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  1. Article ; Online: Salt and water: not so simple.

    Zeidel, Mark L

    The Journal of clinical investigation

    2017  Volume 127, Issue 5, Page(s) 1625–1626

    Abstract: It has long been viewed that the maintenance of osmotic balance in response to high salt intake is a passive process that is mediated largely by increased water consumption to balance the salt load. Two studies in this issue of the JCI challenge this ... ...

    Abstract It has long been viewed that the maintenance of osmotic balance in response to high salt intake is a passive process that is mediated largely by increased water consumption to balance the salt load. Two studies in this issue of the JCI challenge this notion and demonstrate that osmotic balance in response to high salt intake involves a complex regulatory process that is influenced by hormone fluctuation, metabolism, food consumption, water intake, and renal salt and water excretion. Rakova et al. report the unexpected observation that long-term high salt intake did not increase water consumption in humans but instead increased water retention. Moreover, salt and water balance was influenced by glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid fluctuations. Kitada et al. extend upon these findings in mouse models and determined that increased urea and a corresponding increase in urea transporters in the renal medulla as the result of increased protein intake promote the water retention that is needed to achieve osmotic homeostasis. Together, the results of these two studies lay the groundwork for future studies to determine how, in the face of chronic changes in salt intake, humans maintain volume and osmotic homeostasis.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Glucocorticoids/metabolism ; Humans ; Kidney Medulla/metabolism ; Mice ; Mineralocorticoids/metabolism ; Sodium Chloride, Dietary/adverse effects ; Sodium Chloride, Dietary/pharmacology ; Urea/metabolism ; Water/metabolism ; Water-Electrolyte Balance
    Chemical Substances Glucocorticoids ; Mineralocorticoids ; Sodium Chloride, Dietary ; Water (059QF0KO0R) ; Urea (8W8T17847W)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-05-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 3067-3
    ISSN 1558-8238 ; 0021-9738
    ISSN (online) 1558-8238
    ISSN 0021-9738
    DOI 10.1172/JCI94004
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  2. Article ; Online: Role of ecto-5'-nucleotidase in bladder function.

    Barge, Sagar / Wu, Ali / Zhang, Lanlan / Robson, Simon C / Olumi, Aria / Alper, Seth L / Zeidel, Mark L / Yu, Weiqun

    FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

    2024  Volume 38, Issue 2, Page(s) e23416

    Abstract: Purinergic signaling plays an important role in regulating bladder contractility and voiding. Abnormal purinergic signaling is associated with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Ecto-5'-nucleotidase (NT5E) catalyzes dephosphorylation of extracellular ... ...

    Abstract Purinergic signaling plays an important role in regulating bladder contractility and voiding. Abnormal purinergic signaling is associated with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Ecto-5'-nucleotidase (NT5E) catalyzes dephosphorylation of extracellular AMP to adenosine, which in turn promotes adenosine-A2b receptor signaling to relax bladder smooth muscle (BSM). The functional importance of this mechanism was investigated using Nt5e knockout (Nt5eKO) mice. Increased voiding frequency of small voids revealed by voiding spot assay was corroborated by urodynamic studies showing shortened voiding intervals and decreased bladder compliance. Myography indicated reduced contractility of Nt5eKO BSM. These data support a role for NT5E in regulating bladder function through modulation of BSM contraction and relaxation. However, the abnormal bladder phenotype of Nt5eKO mice is much milder than we previously reported in A2b receptor knockout (A2bKO) mice, suggesting compensatory response(s) in Nt5eKO mouse bladder. To better understand this compensatory mechanism, we analyzed changes in purinergic and other receptors controlling BSM contraction and relaxation in the Nt5eKO bladder. We found that the relative abundance of muscarinic CHRM3 (cholinergic receptor muscarinic 3), purinergic P2X1, and A2b receptors was unchanged, whereas P2Y12 receptor was significantly downregulated, suggesting a negative feedback response to elevated ADP signaling. Further studies of additional ecto-nucleotidases indicated significant upregulation of the nonspecific urothelial alkaline phosphatase ALPL, which might mitigate the degree of voiding dysfunction by compensating for Nt5e deletion. These data suggest a mechanistic complexity of the purinergic signaling network in bladder and imply a paracrine mechanism in which urothelium-released ATP and its rapidly produced metabolites coordinately regulate BSM contraction and relaxation.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; 5'-Nucleotidase/genetics ; Adenosine ; Alkaline Phosphatase ; Cholinergic Agents ; Mice, Knockout ; Urinary Bladder
    Chemical Substances 5'-Nucleotidase (EC 3.1.3.5) ; Adenosine (K72T3FS567) ; Alkaline Phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1) ; Cholinergic Agents ; Nt5e protein, mouse (EC 3.1.3.5)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 639186-2
    ISSN 1530-6860 ; 0892-6638
    ISSN (online) 1530-6860
    ISSN 0892-6638
    DOI 10.1096/fj.202301393R
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  3. Article ; Online: American Society of Nephrology Kidney TREKS Program.

    Rubin, Molly / Lecker, Stewart H / Ramkumar, Nirupama / Sozio, Stephen M / Hoover, Robert S / Zeidel, Mark L / Ko, Benjamin S

    Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

    2024  

    Abstract: In response to decreasing numbers of individuals entering into nephrology fellowships, the American Society of Nephrology launched Kidney TREKS (Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars) to stimulate interest in nephrology among medical ... ...

    Abstract In response to decreasing numbers of individuals entering into nephrology fellowships, the American Society of Nephrology launched Kidney TREKS (Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars) to stimulate interest in nephrology among medical students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. The program combines a one-week intensive exposure to kidney physiology with a longitudinal mentorship program at the participants' home institutions. Ten years in, an analysis was conducted to assess its effectiveness. We surveyed participants to assess their opinions regarding nephrology before and after the course and followed them longitudinally to determine their career choices. TREKS applicants who were not selected to participate were used as a comparison group. 381 people participated in the program and 242 completed the survey. After TREKS, both medical students and graduate students showed increased interest in nephrology, with rank scores of 5.6±0.2 pre- to 7.5±0.1 post-course for medical students (mean ± standard deviation, n=189, p=0.001) and 7.3±0.3 to 8.7±0.3 (n=53, p=0.001) for graduate students. In long term follow-up, TREKS medical students chose a nephrology pipeline residency at a higher rate than medical students overall (57% vs. 31%, p=0.01) and TREKS applicants who did not participate (47% vs. 31%, p=0.04). Nephrology fellowship rates for these groups exceeded the general population but did not significantly differ between TREKS participants and applicants. PhD students and postdoctoral TREKS participants had a higher rate of participating in nephrology research compared to TREKS applicants (66% vs. 30%, p=0.01). In summary, the ASN Kidney TREKS program has demonstrated that it can improve interest in nephrology in the short term and increase the number of individuals going into nephrology careers. This long-term effect is most evident in PhD students and postdoctoral participants. Further study is needed to assess the impact of TREKS on enrollment in nephrology fellowship programs.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1085942-1
    ISSN 1533-3450 ; 1046-6673
    ISSN (online) 1533-3450
    ISSN 1046-6673
    DOI 10.1681/ASN.0000000000000384
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  4. Article ; Online: Smooth Muscle Insulin Receptor Deletion Causes Voiding Dysfunction: A Mechanism for Diabetic Bladder Dysfunction.

    Chen, Huan / Wu, Ali / Zeidel, Mark L / Yu, Weiqun

    Diabetes

    2022  Volume 71, Issue 10, Page(s) 2197–2208

    Abstract: Diabetic bladder dysfunction (DBD) is the most common complication in diabetes. Myogenic abnormalities are common in DBD; however, the underlying mechanisms leading to these remain unclear. To understand the importance of smooth muscle insulin receptor ( ... ...

    Abstract Diabetic bladder dysfunction (DBD) is the most common complication in diabetes. Myogenic abnormalities are common in DBD; however, the underlying mechanisms leading to these remain unclear. To understand the importance of smooth muscle insulin receptor (IR)-mediated signaling in the pathogenesis of DBD, we conditionally deleted it to achieve either heterozygous (SMIR+/-) or homozygous (SMIR-/-) deletion in smooth muscle cells. Despite impaired glucose and insulin tolerance seen with SMIR-/- mice, both SMIR+/- and SMIR-/- mice exhibited normal blood glucose and plasma insulin levels. Interestingly, these mice had abnormal voiding phenotypes, that included urinary frequency and small voids, and bladder smooth muscle (BSM) had significantly diminished contraction force. Morphology revealed a dilated bladder with thinner BSM layer, and BSM bundles were disorganized with penetrating interstitial tissue. Deletion of IR elevated FoxO and decreased mTOR protein expression, which further decreased the expression of Chrm3, P2x1, Sm22, and Cav1.2, crucial functional proteins for BSM contraction. Furthermore, we determined the expression of adiponectin in BSM, and deletion of IR in BSM inhibited adiponectin-mediated signaling. In summary, disruption of IR-mediated signaling in BSM caused abnormalities in proliferation and differentiation, leading to diminished BSM contractility and a voiding dysfunction phenotype that recapitulates human DBD.
    MeSH term(s) Adiponectin/metabolism ; Animals ; Blood Glucose/metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus/metabolism ; Humans ; Insulins/metabolism ; Mice ; Muscle Contraction/genetics ; Muscle, Smooth/metabolism ; Muscle, Smooth/pathology ; Receptor, Insulin/genetics ; Receptor, Insulin/metabolism ; Receptor, Muscarinic M3/metabolism ; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism ; Urinary Bladder/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Adiponectin ; Blood Glucose ; CHRM3 protein, human ; Insulins ; Receptor, Muscarinic M3 ; Receptor, Insulin (EC 2.7.10.1) ; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases (EC 2.7.11.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-22
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 80085-5
    ISSN 1939-327X ; 0012-1797
    ISSN (online) 1939-327X
    ISSN 0012-1797
    DOI 10.2337/db22-0233
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  5. Article ; Online: Opening Up New Supply Chains.

    Zeidel, Mark L / Kirk, Carolyn / Linville-Engler, Ben

    The New England journal of medicine

    2020  Volume 382, Issue 21, Page(s) e73

    MeSH term(s) Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology ; Coronavirus Infections/therapy ; Efficiency, Organizational ; Equipment and Supplies/supply & distribution ; Government Regulation ; Health Care Sector/organization & administration ; Humans ; Massachusetts ; Materials Management, Hospital/organization & administration ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology ; Pneumonia, Viral/therapy ; SARS-CoV-2 ; United States/epidemiology ; United States Food and Drug Administration
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-05-06
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 207154-x
    ISSN 1533-4406 ; 0028-4793
    ISSN (online) 1533-4406
    ISSN 0028-4793
    DOI 10.1056/NEJMc2009432
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  6. Article: Water homeostasis: evolutionary medicine.

    Zeidel, Mark L

    Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association

    2013  Volume 123, Page(s) 93–105; discussion 106

    Abstract: ... layers at their surfaces, reducing osmotic gradients at the lipid bilayer surface. Aquaporins markedly ...

    Abstract As a major component of homeostasis, all organisms regulate the water composition of various compartments. Through the selective use of barrier membranes and surface glycoproteins, as well as aquaporin water channels, organisms ranging from Archaebacteria to humans can vary water permeabilities across their cell membranes by 4 to 5 orders of magnitude. In barrier epithelia the outer, or exofacial, leaflet acts as the main resistor to water flow; this leaflet restricts water flow by minimizing the surface area of lipid molecules which is not covered by phosphate headgroups and by packing hydrocarbon chains at maximal density. Cells may enhance the barrier by expressing glycoproteins that augment the "thickness" of unstirred layers at their surfaces, reducing osmotic gradients at the lipid bilayer surface. Aquaporins markedly and highly selectively accelerate water flux and are "switched on" either by deployment into membranes or gating. This review summarizes these mechanisms in many species, and indicates potential roles for manipulating water permeabilities in treating disease.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Aquaporins/physiology ; Biological Evolution ; Biological Transport/physiology ; Cell Membrane Permeability/physiology ; Homeostasis/physiology ; Humans ; Lipid Bilayers/metabolism ; Osmosis/physiology ; Water/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Aquaporins ; Lipid Bilayers ; Water (059QF0KO0R)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-01-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 603823-2
    ISSN 0065-7778
    ISSN 0065-7778
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  7. Article: TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF KIDNEY CARE.

    Freedman, Benjamin S / Zeidel, Mark L / Steinman, Theodore I

    Nephrology news & issues

    2019  Volume 30, Issue 12, Page(s) 24–28

    Abstract: The coming decades will see enormous changes in how kidney disease is diagnosed and treated. We can only predict a small proportion of the discoveries that will catalyze these changes. It is exhilarating to imagine how such discoveries might soon ... ...

    Abstract The coming decades will see enormous changes in how kidney disease is diagnosed and treated. We can only predict a small proportion of the discoveries that will catalyze these changes. It is exhilarating to imagine how such discoveries might soon translate into improved medical care for millions of people.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Kidney Diseases/therapy ; Technology/trends
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-01-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1077629-1
    ISSN 1944-7493 ; 0896-1263
    ISSN (online) 1944-7493
    ISSN 0896-1263
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  8. Article ; Online: Diagnostic Use of Base Excess in Acid-Base Disorders.

    Hoenig, Melanie P / Lecker, Stewart H / Zeidel, Mark L

    The New England journal of medicine

    2018  Volume 379, Issue 5, Page(s) 494–495

    MeSH term(s) Acid-Base Equilibrium ; Acid-Base Imbalance ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018--02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 207154-x
    ISSN 1533-4406 ; 0028-4793
    ISSN (online) 1533-4406
    ISSN 0028-4793
    DOI 10.1056/NEJMc1806372
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  9. Article: Systematic quality improvement in medicine: everyone can do it.

    Zeidel, Mark L

    Rambam Maimonides medical journal

    2011  Volume 2, Issue 3, Page(s) e0055

    Abstract: In this brief review, written from the perspective of a physician-leader who has fostered the development of comprehensive quality improvement efforts at two academic medical centers, I review the need for improvement, some conceptual barriers that must ... ...

    Abstract In this brief review, written from the perspective of a physician-leader who has fostered the development of comprehensive quality improvement efforts at two academic medical centers, I review the need for improvement, some conceptual barriers that must be overcome, the goals of a comprehensive quality improvement (QI) effort, some of the results we have obtained, and some observations on how to develop a culture of continuous improvement in an academic medical center. The mandate for quality improvement is clear; current healthcare is wasteful and error-prone, leading to excessive morbidity and mortality and unsustainably high costs. Successful quality improvement requires the abandonment of two paradigms: the craft model of medical practice and the notion that many forms of harm to patients are not preventable. I will describe how dramatic improvement has been achieved in reducing, by up to 10-fold, rates of central line infections, ventilator-associated pneumonias, peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients, and mortality due to cardiac arrest in hospital. I will describe as well how these methods can improve access to out-patient clinics dramatically and enhance the reliability and safety of hand-offs between covering physicians. To develop and maintain systematic quality improvement in all phases of medical care we must articulate a culture in which: everyone working at the medical center makes improvements every day; front-line staff, who know best how the work is done, are empowered to improve the processes of care; and multidisciplinary teams create the protocols that reduce variation that is due to physician preference, leaving only the variation required by the individual needs of patients. I will review as well the crucial elements of education of trainees and faculty members needed to guide and sustain a culture of quality. Finally, I will add some observations on how oversight boards and medical center leaders can help create systematic quality improvement in their medical centers.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2011-07-31
    Publishing country Israel
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2573657-7
    ISSN 2076-9172
    ISSN 2076-9172
    DOI 10.5041/RMMJ.10055
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  10. Article ; Online: A spatially-resolved transcriptional atlas of the murine dorsal pons at single-cell resolution.

    Nardone, Stefano / De Luca, Roberto / Zito, Antonino / Klymko, Nataliya / Nicoloutsopoulos, Dimitris / Amsalem, Oren / Brannigan, Cory / Resch, Jon M / Jacobs, Christopher L / Pant, Deepti / Veregge, Molly / Srinivasan, Harini / Grippo, Ryan M / Yang, Zongfang / Zeidel, Mark L / Andermann, Mark L / Harris, Kenneth D / Tsai, Linus T / Arrigoni, Elda /
    Verstegen, Anne M J / Saper, Clifford B / Lowell, Bradford B

    Nature communications

    2024  Volume 15, Issue 1, Page(s) 1966

    Abstract: The "dorsal pons", or "dorsal pontine tegmentum" (dPnTg), is part of the brainstem. It is a complex, densely packed region whose nuclei are involved in regulating many vital functions. Notable among them are the parabrachial nucleus, the Kölliker Fuse, ... ...

    Abstract The "dorsal pons", or "dorsal pontine tegmentum" (dPnTg), is part of the brainstem. It is a complex, densely packed region whose nuclei are involved in regulating many vital functions. Notable among them are the parabrachial nucleus, the Kölliker Fuse, the Barrington nucleus, the locus coeruleus, and the dorsal, laterodorsal, and ventral tegmental nuclei. In this study, we applied single-nucleus RNA-seq (snRNA-seq) to resolve neuronal subtypes based on their unique transcriptional profiles and then used multiplexed error robust fluorescence in situ hybridization (MERFISH) to map them spatially. We sampled ~1 million cells across the dPnTg and defined the spatial distribution of over 120 neuronal subtypes. Our analysis identified an unpredicted high transcriptional diversity in this region and pinpointed the unique marker genes of many neuronal subtypes. We also demonstrated that many neuronal subtypes are transcriptionally similar between humans and mice, enhancing this study's translational value. Finally, we developed a freely accessible, GPU and CPU-powered dashboard ( http://harvard.heavy.ai:6273/ ) that combines interactive visual analytics and hardware-accelerated SQL into a data science framework to allow the scientific community to query and gain insights into the data.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Animals ; Mice ; In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Pontine Tegmentum ; Brain Stem ; Locus Coeruleus ; Parabrachial Nucleus ; Ascomycota
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-04
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2553671-0
    ISSN 2041-1723 ; 2041-1723
    ISSN (online) 2041-1723
    ISSN 2041-1723
    DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-45907-7
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