Hyaluronan

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J intern med 1997; 242 : 67– 7 the results of serial determinations of serum hyaluronan indicate a prognostic value in progressive liver damage. These individuals kindly provided comments on this report. External Reviewers Jeffrey W. Balon, BSc DC MD CCFP Research Associate Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College Ottawa, Ontario Ronald G. Barr, MDCM FRCPC Professor of Pediatrics University of British Columbia Director, Centre for Community Child Health Research BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health Vancouver, British Columbia Gert Bronfort, PhD DC Research Professor Northwestern Health Sciences University Bloomington, Minnesota Edzard Ernst, MD PhD FRCP FRCPEd Director, Laing Chair in Complementary Medicine Peninsula Medical School Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, UK Michael S. Kramer, MD Interim Scientific Director Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health James McGill Professor Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics McGill University Faculty of Medicine Montreal, Quebec Barry Pless, CM MD FRCP Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Director, Clinical Research, McGill University Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute Editor, Injury Prevention McGill University Montreal, Quebec Howard Vernon, DC FCCS Director Centre for the Study of the Cervical Spine Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College Toronto, Ontario and hydralazine. W0.05: width of the peak at onetwentieth of the peak height, d: distance between the perpendicular dropped from the peak maximum and the leading edge of the peak at onetwentieth of the peak height. Tests for area repeatability standard deviation of areas or of the area migrationtime ratio ; and for migration time repeatability standard deviation of migration time ; are introduced as suitability parameters. Migration time repeatability provides a test for the suitability of the capilla ry washing procedures. An alternative practice to avoid the lack of repeatability of the migration time is to use migration time relative to an internal standard. A test for the verication of the signaltonoise ratio for a standard preparation or the determination of the limit of quantication ; may also be useful for the determination of related substances. Signaltonoise Ratio The detection limit and quantication limit correspond to signaltonoise ratios of 3 and 10 respectively. The signalto noise ratio S N ; is calculated using the expression: S N 2H. Therefore, the ability of several proinflammatory mediators to modulate hyaluronan expression in jejunum-derived mesenchymal cells was examined. Monolayer cultures were made quiescent by washing and replacing serumized medium with medium supplemented with 1 ITS . After an overnight incubation, the medium was removed and replaced with ITS media containing 120 IL-1 , 1.2 nM TNF- , 200 TGF- 1, or 1.8 nM IFN- . After incubation for 24 h, a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent-like assay was used to compare hyaluronan levels in the culture medium of unstimulated cells with those of cells treated with the various proinflammatory mediators. Unstimulated jejunum-derived mesenchymal cells produce little hyaluronan in vitro Fig. 1, lane 1 ; . Treatment with TNF- , TGF- , or IFN- did not significantly increase hyaluronan levels in the medium Fig. 1, lanes 35 ; . In contrast, treatment with IL-1 or IL-1 plus TNF- induced a large increase in hyaluronan levels in the medium 30- and 100-fold, respectively; P 0.05; Fig. 1, lanes 2 and 6 ; . Less than 10% of the total hyaluronan was determined to be cell associated and did not vary with treatment. Effects of proinflammatory mediators on HAS transcript levels. Experiments were performed to identify the HAS isoform involved in the IL-1 -mediated upregulation of hyaluronan in jejunum-derived mesenchymal cells. We have previously observed in dermal-derived fibroblasts that IL-1 -induced hyaluronan production was accompanied by an increase in HAS1 transcript levels 34 ; . In unstimulated cells, ribonuclease protection assays did not detect HAS1 or HAS3 transcripts and only very low levels of HAS2 transcripts. Cells stimulated for 24 h with IL-1 expressed no detectable HAS1 transcripts data not shown ; , low levels of HAS3 transcripts, but markedly elevated levels of HAS2 transcripts Fig. 2, A and B ; . Closer examination of HAS2 transcript levels in cells stimulated with IL-1 , TNF- , TGF- , and IFN- indicated that the effect was specific to IL-1 18-fold ; , although a and hydrea. Glucosamine [1]. This large glucosaminoglycan average molecular mass ~106 ; is ubiquitously distributed [2] and is a normal component of mammalian follicular, oviduct and uterine fluids [3]. Granulosa and expanding cumulus cells secrete large amounts of HA [4-6], and added in maturation and culture media HA improved developmental potential of bovine [7] and porcine [8] oocytes and embryos [8-10]. Furthermore, increased rates of implantation and fetal development after transfer of mouse blastocysts to recipients were observed when HA was added to the culture medium [11]. HA regulates cellular events such as gene expression, signaling, proliferation, motility, adhesion, metastasis, and morphogenesis [1, 12]. Many of these biological activities of HA are mediated through binding to known cellular HA receptors, namely CD44 [13] and LYVE1 lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor-1 ; [14], or to RHAMM IHABP for receptor for hyaluronic acid mediated motility intracellular HA-binding protein ; [15, 16]. The cell surface glycoprotein CD44 is mediator for HA-induced cell proliferation [17] and present in human [18], porcine [19, 20] and bovine cumulus cells, oocytes and preimplantation embryos [21 and our unpublished data]. LYVE-1 receptor is expressed on human lymph vessels, placenta and uterus and support HA-mediated adhesion to CD44 [22]. Although it is widely accepted that CD44 represents the principal cell surface receptor for HA, the role of RHAMM IHABP is still controversial [23-25]. RHAMM IHABP is encoded by a single gene [26] and is an intracellular protein which interacts with microtubules and actin filaments and might thereby play an important role in the organization of the cytoskeletal network [23, 24]. RHAMM IHABP is expressed in a variety of mammalian cell types, including smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, nerve cells, macrophages, several tumors, and sperms [27-29]. Other studies suggested that RHAMM IHABP may be a cell surface receptor for HA [30-32]. Binding of HA to RHAMM IHABP has been shown to activate a signal transduction cascade leading to tyrosine phosphorylation of several intracellular proteins, one of which has been identified as the focal adhesion kinase pp125FAK [30]. The phosphorylation dephosphorylation of pp125FAK as well as the activation of protooncogene pp60c-src, another important modulator of cytoskeletal organization, are believed to induce rearrangements in actin filament and cell-matrix adhesion structures required for cell locomotion [16, 24, 30, 31]. By activating p42 44 extracellular regulated kinases ERK. Washington, dc mdlinx mdlinx is a healthcare news and information website for doctors, pharmacists, healthcare professionals and patients and hydrocortisone.

And degradation of hyaluronan by human breast cancer cell lines expressing different forms of CD44: Correlation with invasive potential. J Cell Physiol 160: 275286, 1994 Hua Q, Knudson CB, Knudson W: Internalisation of hyaluronan by chondrocytes occurs via receptor mediated endocytosis. J Cell Sci 106: 365375, 1993 Collis L, Hall C, Lange L, Ziebell M, Prestwich R, Turley EA: Rapid hyaluronan uptake is associated with enhanced motility: Implications for an intracellular mode of action. FEBS Lett 440: 444 449, Savani RC, Cao G, Pooler PM, Zaman A, Zhou Z, DeLisser HM: Differential involvement of the hyaluronan HA ; receptors CD44 and receptor for HA-mediated motility in endothelial cell function and angiogenesis. J Biol Chem 276: 36770 36778, Nedvetzki S, Gonen E, Assayag N, Reich R, Williams RO, Thurmond RL, Huang JF, Neudecker BA, Wang FS, Turley EA, Naor D: RHAMM, a receptor for hyaluronan-mediated motility, compensates for CD44 in inflamed CD44-knockout mice: A different interpretation of redundancy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101: 1808118086, 2004 Fieber C, Baumann P, Vallon R, Termeer C, Simon JC, Hofmann M, Angel P, Herrlich P, Sleeman JP: Hyaluronanoligosaccharide-induced transcription of metalloproteases. J Cell Sci 117: 359 367, De La Motte CA, Hascall VC, Drazba J, Strong SA: Poly I: C induces mononuclear leukocyte-adhesive hyaluronan structures on colon smooth muscle cells: I I and versican facilitate adhesion. In: Hyaluronan 2000. Edited by Kennedy JF, Phillips GO, Williams PA, Wrexham, Woodhead Publishing Ltd., 2000, pages 381388.
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Anne Kultti Kirsi Rilla Riikka Tiihonen, Andrew P. Spicer, Raija H. Tammi and Markku I. Tammi From the Department of Anatomy, University of Kuopio, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland and Texas A&M University System HSC, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Houston, TX 77030 Running title: Hyaluronan induced microvilli These authors contributed equally to this work Address correspondence to: Markku Tammi, Department of Anatomy, University of Kuopio, P.O.B. 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland, Tel. + 358-17-163019, + 358-40-7674826; Fax + 358-17-163032; E-Mail: tammi uku.fi Hyaluronan synthases HASs ; are plasma membrane enzymes that simultaneously elongate, bind and extrude the growing hyaluronan chain directly into extracellular space. In cells transfected with GFP-tagged Has3, the dorsal surface was decorated by up to 150 slender, 3-20 m long microvillus-type plasma membrane protrusions, which also contained filamentous actin, the hyaluronan receptor CD44, and lipid raft microdomains. Enzymatic activity of HAS was required for the growth of the microvilli, not present in cells transfected with other GFP proteins or inactive GFP-Has3 mutants, or in cells incubated with exogenous soluble hyaluronan. The microvilli induced by HAS3 gradually withered by introduction of an inhibitor of hyaluronan synthesis, and rapidly retracted by hyaluronidase digestion, while they were not affected by competition with hyaluronan oligosaccharides, and disruption of the CD44 gene, suggesting independence of hyaluronan receptors. The data brings out the novel concept that the glycocalyx created by dense arrays of hyaluronan chains, tethered to HAS during biosynthesis, can induce and maintain prominent microvilli. Vertebrate cells display slender plasma membrane protrusions like filopodia, microspikes and microvilli, the formation and maintenance of which are thought to depend on the dynamics of a bundle of actin filaments in the core of these extensions 1 ; . In selected environments most of the components in the actin polymerization apparatus, when overexpressed or experimentally activated, have been reported to increase the growth of filopodia or microvilli 2-7 ; . This suggests that there is a strong intrinsic potential in cells to display these extensions, ready for implementation by factors even outside the effector and signaling chains directly related to actin. Indeed, at the molecular level, mechanisms that induce the growth of microvilli in vivo, are still somewhat obscure 8 ; . Here we present a novel factor, active hyaluronan synthesis, apparently unrelated to any of the previously described signaling or actin polymerization processes, that triggers extensive microvillus formation in several cell types. Interestingly, the process is primarily driven by the cell surface glycocalyx rather than intracellular systems. Hyaluronan is an ubiquitous pericellular and extracellular matrix glycosaminoglycan important in embryonic development 9 ; , wound healing 10 ; , inflammation 11, 12 ; , mammalian fertilization 13 ; and cancer 14 ; . It involved in cell adhesion 15 ; , migration 16-19 ; , proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition 9 ; , resistance to apoptosis, and multidrug resistance 14 ; . Some of its effects are thought to be mediated by an ability to form a hydrated pericellular matrix, a coat that can modify cellular interactions with other matrix components and neighbouring cells, directly regulating processes such as differentiation and migration 20 ; . Some of the biological signals elicited by hyaluronan are dependent on its CD44 receptor on cell surfaces 21 ; , while some of the signals have not been directly connected to any receptor or interacting molecule 9 ; . Hyaluronan synthases 1 HAS1, 2, 3 ; are a family of vertebrate plasma membrane enzymes synthesizing hyaluronan. They are integral membrane proteins that catalyze the alternate addition of glucuronic acid and Nacetylglucosamine from their UDP-derivatives to a growing hyaluronan polymer, continuously translocated through the plasma membrane into extracellular matrix 22 ; and eventually reaching a and hydroxychloroquine.
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Overty, food insecurity, and malnutrition in Africa were for decades viewed as largely--if not entirely--rural problems. At the end of the twentieth century, however, rapid urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa has resulted in urban poverty severe enough to jeopardize livelihoods and food and nutrition security. The urban population, a tiny fraction of the region's residents in 1950, is now approaching 40 percent of the total and is expected to exceed 50 percent early in the twenty-first century UNCHS 1996 ; . This urban growth has brought with it a host of problems, including unemployment and underemployment, a burgeoning informal sector, deteriorating infrastructure and service delivery capacity, overcrowding and environmental degradation, and an acute housing shortage Stren, White, and Whitney 1992; Mabogunje 1994; Becker, Jamer, and Morrison 1994; UNCHS 1996 ; . These issues have been broadly reviewed in the 1990s Ruel et al. 1998; von Braun et al. 1993; Atkinson 1992 ; . Only a few empirical studies have undertaken a comprehensive analysis in an urban context, however Tabatabai 1993; Gebre 1993 ; . Recent research has made urban poverty a priority on the political agenda of donors and national government Amis 1995; OECD 1995; Moser 1996; Stren, White, and Whitney 1992; de Haan 1997; Ruel et al. 1998 ; . Recent analyses have shown, for instance, that urban poverty is not only growing rapidly but has tended to be underestimated in the past Haddad, Ruel, and Garrett 1999; Satterthwaite 1995 ; . Specific policy attention to issues of urban poverty such as food security and nutrition has lagged behind the research, despite the demonstrated need. Earlier research showed that 6080 percent of the total household budget of the urban poor is spent on food Tabatabai 1993; Gebre 1993 ; . This finding makes it likely that urban poverty will be manifested at least in part as a food insecurity problem. Within the West African region, urban food security--and the dearth of research on the topic--has been recognized as a growing problem Onibokun 1994 ; . Urban poverty is unique. The valuable policy and programmatic lessons generated by decades of work in rural Africa may not be directly applicable to cities, for several reasons. First, urban life has a different effect on all the major determinants of nutritional status than rural life does, including livelihoods, food access, dietary and ibritumomab. Fig. 4. Summary of hyaluronan content in heel skin. Solid bars, hyaluronan content measured using the radiometric assay; open bars, hyaluronan with a molecular weight 0.79 106; shaded bars, hyaluronan with a molecular weight 4 106. Values are means SE; n 8 control and 7 volume-expanded animals. * P 0.01 compared with content measured with the radiometric assay.
As we age, the water-holding capacity of our skin decreases as hyaluronan depolymerizes and idarubicin and hyaluronan. 2.3 Myeloma UK, Cancerbackup and Leukaemia CARE jointly ; : 1.1 ; The appraisal process was not adhered to with regard to the scoping exercise as set out in paragraph 1.3 of the `Guide to the Methods of Technology Appraisal'. Objective. To compare the efficacy and safety of intra-articular injections of two different hyaluronan preparations and placebo in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods. In a randomized, patient- and observer-blind, placebo-controlled and multicentre trial with parallel groups, 210 patients, aged 60 yr or above, with knee osteoarthritis were included in a per protocol analysis. The patients were treated with three injections, once weekly, of either native high-molecular-weight hyaluronan Artzal1 ; or cross-linked hyaluronan Synvisc1 ; or with placebo and were followed for 52 weeks. The primary efficacy measures were weight-bearing pain during study weeks 026 and the duration of clinical benefit measured with KaplanMeier survival analysis for weeks 052. The secondary outcome measures were resting and maximum pain, Lequesne index, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index ; and SF-36 Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey ; scores. Results. The intra-articular injections produced a significant reduction in weight-bearing pain, resting pain, maximum pain and Lequesne and WOMAC scores after 26 weeks. There were no significant differences in outcome between any of the three study groups during the first 26 weeks. In direct comparison against placebo for weeks 052, neither hyaluronan treatment Artzal or Synvisc ; showed a significantly longer duration of clinical benefit than placebo. However, when data for the two hyaluronan-treated groups were pooled, treatment with hyaluronan had a significantly longer duration of benefit compared with placebo P 0.047 ; . Conclusion. Patients with knee osteoarthritis who were treated by injection into the knee of either of two hyaluronan preparations or placebo showed clinical improvement during the first 26 weeks of treatment, though neither hyaluronan preparation gave a longer duration of clinical benefit than placebo. However, when data for the two hyaluronan treatments were pooled, there was a significantly longer duration of clinical benefit for hyaluronan treatment than for placebo. KEY WORDS: Knee osteoarthritis, Intra-articular injections, Hyaluronan, Lequesne algofunctional index, WOMAC index, VAS measurements and ifex.