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Correspondence: A. Cartier, Hpital du Sacr-Coeur, 5400 Boul. Gouin Ouest, Montral, PQ, Canada, H4J 1C5. Keywords: Occupational asthma, occupational lung disease, peak expiratory flow, specific bronchial challenge Received: July 16 1993 Accepted for publication September 12 1993. Skin breach associated with indwelling catheters, wounds, burns, or onychomycosis. Deep-seated and disseminated infections caused by Fusarium spp. are being diagnosed with increasing frequency in patients with hematological Dyspnoea is a common symptom of bronchial carcinomas, and about half the patients in one series had airflow obstruction that was relieved by inhalation of fenoterol or ipratropium or salbutamol1. Restrictive lung disorders are also seen in association with carcinoma--in advanced disease involving the lungs2, after chemotherapy3, 5, and after radiotherapy--but the present patient had only a localized tumour of the bronchi, not the kind of generalized parenchymal disease usually associated with a restrictive spirometric pattern2. Why should her lung function have been worsened by salmeterol? The agent is a long-acting beta-1 and beta-2 agonist causing bronchodilation, vasodilation and tachycardia, and vasodilation in her stenosing tumour might have reduced air flow to the left lung. Another possibility is that tachycardia, coupled with her mitral stenosis, lowered her cardiac output. Oddly, this patient was tolerant of short-acting beta agonists such as salbutamol. This drug, with its shorter half-life, might have caused less vasodilation. Paradoxical bronchoconstriction with salmeterol has been described in patients with asthma who were tolerant of salbutamol7. The propellants in the inhaler were believed to be responsible, whereas with salbutamol any bronchoconstrictor effect might have been neutralized by the faster acting agent. This is unlikely to be the explanation in the present case since the pattern was restrictive rather than obstructive, and lung function did not improve with nebulized salbutamol, which lacks propellant.

ILARIO So do I. Take one every day. SERLING Altameyer called you? Ilario is taken aback only a bit. ILARIO No. Monfriez. Altameyer called Monfriez. He called me. SERLING That's nice, you three still stay in contact. Friends? ILARIO Not exactly. What do you call people who shared something like we did? SERLING Heroes. ILARIO Survivors, more like it. do you want to do this? So where. 1. D'Hallewin MA, Baert L, Vanherzeele H. In vivo fluorescence detection of human bladder carcinoma without sensitizing agents. J Paraplegia Soc 17, 161-164 1994 ; . 2. Georgakoudi I, Sheets EE, Muller MG, Backman V, Crum CP, Badizadegan K, Dasari RR, Feld MS. Trimodal spectroscopy for the detection and characterization of cervical precancers in vivo. J Obstet Gynecol 186, 374-382 2002 ; . 3. Gillenwater A, Jacob R, Richards-Kortum R. Fluorescence spectroscopy: a technique with potential to improve the early detection of aerodigestive tract neoplasia. Head Neck 20, 556-562 1998 ; . 4. Zellweger M, Grosjean P, Goujon D, Monnier P, Van den Bergh H, Wagnieres G. In vivo autofluorescence spectroscopy of human bronchial tissue to optimize the detection and imaging of early cancers. J Biomed Opt 6, 41-51 2001 ; . 5. Hyde N and Hopper C. Oral cancer: the importance of early referral. Practitioner 243, 753, 756-1 ; . 6. Silverman S. Early diagnosis of oral cancer. Cancer 62, 1796-1799 1988 ; . 7. Betz CS, Mehlmann M, Rick K, Stepp H, Grevers G, Baumgartner R, Leunig A. Autofluorescence imaging and spectroscopy of normal and malignant mucosa in patients with head and neck cancer. Lasers Surg Med 25, 323-334 1999 ; . 8. Chen CT, Wang CY, Kuo YS, Chiang HH, Chow SN, Hsiao LY, Chiang CP. Light-induced fluorescence spectroscopy: a potential diagnostic tool for oral neoplasia. Proc Natl Sci Counc Repub China B 20, 123-130 1996 ; . 9. Gillenwater A, Jacob R, Ganeshappa R, Kemp B, El Naggar AK, Palmer JL, Clayman G, Mitchell MF, Richards-Kortum R. Noninvasive diagnosis of oral neoplasia based on fluorescence spectroscopy and native tissue autofluorescence. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 124, 12511258 1998 ; . 10. Heintzelman DL, Utzinger U, Fuchs H, Zuluaga A, Gossage K, Gillenwater AM, Jacob R, Kemp B, Richards-Kortum RR. Optimal excitation wavelengths for in vivo detection of oral neoplasia using fluorescence spectroscopy. Photochem Photobiol 72, 103-113 2000 ; . 11. Majumder SK, Mohanty SK, Ghosh N, Gupta PK, Jain DK, Khan F. A pilot study on the use of autofluorescence spectroscopy for diagnosis of the cancer of human oral cavity. Current Science 79, 1089-1094 2000 ; . 12. Wang CY, Chiang HK, Chen CT, Chiang CP, Kuo YS, Chow SN. Diagnosis of oral cancer by light-induced autofluorescence spectroscopy using double excitation wavelengths. Oral Oncol 35, 144-150 1999 ; . 13. Hittelman WN, Voravud N, Shin DM, Lee JS, Ro JY, Hong WK. Early genetic changes during upper aerodigestive tract tumorigenesis. J Cell Biochem Suppl 17F, 233-236 1993 ; . 14. Kotelnikov VM, Coon JS, Taylor S, Hutchinson J, Panje W, Caldareill DD, LaFollette S, Preisler HD. Proliferation of epithelia of noninvolved mucosa in patients with head and neck cancer. Head Neck 18, 522-528 1996 ; . 15. Strong MS, Incze J, Vaughan CW. Field cancerization in the aerodigestive tract--its etiology, manifestation, and significance. J Otolaryngol 13, 1-6 1984 ; . 16. Thomson PJ. Field change and oral cancer: new evidence for widespread carcinogenesis? Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 31, 262-266 2002 ; . 17. Van Staveren HJ, Van Veen RL, Speelman OC, Witjes MJ, Star WM, Roodenburg JL. Classification of clinical autofluorescence spectra of oral leukoplakia using an artificial neural network: a pilot study. Oral Oncol 36, 286-293 2000.

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30. Thomassen, M. J., L. T. Buhrow, M. J. Connors, F. T. Kaneko, S. C. Erzurum, and M. S. Kavuru. 1997. Nitric oxide inhibits inflammatory cytokine production by human alveolar macrophages. Am.J.Respir.Cell Mol.Biol. 17: 279-283. 31. Bonfield, T. L., M. W. Konstan, P. Burfeind, J. R. Panuska, J. B. Hilliard, and M. Berger. 1995. Normal bronchial epithelial cells constitutively produce the antiinflammatory cytokine interleukin-10, which is downregulated in cystic fibrosis. Am.J.Respir.Cell Mol.Biol. 13: 257-261. 32. Raychaudhuri, B., C. J. Fisher, C. F. Farver, A. Malur, J. Drazba, M. S. Kavuru, and M. J. Thomassen. 2000. Interleukin 10 IL-10 ; -mediated inhibition of inflammatory cytokine production by human alveolar macrophages. Cytokine 12: 1348-1355. 33. Clark, R. B. 2002. The role of PPARs in inflammation and immunity. J.Leukoc.Biol. 71: 388-400. 34. Moore, K. J., E. D. Rosen, M. L. Fitzgerald, F. Randow, L. P. Andersson, D. Altshuler, D. S. Milstone, R. M. Mortensen, B. M. Spiegelman, and M. W. Freeman. 2001. The role of PPAR- in macrophage differentiation and cholesterol uptake. Nat.Med. 7: 41-47. 35. Wang, A. C. C., X. Dai, B. Luu, and D. J. Conrad. 2001. Peroxisome proliferatoractivated receptor- regulates airway epithelial cell activation. Am.J.Respir.Cell Mol.Biol. 2001: 688-693 and bumetanide DEAD LIFT LEVER A lever tumbler with a gate cut as high as possible through the bar so that in its rest position the gate is in line with the fence. Any lifting of a dead lift lever will block the bolt. DEADLOCK A lock with a deadbolt but with no other bolt or latch. DEADLOCKING LATCH A latch or springbolt with a small antithrust bar mounted alongside, parallel to the main latch, which resists forcing. Also called an anti-shim springbolt, a deadlatch or, occasionally, an anti-pick latch. DECODER GAGE A gage used in reading the combinations of certain locks. Also called a tumbler gage. See also reading. DECODING Any of a number of techniques for determining the combination of a key, such as 1 ; searching through a code listing when a code number is known, 2 ; reading the size of the key cuts by micrometer, 3 ; reading the size of the key cuts with a depth gage, 4 ; reading the lock. DEPARTMENT MASTER KEY A master key which allows one department of an organization to open all locks to which it should have access, no matter where the locks are located. DEPTH AND SPACING GUIDE CHART A chart which shows the number of increments a manufacturer uses, the size of each increment, the spacing between each key cut and the spacing between the shoulder of the key and the first key cut. Depth and spacing guide charts list manufactuers' specifications for most popular locks. DEPTH GAGE See key depth gage. DEPTH GUIDE Another name for the key guide on a key machine. DEPTH KEY - One of a series of keys precut to the spacing and increment specifications of a given lock manufacturer to aid in cutting keys by code. Also called depth and spacer keys or guide keys, or depth and spacing keys. DEPTH OF KEY CUT The distance between the top edge of an uncut key blade and the root of the key cut. DERIVATIVE CODE A code series which uses the same list of.

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Angioedema: swelling in the deep cutaneous layer, but the skin may appear normal. Antihistamines: drugs that inhibit allergy symptoms by blocking the actions of histamine at the H1 receptor. Older sedating antihistamines cause drowsiness and or loss of concentration and may affect psychomotor performance. Nonsedating antihistamines have poor penetration of the CNS, resulting in no sedative or psychomotor adverse effects. Asthma: is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by airway obstruction, which is at least partially reversible with or without medication, and manifests increased bronchial responsiveness to a variety of stimuli. Atopic dermatitis: is a chronic or recurrent atopic inflammatory skin disease that usually begins in the first few years of life. It is often the initial clinical manifestation of an atopic predisposition, with many children later developing asthma and or allergic rhinitis. Atopy: the genetic tendency to develop the "classical" allergic diseases, namely, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and atopic dermatitis. Atopy is typically associated with a genetically determined capacity to mount IgE responses to common allergens, especially inhaled allergens and food allergens. Beta2-agonists: drugs that are used in the treatment of asthma for short-acting quick relief, long-term 12-hour control, and for preventing exercise-induced bronchospasm. The bronchial smooth muscle relaxes in response to beta2adrenergic receptor stimulation. Chlorofluorocarbon CFC ; : propellant used in MDIs to deliver inhaled asthma medications. Other propellants HFA-134 ; will be replacing CFCs in the future because CFCs deplete the ozone layer. Conjunctivitis: a group of ocular disorders that result in inflammation of the conjunctiva. May be of allergic or nonallergic origin. Contact dermatitis: refers to a broad range of reactions resulting from the direct contact of an exogenous agent allergen or irritant ; with the surface of the skin. Corticosteroids: medications related to cortisone with anti-inflammatory effects useful in many allergic conditions. Newer preparations for lung, nasal, and skin use minimize risk for side effects. Cromolyn sodium Nedocromil sodium: are topical nonsteroid antiinflammatory agents. DBPCFC: double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge. Considered the "gold standard" for diagnosing food allergies and buprenorphine.

The ION, maxillary buccal gingiva, and cranial nerves were each stimulated for 10-second periods at 5 to and 40 Hz with pulses of 2 ms, with use of a Nihon Koden Model SEM7103 stimulator. Fig. 1 is a diagram of sites for the sectioning and stimulation of the nerve and for the recording of blood flow FIG. 1. Time course of the actreotide inhibition of TSH in five TSH-secreting adenoma-bearing patients. Data duplicates with less than 10% variation. The mean inhibition is given in the inset with the same abcissa. correspond to the adenoma as listed in Table 2. * ; , P 0.01 by paired Student's test as compared to TSH plasma the injection and buspirone.

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Marklund B, Tunster A and Bengtsson C. How often is the diagnosis bronchial asthma correct? Family Practice 1999; 16: 112116. Background. There are studies indicating that bronchial asthma is often underdiagnosed, while only a little research has been conducted as concerns overdiagnosing asthma. Objective. We aimed to estimate the number of patients who have been given the wrong diagnosis of asthma. Methods. All patients aged above 18 years who had visited two GPs during 1994 or 1995, with the diagnosis of bronchial asthma confirmed in the medical register, were examined by a specialist in allergies. Results. One hundred and twenty-three patients fulfilled the criteria for being included in the study. Eighty-six patients 70% ; attended the examination. Of these, 51 59% ; had bronchial asthma, six 7% ; asthma in combination with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD ; and 29 34% ; no asthmatic disease. Conclusion. The study indicates that more accuracy is needed when diagnosing bronchial asthma. Keywords. Bronchial asthma, diagnosis, primary health care.

Figure 2. The dose levels in relation to course numbers 1 to 9. shown, all patients started on step + 1 at course 1. Depending on haematological tolerance they were escalated, reduced or stayed on the same step for the following courses. The different chemotherapy doses for the different dose-steps -- to + 4 are given in Table 1. The number of patients treated at each course is given above each course bar. The number of patients in 2 percent treated at each dose step for each course can be red on the Y-axis. The course number is depicted under the X-axis and busulfan.

Peribronchial edema and inflammation in the lung ; . Rats exposed for 2 minutes manifested histological damage and BAL parameter alterations at 1, 509 ppm fluoride, and impaired lung function at 4, 643 ppm. No adverse respiratory effects were observed at 563 ppm fluoride. In the rats exposed for 10 minutes, histopathological alterations necrosis of the trachea only ; and BAL parameters polymorphonuclear leukocytes and myeloperoxidase levels only ; were observed at 903 ppm fluoride ; impaired respiratory function was observed at 1, 676 ppm fluoride. No adverse effects were observed at 257 ppm fluoride. The respiratory effects were consistently more severe in the rats exposed for 2 minutes as compared to 10 minutes, when exposure was expressed as the product of concentration x time. In other experiments, rats were exposed for 60 minutes to hydrogen fluoride. No adverse respiratory effects were observed at 19 or ppm. Respiratory effects observed in nose-breathing rats were limited to the nose. Necrosis and acute inflammation of the ventral meatus, nasal septum, and nasoturbinates were observed in rats exposed to 6, 072 ppm for 2 minutes and 1, 586 ppm for 10 minutes. A dramatic decrease in breathing frequency was also observed in the nose-breathing rats; within the first minute of exposure, breathing frequency was 3235% of the preexposure levels. The decrease in breathing frequency, which is a component of reflex apnea, is a response to sensory irritation. Similar results were observed in rats exposed to 1, 235 ppm fluoride for 30 minutes. Moderate to severe fibronecrotic rhinitis and large fibrin thrombi in the submucosa and hemorrhage were observed in the nasal cavity of nose-breathing rats; no nasal lesions were observed in similarly exposed rats fitted with a tracheal cannula to simulate mouth-breathing. Epithelial, submucusal, and cartilage necrosis in the trachea, trace levels of neutrophils in the alveoli, and necrosis of the bronchi were observed in the mouthbreathing rats, but not in the nose-breathing rats, suggesting that the toxicity of hydrogen fluoride occurs at the point of entry. Reflex apnea, as evidenced by a marked decrease in breathing frequency, was observed in the nose-breathing rats. Based on differences in minute ventilation rates, the study authors estimated that the mouth-breathing rats inhaled 27% more hydrogen fluoride than the nose-breathing rats. Pulmonary hemorrhage was noted in dogs, rabbits, and rats exposed to 31 ppm fluoride as hydrogen fluoride for 6 hours day, 6 days week for 5 weeks Stokinger 1949 ; . At 8.2 ppm fluoride, no effect was seen in rats or rabbits, and localized hemorrhages were seen in only 1 5 dogs. Pulmonary hemorrhage, alveolar inflammation, and hyperplasia of the bronchial epithelium were observed in guinea pigs that died due to exposure to 18 ppm fluoride as hydrogen fluoride for 67 hours day, 5 days week for about 35 days Machle and Kitzmiller 1935 ; . This effect was not readily reversible. The one surviving guinea pig had alveolar exudates, thickening of the alveolar walls, and hemorrhages of the lungs when necropsied 9 months after the conclusion of the full 50-day exposure period. Similarly, all four rabbits exposed under the same conditions had lobular pneumonia and leucocytic infiltration of the alveolar walls, sometimes with edema and thickening of the walls, when.

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Global bio-suppliers scale up in India The Board of Directors of Alfa Laval India ; Ltd has given its approval to Alfa Laval Holding AB, Sweden, to establish a wholly owned subsidiary in India. Similarly, Cambrex too has firmed up its position in India by combining its different divisions under one umbrella, Cambrex India. Sartorius AG, the German-based laboratory and process technology major in biotechnology and mechatronics, is planning to make a major capital investment in India towards setting up an integrated production facility as well as an R&D laboratory. The projects in India will be implemented in multiple phases, with an initial investment of US$ 5 million. The company will also look into an expansion of the R&D team in India with more scientists and engineers. Further, with the suppliers segment finding favour with the government on customs duty reduction, the market is expected to grow further. The Union Budget 2005 has announced reduction of custom duty to 5 per cent on nine specified equipments. These R&D equipments are used extensively in the pharma and biotech sectors and butorphanol.
Cappuzzo F, Magrini E, Ceresoli GL, Bartolini S, Rossi E, Ludovini V, et al. Akt phosphorylation and gefitinib efficacy in patients with advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2004; 96: 1133 ; Nam SY, Lee HS, Jung GA, Choi J, Cho SJ, Kim MK, et al. Akt PKB activation in gastric carcinomas correlates with clinicopathologic variables and prognosis. Apmis 2003; 111: 110513. ; Schlieman MG, Fahy BN, Ramsamooj R, Beckett L, Bold RJ. Incidence, mechanism and prognostic value of activated AKT in pancreas cancer. Br J Cancer 2003; 89: 2110 ; Mukohara T, Kudoh S, Yamauchi S, Kimura T, Yoshimura N, Kanazawa H, et al. Expression of epidermal growth factor receptor EGFR ; and downstream-activated peptides in surgically excised non-small-cell lung cancer NSCLC ; . Lung Cancer 2003; 41: 12330. ; Tsao AS, McDonnell T, Lam S, Putnam JB, Bekele N, Hong WK, et al. Increased phospho-AKT Ser 473 expression in bronchial dysplasia: implications for lung cancer prevention studies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2003; 12: 660 ; Lee SH, Kim HS, Park WS, Kim SY, Lee KY, Kim SH, et al. Non-small cell lung cancers frequently express phosphorylated Akt; an immunohistochemical study. Apmis 2002; 110: 58792. ; Cappuzzo F, Gregorc V, Rossi E, Cancellieri A, Magrini E, Paties CT, et al. Gefitinib in pretreated non-small-cell lung cancer NSCLC ; : analysis of efficacy and correlation with HER2 and epidermal growth factor receptor expression in locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC. J Clin Oncol 2003; 21: 2658.

We hypothesized that there would be significant differences in the overall effectiveness of olanzapine, perphenazine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone in treating schizophrenia that reflected variations in efficacy and tolerability. The primary outcome measure was the discontinuation of treatment for any cause, a discrete outcome selected because stopping or changing medication is a frequent occurrence and major problem in the treatment of schizophrenia. In addition, this measure integrates patients' and clinicians' judgments of efficacy, safety, and tolerability into a global measure of effectiveness that reflects their evaluation of therapeutic benefits in relation to undesirable effects. The key secondary outcomes were the specific reasons for the discontinuation of treatment e.g., inefficacy or and byetta.

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Found to be less closely correlated. Whilst the SSCAChhistamine response correlation reached statistical significance, the MSCACh-histamine response correlation failed to do so. On first sight, these results seem to contradict each other. How can the closely correlated responses to two challenges show marked differences in their correlation to the result of a third one? A comparison of figure 2 and 3 offers a probable answer to this question. Thirteen subjects without a measured PD10 MSCACh ; had to be excluded from the MSCAChhistamine response correlation. In contrast, the SSCAChhistamine response correlation only lacked three subjects without a measured PC20 histamine ; . Thus, the statistical analysis of the SSCACh-histamine response correlation did benefit from a group of data points from SSCACh-normoresponsive individuals, who, with one exception, did not participate in the statistical analysis of the MSCACh-histamine response correlation. The observed failure of the MSCACh-histamine response correlation to reach statistical significance is in marked contrast to the results of previous studies that compared the responses to a MSCACh with those to pharmacological provocations, and found statistically significant correlations [812]. This discrepancy cannot be explained by histamine-methacholine response differences, as these two types of pharmacological provocation produce closely correlated bronchial reactions [26, 27]. One obvious difference is that previous studies were performed in adults, whilst the present one employed children and adolescents. Applying challenges to children with respiratory tracts of widely differing dimensions makes size correction of the bronchoconstrictor stimulus a crucial issue. Such size correction is relatively simple for the voluntary hyperventilation of cold, dry air of the dimension, which is adjusted according to the subject's own prechallenge MVV. Aerosol application of bronchoconstrictors, however, faces major unresolved problems of size correction, such as dilution by air entrainment and widely varying deposition patterns [28]. Lack of effective size correction of the aerosol stimulus in the histamine provocation could, thus, have contributed to the presently observed weak MSCAChhistamine response correlation. Such problems of size correction, however, might have had a much smaller impact on previous studies in adults, which, as a consequence, were able to document closer response correlations. If this speculation is valid, one has to conclude that a physical stimulus, such as CACh, is much better suited for comparing bronchial responses in children over a wider size and age range, than any provocation that applies aerosolized bronchoconstrictors. Both types of CACh produced closely correlated responses. The SSCACh-histamine response correlation, however, showed considerable scatter, and the MSCAChhistamine response correlation failed to reach statistical significance altogether. In addition to the problems discussed above with size-correction of the aerosol stimulus, this finding might stem from the obvious differences in stimuli applied and mechanisms activated, that exist between a CACh and a histamine provocation. Unlike aerosols of histamine and methacholine, CACh does not and bronchial.

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Stratified care. The main outcome measures were headache response and disability time per treated attack for 6 attacks ; . Results of the study demonstrated that stratified care provided significantly better clinical outcomes than either step-care approach.44 It is now recognized that successful treatment relies on matching the appropriate treatment to the severity and disability of migraine, as well as to the migraine stage. Many patients fare better if they are treated with a triptan at the beginning of their attack, when the triptan is most effective.45, 46 In addition to patients faring better with a stratified treatment approach, this approach may be less costly. Step-care approaches require patients to return for additional office visits and prescriptions if the initial treatment fails. Failed prescriptions, increased use of rescue medication, and return office visits are all associated with increased direct costs for migraine care. In addition, patients may experience several attacks before finding the correct treatment, which could cause decreased work productivity and, therefore, increase the indirect costs of migraine as well. Treating Migraine Early and When Mild Clinical trials designed to evaluate migraine therapies typically require patients to wait until their headaches are moderate or severe in intensity before administering the study medication. The argument for early intervention, however, gained support from a post hoc analysis of the Spectrum Study, a large, randomized, placebo-controlled study of patients with disabling headaches.47 The subjects of this post hoc analysis were a subgroup of patients who violated protocol by treating their headaches while pain was mild in intensity. Pain-free rates were found to be higher when patients received the study drug sumatriptan 50 mg ; while their headaches were mild compared with when their headaches were moderate or severe 85% versus 48% at 4 hours; see Figure 4 ; . There was also a trend toward lower headache recurrence in headaches treated while pain was mild compared with moderate or severe pain 13% versus 18% ; . The study concluded that patients with disabling migraine may benefit from early and campral.
Annual Conference of the Society for Glycobiology 67 ; Analysis of Individual Tracheo-Bronchial Mucin O-Glycosylation Profiles Yann Guerardel1, Shin-Yi Yu1, David J. Thornton3, John K. Sheehan4, Mehmet Kesimer4, Raymond Pickles4 and Kay-Hooi Khoo1, 2 [1] Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, [2] Core Facility for Proteomic Research, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, [3] School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom, [4] Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. In pathological conditions, mucus from airways exhibits altered physicochemical properties which may have profound physiological repercussions. Indeed, important modifications of O-glycosylation pattern have been reported in cystic fibrosis CF ; bronchial mucus [1]. In particular, an increased sulfation and sialylation that lead to an up-regulation of Sulfo- and Sialo-Lewis x motifs would account for the increased susceptibility of CF patients towards Pseudomonas aeruginosa respiratory tract infection [2]. Full understanding of the biological relevance of these observations is undermined by a lack of information concerning both the fine organisation of cell surface and secreted mucins within the non-pathological mucus layers and the glycosylation patterns of their individual components. However, recent advances in massspectrometry techniques associated with development of specific protocols aimed at the separation of individual mucin glycoforms has opened up new fields of investigations. To provide a better insight into the mucin structure of normal epithelia and modifications occurring during airways pathologies, we have purified and characterized intact mucins according to their physico-chemical properties, their location within the mucus layer and their MUC gene origin from both healthy individuals and early-passage normal human tracheo-bronchial epithelial NHTBE ; cell cultures. Some mucins could be further fractionated into distinct glycoforms that presented distinct sulfation patterns on the basis of their chromatographic properties. The identity of each mucin sample was established prior to analysis of the O-glycans through a combination of biochemistry and proteomic methods. O-glycosylation profiles of each purified mucin were then mapped by mass spectrometry techniques, based primarily on the use of the MALDI-QTOF instrument. Characteristic fragmentation patterns established by MALDI-CID MS-MS on a large panel of permethylated purified O-glycans permitted a facile discrimination between closely related glycan motifs. In particular, we took advantage of both linkage-specific loss of fucose residues and specific elimination of C-3 substitutions on GlcNAc to easily identify Lewis type motifs directly from CID MS-MS fragmentation patterns. We further observed a partial desulphation of sulphated O-glycans upon laser desorption that eases both their identification in mixture, and their subsequent sequencing by CID MS-MS. On these bases, we analysed the Oglycosylation patterns of diverse bronchial mucins preparations, first on total O-glycans preparations and then after HPLC separation and mild periodate oxidation. This strategy permitted in a first set of experiments to confirm the extraordinary diversity of mucin-type O-glycosylation, establishing that CF mucus, used as reference material, comprises at least one thousand different Oglycans. Furthermore, it appeared that CF mucus exhibits a much more complex O-glycan profile than total secretions from NHTBE cell cultures, in part owing to the expression of specific motifs such as core 4 GlcNAc 13 ; [GlcNAc 1-6 ; ]GalNAc ; structure which is totally absent from cell culture secretions. [1] Davril, M. et al. 1999 ; Glycobiology 9, 311-321 [2] Scharfman, A. et al. 2000 ; Glycoconj. J. 17, 735-740 68 ; Structural Assignment of Isomeric 2-Aminopyridine Derivatized Oligosaccharides Using Msn Spectral Matching Yasuhiro Takegawa1, Shinya Ito2, Shinji Yoshioka3, Kisaburo Deguchi1, Hiroaki Nakagawa1, Kenji Monde1 and Shin-Ichiro Nishimura1 [1] Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Frontier Research Center for Post-genomic Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021, Japan, [2] Hitachi High-Technologies Co., Hitachinaka, 312-8504, Japan, [3] Naka Customer Center, Hitachi Science Systems Co., Hitachinaka, 312-8504, Japan. The rapid growing interest in biological role of oligosaccharides and glycoproteins has been resulting in the widespread use of mass spectrometry MS ; for their analysis as well as peptide and protein analysis. However, it is still a big challenge for MS to determine isomeric monosaccharide component, linkage position, anomeric configuration, and branching appearing in a diversity of oligosaccharide structures[1, 2]. So far, the 2-dimensional 2D ; or 3-D mapping method[3, 4] has been used for analyzing N-glycans. It is combined high-performance lipuid chromatography HPLC ; analysis using ion exchange, silica-ODS and amide columns, oligosaccharide derivatization by.

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