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Bajic M, Ravishankar S, Sheth M, Rowe LA, Pacheco MA, Patel DS, Batra D, Loparev V, Olsen C, Escalante AA, Vannberg F, Udhayakumar V, Barnwell JW, Talundzic E. The first complete genome of the simian malaria parasite Plasmodium brasilianum. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19802. [PMID: 36396703 PMCID: PMC9671904 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20706-6] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Naturally occurring human infections by zoonotic Plasmodium species have been documented for P. knowlesi, P. cynomolgi, P. simium, P. simiovale, P. inui, P. inui-like, P. coatneyi, and P. brasilianum. Accurate detection of each species is complicated by their morphological similarities with other Plasmodium species. PCR-based assays offer a solution but require prior knowledge of adequate genomic targets that can distinguish the species. While whole genomes have been published for P. knowlesi, P. cynomolgi, P. simium, and P. inui, no complete genome for P. brasilianum has been available. Previously, we reported a draft genome for P. brasilianum, and here we report the completed genome for P. brasilianum. The genome is 31.4 Mb in size and comprises 14 chromosomes, the mitochondrial genome, the apicoplast genome, and 29 unplaced contigs. The chromosomes consist of 98.4% nucleotide sites that are identical to the P. malariae genome, the closest evolutionarily related species hypothesized to be the same species as P. brasilianum, with 41,125 non-synonymous SNPs (0.0722% of genome) identified between the two genomes. Furthermore, P. brasilianum had 4864 (82.1%) genes that share 80% or higher sequence similarity with 4970 (75.5%) P. malariae genes. This was demonstrated by the nearly identical genomic organization and multiple sequence alignments for the merozoite surface proteins msp3 and msp7. We observed a distinction in the repeat lengths of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) gene sequences between P. brasilianum and P. malariae. Our results demonstrate a 97.3% pairwise identity between the P. brasilianum and the P. malariae genomes. These findings highlight the phylogenetic proximity of these two species, suggesting that P. malariae and P. brasilianum are strains of the same species, but this could not be fully evaluated with only a single genomic sequence for each species.
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- Marko Bajic
- grid.422961.a0000 0001 0029 6188Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, MD USA ,grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA ,grid.265219.b0000 0001 2217 8588Virus Characterization Isolation Production and Sequencing Core, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA USA
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- grid.264727.20000 0001 2248 3398Biology Department/Institute of Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (iGEM), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.264727.20000 0001 2248 3398Biology Department/Institute of Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine (iGEM), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- grid.213917.f0000 0001 2097 4943Center for Integrative Genomics at Georgia Tech, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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- grid.416738.f0000 0001 2163 0069Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
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Escalante AA, Ferreira MU, Vinetz JM, Volkman SK, Cui L, Gamboa D, Krogstad DJ, Barry AE, Carlton JM, van Eijk AM, Pradhan K, Mueller I, Greenhouse B, Andreina Pacheco M, Vallejo AF, Herrera S, Felger I. Malaria Molecular Epidemiology: Lessons from the International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research Network. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2015; 93:79-86. [PMID: 26259945 PMCID: PMC4574277 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Molecular epidemiology leverages genetic information to study the risk factors that affect the frequency and distribution of malaria cases. This article describes molecular epidemiologic investigations currently being carried out by the International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) network in a variety of malaria-endemic settings. First, we discuss various novel approaches to understand malaria incidence and gametocytemia, focusing on Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax. Second, we describe and compare different parasite genotyping methods commonly used in malaria epidemiology and population genetics. Finally, we discuss potential applications of molecular epidemiological tools and methods toward malaria control and elimination efforts.
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- Ananias A. Escalante
- *Address correspondence to Ananias A. Escalante, Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, SERC Building, 1925 N. 12th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122-1801, E-mail: or Marcelo U. Ferreira, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 1374 - Edifício Biomédicas II, São Paulo, Brazil CEP CEP 05508-900, E-mail: or Ingrid Felger, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4002 Basel, Switzerland, E-mail:
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- *Address correspondence to Ananias A. Escalante, Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, SERC Building, 1925 N. 12th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122-1801, E-mail: or Marcelo U. Ferreira, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 1374 - Edifício Biomédicas II, São Paulo, Brazil CEP CEP 05508-900, E-mail: or Ingrid Felger, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4002 Basel, Switzerland, E-mail:
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- *Address correspondence to Ananias A. Escalante, Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, SERC Building, 1925 N. 12th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122-1801, E-mail: or Marcelo U. Ferreira, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 1374 - Edifício Biomédicas II, São Paulo, Brazil CEP CEP 05508-900, E-mail: or Ingrid Felger, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, 4002 Basel, Switzerland, E-mail:
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Wecker L, Pollock VV, Pacheco MA, Pastoor T. Nicotine-induced up regulation of α4β2 neuronal nicotinic receptors is mediated by the protein kinase C-dependent phosphorylation of α4 subunits. Neuroscience 2010; 171:12-22. [PMID: 20837109 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2010] [Revised: 08/11/2010] [Accepted: 09/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sustained exposure to nicotine is well known to increase the cell surface density of α4β2* neuronal nicotinic receptors both in vivo and in vitro, but the cellular mechanisms mediating this effect are equivocal. Using a pharmacological approach to investigate the effects of nicotine on receptor subunit expression and phosphorylation in SH-EP1 cells expressing human α4 and β2 nicotinic receptor subunits, we have demonstrated that incubation with nicotine for 24 h increased the expression of immature and mature forms of both α4 and β2 subunits in a concentration-dependent manner, and that inhibition of protein kinase C (PKC), but not cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) inhibited the nicotine-induced increased expression of subunits. Incubation of cells with nicotine for 24 h also increased the phosphorylation of immature forms of α4 subunits similar to that induced by activation of either PKC or PKA. When cells were preincubated with nicotine, the PKC-mediated increased phosphorylation was inhibited; the PKA-mediated phosphorylation was unaltered. The phosphopeptide maps for immature α4 subunits following nicotine exposure or PKC activation were identical, and phosphoamino acid analyses indicated phosphorylation on serine residues only. Results indicate that nicotine-induced up regulation of α4β2 neuronal nicotinic receptors involves a PKC-dependent mechanism and likely reflects the ability of nicotine to activate PKC, leading to the phosphorylation of immature α4 subunits, promoting subunit assembly and receptor maturation. Because up regulation of these receptors has been implicated to mediate tolerance, locomotor sensitization and addiction to nicotine, results identify a potential new target for modulating the effects of nicotine on the brain.
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- L Wecker
- Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA.
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Krief S, Escalante AA, Pacheco MA, Mugisha L, André C, Halbwax M, Fischer A, Krief JM, Kasenene JM, Crandfield M, Cornejo OE, Chavatte JM, Lin C, Letourneur F, Grüner AC, McCutchan TF, Rénia L, Snounou G. On the diversity of malaria parasites in African apes and the origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos. PLoS Pathog 2010; 6:e1000765. [PMID: 20169187 PMCID: PMC2820532 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the etiological agent of the most dangerous forms of human malaria, remains controversial. Although investigations of homologous parasites in African Apes are crucial to resolve this issue, studies have been restricted to a chimpanzee parasite related to P. falciparum, P. reichenowi, for which a single isolate was available until very recently. Using PCR amplification, we detected Plasmodium parasites in blood samples from 18 of 91 individuals of the genus Pan, including six chimpanzees (three Pan troglodytes troglodytes, three Pan t. schweinfurthii) and twelve bonobos (Pan paniscus). We obtained sequences of the parasites' mitochondrial genomes and/or from two nuclear genes from 14 samples. In addition to P. reichenowi, three other hitherto unknown lineages were found in the chimpanzees. One is related to P. vivax and two to P. falciparum that are likely to belong to distinct species. In the bonobos we found P. falciparum parasites whose mitochondrial genomes indicated that they were distinct from those present in humans, and another parasite lineage related to P. malariae. Phylogenetic analyses based on this diverse set of Plasmodium parasites in African Apes shed new light on the evolutionary history of P. falciparum. The data suggested that P. falciparum did not originate from P. reichenowi of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), but rather evolved in bonobos (Pan paniscus), from which it subsequently colonized humans by a host-switch. Finally, our data and that of others indicated that chimpanzees and bonobos maintain malaria parasites, to which humans are susceptible, a factor of some relevance to the renewed efforts to eradicate malaria. Chimpanzees and gorillas are known to have malaria parasites (genus Plasmodium) similar to those that infect humans. It is likely that detailed molecular studies of these parasites will help understand important aspects of the malaria disease and of immune defences in humans, and could then guide the development of novel control measures. However, few studies of parasites in African Apes have been conducted to date. Here we present the results of a survey of malaria parasites in chimpanzees and bonobos, our closest relatives. In chimpanzees, we identified two new parasite species closely related to P. falciparum, the most dangerous of the parasites in humans. We also found that bonobos harbour malaria parasites including P. falciparum. Phylogenetic analyses of these parasites strongly suggested that P. falciparum evolved in bonobos, and that it was introduced into humans from bonobos at a later date. Overall, our findings have substantially altered our perception of the origin of malaria parasites in humans.
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- Sabrina Krief
- UMR 7206-USM 104, Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
- * E-mail: (AAE); or (GS)
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- Chimpanzee Sanctuary & Wildlife Conservation Trust (CSWCT), Entebbe, Uganda
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- Lola Ya Bonobo Bonobo Sanctuary, “Petites Chutes de la Lukaya”, Kimwenza–Mont Ngafula, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Botany, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Makerere University Biological Field Station, Fort Portal, Uganda
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- Research and Conservation Program, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Emory University, Program in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- USM0307, Parasitologie Comparée et Modèles Expérimentaux, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunobiology, Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore
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- Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France; INSERM U567, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunobiology, Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore
- Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France; INSERM U567, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Malaria Immunobiology, Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore
- Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France; INSERM U567, Paris, France
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- USM0307, Parasitologie Comparée et Modèles Expérimentaux, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Laboratory of Malaria Immunobiology, Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), Biopolis, Singapore
- INSERM UMR S 945, Paris, France
- Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- * E-mail: (AAE); or (GS)
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Pacheco MA, Poe AC, Collins WE, Lal AA, Tanabe K, Kariuki SK, Udhayakumar V, Escalante. AA. A comparative study of the genetic diversity of the 42kDa fragment of the merozoite surface protein 1 in Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax. Infect Genet Evol 2006; 7:180-7. [PMID: 17010678 PMCID: PMC1853303 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2006.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [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] [Received: 05/12/2006] [Revised: 08/22/2006] [Accepted: 08/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We investigated the genetic diversity of the 42kDa fragment of the merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) antigen in Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, as well as in non-human primate malarial parasites. This fragment undergoes a proteolytic cleavage generating two fragments of 19kDa (MSP-1(19)) and 33kDa (MSP-1(33)) that are critical in erythrocyte invasion. We found that overall the MSP-1(33) fragment exhibits greater genetic diversity than the MSP-1(19) regardless of the species. We have found evidence for positive natural selection only in the human malaria parasites by comparing the rate of non-synonymous versus synonymous substitutions. In addition, we found clear differences between the two major human malaria parasites. In the case of P. falciparum, positive natural selection is acting on the MSP-1(19) region while the MSP-1(33) is neutral or under purifying selection. The opposite pattern was observed in P. vivax. Our results suggest different roles of this antigen in the host-parasite immune interaction in each of the major human malarial parasites.
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- Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, Georgia
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- Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, Georgia
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- Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, Georgia
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- International Research Center of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Center for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
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- Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, Georgia
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- *Corresponding Author: Ananias A. Escalante, PhD School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University P. O. Box 874501, Tempe, Arizona 85287-4501 Phone: 1-480-9653739, Fax: 1-480-965-6899 E-mail:
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Sepúlveda RR, Pacheco MA, Cruz CA, Hernández J, Coyoli O, Herrejón JM, Toledo RC, Santini A, Martínez A, González SA, Sánchez A, Labastida L. [Determination of colonic transit time in healthy subjects in Mexico City. Prospective study]. Rev Gastroenterol Mex 2005; 70:387-92. [PMID: 17058976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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UNLABELLED Colonic transit time (CTT) is determined by multiple factors; currently, normal values for the Mexican population are not available. In order to get an estimate one must look at the values reported in the international literature, but cultural, ethnical, nutritional and economic differences may lead to different values. OBJECTIVE To determine the normal values of colonic transit time in healthy people in Mexico City by the use of radiopaque markers. PATIENTS AND METHODS Prospective, longitudinal and observational study, which included healthy patients ranging from 18 to 60 years old; excluding pregnant women. The whole group of patients was given before breakfast a gelatin capsule which had 20 radiopaque markers inside -the markers were each 2mm long, and were made by the researcher-. After that, they were taken a simple abdominal X-ray film every 24 hours until they totally eliminated the markers. Their eating and defecation habits were evaluated and also the total amount of liquid they consumed. Inferential statistics were used; data was validated with both parametric and non-parametric tests, considering a significance of p < 0.05. RESULTS A hundred patients were included in the sample in which 48% were female and 52% male, they were divided in three groups: group A (31%)from 18 to 25 years, group B (37%)from 26 to 40 and group C (32%)from 41 to 60 years; there were no important differences in their water consumption, which was in average of 1.87 lts. in 24 hours; also, there were no considerable differences regarding to their meat, vegetables and fruits' consumption, which was in average of 4.4 times a week; the whole group eliminated the markers according to X-rays which was in 54% after 72 hrs, 45% after 48 hrs and 1% after 24 hrs. We can observe an increase of the CTT related to age: in group C 94% eliminated the markers after 72 hrs and there was no significant difference (statistically) with regards to the other groups. A tendency of an increase of CTT with regards to age was observed: in group A, 80% eliminated the markers after 48 hrs, in group B 49% eliminated them after 48 hrs and 51% after 72 hrs and, in group C, 94% eliminated them after 72 hrs without any statistically significant differences among the study groups. CONCLUSION The CTT in healthy patients is in a 100% of the cases studied lower or equal to 72 hrs with a tendency to increase in relation to age.
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- Rogelio Ricardo Sepúlveda
- Servicio de Coloproctología, Hospital Regional Lic. Adolfo López Mateos, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales para los Trabajadores del Estado, México, D.F.
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These studies characterized human alpha4beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptors stably expressed in a human epithelial cell line (SH-EP1). Receptors in transfected SH-EPI-halpha4beta2 cells were functional, as determined by increases in intracellular Ca2+ in response to a nicotine stimulus. Nicotine increased Fura-2 fluorescence in a concentration-dependent manner with an apparent EC50 of 2.4 microM, a response that was blocked by the specific antagonist mecamylamine. When cells were incubated in 50 nM nicotine for 24 hours, the Ca2+ response inactivated by 44%, an effect that recovered within 24 hours. SH-EP1-halpha4beta2 cells expressed a single class of high affinity binding sites for [3H]cytisine with a Kd of 0.63 +/- 0.08 nM and a Bmax of 6,797 +/- 732 femtomoles/mg protein. Incubation of cells with 50 nM nicotine for 24 hours increased the Bmax by 45% without changing affinity, a concentration-dependent effect with an EC50, of 58.6 nM. The nicotine-induced up regulation was reversible, and control values were achieved within 24 hours. Results indicate that SH-EPI-halpha4beta2 cells may be a good model system to study regulation of human alpha4beta2 receptors, the most abundant nicotinic receptor subtype in brain.
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- M A Pacheco
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa 33612-4799, USA
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This work investigates the application of variable length representation (VLR) evolutionary algorithms (EAs) in the field of Evolutionary Electronics. We propose a number of VLR methodologies that can cope with the main issues of variable length evolutionary systems. These issues include the search for efficient ways of sampling a genome space with varying dimensionalities, the task of balancing accuracy and parsimony of the solutions, and the manipulation of non-coding segments. We compare the performance of three proposed VLR approaches to sample the genome space: Increasing Length Genotypes, Oscillating Length Genotypes, and Uniformly Distributed Initial Population strategies. The advantages of reusing genetic material to replace non-coding segments are also emphasized in this work. It is shown, through examples in both analog and digital electronics, that the variable length genotype's representation is natural to this particular domain of application. A brief discussion on biological genome evolution is also provided.
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- R S Zebulum
- CCNR, Biology School, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
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Pacheco MA, Jope RS. Modulation of carbachol-stimulated AP-1 DNA binding activity by therapeutic agents for bipolar disorder in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 1999; 72:138-46. [PMID: 10529472 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00215-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lithium, carbamazepine and sodium valproate are mood stabilizers used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, and although their mechanisms of action remain unknown, signal transduction systems and the associated modulation of gene expression may constitute significant actions. We examined if acute or chronic treatments with these agents modulated the activation of the AP-1 transcription factor or the increased intracellular calcium levels in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells caused by stimulation with carbachol. AP-1 activation stimulated by carbachol was reduced by pretreatment for 1 h, 24 h or 7 days with 1 mM lithium by 15%, 37%, and 60%, respectively, and with 0.05 mM carbamazepine by 3%, 21%, and 46%, respectively, but not by pretreatment with 0.5 mM sodium valproate. AP-1 DNA binding activity stimulated by carbachol or by phorbol ester-induced activation of protein kinase C was inhibited by the protein kinase C inhibitor Ro31-8220, but phorbol ester-stimulated AP-1 activation was unaltered by 7-day pretreatments with lithium or carbamazepine. Activation of AP-1 by carbachol was dependent on calcium, as it was inhibited by treatment with the extracellular calcium chelator EGTA, the intracellular calcium chelator BAPTA-AM, and the calcium/calmodulin kinase II inhibitor KN62. Pretreatment for 7 days with lithium or carbamazepine had no significant effect on carbachol-stimulated increases in intracellular calcium levels, but reduced the stimulation of AP-1 by the calcium ionophore ionomycin by 30% to 40%. Thus, chronic treatment with the antibipolar agents lithium and carbamazepine attenuates carbachol-stimulated AP-1 DNA binding activity, and these agents preferentially inhibit signaling cascades activated by the calcium rather than the protein kinase C arm of the phosphoinositide signaling pathway.
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- M A Pacheco
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1057 Sparks Center, Birmingham, AL 35294-0017, USA
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Jope RS, Song L, Grimes CA, Pacheco MA, Dilley GE, Li X, Meltzer HY, Overholser JC, Stockmeier CA. Selective increases in phosphoinositide signaling activity and G protein levels in postmortem brain from subjects with schizophrenia or alcohol dependence. J Neurochem 1998; 70:763-71. [PMID: 9453572 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70020763.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Comparisons of the activity of the G protein-mediated phosphoinositide signal transduction system and of G protein levels were made in two regions of frontal cortex from eight schizophrenic, alcohol-dependent, and control subjects. G protein-mediated phosphoinositide hydrolysis was measured by stimulating cortical membranes incubated with [3H]phosphatidylinositol with 0.3-10 microM guanosine 5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate (GTPgammaS). In frontal cortex areas 8/9, GTPgammaS-induced phosphoinositide hydrolysis was 50% greater in schizophrenic than control or alcohol-dependent subjects, whereas there were no differences among these groups of subjects in the response to GTPgammaS in frontal cortex area 10. Agonists for dopaminergic, cholinergic, purinergic, serotonergic, histaminergic, and glutamatergic receptors coupled to the phosphoinositide signaling system increased [3H]phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis in a GTPgammaS-dependent manner. Responses to most agonists were similar in all three subject groups in both cortical regions, with the largest difference being a 40% greater response to dopaminergic receptor stimulation in frontal cortex 8/9 from schizophrenic subjects. Measurements of the levels of phospholipase C-beta, and of alpha-subunits of Gq, Go, Gi1, Gi2, and Gs, made by immunoblot analyses revealed no differences among the groups of subjects except for increased G alpha(o) in schizophrenic subjects and increased G alpha(o) and G alpha(i1) in alcohol-dependent subjects. These results demonstrate that schizophrenia is associated with increased activity of the phosphoinositide signal transduction system and increased levels of G alpha(o), whereas the phosphoinositide system was unaltered in alcohol dependence, but G alpha(o) and G alpha(i1) were increased.
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- R S Jope
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0017, USA
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1. Aminoalkylindoles, typified by WIN 55212-2, bind to G protein-coupled cannabinoid receptors in brain. Although cannabinoids inhibit adenylyl cyclase in NG108-15 neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid cells, cannabinoid receptor binding in these cells has not been described previously. This study compares pharmacological characteristics of [3H]WIN 55212-2 binding sites in rat cerebellar membranes and in NG108-15 membranes. 2. Although the KD of specified [3H]WIN 55212-2 binding was similar in brain and NG108-15 membranes, the Bmax was 10 times lower in NG108-15 than in cerebellar membranes. In both brain and NG108-15 membranes, aminoalkylindole analogues were relatively potent in displacing [3H]WIN 55212-2 binding. However, IC50 values for more traditional cannabinoids were significantly higher in NG108-15 membranes than in brain, e.g., the Ki values for CP55,940 were 1.2 nM in brain and > 5000nM in NG108-15 membranes. Moreover, sodium and GTP-gamma-S decreased [3H]WIN 55212-2 binding in brain but not in NG108-15 membranes. 3. These data suggest that WIN 55212-2 does not label traditional cannabinoid receptors in NG108-15 cells and that these novel aminoalkylindole binding sites are not coupled to G proteins.
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- S Stark
- Neuroscience Program, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA
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Pacheco MA, Jope RS. Comparison of [3H]phosphatidylinositol and [3H]phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis in postmortem human brain membranes and characterization of stimulation by dopamine D1 receptors. J Neurochem 1997; 69:639-44. [PMID: 9231722 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69020639.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Assessing the function of the phosphoinositide signal transduction system in membranes prepared from postmortem human brain by measuring the hydrolysis of exogenous labeled phosphoinositides has been applied to studies of a variety of CNS disorders in recent years. Two issues concerning such studies were addressed in the current investigation: how do [3H]phosphatidylinositol and [3H]phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate compare as substrates, and how do dopamine D1 receptors influence phosphoinositide signaling? Comparisons of [3H]phosphatidylinositol and [3H] phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolysis stimulated by guanosine-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate)-activated G proteins and by several receptor agonists demonstrated that in most cases each substrate gave similar relative results in membranes prepared from prefrontal cortices of six individuals. However, using optimal assay conditions, [3H]phosphatidylinositol produced a greater signal-to-noise ratio compared with [3H] phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Dopamine D1 receptors were demonstrated to be directly coupled to phosphoinositide hydrolysis in human brain membranes, and this response was shown to be mediated by the G(q/11) G protein subtype and by the beta-subtype of phospholipase C. Therefore, these results demonstrate that [3H]phosphatidylinositol is a suitable substrate to measure phosphoinositide hydrolysis in human brain membranes and that dopamine D1 receptors directly stimulate this signaling system.
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- M A Pacheco
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0017, USA
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The phosphoinositide signal transduction system constitutes one of the primary means for intercellular communication in the central nervous system, but only recently has this system been studied in human brain. Although some investigations have studied phosphoinositide signaling in slices from biopsied human brain, due to the limited access to such material a greater number of studies have utilized membranes prepared from postmortem human brain. With membranes exposed to exogenous labeled phosphoinositides, activation of phospholipase C with calcium, with G-proteins stimulated by GTP gamma S or NaF, or with several receptor agonists, have demonstrated that all of the components of the phosphoinositide system are retained in human brain membranes and are responsive to appropriate stimuli. Investigators have begun to examine the effects of neurological (Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease) and psychiatric (schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar affective disorder) diseases on the activity of the phosphoinositide system. Alzheimer's disease has been studied to the greatest extent and a severe deficit in phosphoinositide signaling has been identified in most studies. In addition, brain regionally selective deficits in G-protein function associated with phosphoinositide signaling have been reported in subjects with major depression or with bipolar affective disorder, and in the latter an ameliorative effect of the therapeutic drug lithium was identified. Although significant progress has been achieved in studying the phosphoinositide system in human brain, many issues remaining to be addressed are discussed in this review. With carefully controlled studies, it appears that much will be learned in the near future about the phosphoinositide signal transduction system in human brain and the effects of a variety of disorders on its function.
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- M A Pacheco
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-0017, USA
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Pacheco MA, Stockmeier C, Meltzer HY, Overholser JC, Dilley GE, Jope RS. Alterations in phosphoinositide signaling and G-protein levels in depressed suicide brain. Brain Res 1996; 723:37-45. [PMID: 8813380 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00207-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [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: 02/02/2023]
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The function of the phosphoinositide signal transduction system and the levels of heterotrimeric G-protein alpha-subunits were examined in postmortem prefrontal cortex regions (8/9) and region (10) from suicide victims with major depression and matched control subjects without psychiatric illness. The hydrolysis of [3H]phosphatidylinositol (PI) stimulated by phospholipase C, GTP-gamma-S, NaF, and neurotransmitter receptor agonists was measured in membrane preparations from both groups. Phospholipase C-beta activity was similar in depressed suicide and control subjects in the two regions of prefrontal cortex. In prefrontal cortex (10), but not in (8/9), the GTP-gamma-S concentration-dependent stimulation of [3H]PI hydrolysis was significantly lower (30%) in the depressed suicide group compared to the control group. Receptor-coupled, G-protein-mediated [3H]PI hydrolysis induced with carbachol, histamine, trans-1-aminocyclopentyl-1, 3-dicarboxylic acid (ACPD, a glutamatergic metabotropic receptor agonist), serotonin, or 2-methylthio-adenosine triphosphate (2mATP, a purinergic receptor agonist) in the presence of GTP-gamma-S stimulated equivalent responses in the two groups of subjects in each brain region. In prefrontal cortex (10) there was a 68% increase in the level of the 45 kDa subtype of G alpha s and in prefrontal cortex (8/9) there was a significant decrease (21%) in the level of G alpha i2 in the depressed suicide group compared to the control group. Levels of other heterotrimeric G-protein alpha-subunits (G alpha q/11, G alpha i1, and G alpha o) were not different in depressed suicide and control subjects in either brain region. Moreover, there were no differences in the levels of phospholipase C-beta or protein kinase C-alpha in the two groups of subjects in either brain region examined. These results demonstrate that in the prefrontal cortex of suicide victims with major depression compared to normal control subjects there is a region-specific alteration of G-protein-induced activation of the phosphoinositide signal transduction system and in the levels of G-protein alpha-subunits involved in cyclic AMP synthesis. These findings provide direct evidence in human brain that these two important signal transduction systems are altered in suicide subjects with major depression.
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- M A Pacheco
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-0017, USA
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The function of the phosphoinositide second messenger system was assessed in occipital, temporal, and frontal cortex obtained postmortem from subjects with bipolar affective disorder and matched controls by measuring the hydrolysis of [3H]phosphatidylinositol ([3H]PI) incubated with membrane preparations and several different stimulatory agents. Phospholipase C activity, measured in the presence of 0.1 mM Ca2+ to stimulate the enzyme, was not different in bipolar and control samples. G proteins coupled to phospholipase C were concentration-dependently activated by guanosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S) and by NaF. GTP gamma S-stimulated [3H]Pl hydrolysis was markedly lower (50%) at all tested concentrations (0.3-10 microM GTP gamma S) in occipital cortical membranes from bipolar compared with control subjects. Responses to GTP gamma S in temporal and frontal cortical membranes were similar in bipolars and controls, as were responses to NaF in all three regions. Brain lithium concentrations correlated directly with GTP gamma S-stimulated [3H]Pl hydrolysis in bipolar occipital, but not temporal or frontal, cortex. Carbachol, histamine, trans-1-aminocyclopentyl-1,3-dicarboxylic acid, serotonin, and ATP each activated [3H]Pl hydrolysis above that obtained with GTP gamma S alone, and these responses were similar in bipolars and controls except for deficits in the responses to carbachol and serotonin in the occipital cortex, which were equivalent to the deficit detected with GTP gamma S alone. Thus, among the three cortical regions examined there was a selective impairment in G protein-stimulated [3H]Pl hydrolysis in occipital cortical membranes from bipolar compared with control subjects. These results directly demonstrate decreased activity of the phosphoinositide signal transduction system in specific brain regions in bipolar affective disorder.
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- R S Jope
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-0017, USA
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Boundy VA, Pacheco MA, Guan W, Molinoff PB. Agonists and antagonists differentially regulate the high affinity state of the D2L receptor in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. Mol Pharmacol 1995; 48:956-64. [PMID: 7476927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Studies with radiolabeled antagonists have revealed that both agonists and antagonists induce up-regulation of D2 dopamine receptors in cells transfected to express D2L or D2S receptors. The regulation induced by agonists, but not antagonists, was synergistic with cAMP analogues, and differences in the time courses of the effects of agonists and antagonists have been observed. These findings have been extended by using a radiolabeled agonist to investigate agonist- and antagonist-induced regulation of the high affinity state of the D2L dopamine receptor in transfected HEK 293 cells. Exposure to agonists decreased the proportion of receptors in the high affinity, agonist-preferring state. Exposure to antagonists, however, led to an increase in the density of receptors with a high affinity for agonists. The effects of both agonists and antagonists on the agonist-preferring receptors occurred without a lag and were time and dose dependent. Inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation by agonists was not affected by exposure of the cells to the antagonist (-)-sulpiride. Desensitization was seen after exposing cells to the agonist quinpirole for 1.5 hr, suggesting that the rapid loss of high affinity binding sites represents an uncoupling of the receptor from the G protein that mediates inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. Pretreatment of cells with the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide did not block the quinpirole-induced loss of receptors with a high affinity for agonists. The effect of (-)-sulpiride on high affinity binding sites was blocked by cycloheximide, but only after incubation of cells for sufficient time to induce an increase in the total number of receptors. After incubation of cells with (-)-sulpiride for a short time, the increase in the number of receptors with a high affinity for agonists was unaffected by cycloheximide. These results suggest that the increase in agonist binding after brief exposure to an antagonist is due to interactions of the receptor with one or more G proteins that are not coupled to inhibition of adenylyl cyclase, whereas the increase in agonist binding at later time points is associated with the antagonist-induced up-regulation.
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- V A Boundy
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6084, USA
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The affinities of D3 dopamine receptors for antagonists are similar to those of D2 receptors. D3 receptors have been reported, however, to have affinities nearly 100-fold higher than those of D2 receptors for some agonists, including (+/-)-7-hydroxy-n,n-dipropyl-aminotetralin (7-OH-DPAT) and quinpirole. This has led to the use of these agonists to try to identify functional responses mediated by D3 receptors in vivo. However, D2 receptors exist in multiple states having high and low affinities for agonists. The G protein-coupled state of D2 receptors is believed to be the functional state of these receptors. When receptors were labeled with the D2 receptor antagonist [125I]-(S)-3-iodo-N-[(1-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methyl]-5,6- dimethoxysalicylamide ([125I]-NCQ-298) under conditions that promote uncoupling of receptors from G proteins, the affinities of D3 receptors were approximately 130-fold higher than those of D2 receptors for 7-OH-DPAT and quinpirole. When receptors were labeled with the D2 receptor agonist [125I]-(R)trans-7-hydroxy-2-[N-propyl-N-(3'-iodo-2'- propenyl)-amino]tetralin ([125I]-7-OH-PIPAT) under conditions that favor interactions of receptors with G proteins, the affinities of D3 receptors were less than sevenfold higher than the affinities of D2 receptors for the same drugs. Similarly, small differences in the affinities of D2 and D3 receptors for other agonists were seen when receptors were labeled with [125I]-7-OH-PIPAT. These data demonstrate that putative D3 receptor-selective agonists also interact with a high-affinity, G protein-coupled state of D2 receptors. The similarities in affinities of the agonist-preferring state of D2 and D3 receptors means that currently available agonists cannot be used to discriminate between behavioral effects mediated by D2 and D3 receptors.
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- K D Burris
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
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Sodium is generally required for optimal inhibition of adenylyl cyclase by Gi/o-coupled receptors. Cannabinoids bind to specific receptors that act like other members of the Gi/o-coupled receptor superfamily to inhibit adenylyl cyclase. However, assay of cannabinoid inhibition of adenylyl cyclase in rat cerebellar membranes revealed that concentrations of NaCl ranging from 0 to 150 mM had no effect on agonist inhibition. This lack of effect of sodium was not unique to cannabinoid receptors, because the same results were observed using baclofen as an agonist for GABAB receptors in cerebellar membranes. The lack of sodium dependence was region-specific, because assay of cannabinoid and opioid inhibition of adenylyl cyclase in striatum revealed an expected sodium dependence, with 50 mM NaCl providing maximal inhibition levels by both sets of agonists. This difference in sodium requirements between these two regions was maintained at the G protein level, because agonist-stimulated low Km GTPase activity was maximal at 50 mM NaCl in striatal membranes, but was maximal in the absence of NaCl in cerebellar membranes. Assay of [3H]WIN 55212-2 binding in cerebellar membranes revealed that the binding of this labeled agonist was sensitive to sodium and guanine nucleotides like other Gi/o-coupled receptors, because both NaCl and the nonhydrolyzable GTP analogue Gpp(NH)p significantly inhibited binding. These results suggest that differences in receptor-G protein coupling exist for cannabinoid receptors between these two brain regions.
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- M A Pacheco
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157
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G protein-linked cannabinoid receptors are present in high density in cerebellum, where they inhibit adenylyl cyclase. This study explored whether cannabinoid receptors are co-localized with GABAB receptors on cerebellar granule cells. In rat cerebellar membranes, receptor-coupled G protein function was assayed by agonist stimulation of low Km GTPase as well as agonist-inhibited adenylyl cyclase. Addition of cannabinoid agonists together with the GABAB agonist, baclofen, produced additive responses with stimulation of low Km GTPase but only partially additive responses with inhibition of adenylyl cyclase. In Weaver and Staggerer but not Nervous mutant mice, cannabinoid-inhibited adenylyl cyclase was significantly decreased in cerebellar but not striatal membranes compared to littermate controls. In primary cultures of rat cerebellar granule cells, cannabinoids inhibited forskolin-stimulated cAMP levels, with IC50 values ranging from 0.1 to 2.0 microM. Cannabinoid inhibition of intracellular cAMP levels was blocked by pretreatment of cell cultures with pertussis toxin. Addition of baclofen and cannabinoid agonists together in cultured granule cells produced no additivity in response for inhibition of intracellular cAMP levels. These data confirm that G protein-linked cannabinoid receptors are present in cerebellar granule cells and may share adenylyl cyclase catalytic units with GABAB receptors.
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- M A Pacheco
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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Trentini M, Pacheco MA, Martins ML, da Silva DM, de Farias SR, Duarte R, Martins JC, Tomaz CE. [Living with an ostomy: a preliminary study]. Rev Gaucha Enferm 1992; 13:22-8. [PMID: 1297161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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This study reveals some aspects of ostomy patients life experience. The data were obtained by using the participant observation technique during the monthly meeting session of the Ostomy Patients Association from July 1989 to August 1991. The findings showed that the ostomized patients were concerned with: 1) the ostomy pouch (how to get it); 2) other persons opinion about ostomized patients; 3) their sexuality, and stoma care. The patients perceived themselves as physically disable and inferior persons. Some of them perceived themselves as having a normal life. Other patients also had to cope with the stigma of cancer.
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Keith RA, Mangano TJ, Pacheco MA, Salama AI. Characterization of the effects of omega-conotoxin GVIA on the responses of voltage-sensitive calcium channels. J Auton Pharmacol 1989; 9:243-52. [PMID: 2570074 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-8673.1989.tb00215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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1. omega-conotoxin GVIA (omega-CT) caused a potent (IC50 approximately 2nM) but less than maximal (55%) inhibition of [3H]-noradrenaline release from cortical brain slices induced by K+. At 0.1 microM, omega-CT inhibited [3H] gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and [3H]-acetylcholine release by approximately 40%. 2. K+-evoked [3H]-noradrenaline release from cortical brain slices was also characterized with respect to the effects of PN 200-110 (dihydropyridine L-channel antagonist), BAY K8644 (L-channel VSCC agonist), and Cd++ (an inorganic L- and N-channel antagonist). 10 microM Cd++ and 1 microM PN 200-110 inhibited K+-evoked [3H]-noradrenaline release by 52% and 17%, respectively. 10 microM Bay K 8644 enhanced K+-evoked [3H]-noradrenaline release by 22%, and this enhancement was blocked by 1 microM PN 200-110. 3. omega-CT caused a near-maximal inhibition of the electrically evoked twitch responses of the rat vas deferens (IC50 approximately 10 nM) and guinea-pig ileum (IC50 approximately 60 nM), but had no effect on the postjunctional contractile responses of noradrenaline (vas deferens) or carbachol (ileum). At concentrations as high as 1 microM, omega-CT had no effect on the K+-induced contraction of the rat aorta. 4. Neither the equilibrium binding of [3H]-(+)-PN 200-110 nor the allosteric regulation of [3H]-(+)-PN 200-110 binding by tiapamil or diltiazem were altered by omega-CT (0.1 microM). 5. These observations support the notion that the N-type voltage-sensitive calcium channel plays a major role in coupling neuronal excitation with neurotransmitter release.
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- R A Keith
- Department of Pharmacology, ICI Pharmaceuticals Group, Wilmington, Delaware 19897
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dos Santos MC, Diniz CR, Pacheco MA, Dias da Silva W. Phospholipase A2 injection in mice induces immunity against the lethal effects of Crotalus durissus terrificus venom. Toxicon 1988; 26:207-13. [PMID: 3363568 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(88)90173-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [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: 01/05/2023]
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Phospholipase A2, purified from crotoxin obtained from C. d. terrificus venom, alone or incorporated in Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA) or in Al(OH)3 was used as an antigen to immunize mice against the lethal effects of C. d. terrificus venom. The animals were intracutaneously (i.c.) or subcutaneously (s.c.) injected with 60 micrograms of phospholipase A2, divided into three equal doses and injected every 7 days. Samples of blood were collected just before each injection and the sera used to determine the antibodies against whole venom by the ELISA method. The animals were s.c. challenged with 8 LD50 or with 16 LD50 28 or 95 days after immunization. The animals that received two s.c. doses of antigen followed by a third i.c. dose were partially resistant to 8 LD50 (58% protection). This resistance increased when the first two injections consisted of phospholipase A2, the third of whole venom, all i.c., all in Al(OH)3 (67% of protection). The maximal protection (90%) was attained when the animals were i.c. injected with phospholipase A2 in Al(OH)3 in all three immunizing doses. Antibodies against whole venom were detected 15 days after immunization, reaching a plateau on the twenty-eighth day and remaining unchanged at least until the ninety-fifth day after immunization.
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- M C dos Santos
- Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil
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Pacheco MA, Marks RW, Schoenwolf GC, Desmond ME. Quantification of the initial phases of rapid brain enlargement in the chick embryo. Am J Anat 1986; 175:403-11. [PMID: 3717046 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001750402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Rapid brain enlargement requires a hydraulic mechanism in the chick embryo. Such a mechanism involves a closed, fluid-filled system that generates positive pressure. For the chick embryo this study determined when rapid brain enlargement begins, assessed the relative contributions of cavity expansion and tissue growth to overall brain enlargement, and evaluated mathematical models of overall brain enlargement and expansion and growth of the component parts. Three to five embryos were collected at each Hamburger and Hamilton state (11, 12, 14, 16, and 18) and processed for paraffin serial sectioning. Brain growth was determined over a 24-hr period (stages 11-18) by calculating volumes from area measurements of sections of brains from individual embryos by using a computerized image-analysis system. Statistical analysis indicated that a linear model adequately described cavity expansion, and a linear model was rejected for the description of tissue growth and total brain enlargement. At the onset of brain enlargement, the cavity expands faster than the tissue grows; but after 12 hr the reverse is true. Initially (i.e., at stage 11), the cavity accounts for 60% of the total brain volume and tissue for 40%. At stages 12-16, cavity and tissue contribute 50% each. Finally at stage 18, cavity accounts for 55% and tissue for 45%. In order to better distinguish changes in cavity expansion and tissue growth over the 24-hr period studied, this period was divided into four intervals (I-IV). The rates of both cavity expansion and tissue growth increase between intervals I and II, decrease between intervals II and III, and increase between intervals III and IV.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Chieffi PP, Dias RM, Mangini AC, Grispino DM, Pacheco MA. [Capillaria hepatica (Bancroft, 1893) in Muridae trapped in the municipality of São Paulo, Brazil]. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 1981; 23:143-6. [PMID: 7323599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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