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1. Hierarchical polymeric scaffolds support the growth of MC3T3-E1 cells.

Author

Akbarzadeh R, Minton JA, Janney CS, Smith TA, James PF, and Yousefi AM

Subjects
3T3 Cells, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Materials Testing, Mice, Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer, Porosity, Cell Adhesion physiology, Cell Proliferation physiology, Cell Survival physiology, Lactic Acid chemistry, Polyglycolic Acid chemistry, Tissue Engineering instrumentation, Tissue Scaffolds
Abstract

Tissue engineering makes use of the principles of biology and engineering to sustain 3D cell growth and promote tissue repair and/or regeneration. In this study, macro/microporous scaffold architectures have been developed using a hybrid solid freeform fabrication/thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) technique. Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) dissolved in 1,4-dioxane was used to generate a microporous matrix by the TIPS method. The 3D-bioplotting technique was used to fabricate 3D macroporous constructs made of polyethylene glycol (PEG). Embedding the PEG constructs inside the PLGA solution prior to the TIPS process and subsequent extraction of PEG following solvent removal (1,4-dioaxane) resulted in a macro/microporous structure. These hierarchical scaffolds with a bimodal pore size distribution (<50 and >300 μm) contained orthogonally interconnected macro-channels generated by the extracted PEG. The diameter of the macro-channels was varied by tuning the dispensing parameters of the 3D bioplotter. The in vitro cell culture using murine MC3T3-E1 cell line for 21 days demonstrated that these scaffolds could provide a favorable environment to support cell adhesion and growth.

Published
2015
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2. Novel glucosamine hydrochloride-rectorite nanocomposites with antioxidant and anti-ultraviolet activity.

Author

Wang X, Liu B, Li X, and Sun R

Subjects
Antioxidants chemical synthesis, Caco-2 Cells, Humans, Sunscreening Agents chemical synthesis, Sunscreening Agents toxicity, Ultraviolet Rays, Aluminum Silicates chemistry, Antioxidants toxicity, Cell Survival drug effects, Cell Survival radiation effects, Glucosamine chemical synthesis, Glucosamine toxicity, Minerals chemistry, Nanostructures toxicity
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In this study, an attempt was made to prepare novel D-glucosamine hydrochloride-rectorite (DGH-REC) nanocomposites with improved antioxidant and anti-ultraviolet activity via the solution-intercalation method. The structure and morphology of DGH-REC nanocomposites were characterized by XRD, TEM, (13)C CP/MAS NMR, FT-IR, XPS and SEM. The results showed that the interlayer distance of REC was enlarged after intercalation of DGH; the largest value reached 11.76 nm, and in this case exfoliation of the REC layer was observed. Moreover, most strong crystals of DGH were greatly disrupted while two other weak crystals of DGH were stronger after intercalation of DGH into REC. More importantly, it was found that DGH-REC nanocomposites showed pronounced antioxidant activity, in contrast with DGH, and the nanocomposites had anti-ultraviolet capacity, which was not observed in DGH. Furthermore, the nanocomposites did not show apparent cytotoxicity. Therefore, DGH-REC nanocomposites have great potential in health or functional food application as compared to DGH.

Published
2012
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3. Glucosylceramides are critical for cell‐type differentiation and organogenesis, but not for cell viability in Arabidopsis

Author

Amanda M. Bradley, Joseph Msanne, Kathrin Schrick, Kyle D. Luttgeharm, Janet M. Paper, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Ming Chen, Edgar B. Cahoon, Daniel L. Boyle, and Elizabeth S. Mays

Subjects
Ceramide, biology, Cell Survival, Cellular differentiation, fungi, Mutant, Arabidopsis, Cell Differentiation, Organogenesis, Cell Biology, Plant Science, Golgi apparatus, Glucosylceramides, biology.organism_classification, Plant cell, Article, Cell biology, symbols.namesake, chemistry.chemical_compound, Biochemistry, chemistry, Genetics, symbols, Endomembrane system
Abstract

Glucosylceramides (GlcCer), glucose-conjugated sphingolipids, are major components of the endomembrane system and plasma membrane in most eukaryotic cells. Yet the quantitative significance and cellular functions of GlcCer are not well characterized in plants and other multi-organ eukaryotes. To address this, we examined Arabidopsis lines that were lacking or deficient in GlcCer by insertional disruption or by RNA interference (RNAi) suppression of the single gene for GlcCer synthase (GCS, At2g19880), the enzyme that catalyzes GlcCer synthesis. Null mutants for GCS (designated 'gcs-1') were viable as seedlings, albeit strongly reduced in size, and failed to develop beyond the seedling stage. Heterozygous plants harboring the insertion allele exhibited reduced transmission through the male gametophyte. Undifferentiated calli generated from gcs-1 seedlings and lacking GlcCer proliferated in a manner similar to calli from wild-type plants. However, gcs-1 calli, in contrast to wild-type calli, were unable to develop organs on differentiation media. Consistent with a role for GlcCer in organ-specific cell differentiation, calli from gcs-1 mutants formed roots and leaves on media supplemented with the glucosylated sphingosine glucopsychosine, which was readily converted to GlcCer independent of GCS. Underlying these phenotypes, gcs-1 cells had altered Golgi morphology and fewer cisternae per Golgi apparatus relative to wild-type cells, indicative of protein trafficking defects. Despite seedling lethality in the null mutant, GCS RNAi suppression lines with ≤2% of wild-type GlcCer levels were viable and fertile. Collectively, these results indicate that GlcCer are essential for cell-type differentiation and organogenesis, and plant cells produce amounts of GlcCer in excess of that required for normal development.

Published
2015

4. [Polysaccharides from Nerium oleander: structure and biological activity]

Author

B M, Müller, F, Rosskopf, D H, Paper, J, Kraus, and G, Franz

Subjects
Male, Mice, Inbred C3H, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Plants, Medicinal, Cell Survival, Plant Extracts, Hydrolysis, Macrophages, In Vitro Techniques, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, Methylation, Mice, Structure-Activity Relationship, Phagocytosis, Polysaccharides, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Animals, Immunologic Factors, Female, Protease Inhibitors, Lymphocytes, Mitogens, Limulus Test
Abstract

A water extraction of crushed leaves of Nerium oleander yielded 2.3% of a crude polysaccharide. The main fraction (67%) represents a pectic polysaccharide mainly composed of galacturonic acid besides rhamnose, arabinose and galactose. The polysaccharide structure was characterized by NMR, mild acid- and pectinase treatment combined with GC-MS analyses. In vivo tests for a possible antitumor activity did not result in a significant action. Investigation of immunomodulating activity brought some indications for mitogenic activity and a weak macrophage-mediated cytotoxicity. Increase of phagocytosis could not be doubtlessly assigned to the polysaccharide due to the high amount of endotoxin in the homogenous fraction OLE 2.

Published
1991

5. Zika virus enhances monocyte adhesion and transmigration favoring viral dissemination to neural cells

Author

Emma Partiot, Nilda Vanesa Ayala-Nunez, Jacky G. Goetz, Gautier Follain, Judith R.E. Roels, Anita Eckly, Béatrice Uring-Lambert, Maxime Chazal, Raphael Gaudin, Gillian Hale, Frank M. J. Jacobs, Sandrine Bourdoulous, Orestis Faklaris, Sherif R. Zaki, Aurélie Hirschler, Nolwenn Jouvenet, Margot Carocci, Florian Bakoa, Sarah Cianférani, Christine Carapito, Frédéric Doussau, Brigid C. Bollweg, François Delalande, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Immuno-Rhumatologie Moléculaire, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Département Sciences Analytiques et Interactions Ioniques et Biomoléculaires (DSA-IPHC), Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Atlanta] (CDC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA)-Center for Neurosciences, Génomique virale et vaccination, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pasteur [Paris], Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Institut Cochin (IC UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), BioCampus Montpellier (BCM), Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Biologie et pharmacologie des plaquettes sanguines: hémostase, thrombose, transfusion, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-EFS-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), Université Louis Pasteur - Strasbourg I-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), This work has received funding from the French State via the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the program Investissements d’avenir (IdEx Université de Strasbourg) to RG. This work was supported by an ATIP-AVENIR starting grant to RG. The research leading to these results has received funding from the People Program (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007–2013) under REA grant agreement no. PCOFUND-GA-2013-609102, through the PRESTIGE program coordinated by Campus France, and from the French Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (ANRS), both attributed to NVAN. Experiments conducted by G.F. and J.G.G. were funded by Plan Cancer (OptoMetaTrap), Ligue contre le Cancer, Idex Attractivités (University of Strasbourg), and by institutional funds from INSERM and University of Strasbourg. G.F. was supported by a doctoral fellowship from Ligue Contre le Cancer. Mass spectrometry experiments were supported by the French Proteomic Infrastructure (ProFI, ANR-10-INBS-08-03). F.B. is a recipient of a PhD grant provided by ANRT (Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie). N.J. is funded by Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (ANR-16-CE15-0025-01), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Institut Pasteur. CDC contributions to this paper written and edited by G.L.H. and B.C.B. in their private capacity. No official support or endorsement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services is intended, nor should be inferred. All authors read, provided feedback, and approved the paper. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The following reagent was obtained through the NIH AIDS Reagent Program, Division of AIDS, NIAID, NIH: HIV-1 NL4-3 AD8 Infectious Molecular Clone (pNL(AD8)) from Dr. Eric O. Freed (cat# 11346)., ANR-16-CE15-0025,Viro-Storm,Mécanismes de production incontrôlée de cytokines au cours de l'infection virale(2016), European Project: 609102,EC:FP7:PEOPLE,FP7-PEOPLE-2013-COFUND,PRESTIGE(2014), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), BioCampus (BCM), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), EFS-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), jouvenet, nolwenn, Mécanismes de production incontrôlée de cytokines au cours de l'infection virale - - Viro-Storm2016 - ANR-16-CE15-0025 - AAPG2016 - VALID, PRES Towards International Gain of Excellence - PRESTIGE - - EC:FP7:PEOPLE2014-09-01 - 2019-08-31 - 609102 - VALID, Equipe Direction scientifique, Sciences et Technologies de la Musique et du Son (STMS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-IRCAM-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-IRCAM-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Neuro-Immunologie Virale, Virologie UMR1161 (VIRO), École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire (LPQM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-CentraleSupélec-École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan), Biologie et pharmacologie des plaquettes sanguines: hémostase, thrombose, transfusion (http://www.u949.inserm.fr/), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-EFS, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, Département des Sciences Analytiques, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Strasbourg, France (LSMBO-DSA-IPHC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Immunorhumathologie moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM), and Molecular Neuroscience (SILS, FNWI)

Subjects
Central Nervous System, 0301 basic medicine, MESH: Neurons, General Physics and Astronomy, MESH: Organoids, MESH: Monocytes, Monocytes, Zika virus, 0302 clinical medicine, MESH: Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration, Cerebellum, MESH: Animals, lcsh:Science, MESH: Embryonic Stem Cells, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Zebrafish, [SDV.MP.VIR] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, Neurons, Multidisciplinary, Zika Virus Infection, Cell adhesion molecule, food and beverages, Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Microbiologie et Parasitologie, Phenotype, 3. Good health, Cell biology, Organoids, Mechanisms of disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, MESH: Cell Survival, [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology, Female, Endothelium, Cell Survival, Science, MESH: Zika Virus, Biology, MESH: Endothelium, Article, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Virus, MESH: Cell Adhesion, 03 medical and health sciences, Virology, medicine, Animals, Humans, MESH: Central Nervous System, Cellular microbiology, Cell adhesion, MESH: Zebrafish, Embryonic Stem Cells, MESH: Humans, Monocyte, fungi, Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration, Zika Virus, General Chemistry, biology.organism_classification, Embryonic stem cell, MESH: Cerebellum, Disease Models, Animal, 030104 developmental biology, lcsh:Q, MESH: Disease Models, Animal, Cell Adhesion Molecules, MESH: Female, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) invades and persists in the central nervous system (CNS), causing severe neurological diseases. However the virus journey, from the bloodstream to tissues through a mature endothelium, remains unclear. Here, we show that ZIKV-infected monocytes represent suitable carriers for viral dissemination to the CNS using human primary monocytes, cerebral organoids derived from embryonic stem cells, organotypic mouse cerebellar slices, a xenotypic human-zebrafish model, and human fetus brain samples. We find that ZIKV-exposed monocytes exhibit higher expression of adhesion molecules, and higher abilities to attach onto the vessel wall and transmigrate across endothelia. This phenotype is associated to enhanced monocyte-mediated ZIKV dissemination to neural cells. Together, our data show that ZIKV manipulates the monocyte adhesive properties and enhances monocyte transmigration and viral dissemination to neural cells. Monocyte transmigration may represent an important mechanism required for viral tissue invasion and persistence that could be specifically targeted for therapeutic intervention., Zika virus (ZIKV) can infect the central nervous system, but it is not clear how it reaches the brain. Here, Ayala-Nunez et al. show in ex vivo and in vivo models that ZIKV can hitch a ride in monocytes in a Trojan Horse manner to cross the endothelium and disseminate the virus.

Published
2019

6. Plasmepsin II–III copy number accounts for bimodal piperaquine resistance among Cambodian Plasmodium falciparum

Author

Bopp, S, Magistrado, P, Wong, W, Schaffner, S, Mukherjee, A, Lim, P, Dhorda, M, Amaratunga, C, Woodrow, C, Ashley, E, White, N, Dondorp, A, Fairhurst, R, Ariey, F, Menard, D, Wirth, D, Volkman, S, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (BROAD INSTITUTE), Harvard Medical School [Boston] (HMS)-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)-Massachusetts General Hospital [Boston], National Institutes of Health [Bethesda] (NIH), WWARN Asia Regional Centre [Bangkok, Thailand], Mahidol University [Bangkok], Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, University of Oxford-Mahidol University [Bangkok], Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit [Yangon, Myanmar], Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health [Oxford, UK], Nuffield Department of Medicine [Oxford, UK] (Big Data Institute), University of Oxford-University of Oxford, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), University of Oxford-Mahidol University [Bangkok]-Wellcome Trust, Institut Cochin (IC UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016)), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Biologie des Interactions Hôte-Parasite - Biology of Host-Parasite Interactions, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Simmons college, This work was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health., We thank Courtney Edison for slide reading and subcloning the KH001_053 isolate., The computations in this paper were run on the Odyssey cluster supported by the FAS Division of Science, Research Computing Group at Harvard University. N.J.W., C.J.W. were supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Grant Number OPP1040463, which also funded culture adaptation of the parasites described herein. Additional support was provided to DFW by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Grant Number OPP1053604. This document is an output from a project of the Tracking Resistance to Artemisinin Collaboration funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing countries. However, the views expressed and information contained in it are not necessarily those of or endorsed by DFID, which can accept no responsibility for such views or for any reliance place on them., University of Oxford [Oxford]-Mahidol University [Bangkok], University of Oxford [Oxford]-University of Oxford [Oxford], Wellcome Trust-Mahidol University [Bangkok]-University of Oxford [Oxford], and Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Infectious-disease epidemiology, DNA Copy Number Variations, Whole Genome Sequencing, Cell Survival, Science, Plasmodium falciparum, Drug Resistance, Gene Dosage, Protozoan Proteins, Article, Malaria, Target validation, Isoenzymes, Antimalarials, parasitic diseases, Quinolines, Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, Humans, lcsh:Q, [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology, lcsh:Science, Cambodia, Antiparasitic agents
Abstract

Multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Southeast Asia endangers regional malaria elimination and threatens to spread to other malaria endemic areas. Understanding mechanisms of piperaquine (PPQ) resistance is crucial for tracking its emergence and spread, and to develop effective strategies for overcoming it. Here we analyze a mechanism of PPQ resistance in Cambodian parasites. Isolates exhibit a bimodal dose–response curve when exposed to PPQ, with the area under the curve quantifying their survival in vitro. Increased copy number for plasmepsin II and plasmepsin III appears to explain enhanced survival when exposed to PPQ in most, but not all cases. A panel of isogenic subclones reinforces the importance of plasmepsin II–III copy number to enhanced PPQ survival. We conjecture that factors producing increased parasite survival under PPQ exposure in vitro may drive clinical PPQ failures in the field., Piperaquine (PPQ) resistance of Plasmodium is an increasing problem. Here, Bopp et al. find a bimodal dose−response curve of Cambodian isolates exposed to PPQ, with the area under the curve correlating with in vitro PPQ resistance, and show the importance of Plasmepsin II–III copy number to PPQ resistance.

Published
2018

7. In vitro tests aiding ecological risk assessment of ciprofloxacin, tamoxifen and cyclophosphamide in range of concentrations released in hospital wastewater and surface water

Author

Virginie Faucet-Marquis, Nicolas Mater, Luis Castillo, Annie Pfohl-Leszkowicz, Claire Albasi, Florence Geret, Laboratoire de génie chimique [ancien site de Basso-Cambo] (LGC), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Géographie de l'environnement (GEODE), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Venins et Activités Biologiques (VAcBio), Institut national universitaire Champollion [Albi] (INUC), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Veolia Environnement Research and Innovation, This paper was prepared with financial support by the French National Research Agency, in the framework of the 2010 'CD2I' call program, within the project 'PANACEE' and by the French company., ANR-10-CD2I-0004,PANACEE,Maîtrise de la qualité des effluents aqueux d'oncologie : évaluation de la toxicité et Eco - combinaison de procédés de traitement, validation in-situ.(2010), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INPT (FRANCE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT2J (FRANCE), Veolia Environnement (FRANCE), and Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE)

Subjects
Cell Survival, Cell, Ecological Parameter Monitoring, Pharmacology, Biology, Wastewater, medicine.disease_cause, Medical Waste, Risk Assessment, Bioassays, Hormesis, Ciprofloxacin, medicine, Génie chimique, Bioassay, Humans, Viability assay, Génie des procédés, Cyclophosphamide, lcsh:Environmental sciences, Ecosystem, General Environmental Science, Cell Proliferation, lcsh:GE1-350, [SDE.IE]Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering, Hep G2 Cells, biology.organism_classification, 6. Clean water, In vitro, Comet assay, Tamoxifen, medicine.anatomical_structure, Hepatocytes, [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology, Comet Assay, Genotoxicity, Bacteria, medicine.drug, DNA Damage
Abstract

Ciprofloxacin (CIP), tamoxifen (TAM) and cyclophosphamide (CP) which are often used in anticancer treatment are released in hospital effluent and into the environment. Although the concentrations are low (from ng/L to μg/L), no data exist concerning their ecotoxicological impact. In this study two biomarkers of early effect were performed on hepatic cells (HepG2): cell viability and genotoxicity (DNA breaks) using cell proliferative assay and comet assay, respectively. These data were compared with two standardized ecotoxicological tests: algaltoxkit F™ and microtox®. Cells were exposed to an increasing amount of an individual drug or in a mixture for 24, 48 or 72 h. The time-exposure of bacteria and algae ranged between 5 and 30 min and 72 h, respectively. A non-monotonic dose–response on cell viability was observed when HepG2 cells were exposed to TAM alone or in the presence of CIP. The same scheme was observed with microtox® when the bacteria were exposed to the mixtures. On the other side, an individual drug does not induce any DNA breaks on hepatic cells, whereas a mixture leads to a dose dependent increase of DNA breaks. Similarly a positive response was observed with algaltoxkit F™ only with mixtures. Synergistic effects observed when drugs are in a mixture highlight the importance of investigating the ecotoxicological effects of contaminants at low concentrations and in mixtures. Keywords: Ciprofloxacin, Tamoxifen, Cyclophosphamide, Wastewater, Hormesis, Bioassays

Published
2013

8. Comparison of hyperthermia and adrenaline to enhance the intratumoral accumulation of cisplatin in a murine model of peritoneal carcinomatosis

Author

Patrick Rat, Hervé Tixier, François Radais, Delphine Delroeux, François Ghiringhelli, Sylvain Ladoire, Olivier Facy, Pablo Ortega-Deballon, Bruno Chauffert, Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer (U866) (LNC), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation de Dijon (ENSBANA), Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Cancérologique, Générale, Endocrinienne et Urgences (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Service de Chirurgie Digestive [CHRU Besançon], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), This paper was supported by grants from the French National League against Cancer (Committees of Saône et Loire, Nièvre, and Côte d'Or)., BMC, Ed., Service de chirurgie digestive et cancérologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand ( CHU Dijon ), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer (U866) ( LNC ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation de Dijon ( ENSBANA ), Service de chirurgie digestive [Besançon], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Besançon] ( CHRU Besançon ) -Hôpital Jean Minjoz, Service d'oncologie médicale, and CHU Amiens-Picardie

Subjects
MESH : Hyperthermia, Induced, MESH : Rats, Inbred Strains, Cancer Research, Pathology, Pharmacology, [ SDV.CAN ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Peritoneal Neoplasm, 0302 clinical medicine, MESH : Tumor Cells, Cultured, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Medicine, MESH: Peritoneal Neoplasms, MESH : Female, MESH: Animals, Peritoneal Neoplasms, Ovarian Neoplasms, MESH : Cell Survival, 0303 health sciences, MESH : Rats, lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, MESH: Rats, Inbred Strains, 3. Good health, MESH : Antineoplastic Agents, MESH: Ovarian Neoplasms, Epinephrine, Oncology, MESH: Cell Survival, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, medicine.drug, Hyperthermia, medicine.medical_specialty, MESH: Rats, Cell Survival, MESH: Epinephrine, Antineoplastic Agents, [SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, lcsh:RC254-282, MESH : Cisplatin, 03 medical and health sciences, [SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, MESH : Peritoneal Neoplasms, In vivo, Animals, Humans, MESH: Tumor Cells, Cultured, MESH: Hyperthermia, Induced, 030304 developmental biology, Cisplatin, MESH: Humans, MESH : Ovarian Neoplasms, business.industry, Research, MESH : Humans, Rats, Inbred Strains, Hyperthermia, Induced, medicine.disease, MESH : Disease Models, Animal, Rats, Disease Models, Animal, MESH: Cisplatin, Apoptosis, MESH : Epinephrine, Cancer cell, MESH: Antineoplastic Agents, MESH : Animals, MESH: Disease Models, Animal, business, Ovarian cancer, MESH: Female
Abstract

Background The best method to deliver intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC) for peritoneal carcinomatosis from ovarian cancer is not well defined. The aim of this study was to assess the ability of hyperthermia and adrenaline to enhance the intratumoral accumulation of cisplatin in a rat model of peritoneal carcinomatosis. Methods Four groups of 5 BDIX rats with ovarian peritoneal carcinomatosis underwent IPC with 30 mg/l of cisplatin according to the following conditions: normothermia at 37° for 1 or 2 hours, hyperthermia at 42°C for 1 hour or normothermia at 37°C for 2 hours with 2 mg/l adrenaline. Tissue platinum content was measured by atomic absorption spectroscopy. The effect of hyperthermia, adrenaline and the duration of exposure to the drug was measured in vivo (tissue concentration of platinum in tumor, abdominal and extra abdominal tissues) and in vitro (cytotoxicity on human ovarian cancer cells). Results In vitro, hyperthermia and longer exposure enhanced the accumulation and the cytotoxic effect of cisplatin on cancer cells. In vivo, only the 2 hours treatment with adrenaline resulted in increased platinum concentrations. The rats treated with adrenaline showed significantly lower concentrations of cisplatin in extra peritoneal tissues than those treated with hyperthermia. Conclusion Adrenaline is more effective than hyperthermia in order to enhance the intratumoral concentration of cisplatin in rats with peritoneal carcinomatosis from ovarian origin. It may also decrease the systemic absorption of the drug.

Published
2011

9. Synchrotron FTIR microspectroscopy of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae after exposure to plasma-deposited nanosilver-containing coating

Author

Claire Saulou, Isabelle Fourquaux, Muriel Mercier-Bonin, P. Dumas, C. Maranges, Patrice Raynaud, Bernard Despax, Frédéric Jamme, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés (LISBP), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, LAboratoire PLasma et Conversion d'Energie (LAPLACE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Unité de recherche sur les Biopolymères, Interactions Assemblages (BIA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Centre de Microscopie Électronique Appliquée à la Biologie (CMEAB), Hôpital de Rangueil, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-Toulouse Réseau Imagerie-Genotoul ( TRI-Genotoul), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Matériaux et Procédés Plasmas (LAPLACE-MPP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), The research described in this paper was performed at the French national synchrotron facility SOLEIL (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), using the SMIS beamline (proposal no 20060176)., ANR-07-BLAN-0196,BIOPLEASURE,Plasma - surface engineering for biofilm prevention(2007), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Hôpital de Rangueil, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse]-CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Toulouse (UT), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT), Toulouse Réseau Imagerie-Genotoul ( TRI-Genotoul), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), and Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3)

Subjects
Antifungal effect, Antifungal Agents, Silver, Cell Survival, Surface Properties, Scanning electron microscope, Thin films, Analytical chemistry, Metal Nanoparticles, Nanoparticle, Infrared spectroscopy, 02 engineering and technology, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biochemistry, Silver nanoparticle, Analytical Chemistry, Biomaterials, Plasma, 03 medical and health sciences, Nanosilvercontaining coating, Biological samples, Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Synchrotron FTIR microspectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, IR spectroscopy/Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, [SDV.BBM.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Biochemistry [q-bio.BM], [SPI.NANO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Micro and nanotechnologies/Microelectronics, 030304 developmental biology, 0303 health sciences, Nanocomposite, Chemistry, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Nanoparticles/ Nanotechnology, [SDV.BBM.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Biomolecules [q-bio.BM], [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Transmission electron microscopy, Cold plasma, Interface/Surface analysis, 0210 nano-technology, [SPI.SIGNAL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processing, Synchrotrons, Nuclear chemistry
Abstract

International audience; The present work was focused on elucidating changes in the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (cell composition, ultrastructure) after exposure to antimicrobial plasma-mediated nanocomposite films. In order to achieve this, a nanosilver-containing coating was deposited onto stainless steel using radiofrequency HMDSO plasma deposition, combined with simultaneous silver sputtering. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed the presence of silver nanoparticles embedded in an organo-silicon matrix. In addition, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) demonstrated the nanoparticle-based morphology of the deposited layer. The antifungal properties towards S. cerevisiae were established, since a 1.4 log reduction in viable counts was observed after a 24-h adhesion compared to control conditions with the matrix alone. Differences in cell composition after exposure to the nanosilver was assessed for the protein region using, for the first time, synchrotron Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy of single S. cerevisiae cells, through in situ mapping with sub-cellular spatial resolution. IR spectrum of yeast cells recovered after a 24-h adhesion to the nanosilver-containing coating revealed a significant downshift (20 cm −1) of the amide I peak at 1655 cm −1 , compared to freshly harvested cells. This lower band position, corresponding to a loss in α-helix structures, is indicative of the disordered secondary structures of proteins, due to the transition between active and inactive conformations under nanosilver-induced stress conditions. No significant effect on the nucleic acid region was detected. The inhibitory action of silver was targeted against both cell wall and intracellular proteins such as enzymes. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observations of the yeastultrastructure confirmed serious morphological and structural damages. A homogeneous protein-binding distribution of nanosilver all over the cell was assumed, since the presence of electron-dense silver clusters was detected not only on the cell surface but also within the cell. For control experiments with the organosilicon matrix alone, no antimicrobial effect was observed, which was consistent with synchrotron FTIR results and TEM observations.

Published
2010