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Méndez V, Holland S, Bhardwaj S, McDonald J, Khan S, O'Carroll D, Pickford R, Richards S, O'Farrell C, Coleman N, Lee M, Manefield MJ. Aerobic biotransformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate by Dietzia aurantiaca J3 under sulfur-limiting conditions. Sci Total Environ 2022; 829:154587. [PMID: 35306084 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The polyfluorinated alkyl substance 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate (6:2 FTS) has been detected in diverse environments impacted by aqueous film-forming foams used for firefighting. In this study, a bacterial strain (J3) using 6:2 FTS as a sulfur source was isolated from landfill leachate previously exposed to polyfluoroalkyl substances in New South Wales, Australia. Strain J3 shares 99.9% similarity with the 16S rRNA gene of Dietzia aurantiaca CCUG 35676T. Genome sequencing yielded a draft genome sequence of 37 contigs with a G + C content of 69.7%. A gene cluster related to organic sulfur utilisation and assimilation was identified, that included an alkanesulfonate monooxygenase component B (ssuD), an alkanesulfonate permease protein (ssuC), an ABC transporter (ssuB), and an alkanesulfonate-binding protein (ssuA). Proteomic analyses comparing strain J3 cultures using sulfate and 6:2 FTS as sulfur source indicated that the ssu gene cluster was involved in 6:2 FTS biodegradation. Upregulated proteins included the SsuD monooxygenase, the SsuB transporter, the ABC transporter permease (SsuC), an alkanesulfonate-binding protein (SsuA), and a nitrilotriacetate monooxygenase component B. 6:2 Fluorotelomer carboxylic acid (6:2 FTCA) and 6:2 fluorotelomer unsaturated acid (6:2 FTUA) were detected as early degradation products in cultures (after 72 h) while 5:3 fluorotelomer acid (5:3 FTCA), perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) and perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA) were detected as later degradation products (after 168 h). This work provides biochemical and metabolic insights into 6:2 FTS biodegradation by the Actinobacterium D. aurantiaca J3, informing the fate of PFAS in the environment.
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- Valentina Méndez
- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Lee M, Liang G, Holland SI, O'Farrell C, Osborne K, Manefield MJ. Dehalobium species implicated in 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin dechlorination in the contaminated sediments of Sydney Harbour Estuary. Mar Pollut Bull 2022; 179:113690. [PMID: 35504213 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PCDD/F) are some of the most environmentally recalcitrant and toxic compounds. They occur naturally and as by-products of anthropogenic activity. Sydney Harbour Estuary (Sydney, Australia), is heavily contaminated with PCDD/F. Analysis of sediment cores revealed that the contamination source area in Homebush Bay continues to have one of the highest levels of PCDD/F contamination in the world (5207 pg WHO-TEQ g-1) with >50% of the toxicity attributed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD), the most toxic PCDD/F congener. Comparison of congener profiles at the contamination source area with surrounding bays and historical data provided evidence for the attenuation of 2,3,7,8-TCDD and other congeners at the source area. This finding was supported by the detection of di-, mono- and unchlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin. Microbial community analysis of sediments by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing revealed an abundance of lineages from the class Dehalococcoidia (up to 15% of the community), including the genus Dehalobium (up to 0.5%). Anaerobic seawater enrichment cultures using perchloroethene as more biologically available growth substrate enriched the Dehalobium population by more than six-fold. The enrichment culture then proved capable of reductively dechlorinating 2,3,7,8-TCDD to 2,3,7-TriCDD and octachlorodibenzo-p-dibenzodioxin (OCDD) to hepta and hexa congeners. This work is the first to show microbial reductive dehalogenation of 2,3,7,8-TCDD with a bacterium from outside the Dehalococcoides genus, and one of only a few that demonstrates PCDD/F dechlorination in a marine environment.
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- Matthew Lee
- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment, Lidcombe, NSW 2141, Australia
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- UNSW Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Echavarría M, Marcone DN, Querci M, Seoane A, Ypas M, Videla C, O'Farrell C, Vidaurreta S, Ekstrom J, Carballal G. Clinical impact of rapid molecular detection of respiratory pathogens in patients with acute respiratory infection. J Clin Virol 2018; 108:90-95. [PMID: 30267999 PMCID: PMC7172208 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2018.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Diagnosis with FilmArray-RP was associated with changes in medical management. Accurate and rapid diagnosis decreased antibiotic use and complementary studies, and improved oseltamivir use. The multiplex PCR respiratory panel permitted a high viral detection rate not only in children but in adults.
Background Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There is a need to demonstrate the clinical impact of using the new, rapid and sensitive molecular assays in prospectively designed studies. Objectives To study the impact on medical management of a rapid molecular assay in patients with respiratory infections. Study design A prospective, randomized, non-blinded study was performed in patients presenting to the Emergency Department during two respiratory seasons (2016–2017). Diagnosis was performed by FilmArray Respiratory Panel (FilmArray-RP) or by immunofluorescence assay (IFA). Results A total of 432 patients (156 children and 276 adults) were analyzed. Diagnosis with FilmArray-RP was associated with significant changes in medical management including withholding antibiotic prescriptions (OR:15.52, 95%CI:1.99–120.83 in adults and OR:12.23, 95%CI:1.56–96.09 in children), and reduction in complementary studies in children (OR:9.64, 95%CI:2.13–43.63) compared to IFA. Decrease in oseltamivir prescriptions was significantly higher in adults in the FilmArray-RP group (p = 0.042; OR:1.19, 95%CI:0.51-2.79) compared to adults managed with IFA. Diagnostic yield was significantly higher by FilmArray-RP (81%) than by IFA (31%)(p < 0.001). The median time from sample collection to reporting was 1 h 52 min by FilmArray-RP and 26 h by IFA (p < 0.001). Conclusions The high respiratory viruses’ detection rate and availability of results within two hours when using FilmArray-RP were associated with decreases in antibiotic prescriptions and complementary studies and more accurate use of oseltamivir.
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- M Echavarría
- Clinical Virology Unit, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC" - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas "CONICET", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina; Virology Laboratory, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC" - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas "CONICET", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina.
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- Clinical Virology Unit, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC" - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas "CONICET", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Infectious Diseases Section, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Emergency Department, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Emergency Department, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Virology Laboratory, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC" - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas "CONICET", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Clinical Virology Unit, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC" - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas "CONICET", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina; Instituto Universitario CEMIC, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Pediatric Department, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Pediatric Department, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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- Clinical Virology Unit, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "CEMIC" - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas "CONICET", Av. Galván 4102 (1431), Buenos Aires City, Argentina
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Gill LW, O'Farrell C. Solar oxidation and removal of arsenic--Key parameters for continuous flow applications. Water Res 2015; 86:46-57. [PMID: 26093797 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.010] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Solar oxidation to remove arsenic from water has previously been investigated as a batch process. This research has investigated the kinetic parameters for the design of a continuous flow solar reactor to remove arsenic from contaminated groundwater supplies. Continuous flow recirculated batch experiments were carried out under artificial UV light to investigate the effect of different parameters on arsenic removal efficiency. Inlet water arsenic concentrations of up to 1000 μg/L were reduced to below 10 μg/L requiring 12 mg/L iron after receiving 12 kJUV/L radiation. Citrate however was somewhat surprisingly found to promote a detrimental effect on the removal process in the continuous flow reactor studies which is contrary to results found in batch scale tests. The impact of other typical water groundwater quality parameters (phosphate and silica) on the process due to their competition with arsenic for photooxidation products revealed a much higher sensitivity to phosphate ions compared to silicate. Other results showed no benefit from the addition of TiO2 photocatalyst but enhanced arsenic removal at higher temperatures up to 40 °C. Overall, these results have indicated the kinetic envelope from which a continuous flow SORAS single pass system could be more confidently designed for a full-scale community groundwater application at a village level.
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- L W Gill
- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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- Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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O'Connor C, Reilly C, Kelly S, Leeney A, O'Farrell C, McGuire K, McKone E, Gallagher C. 213 Study evaluating the effect of weekends on activity and inflammatory markers in adult patients with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(12)60383-x] [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: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The ThinPrep test was introduced into our institution on a phased basis over 3 years between January 2002 and December 2004. This study set out to assess its effect on productivity (as measured by output of cases per medical scientist per day) during the changeover period. Numbers of high and low-grade lesions and of unsatisfactory slides were also monitored. METHODS The percentage conversion from conventional preparation to liquid-based cytology (LBC) and output of cases per medical scientist per day were calculated from our database at 6-month intervals. The average backlog, average number of cases received per month and percentage of unsatisfactory and abnormal cases were calculated similarly. RESULTS Over the study period 92 084 cases were received. The percentage of cases using ThinPrep increased: from 9% in January 2002 to 73% in December 2004. During the study there was an increase in output from 17.0 to 22.3 cases per medical scientist per day, representing a 31% improvement at 73% conversion. Numbers of unsatisfactory cases decreased substantially and the numbers of low and high-grade diagnoses were relatively constant. CONCLUSIONS The change to ThinPrep has improved productivity and decreased the number of unsatisfactory cases. There was no adverse effect on quality during the changeover.
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- B Doyle
- Department of Cytology, St Luke's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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Mutations in torsinA, a member of the AAA+ family of ATPases, are associated with early onset-dystonia. A closely related homologue, torsinB, has also been described but the significance of this second form is not clear. Here, we demonstrate that in transfected cells, torsinB has similar electrophoretic mobility to torsinA but is more basic consistent with predictions from the cDNA sequence. Like torsinA, torsinB is glycosylated and localized to PDI-positive structures in cells. However, torsinB unlike torsinA has a tendency to form intracellular inclusions when expressed at similar levels. We were able to confirm previous reports that torsinA is present in brainstem Lewy bodies, but we saw no torsinB-like immunoreactivity in the same structures. These results show that torsins A and B are similar proteins, although there are differences in the abundance of the two homologues and in their recruitment into Lewy bodies.
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- Casey O'Farrell
- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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Mutations in the parkin gene are common in early-onset and familial Parkinson's disease (PD), and the parkin protein interacts in the ubiquitin-proteasome system as an E3 ligase. However, the regulatory pathways that govern parkin expression are unknown. In this study, we showed that a phylogenetically conserved N-myc binding site in the bi-directional parkin promoter interacted with myc-family transcription factors in reporter assays, and N-myc bound to the parkin promoter in chromatin immunoprecipitation assays and repressed transcription activity. Parkin expression was inversely correlated with N-myc levels in the developing mouse and human brain, in human neuroblastoma cell lines with various levels of n-myc amplification, and in an inducible N-myc cell line. Although parkin and N-myc expression were dramatically altered upon retinoic acid-induced differentiation of a human neuroblastoma cell line, modulation of parkin expression did not significantly affect either rates of cellular proliferation or levels of cyclin E. Analysis of additional genes associated with familial PD revealed a shared basis of transcription regulation mediated by N-myc and the cell cycle. Our results, in combination with functional knowledge of the proteins encoded by these genes, suggest a common pathway linking together PD, the ubiquitin-proteasome system, and cell cycle control.
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- Andrew B West
- Morris K Udall Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.
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Cookson MR, Lockhart PJ, McLendon C, O'Farrell C, Schlossmacher M, Farrer MJ. RING finger 1 mutations in Parkin produce altered localization of the protein. Hum Mol Genet 2003; 12:2957-65. [PMID: 14519684 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The Parkin gene (PRKN) encodes an E3 protein-ubiquitin ligase for which loss of function is associated with autosomal-recessive juvenile (<20 years) and early-onset Parkinsonism (<45 years). Although detailed pathological reports are scarce, brains from patients with homozygous exonic deletions demonstrate neuronal loss in the substantia nigra, albeit without the Lewy body pathology characteristic of idiopathic Parkinson's disease. However, there are rare descriptions of more florid pathology, including Lewy bodies and tau positive astrocytes in individuals with compound heterozygous mutations. In the present study we examined whether PRKN point mutations, leading to amino acid substitutions, may alter the cellular distribution of the protein produced. Wild-type Parkin was homogeneously distributed throughout the cytoplasm with a small amount of protein in the nucleus after transfection into human embryonic kidney cells. Mutant isoforms with A82E, G328E and C431F amino acid substitutions were also normally distributed. However, two mutant isoforms, R256C and R275W, within RING finger 1 of the Parkin protein (238-293 amino acids), produced an unusual distribution of the protein, with large cytoplasmic and nuclear inclusions. We have replicated this observation in primary cultured neurons and demonstrate, by the accumulation/co-localization of cytoskeletal protein vimentin, that the inclusion bodies are aggresomes, a cellular response to misfolded protein.
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- Mark R Cookson
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Baptista MJ, O'Farrell C, Hardy J, Cookson MR. Microarray analysis reveals induction of heat shock proteins mRNAs by the torsion dystonia protein, TorsinA. Neurosci Lett 2003; 343:5-8. [PMID: 12749984 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00302-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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An in-frame deletion (Delta E302/303) in the TorsinA gene has been demonstrated to be responsible for primary torsion dystonia, showing dominant inheritance with reduced penetrance. The Delta E302/303 torsinA mutation forms intracellular ER derived inclusions in a variety of cultured cells, which may suggest that the mutations might evoke ER stress. We used microarray analysis of human derived cell lines expressing the Delta E302/303 torsinA mutation in order to reveal alterations in gene expression in the hope of identifying genetic modifying loci or novel markers for disease pathogenesis. We identified transcriptional changes in multiple members of the heat shock protein family of genes, confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, which could be indicative of ER stress. However, both wild type and mutant torsinA were affected to a similar extent, suggesting that this is not related to either disease state or the formation of ER-derived inclusions.
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- Melisa J Baptista
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 10, Room 6C103, MSC1589, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Baptista MJ, O'Farrell C, Daya S, Ahmad R, Miller DW, Hardy J, Farrer MJ, Cookson MR. Co-ordinate transcriptional regulation of dopamine synthesis genes by alpha-synuclein in human neuroblastoma cell lines. J Neurochem 2003; 85:957-68. [PMID: 12716427 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01742.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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: 12/21/2022]
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Abnormal accumulation of alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies is a neuropathological hallmark of both sporadic and familial Parkinson's disease (PD). Although mutations in alpha-synuclein have been identified in autosomal dominant PD, the mechanism by which dopaminergic cell death occurs remains unknown. We investigated transcriptional changes in neuroblastoma cell lines transfected with either normal or mutant (A30P or A53T) alpha-synuclein using microarrays, with confirmation of selected genes by quantitative RT-PCR. Gene products whose expression was found to be significantly altered included members of diverse functional groups such as stress response, transcription regulators, apoptosis-inducing molecules, transcription factors and membrane-bound proteins. We also found evidence of altered expression of dihydropteridine reductase, which indirectly regulates the synthesis of dopamine. Because of the importance of dopamine in PD, we investigated the expression of all the known genes in dopamine synthesis. We found co-ordinated downregulation of mRNA for GTP cyclohydrolase, sepiapterin reductase (SR), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and aromatic acid decarboxylase by wild-type but not mutant alpha-synuclein. These were confirmed at the protein level for SR and TH. Reduced expression of the orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 was also noted, suggesting that the co-ordinate regulation of dopamine synthesis is regulated through this transcription factor.
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- Melisa J Baptista
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging/NIH, Building 10 Room 6C103, MSC 1589, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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West AB, Gonzalez-de-Chavez F, Wilkes K, O'Farrell C, Farrer MJ. Parkin is not regulated by the unfolded protein response in human neuroblastoma cells. Neurosci Lett 2003; 341:139-42. [PMID: 12686385 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(03)00188-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mutations in the parkin gene cause the majority of cases of familial-linked Parkinson's disease, and mounting evidence suggests that parkin may play a role in idiopathic disease. Previous reports suggest that parkin may respond to and relieve, via E3-ligase activity, cellular stress at the endoplasmic reticulum caused by the accumulation of unfolded proteins. However, parkin's relationship to the mammalian unfolded protein response is unclear. Here, we comprehensively evaluate endogenous parkin in SH-SY5Y neuroblastomas at the promoter, RNA, and protein levels in response to unfolded protein stress induced by tunicamycin. While we find strong up-regulation of genes linked to the unfolded protein stress pathway, we detect no significant changes in parkin. These data suggest a lack of association between parkin and the unfolded protein response in SH-SY5Y cells.
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- Andrew B West
- Program for Molecular Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 32224, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Petrucelli L, O'Farrell C, Lockhart PJ, Baptista M, Kehoe K, Vink L, Choi P, Wolozin B, Farrer M, Hardy J, Cookson MR. Parkin protects against the toxicity associated with mutant alpha-synuclein: proteasome dysfunction selectively affects catecholaminergic neurons. Neuron 2002; 36:1007-19. [PMID: 12495618 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)01125-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 430] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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One hypothesis for the etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is that subsets of neurons are vulnerable to a failure in proteasome-mediated protein turnover. Here we show that overexpression of mutant alpha-synuclein increases sensitivity to proteasome inhibitors by decreasing proteasome function. Overexpression of parkin decreases sensitivity to proteasome inhibitors in a manner dependent on parkin's ubiquitin-protein E3 ligase activity, and antisense knockdown of parkin increases sensitivity to proteasome inhibitors. Mutant alpha-synuclein also causes selective toxicity to catecholaminergic neurons in primary midbrain cultures, an effect that can be mimicked by the application of proteasome inhibitors. Parkin is capable of rescuing the toxic effects of mutant alpha-synuclein or proteasome inhibition in these cells. Therefore, parkin and alpha-synuclein are linked by common effects on a pathway associated with selective cell death in catecholaminergic neurons.
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- Leonard Petrucelli
- Neurogenetics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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Two mutations in torsinA have been identified to date, both of which are associated with an autosomal dominant form of early onset-dystonia. It has been reported previously that expression of the more common mutation, a deletion of one of a pair of glutamates (deltaE302/303) produces intracellular, endoplasmic reticulum-derived inclusions in cultured cells. In this study we have replicated these previous results and have additionally looked at the localization of the more recently described deltaF323-Y328 mutation. We show that the localization of this latter mutation is similar to wild type torsinA and unlike the deltaE302/303 mutation. This data suggests that the formation of intracellular inclusions is specific to deltaE302/303 and not a property shared by deltaF323-Y328.
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- Casey O'Farrell
- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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Synphilin-1 has been shown to interact with alpha-synuclein, which in turn is associated with Parkinson's disease. However, the function of synphilin-1 is unknown. We have cloned mouse synphilin in an attempt to describe conserved and therefore likely functional domains. The deduced amino acid sequence of the protein shows extensive homology with its human counterpart, with greatest similarities in those regions that contain ankyrin-like motifs and the coiled-coil domain. Expression of mouse synphilin-1 across tissues is similar to its human counterpart and not limited to brain. The results show that the synphilin-1 sequence and expression patterns are conserved across species.
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- Casey O'Farrell
- Neurogenetics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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O'Farrell C, Murphy DD, Petrucelli L, Singleton AB, Hussey J, Farrer M, Hardy J, Dickson DW, Cookson MR. Transfected synphilin-1 forms cytoplasmic inclusions in HEK293 cells. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 2001; 97:94-102. [PMID: 11744167 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(01)00292-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The discovery of mutations in the gene for alpha-synuclein in familial Parkinson's disease (PD) has led to an increased interest in this pre-synaptic protein. Synphilin-1, a potential synuclein-binding protein, was cloned using yeast two-hybrid assays. The function of synphilin-1 is currently unknown, although it has been reported to be present along with alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies in PD. In the present study, we monitored synphilin-1 aggregation directly using fusion proteins of synphilin-1 and green fluorescent protein (EGFP). Transfection of synphilin-EGFP fusion proteins formed cytoplasmic inclusions in HEK293 cells. Although these inclusions overlapped with the distribution of alpha-synuclein, they were unlike Lewy bodies in that they were not eosinophilic, and instead were membrane-bound, lipid-rich cytoplasmic inclusions.
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- C O'Farrell
- Neurogenetics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
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Clarke R, Fitzgerald D, O'Brien C, O'Farrell C, Roche G, Parker RA, Graham I. Hyperhomocysteinaemia: a risk factor for extracranial carotid artery atherosclerosis. Ir J Med Sci 1992; 161:61-5. [PMID: 1517057 DOI: 10.1007/bf02983714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hyperhomocysteinemia arising from impaired methionine metabolism, and usually due to a deficiency of cystathionine beta-synthase is a significant and independent risk factor for symptomatic vascular disease. It is not known if hyperhomocysteinemia in apparently healthy asymptomatic subjects is associated with atherosclerosis and whether such a relationship is independent of conventional risk factors. The prevalence of asymptomatic extracranial carotid artery atherosclerosis was determined by duplex ultrasound examination in 25 obligate heterozygotes with respect for cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency (whose children were known to be homozygous for this genetic defect) and in 21 controls. Hyperhomocysteinemia was determined by a standard methionine-loading test and conventional risk factors were also recorded. Twelve of 25 obligate heterozygotes and 8 of 21 normal controls had evidence of extracranial carotid artery atherosclerosis. Hyperhomocysteinemia as a genetic trait was not a significant risk marker, but the actual homocysteine level was associated with an increased risk of carotid disease. After adjustment for the effects of other significant risk factors, the odds ratio of hyperhomocysteinemia for carotid disease was 1.038 per unit increase in homocysteine level (P = 0.03). Hyperhomocysteinemia is a weak risk factor for asymptomatic extracranial carotid atherosclerosis and the relative risk associated with this genetic trait is less than that observed in a study of patients presenting with clinical manifestations of vascular disease.
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- R Clarke
- Department of Cardiology, Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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