33 research outputs found
Molecular characterization of Slc26a3 and Slc26a6 anion transporters in guinea pig pancreatic duct
Sa što većim razvojem prometa razvila se potreba za detaljnom analizom putnika u javnom gradskom prijevozu. Svrha detaljne analize, odnosno prebrojavanja putnika je radi poboljšanja kvalitete usluge. Brojanje putnika predstavlja polazni uvjet za analizu sadašnjeg stanja, te daljnji razvoj u budućnosti. Brojanje putnika izvodi se ručno i automatski. Sa što veći razvojem tehnike razvili su se mnogi uređaji koji pospješuju automatski način brojanja. Sama svrha automatskog brojanja putnika očituje se u točnosti informacije, te služi za poboljšanje kvalitete usluge javnog gradskog prijevoza. Brojanje putnika je najvažniji čimbenik za daljnju razvijenost mreže linija javnog prijevoza. U radu se još opisuju tehnologije automatskog brojanja putnika, uređaji, njihova primjena, te daljni razvoj u budućnosti.With the increase in traffic, the need for a detalied analysis of public transport passenger has developed. The purpose of detailed analysis, that is, of counting passenger, is to improve the quality of service. Passenger counting is a starting point for analyzing the current situation and further development in the future. Passenger counting is performed manually and automatically. With the greater advancement of the techique, many devices have been developed that faciilitate automatic counting. The purpose of automatic passenger counting is to be reflected in the accuacy of information and to improve the quality of public transport services. Numbering of passenger is the most importanat facor for the further development of the public transport network. This paper also describes the technologies of automatic passenger counting, devices, their application, and futher development in the future
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Hypoxia Activates a Ca-Permeable Cation Conductance Sensitive to Carbon Monoxide and to GsMTx-4 in Human and Mouse Sickle Erythrocytes
Background: Deoxygenation of sickle erythrocytes activates a cation permeability of unknown molecular identity (Psickle), leading to elevated intracellular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) and subsequent activation of KCa 3.1. The resulting erythrocyte volume decrease elevates intracellular hemoglobin S (HbSS) concentration, accelerates deoxygenation-induced HbSS polymerization, and increases the likelihood of cell sickling. Deoxygenation-induced currents sharing some properties of Psickle have been recorded from sickle erythrocytes in whole cell configuration. Methodology/Principal Findings: We now show by cell-attached and nystatin-permeabilized patch clamp recording from sickle erythrocytes of mouse and human that deoxygenation reversibly activates a Ca2+- and cation-permeable conductance sensitive to inhibition by Grammastola spatulata mechanotoxin-4 (GsMTx-4; 1 µM), dipyridamole (100 µM), DIDS (100 µM), and carbon monoxide (25 ppm pretreatment). Deoxygenation also elevates sickle erythrocyte [Ca2+]i, in a manner similarly inhibited by GsMTx-4 and by carbon monoxide. Normal human and mouse erythrocytes do not exhibit these responses to deoxygenation. Deoxygenation-induced elevation of [Ca2+]i in mouse sickle erythrocytes did not require KCa3.1 activity. Conclusions/Significance: The electrophysiological and fluorimetric data provide compelling evidence in sickle erythrocytes of mouse and human for a deoxygenation-induced, reversible, Ca2+-permeable cation conductance blocked by inhibition of HbSS polymerization and by an inhibitor of strctch-activated cation channels. This cation permeability pathway is likely an important source of intracellular Ca2+ for pathologic activation of KCa3.1 in sickle erythrocytes. Blockade of this pathway represents a novel therapeutic approach for treatment of sickle disease
Homozygous knockout of the piezo1 gene in the zebrafish is not associated with anemia
We have now examined the erythroid phenotype in this zebrafish strain carrying a ZFN genomic knockout of piezo1. Genotyping was performed as previously described. In contrast to the anemic phenotype observed in zebrafish subjected to morpholino knockdown of piezo, the genomic ZFN knockout of piezo1 did not segregate either with anemia in the 3-dpf embryo or with dysmorphic erythrocyte morphology in the adult fish
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Congenital chloride-losing diarrhea in a Mexican child with the novel homozygous SLC26A3 mutation G393W
Congenital chloride diarrhea is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the intestinal lumenal membrane Cl−/HCO−3 exchanger, SLC26A3. We report here the novel SLC26A3 mutation G393W in a Mexican child, the first such report in a patient from Central America. SLC26A3 G393W expression in Xenopus oocytes exhibits a mild hypomorphic phenotype, with normal surface expression and moderately reduced anion transport function. However, expression of HA-SLC26A3 in HEK-293 cells reveals intracellular retention and greatly decreased steady-state levels of the mutant polypeptide, in contrast to peripheral membrane expression of the wildtype protein. Whereas wildtype HA-SLC26A3 is apically localized in polarized monolayers of filter-grown MDCK cells and Caco2 cells, mutant HA-SLC26A3 G393W exhibits decreased total polypeptide abundance, with reduced or absent surface expression and sparse punctate (or absent) intracellular distribution. The WT protein is similarly localized in LLC-PK1 cells, but the mutant fails to accumulate to detectable levels. We conclude that the chloride-losing diarrhea phenotype associated with homozygous expression of SLC26A3 G393W likely reflects lack of apical surface expression in enterocytes, secondary to combined abnormalities in polypeptide trafficking and stability. Future progress in development of general or target-specific folding chaperonins and correctors may hold promise for pharmacological rescue of this and similar genetic defects in membrane protein targeting
Multiple clinical forms of dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis arise from mutations in PIEZO1
Autosomal dominant dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis (DHSt) usually presents
as a compensated hemolytic anemia with macrocytosis and abnormally shaped
red blood cells (RBCs). DHSt is part of a pleiotropic syndrome that may also exhibit
pseudohyperkalemia and perinatal edema. We identified PIEZO1 as the disease gene
for pleiotropic DHSt in a large kindred by exome sequencing analysis within the
previously mapped 16q23-q24 interval. In 26 affected individuals among 7 multigenerational
DHSt families with the pleiotropic syndrome, 11 heterozygous PIEZO1
missense mutations cosegregated with disease. PIEZO1 is expressed in the plasma
membranes of RBCs and its messenger RNA, and protein levels increase during in
vitro erythroid differentiation of CD341 cells. PIEZO1 is also expressed in liver and
bone marrow during human and mouse development. We suggest for the first time
a correlation between a PIEZO1 mutation and perinatal edema. DHSt patient red cells
with the R2456H mutation exhibit increased ion-channel activity. Functional studies
of PIEZO1 mutant R2488Q expressed in Xenopus oocytes demonstrated changes in
ion-channel activity consistent with the altered cation content of DHSt patient red
cells. Our findings provide direct evidence that R2456H and R2488Q mutations
in PIEZO1 alter mechanosensitive channel regulation, leading to increased cation transport in erythroid cells
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Loss of kAE1 expression in collecting ducts of end-stage kidneys from a family with SLC4A1 G609R-associated distal renal tubular acidosis
Distal renal tubular acidosis caused by missense mutations in kidney isoform of anion exchanger 1 (kAE1/SLC4A1), the basolateral membrane Cl−/HCO3− exchanger of renal alpha-intercalated cells, has been extensively investigated in heterologous expression systems but rarely in human kidneys. The preferential apical localization of distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA)-associated kAE1 mutants R901X, G609R and M909T in cultured epithelial monolayers has not been examined in human kidney. Here, we present kidney tissues from dRTA-affected siblings heterozygous for kAE1 G609R, characterized by predominant absence rather than mistargeting of kAE1 in intercalated cells. Thus, studies of heterologous recombinant expression of mutant proteins should be, whenever possible, interpreted in comparison to affected patient tissues