New research shows Lewy body disease can be detected before symptoms NatureMedicine
The purification of recombinant wild-type α-syn was performed as previously reportedBL21 bacteria from a glycerol stock were streaked on a selective plate and incubated at 37 °C overnight. A single colony was selected and inoculated into 5 ml Luria Broth with kanamycin and allowed to grow for 4–5 h at 37 °C with continuous agitation at 250 r.p.m.
5 by adding 400–600 µl NaOH 1 M . The protein extract was filtered through a 0.22-µm filter , loaded into a Ni–NTA column on an NGC chromatography system and washed with 20 mM Tris, pH 7.5 at room temperature. The column was further washed with 50 mM imidazole in Tris 20 mM, pH 7.5, generating a peak that was not collected. A linear gradient up to 500 mM imidazole in 20 mM Tris, pH 7.5 was performed and the peak was collected between 30% and 75% of imidazole buffer .
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Efficacy of an Allergy Clinical Decision Rule to Enable Direct Oral Penicillin ChallengeThis randomized clinical trial aims to determine whether a direct oral penicillin challenge is noninferior to the standard of care of penicillin skin testing followed by an oral challenge in patients with a low-risk penicillin allergy.
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Toxicology knowledge graph for structural birth defects - Communications MedicineClarke, Evangelista et al. use a knowledge graph (ReproTox-KG) to characterize associations between small molecule compounds and their potential to induce specific birth abnormalities. They identify over 500 birth defect/gene/drug connections that can explain molecular mechanisms for drug-induced birth defects.
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A framework for individualized splice-switching oligonucleotide therapy - NatureWhole-genome sequencing analyses in a cohort of individuals with ataxia-telangiectasia are used to identify genetic variants that might be amenable to treatment with splice-switching antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), and develop ASOs with therapeutic potential.
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Prospective phenotyping of CHAMP1 disorder indicates that coding mutations may not act through haploinsufficiency - Human GeneticsCHAMP1 disorder is a genetic neurodevelopmental condition caused by mutations in the CHAMP1 gene that result in premature termination codons. The disorder is associated with intellectual disability, medical comorbidities, and dysmorphic features. Deletions of the CHAMP1 gene, as part of 13q34 deletion syndrome, have been briefly described with the suggestion of a milder clinical phenotype. To date, no studies have directly assessed differences between individuals with mutations in CHAMP1 to those with deletions of the gene. We completed prospective clinical evaluations of 16 individuals with mutations and eight with deletions in CHAMP1. Analyses revealed significantly lower adaptive functioning across all domains assessed (i.e., communication, daily living skills, socialization, and motor skills) in the mutation group. Developmental milestones and medical features further showed difference between groups. The phenotypes associated with mutations, as compared to deletions, indicate likely difference in pathogenesis between groups, where deletions are acting through CHAMP1 haploinsufficiency and mutations are acting through dominant negative or gain of function mechanisms, leading to a more severe clinical phenotype. Understanding this pathogenesis is important to the future of novel therapies for CHAMP1 disorder and illustrates that mechanistic understanding of mutations must be carefully considered prior to treatment development.
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Prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure is associated with changes in rhesus macaque DNA methylation enriched for autism genes - Clinical EpigeneticsBackground With the growing availability of cannabis and the popularization of additional routes of cannabis use beyond smoking, including edibles, the prevalence of cannabis use in pregnancy is rapidly increasing. However, the potential effects of prenatal cannabis use on fetal developmental programming remain unknown. Results We designed this study to determine whether the use of edible cannabis during pregnancy is deleterious to the fetal and placental epigenome. Pregnant rhesus macaques consumed a daily edible containing either delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (2.5 mg/7 kg/day) or placebo. DNA methylation was measured in 5 tissues collected at cesarean delivery (placenta, lung, cerebellum, prefrontal cortex, and right ventricle of the heart) using the Illumina MethylationEPIC platform and filtering for probes previously validated in rhesus macaque. In utero exposure to THC was associated with differential methylation at 581 CpGs, with 573 (98%) identified in placenta. Loci differentially methylated with THC were enriched for candidate autism spectrum disorder (ASD) genes from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) database in all tissues. The placenta demonstrated greatest SFARI gene enrichment, including genes differentially methylated in placentas from a prospective ASD study. Conclusions Overall, our findings reveal that prenatal THC exposure alters placental and fetal DNA methylation at genes involved in neurobehavioral development that may influence longer-term offspring outcomes. The data from this study add to the limited existing literature to help guide patient counseling and public health polices focused on prenatal cannabis use in the future.
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