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To investigate the influence of food and administration of an antacid (aluminum-magnesium hydroxide) or ranitidine on the absorption of BAY 59-7939 (rivaroxaban), 4 randomized studies were performed in healthy male subjects. In 2 food interaction studies, subjects received BAY 59-7939, either as two 5-mg tablets (fasted and fed), four 5-mg tablets (fasted), or one 20-mg tablet (fasted and fed). In 2 drug interaction studies, BAY 59-7939 (six 5-mg tablets) was given alone or with ranitidine (150 mg twice daily, preceded by a 3-day pretreatment phase) or antacid (10 mL). Plasma samples were obtained to assess pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters of BAY 59-7939. In the presence of food, time to maximum concentration (t(max)) was delayed by 1.25 hours; maximum concentration (C(max)) and area under the curve (AUC) were increased, with reduced interindividual variability at higher doses of BAY 59-7939. Compared with baseline, BAY 59-7939 resulted in a relative increase in maximum prothrombin time (PT) prolongation of 44% (10 mg) and 53% (20 mg) in the fasted state, compared with 53% and 83% after food. Time to maximum PT prolongation was delayed by 0.5 to 1.5 hours after food, with no relevant influence of food type. No significant difference in C(max) and AUC was observed with coadministration of BAY 59-7939 and ranitidine or antacid.
AIM: To study the relationship between the calcium and the release of platelet-activating factor (PAF) from rat peritoneal macrophages (PMø) stimulated by lipopolysaccharides (LPS). METHODS: The effects of tetrandrine (Tet), Fura 2-AM, and Bay k 8644 on the PAF release from rat PMø was investigated by the bio-assay of PAF. RESULTS: LPS stimulated PMø to release PAF, without increasing intracellular Ca2+ of PMø, Tet at 0.1, 1.0, 10, 100 mumol.L-1 and Fura 2-AM at 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, 10 mumol.L-1 could dose-dependently decrease the release of PAF (9.8 +/- 1.2, 6.5 +/- 1.6, 4.7 +/- 0.8, 3.4 +/- 0.4 microgram.L-1 and 9.2 +/- 1.7, 5.2 +/- 1.3, 3.7 +/- 0.4, 3.2 +/- 0.3 microgram.L-1, respectively, no drugs 11.8 +/- 1.2 micrograms.L-1), Bay k 8644 at 1.0, 5.0, 10 mumol.L-1 could dose-dependently increase the release of PAF (13.2 +/- 1.7, 16.2 +/- 1.4, 17.6 +/- 1.5 micrograms.L-1), and the effects of Tet and Fura 2-AM were completely or partly reversed by Bay k 8644 at 5.0 mumol.L-1. CONCLUSION: Although LPS did not increase intracellular Ca2+ of PMø, intracellular Ca2+ was necessary for PAF release from rat PMø stimulated by LPS.
This study was designed to identify the determinants of cesarean birth rates. The study population included all 1030 cesarean deliveries performed on singleton pregnancies by 11 obstetricians practicing at two Green Bay hospitals from 1986 through 1988; 1076 control patients with vaginal deliveries were selected for comparison purposes. The 1030 cesarean deliveries represented 14% of the 7335 singleton deliveries that occurred during the study period. Individual physician cesarean rates ranged from 5.6% to 19.7%. Cesarean rates for physician groups ranged from 9.8% to 18%. The variances in cesarean rates among individual and groups of physicians were not attributable to patient obstetric risk factors, socioeconomic status, service status, or duration of the physician's practice. Higher cesarean rates did not result in better neonatal outcome. Individual physician practice style was the only apparent determinant of cesarean rates for the 11 obstetricians. Current cesarean rates can be substantially reduced without sacrificing fetal and newborn safety.
Sigma factors, often in conjunction with other transcription factors, regulate gene expression in prokaryotes at the transcriptional level. Specific transcription factors tend to co-occur with specific sigma factors. To predict new members of the transcription factor regulon, we applied Bayes rule to combine the Bayesian probability of sigma factor prediction calculated from microarray data and the sigma factor binding sequence motif, the motif score of the transcription factor associated with the sigma factor, the empirically determined distance between the transcription start site to the cis-regulatory region, and the tendency for specific sigma factors and transcription factors to co-occur. By combining these information sources, we improve the accuracy of predicting regulation by transcription factors, and also confirm the sigma factor prediction. We applied our proposed method to all genes in Bacillus subtilis to find currently unknown gene regulations by transcription factors and sigma factors.
A recent epidemic of the invasive monogenean Neoheterobothrium hirame is suspected to have caused the significant decline of the commercial catch of olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, in Japan. To clarify the causal link between parasite invasion and host depletion, we monitored the infections of N. hirame on juvenile flounder for 2 years at two widely separate bays, Obama Bay, experiencing a devastating reduction in flounder catches, and Miyako Bay with a stable catch. Prevalence, mean intensity and abundance of developmental stages of N. hirame were compared between the bays and between fish year classes. Fishes captured at Obama Bay harboured three times more worms than those at Miyako Bay and had a significantly higher overall prevalence of infection. In addition, there was a negative correlation between parasite intensity and host condition factor at Obama Bay, suggesting a causal link between the N. hirame epidemic and the reduction of local flounder populations.
Vibrio cholerae is autochthonous to natural waters and can pose a health risk when it is consumed via untreated water or contaminated shellfish. The correlation between the occurrence of V. cholerae in Chesapeake Bay and environmental factors was investigated over a 3-year period. Water and plankton samples were collected monthly from five shore sampling sites in northern Chesapeake Bay (January 1998 to February 2000) and from research cruise stations on a north-south transect (summers of 1999 and 2000). Enrichment was used to detect culturable V. cholerae, and 21.1% (n = 427) of the samples were positive. As determined by serology tests, the isolates, did not belong to serogroup O1 or O139 associated with cholera epidemics. A direct fluorescent-antibody assay was used to detect V. cholerae O1, and 23.8% (n = 412) of the samples were positive. V. cholerae was more frequently detected during the warmer months and in northern Chesapeake Bay, where the salinity is lower. Statistical models successfully predicted the presence of V. cholerae as a function of water temperature and salinity. Temperatures above 19 degrees C and salinities between 2 and 14 ppt yielded at least a fourfold increase in the number of detectable V. cholerae. The results suggest that salinity variation in Chesapeake Bay or other parameters associated with Susquehanna River inflow contribute to the variability in the occurrence of V. cholerae and that salinity is a useful indicator. Under scenarios of global climate change, increased climate variability, accompanied by higher stream flow rates and warmer temperatures, could favor conditions that increase the occurrence of V. cholerae in Chesapeake Bay.
OBJECTIVE: Our study was designed to develop a profile of specific labor management characteristics generally used by physicians with low versus those with high rates of cesarean sections in the care of nonprogressive labor in nulliparous patients. STUDY DESIGN: A 4-year retrospective data set was used to analyze all patients with nonprogressive labor cared for by 11 board-certified obstetricians and gynecologists practicing full-time at two Green Bay hospitals. Variations in labor management are analyzed and tested for their effect on the rate of cesarean section for failure of labor to progress. RESULTS: Cesarean section in nulliparous women for nonprogressive labor varied from 4.3% of all deliveries in the low group to 12.3% in the high group. Through multivariate analysis we developed a profile of specific labor management characteristics used by physicians with low versus those with high rates of cesarean section. CONCLUSION: These techniques can be used to definitively identify management strategies that result in a decrease in cesarean rates for nonprogressive labor.
OBJECTIVES: Our purpose was to determine those factors affecting the route of delivery decisions and the effect of delivery route on maternal and newborn outcomes with the macrosomic fetus. Do higher cesarean rates result in improved newborn outcomes? STUDY DESIGN: A 10-year (1985 to 1994) retrospective data set was used to analyze patients with newborns weighing > or = 4536 and 4000 to 4535 gm at two Green Bay hospitals. Patients with newborns weighing 2500 to 3999 gm were similarly analyzed for comparison purposes. Individual and obstetrician group cesarean rates and newborn and maternal outcomes were identified. RESULTS: Cesarean birth rates for the fetus weighing > 4000 gm were low and varied from 12.8% in the low obstetrician cesarean rate group to 24.0% in the high group. Higher obstetrician group cesarean rates did not result in improved newborn outcomes. Newborn morbidity and mortality were very low but significantly higher for cesarean birth newborns. Maternal complications were fairly low with cesarean birth and rare after vaginal delivery. CONCLUSION: Patients with a suspected macrosomic fetus should be given the same opportunity to achieve a vaginal delivery as patients with smaller fetuses.
In order to better delineate the intracellular signaling pathways underlying glial apolipoprotein E (apoE) expression and release, we have characterized an in vitro model of induction of glial apoE production induced by neuronal death. Exposure of mixed fetal cortical neuron/glia co-cultures to the neurotoxin N-methyl-D-aspartate results in increased apoE expression and release in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. Increased expression of apoE messenger RNA precedes the increase in intracellular apoE, followed by accumulation of the holoprotein in the culture medium. Neuronal injury induced by N-methyl-D-aspartate is accompanied by a reactive astrogliosis as measured by an increase in glial fibrillary acidic protein messenger RNA and protein at 48 and 72h post-lesion, respectively. A similar microgliosis was observed using the microglial marker ED-1. Neuronal injury-induced glial apoE secretion is attenuated by the nuclear factor kappaB inhibitors, aspirin, Bay 11-7082 and MG-132, suggesting that this transcription factor is involved in both constitutive and induced glial apoE expression. The present data show that up-regulation of apoE is an early event in the glial activation triggered by neurodegeneration in vitro and that activation of nuclear factor kappaB directly or indirectly mediates the increase in apoE expression.
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Event-based precipitation samples were collected during the main agricultural season (April-September) over 4 years (2000-2003) at one site in the Choptank River Watershed on the Delmarva Peninsula. The samples were analyzed for 19 agricultural pesticides to determine the contribution of wet deposition as a source of these compounds to the Chesapeake Bay and the factors affecting the temporal trends in deposition. Chlorothalonil was detected most frequently (92% samples) followed by metolachlor (66%) and endosulfans (49%). Although chlorothalonil is the single biggest contributor to pesticide flux (33-46%), pesticide wet deposition is dominated by herbicides (46-61%), with the greatest fluxes occurring during the time of herbicide application on corn and soybeans. The analysis suggests that the extent of wet deposition of herbicides depends on the timing of precipitation relative to herbicide application. The insecticide and fungicide flux was greater in years with above-average rainfall (2001 and 2003), suggesting that for these pesticides deposition flux is dependent on the total amount of rainfall in the agricultural season. The data indicate that the use of chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate insecticide which is on the Toxics of Concern list for the Bay, is on the increase. Total pesticide flux ranged from 90 microg/m2 (2001) to 180 microg/m2 (2000). Wet deposition can account for up to 10-20% of the annual loadings of pesticides to the Bay.
BACKGROUND: Chronic airway inflammation and airway remodeling are important features of bronchial asthma. IL-11 is one of the important mediators involved in the process of airway inflammation and remodeling. Cysteinyl leukotrienes (cysLTs) play roles in recruitment of inflammatory cells, airway smooth muscle contraction, vascular leakage, increased mucus secretion, decreased mucociliary clearance, and airway fibrosis. OBJECTIVE: An aim of the present study was to determine the effect of the cysLTs on the regulation of IL-11 expression. METHODS: We used a C57BL/6 mouse model of allergic airway disease and murine tracheal epithelial cells to examine the effects of cysLTs on the regulation of IL-11 expression. RESULTS: Our present study with an ovalbumin-induced murine model of allergic airway disease revealed that levels of leukotriene C(4) (LTC(4)) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids were increased and that administration of montelukast or pranlukast reduced the increased levels of LTC(4); the increased expression of IL-11 protein and mRNA in lung tissues; airway inflammation, bronchial hyperresponsiveness; the increased levels of TGF-beta(1), IL-4, and IL-13 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids and lung tissues; and airway fibrosis. In addition, LTC(4) stimulates epithelial cells to produce IL-11. Our results also showed that cysLT type 1 receptor antagonists downregulated the activity of a transcription factor, nuclear factor kappaB, and BAY 11-7085 substantially reduced the increased levels of IL-11 after ovalbumin inhalation. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that cysLTs regulate the IL-11 expression in allergic airway disease. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: These findings provide one of the molecular mechanisms for the effects of cysLTs on airway inflammation and fibrosis in allergic airway diseases.
The characterization of the binding of nuclear protein on the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene was investigated. Nuclear extracts from rat liver and H4-II-E hepatoma cells were used for oligonucleotide competition gel mobility shift assay. An oligonucleotide between position -523 and -506 in the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene, which contains a nuclear factor I (NF1) consensus motif TTGGC(N)(6)CC, competed with the probe for the binding of the nuclear proteins from rat liver and H4-II-E cells. The mutation of TTGGC in the consensus sequence caused an inhibition of the binding of nuclear factors. The presence of Bay K 8644, insulin, and phorbol esters could stimulate the binding of the nuclear factors to the TTGGC region of the rat regucalcin gene in H4-II-E cells. The specific mutation introduced in this region, which was ligated to a luciferase reporter gene, reduced significantly the effects of Bay K 8644, insulin, and phorbol esters in stimulating the regucalcin gene transcriptional activity in H4-II-E cells. These results suggest that the specific nuclear factor binds to the NF1-like sequence, which can stimulate the transcriptional activity, in the promoter region of regucalcin gene in liver cells.
Previous studies demonstrated that cell-to-cell contact stimulates a tyrosine phosphorylation signal transduction pathway that prevents rat ovarian surface epithelial (ROSE) cells from undergoing apoptosis. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), also know as scatter factor (SF), is expressed by ovarian stromal and thecal cells and has been shown to reduce cell contact in nonovarian tissues. The present studies were designed to determine whether HGF/SF promotes ROSE cells to dissociate and subsequently become apoptotic. Because an increase in intracellular free calcium ([Ca2+]i) is often an early event in the apoptotic cascade, the effects of HGF/SF on [Ca2+]i levels were also assessed. ROSE cells were cultured in serum-free medium with HGF/SF, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), thapsigargin, Bay K, actinomycin D, cycloheximide, and/or BAPTA depending on the experimental design. Cell contact was assayed by time-lapse photography; [Ca2+]i levels were measured with Fluo-3, and apoptosis was assessed by in situ DNA staining. HGF/SF decreased cell contact within 1 h, increased [Ca2+]i levels by 3 h, and induced apoptosis by 6 h of culture. bFGF inhibited these HGF/SF-induced responses. The increase in [Ca2+]i appears to represent a point in the apoptotic cascade that commits ROSE cells to die. This concept is based on the observations that: 1) in the presence of the calcium chelator BAPTA, HGF/SF decreased cell contact but did not increase [Ca2+]i or apoptosis; 2) bFGF blocked HGF/SF-induced increase in [Ca2+]i; 3) bFGF did not attenuate HGF/SF's apoptotic action if exposed to cells after the increase in [Ca2+]i; and 4) RNA and protein synthesis were required for HGF/SF to increase [Ca2+]i, whereas the thapsigargin- and Bay K-induced increase in [Ca2+]i and apoptosis were independent of RNA/protein synthesis. These observations indicate that the components of the apoptotic cascade distal to the increase in [Ca2+]i are present within ROSE cells and are activated by a sustained elevation of [Ca2+]i. The present studies also show that when ROSE cells establish contact with 3T3 cells that express N-cadherin, [Ca2+]i levels are maintained at low basal levels. In contrast, cell contact with 3T3 cells that do not express N-cadherin results in elevated [Ca2+]i levels. Similarly, a synthetic N-cadherin peptide, which inhibits homophilic N-cadherin binding, increases [Ca2+]i levels. Taken together, these data indicate that homophilic N-cadherin binding between adhering cells plays an important role in maintaining calcium homeostasis. Further, these data support the concept that HGF/SF's ability to promote the dissociation of ROSE cells accounts in part for its ability to increase [Ca2+]i levels.
The A(2A) adenosine receptor (A(2A)AR) mediates anti-inflammatory actions of adenosine in a variety of cell types. LPS (lipopolysaccharide) was reported to induce a small (<2-fold) increase in the expression of A(2A)AR mRNA in human monocytes and monocytic cell lines. We investigated the effects of LPS on the expression of adenosine receptor mRNAs in primary mouse IPMPhi (intraperitoneal macrophages), human macrophages and Wehi-3 cells. Treatment with 10 ng/ml LPS for 4 h produced a >100-fold increase in A(2A)AR mRNA. LPS-induced increases in mRNA for A(2A)AR and TNFalpha (tumour necrosis factor alpha) are reduced by 90% in IPMPhi pretreated with the NF-kappaB (nuclear factor kappaB) inhibitor, BAY 11-7082 {(E)3-[(4-methylphenyl)sulphonyl]-2-propenenitrile; 10 microM}. In Wehi-3 cells exposed to LPS, A(2A)AR and A(2B)AR transcripts are elevated by 290- and 10-fold respectively, the A(1)AR transcript is unchanged and the A(3)AR transcript is decreased by 67%. The induction of A(2A)AR mRNA by LPS is detectable after 1 h, reaches a peak at 6 h at 600 times control and remains elevated beyond 24 h. The ED50 (effective dose) of LPS is 2.3 ng/ml. A(2A)AR receptor number, measured by 125I-ZM241385 binding to whole cells, is undetectable in naïve cells and increases linearly at a rate of 23 receptors x cell(-1) x min(-1) to a B(max) of 348 fmol/mg (28000 receptors/cell) in 20 h. The increase in receptor number is correlated with an increase in the potency of an A(2A) agonist (4-{3-[6-amino-9-(5-ethylcarbamoyl-3,4-dihydroxy-tetrahydro-furan-2-yl)-9H-purin-2-yl]-prop-2-ynyl}-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester; referred to as ATL146e) to stimulate cAMP in these cells. After LPS pretreatment, the potency of the A(2A) agonist, ATL146e, to reduce TNFalpha release from IPMPhi was increased by 200-fold. The results support the hypothesis that regulation of adenosine receptor expression, especially up-regulation of the A(2A)AR, is part of a delayed feedback mechanism initiated through NF-kappaB to terminate the activation of human and mouse macrophages.
Cooking oil fumes (COF) exposure was demonstrated to be associated with lung cancer development in Taiwanese nonsmoking women. Previous studies identified Cox-2 overexpression and oxidative DNA damage in lung adenocarcinoma cells after exposure to COF. Involvement of COF in lung tumorigenesis may be associated with cell survival, as well as proliferation of lung adenocarcinoma. To test this hypothesis, A549, a lung adenocarcinoma cell line, was used, and MTT assay data showed that the cell viability of A549 was significantly increased in a concentration-dependent manner by COF treatment for 48 h. Flow cytometery results indicated that the proportion of A549 cell at S-phase was markedly increased after exposure of COF. To elucidate whether the anti-apoptotic c-IAP2 (IAP2) was involved in COF-improved cell survival, IAP2 protein levels was determined by Western blot, and the results showed it was significantly induced by COF in a concentration-dependent manner. Moreover, the suppression of BAY, a nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB binding inhibitor, or the COF-induced IAP2 protein levels indicated that NF-kappaB activation by COF may partly be involved in IAP2 induction. These results showed that the positive impact of COF on cell survival and proliferation of A549 lung tumor cells may be through an induction of IAP2 overexpression.
BACKGROUND: Although available hemostasis assays from institutional laboratories permit an analytical approach to diagnosis and treatment of coagulation disorders following cardiopulmonary bypass, their clinical utility has been limited by delays in obtaining results. The development of instrumentation for on-site testing allows rapid return of results. This study was designed to compare whole blood (WB) results obtained from on-site coagulation assays with values provided by our institutional laboratory (LAB). METHODS: After Institutional Human Studies Committee approval, 362 patients presenting for cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass were enrolled in this study. Prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), and platelet count (PLT) assays were performed in both WB and LAB systems. PT, aPTT, and PLT measurements were compared between WB and LAB assays using blood specimens obtained from at least two time points for each patient. Normal range values for both PT and aPTT methods were determined by using measurements from a normal reference population. Coagulation factor levels were measured in a subset of patients to characterize the response of PT and aPTT assays to individual and multiple factor levels. To employ Bayes' theorem and calculate predictive indexes (e.g., sensitivity, specificity), the disease or factor deficiency was determined using factor levels. Predictive indexes were used to evaluate the ability of PT and aPTT assays to identify factor deficiency. RESULTS: PLT counts were similar between systems. Linear regression and bias analysis demonstrated similar results for WB and LAB PT and discordant results for aPTT measurements. Both PT assays had a similar normal range, whereas a wider distribution of results was evident for the WB aPTT normal range. Although statistically greater slopes for factor:aPTT regressions were observed for the WB system, WB aPTT correlated better with factor V and with factor V, VIII, and XII levels (multivariate linear regression). Diagnostic performance for factor levels less than 0.3 and 0.4 U/ml was similar for both WB and laboratory PT and aPTT assays. WB and LAB PT and aPTT assays performed similarly in detecting factor deficiency in the period after cardiopulmonary bypass. CONCLUSIONS: WB PT and PLT values correlate well with those obtained from the LAB. The discrepancy between measurement systems in aPTT values is probably a reflection of both different normal ranges and responsiveness to factor deficiency. These WB assays provide coagulation results that can accurately identify patients with quantitative deficiencies in platelets and coagulation factors.