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A lesson from polybutylene succinate plastisphere to the discovery of novel plastic degrading enzyme genes in marine vibrios. Environ Microbiol 2023; 25:2834-2850. [PMID: 37775475 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Polybutylene succinate (PBS) is an eco-friendly green plastic. However, PBS was shown as being non-biodegradable in marine environments, and up until now, only a limited number of PBS-degrading marine microbes have been discovered. We first set up in vitro PBS- and PBSA (polybutylene succinate adipate)-plastispheres to characterize novel PBS-degrading marine microbes. Microbial growth and oxygen consumption were observed in both PBS- and PBSA-plastispheres enriched with natural seawater collected from Usujiri, Hokkaido, Japan, and Vibrionaceae and Pseudoalteromonadaceae were significantly enriched on these films. Further gene identification indicated that vibrios belonging to the Gazogenes clade possess genes related to a PBS degrading enzyme (PBSase). The PBS degradation assay for six Gazogenes clade vibrios identified Vibrio ruber, Vibrio rhizosphaerae, and Vibrio spartinae as being capable of degrading PBS. We further identified the gene responsible for PBSase from the type strain of V. ruber, and the purified recombinant vibrio PBSase was found to have low-temperature adaptation and was active under high NaCl concentrations. We also provided docking models between the vibrio PBSase and PBS and PBSA units to show how vibrio PBSase interacts with each substrate compared to the Acidovorax PBSase. These results could contribute to a more sustainable society through further utilization of PBS in marine environments and plastic recycling.
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Cranial nerve involvement in typical and atypical chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies. Eur J Neurol 2020; 27:2658-2661. [PMID: 32876980 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cranial nerve palsy is occasionally present in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), but its prevalence, characteristics and relations with the CIDP subtypes have rarely been investigated. The aim of this study was to systematically assess cranial nerve involvement in typical and atypical CIDP. METHODS Clinical data were reviewed in 132 consecutive patients with CIDP, including typical CIDP (n = 89), multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy (MADSAM) (n = 31), distal acquired demyelinating symmetric (DADS) (n = 9) and others (n = 3). RESULTS The frequency of cranial nerve palsy was 11% in typical CIDP, 48% in MADSAM and 11% in DADS. Facial and bulbar palsy was most frequently present (9%), followed by ocular motor nerve palsy (5%). Bilateral involvement was seen in all typical CIDP and DADS patients, whereas 80% of MADSAM patients had unilateral palsy. The presence of cranial nerve involvement was associated with more severe limb muscle weakness in typical CIDP, but not in MADSAM. Cranial nerve palsy fully recovered in 90% of typical CIDP and in 67% of MADSAM patients. CONCLUSION Amongst the CIDP subtypes, cranial palsy is frequent and unilateral in MADSAM, and less frequent and bilateral in typical CIDP and DADS. In typical CIDP, facial and bulbar palsy reflects more severe and extensive inflammation.
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P4719Plasma brain natriuretic peptide as a predictor of polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p4719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Prodromal muscle cramps predict rapid functional decline in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Eculizumab for Guillain-Barre syndrome: Randomized clinical trial (JET-GBS study). J Neurol Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.08.527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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How often and when Fisher syndrome is overlapped by Guillain-Barré syndrome or Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis? Eur J Neurol 2016; 23:1058-63. [PMID: 26969889 DOI: 10.1111/ene.12983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Fisher syndrome (FS) may overlap with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), in particular the pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant form (PCB-GBS), or Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis (BBE). Our aim was to elucidate the frequency of this overlap and the patterns of clinical progression in patients with FS. METHODS Sixty consecutive patients with FS were studied. FS/PCB-GBS was diagnosed when the patients developed pharyngeal, cervical and/or brachial weakness. Patients with flaccid tetraparesis were diagnosed as having FS/conventional GBS. FS/BBE was defined as the development of consciousness disturbances. RESULTS All 60 patients initially developed the FS clinical triad alone (pure FS). Of these, 30 (50%) patients had pure FS throughout their course, whereas the remaining 50% of patients showed an overlap: PCB-GBS in 14 (23%) patients, conventional GBS in nine (15%) patients and BBE in seven (12%) patients. The median (range) durations from FS onset to progression to FS/PCB-GBS, FS/GBS or FS/BBE were 5 (1-7), 3 (1-4) and 3 (1-5) days, respectively. Patients with overlap syndromes more frequently received immune-modulating treatment, and the outcomes were generally favourable. The frequencies of positivity for anti-GQ1b, GT1a, GD1a, GD1b, GalNAc-GD1a and GM1 antibodies were not significantly different amongst the four groups. CONCLUSIONS Of the patients with pure FS, 50% later developed an overlap with PCB-GBS, conventional GBS or BBE. The overlap occurred within 7 days of FS onset; thus, physicians should pay attention to the possible development of this overlap during the first week after FS onset.
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OBJECTIVE POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes) syndrome is a rare multisystem disease characterised by plasma cell dyscrasia and overproduction of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). VEGF is assumed to be useful in monitoring disease activity, because VEGF levels usually decrease after treatment. However, there is no study to investigate whether the extent of decrease in VEGF correlates with clinical outcome. We tested the predictive efficacy of serum VEGF levels in POEMS syndrome. METHOD This was an institutional review board approved retrospective observational cohort study of 20 patients with POEMS monitored regularly for more than 12 months (median follow-up, 87 months) after treatment onset using our prospectively accumulated database of POEMS from 1999 to 2015. Patients were treated by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation or thalidomide administration. Serum VEGF was measured by ELISA. Outcome measures included clinical and laboratory findings and relapse-free survival. RESULTS Serum VEGF levels decreased rapidly after treatment, and stabilised by 6 months post treatment. Patients with normalised serum VEGF levels (<1040 pg/mL) at 6 months showed prolonged relapse-free survival (HR=12.81, 95% CI 2.691 to 90.96; p=0.0001) and greater later clinical improvement. The rate of serum VEGF reduction over the first 6 months post treatment correlated with increased grip strength, serum albumin levels, and compound muscle action potential amplitudes at 12 months. CONCLUSIONS Serum VEGF level at 6 months post treatment is a predicative biomarker for disease activity and prognosis in POEMS syndrome. Serum VEGF could be used as a surrogate endpoint for relapse-free survival or clinical or laboratory improvement of POEMS syndrome for clinical trials.
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Factors Affecting the Production of Succinoyl Trehalose Lipids byRhodococcus erythropolisSD-74 Grown onn-Alkanes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/00021369.1989.10869386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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P537: Spreading of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis lesions – multifocal hits and local propagation? Clin Neurophysiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(14)50635-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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P856: The effects of motor axonal potassium currents on the disease progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neurophysiol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(14)50886-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Meropenem as predictive risk factor for isolation of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Hosp Infect 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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High-level secretory expression, purification, and characterization of an anti-human Her II monoclonal antibody, trastuzumab, in the methylotrophic yeast <i>Pichia pastoris</i>. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.45084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Search for lepton flavour violation in the eμ continuum with the ATLAS detector in [Formula: see text] pp collisions at the LHC. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS 2012; 72:2040. [PMID: 25814838 PMCID: PMC4370899 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2040-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This paper presents a search for the t-channel exchange of an R-parity violating scalar top quark ([Formula: see text]) in the e±μ∓ continuum using 2.1 fb-1 of data collected by the ATLAS detector in [Formula: see text]pp collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Data are found to be consistent with the expectation from the Standard Model backgrounds. Limits on R-parity-violating couplings at 95 % C.L. are calculated as a function of the scalar top mass ([Formula: see text]). The upper limits on the production cross section for pp→eμX, through the t-channel exchange of a scalar top quark, ranges from 170 fb for [Formula: see text] to 30 fb for [Formula: see text].
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Mobilization of PBSCs in poor mobilizers with POEMS syndrome using G-CSF with plerixafor. Bone Marrow Transplant 2012; 47:1587-8. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2012.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Preserved autonomic function in patients with POEMS syndrome. J Neurol Sci 2012; 318:131-4. [PMID: 22507753 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2011] [Revised: 02/18/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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AIM We systematically performed autonomic testing on patients with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes syndrome (POEMS) to determine whether autonomic function is preserved in such patients. METHODS We studied 17 POEMS patients, 17 diabetic neuropathy (DN) patients and 17 age-matched normal subjects. Blood pressure responses to the head-up tilt test and heart rate variability were used to evaluate cardiovascular autonomic function. Sweat responses and cutaneous vasoconstriction to several stimuli were recorded via the finger tips to estimate cutaneous sympathetic function. In addition, motor nerve conduction studies were performed. RESULTS Although the results of the autonomic testing were normal in POEMS patients, motor disability was severe, and motor nerve conduction studies provided evidence of extensive axonal loss. The DN patients showed significantly impaired autonomic responses despite mild motor dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS Autonomic function was normal in POEMS patients, indicating the preservation of autonomic fibers and selective involvement of large fibers.
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Ultrasonographic Detection of Fasciculations Markedly Increases Diagnostic Sensitivity of ALS. Neurology 2012; 78:370; author reply 370-1. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3182475368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that anti-GQ1b antibodies induce massive neuromuscular blocking. If anti-GM1 and -GD1a antibodies have similar effects on the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) in human limb muscles, this may explain selective motor involvement in axonal Guillain--Barré syndrome (GBS). METHODS Axonal-stimulating single-fibre electromyography was performed in the extensor digitorum communis muscle of 23 patients with GBS, including 13 with the axonal form whose sera had a high titre of serum IgG anti-GM1 or -GD1a antibodies. RESULTS All patients with axonal or demyelinating GBS showed normal or near-normal jitter, and no blocking. CONCLUSION In both axonal and demyelinating GBS, neuromuscular transmission is not impaired. Our results failed to support the hypothesis that anti-GM1 or -GD1a antibody affects the NMJ. In GBS, impulse transmission is presumably impaired in the motor nerve terminal axons proximal to the NMJ.
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Ultrasonographic detection of fasciculations markedly increases diagnostic sensitivity of ALS. Neurology 2011; 77:1532-7. [PMID: 21940619 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318233b36a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To study the utility of muscle ultrasound (US) for detection of fasciculations and its contribution to diagnosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Fasciculations are characteristic features of ALS, and US can detect them easily and reliably. New diagnostic criteria for ALS, the Awaji algorithm, reintroduced fasciculations as evidence of acute denervation equivalent to that of fibrillations and positive sharp waves. METHODS In 81 consecutive patients with sporadic ALS, we prospectively performed needle EMG and US in 6 muscles (tongue, biceps brachii, first dorsalis interosseous, paraspinalis, vastus lateralis, and tibialis anterior), and diagnostic category were determined by revised El Escorial criteria and Awaji criteria. RESULTS Fasciculations were much more frequently detected by US than by EMG in the tongue (60% vs 0%), biceps brachii (88% vs 60%), and tibialis anterior muscles (83% vs 45%). The proportion of the patients with definite or probable ALS was 48% by revised El Escorial criteria and 79% by Awaji criteria using US. CONCLUSIONS Muscle US is a practical and efficient tool to detect fasciculations, particularly in the tongue. A combination of US and EMG substantially increases the diagnostic sensitivity of ALS.
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POEMS syndrome with Guillan-Barre syndrome-like acute onset: a case report and review of neurological progression in 30 cases. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2011; 82:678-80. [PMID: 20562460 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.205369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes) syndrome is a rare cause of demyelinating neuropathy with monoclonal plasma cell proliferation, and POEMS neuropathy is usually chronically progressive. Herein, the authors report a 34-year-old woman with POEMS syndrome presenting as acute polyneuropathy. Within 2 weeks of disease onset, she became unable to walk with electrodiagnostic features of demyelination and was initially diagnosed as having Guillan-Barré syndrome. Other systemic features (oedema and skin changes) developed later, and an elevated serum level of vascular endothelial growth factor led to the diagnosis of POEMS syndrome. She received high-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, resulting in good recovery. The authors also reviewed patterns and speed of progression of neuropathy in the 30 patients with POEMS syndrome; 22 (73%) of them were unable to walk independently with the median period of 9.5 months from POEMS onset (range 0.5-51 months). Whereas the speed of neuropathy progression varies considerably among patients, some POEMS patients can show acute or subacute polyneuropathy. The early diagnosis and treatment could result in rapid improvement as shown in the present patient.
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ABSTRACTElectrical and luminescent properties of nondoped, and N-doped n-type 3C-SiC layers epitaxially grown on Si(100) by chemical vapor deposition were studied. Nondoped n-type epilayers with carrier concentration of 1×1016cm−3 and the Hall mobility of 750cm2/Vs at room temperature have the activation energy of donors, Ed=2OmeV, which is different from that of the donors in the N-doped layers. The photoluminescence spectra of nondoped layers are different from those of N-doped ones. These results suggest that the donors in the unintentionally doped n-type 3C-SiC are not due to N impurities. 45–70 % of N-donors in the N-doped epilayers are compensated.Schottky-barrier and MOS-type field-effect transistors have been fabricated from 3C-SiC. The transistor operations of MESFETs and MOSFETs were studied at elevated temperatures up to 440°C. Transconductances of 1.7mS/mm and 0.15mS/mm for MESFET and 0.8 and 0.05mS/mm for MOSFET at room temperature and 440°C, respectively, were obtained. The drain currentvoltage characteristics of both the FETs at room temperature did not change in the least after heating up to 440°C in the air.
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P28-15 Differences in excitability among human sensory axons innervating the hairless palm and hairy dorsal hand. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)61110-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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P30-25 Mexiletine suppresses nodal persistent sodium currents in sensory axons of patients with neuropathic pain. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)61165-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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P34-4 Activity-dependent membrane hyperpolarization in single motor axons: a single fiber electromyography study. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)61249-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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P7-16 Muscle ultrasonography: A useful alternartive approach to detect fasciculations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)60592-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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P7-26 LH-RH analogue therapy improves the abnormalities of axonal membrane excitability properties in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. Clin Neurophysiol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(10)60602-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A wheat embryo cell-free protein synthesis system not requiring an exogenous supply of GTP. Biotechnol Prog 2010; 25:1322-7. [PMID: 19606470 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Most in vitro protein synthesis systems require a supply of GTP for the formation of translation initiation complexes, with two GTP molecules per amino acid needed as an energy source for a peptide elongation reaction. In order to optimize protein synthesis reactions in a continuous-flow wheat embryo cell-free system, we have examined the influence of adding GTP and found that the system does not require any supply of GTP. We report here the preparation of a wheat embryo extract from which endogenous GTP was removed by gel filtration, and the influence of adding GTP to the system on protein synthesis reactions. Using Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a reporter, higher levels of production were observed at lower concentrations of GTP, with the optimal level of production obtained with no supply of GTP. A HPLC-based analysis of the extract and the translation mixture containing only ATP as an energy source revealed that GTP was not detectable in the extract, however, 35 microM of GTP was found in the translation mixture. This result suggests that GTP could be generated from other compounds, such as GDP and GMP, using ATP. A similar experiment with a C-terminally truncated form of human protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (hPTP1B(1-320)) gave almost the same result. The wheat embryo cell-free translation system worked most efficiently without exogenous GTP, producing 3.5 mg/mL of translation mixture over a 48-h period at 26 degrees C.
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FP53-FR-04 Differences in excitability among human sensory axons innervating the hand. J Neurol Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(09)70551-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In vitro selection of scFv and its production: an application of mRNA display and wheat embryo cell-free and E. coli cell production system. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 84:725-32. [PMID: 19421748 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2010-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2009] [Revised: 04/08/2009] [Accepted: 04/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Synthetic DNA libraries encoding human antibody V(L) and V(H) fragments were designed, constructed, and enriched using mRNA display. The enriched libraries were then combined to construct a scFv library for mRNA display. Sequencing revealed that 46% of the library coded for full-length scFvs. Considering the number of molecules used in mRNA display, the size of the library displayed was calculated to be >10(10). To verify this, we tried to isolate a scFv against human RANK. A scFv was successfully isolated in the sixth round of panning and was synthesized in wheat embryo cell-free (WE) and Escherichia coli cell systems. In the WE system, even though the production level was high, the product was almost soluble. However, in the E. coli system, it was over-produced as inclusion bodies. The inclusion bodies were successfully refolded and showed approximately the same binding affinity as the WE product. These results demonstrate that using mRNA display with synthetic libraries and WE and E. coli cell production systems, a system for in vitro selection and small- to large-scale production of scFvs has been established.
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63. The significance of tongue and trapezius electromyography in the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neurophysiol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.10.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Successful combination treatment with bevacizumab, thalidomide and autologous PBSC for severe POEMS syndrome. Bone Marrow Transplant 2008; 43:739-40. [DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2008.381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Thalidomide reduces serum VEGF levels and improves peripheral neuropathy in POEMS syndrome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2008; 79:1255-7. [PMID: 18469028 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.150177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome is a rare multi-system disorder associated with plasma-cell dyscrasia. Several case series and reports have suggested that high-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral blood stem-cell transplantation is efficacious treatment, but this transplantation is not indicated for elderly patients and patients with renal failure. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of thalidomide treatment for POEMS syndrome. METHODS Nine patients, who were not indicated for high-dose chemotherapy, were treated with thalidomide. Neurological disability scores, nerve conduction studies and serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were prospectively examined. VEGF levels were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS During follow-up periods of 8-23 months (mean, 15 months), all patients showed substantial clinical improvement (n = 6) or stabilisation of symptoms (n = 3). Serum VEGF levels decreased in all patients and were normalised in five patients. Nerve conduction velocities in the median nerve increased in seven patients. There were no serious adverse effects, including thalidomide neuropathy. CONCLUSION Thalidomide treatment should be further studied as a treatment for POEMS syndrome, particularly for patients who are not indicated for transplantation therapy.
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Neurologic improvement after peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in POEMS syndrome. Neurology 2008; 71:1691-5. [DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000323811.42080.a4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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High cell density cultivation of recombinant E. coli for hirudin variant 1 production by temperature shift controlled by pUC18-based replicative origin. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 80:779-83. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1611-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2008] [Revised: 07/03/2008] [Accepted: 07/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Update: the clinical importance of acetaminophen hepatotoxicity in non-alcoholic and alcoholic subjects. J Clin Pharm Ther 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2000.00301.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The presence of a projection from the primary motor cortex to the ipsilateral muscles has been established in human, but whether this pathway contributes to functional recovery after stroke is unclear. We investigated whether the ipsilateral tract is activated in hemiparetic stroke. METHODS Motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) were simultaneously recorded from the bilateral trapezius or abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscles after magnetic stimulation to the motor cortex in 40 acute stroke patients. RESULTS At rest, ipsilateral trapezius MEPs were recordable in none of the 24 normal controls, and in 38% of the patients after stimulation to the non-affected hemisphere (P < 0.001). With voluntary contraction, ipsilateral trapezius MEPs were elicited in 21% of the normal controls and 73% of the patients (P < 0.001). Ipsilateral ADM MEPs were rarely recordable in both controls (0%) and patients (3%). The presence of ipsilateral trapezius MEPs was associated with less severe paresis in the trapezius (P = 0.04) and deltoid (P = 0.07), but not in the more distal muscles. CONCLUSIONS The ipsilateral cortico-spinal tract is acutely facilitated after stroke in the trunk or proximal muscles, but not in the hand muscles. Activation of such pathway appears to partly compensate motor dysfunction of the trunk/proximal muscles.
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High cell density cultivation of recombinant Escherichia coli for hirudin variant 1 production. J Biotechnol 2008; 134:88-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2007.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2007] [Revised: 12/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/14/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis and Fisher syndrome form a continuous spectrum: clinical analysis of 581 cases. J Neurol 2008; 255:674-82. [PMID: 18274803 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0775-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2007] [Revised: 09/04/2007] [Accepted: 10/09/2007] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Whether Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE) is a distinct disease or a subtype of Fisher syndrome (FS) is unclear as there have been no clinical studies with sufficiently large numbers of patients with FS or BBE. Our aim was to clarify the nosological relationship. Medical records of patients suffering acute ophthalmoplegia and ataxia within four weeks of onset were reviewed. BBE was the diagnosis for patients with impaired consciousness, FS for those with clear consciousness and areflexia. Clinical features, neuroimages, and laboratory findings were analyzed. Patients were grouped as having BBE (n = 53), FS (n = 466), or as unclassified (n = 62). The BBE and FS groups had similar features; positive serum anti-GQ1b IgG antibody (68 % versus 83 %), antecedent Campylobacter jejuni infection (23 % versus 21 %), CSF albuminocytological dissociation (46 % versus 76 %), brain MRI abnormality (11 % versus 2 %), and abnormal EEG findings (57 % versus 25 %). BBE (n = 4) and FS (n = 28) subgroups underwent detailed electrophysiological testing. Both groups frequently showed absent soleus H-reflexes, but normal sensory nerve conduction (75 % versus 74 %) and a 1-Hz power spectrum peak on postural body sway analysis (67 % versus 72 %). Common autoantibodies, antecedent infections, and MRI and neurophysiological results found in this large study offer conclusive evidence that Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis and Fisher syndrome form a continuous spectrum with variable CNS and PNS involvement.
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Treatment for POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes) syndrome. THE COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Motor unit number estimates (MUNE) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)?: Comparison of the abductor pollicis brevis (APB) and abductor digiti minimi (ADM) muscles. Clin Neurophysiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Latent addition in human diabetic neuropathy: The effects of aldose reductase inhibition on nodal Na+ currents. Clin Neurophysiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Superficial radial sensory nerve potentials in immune-mediated and diabetic neuropathies. Clin Neurophysiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The ipsilateral non-crossing cortico-spinal tract: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Clin Neurophysiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Crystal structure of human dual specificity phosphatase, JNK stimulatory phosphatase-1, at 1.5 A resolution. Proteins 2007; 66:272-8. [PMID: 17068812 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Human JNK stimulatory phosphatase-1 (JSP-1) is a novel member of dual specificity phosphatases. A C-terminus truncated JSP-1 was expressed in Escherichia coli and was crystallized using the sitting-drop vapor diffusion method. Thin-plate crystals obtained at 278 K belong to a monoclinic space group, C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 84.0 A, b = 49.3 A, c = 47.3 A, and beta = 119.5 degrees , and diffract up to 1.5 A resolution at 100 K. The structure of JSP-1 has a single compact (alpha/beta) domain, which consists of six alpha-helices and five beta-strands, and shows a conserved structural scaffold in regard to both DSPs and PTPs. A cleft formed by a PTP-loop at the active site is very shallow, and is occupied by one sulfonate compound, MES, at the bottom. In the binary complex structure of JSP-1 with MES, the conformations of three important segments in regard to the catalytic mechanism are not similar to those in PTP1B. JSP-1 has no loop corresponding to the Lys120-loop of PTP1B, and tryptophan residue corresponding to the substrate-stacking in PTP1B is substituted by alanine residue in JSP-1.
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Anti-MuSK-positive myasthenia gravis: neuromuscular transmission failure in facial and limb muscles. Acta Neurol Scand 2007; 115:126-8. [PMID: 17212617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2006.00721.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The presence of antibodies against muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) appears to define a subgroup of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) characterized by weakness predominant in bulbar, facial and neck muscles compared with anti-acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody-positive MG. To investigate the patterns and severity of neuromuscular transmission failure in different muscles in MuSK-positive MG, we performed single fiber electromyography (SFEMG) in the facial (frontalis) and limb (extensor digitorum communis, EDC) muscles in three anti-Musk-positive patients, and compared results with those of 11 anti-AChR-positive patients. Only one of the three MuSK-positive patients had abnormal jitter in EDC, but all the three showed clearly increased jitter in the frontalis. By contrast, the AChR-positive patients showed similarly abnormal jitter for the two muscles. These results suggest that when the diagnosis of anti-MuSK-positive MG is suspected, SFEMG should be performed in most prominently affected muscles.
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FC28.3 Changes in nerve excitability properties near the motor nerve terminals in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Clin Neurophysiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.06.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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P25.4 Changes in nerve excitability properties associated with axonal regeneration: Part 2. Human axonal neuropathy. Clin Neurophysiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.06.453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND In diabetic nerves, activation of the polyol pathway via an aldose reductase and the resulting impairment of the Na(+)-K(+) pump would lead to a decreased transaxonal Na+ gradient and thereby reduced nodal Na+ currents. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the aldose reductase inhibitor (ARI) epalrestat improves nodal Na+ currents and nerve conduction in human diabetic neuropathy. METHODS The authors conducted a 6-month, open clinical trial with an ARI, epalrestat, in 30 patients with mild-to-moderate diabetic neuropathy. The latent addition technique and measurements of the strength-duration time constant were used to estimate nodal persistent Na+ currents in median motor axons. Excitability testing and extensive nerve conduction studies including F-wave analyses were performed before and 1 and 6 months after the initiation of treatment with oral epalrestat. RESULTS Within a month of the start of treatment, there was a significant improvement in nerve conduction, particularly in conduction times across the carpal tunnel and F-wave latencies. The results of latent addition (p < 0.05) and strength-duration time constant (p = 0.06) suggested increased nodal persistent Na+ currents. At 6 months, nerve conduction continued to improve. CONCLUSIONS Aldose reductase pathway inhibition could rapidly increase nodal Na+ currents and thereby improve the slowing of nerve conduction, presumably because of a restoration of the membranous Na+ gradient.
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