AbstractInternalization of antibodies to thrombomodulin (TM) may provide a mechanism for intraendothelial targeting of drugs or genes. This study characterized three monoclonal antibodies against human TM (mAb 1009,1029, and 1045) and examined their internalization by human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). It assessed binding of antibodies to recombinant human TM containing chondroitin sulfate (complete, cTM) and TM lacking chondroitin sulfate (incomplete, iTM). Direct RIA, indirect RIA, and ELISA and competitive ELISA show that (1) mAb 1009 binds to both cTM and iTM independently of divalent cations; (2) binding of mAb 1029 to iTM requires divalent cations, while binding to cTM is cation-independent; (3) mAb 1045 binds selectively to cTM independently of divalent cations. Binding of all three antibodies to the surface TM in HUVEC at 4°C was similar by indirect immunostaining. In permeabilized HUVEC, however, mAb 1009 and 1029 provide brighter intracellular staining than mAb 1045. Uptake of 125I-mAb 1009 by HUVEC at 37°C was significantly higher than that of 125I-mAb 1045. Low temperature markedly suppresses binding of 125I-mAb 1009 to HUVEC, but has no effect on 125I-mAb 1045 binding. About 80% of radiolabeled mAb 1045 bound to HUVEC at 37°C could be eluted by acidic buffer from the cell surface, but only 40% of mAb 1009 and 1029 was elutable at these conditions. About 70-80 % of 125I in cell lysates was TCA-soluble after HUVEC incubation with either mAb 1009 and 1029, but only 10 and 2.5% of 125I was TCA-soluble in cell lysates and medium after 90 min incubation with 125I-mAb 1045 at 37°C. Therefore, HUVEC internalize and degrade an mAb that reacts with iTM, yet do not internalize an mAb that reacts selectively with cTM (mAb 1045). This result implies that either HUVEC do not internalize cTM constitutively or mAb 1045 suppresses TM internalization. Therefore, antibodies recognizing different TM epitopes might provide targeting of drugs to different cellular compartments. 相似文献
The use of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) has been advocated since 2000 in France in the management of eclampsia. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of use of this treatment for eclampsia in a French department.
Patients and methods
All patients obstetrical patients admitted to Critical Care Units of Seine-Maritime for eclampsia over a period of 7 years (2002–2008) were included. Obstetric data, the treatment used for eclampsia and pre-eclampsia and maternofetal complications were collected. The primary outcome parameter was the use of MgSO4 in the secondary prevention of eclampsia.
Results
Thirty-nine patients were included. Nineteen patients (48%) had eclampsia in prepartum, three (8%) in per-partum and 17 (44%) in post-partum periods. The use of MgSO4 in the secondary prevention of eclampsia was observed in 92% of cases (36/39). Primary prevention was seen in 8% of cases. The duration of treatment was 2 days (1–7 days). The maternal and perinatal mortality was respectively 2.5 and 11%.
Conclusion
In this study, the use of MgSO4 in the secondary prevention is frequent. This result emphasizes the importance of the recommendations of learned societies in the homogenization of the management of rare but serious conditions such as eclampsia. 相似文献
A novel method for the direct determination of the aminoglycoside antibiotic amikacin and its precursor component kanamycin was developed and validated, based on reversed phase LC with evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD). ELSD response to amikacin was found to be enhanced by: (a) use of ion-pairing acidic reagents of increased molecular mass, (b) increase of mobile phase volatility and (c) decrease of peak width and asymmetry (obtained by controlling the mobile phase acidity and/or ratio of organic solvent to water). Utilizing a Thermo Hypersil BetaBasic C18 column, the selected optimized mobile phase was water–methanol (60:40, v/v), containing 3.0 ml l−1 nonafluoropentanoic acid (18.2 mM) (isocratic elution with flow rate of 1.0 ml min−1). ELSD experimental parameters were: nitrogen pressure 3.5 bar, evaporation temperature 50 °C, and gain 11. Amikacin was eluted at 8.6 min and kanamycin at 10.4 min with a resolution of 1.5. Logarithmic calibration curves were obtained from 7 to 77 μg ml−1 (r > 0.9995) for amikacin and 8 to 105 μg ml−1 (r > 0.998) for kanamycin, with a LOD equal to 2.2 and 2.5 μg ml−1, respectively.
In amikacin sulfate pharmaceutical raw materials, the simultaneous determination of sulfate (tR = 2.3 min, LOD = 1.8 μg ml−1, range 5–40 μg ml−1, %R.S.D. = 1.1, r > 0.9997), kanamycin and amikacin was feasible. No significant difference was found between the results of the developed LC–ELSD method and those of reference methods, while the mean recovery of kanamycin from spiked samples (0.5%, w/w) was 97.3% (%R.S.D. ≤ 2.0, n = 6). Further, the developed method was applied for the determination of amikacin in pharmaceutical formulations (injection solutions) without any interference from the matrix (recovery from spiked samples ranged from 95.6 to 103.8%). 相似文献