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Finally recorded his first save of the year on May 25 vs. Pittsburgh, despite allowing a run on a walk and hit.
Was 1-1 with 2 saves in 4 chances after 19 outings, allowing 18 earned runs in just 16.2 innings for a 9.72 ERA, before turning season around as the calendar went from June to July...beginning with a scoreless inning of relief at home against Cincinnati on July 2, Matt finished the year allowing just 5 earned runs in his last 28.2 innings for a 1.57 ERA in that span...finished the year by saving 15 of his last 16 opportunities, including 12 straight conversions from July 6-September 12.
Tied Byung-Hyun Kim's record for consecutive strikeouts by fanning 8 straight batters over 3 appearances from July 27 to August 3.
Recorded saves on back-to-back days for the first time on August 13 at Pittsburgh and August 14 at Philadelphia.
Finished the year by recording saves in 6 of his last 7 appearances, including 3 consecutive rescues to end the season.
Retired the first batter he faced in 16 of his last 19 appearances after nabbing the initial hitter in just 16 of his first 29 outings.1999 One of the keys to Arizona's second half success actually took place just a couple of days prior to the All-Star break when the D'Backs acquired Matt from the Marlins, arriving in Bank One Ballpark on July 10 and immediately solidifying the bullpen. Ironically, the trade was consummated on July 9, the same night that 15,000 pins were being distributed in Pro Player Stadium in honor of Mantei, but while fans were receiving his likeness on a pin, the Diamondbacks got the real thing. The possessor of 10 saves during the first 3+ months of the year with Florida, Matt rescued 22 games in 25 tries for the Diamondbacks, dominating the opposition with 49 strikeouts in 29.0 innings after the trade, a 15.2 strikeout per 9-inning ratio. All told for the year, Matt fanned 99 men in 65.1 frames, a 13.6 ratio. Dubbed the Iceman during his stay in south Florida, Mantei recorded a save in his first appearance as a D'Back on July 11, working a scoreless ninth at home vs. Oakland in the finale prior to the All-Star break. Things didn't go quite as well in his second appearance, entering in the ninth of a 2-0 game vs. the Rangers on July 15 in Arlington, attempting to close the door on a potential Randy Johnson victory. After retiring the first 2 men, he surrendered what appeared to be a harmless walk, but 2 walks later the bases were loaded, then Mark McLemore's double unloaded them for a 3-2 Texas win. It was 1 of only 3 blown saves charged to Mantei, unfortunately each of them came in potential Big Unit wins. After the loss in Arlington, Matt recorded saves in his next 7 trips to the hill, his second best streak of the year. Following his second blown save on August 11 and an inning of work against Milwaukee 3 days later, the Iceman went on another roll, recording saves in 9 consecutive appearances in which he was virtually untouchable, allowing only 2 hits in 9.0 innings with 19 of the 27 outs coming via the strikeout. In fact, dating back to the inning of work in a non-save situation vs. the Brewers on August 14 through a save on Sept. 14 at home over the Pirates, Mantei tossed 12.0 consecutive shutout innings, allowing only 7 hits while recording 25 K's. The scoreless streak was snapped at home on Sept. 18, when he faced his former mates again trying to finish up for Johnson, but a Mike Lowell 3-run homer capped a 4-run inning for the Fish. Fortunately, the D'Backs tied the game in the ninth, then won it on Luis Gonzalez's 2-run homer in the 10th. Matt wrapped up the year with 4 scoreless relief appearances, earning 3 saves. His 21 saves after the All-Star break tied John Rocker for the third most in the majors, trailing Mariano Rivera and Ugueth Urbina, who each had 22. Mantei recorded at least 1 strikeout in 28 of his 30 appearances with Arizona, including a streak of 19 consecutive outings from August 8-Sept. 28, totaling 34 K's in 17.1 innings. All told, he was 32-for-37 in save situations during the '99 season, rescuing 10 of 12 while a member for the Marlins. During his stint with the D'Backs, Matt held opposing lefthanded hitters to a .140 average, surrendering just 7 hits in 50 at bats. Overall, opposing hitters finished with a composite .189 average against the Iceman, collecting 44 hits in 233 at bats. While with Florida, Matt had a 5-strikeout performance on May 3 against Milwaukee. 1998 Started the year with Charlotte (AAA), making 16 appearances before May 20 recall to the Marlins, appearing that night with an inning against the Diamondbacks. Gave up only 1 earned run in first 11 outings after recall, spanning 14.0 innings (0.64 ERA). Led the Marlins with 9 saves, earning club Rolaids Relief Man Award. Earned first win on June 12 vs. the Mets. Was disabled from August 19-September 4 with a right ankle sprain. 1997 Opened the year on the D.L. following off-season rotator cuff surgery. Was transferred to the 60-day list on May 16. Appeared in 9 minor league games as part of rehab work. 1996 Made the Marlins opening day roster and fanned 24 in his first 16.0 innings of year. Earned first big league win on May 19 at Chicago, tossing a scoreless 10th inning. Was optioned to AAA just 8 days later, then was recalled on June 21, but placed on the D.L. with a sore right shoulder. 1995 Was on the D.L. at the outset due to off-season back strain. Activated on June 18 and made major league debut that day in Philly, working an inning with a walk. Suffered first big league loss on July 6 at St. Louis. 1994 Spent entire season with Appleton in the Mariners chain, leading the club with 26 saves and 2.06 ERA. Left unprotected by Seattle, he was acquired by Florida in the Rule 5 draft on December 5. 1993 Led the Northwest League with 12 saves for Bellingham. Earned the save on August 16 by striking out the side in the ninth inning of a 1-0 win over Spokane in Bellingham's annual game in the Kingdome. Was named the righthanded relief pitcher on the league's All-Star team and earned Rolaids Relief Man-of-the-Year honors for the league. Also named the ninth major league prospect by Baseball America.

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This curated list is a round-up on what days to mark off on your calendar for foreign policy-related events in April. Most events below require RSVPs or tickets. If you have a suggestion for future events, please submit it here.
4/6 at 12:00pm: "Germany in Europe: The Cautious Leader," Women's Foreign Policy Group. $25 for WFPG members. $40 for non-members.
Women's Foreign Policy Group hosts a luncheon with Dr. Karen Donfried, president of the German Marshall Fund as president in April 2014. Donfried most recently was the special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the National Security Council at the White House.
4/6 from 6:00pm to 8:15pm: "The Importance of History," Japan Society. $15 for members. $10 for non-members.
As Prime Minister Abe prepares his official statement commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the world is watching closely to see how Japan will frame its historical narrative. Yukio Okamoto, a foreign policy expert who has been appointed to a special committee to help the Abe administration decide how Japan will confront its past, discusses how Japan should effectively address these issues domestically and internationally.
4/10 at 12:00pm: "Germany in Europe: The Cautious Leader," The Wilderness Society. $25 for WFPG members. $40 for non-members.
Women's Foreign Policy Group hosts a luncheon with Dr. Karen Donfried, president of the German Marshall Fund. Dr. Donfried most recently was the special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the National Security Council at the White House.
4/13 from 6:00pm to 7:45pm: "The Crisis of Europe's Muslims," Carnegie Council. $25 for non-members. Free for students.
"Al-Qaeda wants to mentally colonize French Muslims, but faces a wall of disinterest. But if it can get non-Muslim French to be beastly to ethnic Muslims on the grounds that they are Muslims, it can start creating a common political identity around grievance against discrimination." So wrote Professor Juan Cole, an expert on Islamic and Western relations, in a recent article. He will discuss effective methods to thwart al-Qaeda's manipulative tactics.
4/14 from 6:30pm to 8:15pm: "MH370: A Year Later," New America Foundation. Free with RSVP.
Join New America NYC for a conversation between former CNN aviation analyst Jeff Wise and technology and aerospace journalist Eric Adams to recount the progress a year has made in the search for MH370 and to assess its impacts on the politics and economics of global travel.
4/15 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm: "Alternative Futures for US-China Relations," Foreign Policy Association. $25 for non-members. $5 for students.
The Foreign Policy Association welcomes the Honorable Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia, President of Asia Society Policy Institute, and Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, in the newest edition of FPA's C.V. Starr Distinguished Lecture Series on U.S.-China Relations.
4/15 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm: "Film Screening: African Grandmothers Tribunal," Open Society Foundations. Free with RSVP.
Join Open Society Foundations for a screening of a moving new documentary that tells the stories of six courageous grandmothers from Kenya, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, and Zimbabwe who traveled to Canada in 2013 to give powerful public testimony before the African Grandmothers Tribunal. A panel discussion and Q&A will follow.
4/16 at 12:00pm: "Korea's Economic Outlook," The Korea Society. $10 for members. $20 for non-members.
Phil Suttle, Director of Global Economic Analysis for Tudor Investment Corporation, and Charles Kimball, Managing Director for Korea Center for International Finance, offer alternative analyses on the state of the South Korean economy and how deflationary concerns affects prospects for growth.
4/20 from 12:30pm to 2:00pm: "Machinations and Manipulations: Bots, Big Data, and the Internet of Things," Open Society Foundations. Free with RSVP.
Join Philip Howard, professor of technology and international affairs at Central European University and the University of Washington, for a discussion of his latest book, Pax Technica: How the Internet of Things May Set Us Free or Lock Us Up.
4/21 from 9:00am to 12:30pm: "U.S.-Japan Ties: Image and Reality," Japan Society. Free with RSVP.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Japan Society and Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA will co-host a half-day public panel discussion to examine the depth and strength of U.S. ties with Japan based on public opinion and statistics.
4/21 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm: "What do the World's Women Want?," Foreign Policy Association. $25 for non-members. $5 for students.
This year heads of state will finalize and adopt "Sustainable Development Goals," which will guide government investment in social, economic, and environmental programs for the next 15 years. As the global community reflects on what should be prioritized, Françoise Girard, President of the International Women's Health Coalition, will share the perspective put forward by more than 600 women's groups worldwide.
4/21 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm: "Myanmar's Moment: New Democracy at a Crossroads?," Asia Society. $15 for non-members. $10 for students.
The Asia Society Policy Institute presents an expert panel discussion on Myanmar's political and economic transition and the opportunities and challenges ahead for the country.
4/22 from 8:30am to 10:00pm: "The Shared Society: A Vision for the Global Future of Latin America," Americas Society/Council of the Americas. Free with RSVP.
AS/COA will host a discussion with former President of Peru Alejandro Toledo, author of The Shared Society: A Vision for the Global Future of Latin America. In the book, Toledo examines the Latin American reality at a crucial moment in history.
4/22 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm: "Blueprint for Revolution," Carnegie Council. $25 for non-members. Free for students.
How can you master the art of compromise to bring together even the most disparate groups? What are some ways you can make oppression backfire by playing your opponents' strongest card against them? How can you use humor to make yourself heard? Srdja Popovic is the author of Blueprint for Revolution and co-founder and executive director of the Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS).
4/24 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm: "World Happiness Report 2015," New York Society for Ethical Culture. Free with RSVP.
The New York Society for Ethical Culture presents, "The World Happiness Report 2015." The report answers the questions - what are the sources of happiness; how can we foster happiness in our societies; and what is the state of global happiness today? The first two Reports have been downloaded over 2.5 million times, illustrating the global hunger for answers to these questions.
4/29 at 8:30am: "A Reluctant Leader? Germany's New Role in the World," Deutsches Haus at NYU. Free with RSVP.
Deutsches Haus at NYU and the American Council on Germany present a discussion and breakfast with journalist and television host Ali Aslan, who will speak on "A Reluctant Leader? Germany's New Role in the World."
4/30 at 12:00pm: "People with Disabilities in a Changing North Korea," The Korea Society. $10 for members. $20 for non-members.
Katharina Zellweger, former North Korea country director for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, discusses current research on the issue of people with disabilities in North Korean society. Ms. Zellweger, who first visited the DPRK over 20 years ago, worked in North Korea from 2006-2011 on humanitarian aid and development assistance.
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The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers is the perfect example of a moving picture book that adults will love as much kids. A young girl enjoys exploring new things, dreaming about the world, and spending time with her grandfather, until one day when she finds "an empty chair." She becomes very sad, so she puts her heart in a bottle to protect it. As time passes, she can't remember how to get her heart back out of the bottle. This incredibly beautiful story works on so many levels. I could read it over and over again.
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Figures are coming in detailing the breakdown of sales of the two new iPhones – 5s and 5c – in the US at least. According to data sourced from Chicago-based firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) and reported by MacRumors.com, since the launch of the iPhone 5s in September, the space gray iPhone 5s has been easily the most popular choice. This revelation is hardly surprising, considering the supply issues that have seen greater availability of that colour compared to the silver or gold options.
Although 43 percent of purchasers have plumped for the space gray option, compared to 30 percent for the silver and 27 percent for the gold, it is possible that those buyers were settling rather than actively choosing – preferring to go with what was available than wait for their first choice.
More interesting and more reliable – considering all colours were readily available from the get-go – is the breakdown of colours for the iPhone 5c. Here, the blue at 27 percent is the stand-out favourite, followed by the white (25 percent), then green (21 percent) and pink (20 percent). The yellow variety appears to be garnering very little love, enticing only seven percent of 5c buyers.
CIRP also looked into the gender breakdown of purchases, with some traditional gender biases apparently in effect. At least when it comes to the pink 5cs being chosen by more females than males, and the neutral white finding greater acceptance from males.
Mike Levin, partner and co-founder at CIRP, told MacRumors, "Interestingly, no one, including the women in the survey, appears to want the yellow iPhone 5c very much." It should be noted, though, that CIRP was working from a fairly small sample of buyers – with just 400 consumers surveyed in the month after the launch of the two models.


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Dull, aching upper limb pain can occur before obvious arm swelling, after breast cancer treatment. It may be intermittent and is likely to be associated with a tight, heavy or bursting feeling in the arm.
Any swelling is likely to be soft and dint if pressed for a couple of minutes. At this early stage, it goes away if you put your limb up for a considerable time. The same symptoms can occur in the lower limb after surgery in the groin.
Lymphoedema fortunately only occurs in a minority of people after axillary lymph node dissection and radiotherapy, which damage the lymph system.
Your lymphatic system consists of tiny lymphatic capillaries which collect debris, lymphatic channels which pump this away and lymph node filters along these channels.
Lymph nodes are an important line of defense against germs which have gained access to our body. Causes of swollen lymph nodes are mostly bacteria and viruses.
Enlarged lymph nodes fighting infection are usually tender and may cause pain. Lymph node cancer deposits do not cause pain and tenderness usually.
The natural history of lymph edema is that once you've got it, you've mostly got it for good.
Prevention therefor makes a lot of sense.
The measures below are mostly good common sense anyway. Remember that your risk is low, just be careful without getting too concerned about it.
Get a check up quickly, if you develop any on the symptoms mentioned above. Early treatment is very useful.
Keep your skin healthy, with a minimum of soap (with low pH,) and use moisturizer as needed.
If shaving, be careful to avoid damaging your skin.
Wear gloves when gardening
Avoid getting insect bite or sunburn on the limb
Have blood pressure measurements, injections and blood tests on another limb
If you have to have an ambulatory 24 hour blood pressure monitor test, have it on the other arm
Ensure clothing doesn't get tight around your arm
Look after fingernails and toenails.
Remove thickened skin to avoid cracks on heels.
Keep your body healthy, so the lymphatics smooth muscle can function well and replace cells as needed. This really covers everything to do with health.
If you've had surgery putting you at risk, assume that there has been some loss of lymphatic channels. This means that the remaining ones are having to work harder and are at risk of wearing out quicker if there is limited supply of essential nutrients or excess of toxins.⁵
Check for food intolerances, which are a very common cause of fluid retention in our body.
Wear a compression garment when you fly, even if the risk is small.
Keep fit with regular gentle exercise such as Tai Chi and lymphoedema hydrotherapy classes.
Compression garments need fitting by a trained lymphoedema practitioner, and must be worn carefully to avoid them cutting in anywhere.
Try before you fly - wear a few times to ensure they're OK.
Wear for the entire flight, plus a couple of hours after.
Lymphoedema can appear a decade or more after the original treatment.
It is an analogous situation to post polio syndrome. The remaining lymphatics (or neurones) have been working at full capacity, so wear out quicker.
Everything talked about in anti-aging medicine applies here. The tissues concerned need more than an average amount of help. Look for a good naturopath or doctor interested in this field.
This is particularly so if you have had chemotherapy.
Consider using one of the natural remedies mentioned below.
Cancer specialists are modifying their management to help avoid it. Sentinal node biopsy before axillary clearance, is one of the measures introduced to help this cause of limb pain..
Another decision is whether to have radiation to just the chest wall or to the armpit as well.
When people are given the shocking news of a cancer diagnosis, they are in no fit state to think rationally.
Time is needed before one can even take in one's options, let alone weigh up pros and cons of each.
You do have time in this situation. It has been estimated that the time a breast cancer has been present at diagnosis is probably 3 to 10 years. This is based on the known doubling time of breast cancer cells.
A few weeks is not going to alter anything.
The average woman with early-stage breast cancer goes from diagnosis to operating room in two weeks. This is just not enough time to get over the shock to some extent, so you can think.
More reading is available at beasurvivor.com.
Here the condition comes on without prior damage to the lymphatic system.
The lymphatics either don't develop properly in the first place, or become diseased later.
This is often a familial condition, and some of the genetic faults are known.
Always remember, genes don't invariably "express" their potential bad effects - that depends on environmental factors as well, usually - a lot of which are under our control.
All the measures mentioned above become even more important now.
Find your local lymphedema support group. They will know the best professionals and be a source of practical help.
You need to learn manual lymphatic drainage massage technique.
This is quite gentle, not a cause of limb pain.
Lymphatic massage and exercises need to be a priority, for 20 minutes of each day, to avoid more limb pain.
Professor Neil Piller and Maree O'Connor have written a very readable and comprehensive little book...
"The Lymphoedema Handbook"
A very good book on Breast Cancer by John R. Lee, David Zava and Virginia Hopkins.
"What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer : How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life"
1000 mg per day of calcium dobesilate² - see below
150 mg three times a day of butcher's broom extract
900 mg of diosmin plus 100 mg of hesperidin plus 30-50 mg per day of quercetin. - citrus bioflavonoids
3 grams per day of hydroxyethylrutosides (Paroven)
Prof Piller et al published a positive trial using Paroven.
2 capsules twice a day with meals, of Venotone (horse chestnut)
1/4 teaspoon twice a day of Life Extension's Rutin Powder
20 mg three times per day of rutin
80-160 mg three times per day of extract of bilberry
As in virtually any condition anywhere, acupuncture is worth a few tries to see if symptoms and limb pain are eased.
Here discomfort below your knee - aching limb pain or heavy feeling - is relieved by putting your legs up.
There may be little in the way of obvious surface varicosities, because the veins leading into and in your calf muscles are at fault.
Perforating veins pass blood from our skin into the calf muscle pump mechanism. They go through holes in the deep fascia - the strong fibrous envelope surrounding our muscles.
All veins have one way valves, here such that blood can only pass into the muscle, not back out to the skin - and from the muscle up the leg towards our heart.
With each step, our calf muscles pump blood back up towards our heart. As we swing the leg forward for the next step, blood enters the relaxed muscle from the skin.
This mechanism can fail for various reasons - here because of enlarged veins with stretched valves no longer closing, allowing blood to shoot back at high pressure to under our skin, as we walk.
This high pressure in the veins under our skin is responsible for the limb pain or varicose eczema seen now.
It also commonly fails when some painful condition prevents us from walking with the normal spring in our step - just shuffling along without using our calf muscles.
Sitting for long periods in a bus or plane, similarly stops it working. The exercise to do when traveling, is to repeatedly lift your heel sharply, with toes still on the floor.
It is believed that blood clots in "economy class syndrome" are also partly due to the lower oxygen in planes. There's nothing one can do about that, so the exercises and "anti embolism" compression stockings are very important.
Prescription of compression stockings ideally should be done by someone who is trained to measure the blood pressure in the limb.
Just feeling pulses at your foot isn't good enough. In two large series⁴ of people with leg ulcers, 1/3 and 2/3 respectively with reduced ABPI had pulses recorded as present.
The pressure needs to be aligned to the reason for the stockings, and the diastolic blood pressure here. Different pressures are needed for varicose ulcer management, purely swelling or prevention of pulmonary emboli.
The compression must not be enough to cut off the
artery circulation. This happens more easily if your arteries are blocked.
Horsechestnut seed is a herbal remedy for heavy legs from varicose veins, cramps in calves at night and swollen itchy legs.
Paroven, a derivative of the bioflavonoid rutin, is also good for some limb pain of vascular origin.
Putting your legs up is good - do it often. We all need some R & R in our lives.
Calcium dobesilate² has been found useful some symptoms, especially in severe cases.
This limb pain is when ordinarily painless (and often varicose) veins become sore, red and swollen - clotted up and surrounded by often an inch wide band of inflamed subcutaneous tissue.
This can happen because of a direct bump or overenthusiastic massage on the vein, or illness such as cancer. Many times no obvious underlying cause can be found.
It has been thought of as of minor nuisance value mostly, but in a
recent French study³ of 844 people, one quarter also had deep venous
thrombosis (DVT) or symptomatic pulmonary embolism.
Sometimes DVT happens just out of the blue, but usually when ill or immobilized for one reason or another.
"Stasis is the basis" - blood needs to always be on the move,or it may clot.
Sitting still for long periods, our calf muscle pump not operating, the veins will be full of blood - opened up full bore.
From a mountain gorge to a coastal delta, a river slows down.
It's the same here, wider channels, same overall flow, blood flows slower.
After surgery or childbirth, and especially with serious illnesses, our blood is more inclined to clot anyway. It all adds up.
Clots in the muscle veins of the calf, cause pain and swelling and increased warmth of the skin.
Changes may be very subtle, but even a little ankle swelling in the above type of circumstance, warrants a check, by you and your doctor.
Lay on your face, with both legs uncovered.
Your helper feels the temperature of one leg after the other, by placing some part of their hand on the middle of your calf.
Then just loosely grab the whole calf muscle, to assess its bulk. Your dominant side should be bigger.
Then prod deeply down the middle of the upper calf, for tenderness on one side compared to the other. Don't be put off by lack of tenderness, as this comes some time after the clot develops.
Pseudo DVT has the same findings, but this limb pain is due to leakage of irritating synovial (joint) fluid from our knee joint causing painful swelling in our calf muscles.
You may have previously been aware of a soft swelling directly behind your knee. This may be a Baker's cyst - a fluid filled bulging backward of the synovial cavity of your knee.
You may also have been aware of limb pain from your knee joint, as osteoarthritis is the usual cause of Baker's cyst formation.
"I graduated in medicine 54 years ago. Having experienced both, I find old age much easier to take, so far, than the adverse effects (limb pain) I have experienced with the statins."It is not just generalized muscle pain that statins can cause but quite localized pains one could easily attribute to local pathology.
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2. Agustin Ciapponi et al Angiology 2004 55: pp147-154
3. Observations of the Relationship Between Surface and Deep Leg Blood Vein Clotting. Ann Intern Med February 16, 2010 152:I-48
4. Moffatt C, O'Hare L. Ankle pulses are not sufficient to detect impaired arterial circulation in patients with leg ulcers. Journal of Wound Care 1995;54: 134-8.
Callam M, Harper D, Dale J, et al. Arterial disease in chronic leg ulceration: an underestimated hazard? BMJ 1987;294:929-3 1.
5. This is extrapolating from known examples of this mechanism, as in late effects of poliomyelitis. Post polio syndrome comes on many years after the polio attack, as the remaining overworked "motor units" buckle under their increased load.
This is also known as Doxium, Dexium, Rasexinium, Toraxine and Nugatex.
This compound was discovered more than 40 years ago and is apparently registered for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy in some countries.
It acts on capillary endothelium and its underlying basement membrane, to block hyper-permiability and reduce the amount of work your lymphatics have to do. It also improves lymphatic drainage.
The reference² is to a "meta analysis" of published "randomized placebo controlled clinical trials."
These are trials where some people with the condition are taking a dummy treatment, some the real thing - but during the trial no one including their doctors, knows which.
Pre-existing beliefs about the treatment on the part of the doctors, and hopes and fears on the part of the patients, can lead to faulty observation and reporting.
In this type of trial, these errors will be spread evenly between the real and the dummy treatment, so the overall result wont be mucked up.
A meta-analysis is a study of all such trials published on a particular problem, looking very carefully at the quality of the studies and their results.
The above meta analysis was conducted on trials in people with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI,) not lymphoedema. The results are very relevant to lymphoedema as well, as leaky capillaries increase the work load on your lymphatics.
Only 3 of the 10 suitable trials were found to be of high quality.
The authors' conclusion was...
It can be concluded that calcium dobesilate administered orally for 4 weeks to patients with CVI significantly improved symptoms like night cramps and discomfort. The number needed to treat is small (4 to 8 patients). There was no conclusive evidence on the effect of calcium dobesilate on leg volume reduction, pain, paresthesias, and malleolar swelling. Calcium dobesilate was not associated with more short-term adverse effects than placebo. Subgroup analysis suggests an increased beneficial effect in more severe patients and also suggests that a dose greater than 1,000 mg is not associated with better outcomes.Some concern has been expressed about the rare possibility of bone marrow damage with agranulocytosis. This is a very serious condition where the white blood cells are not present in enough numbers to fight infection.
I do all this reading, so you're for it. Pleeaasse read on, please do. It's just to understand a little of the way our capillaries and lymphatics work.
The smallest vessels are tubes made of just one layer of (endothelial) cells. Their function requires them to be capable of very variable permeability (leakiness) in different circumstances.
This diagram of a capillary is from health-pictures.com
Capillaries allow oxygen, carbon dioxide, fluid, wastes and nutrients free passage. Lymphatics allow larger items like proteins and cells free passage.
When our body needs to repair damage or fight infection, capillaries then allow inflammatory cells and proteins free passage. One may then see swelling, weeping or pus formation.
Adjoining endothelial cells have specialized connecting structures, to allow for these changes. These junctional complexes include "tight junctions," "adherens junctions," and "gap junctions."
Gap junctions are communication structures, which allow the passage of small molecular weight solutes between neighboring cells.
Tight junctions serve the major functional purpose of providing a barrier within the membrane, regulating paracellular (between cells) permeability and so tailoring the extracellular microenvironment. Occludin is a protein in the tight junctions.
Adherens junctions play an important role in contact inhibition of endothelial cell growth (stopping abnormal growth) and paracellular permeability to circulating white blood cells and solutes.
"Focal adhesions" composed of integrins (another protein) anchor the endothelial lining to underlying materials in the vessel wall. Focal Adhesion Kinase is another component. Both components play central roles in controlling the barrier function of the lining cells.
Focal adhesions are molecular bridges between inside and outside the cells, that mediate 2-way crosstalk between the extracellular matrix and the cytoskeleton (within the endothelial cell.)
They are targets for biochemical and mechanical stimuli that evoke crucial developmental and injury response mechanisms including cell growth, development and movement.
Interruption of integrin–matrix binding or other parts of these mechanisms, leads to leaky microvessels, which places a greater load on our lymphatics. Anything which leaks out of the capillaries will eventually have to be carried away by the lymphatics.
All of this multitude of proteins have to be manufactured continually, from good quality (complete) protein we eat. Understanding of dietary protein requirements is a hot potato in medicine.
Protein is made of units called amino (nitrogen containing) acids. The conventional method for telling how much protein is needed, is to measure the nitrogen going into and out of the body.
A person is in positive nitrogen balance if they are retaining nitrogen, as protein, a lot of which is structural (muscle.) Inadequate protein intake causes negative nitrogen balance.
The zone diet is currently not accepted by dietitians. This suggests higher protein content than they do, for reasons other than nitrogen balance.
As well as enzymes, we need amino acids for making our neurotransmitters which pass messages between nerve cells.
New Guinea highlanders on a sweet potato diet could survive with only half of what is conventionally regarded as adequate protein. Most people are not as well adapted to low protein as they are, and modern toxic living has increased our needs.
To quote Dr. Barry Sears, who coined the term zone diet...
"The hormonal rules for humans haven't changed in the past 150,000 years, and they probably won't change tomorrow."This probably seems a long stretch from limb pain, but in the end most health topics come back to diet and exercise.
Never accept this as a "diagnosis." It isn't one!
Vague general limb pain will probably be due to spinal problems causing tight leg muscles.
One thing to consider apart from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, is atypical rheumatic fever.
Rheumatic fever causes joint pains about two weeks after a sore throat from the group A beta-haemolytic Streptococcus. This germ also causes acute nephritis and scarlet fever.
A typical attack involves swelling and pain in peripheral limb joints, but the swelling may not happen. A rapid pulse out of keeping with the degree of fever is also a feature.
The sore throat may have been quite mild and easily forgotten.
Anti Streptolysin O is a blood test for checking on this possibility. It isn't used much these days, in investigation of limb pain. It probably should be.
Osteochondritis of various bones can also cause limb pain. This is a condition or a number of conditions where growing bones break down.
The cause is generally unknown, but I would bet it is nutritional (deficiency.)
Pain from the hip joint in young people, felt anywhere down to the knee...See page on hip conditions
Scurvy can easily happen if children are fed only well cooked food. Limping and tenderness of their lower limbs are typical symptoms.
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Ankle to brachial (arm) pressure index (ABPI) compares BP reading in the two limbs to detect leg artery blockage.
Subcutaneous tissue is the layer which underlies our skin. It is loose material to allow movement of skin over bony bumps and therefore capable of considerable swelling.
Pulmonary embolism is when a clot is dislodged from a leg vein and is swept up to the lung arteries - very dangerous. This cannot come directly from superficial veins, only if there is DVT as well.


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Basic statistics are easy enough to understand. They are also easy enough to manipulate. Don't let people off the hook because they throw out numbers. Make sure the stats they use are even remotely meaningful.
In the aftermath of Andre Dawson's somewhat surprising induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, baseball writers are struggling to demonstrate the Hawk's greatness. In this vein, a photo caption on Sports Illustrated's website noted: "Andre Dawson, Willie Mays and Barry Bonds are the only players with 400 homeruns and 300 steals in their career."
This reflects baseball writers' standard strategy for bestowing legendary status upon decent players: search for a few arbitrary statistical thresholds that the player and a few other all-time greats surpassed -- and then insist on the relevance of these thresholds in placing the player among elite company that he wouldn't otherwise deserve.
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1. This is the first time I've ever heard "300 steals" considered as an important statistical plateau. But if it is now an important plateau, then the quickly dismissed HOF candidacies of Luis Polonia (321) and Gary Pettis (354) should be reconsidered.
2. Dawson had significantly fewer homeruns (438) than either Mays (660) and Bonds (762). He also had the fewest steals of the three: he's only 24 behind Mays, but 200 behind Bonds. So this whole 400/300 statistic is even more misleading than it initially seemed.
3. In the 20th century, only two players have pitched at least 700 innings while also collecting over 900 hits: Babe Ruth and Johnny Cooney (Who?).
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Watery Wednesday at Cahills Crossing
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This looks like an interesting trip in the Northern Territory! I live on the Mornington Peninsula and the furthest west I have been is Adelaide some years ago!ReplyDelete
Oh how wonderful! The concept of saltwater crocodiles is one that is quite difficult to grasp, isn't it? Being a Malaysian (lost in the UK), I grew up seeing and avoiding them in rivers and lakes. But never saltwater area...how bizarre!ReplyDelete
Looks like you had a fab trip. I sooo want to visit your side of the world but I just am not patient enough to last the plane journey!ReplyDelete
Looks to me like you had a wonderful trip.ReplyDelete
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Can't say I would blame you for not going across.ReplyDelete
Oh Cathy, How I LOVE the territory !! Darwin in the dry...beautiful. We worked in the NT for 4 years and debated if we should sell our Adelaide property and move to Alice Springs permanently. Too late now..too old for that. Once you have lived in the REAL outback for a while, it calls you to come back, tugs at the heartstrings if you know what I mean. When I say REAL outback...where we were was 700km south west from Alice Springs, cant get much more isolated than that !! Heaven.ReplyDelete
Wow, a fun trip away from home. Great photos! A month is great. I would like to be off work for a month.ReplyDelete
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what a lovely trip that was for your birthday. I really like to explore the top end. Maybe someday..
Thanks for the visit
Very nice shots Cathy, thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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dont think I would cross thereReplyDelete
interesting shots, thanks for showing!
I would definitely not attempt to cross, the sign said it all for me. What fun to have a month long adventure.ReplyDelete
On our first trip to Australia, we stayed up in Cape Tribulation, and saw one crocodile! Would we have passed over Cahill's Crossing once leaving here? It seems to ring a bell. xReplyDelete
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That CSR doesn't seem to be correct.
When I got my Gold in May 2008, I went through the regular Amex site. I think it was July when the $125 fee showed up, and I PIF'ed it immediately. I then called Amex and told them that it was my very first call to CS and I had a problem. I said I thought the fee was waived the first year. He asked me what website I had gone through, and I told him that I had looked at several but I had applied through the regular Amex site.
I told him I had already paid the fee, but I really thought it was waived the first year. He put me on hold, and came back and said, "We want you to have an excellent experience with AMEX, so we are crediting back the fee." Within a day it was credited.
It may be worth a shot to wait until Monday when the regulars are at work and try this approach.
I received my Gold card in January 09. In the T&C it said the first YEAR's fee would be waived. It's now December. I just called to verify and was assured that the annual fee will be added in January. It shouldn't matter what month you received your card. A year is a year, not a prorated part of the year.
While it's true that the annual fee is paid in advance, the first year is waived so the OP's situation makes no sense at all.
Call back Monday, as suggested.


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University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74107-1898
2Harrison Department of Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Isolated canine islets transplanted to hyperglycemic rats fail to restore euglycemia in almost all cases, although the grafted islet tissue appears to be morphologically intact for up to 48 h following transplantation. Cytokines typically produced in the xenograft environment (e.g., IL-1 and TNF) inhibit insulin biosynthesis and secretion from isolated pancreatic islets, and are associated with the production of nitric oxide (NO). To further define the relationship between NO production and islet xenotransplantation, the inhibition of NO in a splenocyte/islet coculture system, and the in vivo effect of this inhibition on canine islet xenotransplantation, was investigated. Splenocytes (SPLC) from Lewis rats were cocultured with canine islets (freshly isolated or cultured 7 days), supernatant removed, and NO concentration (NO2) determined by optical density (Griess reaction, 550 nm, expressed as nmol nitrite/106 cells/18 h). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was used as a positive control of SPLC production of NO. Stimulation by LPS resulted in maximal NO production (2.20 ± 0.16 nmol/106 cells/18 h, p < 0.001 compared to baseline values of 0.73 ± 0.04 nmol/106 cells/18 h). In the presence of NO inhibitors (NMA, polymyxin B, hydrocortisone, aminoguanidine, DMSO), nitrite levels did not significantly rise above unstimulated values. Freshly isolated canine islets did stimulate NO production (1.26 ± 0.12 nmol/106 cells/18 h, p < 0.001). In contrast, cultured canine islets did not stimulate NO production (0.84 ± 0.09 nmol/106 cells/18 h). Transplantation of freshly isolated canine islets to STZ-diabetic recipient Lewis rats resulted in amelioration of hyperglycemia in only 50% (n = 6) of recipients 12 h posttransplant, with a return to hyperglycemia at all subsequent time points. Transplantation of 7-day cultured canine islets resulted in amelioration of hyperglycemia in 88% of recipients 12 h posttransplant and 63% of recipients 24 h posttransplant [p = 0.028, mean survival time (MST) = 1.0 days, n = 8]. Transplantation of canine islet xenografts with aminoguanidine therapy (BID, n = 11) resulted in amelioration of hyperglycemia in 100% of recipients at 12 h posttransplant, decreasing to 82% by 24 h following transplantation (p = 0.002, MST = 0.9 days). These results demonstrate that freshly isolated canine islets are potent stimulators of NO production by rat SPLC in vitro, and that culture of canine islets, or addition of NO inhibitors, abrogates stimulated NO production. These results also demonstrate a statistically significant improvement (p < 0.001) in early function of canine islet xenografts following 7 days of islet culture prior to transplant, and following recipient treatment with aminoguanidine. These studies suggest that the production of NO in the microenvironment of the graft site may adversely affect engraftment and function of canine islets, and suggest that the abrogation of islet-stimulated NO production may improve engraftment following islet xenotransplantation.
Key words: Islet transplantation; Xenotransplantation; Nitric oxide; Canine islets; Islet/splenocyte coculture
Address correspondence to Robert J. Ketchum, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Oklahoma State University, 1111 West 17th Street, Tulsa, OK 74107-1898. Tel: (918) 561-8256; Fax: (918) 561-8419; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Patrick Bosch,1 Doug Musgrave,1 Steven Ghivizzani,2 Christian Latterman,1 Charles S. Day,1 and Johnny Huard1,2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
2Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
The development of new clinically applicable methods for the delivery of bone morphogenic protein (BMP) is an area of intensive research. Cell-mediated gene therapy approaches are being explored as a potential delivery vehicle. Primary muscle-derived cells isolated from an adult mouse were transduced with an adenoviral-BMP-2 construct. These cells were injected into the triceps surae of severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mice where they induced heterotopic bone formation. BMP-2 expression by these muscle-derived cell constructs was measured in vitro to estimate in vivo BMP-2 delivery. In vitro expression of BMP-2 by 3 x 105 muscle-derived cells was 87.89 ng/72 h. These results suggest that the efficiency of muscle cell-based gene delivery of BMP-2 exceeds the direct delivery of recombinant BMP-2 protein.
Key words: Muscle-derived cells; BMP-2; Gene therapy; Bone; Adenovirus
Address correspondence to Johnny Huard, Ph.D., Director: Growth and Development Laboratory, Rm. 4151 Rangos Research Center, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583. Tel: (412) 692-7822; Fax: (412) 692-7095; E-mail: email@example.com
Evaluation of an Intrathecal Immune Response in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients Implanted With Encapsulated Genetically Engineered Xenogeneic Cells
A. D. Zurn,1 H. Henry,2 M. Schluep,3 V. Aubert,4 L. Winkel,1 B. Eilers,2 C. Bachmann,2 and P. Aebischer1
1Gene Therapy Center and Division of Surgical Research, Centre
Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Medical School,
1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
2Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Medical School, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
3Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Medical School, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
4Division of Immunology and Allergology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne University Medical School, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
A phase I/II clinical trial has been performed in 12 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients to evaluate the safety and tolerability of intrathecal implants of encapsulated genetically engineered baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells releasing human ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF). These patients have been assessed for a possible intrathecal or systemic immune response against the implanted xenogeneic cells. Hundreds of pg CNTF/ml could be detected for several weeks in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 9 out of 12 patients, in 2 patients up to 20 weeks after capsule implantation. Slightly elevated leukocyte counts were observed in 6 patients. Clear evidence for a delayed humoral immune response was found in the CSF of only 3 patients out of 12 (patients #4, #6, and #10). Characterization of the antigen(s) recognized by the antibodies present in these CSF samples allowed to identify bovine fetuin as the main antigenic component. The defined medium used for maintaining the capsules in vitro before implantation contains bovine fetuin. Fetuin may therefore still be adsorbed to the surface of the cells and/or the polymer membrane, or be present in the medium surrounding the encapsulated cells at the time of implantation. Because of the insufficient availability of CSF samples, as well as the relatively poor sensitivity of the assays used, a weak humoral immune response against components of the implanted cells themselves cannot be excluded. However, the present study demonstrates that encapsulated xenogeneic cells implanted intrathecally can survive for up to 20 weeks in the absence of immunosuppression and that neither CNTF nor the presence of antibodies against bovine fetuin elicit any adverse side effects in the implanted patients.
Key words: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Xenotransplantation; Encapsulated cells; Immune response
Address correspondence to A. Zurn, Gene Therapy Center and Division of Surgical Research, CHUV, Lausanne University Medical School, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel: 41 21 314 24 62; Fax: 41 21 314 24 68; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Stuart I. Hodgetts,1 Manfred W. Beilharz,2 Anthony A. Scalzo,2 and Miranda D. Grounds1
Departments of 1Anatomy and Human Biology and 2Microbiology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, 6907
Overcoming the massive and rapid death of injected donor myoblasts is the primary hurdle for successful myoblast transfer therapy (MTT), designed as a treatment for the lethal childhood myopathy Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The injection of male myoblasts into female host mice and quantification of surviving male DNA using the Y-chromosome-specific (Y1) probe allows the speed and extent of death of donor myoblasts to be determined. Cultured normal C57BL/10Sn male donor myoblasts were injected into untreated normal C57BL/10Sn and dystrophic mdx female host mice and analyzed by slot blots using a 32P-labeled Y1 probe. The amount of male DNA from donor myoblasts showed a remarkable decrease within minutes and by 1 h represented only about 10-18% of the 2.5 x 105 cells originally injected (designated 100%). This declined further over 1 week to approximately 1-4%. The host environment (normal or dystrophic) as well as the extent of passaging in tissue culture (early "P3" or late "P15-20" passage) made no difference to this result. Modulation of the host response by CD4+/CD8+-depleting antibodies administered prior to injection of the cultured myoblasts dramatically enhanced donor myoblast survival in dystrophic mdx hosts (15-fold relative to untreated hosts after 1 week). NK1.1 depletion also dramatically enhanced donor myoblast survival in dystrophic mdx hosts (21-fold after 1 week) compared to untreated hosts. These results provide a strategic approach to enhance donor myoblast survival in clinical trials of MTT.
Key words: Myoblast transfer therapy; Survival; CD4+/CD8+/NK1.1 depletion; DNA quantification
Address correspondence to Dr. Stuart I. Hodgetts, Department of Anatomy and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, 6907. Tel: 618 9380 7127; Fax: 618 380 1051; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Influence of Muscle Fiber Type in Myoblast-Mediated Gene Transfer to Skeletal Muscles
Zhuqing Qu Petersen and Johnny Huard
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Musculoskeletal Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Myoblast transplantation has been hindered by immune rejection problems, as well as the poor survival and spread of transplanted cells. Our recent study has shown that the poor survival of the injected cells can be totally overcome by the use of specific populations of muscle-derived cells. In the present study, we have investigated whether a relationship exists between the fate of transplanted cells and the muscle fiber types. Four kinds of myogenic cells [primary myoblasts at a high purity (PMb), myoblasts isolated from fast single fibers (FMb), mdx (MCL), and MtMd-1 cell lines] were infected with an adenoviral vector carrying a LacZ reporter gene and injected into mdx hindlimb muscle. The LacZ transduced myofibers formed by the fusion of the injected myoblasts at 2-10 days postinjection were colocalized with MyHC stainings. The PMb cells, which expressed both slow and fast MyHCs in vitro, displayed the same phenotypes when injected into the m. soleus and m. gastrocnemius (white) muscles, which contained 70% and 0% of slow myofibers, respectively, and showed a high degree of fusion with host muscle fibers. In contrast, the FMb cells only expressed fast MyHCs in vitro and fused exclusively with each other or with host fast muscle fibers when injected in the m. gastrocnemius. Injected MCL and MtMd-1 fused predominantly with each other and displayed a similar expression of MyHCs to those they expressed in vitro. Just a few host myofibers were found to express the reporter gene product following implantation of both cell lines, indicating that these myogenic cell lines display an intrinsic potential to fuse together rather than with host myofibers. Based on the data, we concluded that 1) the essential key to survival is the ability of the donor cells to fuse with the host myofibers, and 2) the most successful combination is achieved between donor primary muscle cells that express both fast and slow MyHC and a host muscle type that facilitates fusion.
Key words: Myoblast transplantation; MyHC isoforms; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Gene transfer; Ex vivo approach
Address correspondence to Dr. Johnny Huard, Director: Growth & Development Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213. Tel: (412) 692-7807; Fax: (412) 692-7095; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
K. Goldring,1,2 G. E. Jones,2 and D. J. Watt1
1Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Division of Neuroscience
and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, Charing
Cross Campus, St Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP, UK
2The Randall Institute, King's College London, 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL, UK
Using the mdx mouse model for human Duchenne muscular dystrophy we have shown that a cell population residing in the dermis of C57Bl/10ScSn mouse skin is capable of converting to a myogenic lineage when implanted into the mdx muscle environment. It was important to determine the characteristics of the converting cell. A previous in vitro study indicated that 10% of cells underwent conversion but only when the cells were grown in medium previously harvested from a myogenic culture. In the present study we cloned cells derived from the dermis to identify the converting cells. Clones grown in normal growth medium showed no conversion, but when grown in medium conditioned by muscle cells around 40% conversion was achieved in several individual clones. We investigated whether the protein b-galactoside binding protein (bGBP), which is secreted by myoblasts and acts as a cell growth regulator of fibroblasts, could be a candidate factor responsible for conversion. Medium harvested from COS-1 cells infected with a construct containing bGBP has been used for this investigation. Growth of dermal fibroblasts in medium enriched with this factor showed a high rate of conversion to cells expressing muscle-specific factors.
Key words: Dermal fibroblast; bGBP; Myoblasts; Desmin; Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Address correspondence to Dr Diana Watt, Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, Charing Cross Campus, St Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RP, UK. Tel: 44-181-846-7029; Fax: 44-181-846-7025; E-mail: email@example.com
C. N. Pagel, J. E. Morgan, J. G. Gross, and T. A. Partridge
Muscle Cell Biology, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
Transplantation of disaggregated myoblasts from normal donor to the muscles of a diseased host, or reimplantation of genetically modified host myoblasts, has been suggested as a possible route to therapy for inherited myopathies such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or to supply missing proteins that are required systemically in diseases such as hemophilia. With two exceptions, studies of myoblast transfer in the mouse have involved transplantation of donor myoblasts isolated from adult or neonatal skeletal muscle satellite cells. In this study we present evidence that thymic myoid cells are capable of participating in the regeneration of postnatal skeletal muscle, resulting in the expression of donor-derived proteins such as dystrophin and retrovirally encoded proteins such as b-galactosidase within host muscles. This leads us to conclude that thymic myoid cells may provide an alternative to myoblasts derived from skeletal muscle as a source of myogenic cells for myoblast transfer.
Key words: Myoblast transplantation; Thymic myoid cell; Dystrophin; Muscle regeneration
Address correspondence to Jennifer E. Morgan, Muscle Cell Biology, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK. Tel: 0208 383 8265; Fax: 0208 383 8264; E-mail: email@example.com
Y. Torrente,1 E. El Fahime,2 N. J. Caron,2 N. Bresolin,3,4 and J. P. Tremblay2
1Centro Dino Ferrari, Institute of Clinical Neurology, University
of Milan, Milan, Italy
2Unité de recherche en Génétique humaine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada
3IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Italy
4IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Bosisio Parini, Italy
The effect of pretreatments of host muscles with metalloproteinases (MMPs) or with notexin on the migration of transplanted myoblasts was investigated. Transgenic TnILacZ mice in which the b-galactosidase gene is under the control of a quail fast skeletal troponin I gene promoter were used as donors. A polyethylene microtube with four perforations was inserted in the tibialis anterior (TA) of CD1 mice. Both pretreatment substances and cells were slowly injected through that microtube. Muscles were pretreated 2 days before myoblast injection either with a mixture of collagenase, matrilysin, and notexin or with only collagenase and matrilysin or only notexin. As control for our experiments, TnILacZ and C2C12 myoblasts were also injected in TA muscles not pretreated. Comparison of short and long-term myoblast radial migration was performed using a dye (PKH26) and X-gal staining, respectively. The recipient mice were immunosuppressed with FK506. Two days after myoblast transplantation, the cell movement in muscles pretreated with collagenase, matrilysin, and notexin was slightly greater than in muscles pretreated only with collagenase and matrilysin but was about twice that observed in muscles treated with notexin alone. Almost no radial migration of TnILacZ myoblasts was observed in untreated muscles. The C2C12 myoblasts showed a four- to fivefold higher migration capacity than TnILacZ myoblasts. At 15 days after TnILacZ myoblast transplantation, the farthest positive b-gal muscle fibers show a two- to threefold extension of the initial migration observed at 2 days, demonstrating the ability of myoblasts to continue the migration following all pretreatments and even in the untreated muscles. In addition, more muscle fibers expressed the b-gal reporter gene in muscles pretreated only with MMPs. Our results clearly demonstrate that muscle pretreatments with MMPs increase myoblast migration and fusion with host muscle fibers after transplantation and that the C2C12 cell line producing MMPs has a higher migratory capacity.
Key words: Myoblast transplantation; Transgenic mice; Metalloproteinase
Address correspondence to Jacques P. Tremblay, Ph.D., Unité de recherche en Génétique humaine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval, 2705, boul. Laurier, RC-9300, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada G1V 4G2. Tel: (418) 654-2186; Fax: (418) 654-2207; E-mail: email@example.com
J. E. Anderson, M. Weber, and C. Vargas
Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Science, University of Manitoba, Canada
Deflazacort slows the progress of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) with fewer side effects than prednisone. In mdx mice, deflazacort treatment augments repair and growth of new muscle fibers. We tested the hypothesis that deflazacort improves muscle function and promotes repair by increasing myogenic cell proliferation and fiber differentiation. mdx mice (3.5 weeks old) were treated with deflazacort (1.2 mg/kg) or vehicle for 4 weeks. Forelimb grip strength was measured. After 4 weeks, the right tibialis anterior muscle (TA) was crush injured to induce synchronous regeneration. DNA was labeled using different markers 24 and 2 h before collecting tissues 4 days after injury. The expression of creatine kinase (CK) isoforms, laminin-2 (merosin) mRNA and protein, and proliferation by myogenic cells were measured and satellite cells were identified by immunolocalization of c-met receptor. Peak grip strength increased 15% within 10 days of treatment, and was maintained up to 6 weeks after the end of treatment in a second experiment. Expression of CK MM in the regenerating TA rose from 46% to 55% of total CK activity after deflazacort treatment. Satellite cells were more numerous and appeared earlier on new fibers, in concert with a threefold increase in proliferation by myogenin+ (but not MyoD+) myoblasts. a2-Laminin mRNA expression and protein increased 1.3-5.5-fold relative to MM CK in regenerating and dystrophic TA, respectively. These studies support the hypothesis that deflazacort promotes functional gains, myogenic differentiation, myoblast fusion, and laminin expression in regenerating dystrophic muscle. The potential to augment precursor specification, strength, and possible membrane stability may be useful in directing long-term benefits for DMD patients and short-term amplification of precursors prior to myoblast transfer.
Key words: Muscle regeneration; Myogenin; Satellite cell; c-met; Laminin; bFGF
Address correspondence to Dr. Judy E. Anderson, Department of Human
Anatomy & Cell Science, University of Manitoba, 730 William Avenue,
Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3E 0W3. Tel: 204-789-3716; Fax: 204-789-3920; E-mail:


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