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We have previously shown that Docetaxel-induced variable degrees of apoptosis in melanoma. In this report, we studied the beta-tubulin repertoire of melanoma cell lines and show that class III beta-tubulin expression correlated with Docetaxel-resistance. Sensitive cells showed low levels of class III beta-tubulin with little microtubular incorporation, whereas class III beta-tubulin expression was higher in resistant cells and was incorporated into the cytoskeleton. As proof of concept, abrogation of class III by siRNA reverted Docetaxel-resistant cells to a sensitive phenotype, restoring the microtubular polymerisation response and promoting high levels of apoptosis through Bax activation. These results suggest that phenotypic expression of beta-tubulin class III in melanoma may help identify patients with melanoma that can respond to taxanes. 相似文献
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Identification of the SPG15 gene, encoding spastizin, as a frequent cause of complicated autosomal-recessive spastic paraplegia, including Kjellin syndrome 下载免费PDF全文
Hanein S Martin E Boukhris A Byrne P Goizet C Hamri A Benomar A Lossos A Denora P Fernandez J Elleuch N Forlani S Durr A Feki I Hutchinson M Santorelli FM Mhiri C Brice A Stevanin G 《American journal of human genetics》2008,82(4):992-1002
Hereditary spastic paraplegias (HSPs) are genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous disorders. Both "uncomplicated" and "complicated" forms have been described with various modes of inheritance. Sixteen loci for autosomal-recessive "complicated" HSP have been mapped. The SPG15 locus was first reported to account for a rare form of spastic paraplegia variably associated with mental impairment, pigmented maculopathy, dysarthria, cerebellar signs, and distal amyotrophy, sometimes designated as Kjellin syndrome. Here, we report the refinement of SPG15 to a 2.64 Mb genetic interval on chromosome 14q23.3-q24.2 and the identification of ZFYVE26, which encodes a zinc-finger protein with a FYVE domain that we named spastizin, as the cause of SPG15. Six different truncating mutations were found to segregate with the disease in eight families with a phenotype that included variable clinical features of Kjellin syndrome. ZFYVE26 mRNA was widely distributed in human tissues, as well as in rat embryos, suggesting a possible role of this gene during embryonic development. In the adult rodent brain, its expression profile closely resembled that of SPG11, another gene responsible for complicated HSP. In cultured cells, spastizin colocalized partially with markers of endoplasmic reticulum and endosomes, suggesting a role in intracellular trafficking. 相似文献
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Cornelia M. Borkhoff Gillian A. Hawker Hans J. Kreder Richard H. Glazier Nizar N. Mahomed James G. Wright 《CMAJ》2008,178(6):681-687
Background
The underuse of total joint arthroplasty in appropriate candidates is more than 3 times greater among women than among men. When surveyed, physicians report that the patient''s sex has no effect on their decision-making; however, what occurs in clinical practice may be different. The purpose of our study was to determine whether patients'' sex affects physicians'' decisions to refer a patient for, or to perform, total knee arthroplasty.Methods
Seventy-one physicians (38 family physicians and 33 orthopedic surgeons) in Ontario performed blinded assessments of 2 standardized patients (1 man and 1 woman) with moderate knee osteoarthritis who differed only by sex. The standardized patients recorded the physicians'' final recommendations about total knee arthroplasty. Four surgeons did not consent to the inclusion of their data. After detecting an overall main effect, we tested for an interaction with physician type (family physician v. orthopedic surgeon). We used a binary logistic regression analysis with a generalized estimating equation approach to assess the effect of patients'' sex on physicians'' recommendations for total knee arthroplasty.Results
In total, 42% of physicians recommended total knee arthroplasty to the male but not the female standardized patient, and 8% of physicians recommended total knee arthroplasty to the female but not the male standardized patient (odds ratio [OR] 4.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.4–7.3, p < 0.001; risk ratio [RR] 2.1, 95% CI 1.5–2.8, p < 0.001). The odds of an orthopedic surgeon recommending total knee arthroplasty to a male patient was 22 times (95% CI 6.4–76.0, p < 0.001) that for a female patient. The odds of a family physician recommending total knee arthroplasty to a male patient was 2 times (95% CI 1.04–4.71, p = 0.04) that for a female patient.Interpretation
Physicians were more likely to recommend total knee arthroplasty to a male patient than to a female patient, suggesting that gender bias may contribute to the sex-based disparity in the rates of use of total knee arthroplasty.Disparity in the use of medical or surgical interventions based on patient characteristics, such as sex, ethnic background or socioeconomic status, is an important health care issue.1 Women are less likely than men to receive lipid-lowering medication after a myocardial infarction,2 receive kidney dialysis,3 be admitted to an intensive care unit,4 or undergo cardiac catheterization,5 renal transplantation6 or total joint arthroplasty.7 Although women''s preferences for surgery or the information needed to make an informed decision may differ from men and explain sex-based differences in care,8,9 subtle or overt gender bias may inappropriately influence physicians'' clinical decision-making.2,5,7 A more pronounced gender bias might be expected when the clinical decision involves an elective surgical procedure such as total joint arthroplasty.Total hip and knee arthroplasty is the definitive treatment for relieving pain and restoring function in people with moderate to severe osteoarthritis for whom medical therapy has failed.10 Although age-adjusted rates of total joint arthroplasty are higher among women than among men,11 based on a population-based epidemiologic survey, underuse of arthroplasty is 3 times greater in women.7 In prior opinion surveys, more than 93% of referring physicians and orthopedic surgeons have reported that patients'' sex has no effect on their decision to refer a patient for, or perform, total knee arthroplasty.12,13 However, there may be a difference between what is reported in a survey and what occurs in clinical practice. The purpose of our study was to determine whether physicians would provide the same recommendation about total knee arthroplasty to a male and a female standardized patient presenting to their offices with identical clinical scenarios that differed only by sex. 相似文献24.
Rajiv Gandhi David Wasserstein Fahad Razak J. Roderick Davey Nizar N. Mahomed 《Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)》2010,18(12):2362-2366
Obesity has been identified as a risk factor for the development of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) and may play a role in exacerbating existing disease. Therefore, we hypothesized that obese patients would present for hip and knee replacement surgery at a younger age than nonobese patients. From our registry, we performed a cross‐sectional study of 841 hip and 804 knee replacement patients. Patients were categorized by BMI ≤25 kg/m2, 25.1–29.9 kg/m2, 30–34.9 kg/m2, and ≥35 kg/m2. Linear regression modeling was used to examine the relationship between BMI and age at surgery. Hip and knee replacement patients' mean age at surgery was 7.1 and 7.9 years younger, respectively, if their BMI was ≥35 kg/m2 when compared to patients with a BMI ≤25 kg/m2 (P = 0.002). BMI was a significant independent (of gender, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) score, surgeon, and comorbidity) predictor of age at knee replacement (P < 0.05). WOMAC scores were significantly worse preoperatively in patients with a BMI ≥35 kg/m2 compared to those with a BMI ≤25 kg/m2 (P < 0.05). Our study indicates that obese patients, especially those with a BMI ≥35 kg/m2, presented for and underwent joint replacement surgery at a younger age as compared to nonobese patients. 相似文献
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Carter AT Pearson BM Crossman LC Drou N Heavens D Baker D Febrer M Caccamo M Grant KA Peck MW 《Journal of bacteriology》2011,193(9):2351-2352
H04402 065 is one of a very small group of strains of proteolytic Clostridium botulinum that form type A5 neurotoxin. Here, we report the complete 3.9-Mb genome sequence and annotation of strain H04402 065, which was isolated from a botulism patient in the United Kingdom in 2004. 相似文献
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Seipke RF Crossman L Drou N Heavens D Bibb MJ Caccamo M Hutchings MI 《Journal of bacteriology》2011,193(16):4270-4271
Streptomyces spp. are common symbionts of the leaf-cutting ant species Acromyrmex octospinosus, which feeds on basidiomycete fungus leaf matter and harvests the lipid- and carbohydrate-rich gongylidia as a food source. A. octospinosus and other ant genera use antifungal compounds produced by Streptomyces spp. and other actinomycetes in order to help defend their fungal gardens from parasitic fungi. Herein, we report the draft genome sequence of Streptomyces strain S4, an antifungal-producing symbiont of A. octospinosus. 相似文献
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Chetoui N El Azreq MA Boisvert M Bergeron MÈ Aoudjit F 《Journal of cellular biochemistry》2011,112(12):3666-3674
The expression and function of discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) in T cells are still poorly explored. We have recently shown that activation of primary human T cells via their T cell receptor leads to increased expression of DDR1, which promoted their migration in three-dimensional collagen. In the present study, we provide evidence that activated T cells bind collagen through DDR1. We found that the DDR1:Fc blocking molecule significantly reduced the ability of activated T cells to bind soluble biotinylated collagen. However, DDR1:Fc had no impact on the adhesion of activated T cells to collagen and overexpression of DDR1 in Jurkat T cells did not enhance their adhesion. Together, our results indicate that DDR1 can promote T cell migration without enhancing adhesion to collagen, suggesting that it can contribute to the previously described amoeboid movement of activated T cells in collagen matrices. Our results also show that CD28, in contrast to IL-2 expression, did not costimulate the expression of DDR1 in primary human T cells. Using specific inhibitors, we demonstrated that TCR-induced expression of DDR1 in T cells is regulated by the Ras/Raf/ERK MAP Kinase and PKC pathways but not by calcium/calcineurin signaling pathway or the JNK and P38 MAP Kinases. Thus, our study provides additional insights into the physiology of DDR1 in T cells and may therefore further our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of T cell migration. 相似文献
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Katharigatta N. Venugopala Sandeep Chandrashekharappa Pran Kishore Deb Christophe Tratrat Melendhran Pillay Deepak Chopra Nizar A. Al-Shari Wafa Hourani Lina A. Dahabiyeh Pobitra Borah Rahul D. Nagdeve Susanta K. Nayak Basavaraj Padmashali Mohamed A. Morsy Bandar E. Aldhubiab Mahesh Attimarad Anroop B. Nair Nagaraja Sreeharsha Michelyne Haroun Sheena Shashikanth Viresh Mohanlall Raghuprasad Mailavaram 《Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry》2021,36(1):1472
A series of 1,2,3-trisubstituted indolizines (2a–2f, 3a–3d, and 4a–4c) were screened for in vitro whole-cell anti-tubercular activity against the susceptible H37Rv and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains. Compounds 2b–2d, 3a–3d, and 4a–4c were active against the H37Rv-MTB strain with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranging from 4 to 32 µg/mL, whereas the indolizines 4a–4c, with ethyl ester group at the 4-position of the benzoyl ring also exhibited anti-MDR-MTB activity (MIC = 16–64 µg/mL). In silico docking study revealed the enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (InhA) and anthranilate phosphoribosyltransferase as potential molecular targets for the indolizines. The X-ray diffraction analysis of the compound 4b was also carried out. Further, a safety study (in silico and in vitro) demonstrated no toxicity for these compounds. Thus, the indolizines warrant further development and may represent a novel promising class of InhA inhibitors and multi-targeting agents to combat drug-sensitive and drug-resistant MTB strains. 相似文献
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Ammar Almaaytah Adan Alnaamneh Ahmad Abualhaijaa Nizar Alshari’ Qosay Al-Balas 《International journal of peptide research and therapeutics》2016,22(4):497-504
The extensive use of antibiotics for the treatment of human infections during the last few decades has led to a dramatic increase in the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) among various bacterial strains. Global research is currently focused on finding novel alternative agents with different mechanisms of action rather than the use of conventional antibiotics to counteract the threat of bacterial and biofilm infections. Antimicrobial peptides represent promising alternative agents for conventional antibiotics as these molecules display a broad spectrum of activity against several microorganisms. Recently, we have designed a novel hybrid antimicrobial peptide named MelitAP-27. This peptide has been found to display potent broad spectrum and selective in vitro antimicrobial activities against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. In the present study, the in vitro antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of the peptide alone and in combination with five different types of antibiotics were assessed against wild-type and resistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. Our results showed that most of the combination groups displayed a synergistic mode of action against planktonic and biofilm forming bacteria which resulted in decreasing the effective MIC values for MelitAP-27 to the nanomolar concentrations. These effective concentrations were associated with negligible toxicities on mammalian cells. The results of our study indicate that combinations of MelitAP-27 with conventional antibiotics may be pursued as a potential novel treatment strategy against MDRB and biofilm forming bacteria. 相似文献