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Thompson Z, Fonseca IAT, Acosta W, Idarraga L, Garland T. Effects of food restriction on voluntary wheel-running behavior and body mass in selectively bred High Runner lines of mice. Physiol Behav 2024; 282:114582. [PMID: 38750805 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2024.114582] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 04/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
Abstract
Food restriction can have profound effects on various aspects of behavior, physiology, and morphology. Such effects might be amplified in animals that are highly active, given that physical activity can represent a substantial fraction of the total daily energy budget. More specifically, some effects of food restriction could be associated with intrinsic, genetically based differences in the propensity or ability to perform physical activity. To address this possibility, we studied the effects of food restriction in four replicate lines of High Runner (HR) mice that have been selectively bred for high levels of voluntary wheel running. We hypothesized that HR mice would respond differently than mice from four non-selected Control (C) lines. Healthy adult females from generation 65 were housed individually with wheels and provided access to food and water ad libitum for experimental days 1-19 (Phase 1), which allowed mice to attain a plateau in daily running distances. Ad libitum food intake of each mouse was measured on days 20-22 (Phase 2). After this, each mouse experienced a 20 % food restriction for 7 days (days 24-30; Phase 3), and then a 40 % food restriction for 7 additional days (days 31-37; Phase 4). Mice were weighed on experimental days 1, 8, 9, 15, 20, and 23-37 and wheel-running activity was recorded continuously, in 1-minute bins, during the entire experiment. Repeated-measures ANOVA of daily wheel-running distance during Phases 2-4 indicated that HR mice always ran much more than C, with values being 3.29-fold higher during the ad libitum feeding trial, 3.58-fold higher with -20 % food, and 3.06-fold higher with -40 % food. Seven days of food restriction at -20 % did not significantly reduce wheel-running distance of either HR (-5.8 %, P = 0.0773) or C mice (-13.3 %, P = 0.2122). With 40 % restriction, HR mice showed a further decrease in daily wheel-running distance (P = 0.0797 vs. values at 20 % restriction), whereas C mice did not (P = 0.4068 vs. values at 20 % restriction) and recovered to levels similar to those on ad libitum food (P = 0.3634). For HR mice, daily running distances averaged 11.4 % lower at -40 % food versus baseline values (P = 0.0086), whereas for C mice no statistical difference existed (-4.8 %, P = 0.7004). Repeated-measures ANOVA of body mass during Phases 2-4 indicated a highly significant effect of food restriction (P = 0.0001), but no significant effect of linetype (P = 0.1764) and no interaction (P = 0.8524). Both HR and C mice had a significant reduction in body mass only when food rations were reduced by 40 % relative to ad libitum feeding, and even then the reductions averaged only -0.60 g for HR mice (-2.6 %) and -0.49 g (-2.0 %) for C mice. Overall, our results indicate a surprising insensitivity of body mass to food restriction in both high-activity (HR) and ordinary (C) mice, and also insensitivity of wheel running in the C lines of mice, thus calling for studies of compensatory mechanisms that allow this insensitivity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zoe Thompson
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Present Address: Department of Biology, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, USA
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- Department of Physical Education, University of State of Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, Brazil
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Thompson Z, Khoshbin A, Ward S, Brillantes J, Melo L, Waddell JP, Atrey A. The impact of operative approach and intraoperative imaging on leg length discrepancy and acetabular component angle in total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study. Int Orthop 2024; 48:473-479. [PMID: 37715062 DOI: 10.1007/s00264-023-05962-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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PURPOSE Operative approach in total hip arthroplasty (THA) has long been a topic of debate with each approach having unique benefits and disadvantages. One purported benefit of an anterior approach to THA is that it allows for intraoperative positioning using fluoroscopy rather than manual positioning. Proper positioning allows for improved outcomes including leg length discrepancy and acetabular component angle. This study aims to examine if operative approach and use of imaging in intraoperative positioning impact LLD and cup angle post-operatively. METHODS A total of 300 hips were enrolled in the study with 100 hips per approach (anterior with fluoroscopy, lateral, and posterior). Retrospective chart review was conducted to assess patient demographics and radiographic analysis used to determine LLD and acetabular cup angle. RESULTS Of the three groups, those receiving anterior approach THAs were on average older than those in the posterior group. Analysis comparing the LLD and acetabular angle across the three groups showed no statistically significant difference in LLD (p=0.091); this was also reflected when comparing hips that received fluoroscopy with those that did not (p=0.91). For acetabular angle, while no difference existed when comparing hips that received imaging versus those that did not, statistically significant differences were observed when comparing the three intraoperative approaches (p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Neither intraoperative approach nor the use of intraoperative imaging in THA has a statistically significant effect on LLD post-operatively. However, approach did impact the acetabular cup angle across all three distinct approaches.
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- Zoe Thompson
- University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada.
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- University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada
- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
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- University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada
- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
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- University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada
- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
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- University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON M5S, Canada
- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
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Thompson Z, Hothi H, Brillantes J, Khoshbin A, Atrey A. A Geometric Analysis of Polyethylene Liners Exposed to Acrylic-based Bone Cement. Arthroplast Today 2023; 23:101184. [PMID: 37745962 PMCID: PMC10517260 DOI: 10.1016/j.artd.2023.101184] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023] Open
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Background Acrylic-based bone cement (polymethyl methacrylate [PMMA]) is a material commonly used in orthopaedic surgeries; however, during PMMA polymerization, a highly exothermic reaction occurs. The heat released in polymerization can damage nearby materials including poorly heat-resistant cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE). Both PMMA and XLPE are used in total hip arthroplasty and could interact during femoral stem fixation. We sought to determine if the exothermic polymerization of PMMA could alter the surface characteristics of XLPE acetabular liners. Methods Six XLPE liners were assigned to one of 4 experimental categories with varying volumes of PMMA applied in a manner that mimicked how the 2 materials would come into contact intraoperatively. Measurements were taken both pre- and post-intervention using a coordinate measuring machine for geometric and gravimetric analysis. Light microscopy was conducted postintervention to examine the surface for damage. Results Coordinate measuring machine measurements showed minimal gross deformation in all 6 liners, but there were isolated surface deposits in 4 of 6 liners. The average maximal surface deviations, when compared to the control, for liners exposed to 1 cc of cement, 2 cc of cement, or 1 cc of cement with a femoral head implant attached were 26.6 μm, 77.2 μm, and 26.4 μm, respectively. All but one liner showed an increase in volume following intervention when compared to the control. Subtle scratches were identified using light microscopy on all 6 liners. Conclusions XLPE shows areas of isolated surface deformation in a dose-dependent manner but with minimal gross deformation after interacting with highly exothermic PMMA.
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- The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Schmill MP, Thompson Z, Lee D, Haddadin L, Mitra S, Ezzat R, Shelton S, Levin P, Behnam S, Huffman KJ, Garland T. Hippocampal, Whole Midbrain, Red Nucleus, and Ventral Tegmental Area Volumes Are Increased by Selective Breeding for High Voluntary Wheel-Running Behavior. Brain Behav Evol 2023; 98:245-263. [PMID: 37604130 DOI: 10.1159/000533524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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Uncovering relationships between neuroanatomy, behavior, and evolution are important for understanding the factors that control brain function. Voluntary exercise is one key behavior that both affects, and may be affected by, neuroanatomical variation. Moreover, recent studies suggest an important role for physical activity in brain evolution. We used a unique and ongoing artificial selection model in which mice are bred for high voluntary wheel-running behavior, yielding four replicate lines of high runner (HR) mice that run ∼3-fold more revolutions per day than four replicate nonselected control (C) lines. Previous studies reported that, with body mass as a covariate, HR mice had heavier whole brains, non-cerebellar brains, and larger midbrains than C mice. We sampled mice from generation 66 and used high-resolution microscopy to test the hypothesis that HR mice have greater volumes and/or cell densities in nine key regions from either the midbrain or limbic system. In addition, half of the mice were given 10 weeks of wheel access from weaning, and we predicted that chronic exercise would increase the volumes of the examined brain regions via phenotypic plasticity. We replicated findings that both selective breeding and wheel access increased total brain mass, with no significant interaction between the two factors. In HR compared to C mice, adjusting for body mass, both the red nucleus (RN) of the midbrain and the hippocampus (HPC) were significantly larger, and the whole midbrain tended to be larger, with no effect of wheel access nor any interactions. Linetype and wheel access had an interactive effect on the volume of the periaqueductal gray (PAG), such that wheel access increased PAG volume in C mice but decreased volume in HR mice. Neither linetype nor wheel access affected volumes of the substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens, ventral pallidum (VP), or basolateral amygdala. We found no main effect of either linetype or wheel access on neuronal densities (numbers of cells per unit area) for any of the regions examined. Taken together, our results suggest that the increased exercise phenotype of HR mice is related to increased RN and hippocampal volumes, but that chronic exercise alone does not produce such phenotypes.
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- Margaret P Schmill
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
- Department of Biology, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
- Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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Sinha V, Thompson Z, Vijayan R. Stuck in our ways: is inertia among surgeons the major obstacle to greener surgery? Br J Surg 2023; 110:1224-1225. [PMID: 37463413 DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znad223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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- Vikram Sinha
- Department of Palliative Care, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust, Ashford, Kent, UK
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Stevenage, UK
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Wallace MN, Zobay O, Hardman E, Thompson Z, Dobbs P, Chakrabarti L, Palmer AR. The large numbers of minicolumns in the primary visual cortex of humans, chimpanzees and gorillas are related to high visual acuity. Front Neuroanat 2022; 16:1034264. [PMID: 36439196 PMCID: PMC9681811 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2022.1034264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Minicolumns are thought to be a fundamental neural unit in the neocortex and their replication may have formed the basis of the rapid cortical expansion that occurred during primate evolution. We sought evidence of minicolumns in the primary visual cortex (V-1) of three great apes, three rodents and representatives from three other mammalian orders: Eulipotyphla (European hedgehog), Artiodactyla (domestic pig) and Carnivora (ferret). Minicolumns, identified by the presence of a long bundle of radial, myelinated fibers stretching from layer III to the white matter of silver-stained sections, were found in the human, chimpanzee, gorilla and guinea pig V-1. Shorter bundles confined to one or two layers were found in the other species but represent modules rather than minicolumns. The inter-bundle distance, and hence density of minicolumns, varied systematically both within a local area that might represent a hypercolumn but also across the whole visual field. The distance between all bundles had a similar range for human, chimpanzee, gorilla, ferret and guinea pig: most bundles were 20-45 μm apart. By contrast, the space between bundles was greater for the hedgehog and pig (20-140 μm). The mean density of minicolumns was greater in tangential sections of the gorilla and chimpanzee (1,243-1,287 bundles/mm2) than in human (314-422 bundles/mm2) or guinea pig (643 bundles/mm2). The minicolumnar bundles did not form a hexagonal lattice but were arranged in thin curving and branched bands separated by thicker bands of neuropil/somata. Estimates of the total number of modules/minicolumns within V-1 were strongly correlated with visual acuity.
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- Mark N. Wallace
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Hearing Research, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Hearing Sciences, Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Hearing Research, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Hearing Sciences—Scottish Section, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Hearing Research, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Hearing Research, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Veterinary Department, Twycross Zoo, East Midland Zoological Society, Atherstone, United Kingdom
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Hearing Research, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Hearing Sciences, Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Grainger L, Thompson Z, Morina N, Hoppen T, Meiser‐Stedman R. Associations between therapist factors and treatment efficacy in randomized controlled trials of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and youth: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Trauma Stress 2022; 35:1405-1419. [PMID: 35478465 PMCID: PMC9790492 DOI: 10.1002/jts.22840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Previous research suggests that the effect of therapist factors on patient outcomes is significant. Yet, to date, no reviews have explored the potential effects of therapist characteristics on treatment outcomes for children and youth with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to summarize the professional characteristics of trial therapists delivering trauma-focused cognitive behavioral interventions (TF-CBT) for child PTSD in clinical trials and understand the association between treatment efficacy and therapist factors. Systematic searches for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published through November 3, 2020, were conducted; 40 RCTs were included in the full review. PTSD treatment outcome data were extracted from each publication along with any available data regarding trial therapists. Subgroup analyses were conducted to compare the outcomes of interventions conducted by different types of therapists. All therapist groups yielded significant effects for TF-CBT relative to active and passive control conditions, with the largest effect size, Hedges' g = -1.11, for RCTs that used clinical psychologists and psychiatrists. A significant moderating effect was found when comparing the treatment outcomes of clinical psychologists and psychiatrists versus other professionals, p = .044; however, this effect was no longer apparent when only studies with an active control arm were included. Further moderator analyses demonstrated no significant differences regarding therapists' educational and professional backgrounds and PTSD treatment outcomes. The current RCT evidence for TF-CBT for children and youth with PTSD does not suggest that therapist educational or professional background influences treatment efficacy. Limitations and implications for future research are discussed.
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- Lauren Grainger
- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical SchoolUniversity of East AngliaNorwichUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical SchoolUniversity of East AngliaNorwichUnited Kingdom
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- Department of PsychologyUniversity of MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Therapies, Norwich Medical SchoolUniversity of East AngliaNorwichUnited Kingdom
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Adashek JJ, Jordan A, Redwine LS, Tyson DM, Thompson Z, Pabbathi S. Pan-cancer analysis of fear of cancer recurrence among cancer survivors. ESMO Open 2022; 7:100528. [PMID: 35780591 PMCID: PMC9463169 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100528] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is a phenomenon estimated to affect a large portion of cancer survivors. This study sought to determine whether patients from a National Cancer Institute-designated institution had their clinical needs met relating to FCR. Patients and methods Patients referred to the survivorship clinic completed The Clinical Needs Assessment Tool for Cancer Survivors (CNAT-CS). Correlations between responses were calculated and univariable and multivariable logistic regression was used to identify predictors of met or unmet needs related to FCR. Results Of 647 patients, 241 (37.2%) reported they did not have clinical needs related to FCR and 386 (59.7%) reported they had clinical needs related to FCR but that the needs had been met. Only 20 (3.09%) reported that clinical needs relating to FCR were unmet. According to univariate logistic regression, sex had no impact on FCR (P = 0.8427), nor did years since diagnosis (P = 0.1014). Results of multivariable regression indicate that the odds ratio of reported FCR as an unmet need (versus not a need) is 0.939; the odds decreased by 6% (P = 0.0023) for every year increase in age. For each unit increase in distress score, the odds of reporting FCR as an unmet need increased by 32% (P = 0.0007). Conclusions This study is unique in not only examining the presence of FCR but also whether patients reported that their needs were met for FCR. The study found that most patients had clinical needs for FCR, but the needs were met at the time of the survey. Patients who report higher distress scores are more likely to report FCR as an unmet need. Therefore, cancer survivors reporting high distress scores in clinic visits should be evaluated for FCR. FCR is common among cancer survivors; it can be seen as a met or unmet need by each patient. Identifying factors that influence fear of cancer recurrence as a need met or not include age and distress score. Recognizing FCR as an unmet need is paramount to develop clinics and mitigation strategies to ameliorate this need.
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- J J Adashek
- Department of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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- Department of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Miami, Miami, USA
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- College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
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- Departments of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, USA
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- Individualized Cancer Management, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, USA.
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Schmill MP, Thompson Z, Argueta DA, DiPatrizio NV, Garland T. Effects of Selective Breeding, Voluntary Exercise, and Sex on Endocannabinoid Levels in the Mouse Small-Intestinal Epithelium. Physiol Behav 2021; 245:113675. [PMID: 34929258 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 11/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The endocannabinoid (eCB) system in the gut communicates with the body and brain as part of the homeostatic mechanisms that affect energy balance. Although perhaps best known for its effects on energy intake, the eCB system also regulates voluntary locomotor behavior. Here, we examined gut eCB concentrations in relation to voluntary exercise, specifically in mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running behavior. We measured gut eCBs in four replicate non-selected Control (C) lines and four replicate lines of High Runner (HR) mice that had been selectively bred for 74 generations based on the average number of wheel revolutions on days 5 and 6 of a 6-day period of wheel access when young adults. On average, mice from HR lines run voluntarily on wheels ∼3-fold more than C mice on a daily basis. A recent study showed that circulating levels of primary endocannabinoids 2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycerol (2-AG) and anandamide (AEA) are altered by six days of wheel access, by acute wheel running, and differ between HR and C mice in sex-specific ways [1]. We hypothesized that eCBs in the upper small-intestinal epithelium (i.e., proximal jejunum), a region firmly implicated in eCB signaling, would differ between HR and C mice (linetype), between the sexes, between mice housed with vs. without wheels for six days, and would covary with amounts of acute running and/or home-cage activity (during the previous 30 minutes). We used the same 192 mice as in [1] , half males and half females, half HR and half C (all 8 lines), and half either given or not given access to wheels for six days. We assessed the eCBs, 2-AG and AEA, and their analogs docosahexaenoylglycerol (DHG), docosahexaenoylethanolamide (DHEA), and oleoylethanolamide (OEA). Both 2-AG and DHG showed a significant 3-way interaction of linetype, wheel access, and sex. In addition, HR mice had lower concentrations of 2-AG in the small-intestinal epithelium when compared to C mice, which may be functionally related to differences in locomotor activity or to differences in body composition and/or food consumption. Moreover, the amount of home-cage activity during the prior 30 min was a negative predictor of 2-AG and AEA concentrations in jejunum mucosa, particularly in the mice with no wheel access. Lastly, 2-AG, but not AEA, was significantly correlated with 2-AG in plasma in the same mice.
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- Margaret P Schmill
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, 92521, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, 92521, USA; Department of Biology, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, 84058, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, 92521, USA; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, 92697, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, 92521, USA; Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, 92521, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, 92521, USA; Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, 92521, USA.
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Wallace MN, Shackleton TM, Thompson Z, Palmer AR. Juxtacellular Labeling of Stellate, Disk and Basket Neurons in the Central Nucleus of the Guinea Pig Inferior Colliculus. Front Neural Circuits 2021; 15:721015. [PMID: 34790099 PMCID: PMC8592287 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2021.721015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We reconstructed the intrinsic axons of 32 neurons in the guinea pig inferior colliculus (IC) following juxtacellular labeling. Biocytin was injected into cells in vivo, after first analyzing physiological response properties. Based on axonal morphology there were two classes of neuron: (1) laminar cells (14/32, 44%) with an intrinsic axon and flattened dendrites confined to a single fibrodendritic lamina and (2) translaminar cells (18/32, 56%) with axons that terminated in two or more laminae in the central nucleus (ICc) or the surrounding cortex. There was also one small, low-frequency cell with bushy-like dendrites that was very sensitive to interaural timing differences. The translaminar cells were subdivided into three groups of cells with: (a) stellate dendrites that crossed at least two laminae (8/32, 25%); (b) flattened dendrites confined to one lamina and that had mainly en passant axonal swellings (7/32, 22%) and (c) short, flattened dendrites and axons with distinctive clusters of large terminal boutons in the ICc (3/32, 9%). These terminal clusters were similar to those of cortical basket cells. The 14 laminar cells all had sustained responses apart from one offset response. Almost half the non-basket type translaminar cells (7/15) had onset responses while the others had sustained responses. The basket cells were the only ones to have short-latency (7–9 ms), chopper responses and this distinctive temporal response should allow them to be studied in more detail in future. This is the first description of basket cells in the auditory brainstem, but more work is required to confirm their neurotransmitter and precise post-synaptic targets.
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- Mark N Wallace
- Hearing Sciences, Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.,Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Cadney MD, Hiramatsu L, Thompson Z, Zhao M, Kay JC, Singleton JM, Albuquerque RLD, Schmill MP, Saltzman W, Garland T. Effects of early-life exposure to Western diet and voluntary exercise on adult activity levels, exercise physiology, and associated traits in selectively bred High Runner mice. Physiol Behav 2021; 234:113389. [PMID: 33741375 PMCID: PMC8106885 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Exercise behavior is under partial genetic control, but it is also affected by numerous environmental factors, potentially including early-life experiences whose effects persist into adulthood. We studied genetic and early-life environmental effects on wheel-running behavior in a mouse model that includes four replicate high runner (HR) lines selectively bred for increased voluntary wheel running as young adults and four non-selected control (C) lines. In a full factorial design, mice from each line were granted wheel access or not and administered either standard or Western diet (WD) from weaning (3 weeks old) to 6 weeks of age (sexual maturity). In addition to acute effects, after a washout period of 8 weeks (∼6 human years) in which all mice had standard diet and no wheel access, we found both beneficial and detrimental effects of these early-life exposures. During the first week of treatments, WD increased distance run by 29% in C mice and 48% in HR mice (significant Diet × Linetype interaction), but diet effects disappeared by the third week. Across the three weeks of juvenile treatment, WD significantly increased fat mass (with lean mass as a covariate). Tested as adults, early-life exercise increased wheel running of C mice but not HR mice in the first week. Early-life exercise also reduced adult anxiety-like behavior and increased adult fasted blood glucose levels, triceps surae mass, subdermal fat pad mass, and brain mass, but decreased heart ventricle mass. Using fat mass as a covariate, early-life exercise treatment increased adult leptin concentration. In contrast, early-life WD increased adult wheel running of HR mice but not C mice. Early-life WD also increased adult lean mass and adult preference for Western diet in all groups. Surprisingly, early-life treatment had no significant effect on adult body fat or maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max). No previous study has tested for combined or interactive effects of early-life WD and exercise. Our results demonstrate that both factors can have long-lasting effects on adult voluntary exercise and related phenotypes, and that these effects are modulated by genetic background. Overall, the long-lasting effects of early-life exercise were more pervasive than those of WD, suggesting critical opportunities for health intervention in childhood habits, as well as possible threats from modern challenges. These results may be relevant for understanding potential effects of activity reductions and dietary changes associated with the obesity epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Marcell D Cadney
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Yu H, Thompson Z, Kiran S, Jones GL, Mundada L, Rubinstein M, Low MJ. Expression of a hypomorphic Pomc allele alters leptin dynamics during late pregnancy. J Endocrinol 2020; 245:115-127. [PMID: 32027603 DOI: 10.1530/joe-19-0576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) are essential for normal energy homeostasis. Maximal ARC Pomc transcription is dependent on neuronal Pomc enhancer 1 (nPE1), located 12 kb upstream from the promoter. Selective deletion of nPE1 in mice decreases ARC Pomc expression by 70%, sufficient to induce mild obesity. Because nPE1 is located exclusively in the genomes of placental mammals, we questioned whether its hypomorphic mutation would also alter placental Pomc expression and the metabolic adaptations associated with pregnancy and lactation. We assessed placental development, pup growth, circulating leptin and expression of Pomc, Agrp and alternatively spliced leptin receptor (LepR) isoforms in the ARC and placenta of Pomc∆1/∆1 and Pomc+/+ dams. Despite indistinguishable body weights, lean mass, food intake, placental histology and Pomc expression and overall pregnancy outcomes between the genotypes, Pomc ∆1/∆1 females had increased pre-pregnancy fat mass that paradoxically decreased to control levels by parturition. However, Pomc∆1/∆1 dams had exaggerated increases in circulating leptin, up to twice of that of the typically elevated levels in Pomc+/+ mice at the end of pregnancy, despite their equivalent fat mass. Pomc∆1/∆1dams also had increased placental expression of soluble leptin receptor (LepRe), although the protein levels of LEPRE in circulation were the same as Pomc+/+ controls. Together, these data suggest that the hypomorphic Pomc∆1/∆1 allele is responsible for the perinatal super hyperleptinemia of Pomc∆1/∆1 dams, possibly due to upregulated leptin secretion from individual adipocytes.
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- Hui Yu
- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,School of Literature, Science, and Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.,Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Thompson Z, Khoshbin A, Ward S, Waddell JP, Atrey A. The early- to medium-term results of a hemispherical, porous coated acetabular shell with multiple different bearing combinations are excellent with the exception of metal-on-metal. Int Orthop 2020; 44:2537-2543. [PMID: 33068147 DOI: 10.1007/s00264-020-04817-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE This study prospectively reports survivorship and radiographic and clinical outcomes following primary elective total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a novel single hemispherical, porous-coated acetabular cup with five different bearing combinations and a minimum of five year follow-up. METHODS Continuing post-market release monitoring of this cup, we prospectively enrolled 108 patients (121 THA) between 2009 and 2015. We followed this cohort by examining survivorship, in addition to clinical and radiological outcomes for metal-on-metal (MoM) compared with non-MoM bearing combinations (ceramic-on-ceramic, oxinium-on-polyethylene, ceramic-on-metal, and metal-on-polyethylene). RESULTS All 108 (121 hips) patients were followed up. Average age at time of surgery was 45.1 years (range 19 to 71 years) of which 42.1% were males. A total of seven (5.8%) cups were revised, all of which were MoM. No osteolysis was observed in any of the patients at the latest visit with a mean follow-up of 9.1 ± 1.7 years (range 4.4-10.7 years). With MoM excluded, survivorship of the cup at five years is 97.8%. Survivorship for MoM implants was 90.0%. Validated hip scores showed significant improvements for all bearing types and no significant difference between groups at latest follow-up (p = 0.614). There was no cup migration with any bearing surface. CONCLUSION This cup showed excellent survivorship at five year follow-up, except for patients receiving a MoM articulation. While there were concerns over the early survivorship of this cup, our cohort and joint registry data confirm excellent outcomes.
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- Zoe Thompson
- University of Toronto, 27 King's College Cir, Toronto, ON, M5S, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada
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- St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, 30 Bond St., Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8, Canada.
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Schmill MP, Cadney MD, Thompson Z, Hiramatsu L, Albuquerque RL, McNamara MP, Castro AA, Kay JC, Buenaventura DG, Ramirez JL, Rhodes JS, Garland T. Conditioned place preference for cocaine and methylphenidate in female mice from lines selectively bred for high voluntary wheel-running behavior. Genes Brain Behav 2020; 20:e12700. [PMID: 32909333 DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Behavioral addictions can come in many forms, including overeating, gambling and overexercising. All addictions share a common mechanism involving activation of the natural reward circuit and reinforcement learning, but the extent to which motivation for natural and drug rewards share similar neurogenetic mechanisms remains unknown. A unique mouse genetic model in which four replicate lines of female mice were selectively bred (>76 generations) for high voluntary wheel running (High Runner or HR lines) alongside four non-selected control (C) lines were used to test the hypothesis that high motivation for exercise is associated with greater reward for cocaine (20 mg/kg) and methylphenidate (10 mg/kg) using the conditioned place preference (CPP) test. HR mice run ~three times as many revolutions/day as C mice, but the extent to which they have increased motivation for other rewards is unknown. Both HR and C mice displayed significant CPP for cocaine and methylphenidate, but with no statistical difference between linetypes for either drug. Taken together, results suggest that selective breeding for increased voluntary running has modified the reward circuit in the brain in a way that increases motivation for running without affecting cocaine or methylphenidate reward.
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- Margaret P Schmill
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, Illinois, USA.,Center for Nutrition, Learning and Memory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, California, USA.,Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, USA
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Judge JL, Cazares VA, Thompson Z, Skidmore LA. Development of low-cost cardiac and skeletal muscle laboratory activities to teach physiology concepts and the scientific method. Adv Physiol Educ 2020; 44:181-187. [PMID: 32243218 PMCID: PMC7410070 DOI: 10.1152/advan.00149.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Anatomy and Physiology courses taught at community colleges tend to focus laboratory hours primarily on anatomy as opposed to physiology. However, research demonstrates that, when instructors utilize active learning approaches (such as in laboratory settings) where students participate in their own learning, students have improved outcomes, such as higher test scores and better retention of material. To provide community college students with opportunities for active learning in physiology, we developed two laboratory exercises to engage students in cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology. We utilized low-cost SpikerBox devices to measure electrical activity during cardiac (electrocardiogram) and skeletal muscle (electromyogram) contraction. Laboratory activities were employed in Anatomy and Physiology courses at two community colleges in southeast Michigan. A 2-h laboratory period was structured with a 20-min slide presentation covering background material on the subject and experiments to examine the effects of environmental variables on nervous system control of cardiac and skeletal muscle contraction. Students were asked to provide hypotheses and proposed mechanisms, complete a results section, and provide conclusions for the experiments based on their results. Our laboratory exercises improved student learning in physiology and knowledge of the scientific method and were well-received by community college students enrolled in Anatomy and Physiology. Our results demonstrate that the use of a SpikerBox for cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology concepts is a low-cost and effective approach to integrate physiology activities into an Anatomy and Physiology course.
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- Jennifer L Judge
- Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Thompson Z, Shah BP, Low MJ. SAT-299 Chronic Treatment Of Juvenile Hypothalamic Pomc-deficient Mice With RM-493 Prevents The Development Of Obesity. J Endocr Soc 2020. [PMCID: PMC7208318 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Arc-Pomc knockout mice have a disruption of the two neural enhancers for the Pomc (proopiomelanocortin) gene, resulting in selective loss of Pomc gene expression in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. This gene targeting strategy leaves pituitary Pomc expression unaffected. These mice are hyperphagic starting at weaning, and develop progressive obesity, infertility and insulin resistance over their lifetime. RM-493 (setmelanotide) is a melanocortin-4 receptor agonist that has shown promise in treating humans with Pomc null mutations. In this preclinical study, we investigated the effects of chronic RM-493 treatment using subcutaneously implanted osmotic minipumps in two groups of male mice: Arc-Pomc knockout mice, fed regular chow throughout the study period, and their wildtype counterparts, fed a 45% high-fat diet. Each of these groups of mice was randomized into three treatment cohorts at weaning: one that was given RM-493 throughout the entire study period (4–24 weeks of age, “RM-493” group), one that was given RM-493 only for the first 4 weeks of the study (4–8 weeks of age, “switch” group) and then switched to vehicle, and one cohort that received vehicle for the entire study (“vehicle” group). We serially measured body weight, food intake, body composition, glucose tolerance, insulin tolerance, and several measures of metabolism using the Comprehensive Lab Animal Monitoring System, including oxygen consumption, energy expenditure, ambulatory activity and lipid and glucose oxidation. Among other results, at the end of the study (24 weeks of age), Arc-Pomc knockout mice in the RM-493 group weighed significantly less than either the switch or vehicle groups (p<0.05). Arc-Pomc knockout mice on RM-493 also had higher energy expenditure when compared to the switch and vehicle groups (p<0.05). In addition, RM-493 improved the glucose-insulin index for Arc-Pomc knockout mice (p<0.05). According to our preliminary results, wildtype mice on high-fat diet, treated chronically with RM-493, did not differ in any of these measurements from their switch and vehicle groups. We conclude that the obesity syndrome caused by a loss of hypothalamic Pomc expression was completely blocked by RM-493 treatment started before the onset of obesity, with no apparent desensitization to the drug’s action over 20 weeks. However, the beneficial effects of a single month’s treatment were steadily reversed within one month after switching to vehicle treatment. In contrast to the dramatic effects of RM-493 in the genetic obesity syndrome, at this time, there does not appear to be any phenotypic changes in wild-type mice with RM-493 administration on the development of obesity or secondary metabolic disruptions in response to high-fat diet consumption.
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- Zoe Thompson
- University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Yu H, Jones G, Thompson Z, Rubinstein M, Low MJ. MON-709 Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Deciphers POMC Neuron Destiny. J Endocr Soc 2020. [PMCID: PMC7207671 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvaa046.1333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The hypothalamus is one of the critical brain nodes regulating body weight and energy homeostasis. Within this node, Pomc neurons sense nutrient and hormonal signals to release melanocortin peptides that induce satiety, whereas AgRP/NPY neurons exert opposite effects by releasing AGRP that promotes feeding. Immature neurons in the hypothalamic ventricular zone start to express Pomc at E10.5, reach a maximum number at E14.5 and then decrease to stabilize at E18.5. However, it remains elusive how Pomc expressing precursors adopt their final cell fates. Therefore, the goal of this study was to decipher the temporal sequence of transcription factor (TF) expression leading to the terminal differentiation of POMC neurons. Red fluorescent cells collected from dissociated hypothalami of Pomc-tDimer-dsRed mice at six critical developmental time points - E11.5, E13.5, E15.5, E17.5, P5 and P12- were FACS sorted for the 10X genomics scRNA-seq pipeline. Unsupervised cell clustering identified 11 distinct clusters based on their transcriptional profiles. Eight of the clusters were highly-enriched for neuronal signature genes and were further characterized based on their transcript levels for Pomc (high, medium or low) and other distinct feature genes. Cells in the Pomchigh cluster expressed genes identified previously to modulate Pomc expression, including Isl1, Nkx2-1, and Tbx3, together with several novel candidate TFs. Unexpectedly, Nr5a1, the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus marker gene encoding SF1, was highly expressed in the Pomchigh cluster at early stages. One of the Pomclow clusters highly expressed Otp, Agrp, Npy, Sst and Calcr while a second was highly enriched with Tac2, Kiss1, Pdyn, Prlr, Ar and Esr1 transcripts. All the clusters showed direct correlations of embryonic stage with the expression of progressively more mature markers of differentiation, thereby extending previous reports of these clusters based on single time points. Moreover, our results uncovered five novel Pomc neuron clusters with unique patterns of TF gene expression. For comparison of these data to the adult hypothalamus, we performed a TRAP-Seq study using PomcCreERT,Rosa26eGFP-L10a mice. Prdm12 and Tbx3 were among the most highly differentially expressed TFs in the POMC neuron affinity purified translatome. Similarly, Cited1, Npy2r, and Asb4 were highly expressed in both the Pomchigh cluster and the TRAP-Seq derived POMC translatome. This comprehensive molecular characterization of POMC cells during development sheds new light on the molecular diversification of early POMC neuron precursors and provides a valuable resource for elucidating the regulatory mechanisms defining POMC neuron subgroups in the hypothalamus.
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- Hui Yu
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Thompson Z, Turula H, Sept D, Brooks SV. The University of Michigan IRACDA Program: Training Future Professors of Engineering and Physiology. FASEB J 2020. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.06385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Schmill MP, Thompson Z, DiPatrizio NV, Garland T. Effects of Selective Breeding, Exercise, and Sex on Endocannabinoid Levels in the Mouse Small Intestine. FASEB J 2020. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.05995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Yu H, Chhabra KH, Thompson Z, Jones GL, Kiran S, Shangguan G, Low MJ. Hypothalamic POMC deficiency increases circulating adiponectin despite obesity. Mol Metab 2020; 35:100957. [PMID: 32244188 PMCID: PMC7082555 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2020.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Objective The steep rise in the prevalence of obesity and its related metabolic syndrome have become a major worldwide health concerns. Melanocortin peptides from hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (Arc) POMC neurons induce satiety to limit food intake. Consequently, Arc Pomc-deficient mice (ArcPomc−/−) exhibit hyperphagia and obesity. Previous studies demonstrated that the circulating levels of adiponectin, a protein abundantly produced and secreted by fat cells, negatively correlate with obesity in both rodents and humans. However, we found that ArcPomc−/− mice have increased circulating adiponectin levels despite obesity. Therefore, we investigated the physiological function and underlying mechanisms of hypothalamic POMC in regulating systemic adiponectin levels. Methods Circulating adiponectin was measured in obese ArcPomc−/− mice at ages 4–52 weeks. To determine whether increased adiponectin was a direct result of ArcPomc deficiency or a secondary effect of obesity, we examined plasma adiponectin levels in calorie-restricted mice with or without a history of obesity and in ArcPomc−/− mice before and after genetic restoration of Pomc expression in the hypothalamus. To delineate the mechanisms causing increased adiponectin in ArcPomc−/− mice, we determined sympathetic outflow to adipose tissue by assessing epinephrine, norepinephrine, and tyrosine hydroxylase protein levels and measured the circulating adiponectin in the mice after acute norepinephrine or propranolol treatments. In addition, adiponectin mRNA and protein levels were measured in discrete adipose tissue depots to ascertain which fat depots contributed the most to the high level of adiponectin in the ArcPomc−/− mice. Finally, we generated compound Adiopoq−/−:ArcPomc−/− mice and compared their growth, body composition, and glucose homeostasis to the individual knockout mouse strains and their wild-type controls. Results Obese ArcPomc−/− female mice had unexpectedly increased plasma adiponectin compared to wild-type siblings at all ages greater than 8 weeks. Despite chronic calorie restriction to achieve normal body weights, higher adiponectin levels persisted in the ArcPomc−/− female mice. Genetic restoration of Pomc expression in the Arc or acute treatment of the ArcPomc−/− female mice with melanotan II reduced adiponectin levels to control littermate values. The ArcPomc−/− mice had defective thermogenesis and decreased epinephrine, norepinephrine, and tyrosine hydroxylase protein levels in their fat pads, indicating reduced sympathetic outflow to adipose tissue. Injections of norepinephrine into the ArcPomc−/− female mice reduced circulating adiponectin levels, whereas injections of propranolol significantly increased adiponectin levels. Despite the beneficial effects of adiponectin on metabolism, the deletion of adiponectin alleles in the ArcPomc−/− mice did not exacerbate their metabolic abnormalities. Conclusion In summary, to the best of our knowledge, this study provides the first evidence that despite obesity, the ArcPomc−/− mouse model has high circulating adiponectin levels, which demonstrated that increased fat mass is not necessarily correlated with hypoadiponectinemia. Our investigation also found a previously unknown physiological pathway connecting POMC neurons via the sympathetic nervous system to circulating adiponectin, thereby shedding light on the biological regulation of adiponectin. Obese female hypothalamic-specific Pomc-deficient mice have unexpectedly elevated circulating adiponectin. Restoration of Pomc expression in the hypothalamus reduces plasma adiponectin. Low sympathetic output to subcutaneous fat depots in the Pomc-deficient mice contributes to high adiponectin levels. Deletion of adiponectin in hypothalamic-specific Pomc-deficient mice does not alter their metabolic phenotype.
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- Hui Yu
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA; School of Literature, Science, and Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Kay JC, Claghorn GC, Thompson Z, Hampton TG, Garland T. Electrocardiograms of mice selectively bred for high levels of voluntary exercise: Effects of short-term exercise training and the mini-muscle phenotype. Physiol Behav 2018; 199:322-332. [PMID: 30508549 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Changes in cardiac function that occur with exercise training have been studied in detail, but those accompanying evolved increases in the duration or intensity of physical activity are poorly understood. To address this gap, we studied electrocardiograms (ECGs) of mice from an artificial selection experiment in which four replicate lines are bred for high voluntary wheel running (HR) while four non-selected lines are maintained as controls (C). ECGs were recorded using an ECGenie (Mouse Specifics, Inc.) both before and after six days of wheel access (as used in the standard protocol to select breeders). We hypothesized that HR mice would show innate differences in ECG characteristics and that the response to training would be greater in HR mice relative to C mice because the former run more. After wheel access, in statistical analyses controlling for variation in body mass, all mice had lower heart rates, and mice from HR lines had longer PR intervals than C lines. Also after wheel access, male mice had increased heart rate variability, whereas females had decreased heart rate variability. With body mass as a covariate, six days of wheel access significantly increased ventricle mass in both HR and C males. Within the HR lines, a subset of mice known as mini-muscle individuals have a 50% reduction in hindlimb muscle mass and generally larger internal organs, including the heart ventricles. As compared with normal-muscled individuals, mini-muscle individuals had a longer QRS complex, both before and after wheel access. Some studies in other species of mammals have shown correlations between athletic performance and QRS duration. Correlations between wheel running and either heart rate or QRS duration (before wheel running) among the eight individual lines of the HR selection experiment or among 17 inbred mouse strains taken from the literature were not statistically significant. However, total revolutions and average speed were negatively correlated with PR duration among lines of the HR selection experiment for males, and duration of running was negatively correlated with PR duration among 17 inbred strains for females. We conclude that HR mice have enhanced trainability of cardiac function as compared with C mice (as indicated by their longer PR duration after wheel access), and that the mini-muscle phenotype causes cardiac changes that have been associated with increased athletic performance in previous studies of mammals.
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- Jarren C Kay
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35406, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Schmill MP, Cadney MD, Hiramatsu L, Albuquerque R, Buenaventura DG, Louis MP, Castro AA, Thompson Z, Kay JC, Ramirez JL, Garland T. Conditioned Place Preference of Mice Selectively Bred for High Voluntary Wheel Running. FASEB J 2018. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.877.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- NeuroscienceUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideRiversideCA
- Molecular and Integrative PhysiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI
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- NeuroscienceUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideRiversideCA
- BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideRiversideCA
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Lee DC, Ezzat RZ, Thompson Z, Schmill MP, Garland T. Selective Breeding and Exercise Affect Midbrain and PAG Volume. FASEB J 2018. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.599.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Daisy C. Lee
- BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideRiversideCA
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- NeuroscienceUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideRiversideCA
- Molecular and Integrative PhysiologyUniversity of MichiganAnn ArborMI
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- BiologyUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideRiversideCA
- NeuroscienceUniversity of CaliforniaRiversideRiversideCA
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Claghorn GC, Thompson Z, Kay JC, Ordonez G, Hampton TG, Garland T. Selective Breeding and Short-Term Access to a Running Wheel Alter Stride Characteristics in House Mice. Physiol Biochem Zool 2017. [DOI: 10.1086/692909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Hiramatsu L, Kay JC, Thompson Z, Singleton JM, Claghorn GC, Albuquerque RL, Ho B, Ho B, Sanchez G, Garland T. Maternal exposure to Western diet affects adult body composition and voluntary wheel running in a genotype-specific manner in mice. Physiol Behav 2017. [PMID: 28625550 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Some human diseases, including obesity, Type II diabetes, and numerous cancers, are thought to be influenced by environments experienced in early life, including in utero. Maternal diet during the perinatal period may be especially important for adult offspring energy balance, potentially affecting both body composition and physical activity. This effect may be mediated by the genetic background of individuals, including, for example, potential "protective" mechanisms for individuals with inherently high levels of physical activity or high basal metabolic rates. To examine some of the genetic and environmental factors that influence adult activity levels, we used an ongoing selection experiment with 4 replicate lines of mice bred for high voluntary wheel running (HR) and 4 replicate, non-selected control lines (C). Dams (half HR and half C) were fed a "Western" diet (WD, high in fat and sucrose) or a standard diet (SD) from 2weeks prior to mating until their pups could feed on solid food (14days of age). We analyzed dam and litter characteristics from birth to weaning, and offspring mass and physical activity into adulthood. One male offspring from each litter received additional metabolic and behavioral tests. Maternal WD caused pups to eat solid food significantly earlier for C litters, but not for HR litters (interaction of maternal environment and genotype). With dam mass as a covariate, mean pup mass was increased by maternal WD but litter size was unaffected. HR dams had larger litters and tended to have smaller pups than C dams. Home-cage activity of juvenile focal males was increased by maternal WD. Juvenile lean mass, fat mass, and fat percent were also increased by maternal WD, but food consumption (with body mass as a covariate) was unaffected (measured only for focal males). Behavior in an elevated plus maze, often used to indicate anxiety, was unaffected by maternal WD. Maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max) was also unaffected by maternal WD, but HR had higher VO2max than C mice. Adult lean, fat, and total body masses were significantly increased by maternal WD, with greater increase for fat than for lean mass. Overall, no aspect of adult wheel running (total distance, duration, average running speed, maximum speed) or home-cage activity was statistically affected by maternal WD. However, analysis of the 8 individual lines revealed that maternal WD significantly increased wheel running in one of the 4 HR lines. On average, all groups lost fat mass after 6days of voluntary wheel running, but the absolute amount lost was greater for mice with maternal WD resulting in no effect of maternal WD on absolute or % body fat after wheel access. All groups gained lean and total body mass during wheel access, regardless of maternal WD or linetype. Measured after wheel access, circulating leptin, adiponectin, and corticosterone concentrations were unaffected by maternal WD and did not differ between HR and C mice. With body mass as a covariate, heart ventricle mass was increased by maternal WD in both HR and C mice, but fat pads, liver, spleen, and brain masses were unaffected. As found previously, HR mice had larger brains than C mice. Body mass of grand-offspring was unaffected by grand-maternal WD, but grand-offspring wheel running was significantly increased for one HR line and decreased for another HR line by grand-maternal WD. In summary, maternal Western diet had long-lasting and general effects on offspring adult morphology, but effects on adult behavior were limited and contingent on sex and genetic background.
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- Layla Hiramatsu
- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Claghorn GC, Thompson Z, Wi K, Van L, Garland T. Caffeine stimulates voluntary wheel running in mice without increasing aerobic capacity. Physiol Behav 2016; 170:133-140. [PMID: 28039074 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2016] [Revised: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The "energy drink" Red Bull and the "sports drink" Gatorade are often marketed to athletes, with claims that they cause performance gains. However, both are high in sugars, and also consumed by non-athletes. Few studies have addressed the effects of these drinks or their biologically active components in rodent exercise models. We used three experiments to test effects on both voluntary exercise behavior and maximal aerobic capacity in lines of mice known to differ in "athletic" traits. Mice from four replicate High Runner (HR) lines have been selectively bred for voluntary running on wheels, and run approximately three times as many revolutions per day as do mice from four non-selected Control (C) lines. HR mice also have higher endurance and maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) during forced treadmill exercise. In Experiment 1, we tested the hypothesis that Gatorade or Red Bull might cause or allow mice to increase their voluntary wheel running. On days 5 and 6 of 6days of wheel access, as is used to select breeders, HR mice ran 3.3-fold more than C, and females ran 1.2-fold more than males, with no linetype by sex interaction. On day 7, mice were administered Gatorade, Red Bull or tap water. During the subsequent 19-hour period, Gatorade had no statistical effect on running, but Red Bull significantly increased distance run by both sexes and in both HR and C lines. The increase in distance run caused by Red Bull was attributable to time spent running, not an increase in mean (or maximum) speed. As previous studies have found that sucrose alone does not generally increase wheel running, we tested two other active ingredients in Red Bull, caffeine and taurine, in Experiment 2. With a similar testing protocol, caffeine alone and caffeine+taurine increased running by about half the magnitude of Red Bull. In Experiment 3, we tested the hypothesis that Red Bull or caffeine alone can increase physiological performance ability during aerobic exercise, measured as VO2max. In a repeated-measures design spanning 6days, females were housed with water bottles containing Red Bull, caffeine or water in a randomized order, and tested for VO2max twice while receiving each fluid (6 total trials). Neither Red Bull nor caffeine significantly affected either VO2max or a measure of trial cooperativity (rated on a scale of 1-5), but both treatments significantly reduced tiredness (rated on a scale of 1-3) scored at the end of trials for both HR and C lines. Taken together, our results suggest that caffeine increases voluntary exercise levels of mice by delaying fatigue, rather than increasing aerobic capacity.
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- Gerald C Claghorn
- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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Thompson Z, Argueta D, Garland T, DiPatrizio N. Circulating levels of endocannabinoids respond acutely to voluntary exercise, are altered in mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running, and differ between the sexes. Physiol Behav 2016; 170:141-150. [PMID: 28017680 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2016] [Revised: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The endocannabinoid system serves many physiological roles, including in the regulation of energy balance, food reward, and voluntary locomotion. Signaling at the cannabinoid type 1 receptor has been specifically implicated in motivation for rodent voluntary exercise on wheels. We studied four replicate lines of high runner (HR) mice that have been selectively bred for 81 generations based on average number of wheel revolutions on days five and six of a six-day period of wheel access. Four additional replicate lines are bred without regard to wheel running, and serve as controls (C) for random genetic effects that may cause divergence among lines. On average, mice from HR lines voluntarily run on wheels three times more than C mice on a daily basis. We tested the general hypothesis that circulating levels of endocannabinoids (i.e., 2-arachidonoylglycerol [2-AG] and anandamide [AEA]) differ between HR and C mice in a sex-specific manner. Fifty male and 50 female mice were allowed access to wheels for six days, while another 50 males and 50 females were kept without access to wheels (half HR, half C for all groups). Blood was collected by cardiac puncture during the time of peak running on the sixth night of wheel access or no wheel access, and later analyzed for 2-AG and AEA content by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. We observed a significant three-way interaction among sex, linetype, and wheel access for 2-AG concentrations, with females generally having lower levels than males and wheel access lowering 2-AG levels in some but not all subgroups. The number of wheel revolutions in the minutes or hours immediately prior to sampling did not quantitatively predict plasma 2-AG levels within groups. We also observed a trend for a linetype-by-wheel access interaction for AEA levels, with wheel access lowering plasma concentrations of AEA in HR mice, while raising them in C mice. In addition, females tended to have higher AEA concentrations than males. For mice housed with wheels, the amount of running during the 30min before sampling was a significant positive predictor of plasma AEA within groups, and HR mice had significantly lower levels of AEA than C mice. Our results suggest that voluntary exercise alters circulating levels of endocannabinoids, and further demonstrate that selective breeding for voluntary exercise is associated with evolutionary changes in the endocannabinoid system.
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- Zoe Thompson
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Claghorn GC, Fonseca IA, Thompson Z, Barber C, Garland T. Serotonin-mediated central fatigue underlies increased endurance capacity in mice from lines selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running. Physiol Behav 2016; 161:145-154. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.04.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Howe J, Lu X, Thompson Z, Peterson GW, Losey TE. Intraoperative seizures during craniotomy under general anesthesia. Seizure 2016; 38:23-5. [PMID: 27082030 DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2016.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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PURPOSE An acute symptomatic seizure is a clinical seizure occurring at the time of or in close temporal association with a brain insult. We report an acute symptomatic seizure occurring during a surgical procedure in a patient who did not have a prior history of epilepsy and who did not have a lesion associated with an increased risk of epilepsy. To characterize the incidence and clinical features of intraoperative seizures during craniotomy under general anesthesia, we reviewed cases where continuous EEG was acquired during craniotomy. METHOD Records of 400 consecutive cases with propofol as general anesthesia during craniotomy were reviewed. Demographic data, indication for surgery, clinical history, history of prior seizures, duration of surgery and duration of burst suppression were recorded. Cases where seizures were observed were analyzed in detail. RESULTS Two out of 400 patients experienced intraoperative seizures, including one patient who appeared to have an acute symptomatic seizure related to the surgical procedure itself and a second patient who experienced two seizures likely related to an underlying diagnosis of epilepsy. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report of an acute symptomatic seizure secondary to a neurosurgical procedure. Overall, 0.5% of patients monitored experienced seizures, indicating that intraoperative seizures are rare, and EEG monitoring during craniotomies is of low yield in detecting seizures.
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- John Howe
- Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Loma Linda University, Department of Neurology, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- University of California Riverside, Biology, Riverside, CA, USA.
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- Loma Linda University, Department of Neurology, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Loma Linda University, Department of Neurology, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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Egan K, Nabors LB, Olson J, LaRocca R, Thompson Z, Madden M, Thompson R. ED-05 * GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE FACTORS IN RELATION TO SURVIVAL IN GLIOBLASTOMA. Neuro Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou253.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Jha V, Buckley H, Gabe R, Kanaan M, Lawton R, Melville C, Quinton N, Symons J, Thompson Z, Watt I, Wright J. Patients as teachers: a randomised controlled trial on the use of personal stories of harm to raise awareness of patient safety for doctors in training. BMJ Qual Saf 2014; 24:21-30. [DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-002987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Gall TM, Thompson Z, Dinneen EP, Sodergren M, Pai M, Frampton AE, Jiao LR. Surgical techniques for improving outcomes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014; 8:241-6. [PMID: 24491183 DOI: 10.1586/17474124.2014.881251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a devastating disease with extremely poor survival despite patients undergoing potentially curative resections and improvements in chemotherapeutic agents. Surgery for operable cancer in the head of the pancreas typically involves an open pancreaticoduodenectomy with a post-operative median survival of 21 months. Newer surgical techniques, however, aim to improve patient outcomes in terms of both their hospital experience and better oncological results. This article focuses on the evidence to date for some of these surgical techniques including laparoscopic and robotic surgery, the no-touch technique, venous and arterial resection, intra-operative radiofrequency ablation and intra-operative irreversible electroporation. With the increased use of these techniques we hope to see better quality of life and survival for these patients.
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- Tamara Mh Gall
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, HPB Surgical Unit, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS, UK
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Jha V, Winterbottom A, Symons J, Thompson Z, Quinton N, Corrado OJ, Melville C, Watt I, Torgerson D, Wright J. Patient-led training on patient safety: a pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of an educational intervention. Med Teach 2013; 35:e1464-e1471. [PMID: 23527865 DOI: 10.3109/0142159x.2013.778391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Training in patient safety is an important element of medical education. Most educational interventions on patient safety training adopt a 'health-professional lens' with limited consideration on the impact of safety lapses on the patient and their families and little or no involvement of patients in the design or delivery of the training. AIMS This paper describes a pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a patient-led educational intervention to facilitate safety training amongst newly qualified doctors. METHOD Patients and/or carers who had experienced harm during their care shared narratives of their stories with trainees; this was followed by a focused discussion on patient safety issues exploring the causes and consequences of safety incidents and lessons to be learned from these. RESULTS The intervention, which will be further tested in an NIHR-funded randomised controlled trial (RCT), was successfully implemented into an existing training programme and found acceptance amongst the patients and trainees. CONCLUSION The pilot study proved to be a useful step in refining the intervention for the RCT including identifying appropriate outcome measures and highlighting organisational issues.
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Pal T, Lee JH, Besharat A, Thompson Z, Monteiro ANA, Phelan C, Lancaster JM, Metcalfe K, Sellers TA, Vadaparampil S, Narod SA. Modes of delivery of genetic testing services and the uptake of cancer risk management strategies in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. Clin Genet 2013; 85:49-53. [PMID: 23438721 DOI: 10.1111/cge.12130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 02/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BRCA testing services are now offered by various healthcare providers, thus it is important to evaluate whether the implementation of cancer risk management (CRM) strategies varies by service provider. Using a registry-based sample of 795 female BRCA mutation carriers, we explored the association between uptake of CRM strategies with duration of genetic counseling (GC) sessions, provider type, and other demographic and clinical variables. All participants completed a baseline questionnaire. Information about uptake of CRM strategies was collected for a subset of 438 participants who completed additional questions. Summary statistics and Pearson chi-squared analysis were used to examine the associations between demographic and clinical variables with service delivery factors and with the uptake of various CRM strategies. Overall uptake of CRM strategies was high across all provider types. However, GC sessions were longer when provided by a genetics professional than by another provider (p < 0.001). Furthermore, higher frequencies of uptake of most CRM strategies were associated with longer GC sessions and when testing was performed by a genetics professional. Identification of factors to optimize delivery of these specialized GC services is important to maximize implementation of CRM strategies in BRCA carriers.
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- T Pal
- Division of Population Sciences, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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OBJECTIVES To identify demographic and clinical variables that relate to the postnatal increase in intestinal blood flow velocity in preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN Fasting or preprandial peak systolic velocity (PSV) and time-averaged mean velocity (TAMV) in the superior mesenteric artery were measured once each day for the first 5 days of life. We investigated the relationship between blood flow velocity and the following variables: birth weight, gestational age, feeding volumes, number of days to reach full feeding volumes, type of feeding given, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) administration and hyperalimentation (HAL) administration. RESULTS Twenty-five infants with a mean birth weight of 1740 g and mean gestational age of 31.8 weeks were studied. There were significant increases in PSV (P < 0.001) and TAMV (P = 0.005) from postnatal day 1 to 5. The postnatal increase in TAMV and PSV was attenuated in infants administered CPAP or HAL for > or =3 days; the results remained significant after controlling for birth weight and gestational age. There was a significant correlation (P < 0.02) between volume of enteral feedings given on 2 of 5 days for TAMV, and on 1 of 5 days for PSV. CONCLUSIONS These data support previous findings of significant increases in intestinal blood flow in preterm infants during the first week of life, and of inconsistent effects of enteral feeding volumes on fasting or preprandial intestinal blood flow. The reasons for, and the clinical implications of, attenuated increases in postnatal intestinal blood flow in infants on CPAP or HAL require further investigation.
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- T Havranek
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, USF Pediatrics, Tampa, FL 33606, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To determine the umbilical cord blood nucleated red blood cell (UC-nRBC) count in uncomplicated pregnancies delivered by elective cesarean section or delivered vaginally. METHODS A total of 57-term singleton pregnancies were studied: 33 with elective cesarean sections and 24 with vaginal deliveries. UC-nRBC was analyzed for its nucleated red blood cell counts. A logarithmic transformation of the data was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS The mean+/-standard deviation (s.d.) for nucleated red blood cell per 100 white blood cells (nRBC/100WBC) from the elective cesarean section group was 7.8+/-7.4. The vaginal delivery group had a mean value of 9.3+/-10.5, which was not significantly different. A value of 22 nRBC/100WBC defined the upper 95% confidence limit. The correlation between absolute nRBC and nRBC/100 WBC was 0.97. CONCLUSION Although chronic hypoxia is associated with elevated nRBC, the stress of uncomplicated labor does not change the level. This adds credence to its use as a marker for hypoxia preceding labor and delivery.
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- J M McCarthy
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33606, USA.
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Abstract
PURPOSE We have developed a method to study the molecular and cellular events underlying delayed skeletal repair in a model that utilizes distraction osteogenesis. METHODS The clinical states of delayed union and non-union were reproduced in this murine model by altering distraction parameters such as the inclusion and exclusion of a latency phase and variations in the rate and rhythm of distraction. Radiographic, cellular, and molecular analyses were performed on the distraction tissues. RESULTS Eliminating the latency period delayed bony union, but did not appreciably alter the extent of platelet endothelial cell adhesion marker (PECAM) immunostaining. Following elimination of a latency phase and a threefold increase in the rate of distraction, there was a further delay in bone regeneration and a higher rate of non-union (60%). Instead of bone, the distraction gap was comprised of adipose or fibrous tissue. Once again, despite the rigorous distraction protocol, we detected equivalent PECAM staining within the distraction gap. In a minority of cases, cartilage and osseous tissues occupied the distraction gap likely by a prolonged process of endochondral ossification. CONCLUSIONS Here, we have altered the mechanical environment in such a way to reproducibly create delays in skeletal regeneration. These delays in skeletal tissue regeneration appear to develop even in the presence of endothelial cells, which suggests that mechanisms other than a disruption to the vascular network can account for some cases of non-union.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Choi
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, 533 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0514, USA
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Miclau T, Nacamuli R, Lu C, Thompson Z, Longaker M, Helms J. 467 DO ALL BONES HEAL THROUGH THE SAME PATHWAY? J Investig Med 2004. [DOI: 10.1136/jim-52-suppl1-466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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