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The presence of prostaglandins (PGs) was determined in gastric juice obtained from 3 conscious dogs, provided with a chronic gastric fistula. Outputs of acid (mequiv min?1) and PGs (pg min?1) were measured in gastric secretions stimulated by pentagastrin (100 or 200 ng kg?1min?1). Prostaglandin activity was estimated, after extraction and thin layer chromatography, by radioimmuno-assay of the PGB formed by treatment with alkali. Tritiated PGs were added to gastric juice for the purpose of correcting for PGs recovery. Using this method, the minimum mass of PGB which could be satisfactorily distinguished from zero was 25 pg. Prostaglandins A2 and E2 were present in pentagastrin-activated gastric secretions and averaged (mean ± SE, n = 8) 200.7 ± 18.1 and 260.1 ± 18.0 pg min?1 respectively. The identity of PGA2 and PGE2 was confirmed by gas liquid chromatography combined with mass spectrometry. The amount of PGE2 converted to PGA2 during extraction, separation and conversion procedures was estimated from the amount of [3H] PGA2 found when only [3H] PGE2 had been added to a sample of gastric juice and averaged 14.5% ± 2.0. Our preliminary results support the possibility that PGE2 and PGA2 may be of physiological importance in the regulation of canine gastric secretions. 相似文献
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Restieri C Garriss G Locas MC Dozois CM 《Applied and environmental microbiology》2007,73(5):1553-1562
Autotransporters are secreted bacterial proteins exhibiting diverse virulence functions. Various autotransporters have been identified among Escherichia coli associated with intestinal or extraintestinal infections; however, the specific distribution of autotransporter sequences among a diversity of E. coli strains has not been investigated. We have validated the use of a multiplex PCR assay to screen for the presence of autotransporter sequences. Herein, we determined the presence of 13 autotransporter sequences and five allelic variants of antigen 43 (Ag43) among 491 E. coli isolates from human urinary tract infections, diarrheagenic E. coli, and avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) and E. coli reference strains belonging to the ECOR collection. Clinical isolates were also classified into established phylogenetic groups. The results indicated that Ag43 alleles were significantly associated with clinical isolates (93%) compared to commensal isolates (56%) and that agn43K12 was the most common and widely distributed allele. agn43 allelic variants were also phylogenetically distributed. Sequences encoding espC, espP, and sepA and agn43 alleles EDL933 and RS218 were significantly associated with diarrheagenic E. coli strains compared to other groups. tsh was highly associated with APEC strains, whereas sat was absent from APEC. vat, sat, and pic were associated with urinary tract isolates and were identified predominantly in isolates belonging to either group B2 or D of the phylogenetic groups based on the ECOR strain collection. Overall, the results indicate that specific autotransporter sequences are associated with the source and/or phylogenetic background of strains and suggest that, in some cases, autotransporter gene profiles may be useful for comparative analysis of E. coli strains from clinical, food, and environmental sources. 相似文献
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Vijayakumar S Merkx-Jacques A Ratnayake DB Gryski I Obhi RK Houle S Dozois CM Creuzenet C 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2006,281(38):27733-27743
Campylobacter jejuni produces glycoproteins that are essential for virulence. These glycoproteins carry diacetamidobacillosamine (DAB), a sugar that is not found in humans. Hence, the enzymes responsible for DAB synthesis represent potential therapeutic targets. We describe the biochemical characterization of Cj1121c, a putative aminotransferase encoded by the general protein glycosylation locus, to assess its role in DAB biosynthesis. By using overexpressed and affinity-purified enzyme, we demonstrate that Cj1121c has pyridoxal phosphate- and glutamate-dependent UDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-GlcNAc C-4 transaminase activity and produces UDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-GlcNAc. This is consistent with a role in DAB biosynthesis and distinguishes Cj1121c from Cj1294, a homologous UDP-2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-beta-l-arabino-4-hexulose C-4 aminotransferase that we characterized previously. We show that Cj1121c can also use this 4-keto-arabino sugar indirectly as a substrate, that Cj1121c and Cj1294 are active simultaneously in C. jejuni, and that the activity of Cj1121c is preponderant under standard growth conditions. Kinetic data indicate that Cj1121c has a slightly higher catalytic efficiency than Cj1294 with regard to the 4-keto-arabino substrate. By site-directed mutagenesis, we show that residues Glu-158 and Leu-131 are not essential for catalysis or for substrate specificity contrary to expectations. We further demonstrate that a cj1121c knock-out mutant is impaired for flagella-mediated motility, for invasion of intestinal epithelial cells, and for persistence in the chicken intestine, clearly demonstrating that Cj1121c is essential for host colonization and virulence. Finally, we show that cj1121c is necessary for protein glycosylation by lectin Western blotting. Collectively, these results validate Cj1121c as a promising drug target and provide the means to assay for inhibitors. 相似文献
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Characterization of Stg fimbriae from an avian pathogenic Escherichia coli O78:K80 strain and assessment of their contribution to colonization of the chicken respiratory tract 下载免费PDF全文
Lymberopoulos MH Houle S Daigle F Léveillé S Brée A Moulin-Schouleur M Johnson JR Dozois CM 《Journal of bacteriology》2006,188(18):6449-6459
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Côté JP Berthiaume F Houle S Fairbrother JM Dozois CM Mourez M 《Applied and environmental microbiology》2012,78(13):4597-4605
Autotransporters are a large family of virulence factors of Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. The autotransporter adhesin involved in diffuse adherence (AIDA-I) is an outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli, which allows binding to epithelial cells as well as the autoaggregation of bacteria. AIDA-I is glycosylated by a specific heptosyltransferase encoded by the aah gene that forms an operon with the aidA gene. aidA is highly prevalent in strains that cause disease in pigs. Nevertheless, there are only two published whole-length sequences for this gene. In this study, we sequenced the aah and aidA genes of 24 aidA-positive porcine strains harboring distinct virulence factor profiles. We compared the obtained sequences and performed phylogenetic and pulsed-field electrophoresis analyses. Our results suggest that there are at least 3 different alleles for aidA, which are associated with distinct virulence factor profiles. The genes are found on high-molecular-weight plasmids and seem to evolve via shuffling mechanisms, with one of the sequences showing evidence of genetic recombination. Our work suggests that genetic plasticity allows the evolution of aah-aidA alleles that are selected during pathogenesis. 相似文献
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Shanil Ebrahim Luis Montoya Wanda Truong Sandy Hsu Mostafa Kamal el Din Alonso Carrasco-Labra Jason W. Busse Stephen D. Walter Diane Heels-Ansdell Rachel Couban Irene Patelis-Siotis Marg Bellman L. Esther de Graaf David J. A. Dozois Peter J. Bieling Gordon H. Guyatt 《PloS one》2012,7(11)
Objectives
To systematically summarize the randomized trial evidence regarding the relative effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) in patients with depression in receipt of disability benefits in comparison to those not receiving disability benefits.Data Sources
All relevant RCTs from a database of randomized controlled and comparative studies examining the effects of psychotherapy for adult depression (http://www.evidencebasedpsychotherapies.org), electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PSYCINFO, AMED, CINAHL and CENTRAL) to June 2011, and bibliographies of all relevant articles.Study Eligibility Criteria, Participants and Intervention
Adult patients with major depression, randomly assigned to CBT versus minimal/no treatment or care-as-usual.Study Appraisal and Synthesis Methods
Three teams of reviewers, independently and in duplicate, completed title and abstract screening, full text review and data extraction. We performed an individual patient data meta-analysis to summarize data.Results
Of 92 eligible trials, 70 provided author contact information; of these 56 (80%) were successfully contacted to establish if they captured receipt of benefits as a baseline characteristic; 8 recorded benefit status, and 3 enrolled some patients in receipt of benefits, of which 2 provided individual patient data. Including both patients receiving and not receiving disability benefits, 2 trials (227 patients) suggested a possible reduction in depression with CBT, as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory, mean difference [MD] (95% confidence interval [CI]) = −2.61 (−5.28, 0.07), p = 0.06; minimally important difference of 5. The effect appeared larger, though not significantly, in those in receipt of benefits (34 patients) versus not receiving benefits (193 patients); MD (95% CI) = −4.46 (−12.21, 3.30), p = 0.26.Conclusions
Our data does not support the hypothesis that CBT has smaller effects in depressed patients receiving disability benefits versus other patients. Given that the confidence interval is wide, a decreased effect is still possible, though if the difference exists, it is likely to be small. 相似文献8.
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