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152. Occurrence of bla CTX-M-1, qnrB1 and virulence genes in avian ESBL-producing Escherichia coli isolates from Tunisia.
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Kilani H, Abbassi MS, Ferjani S, Mansouri R, Sghaier S, Ben Salem R, Jaouani I, Douja G, Brahim S, Hammami S, Ben Chehida N, and Boubaker IB
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- Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Cluster Analysis, DNA, Bacterial genetics, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Escherichia coli drug effects, Escherichia coli enzymology, Escherichia coli isolation & purification, Escherichia coli Infections microbiology, Feces microbiology, Genotype, Integrons, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Molecular Typing, Plasmids analysis, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Tunisia, Escherichia coli genetics, Escherichia coli Infections veterinary, Escherichia coli Proteins genetics, Poultry microbiology, Virulence Factors genetics, beta-Lactamases genetics
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Avian ESBL-producing Escherichia coli isolates have been increasingly reported worldwide. Animal to human dissemination, via food chain or direct contact, of these resistant bacteria has been reported. In Tunisia, little is known about avian ESBL- producing E. coli and further studies are needed. Seventeen ESBL-producing Escherichia coli isolates from poultry feces from two farms (Farm 1 and farm 2) in the North of Tunisia have been used in this study. Eleven of these isolates (from farm 1) have the same resistance profile to nalidixic acid, sulfonamides, streptomycin, tetracycline, and norfloxacine (intermediately resistant). Out of the six isolates recovered from farm 2, only one was co-resistant to tetracycline. All isolates, except one, harbored bla CTX-M-1 gene, and one strain co-harbored the bla TEM-1 gene. The genes tetA and tetB were carried, respectively, by 11 and 1 amongst the 12 tetracycline-resistant isolates. Sulfonamides resistance was encoded by sul1, sul2, and sul3 genes in 3, 17, and 5 isolates, respectively. The qnrB1 was detected in nine strains, one of which co-harbored qnrS1 gene. The search for the class 1 and 2 integrons by PCR showed that in farm 1, class 1 and 2 integrons were found in one and ten isolates, respectively. In farm 2, class 1 integron was found in only one isolate, class 2 was not detected. Only one gene cassette arrangement was demonstrated in the variable regions (VR) of the 10 int2-positive isolates: dfrA1- sat2-aadA1. The size of the VR of the class 1 integron was approximately 250 bp in one int1-positive isolate, whereas in the second isolate, no amplification was observed. All isolates of farm 1 belong to the phylogroup A (sub-group A0). However, different types of phylogroups in farm 2 were detected. Each of the phylogroups A1, B22, B23 was detected in one strain, while the D2 phylogroup was found in 3 isolates. The virulence genes iutA, fimH, and traT were detected in 3, 7, and 3 isolates, respectively. Two types of gene combination were detected: iutA+fimH+traT in 3 isolates and iutA+fimH in one isolate. The isolates recovered in farm 1 showed the same profile of PFGE macro-restriction, while isolates of farm 2 presented unrelated PFGE patterns. We conclude that these avian ESBL-producing E. coli isolates show homo- and heterogenic genetic background and that plasmids harboring ESBL genes could be involved in the dissemination of this resistance phenotype.
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- 2015
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153. Doxorubicin coupled to penetratin promotes apoptosis in CHO cells by a mechanism involving c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase.
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Aroui S, Mili D, Brahim S, De Waard M, and Kenani A
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- Animals, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic metabolism, CHO Cells, Carrier Proteins metabolism, Cell-Penetrating Peptides, Cricetinae, Cricetulus, Doxorubicin metabolism, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand metabolism, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic pharmacology, Apoptosis, Carrier Proteins pharmacology, Doxorubicin pharmacology, JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism
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Doxorubicin (Dox) has demonstrated potent activity in treating malignant lymphomas but its therapeutic efficacy is hampered by induction of cardiotoxicity. This side effect is related to the ability of the drug to generate reactive oxygen species in cells. Previously, we demonstrated that coupling Dox to penetratin (Pen), a cell penetrating peptide, represent a valuable strategy to overcome drug resistance in CHO cells. In the present study, we evaluated the consequences of the conjugation of Dox to Pen in term of apoptosis induction. When tested on CHO cells, Dox-Pen generated a typical apoptotic phenotype but at lower dose that needed for unconjugated Dox. Cell death induction was associated with chromatin condensation, caspase activation, Bax oligomerisation and release of cytochrome c. By using reactive oxygen species and c-jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitors, we prevented Dox- and Dox-Pen-induced CHO cell death. The chimeric soluble DR5 receptor that inhibits TRAIL induced cell death does not prevent Dox or Dox-Pen-induced cytotoxicity. These observations indicate that conjugation of Dox to cell penetrating peptide does not impair the ability of the drug to trigger cell death through activation of the intrinsic pathway involving c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase but could exhibit less toxic side effects and could warrant its use in clinic., ((c) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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154. [Derivative of bleomycin generates less of ROS? Less of fibrosis? Alternative in the development of an efficacy anticancer therapy but less toxic].
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Brahim S, Bettaieb A, and Kenani A
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- Apoptosis genetics, Bleomycin adverse effects, Bleomycin chemistry, Bleomycin pharmacology, Enzyme Activation drug effects, Mitochondria drug effects, Mitochondria physiology, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases metabolism, Structure-Activity Relationship, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic adverse effects, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic chemistry, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic pharmacology, Bleomycin analogs & derivatives, Pulmonary Fibrosis chemically induced, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism
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Deglycobleomycin (DBLM), the aglycon of the glycopeptide antitumor drug bleomycin (BLM), was first used since 1980 during comparative studies between BLM and DBLM in order to elucidate the role of the sugar component in the mechanism of action of BLM. In fact, the deglycosylation of BLM reduce the toxicity of this molecule and fails to produce reactive oxygen species, responsible for pulmonary fibrosis, and for anti-neoplastic activity of BLM. This causes toxic DNA lesions and ultimately leads to cell death. The therapeutic use of BLM is limited by a dose-dependent lung toxicity that eventually leads to fibrosis. Testing BLM-derivative molecules and defining their molecular mechanisms involved in tumor cell death may help to design new therapeutic approach with limited toxicity profile while maintaining anti-tumoral properties. The present review was undertaken to determine the effect of carbohydrate moiety in the mechanism of BLM induced cytotoxicity behind a comparative studies between BLM and DBLM.
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- 2010
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155. Cytotoxicity, intracellular distribution and uptake of doxorubicin and doxorubicin coupled to cell-penetrating peptides in different cell lines: a comparative study.
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Aroui S, Brahim S, Waard MD, and Kenani A
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- Animals, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic chemistry, Biological Transport, CHO Cells, Carrier Proteins chemistry, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell-Penetrating Peptides, Cricetinae, Cricetulus, Doxorubicin chemistry, Humans, Peptide Fragments chemistry, tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus chemistry, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic metabolism, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic pharmacology, Carrier Proteins metabolism, Doxorubicin metabolism, Doxorubicin pharmacology, Peptide Fragments metabolism, tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus metabolism
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One of the major obstacles which are opposed to the success of anticancer treatment is the cell resistance that generally develops after administration of commonly used drugs. In this study, we try to overcome the tumour cell resistance of doxorubicin (Dox) by developing a cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)-anticancer drug conjugate in aim to enhance its intracellular delivery and that its therapeutic effects. For this purpose, two cell-penetrating peptides, penetratin (pene) and tat, derived from the HIV-1 TAT protein, were chemically conjugated to Dox. The cytotoxicity, intracellular distribution and uptake were accessed in CHO cells (Chinese Hamster Ovarian carcinoma cells), HUVEC (Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells), differentiated NG108.15 neuronal cell and breast cancer cells MCF7drug-sensitive or MDA-MB 231 drug-resistant cell lines. The conjugates showed different cell killing activity and intracellular distribution pattern by comparison to Dox as assessed respectively by MTT-based colorimetric cellular cytotoxicity assay, confocal fluorescence microscopy and FACS analysis. After treatment with 3 microM with Dox-CPPs for 2h, pene increase the Dox cytotoxicity by 7.19-fold in CHO cells, by 11.53-fold in HUVEC cells and by 4.87-fold in MDA-MB 231 cells. However, cytotoxicity was decreased in NG108.15 cells and MCF7. Our CPPs-Dox conjugate proves the validity of CPPs for the cytoplasmic delivery of therapeutically useful molecules and also a valuable strategy to overcome drug resistance., (Copyright 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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156. Efficient induction of apoptosis by doxorubicin coupled to cell-penetrating peptides compared to unconjugated doxorubicin in the human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB 231.
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Aroui S, Brahim S, De Waard M, Bréard J, and Kenani A
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- Animals, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic metabolism, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, CHO Cells, Caspases metabolism, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Survival drug effects, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly drug effects, Cricetinae, Cricetulus, Cytochromes c metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Doxorubicin analogs & derivatives, Doxorubicin metabolism, Enzyme Activation, Female, Humans, Mice, Mitochondria drug effects, Mitochondria metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 metabolism, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Signal Transduction drug effects, Time Factors, bcl-2-Associated X Protein metabolism, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic pharmacology, Apoptosis drug effects, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Cell Membrane Permeability, Doxorubicin pharmacology, Drug Carriers, Peptides metabolism
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Doxorubicin (Dox) is a commonly used drug to treat various types of cancers. Previously, we demonstrated that coupling Dox to cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) represent a valuable strategy to overcome drug resistance in MDA-MB 231 breast cancer cells. In the present study, we evaluated the properties of these Dox conjugates (Dox-CPPs) in terms of apoptosis induction. Dox-CPPs were found to induce apoptotic death in MDA-MB 231 cells at a lower dose than that needed for unconjugated Dox. Cell death induction was associated with Bax oligomerisation, release of cytochrome c, caspase activation, chromatin condensation and internucleosomal degradation. However, whereas Bcl-2 overexpression was very potent in inhibiting apoptosis triggered by Dox, this anti-apoptotic protein was largely inefficient in preventing Dox-CPPs-induced apoptosis. These observations suggest that mitochondrial disruption is the main event in Dox-induced apoptotic signaling but that Dox-CPPs are probably able to trigger additional apoptotic pathways independent of mitochondrial events. Thus, the higher efficacy of Dox conjugated to CCPs in apoptosis induction might not be due exclusively to increased drug accumulation but also to the activation of multiple apoptotic pathways.
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- 2009
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157. Conjugation of doxorubicin to cell penetrating peptides sensitizes human breast MDA-MB 231 cancer cells to endogenous TRAIL-induced apoptosis.
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Aroui S, Brahim S, Hamelin J, De Waard M, Bréard J, and Kenani A
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- Ceramides metabolism, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm drug effects, Female, Humans, Membrane Microdomains physiology, Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand biosynthesis, Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand metabolism, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand pharmacology, Apoptosis drug effects, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Doxorubicin administration & dosage, Drug Carriers administration & dosage, Peptides administration & dosage
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Previous work from our laboratory has shown that coupling doxorubicin (Dox) to cell penetrating peptides (Dox-CPPs) is a good strategy to overcome Dox resistance in MDA-MB 231 breast cancer cells. We also reported that, in contrast to unconjugated Dox-induced cell death, the increase in apoptotic response does not involve the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway. In this study, we demonstrate that both Dox and Dox-CPPs can increase the density of the TRAIL receptors DR4 and DR5 at the plasma membrane and moderately sensitize MDA-MB 231 cells to exogeneously added recombinant TRAIL, as has already been shown for other chemotherapeutic drugs. Moreover, we show that Dox-CPPs, used alone, induce the clustering of TRAIL receptors into ceramide-enriched membrane lipid rafts, a property not shared by unconjugated Dox and that this process is due to the generation of ceramide during Dox-CPPs treatment. In addition, MDA-MB 231 cells were found to express TRAIL and we show that the increased apoptotic rate induced by Dox-CPPs is due to the sensitization of MDA-MB 231 cells to endogenous TRAIL. The capacity of Dox-CPPs to sensitize cancer cells to physiologic amounts of TRAIL suggests that, in addition to their efficiency in combination chemotherapy, these compounds might increase the response of tumor cells to cytotoxic lymphocyte-mediated killing via TRAIL.
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- 2009
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158. Involvement of C-jun NH2-terminal kinase and apoptosis induced factor in apoptosis induced by deglycosylated bleomycin in laryngeal carcinoma cells.
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Brahim S, Aroui S, Abid K, and Kenani A
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- Anthracenes pharmacology, Apoptosis Inducing Factor drug effects, Bleomycin pharmacology, Cell Line, Tumor, Colonic Neoplasms metabolism, Fas Ligand Protein metabolism, Humans, JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Leukemia metabolism, Mitochondria drug effects, Mitochondria metabolism, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand metabolism, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic pharmacology, Apoptosis, Apoptosis Inducing Factor metabolism, Bleomycin analogs & derivatives, Carcinoma enzymology, JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, Laryngeal Neoplasms enzymology
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In our previous studies, we demonstrated that the deglycosylation of bleomycin-A2 (BLM-A2) does not affect the capacity of this drug to induce cell death by apoptosis in a caspase-independent manner in laryngeal cancer cells (HEp-2), but suppresses the ability of BLM-A2 to induce ROS formation. We have now investigated the consequence of BLM-A2 deglycosylation in terms of the involvement of apoptotic pathways in HEp-2 cells. Apoptosis induced by bleomycin-A2 and deglyco-BLM-A2 is associated with the release of cytochrome c and AIF. Only Bax was oligomerized with BLM-A2-induced HEp-2 cell death. BLM-A2 and deglyco-BLM-A2-induced apoptosis depended on JNK activation but was independent of death receptors expression. In contrast, both of these drugs would sensitize HEp-2 cells to death receptor ligand-induced cell death. These observations indicate that the deglycosylation of BLM does not impair the ability of the drug to trigger cell death through activation of the intrinsic pathway by the release of AIF responsible for mitochondrial permeability and chromatin condensation independent of caspases activation.
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- 2009
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159. Carbon nanotube-based ethanol sensors.
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Brahim S, Colbern S, Gump R, Moser A, and Grigorian L
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- Algorithms, Electric Impedance, Electrons, Equipment Design, Ethanol chemistry, Gases chemistry, Metals chemistry, Nanocomposites chemistry, Sensitivity and Specificity, Temperature, Transition Elements chemistry, Ethanol analysis, Gases analysis, Nanotubes, Carbon chemistry
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Sensors containing metal-carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid materials as the active sensing layer were demonstrated for ethanol vapor detection at room temperature. The metal-CNT hybrid materials were synthesized by infiltrating single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with the transition metals Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt. Each sensor was prepared by drop-casting dilute dispersions of a metal-CNT hybrid onto quartz substrate electrodes and the impedimetric responses to varying ethanol concentration were recorded. Upon exposure to ethanol vapor, the ac impedance (Z') of the sensors was found to decrease to different extents. The sensor containing pristine CNT material was virtually non-responsive at low ethanol concentrations (<50 ppm). In contrast, all metal-CNT hybrid sensors showed extremely high sensitivity to trace ethanol levels with 100-fold or more gains in sensitivity relative to the starting SWNT sensor. All hybrid sensors, with the exception of Ni filled CNT, exhibited significantly larger sensor responses to ethanol vapor up to 250 ppm compared to the starting SWNT sensor.
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- 2009
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160. [Apoptosis induced by bleomycin: influence of cellular models].
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Brahim-Loghmari S and Kenani A
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- Antibiotics, Antineoplastic chemistry, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic therapeutic use, Apoptosis physiology, Bleomycin chemistry, Bleomycin therapeutic use, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell drug therapy, Caspases drug effects, Caspases physiology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm drug effects, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm physiology, Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein drug effects, Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein physiology, Free Radicals adverse effects, Humans, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin drug therapy, Mitochondria drug effects, Mitochondria physiology, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases drug effects, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases physiology, Models, Chemical, Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal drug therapy, Signal Transduction drug effects, Signal Transduction physiology, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic pharmacology, Apoptosis drug effects, Bleomycin pharmacology
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Bleomycins are a family of glycopeptides isolated from streptomyces verticillus and exhibiting antibiotic properties. They are commonly included in chemotherapy regimens used to treat patients with Hodgkin's or non Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma, squamous-cell carcinoma or germ-cell tumor. The chemical structure and action mode of bleomycin have been extensively studied, in contrast, the molecular mechanisms of the cytotoxic effects of bleomycin, in vivo, remain poorly understood. Recently, the apoptotics signaling pathway induce by bleomycin was the object of study, of many groups. In this sense, some studies suggested that bleomycin induce in some cells different apoptotic pathway in dose and time depending manner. The sensibility or the resistance to apoptosis induced by bleomycin may explain the sensibility or the resistance of tumor cells to bleomycin. The aim of this review was to describe the machinery of apoptosis induced by bleomycin in tumor cells.
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- 2009
161. Deglycosylated bleomycin triggers apoptosis in laryngeal carcinoma cells in a caspase and reactive oxygen species independent manner.
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Brahim S, Bettaieb A, and Kenani A
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- Blotting, Western, Caspases metabolism, Cell Line, Tumor, Humans, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic toxicity, Apoptosis physiology, Bleomycin analogs & derivatives, Bleomycin toxicity, Laryngeal Neoplasms metabolism
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Background: Bleomycin-A2, a member of a family of glycopeptide antibiotics, has potent antitumor activity against a range of lymphomas, head and neck cancer and germ cell tumors. However, little is known about the biologic activity of the carbohydrate moiety in Bleomycin-A2-induced cytotoxicity., Methods: We compared the capacity of Bleomycin-A2 and its deglycosylated form (deglycoBleomycin-A2) to induce cell death. Apoptosis was analyzed by cell nuclear staining with Hoechst 33342 dye and DNA fragmentation. The signal transduction pathway was measured through Western blotting and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS)., Results: When tested on HEp-2 laryngeal carcinoma cells, Bleomycin-A2, and deglycoBleomycin-A2 decreased cell viability and clonogenic survival, but Bleomycin-A2 was more toxic than its deglycosylated form. The cell death occurred by apoptosis as identified by condensed chromatin and the formation of apoptotic bodies. While Bleomycin-A2-induced apoptosis was dependent on caspase activation and ROS production, deglycoBleomycin-A2-triggered apoptosis did not require caspase activation and ROS production., Conclusions: The deglycosylation of Bleomycin-A2 suppresses the ability of the drug to induce ROS formation without hampering its toxic effect. These observations indicate that deglycoBleomycin-A2 may demonstrate a less toxic profile than BLM in the clinic.
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- 2008
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162. Role of carbohydrate moiety of bleomycin-A2 in caspase-3 activation and internucleosomal chromatin fragmentation in apoptosis of laryngeal carcinoma cells.
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Brahim S, Abid K, and Kenani A
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- Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Shape, DNA Fragmentation, Enzyme Activation, Glycosylation, Humans, Nucleosomes metabolism, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic chemistry, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic metabolism, Apoptosis physiology, Bleomycin chemistry, Bleomycin metabolism, Caspase 3 metabolism, Chromatin metabolism, Laryngeal Neoplasms, Polysaccharides chemistry, Polysaccharides metabolism
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Bleomycin (BLM), an antitumor antibiotic, is currently used during anticancer therapy. The therapeutic efficiency of BLM for the treatment of malignant tumors is related to its ability to cleave DNA. However, little is known about the biological activity of the glycannic moiety in BLM-induced cytotoxicity. In this study, cell death induced by BLM-A2 and deglycosylated BLM-A2 was studied in a laryngeal carcinoma cell line (HEp-2 cells). Our results indicate that HEp-2 cells showed morphological and biochemical changes associated with apoptosis in the presence of low concentrations of BLM-A2. In contrast, the same changes, except activation of caspase-3 and internucleosomal digestion of genomic DNA, were observed when cells were exposed to high concentrations of deglycosylated BLM-A2. These observations indicate that the glycannic moiety from the bleomycin molecule has important biological effects on the cytotoxicity of the drug.
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- 2008
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163. Molecularly engineered p(HEMA)-based hydrogels for implant biochip biocompatibility.
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Abraham S, Brahim S, Ishihara K, and Guiseppi-Elie A
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- Adsorption, Biomimetic Materials analysis, Biomimetic Materials chemistry, Cell Adhesion physiology, Cell Proliferation, Cell Size, Cell Survival, Cells, Cultured, Coated Materials, Biocompatible analysis, Humans, Hydrogels analysis, Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions, Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate analysis, Protein Array Analysis, Protein Binding, Surface Properties, Wettability, Coated Materials, Biocompatible chemistry, Extracellular Matrix Proteins chemistry, Fibroblasts cytology, Fibroblasts physiology, Hydrogels chemistry, Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate chemistry, Prostheses and Implants
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The strategy of phospholipid-based biomimicry has been used to molecularly engineer poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) [p(HEMA)]-based hydrogels for improved in vitro and potential in vivo biocompatibility. Two methacrylate-based monomers, poly(ethylene glycol) (200) monomethacrylate (PEGMA) and 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC), were incorporated at varying mole fractions of 0.0-0.5 mol% PEGMA and 0-10 mol% MPC respectively, into 3 mol% tetraethyleneglycol diacrylate (TEGDA) cross-linked p(HEMA) networks. Upon hydration of these engineered hydrogels, a reduction in receding contact angle from 22+/-1.2 degrees for p(HEMA) to 8+/-2.7 degrees for p(HEMA) containing 0.5:10 mol% PEGMA:MPC was observed, reflecting the significant increase in surface hydrophilicity with increasing PEGMA and MPC content upon prolonged hydration. Hydrogels containing MPC showed a temporal increase in hydrophilicity following continuous immersion in DI water over 5 days. Hydrogels containing 0.5 mol% PEGMA and MPC in the range of 5-10 mol% displayed reduced protein adsorption when incubated with the common extracellular matrix proteins; fibronectin, collagen or laminin, producing up to 64% less protein adsorption compared to p(HEMA). Compositional optima for cell viability and proliferation established from two-factor Central Composite design analysis of human muscle fibroblasts cultured on these hydrogels suggest that those containing PEGMA between 0.3 and 0.5 mol% and MPC levels around 5-10 mol% exhibit desirable characteristics for implant material coatings-high viability (>80%) with low proliferation (<40%), confirming a lack of cytotoxicity.
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- 2005
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164. Molecularly engineered hydrogels for implant biocompatibility.
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Abraham S, Brahim S, and Guiseppi-Elie A
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The biocompatibility of biosmart polymer membranes synthesized from cross-linkable (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (HEMA) and tetraethylene glycol diacrylate and containing different mole-percent polyethylene glycol methacrylate (PEGMA) and methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC), a phosphorylcholine-containing co-monomer, was investigated. The cytotoxicity (cell viability and proliferation) and the adhesion of extra cellular matrix proteins to these hydrogel surfaces were separately tested. Cell proliferation assays were conducted by cultivating human skeletal muscle fibroblasts onto the surfaces of these polymeric membranes prepared by in-situ polymerization in chemically derivatized 8-well cell-culture plates. The compositions containing MPC and PEGMA concentrations greater than 1.0 and 0.05 mole% respectively demonstrated good protein adhesion and cell viability (>90%) of human muscle fibroblast cells. Morphological deviances and partial colonization of the hydrogel surface has been noticed and suggests good compatibility of hydrogels for cellular viability but restricted proliferation. It is well known that the adsorption of proteins onto biomaterial surfaces modulates the cellular interaction with these surfaces. The extent of adsorption of fluorescein labeled proteins (laminin, collagen, and fibronectin) onto these polymer membrane surfaces was evaluated by measuring the resultant fluorescence intensity using a confocal fluorescence scanner.
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- 2004
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165. Release characteristics of novel pH-sensitive p(HEMA-DMAEMA) hydrogels containing 3-(trimethoxy-silyl) propyl methacrylate.
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Brahim S, Narinesingh D, and Guiseppi-Elie A
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- Biocompatible Materials chemistry, Biocompatible Materials pharmacokinetics, Hydrogels pharmacokinetics, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Insulin administration & dosage, Kinetics, Methacrylates chemistry, Methacrylates pharmacokinetics, Polymethacrylic Acids chemistry, Polymethacrylic Acids pharmacokinetics, Protamines administration & dosage, Trimethylsilyl Compounds chemistry, Trimethylsilyl Compounds pharmacokinetics, Drug Delivery Systems methods, Hydrogels chemistry
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An amphiphilic hydrogel of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) cross-linked with tetraethyleneglycol diacrylate (TEGDA) was synthesized to contain the hydrophobic monomer 3-(trimethoxy-silyl) propyl methacrylate (PMA) and the pH-responsive, hydrophilic monomer N',N'-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA). The gels were separately loaded with two biomolecular probes, insulin and protamine, via both physical entrapment and equilibrium imbibition methods. The release profiles for these biomolecular probes, possessing similar MW (5.7 and 4-6 kDa, respectively) but different pI's (5.3 and 10.0, respectively), were investigated with respect to variation in the pH of the bathing medium as well as the DMAEMA content, and the cross-link density of the hydrogel. Gels exhibited classical Fickian diffusion release profiles. For a typical gel composition 66:15:10:09 mol % (HEMA:DMAEMA:PMA:TEGDA), as the pH of the release media decreased from 7.3 to 4.0, the rate of release of both biomolecular probes increased. When loaded via entrapment, the insulin release rate increased ca. 4-fold (1.0-3.7 x 10(-7) cm(2) s(-1)), whereas that of protamine increased 10-fold (0.3-3.3 x 10(-7) cm(2) s(-1)). When loaded by imbibition, the insulin diffusion coefficient increased 2-fold (3.8-7.2 x 10(-7) cm(2) s(-1)), whereas that of protamine increased 3-fold (1.9-5.5 x 10(-7) cm(2) s(-1)). The reduction of pH, through its protonation of the gel network, has a more dramatic influence on protamine release, the result of its higher pI (10.0) compared to that of insulin (5.3). As the DMAEMA content of the hydrogel was increased from 0 to 20 mol %, the diffusion coefficient of protamine increased by ca. 7-fold (1.7-12.2 x 10(-7) cm(2) s(-1)), whereas that of insulin increased only ca. 2-fold (1.7-4.0 x 10(-7) cm(2) s(-1)). This differential release confirms the role of internal protonation in effecting the greater release of the protonated drug molecule. Increasing the TEGDA content from 3 to 15 mol % reduced the diffusion coefficient ca. 3-fold for insulin (1.6-0.5 x 10(-7) cm(2) s(-1)) and 5-fold for protamine (4.0-0.8 x 10(-7) cm(2) s(-1)). The final D(ip) at 15 mol % TEGDA suggests that the smaller mesh size offsets any differential release that arises from protonation. The presence of PMA in the hydrogel formulation, which contributes additional cross-links by reason of the formation of siloxane macromers, did not change the usually observed Fickian diffusion mechanism.
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- 2003
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166. Synthesis and hydration properties of pH-sensitive p(HEMA)-based hydrogels containing 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate.
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Brahim S, Narinesingh D, and Guiseppi-Elie A
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- Acrylates chemical synthesis, Acrylates chemistry, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Methacrylates chemistry, Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate chemistry, Silicon Compounds chemistry, Methacrylates chemical synthesis, Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate chemical synthesis, Silicon Compounds chemical synthesis
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An amphiphilic hydrogel network was synthesized from a cross-linked poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) backbone copolymerized with the monomers 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate (PMA) and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) using tetraethylene glycol diacrylate (TEGDA) as cross-linker and using the radical initiator system comprising N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine and ammonium peroxydisulfate. The degree of hydration of hydrogel slabs was investigated as functions of varying monomer compositions and cross-link density and as a function of pH and ionic strength of the bathing medium. As much as a 45% increase in hydration was observed for hydrogels containing 15 mol % DMAEMA upon reducing the pH of the bathing medium from 8.0 to 2.0. This confirms the pH-modulated swelling of amine-containing hydrogels. Increasing the concentration of TEGDA cross-linker from 3 to 12 mol % in a 10 mol % DMAEMA-containing hydrogel resulted in only a 10% reduction in the degree of hydration of the gel. There was, however, a 40-50% reduction in the degree of hydration of a 15 mol % DMAEMA hydrogel upon increasing the molar composition of PMA from 0 up to 20 mol %. The presence of PMA confers hydrophobic character that reduces hydration and introduces additional cross-links that reduce network mesh size. The water content of the hydrogel was consistently higher in buffers of lower ionic strength. The reversible pH-dependent swelling observed in these studies, along with the control of cross-link density afforded by the PMA component, endows these biocompatible materials with potential for use in pH-controlled drug delivery of more hydrophobic drugs and present new compositions for in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility studies.
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- 2003
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167. Bio-smart hydrogels: co-joined molecular recognition and signal transduction in biosensor fabrication and drug delivery.
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Brahim S, Narinesingh D, and Guiseppi-Elie A
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- Biosensing Techniques methods, Cholesterol analysis, Cholesterol chemistry, Electrochemistry instrumentation, Electrochemistry methods, Equipment Design, Galactose analysis, Galactose chemistry, Glucose analysis, Glucose chemistry, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Infusion Pumps, Implantable, Membranes, Artificial, Methacrylates, Pyrroles, Quality Control, Sensitivity and Specificity, Biocompatible Materials, Biosensing Techniques instrumentation, Enzymes, Immobilized, Hydrogels, Insulin Infusion Systems, Oxidoreductases chemistry, Polymers
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Two classes of polymers that are currently receiving widespread attention in biosensor development are hydrogels and conducting electroactive polymers. The present study reports on the integration of these two materials to produce electroactive hydrogel composites that physically entrap enzymes within their matrices for biosensor construction and chemically stimulated controlled release. Enhanced biosensing capabilities of these membranes have been demonstrated in the fabrication of glucose, cholesterol and galactose amperometric biosensors. All biosensors displayed extended linear response ranges (10(-5)-10(-2) M), rapid response times (<60 s), retained storage stabilities of up to 1 year, and excellent screening of the physiological interferents ascorbic acid, uric acid, and acetaminophen. When the cross-linked hydrogel components of these composite membranes were prepared with the amine containing dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate monomer the result was polymeric devices that swelled in response to pH changes (neutral to acidic). Entrapment of glucose oxidase within these materials made them glucose-responsive through the formation of gluconic acid. When insulin was co-loaded with glucose oxidase into these "bio-smart" devices, there was a twofold increase in insulin release rate when the devices were immersed in glucose solutions. This demonstrates the potential of such systems to function as a chemically-synthesized artificial pancreas.
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- 2002
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168. Polypyrrole-hydrogel composites for the construction of clinically important biosensors.
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Brahim S, Narinesingh D, and Guiseppi-Elie A
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- Calibration, Diffusion, Humans, Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Polymers, Pyrroles, Temperature, Biosensing Techniques methods, Blood Glucose analysis, Cholesterol Oxidase metabolism, Galactose Oxidase metabolism, Glucose Oxidase metabolism
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The present study reports on the use of p(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) in which polypyrrole and various oxidoreductase enzymes were physically entrapped to function as a viable matrix for the construction of clinically important amperometric biosensors. Glucose oxidase, cholesterol oxidase and galactose oxidase biosensors were constructed. Electrode-supported hydrogel films were prepared by UV polymerization of the HEMA component (containing the dissolved enzyme) followed immediately by electrochemical polymerization (+0.7V vs. Ag/AgCl) of the pyrrole component within the interstitial spaces of the pre-formed hydrogel network. The optimized glucose oxidase biosensor displayed a wide linear glucose response range (5.0 x 10(-5) to 2.0 x 10(-2) M), a detection limit (3S(y/x)/sensitivity) of 25 microM and a response time of 35-40 s. The analytical recovery of glucose in serum samples ranged from 98 to 102% with mean coefficients of variation of 4.4% (within-day analyses) and 5.1% (day-to-day analyses). All three sensors displayed good stabilities when stored desiccated in the absence of buffer (>9 months).
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- 2002
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169. Enzyme microgels in packed-bed bioreactors with downstream amperometric detection using microfabricated interdigitated microsensor electrode arrays.
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Guiseppi-Elie A, Sheppard NF Jr, Brahim S, and Narinesingh D
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- Aspergillus niger chemistry, Bioreactors, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Electrochemistry, Electrodes, Enzyme Stability, Flow Injection Analysis, Gels chemistry, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Reproducibility of Results, Sampling Studies, Streptomyces chemistry, Biosensing Techniques methods, Enzymes, Immobilized metabolism, Glucose analysis, Glucose Oxidase metabolism, Sodium Glutamate analysis
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In this article, we describe the use of pH- responsive hydrogels as matrices for the immobilization of two enzymes, glucose oxidase (GOx) and glutamate oxidase (GlutOx). Spherical hydrogel beads were prepared by inverse suspension polymerization and the enzymes were immobilized by either physical entrapment or covalent immobilization within or on the hydrogel surface. Packed-bed bioreactors were prepared containing the bioactive hydrogels and these incorporated into flow injection (FI) systems for the quantitation of glucose and monosodium glutamate (MSG) respectively. The FI amperometric detector comprised a microfabricated interdigitated array within a thin-layer flow cell. For the FI manifold incorporating immobilized GOx, glucose response curves were found to be linear over the concentration range 1.8-280 mg dL(-1) (0.1-15.5 mM) with a detection limit of 1.4 mg dL(-1) (0.08 mM). Up to 20 samples can be manually analyzed per hour, with the hydrogel-GOx bioreactor exhibiting good within-day (0.19%) precision. The optimized FI manifold for MSG quantitation yielded a linear response range of up to 135 mg dL(-1) (8 mM) with a detection limit of 3.38 mg dL(-1) (0.2 mM) and a throughput of 30 samples h(-1). Analysis of commercially produced soup samples gave a within-day precision of 3.6%. Bioreactors containing these two physically entrapped enzymes retained > 60% of their initial activities after a storage period of up to 1 year., (Copyright 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
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- 2001
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170. [The diabetic foot: survival in a diabetology service].
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Ftouhi B, Ben Njima S, Kanoun F, Cheikhrouhou N, Aissa Z, M'Kaouer A, Brahim S, Rehaiem B, and Ben Khalifa F
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- Female, Hospitalization statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Education as Topic, Retrospective Studies, Diabetic Foot complications, Diabetic Foot epidemiology, Diabetic Foot etiology
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- 1997
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