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Sci Total Environ ; 272(1-3): 67-72, 2001 May 14.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11379939

RESUMEN

Exposure to high concentrations of radon (222Rn) progeny produces lung cancer in both underground miners and experimentally-exposed laboratory animals. The goal of the study was to determine whether or not residential radon exposure exhibits a statistically significant association with lung cancer in a state with high residential radon concentrations. A population-based, case-control epidemiologic study was conducted examining the relationship between residential radon gas exposure and lung cancer in Iowa females who occupied their current home for at least 20 years. The study included 413 incident lung cancer cases and 614 age-frequency-matched controls. Participant information was obtained by a mailed-out questionnaire with face-to-face follow-up. Radon dosimetry assessment consisted of five components: (1) on-site residential assessment survey; (2) on-site radon measurements; (3) regional outdoor radon measurements; (4) assessment of subjects' exposure when in another building; and (5) linkage of historic subject mobility with residential, outdoor, and other building radon concentrations. Histologic review was performed for 96% of the cases. Approximately 60% of the basement radon concentrations and 30% of the first floor radon concentrations of study participants' homes exceeded the US Environmental Protection Agency action level of 150 Bq m(-3) (4 pCi l(-1)). Large areas of western Iowa had outdoor radon concentrations comparable to the national average indoor value of 55 Bq m(-3) (1.5 pCi l(-1)). Excess odds of 0.24 (95% CI = -0.05-0.92) and 0.49 (95% CI = 0.03-1.84) per 11 WLM(5-19) were calculated using the continuous radon exposure estimates for all cases and live cases, respectively. Slightly higher excess odds of 0.50 (95% CI = 0.004-1.80) and 0.83 (CI = 0.11-3.34) per 11 WLM(5-19) were noted for the categorical radon exposure estimates for all cases and the live cases. A positive association between cumulative radon gas exposure and lung cancer was demonstrated using both categorical and continuous analyses. The risk estimates obtained in this study indicate that cumulative radon exposure presents an important environmental health hazard.


Asunto(s)
Contaminantes Radiactivos del Aire/efectos adversos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/epidemiología , Neoplasias Pulmonares/etiología , Neoplasias Inducidas por Radiación/epidemiología , Neoplasias Inducidas por Radiación/etiología , Radón/efectos adversos , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Contaminantes Radiactivos del Aire/análisis , Contaminación del Aire Interior/efectos adversos , Contaminación del Aire Interior/análisis , Contaminación Radiactiva del Aire/efectos adversos , Contaminación Radiactiva del Aire/análisis , Animales , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Exposición a Riesgos Ambientales , Femenino , Vivienda , Humanos , Iowa/epidemiología , Persona de Mediana Edad , Oportunidad Relativa , Radiometría , Radón/análisis , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 92(9): 4051-5, 1995 Apr 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7732029

RESUMEN

Smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation is thought to play a major role in vascular restenosis after angioplasty and is a serious complication of the procedure. Developing antisense (AS) oligonucleotides as therapeutics is attractive because of the potentially high specificity of binding to their targets, and several investigators have reported inhibition of SMC proliferation in vitro and in vivo by using AS strategies. We report here the results of our experiments on vascular SMCs using AS oligonucleotides directed toward c-myb and c-myc. We found that significant inhibition of SMC proliferation occurred with these specific AS sequences but that this inhibition was clearly not via a hybridization-dependent AS mechanism. Rather, inhibition was due to the presence of four contiguous guanosine residues in the oligonucleotide sequence. This was demonstrated in vitro in primary cultures of SMCs and in arteries ex vivo. The ex vivo model developed here provides a rapid and effective system in which to screen potential oligonucleotide drugs for restenosis. We have further explored the sequence requirements of this non-AS effect and determined that phosphorothioate oligonucleotides containing at least two sets of three or four consecutive guanosine residues inhibit SMC proliferation in vitro and ex vivo. These results suggest that previous AS data obtained using these and similar, contiguous guanosine-containing AS sequences be reevaluated and that there may be an additional class of nucleic acid compounds that have potential as antirestenosis therapeutics.


Asunto(s)
División Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Genes myc , Músculo Liso Vascular/efectos de los fármacos , Oligonucleótidos Antisentido/farmacología , Oncogenes , Animales , Aorta/citología , Aorta/efectos de los fármacos , Secuencia de Bases , Bromodesoxiuridina , Ciclo Celular , Células Cultivadas , Codón , Cinética , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Músculo Liso Vascular/citología , Oligonucleótidos Antisentido/síntesis química , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-myb , Conejos , Relación Estructura-Actividad
4.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 13(18): 6621-34, 1985 Sep 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2997717

RESUMEN

SV40 T-Antigen binding site II was synthesized, cloned and analyzed for its ability to bind purified SV40 T-antigen. We report the binding constant of T-antigen for isolated site II. Using a filter binding assay the calculated binding constant was 6-8 fold less efficient than site I previously reported. Binding constants were calculated using two methods. The first was a direct calculation using a protein titration curve (KD). The second was by the ratio of measured association and dissociation rates. Both methods gave similar constants. Protection studies with SV40 T-antigen on the T-antigen binding sites in the wild-type array demonstrated that the binding constants of site I and site II are similar to those calculated for the individual sites. These results demonstrate that SV40 T-antigen does not bind cooperatively to sites one and two as earlier believed and are in agreement with recent observations emanating from several laboratories.


Asunto(s)
Antígenos Virales de Tumores/metabolismo , Proteínas Oncogénicas Virales/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinasas/metabolismo , Virus 40 de los Simios/enzimología , Antígenos Transformadores de Poliomavirus , Antígenos Virales de Tumores/genética , Antígenos Virales de Tumores/aislamiento & purificación , Secuencia de Bases , Sitios de Unión , Clonación Molecular , Desoxirribonucleasa I , Cinética , Proteínas Oncogénicas Virales/genética , Proteínas Oncogénicas Virales/aislamiento & purificación , Fenotipo , Plásmidos , Virus 40 de los Simios/genética
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Biochemistry ; 23(25): 5938-44, 1984 Dec 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6098305

RESUMEN

In a lytic infection of a permissive host by SV40, the large tumor antigen (T antigen), which is a product of early transcription of the SV40 A gene, has been previously shown to autoregulate its own transcription by binding to SV40 DNA. The DNA region to which T antigen binds most tightly was synthesized and subsequently introduced into the bacterial plasmid pUC8. The interaction of SV40 T antigen with the DNA duplexes, derived from both chemical synthesis and the recombinant plasmid, were examined by using nitrocellulose filter binding assays. An SV40-adenovirus hybrid protein, AD2+D2 protein, was also tested. The SV40 T antigen was found to bind more tightly than the hybrid protein. Kinetic assays demonstrated that the association rates for the two proteins with the DNA binding site were equivalent; however, once formed, the T antigen-DNA complex dissociated more slowly than the AD2+D2 protein-DNA complex.


Asunto(s)
Antígenos Virales de Tumores/genética , ADN Viral/metabolismo , Virus 40 de los Simios/genética , Secuencia de Bases , Sitios de Unión , ADN Recombinante/metabolismo , Cinética , Ácidos Nucleicos Heterodúplex , Oligodesoxirribonucleótidos/metabolismo , Fosforilación , Virus 40 de los Simios/inmunología
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Mol Cell Biol ; 4(5): 966-72, 1984 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6727875

RESUMEN

The primary transcript from adenovirus 2 early region 1B (E1B) is processed by differential RNA splicing into two overlapping mRNAs, 13S and 22S. The 22S mRNA is the major E1B mRNA during the early phase of infection, whereas the 13S mRNA predominates during the late phase. In previous work, it has been shown that this shift in proportions of the E1B mRNAs is influenced by increased cytoplasmic stability of the 13S mRNA at late times in infection. Two observations presented here demonstrate that the increase in proportion of the 13S mRNA at late times is also regulated by a change in the specificity of RNA splicing. First, the relative concentrations of the 13S to 22S nuclear RNAs were not constant throughout infection but increased at late times. Secondly, studies with the mutant, adenovirus 2 pm2250 , provided evidence that there was an increased propensity to utilize a 5' splice in the region of the 13S 5' splice site at late times in infection. Adenovirus 2 pm2250 has a G----C transversion in the first base of E1B 13S mRNA intron preventing splicing of the 13S mRNA but not of the 22S mRNA. During the early phase of a pm2250 infection, the E1B primary transcripts were processed into the 22S mRNA only. However, during the late phase, when the 13S mRNA normally predominates, E1B primary transcripts were also processed by RNA splicing at two formerly unused or cryptic 5' splice sites. Both cryptic splice sites were located much closer to the disrupted 13S 5' splice site than to the 22S 5' splice site. Thus, the temporal increase in proportion of the 13S mRNA to the 22S mRNA is regulated by two processes, an increase in cytoplasmic stability of the 13S mRNA and an increased propensity to utilize the 13S 5' splice site during the late phase of infection. Adenovirus 2 pm2250 was not defective for productive infection of HeLa cells or for transformation of rat cells.


Asunto(s)
Adenovirus Humanos/genética , Empalme del ARN , ARN Mensajero/genética , Transcripción Genética , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Replicación del ADN , Células HeLa/metabolismo , Humanos , Cinética , Hibridación de Ácido Nucleico , Replicación Viral
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Nucleic Acids Res ; 12(7): 3387-404, 1984 Apr 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6718253

RESUMEN

Deoxydinucleoside methylphosphonates were prepared by chemical synthesis and were introduced stereospecifically into the lac operator at two sites. These sites within d(ApApTpTpGpTpGpApGpCpGpGpApTpApApCpApApTpT), segment I, and d(ApApTpTpGpTpTpApTpCpCpGpCpTpCpApCpApApTpT), segment II, are indicated by p. Each segment containing a chiral methylphosphonate was annealed to the complementary unmodified segment. The interactions of these four modified lac operators with lac repressor were analyzed by the nitrocellulose filter binding assay. Introduction of either chiral phosphonate in segment II had little effect on the stability of the repressor-operator complex. When methylphosphonates were introduced into segment I, the affinity of lac repressor for the modified operators was shown to be dependent on the stereochemical configuration of the methylphosphonate.


Asunto(s)
Operón Lac , Secuencia de Bases , Fenómenos Químicos , Química , Isomerismo , Cinética , Espectroscopía de Resonancia Magnética , Proteínas Represoras/metabolismo
8.
Nature ; 305(5935): 600-5, 1983.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6194440

RESUMEN

A single U leads to G transversion in the 3' consensus sequence AAUAAA of the adenovirus early region 1A gene was constructed and the effect of this mutation on processing of the 3' end of the nuclear early region 1A RNAs was analysed. The results demonstrate that the intact AAUAAA is not required for RNA polyadenylation but is required for the cleavage step preceding polyadenylation to occur efficiently.


Asunto(s)
Adenovirus Humanos/genética , Genes Virales , Mutación , Poli A/genética , ARN Mensajero/genética , ARN Viral/genética , ARN/genética , Secuencia de Bases , ADN/análisis , Células HeLa/metabolismo , Humanos , Transcripción Genética
9.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 11(5): 1589-99, 1983 Mar 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6828388

RESUMEN

Triarylmethyl groups having different colors but similar chemical reactivities in acid were examined as potential aids for monitoring the stepwise addition of mononucleotides to a deoxyoligonucleotide. The successful application of these protecting groups to deoxyoligonucleotide synthesis on polymer supports was demonstrated.


Asunto(s)
Polidesoxirribonucleótidos/síntesis química , Color , Indicadores y Reactivos , Espectrofotometría , Relación Estructura-Actividad
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Nature ; 295(5848): 380-4, 1982 Feb 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7057903

RESUMEN

Early region IA of human adenoviruses encodes a function required for normal induction of early viral genes and virus-induced cell transformation. The region is expressed at early times as two overlapping spliced mRNAs, 12S and 13S, which encode closely related proteins. To distinguish between the functions of these proteins, a single T leads to G transversion was constructed which prevents splicing of the 12S mRNA. This transversion, in the second base of the 12S mRNA intron, does not alter the protein encoded by the 13S mRNA due to degeneracy in the genetic code. Studies with this mutant demonstrated that only the 13S mRNA encodes the regulatory protein required for normal early gene expression.


Asunto(s)
Adenovirus Humanos/genética , Genes Virales , Empalme del ARN , ARN Mensajero/genética , Proteínas Virales/genética , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Mutación , ARN Viral/genética , Replicación Viral
14.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 7(2): 401-16, 1979 Sep 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-386283

RESUMEN

The functional significance of a lac operator constitutive mutation has been determined. The transition adenine-thymine to guanine-cytosine was shown to be a constitutive mutation simply because thymine contains the functionally important 5-methyl group whereas cytosine does not. The remainder of the base pair is of no consequence. The experimental approach was to synthesize various modified operators containing cytosine, 5-methyl-cytosine, and 5-bromocytosine. The synthetic operator containing a guanine-cytosine base pair displays an eightfold reduction in stability with lac repressor whereas the operator containing 5-methylcytosine binds repressor at least as tightly as does the wild type sequence. Results published previously have shown that a similar decrease in stability of the repressor-operator complex can be obtained simply by substituting uracil for thymine or by inverting the base pair to thymine-adenine. All these results taken together implicate the thymine 5-methyl as the only important functional group recognized by the lac repressor at this base pair. Further confirmation of this conclusion was obtained by substitution of 5-bromocytosine and 5-bromouracil at this base pair. Both altered the stability of the repressor-operator complex by about the same percent suggesting that the bromine atom was the important determinant of complex stability for 5-bromopyrimidine analogs.


Asunto(s)
ADN Polimerasa I/metabolismo , ADN Bacteriano , ADN Polimerasa Dirigida por ADN/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Genes , Operón Lac , Secuencia de Bases , Citosina/análogos & derivados , Citosina/análisis , ADN Ligasas/metabolismo , ADN Bacteriano/metabolismo , Cinética , Mutación , Proteínas Represoras/metabolismo , Fagos T/enzimología
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