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Buchholz BA, Ahn KC, Huang H, Gee SJ, Stewart BJ, Ognibene TJ, Hammock BD. Pharmacokinetics, Metabolite Measurement, and Biomarker Identification of Dermal Exposure to Permethrin Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. Toxicol Sci 2021; 183:49-59. [PMID: 34460930 PMCID: PMC8404990 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfab082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Impregnating military uniforms and outdoor clothing with the insecticide permethrin is an approach to reduce exposure to insect borne diseases and to repel pests and disease vectors such as mosquitos and sandflies, but the practice exposes wearers to prolonged dermal exposure to the pesticide. Key metabolite(s) from a low dose dermal exposure of permethrin were identified using accelerator mass spectrometry. Metabolite standards were synthesized and a high performance liquide chromatography (HPLC) elution protocol to separate individual metabolites in urine was developed. Six human subjects were exposed dermally on the forearm to 25 mg of permethrin containing 1.0 µCi of 14C for 8 h. Blood, saliva and urine samples were taken for 7d. Absorption/elimination rates and metabolite concentrations varied by individual. Average absorption was 0.2% of the dose. Serum concentrations rose until 12-24 h postdermal application then rapidly declined reaching predose levels by 72 h. Maximum saliva excretion occurred 6 h postdosing. The maximum urinary excretion rate occurred during 12-24 h; average elimination half-life was 56 h. 3-Phenoxybenzyl alcohol glucuronide was the most abundant metabolite identified when analyzing elution fractions, but most of the radioactivity was in still more polar fractions suggesting extensive degradative metabolism and for which there were no standards. Analyses of archived urine samples with the ultra performance liquid chromatography-accelerator mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry (UPLC-AMS-MS) system isolated a distinct polar metabolite but it was much diminished from the previous analyses a decade earlier.
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- Bruce A Buchholz
- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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Hackenberg KAM, Rajabzadeh-Oghaz H, Dreier R, Buchholz BA, Navid A, Rocke DM, Abdulazim A, Hänggi D, Siddiqui A, Macdonald RL, Meng H, Etminan N. Collagen Turnover in Relation to Risk Factors and Hemodynamics in Human Intracranial Aneurysms. Stroke 2020; 51:1624-1628. [PMID: 32192404 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.029335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background and Purpose- Determinants for molecular and structural instability, that is, impending growth or rupture, of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) remain uncertain. To elucidate this, we endeavored to estimate the actual turnover rates of the main molecular constituent in human IA (collagen) on the basis of radiocarbon (14C) birth dating in relation to IA hemodynamics. Methods- Collagen turnover rates in excised human IA samples were calculated using mathematical modeling of 14C birth dating data of collagen in relation to risk factors and histological markers for collagen maturity/turnover in selected IA. Hemodynamics were simulated using image-based computational fluid dynamics. Correlation, logistic regression, and receiver operating characteristic analyses were performed. Results- Collagen turnover rates were estimated in 46 IA (43 patients); computational fluid dynamics could be performed in 20 IA (20 patients). The mean collagen turnover rate (γ) constituted 126% (±1% error) per year. For patients with arterial hypertension, γ was greater than 2600% annually, whereas γ was distinctly lower with 32% (±1% error) per year for patients without risk factors, such as smoking and hypertension. There was a distinct association between histological presence of rather immature collagen in human IA and the presence of modifiable risk factors. Spatial-temporal averaged wall shear stress predicted rapid collagen turnover (odds ratio, 1.6 [95% CI, 1.0-2.7]). Receiver operating characteristic analysis demonstrated a good test accuracy (area under the curve, 0.798 [95% CI, 0.598-0.998]) for average wall shear stress with a threshold ≥4.9 Pa for rapid collagen turnover. Conclusions- Our data indicate that turnover rates and stability of collagen in human IA are strongly associated with the presence of modifiable risk factors and aneurysmal hemodynamics. These findings underline the importance of strict risk factor modification in patients with unruptured IA. Future should include more detailed risk factor data to establish a more causal understanding of hemodynamics and the rupture risk of individual IA.
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- Katharina A M Hackenberg
- From the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany (K.A.M.H., A.A., D.H., N.E.)
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center (H.R.-O.), University at Buffalo, New York
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- Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D.)
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (B.A.B.), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division (A.N.), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division (A.N.), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany (K.A.M.H., A.A., D.H., N.E.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany (K.A.M.H., A.A., D.H., N.E.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (A.S.), University at Buffalo, New York.,Department of Radiology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (A.S.), University at Buffalo, New York.,Department of Neurosurgery, Gates Vascular Institute, Kaleida Health, Jacobs Institute (A.S.), University at Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF Fresno, CA (R.L.M.).,Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (H.M.), University at Buffalo, New York.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (H.M.), University at Buffalo, New York.,Department of Neurosurgery, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (H.M.), University at Buffalo, New York
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany (K.A.M.H., A.A., D.H., N.E.)
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Garrod MG, Rossow HA, Calvert CC, Miller JW, Green R, Buchholz BA, Allen LH. 14C-Cobalamin Absorption from Endogenously Labeled Chicken Eggs Assessed in Humans Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. Nutrients 2019; 11:nu11092148. [PMID: 31500393 PMCID: PMC6769442 DOI: 10.3390/nu11092148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2019] [Revised: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Traditionally, the bioavailability of vitamin B-12 (B12) from in vivo labeled foods was determined by labeling the vitamin with radiocobalt (57Co, 58Co or 60Co). This required use of penetrating radioactivity and sometimes used higher doses of B12 than the physiological limit of B12 absorption. The aim of this study was to determine the bioavailability and absorbed B12 from chicken eggs endogenously labeled with 14C-B12 using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). 14C-B12 was injected intramuscularly into hens to produce eggs enriched in vivo with the 14C labeled vitamin. The eggs, which provided 1.4 to 2.6 μg of B12 (~1.1 kBq) per serving, were scrambled, cooked and fed to 10 human volunteers. Baseline and post-ingestion blood, urine and stool samples were collected over a one-week period and assessed for 14C-B12 content using AMS. Bioavailability ranged from 13.2 to 57.7% (mean 30.2 ± 16.4%). Difference among subjects was explained by dose of B12, with percent bioavailability from 2.6 μg only half that from 1.4 μg. The total amount of B12 absorbed was limited to 0.5–0.8 μg (mean 0.55 ± 0.19 μg B12) and was relatively unaffected by the amount consumed. The use of 14C-B12 offers the only currently available method for quantifying B12 absorption in humans, including food cobalamin absorption. An egg is confirmed as a good source of B12, supplying approximately 20% of the average adult daily requirement (RDA for adults = 2.4 μg/day).
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- Marjorie G Garrod
- USDA, ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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- Population Health and Reproduction, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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- Department. of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
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- USDA, ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Carratt SA, Hartog M, Buchholz BA, Kuhn EA, Collette NM, Ding X, Van Winkle LS. Naphthalene genotoxicity: DNA adducts in primate and mouse airway explants. Toxicol Lett 2019; 305:103-109. [PMID: 30684585 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Naphthalene (NA) is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant and possible human carcinogen that forms tumors in rodents with tissue/regional and species selectivity. This study seeks to determine whether NA is able to directly adduct DNA in an ex vivo culture system. Metabolically active lung tissue was isolated and incubated in explant culture with carbon-14 labeled NA (0, 25, 250 μM) or 1,2-naphthoquinone (NQ), followed by AMS analyses of metabolite binding to DNA. Despite relatively low metabolic bioactivation in the primate airway, dose-dependent NA-DNA adduct formation was detected. More airway adducts were detected in female mice (4.7-fold) and primates (2.1-fold) than in males of the same species. Few adducts were detected in rat airway or nasal epithelium. NQ, which is a metabolic product of NA, proved to be even more potent, with levels of adduct formation 70-80-fold higher than seen when tissues were incubated with the parent compound NA. This is the first study to demonstrate NA-DNA adduct formation at a site of carcinogenesis, the mouse lung. Adducts were also detected in non-human primate lung and with a NQ metabolite of NA. Taken together, this suggests that NA may contribute to in vivo carcinogenesis through a genotoxic mechanism.
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- Sarah A Carratt
- Center for Health and the Environment, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY 12203, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
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- College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY 12203, USA.
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- Center for Health and the Environment, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Buchholz BA, Carratt SA, Kuhn EA, Collette NM, Ding X, Van Winkle LS. Naphthalene DNA Adduct Formation and Tolerance in the Lung. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res B 2019; 438:119-123. [PMID: 30631217 PMCID: PMC6322674 DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2018.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Naphthalene (NA) is a respiratory toxicant and possible human carcinogen. NA is a ubiquitous combustion product and significant component of jet fuel. The National Toxicology Program found that NA forms tumors in two species, in rats (nose) and mice (lung). However, it has been argued that NA does not pose a cancer risk to humans because NA is bioactivated by cytochrome P450 monooxygenase enzymes that have very high efficiency in the lung tissue of rodents but low efficiency in the lung tissue of humans. It is thought that NA carcinogenesis in rodents is related to repeated cycles of lung epithelial injury and repair, an indirect mechanism. Repeated in vivo exposure to NA leads to development of tolerance, with the emergence of cells more resistant to NA insult. We tested the hypothesis that tolerance involves reduced susceptibility to the formation of NA-DNA adducts. NA-DNA adduct formation in tolerant mice was examined in individual, metabolically-active mouse airways exposed ex vivo to 250 μΜ 14C-NA. Ex vivo dosing was used since it had been done previously and the act of creating a radioactive aerosol of a potential carcinogen posed too many safety and regulatory obstacles. Following extensive rinsing to remove unbound 14C-NA, DNA was extracted and 14C-NA-DNA adducts were quantified by AMS. The tolerant mice appeared to have slightly lower NA-DNA adduct levels than non-tolerant controls, but intra-group variations were large and the difference was statistically insignificant. It appears the tolerance may be more related to other mechanisms, such as NA-protein interactions in the airway, than DNA-adduct formation.
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- Bruce A Buchholz
- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA USA
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- Center for Health and the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA USA
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA USA
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
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- Center for Health and the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA USA
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Garrod MG, Buchholz BA, Miller JW, Haack KW, Green R, Allen LH. Vitamin B12 Added as a Fortificant to Flour Retains High Bioavailability when Baked in Bread. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res B 2019; 438:136-140. [PMID: 30555197 PMCID: PMC6290905 DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2018.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Vitamin B12 deficiency and depletion are common world-wide, particularly in populations that consume low amounts of animal source foods. WHO and the Food Fortification Initiative recommend that wheat flour be fortified with vitamin B12 in regions where intake of B12 is low. The purpose of this pilot study in five participants was to determine if fortification of flour with B12 produced a bread product with intact B12 still present and to determine if healthy elderly absorb sufficient B12 from bread fortified in this manner. High-purity crystalline 14C-B12 was dissolved in water and added to flour (2 μg B12 /100 g flour) in a bread maker and made into rolls (average 1.17 kBq (31.5 nCi) 14C-B12 in a total of 0.8 µg B12 per roll). Excess 14C first appeared in plasma 4 h after ingestion of the 14C fortified bread and plasma levels returned almost to background by 72 h. Measurement of 14C in plasma verified that the dose was absorbed into the systemic circulation. The cumulative % dose recovered in urine was 4.8-37.0% (mean = 20.1%). Most of the 14C label in the stool appeared by day 4, and the cumulative % dose recovered in stool was 24.5- 43.0% (mean = 31.8%). Bioavailability among the 5 participants, calculated by subtracting the sum of urinary and fecal 14C excretion from the administered dose, was 28.4-63.7% (mean = 48.0%). This study showed that when B12 is added as a fortificant to flour it survives the fermentation and baking processes, and retains ~ 50% bioavailability when fed in small doses to healthy subjects. The Recommended Dietary Allowance of B12 for adults is 2.4 μg/d. This recommendation assumes that usual bioavailability of low doses of the vitamin in the crystalline form is 60%, while for the same amount in foods such as meat and fish it is 50%. Our pilot study shows that B12 added to bread as a fortificant in flour was absorbed as well as it is from endogenous food sources such as meat and fish.
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- Marjorie G Garrod
- USDA, ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
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- School of Environmental and Biological Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
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- Dept. of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis, California
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- USDA, ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California
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Hum NR, Martin KA, Malfatti MA, Haack K, Buchholz BA, Loots GG. Tracking Tumor Colonization in Xenograft Mouse Models Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15013. [PMID: 30302019 PMCID: PMC6178347 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33368-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Here we introduce an Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)-based high precision method for quantifying the number of cancer cells that initiate metastatic tumors, in xenograft mice. Quantification of 14C per cell prior to injection into animals, and quantification of 14C in whole organs allows us to extrapolate the number of cancer cells available to initiate metastatic tumors. The 14C labeling was optimized such that 1 cancer cell was detected among 1 million normal cells. We show that ~1–5% of human cancer cells injected into immunodeficient mice form subcutaneous tumors, and even fewer cells initiate metastatic tumors. Comparisons of metastatic site colonization between a highly metastatic (PC3) and a non-metastatic (LnCap) cell line showed that PC3 cells colonize target tissues in greater quantities at 2 weeks post-delivery, and by 12 weeks post-delivery no 14C was detected in LnCap xenografts, suggesting that all metastatic cells were cleared. The 14C-signal correlated with the presence and the severity of metastatic tumors. AMS measurements of 14C-labeled cells provides a highly-sensitive, quantitative assay to experimentally evaluate metastasis and colonization of target tissues in xenograft mouse models. This approach can potentially be used to evaluate tumor aggressiveness and assist in making informed decisions regarding treatment.
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- Nicholas R Hum
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Livermore, CA, USA.,Georgetown University, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Washington, DC, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, Livermore, CA, USA. .,UC Merced, School of Natural Sciences, Merced, CA, USA.
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Enright HA, Falso MJS, Malfatti MA, Lao V, Kuhn EA, Hum N, Shi Y, Sales AP, Haack KW, Kulp KS, Buchholz BA, Loots GG, Bench G, Turteltaub KW. Maternal exposure to an environmentally relevant dose of triclocarban results in perinatal exposure and potential alterations in offspring development in the mouse model. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181996. [PMID: 28792966 PMCID: PMC5549899 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Triclocarban (TCC) is among the top 10 most commonly detected wastewater contaminants in both concentration and frequency. Its presence in water, as well as its propensity to bioaccumulate, has raised numerous questions about potential endocrine and developmental effects. Here, we investigated whether exposure to an environmentally relevant concentration of TCC could result in transfer from mother to offspring in CD-1 mice during gestation and lactation using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). 14C-TCC (100 nM) was administered to dams through drinking water up to gestation day 18, or from birth to post-natal day 10. AMS was used to quantify 14C-concentrations in offspring and dams after exposure. We demonstrated that TCC does effectively transfer from mother to offspring, both trans-placentally and via lactation. TCC-related compounds were detected in the tissues of offspring with significantly higher concentrations in the brain, heart and fat. In addition to transfer from mother to offspring, exposed offspring were heavier in weight than unexposed controls demonstrating an 11% and 8.5% increase in body weight for females and males, respectively. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was used to examine changes in gene expression in liver and adipose tissue in exposed offspring. qPCR suggested alterations in genes involved in lipid metabolism in exposed female offspring, which was consistent with the observed increased fat pad weights and hepatic triglycerides. This study represents the first report to quantify the transfer of an environmentally relevant concentration of TCC from mother to offspring in the mouse model and evaluate bio-distribution after exposure using AMS. Our findings suggest that early-life exposure to TCC may interfere with lipid metabolism and could have implications for human health.
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- Heather A. Enright
- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Data Analytics and Decision Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States of America
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Hum NR, Martin KA, Malfatti M, Haack K, Buchholz BA, Loots GG. Abstract 1977: Tracking cancer colonization in xenografts using ultrasensitive accelerator mass spectrometry methods. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2017-1977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: The inability to effectively treat metastases is the main reason for the limited progress in reducing the rates of cancer morbidity and mortality. One major drawback is the lack of quantitative assays for assessing the size and tissue prevalence of tumors in newly diagnosed individuals. Current methods for quantifying tumor burden are mainly qualitative and include measuring the gross weight of the affected organ, counting tumors on the surface of the organ, or evaluating a small sample of the organ using histologic sections. These methods are crude measures of tumor burden and size distribution, and in the case of histology, they are time consuming, difficult to process an adequate sample size and non-quantitative.
Methods: Animal models of metastasis have been useful in identifying genes that regulate susceptibility to the development and progression of metastasis and have helped to highlight potential novel targets for drug development. In particular several small animal imaging technologies including magnetic resonance imaging, high frequency ultrasound, and optical imaging have been recently applied to this task. Each of these methods may be useful for specific research projects, based on their unique combination of resolution, image acquisition time, animal throughput, and cost-effectiveness, yet none of these modalities adequately address the need for rapid quantification of tumors across the entire organism, nor do they assess therapeutic effectiveness in eradicating cancer in xenograft models. We have developed an Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)-based high precision quantitative method for assessing the metastatic potential of primary tumors isolated from newly diagnosed patients.
Results: Our AMS-based methodology to study metastasis uses xenograft cancer cells labeled with 14C-labeled thymidine that are delivered intravenously into NSG mice and allowed to develop metastatic cancer over the course of up to 10 weeks. At the end of the experiment, all vital organs are collected; the DNA is isolated and is examined by AMS for the presence of 14C-signal. The labeling was optimized to achieve sufficient signal such that a tumor derived from a single cell could be detected by AMS, in secondary tumors, in vivo, independent of histological data.
Conclusions: Using this approach we have determined that tissue colonization by tumor cells is a very rare event, where most metastatic tumors are initiated by less than 10 cells delivered into NSG mice. Further optimization of these techniques will allow us to explore the metastatic potential of primary tumors, isolated from biopsies and expanded in Avatar mice.
This study was supported in part by NIH P41MI03483 and was conducted under the auspices of the USDOE by LLNL (DE-AC52-07NA27344). IM number: LLNL-678306
Citation Format: Nicholas R. Hum, Kelly A. Martin, Michael Malfatti, Kurt Haack, Bruce A. Buchholz, Gabriela G. Loots. Tracking cancer colonization in xenografts using ultrasensitive accelerator mass spectrometry methods [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 1977. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-1977
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
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Sustainable production and use of carbon nanotube (CNT)-enabled materials require efficient assessment of CNT environmental hazards, including the potential for CNT bioaccumulation and biomagnification in environmental receptors. Microbes, as abundant organisms responsible for nutrient cycling in soil and water, are important ecological receptors for studying the effects of CNTs. Quantification of CNT association with microbial cells requires efficient separation of CNT-associated cells from individually dispersed CNTs and CNT agglomerates. Here, we designed, optimized, and demonstrated procedures for separating bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) from unbound multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and MWCNT agglomerates using sucrose density gradient centrifugation. We demonstrate separation of protozoa (Tetrahymena thermophila) from MWCNTs, bacterial agglomerates, and protozoan fecal pellets by centrifugation in an iodixanol solution. The presence of MWCNTs in the density gradients after centrifugation was determined by quantification of 14C-labeled MWCNTs; the recovery of microbes from the density gradient media was confirmed by optical microscopy. Protozoan intracellular contents of MWCNTs and of bacteria were also unaffected by the designed separation process. The optimized methods contribute to improved efficiency and accuracy in quantifying MWCNT association with bacteria and MWCNT accumulation in protozoan cells, thus supporting improved assessment of CNT bioaccumulation.
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- Monika Mortimer
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute and University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA;
- Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, Tallinn 12618, Estonia
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- Biosystems and Biomaterials Division, Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA;
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA;
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute and University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-805-893-3195
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Mortimer M, Petersen EJ, Buchholz BA, Orias E, Holden PA. Bioaccumulation of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes in Tetrahymena thermophila by Direct Feeding or Trophic Transfer. Environ Sci Technol 2016; 50:8876-85. [PMID: 27398725 PMCID: PMC4991038 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Consumer goods contain multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) that could be released during product life cycles into the environment, where their effects are uncertain. Here, we assessed MWCNT bioaccumulation in the protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila via trophic transfer from bacterial prey (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) versus direct uptake from growth media. The experiments were conducted using (14)C-labeled MWCNT ((14)C-MWCNT) doses at or below 1 mg/L, which proved subtoxic since there were no adverse effects on the growth of the test organisms. A novel contribution of this study was the demonstration of the ability to quantify MWCNT bioaccumulation at low (sub μg/kg) concentrations accomplished by employing accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). After the treatments with MWCNTs at nominal concentrations of 0.01 mg/L and 1 mg/L, P. aeruginosa adsorbed considerable amounts of MWCNTs: (0.18 ± 0.04) μg/mg and (21.9 ± 4.2) μg/mg bacterial dry mass, respectively. At the administered MWCNT dose of 0.3 mg/L, T. thermophila accumulated up to (0.86 ± 0.3) μg/mg and (3.4 ± 1.1) μg/mg dry mass by trophic transfer and direct uptake, respectively. Although MWCNTs did not biomagnify in the microbial food chain, MWCNTs bioaccumulated in the protozoan populations regardless of the feeding regime, which could make MWCNTs bioavailable for organisms at higher trophic levels.
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- Monika Mortimer
- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute and University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Akadeemia tee 23, Tallinn 12618, Estonia
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- Biosystems and Biomaterials Division, Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Earth Research Institute and University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Corresponding Author. ; tel: 805-893-3195; fax: 805-893-7612
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Martin KA, Hum N, Haack KW, Buchholz BA, Loots GG. Abstract 3891: Development of quantitative methods for assessing metastatic potential of human primary tumors. Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2016-3891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: The inability to effectively treat metastases is the main reason for the limited progress in reducing the rates of cancer morbidity and mortality. One major drawback is the lack of quantitative assays for assessing the size and tissue prevalence of tumors in newly diagnosed individuals. Current methods for quantifying tumor burden are mainly qualitative and include measuring the gross weight of the affected organ, counting tumors on the surface of the organ, or evaluating a small sample of the organ using histologic sections. These methods are crude measures of tumor burden and size distribution, and in the case of histology, they are time consuming, difficult to process an adequate sample size and non-quantitative.
Methods: Animal models of metastasis have been useful in identifying genes that regulate susceptibility to the development and progression of metastasis and helped highlight potential novel targets for drug development. In particular several small animal imaging technologies including magnetic resonance imaging, high frequency ultrasound, and optical imaging have been recently applied to this task. Each of these methods may be useful for specific research projects, based on their unique combination of resolution, image acquisition time, animal throughput, and cost-effectiveness, yet none of these modalities adequately address the need for rapid quantification of tumors across the entire organism, nor do they assess therapeutic effectiveness in eradicating cancer in xenograft models. We have developed an Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS)-based high precision quantitative method for assessing the metastatic potential of primary tumors isolated from newly diagnosed patients.
Results: Our Accelerator Mass Spectrometry-based methodology to study metastasis uses xenograft cancer cells labeled with 14C-labeled thymidine that are delivered intravenously into NSG mice and allowed to develop metastatic cancer over the course of up to 10 weeks. At the end of the experiment, all vital organs are collected; the DNA is isolated and is examined by AMS for the presence of 14C-signal. The labeling was optimized to achieve sufficient signal such that a tumor derived from a single cell could be detected by AMS, in secondary tumors, in vivo, independent of histological data.
Conclusions: Using this novel approach we have evaluated the metastatic potential of several prostate cancer cell lines, characterized stem-cell like sublines derived from prostate cancer cell lines [PC3] and examined tissue tropism of cancer sublines derived from kidney and liver metastatic tumors. Further optimization of these techniques will allow us to explore the metastatic potential of primary tumors, isolated from biopsies and expanded in Avatar mice.
Citation Format: Kelly A. Martin, Nicholas Hum, Kurt W. Haack, Bruce A. Buchholz, Gabriela G. Loots. Development of quantitative methods for assessing metastatic potential of human primary tumors. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 3891.
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Rogers TS, Garrod MG, Peerson JM, Hillegonds DJ, Buchholz BA, Demmer E, Richardson C, Gertz ER, Van Loan MD. Is bone equally responsive to calcium and vitamin D intake from food vs. supplements? Use of (41)calcium tracer kinetic model. Bone Rep 2016; 5:117-23. [PMID: 27376110 PMCID: PMC4926806 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2016.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Few interventions directly compare equivalent calcium and vitamin D from dairy vs. supplements on the same bone outcomes. The radioisotope calcium-41 (41Ca) holds promise as a tracer method to directly measure changes in bone resorption with differing dietary interventions. Objective Using 41Ca tracer methodology, determine if 4 servings/day of dairy foods results in greater 41Ca retention than an equivalent amount of calcium and vitamin D from supplements. Secondary objective was to evaluate the time course for the change in 41Ca retention. Methods In this crossover trial, postmenopausal women (n = 12) were dosed orally with 100 nCi of 41Ca and after a 180 day equilibration period received dairy (4 servings/day of milk or yogurt; ~ 1300 mg calcium, 400 IU cholecalciferol (vitamin D3/day)) or supplement treatments (1200 mg calcium carbonate/day and 400 IU vitamin D3/day) in random order. Treatments lasted 6 weeks separated by a 6 week washout (WO). Calcium was extracted from weekly 24 h urine collections; accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) was used to determine the 41/40Ca ratio. Primary outcome was change in 41/40Ca excretion. Secondary outcome was the time course for change in 41Ca excretion during intervention and WO periods. Results The 41/40Ca ratio decreased significantly over time during both treatments; there was no difference between treatments. Both treatments demonstrated a significant retention of 41Ca within 1–2 weeks (p = 0.0007 and p < 0.001 for dairy and supplements, respectively). WO demonstrated a significant decrease (p = 0.0024) in 41Ca retention within 1–2 weeks, back to pre-intervention levels. Conclusion These data demonstrate that urinary 41Ca retention is increased with an increase in calcium and vitamin D intake regardless of the source of calcium, and the increased retention occurs within 1–2 weeks. Investigated, using 41Ca tracer, whether bone response to calcium and vitamin D differed based on the source of nutrients, foods vs. supplements. There was no difference in the bone response by treatment group. Both dairy foods and supplements resulted in reduce 41Ca excretion in urine. Reduction in 41Ca excretion occurred with 2 weeks of initiating the interventions. Removal of interventions resulted in 41Ca excretion returning to pre-intervention levels
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Key Words
- 41Ca
- 41Ca, calcium-41
- AI, adequate intake
- AMS, accelerator mass spectrometry
- ANOVA, analysis of variance
- BAP, bone specific alkaline phosphatase
- BMC, bone mineral content
- BMD, bone mineral density
- BMI, body mass index
- CTx, serum C terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen
- CV, coefficient of variation
- Calcium supplement
- DXA, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
- Dairy
- ELISA, enzyme linked immune-sorbent assay
- HCl, hydrochloric acid
- Kinetic model
- NDSR, Nutrition Data System for Research
- NH4OH, ammonium hydroxide
- PTH, parathyroid hormone
- Postmenopausal
- RCT, randomized controlled trial
- RDA, recommended dietary allowances
- WHNRC, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
- nCi, nanocurrie
- qCT, quantitative computed tomography
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- Tara S Rogers
- Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, 430 West Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, United States
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, 430 West Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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- Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States; USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, 430 West Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA 95616, United States
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Hooper-Bui LM, Kwok ESC, Buchholz BA, Rust MK, Eastmond DA, Vogel JS. Insecticide Transfer Efficiency and Lethal Load in Argentine Ants. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res B 2015; 361:665-669. [PMID: 26504258 PMCID: PMC4615608 DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Trophallaxis between individual worker ants and the toxicant load in dead and live Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) in colonies exposed to fipronil and hydramethylnon experimental baits were examined using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). About 50% of the content of the crop containing trace levels of 14C-sucrose, 14C-hydramethylnon, and 14C-fipronil was shared between single donor and recipient ants. Dead workers and queens contained significantly more hydramethylnon (122.7 and 22.4 amol/μg ant, respectively) than did live workers and queens (96.3 and 10.4 amol/μg ant, respectively). Dead workers had significantly more fipronil (420.3 amol/μg ant) than did live workers (208.5 amol/μg ant), but dead and live queens had equal fipronil levels (59.5 and 54.3 amol/μg ant, respectively). The distribution of fipronil differed within the bodies of dead and live queens; the highest amounts of fipronil were recovered in the thorax of dead queens whereas live queens had the highest levels in the head. Resurgence of polygynous ant colonies treated with hydramethylnon baits may be explained by queen survival resulting from sublethal doses due to a slowing of trophallaxis throughout the colony. Bait strategies and dose levels for controlling insect pests need to be based on the specific toxicant properties and trophic strategies for targeting the entire colony.
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- L M Hooper-Bui
- Department of Environmental Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 ; Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551 ; Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551
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The fraction of naturally produced bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), a ubiquitous plasticizer known to contaminate packaged foods, was determined for each of five 1.10 kg samples of unsalted market butter by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). After extraction and concentration enrichment with liquid-liquid extraction, flash column chromatography, and preparative-scale high performance liquid chromatography, each sample provided ≈ 250 μg extracts of DEHP with carbon purity ranging from 92.5 ± 1.2% (n = 3, 1σ) to 97.1 ± 0.8% (n = 3, 1σ) as measured with gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). After corrections for method blank DEHP, co-eluting compounds, and unidentified carbon, the mean fraction of naturally produced DEHP in butter was determined to be 0.16 ± 0.12 (n = 5, 1σ). To our knowledge, this is the first report of the contemporary fraction of DEHP isolated from market butter in the U.S.
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- T Tong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, University Station, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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Hickenbottom SJ, Lemke SL, Dueker SR, Lin Y, Follett JR, Carkeet C, Buchholz BA, Vogel JS, Clifford AJ. Dual isotope test for assessing β-carotene cleavage to vitamin A in humans. Eur J Nutr 2014; 41:141-7. [PMID: 12242581 DOI: 10.1007/s00394-002-0368-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The ability of beta-carotene to deliver bioactive retinoids to tissues is highly variable. A clearer understanding of the environmental and genetic factors that modulate the vitamin A potential of beta-carotene is needed. AIM OF STUDY Assess the vitamin A value of orally administered beta-carotene relative to a co-administered reference dose of preformed vitamin A. METHODS Equimolar doses (30 micromol) of hexadeuterated D6 beta-carotene and D6 retinyl acetate were orally co-administered in an emulsified formulation to a male subject. The plasma concentration time courses of D6 retinol (derived from D6 retinyl acetate) and bioderived D3 retinol (from D(6) beta-carotene) were determined for 554 h postdosing using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Intact D6 beta-carotene plasma concentrations were determined by high-pressure liquid chromatography. The ratio of the two forms of vitamin A, D6 retinol/D3 retinol, at any single time point is postulated to reflect the quantity of vitamin A derived from beta-carotene relative to preformed vitamin A. Additionally, a minute amount of 14C beta-carotene (50 nCi; 0.27 microg) was included in the oral dose and cumulative 24-h stool and urine samples were collected for two weeks to follow absorption and excretion of the b-carotene. The 14C nuclide was detected using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). Results During the absorption/distribution phase (3-11 h) the D6/D3 ratio of the two retinols was not stable and ranged between a value of 3 and 16. Between 11 and 98 h postdosing the ratio was relatively stable with a mean value of 8.5 (95 % CI: 7.5, 8.7). These data suggest that in this subject and under these conditions, 8.5 moles of beta-carotene would provide a vitamin A quantity equivalent to 1 mole of preformed vitamin A. On a mass basis, 15.9 microg of beta-carotene was equivalent to 1 microg of retinol. The total administered beta-carotene was found to be 55 % absorbed by AMS analysis of cumulative stool. CONCLUSION The co-administration of D6 beta-carotene and D6 retinyl acetate provides a technique for assessing individual ability to process beta-carotene to vitamin A. The results indicate that a single time point taken between 11-98 h after dose administration may provide a reliable value for the relative ratio of the two forms of vitamin A. However, results from more subjects are needed to assess the general utility of this method.
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- Sabrina J Hickenbottom
- 3217A Meyer Hall, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Cappuccio JA, Falso MJS, Kashgarian M, Buchholz BA. 14C Analysis of protein extracts from Bacillus spores. Forensic Sci Int 2014; 240:54-60. [PMID: 24814329 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 03/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Investigators of bioagent incidents or interdicted materials need validated, independent analytical methods that will allow them to distinguish between recently made bioagent samples versus material drawn from the archives of a historical program. Heterotrophic bacteria convert the carbon in their food sources, growth substrate or culture media, into the biomolecules they need. The F(14)C (fraction modern radiocarbon) of a variety of media, Bacillus spores, and separated proteins from Bacillus spores was measured by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). AMS precisely measures F(14)C values of biological materials and has been used to date the synthesis of biomaterials over the bomb pulse era (1955 to present). The F(14)C of Bacillus spores reflects the radiocarbon content of the media in which they were grown. In a survey of commercial media we found that the F(14)C value indicated that carbon sources for the media were alive within about a year of the date of manufacture and generally of terrestrial origin. Hence, bacteria and their products can be dated using their (14)C signature. Bacillus spore samples were generated onsite with defined media and carbon free purification and also obtained from archived material. Using mechanical lysis and a variety of washes with carbon free acids and bases, contaminant carbon was removed from soluble proteins to enable accurate (14)C bomb-pulse dating. Since media is contemporary, (14)C bomb-pulse dating of isolated soluble proteins can be used to distinguish between historical archives of bioagents and those produced from recent media.
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- Jenny A Cappuccio
- Biosciences & Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, United States
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, United States
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, United States
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, United States.
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Etminan N, Dreier R, Buchholz BA, Beseoglu K, Bruckner P, Matzenauer C, Torner JC, Brown RD, Steiger HJ, Hänggi D, Macdonald RL. Age of collagen in intracranial saccular aneurysms. Stroke 2014; 45:1757-63. [PMID: 24781080 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.114.005461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The chronological development and natural history of cerebral aneurysms (CAs) remain incompletely understood. We used (14)C birth dating of a main constituent of CAs, that is, collagen type I, as an indicator for biosynthesis and turnover of collagen in CAs in relation to human cerebral arteries to investigate this further. METHODS Forty-six ruptured and unruptured CA samples from 43 patients and 10 cadaveric human cerebral arteries were obtained. The age of collagen, extracted and purified from excised CAs, was estimated using (14)C birth dating and correlated with CA and patient characteristics, including the history of risk factors associated with atherosclerosis and potentially aneurysm growth and rupture. RESULTS Nearly all CA samples contained collagen type I, which was <5 years old, irrespective of patient age, aneurysm size, morphology, or rupture status. However, CAs from patients with a history of risk factors (smoking or hypertension) contained significantly younger collagen than CAs from patients with no risk factors (mean, 1.6±1.2 versus 3.9±3.3 years, respectively; P=0.012). CAs and cerebral arteries did not share a dominant structural protein, such as collagen type I, which would allow comparison of their collagen turnover. CONCLUSIONS The abundant amount of relatively young collagen type I in CAs suggests that there is an ongoing collagen remodeling in aneurysms, which is significantly more rapid in patients with risk factors. These findings challenge the concept that CAs are present for decades and that they undergo only sporadic episodes of structural change.
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- Nima Etminan
- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.).
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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- From the Department of Neurosurgery (N.E., K.B., H.-J.S., D.H.) and Institute of Forensic Medicine (C.M.), Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany; Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Westfalian Wilhelms-University, Münster, Germany (R.D., P.B.); Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA (B.A.B.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa (J.C.T.); Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (R.D.B.); Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science and the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.); and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (R.L.M.)
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Etminan N, Dreier R, Buchholz BA, Beseoglu K, Bruckner P, Torner JC, Steiger HJ, Hänggi D, Macdonald L. Abstract 121: Effects of Modifiable Risk Factors on the Age of Collagen in Intracranial Aneurysms. Stroke 2014. [DOI: 10.1161/str.45.suppl_1.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction:
The time required for intracranial aneurysms (IAs) to develop until their diagnosis is unknown. We used a novel method of vascular radiocarbon birth dating of collagen extracted from aneurysms of patients undergoing surgical repair of ruptured and unruptured IAs to estimate their ages.
Methods:
Between 03/2009 and 04/2013, 46 aneurysm samples from 43 patients were obtained. Collagen was extracted and purified after pepsin digestion of IA tissue. and accelerator mass spectrometry was used to measure
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Findings:
Nearly all collagen in cerebral aneurysms was five or less years old, irrespective of patient age, aneurysm size, morphology, or rupture status. However, IAs from patients with a history of risk factors for aneurysm formation (smoking and hypertension) contained significantly younger collagen, as compared to patients with no risk factors (mean 1·6 ± 1·2 years vs. 3·9 ± 3·3 years, respectively, p= 0·012).
Interpretation:
We show that chronological development of IAs can be consistently estimated, that they are relatively young when detected, and/or that there is constant collagen remodelling within them. In either case, the results suggest there are no cerebral aneurysms that are stable and old. Furthermore, aneurysm age or collagen turnover is significantly more rapid in patients with modifiable risk factors for aneurysm progression and rupture. These results have important implications for the understanding of the biology of cerebral aneurysms as well as for recommendations for follow-up of patients with unruptured cerebral aneurysms.
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- Nima Etminan
- Neurosurgery, Med Faculty, Heinrich Heine Univ, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Münster, Germany
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- Neurosurgery, Med Faculty, Heinrich Heine Univ, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Münster, Germany
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- Neurosurgery, Med Faculty, Heinrich Heine Univ, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Neurosurgery, Med Faculty, Heinrich Heine Univ, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Surgery, Div of Neurosurgery, Univ of Toronto, Toronto, Germany
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Etminan N, Buchholz BA, Dreier R, Bruckner P, Torner JC, Steiger HJ, Hänggi D, Macdonald RL. Cerebral aneurysms: formation, progression, and developmental chronology. Transl Stroke Res 2013; 5:167-73. [PMID: 24323717 DOI: 10.1007/s12975-013-0294-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2013] [Revised: 10/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) in the general population is up to 3%. Existing epidemiological data suggests that only a small fraction of UIAs progress towards rupture over the lifetime of an individual, but the surrogates for subsequent rupture and the natural history of UIAs are discussed very controversially at present. In case of rupture of an UIA, the case fatality is up to 50%, which therefore continues to stimulate interest in the pathogenesis of cerebral aneurysm formation and progression. Actual data on the chronological development of cerebral aneurysm has been especially difficult to obtain and, until recently, the existing knowledge in this respect is mainly derived from animal or mathematical models or short-term observational studies. Here, we review the current data on cerebral aneurysm formation and progression as well as a novel approach to investigate the developmental chronology of cerebral aneurysms.
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- Nima Etminan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225, Dusseldorf, Germany,
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Spalding KL, Bergmann O, Alkass K, Bernard S, Salehpour M, Huttner HB, Boström E, Westerlund I, Vial C, Buchholz BA, Possnert G, Mash DC, Druid H, Frisén J. Dynamics of hippocampal neurogenesis in adult humans. Cell 2013; 153:1219-1227. [PMID: 23746839 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1204] [Impact Index Per Article: 109.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Revised: 04/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Adult-born hippocampal neurons are important for cognitive plasticity in rodents. There is evidence for hippocampal neurogenesis in adult humans, although whether its extent is sufficient to have functional significance has been questioned. We have assessed the generation of hippocampal cells in humans by measuring the concentration of nuclear-bomb-test-derived ¹⁴C in genomic DNA, and we present an integrated model of the cell turnover dynamics. We found that a large subpopulation of hippocampal neurons constituting one-third of the neurons is subject to exchange. In adult humans, 700 new neurons are added in each hippocampus per day, corresponding to an annual turnover of 1.75% of the neurons within the renewing fraction, with a modest decline during aging. We conclude that neurons are generated throughout adulthood and that the rates are comparable in middle-aged humans and mice, suggesting that adult hippocampal neurogenesis may contribute to human brain function.
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- Kirsty L Spalding
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut Camille Jordan, CNRS UMR 5208, University of Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ion Physics, Uppsala University, SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut Camille Jordan, CNRS UMR 5208, University of Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., L-397, Livermore, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ion Physics, Uppsala University, SE-751 20, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Stewart DN, Lango J, Nambiar KP, Falso MJS, FitzGerald PG, Rocke DM, Hammock BD, Buchholz BA. Carbon turnover in the water-soluble protein of the adult human lens. Mol Vis 2013; 19:463-75. [PMID: 23441119 PMCID: PMC3580966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Human eye lenses contain cells that persist from embryonic development. These unique, highly specialized fiber cells located at the core (nucleus) of the lens undergo pseudo-apoptosis to become devoid of cell nuclei and most organelles. Ostensibly lacking in protein transcriptional capabilities, it is currently believed that these nuclear fiber cells owe their extreme longevity to the perseverance of highly stable and densely packed crystallin proteins. Maintaining the structural and functional integrity of lenticular proteins is necessary to sustain cellular transparency and proper vision, yet the means by which the lens actually copes with a lifetime of oxidative stress, seemingly without any capacity for protein turnover and repair, is not completely understood. Although many years of research have been predicated upon the assumption that there is no protein turnover or renewal in nuclear fiber cells, we investigated whether or not different protein fractions possess protein of different ages by using the (14)C bomb pulse. METHODS Adult human lenses were concentrically dissected by gently removing the cell layers in water or shaving to the nucleus with a curved micrometer-controlled blade. The cells were lysed, and the proteins were separated into water-soluble and water-insoluble fractions. The small molecules were removed using 3 kDa spin filters. The (14)C/C was measured in paired protein fractions by accelerator mass spectrometry, and an average age for the material within the sample was assigned using the (14)C bomb pulse. RESULTS The water-insoluble fractions possessed (14)C/C ratios consistent with the age of the cells. In all cases, the water-soluble fractions contained carbon that was younger than the paired water-insoluble fraction. CONCLUSIONS As the first direct evidence of carbon turnover in protein from adult human nuclear fiber cells, this discovery supports the emerging view of the lens nucleus as a dynamic system capable of maintaining homeostasis in part due to intricate protein transport mechanisms and possibly protein repair. This finding implies that the lens plays an active role in the aversion of age-related nuclear (ARN) cataract.
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- Daniel N. Stewart
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA,Currently Division of Math and Natural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University – Altoona, Altoona, PA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA
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- Department of Entomology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA
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Etminan N, Dreier R, Buchholz BA, Bruckner P, Steiger HJ, Hänggi D, Macdonald RL. Exploring the age of intracranial aneurysms using carbon birth dating: preliminary results. Stroke 2013; 44:799-802. [PMID: 23329209 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.112.673806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is a controversy about the time span over which cerebral aneurysms develop. In particular, it is unknown whether collagen in ruptured aneurysms undergoes more rapid turnover than in unruptured aneurysms.(14)C birth dating of collagen could be used to address this question. METHODS Aneurysmal domes from patients undergoing surgical treatment for ruptured or unruptured aneurysms were excised. Aneurysmal collagen was isolated and purified after pepsin digestion. Collagen from mouse tendons served as controls. F(14)C levels in collagen were analyzed by accelerator mass spectrometry and correlated with patient age and aneurysm size. RESULTS Analysis of 10 aneurysms from 9 patients (6 ruptured, 3 unruptured) revealed an average aneurysm collagen age of <5 years, generally irrespective of patient age and aneurysm size or rupture status. Interestingly, F(14)C levels correlated with patient age as well as aneurysm size in ruptured aneurysm collagen samples. CONCLUSIONS Our preliminary data suggest that collagen extracted from intracranial aneurysms generally has a high turnover, associated with aneurysm size and patient age. The correlation of patient age and aneurysm F(14)C levels could explain models of aneurysm development. Although preliminary, our findings may have implications for the biological and structural stability of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms.
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- Nima Etminan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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The past decade has seen an explosion in use of the (14)C bomb-pulse to do fundamental cell biology. Studies in the 1960's used decay counting to measure tissue turnover when the atmospheric (14)C/C concentration was changing rapidly. Today bulk tissue measurements are of marginal interest since most of the carbon in the tissue resides in proteins, lipids and carbohydrates that turn over rapidly. Specific cell types with specialized functions are the focus of cell turnover investigations. Tissue samples need to be fresh or frozen. Fixed or preserved samples contain petroleum-derived carbon that has not been successfully removed. Cell or nuclear surface markers are used to sort specific cell types, typically by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Specific biomolecules need to be isolated with high purity and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) measurements must accommodate samples that generally contain less than 40 micrograms of carbon. Furthermore, all separations must not add carbon to the sample. Independent means such as UV absorbance must be used to confirm molecule purity. Approaches for separating specific proteins and DNA and combating contamination of undesired molecules are described.
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Schebb NH, Buchholz BA, Hammock BD, Rice RH. Metabolism of the antibacterial triclocarban by human epidermal keratinocytes to yield protein adducts. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2012; 26:230-4. [PMID: 22711420 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.21411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Previous studies of triclocarban suggest that its biotransformation could yield reactive metabolites that form protein adducts. Since the skin is the major route of triclocarban exposure, present work examined this possibility in cultured human keratinocytes. The results provide evidence for considerable biotransformation and protein adduct formation when cytochrome P450 activity is induced in the cells by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, a model Ah receptor ligand. Since detecting low adduct levels in cells and tissues is difficult, we utilized the novel approach of accelerator mass spectrometry for this purpose. Exploiting the sensitivity of the method, we demonstrated that a substantial portion of triclocarban forms adducts with keratinocyte protein under the P450 inducing conditions employed.
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- Nils Helge Schebb
- Institute of Food Toxicology and Chemical Analysis, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover 30173, Germany
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Kajstura J, Rota M, Cappetta D, Ogórek B, Arranto C, Bai Y, Ferreira-Martins J, Signore S, Sanada F, Matsuda A, Kostyla J, Caballero MV, Fiorini C, D'Alessandro DA, Michler RE, del Monte F, Hosoda T, Perrella MA, Leri A, Buchholz BA, Loscalzo J, Anversa P. Cardiomyogenesis in the aging and failing human heart. Circulation 2012; 126:1869-81. [PMID: 22955965 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.112.118380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Two opposite views of cardiac growth are currently held; one views the heart as a static organ characterized by a large number of cardiomyocytes that are present at birth and live as long as the organism, and the other views the heart a highly plastic organ in which the myocyte compartment is restored several times during the course of life. METHODS AND RESULTS The average age of cardiomyocytes, vascular endothelial cells (ECs), and fibroblasts and their turnover rates were measured by retrospective (14)C birth dating of cells in 19 normal hearts 2 to 78 years of age and in 17 explanted failing hearts 22 to 70 years of age. We report that the human heart is characterized by a significant turnover of ventricular myocytes, ECs, and fibroblasts, physiologically and pathologically. Myocyte, EC, and fibroblast renewal is very high shortly after birth, decreases during postnatal maturation, remains relatively constant in the adult organ, and increases dramatically with age. From 20 to 78 years of age, the adult human heart entirely replaces its myocyte, EC, and fibroblast compartment ≈8, ≈6, and ≈8 times, respectively. Myocyte, EC, and fibroblast regeneration is further enhanced with chronic heart failure. CONCLUSIONS The human heart is a highly dynamic organ that retains a remarkable degree of plasticity throughout life and in the presence of chronic heart failure. However, the ability to regenerate cardiomyocytes, vascular ECs, and fibroblasts cannot prevent the manifestations of myocardial aging or oppose the negative effects of ischemic and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
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- Jan Kajstura
- Department of Anesthesia, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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OgÓrek B, Hosoda T, Rondon C, Gurusamy N, Gatti A, Bardelli S, Quaini F, Bussani R, Silvestri F, Daniela C, Beltrami AP, del Monte F, Rota M, Urbanek K, Buchholz BA, Leri A, Beltrami CA, Anversa P, Kajstura J. Abstract 19: Myocyte Turnover in the Aging Human Heart. Circ Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1161/res.111.suppl_1.a19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The controversy on the growth reserve of the adult human heart has not been resolved and the extent of myocyte renewal reported by different groups varies significantly. Additionally, myocyte regeneration has been claimed to decrease with aging, although cell death is markedly enhanced in the old myocardium. Thus, the effects of age and gender on the magnitude of myocyte turnover were determined. Myocyte replication, senescence and apoptosis were measured in normal female and male human hearts collected from patients 19 to 104 years of age who died from causes other than cardiovascular diseases. Myocardial aging was characterized by a time-dependent increase in the generation of amplifying cardiomyocytes in women and men. Levels of Ki67 and phospho-H3 were comparable in the young female and male heart but differed later in life. As a function of age, the pool of amplifying myocytes was 2-fold higher in women than men, pointing to enhanced myocyte renewal in the female heart. The frequency of p16
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-positive myocytes was higher in men than in women. From 19 to 104 years of age, the time-dependent increase in senescent myocytes was 0.68% per year in women and 0.89% per year in men; the 31% higher rate of accumulation of old myocytes in the aging male heart was significant. Myocyte apoptosis occurred only in p16
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- Brigham and Women's Hosp, Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA,
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- Brigham and Women's Hosp, Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA,
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- Brigham and Women's Hosp, Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA,
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- Cntr for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
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- Brigham and Women's Hosp, Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA,
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- Brigham and Women's Hosp, Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA,
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- Brigham and Women's Hosp, Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA,
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Speller CF, Spalding KL, Buchholz BA, Hildebrand D, Moore J, Mathewes R, Skinner MF, Yang DY. Personal identification of cold case remains through combined contribution from anthropological, mtDNA, and bomb-pulse dating analyses. J Forensic Sci 2012; 57:1354-60. [PMID: 22804335 DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02223.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2010] [Revised: 04/23/2011] [Accepted: 05/04/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In 1968, a child's cranium was recovered from the banks of a northern Canadian river and held in a trust until the "cold case" was reopened in 2005. The cranium underwent reanalysis at the Centre for Forensic Research, Simon Fraser University, using recently developed anthropological analysis, "bomb-pulse" radiocarbon analysis, and forensic DNA techniques. Craniometrics, skeletal ossification, and dental formation indicated an age-at-death of 4.4 ± 1 year. Radiocarbon analysis of enamel from two teeth indicated a year of birth between 1958 and 1962. Forensic DNA analysis indicated the child was a male, and the obtained mitochondrial profile matched a living maternal relative to the presumed missing child. These multidisciplinary analyses resulted in a legal identification 41 years after the discovery of the remains, highlighting the enormous potential of combining radiocarbon analysis with anthropological and mtDNA analyses in producing confident personal identifications for forensic cold cases dating to within the last 60 years.
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- Camilla F Speller
- Centre for Forensic Research, Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Falso MJS, Buchholz BA, White RWD. Stem-like cells in bladder cancer cell lines with differential sensitivity to cisplatin. Anticancer Res 2012; 32:733-738. [PMID: 22399585 PMCID: PMC3638955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recurrence is a common problem in bladder cancer; this has been attributed to cancer stem cells. In this study, we characterized potential cancer stem cell populations isolated from three cell lines that demonstrate different responses to cisplatin. MATERIALS AND METHODS The ALDEFLUOR® assay was used to isolate cells from TCCSUP, T24, and 5637 cell lines, and these cells were evaluated for their ability to form colonies, differentiate, migrate and invade. RESULTS The cell lines demonstrate a spectrum of aldehyde dehydrogenase high (ALDH(High)) populations that correlate with resistance to cisplatin. In the two resistant cell lines, T24 and 5637, the ALDH(High) cells demonstrate increased colony formation, migration, invasion, and ability to differentiate. The resistant T24 and 5637 cell lines may serve as models to investigate alternative therapies for bladder cancer.
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- Miranda J Sarachine Falso
- The Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA.
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Arner P, Bernard S, Salehpour M, Possnert G, Liebl J, Steier P, Buchholz BA, Eriksson M, Arner E, Hauner H, Skurk T, Rydén M, Frayn KN, Spalding KL. Dynamics of human adipose lipid turnover in health and metabolic disease. Nature 2011; 478:110-3. [PMID: 21947005 DOI: 10.1038/nature10426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/05/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Adipose tissue mass is determined by the storage and removal of triglycerides in adipocytes. Little is known, however, about adipose lipid turnover in humans in health and pathology. To study this in vivo, here we determined lipid age by measuring (14)C derived from above ground nuclear bomb tests in adipocyte lipids. We report that during the average ten-year lifespan of human adipocytes, triglycerides are renewed six times. Lipid age is independent of adipocyte size, is very stable across a wide range of adult ages and does not differ between genders. Adipocyte lipid turnover, however, is strongly related to conditions with disturbed lipid metabolism. In obesity, triglyceride removal rate (lipolysis followed by oxidation) is decreased and the amount of triglycerides stored each year is increased. In contrast, both lipid removal and storage rates are decreased in non-obese patients diagnosed with the most common hereditary form of dyslipidaemia, familial combined hyperlipidaemia. Lipid removal rate is positively correlated with the capacity of adipocytes to break down triglycerides, as assessed through lipolysis, and is inversely related to insulin resistance. Our data support a mechanism in which adipocyte lipid storage and removal have different roles in health and pathology. High storage but low triglyceride removal promotes fat tissue accumulation and obesity. Reduction of both triglyceride storage and removal decreases lipid shunting through adipose tissue and thus promotes dyslipidaemia. We identify adipocyte lipid turnover as a novel target for prevention and treatment of metabolic disease.
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- Peter Arner
- Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Alkass K, Buchholz BA, Druid H, Spalding KL. Analysis of 14C and 13C in teeth provides precise birth dating and clues to geographical origin. Forensic Sci Int 2011; 209:34-41. [PMID: 21208756 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2010] [Revised: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 12/01/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The identification of human bodies in situations when there are no clues as to the person's identity from circumstantial data, poses a difficult problem to the investigators. The determination of age and sex of the body can be crucial in order to limit the search to individuals that are a possible match. We analyzed the proportion of bomb pulse derived carbon-14 ((14)C) incorporated in the enamel of teeth from individuals from different geographical locations. The 'bomb pulse' refers to a significant increase in (14)C levels in the atmosphere caused by above ground test detonations of nuclear weapons during the cold war (1955-1963). By comparing (14)C levels in enamel with (14)C atmospheric levels systematically recorded over time, high precision birth dating of modern biological material is possible. Above ground nuclear bomb testing was largely restricted to a couple of locations in the northern hemisphere, producing differences in atmospheric (14)C levels at various geographical regions, particularly in the early phase. Therefore, we examined the precision of (14)C birth dating of enamel as a function of time of formation and geographical location. We also investigated the use of the stable isotope (13)C as an indicator of geographical origin of an individual. Dental enamel was isolated from 95 teeth extracted from 84 individuals to study the precision of the (14)C method along the bomb spike. For teeth formed before 1955 (N=17), all but one tooth showed negative Δ(14)C values. Analysis of enamel from teeth formed during the rising part of the bomb-spike (1955-1963, N=12) and after the peak (>1963, N=66) resulted in an average absolute date of birth estimation error of 1.9±1.4 and 1.3±1.0 years, respectively. Geographical location of an individual had no adverse effect on the precision of year of birth estimation using radiocarbon dating. In 46 teeth, measurement of (13)C was also performed. Scandinavian teeth showed a substantially greater depression in average δ(13)C (-14.8) than teeth from subjects raised in Japan (-13.5), Middle East and North Africa (-12.7) and South America (-10.9). In summary, isotopic analysis of carbon in enamel from a single tooth can give a good estimate of the year of birth of an individual and also provide information about the geographical origin of the individual. This strategy can assist police and forensic authorities when attempting to solve unidentified homicide cases and may facilitate the identification work associated with mass disasters.
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- K Alkass
- Division of Forensic Medicine, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kajstura J, Gurusamy N, Ogórek B, Goichberg P, Clavo-Rondon C, Hosoda T, D'Amario D, Bardelli S, Beltrami AP, Cesselli D, Bussani R, del Monte F, Quaini F, Rota M, Beltrami CA, Buchholz BA, Leri A, Anversa P. Myocyte turnover in the aging human heart. Circ Res 2010; 107:1374-86. [PMID: 21088285 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.110.231498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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RATIONALE The turnover of cardiomyocytes in the aging female and male heart is currently unknown, emphasizing the need to define human myocardial biology. OBJECTIVE The effects of age and gender on the magnitude of myocyte regeneration and the origin of newly formed cardiomyocytes were determined. METHODS AND RESULTS The interaction of myocyte replacement, cellular senescence, growth inhibition, and apoptosis was measured in normal female (n=32) and male (n=42) human hearts collected from patients 19 to 104 years of age who died from causes other than cardiovascular diseases. A progressive loss of telomeric DNA in human cardiac stem cells (hCSCs) occurs with aging and the newly formed cardiomyocytes inherit short telomeres and rapidly reach the senescent phenotype. Our data provide novel information on the superior ability of the female heart to sustain the multiple variables associated with the development of the senescent myopathy. At all ages, the female heart is equipped with a larger pool of functionally competent hCSCs and younger myocytes than the male myocardium. The replicative potential is higher and telomeres are longer in female hCSCs than in male hCSCs. In the female heart, myocyte turnover occurs at a rate of 10%, 14%, and 40% per year at 20, 60, and 100 years of age, respectively. Corresponding values in the male heart are 7%, 12%, and 32% per year, documenting that cardiomyogenesis involves a large and progressively increasing number of parenchymal cells with aging. From 20 to 100 years of age, the myocyte compartment is replaced 15 times in women and 11 times in men. CONCLUSIONS The human heart is a highly dynamic organ regulated by a pool of resident hCSCs that modulate cardiac homeostasis and condition organ aging.
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- Jan Kajstura
- Department of Anesthesia and Medicine and Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Perl S, Kushner JA, Buchholz BA, Meeker AK, Stein GM, Hsieh M, Kirby M, Pechhold S, Liu EH, Harlan DM, Tisdale JF. Significant human beta-cell turnover is limited to the first three decades of life as determined by in vivo thymidine analog incorporation and radiocarbon dating. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010; 95:E234-9. [PMID: 20660050 PMCID: PMC3050099 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIMS Diabetes mellitus results from an absolute or relative deficiency of insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells. The turnover rate of adult human β-cells remains unknown. We employed two techniques to examine adult human islet β-cell turnover and longevity in vivo. METHODS Subjects enrolled in National Institutes of Health clinical trials received thymidine analogs [iododeoxyuridine (IdU) or bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)] 8 d to 4 yr prior to death. Archival autopsy samples from 10 patients (aged 17-74 yr) were employed to assess β-cell turnover by scoring nuclear analog labeling within insulin-staining cells. Human adult β-cell longevity was determined by estimating the cells' genomic DNA integration of atmospheric (14)C. DNA was purified from pancreatic islets isolated from cadaveric donors; whole islet prep DNA was obtained from a 15-yr-old donor, and purified β-cell DNA was obtained from two donors (ages 48 and 80 yr). (14)C levels were then determined using accelerator mass spectrometry. Cellular "birth date" was determined by comparing the subject's DNA (14)C content relative to a well-established (14)C atmospheric prevalence curve. RESULTS In the two subjects less than 20 yr of age, 1-2% of the β-cell nuclei costained for BrdU/IdU. No β-cell nuclei costained in the eight patients more than 30 yr old. Consistent with the BrdU/IdU turnover data, β-cell DNA (14)C content indicated that the "birth date" of cells occurred within the subject's first 30 yr of life. CONCLUSIONS Under typical circumstances, human β-cells and their cellular precursors are established by young adulthood.
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- S Perl
- Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Aklamati EK, Mulenga M, Dueker SR, Buchholz BA, Peerson JM, Kafwembe E, Brown KH, Haskell MJ. Accelerator mass spectrometry can be used to assess vitamin A metabolism quantitatively in boys in a community setting. J Nutr 2010; 140:1588-94. [PMID: 20660280 PMCID: PMC3139233 DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.125500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A survey indicated that high-dose vitamin A (HD-VA) supplements had no apparent effect on vitamin A (VA) status, assessed by serum retinol concentrations, of Zambian children lt 5 y of age. To explore possible reasons for the lack of response, we quantified absorption, retention, and urinary elimination of either a single HD-VA supplement (209.8 micromol; 60 mg) or a smaller dose of stable isotope (SI)-labeled VA (17.5 micromol; 5 mg), which was used to estimate VA pool size, in 3- to 4-y-old Zambian boys (n = 4 for each VA dose). A tracer dose of [(14)C(2)]-labeled VA (0.925 kBq; 25 nCi) was coadministered with the HD-VA supplement or SI-labeled VA, and 24-h stool and urine samples were collected for 3 and 7 consecutive days, respectively, and 24-h urine samples at 4 later time points. Accelerator MS was used to quantify (14)C in stool and urine. Estimates of absorption, retention, and the urinary elimination rate (UER) were 83.8 +/- 7.1%, 76.3 +/- 6.7%, and 1.9 +/- 0.6%/d, respectively, for the HD-VA supplement and 76.5 +/- 9.5%, 71.1 +/- 9.4%, and 1.8 +/- 1.2%/d, respectively, for the SI-labeled VA. Mean estimates of absorption, retention, and the UER did not differ by size of the VA dose administered. Estimated absorption and retention were negatively associated with reported fever (r = minus 0.83; P = 0.011). The HD-VA supplement and SI-labeled VA were adequately absorbed, retained, and utilized in apparently healthy Zambian preschool-age boys; absorption and retention may be affected by recent fever.
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- Emmanuel K. Aklamati
- Program in International and Community Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ndola Central Hospital, Ndola 50100, Zambia
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551
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- Program in International and Community Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ndola Central Hospital, Ndola 50100, Zambia
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- Program in International and Community Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616
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- Program in International and Community Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616,To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Buchholz BA, Zermeño P, Hwang HM, Young TM, Guilderson TP. Measuring Submicron-Sized Fractionated Particulate Matter on Aluminum Impactor Disks. Radiocarbon 2010; 52:278-285. [PMID: 22228915 PMCID: PMC3252030 DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200045318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Sub-micron sized airborne particulate matter (PM) is not collected well on regular quartz or glass fiber filter papers. We used a micro-orifice uniform deposit impactor (MOUDI) to fractionate PM into six size fractions and deposit it on specially designed high purity thin aluminum disks. The MOUDI separated PM into fractions 56-100 nm, 100-180 nm, 180-320 nm, 320-560 nm, 560-1000 nm, and 1000-1800 nm. Since the MOUDI has a low flow rate (30 L/min), it takes several days to collect sufficient carbon on 47 mm foil disks. The small carbon mass (20-200 microgram C) and large aluminum substrate (~25 mg Al) present several challenges to production of graphite targets for accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) analysis. The Al foil consumes large amounts of oxygen as it is heated and tends to melt into quartz combustion tubes, causing gas leaks. We describe sample processing techniques to reliably produce graphitic targets for (14)C-AMS analysis of PM deposited on Al impact foils.
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- Bruce A. Buchholz
- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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Garrod MG, Miller JW, Calvert CC, Buchholz BA, Green R, Johnson HA, Allen LH. In vivo enrichment of chicken eggs with 14C‐B12 for determining vitamin B12 bioavailability in humans. FASEB J 2010. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.915.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Dept. of Medical Pathology and Laboratory MedicineUniversity of California, DavisSacramentoCA
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- Physical and Life SciencesLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermoreCA
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- Dept. of Medical Pathology and Laboratory MedicineUniversity of California, DavisSacramentoCA
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- ARS‐USDAWestern Human Nutrition Research CenterDavisCA
- NutritionUniversity of CaliforniaDavisCA
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Buchholz BA, Haack KW, Sporty JL, Buckpitt AR, Morin D. Free flow electrophoresis separation and AMS quantitation of C-naphthalene-protein adducts. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res B 2010; 268:1324-1327. [PMID: 20454606 PMCID: PMC2864045 DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Naphthalene is a volatile aromatic hydrocarbon to which humans are exposed from a variety of sources including mobile air sources and cigarette smoke. Naphthalene produces dose- (concentration) dependent injury to airway epithelial cells of murine lung which is observed at concentrations well below the current occupational exposure standard. Toxicity is dependent upon the cytochrome P450 mediated metabolic activation of the parent substrate to unstable metabolites which become bound covalently to tissue proteins. Nearly 70 proteins have been identified as forming adducts with reactive naphthalene metabolites using in vitro systems but very little work has been conducted in vivo because reasonably large amounts (100 μCi) of (14)C labeled parent compound must be administered to generate detectable adduct levels on storage phosphor screens following separation of labeled proteins by 2 D gel electrophoresis. The work described here was done to provide proof of concept that protein separation by free flow electrophoresis followed by AMS detection of protein fractions containing protein bound reactive metabolites would provide adducted protein profiles in animals dosed with trace quantities of labeled naphthalene. Mice were administered 200 mg/kg naphthalene intraperitoneally at a calculated specific activity of 2 DPM/nmol (1 pCi/nmol) and respiratory epithelial tissue was obtained by lysis lavage 4 hr post injection. Free flow electrophoresis (FFE) separates proteins in the liquid phase over a large pH range (2.5-11.5) using low molecular weight acids and bases to modify the pH. The apparatus separates fractions into standard 96-well plates that can be used in other protein analysis techniques. The buffers of the fractions have very high carbon content, however, and need to be dialyzed to yield buffers compatible with (14)C-AMS. We describe the processing techniques required to couple FFE to AMS for quantitation of protein adducts.
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- Bruce A. Buchholz
- Center for AMS, LLNL, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
- Corresponding author. Office:1-925-422-1739 FAX: 1-925-423-7884
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- Center for AMS, LLNL, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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Alkass K, Buchholz BA, Ohtani S, Yamamoto T, Druid H, Spalding KL. Age estimation in forensic sciences: application of combined aspartic acid racemization and radiocarbon analysis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2009; 9:1022-30. [PMID: 19965905 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m900525-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Age determination of unknown human bodies is important in the setting of a crime investigation or a mass disaster because the age at death, birth date, and year of death as well as gender can guide investigators to the correct identity among a large number of possible matches. Traditional morphological methods used by anthropologists to determine age are often imprecise, whereas chemical analysis of tooth dentin, such as aspartic acid racemization, has shown reproducible and more precise results. In this study, we analyzed teeth from Swedish individuals using both aspartic acid racemization and radiocarbon methodologies. The rationale behind using radiocarbon analysis is that aboveground testing of nuclear weapons during the cold war (1955-1963) caused an extreme increase in global levels of carbon-14 ((14)C), which has been carefully recorded over time. Forty-four teeth from 41 individuals were analyzed using aspartic acid racemization analysis of tooth crown dentin or radiocarbon analysis of enamel, and 10 of these were split and subjected to both radiocarbon and racemization analysis. Combined analysis showed that the two methods correlated well (R(2) = 0.66, p < 0.05). Radiocarbon analysis showed an excellent precision with an overall absolute error of 1.0 +/- 0.6 years. Aspartic acid racemization also showed a good precision with an overall absolute error of 5.4 +/- 4.2 years. Whereas radiocarbon analysis gives an estimated year of birth, racemization analysis indicates the chronological age of the individual at the time of death. We show how these methods in combination can also assist in the estimation of date of death of an unidentified victim. This strategy can be of significant assistance in forensic casework involving dead victim identification.
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- Kanar Alkass
- Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Tumey SJ, Brown TA, Buchholz BA, Hamilton TF, Hutcheon ID, Williams RW. Ultra-sensitive measurements of 233U by accelerator mass spectrometry for national security applications. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-009-0332-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bergmann O, Bhardwaj RD, Bernard S, Zdunek S, Barnabé-Heider F, Walsh S, Zupicich J, Alkass K, Buchholz BA, Druid H, Jovinge S, Frisén J. Evidence for cardiomyocyte renewal in humans. Science 2009; 324:98-102. [PMID: 19342590 PMCID: PMC2991140 DOI: 10.1126/science.1164680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2103] [Impact Index Per Article: 140.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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It has been difficult to establish whether we are limited to the heart muscle cells we are born with or if cardiomyocytes are generated also later in life. We have taken advantage of the integration of carbon-14, generated by nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War, into DNA to establish the age of cardiomyocytes in humans. We report that cardiomyocytes renew, with a gradual decrease from 1% turning over annually at the age of 25 to 0.45% at the age of 75. Fewer than 50% of cardiomyocytes are exchanged during a normal life span. The capacity to generate cardiomyocytes in the adult human heart suggests that it may be rational to work toward the development of therapeutic strategies aimed at stimulating this process in cardiac pathologies.
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- Olaf Bergmann
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- CNRS UMR5208, Institut Camille Jordan, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., L-397, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, SE-221 84 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Cardiology, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Bergmann O, Spalding KL, Bhardwaj RD, Alkass K, Druid H, Buchholz BA, Frisén J. Detektion von adulter Neurogenese im Menschen mithilfe des 14C-Atombombenpeaks. Akt Neurol 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-987445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bhardwaj RD, Curtis MA, Spalding KL, Buchholz BA, Fink D, Björk-Eriksson T, Nordborg C, Gage FH, Druid H, Eriksson PS, Frisén J. Neocortical neurogenesis in humans is restricted to development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:12564-8. [PMID: 16901981 PMCID: PMC1567918 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605177103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Stem cells generate neurons in discrete regions in the postnatal mammalian brain. However, the extent of neurogenesis in the adult human brain has been difficult to establish. We have taken advantage of the integration of (14)C, generated by nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War, in DNA to establish the age of neurons in the major areas of the human cerebral neocortex. Together with the analysis of the neocortex from patients who received BrdU, which integrates in the DNA of dividing cells, our results demonstrate that, whereas nonneuronal cells turn over, neurons in the human cerebral neocortex are not generated in adulthood at detectable levels but are generated perinatally.
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- Ratan D. Bhardwaj
- *Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, and
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology, Section for Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, L-397, Livermore, CA 94551
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Menai, 2234 NSW, Australia; Departments of
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- **Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden; and
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology, Section for Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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- *Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, and
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Radiocarbon dating, with special reference to the modern bomb-curve, can provide useful information to elucidate the date of death of skeletonized human remains. Interpretation can be enhanced with analysis of different types of tissues within a single skeleton because of the known variability of formation times and remodeling rates. Analysis of radiocarbon content of teeth, especially the enamel in tooth crowns, provides information about the date of formation in the childhood years and in consideration of the known timing of tooth formation can be used to estimate the birth date after 1950 ad. Radiocarbon analysis of modern cortical and trabecular bone samples from the same skeleton may allow proper placement on the pre-1963 or post-1963 sides of the bomb-curve as most trabecular bone generally undergoes more rapid remodeling than does most cortical bone. Pre-1963 bone formation would produce higher radiocarbon values for most trabecular bone than for most cortical bone. This relationship is reversed for formation after 1963. Radiocarbon analysis was conducted in this study on dental, cortical, and trabecular bone samples from two adult individuals of known birth (1925 and 1926) and death dates (1995 and 1959). As expected, the dental results correspond to prebomb-curve values reflecting conditions during the childhoods of the individuals. The radiocarbon content of most bone samples reflected the higher modern bomb-curve values. Within the bone sample analyses, the values of the trabecular bone were higher than those of cortical bone and supported the known placement on the pre-1963 side of the bomb-curve.
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- Douglas H Ubelaker
- Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, MRC 112, Washington, DC 20560-0112, USA
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Carkeet C, Dueker SR, Lango J, Buchholz BA, Miller JW, Green R, Hammock BD, Roth JR, Anderson PJ. Human vitamin B12 absorption measurement by accelerator mass spectrometry using specifically labeled (14)C-cobalamin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:5694-9. [PMID: 16585531 PMCID: PMC1458635 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0601251103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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There is a need for an improved test of human ability to assimilate dietary vitamin B(12). Assaying and understanding absorption and uptake of B(12) is important because defects can lead to hematological and neurological complications. Accelerator mass spectrometry is uniquely suited for assessing absorption and kinetics of carbon-14 ((14)C)-labeled substances after oral ingestion because it is more sensitive than decay counting and can measure levels of (14)C in microliter volumes of biological samples with negligible exposure of subjects to radioactivity. The test we describe employs amounts of B(12) in the range of normal dietary intake. The B(12) used was quantitatively labeled with (14)C at one particular atom of the dimethylbenzimidazole (DMB) moiety by exploiting idiosyncrasies of Salmonella metabolism. To grow aerobically on ethanolamine, Salmonella enterica must be provided with either preformed B(12) or two of its precursors, cobinamide and DMB. When provided with (14)C-DMB specifically labeled in the C2 position, cells produced (14)C-B(12) of high specific activity (2.1 GBq/mmol, 58 mCi/mmol) (1 Ci = 37 GBq) and no detectable dilution of label from endogenous DMB synthesis. In a human kinetic study, a physiological dose (1.5 microg, 2.2 kBq/59 nCi) of purified (14)C-B(12) was administered and showed plasma appearance and clearance curves consistent with the predicted behavior of the pure vitamin. This method opens new avenues for study of B(12) assimilation.
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- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551-9900; and
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- Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817
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- Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA 95817
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- **Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-5270
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- **Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-5270
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Miller JW, Dueker SR, Carkeet C, Anderson P, Buchholz BA, Green R. Measurement of vitamin B12 absorption in a human subject using 14C‐B12. FASEB J 2006. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.a858-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Joshua W Miller
- Medical PathologyUniv of California, DavisUC Davis Medical Center4645 Second AveSacramentoCA95817
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- Diet and Human Performance LabUSDA Human Nutrition Research CenterBuilding 307B, Center Road, Room 235BeltsvilleMD20705
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- Center for Genetics and DevelopmentUniv of CaliforniaOne Shields AveDavisCA95616
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- Center for Accelerator Mass SpectrometryLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryPO Box 808, L397LivermoreCA94550
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- Medical PathologyUniv of California, DavisUC Davis Medical Center4645 Second AveSacramentoCA95817
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Kim S, de Moura Charlene C Ho FF, Chuang J, Haack KW, Ognibene TJ, Buchholz BA, Vogel JS, Clifford AJ. The reduction of carbon in analytical HPLC fractions to graphite for AMS. FASEB J 2006. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.4.a135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Seung‐Hyun Kim
- NutritionUniversity of California Davis3135 Meyer Hall, One Shields AvenueDavisCalifornia95616‐5270
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- NutritionUniversity of California Davis3135 Meyer Hall, One Shields AvenueDavisCalifornia95616‐5270
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- Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryCenter for Accelerator mass spectrometryCenter for Accelerator Mass SpectrometryLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermoreCalifornia94550
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- Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryCenter for Accelerator mass spectrometryCenter for Accelerator Mass SpectrometryLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermoreCalifornia94550
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- Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryCenter for Accelerator mass spectrometryCenter for Accelerator Mass SpectrometryLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermoreCalifornia94550
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- Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryCenter for Accelerator mass spectrometryCenter for Accelerator Mass SpectrometryLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermoreCalifornia94550
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- NutritionUniversity of California Davis3135 Meyer Hall, One Shields AvenueDavisCalifornia95616‐5270
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Establishing the age at death of individuals is an important step in their identification and can be done with high precision up to adolescence by analysis of dentition, but it is more difficult in adults. Here we show that the amount of radiocarbon present in tooth enamel as a result of nuclear bomb testing during 1955-63 is a remarkably accurate indicator of when a person was born. Age is determined to within 1.6 years, whereas the commonly used morphological evaluation of skeletal remains and tooth wear is sensitive to within 5-10 years in adults.
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- Kirsty L Spalding
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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Spalding KL, Bhardwaj RD, Buchholz BA, Druid H, Frisén J. Retrospective birth dating of cells in humans. Cell 2005; 122:133-43. [PMID: 16009139 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2005.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 385] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2005] [Revised: 03/11/2005] [Accepted: 04/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The generation of cells in the human body has been difficult to study, and our understanding of cell turnover is limited. Testing of nuclear weapons resulted in a dramatic global increase in the levels of the isotope 14C in the atmosphere, followed by an exponential decrease after 1963. We show that the level of 14C in genomic DNA closely parallels atmospheric levels and can be used to establish the time point when the DNA was synthesized and cells were born. We use this strategy to determine the age of cells in the cortex of the adult human brain and show that whereas nonneuronal cells are exchanged, occipital neurons are as old as the individual, supporting the view that postnatal neurogenesis does not take place in this region. Retrospective birth dating is a generally applicable strategy that can be used to measure cell turnover in man under physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Kirsty L Spalding
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is a mass spectrometric method for quantifying rare isotopes. It has had a great impact in geochronology and archaeology and is now being applied in biomedicine. AMS measures radioisotopes such as 3H, 14C, 26Al, 36Cl and 41Ca, with zepto- or attomole sensitivity and high precision and throughput, allowing safe human pharmacokinetic studies involving microgram doses, agents having low bioavailability or toxicology studies where administered doses must be kept low (<1 microg kg(-1)). It is used to study long-term pharmacokinetics, to identify biomolecular interactions, to determine chronic and low-dose effects or molecular targets of neurotoxic substances, to quantify transport across the blood-brain barrier and to resolve molecular turnover rates in the human brain on the time-scale of decades. We review here how AMS is applied in neurotoxicology and neuroscience.
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- Magnus Palmblad
- Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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Vegetables and fruits provide an array of microchemicals in the form of vitamins and secondary metabolites (phytochemicals) that may lower the risk of chronic disease. Tracing these phytochemicals at physiologic concentrations has been hindered by a lack of quantitative sensitivity for chemically equivalent tracers that could be used safely in healthy people. Accelerator mass spectrometry is a relatively new technique that provides the necessary sensitivity (in attomoles) and measurement precision (<3%) towards 14C-labeled phytochemicals for detailed kinetic studies in humans at dietary levels.
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- T Le Vuong
- Vitalea Science, Inc, Davis, California, USA
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