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Mech Ageing Dev. 2000 Oct 20;119(1-2):49-62.
Temporal changes in collagen composition and metabolism during rodent palatogenesis.
Mansell JP, Kerrigan J, McGill J, Bailey J, TeKoppele J, Sandy JR.
Division of Child Dental Health, University of Bristol Dental School, Lower Maudlin Street, BS1 2LY, Bristol, UK. j.p.manselris.ac.uk
Cleft lip and palate is a common craniofacial malformation in man. The aetiology is multifactorial and not known. Since collagen is a major structural component of the developing palate, we studied its composition and metabolism during palate shelf formation and elevation in the rat. Palatal shelves were harvested at embryonic days (E) 15, 16 and 17 as well as post-partum. Palatal collagen increased threefold from E15 to E17 and tenfold from E17 to 5-day-old pups. Palatal calcification was seen in the main, post-partum. Collagen cross-linking, which may be important in shelf elevation and union, varied. The concentration of hydroxylysyl-pyridinolone cross-links was greatest prior to shelf elevation, declining thereafter. Similarly, the highest concentration of dihydroxylysinononorleucine was seen at E16 and this supports the concept of a compliant mesenchymal shelf responding to an intrinsic elevating force. We then determined if enzymes responsible for matrix degradation, matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) altered over the same time periods. MMP-2, and TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 were identified by gelatin zymography and reverse zymography, respectively. MMP-3 activity was determined with a fluorogenic substrate assay. TIMP-1, TIMP-2 and MMP-3 levels remained constant from E15 to E17. The MMP-2 levels showed a significant elevation from E15 to E16 and E16 to E17. This suggests the regulation of extracellular matrix is likely to be of importance in palate morphogenesis.
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Mol Microbiol. 2003 Feb;47(3):861-9.
Streptococcus pyogenes recruits collagen via surface-bound fibronectin: a novel colonization and immune evasion mechanism.
Dinkla K, Rohde M, Jansen WT, Carapetis JR, Chhatwal GS, Talay SR.
Department of Microbial Pathogenecity and Vaccine Research, GBF-National Centre for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany.
This study aimed to characterize matrix assembly mechanisms on the surface of the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. Among 125 S. pyogenes isolates, 61% were able to recruit collagen type IV via surface-bound fibronectin. Streptococcus gordonii expressing the fibronectin-binding repeat domain of S. pyogenes SfbI protein was equally potent in recruiting collagen, indicating that this domain was sufficient to promote fibronectin-mediated collagen recruitment. Electron microscopic analysis of streptococci revealed that fibronectin-mediated collagen recruitment led to matrix deposition on and between streptococcal cells, which induced the formation of large bacterial aggregates. Furthermore, collagen-recruiting streptococci were able to colonize collagen fibres and were protected from adhering to human polymorphonuclear cells in the presence of opsonizing antibodies. Fibronectin-mediated collagen recruitment thus represents a novel aggregation, colonization and immune evasion mechanism of S. pyogenes.
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Arch Pharm Res. 2002 Oct;25(5):655-63.
The anti-fibrogenic effect of a pharmaceutical composition of [5-(2-pyrazinyl)-4-methyl-1,2-dithiol-3-thione] (oltipraz) and dimethyl-4,4'-dimethoxy-5,6,5',6'-dimethylene dioxybiphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxylate (DDB).
Kang KW, Kim YG, Kim CW, Kim SG.
College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea.
Liver fibrosis is a prepathological state wherein damaged liver tissues in chronic liver diseases, such as hepatitis, are not repaired to normal tissues, but converted to fibrous tissue. 5-(2-Pyrazinyl)-4-methyl-1,2-dithiol-3-thione (oltipraz), a cancer chemopreventive agent, is effective against a wide variety of chemical carcinogens. Recently, we reported that oltipraz inhibits liver fibrogenesis (Kang et al., 2002). In the present study, the effects of oltipraz in combination with dimethyl-4,4'-dimethoxy-5,6,5',6'-dimethylene dioxybiphenyl-2,2'-dicarboxylate (DDB) on dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induced liver fibrogenesis were assessed in rats. Oltipraz (30 mg/kg body weight, p.o., 3 times per week for 4 weeks) was found to inhibit the increases in plasma ALT, AST and bilirubin by DMN, whereas DDB (30 mg/kg body weight, p.o., 3 times per week for 4 weeks) attenuated the increases in the plasma ALT and bilirubin. The lowered plasma protein and albumin contents in DMN-treated rats were completely restored by oltipraz, but not by DDB. DDB decreases liver cell injury and inflammation through inhibition of nuclear factor-kB. DMN increased the accumulation of liver collagen, as indicated by the increase in the 4-hydroxyproline content in liver homogenates, which was reduced by treatment with oltipraz, but not by DDB. Given the differential effect between oltipraz and DDB, the potential enhancement of antifibrotic efficacy by the drugs was assessed in the animal model. Despite the minimal effect of DDB on DMN-induced fibrogenesis, DDB (5-25 mg/kg), administered together with oltipraz (25-5 mg/kg), showed an additive protective effect against hepatotoxicity and fibrosis induced by DMN, which was shown by the blood chemistry parameters and histopathological analysis. The adequate composition ratio of oltipraz to DDB was 5:1. These results provide information on the pharmaceutical composition, comprising of oltipraz and DDB as the active components, for the treatment and/or prevention of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis.
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J Neurosci Methods. 2000 Oct 30;102(2):187-95.
Primary neural precursor cell expansion, differentiation and cytosolic Ca(2+) response in three-dimensional collagen gel.
O'Connor SM, Stenger DA, Shaffer KM, Maric D, Barker JL, Ma W.
Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.
To investigate the ability to culture neural precursor cells in a three-dimensional (3D) collagen gel, neuroepithelial cells were isolated from embryonic day 13 rat cortex, dispersed within type I collagen and maintained for up to 30 days in vitro. Cultured in Neuorobasal medium supplemented with B27 containing basic fibroblast growth factor, the collagen-entrapped precursor cells actively expanded and formed clone-like clusters. Many cells in the center of the cluster were proliferating as revealed by 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine uptake. Some cells began to migrate away from the center at 5 days and were labeled by either neuronal marker neuron-specific beta-tubulin (TuJ1) or astrocytic marker glial fibrillary acidic protein. The differentiated neurons (TuJ1(+)) exhibited characteristic cytosolic Ca(2+) oscillations in response to excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate. These findings suggest the suitability of the 3D culture system for the proliferation and differentiation of neural precursor cells.
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Biochim Biophys Acta. 2000 Oct 18;1502(2):297-306.
Extracellular ATP and UTP stimulate cartilage proteoglycan and collagen accumulation in bovine articular chondrocyte pellet cultures.
Croucher LJ, Crawford A, Hatton PV, Russell RG, Buttle DJ.
Division of Human Metabolism and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK.
Bovine articular chondrocytes were maintained in high density pellet cultures with and without serum and nucleotide triphosphates for different periods of time. Despite half-lives in culture of about 3 h, adenosine triphosphate and uridine triphosphate in the presence of serum increased sulphated glycosaminoglycan and collagen deposition above control levels. In the presence of serum a single dose of uridine triphosphate on the first day of culture was sufficient to induce significant increases in subsequent proteoglycan and collagen deposition. We conclude that both adenine triphosphate and uridine triphosphate are anabolic for articular chondrocytes, and that this effect on the chondrocyte is long-term.
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