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To elucidate mutation spectrum and genotype-phenotype correlations in Japanese patients with OI, we conducted comprehensive genetic analyses using NGS, as this had not been analyzed comprehensively in this patient population. Most mutations were located on COL1A1 and COL1A2. Glycine substitutions in COL1A1 resulted in the severe phenotype. INTRODUCTION: Most cases of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) are caused by mutations in COL1A1 or COL1A2, which encode α chains of type I collagen. However, mutations in at least 16 other genes also cause OI. The mutation spectrum in Japanese patients with OI has not been comprehensively analyzed, as it is difficult to identify using classical Sanger sequencing. In this study, we aimed to reveal the mutation spectrum and genotype-phenotype correlations in Japanese patients with OI using next-generation sequencing (NGS). METHODS: We designed a capture panel for sequencing 15 candidate OI genes and 19 candidate genes that are associated with bone fragility or Wnt signaling. Using NGS, we examined 53 Japanese patients with OI from unrelated families. RESULTS: Pathogenic mutations were detected in 43 out of 53 individuals. All mutations were heterozygous. Among the 43 individuals, 40 variants were identified including 15 novel mutations. We found these mutations in COL1A1 (n = 30, 69.8%), COL1A2 (n = 12, 27.9%), and IFITM5 (n = 1, 2.3%). Patients with glycine substitution on COL1A1 had a higher frequency of fractures and were more severely short-statured. Although no significant genotype-phenotype correlation was observed for bone mineral density, the trabecular bone score was significantly lower in patients with glycine substitutions. CONCLUSION: We identified pathogenic mutations in 81% of our Japanese patients with OI. Most mutations were located on COL1A1 and COL1A2. This study revealed that glycine substitutions on COL1A1 resulted in the severe phenotype among Japanese patients with OI.
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Osteogénesis Imperfecta/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Densidad Ósea/genética , Niño , Preescolar , Colágeno Tipo I/genética , Cadena alfa 1 del Colágeno Tipo I , Femenino , Estudios de Asociación Genética , Variación Genética , Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento , Humanos , Lactante , Japón , Masculino , Mutación , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (s-SWNTs) were extracted from SWNT mixtures using a flavin derivative (FC12). We evaluated the thermoelectric properties of the s-SWNT sheets. Electrical conductivity, power factor and figure of merit values of the sheets were increased by two orders of magnitude after removing FC12 simply by dipping in dichloromethane.
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OBJECTIVE: FGFR3 chondrodysplasia is caused by a gain-of-function mutation of the FGFR3 gene. The disease causes abnormal growth plate cartilage and lacks effective drug treatment. We sought to establish an in vivo model for the study of FGFR3 chondrodysplasia pathology and drug testing. DESIGN: We created cartilage from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) and transplanted the cartilage into the subcutaneous spaces of immunodeficient mice. We then created cartilage from the hiPSCs of patients with FGFR3 chondrodysplasia and transplanted them into immunodeficient mice. We treated some mice with a FGFR inhibitor after the transplantation. RESULTS: Xenografting the hiPSC-derived cartilage reproduced human growth plate cartilage consisting of zones of resting, proliferating, prehypertrophic and hypertrophic chondrocytes and bone in immunodeficient mice. Immunohistochemistry of xenografts using anti-human nuclear antigen antibody indicated that all chondrocytes in growth plate cartilage were human, whereas bone was composed of human and mouse cells. The pathology of small hypertrophic chondrocytes due to up-regulated FGFR3 signaling in FGFR3 skeletal dysplasia was recapitulated in growth plate cartilage formed in the xenografts of patient-specific hiPSC-derived cartilage. The mean diameters of hypertrophic chondrocytes between wild type and thanatophoric dysplasia were significantly different (95% CI: 13.2-26.9; n = 4 mice, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)). The pathology was corrected by systemic administration of a FGFR inhibitor to the mice. CONCLUSION: The patient-specific growth plate cartilage xenograft model for FGFR3 skeletal dysplasia indicated recapitulation of pathology and effectiveness of a FGFR inhibitor for treatment and warrants more study for its usefulness to study disease pathology and drug testing.
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Cartílago/patología , Placa de Crecimiento/patología , Mutación , Osteocondrodisplasias/genética , Receptor Tipo 3 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/genética , Animales , Cartílago/metabolismo , Ciclo Celular , Diferenciación Celular , Proliferación Celular , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Placa de Crecimiento/metabolismo , Xenoinjertos , Ratones , Osteocondrodisplasias/metabolismo , Osteocondrodisplasias/patología , Receptor Tipo 3 de Factor de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Transducción de SeñalRESUMEN
The clarification of public concerns regarding heart transplantation is important for improving low organ donation rates in Japan. In the present study, we used the Twitter data of 4986 tweets (between August 2015 and January 2016) and 1429 tweets (between April 2016 and May 2016) to analyze public discourse on heart transplantation in Japan and identify the reasons for low organ donation rates. We manually categorized all tweets relevant to heart transplantation into nine categories and counted the number of tweets in each category per month. During the study period, the most popular category of tweets was related to the media, followed by money (tweets questioning or even criticizing the high price of fundraising goals to go overseas for heart transplantations), while some tweets were misconceptions. We also conducted a sentiment analysis, which revealed that the most popular negative tweets were related to money, while the most positive tweets were related to reports on the favorable outcomes of recipients. Our results suggest that listening to concerns, providing correct information (particularly for some misconceptions), and emphasizing the outcomes of recipients will facilitate an increase in the number of people contemplating heart transplantation and organ donation.
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Trasplante de Corazón , Opinión Pública , Medios de Comunicación Sociales , Red Social , Obtención de Tejidos y Órganos/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Japón , Estudios RetrospectivosRESUMEN
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hypophosphatasia is a rare inherited skeletal disorder characterized by defective bone mineralization and deficiency of tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) activity. The disease is caused by mutations in the liver/bone/kidney alkaline phosphatase gene (ALPL) encoding TNSALP. Early exfoliation of primary teeth owing to disturbed cementum formation, periodontal ligament weakness and alveolar bone resorption are major complications encountered in oral findings, and discovery of early loss of primary teeth in a dental examination often leads to early diagnosis of hypophosphatasia. Although there are no known fundamental treatments or effective dental approaches to prevent early exfoliation of primary teeth in affected patients, several possible treatments have recently been described, including gene therapy. Gene therapy has also been applied to TNSALP knockout mice (Alpl-/- ), which phenocopy the infantile form of hypophosphatasia, and improved their systemic condition. In the present study, we investigated whether gene therapy improved the dental condition of Alpl-/- mice. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Following sublethal irradiation (4 Gy) at the age of 2 d, Alpl-/- mice underwent gene therapy using bone marrow cells transduced with a lentiviral vector expressing a bone-targeted form of TNSALP injected into the jugular vein (n = 3). Wild-type (Alpl+/+ ), heterozygous mice (Alpl+/- ) and Alpl-/- mice were analyzed at 9 d of age (n = 3 of each), while Alpl+/+ mice and treated or untreated Alpl-/- mice were analyzed at 1 mo of age (n = 3 of each), and Alpl+/- mice and Alpl-/- mice with gene therapy were analyzed at 3 mo of age (n = 3 of each). A single mandibular hemi-section obtained at 1 mo of age was analyzed using a small animal computed tomography machine to assess alveolar bone formation. Other mandibular hemi-sections obtained at 9 d, 1 mo and 3 mo of age were subjected to hematoxylin and eosin staining and immunohistochemical analysis of osteopontin, a marker of cementum. RESULTS: Immunohistochemical analysis of osteopontin, a marker of acellular cementum, revealed that Alpl-/- mice displayed impaired formation of cementum and alveolar bone, similar to the human dental phenotype. Cementum formation was clearly present in Alpl-/- mice that underwent gene therapy, but did not recover to the same level as that in wild-type (Alpl+/+ ) mice. Micro-computed tomography examination showed that gene therapy improved alveolar bone mineral density in Alpl-/- mice to a similar level to that in Alpl+/+ mice. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that gene therapy can improve the general condition of Alpl-/- mice, and induce significant alveolar bone formation and moderate improvement of cementum formation, which may contribute to inhibition of early spontaneous tooth exfoliation.
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Terapia Genética/métodos , Hipofosfatemia/terapia , Exfoliación Dental/etiología , Fosfatasa Alcalina/genética , Proceso Alveolar/patología , Animales , Densidad Ósea , Cemento Dental/patología , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Hipofosfatemia/complicaciones , Ratones , Ratones Noqueados , Exfoliación Dental/terapia , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
"BACKGROUND: Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are common worldwide, causing nutritional rickets and osteomalacia, which have a major impact on health, growth, and development of infants, children, and adolescents; the consequences can be lethal or can last into adulthood. The goals of this evidence-based consensus document are to provide health care professionals with guidance for prevention, diagnosis, and management of nutritional rickets and to provide policy makers with a framework to work toward its eradication. EVIDENCE: A systematic literature search examining the definition, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of nutritional rickets in children was conducted. Evidence-based recommendations were developed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system that describes the strength of the recommendation and the quality of supporting evidence. PROCESS: Thirty-three nominated experts in pediatric endocrinology, pediatrics, nutrition, epidemiology, public health, and health economics evaluated the evidence on specific questions within five working groups. The consensus group, representing 11 international scientific organizations, participated in a multiday conference in May 2014 to reach a global evidence-based consensus. RESULTS: This consensus document defines nutritional rickets and its diagnostic criteria and describes the clinical management of rickets and osteomalacia. Risk factors, particularly in mothers and infants, are ranked, and specific prevention recommendations including food fortification and supplementation are offered for both the clinical and public health contexts. CONCLUSION: Rickets, osteomalacia, and vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are preventable global public health problems in infants, children, and adolescents. Implementation of international rickets prevention programs, including supplementation and food fortification, is urgently required."
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Humanos , Femenino , Raquitismo/terapia , Complicaciones del Embarazo/prevención & control , Raquitismo , Raquitismo/diagnóstico , Deficiencia de Vitamina D/complicaciones , Lactancia , Embarazo , Calcio/deficiencia , Salud Pública , Factores de RiesgoAsunto(s)
Vacunas contra el Cáncer/uso terapéutico , Trasplante de Células Madre Hematopoyéticas , Leucemia/terapia , Proteínas WT1/química , Proteínas WT1/uso terapéutico , Adolescente , Niño , Preescolar , Terapia Combinada , Femenino , Enfermedad Injerto contra Huésped/etiología , Trasplante de Células Madre Hematopoyéticas/efectos adversos , Humanos , Lactante , Leucemia/genética , Leucemia/inmunología , Masculino , Péptidos/química , Péptidos/inmunología , ARN Mensajero/análisis , ARN Mensajero/genética , Recurrencia , Riesgo , Linfocitos T Citotóxicos/inmunología , Trasplante Homólogo , Proteínas WT1/genética , Proteínas WT1/inmunologíaAsunto(s)
Anomalías Múltiples/diagnóstico , Anomalías Craneofaciales/diagnóstico , Cardiopatías Congénitas/diagnóstico , Anomalías Cutáneas/diagnóstico , Adolescente , Quinasas MAP Reguladas por Señal Extracelular/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/enzimología , Humanos , MAP Quinasa Quinasa 2/genética , Masculino , Mutación , Fosforilación , SíndromeRESUMEN
Mandibuloacral dysplasia (MAD) is a rare autosomal recessive progeroid syndrome, characterized by mandibular hypoplasia, acroosteolysis affecting distal phalanges and clavicles, delayed closure of the cranial sutures, atrophic skin, and lipodystrophy. Recently, mutations in lamin A/C (LMNA) and zinc metalloprotease (ZMPSTE24), involved in post-translational processing of prelamin A to mature lamin A, have been identified in MAD kindreds. We now report novel compound heterozygous mutations in exon 1 (c.121C>T; p.Q41X) and exon 6 (c.743C>T; p.P248L) in ZMPSTE24 in two Japanese sisters, 7- and 3-year old, with severe MAD and characteristic facies and atrophic skin. The older sister had lipodystrophy affecting the chest and thighs but sparing abdomen. Their parents and a brother, who were healthy, had heterozygous mutations. The missense mutation, P248L, was not found in 100 normal subjects of Japanese origin. The mutant Q41X was inactive in a yeast halo assay; however, the mutant P248L retained near normal ZMPSTE24 activity. Immunoblots demonstrated accumulation of prelamin A in the patients' cell lysates from lymphoblasts. The lymphoblasts from the patients also revealed less intense staining for lamin A/C on immunofluorescence. We conclude that ZMPSTE24 deficiency results in accumulation of farnesylated prelamin A, which may be responsible for cellular toxicity and the MAD phenotype.
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Anomalías Múltiples/genética , Mandíbula/anomalías , Proteínas de la Membrana/genética , Metaloendopeptidasas/genética , Mutación Missense , Pueblo Asiatico , Niño , Preescolar , Análisis Mutacional de ADN , Femenino , Genotipo , Humanos , Lamina Tipo A , Lipodistrofia/genética , Proteínas de la Membrana/deficiencia , Metaloendopeptidasas/deficiencia , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Fenotipo , Prenilación , Precursores de Proteínas/genética , Precursores de Proteínas/metabolismo , HermanosRESUMEN
This report describes a male patient who presented with symptoms suggestive of spinocerebellar degeneration and who died of respiratory failure at the age of 7 years but was diagnosed, at autopsy, as having neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease. Neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease is a progressive and degenerative disease; diagnosis is possible only by neuropathological analysis. This is a rare disorder; few cases with early childhood onset and rapidly progressive neurologic symptoms have been documented. According to previous reports, most neurons in the central nervous system exhibited intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion bodies; neuronal depletion appeared to be restricted to the cerebellar cortex and the medullary inferior olivary nuclei, consistent with the fact that clinical deficit appears to correspond to the site of neuronal depletion and not to where eosinophilic bodies are detected. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that these inclusions were positive for ubiquitin. The case presented herein clearly indicates that neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis of cases involving spinocerebellar degeneration with childhood onset.
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Hialina/metabolismo , Cuerpos de Inclusión Intranucleares/metabolismo , Cuerpos de Inclusión Intranucleares/patología , Degeneraciones Espinocerebelosas/metabolismo , Niño , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Lóbulo Frontal/metabolismo , Lóbulo Frontal/patología , Humanos , Cuerpos de Inclusión Intranucleares/ultraestructura , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/métodos , Masculino , Microscopía Electrónica de Transmisión , Degeneraciones Espinocerebelosas/patología , Degeneraciones Espinocerebelosas/fisiopatologíaRESUMEN
Lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase (L-PGDS), which is mainly synthesized in leptomeningeal cells and oligodendrocytes (OLs) in rodents and humans, is secreted into the human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as beta-trace. L-PGDS protects OLs and neurones against apoptosis in twitcher mice, a murine model of Krabbe's disease, and is the second only to a stress protein, alphaB-crystallin, as the most abundant gene product upregulated in the demyelinating focus of multiple sclerosis (MS). Here we report that although the CSF level of L-PGDS is not increased in MS patients, L-PGDS is increased in the white matter of MS patients, especially in the shadow plaque as compared with the normal white matter. L-PGDS immunoreactivity was intensely expressed in OLs within the shadow plaques and in hypertrophied astrocytes within the chronic plaques of MS patients. Both L-PGDS-positive OLs and astrocytes expressed a stress protein, alphaB-crystallin. These results suggest that the upregulation of L-PGDS occurs in OLs and astrocytes as a stress reaction.
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Astrocitos/metabolismo , Proteínas de Filamentos Intermediarios/biosíntesis , Oxidorreductasas Intramoleculares/biosíntesis , Esclerosis Múltiple/metabolismo , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/biosíntesis , Oligodendroglía/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinasas/biosíntesis , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Enfermedad Crónica , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Femenino , Humanos , Inmunohistoquímica , Lipocalinas , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Esclerosis Múltiple/patología , ARN Mensajero/análisis , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa , Regulación hacia Arriba , Cadena B de alfa-CristalinaRESUMEN
Although an increased level of serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been reported in children in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease (KD), no precise relation was documented between the serum BNP level and left ventricular (LV) systolic function. We hypothesized that the increased BNP levels may be explained by diastolic abnormalities in those with KD. We prospectively studied 25 patients in the acute phase of KD. Patients with abnormal systolic function were excluded. Pediatric cardiologists making the assessment of LV diastolic function were blinded to the BNP levels. Doppler interrogation was applied to measure LV inflow velocities, which were transformed to z scores using control measurements obtained from 83 healthy subjects. In the patients, the BNP levels ranged from 2.0 to 450.0 pg/ml, with a mean of 54.0 +/- 102.8 pg/ml. Six patients with abnormal velocities (> 2 SD in z score) showed significantly higher levels of BNP (152 +/- 173 pg/ml) than those in the remaining patients (p < 0.01). The BNP levels correlated positively with diastolic atrial velocity in z score (r = 0.51, p < 0.05), and negatively with diastolic early velocity to atrial velocity ratio in z score (r = -0.75, p < 0.01). This study suggests that LV diastolic dysfunction may occur in some children in the acute phase of KD, causing an increased level of BNP.
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Síndrome Mucocutáneo Linfonodular/complicaciones , Contracción Miocárdica/fisiología , Péptido Natriurético Encefálico/sangre , Disfunción Ventricular Izquierda/sangre , Adolescente , Biomarcadores/sangre , Niño , Preescolar , Diástole , Ecocardiografía , Humanos , Ensayo Inmunorradiométrico , Lactante , Recién Nacido , Síndrome Mucocutáneo Linfonodular/sangre , Síndrome Mucocutáneo Linfonodular/diagnóstico por imagen , Pronóstico , Estudios Prospectivos , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Disfunción Ventricular Izquierda/complicaciones , Disfunción Ventricular Izquierda/fisiopatologíaAsunto(s)
Proteínas de Unión al ADN/genética , Leucemia Mielomonocítica Aguda/genética , Proteínas de Fusión Oncogénica/genética , Proto-Oncogenes , Factores de Transcripción , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Secuencia de Bases , Cromosomas Humanos Par 11/genética , Cromosomas Humanos Par 12/genética , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Reordenamiento Génico , N-Metiltransferasa de Histona-Lisina , Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , Proteína Quinasa 8 Activada por Mitógenos , Proteínas Quinasas Activadas por Mitógenos/metabolismo , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Proteína de la Leucemia Mieloide-Linfoide , Proteínas Nucleares , Estructura Terciaria de Proteína , Translocación GenéticaRESUMEN
We describe a patient diagnosed with lethal perinatal hypophosphatasia with a unique clinical presentation of convulsions that responded to vitamin B6. Genomic DNA sequence analysis of the tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) gene revealed two missense mutations: a G-to-A transition resulting in a Glu to Lys at codon 274 (E274K), and a G-to-C transversion resulting in a Gly to Arg at codon 309 (G309R). The first mutation was maternally transmitted and was previously characterized as a moderate one, whereas the latter was paternally transmitted and has not been previously reported. Phenotype/genotype correlation indicates that G309R is a deleterious mutation that can lead to seizures and a lethal outcome, as was demonstrated in our patient.
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Fosfatasa Alcalina/genética , Hipofosfatasia/enzimología , Mutación Missense , Convulsiones/enzimología , Arginina/genética , Femenino , Ácido Glutámico/genética , Humanos , Hipofosfatasia/complicaciones , Hipofosfatasia/genética , Recién Nacido , Lisina/genética , Convulsiones/complicaciones , Convulsiones/genéticaRESUMEN
A case of infantile malignant osteopetrosis is described. The patient died from respiratory hemorrhage at 7 months of age despite treatment that included high doses of active vitamin D and administration of interferon-gamma. A postmortem examination revealed the presence of many osteoclasts in the bone, which lacked ruffled borders. This observation was consistent with the histology of bone reported in Atp6i-knockout mice, which lack the gene encoding the a3 subunit of vacuolar-type H(+)-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase). Sequence analysis of the TCIRG1 gene encoding the a3 subunit revealed two novel mutations: a deletion/insertion mutation in exon 9 and a T-to-C transition at the splice donor site of intron 19. The former mutation caused a frame shift and premature stop codon. The latter was associated with abnormal splicing, which was confirmed by sequencing the products amplified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), using total RNA from the liver specimen as template. Although several mutations in the TCIRG1 gene in infantile malignant osteopetrosis have been reported in other populations, this is the first case of a Japanese patient with a mutation identified in this gene. These results support the important role of the subunit in the function of the proton pump.
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Mutación del Sistema de Lectura , Eliminación de Gen , Osteopetrosis/genética , ATPasas de Translocación de Protón Vacuolares/genética , Codón de Terminación/genética , Exones , Resultado Fatal , Femenino , Humanos , Recién Nacido , Intrones , Japón , Osteoclastos/patología , Osteopetrosis/patología , Sitios de Empalme de ARN/genética , ATPasas de Translocación de Protón Vacuolares/químicaRESUMEN
In patients with humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM), serum levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)(2)D) are generally low, although the pathophysiology of the impaired vitamin D metabolism is not fully understood. In the present study, we have investigated vitamin D metabolism in our newly developed rat model of HHM in which a human infantile fibrosarcoma producing parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), named OMC-1, was inoculated s.c. into athymic nude rats. In OMC-1-bearing rats, the serum concentration of 1,25(OH)(2)D was markedly reduced when the animals exhibited severe hypercalcemia (Ca > or =15 mg/dl), while it was rather elevated in those with mild hypercalcemia. To further examine whether serum Ca levels affect 1,25(OH)(2)D concentration, we administered bisphosphonate YM529 to OMC-1-bearing rats when they exhibited severe hypercalcemia. The restoration of the serum Ca level by administration of YM529 was accompanied by a marked increase in the 1,25(OH)(2)D level, suggesting that the serum Ca level itself plays an important role in the regulation of the 1,25(OH)(2)D level in these rats. On the other hand, when the OMC-1-bearing rats were treated with a neutralizing antibody against PTHrP, serum 1,25(OH)(2)D levels remained low despite the reduction in serum Ca levels. Expression of 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1 alpha-hydroxylase (1 alpha-hydroxylase) in kidney was decreased in OMC-1-bearing rats with severe hypercalcemia, and markedly enhanced after treatment with bisphosphonate. This enhancement in 1 alpha-hydroxylase expression was not observed after treatment with the antibody against PTHrP. These results suggest that PTHrP was responsible for the enhanced expression of 1 alpha-hydroxylase in YM529-treated rats, and that hypercalcemia played a role in reducing the serum 1,25(OH)(2)D level in OMC-1-bearing rats by suppressing the PTHrP-induced expression of the 1 alpha-hydroxylase gene.
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25-Hidroxivitamina D3 1-alfa-Hidroxilasa/metabolismo , Calcitriol/sangre , Calcio/sangre , Fibrosarcoma/complicaciones , Hipercalcemia/etiología , Proteínas/metabolismo , 24,25-Dihidroxivitamina D 3/sangre , 25-Hidroxivitamina D3 1-alfa-Hidroxilasa/genética , Animales , Anticuerpos Monoclonales/farmacología , Northern Blotting/métodos , Peso Corporal , Calcifediol/sangre , Bloqueadores de los Canales de Calcio/farmacología , Difosfonatos/farmacología , Fibrosarcoma/metabolismo , Expresión Génica , Humanos , Hipercalcemia/metabolismo , Imidazoles/farmacología , Riñón/enzimología , Masculino , Modelos Animales , Trasplante de Neoplasias , Proteína Relacionada con la Hormona Paratiroidea , Proteínas/inmunología , Ratas , Ratas Desnudas , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa InversaRESUMEN
We present a 10-year old boy with central diabetes insipidus (CDI) showing hyperintensity in a normal-sized posterior pituitary on magnetic resonance (MR) T1-weighted image (T1WI). He complained of nocturnal enuresis and polyuria. Daily urine volume increased to 4 to 5 L, and AVP plasma level was very low. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified exons of the arginine vasopressin (AVP)-neurophysin (NP) II gene were sequenced. Nucleotide-1884 guanine in Exon 2 was substituted with thymine, which induced a substitution of glycine for valine at amino acid position 65 in the NP II moiety. However, MR imaging showed hyperintensity in the posterior pituitary on T1WI. These results suggest that the MR findings of the posterior pituitary in CDI may vary.
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Diabetes Insípida/genética , Diabetes Insípida/patología , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Mutación Missense , Neurofisinas/genética , Neurohipófisis/patología , Niño , Diabetes Insípida/diagnóstico , Guanina , Heterocigoto , Humanos , Masculino , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , Poliuria , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Sed , TiminaRESUMEN
We used a dual-color fluorescence in situ hybridization technique to estimate deleted mitochondrial DNA at a single-cell level and determine any correlation with the disease progression in lymphocytes from patients with Pearson marrow-pancreas syndrome. The method demonstrated a shift in heteroplasmy, paralleling the hematologic improvement.
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Anemia Sideroblástica/genética , ADN Mitocondrial/sangre , Hibridación Fluorescente in Situ/métodos , Enfermedades Pancreáticas/genética , Anemia Sideroblástica/sangre , Femenino , Células Madre Hematopoyéticas/patología , Humanos , Lactante , Linfocitos , Enfermedades Pancreáticas/sangre , SíndromeRESUMEN
Adynamic bone disease and elevated serum levels of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) often are found in patients with renal failure caused by diabetic nephropathy. To clarify the role of AGEs in adynamic bone disease, we investigated the effect of these substances on cultured human osteoblasts and parathyroid cells. After 72 hours of incubation with AGEs-bovine serum albumin (BSA) (1,000 microgram/mL), there was significant inhibition of the synthesis of type I collagen and osteocalcin in response to stimulation with 10(-10) to 10(-8) M of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol. In a human osteoblastic cell line (MG 63), AGEs-BSA did not affect human osteocalcin promoter activity. In human parathyroid cells, a receptor for AGEs was detected by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Incubation with AGEs-BSA for 48 hours significantly inhibited parathyroid hormone secretion in response to a low calcium concentration of 0.81 mM (P < 0.01). In HEK-293 cells, expressing calcium-sensing receptors, the same AGE concentration caused a significant potentiation of the extracellular Ca(2+) induced-intracellular calcium concentration after 24 and 48 hours of incubation (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01). These data suggest that AGEs are involved in the pathogenesis of adynamic bone disease by inhibiting osteoblastic activity and by inhibiting parathyroid hormone secretion in response to hypocalcemia.