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Osteoporos Int ; 30(5): 1125-1135, 2019 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30603840

RESUMO

Life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH) is reaching similar length as in the general population. Accordingly, age-related comorbidities, including osteoporosis, are increasing. Fracture risk is higher and increases approximately 10 years earlier in PLWH. Classical risk factors of bone fragility are highly prevalent in PLWH but factors specific for HIV infection itself and the type of antiretroviral therapy (ART) (triple combination antiretroviral therapy) regimen (especially tenofovir and protease inhibitors) also contribute to bone loss. The majority of bone loss occurs during virus activity and at initiation of ART (immune reconstitution) and is associated with an increase of bone resorption (upregulation RANKL). Recent data indicate that calcium and vitamin D supplements as ART initiation lower BMD loss. The reduction of tenofovir plasma concentrations with tenofovir alafenamide attenuates BMD loss but it remains unknown whether it will contribute to reduce fracture risk. Hence, special considerations for the management of bone fragility in PLWH are warranted. Based on the current state of epidemiology and pathophysiology of osteoporosis in PLWH, we provide the consensus of the Swiss Association against Osteoporosis on best practice for diagnosis, prevention, and management of osteoporosis in this population. Periodic assessment of fracture risk is indicated in all HIV patients and general preventive measures should be implemented. All postmenopausal women, men above 50 years of age, and patients with other clinical risk for fragility fractures qualify for BMD measurement. An algorithm clarifies when treatment with bisphosphonates and review of ART regimen in favour of more bone-friendly options are indicated.


Assuntos
Infecções por HIV/complicações , Osteoporose/etiologia , Fármacos Anti-HIV/efeitos adversos , Densidade Óssea/efeitos dos fármacos , Conservadores da Densidade Óssea/uso terapêutico , Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia , Humanos , Osteoporose/diagnóstico , Osteoporose/epidemiologia , Osteoporose/terapia , Fraturas por Osteoporose/epidemiologia , Fraturas por Osteoporose/fisiopatologia , Fraturas por Osteoporose/prevenção & controle , Medição de Risco/métodos , Fatores de Risco , Suíça/epidemiologia
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Osteoporos Int ; 29(2): 459-465, 2018 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29134241

RESUMO

This matched case-control study compared the computed tomography (CT)-based regional bone density of patients with fragility fractures of the sacrum to a control without fracture. Patients with a sacral fracture demonstrated a significantly lower regional bone density of the sacrum, the sacral bone density not being correlated with the BMD by DXA of the spine. INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study is to compare the computed tomography-based regional bone density measured by Hounsfield units (HUs) in patients with and without fragility fractures of the sacrum. METHODS: Patients aged ≥ 50 years with a fragility fracture of the sacrum were compared to patients of similar age and gender who had a fall from standing height without fracture (n = 46). A matched case-control analysis was conducted by retrospective chart review and assessment of areal bone mineral density by lumbar DXA and by volumetric regional HU measurements in uncalibrated CT scans of the sacrum. RESULTS: Patients with a sacral fracture (age 74 ± 11 years) showed a lower bone density in the body of S1 (HU 85 ± 22) when compared to the matched control group without fracture (age 73 ± 10 years, HU 125 ± 37, p < 0.001). The CT-based bone density of S1 did not correlate with the DXA values of the lumbar spine (r = 0.223, p = 0.136), and lumbar spine T-scores did not differ between the groups (- 2.0 ± 1.3 vs. - 1.9 ± 1.2, p = 0.786). All measurements are based on uncalibrated scans, and absolute HU values are restricted to scans made on Siemens SOMATOM Force or SOMATOM Edge scanners. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with fragility fractures of the sacrum demonstrated a lower regional volumetric bone density of the sacrum when compared to a cohort without a fracture. Local sacral volumetric bone density as measured by CT seems to be independent from the areal BMD as measured by DXA of the lumbar spine. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: level III.


Assuntos
Densidade Óssea/fisiologia , Fraturas por Osteoporose/fisiopatologia , Sacro/lesões , Absorciometria de Fóton , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Humanos , Vértebras Lombares/fisiopatologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Osteoporose Pós-Menopausa/complicações , Osteoporose Pós-Menopausa/diagnóstico por imagem , Osteoporose Pós-Menopausa/fisiopatologia , Fraturas por Osteoporose/diagnóstico por imagem , Fraturas por Osteoporose/etiologia , Sacro/diagnóstico por imagem , Sacro/fisiopatologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/métodos
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Faraday Discuss ; 205: 121-148, 2017 12 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28884781

RESUMO

Quantitative understanding of the electromagnetic component in enhanced Raman spectroscopy is often difficult to achieve on account of the complex substrate structures utilised. We therefore turn to two structurally simple systems amenable to detailed modelling. The first is tip-enhanced Raman scattering under electron scanning tunnelling microscopy control (STM-TERS) where, appealing to understanding developed in the context of photon emission from STM, it is argued that the localised surface plasmon modes driving the Raman enhancement exist in the visible and near-infrared regime only by virtue of significant modification to the optical properties of the tip and sample metals (gold here). This is due to the strong dc field-induced (∼109 V m-1) non-linear corrections to the dielectric function of gold via the third order susceptibility term in the polarisation. Also, sub-5 nm spatial resolution is shown in the modelling. Secondly, we suggest a novel deployment of hybrid plasmonic waveguide modes in surface enhanced Raman scattering (HPWG-SERS). This delivers strong confinement of electromagnetic energy in a ∼10 nm oxide 'gap' between a high-index dielectric material of nanoscale width (a GaAs nanorod and a 100 nm Si slab are considered here) and a metal, yielding a monotonic variation in the Raman enhancement factor as a function of wavelength with no long-wavelength cut-off, both features that contrast with STM-TERS.

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Am J Transplant ; 16(6): 1882-91, 2016 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26713403

RESUMO

We conducted an open-label, prospective, randomized trial to assess the efficacy and safety of RANKL inhibition with denosumab to prevent the loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in the first year after kidney transplantation. Ninety kidney transplant recipients were randomized 1:1 2 weeks after surgery to receive denosumab (60 mg at baseline and 6 months) or no treatment. After 12 months, total lumbar spine areal BMD (aBMD) increased by 4.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 3.3-5.9%) in 46 patients in the denosumab group and decreased by -0.5% (95% CI -1.8% to 0.9%) in 44 patients in the control group (between-group difference 5.1% [95% CI 3.1-7.0%], p < 0.0001). Denosumab also increased aBMD at the total hip by 1.9% (95% CI, 0.1-3.7%; p = 0.035) over that in the control group at 12 months. High-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography in a subgroup of 24 patients showed that denosumab increased volumetric BMD at the distal tibia and radius (all p < 0.05). Biomarkers of bone turnover (C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen, procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide) markedly decreased with denosumab (all p < 0.0001). Episodes of cystitis and asymptomatic hypocalcemia occurred more often with denosumab, whereas graft function, rate of rejections, and incidence of opportunistic infections were similar. In conclusion, denosumab increased BMD in the first year after kidney transplantation but was associated with more frequent episodes of urinary tract infection.


Assuntos
Conservadores da Densidade Óssea/uso terapêutico , Densidade Óssea/efeitos dos fármacos , Remodelação Óssea/efeitos dos fármacos , Osso e Ossos/efeitos dos fármacos , Denosumab/uso terapêutico , Transplante de Rim/efeitos adversos , Osteoporose/prevenção & controle , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Osteoporose/etiologia , Estudos Prospectivos
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Poult Sci ; 103(5): 103588, 2024 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38479100

RESUMO

Preening cups are a form of environmental enrichment that provides Pekin ducks a semi-open water source to express their natural behaviors. We recently observed that preening cups may increase feather pecking behaviors in ducks. Thus, we set out to determine if this form of enrichment can impact the affective state of Pekin ducks. To accomplish this goal, we evaluated the effect of preening cups on serotonin (5-HT) and dopamine (DA) turnover via mass spectrometry and their respective synthetic enzyme gene expression via qRT-PCR. Our study investigated the link between aggressive pecking with levels and activity of brain 5-HT and DA. Brain 5-HT and DA levels and activity have been established for decades to be associated with affective states. Grow-out Pekin ducks (n = 260) were housed at Purdue and raised per industry standards. On day 18, brains were collected from ducks in pens before preening cups were placed (PRE, n = 6) and, again on day 43, in pens with (PC, n = 6) and without (CON, n = 6) preening cups. Brains were dissected into right and left halves, then further microdissected into 4 brain areas: caudal mesencephalon (CM), rostral mesencephalon (RM), diencephalon (DI), and forebrain (FB). The right hemisphere was used for mass spectrometry to determine the neurotransmitter concentration (ng/mg of tissue) and those concentrations were applied to neurotransmitter turnover equations. There were no differences across treatments for 5-HT turnover in any brain area. There were differences in DA turnover across age (P = 0.0067) in the CM and across treatments (P = 0.003) in the RM. The left hemisphere of the brain was used to perform qRT-PCR on the genes of 5-HT and DA production enzymes. Within the CM, day 43 duck brains had increased (P = 0.022) tryptophan hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase relative mRNA levels. All other brain areas showed no differences. Our data suggest that ducks housed with preening cups and that showed increased feather pecking are associated with increased brain DA activity. The increased DA in the brain may lead to a predisposition for increased aggression in the form of feather pecking.


Assuntos
Encéfalo , Dopamina , Patos , Abrigo para Animais , Serotonina , Animais , Patos/fisiologia , Dopamina/metabolismo , Serotonina/metabolismo , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Encéfalo/fisiologia , Comportamento Animal/fisiologia , Agressão/fisiologia , Masculino , Criação de Animais Domésticos/métodos , Plumas/química
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Sci Rep ; 13(1): 20829, 2023 Nov 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38012378

RESUMO

Abyssal channels are the key points controlling bottom circulation of the World Ocean. They provide meridional transport of the coldest Antarctic Bottom Water between deep-water basins influencing the meridional overturning circulation and the climate on a global scale. Here we show that the synoptic variability of deep-water flows including blocking abyssal currents between deep ocean basins is related to sea level anomalies observed over the channels. Our results demonstrate that processes at the ocean surface have a more significant connection with the bottom circulation than it was considered earlier. This study opens a discussion of the importance of mesoscale eddies and air-sea interactions on water exchange between abyssal basins, meridional heat transport in the ocean, and possible responses of the ocean to the observed sea level rise in a changing climate.

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Poult Sci ; 102(12): 103145, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37844528

RESUMO

Preening cups may be a form of open water that would allow ducks to express preening behaviors. We set out to test the hypothesis that preening cups would not have detrimental effects on ducks or their environment. Control pens (N = 6, 65 ducks/pen) had nipple lines while experimental pens (N = 6, 65 ducks/pen) had the same nipple line plus one preening cup (PC). Body weights of 30 ducks per pen, and body condition scores on 50 ducks per pen were recorded weekly. On d 18 and 43, 5 ducks per pen were euthanized and their spleens, Bursas, liver, and uropygial glands were weighed. Behavior data were collected using scan sampling with video being recorded for 72 continuous hours at 4 different ages: 25 d, 30 d, 36 d, and 40 d. Body morphometrics were analyzed by 2-way ANOVA with repeated measures. Body condition scoring was analyzed by Pearson's chi-square. The GLIMMIX procedure (SAS 9.4) was used for behavioral analyses to examine treatment differences in the proportion of ducks performing dry preening, wet preening, eating, drinking, standing, and laying down. Feather pecking, feather picking, preening conspecifics (also known as allopreening), dunking head, and drinking from preening cup were analyzed using PROC LOGISTIC with the Firth bias correction for quasi-complete separation and odds ratios were calculated. More PC ducks housed with PC performed wet preening compared to control ducks (25 d: F1,26 = 6.90, P = 0.0143; 30, 36, and 40 d; F1,78 = 24.53, P < 0.0001). Ducks in the PC group were also more likely to lay down compared to controls (25 d: F1,33 = 4.95, P = 0.0330). No differences were observed for any other behavior, body condition score, body weight or morphometrics at any age. Although ducks in the preening cup group showed an increase in wet preening, our data suggest that open water is not necessary to maintain feather condition or uropygial gland size.


Assuntos
Comportamento Animal , Patos , Animais , Asseio Animal , Galinhas , Água
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Neuroimage ; 62(3): 1600-9, 2012 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22659445

RESUMO

PURPOSE: To establish a novel approach for fiber tracking based on navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) mapping of the primary motor cortex and to propose a new algorithm for determination of an individualized fractional anisotropy value for reliable and objective fiber tracking. METHODS: 50 patients (22 females, 28 males, median age 58 years (20-80)) with brain tumors compromising the primary motor cortex and the corticospinal tract underwent preoperative MR imaging and nTMS mapping. Stimulation spots evoking muscle potentials (MEP) closest to the tumor were imported into the fiber tracking software and set as seed points for tractography. Next the individual FA threshold, i.e. the highest FA value leading to visualization of tracts at a predefined minimum fiber length of 110 mm, was determined. Fiber tracking was then performed at a fractional anisotropy value of 75% and 50% of the individual FA threshold. In addition, fiber tracking according to the conventional knowledge-based approach was performed. Results of tractography of either method were presented to the surgeon for preoperative planning and integrated into the navigation system and its impact was rated using a questionnaire. RESULTS: Mapping of the motor cortex was successful in all patients. A fractional anisotropy threshold for corticospinal tract reconstruction could be obtained in every case. TMS-based results changed or modified surgical strategy in 23 of 50 patients (46%), whereas knowledge-based results would have changed surgical strategy in 11 of 50 patients (22%). Tractography results facilitated intraoperative orientation and electrical stimulation in 28 of 50 (56%) patients. Tracking at 75% of the individual FA thresholds was considered most beneficial by the respective surgeons. CONCLUSIONS: Fiber tracking based on nTMS by the proposed standardized algorithm represents an objective visualization method based on functional data and provides a valuable instrument for preoperative planning and intraoperative orientation and monitoring.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Imagem de Tensor de Difusão/métodos , Neuronavegação/métodos , Tratos Piramidais/patologia , Estimulação Magnética Transcraniana , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Algoritmos , Anisotropia , Feminino , Humanos , Interpretação de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Córtex Motor/patologia , Adulto Jovem
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Z Rheumatol ; 70(9): 740-4, 746, 2011 Nov.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21989974

RESUMO

Parathyroid dysfunction, leading to severe clinical symptoms and radiographic changes, has decreased over the last years due to routine laboratory checks including serum calcium levels. Thus, abnormal calcium levels are detected early in the course of the disease and the underlying cause treated accordingly. Hyperparathyroidism often leads to osteoporosis and low-trauma fractures. When evaluating secondary osteoporosis analysis of calcium, phosphate and intact parathyroid hormone levels are mandatory. Osteitis fibrosa cystica and brown tumors are less frequent findings of hyperparathyroidism. However, in patients with arthritis or bone symptoms, hyperparathyroidism has to be evaluated as a possible reason. Other manifestations of hyperparathyroidism include myopathy, tendon ruptures and unspecific symptoms of the muscles and skeleton. Gout as well as pseudogout may be associated with hyperparathyroidism. Hypoparathyroidism may cause musculoskeletal diseases mimicking ankylosing spondylitis or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. Myopathies are sometimes induced by hypoparathyroidism. An association between systemic lupus erythematosus and hypoparathyroidism seems to exist.


Assuntos
Doenças das Paratireoides/complicações , Doenças das Paratireoides/diagnóstico , Doenças Reumáticas/diagnóstico , Doenças Reumáticas/etiologia , Humanos
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Diabetes Obes Metab ; 12(4): 356-9, 2010 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20380657

RESUMO

To evaluate the effect of metformin on basal and insulin-induced glucose uptake in subcutaneous and visceral preadipocyte-derived adipocytes from obese and non-obese patients, preadipocytes were obtained from subcutaneous and visceral fat depots during abdominal surgery. Differentiation efficiency was evaluated by measurement of intracellular triglyceride accumulation. Preadipocyte-derived adipocytes were treated with metformin (1 mM) for 24 h with or without the addition of insulin (100 nM) for 20 min and glucose uptake was measured. In cells from each donor, intracellular triglyceride accumulation was more abundant in subcutaneous preadipocyte-derived adipocytes than in visceral preadipocyte-derived adipocytes (p < 0.001). Insulin stimulated glucose uptake in subcutaneous preadipocyte-derived adipocytes from both non-obese and obese patients (p < 0.001 vs. basal). In visceral preadipocyte-derived adipocytes, insulin did not increase basal glucose uptake. In subcutaneous preadipocyte-derived adipocytes from non-obese and obese patients, metformin alone increased glucose uptake to 2.7 +/- 0.2 (p < 0.001) and 2.1 +/- 0.1 fold (p < 0.001) respectively. Metformin increased glucose uptake in visceral preadipocyte-derived adipocytes from non-obese (1.7 +/- 0.1 fold vs. basal, p < 0.001) and obese (2.0 +/- 0.2 fold vs. basal, p < 0.001) patients. Combined treatment with metformin and insulin increased glucose uptake in subcutaneous preadipocyte-derived adipocytes from both non-obese and obese patients (p < 0.001 vs. insulin alone). In preadipocyte-derived adipocytes glucose uptake is induced by metformin independent of the fat depot origin of the preadipocytes (subcutaneous or visceral) and the obesity state of the patients (non-obese or obese). In adipocytes, metformin seems to induce glucose uptake independent of insulin suggesting an alternative mechanism of action of this drug.


Assuntos
Adipócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Tecido Adiposo/citologia , Glucose/metabolismo , Hipoglicemiantes/farmacologia , Insulina/farmacologia , Metformina/farmacologia , Adipócitos/metabolismo , Tecido Adiposo/metabolismo , Adulto , Idoso , Transporte Biológico , Células Cultivadas , Feminino , Humanos , Gordura Intra-Abdominal/citologia , Masculino , Gordura Subcutânea/citologia , Triglicerídeos/metabolismo
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Ann Rheum Dis ; 68(1): 47-50, 2009 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18203763

RESUMO

OBJECTIVES: To describe and analyse the manifestation of sclerosing skin disorders in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). CASE REPORTS: We describe three patients with relapsing-remitting MS who developed skin sclerosis while receiving interferon (IFN)-beta treatment and review nine further cases of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in MS from the literature. Of all 12 patients reported, eight had limited cutaneous SSc, three had diffuse cutaneous SSc and one patient had an antisynthetase syndrome. Localised scleroderma such as morphoea was not described. The mean age at diagnosis was 25.2 years for MS (range 12 to 51) and 38.3 years for SSc (range 16 to 66). Eleven patients developed SSc after the onset of MS and manifested with skin sclerosis after a mean of 14.9 years (range 1 to 45). In five patients IFN-beta was commenced before the development of skin sclerosis (mean 4.6 years, range 1 to 8 years). There was no relationship between the onset of skin sclerosis and MS activity. With the exception of one individual, all patients had antinuclear antibodies. CONCLUSIONS: Sclerosing skin disorders may develop in the course of MS. The relatively early age of SSc onset in patients with MS suggests a genetic predisposition and/or an IFN-associated trigger.


Assuntos
Esclerose Múltipla Recidivante-Remitente/complicações , Esclerodermia Difusa/complicações , Adjuvantes Imunológicos/efeitos adversos , Adjuvantes Imunológicos/uso terapêutico , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Interferon beta/efeitos adversos , Interferon beta/uso terapêutico , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Esclerose Múltipla Recidivante-Remitente/imunologia , Doença de Raynaud/complicações , Doença de Raynaud/imunologia , Esclerodermia Difusa/imunologia , Fatores de Tempo
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J Cell Biol ; 149(7): 1443-54, 2000 Jun 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10871284

RESUMO

CAP23 is a major cortical cytoskeleton-associated and calmodulin binding protein that is widely and abundantly expressed during development, maintained in selected brain structures in the adult, and reinduced during nerve regeneration. Overexpression of CAP23 in adult neurons of transgenic mice promotes nerve sprouting, but the role of this protein in process outgrowth was not clear. Here, we show that CAP23 is functionally related to GAP43, and plays a critical role to regulate nerve sprouting and the actin cytoskeleton. Knockout mice lacking CAP23 exhibited a pronounced and complex phenotype, including a defect to produce stimulus-induced nerve sprouting at the adult neuromuscular junction. This sprouting deficit was rescued by transgenic overexpression of either CAP23 or GAP43 in adult motoneurons. Knockin mice expressing GAP43 instead of CAP23 were essentially normal, indicating that, although these proteins do not share homologous sequences, GAP43 can functionally substitute for CAP23 in vivo. Cultured sensory neurons lacking CAP23 exhibited striking alterations in neurite outgrowth that were phenocopied by low doses of cytochalasin D. A detailed analysis of such cultures revealed common and unique functions of CAP23 and GAP43 on the actin cytoskeleton and neurite outgrowth. The results provide compelling experimental evidence for the notion that CAP23 and GAP43 are functionally related intrinsic determinants of anatomical plasticity, and suggest that these proteins function by locally promoting subplasmalemmal actin cytoskeleton accumulation.


Assuntos
Actinas/metabolismo , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Encéfalo/fisiologia , Proteínas de Ligação a Calmodulina , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Proteína GAP-43/metabolismo , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso , Neuritos/metabolismo , Neuritos/fisiologia , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia , Fatores Etários , Animais , Toxinas Botulínicas Tipo A/farmacologia , Encéfalo/citologia , Células Cultivadas , Citocalasina D/farmacologia , Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Gânglios Espinais/citologia , Gânglios Espinais/metabolismo , Cones de Crescimento/metabolismo , Cones de Crescimento/ultraestrutura , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Neurônios Motores/citologia , Neurônios Motores/metabolismo , Fibras Nervosas/metabolismo , Fibras Nervosas/ultraestrutura , Fármacos Neuromusculares/farmacologia , Junção Neuromuscular/metabolismo , Junção Neuromuscular/ultraestrutura , Inibidores da Síntese de Ácido Nucleico/farmacologia , Fenótipo , Polímeros/metabolismo
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J Cell Biol ; 149(7): 1455-72, 2000 Jun 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10871285

RESUMO

The dynamic properties of the cell cortex and its actin cytoskeleton determine important aspects of cell behavior and are a major target of cell regulation. GAP43, myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrate (MARCKS), and CAP23 (GMC) are locally abundant, plasmalemma-associated PKC substrates that affect actin cytoskeleton. Their expression correlates with morphogenic processes and cell motility, but their role in cortex regulation has been difficult to define mechanistically. We now show that the three proteins accumulate at rafts, where they codistribute with PI(4,5)P(2), and promote its retention and clustering. Binding and modulation of PI(4, 5)P(2) depended on the basic effector domain (ED) of these proteins, and constructs lacking the ED functioned as dominant inhibitors of plasmalemmal PI(4,5)P(2) modulation. In the neuron-like cell line, PC12, NGF- and substrate-induced peripheral actin structures, and neurite outgrowth were greatly augmented by any of the three proteins, and suppressed by DeltaED mutants. Agents that globally mask PI(4,5)P(2) mimicked the effects of GMC on peripheral actin recruitment and cell spreading, but interfered with polarization and process formation. Dominant negative GAP43(DeltaED) also interfered with peripheral nerve regeneration, stimulus-induced nerve sprouting and control of anatomical plasticity at the neuromuscular junction of transgenic mice. These results suggest that GMC are functionally and mechanistically related PI(4,5)P(2) modulating proteins, upstream of actin and cell cortex dynamics regulation.


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Actinas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a Calmodulina , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Proteína GAP-43/metabolismo , Peptídeos e Proteínas de Sinalização Intracelular , Proteínas de Membrana , Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso , Fosfatidilinositol 4,5-Difosfato/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Animais , Bradicinina/metabolismo , Bradicinina/farmacologia , Membrana Celular/ultraestrutura , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/genética , Citoesqueleto/ultraestrutura , Proteína GAP-43/genética , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Hipocampo/ultraestrutura , Camundongos , Mutação/fisiologia , Substrato Quinase C Rico em Alanina Miristoilada , Regeneração Nervosa/efeitos dos fármacos , Regeneração Nervosa/fisiologia , Neuritos/metabolismo , Neuritos/ultraestrutura , Junção Neuromuscular/efeitos dos fármacos , Junção Neuromuscular/metabolismo , Junção Neuromuscular/ultraestrutura , Neurônios/metabolismo , Neurônios/ultraestrutura , Células PC12 , Nervos Periféricos/efeitos dos fármacos , Nervos Periféricos/metabolismo , Nervos Periféricos/ultraestrutura , Fosfatidilinositóis/metabolismo , Estrutura Terciária de Proteína/fisiologia , Proteínas/genética , Ratos , Frações Subcelulares
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Science ; 214(4527): 1299-305, 1981 Dec 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17812244

RESUMO

Chemical, paleontological, and mineralogical analyses of a 7.5-meter core from the middle of Lake Valencia, Venezuela, have provided information on the paleoclimatic history of this low-elevation, low-latitude site for the last 13,000 years. The data show that dry climates existed in this region from 13,000 years before present (B.P.) until about 10,000 years B.P. The Lake Valencia Basin was occupied by intermittent saline marshes at that time. About 10,000 years B.P., a permanent lake of fluctuating salinity formed and arboreal plant communities replaced the earlier dominant xeric herbaceous vegetation and marsh plants. By 8500 years B.P., Lake Valencia reached moderate to low salinities and discharged water; the modern vegetation became established at that time. After 8500 years B.P., the lake twice ceased discharging as a result of reduced watershed moisture. The second of these drying episodes is still in progress and has been aggravated by human activities in the watershed.

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Science ; 268(5213): 1026-9, 1995 May 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17774230

RESUMO

Ulysses spacecraft radio and plasma wave observations indicate that some variations in the intensity and occurrence rate of electric and magnetic wave events are functions of heliographic latitude, distance from the sun, and phase of the solar cycle. At high heliographic latitudes, solartype Ill radio emissions did not descend to the local plasma frequency, in contrast to the emission frequencies of some bursts observed in the ecliptic. Short-duration bursts of electrostatic and electromagnetic waves were often found in association with depressions in magnetic field amplitude, known as magnetic holes. Extensive wave activity observed in magnetic clouds may exist because of unusually large electron-ion temperature ratios. The lower number of intense in situ wave events at high latitudes was likely due to the decreased variability of the high- latitude solar wind.

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Acta Psychiatr Scand ; 120(2): 112-9, 2009 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19236315

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OBJECTIVE: In order to choose the best treatment option, physicians have to inform themselves and their patients about both the benefits and risks of available treatment options equally. Our study aims to investigate whether psychiatrists actually do conduct such a balanced information search and presentation. METHOD: Psychiatrists' information search and information presentation to a patient with schizophrenia were studied using two separate experiments. In both, participants were presented with hypothetical case vignettes and descriptions of fictitious antipsychotics. RESULTS: When searching for information, psychiatrists looked more for risks than benefits of antipsychotic treatment options (t = -3.4, df = 74, P = 0.001). However, when informing a patient, they named more benefits than risks (t = 17.1, df = 224, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The risk-biased information search presumably follows the principle of 'primum non nocere'. The benefit-biased information presentation might be motivated by the wish to persuade patients to accept the proposed therapy.


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Antipsicóticos/efeitos adversos , Competência Clínica , Revelação , Educação de Pacientes como Assunto , Relações Médico-Paciente , Psiquiatria , Esquizofrenia/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto , Antipsicóticos/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores de Risco , Inquéritos e Questionários
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Circ Res ; 89(4): 323-8, 2001 Aug 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11509448

RESUMO

Inhibition of proliferative neointima formed by vascular smooth muscle cells is a potential target in preventing angioplasty-induced restenosis. We have created a potent antiproliferative by fusing the active regions of the p27 and p16 cell cycle inhibitors. Intravascular delivery of a replication-deficient adenoviral vector (AV) encoding this p27-p16 fusion protein, named W9, inhibited balloon injury-induced neointimal hyperplasia in rabbit carotid arteries. In a therapeutically more relevant model, AV-W9 was delivered to balloon-injured porcine coronary arteries in vivo using an infusion catheter. Of the three coronary arteries, two were injured with a 15-mm balloon catheter and either were left untreated or were treated with 10(12) viral particles of either AV-W9 or a control null virus. AV-W9 treatment significantly inhibited neointimal hyperplasia in this porcine arterial balloon injury model compared with untreated or control virus-treated vessels. The average intimal area of the AV-W9-treated group 10 days after balloon injury and treatment was 0.42+/-0.36 mm(2), whereas the AV-null group demonstrated an intimal area of 0.70+/-0.52 mm(2). At day 10 the average intimal thickness of the AV-W9-treated vessels was 9.1 microm (n=5, x 20 magnification) compared with 21.2 microm (n=5, x 20 magnification) in control virus-treated vessels. This trend was also observed at 28 days after balloon injury and gene transfer during which AV-W9-treated vessels demonstrated an average intimal thickness of 4.7 microm (n=8, x 20 magnification) compared with 13.3 microm (n=3, x 20 magnification) in control virus-treated vessels and 7.3 microm (n=5, x 20 magnification) in the sham-treated vessels. The AV-W9 treatment was safe and well tolerated. These data suggest that AV-W9 gene therapy may be useful in preventing angioplasty-induced intimal hyperplasia in the coronary artery.


Assuntos
Angioplastia Coronária com Balão/efeitos adversos , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Doença das Coronárias/prevenção & controle , Inibidor p16 de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina/genética , Terapia Genética/métodos , Hiperplasia/prevenção & controle , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor , Adenoviridae/genética , Animais , Cateterismo Cardíaco , Células Cultivadas , Doença das Coronárias/etiologia , Doença das Coronárias/patologia , Inibidor de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina p27 , Quinases Ciclina-Dependentes/antagonistas & inibidores , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Vetores Genéticos/administração & dosagem , Vetores Genéticos/genética , Humanos , Infusões Intra-Arteriais , Masculino , Músculo Liso Vascular/citologia , Músculo Liso Vascular/efeitos dos fármacos , Músculo Liso Vascular/metabolismo , Coelhos , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/administração & dosagem , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/biossíntese , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/genética , Suínos , Transdução Genética/métodos , Resultado do Tratamento , Túnica Íntima/patologia
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J Neurosci ; 20(7): 2534-42, 2000 Apr 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10729333

RESUMO

The addition or loss of synapses in response to changes in activity, disease, or aging is a major aspect of nervous system plasticity in the adult. The mechanisms that affect the turnover and maintenance of synapses in the adult are poorly understood and are difficult to investigate in the brain. Here, we exploited a unique anatomical arrangement in the neuromuscular system to determine whether subtypes of synapses can differ in anatomical plasticity and vulnerability. In three genetic mouse models of motoneuron disease of diverse origin and severity, we observed a gradual and selective loss of synaptic connections that begun long before the onset of clinical deficits and correlated with the timing of disease progression. A subgroup of fast-type (fast-fatiguable) neuromuscular synapses was highly vulnerable and was lost very early on. In contrast, slow-type synapses resisted up to the terminal phase of the disease. Muscle-specific differences were also evident. Similar selective losses were detected in aged mice. These selective vulnerability properties of synapses coincided with hitherto unrecognized major differences in stimulus-induced anatomical plasticity that could also be revealed in healthy mice. Using paralysis and/or growth-associated protein 43 overexpression to induce synaptic sprouting, we found that slow-type, disease-resistant synapses were particularly plastic. In contrast, fast-type synapses with the highest vulnerability failed to exhibit any stimulus-induced change. The results reveal pronounced subtype specificity in the anatomical plasticity and susceptibility to loss of neuromuscular synapses and suggest that degenerative motoneuron diseases involve a common early pathway of selective and progressive synaptic weakening also associated with aging.


Assuntos
Doença dos Neurônios Motores/patologia , Junção Neuromuscular/patologia , Sinapses/patologia , Envelhecimento/patologia , Animais , Imunidade Inata , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Mutantes Neurológicos , Fibras Musculares Esqueléticas/classificação , Fibras Musculares Esqueléticas/patologia , Plasticidade Neuronal , Superóxido Dismutase/genética , Sinapses/classificação
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Neurology ; 43(6): 1126-30, 1993 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8170556

RESUMO

We report three patients with reversible motor conduction block in the forearm associated with ischemic monomelic neuropathy (IMN), which occurred in two patients following placement of brachial artery-cephalic vein shunts for hemodialysis. In the third patient, IMN resulted from spontaneous, probably embolic, brachial artery occlusion. Conduction block was observed shortly after the onset of symptoms, and preferentially involved the median nerve. Slowing of conduction velocity was seen in the same nerve segments. Electrophysiologic resolution, correlating with clinical improvement following treatment, occurred promptly in one patient and over several weeks in the others. Recognition of conduction block is important in the evaluation of IMN, and indicates the need for prompt treatment of likely reversible nerve injury.


Assuntos
Cateteres de Demora/efeitos adversos , Nervo Mediano/lesões , Nervo Ulnar/lesões , Idoso , Artéria Braquial , Embolia/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Isquemia/diagnóstico , Isquemia/etiologia , Masculino , Nervo Mediano/irrigação sanguínea , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Condução Nervosa , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/diagnóstico , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/etiologia , Diálise Renal , Nervo Ulnar/irrigação sanguínea
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Transplantation ; 54(1): 50-6, 1992 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1631944

RESUMO

We prospectively studied the use of prophylactic Minnesota antilymphocyte globulin vs. OKT3 in kidney transplant recipients. Between 7/1/87 and 9/1/90, 138 adult kidney and 35 kidney-pancreas recipients were randomized after stratification for age (18-49 vs. greater than or equal to 50), diabetes (diabetic vs. nondiabetic), transplant number (1 vs. greater than 1) and, for retransplants, the length of survival of the first graft (less than 1 year vs. greater than or equal to 1 year), and then randomized to receive 7 days of either MALG (20 mg/kg/day) or OKT3 (5 mg/day). Immunosuppression was otherwise identical in both groups; prednisone and azathioprine started on the day of surgery, and cyclosporine started on postoperative day 6. Minimum follow-up was 9 months. There was no difference in one- and two-year actuarial patient or graft survival rates, incidence of rejection, or serum creatinine level. MALG was associated with a higher incidence of cytomegalovirus; it was statistically significant in the subgroup of CMV seronegative recipients of kidneys from seropositive donors (P less than .05). OKT3 was more expensive and was associated with significantly more side effects: fever (P less than .0001), dyspnea (P = .04), and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (P = .02).


Assuntos
Soro Antilinfocitário/uso terapêutico , Terapia de Imunossupressão , Transplante de Rim , Muromonab-CD3/uso terapêutico , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Cadáver , Sobrevivência de Enxerto , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Complicações Pós-Operatórias , Estudos Prospectivos , Transplante Homólogo
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