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T Kalmár

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PubMed2005

Correlation between the activities of lipoprotein lipase and paraoxonase in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

UNLABELLED: In type 2 diabetes mellitus the decreased catabolism of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins as a consequence of mainly the decreased lipoprotein lipase activity results in hypertriglyceridaemia and other lipoprotein alterations promoting atherosclerosis. The high-density lipoprotein-associated enzyme, paraoxonase, prevents the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein, which is an antiatherogenic effect. AIM: to examine the relation between the activities of enzymes influencing HDL remodelling- LPL and PON- in type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: 56 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients and 39 healthy controls were involved in the study. The serum PON activity was measured spectrophotometrically using paraoxone as substrate. PON phenotype was determined by the dual substrate method, PON mass was measured by ELISA. The determination of lipoprotein lipase activity was performed using 3H-triolein. RESULTS: We noticed smaller PON activity decrease in our newly diagnosed diabetic subjects compared to the previous studies which investigated the alteration of enzyme activity after a longer duration of diabetes mellitus. The lipoprotein lipase activity showed a positive correlation with PON activity (r=0.43; P<0.02). Interestingly, the PON activity of the homozygous-low activity group did not correlate with the LPL activity, while in the heterozygous and homozygous-high activity groups there was a significantly positive correlation (r=0.51; P<0.05) between PON and LPL activity. CONCLUSION: Besides lipid alterations, the metabolic changes of type 2 diabetes mellitus influence the reduction of the antioxidant capacity of HDL by remodelling HDL and decreasing PON activity via modification of lipoprotein lipase activity, which might contribute to accelerated atherosclerosis.

Aryldialkylphosphatase↗
PubMed2000

A simple and efficient method for PCR amplifiable DNA extraction from ancient bones.

A simple and effective modified ethanol precipitation-based protocol is described for the preparation of DNA from ancient human bones. This method is fast and requires neither hazardous chemicals nor special devices. After the powdering and incubating of the bone samples Dextran Blue was added as a carrier for removing the PCR inhibitors with selective ethanol precipitation. This method could eliminate the time-consuming separate decalcification step, dialysis, application of centrifugation-driven microconcentrators and the second consecutive PCR amplification. The efficiency of this procedure was demonstrated on ten 500-1200-year-old human bones from four different Hungarian burial sites. A mitochondrial specific primer pair was used to obtain sequence information from the purified ancient DNA. The PCR amplification, after our DNA extraction protocol, was successful from each of the 10 bone samples investigated. The results demonstrate that extraction of DNA from ancient bone samples with this new approach increases the success rate of PCR amplification.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2000

Anovel catalase mutation (a GA insertion) causes the Hungarian type of acatalasemia.

Acatalasemia, a deficiency of enzyme catalase, is an autosomal recessive syndrome with an incidence of 5:106 in Hungary. We have examined the first Hungarian acatalasemic family for the disease-causing mutation. All exons of the catalase gene were screened by PCR-SSCP, PCR-heteroduplex, and nucleotide sequence analysis. The heteroduplex formation detected in exon 2 was verified by nucleotide sequence analysis. We found a GA insertion at nucleotide position 138, increasing the GA repeat number from 4 to 5. This GA insertion caused a frameshift in the amino acid sequence from position 68 to 133 and generated a TGA terminating codon at amino acid position 134. This truncated protein lacks the essential amino acid (histidine 74) in the active center. This finding can explain the decreased blood catalase activity in the Hungarian acatalasemic family.

Acatalasia↗
PubMed1999

Analysis of CAG repeat expansion in Huntington's disease gene (IT 15) in a Hungarian population.

Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance. The genetic defect is a CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion at the 5' end of the IT 15 gene on chromosome 4. This gene has not been analyzed in the Hungarian population yet. To obtain data DNA from 26 HD patients, 18 members of their families and 70 normal controls was amplified in the involved region by polymerase chain reaction. The CAG repeat numbers varied from 37 to 70 (median: 43) in HD patients and asymptomatic carriers, while individuals of the normal control group had 10-36 CAG repeat numbers (median: 18). The length of CAG repeat expansion in Hungarian HD patients was similar to that reported from other countries. The group of normal controls had the same CAG repeat expansion as populations reported from Western European countries. It is a useful piece of data for population genetics to prove that the population of Hungary is a mélange of different nations that influenced the history of the country in the last 11 centuries. As opposed to this, the only closely related nation, the Finnish, was genetically more isolated during this time, so the frequency of HD (and also the number of CAG repeats in normal individuals) proved to be exceptionally low.

Adult↗
PubMed1998

Childhood membranous nephropathy, circulating antibodies to the 58-kD TIN antigen, and anti-tubular basement membrane nephritis: an 11-year follow-up.

Childhood membranous nephropathy (MNP) with anti-tubular basement membrane (anti-TBM) nephritis is a rare disorder that may have extrarenal manifestations. This article describes a new case to be added to the 10 previously reported. A renal biopsy specimen from a 1-year-old white boy with nephrotic syndrome, microhematuria, and hypertension showed MNP (granular global IgG, IgA and C3, and segmental IgM and C1q) associated with hypercellularity and granular deposits of IgM and C1q in the mesangium, arteriolar IgA, and linear TBM IgG, IgA, and C3. A biopsy at age 4 years showed MNP (IgG and C3) and linear IgG and C3 along the TBM. Six months later, temporary glucosuria suggested a mild tubular dysfunction. Biopsy at age 8 years showed sclerosing MNP (IgG and C3), linear TBM IgG and C3, and chronic active tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN). Indirect immunofluorescence showed circulating anti-TBM antibodies, and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) approach verified strong reactivity with the 58-kd TIN antigen. Despite trials with steroids, chlorambucil, azathioprine, and cyclosporine, end-stage renal disease developed by the age of 9 years. At age 10 years, the patient received a cadaveric kidney transplant. With the patient now aged 12 years, the graft is still functioning well, without any clinical evidence of disease recurrence. Neurological, ocular, and abdominal symptoms, including nonbacterial diarrhea, were observed during the follow-up period. The pathophysiology of these extrarenal symptoms remains unclear. Serotyping and genotyping of HLA antigens (A2, A10, B12, B41, DR5 [1101, 1103-4, 1106 or 1108-1113], DR6 [1303, 1312, or 1413], DRB3 [*0101 and 0201-2 or 0301], DQA1 [*0501 homozygous], and DQB1 [*0301 homozygous]) did not indicate any HLA association similar to those described previously in childhood MNP with anti-TBM nephritis (HLA-B7 in four patients, HLA-DR8 in two patients). The presented case is the fifth in the literature that displays reactivity with the 58-kd TIN antigen, and for which data on HLA antigens are reported.

Antibodies↗
PubMed1998

Carrier detection by microsatellite analysis of Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy in Hungarian families.

Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies are among the most severe and frequent inherited disorders. Being still incurable, medical treatment is concentrated on the carrier diagnosis of the members of the affected families. Here we report the results of the studies of 151 members of 41 Hungarian families, obtained with multiplex PCR amplification of 18 exons as well as the muscle specific promoter region, and haplotype analysis of two polymorphic (CA)n repeat microsatellite loci in introns 45 and 49 of the dystrophin gene. The analysis of 15 deletion-type families revealed a frequency of new mutations not differing significantly from that in the other regions of Europe. We also compared the allele distributions of the two microsatellites in randomly selected normal individuals and affected family members. The allele distribution of STRP45 shows interesting differences between the two populations.

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Insect (Locusta migratoria migratorioides) test monitoring the toxicity of cyanobacteria.

An insect test was developed to investigate the toxicity of cyanobacteria. The African locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides R.F. was used as a test animal instead of mouse. The cyanobacteria tested were Aphanizomenon flos-aque, Anabaena aphanizomenoides, Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii, Microcystis aeruginosa. The toxicity of authentic microcystin-LR was also tested. Cyanobacteria producing toxins killed the animals when the homogenized cell suspension was injected into the animals. The locust test proved to be more sensitive than the mouse test. The LD50 values of the different cyanobacteria for locusts and for mice, respectively were the following: 90 microg/animal (60 mg/kg) and 8000 microg/animal (320 mg/kg), for Aphanizomenon flos-aquae; 255 microg/animal (170.2 mg/kg) and 3750 microg/animal (150 mg/kg), for Anabaena aphanizomenoides; 195 microg/animal (131.4 mg/kg) and 5750 microg/animal (230 mg/kg), for Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii; 22.5 microg/animal (15 mg/kg) and 6000 microg/ animal (240 mg/kg), for Microcystis aeruginosa. In locusts the LD50 value for authentic microcystin-LR was 0.2 microg/animal (130 mg/kg). Since the weight of the mice is 15 to 20 times larger than that of the locusts, hence less toxic cells are needed to kill the locusts. The locust test is cheaper than the mouse test, large number of animals can be used in the experiments and the LD50 values can be estimated more precisely. The toxicity of C. raciborskii was significantly lower when the lyophilized cells were extracted in methanol (LD50 = 767 mg/kg), instead of NaCl solution (LD50 = 131.4 mg/kg).

Anabaena↗