Project description:Acetaminophen can adversely affect the liver especially when overdosed. We used whole blood as a surrogate to identify genes as potential early indicators of an acetaminophen-induced response. In a clinical study, healthy human subjects were dosed daily with 4g of either acetaminophen or placebo pills for 7 days and evaluated over the course of 14 days. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels for responders to acetaminophen increased between days 4 and 9 after dosing and 12 genes were detected with expression profiles significantly altered within 24hrs. The early responsive genes separated the subjects by class and dose period. In addition, the genes clustered patients who overdosed on acetaminophen apart from controls and also predicted the exposure classifications with 100% accuracy. The responsive genes serve as early indicators of an acetaminophen exposure and their gene expression profiles can potentially be evaluated as molecular indicators for further consideration. Randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical study. Healthy male and female individuals from 18 â 58 years old weighing 55 kg to 85 kg volunteered as subjects in the study. Subjects were enrolled for 14 days each and were acclimated for 3 days on a controlled, standardized whole-food diet in order to assure a uniform nutritional intake. Starting on day 0 and until day 7 relative to the start of dosing, each subject received daily repeat dosing every 6 hrs (i.e. 4x daily) of either 1g of acetaminophen or placebo pills orally. Blood was collected at 8 a.m. on each day of the clinical study for alanine aminotransferase (ALT) measurement and complete blood counts (CBC).
Project description:Acetaminophen can adversely affect the liver especially when overdosed. We used whole blood as a surrogate to identify genes as potential early indicators of an acetaminophen-induced response. In a clinical study, healthy human subjects were dosed daily with 4g of either acetaminophen or placebo pills for 7 days and evaluated over the course of 14 days. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels for responders to acetaminophen increased between days 4 and 9 after dosing and 12 genes were detected with expression profiles significantly altered within 24hrs. The early responsive genes separated the subjects by class and dose period. In addition, the genes clustered patients who overdosed on acetaminophen apart from controls and also predicted the exposure classifications with 100% accuracy. The responsive genes serve as early indicators of an acetaminophen exposure and their gene expression profiles can potentially be evaluated as molecular indicators for further consideration. Overdosed patients admitted to the emergency room. Five male and female individuals from 19 - 59 years old were admitted to the emergency room following an overdose on acetaminophen. The patients presented 12hrs to 4 days after ingestion. ALT and AST elevated peaking beyond 400 U/I and 120 U/I. Blood was collected 2 or 5 days following ingestion.
Project description:Background: Results obtained from our previous study using a label-free quantitation (LF) proteomic approach in which dynamic range compression was used to profile lower abundance proteins, demonstrated few proteins that were differentially abundant within the synovial fluid (SF) when comparing Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) responders and non-responders at baseline (1). This study builds upon our previous findings by assessing higher abundance proteins within these SFs; providing a more global proteome analysis from which we can understand more fully the biology underlying ACI success or failure. Methods: Isobaric tagging for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) proteomics was used to assess SFs from ACI responders (mean Lysholm improvement of 33; n=14) and non-responders (mean Lysholm decrease of 14; n=13) at the two stages of surgery (cartilage harvest and chondrocyte implantation). Differentially abundant proteins were investigated using pathway analyses and the iTRAQ proteomic dataset was combined with our published proteomic dataset of dynamically compressed SFs, from which an interactome network model of systemic protein interactions was generated. Results: iTRAQ proteomics has confirmed our previous finding that there is a marked proteome shift in response to cartilage harvest (70 and 54 proteins demonstrating ≥2.0 fold change between Stages I and II in responders and non-responders, respectively) and has highlighted 28 proteins that were differentially abundant between responders and non-responders to ACI, that were not found in the LF study; 16 of which were altered at baseline. Two protein abundance changes (Complement C1S subcomponent and Matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3), have been biochemically validated. Combination of the iTRAQ and LF proteomic datasets has generated in-depth SF proteome information that has been used to generate interactome networks representing ACI success or failure, from which functional pathways that are dysregulated in ACI non-responders have been identified. Conclusions: Several candidate biomarkers for baseline prediction of ACI outcome have been identified. A holistic overview of the SF proteome in responders and non-responders to ACI has been profiled providing a better understanding of the biological pathways underlying clinical outcome, particularly the differential response to cartilage harvest in non-responders.
Project description:In the present study we explored potential protein biomarkers useful to predict the therapeutic response of osteoarthritis (OA) patients treated with pharmaceutical grade Chondroitin sulfate/Glucosamine hydrochloride (CS+GH; Droglican, Bioiberica), in order to optimize therapeutic outcomes.
Project description:Pulmonary exacerbations (PEx) are clinically impactful events for individuals with CF. Unfortunately, many CF individuals with PEx fail to regain their baseline lung function despite treatment. The objective of this study was to use unbiased proteomic technology (LC-MS/MS) to identify novel blood protein biomarkers that change following intravenous (IV) antibiotic treatment and to explore if changes correlate with clinical response by the end of treatment. Blood samples from 25 PEx events derived from 22 unique CF adults were collected within 24 hours of hospital admission, day 5, day 10, and IV antibiotic completion. Three-hundred and forty-six blood proteins were evaluated with label-free liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) quantitative proteomics and immunoassays. Forty-seven plasma proteins changed significantly following 5 days of IV antibiotic treatment (q-value ≤ 0.10). Early change in IGF2R from hospital admission to day 5 correlated with overall change in symptom score (CFRSD-CRISS) by the end of treatment (r = -0.48, p-value = 0.04). Several plasma proteins identified and quantified by label-free LC-MS/MS changed early following treatment with IV antibiotics and many of these proteins are involved in complement activation and inflammatory/immune-related pathways. Early change in IGF2R correlated with symptom response following IV antibiotic treatment and requires further validation as a predictive biomarker of symptom response.
Project description:Experimentally infected Atlantic salmon post-smolts exhibited different outcomes of disease (CMS). High responder (HR) fish were characterized with sustained and increased viral load and pathology in heart tissue. Low responder (LR) fish showed declining viral load from 6-10 weeks post infection (wpi) and absence of pathology. Global gene expression analyses were performed to compare these groups. Virus-responsive genes involved in early antiviral and innate immune responses were upregulated equally in LR and HR at the first stage (2-4 wpi), reflecting the initial increase in virus replication. Repression of heart muscle development indicated the early onset of pathology. By six weeks both responder groups had comparable viral loads, while increased pathology was observed in HR fish. This was reflected by induced expression of genes implicated in apoptosis and cell death, presumably related to lymphocyte regulation and survival. In contrast, LR fish showed earlier activation of NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity and NOD-like receptor signaling pathways. At the late stage of infection, increased pathology and viral load in HR was accompanied by a broad activation of genes involved in adaptive immunity and particularly T cell responses, probably reflecting the increased infiltration and homing of virus-specific T cells to the infected heart. This was in sharp contrast to LR fish, where recovery and reduced viral load was associated with a significantly reduced transcription of adaptive immunity genes and activation of genes involved in energy metabolism. Atlantic salmon post smolts (average weight 50g) were challenged with the putative CMS causing pathogen (PMCV). Heart was sampled from challenged and control fish at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 wpi. Heart pathology was detectable earliest at 6 wpi and from this time-point, individuals were assigned to HR and LR.
Project description:Skin damage from solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) accumulates in the dermal extracellular matrix (ECM) and contributes to photoaging. Following UVR exposure, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are secreted by dermal fibroblasts to repair and remodel the ECM. Molecular signaling pathways delineating the induction of MMPs are currently well-defined; however, the effects of UV exposure on epigenetic mechanisms of MMP induction are not as well understood. An epigenetic mechanism would further describe how MMP genes are regulated in response to UV. In this study, we examined solar simulated UVR (ssUVR)-induced gene expression changes and alterations to histone methylation in the promoters of MMP1 and MMP3 in primary human dermal fibroblasts (HDF). This set of gene expression data was generated to identify photoaging related genes (including MMP) that were impacted by ssUVR exposure in our system. Primary neonatal human dermal fibroblasts (HDF) were irradiated a single time with 12 J/cm2 ssUVR. The sham treatments are negative controls (0 J/cm2 ssUVR). The cells were collected for gene expression analysis 1 day after exposure, and then 5 days after exposure. Affymetrix GeneChip Human Exon 1.0 ST arrays were used to characterize gene expression pattern alterations in response to ssUVR.
Project description:Transcriptional effects in liver, lung, spleen and blood samples from mice challenged to Sham and Sepsis by Peritoneal Contamination and Infection (PCI) were monitored after 6 and 24 hours 4 Tissues x 2 Time Resolved Treatment Groups x 4 Replicates, 4 Tissues x Sham Control x 3 Replicates
Project description:We performed a phase I/II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled dose-escalation study to examine the safety, immunogenicity, and biological effects of active immunization with interferon alpha-Kinoid (IFN-K) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Women 18-50 years of age with mild to moderate SLE were immunized with three (n=10) or four doses (n=9) of 30, 60, 120, 240 microgram IFN-K or saline. Anti-IFNalpha antibodies were detected in all IFN-K-immunized patients. Transcriptomic analysis separated patients at baseline into type I IFN signature-positive and -negative groups. IFN-K induced higher anti-IFNalpha titers in signature-positive than in signature-negative patients and, in signature-positive patients, reduced the expression of IFN-induced genes. The decrease in IFN score correlated with the anti-IFNalpha antibody titers, and with baseline IFN score. IFN-K or placebo was administered at day 0, day 7, day 28 in all patients. Half the subjects received a fourth injection at day 84 (see treatment protocol)