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3D visualization of movements can amplify motor cortex activation during subsequent motor imagery
(2015)
A repetitive movement practice by motor imagery (MI) can influence motor cortical excitability in the electroencephalogram (EEG). This study investigated if a realistic visualization in 3D of upper and lower limb movements can amplify motor related potentials during subsequent MI. We hypothesized that a richer sensory visualization might be more effective during instrumental conditioning, resulting in a more pronounced event related desynchronization (ERD) of the upper alpha band (10–12 Hz) over the sensorimotor cortices thereby potentially improving MI based brain-computer interface (BCI) protocols for motor rehabilitation. The results show a strong increase of the characteristic patterns of ERD of the upper alpha band components for left and right limb MI present over the sensorimotor areas in both visualization conditions. Overall, significant differences were observed as a function of visualization modality (VM; 2D vs. 3D). The largest upper alpha band power decrease was obtained during MI after a 3-dimensional visualization. In total in 12 out of 20 tasks the end-user of the 3D visualization group showed an enhanced upper alpha ERD relative to 2D VM group, with statistical significance in nine tasks.With a realistic visualization of the limb movements, we tried to increase motor cortex activation during subsequent MI. The feedback and the feedback environment should be inherently motivating and relevant for the learner and should have an appeal of novelty, real-world relevance or aesthetic value (Ryan and Deci, 2000; Merrill, 2007). Realistic visual feedback, consistent with the participant’s MI, might be helpful for accomplishing successful MI and the use of such feedback may assist in making BCI a more natural interface for MI based BCI rehabilitation.
3d-Übergangsmetallphthalocyanin-Moleküle auf Metalloberflächen: Der Einfluss der d-Orbitalbesetzung
(2015)
Im Rahmen dieser Dissertation wird die Untersuchung von 3d-Übergangsmetallphthalocyanin- Molekülen (ÜMPc) – quadratisch-planaren organischen Molekülen, welche im Zentrum ein 3d-Übergangsmetallion besitzen – auf metallischen Oberflächen vorgestellt. Der Fokus dieser Arbeit liegt dabei auf dem Einfluss der d-Orbitalbesetzung auf die magnetischen, elektronischen und strukturellen Eigenschaften der adsorbierten Moleküle, die mit Hilfe der Rastertunnelmikroskopie und -spektroskopie charakterisiert wurden. Die gewonnen Ergebnisse werden zum Teil mit theoretischen Berechnungen analysiert und interpretiert.
Die erste Hälfte der experimentellen Auswertung behandelt die Untersuchung dieser Moleküle auf Ag(001) in Hinblick auf die Existenz einer magnetischen Wechselwirkung, bei der ein unkompensiertes magnetisches Moment des Moleküls durch die Substratelektronen abgeschirmt wird. Dieser Effekt wird als Kondo-Abschirmung bezeichnet und erzeugt in der Zustandsdichte des Moleküls eine Resonanz am Fermi-Niveau. Die Messungen zeigen, dass diese Resonanz ausschließlich am Zentralion von MnPc vorgefunden wird, wohingegen sie bei allen anderen 3d-Übergangsmetallphthalocyanin-Molekülen, die eine höhere d-Orbitalbesetzung besitzen, nicht vorhanden ist. Anhand theoretischer Berechnungen kann die Ursache für dieses Verhalten darauf zurückgeführt werden, dass von allen d-Orbitalen einzig das dz2-Orbital mit dem Substrat geeignet hybridisiert, um eine Kondo-Abschirmung zu erzeugen. Da ausschließlich MnPc einen unkompensierten Spin in diesem Orbital besitzt, kann die An- bzw. Abwesenheit
des Kondo-Effekts auf die unterschiedliche Besetzung des dz2-Orbitals zurückgeführt werden. Neben der eben erwähnten Kondo-Resonanz ist bei MnPc ein weiteres Merkmal am Fermi- Niveau überlagert. Durch die Analyse der räumlichen Verteilung, den Vergleich mit anderen Molekülen und der Manipulation des MnPc-Moleküls kann gezeigt werden, dass es sich bei diesem Merkmal um einen d-Orbitalzustand handelt. Die Manipulation des Moleküls durch gezieltes Entfernen von Wasserstoffatomen ermöglicht darüber hinaus die Stärke der Kondo-Abschirmung zu beeinflussen.
In der zweiten Hälfte der experimentellen Auswertung werden Moleküle auf bismutinduzierten Oberflächenlegierungen der Edelmetalle Cu(111) und Ag(111) untersucht. Diese Legierungen zeichnen sich durch einen ausgeprägten Rashba-Effekt aus, der durch eine Aufspaltung der Parabeldispersion und Aufhebung der Spin-Entartung im zweidimensionalen Elektronengas der Oberflächenlegierung charakterisiert ist. Das Wachstumsverhalten von CuPc und MnPc auf diesen Oberflächen zeigt ein sehr gegensätzliches Verhalten. Während bei MnPc die Substrat-Molekül-Wechselwirkung dominant ist, wodurch diese Moleküle immer einen festen Adsorptionsplatz auf der Oberfläche besitzen, ist diese Wechselwirkung bei CuPc schwach ausgeprägt. Aus diesem Grund wandern die CuPc-Moleküle zu den Stufenkanten und bilden Cluster. Das unterschiedliche Wachstumsverhalten der Moleküle lässt sich auf die partiell-gefüllten d-Orbitale von MnPc zurückführen, die aus der Molekülebene ragen, mit dem Substrat hybridisieren und damit das Molekül an das Substrat binden. Bei CuPc hingegen sind diese d-Orbitale gefüllt und die Hybridisierung kann nicht stattfinden.
Im letzten Abschnitt werden die elektronischen und magnetischen Eigenschaften von MnPc auf diesen Substraten behandelt, die einige Besonderheiten aufweisen. So bildet sich durch die Adsorption des Moleküls auf den Oberflächen eine Grenzschichtresonanz aus, die eine partielle Füllung erkennen lässt. Spektroskopiedaten, aufgenommen am Ort der Grenzschichtresonanz, weisen eine symmetrisch um das Fermi-Niveau aufgespaltene Resonanz auf. Die Intensität der unter- und oberhalb der Fermi-Energie befindlichen Resonanz zeigen dabei ein komplementäres Verhalten bzgl. der jeweiligen Lage auf der Grenzschichtresonanz: An den Orten, an denen die Resonanz unterhalb des Fermi-Niveaus ihre maximale Intensität besitzt, ist die Resonanz oberhalb des Fermi-Niveaus nicht vorhanden und umgekehrt. Diese experimentellen Beobachtungen werden mit einem Modellansatz erklärt, welcher die Wirkung eines effektiven Magnetfeldes und eine Spin-Filterung postuliert.
Multiple myeloma (MM) remains an essentially incurable hematologic malignancy. However, new treatment modalities and novel drugs have been introduced and thus additional tools for therapy monitoring are increasingly needed. Therefore, we evaluated the radiotracers \(^{11}\)C-Methionine (paraprotein-biosynthesis) and \(^{18}\)F-FDG (glucose-utilization) for monitoring response to anti-myeloma-therapy and outcome prediction. Influence of proteasome-inhibition on radiotracer-uptake of different MM cell-lines and patient-derived CD138\(^{+}\) plasma cells was analyzed and related to tumor-biology. Mice xenotransplanted with MM. 1S tumors underwent MET- and FDG-\(\mu\)PET. Tumor-to-background ratios before and after 24 h, 8 and 15 days treatment with bortezomib were correlated to survival. Treatment reduced both MET and FDG uptake; changes in tracer-retention correlated with a switch from high to low CD138-expression. In xenotransplanted mice, MET-uptake significantly decreased by 30-79% as early as 24 h after bortezomib injection. No significant differences were detected thus early with FDG. This finding was confirmed in patient-derived MM cells. Importantly, early reduction of MET-but not FDG-uptake correlated with improved survival and reduced tumor burden in mice. Our results suggest that MET is superior to FDG in very early assessment of response to anti-myeloma-therapy. Early changes in MET-uptake have predictive potential regarding response and survival. MET-PET holds promise to individualize therapies in MM in future.
Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit sollten die Möglichkeiten der MR Tomographie erkundet werden bakterielle Infektionen im Zeitverlauf darzustellen. Genauer gesagt sollte das Potential der MR Tomographie anhand eines durch eine Infektion induzierten lokalisierten Abszesses unter Verwendung dreier unterschiedlicher MRT Methoden untersucht werden: Mittels nativem \(T_2\) Kontrast; der Verwendung von superparamagnetischen Eisenoxid Partieln (USPIO) als \(T_2^*\) Kontrastmittel; und dem Einsatz von Perfluorkarbonen (PFC) als \(^{19}F\) MRT Marker (siehe Kapitel 3).
Wie erwartet führte die durch die Infektion hervorgerufene Entzündung zu veränderten \(T_2\)-Zeiten, welche auf \(T_2\)-gewichteten MR Bildern eine Lokalisierung des Abszessbereiches erlauben. Jedoch eigneten sich diese Daten aufgrund der graduellen Änderung der \(T_2\)-Zeiten nicht, um eine klare Grenze zwischen Abszess und umliegendem Gewebe zu ziehen.
Superparamagnetische Eisenoxidpartikel andererseit haben als MRT Kontrastmittel bereits in den letzten Jahren ihre Fähigkeit unter Beweis gestellt Entzündungen [53, 58, 64] darzustellen. Die Anreicherung dieser Partikel am Rande des Abszesses [53], wie sie auch in unseren MR Daten zu beobachten war, erlaubte eine relativ scharfe Abgrenzung gegenüber dem umgebenden Gewebe in der chronischen Phase der Infektion (Tag 9 p.i.). Hingegen genügte die nur sehr spärlichen Anreicherung von USPIO Partikeln in der akuten Phase der Infektion (Tag 3 p.i.) nicht für eine entsprechende Abgrenzung [58].
Aufgrund der sehr geringen biologischen Häufigkeit und den sehr kurzen Relaxationszeiten von endogenem Fluor eignen sich Perfluorkarbone als Markersubstanz in der MR Tomographie von biologischen Systemen. Insbesondere da PFC Emulsionen durch phagozytierende Zellen aufgenommen werden und im Bereich von Entzündungen akkumulieren [30, 59]. In dieser Arbeit konnte anhand der erhaltenen MRT Daten eine Akkumulation von Perfluorkarbonen nicht nur in der chronischen Phase, sondern auch in der akuten Phase nachgewiesen werden. Diese Daten erlauben somit zu allen untersuchten Zeitpunkten eine Abgrenzung zwischen Infektion und umliegenden Gewebe.
Aufgrund der besagten Vorteile wurden die Perfluorkarbone gewählt, um die Möglichkeiten der MR Tomographie zu testen, quantitative Informationen über die schwere der Infektion zu liefern. Als Referenz für die Bakterienbelastung wurden die Biolumineszenzbildgebung (BLI) [49, 50] und die Standardmethode zur Bestimmung der Bakterienbelastung cfu (koloniebildenden Einheiten) herangezogen. Eine Gegenüberstellung der zeitlichen Verläufe der durch die Biolumineszenzbildgebung und durch die cfu erhaltenen Daten liefert eine qualitative Übereinstimmung mit den durch die 19F MR Tomographie erhaltenen Daten. Dies trifft hierbei sowohl auf die über den gesamten Infektionsbereich hinweg summierten Signalamplituden, als auch auf das Volumen zu, in dem Fluor am Ort der Infektion akkumuliert wurde. Im Gegensatz zur Methode der cfu Bestimmung sind die MR Tomographie und die Biolumineszenzbildgebung nicht invasiv und erlauben die Verfolgung des Infektionsverlaufes an einem einzelnen Individuum. Hierzu benötigt, im Gegensatz zur MR Tomographie, die Methode der Biolumineszenzbildgebung jedoch einen speziellen Pathogenstamm. Darüber hinaus ist hervorzuheben, dass die MR Tomographie zudem die Möglichkeit bietet auch morphologische Informationen über den Infektionsbereich und seine Umgebung zu akquirieren.
Gerade weil jede dieser Methoden die mit der Infektion einhergehenden Prozesse aus einer leicht anderen Blickrichtung betrachtet, erscheint es sinnvoll diese etablierte Untersuchungsplattform bestehend aus MRT, BLI und cfu über die in dieser Arbeit bearbeitete Fragestellung hinaus näher zu untersuchen. Insbesondere der Aspekt inwieweit die drei Methoden sich gegenseitig ergänzen, könnte einen tieferen Einblick in die Wechselwirkung zwischen Pathogen und Wirt erlauben.
Auch wenn für die betrachtete Fragestellung bereits der hierdurchgeführte semiquanitative Ansatz zur Bestimmung der relativen Fluormengen am Ort der Infektion ausreichte, so ist doch im Allgemeinen wünschenswert probenbezogen die Sensitivität der Spule und damit die Güte der Spulenabstimmung zu bestimmen. Hierzu ist jedoch die Aufnahme von \(B_1\)-Karten unabdingbar und wird entsprechend im Kapitel 4 \(Bloch-Siegert B_1^+-Mapping\) näher addressiert. Der Schwerpunkt liegt hierbei, wie der Kapitelname bereits andeutet, auf der Bloch-Siegert Methode, die insbesondere in der präsentierten Implementierung in einer Turbo/ Multi Spin Echo Sequenz eine effiziente Nutzung der relativ langen \(T_\)2-Zeiten der Perfluorkarbone erlaubt. Da zudem die Bloch-Siegert-Methode eine rein phasenbasierte Methode ist, kann neben der aus den Daten erzeugten \(B_1\)-Karte zugleich ein unverfälschtes Magnitudenbild generiert werden, wodurch eine sehr effiziente Nutzung der vorhandenen Messzeit ermöglicht wird. Diese Eigenschaft ist insbesondere für \(^{19}F\) Bildgebung von besonderem Interesse, da hier für jede Messung, aufgrund der üblicherweise relativ geringen Konzentration an Fluoratomen, lange Messzeiten benötigt werden.
Zusammenfassend konnte anhand des untersuchten Tiermodells sowohl die Fähigkeit der MR Tomographie nachgewiesen werden Infektionen im Zeitverlauf darzustellen, als auch die Fähigkeit der MR Tomographie quantitative Informationen über den Verlauf der Infektion zu liefern. Desweiteren konnte eine Möglichkeit aufgezeigt werden, welche das Potential hat in vertretbarem Zeitrahmen auch in vivo B1+-Karten auf dem Fluorkanal zu erstellen und so einen zentralen Unsicherheitsfaktor, für Relaxometry und absolute Quantifizierung von \(^{19}F\) Daten in vivo, zu beseitigen.
Verstreut über den ganzen Text der Göttlichen Komödie kommen verschiedene geographische Namen vor, die sich auf Spanien beziehen. In mehreren dieser Fälle hat Dante die im wörtlichen Schriftsinn verwendeten toponymischen Zeichen als Elemente hermetisch wirkender Aussagen und damit offenbar als Indizien einer verborgenen Botschaft konzipiert. Zum Nachweis dieser These soll in den folgenden Betrachtungen erkundet werden, welche Funktion den im wissenschaftlichen Weltbild des Dichters verankerten spanischen Land- und Städtenamen in der Komposition des Epos zukommt. Damit möchte ich meinem Kollegen und Freund Gerhard Penzkofer für die vielen anregenden Gespräche danken, die wir – in den Jahren der gemeinsamen Tätigkeit in der Würzburger Romanistik – vor allem über cosas de España führen konnten. Da der vorliegende Band unter den von seiner Lehre inspirierten Leitbegriffen Kommunikation und Repräsentation steht, bietet es sich am Schluss an, die beiden Konzepte mit den vom Dichter diskutierten Termini sensus litteralis und sensus allegoricus in Beziehung zu setzen.
Background
Solitary metastases to the pancreas are rare. Therefore the value of resection in curative intention remains unclear. In the literature there are several promising reports about resection of solitary metastasis to the pancreas mainly of renal origin.
Case presentation
Here we report for the first time on the surgical therapy of a 1.5 cm solitary pancreatic metastasis of an adrenocortical carcinoma. The metastasis occurred almost 6 years after resection of the primary tumor. A partial pancreatoduodenectomy was performed and postoperatively adjuvant mitotane treatment was initiated. During the follow-up of 3 years after surgery no evidence of tumor recurrence occurred.
Conclusion
Resection of pancreatic tumors should be considered, even if the mass is suspicious for metastatic disease including recurrence of adrenocortical cancer.
Biomedical research suffers from a dramatically poor translational success. For example, in ischemic stroke, a condition with a high medical need, over a thousand experimental drug targets were unsuccessful. Here, we adopt methods from clinical research for a late-stage pre-clinical meta-analysis (MA) and randomized confirmatory trial (pRCT) approach. A profound body of literature suggests NOX\(_{2}\) to be a major therapeutic target in stroke. Systematic review and MA of all available NOX\(_{2}\)\(^{-/y}\) studies revealed a positive publication bias and lack of statistical power to detect a relevant reduction in infarct size. A fully powered multi-center pRCT rejects NOX\(_{2}\) as a target to improve neurofunctional outcomes or achieve a translationally relevant infarct size reduction. Thus stringent statistical thresholds, reporting negative data and a MA-pRCT approach can ensure biomedical data validity and overcome risks of bias.
Pulsars (in short for Pulsating Stars) are magnetized, fast rotating neutron stars. The basic picture of a pulsar describes it as a neutron star which has a rotation axis that is not aligned with its magnetic field axis. The emission is assumed to be generated near the magnetic poles of the neutron star and emitted along the open magnetic field lines. Consequently, the corresponding beam of photons is emitted along the magnetic field line axis. The non-alignment of both, the rotation and the magnetic field axis, results in the effect that the emission of the pulsar is only seen if its beam points towards the observer.
The emission from a pulsar is therefore perceived as being pulsed although its generation is not. This rather simple geometrical model is commonly referred to as Lighthouse Model and has been widely accepted. However, it does not deliver an explanation of the precise mechanisms behind the emission from pulsars (see below for more details).
Nowadays more than 2000 pulsars are known. They are observed at various wavelengths. Multiwavelength studies have shown that some pulsars are visible only at certain wavelengths while the emission from others can be observed throughout large parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. An example of the latter case is the Crab pulsar which is also the main object of interest in this thesis. Originating from a supernova explosion observed in 1054 A.D. and discovered in 1968, the Crab pulsar has been the central subject of numerous studies. Its pulsed emission is visible throughout the whole electromagnetic spectrum which makes it a key figure in understanding the possible mechanisms of multiwavelength emission from pulsars.
The Crab pulsar is also well known for its radio emission strongly varying on long as well as on short time scales. While long time scale behaviour from a pulsar is usually examined through the use of its average profile (a profile resulting from averaging of a large number of individual pulses resulting from single rotations), short time scale behaviour is examined via its single pulses. The short time scale anomalous behaviour of its radio emission is commonly referred to as Giant Pulses and represents the central topic of this thesis.
While current theoretical approaches place the origin of the radio emission from a pulsar like the Crab near its magnetic poles (Polar Cap Model) as already indicated by the Lighthouse model, its emission at higher frequencies, especially its gamma-ray emission, is assumed to originate further away in the geometrical region surrounding a pulsar which is commonly referred to as a pulsar magnetosphere (Outer Gap Model). Consequently, the respective emission regions are usually assumed not to be connected. However, past observational results from the Crab pulsar represent a contradiction to this assumption.
Radio giant pulses from the Crab pulsar have been observed to emit large amounts of energy on very short time scales implying small emission regions on the surface of the pulsar. Such energetic events might also leave a trace in the gamma-ray emission of the Crab pulsar.
The aim of this thesis is to search for this connection in the form of a correlation study between radio giant pulses and gamma-photons from the Crab pulsar.
To make such a study possible, a multiwavelength observational campaign was organized for which radio observations were independently applied for, coordinated and carried out with the Effelsberg radio telescope and the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and gamma-ray observations with the Major Atmospheric Imaging Cherenkov telescopes. The corresponding radio and gamma-ray data sets were reduced and the correlation analysis thereafter consisted of three different approaches:
1) The search for a clustering in the differences of the times of arrival of radio giant pulses and gamma-photons;
2) The search for a linear correlation between radio giant pulses and gamma-photons using the Pearson correlation approach;
3) A search for an increase of the gamma-ray flux around occurring radio giant pulses.
In the last part of the correlation study an increase of the number of gamma-photons centered on a radio giant pulse by about 17% (in contrast with the number of gamma-photons when no radio giant pulse occurs in the same time window) was discovered. This finding suggests that a new theoretical approach for the emission of young pulsars like the Crab pulsar, is necessary.
Background:
Grebe dysplasia, Hunter-Thompson dysplasia, and du Pan dysplasia constitute a spectrum of skeletal dysplasias inherited as an autosomal recessive trait characterized by short stature, severe acromesomelic shortening of the limbs, and normal axial skeleton. The majority of patients with these disorders have biallelic loss-of-function mutations of GDF5. In single instances, Grebe dysplasia and a Grebe dysplasia-like phenotype with genital anomalies have been shown to be caused by mutations in BMPR1B, encoding a GDF5 receptor.
Methods:
We clinically and radiologically characterised an acromesomelic chondrodysplasia in an adult woman born to consanguineous parents. We sequenced GDF5 and BMPR1B on DNA of the proposita. We performed 3D structural analysis and luciferase reporter assays to functionally investigate the identified BMPR1B mutation.
Results:
We extend the genotype-phenotype correlation in the acromesomelic chondrodysplasias by showing that the milder du Pan dysplasia can be caused by a hypomorphic BMPR1B mutation. We show that the homozygous c.91C>T, p.(Arg31Cys) mutation causing du Pan dysplasia leads to a significant loss of BMPR1B function, but to a lesser extent than the previously reported p.Cys53Arg mutation that results in the more severe Grebe dysplasia.
Conclusions:
The phenotypic severity gradient of the clinically and radiologically related acromesomelic chondrodysplasia spectrum of skeletal disorders may be due to the extent of functional impairment of the ligand-receptor pair GDF5-BMPR1B.
The stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA) induces expression of defence genes in many organs, modulates ion homeostasis and metabolism in guard cells, and inhibits germination and seedling growth. Concerning the latter effect, several mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana with improved capability for \(H^+\) efflux (wat1-1D, overexpression of AKT1 and ost2-1D) are less sensitive to inhibition by ABA than the wild type. This suggested that ABA could inhibit \(H^+\) efflux (\(H^+\)-ATPase) and induce cytosolic acidification as a mechanism of growth inhibition. Measurements to test this hypothesis could not be done in germinating seeds and we used roots as the most convenient system. ABA inhibited the root plasma-membrane H+-ATPase measured in vitro (ATP hydrolysis by isolated vesicles) and in vivo (\(H^+\) efflux from seedling roots). This inhibition involved the core ABA signalling elements: PYR/PYL/RCAR ABA receptors, ABA-inhibited protein phosphatases (HAB1), and ABA-activated protein kinases (SnRK2.2 and SnRK2.3). Electrophysiological measurements in root epidermal cells indicated that ABA, acting through the PYR/PYL/RCAR receptors, induced membrane hyperpolarization (due to \(K^+\) efflux through the GORK channel) and cytosolic acidification. This acidification was not observed in the wat1-1D mutant. The mechanism of inhibition of the \(H^+\)-ATPase by ABA and its effects on cytosolic pH and membrane potential in roots were different from those in guard cells. ABA did not affect the in vivo phosphorylation level of the known activating site (penultimate threonine) of (\(H^+\)-ATPase in roots, and SnRK2.2 phosphorylated in vitro the C-terminal regulatory domain of (\(H^+\)-ATPase while the guard-cell kinase SnRK2.6/OST1 did not.
In this thesis, I present a model system for carbohydrate interactions with single-crystalline Ru surfaces. Geometric and electronic properties of copper phthalocyanine (CuPc) on top of graphene on hexagonal Ru(0001), rectangular Ru(10-10) and vicinal Ru(1,1,-2,10) surfaces have been studied. First, the Fermi surfaces and band structures of the three Ru surfaces were investigated by high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The experimental data and theoretical calculations allow to derive detailed information about the momentum-resolved electronic structure. The results can be used as a reference to understand the chemical and catalytic properties of Ru surfaces. Second, graphene layers were prepared on the three different Ru surfaces. Using low-energy electron diffraction and scanning tunneling microscopy, it was found that graphene can be grown in well-ordered structures on all three surfaces, hexagonal Ru(0001), rectangular Ru(10-10) and vicinal Ru(1,1,-2,10), although they have different surface symmetries. Evidence for a strong interaction between graphene and Ru surfaces is a 1.3-1.7e V increase in the graphene pi-bands binding energy with respect to free-standing graphene sheets. This energy variation is due to the hybridization between the graphene pi bands and the Ru 4d electrons, while the lattice mismatch does not play an important role in the bonding between graphene and Ru surfaces. Finally, the geometric and electronic structures of CuPc on Ru(10-10), graphene/Ru(10-10), and graphene/Ru(0001) have been studied in detail. CuPc molecules can be grown well-ordered on Ru(10-10) but not on Ru(0001). The growth of CuPc on graphene/Ru(10-10) and Ru(0001) is dominated by the Moire pattern of graphene. CuPc molecules form well-ordered structures with rectangular unit cells on graphene/Ru(10-10) and Ru(0001). The distance of adjacent CuPc molecules is 1.5 and 1.3 nm on graphene/Ru(0001) and 1.54 and 1.37 nm on graphene/Ru(10-10). This indicates that the molecule-substrate interaction dominates over the intermolecular interaction for CuPc molecules on graphene/Ru(10-10) and graphene/Ru(0001).
Analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) is a first principles based method to determine absolute sedimentation coefficients and buoyant molar masses of macromolecules and their complexes, reporting on their size and shape in free solution. The purpose of this multi-laboratory study was to establish the precision and accuracy of basic data dimensions in AUC and validate previously proposed calibration techniques. Three kits of AUC cell assemblies containing radial and temperature calibration tools and a bovine serum albumin (BSA) reference sample were shared among 67 laboratories, generating 129 comprehensive data sets. These allowed for an assessment of many parameters of instrument performance, including accuracy of the reported scan time after the start of centrifugation, the accuracy of the temperature calibration, and the accuracy of the radial magnification. The range of sedimentation coefficients obtained for BSA monomer in different instruments and using different optical systems was from 3.655 S to 4.949 S, with a mean and standard deviation of (4.304\(\pm\)0.188) S (4.4%). After the combined application of correction factors derived from the external calibration references for elapsed time, scan velocity, temperature, and radial magnification, the range of s-values was reduced 7-fold with a mean of 4.325 S and a 6-fold reduced standard deviation of \(\pm\)0.030 S (0.7%). In addition, the large data set provided an opportunity to determine the instrument-to-instrument variation of the absolute radial positions reported in the scan files, the precision of photometric or refractometric signal magnitudes, and the precision of the calculated apparent molar mass of BSA monomer and the fraction of BSA dimers. These results highlight the necessity and effectiveness of independent calibration of basic AUC data dimensions for reliable quantitative studies.
Xenopus laevis (XLA) is an allotetraploid species which appears to have undergone whole-genome duplication after the interspecific hybridization of 2 diploid species closely related to Silurana/Xenopus tropicalis (XTR). Previous cDNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) experiments have identified 9 sets of homoeologous chromosomes in X. laevis, in which 8 sets correspond to chromosomes 1-8 of X. tropicalis (XTR1-XTR8), and the last set corresponds to a fusion of XTR9 and XTR10. In addition, recent X. laevis genome sequencing and BAC-FISH experiments support this physiological relationship and show no gross chromosome translocation in the X. laevis karyotype. Therefore, for the benefit of both comparative cytogenetics and genome research, we here propose a new chromosome nomenclature for X. laevis based on the phylogenetic relationship and chromosome length, i.e. XLA1L, XLA1S, XLA2L, XLA2S, and so on, in which the numbering of XLA chromosomes corresponds to that in X. tropicalis and the postfixes ‘L' and ‘S' stand for ‘long' and ‘short' chromosomes in the homoeologous pairs, which can be distinguished cytologically by their relative size. The last chromosome set is named XLA9L and XLA9S, in which XLA9 corresponds to both XTR9 and XTR10, and hence, to emphasize the phylogenetic relationship to X. tropicalis, XLA9_10L and XLA9_10S are also used as synonyms.
Taeniid cestodes (including the human parasites Echinococcus spp. and Taenia solium) have very few mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in their genome, despite lacking a canonical PIWI pathway. The MGEs of these parasites are virtually unexplored, and nothing is known about their expression and silencing. In this work, we report the discovery of a novel family of small nonautonomous long terminal repeat retrotransposons (also known as terminal-repeat retrotransposons in miniature, TRIMs) which we have named ta-TRIM (taeniid TRIM). ta-TRIMs are only the second family of TRIM elements discovered in animals, and are likely the result of convergent reductive evolution in different taxonomic groups. These elements originated at the base of the taeniid tree and have expanded during taeniid diversification, including after the divergence of closely related species such as Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus. They are massively expressed in larval stages, from a small proportion of full-length copies and from isolated terminal repeats that show transcriptional read-through into downstream regions, generating novel noncoding RNAs and transcriptional fusions to coding genes. In E. multilocularis, ta-TRIMs are specifically expressed in the germinative cells (the somatic stem cells) during asexual reproduction of metacestode larvae. This would provide a developmental mechanism for insertion of ta-TRIMs into cells that will eventually generate the adult germ line. Future studies of active and inactive ta-TRIM elements could give the first clues on MGE silencing mechanisms in cestodes.
The possibility of investigating macroscopic coherent quantum states in polariton condensates and of engineering polariton landscapes in semiconductors has triggered interest in using polaritonic systems to simulate complex many-body phenomena. However, advanced experiments require superior trapping techniques that allow for the engineering of periodic and arbitrary potentials with strong on-site localization, clean condensate formation, and nearest-neighbor coupling. Here we establish a technology that meets these demands and enables strong, potentially tunable trapping without affecting the favorable polariton characteristics. The traps are based on a locally elongated microcavity which can be formed by standard lithography. We observe polariton condensation with non-resonant pumping in single traps and photonic crystal square lattice arrays. In the latter structures, we observe pronounced energy bands, complete band gaps, and spontaneous condensation at the M-point of the Brillouin zone.
Background
The prognostic value of histone γ-H2AX and 53BP1 proteins to predict the radiotherapy (RT) outcome of patients with rectal carcinoma (RC) was evaluated in a prospective study. High expression of the constitutive histone γ-H2AX is indicative of defective DNA repair pathway and/or genomic instability, whereas 53BP1 (p53-binding protein 1) is a conserved checkpoint protein with properties of a DNA double-strand breaks sensor.
Methods
Using fluorescence microscopy, we assessed spontaneous and radiation-induced foci of γ-H2AX and 53BP1 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells derived from unselected RC patients (n = 53) undergoing neoadjuvant chemo- and RT. Cells from apparently healthy donors (n = 12) served as references.
Results
The γ-H2AX assay of in vitro irradiated lymphocytes revealed significantly higher degree of DNA damage in the group of unselected RC patients with respect to the background, initial (0.5 Gy, 30 min) and residual (0.5 Gy and 2 Gy, 24 h post-radiation) damage compared to the control group. Likewise, the numbers of 53BP1 foci analyzed in the samples from 46 RC patients were significantly higher than in controls except for the background DNA damage. However, both markers were not able to predict tumor stage, gastrointestinal toxicity or tumor regression after curative RT. Interestingly, the mean baseline and induced DNA damage was found to be lower in the group of RC patients with tumor stage IV (n = 7) as compared with the stage III (n = 35). The difference, however, did not reach statistical significance, apparently, because of the limited number of patients.
Conclusions
The study shows higher expression of γ-H2AX and 53BP1 foci in rectal cancer patients compared with healthy individuals. Yet the data in vitro were not predictive in regard to the radiotherapy outcome.
A simple test setup has been developed at Institute of Aerospace Information Technology, University of Würzburg, Germany to realize basic functionalities for formation flight of quadrocopters. The test environment is planned to be utilized for developing and validating the algorithms for formation flying capability in real environment as well as for education purpose. An already existing test bed for single quadrocopter was extended with necessary inter-communication and distributed control mechanism to test the algorithms for formation flights in 2 degrees of freedom (roll / pitch). This study encompasses the domain of communication, control engineering and embedded systems programming. Bluetooth protocol has been used for inter-communication between two quadrocopters. A simple approach of PID control in combination with Kalman filter has been exploited. MATLAB Instrument Control Toolbox has been used for data display, plotting and analysis. Plots can be drawn in real-time and received information can also be stored in the form of files for later use and analysis. The test setup has been developed indigenously and at considerably low cost. Emphasis has been placed on simplicity to facilitate students learning process. Several lessons have been learnt during the course of development of this setup. Proposed setup is quite flexible that can be modified as per changing requirements.
The learned helplessness phenomenon is a specific animal behavior induced by prior exposure to uncontrollable aversive stimuli. It was first found by Seligman and Maier (1967) in dogs and then has been reported in many other species, e.g. in rats (Vollmayr and Henn, 2001), in goldfishes (Padilla, 1970), in cockroaches (Brown, 1988) and also in fruit flies (Brown, 1996; Bertolucci, 2008). However, the learned helplessness effect in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) has not been studied in detail. Thus, in this doctoral study, we investigated systematically learned helplessness behavior of Drosophila for the first time.
Three groups of flies were tested in heatbox. Control group was in the chambers experiencing constant, mild temperature. Second group, master flies were punished in their chambers by being heated if they stopped walking for 0.9s. The heat pulses ended as soon as they resumed walking again. A third group, the yoked fly, was in their chambers at the same time. However, their behavior didn’t affect anything: yoked flies were heated whenever master flies did, with same timing and durations. After certain amount of heating events, yoked flies associated their own behavior with the uncontrollability of the environment. They suppressed their innate responses such as reducing their walking time and walking speed; making longer escape latencies and less turning around behavior under heat pulses. Even after the conditioning phase, yoked flies showed lower activity level than master and control flies. Interestingly, we have also observed sex dimorphisms in flies. Male flies expressed learned helplessness not like female flies. Differences between master and yoked flies were smaller in male than in female flies. Another interesting finding was that prolonged or even repetition of training phases didn’t enhance learned helplessness effect in flies.
Furthermore, we investigated serotonergic and dopaminergic nervous systems in learned helplessness. Using genetic and pharmacological manipulations, we altered the levels of serotonin and dopamine in flies’ central nervous system. Female flies with reduced serotonin concentration didn’t show helpless behavior, while the learned helplessness effect in male flies seems not to be affected by a reduction of serotonin. Flies with lower dopamine level do not display the learned helplessness effect in the test phase, suggesting that with low dopamine the motivational change in learned helplessness in Drosophila may decline faster than with a normal dopamine level.
Sex-specific markers are a prerequisite for understanding reproductive biology, genetic factors involved in sex differences, mechanisms of sex determination, and ultimately the evolution of sex chromosomes. The Western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, may be considered a model species for sex-chromosome evolution, as it displays female heterogamety (ZW/ZZ), and is also ecologically interesting as a worldwide invasive species. Here, de novo RNA-sequencing on the gonads of sexually mature G. affinis was used to identify contigs that were highly transcribed in females but not in males (i.e., transcripts with ovary-specific expression). Subsequently, 129 primer pairs spanning 79 contigs were tested by PCR to identify sex-specific transcripts. Of those primer pairs, one female-specific DNA marker was identified, Sanger sequenced and subsequently validated in 115 fish. Sequence analyses revealed a high similarity between the identified sex-specific marker and the 3' UTR of the aminomethyl transferase (amt) gene of the closely related platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus). This is the first time that RNA-seq has been used to successfully characterize a sex-specific marker in a fish species in the absence of a genome map. Additionally, the identified sex-specific marker represents one of only a handful of such markers in fishes.
Background
During development in human erythrocytes, Plasmodium falciparum parasites display a remarkable number of adhesive proteins on their plasma membrane. In the invasive merozoites, these include members of the PfMSP1 and PfAMA1/RON complexes, which facilitate contact between merozoites and red blood cells. In gametocytes, sexual precursor cells mediating parasite transmission to the mosquito vector, plasma membrane-associated proteins primarily belong to the PfCCp and 6-cys families with roles in fertilization. This study describes a newly identified WD40-repeat protein unique to Plasmodium species that associates with adhesion protein complexes of both merozoites and gametocytes.
Methods
The WD40-repeat protein-like protein PfWLP1 was identified via co-immunoprecipitation assays followed by mass spectrometry and characterized using biochemical and immunohistochemistry methods. Reverse genetics were employed for functional analysis.
Results
PfWLP1 is expressed both in schizonts and gametocytes. In mature schizonts, the protein localizes underneath the merozoite micronemes and interacts with PfAMA1, while in gametocytes PfWLP1 primarily accumulates underneath the plasma membrane and associates with PfCCp1 and Pfs230. Reverse genetics failed to disrupt the pfwlp1 gene, while haemagglutinin-tagging was feasible, suggesting a crucial function for PfWLP1 during blood stage replication.
Conclusions
This is the first report on a plasmodial WD40-repeat protein associating with cell adhesion proteins. Since WD40 domains are known to mediate protein–protein contact by serving as a rigid scaffold for protein interactions, the presented data suggest that PfWLP1 supports the stability of adhesion protein complexes of the plasmodial blood stages.
Cell-based strategies represent a new frontier in the treatment of immune-mediated disorders. However, the paucity of markers for isolation of molecularly defined immunomodulatory cell populations poses a barrier to this field. Here, we show that ATP-binding cassette member B5 (ABCB5) identifies dermal immunoregulatory cells (DIRCs) capable of exerting therapeutic immunoregulatory functions through engagement of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1). Purified Abcb5\(^+\) DIRCs suppressed T cell proliferation, evaded immune rejection, homed to recipient immune tissues, and induced Tregs in vivo. In fully major-histocompatibility-complex-mismatched cardiac allotransplantation models, allogeneic DIRCs significantly prolonged allograft survival. Blockade of DIRC-expressed PD-1 reversed the inhibitory effects of DIRCs on T cell activation, inhibited DIRC-dependent Treg induction, and attenuated DIRC-induced prolongation of cardiac allograft survival, indicating that DIRC immunoregulatory function is mediated, at least in part, through PD-1. Our results identify ABCB5\(^+\) DIRCs as a distinct immunoregulatory cell population and suggest promising roles of this expandable cell subset in cellular immunotherapy.
The International Symposium on Phytochemicals in Medicine and Food (ISPMF2015), organized by the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE) and the Phytochemical Society of Asia (PSA), was held June 26-29, 2015, in Shanghai of China. This was the first time that a PSE meeting has been held in Asia and a PSE-PSA joint symposium provided an opportunity for communication between scientists from Europe and Asia and other continents. ISPMF2015 has been jointly sponsored by Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Guizhou Medical University, Shanghai Normal University, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Beijing Normal University, and Fudan University. More than 270 scientists from 48 countries attended this meeting and presented their research and opinions on phytochemistry, phytomedicine and phytoneering. The international organizing committee and scientific advisory board of ISPMF 2015 comprised of outstanding scientists from around the globe. Dr. Jianbo Xiao was the chairman of the International Organizing Committee of ISPMF2015 and moderated the open address on June 26.
The organizing committee of ISPMF2015 assembled an exciting and diverse program, featuring 16 sessions including 12 plenary lectures, 20 invited talks, 55 short oral presentations, and more than 130 posters, which were dedicated to creating a podium for exchanging the latest research results in the phytochemicals for food and human health.
Accessing topological superconductivity via a combined STM and renormalization group analysis
(2015)
The search for topological superconductors has recently become a key issue in condensed matter physics, because of their possible relevance to provide a platform for Majorana bound states, non-Abelian statistics, and quantum computing. Here we propose a new scheme which links as directly as possible the experimental search to a material-based microscopic theory for topological superconductivity. For this, the analysis of scanning tunnelling microscopy, which typically uses a phenomenological ansatz for the superconductor gap functions, is elevated to a theory, where a multi-orbital functional renormalization group analysis allows for an unbiased microscopic determination of the material-dependent pairing potentials. The combined approach is highlighted for paradigmatic hexagonal systems, such as doped graphene and water-intercalated sodium cobaltates, where lattice symmetry and electronic correlations yield a propensity for a chiral singlet topological superconductor. We demonstrate that our microscopic material-oriented procedure is necessary to uniquely resolve a topological superconductor state.
Accumulated common variants in the broader fragile X gene family modulate autistic phenotypes
(2015)
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is mostly caused by a CGG triplet expansion in the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene (FMR1). Up to 60% of affected males fulfill criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), making FXS the most frequent monogenetic cause of syndromic ASD. It is unknown, however, whether normal variants (independent of mutations) in the fragile X gene family (FMR1, FXR1, FXR2) and in FMR2 modulate autistic features. Here, we report an accumulation model of 8 SNPs in these genes, associated with autistic traits in a discovery sample of male patients with schizophrenia (N = 692) and three independent replicate samples: patients with schizophrenia (N = 626), patients with other psychiatric diagnoses (N = 111) and a general population sample (N = 2005). For first mechanistic insight, we contrasted microRNA expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of selected extreme group subjects with high-versus low-risk constellation regarding the accumulation model. Thereby, the brain-expressed miR-181 species emerged as potential "umbrella regulator", with several seed matches across the fragile X gene family and FMR2. To conclude, normal variation in these genes contributes to the continuum of autistic phenotypes.
In dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons TRESK channels constitute a major current component of the standing outward current IK\(_{SO}\). A prominent physiological role of TRESK has been attributed to pain sensation. During inflammation mediators of pain e.g. lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) are released and modulate nociception. We demonstrate co-expression of TRESK and LPA receptors in DRG neurons. Heterologous expression of TRESK and LPA receptors in Xenopus oocytes revealed augmentation of basal K\(^{+}\) currents upon LPA application. In DRG neurons nociception can result from TRPV\(_{1}\) activation by capsaicin or LPA. Upon co-expression in Xenopus oocytes LPA simultaneously increased both depolarising TRPV\(_{1}\) and hyperpolarising TRESK currents. Patch-clamp recordings in cultured DRG neurons from TRESK[wt] mice displayed increased IK\(_{SO}\) after application of LPA whereas under these conditions IK\(_{SO}\) in neurons from TRESK[ko] mice remained unaltered. Under current-clamp conditions LPA application differentially modulated excitability in these genotypes upon depolarising pulses. Spike frequency was attenuated in TRESK[wt] neurons and, in contrast, augmented in TRESK[ko] neurons. Accordingly, excitation of nociceptive neurons by LPA is balanced by co-activation of TRESK channels. Hence excitation of sensory neurons is strongly controlled by the activity of TRESK channels, which therefore are good candidates for the treatment of pain disorders.
The role of serum amyloid A (SAA) proteins, which are ligands for toll-like receptors, was analyzed in human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and their osteogenic offspring with a focus on senescence, differentiation andmineralization. In vitro aged hMSC developed a senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), resulting in enhanced SAA1/2, TLR2/4 and proinflammatory cytokine (IL6, IL8, IL1\(\beta\), CXCL1, CXCL2) expression before entering replicative senescence. Recombinant human SAA1 (rhSAA1) induced SASP-related genes and proteins in MSC, which could be abolished by cotreatment with the TLR4-inhibitor CLI-095. The same pattern of SASP-resembling genes was stimulated upon induction of osteogenic differentiation, which is accompanied by autocrine SAA1/2 expression. In this context additional rhSAA1 enhanced the SASP-like phenotype, accelerated the proinflammatory phase of osteogenic differentiation and enhanced mineralization. Autocrine/paracrine and rhSAA1 via TLR4 stimulate a proinflammatory phenotype that is both part of the early phase of osteogenic differentiation and the development of senescence. This signaling cascade is tightly involved in bone formation and mineralization, but may also propagate pathological extraosseous calcification conditions such as calcifying inflammation and atherosclerosis.
Additive manufacturing of scaffolds with sub-micron filaments via melt electrospinning writing
(2015)
The aim of this study was to explore the lower resolution limits of an electrohydrodynamic process combined with direct writing technology of polymer melts. Termed melt electrospinning writing, filaments are deposited layer-by-layer to produce discrete three-dimensional scaffolds for in vitro research. Through optimization of the parameters (flow rate, spinneret diameter, voltage, collector distance) for poly-ϵ-caprolactone, we could direct-write coherent scaffolds with ultrafine filaments, the smallest being 817 ± 165 nm. These low diameter filaments were deposited to form box-structures with a periodicity of 100.6 ± 5.1 μm and a height of 80 μm (50 stacked filaments; 100 overlap at intersections). We also observed oriented crystalline regions within such ultrafine filaments after annealing at 55 °C. The scaffolds were printed upon NCO-sP(EO-stat-PO)-coated glass slide surfaces and withstood frequent liquid exchanges with negligible scaffold detachment for at least 10 days in vitro.
Background:
Oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) potently prevents strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation. Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) have been the standard of care for long-term OAT for decades, but non-VKA oral anticoagulants (NOAC) have recently been approved for this indication, and raised many questions, among them their influence on medication adherence. We assessed adherence to VKA and NOAC in secondary stroke prevention.
Methods:
All patients treated from October 2011 to September 2012 for ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack with a subsequent indication for OAT, at three academic hospitals were entered into a prospective registry, and baseline data and antithrombotic treatment at discharge were recorded. At the 1-year follow-up, we assessed the adherence to different OAT strategies and patients' adherence to their respective OAT. We noted OAT changes, reasons to change treatment, and factors that influence persistence to the prescribed OAT.
Results:
In patients discharged on OAT, we achieved a fatality corrected response rate of 73.3% (n=209). A total of 92% of these patients received OAT at the 1-year follow-up. We observed good adherence to both VKA and NOAC (VKA, 80.9%; NOAC, 74.8%; P=0.243) with a statistically nonsignificant tendency toward a weaker adherence to dabigatran. Disability at 1-year follow-up was an independent predictor of lower adherence to any OAT after multivariate analysis, whereas the choice of OAT did not have a relevant influence.
Conclusion:
One-year adherence to OAT after stroke is strong (>90%) and patients who switch therapy most commonly switch toward another OAT. The 1-year adherence rates to VKA and NOAC in secondary stroke prevention do not differ significantly between both therapeutic strategies.
Several aspects of the stability analysis of large-scale discrete-time systems are considered. An important feature is that the right-hand side does not have have to be continuous.
In particular, constructive approaches to compute Lyapunov functions are derived and applied to several system classes.
For large-scale systems, which are considered as an interconnection of smaller subsystems, we derive a new class of small-gain results, which do not require the subsystems to be robust in some sense. Moreover, we do not only study sufficiency of the conditions, but rather state an assumption under which these conditions are also necessary.
Moreover, gain construction methods are derived for several types of aggregation, quantifying how large a prescribed set of interconnection gains can be in order that a small-gain condition holds.
In today’s social online world there is a variety of interaction and participatory possibilities which enable web users to actively produce content themselves.
This user-generated content is omnipresent in the web and there is growing evidence that it is used to select or evaluate professionally created online information.
The present study investigated how this surrounding content affects online advertising by drawing from social influence theory. Specifically, it was assumed that
web users sharing an interpersonal relationship (interpersonal influence) and/or a group membership (collective influence) with authors of user-generated content
which appears next to advertising on the web page are more strongly influenced in their response to the advertising than unrelated users. These assumptions were
tested in a 2 × 2 between-subject experiment with 118 students who were exposed to four different Facebook profiles that differed in terms of interpersonal
connection to the source (existent/non-existent) and collective connection to the source (existent/non-existent). The results show a significant impact in the case
of collective influence, but not in the case of interpersonal influence. The underlying mechanisms of this effect and implications of the results for online advertising
are discussed.
Die Möglichkeiten der operativen Rekonstruktion degenerativ veränderter Hüftgelenke sind komplex und vielfältig. Bei den derzeit zur Verfügung stehenden operativen Behandlungsmassnahmen führen die Vor- und Nachteile immer wieder zur Diskussionen und Abwägung der Operationsverfahren. Hierbei stehen sich die rasche postoperative Mobilisierung sowie eine verminderte Rekonvaleszenzzeit mit den diskutierten Nachteilen einer schlechteren Übersichtlichkeit und damit verbundenen Fehlimplantationen gegenüber. Dies und die damit verbundene volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung sind ein ständiger Ausgangspunkt für das Bemühen den optimalen Zugangsweg zu etablieren. Daher stellte das von Smith-Peterson 1949 publizierte Verfahren einen Meilenstein in der operativen Therapie dar. Hierdurch konnten zum einen die operationstechnischen Vorteile wie auch das volkswirtschaftliche Begehren nach kürzeren postoperativen Verweildauern vereint werden. Die Modifizierung dieses Zugangsweges hat sich bereits in einer großen Anzahl prospektiver Studien als zuverlässiges Rekonstruktionsverfahren etabliert und erfüllt zudem auch die Anforderungen der heutigen Medizin nach ästhetisch schönen Ergebnissen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde eine prospektive Fallstudie des direkten anterioren Zugangs mit einem gesunden Vergleichskollektiv durchgeführt. Mit dem Ziel, die Aktivität ein Jahr postoperativ nach Implantation einer HTEP mit gesunden Probanden zu vergleichen. Von Januar 2009 bis Mai 2011 wurden insgesamt 77 Patienten und 59 Probanden in die Studie aufgenommen. Als Vergleichswerte wurde zum einen die klinische wie auch die radiologische Untersuchung herangezogen. In der klinischen Untersuchung zeigte sich insgesamt ein signifikanter Anstieg der untersuchten Scores im Vergleich mit den präoperativen Ergebnissen bei den Operierten. Im Vergleich zu den Probanden erzielen die Patienten ein Jahr nach HTEP teilweise noch schlechtere Werte in dem Bewegungsumfang und den Aktivitätsniveaus welche mittels der Auswertung des Stepwatches, des TWB und des Arzt-Patienten-Fragebogens erhoben wurden. Die radiologische Bewertung diente zur Feststellung der Positionierung der HTEP. Mit guten Positionierungen durch den direkten anterioren Zugang. Die Bewertung der Funktionalität zwischen den beiden Gruppen erfolgte durch den HHS, XSFMA- D und den Arzt-Patientenfragenbogen. Hierbei konnten ähnliche Ergebnisse, wie bereits oben beschrieben, verzeichnet werden mit guten Werten in der Gruppe der untersuchten Patienten, jedoch einer geringeren Funktionalität im Vergleich zu den Probanden. Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt, dass der direkte anteriore Zugang die Wiederherstellung eines guten postoperativen Gesundheitszustandes mit erreichen eines hohen postoperativen Aktivitätslevels der Patienten ermöglicht. Ebenso erfüllt dieser Zugangsweg die Anforderungen der heutigen Medizin im Sinne einer schnellen postoperativen Mobilisation. Im Vergleich zu anderen minimal-invasiven Verfahren zeigen sich eine gute Implantierbarkeit, eine gute Positionierung und ein niedriges Komplikationsniveau. Prinzipiell hat der minimal-invasive anteriore Zugang das Potenzial sich als ein Standardverfahren in der operativen Rekonstruktion bei Hüftgelenksersatz zu etablieren, jedoch wäre ein direkter Vergleich mit dem lateralen Zugang erstrebenswert und sollte in weiteren Studien verglichen werden.
Die Möglichkeiten der operativen Rekonstruktion degenerativ veränderter Hüftgelenke sind komplex und vielfältig. Bei den derzeit zur Verfügung stehenden operativen Behandlungsmassnahmen führen die Vor- und Nachteile immer wieder zur Diskussionen und Abwägung der Operationsverfahren. Hierbei stehen sich die rasche postoperative Mobilisierung sowie eine verminderte Rekonvaleszenzzeit mit den diskutierten Nachteilen einer schlechteren Übersichtlichkeit und damit verbundenen Fehlimplantationen gegenüber. Dies und die damit verbundene volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung sind ein ständiger Ausgangspunkt für das Bemühen den optimalen Zugangsweg zu etablieren.
Daher stellte das von Smith-Peterson 1949 publizierte Verfahren einen Meilenstein in der operativen Therapie dar. Hierdurch konnten zum einen die operationstechnischen Vorteile wie auch das volkswirtschaftliche Begehren nach kürzeren postoperativen Verweildauern vereint werden. Die Modifizierung dieses Zugangsweges hat sich bereits in einer großen Anzahl prospektiver Studien als zuverlässiges Rekonstruktionsverfahren etabliert und erfüllt zudem auch die Anforderungen der heutigen Medizin nach ästhetisch schönen Ergebnissen.
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde eine prospektive Fallstudie des direkten anterioren Zugangs mit einem gesunden Vergleichskollektiv durchgeführt. Mit dem Ziel, die Aktivität ein Jahr postoperativ nach Implantation einer HTEP mit gesunden Probanden zu vergleichen.
Von Januar 2009 bis Mai 2011 wurden insgesamt 77 Patienten und 59 Probanden in die Studie aufgenommen. Als Vergleichswerte wurde zum einen die klinische wie auch die radiologische Untersuchung herangezogen. In der klinischen Untersuchung zeigte sich insgesamt ein signifikanter Anstieg der untersuchten Scores im Vergleich mit den präoperativen Ergebnissen bei den Operierten. Im Vergleich zu den Probanden erzielen die Patienten ein Jahr nach HTEP teilweise noch schlechtere Werte in dem Bewegungsumfang und den Aktivitätsniveaus welche mittels der Auswertung des Stepwatches, des TWB und des Arzt-Patienten-Fragebogens erhoben wurden. Die radiologische Bewertung diente zur Feststellung der Positionierung der HTEP. Mit guten Positionierungen durch den direkten anterioren Zugang. Die Bewertung der Funktionalität zwischen den beiden Gruppen erfolgte durch den HHS, XSFMA- D und den Arzt-Patientenfragenbogen. Hierbei konnten ähnliche Ergebnisse, wie bereits oben beschrieben, verzeichnet werden mit guten Werten in der Gruppe der untersuchten Patienten, jedoch einer geringeren Funktionalität im Vergleich zu den Probanden.
Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt, dass der direkte anteriore Zugang die Wiederherstellung eines guten postoperativen Gesundheitszustandes mit erreichen eines hohen postoperativen Aktivitätslevels der Patienten ermöglicht. Ebenso erfüllt dieser Zugangsweg die Anforderungen der heutigen Medizin im Sinne einer schnellen postoperativen Mobilisation. Im Vergleich zu anderen minimal-invasiven Verfahren zeigen sich eine gute Implantierbarkeit, eine gute Positionierung und ein niedriges Komplikationsniveau.
Prinzipiell hat der minimal-invasive anteriore Zugang das Potenzial sich als ein Standardverfahren in der operativen Rekonstruktion bei Hüftgelenksersatz zu etablieren, jedoch wäre ein direkter Vergleich mit dem lateralen Zugang erstrebenswert und sollte in weiteren Studien verglichen werden.
Fragestellung
Die Prognose eines akuten Hirninfarktes bei Verschluss einer proximalen Hirnarterie ist trotz der intravenösen Thrombolyse mit rtPA ungünstig. Kann die kombinierte pharmaco-mechanische Rekanalisation von proximalen Gefäßverschlüssen bei akutem Hirninfarkt zu einer Verbesserung des klinischen Ergebnisses führen?
Methoden
Wir analysierten retrospektiv 66 konsekutiv aufgenommene Patienten (36m, 30w; mittleres Alter 61 Jahre (23-86 Jahre), die von 2010 bis 2012 kombiniert pharmako-mechanisch intra-arteriell behandelt wurden. 32 Patienten wiesen einen kombinierten ACI-/M1-Verschluss, 23 einen M1-Verschluss und 11 eine Basilaristhrombose auf. Mittlerer NIHSS lag bei 23. 57 Patienten erhielten eine kombinierte pharmaco-mechanische Therapie, 3 Patienten wurden lediglich pharmakologisch und 6 Patienten rein mechanisch rekanalisiert. Rekanalisierung bei 35 Patienten mit einem Stent-Retriever (32 Patienten mit pREset, 3 Patienten mit SOLITAIRE) erfolgt. Bei 46 Patienten wurde rtPA und bei 32 Patienten Tirofiban als Bridging Verfahren eingesetzt. Eine Stentanlage erfolgte in 28,78% der Fälle.
Ergebnisse
Die erzielten Rekanalisationsraten lagen bei 89,4% bei einer mittleren Dauer der Intervention von 96 Minuten (53,03% unter 90 Min.). Ein günstiges klinisches Ergebnis nach mRS (mRS 0-2) wurde bei 48% der Patienten erreicht. Die Rate an symptomatischen intrazerebralen Blutungen lag bei 4,55%. Die Mortalität war 19,7%. Die multivariate Regressionsanalyse ergab als modifizierbare Prediktoren für ein günstiges Outcome die Dauer bis zur Rekanalisation und die Gabe von rtPA.
Schlussfolgerungen
Die kombinierte endovaskuläre pharmako-mechanische Therapie kann die Mortalität und Morbidität von Schlaganfallpatienten mit Verschlüssen einer proximalen Hirnarterie reduzieren.
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease of the brain, which is characterized by a progressive loss of memory and spatial orientation. Only less than 5-10% of AD sufferers are familial cases due to genetic mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene or presenilin (PS) 1 and 2 genes. The cause of sporadic AD (sAD) which covers > 95% of AD patients is still unknown. Current research found interactions between aging, diabetes and cognitive decline including dementia in general and in AD in particular. Disturbances of brain glucose uptake, glucose tolerance and utilization and impairment of the insulin/insulin receptor (IR) signaling cascade are thought to be key targets for the development of sAD.
In the brain of AD patients, neural plasticity is impaired indicated by synaptic and neuronal loss. Adult neurogenesis (AN), the generation of functional neurons in the adult brain, may be able to restore neurological function deficits through the integration of newborn neurons into existing neural networks. The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is one out of few brain regions where life-long AN exists. However, there is a big controversy in literature regarding the involvement of AN in AD pathology. Most animal studies used transgenic mice based on the Amyloid ß (Aß) hypothesis which primarily act as models for the familial form of AD. Findings from human post mortem AN studies were also inconstistent. In this thesis, we focused on the possible involvement of AN in the pathogenesis of the sporadic form of AD. Streptozotocin intracerebroventricularily (STZ icv) treated rats, which develop an insulin-resistant brain state and learning and memory deficits preceding Aß pathology act as an appropriate animal model for sAD. We used STZ treatment for both parts of my work, for the in vivo and in vitro study.
In the first part of my thesis, my coworkers and I investigated STZ icv treatment effects on different stages of AN in an in vivo approach. Even if STZ icv treatment does not seem to considerably influence stem cell proliferation over a short-term (1 month after STZ icv treatment) as well as in a long-term (3 months after STZ icv treatment) period, it results in significantly less immature and newborn mature neurons 3 months after STZ icv treatment. This reduction detected after 3 months was specific for the septal hippocampus, discussed to be important for spatial learning. Subsequently we performed co-localization studies with antibodies detecting BrdU (applied appr. 27 days before sacrifice) and cell-type specific markers such as NeuN, and GFAP, we found that STZ treatment does not affect the differentiation fate of newly generated cells. Phenotype analysis of BrdU-positive cells in the hilus and molecular layer revealed that some of the BrdU-positive cells are newborn oligodendrocytes but not newborn microglia.
In the second part of my thesis I worked with cultured neural stem cells (NSCs) isolated from the adult rat hippocampus to reveal STZ effects on the proliferation of of NSCs, and on the survival and differentiation of their progeny. Furthermore, this in vitro approach enabled me to study cellular mechanisms underlying the observed impaired neurogenesis in the hippocampus of STZ-treated rats. In contrast to our findings of the STZ icv in vivo study we revealed that STZ supplied with the cell culture medium inhibits the proliferation of NSCs in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manner. Moreover, performing immunofluorescence studies with antibodies detecting cell-type specific markers after triggering NSCs to differentiate, we could show that STZ treatment affects the number of newly generated neurons but not of astrocytes. Analyzing newborn cells starting to differentiate and migrate I was able to demonstrate that STZ has no effect on the migration of newborn cells. Trying to reveal cellular mechanisms underlying the negative influence of STZ on hippocampal AN, we performed qRT-PCR and immunofluorescence staining and thus could show that in NSCs the expression of glucose transporter (GLUT)3 mRNA as well as IR and GLUT3 protein levels are reduced after STZ treatment. Therefore, the inhibition of the proliferation of NSCs may be (at least partially) caused by these two molecules. Interestingly, the effect of STZ on differentiating cells was shown to be different, as IR protein expression was not significantly changed but GLUT3 protein levels were decreased in consequence of STZ treatment.
In summary, this project delivered further insights into the interrelation between AN the sporadic form of sAD and thus provides a basis of new therapeutic approaches in sAD treatment through intervening AN. Discrepancies between the results of the two parts of my thesis, the in vivo and in vitro part, were certainly caused to a certain extent by the missing microenvironment in the in vitro approach with cultured NSCs. Future studies e.g. using co-culture systems could at least minimize the effect of a missing natural microenvironment of cultured NSCs, so that the use of an in vitro approach for the investigation of STZ treatment underlying cellular mechanisms can be improved.
To investigate the usefulness of pain-related evoked potentials (PREP) elicited by electrical stimulation for the identification of small fiber involvement in patients with mixed fiber neuropathy (MFN). Eleven MFN patients with clinical signs of large fiber impairment and neuropathic pain and ten healthy controls underwent clinical and electrophysiological evaluation. Small fiber function, electrical conductivity and morphology were examined by quantitative sensory testing (QST), PREP, and skin punch biopsy. MFN was diagnosed following clinical and electrophysiological examination (chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy: n = 6; vasculitic neuropathy: n = 3; chronic axonal neuropathy: n = 2). The majority of patients with MFN characterized their pain by descriptors that mainly represent C-fiber-mediated pain. In QST, patients displayed elevated cold, warm, mechanical, and vibration detection thresholds and cold pain thresholds indicative of MFN. PREP amplitudes in patients correlated with cold (p < 0.05) and warm detection thresholds (p < 0.05). Burning pain and the presence of par-/dysesthesias correlated negatively with PREP amplitudes (p < 0.05). PREP amplitudes correlating with cold and warm detection thresholds, burning pain, and par-/dysesthesias support employing PREP amplitudes as an additional tool in conjunction with QST for detecting small fiber impairment in patients with MFN.
Background
To use combinatorial epitope mapping ("fingerprinting") of the antibody response to identify targets of the humoral immune response in patients with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder.
Methods
A combinatorial random peptide library was screened on the circulating pool of immunoglobulins purified from an index patient with a high risk TCC (pTa high grade plus carcinoma in situ) to identify corresponding target antigens. A patient cohort was investigated for antibody titers against ubiquitin.
Results
We selected, isolated, and validated an immunogenic peptide motif from ubiquitin as a dominant epitope of the humoral response. Patients with TCC had significantly higher antibody titers against ubiquitin than healthy donors (p<0.007), prostate cancer patients (p<0.0007), and all patients without TCC taken together (p<0.0001). Titers from superficial tumors were not significantly different from muscle invasive tumors (p = 0.0929). For antibody response against ubiquitin, sensitivity for detection of TCC was 0.44, specificity 0.96, positive predictive value 0.96 and negative predictive value 0.41. No significant titer changes were observed during the standard BCG induction immunotherapy.
Conclusions
This is the first report to demonstrate an anti-ubiquitin antibody response in patients with TCC. Although sensitivity of antibody production was low, a high specificity and positive predictive value make ubiquitin an interesting candidate for further diagnostic and possibly immune modulating studies.
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) can serve as muscle independent communication aids. Persons, who are unable to control their eye muscles (e.g., in the completely locked-in state) or have severe visual impairments for other reasons, need BCI systems that do not rely on the visual modality. For this reason, BCIs that employ auditory stimuli were suggested. In this study, a multiclass BCI spelling system was implemented that uses animal voices with directional cues to code rows and columns of a letter matrix. To reveal possible training effects with the system, 11 healthy participants performed spelling tasks on 2 consecutive days. In a second step, the system was tested by a participant with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in two sessions. In the first session, healthy participants spelled with an average accuracy of 76% (3.29 bits/min) that increased to 90% (4.23 bits/min) on the second day. Spelling accuracy by the participant with ALS was 20% in the first and 47% in the second session. The results indicate a strong training effect for both the healthy participants and the participant with ALS. While healthy participants reached high accuracies in the first session and second session, accuracies for the participant with ALS were not sufficient for satisfactory communication in both sessions. More training sessions might be needed to improve spelling accuracies. The study demonstrated the feasibility of the auditory BCI with healthy users and stresses the importance of training with auditory multiclass BCIs, especially for potential end-users of BCI with disease.
Introduction:
Individuals carrying pathogenic mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a high lifetime risk of breast cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in DNA double-strand break repair, DNA alterations that can be caused by exposure to reactive oxygen species, a main source of which are mitochondria. Mitochondrial genome variations affect electron transport chain efficiency and reactive oxygen species production. Individuals with different mitochondrial haplogroups differ in their metabolism and sensitivity to oxidative stress. Variability in mitochondrial genetic background can alter reactive oxygen species production, leading to cancer risk. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that mitochondrial haplogroups modify breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
Methods:
We genotyped 22,214 (11,421 affected, 10,793 unaffected) mutation carriers belonging to the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 for 129 mitochondrial polymorphisms using the iCOGS array. Haplogroup inference and association detection were performed using a phylogenetic approach. ALTree was applied to explore the reference mitochondrial evolutionary tree and detect subclades enriched in affected or unaffected individuals.
Results:
We discovered that subclade T1a1 was depleted in affected BRCA2 mutation carriers compared with the rest of clade T (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.55; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.34 to 0.88; P = 0.01). Compared with the most frequent haplogroup in the general population (that is, H and T clades), the T1a1 haplogroup has a HR of 0.62 (95% CI, 0.40 to 0.95; P = 0.03). We also identified three potential susceptibility loci, including G13708A/rs28359178, which has demonstrated an inverse association with familial breast cancer risk.
Conclusions:
This study illustrates how original approaches such as the phylogeny-based method we used can empower classical molecular epidemiological studies aimed at identifying association or risk modification effects.
An Overview of the Regional Experiments for Land-atmosphere Exchanges 2012 (REFLEX 2012) Campaign
(2015)
The REFLEX 2012 campaign was initiated as part of a training course on the organization of an airborne campaign to support advancement of the understanding of land-atmosphere interaction processes. This article describes the campaign, its objectives and observations, remote as well as in situ. The observations took place at the experimental Las Tiesas farm in an agricultural area in the south of Spain. During the period of ten days, measurements were made to capture the main processes controlling the local and regional land-atmosphere exchanges. Apart from multi-temporal, multi-directional and multi-spatial space-borne and airborne observations, measurements of the local meteorology, energy fluxes, soil temperature profiles, soil moisture profiles, surface temperature, canopy structure as well as leaf-level measurements were carried out. Additional thermo-dynamical monitoring took place at selected sites. After presenting the different types of measurements, some examples are given to illustrate the potential of the observations made.
The gene encoding the LIM and SH3 domain protein (LASP1) was cloned two decades ago from a cDNA library of breast cancer metastases. As the first protein of a class comprising one N-terminal LIM and one C-terminal SH3 domain, LASP1 founded a new LIM-protein subfamily of the nebulin group. Since its discovery LASP1 proved to be an extremely versatile protein because of its exceptional structure allowing interaction with various binding partners, its ubiquitous expression in normal tissues, albeit with distinct expression patterns, and its ability to transmit signals from the cytoplasm into the nucleus. As a result, LASP1 plays key roles in cell structure, physiological processes, and cell signaling. Furthermore, LASP1 overexpression contributes to cancer aggressiveness hinting to a potential value of LASP1 as a cancer biomarker. In this review we summarize published data on structure, regulation, function, and expression pattern of LASP1, with a focus on its role in human cancer and as a biomarker protein. In addition, we provide a comprehensive transcriptome analysis of published microarrays (n=2,780) that illustrates the expression profile of LASP1 in normal tissues and its overexpression in a broad range of human cancer entities.
Für viele hämatopoetische Erkrankungen, wie Lymphome oder Leukämien, stellt die allogene Stammzelltransplantation auch heute noch die einzige Heilungschance dar. Dabei ist der Wiederaufbau des Immunsystems nach der Transplantation von essentieller Bedeutung für das Überleben der Patienten. In dieser Arbeit wurden 27 Patienten nach allogener Stammzelltransplantation an vier definierten Messzeitpunkten (Tag 30, 60, 90 und 120 nach Transplantation) auf ihre Immunrekonstitution hin untersucht und die dabei erhobenen Daten auf gemeinsame Verläufe und eine mögliche Korrelation zur Klinik der Patienten untersucht.
Die Zellen wurden dabei anhand ihrer Oberflächenmarker gefärbt und mittels Durchflusszytometrie gemessen. Um spezifische T-Zellen zu detektieren, wurden die Zellen zusätzlich vor dem Färben über Nacht mit spezifischen Peptiden stimuliert und dann ihre IFNgamma – Produktion gemessen. Zur Messung der Tregs wurde ein spezielles Kit zur Färbung des Markers Foxp3 verwendet.
Es zeigte sich dabei, dass die NK-Zellen die „erste Welle“ der Immunrekonstitution darstellen, die T-Zellen erholen sich dagegen erst später als eine Art „zweite Welle“. CD8+ zytotoxische T-Zellen sind bei den Patienten gegenüber CD4+ T – Helferzellen über den gesamten Beobachtungszeitraum hinweg dominant, genau umgekehrt zu Gesunden. Die B-Zellen stellten konstant die niedrigste und sich am langsamsten regenerierende Population dar, bei kleineren untersuchten Zellpopulationen war kein einheitlicher Verlauf erkennbar. Diese Daten zeigen, dass das angeborene Immunsystem im Zeitraum nach Transplantation den Hauptschutz für die Patienten bietet, während sich das adaptive Immunsystem in seiner Größe und Funktionsfähigkeit erst über eine sehr viel längere Zeit hinweg erholt und erst später wieder die Hauptschutzfunktion für den Organismus übernehmen kann.
Gängige Beschreibungen von T – Zellsubpopulationen, den central und effector memory T-Zellen nach Sallusto und Rezvani, die in der Literatur gleichbedeutend verwendet werden, lassen sich in einem Kollektiv mit stammzelltransplantierten Patienten nicht zur Deckung bringen.
Bei der Rekonstitution von spezifischen T-Zellen konnten im Beobachtungszeitraum von 120 Tagen keine Antworten auf die Stimulation mit tumorspezifischen Peptiden gezeigt werden, eine Reaktion auf die Stimulation mit CMV – Peptiden war bei fünf Patienten zu erkennen, wobei dies nur bei Patienten der Fall war, die einen CMV positiven Stammzellspender aufwiesen, was als Voraussetzung für eine schnelle CMV spezifische T-Zellimmunrekonstitution anzusehen ist. Deshalb sollte zukünftig noch stärker auf die Auswahl der Stammzellspender bei der allogenen Stammzelltransplantation geachtet werden, um den Empfängern möglichst optimale Voraussetzungen für eine schnelle T – Zellrekonstitution und so einen möglichenen Schutz gegen eine CMV-Reaktivierung zu bieten.
Bei der Rekonstitution der Tregs konnte in diesem Patientenkollektiv keine Korrelation zwischen ihrem Verlauf oder ihrer Anzahl und der Entwicklung einer GvHD oder Infektion gezeigt werden. Diese Tatsache deutet darauf hin, dass die bisher erhobenen Daten, die stets in Kollektiven mit engen Einschlusskriterien und oft ähnlichen Konstellationen was Spender und Empfänger angeht, nicht auf alle Stammzelltransplantationspatienten und Spender übertragbar sind. Es sollte daher zukünftig in größeren repräsentativen Kollektiven eine erneute Untersuchung der regulatorischen T-Zellen erfolgen.
Auch zukünftig wird die Immunrekonstitution nach Stammzelltransplantation Gegenstand vieler Studien bleiben, um so die Voraussetzungen für und das Outcome nach der Transplantation für die Patienten ständig zu verbessern. In der vorgelegten Arbeit konnte gezeigt werden, dass die bisher in der Literatur erhobenen Ergebnisse auf ein heterogenes Fremdspenderkollektiv ohne spezielle Einschlusskriterien, wie es also der Situation im klinischen Alltag am nächsten kommt, nicht übertragbar sind, sondern sich vielmehr wesentliche Unterschiede ergeben. Es sollte daher in zukünftigen Untersuchungen ein Augenmerk auf die Verwendung repräsentativerer Kollektive für die klinische Realität geachtet werden.
Analysis of a multi-component multi-stage malaria vaccine candidate—tackling the cocktail challenge
(2015)
Combining key antigens from the different stages of the P. falciparum life cycle in the context of a multi-stage-specific cocktail offers a promising approach towards the development of a malaria vaccine ideally capable of preventing initial infection, the clinical manifestation as well as the transmission of the disease. To investigate the potential of such an approach we combined proteins and domains (11 in total) from the pre-erythrocytic, blood and sexual stages of P. falciparum into a cocktail of four different components recombinantly produced in plants. After immunization of rabbits we determined the domain-specific antibody titers as well as component-specific antibody concentrations and correlated them with stage specific in vitro efficacy. Using purified rabbit immune IgG we observed strong inhibition in functional in vitro assays addressing the pre-erythrocytic (up to 80%), blood (up to 90%) and sexual parasite stages (100%). Based on the component-specific antibody concentrations we calculated the IC50 values for the pre-erythrocytic stage (17–25 μg/ml), the blood stage (40–60 μg/ml) and the sexual stage (1.75 μg/ml). While the results underline the feasibility of a multi-stage vaccine cocktail, the analysis of component-specific efficacy indicates significant differences in IC50 requirements for stage-specific antibody concentrations providing valuable insights into this complex scenario and will thereby improve future approaches towards malaria vaccine cocktail development regarding the selection of suitable antigens and the ratios of components, to fine tune overall and stage-specific efficacy.
Analysis of discretization schemes for Fokker-Planck equations and related optimality systems
(2015)
The Fokker-Planck (FP) equation is a fundamental model in thermodynamic kinetic theories and
statistical mechanics.
In general, the FP equation appears in a number of different fields in natural sciences, for instance in solid-state physics, quantum optics, chemical physics, theoretical biology, and circuit theory. These equations also provide a powerful mean to define
robust control strategies for random models. The FP equations are partial differential equations (PDE) describing the time evolution of the probability density function (PDF) of stochastic processes.
These equations are of different types depending on the underlying stochastic process.
In particular, they are parabolic PDEs for the PDF of Ito processes, and hyperbolic PDEs for piecewise deterministic processes (PDP).
A fundamental axiom of probability calculus requires that the integral of the PDF over all the allowable state space must be equal to one, for all time. Therefore, for the purpose of accurate numerical simulation, a discretized FP equation must guarantee conservativeness of the total probability. Furthermore, since the
solution of the FP equation represents a probability density, any numerical scheme that approximates the FP equation is required to guarantee the positivity of the solution. In addition, an approximation scheme must be accurate and stable.
For these purposes, for parabolic FP equations on bounded domains, we investigate the Chang-Cooper (CC) scheme for space discretization and first- and
second-order backward time differencing. We prove that the resulting
space-time discretization schemes are accurate, conditionally stable, conservative, and preserve positivity.
Further, we discuss a finite difference discretization for the FP system corresponding to a PDP process in a bounded domain.
Next, we discuss FP equations in unbounded domains.
In this case, finite-difference or finite-element methods cannot be applied. By employing a suitable set of basis functions, spectral methods allow to treat unbounded domains. Since FP solutions decay exponentially at infinity, we consider Hermite functions as basis functions, which are Hermite polynomials multiplied by a Gaussian.
To this end, the Hermite spectral discretization is applied
to two different FP equations; the parabolic PDE corresponding to Ito processes, and the system of hyperbolic PDEs corresponding to a PDP process. The resulting discretized schemes are analyzed. Stability and spectral accuracy of the Hermite spectral discretization of the FP problems is proved. Furthermore, we investigate the conservativity of the solutions of FP equations discretized with the Hermite spectral scheme.
In the last part of this thesis, we discuss optimal control problems governed by FP equations on the characterization of their solution by optimality systems. We then investigate the Hermite spectral discretization of FP optimality systems in unbounded domains.
Within the framework of Hermite discretization, we obtain sparse-band systems of ordinary differential equations. We analyze the accuracy of the discretization schemes by showing spectral convergence in approximating the state, the adjoint, and the control variables that appear in the FP optimality systems.
To validate our theoretical estimates, we present results of numerical experiments.
Das Ziel dieser Arbeit war die Herstellung von Diamantmaterialien, deren Oberflächen mit Alkinen, Aziden oder Aldehyden modifiziert waren. Diese funktionellen Gruppen sollten die einfache Anbindung verschiedener katalytisch aktiver Systeme mit Hilfe der 1,3-dipolaren Cycloaddition nach Huisgen bzw. Iminbildung ermgöglich.
Da in einer vorangegangenen Arbeit Hinweise darauf gefunden wurde, dass die hochgradig funktionalisierte Oberfläche von Detonationsnanodiamant dazu in der Lage ist, die Aktivität von immobilisierten Katalysatoren zu behindern. Darum wurde in dieser Arbeit verglichen, ob die Verwendung von starren Linkern auf Tolanbasis einen Vorteil gegenüber ihren flexiblen Gegenstücken liefert. Dazu wurde für jede der oben genannten Funktionalisierungsarten je ein Diamantmaterial mit flexibler sowie mindestens eines mit unbiegsamer Verbindungseinheit hergestellt und getestet. Dadurch konnte das Konzept der starren Linker für Enzyme bestätigt werden und es wurde eine signifikant höhere Aktivität erhalten, als wenn flexible Anbindungsbrücken verwendet wurden. Bei Organokatalysatoren und metallorganischen Systemen konnten jedoch keine erfolgreichen Katalysen durchgeführt werden.
This review outlines the most frequently used rodent stroke models and discusses their strengths and shortcomings. Mimicking all aspects of human stroke in one animal model is not feasible because ischemic stroke in humans is a heterogeneous disorder with a complex pathophysiology. The transient or permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) model is one of the models that most closely simulate human ischemic stroke. Furthermore, this model is characterized by reliable and well-reproducible infarcts. Therefore, the MCAo model has been involved in the majority of studies that address pathophysiological processes or neuroprotective agents. Another model uses thromboembolic clots and thus is more convenient for investigating thrombolytic agents and pathophysiological processes after thrombolysis. However, for many reasons, preclinical stroke research has a low translational success rate. One factor might be the choice of stroke model. Whereas the therapeutic responsiveness of permanent focal stroke in humans declines significantly within 3 hours after stroke onset, the therapeutic window in animal models with prompt reperfusion is up to 12 hours, resulting in a much longer action time of the investigated agent. Another major problem of animal stroke models is that studies are mostly conducted in young animals without any comorbidity. These models differ from human stroke, which particularly affects elderly people who have various cerebrovascular risk factors. Choosing the most appropriate stroke model and optimizing the study design of preclinical trials might increase the translational potential of animal stroke models.
Bornyl caffeate (1) was previously isolated by us from Valeriana (V.) wallichii rhizomes and identified as an anti-leishmanial substance. Here, we screened a small compound library of synthesized derivatives 1–30 for activity against schistosomula of Schistosoma (S.) mansoni. Compound 1 did not show any anti-schistosomal activity. However, strong phenotypic changes, including the formation of vacuoles, degeneration and death were observed after in vitro treatment with compounds 23 (thymyl cinnamate) and 27 (eugenyl cinnamate). Electron microscopy analysis of the induced vacuoles in the dying parasites suggests that 23 and 27 interfere with autophagy.
Peptides derived from human and bovine lactoferricin were designed, synthesized, purified, and characterized using RP-HPLC and MALDI-TOF-MS. Specific changes in the sequences were designed as (i) the incorporation of unnatural amino acids in the sequence, the (ii) reduction or (iii) elongation of the peptide chain length, and (iv) synthesis of molecules with different number of branches containing the same sequence. For each peptide, the antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212 was evaluated. Our results showed that Peptides I.2 (RWQWRWQWR) and I.4 ((RRWQWR)\(_{4}\)K\(_{2}\)Ahx\(_{2}\)C\(_{2}\)) exhibit bigger or similar activity against E. coli (MIC 4-33 μM) and E. faecalis (MIC 10-33 μM) when they were compared with lactoferricin protein (LF) and some of its derivate peptides as II.1 (FKCRRWQWRMKKLGA) and IV.1 (FKCRRWQWRMKKLGAPSITCVRRAE). It should be pointed out that Peptides I.2 and I.4, containing the RWQWR motif, are short and easy to synthesize; our results demonstrate that it is possible to design and obtain synthetic peptides that exhibit enhanced antibacterial activity using a methodology that is fast and low-cost and that allows obtaining products with a high degree of purity and high yield.
Die Druckerstädte im deutschen Südwesten, allen voran Augsburg und Straßburg, leisteten einen entscheidenden Beitrag bei der Erschließung antiker Literatur für lateinunkundige Leser. Einer der produktivsten Autoren war Hieronymus Boner, der zahlreiche historiographische Werke des Altertums übersetzte. Der Beitrag untersucht Boners Geschichtsverständnis und seinen Übersetzungsstil, um daraus grundlegende Schlussfolgerungen für das Verhältnis von Volkssprache und Humanismus abzuleiten. Das Beispiel einer übersetzten Episode aus dem ersten Buch von Herodots ‚Historien‘ zeigt, wie die Beschäftigung mit antiken Klassikern zur Ausbildung einer frühneuhochdeutschen Literatur und Literatursprache beitrug. Weil Boners Übersetzungswerk sich sowohl von freieren mittelalterlichen Adaptationen als auch von modernen philologischen Editionen unterscheidet, wird sein Verfahren als erzählendes Übersetzen charakterisiert.
The chloroform extract of Valeriana wallichii (V. wallichii) rhizomes was investigated to elucidate the structures responsible for reported antileishmanial activity. Besides bornyl caffeate (1, already been reported by us previously), bioassay-guided fractionation resulted in two additional cinnamic acid derivatives 2–3 with moderate leishmanicidal activity. The structure of a novel nepetolactone derivative 4 having a cinnamic acid moiety was elucidated by means of spectral analysis. To the best of our knowledge villoside aglycone (5) was isolated from this plant for the first time. The bioassay-guided fractionation yielded two new (compounds 6–7) and two known valtrates (compounds 8–9) with leishmanicidal potential against Leishmania major (L. major) promastigotes. In addition, β-bisabolol (10), α-kessyl alcohol (11), valeranone (12), bornyl isovalerate (13) and linarin-2-O-methylbutyrate (14) were identified. This is the first report on the isolation of 4'-demethylpodophyllotoxin (15), podophyllotoxin (16) and pinoresinol (17) in V. wallichii. In total thirteen known and four new compounds were identified from the extract and their cytotoxic and antileishmanial properties were evaluated.
In classical conditioning, an initially neutral stimulus (conditioned stimulus, CS) becomes associated with a biologically salient event (unconditioned stimulus, US), which might be pain (aversive conditioning) or food (appetitive conditioning). After a few associations, the CS is able to initiate either defensive or consummatory responses, respectively. Contrary to aversive conditioning, appetitive conditioning is rarely investigated in humans, although its importance for normal and pathological behaviors (e.g., obesity, addiction) is undeniable. The present study intents to translate animal findings on appetitive conditioning to humans using food as an US. Thirty-three participants were investigated between 8 and 10 am without breakfast in order to assure that they felt hungry. During two acquisition phases, one geometrical shape (avCS+) predicted an aversive US (painful electric shock), another shape (appCS+) predicted an appetitive US (chocolate or salty pretzel according to the participants' preference), and a third shape (CS) predicted neither US. In a extinction phase, these three shapes plus a novel shape (NEW) were presented again without US delivery. Valence and arousal ratings as well as startle and skin conductance (SCR) responses were collected as learning indices. We found successful aversive and appetitive conditioning. On the one hand, the avCS+ was rated as more negative and more arousing than the CS and induced startle potentiation and enhanced SCR. On the other hand, the appCS+ was rated more positive than the CS and induced startle attenuation and larger SCR. In summary, we successfully confirmed animal findings in (hungry) humans by demonstrating appetitive learning and normal aversive learning.
Human upcyte\(^{®}\) hepatocytes are proliferating hepatocytes that retain many characteristics of primary human hepatocytes. We conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the application of second-generation upcyte\(^{®}\) hepatocytes from four donors for inhibition and induction assays using a selection of reference inhibitors and inducers. CYP1A2, CYP2B6, CYP2C9, and CYP3A4 were reproducibly inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner and the calculated IC\(_{50}\) values for each compound correctly classified them as potent inhibitors. Upcyte\(^{®}\) hepatocytes were responsive to prototypical CYP1A2, CYP2B6, CYP2C9, and CYP3A4 inducers, confirming that they have functional AhR-, CAR-, and PXR-mediated CYP regulation. A panel of 11 inducers classified as potent, moderate or noninducers of CYP3A4 and CYP2B6 were tested. There was a good fit of data from upcyte\(^{®}\) hepatocytes to three different predictive models for CYP3A4 induction, namely the Relative Induction Score (RIS), AUC\(_{u}\)/F\(_{2}\), and C\(_{max,u}\)/Ind\(_{50}\). In addition, PXR (rifampicin) and CAR-selective (carbamazepine and phenytoin) inducers of CYP3A4 and CYP2B6 induction, respectively, were demonstrated. In conclusion, these data support the use of second-generation upcyte\(^{®}\) hepatocytes for CYP inhibition and induction assays. Under the culture conditions used, these cells expressed CYP activities that were equivalent to or higher than those measured in primary human hepatocyte cultures, which could be inhibited or induced by prototypical CYP inhibitors and inducers, respectively. Moreover, they can be used to predict in vivo CYP3A4 induction potential using three prediction models. Bulk availability of cells from multiple donors makes upcyte\(^{®}\) hepatocytes suitable for DDI screening, as well as more in-depth mechanistic investigations.
Converging evidence from controlled experiments suggests that the mere processing of a number and its attributes such as value or parity might affect free choice decisions between different actions. For example the spatial numerical associations of response codes (SNARC) effect indicates the magnitude of a digit to be associated with a spatial representation and might therefore affect spatial response choices (i.e., decisions between a "left" and a "right" option). At the same time, other (linguistic) features of a number such as parity are embedded into space and might likewise prime left or right responses through feature words [odd or even, respectively; markedness association of response codes (MARC) effect]. In this experiment we aimed at documenting such influences in a natural setting. We therefore assessed number space and parity space association effects by exposing participants to a fair distribution task in a card playing scenario. Participants drew cards, read out loud their number values, and announced their response choice, i.e., dealing it to a left vs. right player, indicated by Playmobil characters. Not only did participants prefer to deal more cards to the right player, the card's digits also affected response choices and led to a slightly but systematically unfair distribution, supported by a regular SNARC effect and counteracted by a reversed MARC effect. The experiment demonstrates the impact of SNARC- and MARC-like biases in free choice behavior through verbal and visual numerical information processing even in a setting with high external validity.
Der Einzug des Rechners in den Mathematikunterricht hat eine Vielzahl neuer Möglichkeiten der Darstellung mit sich gebracht, darunter auch multiple, dynamisch verbundene Repräsentationen mathematischer Probleme. Die Arbeit beantwortet die Frage, ob und wie diese Repräsentationsarten von Schülerinnen und Schüler in Argumentationen genutzt werden. In der empirischen Untersuchung wurde dabei einerseits quantitativ erforscht, wie groß der Einfluss der in der Aufgabenstellung gegebenen Repräsentationsform auf die schriftliche Argumentationen der Schülerinnen und Schüler ist. Andererseits wurden durch eine qualitative Analyse spezifische Nutzungsweisen identifiziert und mittels Toulmins Argumentationsmodell beschrieben. Diese Erkenntnisse wurden genutzt, um Konsequenzen bezüglich der Verwendung von multiplen und/oder dynamischen Repräsentationen im Mathematikunterricht der Sekundarstufe zu formulieren.
The main prediction of the Uncanny Valley Hypothesis (UVH) is that observation of humanlike characters that are difficult to distinguish from the human counterpart will evoke a state of negative affect. Well-established electrophysiological [late positive potential (LPP) and facial electromyography (EMG)] and self-report [Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM)] indices of valence and arousal, i.e., the primary orthogonal dimensions of affective experience, were used to test this prediction by examining affective experience in response to categorically ambiguous compared with unambiguous avatar and human faces (N = 30). LPP and EMG provided direct psychophysiological indices of affective state during passive observation and the SAM provided self-reported indices of affective state during explicit cognitive evaluation of static facial stimuli. The faces were drawn from well-controlled morph continua representing the UVH' dimension of human likeness (DHL). The results provide no support for the notion that category ambiguity along the DHL is specifically associated with enhanced experience of negative affect. On the contrary, the LPP and SAM-based measures of arousal and valence indicated a general increase in negative affective state (i.e., enhanced arousal and negative valence) with greater morph distance from the human end of the DHL. A second sample (N = 30) produced the same finding, using an ad hoc self-rating scale of feelings of familiarity, i.e., an oft-used measure of affective experience along the UVH' familiarity dimension. In conclusion, this multi-method approach using well-validated psychophysiological and self-rating indices of arousal and valence rejects for passive observation and for explicit affective evaluation of static faces the main prediction of the UVH.
Quantifying the spatio-temporal distribution of arthropods in tropical rainforests represents a first step towards scrutinizing the global distribution of biodiversity on Earth. To date most studies have focused on narrow taxonomic groups or lack a design that allows partitioning of the components of diversity. Here, we consider an exceptionally large dataset (113,952 individuals representing 5,858 species), obtained from the San Lorenzo forest in Panama, where the phylogenetic breadth of arthropod taxa was surveyed using 14 protocols targeting the soil, litter, understory, lower and upper canopy habitats, replicated across seasons in 2003 and 2004. This dataset is used to explore the relative influence of horizontal, vertical and seasonal drivers of arthropod distribution in this forest. We considered arthropod abundance, observed and estimated species richness, additive decomposition of species richness, multiplicative partitioning of species diversity, variation in species composition, species turnover and guild structure as components of diversity. At the scale of our study (2km of distance, 40m in height and 400 days), the effects related to the vertical and seasonal dimensions were most important. Most adult arthropods were collected from the soil/litter or the upper canopy and species richness was highest in the canopy. We compared the distribution of arthropods and trees within our study system. Effects related to the seasonal dimension were stronger for arthropods than for trees. We conclude that: (1) models of beta diversity developed for tropical trees are unlikely to be applicable to tropical arthropods; (2) it is imperative that estimates of global biodiversity derived from mass collecting of arthropods in tropical rainforests embrace the strong vertical and seasonal partitioning observed here; and (3) given the high species turnover observed between seasons, global climate change may have severe consequences for rainforest arthropods.
Division of labor represents a major advantage of social insect communities that accounts for their enormous ecological success. In colonies of the honeybee, Apis mellifera, division of labor comprises different tasks of fertile queens and drones (males) and, in general, sterile female workers. Division of labor also occurs among workers in form of an age-related polyethism. This helps them to deal with the great variety of tasks within the colony. After adult eclosion, workers spend around three weeks with various duties inside the hive such as tending the brood or cleaning and building cells. After this period workers switch to outdoor tasks and become foragers collecting nectar, pollen and water. With this behavioral transition, workers face tremendous changes in their sensory environment. In particular, visual sensory stimuli become important, but also the olfactory world changes. Foragers have to perform a completely new behavioral repertoire ranging from long distance navigation based on landmark orientation and polarized-skylight information to learning and memory tasks associated with finding profitable food sources. However, behavioral maturation is not a purely age-related internal program associated with a change, for example, in juvenile hormone titers. External factors such as primer pheromones like the brood pheromone or queen mandibular pheromone can modulate the timing of this transition. In this way colonies are able to flexibly adjust their work force distribution between indoor and outdoor tasks depending on the actual needs of the colony. Besides certain physiological changes, mainly affecting glandular tissue, the transition from indoor to outdoor tasks requires significant adaptations in sensory and higher-order integration centers of the brain.
The mushroom bodies integrate olfactory, visual, gustatory and mechanosensory information. Furthermore, they play important roles in learning and memory processes. It is therefore not surprising that the mushroom bodies, in particular their main input region, the calyx, undergo volumetric neuronal plasticity. Similar to behavioral maturation, plastic changes of the mushroom bodies are associated with age, but are also to be affected by modulating factors such as task and experience.
In my thesis, I analyzed in detail the neuronal processes underlying volumetric plasticity in the mushroom body. Immunohistochemical labeling of synaptic proteins combined with quantitative 3D confocal imaging revealed that the volume increase of the mushroom body calyx is largely caused by the growth of the Kenyon cell dendritic network. This outgrowth is accompanied by changes in the synaptic architecture of the mushroom body calyx, which is organized in a distinct pattern of synaptic complexes, so called microglomeruli. During the first week of natural adult maturation microglomeruli remain constant in total number. With subsequent behavioral transition from indoor duties to foraging, microglomeruli are pruned while the Kenyon cell dendritic network is still growing. As a result of these processes, the mushroom body calyx neuropil volume enlarges while the total number of microgloumeruli becomes reduced in foragers compared to indoor workers. In the visual subcompartments (calyx collar) this process is induced by visual sensory stimuli as the beginning of pruning correlates with the time window when workers start their first orientation flights. The high level of analysis of cellular and subcellular process underlying structural plasticity of the mushroom body calyx during natural maturation will serve as a framework for future investigations of behavioral plasticity in the honeybee.
The transition to foraging is not purely age-dependent, but gets modulated, for example, by the presence of foragers. Ethyl oleate, a primer pheromone that is present only in foragers, was shown to delay the onset of foraging in nurse bees. Using artificial application of additional ethyl oleate in triple cohort colonies, I tested whether it directly affects adult neuronal plasticity in the visual input region of the mushroom body calyx. As the pheromonal treatment failed to induce a clear behavioral phenotype (delayed onset of foraging) it was not possible to show a direct link between the exposure to additional ethyl oleate and neuronal plasticity in mushroom body calyx. However, the general results on synaptic maturation confirmed my data of natural maturation processes in the mushroom body calyx.
Given the result that dendritic plasticity is a major contributor to neuronal plasticity in the mushroom body calyx associated with division of labor, the question arose which proteins could be involved in mediating these effects. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) especially in mammals, but also in insects (Drosophila, Cockroach), was shown to be involved in facilitating learning and memory processes like long-term synaptic potentiation. In addition to presynaptic effects, the protein was also revealed to directly interact with cytoskeleton elements in the postsynapse. It therefore is a likely candidate to mediate structural synaptic plasticity. As part of my thesis, the presence and distribution of CaMKII was analyzed, and the results showed that the protein is highly concentrated in a distinct subpopulation of the mushroom body intrinsic neurons, the noncompact Kenyon cells. The dendritic network of this population arborizes in two calyx subregions: one receiving mainly olfactory input – the lip – and the collar receiving visual input. This distribution pattern did not change with age or task. The high concentration of CaMKII in dendritic spines and its overlap with f-actin indicates that CaMKII could be a key player inducing structural neuronal plasticity associated with learning and memory formation and/or behavioral transitions related to division of labor. Interestingly CaMKII immunoreactivity was absent in the basal ring, another subregion of the mushroom body calyx formed almost exclusively by the inner compact Kenyon cells and known to receive combined visual and olfactory input. This indicates differences of this mushroom body subregion regarding the molecular mechanisms controlling plastic changes in corresponding Kenyon cells.
How is timing of behavioral and neuronal plasticity regulated? The primer pheromone ethyl oleate was found in high concentrations on foragers and was shown to influence behavioral maturation by delaying the onset of foraging when artificially applied in elevated concentrations. But how is ethyl oleate transferred and how does it shift the work force distribution between indoor and outdoor tasks? Previous work showed that ethyl oleate concentrations are highest in the honeycrop of foragers and suggested that it is transferred and communicated inside the colony via trophallaxis. The results of this thesis however clearly show, that ethyl oleate was not present inside the honey crop or the regurgitate, but rather in the surrounding tissue of the honey crop. As additionally the second highest concentration of ethyl oleate was measured on the surface of the cuticle of forgers, trophallaxis was ruled out as a mode of transmission. Neurophysiological measurements at the level of the antennae (electroantennogram recordings) and the first olfactory neuropil (calcium imaging of activity in the antennal lobe) revealed that the primer pheromone ethyl oleate is received and processed as an olfactory stimulus. Appetitive olfactory conditioning using the proboscis extension response as a behavioral paradigm showed that ethyl oleate can be associated with a sugar reward. This indicates that workers are able to perceive, learn and memorize the presence of this pheromone. As ethyl oleate had to be presented by a heated stimulation device at close range, it can be concluded that this primer pheromone acts via close range/contact chemoreception through the olfactory system. This is also supported by previous behavioral observations.
Taken together, the findings presented in this thesis revealed structural changes in the synaptic architecture of the mushroom body calyx associated with division of labor. For the primer pheromone ethyl oleate, which modulates the transition from nursing to foraging, the results clearly showed that it is received via the olfactory system and presumably acts via this pathway. However, manipulation experiments did not indicate a direct effect of ethyl oleate on synaptic plasticity. At the molecular level, CaMKII is a prime candidate to mediate structural synaptic plasticity in the mushroom body calyx. Future combined structural and functional experiments are needed to finally link the activity of primer pheromones like ethyl oleate to the molecular pathways mediating behavioral and synaptic plasticity associated with division of labor in Apis mellifera. The here identified underlying processes will serve as excellent models for a general understanding of fundamental mechanisms promoting behavioral plasticity.
While interplay between BRCA1 and AURKA-RHAMM-TPX2-TUBG1 regulates mammary epithelial polarization, common genetic variation in HMMR (gene product RHAMM) may be associated with risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. Following on these observations, we further assessed the link between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. Forty-one single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 mutation carriers and subsequently analyzed using a retrospective likelihood approach. The association of HMMR rs299290 with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers was confirmed: per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 1.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04 - 1.15, p = 1.9 x 10\(^{-4}\) (false discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted p = 0.043). Variation in CSTF1, located next to AURKA, was also found to be associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers: rs2426618 per-allele HR = 1.10, 95% CI 1.03 - 1.16, p = 0.005 (FDR-adjusted p = 0.045). Assessment of pairwise interactions provided suggestions (FDR-adjusted p\(_{interaction}\) values > 0.05) for deviations from the multiplicative model for rs299290 and CSTF1 rs6064391, and rs299290 and TUBG1 rs11649877 in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Following these suggestions, the expression of HMMR and AURKA or TUBG1 in sporadic breast tumors was found to potentially interact, influencing patients' survival. Together, the results of this study support the hypothesis of a causative link between altered function of AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 and breast carcinogenesis in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
Die Tatsache, dass sich DGKH-GAT in einer vorausgehenden Studie als ein krankheitsübergreifender Risiko-Haplotyp für verschiedene Stimmungserkrankungen herausstellte, legte für uns den Schluss nahe, dass dieser Einfluss auf psychiatrische Symptome haben könnte, die typischerweise mit Stimmungsschwankungen einhergehen. In Anlehnung an das Endophänotypenkonzept vermuteten wir, dass wir über die Symptomebene möglicherweise Parameter definieren könnten, die enger mit DGKH-GAT assoziiert sind als die bipolar-affektive Erkrankung selbst.
Ziel dieser Doktorarbeit war es daher, den Einfluss von DGKH-GAT auf klinische Symptome in einer bipolaren Stichprobe darzustellen, wobei wir insbesondere eine Assoziation mit der Dimension „Erregung“, in welcher typische manische Symptome zusammengefasst sind, und der Dimension „Depression“, die typische depressive Symptome umfasst, vermuteten. Zur Erfassung der psychiatrischen Symptome verwendeten wir den OPCRIT (McGuffin et al., 1991; Farmer et al., 1992), eine Checkliste von 90 Items, die Psychopathologie und sozio-demographische Hintergrundinformation erfasst. Um die so erhobenen Daten statistisch sinnvoll auswerten zu können, war eine Zusammenfassung der Items in Dimensionen notwendig. In der Vergangenheit waren zahlreiche Faktorenmodelle für den OPCRIT berechnet worden. Wir entschlossen uns, das 9-Faktorenmodell von Maciukiewicz et al. (2012) zu übernehmen. Als Dimensionen wurden somit „Depression“, „atypische Depression“, „Desorganisation“, „soziales Funktionsniveau“, „Erregung“, „Positiv“, „Psychotisch“, „Substanzgebrauch“ und „Negativ“ definiert.
In dieser Arbeit wurde nun für 186 bipolare Patienten die klinische Symptomatik über die gesamte Lebenszeit mittels OPCRIT erfasst. Das Sample setzte sich aus 106 GAT-Trägern und 80 Nicht-Trägern zusammen.
Eine signifikante Assoziation mit dem Vorhandensein von DGKH-GAT konnte lediglich für die Dimension „Substanzgebrauch“ ermittelt werden. Da jedoch zwischen Frauen und Männern ein signifikanter Unterschied für diese Dimension bestand und die Merkmale Geschlecht und Vorhandensein von DGKH-GAT statistisch voneinander abhängig waren (t (108) = 3,7; p = 0,000), wurden die Geschlechter nochmals getrennt voneinander berechnet. Hierbei stellte sich heraus, dass bei den Frauen keine Assoziation von DGKH-GAT mit einer OPCRIT-Dimension mehr nachgewiesen werden, wohingegen die signifikante Assoziation zwischen DGKH-GAT und „Substanzgebrauch“ bei den männlichen Probanden weiterhin bestand (t (56,4) = -3,56; p = 0.01). DGKH-GAT zeigte entgegen unserer Erwartung keine Assoziation mit den Stimmungsdimensionen „Depression“ und „Erregung“. Diese Arbeit legt also nahe, dass DGKH-GAT keinen Einfluss auf die Ausprägung von Stimmungssymptomen hat.
Möglicherweise lässt sich dieses Ergebnis dadurch erklären, dass, wenn man von einem polygenen Vererbungsmuster mit kleinen Effektstärkten eines einzelnen Haplotyps wie DGKH-GAT auf die klinische Ausprägung von psychiatrischen Symptomen ausgeht, unsere Samplegröße von 186 Patienten für den untersuchten genetischen Zusammenhang zu gering war. Damit wären weitere Untersuchungen mit größeren Kollektiven notwendig, um den Einfluss von DGKH-GAT sicher beurteilen zu können. Es erscheint auch denkbar, dass klinische Symptomkomplexe grundsätzlich nicht geeignet sind, um die Auswirkungen einer genetischen Risikovariante zuverlässig abzubilden, da sie zeitlich nicht stabil sind und durch viele Umweltfaktoren beeinflusst werden können. Bisher ist die exakte Rolle, die das von DGKH kodierte Enzym in der Pathophysiologie der bipolar-affektiven Erkrankung spielt, noch nicht vollständig aufgeklärt worden. Da DGKH am lithiumregulierten Signalweg beteiligt ist, könnte man spekulieren, dass es auf einer ähnlichen Ebene wirkt wie Lithium. Das Medikament übt keinen großen Einfluss auf den Phänotyp aus, sondern verhindert das „Kippen“ in eine Krankheitsphase. Möglicherweise wirkt der Risiko-Haplotyp DGKH-GAT entgegengesetzt, indem er die Erkrankung „anstößt“, wohingegen der Verlauf und die Ausprägung der klinischen Symptomatik durch andere Faktoren beeinflusst wird.
Veränderungen der Neuroentwicklung und synaptischen Funktion scheinen einen ätiologischen Beitrag an schizophrenen Psychosen zu leisten. SHANK3 ist ein Gerüstprotein der postsynaptischen Dichte (PSD) exzitatorischer Synapsen und spielt bei der glutamatergen Signaltransduktion, der Hirnentwicklung und Neuroplastizität eine funktionelle Rolle. Ferner stellen genetische Mutationen von SHANK3 einen kausalen Faktor für das seltene 22q13.3 Deletionssyndrom (Phelan-McDermid-Syndrome) dar und werden darüber hinaus mit kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen, Autismus Spektrum Störungen (ASD) und schizophrenen Psychosen in Verbindung gebracht. Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit lag darin, die Rolle von SHANK3 als einen möglichen genetischen Risikofaktor für schizophrene Psychosen zu evaluieren.
Hierfür untersuchten wir sechs die SHANK3-Region umspannenden SNPs innerhalb unserer deutschen Fall-Kontrollstudie (Fälle: n=1172; Kontrollen: n=384) in einem polydiagnostischen Ansatz (ICD-10; Leonhard Klassifikation). Die Fälle erfüllten die Kriterien für Schizophrenie nach ICD-10 und wurden ferner zur besseren Phänotyp Charakterisierung nach der differenzierten prognoseorientierten Klassifikation von Leonhard eingeteilt und separat ausgewertet.
In Überstimmung mit dem Mutationsbefund von SHANK3 bei Schizophrenie kann unsere Studie ebenfalls eine positive Assoziation für zwei der sechs ausgewählten Polymorphismen bestätigen. Der nicht codierende Marker 756638, mit seiner intergenischen Lage am 3'-UTR von SHANK3, erwies sich positiv im Gesamtkollektiv (p=0,005; n=1172) wie auch in allen Gruppen nach Leonhard (systematische Schizophrenien, unsystematische Schizophrenien, zykloide Psychosen) assoziiert. Der signifikanteste Wert dieser Studie ergab sich für die Untergruppe der Hebephrenien (p=0,0004; n=117). Ein weiterer Marker rs6010063, der im Bereich des Introns 20-21 liegt, zeigte bei den zykloiden Psychosen, im Gegensatz zum Gesamtkollektiv, positive Befunde (p=0,005; n=309). Konkordant zu den Ergebnissen der Einzelmarkeranalyse ergab sich bei den zykloiden Psychosen ein Risikohaplotyp rs6010063A-rs756638G (p=0,002). In der LD-Analyse ergab sich lediglich eine Region verstärkter Kopplung zwischen den Markern rs9616915 und rs739365 (D’=0,88).
Zusammenfassend liefern die nominell positiven Assoziationsbefunde der vorliegenden Arbeit weitere Bestätigung dafür, dass der PSD-Komplex in der Ätiologie von Schizophrenie eine wichtige Rolle zu spielen scheint und bilden die Grundlage für weitere intensive Forschungen, insbesondere am Suszeptibilitätslokus SHANK3 bei schizophrenen Psychosen.
Anxiety is an affective state characterized by a sustained, long-lasting defensive response, induced by unpredictable, diffuse threat. In comparison, fear is a phasic response to predictable threat. Fear can be experimentally modeled with the help of cue conditioning. Context conditioning, in which the context serves as the best predictor of a threat due to the absence of any conditioned cues, is seen as an operationalization of sustained anxiety.
This thesis used a differential context conditioning paradigm to examine sustained attention processes in a threat context compared to a safety context for the first time. In three studies, the attention mechanisms during the processing of contextual anxiety were examined by measuring heart rate responses and steady-state-visually evoked potentials (ssVEPs). An additional focus was set on the processing of social cues (i.e. faces) and the influence of contextual information on these cues. In a last step, the correlates of sustained anxiety were compared to evoked responses by phasic fear, which was realized in a previously established paradigm combining predictable and unpredictable threat.
In the first study, a contextual stimulus was associated with an aversive loud noise, while a second context remained unpaired. This conditioning paradigm created an anxiety context (CTX+) and a safety context (CTX-). After acquisition, a social agent vs. an object was presented as a distractor in both contexts. Heart rate and cortical responses, with ssVEPs by using frequency tagging, to the contexts and the distractors were assessed. Results revealed enhanced ssVEP amplitudes for the CTX+ compared to the CTX− during acquisition and during presentation of distractor stimuli. Additionally, the heart rate was accelerated in the acquisition phase, followed by a heart rate deceleration as a psychophysiological marker of contextual anxiety.
Study 2 used the same context conditioning paradigm as Study 1. In contrast to the first study, persons with different emotional facial expressions were presented in the anxiety and safety contexts in order to compare the differential processing of these cues within periods of threat and safety. A similar anxiety response was found in the second study, although only participants who
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were aware of the contingency between contexts and aversive event showed a sensory amplification of the threat context, indicated by heart rate response and ssVEP activation. All faces irrespective of their emotional expression received increased attentional resources when presented within the anxiety context, which suggests a general hypervigilance in anxiety contexts.
In the third study, the differentiation of predictable and unpredictable threat as an operationalization of fear and anxiety was examined on a cortical and physiological level. In the predictable condition, a social cue was paired with an aversive event, while in the unpredictable condition the aversive event remained unpaired with the respective cue. A fear response to the predictable cue was found, indicated by increased oscillatory response and accelerated heart rate. Both predictable and unpredictable threat yielded increased ssVEP amplitudes evoked by the context stimuli, while the response in the unpredictable context showed longer-lasting ssVEP activation to the threat context.
To sum up, all three studies endorsed anxiety as a long-lasting defensive response. Due to the unpredictability of the aversive events, the individuals reacted with hypervigilance in the anxiety context, reflected in a facilitated processing of sensory information and an orienting response. This hypervigilance had an impact on the processing of novel cues, which appeared in the anxiety context. Considering the compared stimuli categories, the stimuli perceived in a state of anxiety received increased attentional resources, irrespective of the emotional arousal conveyed by the facial expression. Both predictable and unpredictable threat elicited sensory amplification of the contexts, while the response in the unpredictable context showed longer-lasting sensory facilitation of the threat context.
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) could provide a muscle-independent communication channel to persons with severe paralysis by translating brain activity into device commands. As a means of communication, in particular BCIs based on event-related potentials (ERPs) as control signal have been researched. Most of these BCIs rely on visual stimulation and have been investigated with healthy participants in controlled laboratory environments. In proof-of-principle studies targeted end users gained control over BCI systems; however, these systems are not yet established as an assistive technology for persons who would most benefit from them. The main aim of this thesis is to advance the usability of ERP-BCIs for target users. To this end, five studies with BCIs have been conducted that enabled users to communicate by focusing their attention on external stimuli.
Two studies were conducted in order to demonstrate the advantages and to further improve the practical application of visual BCIs. In the first study, mental workload was experimentally manipulated during prolonged BCI operation. The study showed the robustness of the visual ERP-BCI since users maintained a satisfactory level of control despite constant distraction in the form of background noise. Moreover, neurophysiological markers that could potentially serve as indicators of high mental workload or fatigue were revealed. This is a first step towards future applications in which the BCI could adapt to the mental state of the user (e.g. pauses if high mental workload is detected to prevent false selections). In the second study, a head-mounted display (HMD), which assures that stimuli are presented in the field of view of the user, was evaluated. High accuracies and information transfer rates, similar to a conventional display, were achieved by healthy participants during a spelling task. Furthermore, a person in the locked-in state (LIS) gained control over the BCI using the HMD. The HMD might be particularly suited for initial communication attempts with persons in the LIS in situations, where mounting a conventional monitor is difficult or not feasible.
Visual ERP-BCIs could prove valuable for persons with residual control over eye muscles and sufficient vision. However, since a substantial number of target users have limited control over eye movements and/or visual impairments, BCIs based on non-visual modalities are required. Therefore, a main aspect of this thesis was to improve an auditory paradigm that should enable motor impaired users to spell by focusing attention on different tones. The two conducted studies revealed that healthy participants were able to achieve high spelling performance with the BCI already in the first session and stress the importance of the choice of the stimulus material. The employed natural tones resulted in an increase in performance compared to a previous study that used artificial tones as stimuli. Furthermore, three out of five users with a varying degree of motor impairments could gain control over the system within the five conducted sessions. Their performance increased significantly from the first to the fifth session - an effect not previously observed for visual ERP-BCIs. Hence, training is particularly important when testing auditory multiclass BCIs with potential users.
A prerequisite for user satisfaction is that the BCI technology matches user requirements. In this context, it is important to compare BCIs with already established assistive technology. Thus, the fifth study of this dissertation evaluated gaze dependent methods (EOG, eye tracking) as possible control signals for assistive technology and a binary auditory BCI with a person in the locked-in state. The study participant gained control over all tested systems and rated the ease of use of the BCI as the highest among the tested alternatives, but also rated it as the most tiring due to the high amount of attention that was needed for a simple selection. Further efforts are necessary to simplify operation of the BCI.
The involvement of end users in all steps of the design and development process of BCIs will increase the likelihood that they can eventually be used as assistive technology in daily life. The work presented in this thesis is a substantial contribution towards the goal of re-enabling communication to users who cannot rely on motor activity to convey their thoughts.
Die vorgestellte Arbeit analysiert an 29 Patienten die Integrität des Endothelzellverbandes der V. saphena magna in Abhängigkeit von drei unterschiedlichen, etablierten Entnahmetechniken im Rahmen einer Herz-Bypass-Operation. Darüber hinaus wird die Frequenz von Sekundärkomplikationen erfasst.
Ein chirurgisch induzierter Endothelzellschaden beeinträchtigt die Offenheitsrate von Bypassgefäßen.
Die minimal-invasive Operationsmethode soll neben einer schonenden Gefäßgewinnung eine reduzierte Frequenz von Wundheilungsstörungen bei einem kosmetisch verbesserten Ergebnis sowie verminderte postoperative Schmerzen nach der Venenentnahme ermöglichen. Diese Vorteile dürfen nicht zu Ungunsten der Bypassqualität bzw. eines verschlechterten Langzeitergebnis erzielt werden.
Mittels lichtmikroskopischer Untersuchung von Venenproben konnten wir nachweisen, dass die minimal-invasive Entnahmetechnik mit dem SaphLITE-System zu keiner vermehrten Endothelschädigung gegenüber einer konventionellen Operationsmethode mit physiologischer Perfusion führt. Ursächlich hierfür erachten wir ein schonendes Vorgehen durch Verwedung von SaphLITE.
Unsere Daten decken sich in hervorragender Weise mit Ergebnissen vorausgegangener Studien. Eine marginal verlängerte Entnahmezeit wirkt sich in der Gruppe mit der minimalinvasiven Technik nicht auf den gesamten Operationsablauf aus.
Eine längere Lagerung der V. saphena magna in heparinisiertem Patientenblut bei Raumtemperatur nach Standardentnahme führt hingengen im Vergleich mit der zu einem nachweislich stärkeren Endothelschaden. Diese Praktik mit einer frühen Entnahme sollte demzufolge vermieden werden.
In allen Gruppen kam es zu keinen Wundheilungsstörungen am Bein, die einer chirurgischen Intervention bedurften.
Zusammengefasst bietet das SaphLITE System eine sichere Lösung zur minimal invasiven Venengewinnung zur coronaren Bypassversorgung an. Bei geringfügig verlängerten Prozedurzeiten konnte das System etwas überdurchschnittliche Protektionsergebnisse erzielen. Die Studie konnte keine SaphLITE-bedingten Komplikationen nachweisen.
Die Volumentherapie durch Infusionslösungen spielt eine herausragende Rolle im klinischen Alltag von Intensivmedizin, perioperativer Medizin und Notfallmedizin. Für diesen Zweck stehen verschiedene kristalloide und kolloidale Infusionslösungen zur Verfügung. Das in Deutschland am häufigsten eingesetzte Kolloid ist die Hydroxyethylstärke (HES). Dessen Stellenwert ist stark umstritten. Insbesondere die Wirkung von Hydroxyethylstärke auf die für den kritisch Kranken eine zentrale Rolle spielende Niere gilt als zentrales Problem. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersuchte aufbauend auf die in vivo-Versuche von Schick et al. die Auswirkungen klinisch relevanter Dosierungen von Hydroxyethylstärke und anderen Infusionslösungen (Gelatine, Humanalbumin, 0,9% NaCl, Sterofundin® ISO) auf die Viabilität von immortalisierten humanen proximalen Tubulusepithelzellen (HK-2). Im Anschluss wurde die Relevanz des pH - Wertes, der Osmolalität, der Trägerlösung, des Molekülursprungs, der Molekülgröße, der HES - Generation und der Inkubationsdauer auf die von HES ausgelösten Effekte geprüft. Danach wurde gezeigt, ob der beobachtete Effekt reversibel war, ob es sich um ein direkt zytotoxisches Phänomen handelte, ob die HES _ Wirkung durch proinflammatorische Stimuli verstärkt und ob HES selbst eine Inflammation auf mRNA - Ebene induzieren konnte. HES bewirkte keine proinflammatorische Stimulation der Zellen und wird durch die Anwesenheit proinflammatorischer Stimuli in seiner schädigenden Wirkung nicht verstärkt. Die mitochondriale Leistungsfähigkeit als Schlüsselaspekt des kritisch Kranken wurde durch den EZ4U („Viabilität“) bestimmt. Ein Messartefakt konnte nicht identifiziert werden. HES reduziert mit steigender Dosis die Viabilität der HK - 2 Zellen in deutlichem Ausmaß, obwohl die Zellen immortalisiert und nicht vorgeschädigt waren. Diese Reduktion erfolgte durch alle untersuchten HES - Präparate. Dabei war niedermolekulares HES leicht weniger schädlich als hochmolekulares HES. Der HES - Effekt war unmittelbar nach Beginn der Inkubation nachweisbar. Der Viabilitätsreduktion stand eine verzögert einsetzende Zytoxoxizität gegenüber. Der HES - Effekt war auch nach einer „Regenerationsphase“ der Zellen nachweisbar und somit in vitro nur partiell reversibel. Gelatine erwies sich im Vergleich als ebenso bis schlechter verträglich. Gelatine war deutlich zytotoxischer. Humanalbumin zeigte in niedrigen Dosierungen protektive, in hohen Dosierungen ebenfalls negative Einfluss auf Zellviabilität und war in höheren Dosierungen zytotoxisch. Die balancierte Vollelektrolytlösung Sterofundin® ISO war größtenteils inert, in seiner Wirkung auf die mRNA im Vergleich zur 0,9% NaCl Kontrolllösung protektiv. Zusammenfassend konnte eine Übergelegenheit des HES der „3. Generation“ gegenüber anderen HES - Präparaten nicht gefunden werden. Alles deutete darauf hin, dass ausschließlich die applizierte Gesamtmasse von HES ausschlaggebend ist. Synthetische Kolloide sind in vitro nephrotoxisch und beeinträchtigen die mitochondriale Funktionsf ähigkeit deutlich. Diese Beobachtungen entsprechen denen großer klinischer Studien. Die Ursache dieses Phänomens bleibt unklar. Weitere Grundlagenforschung ist notwendig, um den zugrundeliegenden Pathomechanimus aufzuklären.
Auswirkungen palliativmedizinischer Interventionen auf den Lebenssinn, gemessen mit dem SMiLE
(2015)
Seit dem Ende des 19.Jahrhunderts hat sich die Lebenserwartung, hauptsächlich in der westlichen Welt, rasant verbessert (Weiland et al 2006). Moderne Behandlungstechniken und neu entwickelte Wirkstoffe haben es ermöglicht, die Überlebensdauer unheilbar Kranker, die ihren Leiden früher rasch erlegen wären, deutlich zu erhöhen (Stolberg 2011) .Allerdings leiden Palliativpatienten nach wie vor sehr oft unter der starken psychologischen Belastung ihrer Situation (Seeger 2011), darum soll, wo die Lebensquantität nicht weiter beinflussbar ist, wenigstens die Lebensqualität optimiert werden (Wasner 2002). Dieser Fokus auf Lebensqualität ist auch in der WHO-Definition von Palliativmedizin, hier in der Übersetzung der deutschen Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin, zu finden:
„Palliativmedizin/Palliative Care ist ein Ansatz zur Verbesserung der Lebensqualität von Patienten und ihren Familien, die mit Problemen konfrontiert sind, welche mit einer lebensbedrohlichen Erkrankung einhergehen. Dies geschieht durch Vorbeugen und Lindern von Leiden durch frühzeitige Erkennung, sorgfältige Einschätzung und Behandlung von Schmerzen sowie anderen Problemen körperlicher, psychosozialer und spiritueller Art.“
Im Unterschied zu den anderen medizinischen Disziplinen liegt der Fokus der Palliativmedizin nicht auf Heilung oder Lebenszeitverlängerung, weshalb bei der Beurteilung des Patientennutzens palliativmedizinischer Interventionen der Behandlungserfolg aus Patientensicht anstatt mittels klassischer klinischer Parameter evaluiert werden muss. Hierfür hat sich in entsprechenden Studien die Erhebung patientenbezogener Endpunkte (PRO = Patient Reported Outcomes) etabliert, welche den individuellen Gesundheitszustand eines Patienten aus dessen Sicht erfassen. Da der Begriff „Gesundheitszustand“ hier als gesamtumfassender Terminus zu verstehen ist, und neben dem physischen Wohl auch psychische und soziale Komponenten beinhaltet, wird als Endpunkt in palliativmedizinischen Untersuchungen häufig Lebensqualität gewählt (Stiel et al. 2012).
Zur Untersuchung von Lebensqualität bei Palliativpatienten wurden folge dem schon eine breite Anzahl an Studien durchgeführt. Hierbei ist die physische Komponente, respektive die Linderung körperlicher Symptome, durch das Verwenden von Symptomchecklisten vergleichsweise einfach zu erfassen. Der Einfluss psychosozialer und spiritueller Bereiche der Lebensqualität muss durch kompliziertere, individuelle Konstrukte wie den Lebenssinn erfasst werden. Verschiedene Studien mit Krebspatienten konnten bereits zeigen, dass Lebenssinn trotz ungünstiger gesundheitlicher Umstände stark ausgeprägt sein kann (Fegg et al. 2008a). Lebenssinn kann aber auch eine starke Ressource für die Fertigkeit kritische Lebenssituationen zu bewältigen darstellen. So kann ein sinnerfülltes Leben bei Tumorpatienten Depressionen und sogar dem Wunsch nach einem beschleunigten Tod präventiv entgegenwirken (Chochinov 2002, Chochinov et al. 2005c). Umgekehrt konnten Morita und Kollegen (2004) zeigen, dass ein subjektiv geringes Maß an Sinn positiv mit dem Wunsch nach aktiver Sterbehilfe korreliert.
Das Konstrukt Lebenssinn erhielt also in den letzten Jahren in der Forschung immer mehr Aufmerksamkeit, bis jetzt beschränkt sich die Sinnforschung im palliativen Bereich jedoch auf Befragungen zu einem Zeitpunkt. Von Interesse ist jedoch auch die dynamische Entwicklung der Sinnerfahrung im letzen Lebensabschnitt. Der Fokus dieser Studie liegt aus diesem Grunde auf den Veränderungen des Lebenssinns von Palliativpatienten im Verlauf des stationären Aufenthaltes auf einer Palliativstation. Dies wurde hier mit Hilfe des validierten Fragebogens SMiLE untersucht.
Auswirkungen unterschiedlicher Haltungsbedingungen auf Phänotyp und Genexpression im Mausmodell
(2015)
In zahlreichen Untersuchungen konnte gezeigt werden, dass Umweltbedingungen im frühen Lebensalter einerseits die Entwicklung von Resilienz, d.h. Widerstandsfähigkeit gegenüber Stressoren, andererseits aber auch die Entwicklung physischer und psychischer Erkrankungen im weiteren Lebensverlauf beeinflussen können. Dabei wird angenommen, dass sich sowohl dezidiert positive als auch in Maßen aversive Umweltbedingungen mit rezidivierender Stressbelastung günstig auf die Resilienz im späteren Leben auswirken können. Auf neurobiologischer Ebene scheinen dabei das CRH und seine Rezeptoren (CRHR1 und CRHR2), das NPY-System sowie das NPS-System (insbesondere NPS-Rezeptor) eine besondere Rolle zu spielen. Jedoch sind die exakten Zusammenhänge und neurobiologischen Grundlagen weiterhin nur unzureichend aufgeklärt. Dies ist insbesondere insofern bedauernswert, da weiterer Erkenntnisgewinn auf diesem Gebiet möglicherweise Präventionsstrategien und Therapieoptionen für den Menschen begründen könnte. Um die Auswirkung der Umweltbedingungen im frühkindlichen Lebensalter auf die Resilienz im späteren Leben weiter aufzuklären, wurden im Rahmen dieser Arbeit insgesamt 310 Cd1-Mäuse den Haltungsbedingungen "Environmental Enrichment" (EE, Stimulation durch Spielobjekte) und "Maternal separation" (MS, wiederholte Stressbelastung durch Separation der Nachkommen vom Muttertier) sowie Standardhaltungsbedingungen unterworfen. Insgesamt 31 männlichen Tieren wurde im Alter von vier Wochen die Gehirne entnommen und aus diesen jeweils die Regionen Frontalcortex,
Striatum, Nucleus accumbens, Hippocampus, Amygdala, dorsale Nuclei raphes und Hypothalamus herauspräpariert. Aus den gewonnenen Proben wurde RNA extrahiert, hieraus cDNA synthetisiert und abschließend - nach Ausschluss von Kontamination und Integritätsprüfung - die Expressionsraten der untersuchten Gene mittels RT-qPCR quantifiziert. Um auch verhaltensbiologische Konsequenzen der unterschiedlichen Haltungsbedingungen zu erfassen, wurden außerdem 30 weibliche sowie 30 männliche Tiere im weiteren Lebensverlauf verschiedenen Verhaltenstests zugeführt. In den Sucrose-Präferenz-Tests zeigten sich Effekte der Haltungsbedingung auf Sucrose-Konsum und Präferenz mit signifikant geringeren Werten der Haltungsgruppe EE. Bei der Auswertung der Openfield-Tests fanden sich Gruppen-Geschlechter-Interaktionseffekte mit signifikant geringeren Werten (Gesamtstrecke, Strecke und Aufenthaltsdauer im zentralen Bereich, Eintritte in den zentralen Bereich) der weiblichen EE-Tiere. In den Barnes Maze-Tests benötigten die Tiere
der Haltungsgruppe EE an den meisten Testtagen signifikant weniger Zeit, um in die Escape-Box zu "entkommen". Auf neurobiologischer Ebene fanden sich signifikante Unterschiede der CRH-Expressionsraten in Amygdalae und Frontalcortex, der CRHR 1-Expressionsraten in Amygdalae und Hypothalamus sowie der CRHR2-Expressionsraten in Amygdalae und Hippocampus. Demgegenüber konnte kein signifikanter Effekt der Haltungsbedingung auf das NPY-System gefunden werden.
Jedoch ließen sich signifikante Unterschiede der NPSR1-Expressionsraten in Amygdalae, Frontalcortex, dorsalen Nuclei raphes und Hypothalamus feststellen. Es kann also grundsätzlich von Auswirkungen unterschiedlich aversiver Haltungsbedingungen auf die Stress-Resilienz von Versuchstieren ausgegangen werden. Dies ist einerseits für Tierversuche allgemein von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung. Andererseits legen die Resultate eine entsprechende frühkindliche "Programmierung" auch im Menschen nahe.
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) ist einer der häufigsten Erreger schwerer endovaskulärer Infektionen, die häufig mit einer Dissemination des Erregers in andere Organe und lebensbedrohlichen Komplikationen wie Endokarditis, Osteomyelitis oder Abszessen assoziiert sind. Entscheidender Schritt in der Pathogenese endovaskulärer Infektionen ist die Schädigung und Überwindung der Endothelbarriere. Für deren Integrität ist die Intaktheit von Zell-Zell-Verbindungen elementar, diese werden unter anderem durch Src-Kinasen reguliert. Es ist bekannt, dass S. aureus Fibronektin-Bindeproteine (FnBPs) maßgeblich für die Adhärenz und Invasion des Erregers in Endothelzellen sind. Die Invasion erfolgt über eine indirekte Bindung an α5β1-Integrine, invasive Eigenschaften finden sich in nahezu allen klinischen Isolaten. In verschiedenen Tiermodellen konnte außerdem ein Zusammenhang zwischen der Expression von FnBPs und der Dissemination von S. aureus in andere Organe gezeigt werden. Bislang ist jedoch nicht untersucht, welche Auswirkung die S. aureus-Infektion auf die Endothelbarriere hat und welche Mechanismen für die Translokation des Erregers verantwortlich sind.
In dieser Arbeit wurde analysiert, ob die Infektion mit S. aureus- und S. carnosus-Stämmen in vitro zu einer Schädigung der endothelialen Integrität von EA.hy926-Zellen führt. Hierzu wurden Änderungen der transendothelialen Impedanz und der Endothelpermeabeabilität nach Infektion im xCELLigence- bzw. Transwell-System erfasst. Zytotoxische Effekte wurden durch Kristallviolettfärbungen, immunfluoreszenz-mikroskopische Untersuchungen der Mitochondrien und Nuklei sowie die Erfassung der hypodiploiden Zellkerne mittels Durchflusszytometrie quantifiziert. Zur Entschlüsselung des molekularen Mechanismus wurden Veränderungen der Adherens und Tight Junction-Proteine ZO-1 und VE-Cadherin in der Immunfluoreszenz untersucht. Die Rolle von Src-Kinasen wurde durch pharmakologische Inhibition analysiert.
Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass FnBP-exprimierende S. aureus-Stämme eine Abnahme der transendothelialen Impedanz verursachen und dass es 4 und 24 Stunden nach Infektion zu einer signifikanten Zunahme der Endothelpermeabilität kommt. Zytotoxische Effekte auf die Endothelzellen durch die Infektion traten nach 24 Stunden auf, jedoch nicht nach 4 Stunden. VE-Cadherin und ZO-1 zeigten 4 Stunden nach Infektion eine FnBP-abhängige Konformationsänderung und Reduktion der Signalintensität. Außerdem konnte demonstriert werden, dass die Inhibition von Src-Kinasen den Anstieg der Endothelpermeabilität signifikant reduziert.
In dieser Arbeit wurde zum ersten Mal belegt, dass S. aureus FnBPs eine Erhöhung der Endothelpermeabilität bewirken. Während hierfür zu späten Zeitpunkten Apoptose verantwortlich ist, muss nach 4 Stunden ein anderer Mechanismus ursächlich sein. Da es zu einer Abschwächung der ZO-1- und VE-Cadherin-Signalintensität in der Immunfluoreszenz kam, ist anzunehmen, dass Adherens und Tight Junctions durch die Infektion geschädigt werden. Es ist bekannt, dass Src-Kinasen durch die Infektion mit S. aureus aktiviert werden. Außerdem sind sie elementar für die Regulation der Endothelpermeabilität und vermitteln diesen Effekt unter anderem über eine Phosphorylierung von Adherens und Tight Junction-Proteinen. Eine Src-vermittelte Phosphorylierung von Zell-Zell-Verbindungsproteinen wäre daher eine mögliche Erklärung für die beobachteten Veränderungen von ZO-1 und VE-Cadherin. Dieser Mechanismus könnte Wegbereiter für die parazelluläre Passage über die Endothelbarriere sein. Darüber hinaus könnte die erhöhte Endothelpermeabilität den Zugang zur Extrazellulärematrix und zum größten Pool an Fibronektin und Integrinen ermöglichen und so die Invasion und Transzytose begünstigen. Die hier gewonnenen Ergebnisse tragen dazu bei, die komplexe Interaktion zwischen S. aureus und dem Endothel und somit wichtige Schritte in der Pathogenese endovaskulärer Infektionen besser zu verstehen und neue Zielstrukturen für therapeutische Interventionen zu identifizieren.
Eine wichtige Grundlage für die quantitative Analyse von Erzähltexten, etwa eine Netzwerkanalyse der Figurenkonstellation, ist die automatische Erkennung von Referenzen auf Figuren in Erzähltexten, ein Sonderfall des generischen NLP-Problems der Named Entity Recognition. Bestehende, auf Zeitungstexten trainierte Modelle sind für literarische Texte nur eingeschränkt brauchbar, da die Einbeziehung von Appellativen in die Named Entity-Definition und deren häufige Verwendung in Romantexten zu einem schlechten Ergebnis führt. Dieses Paper stellt eine anhand eines manuell annotierten Korpus auf deutschsprachige Romane des 19. Jahrhunderts angepasste NER-Komponente vor.
Diese Forschungsarbeit beschreibt alle Aspekte der Entwicklung eines neuartigen, autonomen Quadrokopters, genannt AQopterI8, zur Innenraumerkundung. Dank seiner einzigartigen modularen Komposition von Soft- und Hardware ist der AQopterI8 in der Lage auch unter widrigen Umweltbedingungen autonom zu agieren und unterschiedliche Anforderungen zu erfüllen. Die Arbeit behandelt sowohl theoretische Fragestellungen unter dem Schwerpunkt der einfachen Realisierbarkeit als auch Aspekte der praktischen Umsetzung, womit sie Themen aus den Gebieten Signalverarbeitung, Regelungstechnik, Elektrotechnik, Modellbau, Robotik und Informatik behandelt. Kernaspekt der Arbeit sind Lösungen zur Autonomie, Hinderniserkennung und Kollisionsvermeidung.
Das System verwendet IMUs (Inertial Measurement Unit, inertiale Messeinheit) zur Orientierungsbestimmung und Lageregelung und kann unterschiedliche Sensormodelle automatisch detektieren. Ultraschall-, Infrarot- und Luftdrucksensoren in Kombination mit der IMU werden zur Höhenbestimmung und Höhenregelung eingesetzt. Darüber hinaus werden bildgebende Sensoren (Videokamera, PMD), ein Laser-Scanner sowie Ultraschall- und Infrarotsensoren zur Hindernis-erkennung und Kollisionsvermeidung (Abstandsregelung) verwendet. Mit Hilfe optischer Sensoren kann der Quadrokopter basierend auf Prinzipien der Bildverarbeitung Objekte erkennen sowie seine Position im Raum bestimmen. Die genannten Subsysteme im Zusammenspiel erlauben es dem AQopterI8 ein Objekt in einem unbekannten Raum autonom, d.h. völlig ohne jedes externe Hilfsmittel, zu suchen und dessen Position auf einer Karte anzugeben. Das System kann Kollisionen mit Wänden vermeiden und Personen autonom ausweichen. Dabei verwendet der AQopterI8 Hardware, die deutlich günstiger und Dank der Redundanz gleichzeitig erheblich verlässlicher ist als vergleichbare Mono-Sensor-Systeme (z.B. Kamera- oder Laser-Scanner-basierte Systeme).
Neben dem Zweck als Forschungsarbeit (Dissertation) dient die vorliegende Arbeit auch als Dokumentation des Gesamtprojektes AQopterI8, dessen Ziel die Erforschung und Entwicklung neuartiger autonomer Quadrokopter zur Innenraumerkundung ist. Darüber hinaus wird das System zum Zweck der Lehre und Forschung an der Universität Würzburg, der Fachhochschule Brandenburg sowie der Fachhochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt eingesetzt. Darunter fallen Laborübungen und 31 vom Autor dieser Arbeit betreute studentische Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten.
Das Projekt wurde ausgezeichnet vom Universitätsbund und der IHK Würzburg-Mainfranken mit dem Universitätsförderpreis der Mainfränkischen Wirtschaft und wird gefördert unter den Bezeichnungen „Lebensretter mit Propellern“ und „Rettungshelfer mit Propellern“. Außerdem wurde die Arbeit für den Gips-Schüle-Preis nominiert. Absicht dieser Projekte ist die Entwicklung einer Rettungsdrohne. In den Medien Zeitung, Fernsehen und Radio wurde über den AQopterI8 schon mehrfach berichtet.
Die Evaluierung zeigt, dass das System in der Lage ist, voll autonom in Innenräumen zu fliegen, Kollisionen mit Objekten zu vermeiden (Abstandsregelung), eine Suche durchzuführen, Objekte zu erkennen, zu lokalisieren und zu zählen. Da nur wenige Forschungsarbeiten diesen Grad an Autonomie erreichen, gleichzeitig aber keine Arbeit die gestellten Anforderungen vergleichbar erfüllt, erweitert die Arbeit den Stand der Forschung.
Background
Autophagy participates in innate immunity by eliminating intracellular pathogens. Consequently, numerous microorganisms have developed strategies to impair the autophagic machinery in phagocytes. In the current study, interactions between Leishmania major (L. m.) and the autophagic machinery of bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) were analyzed.
Methods
BMDM were generated from BALB/c mice, and the cells were infected with L. m. promastigotes. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron tomography were used to investigate the ultrastructure of BMDM and the intracellular parasites. Affymetrix® chip analyses were conducted to identify autophagy-related messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs). The protein expression levels of autophagy related 5 (ATG5), BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa protein-interacting protein 3 (BNIP3), cathepsin E (CTSE), mechanistic target of rapamycin (MTOR), microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B (LC3B), and ubiquitin (UB) were investigated through western blot analyses. BMDM were transfected with specific small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) against autophagy-related genes and with mimics or inhibitors of autophagy-associated miRNAs. The infection rates of BMDM were determined by light microscopy after a parasite-specific staining.
Results
The experiments demonstrated autophagy induction in BMDM after in vitro infection with L. m.. The results suggested a putative MTOR phosphorylation-dependent counteracting mechanism in the early infection phase and indicated that intracellular amastigotes were cleared by autophagy in BMDM in the late infection phase. Transcriptomic analyses and specific downregulation of protein expression with siRNAs suggested there is an association between the infection-specific over expression of BNIP3, as well as CTSE, and the autophagic activity of BMDM. Transfection with mimics of mmu-miR-101c and mmu-miR-129-5p, as well as with an inhibitor of mmu-miR-210-5p, demonstrated direct effects of the respective miRNAs on parasite clearance in L. m.-infected BMDM. Furthermore, Affymetrix® chip analyses revealed a complex autophagy-related RNA network consisting of differentially expressed mRNAs and miRNAs in BMDM, which indicates high glycolytic and inflammatory activity in the host macrophages.
Conclusions
Autophagy in L. m.-infected host macrophages is a highly regulated cellular process at both the RNA level and the protein level. Autophagy has the potential to clear parasites from the host. The results obtained from experiments with murine host macrophages could be translated in the future to develop innovative and therapeutic antileishmanial strategies for human patients.
Balanced hydroxyethylstarch (HES 130/0.4) impairs kidney function in-vivo without inflammation
(2015)
Volume therapy is a standard procedure in daily perioperative care, and there is an ongoing discussion about the benefits of colloid resuscitation with hydroxyethylstarch (HES). In sepsis HES should be avoided due to a higher risk for acute kidney injury (AKI). Results of the usage of HES in patients without sepsis are controversial. Therefore we conducted an animal study to evaluate the impact of 6% HES 130/0.4 on kidney integrity with sepsis or under healthy conditions Sepsis was induced by standardized Colon Ascendens Stent Peritonitis (sCASP). sCASP-group as well as control group (C) remained untreated for 24 h. After 18 h sCASP+HES group (sCASP+VOL) and control+HES (C+VOL) received 50 ml/KG balanced 6% HES (VOL) 130/0.4 over 6h. After 24h kidney function was measured via Inulin- and PAH-Clearance in re-anesthetized rats, and serum urea, creatinine (crea), cystatin C and Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as well as histopathology were analysed. In vitro human proximal tubule cells (PTC) were cultured +/- lipopolysaccharid (LPS) and with 0.1–4.0% VOL. Cell viability was measured with XTT-, cell toxicity with LDH-test. sCASP induced severe septic AKI demonstrated divergent results regarding renal function by clearance or creatinine measure focusing on VOL. Soleley HES (C+VOL) deteriorated renal function without sCASP. Histopathology revealed significantly derangements in all HES groups compared to control. In vitro LPS did not worsen the HES induced reduction of cell viability in PTC cells. For the first time, we demonstrated, that application of 50 ml/KG 6% HES 130/0.4 over 6 hours induced AKI without inflammation in vivo. Severity of sCASP induced septic AKI might be no longer susceptible to the way of volume expansion
Das Programmheft zur Tagung zum Thema "Museum und Inklusion" enthält neben den abstracts aller ReferentInnen den Beitrag "Inklusionschancen und -grenzen taktiler Medien in der Kunstvermittlung" (Bastian Schlang und Jan Soldin unter Mitarbeit von Helen-Sophie Mayr und Maxim Reichow), eine "Auswahlbibliographie" (Simone Doll-Gerstendörfer unter Mitarbeit von Veronika Leikauf) sowie Informationen zu den Veranstaltern (Bayerische Museumsakademie, Bezirk Unterfranken, Museum am Dom, Professur für Museologie).
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde die Expression zweier intestinaler Stammzellmarker, LgR5 und DCAMKL-1, im ösophagealen Adenkarzinom mit und ohne Barrett-Ösophagus in Bezug auf die Stammzellhypothese untersucht.
Die Untersuchungen fanden an chirurgischen Resektaten und an ösophagealen Adenokarzinomzellen der Zelllinie OE-33 statt. Die Gewebeproben waren bei Operationen zur primären Entfernung von Ösophaguskarzinomen gewonnen worden und stammten von Patienten, die keine neoadjuvante antineoplastische Therapie erhalten hatten. Wurde auf den Gewebeschnitten neben dem Karzinomgewebe Barrett-Mukosa identifiziert, wurde das Karzinom als „Adenokarzinom mit Barrett-Epithel“ („EAC mit BE“; n = 41) klassifiziert, anderenfalls als „Adenokarzinom ohne Barrett-Epithel“ („EAC ohne BE“; n = 19). Die Identifikation der Barrett-Mukosa fand mikroskopisch und immunhistologisch (Marker: Cdx2) statt.
Zur Expressionsanalyse führten wir immunhistochemische Färbungen mit Antikörpern gegen LgR5 und DCAMKL-1 durch. Analysen auf Genebene fanden mittels RT-PCR statt. Es wurden Immunfluoreszenz-Doppelfärbungen mit LgR5 und dem Proliferationsmarker Ki-67 angefertigt. Die Ergebnisse wurden mit dem Tumorstadium und den 5-Jahres-Überlebensraten korreliert.
Eine LgR5-Expression wurde in 35 der 41 (85 %) Adenokarzinome mit Barrett- Epithel und in 16 der 19 (84%) Adenokarzinome ohne Barrett-Epithel gefunden. Der Anteil der LgR5-positiven Zellen lag bei den Adenokarzinomen mit Barrett Epithel bei 15 %, im angrenzenden Barrett-Epithel bei 32 % und bei den Adenokarzinomen ohne Barrett-Epithel bei 13 %. Karzinome mit und ohne Barrett-Epithel wiesen damit eine nicht signifikant unterschiedliche LgR5- Expression auf. Die Expression im Barrett-Epithel war im Vergleich dazu erhöht. Die Ergebnisse der RT-PCR auf mRNA-Ebene bestätigten die im Vergleich zum Adenokarzinomgewebe höhere LgR5-Expression im Barrett-Epithel (p = 0,0159). Für DCAMKL-1 zeigten sich durchweg negative Färbeergebnisse.
Mittels Immunfluoreszenz-Doppelfärbungen mit Antikörpern gegen LgR5 und Ki-67 ließen sich drei Zellpopulationen identifizieren: LgR5-positive, nicht proliferierende Zellen (LgR5+ / Ki-67−), LgR5-negative, proliferierende Zellen (LgR5– / Ki-67+) und wenige proliferierende, LgR5-positive Zellen (LgR5+ / Ki-67+). Bei der kleinen Subpopulation LgR5-positiver, proliferierender Zellen könnte es sich um Krebsstammzellen handeln. Die proliferierenden, LgR5- negativen Zellen können eher mit dem Modell der klonalen Selektion erklärt werden. Unsere Ergebnisse scheinen daher gut zu dem aktuellen Verständnis der Pathogenese des ösophagealen Adenokarzinoms zu passen, wobei das Modell der klonalen Selektion mit der Hypothese der Krebsstammzellen kombiniert wird. Eine höhere LgR5-Expression war in der univariaten Analyse mit einem schlechteren Überleben assoziiert. Patienten mit einem hohen Prozentsatz an LgR5-positiven Zellen wiesen eine schlechtere Prognose auf verglichen mit Patienten mit einem niedrigeren Prozentsatz LgR5-positiver Zellen. Dieser Zusammenhang gilt für Zellen sowohl im Karzinomgewebe als auch im Barrett-Epithel.
Wir haben gezeigt, dass der intestinale Stammzellmarker LgR5 – im Gegensatz zu DCAMKL-1 – im ösophagealen Adenokarzinom exprimiert wird. Die Expression scheint unabhängig vom Vorhandensein einer Barrett-Mukosa zu sein. Möglicherweise ist eine höhere Expression mit einer schlechteren Prognose assoziiert. Unsere Ergebnisse sind mit einem Modell für die Pathogenese des ösophagealen Adenokarzinoms vereinbar, das auf Krebsstammzellen basiert. LgR5 könnte dabei helfen, diese zu identifizieren. Das Aufzeigen neuer Ansatzpunkte für zielgerichtete Therapien könnte dabei helfen, neue wirksame Methoden zur Behandlung des ösophagealen Adenokarzioms zu entwickeln.
In diesem Band werden die Bedingungen erfolgreicher Förderung von Mädchen im Breiten- und Leistungsfußball dargestellt. Den Schwerpunkt bilden motorische und psychsoziale Unterschiede bei Mädchen und Jungen ab der frühen Kindheit. Es handelt sich um einen Forschungsüberblick, in dem alle wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse zu körperlichen, sportlichen und psychosozialen Unterschiede zusammengefasst sind, die für den Breiten- und Leistungsfußball relevant sind.
Dabei kann deutlich gemacht werden, dass der Mädchenfußball über teilweise völlig verschiedene Voraussetzungen verfügt als der Jungenfußball, die sich nicht nur auf motorische Fähigkeiten beziehen, sondern auch auf die bislang kaum beachtete Persönlichkeitsentwicklung von Mädchen und Jungen.
Der Natrium-D-Glukose Kotransporter 1 (SGLT1) spielt eine wichtige Rolle bei der Aufnahme von Glukose aus dem Darmlumen in die Enterozyten des Darms. Anhand von Untersuchungen an Xenopus laevis-Oozyten konnte in unserem Labor das Protein RS1 als posttranslationales Regulatorprotein für SGLT1 und diverse andere Transporter ermittelt werden. Es wurde eine regulatorische Domäne aus RS1 mit vielen potentiellen Phosphorylierungsstellen isoliert (RS1-Reg) und gezeigt dass RS1-Reg die Abschnürung von Transporter enthaltenen Vesikeln vom Transgolgi-Netzwerk hemmt. Neben SGLT1 reguliert RS1 auch die konzentrierenden Nukleosidtransporter (CNTs) am TGN. Die Regulation der Transporter ist vom Phosphorylierungszustand von RS1-Reg abhängig. So wurde durch Versuche an Oozyten von Xenopus laevis und Injektion von RS1-Reg Mutanten gezeigt, dass die Phosphorylierung von RS1-Reg an einigen Stellen zu einer Inhibition von SGLT1 führte, während der Nukleosidtransporter CNT1 durch die dephosphorylierte Mutante herunterreguliert wurden. Neben der phosphorylierungsabhängigen Regulation konnte für SGLT1 auch gezeigt werden, dass die Herunterregulation nur unter Niedrigzucker-Bedingungen erfolgte, nicht jedoch bei hohen Glukosekonzentrationen. Für die CNTs war eine derartige Zuckerabhängigkeit nicht zu beobachten.
Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Studie wurde untersucht, ob die Ergebnisse aus den Oozytenmessungen auch in vivo in einem Säugetier gezeigt werden können. Hierzu wurden Mutanten der regulatorischen Domäne (RS1-Reg) des Maus-Proteins, welche den phosphorylierten Zustand simulierten (RS1-Reg (S19E)), oder die Phosphorylierung verhinderten (RS1-Reg (S19A)) eingesetzt. Diese wurden an ein Nanohydrogel gekoppelt, um eine Aufnahme in die Enterozyten im Darm zu gewährleisten. Es wurde in der RS1KO-Mausohne funktionelles RS1 gezeigt, dass auch im in vivo-System eine Herunterregulation von SGLT1 durch mRS1-Reg (S19E), nicht jedoch durch mRS1-Reg (S19A) erfolgte, während die CNTs nur durch mRS1-Reg (S19A) inhibiert wurden. Des Weiteren führte mRS1-Reg (S19A) in der Wildtypmaus bei niedrigen Zuckerkonzentrationen zu einer Stimulation von SGLT1, was für eine Kompetition mit dem endogenen RS1-Proteins spricht. Es konnte indirekt der Beweis erbracht werden, dass über Nanohydrogele längere Proteine in die Zelle gebracht werden können und dort funktionell freigesetzt werden.
In der vorliegenden klinischen Studie wurden die Langzeitergebnisse von Patienten nach subtalarer Luxation vorgestellt und mit der aktuellen Literatur verglichen. Hierfür wurden 22 Patienten im Zeitraum September 2008 bis April 2009 klinisch und radiologisch (Computertomographie) nachuntersucht. Die klinische Nachuntersuchung erfolgte mit Hilfe zweier Scores, des Zwipp- Scores sowie des VAS- Scores, wodurch das subjektive Empfinden der Patienten im Bezug auf Schmerz, Wetterfühligkeit und Zufriedenheit sowie objektive Ergebnisse aus den Bereichen Weichteile, Statik, Dynamik sowie Funktion dokumentiert wurden. Zur Erfassung des radiologischen Ergebnisses wurde eine Computertomographie beider Füße mit OSG angefertigt, welche im Bezug auf den Arthrosegrad im Talonavicular- sowie im Talo- Calcanear- Gelenk beurteilt wurden. Zur besseren Beurteilung und Vergleichbarkeit der Ergebnisse wurden die Patienten entsprechend ihrer Gesamtnoten in vier Gruppen eingeteilt. Hiernach erzielten 18% der Patienten ein sehr gutes, 9% ein gutes und 41% ein befriedigendes Langzeitergebnis nach subtalarer Luxation. 32% der Patienten erreichten weniger als 44 Punkte im Zwipp- Score und wurden somit in die Gruppe 4 (schlechtes Langzeitergebnis) eingeteilt. Eine umgehende, idealerweise geschlossene Reposition nach subtalarer Luxation erscheint günstig für ein gutes Outcome der Patienten, die Luxationsrichtung hat nach isolierten unkomplizierten Luxationen keine Einfluss auf das Gesamtergebnis. Offene Luxationen und höhergradige Weichteilverletzungen finden sich vermehrt nach lateralen Luxationen, hiernach können weniger gute und sehr gute Langzeitergebnisse erzielt werden als nach medialen Luxationen. Nach isolierten subtalaren Luxationen sollte die Dauer der Ruhigstellung 4 Wochen nicht überschreiten, frühzeitige Bewegungsübungen und Teilbelastung wirken sich hierbei positiv auf das Langzeitergebnis aus. Unsere Nachbehandlungsstrategie mit 6 Wochen Unterschenkelgips und Fixateur externe bei kritischen Weichteilverhältnissen erscheint sinnvoll und entspricht den Empfehlungen der Literatur. Als ungünstige Kriterien lassen sich begleitende Frakturen der großen Fußwurzelknochen (Calcaneus/Talus) sowie höhergradige Weichteilschäden nennen. Außerdem scheinen Patienten mit begleitendem Poly- bzw. Schädelhirntrauma ein schlechteres Ergebnis zu erzielen.
Behandlungsergebnisse der konservativen Therapie ausgedehnter knöcherner Brustwandverletzungen
(2015)
Zielsetzung: Der klinische Stellenwert der operativen Stabilisierung komplexer
knöcherner Brustwandverletzungen – insbesondere bei Mehrfachverletzten ‐ ist
weiterhin unklar. Studienergebnisse aus anderen Gesundheitssystemen weisen einen
Vorteil der Rippenosteosynthese gegenüber konservativen Therapieansätzen aus. Die
Übertragung dieser Ergebnisse auf die deutsche Versorgungssituation ist jedoch
problematisch.
Methode: Retrospektive Analyse aller Patienten, die im Zeitraum von 2011 bis 2013 in
einem überregionalen Traumazentrum der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie
mit einem schweren Thoraxtrauma behandelt wurden. Einschlusskriterium in diese
Analyse war der Nachweis einer ein‐ oder beidseitigen Rippenserienfraktur in dem bei
Patientenaufnahme durchgeführten Trauma CT. Die thorakalen Begleitverletzungen und
die Ergebnisse der Therapie wurden erfasst.
Ergebnis: Im Untersuchungszeitraum wurden in dem Studienzentrum 2801
Polytraumata versorgt. Von diesen hatten 251 Patienten eine ein‐ oder beidseitge
Rippenserienfraktur (links=111; rechts=87; beidseits=45). Traumaursachen waren
Stürze (37,9%), PKW‐ (32,9%) und Motorradunfälle (14,4%). Die Verletzungen wurden
bei 243 Patienten konservativ versorgt. 110 Patienten (45,3%) erhielten wegen
thorakaler Begleitverletzungen eine Thoraxdrainage. 119 Patienten wurden beatmet.
Die durchschnittliche Beatmungsdauer, Intensiv‐ und Krankenhausaufenthaltsdauern
waren 118,1 Stunden und 7,4 bzw. 15,4 Tage. Die Krankenhaus‐Mortalität war 13,2%.
Patienten mit isolierten Thoraxtraumata hatten günstigere Behandlungsverläufe. Die
von uns ermittelten Behandlungskennzahlen sind damit zumeist besser als die in
internationalen Therapie‐Studien publizierten Ergebnisse.
Schlussfolgerung: Die Osteosynthese komplexer knöcherner Brustwandverletzungen
stellt eine vielversprechende Behandlungsoption für Traumapatienten dar. Für eine
Bewertung des tatsächlichen zusätzlichen klinischen Nutzens ist jedoch eine genaue
Charakterisierung des behandelten Patientenkollektivs erforderlich.
Eine Reihe mehrtägiger Suchexkur-sionen / Transekte in verschiedene Regionen Bayerns in den Jahren 2011 bis 2014 waren der Gattung Taraxacum gewidmet. Unter den gesammelten und beobachteten Arten ist Taraxacum broddesonii (sect. Ruderalia / Taraxacum) neu für Deutschland. Neu für Bayern sind Taraxacum fusciflorum, marklundii, spiculatum (sect. Hamata) und Taraxacum acroglossum, atroviride, clarum, floccosum, freticola, glossodon, hemicyclum, homoschistum, infuscatum, intumescens, lacinulatum, leucopodum, lundense, ottonis, pallidipes, praestabile, pseudoretroflexum, pulverulentum, saxonicum, sellandii, sundbergii, uncidentatum, uniforme, violaceinervosum (sect. Ruderalia / Taraxacum). Taraxacum lojoënse wird als ältester und korrekter Name für T. lippertianum und T. matricium und wahrscheinlich auch für T. ampelophytum und T. debrayi angesehen. Seltenere Arten sind abgebildet.
Behavioral profiles are influenced by both positive and negative experiences as well as the genetic disposition. Traditionally, accumulating adversity over lifetime is considered to predict increased anxiety like behavior ("allostatic load"). The alternative "mismatch hypothesis" suggests increased levels of anxiety if the early environment differs from the later-life environment. Thus, there is a need for a whole-life history approach to gain a deeper understanding of how behavioral profiles are shaped. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effects of life history on the behavioral profile of mice varying in serotonin transporter (5-HIT) genotype, an established mouse model of increased anxiety-like behavior. For this purpose, mice grew up under either adverse or beneficial conditions during early phases of life. In adulthood, they were further subdivided so as to face a situation that either matched or mismatched the condition experienced so far, resulting in four different life histories. Subsequently, mice were tested for their anxiety-like and exploratory behavior. The main results were: (1) Life history profoundly modulated the behavioral profile. Surprisingly, mice that experienced early beneficial and later escapable adverse conditions showed less anxiety-like and more exploratory behavior compared to mice of other life histories. (2) Genotype significantly influenced the behavioral profile, with homozygous 5-HTT knockout mice displaying highest levels of anxiety-like and lowest levels of exploratory behavior. Our findings concerning life history indicate that the absence of adversity does not necessarily cause lower levels of anxiety than accumulating adversity. Rather, some adversity may be beneficial, particularly when following positive events. Altogether, we conclude that for an understanding of behavioral profiles, it is not sufficient to look at experiences during single phases of life, but the whole life history has to be considered.
Die ADHS und die Parkinson-Krankheit gehen beide mit Veränderungen des dopaminergen Systems einher. Methylphenidat (MPH) ist ein zentralwirkendes Psychostimulans, das den Dopamin-Wiederaufnahme-Transporter reversibel hemmt. Obwohl MPH seit über 50 Jahren in der symptomatischen Therapie der ADHS angewandt wird, ist die Datenlage zu den Langzeiteffekten und Risiken dieses Medikaments relativ dünn. Basierend auf den Ergebnissen von Versuchen an Ratten wurde die Theorie aufgestellt, dass MPH die Ausreifung des zentralen dopaminergen Systems beeinflusst und dadurch ein Risikofaktor für die Entwicklung eines Parkinson-Syndroms sein könnte.
Ziel dieser Pilotstudie war zum einen zu untersuchen, ob bei Patienten mit Parkinson ADHS-ähnliche Symptome in der Kindheit auftraten und zum anderen zu ermitteln, ob Parkinson-Patienten in ihrer Kindheit Psychostimulanzien eingenommen haben.
Als Instrumentarium dienten die deutsche Kurzform der Wenda Utah Rating Scale (WURS-k) sowie der ‘Fragebogen zu Kindheit und Entwicklung U40‘.
Insgesamt füllten 88 Parkinson-Patienten die Fragebögen vollständig aus. Die Daten dieser Patienten sowie einer ebenso großen, randomisierten Kontrollgruppe wurden in die Auswertung einbezogen.
Im Fragebogen WURS-k fanden sich in der Gruppe der Parkinson-Patienten signifikant höhere Summenscores im Vergleich zur Kontrollgruppe. Zusätzlich zeigten sich bei den Parkinson-Patienten höhere Scores bezüglich der Faktoren „Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit/Hyperaktivität“ sowie „ängstlich-depressive Symptomatik“, nicht aber bei den Faktoren „Impulsivität“, „Protestverhalten“ und „Störung der sozialen Adaptation“. Auch die Auswertung des Fragebogens U40 ergab signifikant höhere Punktwerte bezüglich der Items „Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit“ und „Hyperaktivität“ bei den Parkinson-Patienten.
Dennoch kann aus diesen Ergebnissen nicht geschlossen werden, dass die in unserer Studie untersuchten Parkinson-Patienten in ihrer Kindheit an einer ADHS litten, da die durchschnittlichen Summenscores der WURS-k deutlich unter dem festgelegten Cut-Off-Wert von größer oder gleich 30 lagen. Es ist aber möglich, dass einzelne ADHS-ähnliche Symptome den motorischen Symptomen einer Parkinson-Erkrankung vorausgehen können. Letztlich fanden wir keinen Anhalt dafür, dass die Parkinson-Patienten in ihrer Kindheit Psychostimulanzien wie MPH eingenommen hatten.
Hintergrund: In der präventiven und therapeutischen Behandlung von hypertrophen Narben und Keloiden hat sich die Behandlungsstrategie der Kompressionstherapie etabliert. Bisher konnte ein Druckoptimum der Kompressionsbekleidung von 25mmHg anhand der Kapillarkompressionstheorie ermittelt werden, welches an Kindern durchschnittlich erreicht wird. Langzeitstudien zeigten abweichendes Outcome der Therapie bei Kindern und Erwachsenen. In dieser Studie sollte nun herausgefunden werden, ob das unterschiedliche Ansprechen der Therapie in andersartigem Druckverhalten begründet ist.
Material und Methoden: Eingebracht werden konnten Messungen an 100 Kompressionstherapien, zugeordnet zu den Gruppen „Kinder“ und „Erwachsene“ mittels Kikuhime®-Drucksensor.
Analysiert und gegenübergestellt wurden die Werte anhand der Lokalisation der Messung, der Gewebeunterlage und der Tragedauer der Kompressionstherapien.
Ergebnisse und Diskussion: (1) In der Gesamtschau aller Messergebnisse besteht im Vergleich beider Gruppen kein signifikanter Unterschied hinsichtlich des Kompressionsdruckes.
(2) Nach spezieller Gegenüberstellung der Körperregionen Arm, Bein, Fuß und Stamm ergibt sich kein signifikanter Unterschied der Druckwerte.
(3) Hinsichtlich des Untergrundgewebes kann für die Gegenüberstellung beider Gruppen kein signifikanter Unterschied ermittelt werden.
(4) Ein signifikanter Unterschied wurde bei Betrachtung der Messergebnisse bezüglich der Tragedauer sowohl in der Gruppe der Erwachsenen als auch in der Gruppe der Kinder bestätigt. So wurden deutlich niedrigere Werte an alten Kompressionsanzügen ermittelt.
Zusammenfassung: Sowohl in der Gruppe der Kinder als auch in der Gruppe der Erwachsenen kann das Druckoptimum von 25mmHg durchschnittlich eingehalten werden. Demnach muss die Kompressionstherapie bezüglich des Alters nicht speziell angepasst werden. Ein signifikanter Unterschied kann zwischen neuen und alten Kompressionstherapien bestätigt werden.
Habitat fragmentation and destruction due to anthropogenic land use are the major causes of the increasing extinction risk of many species and have a detrimental impact on animal populations in numerous ways. The long-term survival and stability of spatially structured populations in fragmented landscapes largely depends on the colonisation of habitat patches and the exchange of individuals and genes between patches. The degree of inter-patch dispersal, in turn, depends on the dispersal ability of a species (i.e. the combination of physiological and morphological factors that facilitate dispersal) and the landscape structure (i.e. the nature of the landscape matrix or the spatial configuration of habitat patches). As fragmentation of landscapes is increasing and the number of species is continuously declining, a thorough understanding of the causes and consequences of dispersal is essential for managing natural populations and developing effective conservation strategies.
In the context of animal dispersal, movement behaviour is intensively investigated with capture-mark-recapture studies. For the analysis of such experiments, the influence of marking technique, handling and translocation of marked animals on movement pattern is of crucial importance since it may mask the effects of the main research question. Chapter 2 of this thesis presents a capture-mark-recapture study investigating the effect of translocation on the movement behaviour of the blue-winged grasshopper Oedipoda caerulescens. Transferring individuals of this grasshopper species to suitable but unfamilliar sites has a significant influence on their movement behaviour. Translocated individuals moved longer distances, showed smaller daily turning angles, and thus their movements were more directed than those of resident individuals. The effect of translocation was most pronounced on the first day of the experiment, but may persist for longer. On average, daily moved distances of translocated individuals were about 50 % longer than that of resident individuals because they have been transferred to an unfamiliar habitat patch. Depending on experiment duration, this leads to considerable differences in net displacement between translocated and resident individuals. In summary, the results presented in chapter 2 clearly point out that translocation effects should not be disregarded in future studies on arthropod movement, respectively dispersal. Studies not controlling for possible translocation effects may result in false predictions of dispersal behaviour, habitat detection capability or habitat preferences.
Beside direct field observations via capture-mark-recapture methods, genetic markers can be used to investigate animal dispersal. Chapter 3 presents data on the genetic structure of populations of Metrioptera bicolor, a wing-dimorphic bush cricket, in a spatially structured landscape with patches of suitable habitat distributed within a diverse matrix of different habitat types. Using microsatellite markers, the effects of geographic distance and different matrix types on the genetic differentiation among 24 local populations was assessed. The results of this study clearly indicate that for M. bicolor the isolation of local populations severely depends on the type of surrounding matrix. The presence of forest and a river running through the study area was positively correlated with the extent of genetic differentiation between populations. This indicates that both matrix types severely impede gene flow and the exchange of individuals between local populations of this bush cricket. In addition, for a subsample of populations which were separated only by arable land or settlements, a significant positive correlation between pairwise genetic and geographic distances exists. For the complete data set, this correlation could not be found. This is most probably due to the adverse effect of forest and river on gene flow which dominates the effect of geographic distance in the limited set of patches investigated in this study. The analyses in chapter 3 clearly emphasize the differential resistance of different habitat types on dispersal and the importance of a more detailed view on matrix ‘quality’ in metapopulation studies. Studies that focus on the specific dispersal resistance of different matrix types may provide much more detailed information on the dispersal capacity of species than a mere analysis of isolation by distance. Such information is needed to improve landscape oriented models for species conservation.
In addition to direct effects on realised dispersal (see chapter 3), landscape structure on its own is known to act as an evolutionary selection agent because it determines the costs and benefits of dispersal. Both morphological and behavioural traits of individuals and the degree to which a certain genotype responds to environmental variation have heritable components, and are therefore expected to be able to respond to selection pressures. Chapter 4 analyses the influence of patch size, patch connectivity (isolation of populations) and sand dynamics (stability of habitat) on thorax- and wing length as proxies for dispersal ability of O. caerulescens in coastal grey dunes. This study revealed clear and sex-specific effects of landscape dynamics and patch configuration on dispersal-related morphology. Males of this grasshopper species were smaller and had shorter wings if patches were larger and less connected. In addition, both sexes were larger in habitat patches with high sand dynamics compared to those in patches with lower dynamics. The investments in wing length were only larger in connected populations when sand dynamics were low, indicating that both landscape and patch-related environmental factors are of importance. These results are congruent with theoretical predictions on the evolution of dispersal in metapopulations. They add to the evidence that dispersal-related morphology varies and is selected upon in recently structured populations even at small spatial scales.
Dispersal involves different individual fitness costs like increased predation risk, energy expenditure, costs of developing dispersal-related traits, failure to find new suitable habitat as well as reproductive costs. Therefore, the decision to disperse should not be random but depend on the developmental stage or the physiological condition of an individual just as on actual environmental conditions (context-dependent dispersal, e.g. sex- and wing morph-biased dispersal). Biased dispersal is often investigated by comparing the morphology, physiology and behaviour of females and males or sedentary and dispersive individuals. Studies of biased dispersal in terms of capture-mark-recapture experiments, investigating real dispersal and not routine movements, and genetic proofs of biased dispersal are still rare for certain taxa, especially for orthopterans. However, information on biased dispersal is of great importance as for example, undetected biased dispersal may lead to false conclusions from genetic data. In chapter 5 of this thesis, a combined approach of morphological and genetic analyses was used to investigate biased dispersal of M. bicolor. The presented results not only show that macropterous individuals are predestined for dispersal due to their morphology, the genetic data also indicate that macropters are more dispersive than micropters. Furthermore, even within the group of macropterous individuals, males are supposed to be more dispersive than females. To get an idea of the flight ability of M. bicolor, the morphological data were compared with that of Locusta migratoria and Schistocerca gregaria, which are proved to be very good flyers. Based on the morphological data presented here, one can assume a good flight ability for macropters of M. bicolor, although flying individuals of this species are seldom observed in natural populations.
Intraperitoneal adhesions are fibrous bands that connect tissues in the peritoneal cavity that are usually separated. These adhesions form as a consequence of trauma, inflammation or surgical interventions and often result in severe consequences such as chronic pain, small bowel obstructions or female infertility.
The aim of this thesis was to develop a synthetic barrier device for adhesion prevention made of modified poly(lactide) [PLA]. Solid PLA films (SurgiWrap®) are already successfully in clinical use due to the good biocompatibility and the biodegradability of the material resulting in non-toxic degradation products since lactic acid is naturally part of the metabolic circles of the human body. Considering the brittleness and stiffness of the films, the long degradation time of several months as well as the need for suturing, there is potential for optimization. Through a copolymerization with the hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) [PEG], a reduction of the degradation time was intendend. Moreover, the copolymerization should also lead to an improvement of the mechanical properties of the films since PEG acts as plasticizer for PLA. Linear PLA-PEG-PLA triblock copolymers as well as star-shaped PEG-PLA copolymers were synthesized via standard ring opening polymerization to tailor the barrier properties. Besides solid films, solution electrospun meshes from PLA and the synthesized PEG-PLA copolymers were investigated for a potential application as well. Since suturing of a barrier additionally induces adhesion formation, alginate coated membranes were prepared in order to achieve self-adhesiveness. With the intention to reduce infections and consequently inflammation, electrospun meshes and solvent cast films were loaded with the antibacterial drug triclosan and drug release as well as antibacterial efficacy was investigated.
Mechanical tests confirmed that through the variation of the PEG content and branching the mechanical properties can be tailored and are in good accordance with the glass transition temperatures [Tg] of the polymers. Consequently, potentially adequate mechanical properties for surgical handling as well as for the performance within the patient’s body were successfully achieved. Degradation studies revealed that the degradation time was significantly shorter for PEG-PLA membranes than for PLA films and with an appropriate PEG content could be adjusted to the intended time frame. Cell adhesion and viability tests confirmed the non-toxicity of the clinically used PLA films as well as of PEG-PLA films and meshes. With a bioadhesion test the benefit of an alginate coated side towards the pure PLA film concerning self-adhesiveness was successfully demonstrated. Moreover, optical evaluations and a T-peel test of different alginate coated PLA films showed that the cohesion between the chemically different layers was distinctly enhanced by the use of an appropriate PEG-PLA mesh as intermediate cohesion promoting layer. In in vitro release studies with triclosan loaded films a higher release was determined for PEG-PLA than for PLA films. In agar diffusion tests a higher and longer inhibition of staphylococcus aureus growth was observed confirming the release results. Moreover, drug loaded meshes (especially drug loaded after electrospinning) showed enhanced and elongated bacterial inhibition in comparison to films.
Marine sponge–associated actinomycetes are considered as promising sources for the discovery of novel biologically active compounds. In the present study, a total of 64 actinomycetes were isolated from 12 different marine sponge species that had been collected offshore the islands of Milos and Crete, Greece, eastern Mediterranean. The isolates were affiliated to 23 genera representing 8 different suborders based on nearly full length 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Four putatively novel species belonging to genera Geodermatophilus, Microlunatus, Rhodococcus and Actinomycetospora were identified based on a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of < 98.5% to currently described strains. Eight actinomycete isolates showed bioactivities against Trypanosma brucei brucei TC221 with half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values <20 μg/mL. Thirty four isolates from the Milos collection and 12 isolates from the Crete collection were subjected to metabolomic analysis using high resolution LC-MS and NMR for dereplication purposes. Two isolates belonging to the genera Streptomyces (SBT348) and Micromonospora (SBT687) were prioritized based on their distinct chemistry profiles as well as their anti-trypanosomal activities. These findings demonstrated the feasibility and efficacy of utilizing metabolomics tools to prioritize chemically unique strains from microorganism collections and further highlight sponges as rich source for novel and bioactive actinomycetes.
Adipositas ist weltweit ein verbreitetes und fortschreitendes gesundheitliches und ökonomisches Problem. Die therapeutischen Effekte von Diäten und Medikamenten sind insgesamt unbefriedigend und nicht andauernd. Einzig die Ansprechraten der bariatrischen Chirurgie auf die Gewichtsminderung sind langfristig erfolgversprechend. Unter den bariatrischen Methoden gilt der Roux-en-Y-Magenbypass (RYGB) als Goldstandard und wird wegen seines positiven Nutzen-Risiko-Verhältnisses häufig durchgeführt. Zunehmend rückt der Einfluss der RYGB-Operation auf den Knochenstoffwechsel in das Blickfeld der Forschung. In der Literatur konnte gezeigt werden, dass der Knochenmineralsalzgehalt nach RYGB-Operation abnimmt und der Knochenumsatz zunimmt. Langzeitstudien zur Knochengesundheit nach RYGB-Anlage existieren allerdings kaum und eine klinische Relevanz der verminderten BMD für das Frakturrisiko ist unbekannt.
Ziel der vorliegenden Studie war die Untersuchung der Langzeitveränderungen der Knochenqualität nach RYGB-Operation in der Ratte im biomechanischen Test und die Korrelation mit erhobenen Daten der Knochendichte. Dazu wurden 18 männliche Wistar-Ratten randomisiert in zwei Gruppen aufgeteilt. Neun der Ratten erhielten eine RYGB-, die anderen neun eine Sham-Operation. 200 Tage im Anschluss an die Operation wurden die Tiere geopfert und Tibiae und Femora für die biomechanische Untersuchung entnommen.
Im Torsionstest schnitten die getesteten RYGB-Knochen bezüglich Stärke und Steifigkeit signifikant schlechter ab als die der Sham-Vergleichsgruppe. Für die in der quantitativen Mikrocomputertomographie gemessene Knochendichte ergab sich das gleiche Ergebnis. Eine positive Korrelation zwischen der BMD und den Torsionsparametern ließ sich allerdings nicht nachweisen.
In dieser tierexperimentellen Studie konnte gezeigt werden, dass die veränderten Stoffwechselbedingungen durch Magenbypass-Anlage im Rattenmodell in einer biomechanisch reduzierten Knochenqualität resultieren und damit das potenzielle Frakturrisiko nach dieser Operation ansteigt.
In this study, the ability of a multiwalled carbon nanotube functionalized with fluorescein isothiocyanate (MWCNT-FITC) was assessed as a prospective central nervous system-targeting drug delivery system to permeate the blood-brain barrier. The results indicated that the MWCNT-FITC conjugate is able to penetrate microvascular cerebral endothelial monolayers; its concentrations in the Transwell® system were fully equilibrated after 48 hours. Cell viability test, together with phase-contrast and fluorescence microscopies, did not detect any signs of MWCNT-FITC toxicity on the cerebral endothelial cells. These microscopic techniques also revealed presumably the intracellular localization of fluorescent MWCNT-FITCs apart from their massive nonfluorescent accumulation on the cellular surface due to nanotube lipophilic properties. In addition, the 1,000 ps molecular dynamics simulation in vacuo discovered the phenomenon of carbon nanotube aggregation driven by van der Waals forces via MWCN-TFITC rapid dissociation as an intermediate phase.
Spiroergometrische Dauerbelastung von Probanden mit Morbus Addison, Diabetes mellitus Typ 1, Polyglandulärem Autoimmunsyndrom Typ 2 (erkrankt sowohl an Mb. Addison als auch an Diabetes mellitus Typ1) und gesunden Kontrollen. Blutzuckerverlauf, hormonelle Gegenregulation und kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit vor und nach Belastung wurden gemessen.
Während einer spiroergometrischen Dauerbelastung von 23 Minuten zeigte sich bei keinem der 10 Probanden mit ausschließlich Morbus Addison eine Neigung zur Hypoglykämie trotz fehlender Einnahme der mittäglichen Glukokortikoiddosis. Die Blutzucker blieben bei sämtlichen Probanden stabil und es zeigte sich sogar ein leichter Anstieg in der der Ergometrie anschließenden Nachbeobachtungsphase, eventuell als Hinweis auf eine mögliche Entwicklung einer Inulin-Resistenz.
Auf die erwartungsgemäße Mindersekretion von Adrenalin zeigte sich eine ame ehesten kompensatorisch leicht höhere Sekretion von Noradrenalin als bei den nebennierengesunden Gruppen. Die übrige Sekretion gegenregulatorischer Hormone entsprach den Vergleichsgruppen.
Die geleistete Arbeit am Fahrradergometer war bei den Probandengruppen mit Morbus Addison und APS 2 nahezu identisch, die Morbus Addison – Probanden traten sogar minimal weniger Ergometerwiderstand über die 15 Minuten Dauerbelastung. Dennoch zeigten die Probanden mit ausschließlich M. Addison einen adäquaten Anstieg der gegenregulatorischen Hormone ohne starke Schwankungen der Plasmaglukose, wohingegen es bei den Probanden mit APS 2, zu einem deutlichen Abfall der Plasmaglukose kam trotz deutlich niedrigerer Insulinkonzentrationen im Vergleich zur Probandengruppe mit ausschließlich Diabetes mellitus Typ 1. Die unzureichende Sekretion von Adrenalin, sowie der geringste Konzentrationsanstieg von Noradrenalin und dieser Untersuchung auch Wachstumshormon aller Probandengruppen verhinderte einen adäquaten Wiederanstieg des Blutzuckers.
Die Probanden mit Nebennierenrindeninsuffizienz verzeichneten teils signifikant schlechtere Ergebnisse bei einem Konzentrations- und einem Kurzzeitgedächtnistest im direkten Anschluss an die Ergometrie im Vergleich mit den anderen Probandengruppen.
Es gab keine relevanten Unterschiede der Testergebnisse in Ruhe. Die nebenniereninsuffizienten Probanden verbesserten sich jedoch signifikant weniger nach der Ergometrie bzw. zeigten nach dem Dauertest teils sogar schlechtere Leistungen. Die Probandengruppen mit Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 und die Kontrollgruppe zeigten eine erwartungsgemäße Verbesserung ihrer Leistung als Reaktion auf die vorherige körperliche Aktivität. Die Unterschiede in der kognitiven Performance sind am ehesten mit der unzureichenden Adrenalinsekretion und einem fehlenden akuten Cortisolanstieg der nebenniereninsuffizienten Probanden zu erklären.
Die Probanden mit Nebennierenrindeninsuffizienz wurden mit signifikant niedrigeren Widerständen am Fahrradergometer belastet als die nebennierengesunden Probanden. Ein möglicher Erklärungsansatz hierfür könnte eine gewisse cortisonbedingte Myopathie sein. Dies verdeutlicht nochmals die Notwendigkeit der Optimierung der Glukokortikoidsubstitutionstherapie. Neue Substitutionsregime sollten möglichst die physiologische circadiane Sekretionsrhythmik besser imitieren und im Optimalfall die Tagesdosis an Hydrocortison reduzieren, um glukokortikoidbedingte Nebenwirkungen wie Myopathie und Insulin-Resistenz zu reduzieren.
Die Probanden mit polyglandulärem Autoimmunsyndrom Typ 2, welche sowohl an Morbus Addison als auch an Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 leiden, müssen im Rahmen von Patientenschulungen besonders auf das Risiko von Hypoglykämien bei vermehrter körperlicher Aktivität hingewiesen werden. Patienten mit Insulinpumpe sollten das Ausschalten währenddessen erwägen und darüber hinaus besondere Aufmerksamkeit auf die Einnahme einer zusätzlichen Kohlenhydrateinheit für den Sport walten lassen. Eine zusätzliche Einnahme des Glukokortikoids ist in diesem Zusammenhang nicht sinnvoll. [31]
Ein vor dem Sport beispielsweise inhalativ appliziertes Epinephrinpräparat wäre eine mögliche Strategie zur Verbesserung des Plasmaglukose-Outcomes nach sportlicher Betätigung auf moderatem bzw. hohem Anstrengungslevel bei Patienten mit Morbus Addison und Diabetes mellitus Typ 1 und sollte Gegenstand weiterführender Studien sein.
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The novel BackHome system offers individuals with disabilities a range of useful services available via brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), to help restore their independence. This is the time such technology is ready to be deployed in the real world, that is, at the target end users’ home. This has been achieved by the development of practical electrodes, easy to use software, and delivering telemonitoring and home support capabilities which have been conceived, implemented, and tested within a user-centred design approach. The final BackHome system is the result of a 3-year long process involving extensive user engagement to maximize effectiveness, reliability, robustness, and ease of use of a home based BCI system. The system is comprised of ergonomic and hassle-free BCI equipment; one-click software services for Smart Home control, cognitive stimulation, and web browsing; and remote telemonitoring and home support tools to enable independent home use for nonexpert caregivers and users. BackHome aims to successfully bring BCIs to the home of people with limited mobility to restore their independence and ultimately improve their quality of life.
The active zone (AZ) protein Bruchpilot (Brp) is essential for rapid glutamate release at Drosophila melanogaster neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). Quantal time course and measurements of action potential-waveform suggest that presynaptic fusion mechanisms are altered in brp null mutants (brp\(^{69}\)). This could account for their increased evoked excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) delay and rise time (by about 1 ms). To test the mechanism of release protraction at brp\(^{69}\) AZs, we performed knock-down of Synaptotagmin-1 (Syt) via RNAi (syt\(^{KD}\)) in wildtype (wt), brp\(^{69}\) and rab3 null mutants (rab3\(^{rup}\)), where Brp is concentrated at a small number of AZs. At wt and rab3\(^{rup}\) synapses, syt\(^{KD}\) lowered EPSC amplitude while increasing rise time and delay, consistent with the role of Syt as a release sensor. In contrast, syt\(^{KD}\) did not alter EPSC amplitude at brp\(^{69}\) synapses, but shortened delay and rise time. In fact, following syt\(^{KD}\), these kinetic properties were strikingly similar in wt and brp\(^{69}\), which supports the notion that Syt protracts release at brp\(^{69}\) synapses. To gain insight into this surprising role of Syt at brp\(^{69}\) AZs, we analyzed the structural and functional differentiation of synaptic boutons at the NMJ. At tonic type Ib motor neurons, distal boutons contain more AZs, more Brp proteins per AZ and show elevated and accelerated glutamate release compared to proximal boutons. The functional differentiation between proximal and distal boutons is Brp-dependent and reduced after syt\(^{KD}\). Notably, syt\(^{KD}\) boutons are smaller, contain fewer Brp positive AZs and these are of similar number in proximal and distal boutons. In addition, super-resolution imaging via dSTORM revealed that syt\(^{KD}\) increases the number and alters the spatial distribution of Brp molecules at AZs, while the gradient of Brp proteins per AZ is diminished. In summary, these data demonstrate that normal structural and functional differentiation of Drosophila AZs requires concerted action of Brp and Syt.
Background
Suture pretension during tendon repair is supposed to increase the resistance to gap formation. However, its effects on the Bunnell suture technique are unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the biomechanical effects of suture pretension on the Bunnell and cross-lock Bunnell techniques for tendon repair.
Methods
Eighty porcine hindlimb tendons were randomly assigned to four different tendon repair groups: those repaired with or without suture pretension using either a simple Bunnell or cross-lock Bunnell technique. Pretension was applied as a 10 % shortening of the sutured tendon. After measuring the cross-sectional diameter at the repair site, static and cyclic biomechanical tests were conducted to evaluate the initial and 5-mm gap formation forces, elongation during cyclic loading, maximum tensile strength, and mode of failure. The suture failure mechanism was also separately assessed fluoroscopically in two tendons that were repaired with steel wire.
Results
Suture pretension was accompanied by a 10 to 15 % increase in the tendon diameter at the repair site. Therefore, suture pretension with the Bunnell and cross-lock Bunnell repair techniques noticeably increased the resistance to initial gap formation and 5-mm gap formation. The tension-free cross-lock Bunnell repair demonstrated more resistance to initial and 5-mm gap formation, less elongation, and higher maximum tensile strength than the tension-free Bunnell repair technique. The only difference between the tensioned cross-lock Bunnell and tensioned Bunnell techniques was a larger resistance to 5-mm gap formation with the cross-lock Bunnell technique. Use of the simple instead of cross-lock suture configuration led to failure by suture cut out, as demonstrated fluoroscopically.
Conclusion
Based on these results, suture pretension decreases gapping and elongation after tendon repair, and those effects are stronger when using a cross-lock, rather than a regular Bunnell suture. However, pretension causes an unfavorable increase in the tendon diameter at the repair site, which may adversely affect wound healing.
Cadherin-13 (CDH13), a unique glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored member of the cadherin family of cell adhesion molecules, has been identified as a risk gene for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and various comorbid neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions, including depression, substance abuse, autism spectrum disorder and violent behavior, while the mechanism whereby CDH13 dysfunction influences pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders remains elusive. Here we explored the potential role of CDH13 in the inhibitory modulation of brain activity by investigating synaptic function of GABAergic interneurons. Cellular and subcellular distribution of CDH13 was analyzed in the murine hippocampus and a mouse model with a targeted inactivation of Cdh13 was generated to evaluate how CDH13 modulates synaptic activity of hippocampal interneurons and behavioral domains related to psychopathologic (endo) phenotypes. We show that CDH13 expression in the cornu ammonis (CA) region of the hippocampus is confined to distinct classes of interneurons. Specifically, CDH13 is expressed by numerous parvalbumin and somatostatin-expressing interneurons located in the stratum oriens, where it localizes to both the soma and the presynaptic compartment. Cdh13\(^{-/-}\) mice show an increase in basal inhibitory, but not excitatory, synaptic transmission in CA1 pyramidal neurons. Associated with these alterations in hippocampal function, Cdh13\(^{-/-}\) mice display deficits in learning and memory. Taken together, our results indicate that CDH13 is a negative regulator of inhibitory synapses in the hippocampus, and provide insights into how CDH13 dysfunction may contribute to the excitatory/inhibitory imbalance observed in neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD and autism.