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We investigate the role of information exposure in shaping attitudes and behaviors related to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and whether baseline political affiliation and news diet mediate effects. In December 2020, we randomly assigned 5,009 U.S. adults to nine brief text-based segments related to the dynamics of the pandemic and the safety of various behaviors, estimating the effects on 15 binary outcomes related to COVID-19 policy preferences, expected consumer behavior, and beliefs about safety. Average effects reach significance (95% CI) in 47 out of 120 models and equal 7.4 ppt. The baseline effects are large for all outcomes except beliefs. By contrast, interaction effects by political party and media diet are significant for beliefs but rarely significant for policy and behavioral attitudes. These findings suggest partisan policy and behavioral gaps are driven, at least in part, by exposure to different information and that equalizing information sources would lead to partisan convergence in beliefs.
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COVID-19 , Humanos , COVID-19/epidemiología , SARS-CoV-2 , Pandemias , Política , ActitudRESUMEN
Simple and rapid stability indicating High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Photo Diode Array (HPLC-PDA) method was developed and validated for the estimation of tolnaftate in the presence of its forced degradation products. The method employed SunQSil C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 µm) as stationary phase and acetonitrile:water (85:15, v/v) as mobile phase. Retention time of tolnaftate was 6.9 min. Acid and alkali hydrolysis, oxidation, photo degradation and thermal degradation studies were carried out to evaluate the degradation behavior of tolnaftate. The developed and optimized method was validated as per International Conferences on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines. Limit of detection and limit of quantitation were found to be 0.092 and 0.276 µg/mL, respectively. Linearity was observed in a concentration range of 0.276-6 µg/mL with R2 = 0.9936. %Recovery was found to be between 98.28% and 100.71%. The developed and validated Reversed Phase-High Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC) method was successfully applied for quantification of tolnaftate in in-house topical solution. Major base and oxidative degradation products were identified and characterized by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The probable mechanisms for the formation of degradation products were predicted based on the fragmentation pattern of degradation products. The in silico dermal penetration predictions and carcinogenicity of degradation products were evaluated by using QikProp and CarcinoPred-EL functionality.
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Espectrometría de Masa por Ionización de Electrospray , Tolnaftato , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión/métodos , Estabilidad de Medicamentos , Cromatografía Liquida/métodos , Espectrometría de Masa por Ionización de Electrospray/métodosRESUMEN
Carpaine, a major alkaloid of Carica papaya leaves, is widely studied for its anti-thrombocytopenic activity. The objective of present work was to isolate carpaine from dried leaves of Carica papaya. Isolation of carpaine was carried out by solvent extraction techniques followed by column chromatography by gradient elution using dichloromethane: methanol (80:20, v/v) as eluent. Dihydroxy derivative of carpaine was also identified for the first time from leaves of Carica papaya. Structures of carpaine and dihydroxy derivative of carpaine were confirmed by LC-MS/MS followed by IR studies. Fast HPLC method was developed using Sunniest C18 column (150 mm × 4.6 mm) as stationary phase and water (pH 8.5): acetonitrile (60: 40, v/v) as mobile phase at flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. Carpaine was eluted with mean retention time of 6.017 min. The developed HPLC method was used to estimate carpaine in extract and marketed formulations containing Carica papaya leaves.
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Alcaloides , Carica , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión , Cromatografía Liquida , Espectrometría de Masas en Tándem , Estándares de ReferenciaRESUMEN
Soy isoflavone (SIF), a natural phytoestrogen, is used in the condition of hormonal imbalance. These isoflavones generally have low solubility resulting in low bioavailability and bioactivity. It is reported that trans-glycosylation by cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) is widely utilized for increasing the solubility and bioavailability of isoflavones. Present investigation was aimed to study the effect of Bacillus coagulans (a probiotic) in potentiating the bioactivity of soy isoflavones in letrozole-induced PCOS. Initial consideration was focused on proving CGTase assay of B. coagulans. After that, animal study was performed to check the enhancement of bioactivity of SIF along with B. coagulans. A total of 36 rats, separated into six groups (6 rats in each), were used. Group I received vehicles, group II received letrozole (1 mg/kg) for 21 days, and group III animals were administered with soy isoflavones (SIF-100 mg/kg). In the case of group IV, V, and VI, animals received SIF (100 mg/kg) along with B. coagulans 0.65, 3.25, and 6.50 mg/kg, respectively. Treatment was given for 2 weeks after induction of disease. All the animals were sacrificed at the end of the study and endpoint parameters were performed. Present investigation revealed that combination of SIF with B. coagulans showed hormone restoration, reduce oxidative stress, recovery in the menstrual cycle, and improvement in ovarian physiology. SIF (genistein & daidzein) together with B. coagulans exhibits a beneficial role in the enhancement of the bioactivity of soy isoflavones. Further, it showed that a higher dose of B. coagulans (6.50 mg/kg) is more effective in ameliorating the PCOS symptoms.
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Bacillus coagulans , Isoflavonas , Síndrome del Ovario Poliquístico , Animales , Femenino , Genisteína/efectos adversos , Hormonas , Humanos , Isoflavonas/efectos adversos , Letrozol/efectos adversos , RatasRESUMEN
Charantin, a steroidal glycoside, exists as a mixture of stigmasterol glucoside (STG) and ß-sitosterol glucoside (BSG) in the fruits of Momordica charantia. Charantin has anti-diabetic activity comparable to insulin. The present work discusses a method for separation of components of charantin namely STG and BSG by simple extraction technique followed by preparative HPLC. The identity of separated components was established by chromatographic as well as spectral techniques. Also reversed phase HPLC-DAD method was developed and validated for estimation of STG and BSG present in fruits of Momordica charantia. The method used C18 column (75 mm × 4.6 mm, 3.5 µm) as stationary phase and methanol: water (98:02, v/v) as mobile phase. Retention times of STG and BSG were found to be 10.707 min and 11.870 min, respectively. The validated method was applied to evaluate content of these components in different extracts and some commercial herbal formulations containing fruits of Momordica charantia.
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Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión/métodos , Frutas/química , Glucósidos/análisis , Glucósidos/aislamiento & purificación , Momordica charantia/química , Sitoesteroles/análisis , Sitoesteroles/aislamiento & purificación , Estigmasterol/análogos & derivados , Estigmasterol/análisis , Estigmasterol/aislamiento & purificaciónRESUMEN
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are ubiquitous, ancient enzymes that charge amino acids to cognate tRNA molecules, the essential first step of protein translation. Here, we describe 32 individuals from 21 families, presenting with microcephaly, neurodevelopmental delay, seizures, peripheral neuropathy, and ataxia, with de novo heterozygous and bi-allelic mutations in asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase (NARS1). We demonstrate a reduction in NARS1 mRNA expression as well as in NARS1 enzyme levels and activity in both individual fibroblasts and induced neural progenitor cells (iNPCs). Molecular modeling of the recessive c.1633C>T (p.Arg545Cys) variant shows weaker spatial positioning and tRNA selectivity. We conclude that de novo and bi-allelic mutations in NARS1 are a significant cause of neurodevelopmental disease, where the mechanism for de novo variants could be toxic gain-of-function and for recessive variants, partial loss-of-function.
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Aspartato-ARNt Ligasa/genética , Mutación con Ganancia de Función/genética , Mutación con Pérdida de Función/genética , Trastornos del Neurodesarrollo/genética , Aminoacil-ARN de Transferencia/genética , Alelos , Aminoacil-ARNt Sintetasas/genética , Línea Celular , Femenino , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Linaje , ARN de Transferencia/genética , Células Madre/fisiologíaRESUMEN
Ulipristal acetate (UPA) is used as emergency contraceptive and for uterine fibroids. No validated method has been reported to estimate UPA in presence of its degradation products. Therefore it is mandatory to develop method which can accurately measure it in presence of impurity. A simple and sensitive high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) method was developed for the estimation of UPA. Pre-coated silica gel 60F254 TLC plates were as stationary phase and ethyl acetate:toluene:glacial acetic acid (4:7:0.3, v/v/v) was used as mobile phase. Drug was subjected to acid and alkali hydrolysis, oxidation, photo degradation and thermal degradation to study its degradation behavior. UPA eluted with Rf value 0.38 ± 0.02. The method was found to be linear in the concentration range of 400-3,600 ng/band. Limit of detection and limit of quantitation were found to be 72.7786 ng/band and 220.5412 ng/band, respectively. The % recovery of the proposed method was found to be 100.05-100.65%. The proposed method was specific to measure UPA in presence of degradants. The method was found to be accurate, precise, robust and can be useful for routine analysis of formulations containing UPA in presence of its degradation products.
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Cromatografía en Capa Delgada/métodos , Norpregnadienos/análisis , Norpregnadienos/química , Acetatos/química , Ácido Acético/química , Estabilidad de Medicamentos , Peróxido de Hidrógeno/química , Hidrólisis , Límite de Detección , Oxidación-Reducción , Sensibilidad y Especificidad , TemperaturaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: There has been aroused demand for herbal drugs/products worldwide because of their fewer side effects as compared to synthetic drugs. The major obstacle in the global acceptance of herbal products is the lack of proper standardization technique. METHODS: Various test procedures have been used for authentication and quality control of botanicals among which marker based standardization has attained more attention. The major challenge faced by phytochemist is to select appropriate phytochemical marker for quality control of herbal drugs. Phytochemical markers used for standardization must be of known purity. Phytochemical markers which are not commercially available have to be isolated from respective medicinal plants. Various chromatographic techniques are reported for the purification of phytomarkers from plants. A comprehensive report on different purification techniques of isolation of phytochemical markers through in-depth review of scientific literature is required. CONCLUSION: This article highlights various classifications of phytochemical markers along with their applications in standardization of herbal drugs and various classical and modern analytical techniques for their isolation.
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Fitoquímicos/aislamiento & purificación , Preparaciones de Plantas/normas , Plantas Medicinales/química , Biomarcadores , Cromatografía , Preparaciones de Plantas/química , Control de CalidadRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the neurologic phenotypes associated with COL4A1/2 mutations and to seek genotype-phenotype correlation. METHODS: We analyzed clinical, EEG, and neuroimaging data of 44 new and 55 previously reported patients with COL4A1/COL4A2 mutations. RESULTS: Childhood-onset focal seizures, frequently complicated by status epilepticus and resistance to antiepileptic drugs, was the most common phenotype. EEG typically showed focal epileptiform discharges in the context of other abnormalities, including generalized sharp waves or slowing. In 46.4% of new patients with focal seizures, porencephalic cysts on brain MRI colocalized with the area of the focal epileptiform discharges. In patients with porencephalic cysts, brain MRI frequently also showed extensive white matter abnormalities, consistent with the finding of diffuse cerebral disturbance on EEG. Notably, we also identified a subgroup of patients with epilepsy as their main clinical feature, in which brain MRI showed nonspecific findings, in particular periventricular leukoencephalopathy and ventricular asymmetry. Analysis of 15 pedigrees suggested a worsening of the severity of clinical phenotype in succeeding generations, particularly when maternally inherited. Mutations associated with epilepsy were spread across COL4A1 and a clear genotype-phenotype correlation did not emerge. CONCLUSION: COL4A1/COL4A2 mutations typically cause a severe neurologic condition and a broader spectrum of milder phenotypes, in which epilepsy is the predominant feature. Early identification of patients carrying COL4A1/COL4A2 mutations may have important clinical consequences, while for research efforts, omission from large-scale epilepsy sequencing studies of individuals with abnormalities on brain MRI may generate misleading estimates of the genetic contribution to the epilepsies overall.
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Colágeno Tipo IV/genética , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/genética , Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso/patología , Adolescente , Adulto , Niño , Preescolar , Epilepsia/genética , Femenino , Estudios de Asociación Genética , Humanos , Masculino , Mutación , Adulto JovenAsunto(s)
Discapacidades del Desarrollo/genética , Epilepsia/genética , Discapacidad Intelectual/genética , Mutación , Ubiquitina-Proteína Ligasas/genética , Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagen , Encéfalo/fisiopatología , Preescolar , Discapacidades del Desarrollo/diagnóstico por imagen , Discapacidades del Desarrollo/fisiopatología , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Epilepsia/diagnóstico por imagen , Epilepsia/fisiopatología , Humanos , Discapacidad Intelectual/diagnóstico por imagen , Discapacidad Intelectual/fisiopatología , MasculinoRESUMEN
Rett syndrome (RTT) is caused by mutations in methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2), but defects in a handful of other genes (e.g., CDKL5, FOXG1, MEF2C) can lead to presentations that resemble, but do not completely mirror, classical RTT. In this study, we attempted to identify other monogenic disorders that share features with RTT. We performed a retrospective chart review on n = 319 patients who had undergone clinical whole exome sequencing (WES) for further etiological evaluation of neurodevelopmental diagnoses that remained unexplained despite extensive prior workup. From this group, we characterized those who (1) possessed features that were compatible with RTT based on clinical judgment, (2) subsequently underwent MECP2 sequencing and/or MECP2 deletion/duplication analysis with negative results, and (3) ultimately arrived at a diagnosis other than RTT with WES. n = 7 patients had clinical features overlapping RTT with negative MECP2 analysis but positive WES providing a diagnosis. These seven patients collectively possessed pathogenic variants in six different genes: two in KCNB1 and one each in FOXG1, IQSEC2, MEIS2, TCF4, and WDR45. n = 2 (both with KCNB1 variants) fulfilled criteria for atypical RTT. RTT-associated features included the following: loss of hand or language skills (n = 3; IQSEC2, KCNB1 x 2); disrupted sleep (n = 4; KNCB1, MEIS2, TCF4, WDR45); stereotyped hand movements (n = 5; FOXG1, KNCB1 x 2, MEIS2, TCF4); bruxism (n = 3; KCNB1 x 2; TCF4); and hypotonia (n = 7). Clinically based diagnoses can be misleading, evident by the increasing number of genetic conditions associated with features of RTT with negative MECP2 mutations.
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Síndrome de Rett/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Rett/genética , Proteínas Portadoras/genética , Femenino , Factores de Transcripción Forkhead/genética , Eliminación de Gen , Duplicación de Gen , Factores de Intercambio de Guanina Nucleótido/genética , Proteínas de Homeodominio/genética , Humanos , Masculino , Proteína 2 de Unión a Metil-CpG/genética , Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/genética , Fenotipo , Estudios Retrospectivos , Canales de Potasio Shab/genética , Factor de Transcripción 4/genética , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Secuenciación del ExomaRESUMEN
Importance: Knowing the range of symptoms seen in patients with a missense or loss-of-function variant in KCNB1 and how these symptoms correlate with the type of variant will help clinicians with diagnosis and prognosis when treating new patients. Objectives: To investigate the clinical spectrum associated with KCNB1 variants and the genotype-phenotype correlations. Design, Setting, and Participants: This study summarized the clinical and genetic information of patients with a presumed pathogenic variant in KCNB1. Patients were identified in research projects or during clinical testing. Information on patients from previously published articles was collected and authors contacted if feasible. All patients were seen at a clinic at one of the participating institutes because of presumed genetic disorder. They were tested in a clinical setting or included in a research project. Main Outcomes and Measures: The genetic variant and its inheritance and information on the patient's symptoms and characteristics in a predefined format. All variants were identified with massive parallel sequencing and confirmed with Sanger sequencing in the patient. Absence of the variant in the parents could be confirmed with Sanger sequencing in all families except one. Results: Of 26 patients (10 female, 15 male, 1 unknown; mean age at inclusion, 9.8 years; age range, 2-32 years) with developmental delay, 20 (77%) carried a missense variant in the ion channel domain of KCNB1, with a concentration of variants in region S5 to S6. Three variants that led to premature stops were located in the C-terminal and 3 in the ion channel domain. Twenty-one of 25 patients (84%) had seizures, with 9 patients (36%) starting with epileptic spasms between 3 and 18 months of age. All patients had developmental delay, with 17 (65%) experiencing severe developmental delay; 14 (82%) with severe delay had behavioral problems. The developmental delay was milder in 4 of 6 patients with stop variants and in a patient with a variant in the S2 transmembrane element rather than the S4 to S6 region. Conclusions and Relevance: De novo KCNB1 missense variants in the ion channel domain and loss-of-function variants in this domain and the C-terminal likely cause neurodevelopmental disorders with or without seizures. Patients with presumed pathogenic variants in KCNB1 have a variable phenotype. However, the type and position of the variants in the protein are (imperfectly) correlated with the severity of the disorder.
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Mutación Missense/genética , Trastornos del Neurodesarrollo/genética , Trastornos del Neurodesarrollo/fisiopatología , Canales de Potasio Shab/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagen , Niño , Preescolar , Electroencefalografía , Femenino , Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo , Genotipo , Humanos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Trastornos del Neurodesarrollo/diagnóstico por imagen , Fenotipo , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
KCNQ5 is a highly conserved gene encoding an important channel for neuronal function; it is widely expressed in the brain and generates M-type current. Exome sequencing identified de novo heterozygous missense mutations in four probands with intellectual disability, abnormal neurological findings, and treatment-resistant epilepsy (in two of four). Comprehensive analysis of this potassium channel for the four variants expressed in frog oocytes revealed shifts in the voltage dependence of activation, including altered activation and deactivation kinetics. Specifically, both loss-of-function and gain-of-function KCNQ5 mutations, associated with increased excitability and decreased repolarization reserve, lead to pathophysiology.
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Epilepsia/genética , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Discapacidad Intelectual/genética , Canales de Potasio KCNQ/genética , Mutación/genética , Electroencefalografía , Humanos , Activación del Canal Iónico , Canales de Potasio KCNQ/química , Proteínas Mutantes/química , Proteínas Mutantes/genética , Fenotipo , Alineación de SecuenciaRESUMEN
Azadirachta indica has been used for its medicinal properties since time immemorial. Herbal medicines which are prepared using this medicinal tree are utilized to treat various diseases and disorders. No reports are available for marker-based standardization of these herbal medicines prepared from leaves of A. indica. Also existing HPLC methods for determination quercetin-3-O-ß-d-glucoside are time consuming. There is an obvious need for development of new HPLC method for quantification of quercetin-3-O-ß-d-glucoside which is fast enough to carry out analysis in stipulated time period. This article deals with the development, optimization and validation of fast HPLC-DAD method for the determination of quercetin-3-O-ß-d-glucoside in extracts containing A. indica for its successive application for marker-based standardization of herbal formulations containing A. indica. The retention time of quercetin-3-O-ß-d-glucoside was 11.213 min. The method was found to be linear in the range of 4.0-60 µg mL-1. Limit of detection and limit of quantitation of the proposed method were found to be 1.33 and 4.0 µg mL-1, respectively. The mean recoveries were found to be within 93.53-103.75%. The method can be used as quality control tool for routine analysis of herbal extracts and formulations containing A. indicia.
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Azadirachta/química , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión/métodos , Extractos Vegetales/química , Quercetina/análogos & derivados , Límite de Detección , Modelos Lineales , Hojas de la Planta/química , Quercetina/análisis , Reproducibilidad de los ResultadosRESUMEN
Using whole-exome sequencing, we have identified novel de novo heterozygous pleckstrin homology domain-interacting protein (PHIP) variants that are predicted to be deleterious, including a frameshift deletion, in two unrelated patients with common clinical features of developmental delay, intellectual disability, anxiety, hypotonia, poor balance, obesity, and dysmorphic features. A nonsense mutation in PHIP has previously been associated with similar clinical features. Patients with microdeletions of 6q14.1, including PHIP, have a similar phenotype of developmental delay, intellectual disability, hypotonia, and obesity, suggesting that the phenotype of our patients is a result of loss-of-function mutations. PHIP produces multiple protein products, such as PHIP1 (also known as DCAF14), PHIP, and NDRP. PHIP1 is one of the multiple substrate receptors of the proteolytic CUL4-DDB1 ubiquitin ligase complex. CUL4B deficiency has been associated with intellectual disability, central obesity, muscle wasting, and dysmorphic features. The overlapping phenotype associated with CUL4B deficiency suggests that PHIP mutations cause disease through disruption of the ubiquitin ligase pathway.
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Péptidos y Proteínas de Señalización Intracelular/genética , Preescolar , Discapacidades del Desarrollo/genética , Exoma , Femenino , Mutación del Sistema de Lectura , Heterocigoto , Humanos , Discapacidad Intelectual/genética , Hipotonía Muscular/genética , Mutación , Obesidad/genética , Fenotipo , Dominios Homólogos a Pleckstrina , Secuenciación del Exoma/métodosRESUMEN
Retinoic acid (RA) signaling plays a key role in the development and function of several systems in mammals. We previously discovered that the de novo mutations c.1159C>T (p.Arg387Cys) and c.1159C>A (p.Arg387Ser) in the RA Receptor Beta (RARB) gene cause microphthalmia and diaphragmatic hernia. However, the natural history of affected subjects beyond the prenatal or neonatal period was unknown. Here, we describe nine additional subjects with microphthalmia who have de novo mutations in RARB, including the previously described p.Arg387Cys as well as the novel c.887G>C (p.Gly296Ala) and c.638T>C (p.Leu213Pro). Moreover, we review the information on four previously reported cases. All subjects who survived the neonatal period (n = 10) displayed severe global developmental delay with progressive motor impairment due to spasticity and/or dystonia (with or without chorea). The majority of subjects also showed Chiari type I malformation and severe feeding difficulties. We previously found that p.Arg387Cys and p.Arg387Ser induce a gain-of-function. We show here that the p.Gly296Ala and p.Leu213Pro RARB mutations further promote the RA ligand-induced transcriptional activity by twofold to threefold over the wild-type receptor, also indicating a gain-of-function mechanism. These observations suggest that precise regulation of RA signaling is required for brain development and/or function in humans.
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Mutación con Ganancia de Función , Discapacidad Intelectual/genética , Trastornos del Movimiento/genética , Receptores de Ácido Retinoico/genética , Adolescente , Niño , Preescolar , Trastornos Distónicos , Femenino , Humanos , Recién Nacido , Masculino , Modelos Moleculares , Mutación Missense , Conformación Proteica , Receptores de Ácido Retinoico/química , Activación TranscripcionalRESUMEN
We evaluated a 13-year-old East Pakistani male affected with microcephaly, apparent intellectual disability, hypotonia, and brisk reflexes without spasticity. His parents were first cousins. The patient also had a brother who was similarly affected and died at 10 years due to an accident. Previous SNP array testing showed a 1.63 Mb duplication at 16p13.11 of uncertain significance along with regions of homozygosity. Exome sequencing identified a known pathogenic homozygous alteration in DEAF1, c.676C>T (p.R226W), in this patient. The alteration had been reported in two individuals from a consanguineous Saudi Arabian family. Both individuals had microcephaly, intellectual disability, hypotonia, feeding difficulties, and poor growth. The patient reported here did not have evidence of white matter disease, as had been reported with prior patients. We conclude that this DEAF1 gene alteration caused this patient's symptoms and that white matter disease should not be considered a obligate feature of this syndrome.
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Discapacidad Intelectual/genética , Microcefalia/genética , Hipotonía Muscular/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Adolescente , Duplicación Cromosómica , Proteínas de Unión al ADN , Exoma , Humanos , Discapacidad Intelectual/fisiopatología , Leucoencefalopatías/genética , Leucoencefalopatías/patología , Masculino , Microcefalia/fisiopatología , Hipotonía Muscular/fisiopatología , Mutación , Pakistán , Linaje , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Factores de TranscripciónRESUMEN
Tuberous sclerosis complex is a multisystem, chronic genetic condition characterized by systemic growth of benign tumors and often accompanied by epilepsy, autism spectrum disorders, and intellectual disability. Nonetheless, the neurodevelopmental phenotype of these patients is not often detailed. The authors describe 3 individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex who share common characteristics that can help to identify a distinct profile of autism spectrum disorder. These findings include typical cognitive development, expressive and pragmatic language deficits, and anxiety. The authors also describe features specific to tuberous sclerosis complex that require consideration before diagnosing an autism spectrum disorder. Identifying distinct profiles of autism spectrum disorder in tuberous sclerosis complex can help optimize treatment across the life span.
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Trastorno del Espectro Autista/diagnóstico , Trastorno del Espectro Autista/terapia , Encéfalo/patología , Esclerosis Tuberosa/diagnóstico , Esclerosis Tuberosa/terapia , Adolescente , Trastorno del Espectro Autista/patología , Trastorno del Espectro Autista/fisiopatología , Niño , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Fenotipo , Esclerosis Tuberosa/patología , Esclerosis Tuberosa/fisiopatologíaRESUMEN
Prostate cancer (PCa) cells undergoing neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) are clinically relevant to the development of relapsed castration-resistant PCa. Increasing evidences show that autophagy involves in the development of neuroendocrine (NE) tumors, including PCa. To clarify the effect of autophagy on NED, androgen-sensitive PCa LNCaP cells were examined. Treatment of LNCaP cells with IL-6 resulted in an induction of autophagy. In the absence of androgen, IL-6 caused an even stronger activation of autophagy. Similar result was identified in NED induction. Inhibition of autophagy with chloroquine (CQ) markedly decreased NED. This observation was confirmed by beclin1 and Atg5 silencing experiments. Further supporting the role of autophagy in NED, we found that LC3 was up-regulated in PCa tissue that had relapsed after androgen-deprivation therapy when compared with their primary tumor counterpart. LC3 staining in relapsed PCa tissue showed punctate pattern similar to the staining of chromogranin A (CgA), a marker for NED cells. Moreover, autophagy inhibition induced the apoptosis of IL-6 induced NE differentiated PCa cells. Consistently, inhibition of autophagy by knockdown of beclin1 or Atg5 sensitized NE differentiated LNCaP cells to etoposide, a chemotherapy drug. To identify the mechanisms, phosphorylation of IL-6 downstream targets was analyzed. An increase in phospho-AMPK and a decrease in phospho-mTOR were found, which implies that IL-6 regulates autophagy through the AMPK/mTOR pathway. Most important to this study is the discovery of REST, a neuronal gene-specific transcriptional repressor that is involved in autophagy activation. REST was down-regulated in IL-6 treatment. Knockdown experiments suggest that REST is critical to NED and autophagy activation by IL-6. Together, our studies imply that autophagy is involved in PCa progression and plays a cytoprotective role when NED is induced in PCa cells by IL-6 treatment. These results reveal the potential of targeting autophagy as part of a combined therapeutic regime for NE tumors.
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Autofagia/efectos de los fármacos , Diferenciación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/efectos de los fármacos , Interleucina-6/farmacología , Células Neuroendocrinas/patología , Neoplasias de la Próstata/patología , Transducción de Señal/efectos de los fármacos , Adenilato Quinasa/metabolismo , Andrógenos/farmacología , Proteínas Reguladoras de la Apoptosis/metabolismo , Autofagia/genética , Beclina-1 , Diferenciación Celular/genética , Línea Celular Tumoral , Cloroquina/farmacología , Citoprotección/efectos de los fármacos , Citoprotección/genética , Regulación hacia Abajo/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación hacia Abajo/genética , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Técnicas de Silenciamiento del Gen , Humanos , Masculino , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Modelos Biológicos , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/genética , Recurrencia Local de Neoplasia/patología , Células Neuroendocrinas/efectos de los fármacos , Células Neuroendocrinas/metabolismo , Análisis de Secuencia por Matrices de Oligonucleótidos , Neoplasias de la Próstata/enzimología , Neoplasias de la Próstata/genética , Proteínas Represoras/genética , Proteínas Represoras/metabolismo , Serina-Treonina Quinasas TOR/metabolismoRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to identify and characterize echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion (EML4-ALK+) cancers by variant-specific, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assays in a large cohort of North American non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. METHODS: We developed a panel of single and multiplex RT-PCR assays suitable for rapid and accurate detection of the eight most common EML4-ALK+ variants and ALK gene expression in archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded NSCLC specimens. EGFR and KRAS genotyping and thymidylate synthase RNA level by RT-PCR assays were available in a subset of patients. RESULTS: Between December 2009 and September 2012, 7344 NSCLC specimens were tested. An EML4-ALK+ transcript was detected in 200 cases (2.7%), including 109 V1 (54.5%), 20 V2 (10.0%), 68 V3 (34.0%), and three V5a (1.5%) variants. Median age was 54.5 years (range, 23-89), and 104 patients (52.0%) were women. The great majority (n=188, 94.0%) of EML4-ALK+ NSCLC tumors had adenocarcinoma histology. ALK expression level varied significantly among different EML4-ALK+ variants and individual tumors. Only one case each of concurrent EGFR or KRAS mutation was detected. The median thymidylate synthase RNA level from 85 EML4-ALK+ cancers was significantly lower compared with that of EML4-ALK-negative lung adenocarcinomas (2.02 versus 3.29, respectively, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This panel of variant-specific, quantitative RT-PCR assays detects common EML4-ALK+ variants as well as ALK gene expression level in archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded NSCLC specimens. These RT-PCR assays may be useful as an adjunct to the standard fluorescence in situ hybridization assay to better understand biologic variability and response patterns to anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitors.