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    Bestandsverminderung bei verwilderten Haustauben Teil 1 Bilanz mitteleuropäischer Stadtverwaltungen (1999)
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    Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz 42 (1999), S. 911-921 
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    ISSN: 1437-1588
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Verwilderte Haustauben (Columba livia domestica) ; Bestandsregulierung ; Stadthygiene ; Gesundheitsschutz ; Ökologisches Management ; Key words ; Feral pigeons ; Street pigeons (Columba livia domestica) ; Population reduction ; Habitat manipulation ; Urban hygiene ; Public health ; Bird management strategies
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The report, in two parts, sums up the findings of a survey covering 52 cities in Central Europe. Most administrations have imposed a ban on feeding street pigeons, but this has been more or less unsuccessful. Information campaigns were used on a large scale, along with more controversial methods such as catching the birds or shooting them down, providing pigeon houses, administering hormone preparations, chemosterilization, and exclusion from buildings. Few attempts were made to reduce the number of breeding places. Population reduction by poisons or natural enemies seems to be negligible. The findings of the survey are compared with results reported in the specialist literature, followed by a discussion of the ecological, hygienic and legal aspects, including animal protection, pest control, and public health. The strategy proposed to improve the present situation, which is found unsatisfactory in many respects, is to organize along the principles of ecological management. By optimizing the available options and following scientific criteria, it aims to combine those methods which appear most promising under local conditions. Any drawbacks are to be compensated by the enhancement of positive elements to give the best possible overall results.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Der zweiteilige Bericht faßt die Ergebnisse einer Umfrage zusammen, bei der sich die Verwaltungen von 52 mitteleuropäischen Städten zum Straßentaubenproblem geäußert haben. Überwiegend versucht man mehr oder minder erfolglos, eine Bestandsverminderung durch Taubenfütterungsverbot zu erreichen. Häufig wird auch von Bürgerbelehrungen und Informationskampagnen berichtet. Ferner spielen Fangaktionen, Taubenhäuser, Hormonpräparate und Chemosterilantien, Abschuß und Absperrmaßnahmen an Gebäuden eine meist ambivalente Rolle. Bei der Verminderung der Brutplatzangebote sind nur schwache Bemühungen erkennbar. Natürliche Feinde (Greifvögel) scheinen in den wenigsten Städten eine Rolle bei der Reduzierung von Straßentauben zu spielen. Vergiftungen werden offenbar nicht mehr vorgenommen. Die Erfahrungen der Kommunen werden mit den in der Fachliteratur vorliegenden Ergebnissen verglichen. Kommentare aus ökologischer und hygienezoologischer Sicht berücksichtigen die rechtlichen Grundlagen von Tierschutz, Schädlingsbekämpfung und Gesundheitsvorsorge. Um die insgesamt noch sehr unbefriedigende Situation bei der Bestandsverminderung von verwilderten Haustauben zu verbessern, wird ein Strategieprogramm nach den Organisationsprinzipien des „ökologischen Managements” vorgeschlagen. Hierzu sollten sämtliche anwendbaren Möglichkeiten nach wissenschaftlichen Kriterien optimiert und den jeweils stadtspezifischen Umständen entsprechend so miteinander kombiniert werden, daß methodische Nachteile durch die Vorteile anderer Komponenten ausgeglichen werden und das Gesamtkonzept nach dem Verstärkerprinzip Optimalergebnisse erzielt.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001030050221
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    Das Frankfurter Bleiprojekt Maßnahmen zur Einhaltung des Grenzwertes für Blei im Trinkwasser (1999)
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    Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz 42 (1999), S. 902-910 
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    ISSN: 1437-1588
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Trinkwasser ; Bleileitungen ; Key words ; Drinking water ; Lead pipes
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary On 3.11.1998 the Drinking Water Directive passed the European Parliament. This new directive will lower the current limit value for lead in Germany from 0,040 mg/l to 0,025 mg/l in 2003 and to 0,010 mg/l in 2013. Since there are still around 7800 premises with plumbing-systems containing lead-pipes in Frankfurt, the Stadtgesundheitsamt started the „Frankfurt Lead-Project” in 1997. Aim of the project was the investigation and, if necessary, the order to exchange all concerned plumbing systems. The owners of the buildings are liable to a fee for these measures of the local public health service, thus covering of the costs should be attainable. Within the project 3 to 5 water probes from each concerned building were sampled, to take the stagnation-problem into account. The drinking water of 50% of the investigated flats reached the EG-parametric value of 0,01 mg/l, which has to be transferred into national law from 2013 on the latest. Houses with plumbing-systems not containing lead were part of this sample. A sample of houses with only lead containing plumbing systems would result in considerably higher values. The mean lead-concentration after a stagnation-period of 3 hours was 0,034 mg/l and therefore significantly exceeded the EG-parametric value of 0,025 mg/l. Experts agree that the future EG-parametric values can not be met with special water treatments, but only by replacement of lead pipes by pipes composed of other suitable materials. Even pipe-coating techniques can not be recommended at this time. To our experience the new EG-parametric-value for lead of 0,025 mg/l, which has to be transferred into national law by the european member states from 2003 on, will require the sanitation of nearly every house with a lead-containing plumbing system. All the more so because the EG-parametric-value of 0,10 mg/l will become effective from 2013 on, what factually equals a prohibition of lead-pipes. Considering the time given by the EG-Drinking Water Guideline and the experience reported here we conclude that compliance with the new EG-parametric values would not be possible for most of the German cities and communities having a lead-pipe problem. It is foreseeable therefore, that the Federal Republic of Germany will have to face complaints for non-compliance with the parametric value from the European Commission. Based on the experiences with the lead-project we would recommend the prohibition of lead pipes whithin domestic distribution systems as an appropriate measure to achieve compliance with the parametric value for lead. Such a prohibition would make it possible to meet the parametric value for lead, create a reliable legal situation for both consumers and owners of the concerned plumbing systems, save considerable expenses for staff and laboratory tests, make the exchange of lead-containing installations easy to plan and would avoid conflicts about the interpretation of monitoring results.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Durch die am 3.11.1998 vom Europäischen Parlament verabschiedete Richtlinie des Rates der Europäischen Gemeinschaft über die Qualität von Wasser für den menschlichen Gebrauch muß eine Absenkung des Bleigrenzwertes in Deutschland von derzeit 0,040 mg/l auf 0,025 mg/l bis spätestens zum Jahr 2003 und auf 0,010 mg/l bis spätestens zum Jahr 2013 erfolgen. Da in Frankfurt a.M. bekannt war, daß noch ca. 7800 Liegenschaften mit bleihaltigen Hausinstallationen ausgestattet sind, wurde ab 1997 im Stadtgesundheitsamt das „Blei-Projekt” gestartet, mit dem eine Untersuchung und ggf. erforderliche Sanierung aller betreffenden Häuser binnen max. zehn Jahren ab 1996 unter dem Aspekt der Kostendeckung durchgesetzt werden soll. Pro untersuchtem Haus wurden mehrere Proben entnommen, um das Stagnationsproblem adäquat zu berücksichtigen. In 50% der von uns untersuchten Wohnungen, unter denen sich auch Hausinstallationen ohne Bleileitungen befanden, wurde der ab dem Jahr 2013 geltende Grenzwert von 0,010 mg/l bereits erreicht. Bei einer nur aus bleihaltigen Hausinstallationen bestehenden Stichprobe ist aufgrund unserer Daten zu erwarten, daß dieser Wert sogar deutlich überschritten würde. Der Mittelwert der Leitungsproben nach 3 Stunden Stagnation überschreitet mit 0,034 mg/l den ab dem Jahr 2003 geltenden Grenzwert von 0,025 mg/l klar. Aus der Fachdiskussion ist bekannt, daß sich die zukünftigen Grenzwerte nicht mit Aufbereitungsmaßnahmen wie Phosphatierung u.ä. einhalten lassen werden, sondern daß der Austausch der Bleileitungen gegen Leitungen aus geeigneten Werkstoffen der einzig in Frage kommende Sanierungsweg ist. Auch mit Innenbeschichtungen arbeitende Sanierungstechniken können derzeit nicht empfohlen werden. Schon die Festsetzung des Trinkwasser-Grenzwertes für Blei von zunächst 0,025 mg/l ab dem Jahr 2003 bedeutet daher, daß nahezu jede bleihaltige Hausinstallation bis dahin durch vollständiges Austauschen der Bleirohre saniert werden muß. In jedem Fall gilt dies für die Einführung des Parameterwertes von 0,010 mg/l ab dem Jahr 2013, was faktischen einem Verbot von Bleileitungen gleichkommt. Aus den gegebenen Fristen und den hier gemachten Erfahrungen hinsichtlich der benötigten Bearbeitungszeiten ist die Erkenntnis abzuleiten, daß ein Vollzug der Trinkwasserverordnung ohne ein möglichst auf klare europaweite Rechtsvorschriften gegründetes Verbot in den meisten betroffenen Bundesländern, Kreisen und kreisfreien Städten nicht möglich sein wird und somit die seitens der die Bundesrepublik Deutschland als EG-Mitgliedsstaat eingegangenen Verpflichtung zur Einhaltung des Parameterwertes für Blei nicht erfüllt werden kann. Ein Verbot für Bleileitungen würde die Einhaltung des Parameterwertes ermöglichen, Rechtsklarheit sowohl für die Verbraucher als auch für die Eigentümer von Hausinstallationen bringen, erhebliche Mittel für Untersuchungs- und Verwaltungskosten einsparen lassen, die ohnehin unumgängliche Sanierung von bleihaltigen Hausinstallationen für die Eigentümer besser planbar machen sowie Rechtsstreitigkeiten über die Interpretation von Meßwerten vermeiden.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001030050220
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    Therapie des Knorpelschadens (1999)
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    Arthroskopie 12 (1999), S. 279-288 
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    ISSN: 1434-3924
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Knorpelschaden ; Knie ; Knorpelregeneration ; Key words ; Cartilage damage ; Knee ; Cartilage regeneration
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Damage to articular cartilage is a common problem. Damage to a joint surface can lead to premature arthritis. In this review the results of the different forms of therapy for cartilage damage such as lavage, drilling, microfracturing, abrasion arthroplasty, transplantation of osteochondral allografts, periosteal arthroplasty and autologous chondrocyte transplantation are introduced to the reader.
    Notes: Die Therapie des Knorpelschadens stellt ein allgemeines Problem dar. Beschädigte Knorpeloberflächen können zur frühzeitig auftretenden Arthrose führen. In dieser Übersichtsarbeit werden die einzelnen Therapieformen zur Behandlung von Knorpelschäden wie die Lavage, Knochenmarkstimulationstechniken (subchondrale Bohrung, Mikrofrakturierung, Abrasionsarthroplastik) sowie neuere Therapieformen wie die Transplantation autologer Knochen-Knorpel-Zylinder, die Periostlappenplastik und die autologe Chondrozytentransplantation mit bisherigen Ergebnissen vorgestellt. Der Leser soll somit einen Überblick über diese Verfahren erhalten.
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    Einfluß von zyklischer mechanischer Dehnung auf die Zellproliferation humaner Fibroblasten (1999)
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    Arthroskopie 12 (1999), S. 289-293 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Rehabilitation ; Humane Fibroblasten ; Zyklische mechanische Dehnung ; Zellproliferation ; Key words ; Rehabilitation ; Human fibroblast ; Cyclic strain ; Cell proliferation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Experimental and clinical studies document the benefits of early controlled motion and loading in the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. At the cellular level, dynamic strain plays a key role in cell stimulation and organization of the extracellular matrix. Although the positive effects of physical strain on tendon tissue are well known, little knowledge exists as to how mechanical strain affects tendon cells. The aim of the present study was to investigate in vitro the influence of cyclic strain on cell proliferation of human tendon fibroblasts. Human tendon fibroblasts from patellar tendon were cultured on silicone dishes. Cyclic biaxial strain was applied to the dishes in their long axis with third passage cells. A 5% strain magnitude and a frequency of 1 Hz were applied. The time of applied strain varied between 15, 30 and 60 min. After the fibroblasts were put under strain, the cells were tested for proliferation after 6, 12 and 24 h using incorporation of 5-bromo-2′-deoxy-uridine. As a control, cells were grown on silicone dishes but did not receive any strain. A biphasic response in proliferation was observed for the 15- and 60-min strain periods. At 6 and 24 h the proliferation was increased compared to the controls. The proliferation was decreased at 12 h. After a strain duration of 30 min the proliferation was inferior to that of the controls at all times measured. Application of mechanical stress to tendon fibroblasts results in an alteration of cellular proliferation, depending on the stress time. This study will contribute to an understanding of the cellular mechanism underlying the mechanical stimulation of tendon and ligament healing.
    Notes: Klinische und tierexperimentelle Studien haben den positiven Einfluß einer frühfunktionellen Behandlung nach Verletzungen des Binde- und Stützgewebes gezeigt. Dehnung ist dabei der zentrale Stimulus für reaktive Prozesse auf zellulärer Ebene. Zyklische mechanische Dehnung führt zu einer Reihe von Reaktionen, die für die Adaption von Zellen und Geweben an unterschiedliche Belastungen und für den Heilungsprozeß von Bedeutung sind. Ungeklärt ist jedoch, wieviel Dehnungsstreß notwendig ist. Ziel dieser Studie war, den Einfluß der Dauer von definierter zyklischer Dehnung auf die Zellproliferation von humanen Fibroblasten zu untersuchen. Fibroblasten wurden dazu aus Patellarsehnen isoliert und auf Silikonschalen kultiviert. Die Silikonschalen mit Zellen der 3. Passage wurden mit einem elektromechanischen Stimulationsgerät zyklisch mechanisch in der Längsachse gedehnt. Eine Dehnungsamplitude von 5% und die Frequenz 1 Hz wurden für alle Experimente gewählt. Die Dauer der zyklischen Dehnung wurde mit 15, 30 und ¶60 min verändert. Nach insgesamt 6, 12 und 24 h wurde der Versuch beendet. Zur Quantifizierung der Zellproliferation wurde die DNA-Synthese, d. h. der ¶Einbau von 5-Bromo-2′-deoxy uridine¶(BrdU) in die DNA gemessen. Als Kontrolle dienten humane Fibroblasten auf Silikonschalen ohne mechanische Dehnung. Nach 15 und 60 min zyklischer Dehnung zeigte sich ein biphasischer Verlauf hinsichtlich der Zellproliferation. Nach 6 und 24 h war eine Zunahme der Zellproliferation im Vergleich zu 12 h vorhanden. 30 min zyklische mechanische Dehnung hatte im Vergleich zur Kontrolle dagegen keinen positiven Einfluß auf die Zellproliferation. Zyklische mechanische Dehnung führt in Abhängigkeit von der Streßdauer zu Veränderungen bei der Zellproliferation. Die längere Streßdauer induziert potentiell Reaktionen, die eine protektive Wirkung für die Zellproliferation haben. Die zelluläre Streßantwort basiert jedoch auf komplexen Prozessen, deren Regulation und Modulation noch nicht geklärt sind. Das Verständnis der zellulären Reaktionen auf mechanische Dehnung ist von grundlegender Bedeutung für eine funktionelle Behandlung von Sehnen- und Bandverletzungen.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s001420050104
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    Analyse traumatischer und degenerativer Knorpelläsionen des Kniegelenks (1999)
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    Arthroskopie 12 (1999), S. 294-298 
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    ISSN: 1434-3924
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Knie ; Knorpelläsion ; Arthroskopie ; Knorpeltransplantation ; Key words ; Knee ; Cartilage lesion ; Arthroscopy ; Cartilage transplantation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: The clinical application of cartilage repair procedures is currently being discussion. To define cartilage lesions with respect to localization, degree of cartilage damage, size, and etiology we retrospectively reviewed data from 4408 patients who had knee arthroscopies. Chondral lesions were divided into traumatic (n = 572, mean age 30.2 years; 13.2–52.7 years) and degenerative (n = 976, mean age 51.4 years; 27.1–79.9 years) lesions. All traumatic cartilage lesions were associated with isolated anterior cruciuate tear. The time interval between injury and arthroscopy was subdivided in patients with acute ¶anterior cruciate ligament tear (〈 6 weeks) or with chronic joint instability (〉 6 weeks). Isolated degenerative cartilage lesions were subdivided in patients aged ≤ 40 years and 〉 40 years. Patients with other associated lesions were excluded. Because we believe that patients with grade III cartilage lesions under the age of 40 years represent the ideal type of patient to receive cartilage or osteochondral transplantation, the data set was analyzed further to characterize these patients. In both groups (traumatic and degenerative) the medial femoral condyle and the medial tibial plateau were most affected. Grade III lesions increased in number and size in all compartments with age by about 2–3.5-fold. The medial tibial plateau showed a significantly higher alteration of about 13-fold in patients aged 〉 40 years. The two subgroups comprising acute and chronic anterior cruciate ligament tears did not demonstrate any statistically significant differences in any parameter. Potential candidates for cartilage grafting accounted for 82 patients (5.3%) on the medial femoral condyle and for 33 patients (2.1%) on the medial tibial plateau of all cartilage lesions (n = 1548 in this data set. In conclusion, we found no relationship between time of surgery and degree of traumatic cartilage lesions after anterior cruciate ligament tear. The development of grade III cartilage lesions in patients older than ¶40 years was significantly higher on the medial tibia plateau than in the other compartments. That means that extrinsic factors have more influence on the cartilage damage than genetically determined factors. In respect to the observation that most of the patients achieve a total knee arthroplasty because of osteoarthritis on the medial compartment, all cartilage reconstructive procedures should be focused on the medial compartment.
    Notes: Die Indikation zur Knorpeltransplantation bzw. zum Einsatz anderer biologisch rekonstruktiver Maßnahmen wird kontrovers diskutiert. Zur Bestimmung des Musters der Knorpelschädigungen im Kniegelenk war es Ziel dieser Studie, die Parameter Lokalisation, Schädigungsgrad und Größe in Abhängigkeit von der Ätiologie zu bestimmen. Es wurden 4408 Patienten mit Kniegelenkarthroskopien ausgewertet, bei denen bei 572 Patienten (Durchschnittsalter 30,2 Jahre; 13.2–¶52,7 Jahre) eine traumatische und bei 976 Patienten (Durchschnittsalter 51,4 Jahre; 27,1–79,9 Jahre) eine degenerative Knorpelschädigung vorlag. Den traumatische Knorpelläsionen wurden Patienten mit einem gesicherten Rotationsereignis und einer isolierten assoziierten vorderen Kreuzbandläsion zugeordnet. Diese Gruppe wurde entsprechend dem Zeitintervall zwischen Ereignis und Arthroskopie in akute (〈 6 Wochen) und chronische (〉 6 Wochen) Zustände unterteilt. Den degenerativen Knorpelläsionen wurden Patienten mit einer isolierten Knorpelpathologie zugeordnet und nach dem Lebensalter ¶(≤ 40 Jahre oder 〉 40 Jahre) weiter differenziert. Patienten mit einer zusätzlichen pathologischen Veränderung wurden ausgeschlossen. Sowohl bei traumatischen als auch degenerativen Erkrankungen waren der mediale Femurkondylus und das mediale Tibiaplateau am häufigsten alteriert. Bei der altersabhängigen Untersuchung zeigte sich, daß erwartungsgemäß in allen Kompartmenten die Häufigkeit von Grad-III-Läsionen um den Faktor 2–3,5 zunahm, auf dem medialen Tibiaplateau jedoch um den Faktor 13. Der Vergleich von akuten mit längerzeitig bestehenden traumatischen Knorpelverletzungen erbrachte keinen statistisch signifikanten Unterschied in allen untersuchten Parametern. Insgesamt hatten nur 82 Patienten (5,3%) am medialen Femurkondylus und 33 Patienten (2,1%) am medialen Tibiaplateau eine Grad-III-Läsion, welche potentiell von allen Knorpelschädigungen (n = 1548) für eine Knorpeltransplantation in Frage kommen würden. Zusammenfassend ist zu schlußfolgern, daß ein Einfluß der Zeitdauer nach traumatischer Knorpelläsion mit assoziierter vorderer Kreuzbandläsion auf die untersuchten Parameter in dieser retrospektiven Untersuchung nicht nachgewiesen werden konnte. Die Entwicklung von degenerativ bedingten Grad-III-Läsionen nimmt am medialen Tibiaplateau im Vergleich zu den anderen Kompartmenten nach dem 40. Lebensjahr sprunghaft zu, so daß der Einfluß exogener Faktoren wahrscheinlicher ist als das alleinige Vorliegen einer anlagebedingten Minderbelastbarkeit des Knorpels. Im Zusammenhang mit der Beobachtung, daß die meisten Patienten aufgrund einer Varusgonarthrose endoprothetisch versorgt werden, sollte die Indikation für knorpelrekonstruierende Maßnahmen auf das mediale Kompartment fokusiert werden.
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    Arthroskopische Lysis und Lavage des Kiefergelenks zur Therapie von Diskusverlagerungen (1999)
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    Arthroskopie 12 (1999), S. 318-322 
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    ISSN: 1434-3924
    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Discus-articularis-Verlagerungen ; Arthroskopie ; Lysis & Lavage ; Key words ; Discus articularis ; Displacement ; Arthroscopy ; Lysis & Lavage
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Displacement of the discus articularis with and without repositioning represents a common pathological alteration of the temporomandibular joint (tmj). The primary clinical symptoms are pain and reduced jaw movement. Particularly in cases of long-term complaints, conservative treatment methods such as splint and physiotherapy often do not produce the desired results. For these patients, arthroscopy combined with lysis and lavage is the treatment of choice for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes. In our department we performed this surgery on a total of 23 patients with discus displacement. With this low-risk procedure we achieved a definite improvement in symptoms in 20 patients; 11 of those patients were eventually complaint-free. Additionally, we can report a general improvement in opening the mouth. Except for a slight postoperative soft-tissue swelling, no complications developed. Thus, we can conclude that arthroscopic lysis and lavage, a low-risk and minimally invasive procedure, should be preferred to open arthrotomy in the primary treatment of tmj-displacements.
    Notes: Verlagerungen des Discus articularis mit und ohne Reposition stellen eine oft zu beobachtende pathologische Veränderung des Kiefergelenks dar. Klinisch stehen dabei Schmerzhaftigkeit und Einschränkungen der Unterkieferbewegungen im Vordergrund. Häufig können diese Beschwerden gerade bei längerem Bestehen durch konservative Behandlungsmaßnahmen wie eine Schienen- oder Physiotherapie nur geringfügig beeinflußt werden. Die Arthroskopie eröffnet hier in Kombination mit einer Lysis und Lavage sowohl diagnostische als auch therapeutische Möglichkeiten. An unserer Klinik wurden insgesamt 23 Patienten mit einer Diskusluxation arthroskopiert. Bei 20 Patienten konnte mit diesem risikoarmen Eingriff eine deutliche Besserung der Symptomatik, bei 11 davon sogar eine subjektive Beschwerdefreiheit erzielt werden. Auch funktionell konnte z. B. eine generelle Verbesserung der Mundöffnung erzielt werden. Abgesehen von geringfügigen postoperativen Weichteilschwellungen waren keine Komplikationen zu verzeichnen. Als Konsequenz unserer Ergebnisse sollten die arthroskopische Lysis und Lavage als risikoarmes, minimalinvasives Verfahren bei Diskusluxationen des Kiefergelenks primär einer offenen Arthrotomie vorgezogen werden.
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    Mittelfristige Ergebnisse nach arthroskopischer Versorgung von skapholunären Bandverletzungen vergesellschaftet mit frischen distalen intraartikulären Radiusfrakturen (1999)
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    Arthroskopie 12 (1999), S. 313-317 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Radiusfraktur loco typico ; Skapholunäre Bandverletzungen ; Arthroskopisch assistierte Versorgung ; Mittelfristige Ergebnisse ; Key words ; Distal radius fracture ; Lesions of the scapholunate ligaments ; Wrist arthroscopy ; Midterm results
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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    Description / Table of Contents: Since 1993, 30 patients with acute intraarticular distal radius fractures have been treated under arthroscopic assistance. In 12 patients (40%) concomitant lesions of the intrinsic scapholunate ligaments were diagnosed. According to Geissler we found grade I-tear in one patient, grade II in three, grade III in six and grade IV in two patients. The eight individuals with grade III-and IV-lesions additionally revealed marked instablity intraoperatively. Therefore, operative stabilization was subsequently performed by temporary scapholunate and scaphocapitate arthrodesis. Seven patients out of this group (87.5%) were followed up clinically and radiologically 3 years postoperatively, on average. Clinical examination included range of motion tests and a subjective questionnaire concerning pain and working ability. Objective grip strength was measured using a Jamar tester and compared to the contralateral wrist. Radiological evaluation consisted of the posteroanterior and lateral view as well as stress views in radial and ulnar deviation. Data were evaluated by the Jakim and Cooney scoring system as well as the demerit point system by Gartland and Werley as modified by Sarmiento et al. According to Gartland, 100% of our patients showed an excellent result; these rates were 86% using the Jakim score and 60% using the Cooney scoring system. According to the subjective questionnaire all of the patients revealed an excellent or good result.
    Notes: Seit 1993 wurden an unserer Klinik 30 Patienten mit frischen distalen intraartikulären Radiusfrakturen arthroskopisch assistiert versorgt. Begleitende Verletzungen der skapholunären intrinsischen Bandverbindungen fanden sich bei 12 Patienten (40%). Entsprechend der Einteilung von Geissler fanden wir einmal eine Läsion vom Grad I, 3mal Grad II, 6mal Grad III und 2mal Grad IV. Die 8 Patienten mit den dritt- bzw. viertgradigen Läsionen zeigten intraoperativ zusätzlich eine deutliche Instabilität im Skapholunargelenk (SL-Gelenk), so daß eine temporäre skapholunäre bzw. skaphokapitäre Spickdrahtarthrodese in derselben Sitzung durchgeführt wurden. Aus dieser Gruppe konnten 7 Patienten (87,5%) nach durchschnittlich 3 Jahren klinisch und radiologisch nachuntersucht werden. Die klinische Untersuchung umfaßte ¶den Bewegungsumfang, subjektive Schmerzangaben sowie eine Befragung nach der Beschäftigung. Mittels Jamar-Dynamometer (Cedaron ® ) wurde die objektive Griffstärke beim Faustschluß im Vergleich beider Hände ermittelt. Zusätzlich wurden Röntgenbilder im a.-p.- und seitlichen Strahlengang sowie Streßaufnahmen in Radial- und Ulnarduktion angefertigt. Die erhobenen Daten wurden mittels der Scores von Jakim , Cooney sowie dem nach Sarmiento modifizierten Gartland-Werley-Score evaluiert. Nach Jakim zeigten 86% der Patienten ein sehr gutes oder gutes Resultat, nach Gartland 100% und nach Cooney 60% ein sehr gutes Ergebnis. In der subjektiven Befragung zeigten alle Patienten ein exzellentes oder gutes Ergebnis.
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    Analysis of otolith chemistry in Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) from the Bahamas and Belize using solution-based ICP-MS (1999)
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    Coral reefs 18 (1999), S. 171-178 
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    Keywords: Key words Otolith ; Chemistry ; ICP-MS ; Stock discrimination ; Epinephelus striatus
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    Notes: Abstract  We examined the utility of otolith minor and trace element chemistry, assayed with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), as a means of delineating population structure in the Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus). We characterized the elemental composition of otoliths collected in 1993 from three locations in Exuma Sound, Bahamas and from Glover Reef, Belize in 1995. A single location in Exuma Sound was sampled in 1994 to test temporal variability in otolith composition. Five elements (Ca, Zn, Sr, Ba and Pb) were routinely detected, at levels significantly above background, by solution-based ICP-MS. Results from analysis of variance of elemental data, expressed as a ratio to Ca, indicated that there were no significant differences among the Exuma locations for any element, but significant variability was found between Glover Reef and the pooled Exuma localities for Zn/Ca, Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca ratios. Significant inter-annual differences at one Exuma Sound location was restricted to Ba/Ca ratios. Discriminant function analysis correctly classified 86% and 95% of the Belize and pooled Exuma sites, respectively. Otoliths from Belize were characterized by low Zn/Ca and high Ba/Ca and Pb/Ca ratios compared to otoliths from fish collected in Exuma Sound. Although differences in Ba levels may be related to upwelling at Glover Reef, more data are needed to definitely link otolith composition with regional differences in water chemistry.
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    Wertigkeit der MRT bei traumatischer diskoligamentärer Instabilität der unteren HWS (1999)
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    Der Unfallchirurg 102 (1999), S. 942-948 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; HWS • Diskoligamentäre Instabilität • Funktionsaufnahmen • MRT ; Key words ; Lower cervical spine • Traumatic discoligamentous instabilities • Magnetic resonance imaging
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for traumatic discoligamentous instabilities of the lower cervical spine was evaluated. MRI findings were correlated with the intraoperative findings. Fifteen patients were included in the study (11 males, 4 females, 33 years old on average). Indication for surgery was established with dynamic a. p. instability under fluoroscopy. In the operation, all patients showed complete traumatic rupture of the intervertebral disc. In contrast, MRI sequences revealed only eight mild and four severe disc lesions. Intraoperatively ruptures of the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments were verified in 7 patients each. MRI studies depicted only five ruptures of the anterior and three ruptures of the posterior longitudinal ligaments. In three cases MRI demonstrated no pathological findings (3 of 15 false-negative results). MRI and intraoperative findings showed no statistical correlation. MRI is of only limited value in diagnosing traumatic discoligamentous instabilities of the lower cervical spine.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die diagnostische Aussagekraft der Magnetresonanztomographie (MRT) bei frischer, traumatischer diskoligamentärer Instabilität der unteren Halswirbelsäule (HWS) wurde untersucht. Hierzu wurden die Befunde der MRT-Diagnostik mit den intraoperativen Befunden korreliert. Die Indikation zur Operation wurde bei nachgewiesener translatorischer a.-p.-Instablität im Röntgenbildwandler bei dynamischer Untersuchung gestellt; 15 Patienten (11 Männer, 4 Frauen, Durchschnittsalter 33 Jahre) wurden in die Studie eingeschlossen. Bei allen Patienten lag intraoperativ eine Ruptur des Discus intervertebralis vor. In der MRT-Diagnostik wurden hingegen bei 8 Patienten eine Bandscheibenprotrusion und bei 4 Patienten ein Bandscheibenprolaps nachgewiesen. Das vordere Längsband und das hintere Längsband waren intraoperativ bei jeweils 7 Patienten rupturiert. Im MRT-Befund war das vordere Längsband bei 5 Patienten und das hintere Längsband bei 3 Patienten rupturiert. Bei 3 von 15 Patienten (20 %) war die MRT unauffällig und damit falsch-negativ. Zwischen intraoperativem und MRT-Befund war keine statistisch signifikante Korrelation nachweisbar. Die MRT bietet daher für die Indikationsstellung zur Operation zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt keine ausreichende diagnostische Sicherheit bei der Evaluation traumatischer diskoligamentärer Instabilitäten der unteren HWS.
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    Einfache und schnelle Methode zur Entfernung abgebrochener, unaufgebohrter Tibianägel (1999)
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    Der Unfallchirurg 102 (1999), S. 975-978 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Implantatversagen • UTN • Entfernung des distalen Nagelanteils ; Key words ; Breakage of UTN • Extraction device
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary By using UTN in the treatment of very distal tibia fractures delayed fracture-healing and pseudarthrosis with breakage of the nail are described. The removal of the distal solid part of the nail shows a special difficulty. We report about two cases of broken UTN in 1997. A simple extraction device to remove the distal part of the broken nail is demonstrated.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Mit der Anwendung des unaufgebohrten Tibianagels (UTN) bei sehr distalen Tibiafrakturen wird zunehmend von verzögerter Knochenbruchheilung und Pseudarthrosen mit nachfolgendem Implantatversagen berichtet. Die Entfernung des soliden, distalen Nagelteils bringt besondere Schwierigkeiten mit sich. 1997 wurden in der BG-Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen 2 gebrochene, unaufgebohrte Tibianägel entfernt. Der Behandlungsverlauf sowie ein einfaches, überall verfügbares Verfahren zur zuverlässigen Entfernung des distalen Nagelanteils werden beschrieben.
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    Die Lisfranc-Arthrodese nach Fehlheilung (1999)
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    Der Unfallchirurg 102 (1999), S. 918-923 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Fehlheilung • Posttraumatische Arthrose • Lisfranc-Luxationsfrakturen • Lisfranc-¶Arthrodese • Maryland-Foot-Score ; Key words ; Residual deformity • Posttraumatic arthritis • Lisfranc-fracture-dislocation • Lisfranc Arthrodesis • Maryland Foot Score
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The causes of residual deformity with posttraumatic painful arthritis after tarsometatarsal (Lisfranc) fracture-dislocation with the need for correctional arthrodesis are in our experience (22 cases over 5 years) overseen injuries in one third, closed reduction and immobilisation or inadequate fixation technique with K-wires in another two thirds of cases. Foot malalignment and residual instability is assessed with weight-bearing radiographs of both feet, adduction/abduction stress films and CT scans for complex deformity. Correction is carried out via two longitudinal dorsal incisions, strict epiperiosteal preparation and debridement of the Lisfranc joint of all remaining cartilage, sclerosis and fibrous tissue. Reorientation begins, in the same manner as primary open reduction, with anatomical alignment of the second metatarsal base to the second cuneiform. Defects are filled with autologous bone grafting, stable fusion can be achieved with 3.5 mm cancellous compression screws. Full weight bearing is allowed in a modelled plaster shoe for 6 to 8 weeks. The functional medium-term results are convincing with 15 of 17 patients seen after 13 months of follow-up working full time. The Maryland Foot Score improved from 38.9 to 76.8 points in these patients.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Fehlverheilungen mit konsekutiver posttraumatischer Arthrose nach Lisfranc-Luxationsfrakturen mit notwendiger reorientierender Lisfranc-Arthrodese gehen nach eigener Erfahrung (22 Fälle in 5 Jahren) in 1/3 der Fälle auf übersehene Verletzungen, in 2/3 der Fälle auf unzureichende geschlossene Repositionen und perkutane Spickdrahtosteosynthesen oder alleinige Retention im Gipsverband zurück. Belastungsaufnahmen beider Füße in 2 Ebenen sind zur Erkennung der Instabilität und Fehlverheilung unerläßlich, gegebenenfalls Vorfußabduktions- bzw. Adduktionsaufnahmen, eine Tomographie oder ein CT in 2 Ebenen. Bei veralteter homolateraler Lisfranc-Luxationsfraktur ist über 2 dorsale Längsinzisionen bei streng epiperiostaler Präparation das gesamte Lisfranc-Gelenk auszuräumen. Die Reorientierung beginnt – wie bei frischer Verletzung mit der anatomischen Einpassung der Metatarsale-II-Basis zum Cuneiforme II. Defekte sind mit autologer Spongiosa aufzufüllen, die Arthrodese mit 3,5er Kortikaliszugschrauben ist ausreichend. Die Nachbehandlung im Gipsschuh für 6–8 Wochen mit Vollbelastung hat sich bewährt. Der funktionelle Gewinn nach reorientierender Lisfranc-Arthrodese ist nach dem Maryland-Foot-Score von präoperativ 38,9 auf 76,8 Punkte postoperativ überzeugend.
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    Spontanheilung einer juvenilen Knochenzyste der Tibia nach pathologischer Fraktur (1999)
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    Der Unfallchirurg 102 (1999), S. 972-974 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Juvenile Knochenzyste • Pathologische Fraktur • Konservative Therapie • Spontanheilung ; Key words ; Juvenile bone cyst • Pathological fracture • Conservative therapy • Spontaneous healing
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Up to the present only few cases of spontaneous healing of juvenile bone cysts after pathological fractures were published. Most authors will not accept the possibility of a “healing fracture” in bone cysts because of missing documentation. In our clinic we could observe spontaneous healing of a juvenile bone cyst of the tibia after a pathological fracture in a ten-year old boy. Therefore healing of bone cysts after fracture is proven. On the other hand healing of bone cysts following conservative treatment after a fracture is not sure. Conservative treatment depends on the localization and type of the fracture. We recommend nonoperative treatment of first pathological fractures in small-sized bone cysts. This kind of treatment can be especially advised for young patients up to the tenth year because there are only few complications in fracture healing and a relatively high recurrence rate following operative treatment. In case of a refracture there are better conditions for fracture healing after surgery.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Nach pathologischer Fraktur juveniler Knochenzysten (JKZ) wurde in der Literatur über einzelne Fälle von Spontanheilungen der Zysten im Rahmen der Frakturheilung berichtet. Vollständig dokumentierte Fälle liegen jedoch nicht vor, so daß die Möglichkeit einer sog. „heilenden Fraktur“ von den meisten Autoren nicht akzeptiert oder sogar prinzipiell ausgeschlossen wird. In unserer Klinik wurde eine Spontanheilung einer juvenilen Knochenzyste der Tibia nach pathologischer Unterschenkelfraktur bei einem 10 jährigen Jungen beobachtet. Eine Spontanheilung der JKZ im Rahmen der Frakturheilung ist also sicher grundsätzlich möglich. Eine zuverlässige Ausheilung der Zyste kann allerdings auf konservativem Wege nicht erreicht werden, da die osteolytische Potenz erhalten bleibt. Voraussetzung für ein konservatives Vorgehen ist eine geeignete Frakturlokalistation und -form. Unseres Erachtens ist die konservative Behandlung bei einer erstmaligen Spontanfraktur kleinerer Zysten indiziert. Insbesondere gilt dies für junge Patienten bis zum 10. Lebensjahr, aufgrund des günstigen Frakturheilungspotentials bei gleichzeitig bestehendem hohen Zystenrezidivrisiko trotz operativer Therapie. Im Falle der Refraktur ergeben sich für den dann notwendigen Eingriff evtl. günstigere Voraussetzungen aufgrund der Alterszunahme.
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    Bedeutung von Begleitverletzungen bei Malleolarfrakturen (1999)
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    Der Unfallchirurg 102 (1999), S. 949-954 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Sprunggelenk • Begleitverletzungen •¶Fraktur • Prognose • Knorpelschaden ; Key words ; Ankle • Injury • Fracture • Outcome •¶Cartilaginous lesion
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The objective of this prospective study was to determine clinical and radiological results 2 years after ankle fractures and to compare them with preoperative arthroscopic findings. Of 135 consecutive patients undergoing osteosynthetic treatment, 128 (type A, 2; type B, 97; type C, 29) were reviewed 2 years later. The Kitaokascore for functional and clinical rating and the Kannusscore for radiological rating were used. Initial cartilaginous lesions localized on the medial malleolus led to poor clinical ratings (P 〈 0.01) and cartilaginous lesions of the pilon tibiale and talus caused poor radiological results (P 〈 0.032 and P 〈 0.046). After rupture of the deltoid ligament, more pain was observed (P 〈 0.038). Rupture of the syndesmosis, however, did not affect the outcome. Clinical outcome was poor among the 30- to 65-year-old patients. The clinical and radiological outcome of women was poorer (P 〈 0.018 and P 〈 0.046) than for men. The older the patients, the more radiological signs of arthritis were found. The outcome of ankle fracture seems to correlate significantly with the nature, dimension and localization of fracture-associated cartilaginous and ligament lesions. Age and sex also seem to play a significant role in the outcome.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Ziele dieser prospektiven Studie war es, die klinischen und radiologischen Resultate 2 Jahre nach Malleolarfraktur zu bestimmen und diese mit den initialen, arthroskopisch erhobenen Begleitverletzungen nach dem Unfall zu vergleichen. Von 135 konsekutiven Patienten (135 Füsse), die vor der osteosynthetischen Versorgung einer Malleolarfraktur arthroskopisch untersucht wurden, konnten 128 Patienten (Typ A, 2; Typ B, 97; und Typ C, 29) nach durchschnittlich 2 Jahren nachkontrolliert werden. Dabei wurden der Kitaoka-Score (Klinik, Funktion) und der Kannus-Score (Röntgen) verwendet. Initiale Knorpelschäden am medialen Malleolus führten zu einem schlechteren klinischen Resultat (P 〈 0.010), wohingegen Knorpelschäden am Pilon tibiale und Talus ein schlechteres radiologisches Resultat (P 〈 0.032 bzw. P 〈 0.046) zeigten. Nach Ruptur des Lig. deltoideum waren assoziierte Schmerzen gehäuft (P 〈 0.038). Eine Syndesmosenruptur beeinflusste das Resultat nicht. Generell war das klinische Resultat bei den 30- bis 65 jährigen Patienten am schlechtesten und bei Frauen klinisch und radiologisch schlechter als bei Männern (P 〈 0.018 bzw. P 〈 0.046). Die radiologischen Veränderungen nahmen mit dem Alter zu. Das Resultat nach Malleolarfrakturen scheint demnach entscheidend von der Art, Ausmass und Lokalisation der Begleitverletzungen des Knorpels und der Bänder abzuhängen. Daneben könnten Alter und Geschlecht des Patienten präjudizierende Faktoren des Endergebnisses sein.
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    Bakterielle Koxitis durch Salmonella enteritidis (1999)
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    Der Unfallchirurg 102 (1999), S. 967-971 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Bakterielle Arthritis • Salmonella enteritidis • Hüftgelenk • Pathologische Diagnostik • Therapie ; Key words ; Bacterial arthritis • Salmonella enteritidis • Hip joint • Pathologic diagnosis • Therapy
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Secondary haematogenous joint involvement is seen in less than 1 % of patients with Salmonella infections. These atypical infections are frequently encouraged by pre-existing local or systemic disease. We present a case of a patient with known alcohol abuse who developed a septic infection of her right hip requiring resection of the femoral head. Histologic analysis showed signs of pre-existing osteonecrosis probably induced by alcohol intake. Cartilage and bone were invaded and destructed by an aggressive granulation tissue. Initially, a biopsy evaluated without knowledge of the positive bacteriological result had been interpreted as indicative of a tumour. The onset, clinical course, diagnosis and therapy of joint involvement by Salmonella are discussed with regard to our case and the relevant literature. This case illustrates the necessity for clinicians to share all their information about the patient with the pathologist.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Sekundäre hämatogene Gelenkinfektionen werden bei weniger als 1 % aller systemischen Salmonellosen beobachtet. Lokale Gewebeschädigungen oder systemische Grunderkrankungen begünstigen das Zustandekommen dieser atypischen Infektionen. Wir stellen den Fall einer alkoholabhängigen Patientin dar, bei welcher eine Salmonellenkoxitis auf dem Boden einer ischämischen Knochennekrose des Hüftkopfes entstand. Die weit fortgeschrittene Zerstörung des Gelenks erforderte eine Resektionsarthroplastik. Histologisch fand sich eine destruierende Invasion von Knorpel und spongiösem Knochen durch zellreiches Entzündungsgewebe. In Unkenntnis des bakteriologischen Befundes war zunächst der Verdacht auf eine neoplastische Veränderung geäußert worden. Entstehung, Verlauf, Diagnostik und Therapie der Salmonellenarthritis werden anhand dieses Falles und der Literatur diskutiert. Die erfolgreiche Befundung einer Knochenbiopsie ist auf eine gute Kommunikation zwischen Kliniker und Pathologe angewiesen.
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    Operative Behandlung von Verletzungen des thorakolumbalen Übergangs (1999)
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    Der Unfallchirurg 102 (1999), S. 924-935 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Arbeitsgemeinschaft „Wirbelsäule“ der DGU • Thorakolumbale Wirbelsäule • Wirbelsäulenverletzung • Operative Behandlung • Epidemiologie • Magerl-Klassifikation • Querschnittlähmung • Frankel-/ASIA-Score •¶Hannover Wirbelsäulenscore ; Key words ; Working group “spine“ of the German Society of Trauma Surgery • Thoracolumbar spine • Spinal fracture • Injuries of the spine • Operative treatment • Epidemiology • Classification of thoracolumbar spinal injuries by Magerl • Paraplegia • Frankel/ASIA grading system • Hannover Spine Score
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The authors report on a prospective multicenter study with regard to the operative treatment of fractures and dislocations of the thoracolumbar spine. 18 traumatologic centers in Germany and Austria, forming the working group “spine“ of the German Society of Trauma Surgery, are participating in this continuing study. Between September 1994 and December 1996 682 patients (64 % male) with an average age of 391/2 (7–83) years were entered. The entry criteria included all patients with acute and operatively treated (within 3 weeks after trauma) fractures and dislocations of the thoracolumbar spine (Th 10-L 2). Part 1 of this publication outlines the protocol and epidemiologic data. The incidence of fractures and dislocations of the thoracolumbar spine and associated injuries were recorded according to a standardized protocol, as well as the different operative methods and complications, duration of hospital stay, rehabilitation and incapacity. The analysis of the clinical social and radiological course was a second focus. The most frequent mechanism of injury was a fall (50 %) or traffic accident (22 %). Most of the fractures occured at the L 1 level (49 %). All injuries were classified according to the ASIF (AO) classification. 65 % sustained an A-type fracture (compression fracture). Associated injuries were observed in 35 % and 6 % were polytraumatized. Extremities and thorax were most frequently affected. Younger age and traffic accidents lead more often to C-type fracture (fracture dislocation) and polytrauma. An increased number of multisegmental or multilevel lesions were observed in polytraumatized patients. There were 16 % with incomplete paraplegia (Frankel/ASIA B–D) and 5 % with complete paraplegia (Frankel/ASIA A). The rate of patients with initial neurologic deficits significantly increased with the severity of spinal injury according to the Magerl classification. Until discharge a neurologic improvement (at least 1 Frankel/ASIA grade) was observed in 32 % of the partially paralyzed (Frankel/ASIA B–D) and in 12 % of the patients with complete paraplegia (Frankel/ASIA A). A neurologic deterioration occured in 3 patients (0.4 %). As a base for further follow-up and late results the individual starting point was determined by collecting relevant data of the patients' history: 277 (40.6 %) patients suffered from simultaneous diseases, one half was spine related. At the time of injury 559 (82.0 %) patients were employed; 429 (62.9 %) doing manual work. 369 (54.1 %) patients stated sportive activities before the injury and 561 (82.3 %) designated their “back function“ as normal. For the time before injury the patients scored an average of 93.4 points in the Hannover Spine Score (0–100 points concerning complaints and function of the back/spine).
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Autoren berichten über eine prospektive, multizentrische Studie zur operativen Behandlung frischer Verletzungen des thorakolumbalen Übergangs der Wirbelsäule. An der noch nicht abgeschlossenen Studie sind insgesamt 18 unfallchirurgische Kliniken in Deutschland und Österreich beteiligt; sie bilden die Arbeitsgemeinschaft „Wirbelsäule“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie. Von September 1994 bis Dezember 1996 wurden 682 Patienten (64 % männlich) mit einem Durchschnittsalter von 391/2 (7–83) Jahren erfaßt. Die Eingangkriterien schlossen alle Patienten mit frischer und innerhalb von 3 Wochen operierter thorakolumbaler Verletzung (Th 10-L 2) ein. Im Teil 1 des Berichts schildern wir den Aufbau der Studie und epidemiologische Daten. Häufigkeit und Art von Wirbelsäulen- und Begleitverletzungen wurden ebenso einheitlich erfaßt wie Angaben zu den verschiedenen operativen Behandlungskonzepten und Komplikationen, der Dauer der Behandlung, Rehabilitation und Arbeitsunfähigkeit. Die Analyse des klinischen, sozialen und röntgenologischen Verlaufs stellte einen weiteren Schwerpunkt dar. Häufigste Unfallursachen waren Stürze aus der Höhe (50 %) und Verkehrsunfälle (22 %). Der erste Lendenwirbelkörper war mit Abstand am häufigsten betroffen (49 %). Alle Verletzungen wurden nach der AO-Einteilung klassifiziert; 65 % aller Patienten erlitten Kompressionsverletzungen (Typ A). Bei 59 % lag eine isolierte Wirbelsäulenverletzung vor, die übrigen wiesen Begleitverletzungen auf und 6 % waren polytraumatisiert. Begleitverletzungen betrafen am häufigsten Extremitäten und Thorax. Jüngere Patienten und Verkehrsunfallopfer erlitten häufiger eine Rotationsverletzung (Typ C) und waren häufiger polytraumatisiert. Mehrsegment- oder Mehretagenläsionen waren häufiger bei Polytraumatisierten. Eine inkomplette Querschnittläsion (Frankel/ASIA B–D) wiesen 16 %, eine komplette (Frankel/ASIA A) 5 % auf. Der Anteil neurologisch beeinträchtigter Patienten nahm mit der Verletzungsschwere signifikant zu. Bei 32 % der Patienten mit inkomplettter Lähmung besserte sich der neurologische Befund bis zur Entlassung um mindestens 1 Stufe nach dem Frankel-/ASIA-Schema, bei 12 % nach Paraplegie. Zu einer Verschlechterung um mindestens 1 Stufe kam es bei 3 Patienten (0,4 %). Als Grundlage differenzierter Nachuntersuchungsergebnisse wurden Angaben zur individuellen Situation vor dem Unfall erfaßt: 277 (40,6 %) Patienten wiesen Vorerkrankungen auf, etwa die Hälfte davon solche der Wirbelsäule. 559 (82,0 %) Patienten waren zum Zeitpunkt des Unfalls berufstätig; 429 (62,9 %) gingen einer körperlichen Arbeit nach. 369 (54,1 %) Patienten gaben sportliche Freizeitaktivitäten an und 561 (82,3 %) bezeichneten ihre Rückenbeweglichkeit als normal. Im Hannover Wirbelsäulen-Score (0–100 Punkte zu Beschwerden und Funktion) erzielten die Patienten für die Zeit vor dem Unfall im Mittel 93,4 Punkte.
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    Ersatz des vorderen Kreuzbands in der TransFix®-Technik (1999)
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    Arthroskopie 12 (1999), S. 305-312 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Kreuzbandersatzoperation ; Hamstring-Sehnen ; Femorale Fixation ; Tibiale Fixation ; Key words ; Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction ; Hamstrings ; Femoral fixation ; Tibial fixation
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    Description / Table of Contents: In recent years ACL reconsruction with the midpatellar tendon has been being called into question more and more because of high morbidity at the harvest site and problems with fixation near the joint. The”wiper effect” or “bungee-effect” may be mentioned as an example. In this paper, ACL reconstruction using the hamstrings is presented, which, in contrast to fixation with the Endobutton, has a very high pull out strength and also tibial fixation near the joint with a biodegradable interference screw. This surgical method has been carefully developed and is technically sophisticated. The technique can be used mainly in younger women with small patellae, athletically inactive persons with a high level of instability, all patients with parapatellar problems or pain, and patients whose occupation involves kneeling. The short-term results are excellent; long-term results with this new method are not yet available. This method should be seen as an alternative to ACL reconstruction with the midpatellar tendon and, in our view, the security of fixation is at least as good as with the Endobutton.
    Notes: In den letzten Jahren wird die Kreuzbandersatzoperation mit dem mittleren Patellarsehnendrittel zunehmend mehr in Frage gestellt. Gründe sind die hohe Transplantatentnahmemorbidität sowie Probleme bei der gelenknahen Fixation. Der Scheibenwischereffekt, der Bungee-Effekt u. a. seien hierfür stellvertretend genannt. Im folgenden wird daher eine Kreuzbandersatzoperationstechnik unter Verwendung der Hamstring-Sehnen vorgestellt, die im Gegensatz zur Fixation über den Endobutton ® eine sehr ausreißfeste femorale Fixation sowie eine ebenfalls gelenknahe tibiale Fixation über eine biodegradierbare Interferenzschraube beinhaltet. Die Operationsmethode ist durchdacht und technisch ausgereift. Indikationen stellen vorwiegend jüngere Frauen mit kleiner Kniescheibe, sportlich wenig aktive Menschen mit hochgradiger Instabilität sowie alle Patienten mit parapatellaren Problemen oder Schmerzen, des weiteren Patienten mit kniender Tätigkeit dar. Die Kurzzeitresultate sind hervorragend, Langzeitergebnisse stehen bei dieser jungen Methode noch aus. Die Methode sollte als Alternativvariante zur Kreuzbandersatzoperation mit dem mittleren freien Patellarsehnendrittel gesehen werden und ist in ihrer Fixationssicherheit aus unserer Sicht dem Endobutton mindestens gleichwertig.
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    All-Press-FIT, eine neue Operationsmethode zum vorderen Kreuzbandersatz mit gleichzeitiger femoraler und tibialer Press-Fit-Verankerung (1999)
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    Arthroskopie 12 (1999), S. 299-304 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Vorderes Kreuzband ; Rekonstruktion ; Patella-bone-tendon-bone ; Press-fit-Fixation ; All-Press-fit ; Doppelblockfixierung ; Key words ; ACL Reconstruction ; Bone-Patellar-tendon-bone autograft ; Press-fit ; Implant free fixation ; All-Press-Fit-fixation ; Doubleblock fixation
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    Description / Table of Contents: In the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, bone-patellar-tendon-bone allograft has been developed to a standard. Fixation of the graft with interference screws in the femur and/or with staple in the tibia are usual. ALL-PRESS-FIT fixation makes an implant-free acl-reconstruction possible. The bone-patellar-tendon-bone allograft is harvested with oversized bone blocks. The “Bone-Compactor” is used for modelling the oversized boneblocks for press-fit-fixation in femur und tibia. Implantation can be managed in either an arthroscopic or open procedure. The proximal boneblock is implanted with a sagittal alignment of the tendon. While rotating the distal block 90° to medial, a recontruction of anteromedial und posterolateral fascicle is possible. Tension can be controlled after step-by-step fixation proximal and distally with a distalisation of the tibial block at the end. The prominent tibial block will be pressed in on corticalis-niveau with the “Reconcillation-Hit”. A femoral or tibial “Doubleblock-Fixation” allows a better anatomical reconstruction. A third bone block, harvested from the tibial channel, fixed on the distal ligament, is used to fill up the tibial channel with bone to the tibial plateau. The “tibial doubleblock-fixation” allows a better biomechanical bone fixation of the ligament. Alternatively, a patellar-bone-tendon-bone allograft can be used with a high tibial press-fit fixation with a ligament outlet directly onto the tibia plateau. The proximal boneblock is implanted deep in the whole femur whole and fixed with the third bone block harvested from the tibial channel.
    Notes: Bei der operativen Versorgung der vorderen Kreuzbandruptur hat sich die Verwendung des mittleren Drittels der Patellarsehne als Standard etabliert. Die Knochenblöcke aus Patella und Tibiakopf werden üblicherweise mit Interferenzschrauben oder Staple fixiert. Mit der All-Press-FIT-Verankerung ist eine fremdimplantatfreie femorale und tibiale Verankerung möglich. Der mittlere Sehnenanteil des Lig. patellae wird mit Knochenblöcken aus der distalen Patella und dem Tibiakopf gewonnen. Mit dem Knochenkompaktor, der als Zurichtungsinstrument und Schablone dient, werden die Knochenblöcke in notwendiger Übergröße so zugerichtet, daß sie später femoral und tibial ohne zusätzliche Hilfsmittel press fit verankert werden können. Die Implantation ist sowohl arthroskopisch als auch offen möglich. Der obere Knochenblock wird so eingebracht, daß ein vorderes und hinteres Bündel entsteht. Durch Rotieren des unteren Knochenblocks entsteht ein anteromediales und posterolaterales Bündel. Zur nachträglichen Korrektur der Bandspannung kann der tibiale Knochenblock nach distal ausgetrieben werden. Der Knochenblock wird dann mit dem „Versöhnungsschlag“ auf Kortikalisniveau versenkt. Die femorale oder tibiale „Doppelblockfixierung“ ermöglicht eine anatomiegerechte Rekonstruktion. Ein aus dem Tibiakopf entnommener dritter kortikospongiöser Knochenblock armiert den Ligamentanteil im Tibiakanal für eine bessere knöcherne Führung des Bands. Die so erzielte tibiale Doppelblockfixierung ermöglicht eine anatomiegerechte sagittale Ausrichtung des Ligaments durch eine langstreckige knöcherne Stabilisierung im Tibiaplateau. Alternativ wird der tibiale Knochenblock auf Höhe des Tibiaplateau press fit festgesetzt. Der patellare Knochenblock wird tief in dem femoralen Kanal eingesetzt. Das Ligament wird mit dem Eintreiben des aus dem Tibiabohrkanal gewonnenen Knochenblocks angespannt und femoral gelenknah verankert. Es entsteht die femorale Doppelblockfixierung.
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    Isolation of RNA and Protein from Guard Cells of Nicotiana glauca (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology reporter 17 (1999), S. 371-383 
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    Keywords: epidermal peel ; extraction ; gene expression ; stomata ; tree tobacco
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    Notes: Abstract Stomatal guard cells are critical for maintenance of plant homeostasis and represent an interesting cell type for studies of leaf cell differentiation and patterning. Here we describe techniques for the isolation of guard cell RNA and protein from blended epidermal peels of Nicotiana glauca. The RNA isolation procedure is a modification of the hot borate method, which is particularly well-suited for recalcitrant tissues. Protein was extracted by disrupting guard cell-enriched epidermis with a French® press. This system offers the following advantages: relatively high yield, low or no contamination by other cell types, fresh tissue as a source of RNA and protein rather than protoplasts, and a plant species that is readily transformable. These techniques will allow for cloning and analysis of genes expressed in guard cells, application of traditional biochemical techniques to guard cell proteins, as well as characterization of genetic manipulation of guard cell function in transgenic plants.
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    The effects of NSAID on the matrix of human articular cartilages (1999)
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    Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie 58 (1999), S. 125-129 
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    Keywords: Key words NSAIDs ; cartilage turnover ; GAG synthesis ; IL-1 inhibition ; Schlüsselwörter ; NSAR-Knorpelumsatz ; GAG-Synthese ; IL-1-Hemmung
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Arbeit präsentiert während einer 12-Jahres-Periode mit einer Standard-in-vitro-Methode gesammelte Daten über Synthese und Umsatz des Gelenkknorpels von 650 arthritischen und 180 nicht-arthritischen (N) Individuen. Beim Vergleich der relativen metabolischen (synthetischen/reparativen Aktivität) dieser menschlichen Gelenkknorpel läßt sich zeigen, daß bei der Arthrose (OA) und der rheumatoiden Arthritis (RA) die Knorpelsynthese um etwa 50% im Vergleich zu N-Knorpeln reduziert ist. Bezüglich des Matrixumsatzes aber gab es keinen signifikanten Unterschied zwischen nicht-arthritischem und arthrotischem Knorpel, während dieser beim RA-Knorpel – vereinbar mit der Aktivität von Entzündungszellen und aus dem Pannus freigesetzten Enzymen – deutlich erhöht war. Die Wirkung von 13 NSAR auf die Glukoseaminoglykansynthese wurde verglichen. Drei dieser NSAR wurden auch auf ihre Wirkung auf die Knorpel-Kollagen-Synthese untersucht. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie und Literaturangaben führen zu dem Vorschlag die NSAR bezüglich ihrer in-vitro-Wirkung auf die extrazelluläre Matrix des arthritischen Gelenkknorpels in drei Kategorien zu teilen: 1. Substanzen wie Aceclofenac, Tenidap und Tolmetin, die die Matrixsynthese stimulieren können 2. Substanzen wir Piroxicam, Tiaprofensäure und Aspirin ohne signifikanten Effekt auf die Matrixsynthese und 3. Substanzen wie Naproxen, Ibuprofen, Indometacin, Nimezulide, die die Matrixsynthese signifikant hemmen. Es ist anzunehmen, daß die stimulierende Wirkung der NSAR der Gruppe 1 auf die Hemmung des lokal produzierten IL-1 und die nachfolgend zunehmende Aktivität von Wachstumsfaktoren zurückzuführen ist. Andere NSAR können Synthese oder Freisetzung von IL-1 ebenfalls hemmen, hemmen möglicherweise aber gleichzeitig aufgrund toxischer Effekte die synthetische Aktivität der Chondrozyten. Diese Experimente weisen darauf hin, daß NSAR wie Aceclofenac für die Langzeitbehandlung der Arthritis geeignet sind, vorausgesetzt, die in-vitro Experimente am menschlichen Knorpel lassen sich auf die Situation in-vivo übertragen.
    Notes: Summary The present paper presents data obtained over a 12 year period, on the matrix synthesis and turnover in some 650 arthritic and 180 non-arthritic (N) human cartilages using a standardised in vitro method. When the relative metabolic (synthetic/repair activity) of these human cartilages was compared, it was demonstrated that in osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) cartilages synthetic activity was diminished by approximately 50% as compared with N cartilages. However, the turnover rate of matrix was not significantly different between Non-arthritic and OA, but was very substantially increased in RA cartilages compatible with the activity of inflammatory cells and proteolytic enzymes released from pannus. The action of 13 NSAIDs was compared in terms of their effect on cartilage GAG synthesis. 3 of these NSAIDs were also studied in terms of their effect on cartilage collagen synthesis. Consideration of the results in this study and from published material, led to the suggestion that NSAIDs may be divided into 3 categories in respect of their in vitro action on the extracellular matrix of human arthritic cartilages: 1. Those such as Aceclofenac, Tenidap and Tolmetin which can stimulate matrix synthesis 2. Those such as Piroxicam, Tiaprofenic Acid and Aspirin which appear to be without significant effect on matrix synthesis and, 3. Those like Naproxen, Ibuprofen, Indomethacin, Nimezulide which significantly inhibit matrix synthesis. It is suggested that the stimulatory action of group 1 NSAID is due to inhibition of locally produced IL1 and consequent expression of growth factor activity. Other NSAIDs may also inhibit IL1 synthesis or release, but probably do not have a beneficial effect on chondrocyte synthetic activity as they have toxic effects on cartilage metabolism. These experiments led to the suggestion that NSAIDs such as Aceclofenac would be appropriate for long-term treatment of arthritic conditions provided that one is prepared to extrapolate between in vitro experiments on human cartilage and what may be happening in vivo.
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    Joint cartilage regeneration by tissue engineering (1999)
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    Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie 58 (1999), S. 130-135 
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    Keywords: Key words Cartilage repair ; tissue engineering ; biomaterials ; bone morphogenetic proteins ; Schlüsselwörter ; Knorpeltransplantation ; Tissue Engineering ; Biomaterialien ; Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Das Forschungsgebiet Tissue Engineering verbindet die Bereiche Zellbiologie, Biomaterialforschung und Chirurgie. Wichtigstes Ziel ist ein Gewebe- und Organersatz mit Hilfe gezüchteter Zellen des Patienten. Unsere Arbeit konzentriert sich auf die Therapie schwerer Gelenkknorpeldefekte und die Geweberekonstruktion in der plastischen Chirurgie mit Hilfe in vitro hergestellter Knorpeltransplantate. Dieser praktische Ansatz erfordert zunächst Techniken zur dreidimensionalen Zellverteilung und Einbettung sowie einer temporären mechanischen Stabilisierung. Die Knorpelzüchtung basiert auf einer biokompatiblen Einbettung der Zellen in Agarose, Fibrin, Alginat oder Hyaluronsäure in Verbindung mit einer Gerüststruktur aus resorbierbaren Polymerfaservliesen (PLLA/PGLA). In interagierenden dreidimensionalen Kulturen können unterschiedliche Zellpopulationen wie z.B. BMP-transfizierte Zellen eingesetzt werden. Gezüchtete Gewebe wurden vorgeformt und in Perfusionskammern kultiviert. Anschließend wurden sie subkutan in Nacktmäuse und in Gelenkknorpeldefekte bei Kaninchen implantiert. Die Transplantate zeigen eine knorpeltypische Histologie und Matrixentwicklung. Etwa 20% der Gewebe wurden teilweise resorbiert oder durch fibröses Bindegewebe ersetzt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die Technologie des Knorpel-Tissue-Engineerings vielversprechend für die plastische Geweberekonstruktion ist. Die Behandlung großflächiger Gelenkknorpeldefekte erfordert jedoch zunächst die Lösung einiger wichtiger Probleme: (a) die Verankerung eines gezüchteten Gewebeersatzes im Gelenk, (b) ein Schutz der Transplantate vor chronischen Entzündungsvorgängen und Degradation, (c) die enorm hohe mechanische Druckbelastbarkeit.
    Notes: Summary The research field of tissue engineering combines cells biology, biomaterial science, and surgery. Major long-term goals are tissue and organ replacement therapies using the patients‘ own cells. Our work is focused on the treatment of severe joint defects and on plastic surgery using in vitro engineered cartilage tissues. The practical approaches in cartilage engineering face problems with three-dimensional cell distribution or cell immobilization raising biocompatibility problems. The tissue engineering of cartilage is based on combining biocompatible cell embedding substances such as fibrin, agarose, alginate, hyaluronic acid and fiber fleece scaffolds of poly α-hydroxy acids (PLLA/PGLA). Different technical approaches were established: a) three-dimensional in vitro cultures of chondrocytes for the development of vital tissue transplants and b) interacting three-dimensional cultures consisting of different cell populations, such as BMP-transfected mesenchymal cells. The preshaped artificial tissue constructs were cultured in perfusion chambers to maintain a stable diffusion of nutrients during the in vitro pre-formation step. Subsequently, pre-formed tissues were implanted into nude mice and into 4mm articular joint defects of rabbits. Transplants were found to produce cartilage typic morphological patterns and matrix. 80% of the transplants remained stable in vivo. However, 20% of the tissues are resorbed or replaced by a fibrous tissue. These results demonstrate that current artificial cartilage transplants are already feasible for plastic reconstruction. The treatment of severe joint defects, however, faces additional problems which are addressed in ongoing studies: (a) the fixation of engineered cartilage in joints, (b) the protection against chronic inflammatory degradation, and (c) the required enormous mechanical stability
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    Long-term application of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD). A single-center, observational study of 1681 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (1999)
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    Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie 58 (1999), S. 267-276 
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    Keywords: Key words ; Rheumatoid arthritis ; DMARD therapy ; observation study ; Schlüsselwörter ; Rheumatoide Arthritis ; Basistherapie ; Langzeitverlauf
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Ziel der Arbeit: Untersuchung der Langzeiteffektivität und Verträglichkeit der Basistherapie mit Methotrexat (MTX), Azathioprin (AZA), intramuskulärem Gold, D-Penicillamin (DPA), Sulfasalazin (SASP) und Cholorochin (CQ) bei rheumatoider Arthritis (RA). Methoden: Zwischen 1979 und 1994 wurden Daten von 1681 Patienten des Rheumazentrums Rostock prospektiv erfaßt. Eine 50%ige Reduktion der Anzahl geschwollener Gelenke war erforderlich, um die Therapie fortzuführen. Zusätzlich wurden in halbjährlichen Abständen ein modifizierter Lansbury-Index, der Bewegungsfunktionstest nach KEITEL sowie akute-Phase-Parameter erfaßt. Nebenwirkungen, die zum Abbruch der Therapie führten, wurden ebenfalls festgehalten. Ergebnisse: Nach einer Beobachtungszeit von mindestents vier Jahren nahmen noch 39,6% bzw. 28,3% der Patienten MTX bzw. AZA ein. 18,2% bekamen Gold, 16,9% DPA. SASP und CQ wurden von 13,5 bzw. 6,6% der Patienten eingenommen. Die Abbruchraten wegen Nebenwirkungen (NW) betrugen für MTX, AZA and SASP 15,9%, 15,3% bzw. 17,7%, während 34,8% CQ wegen NW absetzten (Gold: 27,4%, DPA: 26,9%). Die Mehrzahl der Therapieabbrüche erfolgte bereits im ersten Jahr der Behandlung. Subgruppen seropositiver Patienten bzw. Patienten mit Rheumaknoten oder erosiven Verläufen hatten ein schlechteres Ansprechen auf die Behandlung, unabhängig von der Art des eingesetzten Basistherapeutikums. Schlußfolgerung: MTX war in der Langzeittherapie die effizienteste Substanz, gefolgt von AZA, während CQ die geringste Rate von Langzeitanwendern aufwies. Die Ergebnisse unterstreichen den Stellenwert von Langzeitbeobachtungen unter klinischen Alltagsbedingungen in Ergänzung zu kontrollierten klinischen Studien.
    Notes: Summary Objective: To study the long-term efficacy and safety of methotrexate (MTX), intramuscular gold, azathioprine (AZA), chloroquine (CQ), sulphasalazine (SASP), and D-penicillamine (DPA) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Methods: Between 1979 and 1994, clinical data were prospectively gathered in a single center. 1681 patients were followed-up for at least 4 years. A 50% reduction of the swollen joint count was required to continue therapy. In addition, a modified Lansbury index, the Keitel function test, and laboratory parameters were determined every six months. Side effects leading to the discontinuation of treatment were recorded as well. Results: After an observation period of more than four years, 39.6% and 28.3% of patients were taking MTX and AZA, respectively; 18.2% were receiving gold, 16.9% remained on DPA. SASP and CQ were still applied in 13.5% and 6.6%. MTX, AZA and SASP had a drop-out rate due to toxicity of 15.9%, 15.3% and 17.7%, whereas 34.8% had to discontinue CQ (gold: 27.4%, DPA: 26.9%). The majority of dropouts occurred within the first year of treatment. Subgroups of seropositive patients and patients with rheumatoid nodules had a poorer treatment efficacy irrespective of the DMARD. Conclusion: In the long-term application, MTX was the most efficient compound, followed by AZA, whereas CQ had the poorest drug survival. Our results underline the value of long-term observations under the conditions of clinical practice as a supplement to controlled clinical trials.
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    Ein ungewöhnlicher Fall einer Heberden-Arthrose bei einem jungen Mann (1999)
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    Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie 58 (1999), S. 95-99 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Heberden-Arthrose ; primäre Polyarthrose ; Key words Heberden nodes ; primary osteoarthritis
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Heberden nodes affect mainly middle-aged women. Inheritance is autosomal dominant in female and autosomal recessive in male patients.  We report the case of a young man who presented already with 12 years of age with pain in the distal finger joints. There were no other clinical or serological signs for other rheumatoid diseases, like psoriatic or rheumatoid arthritis. Radiologic findings were consistent with Heberden‘s osteoarthritis of the finger joints. The joint changes remained clinically and radiologically stable during a time period of more than 15 years. The HLA typing revealed the haplotype HLA A1, B8 and DR4, in accordance with former studies which reported a higher frequency of HLA A1, B8 in families with primary osteoarthritis (early onset osteoarthritis of the large joints in combination with Heberden nodes).
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Heberden-Arthrose betrifft hauptsächlich das weibliche Geschlecht im mittleren Alter und wird bei Frauen autosomal dominant und bei Männern autosomal rezessiv vererbt. Wir berichten über den Fall eines männlichen Patienten bei dem bereits im Alter von 12 Jahren eine Heberden-Arthrose der Fingergelenke auftrat. Im Laufe von mehr als 15 Jahren waren diese Veränderungen bei dem Patienten weder klinisch noch radiologisch progredient. Bei der HLA-Typisierung fand sich der Haplotyp HLA A1, B8 und DR4, passend zu anderen Studien, die eine erhöhte Frequenz von HLA A1, B8 bei familiärer Polyarthrose berichten.
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    Gegenwärtige Bedeutung der direkten immunologischen Interventionstherapie durch Antizytokine bei der Rheumatoiden Arthritis (1999)
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    Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie 58 (1999), S. 251-266 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Rheumatoide Arthritis ; TNFα-Antikörper ; TNF-Rezeptor-Fusionsproteine ; IL-1- Rezeptor-Antagonisten ; Key words Rheumatoid arthritis ; TNFα-antibodies ; TNF-receptor-fusion proteins ; IL-1-receptor antagonist
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory multisystemic autoimmune disease of unknown origin. RA is clinically characterized by recurrent inflammation of joints, synovialitis, progressive destruction of cartilage or bone tissue and multiorgan involvement. Today all established therapies of RA are still unable to stop or even cure the disease. In most cases these therapies can only reduce progression. Furthermore, these therapies have substantial side effects, which can contribute to the increased mortality of disease. Therefore more effective therapies with fewer side effects are needed. In this context direct immunological intervention strategies increasingly gained interest to inhibit proinflammatory cytokines.  In vivo and in vitro studies as well as experimental therapies documented the important role of the proinflammatory cytokines TNFα and IL-1 in RA. The therapy with TNFα-antibodies or receptor fusion proteins as well as IL-1 receptor antagonists proved to be clinically as well as immunologically highly effective as therapy of RA. The single dose treatment is associated with mild side effects only. In addition, trials using combined TNFα-antibody and methotrexate therapy gave promising results. However, potential severe side effects may occur after repeated therapy cycles or may be discovered after prolonged time of observation only (e.g., allergic reactions, induction of autoantibodies or malignancies). Therefore, at present these therapy options can only be recommended for selected patients, who are included into controlled clinical trials. In addition, repeated courses of therapy seem to lead to reduced therapeutical efficacy (especially in TNFα-antibody therapy). Further controlled studies with cytokine antagonists should especially address these problems and focus in particular on potential inductions of autoantibodies or malignancies as well as on additional long-term side effects.  In contrast to direct inhibition of TNFα or IL-1 several further therapies indirectly influence these cytokines by interference with their synthesis or by alteration of the respective receptors. The importance of these therapeutical options has to be determined as well as the possibility of combination of established therapies with immunological intervention strategies.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Rheumatoide Arthritis (RA) ist eine chronisch-entzündliche, multisystemische Autoimmunerkrankung unklarer Genese. Klinisch ist die Erkrankung durch eine chronisch-rezidivierende Entzündung der Gelenke/Synovia und meist progrediente Gelenkdestruktion durch Knorpel- und Knochenzerstörung charakterisiert. Da bisherige Therapeutika die Erkrankung meist nicht zum Stillstand bringen können und durch ihre Nebenwirkungen teilweise erheblich zur erhöhten Morbidität der Patienten beitragen, gewinnen auf der Suche nach effektiveren Behandlungsformen mit günstigeren Nebenwirkungsprofilen direkte immunologische Interventionstherapien gegen proinflammatorische Zytokine zunehmend an Bedeutung.  In-vitro und tier-experimentelle in-vivo Untersuchungen sowie Therapiestudien belegen die zentrale Bedeutung von TNFα und IL-1 als proinflammatorische Zytokine in der RA. Zahlreiche Therapiestudien zeigen, daß die Behandlung der akuten RA mit TNFα-Antikörpern/-Rezeptorfusionsproteinen oder IL-1-Antagonisten ein klinisch sowie immunologisch sehr effizientes, erfolgreiches Therapiekonzept darstellt, welches bei zeitlich begrenzter Therapiedauer relativ gut vertragen wird. Ferner erscheint eine Kombinationsbehandlung von TNFα-Antikörpern mit Methotrexat ebenfalls erfolgreich zu sein. Langfristig können jedoch schwerwiegenden Nebenwirkungen (schwere Infektionen, Induktion von Autoantikörpern, allergischer Schock, möglicherweise Induktion von Tumoren) sowie abnehmende Therapieeffizienz (Verkürzung des rezidivfreien Intervalles zwischen den Therapiezyklen) unter der Behandlung auftreten, so daß die derzeit verfügbaren TNFα- oder IL-1-Rezeptor-Antagonisten nur unter kontrollierten Studienbedingungen und strenger Indikationsstellung eingesetzt werden sollten. Aufgrund der möglichen schwerwiegenden Langzeit-Nebenwirkungen sollte eine engmaschige Nachbeobachtung der Patienten insbesondere die Nutzen-/Risiko-Relation weiter abklären.  Über die direkte TNFα- oder IL-1-Inhibition hinaus bestehen zahlreiche weitere Möglichkeiten der indirekten immunologischen Interventionstherapie durch Synthese-Hemmung oder Rezeptormodulation von Zytokinen, deren Stellenwert zukünftig noch weiter geklärt werden muß. Auch muß der Nutzen einer Kombination von immunologischer Interventionstherapie mit etablierten Behandlungsoptionen der RA weiter abgeklärt werden.
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    PPARγ, the ultimate thrifty gene (1999)
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    Diabetologia 42 (1999), S. 1033-1049 
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    Keywords: Keywords Adipogenesis ; adipose tissue ; cofactors ; gene expression ; fatty acids ; insulin resistance ; nuclear receptors ; prostaglandin ; thiazolidinediones ; Type II diabetes ; transcription.
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    Notes: Abstract The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) quickly evolved over the last decade from a new orphan receptor to one of the best characterized nuclear receptors. This fast pace in PPARγ research was triggered by two main discoveries. Firstly, that PPARγ was shown to have a key role in adipogenesis and be a master controller of the “thrifty gene response” leading to efficient energy storage. Secondly, the discovery that its synthetic ligands, the thiazolidinediones, are promising insulin sensitizing drugs, which are currently being developed for the treatment of Type II (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. More recently this nuclear receptor emerged from a role limited to metabolism (diabetes and obesity) to a power player in general transcriptional control of numerous cellular processes, with implications in cell cycle control, carcinogenesis, inflammation, atherosclerosis and immunomodulation. This widened role of PPARγ will certainly initiate a new flurry of research, which will not only refine our current often partial knowledge of PPARγ but more importantly also establish that this receptor has a definite role as a primary link adapting cellular, tissue and whole body homeostasis to energy stores. [Diabetologia (1999) 42: 1033–1049]
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    Uncoupling protein-3 gene expression: reduced skeletal muscle mRNA in obese humans during pronounced weight loss (1999)
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    Diabetologia 42 (1999), S. 302-309 
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    Keywords: Keywords Obesity ; genetics ; uncoupling protein-3 ; gene expression ; skeletal muscle.
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    Notes: Abstract Aims: Uncoupling protein-3 is a member of a protein family that serves to dissipate energy in the form of heat thereby modulating energy expenditure. Alternative processing of uncoupling protein-3 transcripts results in two mRNA species that encode a large and small protein, perhaps differing in functional activity. Since obesity is associated with disrupted energy homeostasis, we measured muscle mRNA expression in morbidly obese and lean subjects. Methods: The two uncoupling protein-3 mRNA species were quantified in muscle tissue using an RNase protection assay. Gene locus effects on mRNA expression were studied by quantitative allele-specific primer extension. Results: In both obese and lean subjects, the mRNA species encoding the small protein isoform was twice as abundant as the mRNA species encoding the large protein isoform. Neither the total uncoupling protein-3 mRNA expression nor the molar abundance ratios of the two mRNA species differed between obese and lean male or female subjects. Women who had lost 37 ± 22 kg of weight in response to dietary restriction and continued a hypocaloric diet displayed lower mRNA than obese (p 〈 0.005) or lean women (p 〈 0.05). Primer extension assays in lean and obese subjects showed similar allelic mRNA abundance in all but one subject studied. Conclusion: Muscle expression of the two uncoupling protein-3 mRNA species is similar in obese and lean people. In obese patients, prolonged hypocaloric diet downregulates uncoupling protein-3 mRNA expression in muscle and can thereby enhance its energy efficiency. Sequence substitutions at the gene locus may only be minor determinants of mRNA expression in muscle tissue. [Diabetologia (1999) 42: 302–309]
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    Regulation of UCP2 and UCP3 by muscle disuse and physical activity in tetraplegic subjects (1999)
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    Diabetologia 42 (1999), S. 826-830 
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    Keywords: Keywords Uncoupling proteins ; exercise ; tetraplegia ; skeletal muscle ; mRNA ; gene expression ; polymerase chain reaction.
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    Notes: Abstract Aims/hypothesis. The regulation of uncoupling protein 2 and uncoupling protein 3 gene expression in skeletal muscle has recently been the focus of intense interest. Our aim was to determine expression of uncoupling protein 2 and 3 in skeletal muscle from tetraplegic subjects, a condition representing profound muscle inactivity. Thereafter we determined whether exercise training would modify expression of these genes in skeletal muscle. Methods. mRNA expression of uncoupling protein 2 and 3 was determined using quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain-reaction. Results. Expression of uncoupling protein 2 and 3 mRNA was increased in skeletal muscle from tetraplegic compared with able-bodied subjects (3.7-fold p 〈 0.01 and 4.1-fold, p 〈 0.05, respectively). A subgroup of four tetraplegic subjects underwent an 8-week exercise programme consisting of electrically-stimulated leg cycling (ESLC, 7 ESLC sessions/week). This training protocol leads to increases in whole body insulin-stimulated glucose uptake and expression of genes involved in glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle from tetraplegic subjects. After ESLC training, uncoupling protein 2 expression was reduced by 62 % and was similar to that in able-bodied people. Similarly, ESLC training was associated with a reduction of uncoupling protein 3 expression in skeletal muscle from three of four tetraplegic subjects, however, post-exercise levels remained increased compared with able-bodied subjects. Conclusion/interpretation. Tetraplegia is associated with increased mRNA expression of uncoupling protein 2 and 3 in skeletal muscle. Exercise training leads to normalisation of uncoupling protein 2 expression in tetraplegic subjects. Muscle disuse and physical activity appear to be powerful regulators of uncoupling protein 2 and 3 expression in human skeletal muscle. [Diabetologia (1999) 42: 826–830]
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    Rezidivierender Schwindel und Synkopen bei einer Patientin mit Eosinophilie (1999)
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    Der Internist 40 (1999), S. 305-310 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Hypereosinophilie-Syndrom (HES) ; Schwindel ; Synkope ; KnochenmarktransplantationLiteratur
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    Notes: Zusammenfassung Starke Schwindelattacken bis hin zu Synkopen waren neben Knochenschmerzen und erhöhter Infektneigung die Erstsymptome bei einer Patientin mit einer unklaren Eosinophilie. Als Ursache wurde ein Hypereosinophilie-Syndrom (HES) festgestellt, nachdem andere Ursachen einer Eosinophilie ausgeschlossen worden waren. Trotz einer Stufentherapie mit Glukokortikoiden und verschiedenen Chemotherapeutika bzw. Immunmodulatoren war die Erkrankung progredient, so daß schließlich eine Knochenmarktransplantation mit einem histokompatiblen Verwandtenspender durchgeführt wurde.
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    29jähriger Patient mit Gynäkomastie und kleinen Hoden (1999)
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    Der Internist 40 (1999), S. 437-441 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Gynäkomastie ; Hypogonadismus ; Infertilität ; XX-Mann ; SRY-GenLiteratur
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    Notes: Zusammenfassung Ein 29jähriger Patient stellte sich in unserer Ambulanz mit einer beidseitigen Gynäkomastie und einem beidseits verringertem Hodenvolumen vor. Die Hormonbestimmungen ergaben die Diagnose eines primären Hypogonadismus. Wegen des Verdachts auf ein Klinefelter-Syndrom wurde eine Chromosomenanalyse durchgeführt. Es fand sich eine XX-Konstellation bei fehlendem Y-Chromosom (46,XX-Karyotyp). Männer mit 46,XX-Karyotyp tragen meist eine Translokation des geschlechtsdeterminierenden Gens (SRY-Gen=sex determining region of Y) vom Y- auf ein X-Chromosom, die auch bei unserem Patienten nachgewiesen wurde.
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    Reisen und Hepatitis (1999)
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    Der Internist 40 (1999), S. 1137-1142 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Hepatitis, Reisemedizin ; Hepatitis, Prophylaxe ; Virushepatitis, Prophylaxe ; Schutzimpfung, Hepatitis
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    Notes: Zum Thema Auch wenn in den letzten beiden Dekaden große Fortschritte bei den Schutzimpfungen gegen Hepatitis A, B und (mittelbar) gegen Hepatitis D erzielt worden sind, gibt es bislang leider noch keine Vakzine gegen die in Deutschland am weitesten verbreitete chronische Hepatitis, die Hepatitis C, und keine gegen Hepatitis E. Das Infektionsrisiko für Virushepatitiden ist sehr unterschiedlich und hängt von den Übertragungsmechanismen, den Regionen und dem persönlichen Reisestil ab. Rucksacktouristen haben z.B. ein fast 10-fach erhöhtes Risiko, an einer Hepatitis A zu erkranken als Reisende, die in Hotels leben. Für das Hepatitis B-Risiko sind Blutkontakte, sexuelle Kontakte und unzureichend gereinigte Gegenstände von Bedeutung, weswegen Tätowierung, Piercing und auch das Rasieren beim Friseur eine Gefahr darstellen können. Drogenabhängigkeit und die damit verbundenen Umstände stellen jedoch das größte Risiko dar. In dieser Übersicht werden pragmatisch und in aller Kürze die Virushepatitiden hinsichtlich der wesentlichsten Gesichtspunkte abgehandelt. Besonderer Wert wird dabei allerdings auf die Darstellung prophylaktischer Maßnahmen gelegt.
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    Chronische Krankheitsbilder am Sprunggelenk (1999)
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    Der Radiologe 39 (1999), S. 52-59 
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    Keywords: Schlüsselwörter ; Key words
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    Description / Table of Contents: Summary The etiology of chronic diseases of the ankle joint comprises a wide spectrum including chronic inflammatory processes and chronic degenerative, tumorous and neuropathic processes, as well as some specific syndromes based on chronic changes of the ankle joint. Of the inflammatory processes, chronic juvenile arthritis (JVC) is the most common disease. However, also Reiter disease, psoriasis or chronic monoarthritid diseases such as gout, as well as granulomatous diseases (tuberculosis, sarcoidosis) and fungal infections, may affect the ankle joint in a chronic course. Chronic degenerative changes are usually secondary due to abnormal positioning of the joint constituents or repetitive trauma. Neuropathic changes, as frequently seen in the course of diabetes, present with massive osseous destruction and malposition of the articular constituents. Chronic osseous as well as cartilaginous and synovial changes are seen in hemophilic patients. Chronic traumatic changes are represented by pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS), and chondromatosis, both with a predilection for the ankle joint. Due to the possibilities of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), diagnosis of chronic ankle changes includes chronic ligamentous, tendinous and soft tissue changes. With the use of MRI, specific syndromes can be defined which particularly affect the ankle joint in a chronic way, such as the os trigonum syndrome, the anterolateral impingement syndrome and the sinus tarsi syndrome. Nevertheless, plain film radiographs are still the basic element of any investigation. MRI, however, can be potentially used as a second investigation, saving an unnecessary cascade of investigations with ultrasound and CT. The latter investigations are used only with very specific indications, for instance CT for subtle bone structures and sonography for a limited investigation of tendons or evaluation of fluid. Particularly due to the possibilities of MRI and the development of special gradient-echo imaging or high-resolution coils, the investigation of the ankle joint still offers a wide spectrum of innovation for the next years, which is particularly enforced by the increasing demand for specific diagnosis of chronic diseases in orthopedic medicine.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Die Ätiologie chronischer Krankheitsbilder am Sprunggelenk ist vielfältig. Chronisch entzündliche Veränderungen, wie sie im Rahmen einer chronisch juvenilen Arthritis, des M. Reiter, der Psoriasis oder chronischer Monoarthritiden, wie der chronischen Gicht zu beobachten sind, haben nicht selten ihre Manifestation am Sprunggelenk. Seltenere entzündlich chronische Affektionen hingegen können jedoch auch bei enteropathischen Arthritiden, granulomatösen Erkrankungen, wie der Tuberkulose oder Sarkoidose, beobachtet werden. Auch chronisch verlaufende Pilzaffektionen können zu atypischen Bildern führen. Chronisch degenerative Erkrankungen entstehen am Sprunggelenk fast ausschließlich sekundär. Prädisponierend sind hier angeborene oder erworbene Fehlhaltungen sowie chronische Veränderungen auf Basis abgelaufener oder repetitiver Traumen. Der neuropathische Formenkreis stellt eine weitere Causa chronischer Veränderungen dar, mit im fortgeschrittenem Stadium massiven Gelenks- und ossären Veränderungen. Chronische Veränderungen sind auch bei der Hämophilie im Rahmen des Blutergelenkes zu erwarten. Als chronisch tumoröse Veränderungen können die pigmentierte villonoduläre Synovitis (PVNS) und die Gelenkschondromatose betrachtet werden, mit teils ossären und teils charakteristischen Kapsel und Weichteilveränderungen. Die modernen Gelenkdiagnostik umfaßt zudem auch chronische Veränderungen an den Sehnen und Bändern. Besondere diagnostische Herausforderungen stellen letzendlich Syndrome dar, die klinisch zwar beobachtet, jedoch erst durch moderne Bildgebung in den letzten Jahren zunehmend spezifiziert werden konnten. Diese umfassen zum Beispiel das „Os-trigonum-Syndrom”, das „anterolaterale Weichteilimpingement” und das „Sinus-tarsi-Syndrom”. Wie in der allgemeinen Gelenkdiagnostik ist auch weiterhin das Nativbild als Basisuntersuchung unerläßlich. Der Einsatz der Magnetresonanztomographie (MRT) als Zweituntersuchung erspart oft eine kostenintensive und belastende Untersuchungskaskade. Der Einsatz moderner Sequenzen oder gezielte Kontrastmittelgabe erlauben zunehmend spezifische Diagnosen. Der Einsatz der Sonographie und ebenso der CT muß gezielt durchgeführt werden. Die Vielfalt der möglichen chronisch pathologischen Veränderungen und dem gegenüberstehend die Vielfalt der Untersuchungsmethoden, im speziellen der MRT-Techniken, zusammen mit den komplexen anatomischen Verhältnissen am Sprunggelenk stellen eine besondere Herausforderung an den Radiologen dar.
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    Novel Technology for Detection of Genomic and Transcriptional Alterations in Pancreatic Cancer (1999)
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    Annals of oncology 10 (1999), S. 64-68 
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    Keywords: chromosomal aberrations ; gene expression ; oncogenes ; pancreatic cancer ; tumor suppressor genes
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    Notes: Abstract Aim: The present review summarizes our strategies aimed at identifying and characterizing genetic alterations occuring at the transcriptional and chromosomal level in pancreatic cancer. Methods: To study transcriptional alterations we have used a number of techniques including modified versions of differential hybridizations and cDNA-RDA (representational difference analysis). Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) was used to study chromosomal aberrations occuring in pancreatic cancer tissues. Results: The study of transcriptional alterations led to the identification of more than 500 genes with differential expression in pancreatic cancer. The sum of these alterations represented the first expression profile characteristic for pancreatic tumors. The CGH analysis allowed the identification of a number of chromosomal regions containing putative tumor suppressor genes or oncogenes. These regions are presently being characterized at the molecular level. In a first approach the myb-oncogene was identified as the relevant oncogene of an amplification on 6q occurring in up to 10% of pancreatic cancer patients. Conclusions: Genes isolated in both approaches represent potential new disease genes for pancreatic cancer and are at present being characterized by individual or serial analysis.
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    Increased peroxisomal fatty acid β-oxidation and enhanced expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α in diabetic rat liver (1999)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 194 (1999), S. 227-234 
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    Keywords: microbodies ; diabetes mellitus ; steroid hormone receptor ; β-oxidation ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract To determine whether the increased fatty acid β-oxidation in the peroxisomes of diabetic rat liver is mediated by a common peroxisome proliferation mechanism, we measured the activation of long-chain (LC) and very long chain (VLC) fatty acids catalyzed by palmitoyl CoA ligase (PAL) and lignoceryl CoA ligase and oxidation of LC (palmitic acid) and VLC (lignoceric acid) fatty acids by isotopic methods. Immunoblot analysis of acyl-CoA oxidase (ACO), and Northern blot analysis of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR-α), ACO, and PAL were also performed. The PAL activity increased in peroxisomes and mitochondria from the liver of diabetic rats by 2.6-fold and 2.1-fold, respectively. The lignoceroyl-CoA ligase activity increased by 2.6-fold in diabetic peroxisomes. Palmitic acid oxidation increased in the diabetic peroxisomes and mitochondria by 2.5-fold and 2.7-fold, respectively, while lignoceric acid oxidation increased by 2.0-fold in the peroxisomes. Immunoreactive ACO protein increased by 2-fold in the diabetic group. The mRNA levels for PPAR-α, ACO and PAL increased 2.9-, 2.8- and 1.6-fold, respectively, in the diabetic group. These results suggest that the increased supply of fatty acids to liver in diabetic state stimulates the expression of PPAR-α and its target genes responsible for the metabolism of fatty acids.
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    Expression of calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA in the cloned rat hepatoma cells (Hr-II-E) is stimulated through Ca2+ signaling factors: Involvement of protein kinase C (1999)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 198 (1999), S. 101-107 
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    Keywords: regucalcin ; Ca2+-binding protein ; protein kinase C ; Ca2+signaling ; gene expression ; H4-II-E hepatoma cells
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    Notes: Abstract The expression of hepatic Ca2+-binding protein regucalcin in the cloned rat hepatoma cells (H4-II-E) was investigated. The change in regucalcin mRNA levels was analyzed by Northern blotting using rat liver regucalcin complementary DNA (0.9 kb of open reading frame). Regucalcin mRNA was expressed in H4-II-E hepatoma cells. This expression was clearly stimulated in the presence of serum (10% fetal bovine serum). Bay K 8644 (2. 5 × 10-6 M), a Ca2+ channel agonist, significantly stimulated regucalcin mRNA expression in the absence or presence of 10% serum. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP (10-3 M) did not have a stimulatory effect on the regucalcin mRNA expression. The presence of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 10-6 M) or estrogen (10-8 M) caused a significant increase in regucalcin mRNA levels in the hepatoma cells cultured in serum-free medium, while insulin (5 × 10-9 M) or dexamethasone (10-6 M) had no effect. Bay K 8644-stimulated regucalcin mRNA expression in the hepatoma cells was completely blocked in the presence of trifluoperazine (10-5 M), an antagonist of calmodulin, or staurosporine (10-7 M), an inhibitor of protein kinase C. The stimulatory effect of PMA was clearly inhibited in the presence of stauroporine. The present study demonstrates that regucalcin mRNA is expressed in the transformed H4-II-E hepatoma cells, and that the expression is stimulated through Ca2+-dependent signaling factors.
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    Posttranscriptional regulation of urokinase receptor gene expression in human lung carcinoma and mesothelioma cells in vitro (1999)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 199 (1999), S. 189-200 
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    Notes: Abstract The urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) interacts with its receptor (uPAR) to promote proteolysis as well as cell proliferation and migration. These functions contribute to the pathogenesis of neoplastic growth and invasiveness. Expression of uPAR in tumor extracts also inversely correlates with prognosis in many forms of cancer. In this study, we sought to determine if differences in uPAR expression were distinguishable between cultured human lung carcinoma and malignant mesothelioma subtypes. We also sought to determine if, as in malignant mesothelioma cells, uPAR expression is regulated at the posttranscriptional level in cultured malignant lung carcinoma cells. Using 125I-uPA binding and ligand blotting techniques, uPAR was expressed by phenotypically diverse lung carcinoma cell lines, including the H460, H157 and H1395 non-small cell lines and the H146 small cell lung carcinoma line. Increased uPAR expression was also detected in spindle-shaped (M33K) and epithelioid (M9K and MS-1) malignant mesothelioma cells. Selected mediators, including TGF-β, TNF-α, LPS and PMA, uniformly enhanced uPAR expression in each of the tumor cell lines. Steady state uPAR mRNA expression was determined by RNase protection assay and correlated directly with the changes in cell surface uPAR expression. By gel mobility shift and UV-cross linking assays, a uPAR mRNA binding protein (uPAR mRNABp) implicated in the posttranscriptional control of message stability, was identified in each of the cell lines. Expression of uPAR and its message in cultured lung carcinoma and malignant mesothelioma cells is similarly influenced by effectors present in the tumor microenvironment. Regulation of the uPAR message occurs at the posttranscriptional level in cultured small and non-small cell lung carcinoma cells as well as spindle-shaped and fibrous malignant mesothelioma cell lines. Posttranscriptional regulation of uPAR in all these cells involves the interaction of the uPAR mRNABp with uPAR mRNA, which promotes uPAR mRNA destabilization.
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    Transcriptional modulation of the human complement factor I gene in Hep G2 cells by protein kinase C activation (1999)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 201 (1999), S. 111-123 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: complement factor I ; TPA ; protein kinase C ; gene expression ; Hep G2 cells
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract This study examined the role of the protein kinase C (PKC) signalling pathway in the regulation of expression of human complement factor I (CFI) gene. The production of CFI by Hep G2 cells was enhanced in a dose- and time-dependent fashion by 12-O-tetradecanoyl-1,2-phorbol 13-acetate (TPA), a potent PKC activator. 4α-phorbol didecanoate, an inactive phorbol ester, had no effect on CFI synthesis. The TPA-dependent increase in CFI secretion was correlated with an increase in CFI mRNA levels. Forskolin, a cAMP-inducing agent, augmented the TPA response. W7, an inhibitor of protein kinase A and genistein, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine kinase(s) both did not prevent the increase in CFI expression mediated by TPA. However, calphostin C, a specific inhibitor of PKC, abolished the TPA-induced increase in CFI mRNA levels. Down regulation of intracellular PKC levels by prior exposure of Hep G2 cells to a high concentration of TPA also blocked the increase in CFI mRNA levels induced by TPA suggesting that the TPA effects were mediated via activation of PKC. mRNA decay studies indicated that the half-life of CFI mRNA in TPA-induced cells was not significantly different from control. Nuclear run-on transcriptional assays on the other hand demonstrated that whereas the CFI gene is transcribed under basal conditions in Hep G2 cells, TPA induced a 3-4 fold increase in the transcription rate of CFI gene in 24 h. The transcription rate of GAPDH gene did not change, indicating that the effects were not general on gene transcription. Transient transfections of Hep G2 cells with chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene (CAT) constructs containing a series of sequential 5′ deletions of the CFI promoter and CAT assays showed that the sequence between -136 and -130, containing an AP-1 consensus sequence (TGAGTCA) was required for the TPA response. This observation was substantiated by the finding that mutation of this AP-1 site to TttaTCA or TtAtcCA abolished the TPA responsiveness. The enhancement of the activity of transfected chimeric CAT constructs by TPA was abrogated by calphostin C and by pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (an inhibitor of NF-κB and AP-1 transactivation). These results indicate that TPA regulation of CFI gene requires PKC signalling and is mediated by via a TPA response element (TRE) in the CFI promoter region located at -136/-130 and involves the transactivation of AP-1 and NF-κB transcription factors. We suggest that PKC may be one of the intracellular pathways that control CFI gene expression and that cellular processes (involving growth factors, hormones, cytokines etc.) that activate PKC may upregulate the expression of the CFI gene.
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    Expression of calcium-binding protein regucalcin and microsomal Ca2+-ATPase regulation in rat brain: Attenuation with increasing age (1999)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 200 (1999), S. 43-49 
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    Keywords: regucalcin ; calcium-binding protein ; gene expression ; Ca2+-ATPase ; brain microsomes ; aging
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The expression of calcium-binding protein regucalcin and its effect on the microsomal Ca2+-ATPase activity in rat brain tissues was investigated. The expression of regucalcin mRNA was demonstrated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis in brain tissues using rat regucalcin-specific primers. Regucalcin concentration in the brain tissues was about 5 × 10-9 M as measured using enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA), and this level was lowered with increasing age (50 weeks old). The presence of regucalcin (10-9 to 10-7 M) in the enzyme reaction mixture caused a significant decrease in Ca2+-ATPase activity in the brain microsomes of young rats (5 weeks old). Meanwhile, the enzyme activity was not significantly altered by the addition of calmodulin (1 or 50 μg/ml), calbindin (1 or 10 μg/ml), and S-100 A protein (5 or 25 μg/ml), which are other Ca2+-binding proteins in rat brain. The effect of regucalcin to inhibit microsomal Ca2+-ATPase activity was weakened in the brain of rats with increasing age (50 weeks old). The present study demonstrates that regucalcin is expressed in the brain, and that it can uniquely inhibit Ca2+-ATPase activity in the brain microsomes of rats. The findings suggest that regucalcin plays a role in the regulation of microsomal Ca2+-ATPase activity in rat brain tissues.
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    Identification of stretch-responsive genes in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells by a two arbitrary primer-based mRNA differential display approach (1999)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 197 (1999), S. 87-96 
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    Keywords: mechanical stretch ; smooth muscle cells ; differential display ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract Physical forces induce profound changes in cell phenotype, shape and behavior. These changes can occur in vascular structures as a result of pressure overload and their effects can be seen in atherosclerotic vessels in which smooth muscle cells have undergone hyperplastic and hypertrophic changes. At the molecular level, mechanical stimuli are converted into chemical ones and lead to modulation of gene expression and/or the activation of a new repertoire of genes whose encoded proteins help the cells to adapt to their microenvironment. In this study, we have used a two primer-based mRNA differential display technique to identify candidate mechano-responsive genes in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. As compared to the original method described by Liang and Pardee, this technique uses two arbitrary primers instead of an anchored oligo(dt) plus an arbitrary primer in the polymerase chain reaction. The chief advantages of these modifications are an increase in the efficiency of the amplification and in the identification of differentially expressed clones. Using this approach, we compared the pattern of expressed genes in cells cultured under static conditions with those in cells that were mechanically stretched (1 Hz) for 24 h in a well-defined in vitro mechanical system. Three candidate genes that showed reproducible differences were chosen for further characterization and cloning. One clone was under expressed in stretched cells and had a DNA sequence with 90% homology to the human fibronectin gene. Two other clones were highly expressed in stretched cells and had a 92% and a 83% sequence homology with human platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor and rat insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) genes respectively. Northern blot analysis confirmed low levels of fibronectin mRNA transcripts in stretched cells. In contrast, accumulation of PAF receptor mRNA occurred 30 min after mechanical stretch was initiated whereas IGF-I mRNA levels peaked at 8 h. Both mRNA levels were sustained for up to 24 h of mechanical stretching. These results demonstrate the usefulness of the two primer-based mRNA differential display that enabled us to identify and characterize alterations at the level of gene expression among matrix proteins, G-protein coupled receptors and growth factors, each of whose response to mechanical strain is different. A more complete understanding of these responses will provide further insight into the pathologic processes associated with hypertension and atherosclerosis.
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    Characterisation of genes isolated from a potato swellingstolon cDNA library (1999)
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    Potato research 42 (1999), S. 31-42 
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    Keywords: Solanum tuberosum L. ; tuberisation ; extensin ; acyl carrier protein thioesterase ; high mobility group protein ; gene expression ; plant development
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary In screening to isolate a full-length copy of a previously isolated cDNA clone, a further three cDNAs were also isolated from a library prepared from sub-apical swelling-stolon tissue of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Sequence analysis showed these clones to be similar to extensin-like protein genes, acyl carrier protein thioesterase genes and high mobility group protein genes, respectively. A further cDNA, isolated by subtractive hybridisation, was similar to a tomato cDNA previously isolated on the basis of its down-regulation following nematode infection. While all the newly isolated genes were expressed in swelling stolons, for most, maximal expression was seen to be in stem tissue. Possible roles for these genes in the development of potato plants are discussed, as is the significance of gene expression in stems and stolons to the process of tuberisation.
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    Introduction of a Proximal Stat5 Site in the Murine α-Lactalbumin Promoter Induces Prolactin Dependency In Vitro and Improves Expression Frequency In Vivo (1999)
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    Transgenic research 8 (1999), S. 23-31 
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    Keywords: transgenic mice ; prolactin ; mammary gland ; gene expression ; Stat5 ; β-globin insulator
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    Notes: Abstract In order to establish a possible correlation between in vitro prolactin induction and the transcriptional activity of mammary gene promoters in transgenic mice, a functional Stat5-binding site was created by means of site-directed mutagenesis at position −70 on a 560 bp murine α-lactalbumin promotor linked to a CAT reporter gene. Surprisingly, the wild-type promoter was constitutively active in vitro and could not be induced by prolactin. Introducing the proximal Stat5 site abolished this constitutive activity and resulted in prolactin dependence in both CHO-K1- and HC11-transfected cells. In transgenic mice, both the frequency of lines expressing the transgene and the prevalence of mid to late pregnancy expression were increased.
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    Quantitative analysis of transcription and translation in gene amplified Chinese hamster ovary cells on the basis of a kinetic model (1999)
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    Cytotechnology 29 (1999), S. 93-102 
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    Keywords: CHO cells ; gene expression ; kinetic model ; protein secretion ; transcription ; translation
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract The elevation of expression levels for secreted glycoproteins by gene amplification in mammalian cells shows a saturation behavior at high levels of gene amplification. At high expression levels a drop in the secretion efficiency for the recombinant protein occurs (Schröder and Friedl, 1997), coinciding with the appearance of misfolded protein in the cell. In this communication we investigated whether additional limitations exist at the levels of transcription and translation. Four Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines expressing different amounts of human antithrombin III (ATIII) were used as a model system. A tenfold increase in the ATIII cDNA copy number from the lowest to the highest producing cell line coincided with a 38-fold increase in ATIII mRNA levels, and an 80-fold increase in the amount of intracellular ATIII levels. The data was analyzed using a simple kinetic model. The following conclusions were derived: I. The transcriptional activity for the recombinant protein is not saturated. II. Translation itself is not saturated either, but may be downregulated as secretion efficiency drops. III. Two explanations for the previously reported drop in secretion efficiency for the recombinant protein with increasing expression level are possible: A. Protein degradation is an alternative fate for translated ATIII and the fraction of ATIII degraded after translation increases as expression level is increased. B. Translation is downregulated as the secretory apparatus becomes exhausted to maintain cell viability.
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    Embryonic stem cell differentiation models: cardiogenesis, myogenesis, neurogenesis, epithelial and vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation in vitro (1999)
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    Cytotechnology 30 (1999), S. 211-226 
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    Keywords: cardiogenesis ; cell differentiation ; gene expression ; mouse embryonic stem cells ; myogenesis ; neurogenesis
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract Embryonic stem cells, totipotent cells of the early mouse embryo, were established as permanent cell lines of undifferentiated cells. ES cells provide an important cellular system in developmental biology for the manipulation of preselected genes in mice by using the gene targeting technology. Embryonic stem cells, when cultivated as embryo-like aggregates, so-called ‘embryoid bodies’, are able to differentiate in vitro into derivatives of all three primary germ layers, the endoderm, ectoderm and mesoderm. We established differentiation protocols for the in vitro development of undifferentiated embryonic stem cells into differentiated cardiomyocytes, skeletal muscle, neuronal, epithelial and vascular smooth muscle cells. During differentiation, tissue-specific genes, proteins, ion channels, receptors and action potentials were expressed in a developmentally controlled pattern. This pattern closely recapitulates the developmental pattern during embryogenesis in the living organism. In vitro, the controlled developmental pattern was found to be influenced by differentiation and growth factor molecules or by xenobiotics. Furthermore, the differentiation system has been used for genetic analyses by ‘gain of function’ and ‘loss of function’ approaches in vitro.
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    Transient gene expression in mammalian cells grown in serum-free suspension culture (1999)
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    Cytotechnology 30 (1999), S. 71-83 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; HEK293(EBNA) cells ; serum-free ; transient transfection
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract In order to establish a simple and scaleable transfection system we have used the cationic polymer polyethylenimine (PEI) to study transient transfection in HEK293 and 293(EBNA) cells grown in serum-free suspension culture. The transfection complexes were made directly within the cell culture by consecutively adding plasmid and PEI (direct method). Alternatively, the DNA-PEI transfection complexes were prepared in fresh medium (1/10 culture volume) and then added to the cells (indirect method). The results of this study clearly show that the ratio of PEI nitrogen to DNA phosphate is very important for high expression levels. The precise ratio is dependent on the DNA concentration. For example, using 1 μg/ml DNA by the indirect method, the ratio of optimal PEI:DNA was about 10–13:1. However, the ratio increases to 33:1 for 0.1–0.2 μg/ml DNA. By testing several different molecular weights of the polycationic polymer we could show that the highest transfection efficiency was obtained with the PEI 25 kDa. Using PEI 25 kDa the indirect method is superior to the direct addition because significantly lower DNA concentrations are needed. The expression levels of the soluble human TNF receptor p55 are even higher at low DNA compared to 1 μg/ml plasmid. The EBV-based pREP vectors gave better transient gene expression when used in 293(EBNA) cells compared to HEK293 cells in suspension culture. No differences in expression levels in the two cell lines were observed when the pC1 (CMV)-TNFR was used. In conclusion, PEI is a low-toxic transfection agent which provides high levels of transient gene expression in 293(EBNA) cells grown in serum-free suspension culture. This system allows highly reproducible, cost-effective production of milligram amounts of recombinant proteins in 2–5 l spinner culture scale within 3–5 days. Fermentor scale experiments, however, are less efficient because the PEI-mediated transient tranfection is inhibited by conditioned medium.
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    The role of the cell cycle in determining gene expression and productivity in CHO cells (1999)
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    Cytotechnology 30 (1999), S. 49-57 
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    Keywords: cell cycle ; CHO ; flow cytometry ; gene expression ; synchronisation
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract Understanding the relationships between cell cycle and protein expression is critical to the optimisation of media and environmental conditions for successful commercial operation of animal cell culture processes. Using flow cytometry for the analysis of the early phases of synchronised batch cultures, the dependency of product expression on cell cycle related events has been evaluated in a recombinant CHO cell line. Although the production of recombinant protein is initially found to be cell cycle related, the maximum specific protein productivity is only achieved at a later stage of the exponential phase which also sees a maximum in the intracellular protein concentration. Subsequent work suggests that it is the batch phase/medium composition of cultures which is the major determinant of maximum specific productivity in this cell line. Furthermore the effect of the positive association between S phase and specific productivity is subordinate to the effect of batch phase/medium composition on the specific productivity of batch cultures.
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    Differential expression of RAB5A in human lung adenocarcinoma cells with different metastasis potential (1999)
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    Clinical & experimental metastasis 17 (1999), S. 213-219 
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    ISSN: 1573-7276
    Keywords: gene expression ; immunohistochemistry ; mRNA DD ; neoplasia metastasis ; RAB5A
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract For the sake of better understanding the molecular mechanism of neoplasia, we have used the mRNA differential display technique to analyze two human lung adenocarcinoma cell lines, AGZY83-a and Anip973. Anip973 was isolated from AGZY83-a, but manifested much higher metastatic potential than the parent line. We found that a significant differential cDNA fragment in Anip973 was over-expressed, then over-expressed cDNA fragment was cloned and sequenced. It showed that the over-expressed cDNA in Anip973 was RAB5A cDNA. And the RAB5A cDNA sequence was corresponding between the two cells. To determine whether RAB5A may be differentially expressed in the two human lung adenocarcinoma cells at protein level, we further detected RAB5A protein in the two cells by using immunofluorescent method. RAB5A protein was upregulated in highly metastatic Anip973. We also detected the difference in RAB5A gene expression at RNA level in human non-small cell lung carcinoma by RT-PCR. Using immunohistochemical staining, we also examined RAB5A change at protein level in 45 cases human non-small cell lung carcinoma paraffin sections. The results proved the evidence of upregulation of RAB5A in malignant tumor, indicated over-expression of RAB5A gene was correlated with the malignant degree and metastatic potential of lung cancer(χ2 test, p 〈0.01). The RAB5A gene is a member of RAS superfamily, which can transcribe GTP-binding protein that plays an important role in signal transduction of protein trafficking at the cell surface and GDP/GTP cycle in the regulation of endocytotic membrane traffic. Thus our results indicated that over-expression of the RAB5A gene was involved in the process of transformation from AGZY83-a to the higher metastatic cell line Anip973. The result may be a powerful experimental evidence that over-expression of RAB5A gene associated with neoplasia metastasis.
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    Effect of Portacaval Anastomosis on Glutamine Synthetase Protein and Gene Expression in Brain, Liver and Skeletal Muscle (1999)
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    Metabolic brain disease 14 (1999), S. 273-280 
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    Keywords: glutamine synthetase ; gene expression ; portacaval anastomosis ; hepatic encephalopathy ; liver ; skeletal muscle ; ammonia
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effects of chronic liver insufficiency resulting from end-to-side portacaval anastomosis (PCA) on glutamine synthetase (GS) activities, protein and gene expression were studied in brain, liver and skeletal muscle of male adult rats. Four weeks following PCA, activities of GS in cerebral cortex and cerebellum were reduced by 32% and 37% (p〈0.05) respectively whereas GS activities in muscle were increased by 52% (p〈0.05). GS activities in liver were decreased by up to 90% (p〈0.01), a finding which undoubtedly reflects the loss of GS-rich perivenous hepatocytes following portal-systemic shunting. Immunoblotting techniques revealed no change in GS protein content of brain regions or muscle but a significant loss in liver of PCA rats. GS mRNA determined by semi-quantitative RT-PCR was also significantly decreased in the livers of PCA rats compared to sham-operated controls. These findings demonstrate that PCA results in a loss of GS gene expression in the liver and that brain does not show a compensatory induction of enzyme activity, rendering it particularly sensitive to increases in ammonia in chronic liver failure. The finding of a post-translational increase of GS in muscle following portacaval shunting suggests that, in chronic liver failure, muscle becomes the major organ responsible for the removal of excess blood-borne ammonia.
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    Differentiation Dependent Activation of the Myelin Genes In Purified Oligodendrocytes is Highly Resistant to Hypoglycemia (1999)
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    Metabolic brain disease 14 (1999), S. 189-195 
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    Keywords: Oligodendrocyte cultures ; glucose ; gene expression ; malic enzyme ; membrane synthesis ; myelination ; undernutrition
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We have previously demonstrated that the developmental upregulation of myelin-specific genes in mixed glial cultures is strongly attenuated by hypoglycemia. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of hypoglycemia on differentiation-dependent upregulation of myelin genes in purified oligodendrocyte cultures. The expression of major myelin protein genes, i.e., proteolipid protein (PLP), basic protein (BP) and myelin associated glycoprotein (MAG) were monitored by Northern blot analysis. In control cultures maintained at 6 mg/ml of glucose, the expression of all the genes upregulated rapidly, and plateaued at approximately day 4. A similar pattern of differentiation-dependent upregulation was observed for the gene encoding a lipogenic enzyme, i.e., malic enzyme (ME). In contrast to mixed glial cultures, however, this developmental gene upregulation was not significantly affected by severe hypoglycemia (approximately 0.02 mg/ml). The results indicate that the effect of glucose deprivation on oligodendrocyte genes observed in mixed glial cultures is mediated by other cells. The upregulation of the genes in differentiating oligodendrocytes was accompanied by the production of myelin-related membrane that was isolated by density gradient fractionation. In contrast to the effect on gene expression, this anabolic activity was highly dependent on glucose, as seen from a profound suppression by severe hypoglycemia.
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    Genetic Variation in Spiroplasma citri (1999)
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    European journal of plant pathology 105 (1999), S. 519-533 
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    Keywords: genome ; gene expression ; mollicute ; recombination ; transposition ; virus
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Spiroplasmas are members of the Class Mollicutes, wall-less prokaryotes having a high adenosine–thymidine content in their small genomes. Spiroplasma citri is a plant pathogen that inhabits phloem. Like other phytopathogenic spiroplasmas and the related phytoplasmas, it is transmitted from plant to plant by phloem-feeding leafhoppers that serve as alternate hosts for the spiroplasma as well as vectors. Genetic information in spiroplasmas is carried on a circular chromosome, on plasmids and/or in virus genomes. A picture emerging from recent research on the S. citri genome is one of frequent and often extensive variation, resulting from a number of different mechanisms. Expansion and contraction events must continually be occurring in about equal proportions so that the net genome size varies within defined boundaries. Particularly impressive are large changes in genome size that can occur in only a few generations. As with most organisms, genetic variation in S. citri results from variation in extrachromosomal DNA content, changes due to DNA replication and repair processes and changes due to recombination. The implied flux of genetic information into and out of the S. citri genome should be beneficial to the bacterium, allowing it, with its small genome size, to adapt to new environments.
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    Evidence of Mucin Secretion in Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Lines NCIH650 and NCIH2077 and Effect of Select Secretagogues on Mucin Secretion (1999)
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    Bioscience reports 19 (1999), S. 473-483 
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    Keywords: Mucin ; lung cancer ; gene expression ; secretion ; lung adenocarcinoma
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Mucins comprise an important class of tumor-associated antigens. The objectives of the present study were (a) to establish an in vitro model system using human non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma cell lines NCIH650 and NCIH2077 (b) provide evidence that these cell lines secrete mucin in culture conditions and (c) investigate the effects of select secretagogues on mucin secretion. The cell lines were established in ACL-4 medium containing several growth factors and retinoic acid and 5% fetal calf serum. The high molecular weight glycoconjugates secreted in the culture medium were purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and Superose 6 and Superose 12 FPLC chromatography. The purified high molecular weight glycoconjugate fraction and the carcinoma cells were shown to have mucin by dot blot, Western blot and immunohistochemical analysis, respectively, using specific antibodies to purified major mucin, HTM-1. Also, incorporation experiments with mucin precursor 3H-glucosamine demonstrated that the cells indeed synthesize high molecular weight mucins. The effects of secretagogues such as, 8-bromocyclic AMP, ionomycin, phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate and neutrophil elastase on mucin secretion were also investigated. Only 8-bromocyclic AMP and neutrophil elastase influenced mucin secretion. These studies provided strong evidence that the lung adenocarcinoma cell lines secrete high molecular weight mucins in culture conditions and only two of the four tested secretagogues significantly increased mucin secretion. Thus, this in vitro model system may be useful in determining alterations in mucin structure, if any, in lung adenocarcinomas as well as in studying the regulation of mucin gene expression.
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    Comparison of the Anticancer Effect of Free and HPMA Copolymer-Bound Adriamycin in Human Ovarian Carcinoma Cells (1999)
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    Pharmaceutical research 16 (1999), S. 986-996 
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    Keywords: adriamycin ; doxorubicin ; HPMA copolymer ; apoptosis, multidrug resistance ; gene expression ; signal transduction
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    Notes: Abstract Purpose. To study peculiarities and the mechanism of the anticancer effect of free and HPMA copolymer-bound ADR in sensitive and resistant human ovarian carcinoma cells. Methods. Sensitive A2780 and ADR resistant A2780/AD cells were exposed to different doses of drugs during 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, and 72 hours. Cell viability, drug accumulation, apoptosis, cellular metabolism, lipid peroxidation, DNA content and gene expression were studied. Results. HPMA copolymer-bound ADR (P(GFLG)-ADR) possessed a comparable cytotoxicity to free ADR when comparison was based on intracellular concentrations. While free ADR up-regulated genes encoding ATP driven efflux pumps (MDR1, MRP), P(GFLG)-ADR overcame existing pumps and down regulated the MRP gene. Free ADR also activated cell metabolism and expression of genes responsible for detoxification and DNA repair. P(GFLG)-ADR down-regulated HSP-70, GSr-π, BUDP, Topo-IIα, β, and TK-1 genes. Apoptosis, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage were significantly higher after exposure to P(GFLG)-ADR, as reflected by simultaneous activation of p53, c-fos in A2780 cells) or c-jun (A2780/AD) signaling pathways and inhibition of the bcl-2 gene. Differences between free ADR and P(GFLG)-ADR increased with the time of incubation and drug concentration. Conclusions. P(GFLG)-ADR overcame drug efflux pumps, more significantly induced apoptosis and lipid peroxidation, inhibited DNA repair, replication, and biosynthesis when compared to free ADR.
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    Enhanced expression and differential inducibility of soybean chalcone synthase genes by supplemental UV-B in dark-grown seedlings (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 785-795 
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    Keywords: UV-B ; soybean ; chalcone synthase ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract By developing gene-specific RT-PCR and using filters to allow transmission down to 290 nm (UV-B+) or blocking all radiation below 320 nm (UV-B−), the effect of UV-B+ and UV-B− light on expression of each of the presently known seven members of soybean chalcone synthase (CHS) gene family in dark-grown seedlings was analyzed. Dark expression was detectable already in 18 h dark-germinating embryos, with progressive increases on successive days, suggesting that chs belongs to a class of genes expressed very early during germination, and that the expression at this stage is either constitutive or induced by non-light-dependent factors present in the seed or made available following imbibition. Exposure of 18 h dark-germinating embryos to UV-B− or to UV-B+ light did not lead to an increase in chs signal. However, the 24 h dark-germinating embryos showed a distinct effect of UV-B+, interestingly coinciding with the stage when the head of seedlings was in the process of being pushed up above ground by stem elongation, suggesting the possibility of a developmental switch modulating the appearance of UV-B response. The response to UV-B− was most prominent in chs1 and almost silent in chs2, while the up-regulation by UV-B+ was most prominent in chs5 and chs6 and much less so in chs2. Interestingly, chs2 was noted to be the only member of the Gmchs gene family devoid of H-box, raising the possibility that the H-box may be a good indicator of the photo-inducibility of a chs gene.
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    Complexity and expression of the glutamine synthetase multigene family in the amphidiploid crop Brassica napus (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 395-405 
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    Keywords: amphidiploid genome structure ; gene expression ; glutamine synthetase ; multigene family ; nitrogen assimilation ; oilseed rape
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    Notes: Abstract In the amphidiploid genome of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) the diploid ancestral genomes of B. campestris and B. oleracea have been merged. As a result of this crossing event, all gene loci, gene families, or multigene families of the A and C genome types encoding a certain protein are now combined in one plant genome. In the case of the multigene family for glutamine synthetase, the key enzyme of nitrogen assimilation, six different cDNA sequences were isolated from leaf and root specific libraries. One sequence pair (BnGSL1/BnGSL2) was characterized by the presence of amino- terminal transit peptides, a typical feature of all nuclear encoded chloroplast proteins. Two other cDNA pairs (BnGSR1-1/BnGSR1-2 and BnGSR2-1/BnGSR2-2) with very high homology between each other were found in a root specific cDNA library and represent protein subunits for cytosolic glutamine synthetase isoforms. Comparative PCR amplifications of genomic DNA isolated from B. napus, B. campestris and B. oleracea followed by sequence–specific restriction analyses of the PCR products permitted the assignment of the cDNA sequences to either the A genome type (BnGSL1/BnGSR1- 1/BnGSR2-1) or the C genome type (BnGSL2/BnGSR1-2/BnGSR2-2). Consequently, the ancestral GS genes of B. campestris and B. oleracea are expressed simultaneously in oilseed rape. This result was also confirmed by RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) analysis of RT-PCR products. In addition, the different GS genes showed tissue specific expression patterns which are correlated with the state of development of the plant material. Especially for the GS genes encoding the cytosolic GS isoform BnGSR2, a marked increase of expression could be observed after the onset of leaf senescence.
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    Diverse range of gene activity during Arabidopsis thaliana leaf senescence includes pathogen-independent induction of defense-related genes (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 40 (1999), S. 267-278 
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    Keywords: defense ; gene expression ; leaf senescence ; nitrilase ; pathogen-free ; salicylic acid
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    Notes: Abstract To determine the range of gene activities associated with leaf senescence, we have identified genes that show preferential transcript accumulation during this developmental stage. The mRNA levels of a diverse array of gene products increases during leaf senescence, including a protease, a ribosomal protein, two cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenases, a nitrilase and glyoxalase II. Two of the genes identified are known to be pathogen-induced. The senescence specificity of each gene was determined by characterization of transcript accumulation during leaf development and in different tissues. The increased expression of nitrilase in senescent leaves is paralleled by an increase in free indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) levels. Additionally, we have demonstrated that the induction of defense-related genes during leaf senescence is pathogen-independent and that salicylic acid accumulation is not essential for this induction. Our data indicate that the induction of certain genes involved in plant defense responses is a component of the leaf senescence program.
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    Isolation and molecular characterization of gibberellin-regulated H1 and H2B histone cDNAs in the leaf of the gibberellin-deficient tomato (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 883-890 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; gibberellin ; H1 histone ; H2B histones ; leaf ; Lycopersicon esculentum
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    Notes: Abstract After differential screening we isolated cDNA clones encoding a histone H1 (leH1) and three variants of histone H2B (leH2B-1, -2 and -3) from the gibberellin (GA)-deficient mutant of tomato (gib-1). The deduced polypeptide of leH1 is 271 amino acids long and exhibits the typical tripartite structure of histones H1. The full-length cDNA clone leH2B-1 encodes for a protein of 142 amino residues and shows the tripartite organization of histones H2B. The histones leH1 and leH2B, which show no tissue specificity, are developmentally expressed in the leaf. The mRNA accumulation was higher in organs which contain meristematic tissue and/or which have a high proportion of actively cycling cells. In the leaf of the gib-1 mutant we demonstrated GA-enhanced histone leH1 and leH2B expression which was not observed in the wild type. GAs of the early-13-hydroxylated pathway (GA1 and GA3) caused most enhanced transcription compared to GAs of the early-non-hydroxylation pathway (GA4 and GA9). Application of GA to the mutant increased histone expression that could correlate with enhanced DNA replication in leaf tissue. Increased chromosome replication may indicate that there is a higher rate of cell division and/or increase of endopolyploidy which both may be dependent on cell elongation induced by GAs.
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    Differential expression of two spermidine synthase genes during early fruit development and in vegetative tissues of pea (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 933-943 
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    Keywords: cloning ; fruit development ; gene expression ; pea ; polyamine ; spermidine synthase
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    Notes: Abstract Two cDNAs from young pea fruits coding for functional spermidine synthases (EC 2.5.1.16) were isolated. The corresponding genes were named psSPDSYN1 and psSPDSYN2. Both cDNAs complemented spe3Δ gene when introduced into the Y480 strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is a null mutant for the spermidine synthase gene. psSPDSYN1 and psSPDSYN2 are regulated differentially. psSPDSYN1 is up-regulated early after fruit set whereas psSPDSYN2 is expressed later. Spermidine synthase activity was detected in pea ovaries, and correlates with the pattern of expression of psSPDSYN1. In the pea plant, psSPDSYN1 is highly expressed in actively growing tissues, whereas the highest level of psSPDSYN2 mRNA was detected in fully elongated stem.
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    Regulation of the chitinase gene expression in suspension-cultured rice cells by N-acetylchitooligosaccharides: differences in the signal transduction pathways leading to the activation of elicitor-responsive genes (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 907-914 
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    Keywords: chitin oligomer ; chitinase ; elicitor ; gene expression ; rice ; signal transduction
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    Notes: Abstract Expression patterns of chitinase transcripts induced by N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor were analyzed by northern blot hybridization in order to reveal a signal transduction pathway leading to the activation of class I chitinase genes (Cht-1 and Cht-3), which may play an important role in producing N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor. The transcription level of both genes was enhanced in response to N-acetylchitooligosaccharides larger than pentaose at subnanomolar concentrations. These structure and dose dependencies were consistent not only with those for a 75 kDa high-affinity binding protein for N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor in the plasma membrane, but also with other series of cellular responses including phytoalexin production and the expression of elicitor-responsive genes (EL2, EL3). Therefore, the elicitor signal to evoke these cellular responses including the activation of the chitinase genes could be common and transmitted into cells through the 75 kDa protein. However, the signal transduction pathway for the activation of the chitinase gene appeared to diverge from those for the other elicitor-responsive genes shortly after the signal perception. It was shown that the induction of chitinase expression by N-acetylchitooligosaccharide would require protein phosphorylation, but not de novo protein synthesis. The oxidative burst was demonstrated not to be necessary for transcriptional induction of the all four elicitor-responsive genes (Cht, PAL, EL2, EL3) by N-acetylchitooligosaccharide.
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    Temporal and spatial gene expression of cytochrome B5 during flower and fruit development in olives (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 40 (1999), S. 79-90 
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    Keywords: cytochrome b5 ; fruit and flower development ; gene expression ; in situ hybridisation ; olive
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    Notes: Abstract We report the characterisation of two cytochrome b5 genes and their spatial and temporal patterns of expression during development in olive, Olea europaea. A PCR-generated probe, based on a tobacco cytochrome b5 sequence, was used to isolate two full-length cDNA clones (cytochrome b5-15 and cytochrome b5-38) from a library derived from 13 WAF olive fruits. The cDNAs encoded proteins of 17.0 and 17.7 kDa, which contained all the characteristic motifs of cytochromes b5 from other organisms and exhibited 63% identity and 85% similarity with each other. The olive cytochrome b5-15 cDNA was then used as a probe for more detailed analysis. Southern blotting revealed a gene family of at least 4–6 members while northern blotting and in situ hybridisation showed a highly specific pattern of gene expression. Very low levels of cytochrome b5 mRNA were detected in tissues characterised by high rates of lipid accumulation, such as young expanding leaves, maturing seeds and ripening mesocarp. The cytochrome b5 genes were not induced at 6 °C and their response to ABA was relatively slow compared with fatty acid desaturase genes. In contrast, high levels of cytochrome b5 gene expression were found in young fruits at the pattern formation (globular/heart) stage of embryogenesis and in vascular and transmitting tissues of male and female reproductive organs. The data are consistent with a major role for cytochrome b5 in developmental processes related to plant reproduction in addition to being an electron donor to microsomal desaturases.
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    Cloning and characterization of a trypsin inhibitor cDNA from amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) seeds (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 15-23 
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    Keywords: Amaranthus hypochondriacus) ; gene expression ; trypsin inhibitor
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    Notes: Abstract We previously isolated and sequenced the major trypsin inhibitor from Amaranthus hypochondriacus seeds. This amaranth trypsin inhibitor (AmTI) is a 69 amino acid protein with high homology to members of the potato-1 inhibitor family. This paper describes the cloning and expression of a cDNA encoding this trypsin inhibitor in various vegetative tissues of the amaranth plant during seed development and imbibition, and investigates the possible induction of AmTI expression by wounding. We obtained a 393 bp cDNA sequence with an open reading frame corresponding to a polypeptide with 76 amino acid residues. With the exception of one residue (Ser-41), the polypeptide agrees with the amino acid sequence previously reported, plus 7 more residues at the N-terminus. These N-terminal residues are thought to be part of the signal used for intracellular sorting. The organ specificity of AmTI gene expression was investigated by northern analysis, showing that mRNA corresponding to AmTI genes was present in stems of plants growing under normal conditions. The kinetics of accumulation of the AmTI-mRNA, protein, and inhibitory activity during seed development and imbibition was determined. AmTI-mRNA accumulation reached a maximum at 14 days after anthesis (daa) and then gradually decreased, being barely detectable 36 daa. The AmTI protein accumulation followed the same profile as the inhibitory activity, both were delayed with respect to the mRNA. The maximum level was observed 22 daa, and then gradually decreased until a steady state was reached as seed maturation proceeded. Upon imbibition, a gradual decrease in AmTI protein and inhibitory activity was shown; however, an AmTI transcript was detected 24 h after imbibition. In contrast to representative members of the potato I family, this inhibitor was not inducible by wounding of leaves.
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    Localization of peroxidase mRNAs in soybean seeds by in situ hybridization (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 57-63 
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    Keywords: embryo ; gene expression ; Glycine max ; oxidoreductase ; seed coat ; testa
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    Notes: Abstract The soybean Ep gene encodes an anionic peroxidase enzyme that accumulates in large amounts in seed coat tissues. We have isolated a second peroxidase gene, Prx2, that is also highly expressed in developing seed coat tissues. Sequence analysis of Prx2 cDNA indicates that this transcript encodes a cationic peroxidase isozyme that is far removed from Ep in peroxidase phylogeny. To determine the expression patterns for these two peroxidases in developing seeds, the abundance and localization of the Ep and Prx2 transcripts were compared by in situ hybridization. Results show the expression of Ep begins in a small number of cells flanking the vascular bundle in the seed coat, spreads to encircle the seed, and then migrates to the hourglass cells as they develop. Expression of Prx2 occurs throughout development in all cell layers of the seed coat, and is also evident in the pericarp and embryo. Nonetheless, the Ep-encoded enzyme accounts for virtually all of the peroxidase activity detected in mature seed coats. The Prx2 enzyme is either insoluble in a catalytically inactive form, or is subject to degradation during seed maturation.
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    Constitutive protein-DNA interactions on the abscisic acid-responsive element before and after developmental activation of the rab28 gene (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 529-536 
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    Keywords: ABRE ; embryogenesis ; G-box ; gene expression ; maize ; protein-DNA interaction
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    Notes: Abstract Transcription of the rab28 gene from maize is induced in late embryo development and in response to abscisic acid. We have studied the regulation of the activity of the rab28 promoter in embryos. Two abscisic acid-responsive elements (ABREs) were necessary for expression in embryos of transgenic Arabidopsis and in transient transformation in maize embryos. In vivo footprinting showed that there was protein binding to the ABREs and to other cis elements in the promoter in young embryos before expression of rab28. This shows that the rab28 promoter is in an open chromatin structure before developmental activation. The ABREs are important for the induction and have protein binding in young embryos. Nuclear proteins extracted from embryos before activation of rab28 bound to the ABREs in band shift assays. A complex with different mobility was formed between nuclear proteins and the ABREs after induction of rab28 suggesting a modification of the ABRE-binding factor or an exchange of proteins. The footprints on the ABREs were unaltered by induction with abscisic acid or during developmental activation of rab28. These results indicate that constitutive binding of transcription factor(s) on the ABRE is central in embryonic regulation of the rab28 gene.
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    Molecular characterization of a gene for alanine aminotransferase from rice (Oryza sativa) (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 149-159 
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    Keywords: alanine aminotransferase ; gene expression ; GUS expression ; promoter
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    Notes: Abstract A cDNA clone encoding alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) has isolated from randomly sequenced clones derived from a cDNA library of maturing rice seeds by comparison to previously identified genes. The deduced amino acid sequence was 88% and 91% homologous to those of the enzymes from barley and broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum), respectively. Using this cDNA as a probe, we isolated and sequenced the corresponding genomic clone. Comparison of the sequences of the cDNA and the genomic gene revealed that the coding region of the gene was interrupted by 14 introns 66 to 1547 bp long. Northern and western blotting analyses showed that the gene was expressed at high levels in developing seeds. When the 5′-flanking region between −930 and +85 from the site of initiation of transcription was fused to a reporter gene for β-glucuronidase (GUS) and then introduced into the rice genome, histochemical staining revealed strong GUS activity in the inner endosperm tissue of developing seeds and weak activity in root tips. Similar tissue-specific expression was also detected by in situ hybridization. These results suggest that AlaAT is involved in nitrogen metabolism during the maturation of rice seed.
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    Differential expression of expansin gene family members during growth and ripening of tomato fruit (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 161-169 
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    Keywords: expansin ; fruit growth ; fruit softening ; gene expression ; Lycopersicon esculentum
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    Notes: Abstract cDNA clones encoding homologues of expansins, a class of cell wall proteins involved in cell wall modification, were isolated from various stages of growing and ripening fruit of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum). cDNAs derived from five unique expansin genes were obtained, termed tomato Exp3 to Exp7, in addition to the previously described ripening-specific tomato Exp1 (Rose et al. (1997) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94: 5955–5960). Deduced amino acid sequences of tomato Exp1, Exp4 and Exp6 were highly related, whereas Exp3, Exp5 and Exp7 were more divergent. Each of the five expansin genes showed a different and characteristic pattern of mRNA expression. mRNA of Exp3 was present throughout fruit growth and ripening, with highest accumulation in green expanding and maturing fruit, and lower, declining levels during ripening. Exp4 mRNA was present only in green expanding fruit, whereas Exp5 mRNA was present in expanding fruit but had highest levels in full-size maturing green fruit and declined during the early stages of ripening. mRNAs from each of these genes were also detected in leaves, stems and flowers but not in roots. Exp6 and Exp7 mRNAs were present at much lower levels than mRNAs of the other expansin genes, and were detected only in expanding or mature green fruit. The results indicate the presence of a large and complex expansin gene family in tomato, and suggest that while the expression of several expansin genes may contribute to green fruit development, only Exp1 mRNA is present at high levels during fruit ripening.
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    Isolation and characterization of mRNAs differentially expressed during ripening of wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.) fruits (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 629-636 
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    Keywords: cDNA cloning ; fruit ripening ; gene expression ; non-climacteric fruit ; wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.)
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    Notes: Abstract Wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.) is an attactive model system for studying ripening in non-climacteric fruit, because of its small diploid genome, its short reproductive cycle, and its capacity for transformation. We have isolated eight ripening-induced cDNAs from this species after differential screening of a cDNA library. The predicted polypeptides of seven of the clones exhibit similarity to database protein sequences, including acyl carrier protein, caffeoyl- CoA 3-O-methyltransferase, sesquiterpene cyclase, major latex protein, cystathionine γ-synthase, dehydrin and an auxin- induced gene. A ninth cDNA clone that was constitutively expressed is predicted to encode a metallothionein-like protein. None of these proteins appear to be directly related to events generally associated with ripening such as cell wall metabolism or the accumulation of sugars and pigments, rather, their putative functions are indicative of the wide range of processes upregulated during fruit ripening.
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    Enzymatic activity and gene expression under water stress of phospholipase D in two cultivars of Vigna unguiculata L.Walp. differing in drought tolerance (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 1257-1265 
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    Keywords: cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) ; drought ; gene expression ; lipid degradation ; phospholipase D
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    Notes: Abstract Phospholipase D, a major lipid-degrading enzyme in plants, was studied in two cultivars of Vigna unguiculata L.Walp, differing in their tolerance to drought (cv. EPACE-1, drought-tolerant, and cv. 1183, drought-susceptible). Enzymatic activities, measured with 14C-PC as substrate, increased when plants were submitted to water stress, the increase being much higher in the drought-sensitive cultivar. A 2911 bp cDNA encoding a putative phospholipase D (VuPLD1) was isolated from a cDNA library prepared from V. unguiculata leaves. The deduced amino acid sequence (809 residues) shows 85.5% identity and 91.3% similarity to that of PLD from Ricinus communis. The expression of the VuPLD1 gene in the leaves is differently modulated by water deficit, depending on the intensity of stress and the tolerance or sensitivity of the plants. In the drought-susceptible V. unguiculata cv. 1183, it readily increased under water stress, reaching maximum values at mild water deficit (−1.5 MPa). In the drought-tolerant cv. EPACE-1, VuPLD1 mRNA remained low throughout the whole drought treatment. Dehydration of leaves led to a dramatic increase in transcript level in both cultivars. Changes in protein amounts semi-quantified by immunoblotting correlated well with variations in transcript steady-state level. Taken together, these results showed that phospholipase D in cowpea plants is essentially regulated at the transcriptional level, and that gene expression is strongly stimulated even by moderate water deficit in the drought-sensitive plant. On the contrary, the drought-tolerant plant presents a remarkable stability of PLD gene expression in conditions of water stress.
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    Identification of genes specifically expressed in cauliflower reproductive meristems. Molecular characterization of BoREM1 (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 427-436 
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    Keywords: reproductive development ; gene expression ; subtractive hybridization ; cauliflower
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    Notes: Abstract Using the meristems of the cauliflower curd as a source of tissue and a series of subtractive hybridizations and amplification reactions, we have constructed a cDNA library highly enriched in cDNAs expressed in reproductive meristems. The analysis of a sample of 250 clones from this library identified 22 cDNA clones corresponding to genes specifically expressed in these cauliflower meristems. Apart from two clones that corresponded to APETALA1, and two other ones showing similarity to different aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, the remaining clones showed no similarity to any sequence in the databases and may correspond to novel genes. One of these clones, BoREM1, was further characterized and found to correspond to a gene encoding a protein with features of regulatory proteins that follows a expression pattern very similar to the LEAFY transcripts.
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    A strong constitutive positive element is essential for the ammonium-regulated expression of a soybean gene encoding cytosolic glutamine synthetase (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 551-564 
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    Keywords: ammonium ; gene expression ; glutamine synthetase ; nodules ; positive element ; promoter
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    Notes: Abstract In order to identify important promoter elements controlling the ammonium-regulated expression of the soybean gene GS15 encoding cytosolic glutamine synthetase, a series of 5′ promoter deletions were fused to the GUS reporter gene. To allow the detection of positive and negative regulatory elements, a series of 3′ deletions were fused to a −90 CaMV 35S promoter fragment placed upstream of the GUS gene. Both types of construct were introduced into Lotus corniculatus plants and soybean roots via Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation. Both spectrophotometric enzymatic analysis and histochemical localization of GUS activity in roots, root nodules and shoots of transgenic plants revealed that a strong constitutive positive element (SCPE) of 400 bp, located in the promoter distal region is indispensable for the ammonium- regulated expression of GS15. Interestingly, this SCPE was able to direct constitutive expression in both a legume and non- legume background to a level similar to that driven by the CaMV 35S full-length promoter. In addition, results showed that separate proximal elements, located in the first 727 bp relative to the transcription start site, are essential for root- and root nodule-specific expression. This proximal region contains an AAAGAT and two TATTTAT consensus sequences characteristic of nodulin or nodule-enhanced gene promoters. A putative silencer region containing the same TATTTAT consensus sequence was identified between the SCPE and the organ-specific elements. The presence of positive, negative and organ-specific elements together with the three TATTTAT consensus sequences within the promoter strongly suggest that these multiple promoter fragments act in a cooperative manner, depending on the spatial conformation of the DNA for trans-acting factor accessibility.
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    Cloning and characterization of six embryogenesis-associated cDNAs from somatic embryos of Picea glauca and their comparative expression during zygotic embryogenesis (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 859-864 
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    Keywords: embryo-abundant cDNAs ; gene expression ; gymnosperm ; Picea glauca ; somatic embryogenesis
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    Notes: Abstract Six somatic embryogenesis-associated cDNAs (PgEMB2, 6, 7, 8, 24 and 34) from white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) somatic embryos have been characterized. Transcript accumulation during somatic embryo development and subsequent germination related to these genes, indicated that they were developmentally regulated. The transcripts related to clones PgEMB2, 6, 24 and 34 were also detected during zygotic embryo development, but transcripts of clones PgEMB7 and 8 were not. PgEMB24 had a similar gene expression pattern to spruce Em-like late embryo abundant (lea) gene, but other clones had no similarities in gene expression to either spruce lea-like or storage protein genes. Abscisic acid, a stimulator for spruce somatic embryo maturation, did not obviously affect gene expression corresponding to these cDNAs. The predicted proteins are distinguishable from known LEA proteins based on analyses of hydropathy plots, amino acid compositions and deduced protein structures. The similarities of the spruce cDNAs, and protein sequences predicted from these cDNAs, to other sequence data are described.
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    Mutation of GT-1 binding sites in the Pr-1A promoter influences the level of inducible gene expression in vivo (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 40 (1999), S. 387-396 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; GT-1 ; PR-1a ; PR proteins ; salicylic acid-induced ; transcription factors
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    Notes: Abstract Infection of Nicotiana tabacum Samsun NN with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) results in a hypersensitive plant response and leads to systemic acquired resistance (SAR). The induction of SAR is mediated by the plant hormone salicylic acid (SA) and is accompanied by the induced expression of a number of genes including the pathogenesis-related (PR) gene 1a. Previously, it has been found that TMV infection and SA treatment resulted in a reduction of binding of nuclear protein GT-1 to far-upstream regions (−902 to −656) of the PR-1a gene. To test if GT-1 is a negative regulator of PR-1a gene expression, the effects of mutations in the seven putative GT-1 binding sites in this region were studied in vitro using dimethyl sulfate interference footprinting and band shift assays. This showed that at least one of the seven sites is indeed a GT-1 binding site. However, when tested in transgenic plants, the mutations did not result in constitutive expression of the chimeric PR-1a/GUS transgene, while inducible expression after SA treatment was decreased. The results suggest that binding of GT-1-like proteins to far-upstream PR-1a promoter regions indeed influences gene expression. A possible model for GT-1's mode of action in PR-1a gene expression is discussed.
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    Expression of two PIP genes in rapidly growing internodes of rice is not primarily controlled by meristem activity or cell expansion (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 40 (1999), S. 985-995 
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    Keywords: aquaporin ; gene expression ; growth ; Oryza sativa ; plasma membrane intrinsic protein (PIP) ; rice
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    Notes: Abstract Membrane intrinsic proteins facilitate movement of small molecules often times functioning as water channels. We have identified two genes from rice which encode proteins with characteristic features of plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIP). They possess six membrane-spanning domains, an NPA repeat, overall high sequence homologies and characteristic C- and N-terminal hallmark motifs which allowed assignment of OsPIP1a to the PIP1 subfamily and of OsPIP2a to the PIP2 subfamily. OsPIP1a and OsPIP2a showed similar but not identical expression patterns. The two genes were expressed at higher levels in seedlings than in adult plants and expression in the primary root was regulated by light. In internodes of deepwater rice plants which were induced to grow rapidly by submergence, transcript levels were slightly induced in the intercalary meristem (IM) and slightly reduced in the elongation zone (EZ) after 18 h. In internodes of GA-induced excised stem sections transcript levels transiently declined in the IM and EZ after 1 h and subsequently recovered to elevated levels after 18 h. GA also induced OsPIP expression in non-growing tissue after 18 h. In the IM of submergence-induced stem sections transcript levels remained constitutive. The different growth-promoting treatments showed no direct correlation between growth rate and OsPIP gene expression in dividing or expanding cells. In fact, treatment of excised stem sections with ABA or drought stress induced similar changes in OsPIP expression in the growing zone during the first 6 h as GA did. We conclude that regulation of OsPIP1a and OsPIP2a expression is not primarily controlled by growth. GA-induced growth may however change the water status of cells which in turn results in altered PIP abundance.
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    Identification of two chilling-regulated 1-aminocyclopropane- 1-carboxylate synthase genes from citrus (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) fruit (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 587-600 
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    Keywords: ACC synthase ; chilling ; Citrus sinensis ; ethylene ; gene expression ; peel
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    Notes: Abstract Diurnal change in the temperature below or above 12.5 °C hastens the degreening of citrus peel and elicits the phytohormone ethylene production in citrus fruit. Ethylene triggers the degradation of chlorophyll and synthesis of carotenoids in citrus peel. To investigate if ethylene is required for the degreening of citrus peel elicited by low temperatures, we studied the chilling-regulated gene expression of ACC synthase, one of the key enzymes catalyzing ethylene biosynthesis. We isolated and characterized a chilling-inducible 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase (ACC synthase) gene, CS-ACS1, and a chilling-repressible gene, CS-ACS2, from citrus peel. The CS-ACS1 transcript 1.7 kb in length encodes a polypeptide of 483 amino acids (M r 54 115, pI 6.63), whereas the CS-ACS2 transcript of 1.8 kb encodes a polypeptide of 477 amino acids (M r 53 291, pI 6.72). Both genes showed a rapid but transient induction (within 2.4 h) of transcripts upon rewarming after the chilling (4 °C) treatment. After 24 h of incubation at room temperature, CS-ACS1 mRNA diminished to an undetectable level, whereas the CS-ACS2 mRNA regained its basal level of expression attained prior to the chilling treatment. Chilling-induced ethylene production and ACC accumulation were also observed upon rewarming. Both genes were also induced by the wound stress (excision). The protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide super-enhances the accumulation of both ACS transcripts at room temperature. Molecular analysis of the 3.3 kb genomic DNA of CS-ACS1 revealed that this gene consists of three introns and four exons. The intron 3 is exceptionally large (1.2 kb) and shares significant homology with mitochondrial DNA, supporting the intron-late theory.
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    Occurrence of five different chromosomal HMG1 proteins in various maize tissues (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 351-361 
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    Keywords: chromatin ; gene expression ; high-mobility-group protein HMG1 ; HMGe ; protein stability ; Zea mays
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    Notes: Abstract The nuclear HMG1 proteins of higher plants are small non-histone proteins that have DNA-bending activity and are considered architectural factors in chromatin. The occurrence of the chromosomal HMG1 proteins, HMGa, HMGc1/2 and HMGd, in various maize tissues was analyzed, and in the course of these studies a novel HMG1 protein, now termed HMGe, was identified. Purification and characterization of HMGe (Mr 13 655) and cloning of the corresponding cDNA revealed that it displays only moderate similarity to other members of the plant HMG1 protein family. The five maize HMG1 proteins could be detected in kernels, leaves, roots and suspension culture cells, indicating that these proteins can be expressed simultaneously and occur relatively ubiquitously. However, the various HMG1 proteins are present in significantly different quantities with HMGa and HMGc1/2 being the most abundant HMG1 proteins in all tissues tested. Furthermore, the relative amounts of the various HMG1 proteins differ among the tissues examined. The HMG1 proteins were found to be relatively stable proteins in vivo, with HMGc1/2, HMGd and HMGe having a half-life of ca. 50 h in cultured cells, while the half-life of the HMGa protein is ca. 65 h. Collectively, these findings are compatible with the concept that the different plant HMG1 proteins might act as general architectural proteins in concert with site-specific factors in the assembly of certain nucleoprotein structures involved in various biological processes.
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    Structure and expression of the gene family encoding putrescine N-methyltransferase in Nicotiana tabacum: new clues to the evolutionary origin of cultivated tobacco (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 387-401 
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    Keywords: alkaloids ; gene expression ; Nicotiana tabacum ; nicotine ; putrescine N-methyltransferase ; tobacco gene evolution
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    Notes: Abstract The structure and nuclear genomic organization of the gene family encoding putrescine N-methyltransferase (PMT), the key enzyme in diverting polyamine metabolism towards the biosynthesis of nicotine and related alkaloids, was examined in Nicotiana tabacum. Five genes encoding PMT are present in the N. tabacum genome and all are expressed. The complete coding region and immediate 5′- and 3′- flanking regions were characterized for four members of the gene family and the Exon 1 region of the fifth member of the family was determined. Comparison of the nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the N. tabacum PMT genes with those of presumed progenitor species, N. sylvestris, N. tomentosiformis and N. otophora, revealed that three members of the N. tabacum PMT gene family were most similar to the three genes present in N. sylvestris, whereas the two remaining PMT genes were similar to PMT genes present in N. tomentosiformis and N. otophora genomes, respectively. These data are consistent with an evolutionary origin of N. tabacum resulting from a cross involving N. sylvestris and an introgressed hybrid between N. tomentosiformis and N. otophora. The five PMT genes present in N. tabacum are expressed in the roots of wild-type plants, but not in other organs. The steady-state level of all five PMT transcripts is transiently increased in roots following topping (removal of the floral meristem), although the maximum level of induction for the individual transcripts varies considerably. In contrast to wild-type plants, no increase in PMT transcript levels was observed in a low-alkaloid (nic1nic2) mutant of Burley 21. These data support a role for nic1 and nic2 in the global regulation of alkaloid formation in tobacco and provide for the first time molecular confirmation of the presumed origin of cultivated tobacco.
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    Thiol redox state regulates expression of psbA genes in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 425-433 
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    Keywords: D1 protein ; gene expression ; psbA genes ; redox regulation ; Synechococcus
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    Notes: Abstract Three psbA genes encode two different forms of the photosystem II reaction centre protein D1 in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942. The psbAI gene encoding D1 protein form I (D1:1) is mainly expressed under low growth light conditions while the psbAII and psbAIII genes, encoding D1 protein form II (D1:2), are induced under stress conditions (e.g. high light or low temperature). In this paper we show that psbAII/III genes can be rapidly induced even under low growth light conditions by adding the thiol reductant (DTTred) to Synechococcus cell culture, at a concentration that does not affect cell growth or photosynthetic activity. Similar induction of psbAII/III genes was obtained by illuminating the cells with photosystem I light. In both instances psbAI gene down-regulation coincided with the up-regulation of psbAII/III genes. DTTred-induced exchange in transcript pools was subsequently followed by an exchange of D1:1 for D1:2 at the protein level. Thiol oxidants, iodosobenzoic acid or diamide, reverted the effects of DTTred on psbA gene expression. Thiol oxidants and the thiol-modifying agent N-ethylmaleimide also totally prevented high-light induction of psbAII/III genes. These data strongly suggest that the up-regulation of psbAII/III genes that occurs under stress conditions is mediated by production of thiol reductants, whereas the expression of the psbAI gene is sustained by the more oxidizing conditions that prevail during the steady-state growth of cells.
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    Biochemical and molecular aspects of C/N interaction in ectomycorrhizal plants: an update (1999)
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    Plant and soil 215 (1999), S. 103-113 
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    Keywords: ammonium assimilation ; Amanita muscaria ; carbon allocation ; ectomycorrhiza ; gene expression ; Picea abies ; sugar transport
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract The symbiosis (ectomycorrhiza, ECM) between roots of trees and shrubs of boreal and temperate forest ecosystems and soil fungi is essential for water and nutrient acquisition of the plants. The functionality of ECM is largely dependent on the ability of the host plant to supply photoassimilates to the fungus via the symbiotic interface. Based on sterile in vitro and non-sterile pot experiments, we review data which gives evidence that hexoses are supplied to the fungus by the host plant (mainly glucose and fructose), and that these sugars, at least in part, control development and function of ECM by interfering with fungal gene expression. We further show that any factor which reduces hexose allocation to the host–fungus interface will adversely affect ECM development. As an example, we address the impact of increased supply of nitrogen on the biochemistry of plant–fungus interaction and discuss potential consequences on host performance.
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    cDNA cloning and characterization of maize phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, a bundle sheath cell-specific enzyme (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 301-311 
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    Keywords: bundle sheath cell ; C4 photosynthesis ; gene expression ; PEP carboxykinase ; prokaryotic expression ; Zea mays
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    Notes: Abstract We isolated a full-length cDNA that encodes ATP-dependent phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (EC 4.1.1.49, PCK) from leaves of maize, an NADP-malic enzyme type C4 plant. The mRNA was specifically and rather abundantly expressed in bundle sheath cells in accordance with the recent finding of cell-type-specific localization of PCK protein in maize, which has been detected with antibodies against cucumber PCK protein. The predicted protein had an N-terminal extension, which is characteristic of plant PCKs. The transcript level was much higher in the daytime than at night in 14-day old seedlings. However, in 42-day old plants the extent of diurnal change decreased. The maize PCK was expressed in Escherichia coli with the pET32 plasmid and purified to homogeneity. Through digestion with enterokinase, two types of enzyme were prepared; one with an intact N-terminus and the other lacking its N-terminal 77 amino acid residues due to over-digestion. The truncated protein had about 2-fold higher specific activity than the intact one, and was inhibited by 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PGA) with an I0.5 of 17.5 mM. In contrast, the intact protein was almost insensitive to 3-PGA. These results strongly suggest that the intact N-terminal extension may be involved in the regulation of PCK activity in vivo through some modification such as reversible phosphorylation.
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    Rice calcium-dependent protein kinase isoforms OsCDPK2 and OsCDPK11 show different responses to light and different expression patterns during seed development (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 753-764 
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    Keywords: calcium-dependent protein kinase ; gene expression ; immunoassays ; light regulation ; rice ; seed development
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    Notes: Abstract We investigated the spatial and temporal expression patterns of two rice calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs), OsCDPK2 and OSCDPK11, using isoform-specific antisera. Bands of the expected molecular sizes for OsCDPK2 (59 kDa) and OsCDPK11 (61 kDa) were detected on western blots. OsCDPK2 and OsCDPK11 mRNA and protein levels increased in unison during flower development. However, at the onset of seed development, the protein expression profiles diverged significantly. OsCDPK2 protein was expressed at low levels during early seed development, but increased to high levels that were maintained in later stages (20 days after fertilisation, DAF). Conversely, OsCDPK11 protein levels were high at the beginning of seed development, but fell rapidly from 10 DAF onwards. This decrease in the level of OsCDPK11 protein was associated with the abundant synthesis of a truncated mRNA species. OsCDPK2 expression was also closely associated with light perception. OsCDPK2 protein was barely detectable in green leaves exposed to light, but levels increased sharply when plants were shifted to darkness. Initially, this increase reflected a rapid elevation in the levels of OsCDPK2 mRNA, which was normally located in the mesophyll. Conversely, OsCDPK11 mRNA and protein levels were unaffected by light. These data strongly indicate that two rice CDPK isoforms have different functions in seed development and in response to light in leaves.
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    Differential gene expression between wheat hybrids and their parental inbreds in seedling leaves (1999)
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    Euphytica 106 (1999), S. 117-123 
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    Keywords: differential display ; gene expression ; heterosis ; hybrid wheat ; seedling leaf
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Differential display of mRNA was used to analyze the differences of gene expression in seedling leaves between heterotic hybrid/nonheterotic hybrid and their parental inbreds in order to study the molecular basis of heterosis in wheat. The results indicated that patterns of gene expression in hybrids differ significantly from their parents. Both quantitative and qualitative differences were observed. The quantitative differences include gene over-expression, gene under-expression in hybrid and dominant expression of highly-expressed parental genes in hybrids. The qualitative differences include silencing in hybrids of genes expressed either in male or female parent, and silencing in hybrids of genes expressed in both parents. Expression in hybrid of genes only expressed either in male or female parent was also observed. It was also found that some genes expressed at high level in heterotic hybrid were underexpressed or expressed at low level in nonheterotic hybrid. One differentially expressed cDNA fragment 4B was cloned and sequenced after being confirmed through Northern blot analysis. Homology search in GenBank proved that the cDNA fragment is a new sequence. The selection of primers for differential RNA display in wheat and the relationship between wheat heterosis and alteration of gene expression in hybrids as compared to their parental inbreds were also discussed.
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    Molecular analysis of acclimation to cold (1999)
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    Plant growth regulation 29 (1999), S. 47-76 
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    Keywords: cold ; chill ; freezing ; gene expression ; signal transduction pathways
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Temperature is expected to affect all plant processes. Consistent with this, expression of a large number of specific mRNAs and proteins is up-regulated during cold-acclimation. Their possible functions are outlined, encompassing a wide range of processes, some possibly related to other winter stresses besides cold. Some of the cold-responsive sequences are associated with constitutive or stress-related metabolism, others are probably protective, some may influence freezing, and many are of as yet unknown function. While many of the sequences code for intracellular proteins, a significant number code for apoplastic proteins with a variety of possible functions. Transient influx of calcium into the cytosol appears to be a key step in the response to cold, and also to many other stresses and signals. Similarly, the cold-responsive promoter element identified so far is also responsive to drought and salt. However, how cold is sensed, and any cold-specific aspects of the cold signal transduction pathway, are, so far, unknown. What is clear is that, at least in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, cold-, desiccation-, salt- and ABA-triggered signal transduction pathways, and possibly others, run partly in parallel and partly intersect. This may be partly explained by a need for an integrated winter-response. The total number of genes which are cold-responsive and the quantity of resources which this implies are used in this way, indicate that many must have a positive role in acclimation. Experiments which modify membrane lipid unsaturation or solute accumulation, achieved by transformation of plants to express exotic or heterologous genes or by other means, confirm that these factors affect chill- or freezing-tolerance. A transgenic test has shown that one cold-up-regulated gene of previously unknown function contributes to freezing-tolerance, but the small effect re-emphasises the probably cumulative nature of the contributions of many cold-up-regulated sequences to acclimation. On the other hand, mutant analysis indicates some genes may make a comparatively larger contribution. Transformation of alfalfa to overexpress a superoxide dismutase gene increased cold-tolerance and drought-resistance and demonstrated that improvements in field-survival of stresses is possible by transgenic means. Over-expression of a transcription factor, CBF1, conferred freezing-tolerance on Arabidopsis, showing that manipulation of the signal transduction pathway could be an important method for modifying cold-tolerance.
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    Cellular distribution of insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) mRNA and hormonal regulation of IGF-I and IGF-II mRNA expression in rainbow trout testis (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (1999)
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    Fish physiology and biochemistry 20 (1999), S. 219-229 
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    Keywords: fish ; gene expression ; GH ; GtH ; gonad ; growth factors ; RT-PCR ; salmonid
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    Notes: Abstract In this study, Northern blot analysis of RNA from trout testis revealed a single transcript of insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) around 4.7 kb. The cellular distribution of IGF-II mRNA was studied and quantified in different testicular cells enriched populations by RT-PCR. IGF-II mRNA appears to be expressed in all cellular types tested: spermatogonia A and B, primary spermatocytes, spermatids and secondary spermatocytes and Sertoli cells. A significantly higher expression of IGF-II was found in premeiotic germ cells. The levels of IGF-II mRNA appear to be higher than those of IGF-I in immature trout testis, as judged from the semi-quantitative RT-PCR results. These data suggest that in addition to IGF-I, IGF-II may play a role in testicular physiology in fish. The hormonal regulation of IGF-I and IGF-II gene expression was investigated both in vitro and in vivo using RT-PCR approach. Gonadotropin (GtH) added to testicular explants increased IGF-II mRNA levels but had no effect on IGF-I. No statistically significant effect was observed with androgens. In vivo, GH and pituitary extracts resulted in an 8 fold and 2-3 fold increase in both IGF-I and IGF-II mRNA levels, respectively. Taken together, our study suggests that IGF-I and IGF-II may act as local mediators of GH and GtHs in fish testis. Moreover, our results imply that in fish testicular cells, IGFs are potential paracrine/autocrine regulators inside the spermatogenic compartment and can act directly on germ cells to stimulate their proliferation.
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    Tubulin and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Gene Expression in Developing Fetal Human Brain at Midgestation (1999)
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    Neurochemical research 24 (1999), S. 637-641 
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    Keywords: Tubulin ; glial fibrillary acidic protein ; gene expression ; human fetal brain
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Developmental alterations in the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and α-tubulin were examined at the level of mRNA and protein in human fetal brain between weeks 13–23 of gestation. Except for a transient increase at week 15, GFAP expression in the cytoskeletal (CSK) fraction was low until week 17, when it increased steadily to week 23, corresponding to the phase of glial proliferation. The developmental profile of α-tubulin in the CSK fraction displayed a biphasic pattern, with an initial rise between weeks 13–16 coinciding with the early phase of neuroblast multiplication, and a second rise between weeks 17–23 corresponding to the phase of glial proliferation. No significant difference in the spatial distribution of α-tubulin was found in different region of brain but GFAP expression varied with a higher level in cerebellum than that in cerebrum at late midgestation.
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    Uncoupling Protein 3: Its Possible Biological Role and Mode of Regulation in Rodents and Humans (1999)
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    Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 31 (1999), S. 467-473 
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    Keywords: Uncoupling proteins ; fatty acids ; skeletal muscle ; brown adipose tissue ; obesity ; thermogenesis ; gene expression
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The recently discovered uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) is highly homologous to the mitochondrialinner membrane protein UCP1, which generates heat by uncoupling the respiratory chainfrom oxidative phosphorylation. The thermogenic function of UCP1 protects against cold andregulates the energy balance in rodents. We review in vitro studies investigating the uncouplingactivity of UCP3 and in vivo studies, which address UCP3 gene expression in brown adiposetissue and skeletal muscle under various metabolic conditions. The data presented are, for themost, consistent with an uncoupling role for UCP3 in regulatory thermogenesis. We alsodiscuss mediators of UCP3 regulation and propose a potential role for intracellular fatty acidsin the mechanism of UCP3 modulation. Finally, we hypothesize a role for UCP3 in themetabolic adaptation of the mitochondria to the degradation of fatty acids.
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    In-Vitro and In-Vivo Action of Cannabinoids (1999)
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    Neurochemical research 24 (1999), S. 1233-1240 
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    Keywords: Anandamide ; AMPA GluR3 receptor subunit ; cannabinoid CB1 receptor ; cAMP ; gene expression ; cannabinoid antagonist ; SR141716A ; Xenopus oocytes
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The discovery of endocannabinoids such as anandamide and the wide spread localization of cannabinoid receptors in the brain and peripheral tissues, suggests that the cannabinoid system represents a previously unrecognized ubiquitous net work in the nervous system, whose physiology and function is unfolding. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that some of the actions of anandamide are independent of a cannabinoid receptor mechanism. This was accomplished by the use of cannabinoid agonist and antagonist interaction in an in-vitro and in-vivo test systems. In-vitro, we used Xenopus laevis oocytes expression system and two-voltage clamp technique in combination with differential display polymerase chain reaction to determine whether the differential display of genes following treatment with anandamide may be linked to AMPA glutamate receptor. The differential expression of genes in vivo after the sub-acute administration of anandamide could not be directly linked with the AMPA glutamate receptor. In the voltage clamp studies we investigated the effects of anandamide on recombinant AMPA GluR3 sub-unit currents generated by kainic acid in oocytes expressing the AMPA glutamate receptor. In the in-vitro studies, we present evidence that anandamide inhibited the kainate activated currents in oocytes expressing AMPA glutamate receptor involves cAMP transduction via a cannabinoid receptor independent mechanism. In the in-vivo studies, SR141716A, the CB1 antagonist, induced anxiolysis, that was dependent on the mouse strain used in the anxiety model and blocked the anxiogenic effects of anandamide or methanandamide whereas SR141716A had no effect on the anandamide inhibition of kainate activated currents in-vitro.
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    Overexpression of cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase gene from Brevibacillus brevis in Escherichia coli by control of temperature and mannitol concentration (1999)
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    Biotechnology techniques 13 (1999), S. 765-770 
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    Keywords: Brevibacillus ; cyclodextrin ; gene expression ; glycosyltransferase ; mannitol ; polyol
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    Topics: Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract Expression of Brevibacillus brevis CD162 cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) gene using pET22b(+) vector in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) resulted in the formation of inactive inclusion bodies under the usual induction conditions. However, by lowering the induction temperature to 30 °C and/or adding 0.5 M mannitol as an osmolyte, the formation of insoluble aggregates was prevented and about a 34-fold increase (8.51 U ml−1) in biologically active soluble form was achieved after 6 h induction. The active CGTase enzyme was estimated to comprise as much as 24% of the total soluble proteins. In addition, other polyols such as glycerol, erythritol, xylitol, sorbitol, and arabitol showed similar effects with mannitol on the production of active CGTase enzyme.
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    The Expression of Several Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Encoding the Subunits of Electron Transport Chain Enzyme Complexes, Cytochrome c Oxidase, and NADH Dehydrogenase, in Different Brain Regions in Alzheimer's Disease (1999)
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    Neurochemical research 24 (1999), S. 767-774 
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    Keywords: Alzheimer's disease ; gene expression ; cytochrome c oxidase: NADH dehydrogenase ; mRNA ; RT PCR
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    Notes: Abstract In this study, changes of the expression of two mitochondrial and two nuclear genes encoding the subunits of cytochrome c oxidase (CO) and NADH dehydrogenase (ND) were studied in the hippocampus, inferior parietal lobule, and cerebellum of 10 Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 10 age-matched control subjects. The altered proportion between CO II and CO IV mRNAs was observed in the AD brain. Changes of the proportion between CO II and CO IV transcripts may contribute to the kinetic perturbation of CO documented in AD. A coordinated decrease of ND4 and ND15 mRNAs was found in the AD hippocampus and inferior parietal lobule, but not in cerebellum. The decrease of ND4 gene expression may lead to the inhibition of normal ubiquinone oxidoreductase activity of ND. This study suggests that changes of the expression of mitochondrial and nuclear genes, encoding parts of ND and CO enzyme complexes, may contribute to alterations of oxidative metabolism in AD.
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    Differential sensitivity of human mammary epithelial and breast carcinoma cell lines to curcumin (1999)
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    Breast cancer research and treatment 54 (1999), S. 269-278 
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    ISSN: 1573-7217
    Keywords: apoptosis ; breast carcinoma ; cell cycle ; curcumin ; cytotoxicity ; gene expression ; RT‐PCR
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    Notes: Abstract Curcumin has anti‐inflamatory, antiproliferative, and antitumor effects. To understand the chemopreventive mechanism of curcumin against human malignancies, the cellular and molecular changes induced by this agent in human mammary epithelial (MCF‐10A) and breast carcinoma (MCF‐ 7/TH) cell lines were investigated. The human multidrug‐ resistant breast cancer cell line was 3.5 fold more sensitive to curcumin than the mammary epithelial cell line. Even though both cell lines accumulated a similar amount of curcumin, a significantly higher percentage of apoptotic cells was induced in breast cancer cells compared to a very low percentage of apoptosis in mammary epithelial cells. Incubation of breast cancer cells with 20 and 40 μM curcumin for 24 h induced G2 block and sub‐ G0/G1 cell population, respectively. Curcumin treatment caused a reduction in the expression of Ki67, PCNA, and p53 mRNAs in breast cancer cells. The human mammary epithelial cell line showed a down‐regulation of p21 mRNA and an up‐regulation of Bax mRNA expression with curcumin treatment. The results suggest that apoptosis is involved in the curcumin‐induced inhibition of tumor cell growth, and genes associated with cell proliferation and apoptosis may be playing a role in the chemopreventive action of curcumin. Abbreviations: EGF: epidermal growth factor; D-MEM: Dulbecco' Modified Eagle Medium; EDTA: ethylene diamine tetra‐acetic acid; PBS: phosphate buffered saline; TdT: terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase; FBS: fetal bovine serum; RT‐PCR: reverse transcription‐polymerase chain reaction; PCNA: proliferating cell nuclear antigen; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; TPA: 12‐tetradecanoyl‐phorbol‐13‐acetate.
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    Differentially expressed genes associated with the metastatic phenotype in breast cancer (1999)
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    Breast cancer research and treatment 55 (1999), S. 125-134 
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    Keywords: breast cancer ; differential display ; gene expression ; invasion ; metastasis
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    Notes: Abstract We have previously shown that human breast carcinoma cells demonstrating an interconverted phenotype, where keratin (epithelial marker) and vimentin (mesenchymal marker) intermediate filaments are both expressed, have an increased ability to invade a basement membrane matrix in vitro. This increase in invasive potential has been demonstrated in MDA‐MB‐231 cells, which constitutively express keratins and vimentin, and in MCF‐7 cells transfected with the mouse vimentin gene (MoVi). However, vimentin expression alone is not sufficient to confer the complete metastatic phenotype in MoVi cells, as determined by orthotopic administration. Thus, in the present study, differential display analysis was utilized to identify genes that are associated with the invasive and/or metastatic phenotype of several human breast cancer cell lines. Forty‐four of 84 PCR fragments were differentially expressed as assessed by Northern hybridization analysis of RNA isolated from MCF‐7, MoVi, and MB‐231 cell lines. Polyadenylated RNA from a panel of poorly invasive, invasive/non‐metastatic, and invasive/metastatic breast carcinoma cell lines was used to differentiate between cell‐specific gene expression and genes associated with the invasive and/or metastatic phenotype(s). We observed that lysyl oxidase and a zinc finger transcription factor were expressed only in the invasive and/or metastatic cell line; whereas, a thiol‐specific antioxidant and a heterochromatin protein were down‐regulated in these cells. In contrast, tissue factor was expressed only in breast carcinoma cell lines having the highest invasive potential. These results suggest that specific genes involved in breast cancer invasion and metastasis can be separated by differential display methodology to elucidate the molecular basis of tumor cell progression.
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    Changes in Gene Expression during the Transition from Compensated Hypertrophy to Heart Failure (1999)
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    Heart failure reviews 4 (1999), S. 361-378 
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    ISSN: 1573-7322
    Keywords: gene expression ; heart failure ; hypertrophy ; cell signaling ; E-C coupling ; extracellular matrix ; neurohormones ; growth factors ; cytokines ; apoptosis
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract With the advancement in molecular techniques for characterizing genes and the use of animal models as tools to study heart failure, considerable progress has been made in improving our understanding of the regulation and function of genes associated with heart failure. Studies now indicate that autocrine/paracrine factors including neurohormones such as norepinephrine, angiotensin II, proinflammatory cytokines and peptide growth factors produced locally in the heart may affect myocyte growth and function through intricate signaling mechanisms. While changes in gene expression for the proteins involved in cell signaling may lead to myocyte hypertrophy and/or apoptosis, alteration in calcium homeostasis, excitation-contraction coupling and the extracellular matrix also contribute to systolic and diastolic dysfunction leading to heart failure. Thus, heart failure is a complex process, which involves changes in expression of multiple genes. With the advent of new techniques involving microarray and gene chip technology, it is now possible to define and/or identify sets of genes involved in heart failure. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of molecular signals, intracellular signaling mechanisms and the changes in gene expression associated with the transition from compensated hypertrophy to failure.
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    Effect of Diltiazem on Cardiac Remodeling in Rats Assessed by Doppler Echocardiography and mRNA Expression (1999)
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    Cardiovascular drugs and therapy 13 (1999), S. 249-258 
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    ISSN: 1573-7241
    Keywords: ventricular remodeling ; myocardial infarction ; diltiazem ; Doppler echocardiography ; gene expression ; cardiac function
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Summary. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of diltiazem on cardiac dysfunction and the change in cardiac gene expression after myocardial infarction in rats. On the first day after myocardial infarction, rats were randomly assigned to a diltiazem treatment (Dil, n = 7) or an untreated group (MI, n = 8). We then performed Doppler-echocardiographic examinations on the rats and measured their hemodynamics at 4 weeks after myocardial infarction. Following these measurements, their cardiac mRNA was analyzed. Diltiazem decreased the mean aortic pressure and heart rate. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) and central venous pressure (CVP) increased to 18 ± 2 mmHg and 5 ± 1 mmHg (P 〈 0.01). Diltiazem reduced LVEDP to 14 ± 1 mmHg (P 〈 0.05), but it did not change CVP. The weight of the right ventricle in MI was significantly larger than in the control rats (control, n = 7, 0.46 ± 0.02 g/kg vs. MI, 0.81 ± 0.06 g/kg; P 〈 0.01). The left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVDd) in MI increased to 8.8 ± 0.3 mm (P 〈 0.01, control, 6.1 ± 0.3 mm). Diltiazem prevented an increase in the weight of the right ventricle (0.69 ± 0.03 g/kg, P 〈 0.05) and LVDd (7.7 ±6 0.2 mm, P 〈 0.05 to MI). The rats within MI showed systolic dysfunction, defined by a decreased ejection fraction (control, 67 ± 2% vs. MI, 36 ± 3%, P 〈 0.01), and diastolic dysfunction, defined by the E-wave deceleration rate (control, 13.4 ± 1.6 m/s2 vs. MI, 30.4 ± 3.4 m/s2 P 〈 0.01). Diltiazem significantly prevented systolic and diastolic dysfunction. The increases in β-MHC, ANP, and collagen type I and III mRNAs in the noninfarcted left ventricle and right ventricle were significantly suppressed by treatment with diltiazem. α-Skeletal actin increased in MI, and α-skeletal actin was more increased with Dil. In conclusion, diltiazem prevents cardiac dysfunction and morphological change due to left ventricular remodeling after experimental myocardial infarction.
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    Expression of Inhibin/Activin Subunits and Their Receptors and Binding Proteins in Human Preimplantation Embryos (1999)
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    Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics 16 (1999), S. 73-80 
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    ISSN: 1573-7330
    Keywords: activin ; activin receptors ; semiquantitative RT-PCR ; gene expression ; embryo-endometrium interaction
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Purpose: Our purpose was to study the role of inhibin/activin during embryogenesis. Methods: Transcripts of inhibin/activin subunits (α, β A , β B ), activin receptors (types I and II), and follistatin were detected by a reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction in human reproductive cells and preembryos cultured alone or co-cultured with human endometrial cells. Results: Transcripts of α, β A , β B subunits were all detected in granulosa luteal cells, but only β A units were detected in endometrial stromal and decidualized cells. In human preimplantation embryos, none of these subunits were detected in embryos from the four-cell to the morula stage and only β A subunits were detectable in blastocyst embryos. Activin receptors were detectable in all of the studied embryos and cells. Transcripts of β A , activin receptors, and follistatin were differentially expressed in human preimplantation embryos cultured in vitro and their expressions were significantly enhanced with the presence of endometrial stromal cells. Conclusions: Our data suggest that there is a possible endometrium–embryo interaction via endometrial activins and preimplantation embryo receptors and that the embryonic expressions of these activins, their receptors, and binding proteins are dependent on embryonic stage.
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    Identification of Changes in Gene Expression Associated with Minimal Residual Disease (1999)
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    Cancer and metastasis reviews 18 (1999), S. 3-13 
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    ISSN: 1573-7233
    Keywords: minimal residual disease ; metastasis ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract Minimal residual disease (MRD), the tumour burden which remains after a course of treatment that has resulted in clinical remission [1], appears to differ in certain characteristics from the primary tumour population. Certainly the cells which comprise MRD have had to escape from the constraints of the primary tumour mass, invade normal tissue and penetrate small vessels in order to enter the circulation in which they then have had to survive. Such activities are the consequence of the expression of specific proteins and these may well be a reflection of alterations in DNA or RNA levels. Identifying the changes in RNA expression levels between related cell groups exhibiting different phenotypes recently has become a great deal easier as a consequence of developments in analytical procedures such as Differential Display (DD) and Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE). Application of these procedures to MRD cells recovered from blood, bone marrow or lymph node, should identify novel sequences associated with tumour progression and the development of disseminated disease.
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    Immunological Response in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Following a Graded Exercise Test to Exhaustion (1999)
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    Journal of clinical immunology 19 (1999), S. 135-142 
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    Keywords: Chronic fatigue syndrome ; immunology ; exercise ; sedentary ; gene expression
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract This study was conducted to evaluate the immunological response to an exhaustive treadmill exercise test in 20 female chronic fatigue syndrome patients compared to 14 matched sedentary controls. Venipuncture was performed at baseline and 4 min, 1 hr, and 24 hr postexercise. White blood cells were labeled for monoclonal antibody combinations and were quantified by FACsan. Cytokines were assayed utilizing quantitative RT/PCR. No group difference was seen in $$\dot VO_{2_{peak} } $$ (28.6 ± 1.6 vs 30.9 ± 1.2 ml · kg−1 · min−1; P 〉 0.05). However, 24 hr after exercise the patients' fatigue levels were significantly increased (P 〈 0.05). The counts of WBC, CD3+CD8+ cells, CD3+CD4+ cells, T cells, B cells, natural killer cells, and IFN-γ changed across time (P's 〈 0.01). No group differences were seen for any of the immune variables at baseline or after exercise (P's 〉 0.05). The immune response of chronic fatigue syndrome patients to exhaustive exercise is not significantly different from that of healthy nonphysically active controls.
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    Identification of disease response genes expressed in Gossypium hirsutum upon infection with the wilt pathogen Verticillium dahliae (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 40 (1999), S. 289-296 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: gene expression ; Gossypium hirsutum ; plant defence response ; Verticillium dahliae
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    Notes: Abstract Verticillium wilt is a vascular disease of cotton (Gossypium spp.) caused by the fungal pathogen Verticillium dahliae. To begin to understand the molecular mechanisms of the disease response in cotton cultivars that display superior wilt tolerance, such as Gossypium hirsutum cv. Sicala V-1, a cDNA library was constructed with mRNA isolated from root tissue of Sicala V-1, 24 h after inoculation with V. dahliae. The library was screened by a differential screening technique which was successful in identifying differences in gene expression between uninfected and V. dahliae-infected G. hirsutum root tissue. Among the differentially expressed clones, 51% represented up-regulated genes which had the potential to be involved in the defence response of G. hirsutum. The temporal expression patterns of nine suspected defence response genes were examined by northern blot analysis at several time intervals after inoculation with V. dahliae. The rapid increase in mRNA transcripts corresponding to each of these clones upon infection suggests a role for these genes in the defence response of G. hirsutum. Genes not previously associated with the defence response of the cotton plant, such as those for a 14-3-3-like protein and pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins, have been identified together with presumably novel genes, for which a definite function could not be ascribed.
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    A transcript encoding translation initiation factor eIF-5A is stored in unfertilized egg cells of maize (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 39 (1999), S. 1063-1071 
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    Keywords: cell cycle ; gene expression ; in vitro fertilization ; maize ; zygote ; embryogenesis
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Differential screening of cDNA libraries of unfertilized egg cells and in vitro zygotes of maize resulted in the isolation of more than 50 different genes whose expression is up- or down-regulated after in vitro fertilization (IVF). Amoung these genes, we identified a cDNA encoding the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF-5A. This highly conserved factor is thought to be necessary for selective mRNA stabilization and translation. It is also the only known protein that contains the unusual amino acid hypusine which is required for biological activity. High transcript amounts are stored in the egg cell, which is, in terms of metabolism, relatively inactive. Upon fertilization transcript amounts decrease, in contrast to metabolically inactive embryos in which the transcript cannot be detected and transcript levels increase upon germination. The expression pattern during the first embryonic cell cycle is also different from that observed during the somatic cell cycle: egg cells in the G0 phase contain high transcript levels, while arrested suspension cells contain few transcripts. In the somatic cell cycle, eif-5A is strongly induced during the G1 phase and transcripts are continuously degraded during the S, G2 and M phases until new induction during the G1 phase of the next cycle. eif-5A, a member of a small gene family in maize, is expressed in most maize tissues investigated. Based on our results, we suggest that the unfertilized egg cell of maize, although relatively inactive regarding its metabolism, is prepared for selective mRNA translation that is quickly triggered after fertilization. We also suggest that the regulation of eif-5A in the first embryonic cell cycle is different from the somatic cell cycle.
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    Characterization and expression of plasma and tonoplast membrane aquaporins in primed seed of Brassica napus during germination under stress conditions (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 40 (1999), S. 635-644 
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    Keywords: aquaporin ; canola ; gene expression ; germination ; priming ; salt and osmotic stresses
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    Notes: Abstract Two aquaporin genes were isolated from a cDNA library of canola (Brassica napus L.). The first aquaporin, BnPIP1 of 1094 bp, encoding a putative polypeptide of 287 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 30.4 kDa and a pI of 7.8, belongs to the family of plasma membrane intrinsic protein (PIPs) aquaporins. The B. napus aquaporin showed 85–94% identity to the Arabidopsis thaliana PIPs. ABA priming of seed induced high levels of BnPIP1 transcript which remained after subsequent re-drying of the seed. The second aquaporin, Bnγ-TIP2 of 1020 bp, encoded a putative polypeptide of 253 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 25.8 kDa and a pI of 5.8. Bnγ-TIP2 showed 83–90% identity to γ-TIP genes from a variety of plant species. Bnγ-TIP2 was expressed only when radicle protrusion occurred in either untreated or primed seeds. Seeds primed with PEG or ABA germinated earlier and showed a higher final percentage of germination than unprimed seed, particularly under salt and osmotic stresses at low temperature. Transcripts of both BnPIP1 and Bnγ-TIP2 genes were present earlier during germination of primed seeds than non-primed seed. From these results, we conclude that BnPIP1 is related to the water transportation required for enzymatic metabolism of storage nutrients at the early stages of canola seed germination whereas Bnγ-TIP2 expression is related to cell growth associated with radicle protrusion. Priming induced the expression of BnPIP1 but had no effect on Bnγ-TIP2.
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    The promoter of a Brassica napus lipid transfer protein gene is active in a range of tissues and stimulated by light and viral infection in transgenic Arabidopsis (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 75-87 
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    Keywords: Brassica napus ; cauliflower mosaic virus ; epidermis ; gene expression ; light induction ; lipid transfer protein
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract cDNA and genomic clones encoding Brassica napus non-specific lipid transfer proteins (LTP) were isolated and sequenced. The encoded amino acid sequences were very similar to those reported previously for LTPs from B. napus and other species. Sequence information indicates that B. napus contains an LTP gene family. The 5′-flanking region of one gene, designated BnLTP, was fused to GUS and the fusion introduced into Arabidopsis. LTP transcripts and BnLTP-Gus expression were present predominantly in the epidermis of leaf and stem, consistent with the hypothesised function of LTPs in the deposition of cuticular or epicuticular waxes. However, GUS activity was detected in other tissues, including lateral root initials, anthers, stigmas and vascular tissues, which may suggest additional functions. LTP transcript levels in B. napus and Arabidopsis and BnLTP-GUS expression in transgenic Arabidopsis were stimulated by blue and red light but not UV-B. BnLTP promoter activity was also stimulated upon viral infection, at a time when the virus had spread systemically. No increase in expression was observed in response to cold or wounding.
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    Auxin and brassinosteroid differentially regulate the expression of three members of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase gene family in mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) (1999)
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    Plant molecular biology 41 (1999), S. 443-454 
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    Keywords: 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase ; auxin ; brassinosteroid ; ethylene ; gene expression ; hypocotyl ; promoter ; transgenic tobacco ; Vigna radiata
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    Notes: Abstract Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) markedly increased ethylene production by inducing the expression of three 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase cDNAs (pVR-ACS1, pVR-ACS6 and pVR-ACS7) in mung bean hypocotyls. Results from nuclear run-on transcription assay and RNA gel blot studies revealed that all three genes were transcriptionally active displaying unique patterns of induction by IAA and various hormones in etiolated hypocotyls. Particularly, 24-epibrassinolide (BR), an active brassinosteroid, specifically enhanced the expression of VR-ACS7 by a distinct temporal induction mechanism compared to that of IAA. In addition, BR synergistically increased the IAA-induced VR-ACS6 and VR-ACS7 transcript levels, while it effectively abolished both the IAA- and kinetin-induced accumulation of VR-ACS1 mRNA. In light-grown plants, VR-ACS1 was induced by IAA in roots, and VR-ACS6 in epicotyls. IAA- and BR-treatments were not able to increase the VR-ACS7 transcript in the light-grown tissues. These results indicate that the expression of ACC synthase multigene family is regulated by complex hormonal and developmental networks in a gene- and tissue-specific manner in mung bean plants. The VR-ACS7 gene was isolated, and chimeric fusion between the 2.4 kb 5′-upstream region and the β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene was constructed and introduced into Nicotiana tabacum. Analysis of transgenic tobacco plants revealed the VR-ACS7 promoter-driven GUS activity at a highly localized region of the hypocotyl-root junction of control seedlings, while a marked induction of GUS activity was detected only in the hypocotyl region of the IAA-treated transgenic seedlings where rapid cell elongation occurs. Although there was a modest synergistic effect of BR on the IAA-induced GUS activity, BR alone failed to increase the GUS activity, suggesting that induction of VR-ACS7 occurs via separate signaling pathways in response to IAA and BR. A scheme of the multiple regulatory pathways for the expression of ACC synthase multigene family by auxin and BR is presented.
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    Optimisation of procedures for microprojectile bombardment of microspore-derived embryos in wheat (1999)
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    Plant cell, tissue and organ culture 57 (1999), S. 207-210 
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    Keywords: biolistics ; gene expression ; haploid ; transformation ; Triticum aestivum
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Using the PDS-1000/He Biolistic® Particle Delivery System, the microprojectile travel distance, rupture disk pressure and DNA/gold particle concentrations were assessed in order to optimise short and longer-term β-glucuronidase reporter gene expression in microspore-derived embryos of wheat. The effects were also evaluated of using sterile filter paper to support explants and treatment with a high osmoticum medium (0.2 M mannitol/0.2 M sorbitol or 0.4 M maltose). In the optimised procedure, wheat microspore-derived embryos (MDEs), were placed on filter paper and incubated on medium containing 0.4 M maltose, for 4 h pre- and 45 h post-bombardment. Five μl pAHC25 (0.75 mg ml-1 in TE buffer) was precipitated onto 25 μl gold particles (60 mg ml-1 in sterile water), using 20 μl spermidine (0.1 M) and 50 μl CaCl2 (2.5 M). The particles were centrifuged and resuspended in 75 μl absolute ethanol prior to the preparation of 6 macrocarriers. A microprojectile travel distance of 70 mm, a rupture pressure of 1300 p.s.i., and a vacuum of 29′′ Hg were employed. Maltose at 0.4 M in the support medium was the most important factor influencing GUS activity in bombarded tissues. GUS activity, 1 day post-bombardment, reached 52 ± 17 GUS-positive foci/MDE (mean ± s.e.m, n=3), with 17 ± 4 foci/MDE at 15 days, giving a 3.0-fold increase (p〈0.05) compared to expression in MDEs bombarded on medium without a high osmoticum treatment.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1006384525513
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    Enhancement of bovine growth hormone gene expression by increasing the plasmid copy number (1999)
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    Biotechnology letters 21 (1999), S. 1-5 
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    ISSN: 1573-6776
    Keywords: bovine growth hormone ; gene expression ; plasmid copy number
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract Effect of copy number on the expression of bovine growth hormone gene (bGH) was investigated using the copy number mutants such as pKBJ10, pBJ(Δ tet)10, pUBJ10-1, and pUBJ10 plasmids. The cells harboring plasmids below 84 copies/cell did not produced detectable levels of bGH. When the ColE1 replicon was replaced with the mutated ColE1 replicon originated from pUC19 plasmid, the copy number was increased to about 300 copies/cell and bGH production was enhanced by 11.5% (pUBJ10-1) and 12.3% of total cell protein (pUBJ10). A large amount of mRNA caused by increment of copy number would be needed to overcome some inhibitory threshold and might be an important factor for regulating bGH expression.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005479907709
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    Predictivity of an in vitro model for acute and chronic skin irritation (SkinEthic) applied to the testing of topical vehicles (1999)
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    Cell biology and toxicology 15 (1999), S. 121-135 
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    ISSN: 1573-6822
    Keywords: cytokines ; gene expression ; in vitro human epidermis ; acute and chronic skin irritation ; predictivity
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract An in vitro human reconstructed epidermis model (SkinEthic) used for screening acute and chronic skin irritation potential was validated against in vivo data from skin tolerability studies. The irritation potential of sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), calcipotriol and trans-retinoic acid was investigated. The in vitro epidermis-like model consists of cultures of keratinocytes from human foreskin on a polycarbonate filter. The modulation of cell viability, the release and gene expression of proinflammatory cytokines, interleukins 1α and 8, and morphological changes were evaluated during 3 days as endpoints representative for an inflammatory reaction. The cumulative irritation potential of the topical products was evaluated in a human clinical study by visual scoring and biophysical measurement of inflammatory skin reaction after repeated 24 h applications over 3 weeks under Finn chamber patches. All topical products that were nonirritating in the human study were noncytotoxic and did not induce cytokine expression in the in vitro acute model (day 1 exposure). All irritating controls exhibited specific cell viability and cytokine patterns, which were predictive of the in vivo human data. The ranking of mild to moderate skin irritation potential was based on the lack of cytotoxicity and the presence of cytokine patterns including gene expression specific for each irritant, using the chronic in vitro model (up to 3 days exposure). The human reconstructed epidermis model SkinEthic was shown to be a reliable preclinical tool predicting the irritation potential of topical products. Moreover, it is a useful model in a two-step tiered strategy for screening acute and chronic irritation potential for the selection of vehicles for new topical drugs.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1007577515215
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    Development of a shuttle vector for screening of strong promoter sequences (1999)
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    Biotechnology techniques 13 (1999), S. 141-144 
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    ISSN: 1573-6784
    Keywords: promoter probe vector ; gene expression ; transcriptional terminator
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    Topics: Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract A new promoter probe plasmid, pMOL618, has been specifically designed to be selective for strong promoter sequences. The plasmid contains two origins of replication which allow it to replicate both in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli, as well as an indicator gene which also functions in both backgrounds. The plasmid is therefore useful in the screening of promoter sequences in both organisms. The stringency of the promoter selection is demonstrated using a known strong promoter.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008983208118
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    Biochemical and Molecular Characteristics of the Brain with Developing Cerebral Infarction (1999)
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    Cellular and molecular neurobiology 19 (1999), S. 93-108 
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    ISSN: 1573-6830
    Keywords: focal cerebral ischemia ; cerebral infarction ; penumbra ; gene expression ; stress response ; inflammatory reaction
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract 1. We review the biochemical and molecular changes in brain with developing cerebral infarction, based on recent findings in experimental focal cerebral ischemia. 2. Occlusion of a cerebral artery produces focal ischemia with a gradual decline of blood flow, differentiating a severely ischemic core where infarct develops rapidly and an area peripheral to the core where the blood flow reduction is moderate (called penumbra). Neuronal injury in the penumbra is essentially reversible but only for several hours. The penumbra area tolerates a longer duration of ischemia than the core and may be salvageable by pharmacological agents such as glutamate antagonists or prompt reperfusion. 3. Upon reperfusion, brain cells alter their genomic properties so that protein synthesis becomes restricted to a small number of proteins such as stress proteins. Induction of the stress response is considered to be a rescue program to help to mitigate neuronal injury and to endow the cells with resistance to subsequent ischemic stress. The challenge now is to determine how the neuroprotection conferred by prior sublethal ischemia is achieved so that rational strategies can be developed to detect and manipulate gene expression in brain cells vulnerable to ischemia. 4. Expansion of infarction may be caused by an apoptotic mechanism. Investigation of apoptosis may also help in designing novel molecular strategies to prevent ischemic cell death. 5. Ischemia/reperfusion injury is accompanied by inflammatory reactions induced by neutrophils and monocytes/macrophages infiltrated and accumulated in ischemic areas. When the role of the inflammatory/immune systems in ischemic brain injury is revealed, new therapeutic targets and agents will emerge to complement and synergize with pharmacological intervention directed against glutamate and Ca2+ neurotoxicity.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1006920725663
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