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  • Articles: DFG German National Licenses  (3)
  • Caffeine  (1)
  • Calcium oscillations  (1)
  • Keywords Complications, neuropathy, foot, radionuclide scan, podiatry.  (1)
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  • Articles: DFG German National Licenses  (3)
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    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Keywords Complications, neuropathy, foot, radionuclide scan, podiatry.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Aims/hypothesis. This study used two different methods of quantitative bone scanning to study the relation between activity of Charcot's arthropathy and clinical variables over 12 months.¶Methods. Skin temperature of affected and unaffected feet was measured at baseline and every 3 months for 12 months in 17 subjects. Eight subjects underwent a three-phase quantitative bone scan at baseline and 3 monthly for 12 months. Bone isotope uptake in a standard rectangular area over the foot and tibia was analysed by the bilateral scan method (the ratio of isotope uptake of affected and unaffected feet) and the unilateral scan method (the ratio of isotope uptake of affected foot and ipsilateral tibia). The affected foot was placed in a contact cast for an average of 8 months.¶Results. At presentation the affected foot was hotter than the unaffected foot but the temperature became progressively cooler over 12 months. Median isotope uptake in the affected foot was 2.1 % of the injected dose (interquartile range, IQR 1.9–3.0). In both scanning methods the ratio of uptake decreased after casting but at 12 months the affected foot still had more isotope uptake. There was a strong correlation between temperature difference and the ratio of uptake in the bilateral scan method (r = 0.90; p 〈 0.0001) but when using the unilateral scan method this relation was not significant (r = 0.1; p = 0.6). A strong relation existed between perfusion of the affected foot in the dynamic phase and isotope uptake in the delayed phase of the scans (r = 0.92; p 〈 0.0001).¶Conclusion/interpretation. Bone activity and skin temperature of Charcot's arthropathy can be measured quantitatively and both improve over 12 months with contact casting. There is a strong relation between perfusion and disease activity in this condition. [Diabetologia (2000) 43:481–484]
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Calcium oscillations ; Muscarinic receptor ; Calcium stores ; G protein ; Heparin ; Ryanodine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In single cells isolated from guinea-pig ileal smooth muscle, held under voltage clamp at −40 mV or −50 mV by patch pipette in the whole-cell recording mode, carbachol (CCh) evoked an oscillatory inward cationic current. The frequency of current oscillations increased with increasing CCh concentration. CCh-evoked current oscillations were followed very closely by oscillations in intracellular free Ca2+ estimated from the Indo-1 signal, and were abolished by inclusion of EGTA in the pipette solution. Ryanodine and heparin, but not nifedipine, blocked the generation of current oscillations. CCh-evoked current oscillations were abolished upon withdrawal of extracellular calcium and restored upon its reintroduction. Inclusion of GTP[γS] in the pipette solution caused the generation of an oscillatory inward current, which was blocked by ryanodine. The present results are consistent with the hypothesis that CChevoked cationic current is gated by activation of a G protein and is steeply dependent on [Ca2+]i, fluctuations in the release of Ca2+ from stores during carbachol's action produce oscillations in [Ca2+]i which cause similar oscillations in the cationic current.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2013
    Keywords: Caffeine ; Methylxanthine ; Smooth muscle ; Calcium channel
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effect of caffeine on inward current carried by barium ions through voltage-dependent calcium channels has been investigated in single rabbit ear artery cells using whole-cell voltage-clamp techniques. Caffeine (1 –30 mM) caused a rapid and reversible concentration-dependent blockade of barium current and a related compound, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), was a more potent inhibitor of barium current. Caffeine-induced inhibition of barium current showed no voltage- or usedependence and caffeine did not alter the steady-state inactivation of barium current. The effect of caffeine was not blocked by extracellular or by intracellular ryanodine or inclusion of both 5 mM 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)-ethane N,N,N′,N′,-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) and 2 mM ethylene glycol-bis(β-amino ethyl ether) N,N,N′,N′,-tetraacetic acid (EGTA) in the intracellular solution. Rolipram and M&B 22984, non-xanthine inhibitors of phosphodiesterase, did not diminish inward barium current. The data indicate that caffeine and IBMX block voltage-operated calcium channels and it is suggested that this is due to a direct interaction of methylxanthines with the calcium channel.
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