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Neonatal screening of severe combined immunodeficiencies
ORVOSI HETILAP 2018 JUN; 159(23):948-956
Severe combined immunodeficiency is the first immune deficiency disorder which was included in the newborn screening program in the United States in 2010. In Hungary, newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiencies is crucial because of the routine BCG vaccination, as in the case of an affected newborn with negative family history, the vaccine may lead to fatal BCG-itis. This paper analyzes the possibilities of introducing newborn screening for severe combined immunodeficiencies and summarizes current experiences and results.
Tromp AT, Van Gent M, Abrial P, Martin A, Jansen JP, De Haas CJC, Van Kessel KPM, Bardoel BW, Kruse E, Bourdonnay E, Boettcher M, McManus MT, Day CJ, Jennings MP, Lina G, Vandenesch F, Van Strijp JAG, Lebbink RJ, Haas PJA, Henry T, Spaan AN
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Human CD45 is an F-component-specific receptor for the staphylococcal toxin Panton-Valentine leukocidin
NATURE MICROBIOLOGY 2018 JUN; 3(6):708-717
The staphylococcal bi-component leukocidins Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) and gamma-haemolysin CB (HlgCB) target human phagocytes. Binding of the toxins' S-components to human complement C5a receptor 1 (C5aR1) contributes to cellular tropism and human specificity of PVL and HlgCB. To investigate the role of both leukocidins during infection, we developed a human C5aR1 knock-in (hC5aR1(KI)) mouse model. HlgCB, but unexpectedly not PVL, contributed to increased bacterial loads in tissues of hC5aR1(KI) mice. Compared to humans, murine hC5aR1(KI) neutrophils showed a reduced sensitivity to PVL, which was mediated by the toxin's F-component LukF-PV. By performing a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screen, we identified CD45 as a receptor for LukF-PV. The human-specific interaction between LukF-PV and CD45 provides a molecular explanation for resistance of hC5aR1(KI) mouse neutrophils to PVL and probably contributes to the lack of a PVL-mediated phenotype during infection in these mice. This study demonstrates an unsuspected role of the F-component in driving the sensitivity of human phagocytes to PVL.
Skocek O, Nobauer T, Weilguny L, Traub FM, Xia CYN, Molodtsov MI, Grama A, Yamagata M, Aharoni D, Cox DD, Golshani P, Vaziri A
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High-speed volumetric imaging of neuronal activity in freely moving rodents
NATURE METHODS 2018 JUN; 15(6):429-432
Thus far, optical recording of neuronal activity in freely behaving animals has been limited to a thin axial range. We present a head-mounted miniaturized light-field microscope (MiniLFM) capable of capturing neuronal network activity within a volume of 700 x 600 x 360 mu m(3) at 16 Hz in the hippocampus of freely moving mice. We demonstrate that neurons separated by as little as similar to 15 mu m and at depths up to 360 mu m can be discriminated.
Mak ACY, White MJ, Eckalbar WL, Szpiech ZA, Oh SS, Pino-Yanes M, Hu DL, Goddard P, Huntsman S, Galanter J, Wu AC, Himes BE, Germer S, Vogel JM, Bunting KL, Eng C, Salazar S, Keys KL, Liberto J, Nuckton TJ, Nguyen TA, Torgerson DG, Kwok PY, Levin AM, Celedon JC, Forno E, Hakonarson H, Sleiman PM, Dahlin A, Tantisira KG, Weiss ST, Serebrisky D, Brigino-Buenaventura E, Farber HJ, Meade K, Lenoir MA, Avila PC, Sen S, Thyne SM, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Winkler CA, Moreno-Estrada A, Sandoval K, Rodriguez-Santana JR, Kumar R, Williams LK, Ahituv N, Ziv E, Seibold MA, Darnell RB, Zaitlen N, Hernandez RD, Burchard EG
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Whole-Genome Sequencing of Pharmacogenetic Drug Response in Racially Diverse Children with Asthma
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 2018 JUN 15; 197(12):1552-1564
Rationale: Albuterol, a bronchodilator medication, is the first-line therapy for asthma worldwide. There are significant racial/ethnic differences in albuterol drug response. Objectives: To identify genetic variants important for bronchodilator drug response (BDR) in racially diverse children. Methods: We performed the first whole-genome sequencing pharmacogenetics study from 1,441 children with asthma from the tails of the BDR distribution to identify genetic association with BDR. Measurements and Main Results: We identified population-specific and shared genetic variants associated with BDR, including genome-wide significant (P < 3.53 X 10(-7)) and suggestive (P < 7.06 X 10(-6)) loci near genes previously associated with lung capacity (DNAH5), immunity (NFKB1 and PLCB1), and beta-adrenergic signaling (ADAMTS3 and COX18). Functional analyses of the BDR-associated SNP in NFKB1 revealed potential regulatory function in bronchial smooth muscle cells. The SNP is also an expression quantitative trait locus for a neighboring gene, SLC39A8. The lack of other asthma study populations with BDR and whole-genome sequencing data on minority children makes it impossible to perform replication of our rare variant associations. Minority underrepresentation also poses significant challenges to identify age-matched and population-matched cohorts of sufficient sample size for replication of our common variant findings. Conclusions: The lack of minority data, despite a collaboration of eight universities and 13 individual laboratories, highlights the urgent need for a dedicated national effort to prioritize diversity in research. Our study expands the understanding of pharmacogenetic analyses in racially/ethnically diverse populations and advances the foundation for precision medicine in at-risk and understudied minority populations.
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Kamon T, Mueller R, Pakhotin Y, Patel R, Perloff A, Pernie L, Rathjens D, Safonov A, Tatarinov A, Ulmer KA, Akchurin N, Damgov J, De Guio F, Dudero PR, Faulkner J, Gurpinar E, Kunori S, Lamichhane K, Lee SW, Libeiro T, Peltola T, Undleeb S, Volobouev I, Wang Z, Greene S, Gurrola A, Janjam R, Johns W, Maguire C, Melo A, Ni H, Padeken K, Sheldon P, Tuo S, Velkovska J, Xu Q, Arenton MW, Barria P, Cox B, Hirosky R, Joyce M, Ledovskoy A, Li H, Neu C, Sinthuprasith T, Wang Y, Wolfe E, Xia F, Harr R, Karchin PE, Poudyal N, Sturdy J, Thapa P, Zaleski S, Brodski M, Buchanan J, Caillol C, Dasu S, Dodd L, Duric S, Gomber B, Grothe M, Herndon M, Herve A, Hussain U, Klabbers P, Lanaro A, Levine A, Long K, Loveless R, Polese G, Ruggles T, Savin A, Smith N, Smith WH, Taylor D, Woods N
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Measurement of b hadron lifetimes in pp collisions at root s=8TeV
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C 2018 JUN 7; 78(6):? Article 457
Measurements are presented of the lifetimes of the B-0, B-s(0), Lambda(0)(b), and B-c(+) hadrons using the decay channels B-0 -> J/psi K*(892)(0), B-0 -> J/psi K-S(0), B-s(0) -> J/psi pi(+)pi(-), B-s(0) -> J/psi phi(1020), Lambda(0)(b) -> J/psi Lambda(0), and B-c(+) -> J/psi pi(+). The data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1), was collected by the CMS detector at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at root s = 8TeV. The B-0 life-time is measured to be 453.0 +/- 1.6 (stat) +/- 1.8 (syst) mu m in J/psi K*(892)(0) and 457.8 +/- 2.7 (stat) +/- 2.8 (syst) mu m in J/psi K-S(0), which results in a combined measurement of c tau(0) = 454.1 +/- 1.4 (stat) +/- 1.7 (syst) mu m. The effective lifetime of the B-s(0) meson is measured in two decay modes, with contributions from different amounts of the heavy and light eigenstates. This results in two different measured lifetimes: c tau(0)(Bs) -> J/psi pi(+)pi(-) = 502.7 +/- 10.2 (stat) +/- 3.4 (syst) mu m and c tau(0)(Bs) -> J/psi phi(1020) = 443.9 +/- 2.0 (stat) +/- 1.5 (syst) mu m. The Lambda(0)(b) lifetime is found to be 442.9 +/- 8.2 (stat) +/- 2.8 (syst) mu m. The precision from each of these channels is as good as or better than previous measurements. The B-c(+) lifetime, measured with respect to the B+ to reduce the systematic uncertainty, is 162.3 +/- 7.8 (stat) +/- 4.2 (syst) +/- 0.1 (tau(B+)) mu m. All results are in agreement with current world-average values.
Fowler S, Maguin P, Kalan S, Loayza D
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LIM Protein Ajuba associates with the RPA complex through direct cell cycle-dependent interaction with the RPA70 subunit
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 2018 JUN 22; 8(?):? Article 9536
DNA damage response pathways are essential for genome stability and cell survival. Specifically, the ATR kinase is activated by DNA replication stress. An early event in this activation is the recruitment and phosphorylation of RPA, a single stranded DNA binding complex composed of three subunits, RPA70, RPA32 and RPA14. We have previously shown that the LIM protein Ajuba associates with RPA, and that depletion of Ajuba leads to potent activation of ATR. In this study, we provide evidence that the Ajuba-RPA interaction occurs through direct protein contact with RPA70, and that their association is cell cycle-regulated and is reduced upon DNA replication stress. We propose a model in which Ajuba negatively regulates the ATR pathway by directly interacting with RPA70, thereby preventing inappropriate ATR activation. Our results provide a framework to further our understanding of the mechanism of ATR regulation in human cells in the context of cellular transformation.
Galea S, Vaughan RD
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On Looking Ahead to Mitigate Threats to Population Health: A Public Health of Consequence, June 2018
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 2018 JUN; 108(6):722-723
Aires-de-Sousa M, Rodrigues S, Conceicao T, de Lencastre H
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Evaluation of Different Screening Methodologies for the Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Environmental Surfaces: Swabs, Gauzes, and Polywipes
MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE 2018 JUN; 24(5):585-589
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can survive for long periods on inanimate objects, and therefore, environmental surfaces constitute an important reservoir for dissemination. However, there is no standardized method for the detection of MRSA from environmental surfaces. The aim of the present study was to evaluate different screening methods to detect environmental MRSA contamination. A total of 294 samples were obtained from inanimate surfaces at a hospital in Luanda, Angola, and a hospital in SAo Tome and Principe, by three different methodologies: (1) sterile swabs moistened in saline solution, (2) sterile cotton gauzes moistened in tryptic soy broth, and (3) commercial premoistened sterile sponges (polywipes). After a broth enrichment step, all samples were plated onto tryptic soy agar and chromogenic selective media for S. aureus and for MRSA. The S. aureus isolates were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, spa typing, multilocus sequence typing, and SCCmec typing. Comparing the three screening methods, gauzes were the most effective (16 S. aureus out of 98 samples; 16.3%), followed by polywipes (4/98; 4.1%) and swabs (3/98; 3.1%). Moistened gauzes were the most sensitive method (p<0.00001), while screening with swabs was the least efficient (p=0.00002). The majority of the MRSA isolates (75%) belonged to the main clonal types previously found among patients and healthcare workers in the same hospitals: ST5-IVa (n=7; 44%) and ST88-IVa (n=5; 31%). The finding of MRSA on environmental surfaces is dependent on the screening methodology. Moistened gauzes followed by a broth enrichment step proved to be the most sensitive methodology compared to polywipes and swabs.
Mong EF, Akat KM, Canfield J, Lockhart J, VanWye J, Matar A, Tsibris JCM, Wu JK, Tuschl T, Totary-Jain H
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Modulation of LIN28B/Let-7 Signaling by Propranolol Contributes to Infantile Hemangioma Involution
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY 2018 JUN; 38(6):1321-1332
Objective Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common benign vascular neoplasms of infancy, characterized by a rapid growth phase followed by a spontaneous involution, or triggered by propranolol treatment by poorly understood mechanisms. LIN28/let-7 axis plays a central role in the regulation of stem cell self-renewal and tumorigenesis. However, the role of LIN28B/let-7 signaling in IH pathogenesis has not yet been elucidated. Approach and Results LIN28B is highly expressed in proliferative IH and is less expressed in involuted and in propranolol-treated IH samples as measured by immunofluorescence staining and quantitative RT-PCR. Small RNA sequencing analysis of IH samples revealed a decrease in microRNAs that target LIN28B, including let-7, and an increase in microRNAs in the mir-498(46) cistron. Overexpression of LIN28B in HEK293 cells induced the expression of miR-516b in the mir-498(46) cistron. Propranolol treatment of induced pluripotent stem cells, which express mir-498(46) endogenously, reduced the expression of both LIN28B and mir-498(46) and increased the expression of let-7. Furthermore, propranolol treatment reduced the proliferation of induced pluripotent stem cells and induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Conclusions This work uncovers the role of the LIN28B/let-7 switch in IH pathogenesis and provides a novel mechanism by which propranolol induces IH involution. Furthermore, it provides therapeutic implications for cancers in which the LIN28/let-7 pathway is imbalanced.
de la Gandara MP, Borges V, Chung M, Milheirico C, Gomes JP, de Lencastre H, Tomasz A
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Genetic Determinants of High-Level Oxacillin Resistance in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY 2018 JUN; 62(6):? Article e00206-18
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains carry either a mecA- or a mecC-mediated mechanism of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics, and the phenotypic expression of resistance shows extensive strain-to-strain variation. In recent communications, we identified the genetic determinants associated with the stringent stress response that play a major role in the antibiotic resistant phenotype of the historically earliest "archaic" clone of MRSA and in the mecC-carrying MRSA strain LGA251. Here, we sought to test whether or not the same genetic determinants also contribute to the resistant phenotype of highly and homogeneously resistant (H*R) derivatives of a major contemporary MRSA clone, USA300. We found that the resistance phenotype was linked to six genes (fruB, gmk, hpt, purB, prsA, and relA), which were most frequently targeted among the analyzed 20 H*R strains (one mutation per clone in 19 of the 20 H*R strains). Besides the strong parallels with our previous findings (five of the six genes matched), all but one of the repeatedly targeted genes were found to be linked to guanine metabolism, pointing to the key role that this pathway plays in defining the level of antibiotic resistance independent of the clonal type of MRSA.