medicine, 701 W Main Street, Durham, NC 27701
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Pilotto A, Blau N, Leks E, Schulte C, Deuschl C, Zipser C, Piel D, Freisinger P, Gramer G, Kölker S, Haas D, Burgard P, Nawroth P, Georg H, Scheffler K, Berg D, Trefz F. Cerebrospinal fluid biogenic amines depletion and brain atrophy in adult patients with phenylketonuria. J Inherit Metab Dis 2019; 42:398-406. [PMID: 30706953 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Biogenic amines synthesis in phenylketonuria (PKU) patients with high phenylalanine (Phe) concentration is thought to be impaired due to inhibition of tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases and competition with amino acids at the blood-brain barrier. Dopamine and serotonin deficits might explain brain damage and progressive neuropsychiatric impairment in adult PKU patients. Ten early treated adult PKU patients (mean age 38.2 years) and 15 age-matched controls entered the study. Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Phe, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), 3,4-dihydroxy-l-phenylalanine (l-DOPA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) were analyzed. Voxel-based morphometry statistical nonparametric mapping was used to test the age-corrected correlation between gray matter atrophy and CSF biogenic amines levels. 5-HIAA and 5-HTP were significantly reduced in PKU patients compared to controls. Significant negative correlations were found between CSF 5-HIAA, HVA, and 5-HTP and Phe levels. A decrease in 5-HIAA and 5-HTP concentrations correlated with precuneus and frontal atrophy, respectively. Lower HVA levels correlated with occipital atrophy. Biogenic amines deficits correlate with specific brain atrophy patterns in adult PKU patients, in line with serotonin and dopamine projections. These findings may support a more rigorous Phe control in adult PKU to prevent neurotransmitter depletion and accelerated brain damage due to aging.
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- Andrea Pilotto
- Department of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Parkinson's Disease Rehabilitation Centre, FERB ONLUS S. Isidoro Hospital, Trescore Balneario, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division for Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurodegeneration, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurodegeneration, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke, and Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology, Internal Medicine I, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division for Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division for Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division for Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division for Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology, Internal Medicine I, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division for Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- Magnetic Resonance Centre, Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neurodegeneration, Hertie Institute of Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurodegeneration, Tübingen, Germany
- Department of Neurology, University-Hospital-Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division for Neuropediatrics and Metabolic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Carayol M, Leitzmann MF, Ferrari P, Zamora-Ros R, Achaintre D, Stepien M, Schmidt JA, Travis RC, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Hansen L, Kaaks R, Kühn T, Boeing H, Bachlechner U, Trichopoulou A, Bamia C, Palli D, Agnoli C, Tumino R, Vineis P, Panico S, Quirós JR, Sánchez-Cantalejo E, Huerta JM, Ardanaz E, Arriola L, Agudo A, Nilsson J, Melander O, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Peeters PH, Wareham N, Khaw KT, Jenab M, Key TJ, Scalbert A, Rinaldi S. Blood Metabolic Signatures of Body Mass Index: A Targeted Metabolomics Study in the EPIC Cohort. J Proteome Res 2017; 16:3137-3146. [PMID: 28758405 PMCID: PMC6198936 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b01062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [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] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Metabolomics is now widely used to characterize metabolic phenotypes associated with lifestyle risk factors such as obesity. The objective of the present study was to explore the associations of body mass index (BMI) with 145 metabolites measured in blood samples in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. Metabolites were measured in blood from 392 men from the Oxford (UK) cohort (EPIC-Oxford) and in 327 control subjects who were part of a nested case-control study on hepatobiliary carcinomas (EPIC-Hepatobiliary). Measured metabolites included amino acids, acylcarnitines, hexoses, biogenic amines, phosphatidylcholines, and sphingomyelins. Linear regression models controlled for potential confounders and multiple testing were run to evaluate the associations of metabolite concentrations with BMI. 40 and 45 individual metabolites showed significant differences according to BMI variations, in the EPIC-Oxford and EPIC-Hepatobiliary subcohorts, respectively. Twenty two individual metabolites (kynurenine, one sphingomyelin, glutamate and 19 phosphatidylcholines) were associated with BMI in both subcohorts. The present findings provide additional knowledge on blood metabolic signatures of BMI in European adults, which may help identify mechanisms mediating the relationship of BMI with obesity-related diseases.
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- Marion Carayol
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Richard Doll Building, Oxford, OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Richard Doll Building, Oxford, OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
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- Aarhus University, Department of Public Health, Section for Epidemiology, Bartholins Alle 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
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- Hellenic Health Foundation, Alexandroupoleos 23, Athens 11527, Greece
- WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Health, Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology and Nutrition in Public Health, Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Mikras Asias 75, Goudi GR-11527, Athens, Greece
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue. Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Hellenic Health Foundation, Alexandroupoleos 23, Athens 11527, Greece
- WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Health, Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology and Nutrition in Public Health, Dept. of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Mikras Asias 75, Goudi GR-11527, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Ponte Nuovo, Via delle Oblate n.4, Padiglione 28-A Mario Fiori, 50141 Florence, Italy
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian, 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Cancer Registry and Histopathology Unit, "Civic - M.P. Arezzo" Hospital, Via Dante 109, 97100, ASP Ragusa, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place W2 1PG London, UK
- HuGeF Foundation, Via Nizza 52, 10126, Turin, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Medical School of Naples, Federico II University, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- EPIC Asturias, Public Health Directorate, Asturias, Ciriaco Miguel Vigil St, 9 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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- Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública. Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. Granada. Hospitales Universitarios de Granada/Universidad de Granada, Cuesta del Observatorio, 4, 18011 Granada, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca. Ronda de Levante, 11. 30008, Murcia, Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Navarra Public Health Institute, C/ Leyre, 15, 31003, Pamplona Spain
- IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, C/ Irunlarrea, 3, 31008, Pamplona Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP). Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa, Instituto BIO-Donostia, Basque Government, Av. Navarra 4, 20013 San Sebastian, Spain
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- Unit of Nutrition and Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Research Program. Catalan Institute of Oncology-IDIBELL. Av. Gran Via de l'Hospitalet 199-203, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, 20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, 20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place W2 1PG London, UK
- Department for Determinants of Chronic Diseases (DCD), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box1, 3720 BA, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Room number F02.649, Internal mail no F02.618, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA UTRECHT, The Netherlands
- Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Pantai Valley, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, School of Public Health, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place W2 1PG London, UK
- Dept of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, STR 6.131, PO Box 85500, 3508GA Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Box 285 Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Richard Doll Building, Oxford, OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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Li Q, Gu W, Ma X, Liu Y, Jiang L, Feng R, Liu L. Amino Acid and Biogenic Amine Profile Deviations in an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test: A Comparison between Healthy and Hyperlipidaemia Individuals Based on Targeted Metabolomics. Nutrients 2016; 8:nu8060379. [PMID: 27338465 PMCID: PMC4924220 DOI: 10.3390/nu8060379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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] [Received: 03/26/2016] [Revised: 06/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Hyperlipidemia (HLP) is characterized by a disturbance in lipid metabolism and is a primary risk factor for the development of insulin resistance (IR) and a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis. The aim of this work was to investigate the changes in postprandial amino acid and biogenic amine profiles provoked by an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in HLP patients using targeted metabolomics. We used ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry to analyze the serum amino acid and biogenic amine profiles of 35 control and 35 HLP subjects during an OGTT. The amino acid and biogenic amine profiles from 30 HLP subjects were detected as independent samples to validate the changes in the metabolites. There were differences in the amino acid and biogenic amine profiles between the HLP individuals and the healthy controls at baseline and after the OGTT. The per cent changes of 13 metabolites from fasting to the 2 h samples during the OGTT in the HLP patients were significantly different from those of the healthy controls. The lipid parameters were associated with the changes in valine, isoleucine, creatine, creatinine, dimethylglycine, asparagine, serine, and tyrosine (all p < 0.05) during the OGTT in the HLP group. The postprandial changes in isoleucine and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) during the OGTT were positively associated with the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR; all p < 0.05) in the HLP group. Elevated oxidative stress and disordered energy metabolism during OGTTs are important characteristics of metabolic perturbations in HLP. Our findings offer new insights into the complex physiological regulation of metabolism during the OGTT in HLP.
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- Qi Li
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, National Key Discipline, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, National Key Discipline, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, National Key Discipline, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, National Key Discipline, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, National Key Discipline, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, National Key Discipline, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, National Key Discipline, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
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Boyko A, Melnikov M, Zhetishev R, Pashenkov M. The Role of Biogenic Amines in the Regulation of Interaction between the Immune and Nervous Systems in Multiple Sclerosis. Neuroimmunomodulation 2016; 23:217-223. [PMID: 27710965 DOI: 10.1159/000449167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating, presumably autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Biogenic amines may participate in MS pathogenesis modulating immune cell activity and cytokine production. METHODS Forty-three patients with relapsing-remitting MS were examined. Serotonin (SE), norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine (EPI) concentrations in sera were measured by ELISA. The functional activity of Th17 and Th1 cells was assessed by the ability of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) to produce interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and interleukin-17 (IL-17) and cell proliferation upon stimulation with microbeads coated with anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 antibodies. To evaluate the effect of biogenic amines on Th17 and Th1 cells, PBMCs were cultured in the presence of SE and NE. Statistical analysis was performed using Prism 6 software. RESULTS Concentrations of SE and EPI in sera were not different between the groups. Concentrations of NE in sera from MS patients were lower than those in the healthy control group. The production of IL-17 and IFN-γ in MS patients in relapse was higher than that in patients in remission or in the control group. SE at a concentration of 10-4M suppressed IL-17 production. NE at a concentration of 10-4M suppressed both IL-17 and IFN-γ production. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest an anti-inflammatory role for biogenic amines in MS.
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- Alexey Boyko
- Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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Akasaka S, Sasaki K, Harano KI, Nagao T. Dopamine enhances locomotor activity for mating in male honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). J Insect Physiol 2010; 56:1160-1166. [PMID: 20303974 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2009] [Revised: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Dopamine plays multiple roles in the regulation of reproduction in female honeybees where it appears to act independently of juvenile hormone (JH). In males the role of dopamine and its relationship to JH control have not been elucidated. In the present study we determined hemolymph levels of dopamine and its metabolite (N-acetyldopamine) in males at post-emergence days 0-16. The development of locomotor and flight activities were recorded over the same period. Hemolymph levels of dopamine and N-acetyldopamine were found to increase at the time of onset of mating flight activity and those of dopamine decreased thereafter. Both locomotor and flight activities increased in parallel with hemolymph dopamine levels but the increased activity levels were maintained following decline of dopamine levels. Brain and meso-metathoracic ganglia levels of dopamine showed a similar developmental profile to hemolymph dopamine levels. Locomotor activities were temporarily inhibited by injection of a dopamine-receptor antagonist (cis(Z)-flupenthixol) into the thorax, and were enhanced by injection of a dopamine-receptor agonist (6,7-ADTN). These results suggest that dopamine regulates locomotor activities for mating and plays a role downstream of JH in premature males in honeybees.
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- Shinya Akasaka
- Graduate Program in Bioscience and Chemistry, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Yakkaho Hakusan, Ishikawa, Japan
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Circulating levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5HT), histamine, monoamine oxidase (MAO), histaminase, tri-iodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) were studied in L-thyroxine and carbimazole treated rats. Increased concentrations of 5-HT, histamine, glutamate, T3 and T4 were recorded in L-thyroxine-treated rats while plasma gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), MAO and histaminase levels were significantly decreased. Considerable reduction in 5-HT, glutamate, T3 and T4 with trend towards the rise in plasma levels of MAO and histaminase was noticed in carbimazole treated group. There was a significant correlation between these amines and thyroid hormone values. The findings suggest that alterations in the metabolism of thyroid hormones may have a link with the altered metabolism of biogenic amines.
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- L Upadhyaya
- Department of Medicine, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Platonov DN, Timerbaev VK, Valetova VV, Davydova NA. [Cerebral metabolism and the exchange of biogenic amines in the brain of patients under various types of anesthesia in the surgery of intracranial aneurysms]. Anesteziol Reanimatol 2007:22-5. [PMID: 17563994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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During intracranial surgical interventions, the major tasks of an anesthetic procedure are to maintain cerebral perfusion, adequate oxygen delivery, and brain tissue metabolism at all surgical stages. The authors have compared cerebral metabolism and the exchange of biogenic amines that regulate cerebral oxygen consumption and cerebral blood flow, by using neuroleptic anesthesia and balanced anesthesia on the basis of enflurane during operations on intracranial vessels. There is evidence for the equal efficiency of both types of anesthesias and for a unidirectional impact on the body's neurohumoral systems.
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Alekhina TA, Petrova GV, Barykina NN, Prokudina OI, Chuguĭ VF, Sakharov DG, Kolpakov VG. [Some neuroendocrinological changes in rats of cataleptic strain GC. Influences of ontogenesis and generation of breeding]. Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova 2006; 92:499-505. [PMID: 16813156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The content of biogenic amines: dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonine, in rats of cataleptic strain GC as compared with the control strain Wistar at the age of 1 and 5 months is decreased, the maximal decrease being found in the so-called "nervous" animals. The aldosterone content was decreased at 5 month age in the GC rats. The testosterone content at the age of 1 month in GC rats does not differ from that in Wistar rats, but at the age of 5 months it was decreased as compared to Wistar, the maximal decrease being found again in "nervous" GC rats. The data obtained point to peculiarities of ontogenetic regulation and to commonness of mechanisms of catalepsy and "nervousness" in GC rats.
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Ormazabal A, Artuch R, Vilaseca MA, Aracil A, Pineda M. Cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of folate, biogenic amines and pterins in Rett syndrome: treatment with folinic acid. Neuropediatrics 2005; 36:380-5. [PMID: 16429378 DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies in Rett syndrome (RS) patients suggested various abnormalities in biogenic amines, pterins, and folate values in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Our aim was to analyse these metabolites in CSF of 16 RS patients (age range: 2 - 23 years). Biogenic amines, pterins, and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate were measured by HPLC with electrochemical and fluorescence detection. RESULTS CSF values of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate were decreased in 8 out of 16 RS patients (average: 53.6 nmol/L; range: 19 - 92) when compared with our reference values (average: 74.6 nmol/L; range: 45 - 127). These eight patients had epilepsy, while 4 out of 16 RS patients who did not have epilepsy showed normal CSF 5-methyltetrahydrofolate concentrations. Values of biogenic amines or pterins were decreased in four of the patients with low values of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate. No correlation was observed between CSF values of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and pterins, biogenic amines, or age. Supplementation with folinic acid was applied in six out of the eight patients with CSF 5-methyltetrahydrofolate deficiency. An improvement was noticed in all cases. CONCLUSIONS An important percentage of RS patients showed 5-methyltetrahydrofolate concentrations under the reference values. Therefore, analysis of CSF 5-methyltetrahydrofolate seems advisable in RS, especially in patients with epilepsy and those resistant to antiepileptic drugs.
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- A Ormazabal
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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Ostronosova NS, Volozhin AI. [Changes in content of biologically active amines in plasma and blood cells in bronchial asthma]. Patol Fiziol Eksp Ter 2005:11-3. [PMID: 16408658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We studied concentration of histamine (Hs), serotonin (St) and catecholamines (CA) in the cells and plasma of venous and capillary blood of 466 patients with bronchial asthma (BA) and 40 controls free of BA. It was found that blood cells sorb, secret Hs, St and CA and participate in exchange of Hs, St and CA between tissues and blood. Contents of Hs, St and CA in BA patients is increased but CA decreased in the cells and plasma of capillary blood. Such distribution between Hs and CA can be explained by changed activity of histidindecarboxilase necessary for histamine synthesis. Capillarovenous difference by Hs, St and CA detected in the control group was also found in BA, being more pronounced in exogenic BA. It is suggested that BA patients have disturbed tissue-blood barrier and systemic alterations of synthesis and utilization of biogenic amines in blood of BA patients.
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Bose D, Durgbanshi A, Capella-Peiró ME, Gil-Agustí M, Esteve-Romero J, Carda-Broch S, Martinavarro-Domínguez A. Micellar liquid chromatography determination of some biogenic amines with electrochemical detection. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2004; 36:357-63. [PMID: 15496329 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2004.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2004] [Revised: 06/03/2004] [Accepted: 06/18/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A simple and reliable liquid chromatographic procedure is successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of the biogenic amines, dopamine, serotonin, their metabolites (homovalinic acid (HVA) and hydroxyindoleacetic acid (HIAA)) as well as tyramine in serum samples. After an optimization procedure using a C18 column, the mobile phase selected was 0.15 M sodium dodecyl sulfate buffered at pH 3, in which the serum samples were directly injected and the analysis time for the five substances was less than 12 min. The use of electrochemical (ED) and ultraviolet (UV) detection was compared. The limits of detection of the biogenic amines studied were drastically improved using ED detection. Repeatability and intermediate precision were tested at three different concentrations and the relative standard deviations were below 1.5% for most assays. Finally, the method was successfully applied to the determination of biogenic amines in serum samples.
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- D Bose
- Química Analítica, CCEE, ESTCE, Universitat Jaume I, Av. Vicent Sos Baynat, 12071 Castelló, Spain
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Giotakos O, Markianos M, Vaidakis N, Christodoulou GN. Sex hormones and biogenic amine turnover of sex offenders in relation to their temperament and character dimensions. Psychiatry Res 2004; 127:185-93. [PMID: 15296818 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2002] [Revised: 06/04/2003] [Accepted: 06/16/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Relationships between Cloninger's temperament and character dimensions and plasma sex hormone levels and biogenic amine turnover were studied in male prison inmates convicted of rape (n=61) or child molestation (n=24) and normal male controls (n=25). The participants completed the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), which includes the temperament dimensions Novelty Seeking, Harm Avoidance, Reward Dependence and Persistence as well as the character dimensions Self-Directedness, Cooperativeness and Self-Transcendence. Plasma levels of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, sex hormone binding globulin, luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone were estimated in plasma samples and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) in urine samples. Both sex offender groups had higher Novelty, Seeking and lower Reward Dependence, Self-Directedness and Cooperativeness scores compared with the controls. Plasma levels of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone were significantly higher in rapists than in controls. Novelty Seeking scores were positively correlated with LH levels in rapists, and with testosterone levels in child molesters. Harm Avoidance scores were negatively correlated with 5-HIAA levels in rapists and with HVA levels in child molesters. In rapists, the calculated free androgen index showed a negative correlation with 5-HIAA. For the sex offender sample as a whole, the subgroup with high testosterone levels had higher Harm Avoidance scores, the subgroup with low HVA levels had lower Cooperativeness scores, and the subgroups with high 5HIAA or MHPG levels had lower Persistence scores. The results indicate that Novelty Seeking behavior in the group of rapists is associated with a hyperactive hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. In addition, low serotonin turnover and low dopamine turnover seem to be associated with a passive-avoidant behavioral style in rapists and child molesters, respectively.
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- Orestis Giotakos
- Psychiatric Department, Athens University Medical School, Eginition Hospital, 2 Erifilis str, 11634 Athens, Greece.
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Kuz'micheva LV, Kiseleva RE. [The content of biogenic amines in the lymphocytes in bronchial asthma]. Klin Med (Mosk) 2004; 82:34-7. [PMID: 15584597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Serum serotonin and histamine were examined for their effects on lymphocytic dystrophic processes. During an exacerbation, there was an increase in the plasma concentration of biogenic amines (BGA) in patients with atopic and infective-and-allergic bronchial asthma. The elevated levels of BGA affected the activity of lymphocytes that were, on an exacerbation, in the functional stress accompanied by a derangement of adaptive processes that ended in cell dystrophy.
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OBJECTIVE To determine in vitro vasoactive potency of monoamines formed in the cecum and found in the systemic circulation of horses. SAMPLE POPULATION Segments of digital blood vessels obtained from 6 healthy mixed-breed horses and ponies euthanatized at an abattoir and platelets isolated from 4 healthy ponies. PROCEDURE Paired rings of digital artery and vein from the same horse were examined, and isometric tension was recorded. Concentration-response curves for tryptamine (TRP), tyramine (TYR), phenylethylamine (PEA), isoamylamine (IAA), and isobutylamine (IBA) were obtained. Vasoconstrictor mechanisms were investigated for TRP and TYR by the use of antagonists. Washed platelets loaded with [3H]-5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) were incubated with monoamines; the amount of radioactivity displaced after 30 minutes was estimated. RESULTS TRP, TYR, and PEA were potent constrictors of arteries and veins, with TRP and TYR being more potent in veins than arteries. Constrictions induced by TYR were inhibited by benextramine (alpha-antagonist) and nisoxetine (neuronal-uptake blocker), whereas TRP responses were inhibited by ketanserin (5-HT receptor antagonist). All 5 amines displaced 5-HT from platelets with the order of potency being TYR > TRP > PEA > IAA > IBA. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Amines from the equine cecum cause digital vasoconstriction. The most potent (TRP and TYR) cause selective venoconstriction. Tyrosine activates predominantly alpha-adrenoceptors through the release of neuronal norepinephrine, whereas TRP activates 5-HT receptors. All amines tested released 5-HT from platelets. Amines formed in the cecum and released into the systemic circulation warrant additional investigation as trigger factors for digital ischemia and subsequent laminitis.
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- Jonathan Elliott
- Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Royal College St, London NW1 0TU, UK
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Bailey SR, Katz LM, Berhane Y, Samuels T, De Brauvere N, Marr CM, Elliott J. Seasonal changes in plasma concentrations of cecum-derived amines in clinically normal ponies and ponies predisposed to laminitis. Am J Vet Res 2003; 64:1132-8. [PMID: 13677391 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.1132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To measure concentrations of amines formed in the cecum of clinically normal ponies, determine amine concentrations in plasma samples collected in spring and winter, and compare concentrations of amines and serotonin in plasma samples obtained from clinically normal ponies and ponies predisposed to laminitis. SAMPLE POPULATION Cecal contents obtained from 10 ponies euthanatized at an abattoir and blood samples obtained from 42 adult ponies. PROCEDURE Cecal contents were assayed for amines by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Blood samples were collected at various times of the year from 20 ponies predisposed to acute laminitis and 22 clinically normal ponies. Plasma serotonin concentration was measured by HPLC, and tryptamine (TRP), tyramine (TYR), phenylethylamine (PEA), and isoamylamine (IAA) were measured by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. RESULTS 15 amines were identified in cecal contents. Plasma TRP, TYR, PEA, and IAA concentrations ranged from 10pM to 100nM in both groups of ponies. Plasma concentrations of serotonin or other amines did not differ between clinically normal ponies and those predisposed to laminitis; however, significantly higher concentrations of TRP, PEA, and IAA were found in samples obtained in the spring, compared with winter samples. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Various amines are found in the cecum of ponies, several of which can be detected in the plasma. Concentrations increase significantly in the spring and may reach concentrations close to the threshold for causing vasoconstriction. Release of amines from the cecum into the systemic circulation may contribute to hemodynamic disturbances in horses and ponies with acute laminitis.
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- Simon R Bailey
- Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Royal College St, London NW1 0TU, UK
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D'Andrea G, Terrazzino S, Fortin D, Farruggio A, Rinaldi L, Leon A. HPLC electrochemical detection of trace amines in human plasma and platelets and expression of mRNA transcripts of trace amine receptors in circulating leukocytes. Neurosci Lett 2003; 346:89-92. [PMID: 12850555 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00573-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We evaluated, using a multi-channel electrochemical HPLC system, whether trace amines are detectable in plasma and platelets of healthy control subjects. To this end, levels of tyramine, octopamine and synephrine were assessed in samples obtained from eight males and eight females, age matched and free from drugs. In plasma, octopamine was detectable in all subjects, synephrine in 15 and tyramine in six out of 16 subjects. Likewise, detectable levels of octopamine together with synephrine were, in contrast to tyramine, found within platelets of most individuals. Intracellular levels of the amines significantly diminished following platelet activation (ADP or collagen). In addition, circulating leukocytes from these same subjects are herein shown to express mRNA transcripts for the recently discovered 'trace amine receptors' (TAR-1, -3, -4 and -5). Thus, although baseline plasma levels of octopamine tyramine or synephrine may vary among healthy individuals, the observation that platelets store and actively release these trace amines suggests that they may be effectors involved in platelet-mediated signaling events in the bloodstream.
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- Giovanni D'Andrea
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Este-Monselice Hospital, Este, Italy
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Giotakos O, Markianos M, Vaidakis N, Christodoulou GN. Aggression, impulsivity, plasma sex hormones, and biogenic amine turnover in a forensic population of rapists. J Sex Marital Ther 2003; 29:215-225. [PMID: 12851126 DOI: 10.1080/00926230390155113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to assess androgen plasma levels and biogenic amine metabolites in a sex-offender group as well as to investigate the relationship between the biological findings and the impulsive, aggressive, and suicidal profile of the offenders. Fifty-seven males convicted for rape and 25 normal males comprised the study sample. We found that although both testosterone levels and aggression-impulsivity scores were higher in the group of rapists, testosterone levels were not associated with the aggression and impulsivity scores. Nevertheless, aggression-impulsivity scores were clearly associated with luteinizing hormone levels. This association may indicate a hyperactive hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, possibly the result of a reduced serotonergic activity.
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- Orestis Giotakos
- Psychiatric Department of the General Army Hospital, Tripolis, and Prison of Tripolis, Greece.
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Schulpis KH, Karikas GA, Tjamouranis J, Michelakakis H, Tsakiris S. Acetylcholinesterase activity and biogenic amines in phenylketonuria. Clin Chem 2002; 48:1794-6. [PMID: 12324501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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- Kleopatra H Schulpis
- Institute of Child Health, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
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Schulpis KH, Tjamouranis J, Karikas GA, Michelakakis H, Tsakiris S. In vivo effects of high phenylalanine blood levels on Na+,K+-ATPase, Mg2+-ATPase activities and biogenic amine concentrations in phenylketonuria. Clin Biochem 2002; 35:281-5. [PMID: 12135689 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(02)00311-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the activities of Na+,K+-ATPase and Mg2+-ATPase in erythrocyte membranes from phenylketonuric (PKU) patients and to correlate the enzyme activities with their blood phenylalanine (Phe) levels, biogenic amines as well as with their precursors tyrosine (Tyr) and tryptophan (Try). DESIGN AND METHODS Twenty three PKU patients were divided into group A (n = 12) on a restricted diet (Phe 1.57 +/- 0.52 mg/dL or 0.10 +/- 0.03 mM) and group B (n = 11) on a "loose" diet (Phe 24.45 +/- 1.50 mg/dL or 1.72 +/- 0.09 mM). The enzyme activities were measured spectrophotometrically, the amino acids with an automatic amino analyser and the biogenic amines with HPLC methods. RESULTS In group B, plasma amino acids (Tyr, Try), their biogenic amines [adrenaline (A), noradrenaline (NA), dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5HT)], (Na+,K+)-ATPase and Mg2+-ATPase activities were found remarkably decreased (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS High Phe and/or low NA, DA, 5HT plasma levels may indirectly inhibit the erythrocyte membrane Na+,K+-ATPase and Mg2+-ATPase in PKU patients. The observed enzyme inhibitions could be a very informative peripheral marker as regards the neurotoxic Phe brain effects.
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Povazhnaia ES, Sokrut VN, Lykov AA, Povazhnaia SV, Peklun IV. [The change of biogenic amine blood level under the influence of the low intensity laser infrared radiation]. Klin Khir 2000:42-4. [PMID: 11036314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The dynamics of the biogenic amines level in the blood of patients after performance of hemorrhoidectomy was dependent on severity of an organism stress-reaction predicting the wound healing outcome. When the wound irradiation using the low-energy laser of infrared diapason is performed in patients with the lowered reactivity of organism the histamine and serotonin contents dynamics is the same as in the patients with normal reactivity.
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To investigate the role of certain neurohormones in agonistic behaviour, fights were staged between pairs of size-matched male shore crabs Carcinus maenas, and blood samples were taken immediately after the contests had been resolved. Samples were also taken from these crabs at rest (before and after fighting) and after walking on a treadmill. A control group of crabs also had samples taken on each experimental day. Concentrations of tyramine, dopamine, octopamine, serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine were determined in each blood sample using a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS) system. Norepinephrine was not detectable in any of the samples, but the standards were recovered. Tyramine values were not significantly different between the control group and the fought group, so tyramine does not appear to be important in agonistic behaviour. A comparison between the control and fought groups shows that fighting had an effect on the concentrations of octopamine, dopamine and 5-HT, but exercise only had an effect on octopamine levels, which showed a reduction from resting values in both winners and losers. Resting and post-fight concentrations of octopamine, dopamine and 5-HT were higher in winners than in losers. 5-HT concentration increased in the blood of fought crabs from resting values, whereas dopamine concentration decreased. In winners, octopamine concentrations decreased from resting values, but in losers octopamine levels increased from resting concentrations. The escalatory behaviour or intensity of fighting performed by winners and losers was related to dopamine levels but not to those of octopamine or 5-HT. Therefore, there appears to be a link between relative concentrations of these three amines (dopamine, octopamine and 5-HT) and fighting ability; the effects are not simply a result of activity. The better competitors have higher concentrations of these three amines at rest and after fighting.
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- L U Sneddon
- Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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Abakumov MM, Pogodina AN, Golikov PP, Davydov BV, Fedorova NV, Nikolaeva NI, Marchenko VV. [Biochemical criteria for assessing the severity of the status of wounded patients with gunshot damages to the chest and abdomen]. Vestn Khir Im I I Grek 1998; 157:57-61. [PMID: 9825440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The biochemical assessment of severity was made in 34 patients with thoracic and abdominal gunshot wounds (12 uncomplicated; 11 with purulent, and 11 non-purulent complications). The levels of hormones, biogenic amines, lipid peroxidation (LP) indices, and antioxidant system (AOS) in serum were studied in 1, 3, 7, 14 days after admission. It was documented that the integral indices: cortisol/insulin and LP/AOS ratios were the most informative biochemical criteria for the assessment of severity of the injured patients. A high informative significance of these indices in the assessment of severity of homeostatic disturbances is pathogenetically substantiated due to stress-realizing (cortisol and free-radical LP components) and stress-limiting (insulin and AOS components) factors.
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Tsikas D, Fuchs I, Gutzki FM, Frölich JC. Measurement of nitrite and nitrate in plasma, serum and urine of humans by high-performance liquid chromatography, the Griess assay, chemiluminescence and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: interferences by biogenic amines and N(G)-nitro-L-arginine analogs. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 1998; 715:441-4; discussion 445-8. [PMID: 9792532] [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: 02/09/2023]
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In this paper, the HPLC method for the measurement of nitrite and nitrate in serum of humans newly reported by E1 Menyawi et al. is discussed, especially in regard to the extremely low nitrate levels measured in serum of healthy humans. From the discussion, it is concluded that: (1) Biogenic amines at physiological concentrations do not significantly interfere with the batch Griess assay. (2) The HPLC method of E1 Menyawi et al. does not reveal accurate levels for serum nitrate. (3) In serum and plasma of healthy humans, nitrate ranges within 15-70 microM. (4) Exogenous NG-nitro-L-arginine analogs can interfere with the measurement of nitrate in human plasma and urine by the batch Griess assay, chemiluminescence and GC-MS; interferences can be effectively eliminated by solid-phase extraction on cation-exchangers.
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- D Tsikas
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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Lacosta S, Merali Z, Anisman H. Influence of interleukin-1beta on exploratory behaviors, plasma ACTH, corticosterone, and central biogenic amines in mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1998; 137:351-61. [PMID: 9676895 DOI: 10.1007/s002130050630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Systemic administration of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) promoted behavioral changes in an open-field exploratory test. In particular, while the cytokine suppressed locomotor activities, these behaviors were not particularly sensitive to dosage differences. In contrast, dose-dependent biphasic variations that varied over time were evident with respect to the exploration of a novel container. Within this paradigm, the behavioral changes did not appear to be related to neophobia. In addition, despite the marked effects of IL-1beta on exploratory and locomotor behaviors, habituation/exploration in a free-running spontaneous alternation task was unaffected by the cytokine. In addition to the behavioral variations, IL-1beta dose-dependently increased plasma ACTH and corticosterone concentrations, and also induced several central monoamine alterations. In particular, IL-1beta increased the utilization of norepinephrine (NE) within the paraventricular nucleus, arcuate nucleus/median eminence, locus coeruleus, and prefrontal cortex, while the turnover of dopamine (DA) was evident in the arcuate nucleus/median eminence. It is suggested that although systemic IL-1beta treatment induces some stress-like effects, the profile of central neurochemical changes induced by the cytokine can be distinguished from psychological or processive types of stressors.
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- S Lacosta
- Institute of Neuroscience, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Schulz E, Fleischhaker C, Clement HW, Remschmidt H. Blood biogenic amines during clozapine treatment of early-onset schizophrenia. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1998; 104:1077-89. [PMID: 9503259 DOI: 10.1007/bf01273320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 02/06/2023]
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The aims of this investigation were to evaluate long-term and short-term effects of clozapine-treatment on plasma biogenic amines and psychopathology measures in adolescents with schizophrenia (DSM-III-R criteria). The long-term study was conducted in a study sample of 40 young patients (age 14-22 years) following a mean of 3.4 years of neuroleptic treatment. During the study, 20 patients received clozapine, and the other 20 patients were treated with standard neuroleptic medications. At the beginning of the open clinical trials, the patients had already been receiving clozapine treatment for 24 +/- 15 months. Assessment of the biochemical and psychopathological measures was performed on six occasions at consecutive 6-week intervals during maintenance treatment with clozapine or conventional neuroleptics. Blood levels of serotonin, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenylglycol (MHPG), norepinephrine, and epinephrine were significantly higher in clozapine-treated patients than in conventionally treated patients. During long-term treatment, higher serotonin levels were associated with significantly fewer negative symptoms of schizophrenia, whereas higher MHPG levels were correlated with less depression. The short-term effects of clozapine were assessed in a second and independent study sample. After failing on conventional neuroleptics in clinical trials lasting a mean of 1.6 years, 15 inpatients (aged 11-20 years) received clozapine. Weekly ratings of psychopathological symptoms using standard rating scales were performed in parallel to blood samplings for measurements of biogenic amines and serum levels of clozapine. These measures were obtained for 6 weeks during conventional neuroleptic treatment and for 6 weeks during the open-label clozapine trial. Serum levels of serotonin and plasma norepinephrine levels were significantly higher during treatment with clozapine than during pretreatment with typical neuroleptics. A comparison of plasma epinephrine levels in responders (n = 7) and nonresponders (n = 8) to clozapine revealed that response to clozapine can be predicted by epinephrine levels prior to initiation of treatment with clozapine (responders ranging from 32.2 to 90.3 pg/ml; nonresponders ranging from 92.5 to 473.5 pg/ml). Additionally, subjects who responded to clozapine showed increased mean plasma concentrations of MHPG and epinephrine during treatment with this drug in comparison to the levels measured during pretreatment with typical neuroleptic medication. Nonresponders to clozapine failed to show this increase. Finally, in responders to clozapine a negative linear relationship between negative symptoms of schizophrenia and the concentrations of plasma norepinephrine and serum serotonin were observed. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that plasma epinephrine levels prior to initiation of clozapine therapy predict response to this atypical neuroleptic. Our findings derived from short-term and maintenance treatment with clozapine suggest involvement of norepinephrine, epinephrine and serotonin in the therapeutic actions of the atypical neuroleptic clozapine.
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- E Schulz
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Philipps-University, Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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1. In cats anaesthetized with alpha-chloralose, electrical stimulation (ES) of the trigeminal ganglion produced a fall in blood pressure, a predominantly ipsilateral dilatation in the common carotid vascular bed and bilateral dilatation of the middle meningeal vascular bed. Section of the trigeminal root abolished these responses. 2. Dilatation in the middle meningeal artery was not affected by section of the cervical sympathetic trunk nor by the section of the seventh cranial nerve trunk. The dilator response was abolished by section of the spinal cord at the C3 level and by intravenous administration of bretylium (10 mg/kg) or phentolamine (5 mg/kg). The response was significantly reduced by the prior administration of papaverine (10 mg/kg). 3. Functional adrenalectomy by means of a snare placed around the nerves and blood vessels supplying the adrenal glands significantly reduced the response. Electrical stimulation of the trigeminal ganglion was accompanied by a fall in circulating levels of noradrenaline and serotonin. 4. We conclude that ES of the trigeminal ganglion produces dilatation in the middle meningeal artery partly by autoregulation during the trigeminal depressor response and partly by a reduction in the circulating levels of noradrenaline. It differs from the dilatation seen in the general carotid circulation and the cortical microcirculation, which is mediated by parasympathetic nerves. There is no evidence that antidromic release of neuropeptides from sensory nerve endings in the dura plays a part in the dilatation.
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- G A Lambert
- Institute of Neurological Sciences, Prince Henry Hospital, Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
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Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are rare tumors that can be classified as APU-Domas (amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation). They can be subdivided into the carcinoid tumors of the gastrointestinal submucosa and the islet cell endocrine tumors of the pancreas. Although the majority of tumors that become clinically apparent are malignant, they are frequently slow growing. Despite this, neuroendocrine tumors may generate disabling hormonal syndromes requiring aggressive treatment to achieve palliation. Recent advances in understanding the pathophysiology of these tumors has led to better radiographic imaging and more accurate localization techniques. Medical therapies with somatostatin analogues, omeprazole, and locoregional tumor ablation have made a positive impact on curative and palliative therapy. This review updates the recent efforts made in the radiographic imaging and therapeutics of the gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors.
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- R J Pelley
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA
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Bhargava B, Chandra S, Kacker V, Gupta YK, Kaul U, Seth SD, Wasir HS. Changes in circulatory biogenic amines during head-up tilt testing in neurocardiogenic syncope. Indian Heart J 1996; 48:659-62. [PMID: 9062013] [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: 02/03/2023] Open
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The pathogenesis of neurocardiogenic syncope is not completely understood. To examine the possible role of biogenic amines in patients with neurocardiogenic syncope, 18 consecutive patients (age 30 +/- 13 years, 15 males, 3 females) of unexplained syncope were subjected to Head-Up Tilt Testing (HUTT). Blood was sampled by an indwelling cannula at baseline, end of tilt test (or at syncope) and 1 min after returning to the supine position. Biogenic amines, epinephrine (E), norepinephrine (NE), serotonin (5-HT) and their metabolites, homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxy indole acetic acid (5-HIAA), were measured in the serum after serial organic phase extraction by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using ultraviolet detection at a wavelength of 280 nm. Twelve patients were found to be HUTT negative while 6 patients were HUTT positive. Baseline E, NE and 5-HT levels were significantly greater in the HUTT positive patients [E 510 +/- 154 versus 302 +/- 96 pg/ml (p < 0.01), NE 253 +/- 99 versus 159 +/- 62 pg/ml (p < 0.05), 5-HT 174 +/- 32 versus 118 +/- 22 pg/ml (p < 0.01)]. E and HVA levels at the end of the test were significantly higher in HUTT positive patients [E 788 +/- 268 versus 465 +/- 119 pg/ml (p < 0.01), HVA 308 +/- 91 versus 112 +/- 12 pg/ml (p < 0.001)]. A significantly greater rise of E from the baseline was observed in HUTT positive patients (510 +/- 154 versus 112 +/- 12 pg/ml (p < 0.01)]. The increase in the levels of E and HVA both at baseline and after the tilt test, without a corresponding rise in NE levels indicates enhanced activity of the adrenomedullary axis which is not paralleled by NE release from sympathetic nerve endings in patients of neurocardiogenic syncope.
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- B Bhargava
- Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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Baum SS, Rommelspacher H. Determination of total dopamine, R- and S-salsolinol in human plasma by cyclodextrin bonded-phase liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. J Chromatogr B Biomed Appl 1994; 660:235-41. [PMID: 7866512 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(94)00300-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A reliable and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method is presented for the determination of total (free and conjugated) plasma dopamine and the enantiomers R- and S-salsolinol. Plasma is purified on two cartridges, containing primary and secondary amines and phenylboronic acid. Dopamine, R- and S-salsolinol are then separated by HPLC using a beta-cyclodextrin-OH phase column. The eluate is monitored electrochemically, without further purification nor derivatization. The method is suited for routine analysis. It allows the detection of total (free and conjugated) dopamine and R- and S-salsolinol in human plasma in concentrations as low as 0.02 ng/ml plasma. The sensitivity is sufficient to measure the naturally occurring levels of salsolinol.
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- S S Baum
- Department of Neuropsychopharmacology, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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The main metabolites of noradrenalin, dopamine, and serotonin-3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), respectively--were estimated in plasma of 21 depressed patients before and after 2 and 4 weeks of treatment with the monoamine oxidase-type A (MAO-A) inhibitor moclobemide (mean final daily dose = 8.9 mg/kg body weight). The treatment caused significant mean reductions in plasma MHPG and HVA (46% and 30%, respectively), while plasma 5-HIAA was unchanged. Multiple regression analysis revealed associations between reductions in MHPG and changes on the anxiety-somatization factor of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), and between reductions in HVA and changes in the HRSD factors cognitive disturbance and retardation.
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- M Markianos
- Psychiatric Clinic, Athens University Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Greece
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Gaĭdukova SN, Tishchenko LM, Vydyborets SV. [Biogenic amines in the differential diagnosis of erythrocytes]. Lik Sprava 1994:50-2. [PMID: 8067017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Free histamine (FH) and free serotonin (FS) were studied fluorometrically in blood serum of 26 patients with genuine polycythemia (GP), 52 patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB) associated with secondary erythrocytosis (SE) and 29 healthy subjects. On the grounds of the results of the study criteria of GP and COB-related SE were suggested. Diagnosis of GP can be considered valid if content of FH is no more than 3.1 times, FS content no less than 3 times and FH/FS ratio is no more than 2.65 times as much as normal. Levels of FH and FS and FH/FS ratio in SE related to COB are characterized by 4-fold and more, 2.9 and less and 4.64 and more increase respectively.
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Andrew R, Best SA, Watson DG, Midgley JM, Reid JL, Squire IB. Analysis of biogenic amines in plasma of hypertensive patients and a control group. Neurochem Res 1993; 18:1179-82. [PMID: 8255371 DOI: 10.1007/bf00978371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Procedures were developed for the determination of 17 circulating amines using gas chromatography-negative ion chemical ionisation mass spectrometry. The amines were quantified against their appropriate deuterated isotopomers. The mean concentrations and ranges of catecholamines and trace amines were high compared with previous studies. In comparison with nonhypertensives, plasma from hypertensives had higher concentrations of the following amines: noradrenaline (t = 4.0%); normetanephrine (t = 6.1%) and metanephrine (t = 1.9%). There were no significant differences between 5HT levels in plasma from hypertensives and controls. The following trace amines could be detected in variable amounts in plasma: p-tyramine, m-tyramine, p-octopamine, m-octopamine, p-synephrine, m-synephrine, and salsolinol. The trace amines melatonin, N-acetyl 5HT, tryptamine, 6-hydroxymelatonin and 5-methoxytryptamine could not be detected in plasma with limits of detection lying in the range 20-100 pg ml-1.
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- R Andrew
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K
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Davis BA, Kennedy SH, Durden DA, D'Souza J, Goldbloom DS, Boulton AA. The effect of the MAO-A selective inhibitor brofaromine on the plasma and urine concentrations of some biogenic amines and their acidic metabolites in bulimia nervosa. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1993; 17:747-63. [PMID: 7504824 DOI: 10.1016/0278-5846(93)90057-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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1. Brofaromine or placebo were administered to female bulimia nervosa patients over a period of eight weeks. Plasma and urinary trace amines, their acidic metabolites and the acidic metabolites of the catecholamines and serotonin were assessed prior to treatment and at four and eight weeks after commencement of treatment. 2. The levels of both plasma and urinary homovanillic and vanilmandelic acids declined significantly during the first four weeks of treatment with brofaromine and then partially recovered to pre-drug levels by the eighth week. 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels were not affected by drug treatment at the times assessments were made. Urinary tryptamine increased significantly during the first four weeks of brofaromine treatment then partially recovered towards pre-drug levels by the eighth week. No effect from placebo treatment was observed.
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- B A Davis
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Rudichenko VM, Komissarenko IV, Slavnov VN, Markov VV, Oleĭnik VA. [The effect of the one-time and long-term administration of preparations acting on biogenic amine metabolism on the blood level of pressor peptide hormones]. Lik Sprava 1993:78-81. [PMID: 8085356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Blood contents of pressor peptide hormones vasopressin and angiotonin II were studied in patients with neuro-endocrine syndrome before and after single intake and prolonged treatment with anti-serotonin drug peritol and cholinergic agent parlodel which affect biogenic amine metabolism and, consequently, influence blood pressure. Single doses of the drugs were established to cause different blood dynamics of vasopressin and angiotonin II which classified as marked and paradoxic reactions on peritol and parlodel used separately and associatively. Fall of blood vasopressin content induced by single dose of parlodel was accompanied by blood pressure decrease. Tree-week treatment with peritol and parlodel exerted hypotensive effect and significantly reduced vasopressin blood content.
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Cichy MA, Stegmeier DL, Veening H, Becker HD. High-performance liquid chromatographic separation of biogenic polyamines using 2-(1-pyrenyl)ethyl chloroformate as a new fluorogenic derivatizing reagent. J Chromatogr 1993; 613:15-21. [PMID: 8458892 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(93)80192-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The application of a new fluorogenic pre-column derivatizing reagent, 2-(1-pyrenyl)ethyl chloroformate (PEOC), is reported for the separation and detection of biogenic polyamines using column liquid chromatography. The development of the method included the optimization of excitation and emission wavelengths, efficient gradient programming, derivatization temperature, time, and pH. Minimum detection limits, linear ranges, reproducibility, and recovery from analyzed samples were determined. The procedure was applied to hydrolyzed serum samples taken from healthy individuals and cancer patients. Separation of PEOC-derivatized polyamines from the serum hydrolysis by-products was successful and detection limits were more favorable than those previously reported for 9-fluorenyl-methyl chloroformate-derivatized polyamines.
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- M A Cichy
- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837
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Chirkov AM, Chirkova SK, Voĭt IS, Dinzburg AL. [The behavioral and neurohormonal manifestations of emotional stress states in monkeys]. Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova 1993; 79:25-32. [PMID: 8518846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Under the effect of intense stressful stimuli baboons developed a depressive state. The disintegration of individual and social behaviour correlates with changes in functional activity of steroid-producing glands and the dynamics of the blood endorphin concentration, thus suggesting involvement of the opioid peptide system and the hypophyseal-gonadal complex in mechanisms of stress-induced depressive states.
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Martinez M, Arnalich F, Vazquez JJ, Hernanz A. Altered cerebrospinal fluid amino acid pattern in the anorexia of aging: relationship with biogenic amine metabolism. Life Sci 1993; 53:1643-50. [PMID: 7694027 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(93)90188-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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To study the possible role of several amino acids on feeding in the anorexia of aging, we have measured plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of 22 amino acids in 14 elderly persons with idiopathic anorexia and 10 healthy subjects with normal weight in a similar age range. Plasma and CSF amino acid concentrations and CSF homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels were all measured by HPLC methods. Elderly anorectic subjects had significantly lower levels of glutamic acid but increased concentrations of glutamine in both plasma and CSF compared to controls. Likewise, a significant increase of histidine, threonine, alanine, arginine, valine, methionine, isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, ornithine and lysine was found in CSF, but not in plasma, from patients with anorexia. Besides, the CSF histidine/LNAA (large neutral amino acids) and tryptophan/LNAA ratios were elevated in anorectic patients as compared with controls of similar age. In addition, we found higher CSF concentrations of HVA and 5-HIAA, as well as a positive correlation between CSF LNAA and either HVA (r = 0.74, p = 0.002) or 5-HIAA (r = 0.61, p = 0.020) concentrations in elderly anorectics. CSF tryptophan correlated positively with 5-HIAA levels (r = 0.59, p = 0.026) and CSF tyrosine with HVA levels (r = 0.77, p = 0.002). Our results suggest that changes in the CSF concentration of amino acids could contribute to an increased biogenic amine metabolism in the central nervous system of elderly anorectic subjects, possibly increasing the synaptic liberation of biogenic amines involved in the appetite regulation.
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- M Martinez
- Department of Biochemistry, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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Tunon-de-Lara JM, Rio P, Marthan R, Vuillemin L, Ducassou D, Taytard A. The effect of sodium cromoglycate on platelets: an in vivo and in vitro approach. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1992; 89:994-1000. [PMID: 1583254 DOI: 10.1016/0091-6749(92)90222-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Platelet functions are altered in patients suffering from atopic diseases, including asthma. Such alterations might be related to IgE since platelets bear a specific IgE receptor termed Fc epsilon receptor II, and there is some evidence that IgE alone, that is, in the absence of antigen, could modify platelet functions, such as monoamine uptake. Although disodium cromoglycate (DSCG) has been demonstrated to interfere with IgE-mediated activation of human platelets, its effect in the absence of antigen remains unknown. We examined the DSCG effect on IgE-induced alterations both in vivo and in vitro. The effect, in vivo, of a daily intake of 40 mg of DSCG for 4 weeks was assessed on platelet kinetics, studied by a labeling technique on four patients with stable asthma. The effect, in vitro, of DSCG was assessed on IgE-induced alteration in monoamine uptake in platelets from 12 healthy subjects. DSCG significantly increased, in vivo, the mean time constant of platelet-survival curves from 234 +/- 40 to 463 +/- 150 hours (p less than 0.01). The amplitude of this effect increased with the patient's serum IgE concentration. DSCG, in vitro, reduced the inhibitory effect of IgE on monoamine uptake by 82%. This effect was concentration dependent and not related to IgE binding. It is concluded that DSCG alters both the survival time of platelets from allergic patients in vivo and the IgE-dependent monoamine uptake in platelets from normal subjects in vitro. These effects are likely to be related to the direct action of DSCG on cells bearing the Fc epsilon receptor II and might be independent of the specific trigger.
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- J M Tunon-de-Lara
- Service des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France
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Circulating levels of T3, T4, gamma-amino-butyric acid, glutamate, 5-hydroxytryptamine, histamine, monoamine oxidase and histaminase were studied in 45 (25M, 20F) hyperthyroid patients and 46 (25M, 21F) normal healthy volunteers. Increased levels of blood 5-hydroxytryptamine, histamine and glutamic acid were observed along with elevated T3 and T4, whereas plasma gamma-aminobutyric acid, monoamine oxidase and histaminase activities were found to be low in both male and female patients. After three months of treatment, circulating levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine, histamine and glutamic acid decreased significantly along with normalization of thyroid hormones and with an increase in the concentrations of gamma-aminobutyric acid, monoamine oxidase and histaminase. There was a positive correlation between these amines and thyroid hormone levels. The findings thus suggest that alterations in the metabolism of biogenic amines may be related to an altered metabolism in thyrotoxicosis, and these parameters may prove to be useful markers for diagnosis and follow-up of these patients.
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- I Upadhyaya
- Centre of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Podkovkin VG. [The combined action of ionizing radiation and a heat load on the content of biogenic amines in the blood of guinea pigs with anaphylactic shock]. Radiobiologiia 1992; 32:60-2. [PMID: 1565775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The anaphylactic shock and alterations in the epinephrine and norepinephrine content of the blood were inhibited in guinea pigs which were repeatedly kept at high temperature (50 degrees C). Preirradiation with a dose of 1 Gy prevented this effect.
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Beliakov NA, Korovin KF, Solomennikov AV, Baubekova NA. [Use of enterosorption for reducing the biogenic amine content of blood and exudate in peritonitis]. Patol Fiziol Eksp Ter 1992:26-9. [PMID: 1625925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The administration of an enterosorbent prevents increase of the level of biologically active substances in blood and exudate of rats in fecal peritonitis. The results of biochemical and radionuclide methods of examination allow 2 mechanisms of reduction of the histamine and serotonin level in blood and exudate to be distinguished--direct and mediated.
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Botez MI, Young SN. Effects of anticonvulsant treatment and low levels of folate and thiamine on amine metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid. Brain 1991; 114 ( Pt 1A):333-48. [PMID: 1705463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A total of 157 epileptic patients were studied with respect to (1) biogenic amine precursors and metabolites in the CSF, (2) levels of folate and thiamine in the blood and CSF, (3) length of treatment with phenytoin (PHT), (4) PHT intoxication, (5) CNS atrophy. Alterations in CSF amine metabolite levels were related primarily to PHT intoxication, and low CSF folate and thiamine levels, but not to length of treatment or CNS atrophy. PHT intoxication increased CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5HIAA). Low folate levels were associated with decreased CSF 5HIAA and homovanillic acid, while low thiamine levels were associated with decreased CSF 5HIAA and 3-methyoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene glycol. It remains to be seen to what extent these alterations in biogenic amine metabolism, mediated by low CNS vitamin levels, also lead to deficits in cerebral function.
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- M I Botez
- Department of Medicine, Hôtel Dieu Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Naqvi SM, Hasan M. Regional alterations in the monoamine levels, monoamine oxidase activity & neurobehavioural effects in rats treated with Dimecron (phosphamidon). Indian J Med Res 1991; 94:71-5. [PMID: 2071188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Monoamine levels, MAO activity and neurobehavioral perturbations were studied in albino rats intoxicated with Dimecron i.e., phosphamidon (2.0 mg/kg b wt, ip x 7 days). Open field behaviour (OFB) of the rats was examined thrice a day for seven days. Significant depletion in DA, NE and 5-HT, and enhancement of MAO were found in various regions of the central nervous system (CNS) on the 7th day. Daily decrease was observed in ambulation, rearing and preening responses, with maximum decrement on the seventh day of Dimecron intoxication.
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- S M Naqvi
- Interdisciplinary Brain Research Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University
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Davis BA, Yu PH, Durden DA, Pease K, Green C, Menzies R, Gordon A, Templeman R, Boulton AA. Longitudinal study of inmates of a prison for the psychiatrically disturbed: plasma concentrations of biogenic amine metabolites and amino acids. Psychiatry Res 1991; 36:85-97. [PMID: 2017526 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1781(91)90120-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Plasma concentrations of eight large and neutral amino acids and 10 acidic metabolites of biogenic amines in seven inmates incarcerated in the Regional Psychiatric Centre (Praries), Correctional Service of Canada, were assessed each week day for 4 weeks (i.e., 20 samples each). Measures of central tendency and dispersion of the variables were calculated. The measures are distinctively different in their variability and their normality of distribution. The large and neutral amino acid (LNAA) measures are somewhat less variable, but also less likely to be normally distributed than most acid metabolites. Acid metabolites tend to show consistent interindividual differences that persist over time, with the notable exception of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid. LNAA measures tend to show differences across time but not between individuals. The distributional properties of LNAA measures are largely accounted for by the observation of a downward convergence of values of these variables over the 4 weeks of the study.
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- B A Davis
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Arutiunian MV, Akopian AA, Makarian AP, Sarkisian KA, Agabalian AA. [The biogenic amine level of patients with functional and inflammatory diseases of the large intestine]. Vrach Delo 1990:66-9. [PMID: 2089808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Patients with functional and inflammatory diseases of large intestine revealed changes of the activity of the sympathetic-adrenal system both in the hormonal and peripheral mediator links, i. e. against the background of pronounced deficit of noradrenaline all groups of patients showed an increased level of adrenalin indicating tension of medullary layer of the adrenal. The blood serotonin content was of value in the differential diagnosis of irritation syndrome of the colon and unspecific ulcerative colitis.
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Singh JN, Chansouria JP, Singh VP, Udupa KN. Blood bioamines, cortisol and aminoacid levels in leukemic patients. Indian J Cancer 1989; 26:222-6. [PMID: 2636208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In patients of chronic myeloid leukemia blood adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine and glutamate level were significantly elevated. The GABA levels were decreased along with no significant alterations in aspartate levels in these patients. In cases of acute myeloid leukemia only adrenaline and glutamate levels were enhanced with decreased GABA levels. However, plasma cortisol levels were significantly enhanced in both chronic and acute myeloid leukemia patients. These observations suggest that the circulating bioamines, cortisol and certain aminoacids level are considerably altered in chronic and acute myeloid leukemia. All these changes may possibly be attributed to the stress induced by the disease.
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Kortelainen ML, Lapinlampi T, Hirvonen J. Effects of chlorpromazine on hypothalamic aminergic neurons and stress responses in moderate cold. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol 1989; 58:514-21. [PMID: 2759078 DOI: 10.1007/bf02330706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Guinea-pigs were treated with chlorpromazine or 0.9% NaCl and exposed to +4 degrees C or +23 degrees C for 2 h. Hypothalamic noradrenaline (NA), dopamine (DA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylene-glycol (MHPG), homovanillinic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. Serum and urinary catecholamines, muscle and liver glycogen and blood glucose were also measured. Chlorpromazine caused deep hypothermia at this moderately cold temperature and slight hypothermia at room temperature. Cold increased the activity of noradrenergic and serotonergic neurons, as indicated by the increase in hypothalamic MHPG and 5-HIAA and also the MHPG:NA and 5-HIAA:5-HT ratios. A tendency towards drug-induced inhibition of hypothalamic serotonergic neurons was seen, although this was not significant. A drug-induced inhibition of noradrenergic neurons could not be ruled out. Increased drug-induced turnover of DA was observed in the cold, and a tendency in the same direction was seen at room temperature. Excretion of DA into the urine was induced by chlorpromazine. The hypothermic guinea-pigs had low serum catecholamines, indicating diminished sympathetic activity, but high urinary catechols, a sign of cold stress.
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- M L Kortelainen
- Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
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Shleĭkin AG, Gor'kova LB, Pozhilenkova KS, Zvezdochkin AG. [Mechanism of changes in amine binding to plasma proteins during allergy]. Vopr Med Khim 1989; 35:86-9. [PMID: 2741420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Blood plasma of healthy persons bound 13.13 +/- 1.07 mmol/l of p-phenylene diamine (PDA), histamine pectic index constituted 33.3 +/- 2.18%. In patients with neurodermitis and eczema both these patterns were markedly reduced. Unitiol (10(-3) mol/l) increased PDA binding and histamine level in vitro. The same concentration of cystamine decreased histamine pectic index in healthy persons. Importance of protein SH-groups in binding of amines is discussed.
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