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Alveolar echinococcosis, which is caused by the metacestode stage of the small fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis, is a severe zoonotic disease with limited treatment options. For a better understanding of cestode biology the genome of E. multilocularis, together with other cestode genomes, was sequenced previously. While a few studies were undertaken to explore the E. multilocularis transcriptome, a comprehensive exploration of global transcription profiles throughout life cycle stages is lacking. This work represents the so far most comprehensive analysis of the E. multilocularis transcriptome. Using RNA-Seq information from different life cycle stages and experimental conditions in three biological replicates, transcriptional differences were qualitatively and quantitatively explored. The analyzed datasets are based on samples of metacestodes cultivated under aerobic and anaerobic conditions as well as metacestodes obtained directly from infected jirds. Other samples are stem cell cultures at three different time points of development as well as non-activated and activated protoscoleces, the larval stage that can develop into adult worms. In addition, two datasets of metacestodes under experimental conditions suitable for the detection of genes that are expressed in stem cells, the so-called germinative cells, and one dataset from a siRNA experiment were analyzed. Analysis of these datasets led to expression profiles for all annotated genes, including genes that are expressed in the tegument of metacestodes and play a role in host-parasite interactions and modulation of the host's immune response. Gene expression profiles provide also further information about genes that might be responsible for the infiltrative growth of the parasite in the liver.
Furthermore, germinative cell-specific genes were identified. Germinative cells are the only proliferating cells in E. multilocularis and therefore of utmost importance for the development and growth of the parasite. Using a combination of germinative cell depletion and enrichment methods, genes with specific expression in germinative cells were identified. As expected, many of these genes are involved in translation, cell cycle regulation or DNA replication and repair. Also identified were transcription factors, many of which are involved in cell fate commitment. As an example, the gene encoding the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) was studied further. Expression of E. multilocularis tert in germinative cells was confirmed experimentally. Cell culture experiments indicate that TERT is required for proliferation and development of the parasite, which makes TERT a potentially interesting drug target for chemotherapy of alveolar echinococcosis.
Germinative cell specific genes in E. multilocularis also include genes of densoviral origin. More than 20 individual densovirus loci with information for non-structural and structural densovirus proteins were identified in the E. multilocularis genome. Densoviral elements were also detected in many other cestode genomes. Genomic integration of these elements suggests that densovirus-based vectors might be suitable tools for genetic manipulation of tapeworms. Interestingly, only three of more than 20 densovirus loci in the E. multilocularis genome are expressed. Since the canonical piRNA pathway is lacking in cestodes, this raises the question about potential silencing mechanisms. Exploration of RNA-Seq information indicated natural antisense transcripts as a potential gene regulation mechanism in E. multilocularis. Preliminary experiments further suggest DNA-methylation, which was previously shown to occur in platyhelminthes, as an interesting avenue to explore in future.
The transcriptome datasets also contain information about genes that are expressed in differentiated cells, for example the serotonin transporter gene that is expressed in nerve cells. Cell culture experiments indicate that serotonin and serotonin transport play an important role in E. multilocularis proliferation, development and survival.
Overall, this work provides a comprehensive transcription data atlas throughout the E. multilocularis life cycle. Identification of germinative cell-specific genes and genes important for host-parasite interactions will greatly facilitate future research. A global overview of gene expression profiles will also aide in the detection of suitable drug targets and the development of new chemotherapeutics against alveolar echinococcosis.
Alveolar and cystic echinococcosis, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus
granulosus respectively, are severe zoonotic diseases with limited treatment
options. The sole curative treatment is the surgical removal of the complete parasite
material. Due to late diagnosis, chemotherapeutic treatment often is the only treatment
option. Treatment is based on benzimidazoles, which merely act parasitostatic
and often display strong side effects. Therefore, new therapeutic drugs are urgently
needed.
Evolutionarily conserved signalling pathways are known to be involved in hostparasite
cross-communication, parasite development and survival. Moreover, they
represent potential targets for chemotherapeutic drugs. In this context the roles of
the serotonin- and cAMP-signalling pathways in Echinococcus were studied.
Genes encoding serotonin receptors, a serotonin transporter and enzymes involved in
serotonin biosynthesis could be identified in the E. multilocularis and E. granulosus
genomes indicating that these parasites are capable of synthesizing and perceiving
serotonin signals. Also the influence of exogenous serotonin on parasite development
was studied. Serotonin significantly increased metacestode vesicle formation
from primary cells and re-differentiation of protoscoleces. Inhibition of serotonin
transport with citalopram significantly reduced metacestode vesicle formation from
primary cells and caused death of protoscoleces and metacestodes. Furthermore, it
could be shown that serotonin increased phosphorylation of protein kinase A substrates.
Taken together, these results show that serotonin and serotonin transport
are essential for Echinococcus development and survival. Consequently, components
of the serotonin pathway represent potential drug targets.
In this work the cAMP-signalling pathway was researched with focus on G-protein
coupled receptors and adenylate cyclases. 76 G-protein coupled receptors, including
members of all major families were identified in the E. multilocularis genome.
Four genes homologous to adenylate cyclase IX were identified in the E. multilocularis
genome and three in the E. granulosus genome. While glucagon caused
no significant effects, the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin and the adenylate
cyclase inhibitor 2’, 5’ didesoxyadenosine influenced metacestode vesicle formation
from primary cells, re-differentiation of protoscoleces and survival of metacestodes.
It was further shown that forskolin increases phosphorylation of protein kinase A
substrates, indicating that forskolin activates the cAMP-pathway also in cestodes.
These results indicate that the cAMP signalling pathway plays an important role in
Echinococcus development and survival.
To complement this work, the influence of different media and additives on E. granulosus protoscoleces was investigated. Anaerobic conditions and the presence of FBS
prolonged protoscolex survival while different media influenced protoscolex activation
and development.
Taken together, this work provided important insights into developmental processes
in Echinococcus and potential drug targets for echinococcosis chemotherapy.
Abscission marks the last step of cytokinesis and gives rise to two physically separated daughter cells and a midbody remnant. This work studies abscission by examining the extent of the abscission failure in C. elegans septin and ESCRT mutants with the help of the ZF1-degradation technique. The ZF1 technique is also applied to discern a possible role for PI3K during abscission. Lastly, we test the role of proteins required for macroautophagy but not for LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP) and show that after release into the extracellular space, the midbody is resolved via LAP.
Ranvier-Schnürringe spielen eine entscheidende Rolle bei der schnellen Weiterleitung von elektrischen Impulsen in Nervenzellen. Bei bestimmten neurologischen Erkrankungen, den Neuropathien, kann es zu Störungen in der ultrastrukturellen Organisation verschiedener Schnürring-Proteine kommen (Doppler et al., 2018, Doppler et al., 2016).
Eine detailliertere Kenntnis der genauen Anordnung dieser Schnürring-Proteine und eventueller Abweichungen von dieser Anordnung im Krankheitsfall, könnte der Schlüssel zu einer vereinfachten Diagnostik von bestimmten Neuropathie- Formen sein.
Ziel meiner Arbeit war es daher, die Untersuchung der ultrastrukturellen Architektur der (para-)nodalen Adhäsionsproteine Neurofascin-155 und Caspr1 unter Verwendung der super-hochauflösenden Mikroskopiemethode dSTORM (direct Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy) an murinen Zupfnervenpräparaten zu etablieren. Nach erster Optimierung der Probenpräparation für die 2-Farben-dSTORM sowie der korrelationsbasierten Bildanalyse, konnte ich mittels modellbasierter Simulation die zugrundeliegende Molekülorganisation identifizieren und mit Hilfe der Ergebnisse aus früheren Untersuchungen validieren. In einem translationalen Ansatz habe ich anschließend humane Zupfnervenpräparate von 14 Probanden mit unterschiedlichen Formen einer Neuropathie mikroskopiert und ausgewertet, um die Anwendbarkeit dieses Ansatzes in der Diagnostik zu testen.
Obgleich keine signifikanten Unterschiede zwischen physiologischem und pathologischem neurologischem Gewebe hinsichtlich Neurofascin-155 und Caspr1 festgestellt werden konnten, scheint der Ansatz grundsätzlich dennoch vielversprechend zu sein, bedarf jedoch noch weiteren Anstrengungen hinsichtlich Probenpräparation, Auswertungs- und Versuchsprotokollen und einer größeren Anzahl an humanen Biopsien mit homogenerem Krankheitsbild.
Echinococcosis is an important zoonosis. The causative agent of Alveolar Echinococcosis (AE) is Echinococcus multilocularis. The treatment of human AE is limited to surgery and chemotherapy with albendazole (ABZ). However, ABZ works only parasitostatically and it needs to be taken for long periods, although it causes adverse side effects. Thus, development of new, parasiticidal drug with selective toxicity is required. Because undifferentiated stem cells of E. multilocularis play key role in its longevity and regenerative capacity, targeting stem cells is especially important.
In vitro screening of protein kinases inhibitors demonstrated that human PIM kinases inhibitors have detrimental effects on E. multilocularis. Through yeast two hybrid assay, the interaction of parasite PIM kinase (EmPIM) and its CDC25 (EmCDC25) was indicated. Through in situ hybridization, expression of EmPIM in the stem cells was observed. Therefore, EmPim is likely to be a positive regulator of cell cycle progression, the same as human Pim1. In addition, 20 compounds against EmPIM were selected through in silico screening and synthesized. One of them has a detrimental effect on E.multilocularis comparable to human pan-PIM inhibitors, but has much weaker toxicity on human cell lines.
Furthermore, triclabendazole (TCBZ) and its metabolite TCBZSX, which are approved for another flatworm disease, Fascioliasis were tried on E. multilocularis. With two stem cell markers, damage to stem cells by TCBZSX was shown. In addition, primary cells from treated vesicles never regenerated and the damage to stem cells proved to be irreversible.
Our in silico screening method used in EmPIM research has potential to identify compounds which overcome the side effect problem in ABZ-based chemotherapy. On the other hand, it is expected that my research of TCBZ can lead to development of a practical parasiticidal chemotherapy by combining TCBZ, which damages stem cells, and ABZ, which damages differentiated cells.
Molecular and developmental characterization of the Echinococcus multilocularis stem cell system
(2014)
The metacestode larva of Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis (AE), one of the most dangerous zoonotic diseases in the Northern Hemisphere. Unlike “typical” metacestode larvae from other tapeworms, it grows as a mass of interconnected vesicles which infiltrates the liver of the intermediate host, continuously forming new vesicles in the periphery. From these vesicles, protoscoleces (the infective form for the definitive host) are generated by asexual budding. It is thought that in E. multilocularis, as in other flatworms, undifferentiated stem cells (so-called germinative cells in cestodes and neoblasts in free-living flatworms) are the sole source of new cells for growth and development. Therefore, this cell population should be of central importance for the progression of AE.
In this work, I characterized the germinative cells of E. multilocularis, and demonstrate that they are indeed the only proliferating cells in metacestode vesicles. The germinative cells are a population of undifferentiated cells with similar morphology, and express high levels of transcripts of a novel non-autonomous retrotransposon family (ta-TRIMs). Experiments of recovery after hydroxyurea treatment suggest that individual germinative cells have extensive self-renewal capabilities. However, germinative cells also display heterogeneity at the molecular level, since only some of them express conserved homologs of fgfr, nanos and argonaute genes, suggesting the existence of several distinct sub-populations. Unlike free-living flatworms, cestode germinative cells lack chromatoid bodies. Furthermore, piwi and vasa orthologs are absent from the genomes of cestodes, and there is widespread expression of some conserved neoblast markers in E. multilocularis metacestode vesicles. All of these results suggest important differences between the stem cell systems of free-living flatworms and cestodes.
Furthermore, I describe molecular markers for differentiated cell types, including the nervous system, which allow for the tracing of germinative cell differentiation. Using these molecular markers, a previously undescribed nerve net was discovered in metacestode vesicles. Because the metacestode vesicles are non-motile, and the nerve net of the vesicle is independent of the nervous system of the protoscolex, we propose that it could serve as a neuroendocrine system. By means of bioinformatic analyses, 22 neuropeptide genes were discovered in the E. multilocularis genome. Many of these genes are expressed in metacestode vesicles, as well as in primary cell preparations undergoing complete metacestode regeneration. This suggests a possible role for these genes in metacestode development. In line with this hypothesis, one putative neuropeptide (RGFI-amide) was able to stimulate the proliferation of primary cells at a concentration of 10-7 M, and the corresponding gene was upregulated during metacestode regeneration.
In früheren Studien wurde gezeigt, dass durch eine mit FCA-induzierte Pfotenentzündung die Permeabilität für hydrophile Analgetika der kleinen Nerven am Entzündungsort zunimmt. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden spezifische Veränderungen von Barriereproteinen des Perineuriums und der Schwannschen Zellen und ihren Regulatoren nach intraplantarer Injektion von FCA lokal in die Hinterpfote und proximal am N. ischiadicus untersucht. Aus früheren Studien ist bekannt, dass vor allem Claudin-1 das Perineurium abdichtet. Daher konzentrierte sich die Arbeit auf Claudin-1 und einen möglichen Einfluss von Claudin-19 aus Schwannschen Zellen. Alle Untersuchungen erfolgten an Wister-Ratten.
Zwei Stunden bis 96 Stunden nach der FCA-Injektion in die Hinterpfote waren die Expression sowie die Immunreaktivität von Claudin-1 und die Expression von Claudin-19 im ipsilateralen proximalen Ischiasnerv unverändert. Zudem wurde keine Penetration des Farbstoffes EBA in das Endoneurium und in den Ischiasnerv nach ex vivo Applikation nachgewiesen, was auf eine gute Abdichtung des Perineuriums hinweist. In der entzündeten Pfote selbst allerdings nahm die Expression von Claudin-1 und Claudin-19 ab. Parallel dazu kam es zu einer starken Abnahme des Co-Transkriptionsfaktors β-Catenin in der Pfote, aber nicht im Nerven. β-Catenin steuert die Expression von Claudin-1. Die Behandlung mit einem GSK3 β-Inhibitor bremste die Herunterregulation von Claudin-1 24 Stunden nach der intraplantaren Injektion von FCA ins Hinterpfotengewebe und führte zu einem Wiederanstieg der Konzentration.
Daher kann abschließend festgehalten werden, dass eine periphere Entzündung zwar wie erwartet lokal die Barriere öffnet, es aber proximal nicht zu einer Barrierestörung kommt. Dies ist bei der Blut-Hirn-Schranke anders. Diese wird vermutlich über lösliche Faktoren bei Entzündung oder bei Nervenschäden, bei denen sich auch die Barriere im Spinalganglion verändert, durchlässiger.
Die Radiosynoviorthese ist ein etabliertes Therapieverfahren zur Behandlung der Synovialitis.
Da bei der Radiosynoviorthese die Handhabung von radioaktiven β-Strahlern wie Yttrium, Rhenium und Erbium notwendig ist, sind bestimmte Schutzmaßnahmen einzuhalten. Zum Schutze des Patienten wurden Leitlinien aufgestellt, um die Strahlenbelastung so gering wie möglich zu halten. Die Exposition der bei der Vorbereitung und Applikation beteiligten Ärzte, Radiopharmazeuten sowie beteiligten Krankenschwestern bietet Raum für weitere Verbesserungen.
Eine Untersuchung des Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz dokumentiert höchst bedenkliche Zahlen, für die β-Ortsdosimetrie, die die zulässige Jahresdosis um ein Vielfaches überschreiten können.
Die Einführung von sogenannten Thermolumineszensdetektoren, getragen als Ringdosimeter an den Grundgelenken der Zeigefinger, sollen realistische Expositionswerte aufzeichnen und somit eine Kontrolle der Dosis ermöglichen. Diese TLD’s sind mit der Markierung „RSO“ gekennzeichnet und werden nur bei der Arbeit mit den radioaktiven Substanzen getragen. Die monatliche Auswertung dokumentiert die Strahlenexposition der beteiligten Personen.
In verschiedenen Studien wurden Methoden zur Minimierung der Strahlenexposition getestet. Sie führten zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Abschirmung mit Acrylglas, die Abstandshaltung durch langschenklige Zangen sowie das Tragen von Nitril-Handschuhen am effektivsten zu einer Verringerung der Expositionswerte beitragen.
Ziel dieser retrospektiven Auswertung von Daten aus drei Jahren war es, die Effektivität der an der Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin in Würzburg praktizierten Strahlenschutzmaßnahmen zu untersuchen.
Über einen Zeitraum von drei Jahren wurden 547 Gelenke in 368 Patienten mit 52.421 MBq, der drei Radionuklide 169Er, 186Re und 90Y behandelt. Die Oberflächenpersonendosis Hp(0,07) wurde mittels Fingerringdosimeter aufgezeichnet.
Die acht an der Radiosynoviorthese beteiligten Personen erhielten eine kumulative Hautdosis Hp(0,07) von 498 mSv. Die kumulative Dosis pro Aktivität betrug somit weniger als 10 mSv/Bq. Sie lag pro Arzt bei 1,1 μSv/MBq und pro MTA bei bis zu 4,5 μSv/MBq.
Die akkumulierte Hautdosis Hp (0,07) während der Radiosynoviorthese war somit weitaus geringer im Vergleich zu den gesetzlichen Vorgaben und den zur Verfügung stehenden publizierten Daten.
Flatworm parasites (platyhelminths) cause serious infection diseases in humans, such as schistosomiasis and hydatid disease, mainly prevalent in developing countries. However, the current repertoire of drug armamentarium used to combat flatworm infections is limited. For instance, praziquantel is the only drug available for mass treatment of Schistosoma infections. In contrast to their hosts, flatworm parasites possess a distinct redox arrangement of redox pathways in which the selenoenzyme thioredoxin glutathione reductase (TGR) controls the overall redox homeostasis. Interference with this enzyme leads to parasite death. Hence, this key redox enzyme seems to be a new promising drug target against flatworm infections.
Because most flatworms are difficult to cultivate in the laboratory (e.g. Echinococcus granulosus experimental infection in mice takes about 10 month to develop into cysts), this work was focused on Mesocestoides vogae (syn. corti), a non-human flatworm parasite which is an interesting laboratory model to study other flatworm infections: it is very rare in humans, can be easily manipulated both in vivo and in vitro and grows extremely fast in mice. With the aim to assess TGR inhibitors as possible drugs to treat flatworm infections, the thioredoxin and glutathione pathways of M.vogae were studied. Here, the objectives were to study whether the biochemical pathways that maintain the redox homeostasis in M. vogae conform to the general biochemical scenario proposed for other platyhelminth parasites.
Here, it was proven that M. vogae extracts possess both thioredoxin and glutathione reductase activities. The thioredoxin and glutathione reductase activities were partially purified from total extracts by a combination of ammonium sulfate precipitation, anion exchange and hydroxyapatite chromatography. Both activities co-purified in all steps which strongly indicates the existence of TGR rather than a single TR and GR. Furthermore partially purified activities could be inhibited by the organogold compound auranofin, a known TGR inhibitor. Moreover, the glutathione reductase activity displays hysteresis (a peculiar kinetic behavior) at high concentrations of oxidised glutathione, a feature typical of flatworm TGRs, but not of conventional GR. Although M. vogae activities could not be purified to homogeneity, the overall results strongly indicate that this flatworm possesses TGR and lacks conventional GR and TR.
Furthermore the thiadiazole WPQ75 and the N-oxide VL16E (a furoxan derivate) were identified as inhibitors of TGR activity of M.vogae at a 10 µM concentration. These inhibitors were able to kill M.vogae larval worms in vitro as well as in experimental infection in mice.
Due to the existence of TGR activity in M.vogae, the possibility to inhibit this activity with recently discovered inhibitors of flatworm TGR and the successes achieved by testing these inhibitors both in vitro and in vivo, it is strongly evident that M. vogae would be an excellent model to assess TGR inhibitors in flatworm infections.
Die Dissertation untersucht die vorstationäre, stationäre und poststationäre antibiotische Therapie bei 1724 Kindern und Jugendlichen mit parapneumonischen Pleuraergüssen/-empyemen in Deutschland. Der Untersuchungszeitraum war von Oktober 2010 bis Juni 2018. Untersucht wurden jeweils die Wirkstoffauswahl der häufigsten Mono- und Mehrfachtherapien, wie oft die Therapie im stationären Verlauf erweitert oder umgestellt wurden, sowie der klinische Verlauf der Patienten.