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Nano Lett ; 22(12): 5055-5064, 2022 06 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35583490

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Oncolytic viruses (OVs) have been widely used as anticancer therapeutics because of their systemic immune responses during viral replication. However, the low enrichment of OVs within tumors and limited immune activation have hindered their clinical application. Herein, we proposed the concept of bacteria-assisted targeting of OVs to tumors, with liposome-cloaked oncolytic adenoviruses (OAs) conjugated onto tumor-homing Escherichia coli BL21 (designated as E. coli-lipo-OAs) for enhanced cancer immunotherapy. Notably, the enrichment of OAs transported by self-propelled bacterial microbe vehicles in E. coli-lipo-OAs in a nonsmall cell lung tumor can be potentiated by more than 170-fold compared with that of intravenously injected bare OAs. In vivo studies further revealed that E. coli-lipo-OAs administered intravenously significantly enhanced antitumor immunity through bacterial-viral-augmented immune responses. Our findings suggest that the self-driving microbe vehicle as a systemic delivery system for OVs can be a potent platform for developing future anticancer biotherapeutics at the clinical level.


Assuntos
Neoplasias , Terapia Viral Oncolítica , Vírus Oncolíticos , Escherichia coli , Humanos , Imunoterapia , Neoplasias/terapia , Vírus Oncolíticos/genética
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J Neuroinflammation ; 19(1): 153, 2022 Jun 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35706025

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BACKGROUND: Neuropathic pain (NP) is characterized by abnormal activation of pain conducting pathways and manifests as mechanical allodynia and thermal hypersensitivity. Peripheral nerve stimulation is used for treatment of medically refractory chronic NP and has been shown to reduce neuroinflammation. However, whether sciatic nerve stimulation (SNS) is of therapeutic benefit to NP remains unclear. Moreover, the optimal frequency for SNS is unknown. To address this research gap, we investigated the effect of SNS in an acute NP rodent model. METHODS: Rats with right L5 nerve root ligation (NRL) or Sham surgery were used. Ipsilateral SNS was performed at 2 Hz, 20 Hz, and 60 Hz frequencies. Behavioral tests were performed to assess pain and thermal hypersensitivity before and after NRL and SNS. Expression of inflammatory proteins in the L5 spinal cord and the immunohistochemical alterations of spinal cord astrocytes and microglia were examined on post-injury day 7 (PID7) following NRL and SNS. The involvement of the descending pain modulatory pathway was also investigated. RESULTS: Following NRL, the rats showed a decreased pain threshold and latency on the von Frey and Hargreaves tests. The immunofluorescence results indicated hyperactivation of superficial spinal cord dorsal horn (SCDH) neurons. Both 2-Hz and 20-Hz SNS alleviated pain behavior and hyperactivation of SCDH neurons. On PID7, NRL resulted in elevated expression of spinal cord inflammatory proteins including NF-κB, TNF-α, IL-1ß, and IL-6, which was mitigated by 2-Hz and 20-Hz SNS. Furthermore, 2-Hz and 20-Hz SNS suppressed the activation of spinal cord astrocytes and microglia following NRL on PID7. Activity of the descending serotoninergic pain modulation pathway showed an increase early on PID1 following 2-Hz and 20-Hz SNS. CONCLUSIONS: Our results support that both 2-Hz and 20-Hz SNS can alleviate NP behaviors and hyperactivation of pain conducting pathways. We showed that SNS regulates neuroinflammation and reduces inflammatory protein expression, astrocytic gliosis, and microglia activation. During the early post-injury period, SNS also facilitates the descending pain modulatory pathway. Taken together, these findings support the therapeutic potential of SNS for acute NP.


Assuntos
Neuralgia , Roedores , Animais , Hiperalgesia/metabolismo , Hiperalgesia/terapia , Neuralgia/metabolismo , Neuralgia/terapia , Doenças Neuroinflamatórias , Ratos , Nervo Isquiático/metabolismo , Medula Espinal/metabolismo
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BMC Med Educ ; 21(1): 577, 2021 Nov 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34774027

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have assessed note quality and the use of electronic medical record (EMR) as a part of medical training. However, a generalized and user-friendly note quality assessment tool is required for quick clinical assessment. We held a medical record writing competition and developed a checklist for assessing the note quality of participants' medical records. Using the checklist, this study aims to explore note quality between residents of different specialties and offer pedagogical implications. METHODS: The authors created an inpatient checklist that examined fundamental EMR requirements through six note types and twenty items. A total of 149 records created by residents from 32 departments/stations were randomly selected. Seven senior physicians rated the EMRs using a checklist. Medical records were grouped as general medicine, surgery, paediatric, obstetrics and gynaecology, and other departments. The overall and group performances were analysed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). RESULTS: Overall performance was rated as fair to good. Regarding the six note types, discharge notes (0.81) gained the highest scores, followed by admission notes (0.79), problem list (0.73), overall performance (0.73), progress notes (0.71), and weekly summaries (0.66). Among the five groups, other departments (80.20) had the highest total score, followed by obstetrics and gynaecology (78.02), paediatrics (77.47), general medicine (75.58), and surgery (73.92). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggested that duplication in medical notes and the documentation abilities of residents affect the quality of medical records in different departments. Further research is required to apply the insights obtained in this study to improve the quality of notes and, thereby, the effectiveness of resident training.


Assuntos
Internato e Residência , Médicos , Criança , Documentação , Registros Eletrônicos de Saúde , Humanos , Prontuários Médicos , Redação
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Neuromodulation ; 23(3): 399-406, 2020 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31840383

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether indicators of cortical excitability are good biomarkers of seizure controllability in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three groups of subjects were recruited: those with poorly controlled (PC) TLE (N = 41), well-controlled (WC) TLE (N = 71), and healthy controls (N = 44). Short- and long-latency recovery curves were obtained by paired-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation. Linear mixed effect models were used to study the effects of group, interstimulus interval (ISI), and antiepileptic drugs on long-interval intracortical inhibition (LICI) and short-interval intracortical inhibition (SICI) and intracortical facilitation (ICF). RESULTS: The mixed effect model that did not incorporate antiepileptic drugs showed that group and ISI were significant factors for LICI and SICI/ICF. LICI in the healthy control group was greater than in the two epilepsy groups, and the difference was significant at ISIs of 50, 150, and 200 msec. In contrast, SICI/ICF in the PC group was greater than in the healthy control and WC groups, and the difference was significant at an ISI of 15 msec. However, due to large variance, it was difficult to identify a cutoff value with both good sensitivity and good specificity. Incorporating the information of antiepileptic drugs to the mixed effect model did not change the overall results. CONCLUSIONS: Although LICI and SICI/ICF parameters were significantly different at the group level, they may not be suitable biomarkers for the controllability of TLE at the subject level.


Assuntos
Excitabilidade Cortical , Epilepsia Resistente a Medicamentos/fisiopatologia , Epilepsia do Lobo Temporal/fisiopatologia , Convulsões/fisiopatologia , Estimulação Magnética Transcraniana/métodos , Adulto , Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapêutico , Córtex Cerebral/fisiopatologia , Excitabilidade Cortical/efeitos dos fármacos , Epilepsia Resistente a Medicamentos/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Convulsões/prevenção & controle , Resultado do Tratamento
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 495(1): 728-732, 2018 01 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29146188

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This paper describes the identification of chlorhexidine, an agent commonly used in clinical as a novel potential allosteric inhibitor of PAK1. In cellular assays, chlorhexidine showed a good inhibitory profile, and its inhibitory profile was even better than IPA-3, a well-known allosteric inhibitor. In pharmacology experiments, chlorhexidine successfully inhibited the relief of PAK1 dimer and inhibited the activation of PAK1. Our findings offer an insight for the new drug development of PAK1 inhibitor. We also provide a possible explanation for the phenomenon that the application of the chlorhexidine in peritoneal lavage inhibited the development of tumor.


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Clorexidina/administração & dosagem , Clorexidina/química , Neoplasias Experimentais/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Experimentais/metabolismo , Quinases Ativadas por p21/química , Quinases Ativadas por p21/metabolismo , Antineoplásicos/administração & dosagem , Antineoplásicos/química , Sítios de Ligação , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Humanos , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Terapia de Alvo Molecular/métodos , Neoplasias Experimentais/patologia , Ligação Proteica , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/administração & dosagem , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases/química
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Tumour Biol ; 39(6): 1010428317704364, 2017 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28631555

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Glutamate receptor, ionotropic, kainate 3 (GRIK3), as a member of the glutamate kainate receptor family, mainly participated in neuroactive ligand receptor interaction pathway. Other members of GRIK family were previously reported to regulate cellular migration, transformation, and proliferation in tumor. However, the mechanism of GRIK3 in tumor is still unclear. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to reveal the expression and clinical significance of GRIK3 in gastric cancer (GC). First, we performed the expression analysis and survival analysis of GRIK3 using The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database, and the results showed that the GRIK3 expressed differentially between gastric cancer tissues and the adjacent normal tissues and that higher expression of GRIK3 was associated with poor survival outcomes. And the gene ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis suggested that GRIK3 mainly took part in cancer-related process. Subsequently, the validated immunohistochemistry showed that GRIK3 expressed higher in the GC tissues than in the matched normal tissues and the patients with overexpressed GRIK3 had worse survival outcomes. The univariate and multivariate analyses suggested that the expression of GRIK3 was an independent prognostic factor to predict GC prognosis. Furthermore, additional experiment showed that the lymph node metastasis tissues had higher GRIK3 expression than their matched primary GC tissues. These findings suggested that elevated GRIK3 expression could serve as an independent prognostic biomarker and a novel potential treatment target for patients with GC.


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Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Prognóstico , Receptores de Ácido Caínico/genética , Neoplasias Gástricas/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Metástase Linfática , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Neoplasias Gástricas/patologia , Receptor de GluK3 Cainato
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J Formos Med Assoc ; 114(12): 1280-4, 2015 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23969044

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We report a case of neurognathostomiasis in a Thai laborer for the first time in Taiwan. For patients with eosinophilic meningitis, neurognathostomiasis should be considered when brain image discloses subarachnoid or intracranial hemorrhage and when an appropriate exposure risk is available, especially a history of raw freshwater fish consumption in endemic areas, even a long time ago.


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Corpo Caloso/diagnóstico por imagem , Glicoproteínas/sangue , Glicoproteínas/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Gnatostomíase/diagnóstico , Proteínas de Helminto/sangue , Proteínas de Helminto/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Hemorragias Intracranianas/diagnóstico por imagem , Metaloproteinases da Matriz/sangue , Metaloproteinases da Matriz/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Adulto , Animais , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Masculino , Meningite , Alimentos Crus , Alimentos Marinhos , Taiwan , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Adv Sci (Weinh) ; 11(5): e2303907, 2024 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37997186

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Despite being a new promising tool for cancer therapy, intravenous delivery of oncolytic viruses (OVs) is greatly limited by poor tumor targeting, rapid clearance in the blood, severe organ toxicity, and cytokine release syndrome. Herein, a simple and efficient strategy of erythrocyte-leveraged oncolytic virotherapy (ELeOVt) is reported, which for the first time assembled OVs on the surface of erythrocytes with up to near 100% efficiency and allowed targeted delivery of OVs to the lung after intravenous injection to achieve excellent treatment of pulmonary metastases while greatly improving the biocompatibility of OVs as a drug. Polyethyleneimine (PEI) as a bridge to assemble OVs on erythrocytes also played an important role in promoting the transfection of OVs. It is found that ELeOVt approach significantly prolonged the circulation time of OVs and increased the OVs distribution in the lung by more than tenfold, thereby significantly improving the treatment of lung metastases while reducing organ and systemic toxicity. Taken together, these findings suggest that the ELeOVt provides a biocompatible, efficient, and widely available approach to empower OVs to combat lung metastasis.


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Neoplasias Pulmonares , Terapia Viral Oncolítica , Vírus Oncolíticos , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/terapia , Eritrócitos
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J Hepatol ; 68(5): 1095-1096, 2018 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29317293
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Nat Commun ; 14(1): 2933, 2023 05 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37217527

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Oncolytic adenovirus (Ad) infection promotes intracellular autophagy in tumors. This could kill cancer cells and contribute to Ads-mediated anticancer immunity. However, the low intratumoral content of intravenously delivered Ads could be insufficient to efficiently activate tumor over-autophagy. Herein, we report bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs)-encapsulating Ads as microbial nanocomposites that are engineered for autophagy-cascade-augmented immunotherapy. Biomineral shells cover the surface antigens of OMVs to slow their clearance during in vivo circulation, enhancing intratumoral accumulation. After entering tumor cells, there is excessive H2O2 accumulation through the catalytic effect of overexpressed pyranose oxidase (P2O) from microbial nanocomposite. This increases oxidative stress levels and triggers tumor autophagy. The autophagy-induced autophagosomes further promote Ads replication in infected tumor cells, leading to Ads-overactivated autophagy. Moreover, OMVs are powerful immunostimulants for remolding the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, facilitating antitumor immune response in preclinical cancer models in female mice. Therefore, the present autophagy-cascade-boosted immunotherapeutic method can expand OVs-based immunotherapy.


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Neoplasias , Terapia Viral Oncolítica , Vírus Oncolíticos , Feminino , Animais , Camundongos , Adenoviridae/genética , Membrana Externa Bacteriana , Peróxido de Hidrogênio , Neoplasias/patologia , Autofagia/fisiologia , Vírus Oncolíticos/genética , Microambiente Tumoral
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ACS Nano ; 17(15): 14461-14474, 2023 08 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37367941

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Intravenous administration of oncolytic adenoviruses (OVs) is a hopeful tumor therapeutic modality. However, the sharp clearance of OVs by the immune system dampens its effectiveness. Many studies have attempted to extend the circulation of intravenously administered OVs, almost all by preventing OVs from binding to neutralizing antibodies and complements in the blood, but the results have not been satisfactory. In contrast to previous conclusions, we found that the key to improving the circulation of OVs is to prevent the formation of the virus-protein corona rather than simply preventing the binding of neutralizing antibodies or complements to OVs. After identifying the key protein components of the virus-protein corona, we proposed a virus-protein corona replacement strategy, where an artificial virus-protein corona was formed on OVs to completely prevent the interaction of OVs with key virus-protein corona components in the plasma. It was found that this strategy dramatically prolonged the circulation time of OVs by over 30 fold and increased the distribution of OVs in tumors by over 10-fold, resulting in superior antitumor efficacy in primary and metastatic tumor models. Our finding provides a perspective on intravenous delivery of OVs, shifting the focus of future studies from preventing OV binding with neutralization antibodies and complements to preventing OVs from interacting with key virus-protein corona components in the plasma.


Assuntos
Neoplasias , Terapia Viral Oncolítica , Vírus Oncolíticos , Coroa de Proteína , Humanos , Vírus Oncolíticos/genética , Terapia Viral Oncolítica/métodos , Adenoviridae/genética , Neoplasias/terapia , Anticorpos Neutralizantes
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Ann Clin Transl Neurol ; 10(5): 779-786, 2023 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37042639

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OBJECTIVE: Hereditary amyloid transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis with polyneuropathy, a rare autosomal-dominant disease, has gained attention in recent years owing to treatment improvements. However, epidemiological real-world mega database of nationwide natural history and survival rates, especially with the specific mutation of Ala97Ser, are limited. METHODS: Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database contains data from over 23 million individuals; Among them, 175 ATTRv amyloidosis patients validated by rare disease registry were enrolled. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard analyses were applied to investigate the association between baseline characteristics and all-cause mortality. FINDINGS: From 2008 to 2020, the annual incidence and prevalence rates of specific mutations (Ala97Ser) leading to ATTRv amyloidosis with polyneuropathy were 0.04-1.14 and 0.04-4.79 per million in Taiwan, respectively. In Taiwan, these patients exhibited male predominance with a mean age at validation of 62.75 years. At the 5th year after validation, patients exhibited a survival rate of approximately 50%, with higher mortality in male patients (hazard ratio [HR]: 2.22, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.15-4.31) and patients older at validation (HR: 1.10, 95% CI: 1.06-1.15). The two most common departments in outpatient were neurology and family medicine, and neurology and cardiology in inpatient. The three most common causes of death registered were unspecified amyloidosis (30.6%), organ-limited amyloidosis (20.9%), and neuropathic heredofamilial amyloidosis (9.7%). INTERPRETATION: The annual prevalence rate of specific mutation (Ala97Ser)-dominant ATTRv amyloidosis with polyneuropathy in Taiwan is comparable to the mid- to high-prevalence country level of the research by Schmidt et al. The extraordinarily high mortality, especially among patients older at validation, may reflect the inadequate awareness and the necessity of early intervention with novel disease-modifying regimens.


Assuntos
Neuropatias Amiloides Familiares , Amiloidose Familiar , Polineuropatias , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Feminino , Taxa de Sobrevida , Neuropatias Amiloides Familiares/epidemiologia , Neuropatias Amiloides Familiares/genética , Polineuropatias/epidemiologia , Polineuropatias/genética , Mutação
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Mater Today Bio ; 20: 100644, 2023 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37214549

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Self-assembled short peptides have intrigued scientists due to the convenience of synthesis, good biocompatibility, low toxicity, inherent biodegradability and fast response to change in the physiological environment. Therefore, it is necessary to present a comprehensive summary of the recent advances in the last decade regarding the construction, route of administration and application of self-assembled short peptides based on the knowledge on their unique and specific ability of self-assembly. Herein, we firstly explored the molecular mechanisms of self-assembly of short peptides, such as non-modified amino acids, as well as Fmoc-modified, N-functionalized, and C-functionalized peptides. Next, cell penetration, fusion, and peptide targeting in peptide-based drug delivery were characterized. Then, the common administration routes and the potential pharmaceutical applications (drug delivery, antibacterial activity, stabilizers, imaging agents, and applications in bioengineering) of peptide drugs were respectively summarized. Last but not least, some general conclusions and future perspectives in the relevant fields were briefly listed. Although with certain challenges, great opportunities are offered by self-assembled short peptides to the fascinating area of drug development.

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Adv Mater ; 35(28): e2212210, 2023 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37002917

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Despite the superior tumor lytic efficacy of oncolytic viruses (OVs), their systemic delivery still faces the challenges of limited circulating periods, poor tumor tropism, and spontaneous antiviral immune responses. Herein, a virus-concealed tumor-targeting strategy enabling OVs' delivery toward lung metastasis via systemic administration is described. The OVs can actively infect, be internalized, and cloak into tumor cells. Then the tumor cells are subsequently treated with liquid-nitrogen-shocking to eliminate the pathogenicity. Such a Trojan Horse-like vehicle avoids virus neutralization and clearance in the bloodstream and facilitates tumor-targeted delivery for more than 110-fold virus enrichment in the tumor metastasis. In addition, this strategy can serve as a tumor vaccine and initiate endogenous adaptive antitumor effects through increasing the memory T cells and modulating the tumor immune microenvironment, including reducing the M2 macrophage, downregulating Treg cells, and priming T cells.


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Vacinas Anticâncer , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Neoplasias , Terapia Viral Oncolítica , Vírus Oncolíticos , Humanos , Vírus Oncolíticos/fisiologia , Neoplasias/terapia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/terapia , Microambiente Tumoral , Imunoterapia
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Cytokine ; 60(3): 608-15, 2012 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23017227

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INTRODUCTION: Denervation of skeletal muscles results in timely muscle-T cell cross-talk, but the mechanistic details of the orchestrated local circuits, as well as the potential regulatory link to the muscular function have not been established. METHODS: We used a combination of techniques to measure: (i) timely expression of IL-1ß-ERK1/2 and IL-15-Akt signaling and (ii) cellular events controlled by IL-15-Akt signaling. Techniques included gastrocnemius strip, satellite cell culture, real time PCR, immunoprecipitation, Western blotting and subcellular fractionation. Besides that, muscle cell survival was determined by MTT assay. RESULTS: We found that there were two events: rapid IL-1ß-ERK1/2 (1 day) and the later IL-15-Akt signaling (7 day) were selectively triggered by sciatic nerve injury. IL-15-Akt signaling was mostly targeted on CD2 phosphorylation and strengthened CD2-CD48 adhesion within gastrocnemius lipid rafts, in the same time, it exerted a restriction on TAB2 via miR155 pathway, thereby prevented muscle cell from inflammatory damage. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggested that IL-15-Akt signaling harbored the complex signals for muscle-T cell interaction, the regulatory networks have significant potential for the restriction on IL-1ß inflammatory signaling. These results are likely to provide new insights into the therapy of neuromuscular injury.


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Interleucina-15/metabolismo , Interleucina-1beta/metabolismo , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases , Denervação Muscular , Músculo Esquelético/inervação , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/metabolismo , Animais , Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Antígenos CD2/metabolismo , Antígeno CD48 , Interleucina-1beta/biossíntese , Masculino , MicroRNAs , Proteína Quinase 1 Ativada por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Proteína Quinase 3 Ativada por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Fosforilação , Ratos , Células Satélites de Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Nervo Isquiático/lesões , Nervo Isquiático/cirurgia , Linfócitos T/metabolismo
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Sci Rep ; 12(1): 1554, 2022 01 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35091640

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Governments worldwide are implementing mass vaccination programs in an effort to end the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Here, we evaluated the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccination program in its early stage and predicted the path to herd immunity in the U.S. By early March 2021, we estimated that vaccination reduced the total number of new cases by 4.4 million (from 33.0 to 28.6 million), prevented approximately 0.12 million hospitalizations (from 0.89 to 0.78 million), and decreased the population infection rate by 1.34 percentage points (from 10.10 to 8.76%). We built a Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model with vaccination to predict herd immunity, following the trends from the early-stage vaccination program. Herd immunity could be achieved earlier with a faster vaccination pace, lower vaccine hesitancy, and higher vaccine effectiveness. The Delta variant has substantially postponed the predicted herd immunity date, through a combination of reduced vaccine effectiveness, lowered recovery rate, and increased infection and death rates. These findings improve our understanding of the COVID-19 vaccination and can inform future public health policies.


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Vacinas contra COVID-19/administração & dosagem , COVID-19/epidemiologia , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Pandemias , COVID-19/imunologia , COVID-19/virologia , Humanos , Imunidade Coletiva/imunologia , SARS-CoV-2/isolamento & purificação , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia
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Nano Res ; 15(5): 4137-4153, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35194488

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Oncolytic virotherapy (OVT) is a novel type of immunotherapy that induces anti-tumor responses through selective self-replication within cancer cells and oncolytic virus (OV)-mediated immunostimulation. Notably, talimogene laherparepvec (T-Vec) developed by the Amgen company in 2015, is the first FDA-approved OV product to be administered via intratumoral injection and has been the most successful OVT treatment. However, the systemic administration of OVs still faces huge challenges, including in vivo pre-existing neutralizing antibodies and poor targeting delivery efficacy. Recently, state-of-the-art progress has been made in the development of systemic delivery of OVs, which demonstrates a promising step toward broadening the scope of cancer immunotherapy and improving the clinical efficacy of OV delivery. Herein, this review describes the general characteristics of OVs, focusing on the action mechanisms of OVs as well as the advantages and disadvantages of OVT. The emerging multiple systemic administration approaches of OVs are summarized in the past five years. In addition, the combination treatments between OVT and traditional therapies (chemotherapy, thermotherapy, immunotherapy, and radiotherapy, etc.) are highlighted. Last but not least, the future prospects and challenges of OVT are also discussed, with the aim of facilitating medical researchers to extensively apply the OVT in the cancer therapy.

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Acta Pharm Sin B ; 12(11): 4235-4248, 2022 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36386467

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Anti-virulence strategy has been considered as one of the most promising approaches to combat drug-resistant bacterial infections. Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are the largest class of bacterial toxins, inflicting their virulence effect through creating pores on the cell membrane. However, current solutions for eliminating PFTs are mostly designed based on their molecular structure, requiring customized design for different interactions. In the present study, we employed erythroliposome (denoted as RM-PL), a biomimetic platform constructed by artificial lipid membranes and natural erythrocyte membranes, to neutralize different hemolytic PFTs regardless of their molecular structure. When tested with model PFTs, including α-hemolysin, listeriolysin O, and streptolysin O, RM-PL could completely inhibit toxin-induced hemolysis in a concentration-dependent manner. In vivo studies further confirmed that RM-PL could efficiently neutralize various toxins and save animals' lives without causing damage to organs or tissues. In addition, we explored the underlying mechanisms of this efficient detoxification ability and found that it was mainly macrophages in the spleen and the liver that took up RM-PL-absorbed toxins through a variety of endocytosis pathways and digested them in lysosomes. In summary, the biomimetic RM-PL presented a promising system for broad-spectrum and powerful toxin neutralization with a mechanism of lysosome-mediated toxin degradation.

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ACS Biomater Sci Eng ; 8(8): 3498-3514, 2022 08 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35834297

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The advent of precision manufacturing has enabled the creation of pores in metallic scaffolds with feature size in the range of single microns. In orthopedic implants, pore geometries at the micron scale could regulate bone formation by stimulating osteogenic differentiation and the coupling of osteogenesis and angiogenesis. However, the biological response to pore geometry at the cellular level is not clear. As cells are sensitive to curvature of the pore boundary, this study aimed to investigate osteogenesis in high- vs low-curvature environments by utilizing computer numerical control laser cutting to generate triangular and circular precision manufactured micropores (PMpores). We fabricated PMpores on 100 µm-thick stainless-steel discs. Triangular PMpores had a 30° vertex angle and a 300 µm base, and circular PMpores had a 300 µm diameter. We found triangular PMpores significantly enhanced the elastic modulus, proliferation, migration, and osteogenic differentiation of MC3T3-E1 preosteoblasts through Yes-associated protein (YAP) nuclear translocation. Inhibition of Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) and Myosin II abolished YAP translocation in all pore types and controls. Inhibition of YAP transcriptional activity reduced the proliferation, pore closure, collagen secretion, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and Alizarin Red staining in MC3T3-E1 cultures. In C166 vascular endothelial cells, PMpores increased the VEGFA mRNA expression even without an angiogenic differentiation medium and induced tubule formation and maintenance. In terms of osteogenesis-angiogenesis coupling, a conditioned medium from MC3T3-E1 cells in PMpores promoted the expression of angiogenic genes in C166 cells. A coculture with MC3T3-E1 induced tubule formation and maintenance in C166 cells and tubule alignment along the edges of pores. Together, curvature cues in micropores are important stimuli to regulate osteogenic differentiation and osteogenesis-angiogenesis coupling. This study uncovered key mechanotransduction signaling components activated by curvature differences in a metallic scaffold and contributed to the understanding of the interaction between orthopedic implants and cells.


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Osteoblastos , Osteogênese , Sinais (Psicologia) , Células Endoteliais/metabolismo , Mecanotransdução Celular , Miosinas/metabolismo , Osteoblastos/metabolismo , Osteogênese/genética
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Adv Healthc Mater ; 11(22): e2201524, 2022 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36100580

RESUMO

Non-healing wound is a common complication of diabetic patients associated with high morbidity and mortality. Engineered therapeutic hydrogels have enviable advantages in tissue regeneration, however, they are suboptimal for the healing of diabetic wounds characterized by reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and chronic hypoxia. Here, a unique biological metabolism-inspired hydrogel, for ameliorating this hostile diabetic microenvironment, is presented. Consisting of natural polymers (hydrazide modified hyaluronic acid and aldehyde modified hyaluronic acid) and a metal-organic frameworks derived catalase-mimic nanozyme (ε-polylysine coated mesoporous manganese cobalt oxide), the engineered nanozyme-reinforced hydrogels can not only capture the endogenous elevated ROS in diabetic wounds, but also synergistically produce oxygen through the ROS-driven oxygen production ability. These fascinating properties of hydrogels protect skin cells (e.g., keratinocytes, fibroblasts, and vascular endothelial cells) from ROS and hypoxia-mediated death and proliferation inhibition. Diabetic wounds treated with the nanozyme-reinforced hydrogels highlight the potential of inducing the macrophages polarization from pro-inflammatory phenotype (M1) to anti-inflammatory subtype (M2). The hydrogel dressings demonstrate a prominently accelerated healing rate as shown by alleviating the excessive inflammatory, inducing efficiently proliferation, re-epithelialization, collagen deposition, and neovascularization. This work provides an effective strategy based on nanozyme-reinforced hydrogel as a ROS-driven oxygenerator for enhancing diabetic wound healing.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus , Hidrogéis , Humanos , Hidrogéis/farmacologia , Espécies Reativas de Oxigênio , Ácido Hialurônico/farmacologia , Oxigênio/farmacologia , Células Endoteliais , Cicatrização , Hipóxia , Estresse Oxidativo
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