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Epidemiological studies have shown that prenatal triphenyl phosphate (TPhP) exposure is related to abnormal neurobehavior in children. However, the neurodevelopmental toxicity of TPhP in mammals is limited. To study the neurodevelopmental toxicity of TPhP in mammals and investigate the underlying mechanism, we used a mouse intrauterine TPhP exposure model. We measured the inflammatory factors (IL-6, TNFα) and NFκB levels, and tryptophan metabolism in placentae, detected the fetal brain transcriptome, hippocampal neuron development and neurobehavioral in the male offspring...

Humans are exposed to environmental microplastic (MPs) that can be frequent in surrounding environment. The mesenchymal stromal cells are a heterogeneous population, which contain fibroblasts and stromal cells, progenitor cells and stem cells. They are part of the stromal component of most tissue and organs in our organisms. Any injury to their functions may impair tissue renewal and homeostasis. We evaluated the effects of different size MPs that could be present in water bottles on human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMMSCs) and adipose mesenchymal stromal cells (AMSCs)...

Neuronal programming by forced expression of transcription factors (TFs) holds promise for clinical applications of regenerative medicine. However, the mechanisms by which TFs coordinate their activities on the genome and control distinct neuronal fates remain obscure. Using direct neuronal programming of embryonic stem cells, we dissected the contribution of a series of TFs to specific neuronal regulatory programs. We deconstructed the Ascl1-Lmx1b-Foxa2-Pet1 TF combination that has been shown to generate serotonergic neurons and found that stepwise addition of TFs to Ascl1 canalizes the neuronal fate into a diffuse monoaminergic fate...

Children's Oncology Group trial AHOD0431 reduced systemic therapy and used response-adapted involved-field radiotherapy (IFRT) in early-stage pediatric classical Hodgkin lymphoma. We investigated the impact of PET response after 1 cycle (PET1) and IFRT on outcomes and relapse pattern. Patients on AHOD 0431 underwent PET1 response assessment after AVPC (doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone, and cyclophosphamide). "Rapid early responders" (RER) had a negative PET1; "slow early responders" (SER) had a positive PET1...

Sub-micrometer particles derived from the fragmentation of plastics in the environment can enter the food chain and reach humans, posing significant health risks. To date, there is a lack of adequate toxicological assessment of the effects of nanoplastics (NPs) in mammalian systems, particularly in humans. In this work, we evaluated the potential toxic effects of three different NPs in vitro: two NPs obtained by laser ablation (polycarbonate (PC) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET1)) and one (PET2) produced by nanoprecipitation...

In a recent study, Kitt, Tabuchi, and colleagues unveiled a novel function of an early-stage transcriptional network to maintain the adult integrity of serotonergic connectivity. Reported axonal and synaptic morphological alterations in serotonin (5-HT) neurons after selective inactivation of Lmx1b/Pet1 transcriptional networks may help to understand aging and neurodegenerative processes.

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to sequence, assemble, and annotate three plasmids (two IncN and one IncI1) carrying the blaCTX-M-1 gene and assess their transferability rates between homologous and heterologous serovars and/or species of bacteria. METHODS: First, the plasmids were sequenced, assembled, and annotated. They were then transferred from three donor strains (Escherichia coli/IncN, S. Heidelberg/IncN, and S. Heidelberg/IncI1) into nine recipient strains (S...

Assembly of transcriptomes encoding unique neuronal identities requires selective accessibility of transcription factors to cis-regulatory sequences in nucleosome-embedded postmitotic chromatin. Yet, the mechanisms controlling postmitotic neuronal chromatin accessibility are poorly understood. Here, we show that unique distal enhancers define the Pet1 neuron lineage that generates serotonin (5-HT) neurons in mice. Heterogeneous single cell chromatin landscapes are established early in postmitotic Pet1 neurons and reveal the putative regulatory programs driving Pet1 neuron subtype identities...

Neurons must function for decades of life, but how these non-dividing cells are preserved is poorly understood. Using mouse serotonin (5-HT) neurons as a model, we report an adult-stage transcriptional program specialized to ensure the preservation of neuronal connectivity. We uncover a switch in Lmx1b and Pet1 transcription factor function from controlling embryonic axonal growth to sustaining a transcriptomic signature of 5-HT connectivity comprising functionally diverse synaptic and axonal genes. Adult-stage deficiency of Lmx1b and Pet1 causes slowly progressing degeneration of 5-HT synapses and axons, increased susceptibility of 5-HT axons to neurotoxic injury, and abnormal stress responses...

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were significantly associated with fertility restoration of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) PET1 by the restorer gene Rf1 . For these SNPs, four Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) markers were successfully designed. The KASP markers cover the fertility restorer locus Rf1 , spanning about 3 Mb, and clearly differentiate restorer and maintainer lines. For genetic purity testing in sunflower hybrid production, the efficiency for detecting contaminations in samples was simulated using mixtures of hypocotyls or leaves...

PURPOSE: 18 F-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography (18 F-FDG PET-CT) data in HIV-associated Hodgkin lymphoma (HIV-HL) are scarcely reported. In addition to the description of the characteristics of both baseline and interim 18 F-FDG PET-CT examinations (PET1 and iPET, respectively), the aim of this study was to assess the prognostic value of PET1 and previously identified clinical parameters in this population. PATIENTS AND METHODS: PET1 of 109 patients with HIV-HL, treated with doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine chemotherapy regimen since 2007, and 104 iPET were centrally reviewed...

The serotonergic system of mammals innervates virtually all the central nervous system and regulates a broad spectrum of behavioral and physiological functions. In mammals, serotonergic neurons located in the rostral raphe nuclei encompass diverse sub-systems characterized by specific circuitry and functional features. Substantial evidence suggest that functional diversity of serotonergic circuits has a molecular and connectivity basis. However, the landscape of intrinsic developmental mechanisms guiding the formation of serotonergic sub-systems is unclear...

We compared the accuracy of prediction of the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in osteosarcoma patients between machine learning approaches of whole tumor utilizing fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) uptake heterogeneity features and a convolutional neural network of the intratumor image region. In 105 patients with osteosarcoma, 18 F-FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) images were acquired before (baseline PET0) and after NAC (PET1). Patients were divided into responders and non-responders about neoadjuvant chemotherapy...

The mechanism of death in Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains unknown but it is hypothesised that cardiorespiratory failure of brainstem origin results in early post-natal death. For a subset of SIDS infants, an underlying genetic cause may be present, and genetic abnormalities affecting brainstem respiratory control may result in abnormalities that are detectable before death. Genetic knockout mice models were developed in the 1990s and have since helped to elucidate the physiological roles of a number of genes...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S): Biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) is a new radiation modality that utilizes real-time limited time sampled FDG PET images of a tumor to deliver a dynamically tracked dose distribution. Since the delivered radiotherapy dose is dependent on the FDG distribution at each fraction, the ability to deliver the planned dose despite variations in daily FDG signal must be established. This study evaluates the predicted dose distribution for BgRT based on serial FDG scans obtained over a course of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR)...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate 18 F-FLT PET/CT as an early prognostic imaging biomarker of long-term overall survival (OS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) in soft tissue sarcoma (STS) patients treated with neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) and surgical resection. Methods: This is a 10-year follow up of a previous, single-center, single-arm, prospective clinical trial. Patients underwent 18 F-FLT PET/CT prior to treatment (PET1) and after NAT (PET2). Post-treatment pathology specimens were assessed for tumor necrosis / fibrosis as well as Ki-67 and TK1 expression...

A pericellular basket is a presynaptic configuration of numerous axonal boutons outlining a target neuron soma and its proximal dendrites. Recent studies show neurochemical diversity of pericellular baskets and suggest that neurotransmitter usage together with the dense, soma-proximal boutons may permit strong input effects on different timescales. Here we review the development, distribution, neurochemical phenotypes, and possible functions of pericellular baskets. As an example, we highlight pericellular baskets formed by projections of certain Pet1/Fev neurons of the serotonergic raphe nuclei...

Objective: In extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, therapeutic management is difficult in the absence of reliable tool to affirm healing at the end of treatment. In this prospective multicenter study, we evaluated [18 F]FDG-PET for this purpose. Methods: Forty-two patients out of 55 included patients could be analyzed. Additionally to usual biological, histological and morphological explorations, [18 F]FDG-PET was performed at diagnosis (PET1), at the end of treatment (PET2), indeed 6 months later. Then patients were followed until 12 months after end of prescribed treatment...

PURPOSE: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the use of [68Ga]Ga-PSMA PET/CT in therapy response assessment (TRA) of mCRPC patients treated with [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 and its correlation with overall survival (OS). METHODS: Thirty-nine patients were included in the study. Patient-/lesion-based early and late response assessment (ERA/LRA) was defined as PET2 (after two therapy cycles) vs. PET1 (before the first cycle) (n = 29) and end of treatment PET vs...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate 18 F-FDG PET/CT as an early and late interim imaging biomarker in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who undergo first-line systemic therapy. Methods: This was a prospective, single-center, single-arm, open-label study (IRB12-000770). Patient receiving first-line chemotherapy were planned to undergo baseline 18 F-FDG PET/CT, early interim 18 F-FDG PET/CT, and late interim 18 F-FDG PET/CT. Cutoffs for metabolic and radiographic tumor response assessment as selected and established by receiver-operating-characteristic analysis were applied (modified PERCIST/RECIST1...