33 research outputs found
Lactic Acid Induces Aberrant Amyloid Precursor Protein Processing by Promoting Its Interaction with Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone Proteins
Lactic acid, a natural by-product of glycolysis, is produced at excess levels in response to impaired mitochondrial function, high-energy demand, and low oxygen availability. The enzyme involved in the production of ÎČ-amyloid peptide (AÎČ) of Alzheimer's disease, BACE1, functions optimally at lower pH, which led us to investigate a potential role of lactic acid in the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP).Lactic acid increased levels of AÎČ40 and 42, as measured by ELISA, in culture medium of human neuroblastoma cells (SH-SY5Y), whereas it decreased APP metabolites, such as sAPPα. In cell lysates, APP levels were increased and APP was found to interact with ER-chaperones in a perinuclear region, as determined by co-immunoprecipitation and fluorescence microscopy studies. Lactic acid had only a very modest effect on cellular pH, did increase the levels of ER chaperones Grp78 and Grp94 and led to APP aggregate formation reminiscent of aggresomes.These findings suggest that sustained elevations in lactic acid levels could be a risk factor in amyloidogenesis related to Alzheimer's disease through enhanced APP interaction with ER chaperone proteins and aberrant APP processing leading to increased generation of amyloid peptides and APP aggregates
Experimental insight into redox transfer by iron- and sulfur-bearing serpentinite dehydration in subduction zones
International audienceDehydration of antigorite in subduction zones releases a large amount of aqueous fluid and volatile elements, which can potentially oxidize the mantle wedge. The redox capacity of three synthetic serpentinites with variable Fetotal, Fe3+ and Sâ contents is investigated using XANES spectroscopy at both, Fe and S K-edges. Experiments are performed between 450 and 900â°C, at 2 GPa and; conditions similar to those encountered in subduction zones.Redox reactions in the synthetic serpentinites, which involve Fe and S can be summarized as follows: 1) the reduction of (Sâ)-pyrite into (S2â)-pyrrhotite (âŒ450â°C), with âŒ4.4 mg/g of the sulfur degassed most likely as H2S, 2) the consumption of magnetite that reacts with antigorite to form Fe-rich olivine (<500â°C), 3) the reduction of (Fe3+)-antigorite into (Fe2+)-antigorite (âŒ580â°C), occurring about 100â°C below the temperature of antigorite breakdown, 4) the main (Fe2+)-antigorite breakdown that forms olivine and enstatite (âŒ675â°C), and 5) the decomposition of minor amounts of (Fe2+/3+)-clinochlore (âŒ800â°C). The bulk Fe3+/Fetotal ratio is found to decrease with run temperature from âŒ0.82â0.97 depending on the hydrous starting material, down to 0.1â0.2 in the high-temperature anhydrous assemblages.The evolution of mineral modes and Fe3+/Fetotal with temperature in our synthetic samples shows similar trends to what has been reported in serpentinite rocks collected, for example, along a metamorphic transect in the western Alps. We show that a large amount of O2-equivalent â up to 10 mol/kg of rock â can be generated at temperature around 450â°C due to the presence of oxides and sulfides such as magnetite and pyrite. Owing to the poor capacity of aqueous fluid to transfer redox conditions, we surmise that this O2-equivalent is âconsumedâ at the scale of the lithospheric-mantle top which is partially serpentinized and therefore bear strong redox gradients
DANTE Digital Pulse Processor for XRF and XAS experiments
DANTE is a new Digital Pulse Processor (DPP) developed for fluorescence
detectors, like silicon drift detectors (SDDs) or High Purity Germanium
detectors (HPGe), used in X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) and X-ray Absorption
Spectroscopy (XAS) experiments at synchrotron facilities. Its main features are
its optimal energy resolution and peak stability for detector count rate values
up to 1-2 Mcps, and its enhanced rejection of pile-up events. In this paper, we
present the first complete evaluation of DANTE performance in SOLEIL
synchrotron facility. DANTE has been tested in laboratory with an X-ray
generator source and in different experiments at LUCIA and PUMA beamlines at
SOLEIL.Comment: Manuscript submitted to JINST, 22 pages, 20 figures. v02: Corrected
version. v03: Referee comments include
Determination of Fe3+/ΣFe of olivine-hosted melt inclusions using Mössbauer and XANES spectroscopy
co-auteur Ă©trangerInternational audienceIron speciation is linked to oxygen fugacity; hence the Fe3+/ÎŁFe ratio of glasses can reveal the oxygen fugacity of the system where they last equilibrated. Previous studies using X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES) spectroscopy in silicate glasses and olivine-hosted melt inclusions have shown that arc basalts are more oxidized than mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) and oceanic island basalts (OIB). However, Cottrell et al. (2018) recently demonstrated that hydrous glasses can experience beam-induced oxidation during XANES analysis, leading to an overestimation of their Fe3+/ÎŁFe ratios. Here, we determined Fe3+/ÎŁFe ratios in olivine-hosted melt inclusions from various arc, MORB and OIB localities by Mössbauer and XANES spectroscopy. We carried out a careful evaluation of beam damage during XANES measurements that included detailed analysis of consecutive XANES spectra and collection of time series on hydrous basaltic and basanitic glasses using different radiation doses. Fe3+/ÎŁFe ratios obtained using both spectroscopy methods on the same sample set allowed us to confirm the oxidation state of those magmas and the reliability of our approach to avoid the effect of beam-induced oxidation during XANES analysis. Our results show that melt inclusions from MORBs, OIBs and arc basalts display mean Fe3+/ÎŁFe ratios of 0.10 ± 0.05 (2Ï; n = 5), 0.13 ± 0.05 (2Ï; n = 2) and 0.25 ± 0.15 (2Ï; n = 19), respectively, while Mount Etna melt inclusions display a mean Fe3+/ÎŁFe ratio of 0.26 ± 0.05 (2Ï; n = 7). These results confirm that arc magmas are more oxidized than those from hot spots and mid-ocean ridges
Imagerie X en biologie sur la ligne de lumiĂšre LUCIA
La fluorescence X est une technique permettant de dĂ©terminer la composition Ă©lĂ©mentaire dâun Ă©chantillon. En travaillant avec un faisceau de rayon X focalisĂ© et en dĂ©plaçant lâĂ©chantillon par rapport au faisceau, des cartographies de fluorescence X peuvent ĂȘtre enregistrĂ©es. La ligne "LUCIA" (Ligne UtilisĂ©e pour la CaractĂ©risation par Imagerie et Absorption [1], [2]) au synchrotron SOLEIL permet de rĂ©aliser ces dâexpĂ©riences de micro-fluorescence (ÎŒXRF) dans le domaine des rayons X dits "tendres" (0.8-8 kev, informations au seuil K des Ă©lĂ©ments du Na au Fe et au seuil L du Ni au Ga ainsi qu'au seuil M des terres rares et des actinides). Afin dâenregistrer cartes Ă©lĂ©mentaires de ”XRF, lâĂ©nergie des rayons X est sĂ©lectionnĂ©e en accord avec les Ă©lĂ©ments que lâon souhaite cartographier et le faisceau de rayons X, focalisĂ© Ă 3 x 3 ”mÂČ, est envoyĂ© sur un Ă©chantillon hĂ©tĂ©rogĂšnes placĂ© sur une platine de translation x-z. Les informations obtenues permettent de dĂ©terminer la localisation des Ă©lĂ©ments, leur abondance relative, ainsi que les autres Ă©lĂ©ments auxquels ils sont Ă©ventuellement associĂ©s.
La station de mesure est Ă©quipĂ©e dâun cryostat permettant de travailler aux tempĂ©ratures de lâazote ou de lâhĂ©lium liquide. Ce dispositif est particuliĂšrement intĂ©ressant pour les Ă©chantillons biologiques car il prĂ©sente lâavantage dâĂ©viter la dĂ©tĂ©rioration de lâĂ©chantillon sous irradiation du faisceau de rayons X et de pouvoir analyser des coupes fines (15-30 ”m) de tissus animaux ou vĂ©gĂ©taux prĂ©parĂ©es en cryo-microtomie sans aucun traitement chimique ni marquage prĂ©alable.
Le mode dâacquisition en « FlyScan », rĂ©cemment implĂ©mentĂ© sur la ligne LUCIA, permet un gain de temps considĂ©rable par rapport au mode prĂ©cĂ©dent dâacquisition en point par point. Il devient ainsi possible dâaugmenter le nombre dâĂ©chantillons cartographiĂ©s pour obtenir des rĂ©pĂ©titions.
Sur la ligne LUCIA, la cartographie ”XRF peut ĂȘtre combinĂ©e Ă des expĂ©riences de micro-absorption X (”XAS) afin dâobtenir des informations sur l'environnement local des Ă©lĂ©ments analysĂ©s (Ă©tat dâoxydation, coordinence, gĂ©omĂ©trie locale). Des points d'intĂ©rĂȘt sont sĂ©lectionnĂ©s en fonction de la distribution des Ă©lĂ©ments obtenue sur une carte de ”XRF prĂ©alablement enregistrĂ©e et un spectre XAS est collectĂ©.
Dans le domaine de la biologie, diffĂ©rents types dâapplication sont possibles comme la dĂ©termination de la distribution et de lâĂ©tat dâoxydation des Ă©lĂ©ments mĂ©talliques dans des tissus ou cellules (nanoparticules, cations, complexes,âŠ). Lâanalyse des Ă©lĂ©ments plus lĂ©gers tels que le Cl, le S ou le P est particuliĂšrement adaptĂ©e sur cette ligne. Deux exemples dâapplication en lien avec lâassimilation du P par les plantes sont prĂ©sentĂ©s : le premier concerne des racines et nodules de lĂ©gumineuses et le second des racines de pin mycorhizĂ©es.
[1] Vantelon et al. 2016. The LUCIA beamline at SOLEIL. J. Synchrotron Radiat., 23, 635â640.
[2] www.synchrotron-soleil.fr/Recherche/LignesLumiere/LUCIA
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