Identification of Biomarkers that are Related to the Actin Cytoskeleton

Part IV: The Centrality of Ca(2+) Signaling and Cytoskeleton Involving Calmodulin Kinases and Ryanodine Receptors in Cardiac Failure, Arterial Smooth Muscle, Post-ischemic Arrhythmia, Similarities and Differences, and Pharmaceutical Targets

Larry H Bernstein, MD, FCAP, Justin Pearlman, MD, PhD, FACC and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/09/08/the-centrality-of-ca2-signaling-and-cytoskeleton-involving-calmodulin-kinases-and-ryanodine-receptors-in-cardiac-failure-arterial-smooth-muscle-post-ischemic-arrhythmia-similarities-and-differen/

Part V: Ca2+-Stimulated Exocytosis: The Role of Calmodulin and Protein Kinase C in Ca2+ Regulation of Hormone and Neurotransmitter

Larry H Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/12/23/calmodulin-and-protein-kinase-c-drive-the-ca2-regulation-of-hormone-and-neurotransmitter-release-that-triggers-ca2-stimulated-exocytosis/

Part VI: Calcium Cycling (ATPase Pump) in Cardiac Gene Therapy: Inhalable Gene Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Percutaneous Intra-coronary Artery Infusion for Heart Failure: Contributions by Roger J. Hajjar, MD

Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/08/01/calcium-molecule-in-cardiac-gene-therapy-inhalable-gene-therapy-for-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension-and-percutaneous-intra-coronary-artery-infusion-for-heart-failure-contributions-by-roger-j-hajjar/

Part VII: Cardiac Contractility & Myocardium Performance: Ventricular Arrhythmias and Non-ischemic Heart Failure – Therapeutic Implications for Cardiomyocyte Ryanopathy (Calcium Release-related Contractile Dysfunction) and Catecholamine Responses

Justin Pearlman, MD, PhD, FACC, Larry H Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/08/28/cardiac-contractility-myocardium-performance-ventricular-arrhythmias-and-non-ischemic-heart-failure-therapeutic-implications-for-cardiomyocyte-ryanopathy-calcium-release-related-contractile/

Part VIII: Disruption of Calcium Homeostasis: Cardiomyocytes and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: The Cardiac and Cardiovascular Calcium Signaling Mechanism

Justin Pearlman, MD, PhD, FACC, Larry H Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/09/12/disruption-of-calcium-homeostasis-cardiomyocytes-and-vascular-smooth-muscle-cells-the-cardiac-and-cardiovascular-calcium-signaling-mechanism/

Part IX: Calcium-Channel Blockers, Calcium Release-related Contractile Dysfunction (Ryanopathy) and Calcium as Neurotransmitter Sensor

Justin Pearlman, MD, PhD, FACC, Larry H Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/09/16/calcium-channel-blocker-calcium-as-neurotransmitter-sensor-and-calcium-release-related-contractile-dysfunction-ryanopathy/

Part X: Synaptotagmin functions as a Calcium Sensor: How Calcium Ions Regulate the fusion of vesicles with cell membranes during Neurotransmission

Larry H Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/09/10/synaptotagmin-functions-as-a-calcium-sensor-how-calcium-ions-regulate-the-fusion-of-vesicles-with-cell-membranes-during-neurotransmission/

Part XI: Sensors and Signaling in Oxidative Stress

Larry H. Bernstein, MD, FCAP

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/11/01/sensors-and-signaling-in-oxidative-stress/

Part XII: Atherosclerosis Independence: Genetic Polymorphisms of Ion Channels Role in the Pathogenesis of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Myocardial Ischemia (Coronary Artery Disease (CAD))

Larry H Bernstein, MD, FCAP and Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/12/21/genetic-polymorphisms-of-ion-channels-have-a-role-in-the-pathogenesis-of-coronary-microvascular-dysfunction-and-ischemic-heart-disease/

In this article the Author will cover two types of biomarker on the function of actin in cytoskeleton mobility in situ.

First, is an application in developing the actin or other component, for a biotarget and then, to be able to follow it as

(a) a biomarker either for diagnosis, or

(b) for the potential treatment prediction of disease free survival.

Second, is mostly in the context of MI, for which there is an abundance of work to reference, and a substantial body of knowledge about

(a) treatment and long term effects of diet, exercise, and

(b) underlying effects of therapeutic drugs.

1. Cell Membrane (cytoskeletal) Plasticity

Refer to … Squeezing Ovarian Cancer Cells to Predict Metastatic Potential: Cell Stiffness as Possible Biomarker

Reporter/curator: Prabodh Kandala, PhD

New Georgia Tech research shows that cell stiffness could be a valuable clue for doctors as they search for and treat cancerous cells before they’re able to spread. The findings, which are published in the journal PLoS One, found that highly metastatic ovarian cancer cells are several times softer than less metastatic ovarian cancer cells. This study used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to study the mechanical properties of various ovarian cell lines. A soft mechanical probe “tapped” healthy, malignant and metastatic ovarian cells to measure their stiffness. In order to spread, metastatic cells must push themselves into the bloodstream. As a result, they must be highly deformable and softer. This study results indicate that cell stiffness may be a useful biomarker to evaluate the relative metastatic potential of ovarian and perhaps other types of cancer cells.

Comparative gene expression analyses indicate that the reduced stiffness of highly metastatic HEY A8 cells is associated with actin cytoskeleton remodeling and microscopic examination of actin fiber structure in these cell lines is consistent with this prediction. The results suggest either of two approaches. Atomic Force Microscopy is not normally used by pathologists in diagnostics. Electron microscopy requires space for making and cutting the embedded specimen, and a separate room for the instrument. The instrument is large and the technique was not suitable for anything other than research initially until EM gained importance in Renal Pathology. It has not otherwise been used. This new method looks like it might be more justified over a spectrum of cases.

A. Atomic Force Microscopy

So the first point related to microscopy is whether AFM has feasibility for routine clinical use in the pathologists’ hands. This requires:

suitable size of equipment
suitable manipulation of the specimen
The question of whether you are using overnight fixed specimen, or whether the material is used unfixed
Nothing is said about staining of cells for identification.
Then there is the question about whether this will increase the number of Pathologist Assistants used across the country, which I am not against. This would be the end of “house” trained PAs, and gives more credence to the too few PA programs across the country. The PA programs have to be reviewed and accredited by NAACLS (I served 8 years on the Board). A PA is represented on the Board, and programs are inspected by qualified peers. There is no academic recognition given to this for tenure and promotion in Pathology Departments, and a pathologist is selected for a medical advisory role by the ASCP, and must be a Medical Advisor to a MLS accredited Program. The fact is that PAs do gross anatomic dictation of selected specimens, and they do autopsies under the guidance of a pathologist. This is the reality of the profession today. The pathologist has to be in attendance at a variety of quality review conferences, for surgical morbidity and mortality to obstetrics review, and the Cancer Review. Cytopathology and cytogenetics are in the pathology domain. In the case of tumors of the throat, cervix, and accessible orifices, it seems plausible to receive a swab for preparation. However, sampling error is greater than for a biopsy. A directed needle biopsy or a MIS specimen is needed for the ovary.

B. identification of biomarkers that are related to the actin cytoskeleton

The alternative to the first approach is the identification of biomarkers that are related to the actin cytoskeleton, perhaps in the nature of the lipid or apoprotein isoform that gives the cell membrane deformability. The method measuring by Atomic Force Microscopy is shown with the current method of cytological screening, and I call attention to cells clustered together that have a scant cytoplasm surrounding nuclei occupying 1/2 to 3/4 of the cell radius. The cells are not anaplastic, but the clumps are suggestive of glnad forming epithelium.

English: Animation showing 3-D nature of cluster. Image:Serous carcinoma 2a – cytology.jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The cell membrane, also called the plasma membrane or plasmalemma, is a semipermeable lipid bilayer common to all living cells. It contains a variety of biological molecules, primarily proteins and lipids, which are involved in a vast array of cellular processes. It also serves as the attachment point for both the intracellular cytoskeleton and, if present, the cell wall. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

AFM non contact mode (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

C. The diagnosis of ovarian cancer can be problematic because it can have a long period of growth undetected.

On the other hand, it is easily accessible once there is reason to suspect it. They are terrible to deal with because they metastasize along the abdominal peritoneum and form a solid cake. It is a problem of location and silence until it is late. Once they do announce a presence on the abdominal wall, there is probably a serous effusion. It was not possible to rely on a single marker, but when CA125 was introduced, Dr. Marguerite Pinto, Chief of Cytology at Bridgeport Hospital-Yale New Haven Health came to the immnunochemistry lab and we worked out a method for analyzing effusions, as we had already done with carcinoembryonic antigen. The use of CEA and CA125 was published by Pinto and Bernstein as a first that had an impact. This was followed by a study with the Chief of Oncology, Dr. Martin Rosman, that showed that the 30 month survival of patients post treatment is predicted by the half-life of disappearance of CA125 in serum. At the time of this writing, I am not sure of the extent of its use 20 years later. History has taught us that adoption can be slow, depending very much on dissemination from major academic medical centers. On the other hand, concepts can also be stuck at academic medical centers because of a rigid and unprepared mindset in the professional community. The best example of this is the story of Ignaz Semmelweis, the best student of Rokitansky in Vienna for discovering the cause and prevention of childbirth fever at a time that nursemaids had far better results at obstetrical delivery than physicians. Contrary to this, Edward Jenner, the best student of John Hunter (anatomist, surgeon, and physician to James Hume), discovered vaccination from the observation that milkmaids did not get smallpox (cowpox was a better alternative).

Only this year a Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to an Israeli scientist who, working in the US, was unable to convince his associates of his discovery of PSEUDOCRYSTALS. – Diagnostic efficiency of carcinoembryonic antigen and CA125 in the cytological evaluation of effusions. M M Pinto, L H Bernstein, R A Rudolph, D A Brogan, M Rosman Arch Pathol Lab Med 1992; 116(6):626-631 ICID: 825503 Article type: Review article – Immunoradiometric assay of CA 125 in effusions. Comparison with carcinoembryonic antigen. M M Pinto, L H Bernstein, D A Brogan, E Criscuolo Cancer 1987; 59(2):218-222 ICID: 825555 Article type: Review article – Carcinoembryonic antigen in effusions. A diagnostic adjunct to cytology. M M Pinto, L H Bernstein, D A Brogan, E M Criscuolo Acta Cytologica 1987; 31(2):113-118 ICID: 825557

Predictive Modeling

Ovarian Cancer a plot of the CA125 elimination half-life vs the Kullback-Liebler distance

Troponin(s) T, I, C and the contractile apparatus (contributed by Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN)

For 2012 – 2013 Frontier Contribution in Cardiology on Gene Therapy Solutions for Improving Myocardial Contractility, see

Lev-Ari, A. 8/1/2013 Calcium Cycling (ATPase Pump) in Cardiac Gene Therapy: Inhalable Gene Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Percutaneous Intra-coronary Artery Infusion for Heart Failure: Contributions by Roger J. Hajjar, MD

For explanation of Conduction prior to Myocardial Contractility, see

Lev-Ari, A. 4/28/2013 Genetics of Conduction Disease: Atrioventricular (AV) Conduction Disease (block): Gene Mutations – Transcription, Excitability, and Energy Homeostasis

http://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2013/04/28/genetics-of-conduction-disease-atrioventricular-av-conduction-disease-block-gene-mutations-transcription-excitability-and-energy-homeostasis/

The contraction of skeletal muscle is triggered by nerve impulses, which stimulate the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum—a specialized network of internal membranes, similar to the endoplasmic reticulum, that stores high concentrations of Ca2+ ions. The release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases the concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol from approximately 10-7 to 10-5 M. The increased Ca2+ concentration signals muscle contraction via the action of two accessory proteins bound to the actin filaments: tropomyosin and troponin (Figure 11.25). Tropomyosin is a fibrous protein that binds lengthwise along the groove of actin filaments. In striated muscle, each tropomyosin molecule is bound to troponin, which is a complex of three polypeptides: troponin C (Ca2+-binding), troponin I (inhibitory), and troponin T (tropomyosin-binding).

When the concentration of Ca2+ is low, the complex of the troponins with tropomyosin blocks the interaction of actin and myosin, so the muscle does not contract.
At high concentrations, Ca2+ binding to troponin C shifts the position of the complex, relieving this inhibition and allowing contraction to proceed.

Figure 11.25

Association of tropomyosin and troponins with actin filaments. (A) Tropomyosin binds lengthwise along actin filaments and, in striated muscle, is associated with a complex of three troponins: troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC), and troponin T (TnT). In (more…)
Contractile Assemblies of Actin and Myosin in Nonmuscle Cells

Contractile assemblies of actin and myosin, resembling small-scale versions of muscle fibers, are present also in nonmuscle cells. As in muscle, the actin filaments in these contractile assemblies are interdigitated with bipolar filaments of myosin II, consisting of 15 to 20 myosin II molecules, which produce contraction by sliding the actin filaments relative to one another (Figure 11.26). The actin filaments in contractile bundles in nonmuscle cells are also associated with tropomyosin, which facilitates their interaction with myosin II, probably by competing with filamin for binding sites on actin.

Figure 11.26

Contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells. Bipolar filaments of myosin II produce contraction by sliding actin filaments in opposite directions.

Two examples of contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells, stress fibers and adhesion belts, were discussed earlier with respect to attachment of the actin cytoskeleton to regions of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts (see Figures 11.13 and 11.14). The contraction of stress fibers produces tension across the cell, allowing the cell to pull on a substrate (e.g., the extracellular matrix) to which it is anchored. The contraction of adhesion belts alters the shape of epithelial cell sheets: a process that is particularly important during embryonic development, when sheets of epithelial cells fold into structures such as tubes.

The most dramatic example of actin-myosin contraction in nonmuscle cells, however, is provided by cytokinesis—the division of a cell into two following mitosis (Figure 11.27). Toward the end of mitosis in animal cells, a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II assembles just underneath the plasma membrane. Its contraction pulls the plasma membrane progressively inward, constricting the center of the cell and pinching it in two. Interestingly, the thickness of the contractile ring remains constant as it contracts, implying that actin filaments disassemble as contraction proceeds. The ring then disperses completely following cell division.

Figure 11.27

Cytokinesis. Following completion of mitosis (nuclear division), a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II divides the cell in two.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9961/

2. Use of Troponin(s) in Diagnosis

Troponins T and I are released into the circulation at the time of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Troponin T was first introduced by Roche (developed in Germany) for the Roche platform as a superior biomarker for identifying acute myocardial infarction (AMI), because of a monoclonal specificity to the cardiac troponin T. It could not be measured on any other platform (limited license patent), so the Washington University Clinical Chemistry group developed a myocardiocyte specific troponin I that quickly became widely available to Beckman, and was adapted to other instruments. This was intended to replace the CK isoenzyme MB, that is highly elevated in rhabdomyolysis associated with sepsis or with anesthesia in special cases.

The troponins I and T had a tenfold scale difference, and the Receiver Operator Curve Generated cutoff was accurate for AMI, but had significant elevation with end-stage renal disease. The industry worked in concert to develop a high sensitivity assay for each because there were some missed AMIs just below the ROC cutoff, which could be interpreted as Plaque Rupture. However, the concept of plaque rupture had to be reconsidered, and we are left with type1 and type 2 AMI (disregarding the case of post PCI or CABG related). This led to the current establishment of 3 standard deviations above the lowest measureable level at 10% coefficient of variation. This has been discussed sufficiently elsewhere. It did introduce a problem in the use of the test as a “silver bullet” once the finer distinctions aqnd the interest in using the test for prognosis as well as diagnosis. This is where the use of another protein associated with heart failure came into play – either the B type natriuretic peptide, or its propeptide, N-terminal pro BNP. The prognostic value of using these markers, secreted by the HEART and acting on the kidneys (sodium reabsorption) has proved useful. But there has not been a multivariate refinement of the use of a two biomarker approach. In the following part D, I illustrate what can be done with an algorithmic approach to multiple markers.

Software Agent for Diagnosis of AMI

Isaac E. Mayzlin, Ph.D., David Mayzlin, Larry H. Bernstein, M.D. The so called gold standard of proof of a method is considered the Receiver-Operating Characteristic Curve, developed for detecting “enemy planes or missiles”, and adopted first by radiologists in medicine. This matches the correct “hits” to the actual calssification and it is generally taught as a plot of sensitivity vs (1 – specifity). But what if you had no “training” variable? Work inspired by Eugene Rypka’s bacterial classification led to Rosser Rudolph’s application of the Entropy of Shannon and Weaver to identify meaningful information, referring to what was Kullback-Liebler distance as “effective information”. This allowed Rudolph and Bernstein to classify using disease biomarkers obtaing the same results as the ROC curve using an apl program. The same data set was used by Bernstein, Adan et al. previously, and was again used by Izaak Mayzlin from University of Moscow with a new wrinkle. Dr. Mayzlin created a neural network (Maynet), and then did a traditional NN with training on the data, and also clustered the data using geometric distance clustering and trained on the clusters. It was interesting to see that the optimum cluster separation was closely related to the number of classes and the accuracy of classification. An earlier simpler model using the slope of the MB isoenzyme increase and percent of total CK activity was perhaps related to Burton Sobel’s work on CK-MB disappearance rate for infarct size. The main process consists of three successive steps: (1) clustering performed on training data set, (2) neural network’s training on clusters from previous step, and (3) classifier’s accuracy evaluation on testing data. The classifier in this research will be the ANN, created on step 2, with output in the range [0,1], that provides binary result (1 – AMI, 0 – not AMI), using decision point 0.5. Table 1. Effect of selection of maximum distance on the number of classes formed and on the accuracy of recognition by ANN

Clustering Distance Factor F(D = F * R)	Number ofClasses	Number of Nodes in The Hidden Layers	Number of Misrecognized Patterns inThe TestingSet of 43	Percent ofMisrecognized
10.90.80.7	2414135	1, 02, 03, 01, 02, 03, 0 3, 2 3, 2	121121 1 1	2.34.62.32.34.62.3 2.3 2.3

– Creatine kinase B-subunit activity in serum in case s of suspected myocardial infarction: a prediction model based on the slope of MB increase and percentage CK-MB activity. L H Bernstein, G Reynoso Clin Chem 1983; 29(3):590-592 ICID: 825549 – Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction from two measurements of creatine kinase isoenzyme MB with use of nonparametric probability estimation. L H Bernstein, I J Good, G I Holtzman, M L Deaton, J Babb. Clin Chem 1989; 35(3):444-447 ICID: 825570 – Information induction for predicting acute myocardial infarction. R A Rudolph, L H Bernstein, J Babb. Clin Chem 1988; 34(10):2031-2038 ICID: 825568

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on December 11, 2012 at 6:33 AM | Reply 2012pharmaceutical

Dr. Larry
What is the relation between Actin cytosckeleton and the section on Mi above?

You did not handle actin, calcium as I requested in my e-mail to you and Dr. Williams.

Rethink the Viability of the MI in this location and for a comment to this post!!!

My request was a stand alone post by you and Williams on ACTIN as an alternative to AFM – do it in collaboration.

Please read again my e-mail and let us have what I requested.

I mean to take the info below and to PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF CANCER CELL MOVEMENT

The contraction of skeletal muscle is triggered by nerve impulses, which stimulate the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum—a specialized network of internal membranes, similar to the endoplasmic reticulum, that stores high concentrations of Ca2+ ions. The release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases the concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol from approximately 10-7 to 10-5 M. The increased Ca2+ concentration signals muscle contraction via the action of two accessory proteins bound to the actin filaments: tropomyosin and troponin (Figure 11.25). Tropomyosin is a fibrous protein that binds lengthwise along the groove of actin filaments. In striated muscle, each tropomyosin molecule is bound to troponin, which is a complex of three polypeptides: troponin C (Ca2+-binding), troponin I (inhibitory), and troponin T (tropomyosin-binding). When the concentration of Ca2+ is low, the complex of the troponins with tropomyosin blocks the interaction of actin and myosin, so the muscle does not contract. At high concentrations, Ca2+ binding to troponin C shifts the position of the complex, relieving this inhibition and allowing contraction to proceed.

Figure 11.25

Association of tropomyosin and troponins with actin filaments. (A) Tropomyosin binds lengthwise along actin filaments and, in striated muscle, is associated with a complex of three troponins: troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC), and troponin T (TnT). In (more…)
Contractile Assemblies of Actin and Myosin in Nonmuscle Cells

Contractile assemblies of actin and myosin, resembling small-scale versions of muscle fibers, are present also in nonmuscle cells. As in muscle, the actin filaments in these contractile assemblies are interdigitated with bipolar filaments of myosin II, consisting of 15 to 20 myosin II molecules, which produce contraction by sliding the actin filaments relative to one another (Figure 11.26). The actin filaments in contractile bundles in nonmuscle cells are also associated with tropomyosin, which facilitates their interaction with myosin II, probably by competing with filamin for binding sites on actin.

Figure 11.26

Contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells. Bipolar filaments of myosin II produce contraction by sliding actin filaments in opposite directions.
Two examples of contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells, stress fibers and adhesion belts, were discussed earlier with respect to attachment of the actin cytoskeleton to regions of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts (see Figures 11.13 and 11.14). The contraction of stress fibers produces tension across the cell, allowing the cell to pull on a substrate (e.g., the extracellular matrix) to which it is anchored. The contraction of adhesion belts alters the shape of epithelial cell sheets: a process that is particularly important during embryonic development, when sheets of epithelial cells fold into structures such as tubes.

The most dramatic example of actin-myosin contraction in nonmuscle cells, however, is provided by cytokinesis—the division of a cell into two following mitosis (Figure 11.27). Toward the end of mitosis in animal cells, a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II assembles just underneath the plasma membrane. Its contraction pulls the plasma membrane progressively inward, constricting the center of the cell and pinching it in two. Interestingly, the thickness of the contractile ring remains constant as it contracts, implying that actin filaments disassemble as contraction proceeds. The ring then disperses completely following cell division.

Figure 11.27

Cytokinesis. Following completion of mitosis (nuclear division), a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II divides the cell in two.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9961/

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- on December 11, 2012 at 4:42 PM | Reply larryhbern
  
  This comment has been edited by 2012pharmaceutical on 12/11/2012 at 17:30PM EST.
  
  I thought that it was very clear. I put several references on PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS. I was unable to copy and put in a Kullback-Entropy plot developed and used by Rosser Rudolph and I in apl. I also was able to put in a very good Neural Network created with Prof. Izaak Mayzlin, a leader of the refuseniks who was an outstanding applied mathematician at the Kolmagorov Institute at Moscow University. 5 of Kolmagorov’s students won the Wolf Prize in Mathematics. Izaak is still teaching at Suffolk University in Boston and was such a pleasure to work with. The paper on the slope of the MB isoenzyme was published years ago, and is in the reverse direction for CA 125. I was told by a leading UK clinical scientist that it was the stimulus for his work. A paper with IJ Good, University Distinguished Professor was more elegant, but along the same line. Having a biomarker is one think, validating its use for following the course of treatment is still necessary.
  
  What I did that was reasonable was to rearrange A.B.C to C.B.A. If I make a comment on Dr. William’s post, it still belongs to Dr. Williams. He did a terrific job. I already heard from a company not in US that is or has been developing a biomarker for cytoskeleton.
  
  If you expected me to produce a significant paper on cytoskeleton, actin and calcium in one day with Dr. Williams, you are mistaken. I don’t know that calcium signaling is more important than the lipoprotein structure in the effect that he reports.
  
  I have been asked to submit an article to Open Clin Chem Journal, and responded that I can’t get to it at all in December, and the Chief of Surgical Education at NY Methodist in Park Slope, Brooklyn, one of the 5 wealthiest hospitals in the state wants to complete two peer reviewed papers with me.
  
  I have a first priority to work to meet a Dec 30 deadline on the book.
  
  My request was a stand alone post by you and Williams on ACTIN as an alternative to AFM – do it in collaboration.
  
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- on December 12, 2012 at 8:11 PM | Reply larryhbern
  
  PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF CANCER CELL MOVEMENT
  
  The contraction of skeletal muscle is triggered by nerve impulses, which stimulate the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticuluma specialized network of internal membranes, similar to the endoplasmic reticulum, that stores high concentrations of Ca2+ ions. The release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases the concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol from approximately 10-7 to 10-5 M. The increased Ca2+ concentration signals muscle contraction via the action of two accessory proteins bound to the actin filaments: tropomyosin and troponin (Figure 11.25). Tropomyosin is a fibrous protein that binds lengthwise along the groove of actin filaments. In striated muscle, each tropomyosin molecule is bound to troponin, which is a complex of three polypeptides: troponin C (Ca2+-binding), troponin I (inhibitory), and troponin T (tropomyosin-binding). When the concentration of Ca2+ is low, the complex of the troponins with tropomyosin blocks the interaction of actin and myosin, so the muscle does not contract. At high concentrations, Ca2+ binding to troponin C shifts the position of the complex, relieving this inhibition and allowing contraction to proceed.
  
  Figure 11.25
  
  Association of tropomyosin and troponins with actin filaments. (A) Tropomyosin binds lengthwise along actin filaments and, in striated muscle, is associated with a complex of three troponins: troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC), and troponin T (TnT). In (more) Contractile Assemblies of Actin and Myosin in Nonmuscle Cells
  
  Contractile assemblies of actin and myosin, resembling small-scale versions of muscle fibers, are present also in nonmuscle cells. As in muscle, the actin filaments in these contractile assemblies are interdigitated with bipolar filaments of myosin II, consisting of 15 to 20 myosin II molecules, which produce contraction by sliding the actin filaments relative to one another (Figure 11.26). The actin filaments in contractile bundles in nonmuscle cells are also associated with tropomyosin, which facilitates their interaction with myosin II, probably by competing with filamin for binding sites on actin.
  
  Figure 11.26
  
  Contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells. Bipolar filaments of myosin II produce contraction by sliding actin filaments in opposite directions. Two examples of contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells, stress fibers and adhesion belts, were discussed earlier with respect to attachment of the actin cytoskeleton to regions of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts (see Figures 11.13 and 11.14). The contraction of stress fibers produces tension across the cell, allowing the cell to pull on a substrate (e.g., the extracellular matrix) to which it is anchored. The contraction of adhesion belts alters the shape of epithelial cell sheets: a process that is particularly important during embryonic development, when sheets of epithelial cells fold into structures such as tubes.
  
  The most dramatic example of actin-myosin contraction in nonmuscle cells, however, is provided by cytokinesisthe division of a cell into two following mitosis (Figure 11.27). Toward the end of mitosis in animal cells, a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II assembles just underneath the plasma membrane. Its contraction pulls the plasma membrane progressively inward, constricting the center of the cell and pinching it in two. Interestingly, the thickness of the contractile ring remains constant as it contracts, implying that actin filaments disassemble as contraction proceeds. The ring then disperses completely following cell division.
  
  Figure 11.27
  
  Cytokinesis. Following completion of mitosis (nuclear division), a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II divides the cell in two.
  
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9961/
  
  This is good. I don’t recall seeing it in the original comment. I am very aware of the actin myosin troponin connection in heart and in skeletal muscle, and I did know about the nonmuscle work. I won’t deal with it now, and I have been working with Aviral now online for 2 hours.
  
  I have had a considerable background from way back in atomic orbital theory, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and the equilibrium necessary for cations and anions. Despite the calcium role in contraction, I would not discount hypomagnesemia in having a disease role because of the intracellular-extracellular connection. The description you pasted reminds me also of a lecture given a few years ago by the Nobel Laureate that year on the mechanism of cell division.
  
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PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF CANCER CELL MOVEMENT

The contraction of skeletal muscle is triggered by nerve impulses, which stimulate the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticuluma specialized network of internal membranes, similar to the endoplasmic reticulum, that stores high concentrations of Ca2+ ions. The release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases the concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol from approximately 10-7 to 10-5 M. The increased Ca2+ concentration signals muscle contraction via the action of two accessory proteins bound to the actin filaments: tropomyosin and troponin (Figure 11.25). Tropomyosin is a fibrous protein that binds lengthwise along the groove of actin filaments. In striated muscle, each tropomyosin molecule is bound to troponin, which is a complex of three polypeptides: troponin C (Ca2+-binding), troponin I (inhibitory), and troponin T (tropomyosin-binding). When the concentration of Ca2+ is low, the complex of the troponins with tropomyosin blocks the interaction of actin and myosin, so the muscle does not contract. At high concentrations, Ca2+ binding to troponin C shifts the position of the complex, relieving this inhibition and allowing contraction to proceed.

Figure 11.25

Association of tropomyosin and troponins with actin filaments. (A) Tropomyosin binds lengthwise along actin filaments and, in striated muscle, is associated with a complex of three troponins: troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC), and troponin T (TnT). In (more) Contractile Assemblies of Actin and Myosin in Nonmuscle Cells

Contractile assemblies of actin and myosin, resembling small-scale versions of muscle fibers, are present also in nonmuscle cells. As in muscle, the actin filaments in these contractile assemblies are interdigitated with bipolar filaments of myosin II, consisting of 15 to 20 myosin II molecules, which produce contraction by sliding the actin filaments relative to one another (Figure 11.26). The actin filaments in contractile bundles in nonmuscle cells are also associated with tropomyosin, which facilitates their interaction with myosin II, probably by competing with filamin for binding sites on actin.

Figure 11.26

Contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells. Bipolar filaments of myosin II produce contraction by sliding actin filaments in opposite directions. Two examples of contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells, stress fibers and adhesion belts, were discussed earlier with respect to attachment of the actin cytoskeleton to regions of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts (see Figures 11.13 and 11.14). The contraction of stress fibers produces tension across the cell, allowing the cell to pull on a substrate (e.g., the extracellular matrix) to which it is anchored. The contraction of adhesion belts alters the shape of epithelial cell sheets: a process that is particularly important during embryonic development, when sheets of epithelial cells fold into structures such as tubes.

The most dramatic example of actin-myosin contraction in nonmuscle cells, however, is provided by cytokinesisthe division of a cell into two following mitosis (Figure 11.27). Toward the end of mitosis in animal cells, a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II assembles just underneath the plasma membrane. Its contraction pulls the plasma membrane progressively inward, constricting the center of the cell and pinching it in two. Interestingly, the thickness of the contractile ring remains constant as it contracts, implying that actin filaments disassemble as contraction proceeds. The ring then disperses completely following cell division.

Figure 11.27

Cytokinesis. Following completion of mitosis (nuclear division), a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II divides the cell in two.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9961/

This is good. I don’t recall seeing it in the original comment. I am very aware of the actin myosin troponin connection in heart and in skeletal muscle, and I did know about the nonmuscle work. I won’t deal with it now, and I have been working with Aviral now online for 2 hours.

I have had a considerable background from way back in atomic orbital theory, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and the equilibrium necessary for cations and anions. Despite the calcium role in contraction, I would not discount hypomagnesemia in having a disease role because of the intracellular-extracellular connection. The description you pasted reminds me also of a lecture given a few years ago by the Nobel Laureate that year on the mechanism of cell division.

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- on December 12, 2012 at 11:37 PM | Reply 2012pharmaceutical
  
  PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF CANCER CELL MOVEMENT
  
  The contraction of skeletal muscle is triggered by nerve impulses, which stimulate the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticuluma specialized network of internal membranes, similar to the endoplasmic reticulum, that stores high concentrations of Ca2+ ions. The release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases the concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol from approximately 10-7 to 10-5 M. The increased Ca2+ concentration signals muscle contraction via the action of two accessory proteins bound to the actin filaments: tropomyosin and troponin (Figure 11.25). Tropomyosin is a fibrous protein that binds lengthwise along the groove of actin filaments. In striated muscle, each tropomyosin molecule is bound to troponin, which is a complex of three polypeptides: troponin C (Ca2+-binding), troponin I (inhibitory), and troponin T (tropomyosin-binding). When the concentration of Ca2+ is low, the complex of the troponins with tropomyosin blocks the interaction of actin and myosin, so the muscle does not contract. At high concentrations, Ca2+ binding to troponin C shifts the position of the complex, relieving this inhibition and allowing contraction to proceed.
  
  Figure 11.25
  
  Association of tropomyosin and troponins with actin filaments. (A) Tropomyosin binds lengthwise along actin filaments and, in striated muscle, is associated with a complex of three troponins: troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC), and troponin T (TnT). In (more) Contractile Assemblies of Actin and Myosin in Nonmuscle Cells
  
  Contractile assemblies of actin and myosin, resembling small-scale versions of muscle fibers, are present also in nonmuscle cells. As in muscle, the actin filaments in these contractile assemblies are interdigitated with bipolar filaments of myosin II, consisting of 15 to 20 myosin II molecules, which produce contraction by sliding the actin filaments relative to one another (Figure 11.26). The actin filaments in contractile bundles in nonmuscle cells are also associated with tropomyosin, which facilitates their interaction with myosin II, probably by competing with filamin for binding sites on actin.
  
  Figure 11.26
  
  Contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells. Bipolar filaments of myosin II produce contraction by sliding actin filaments in opposite directions. Two examples of contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells, stress fibers and adhesion belts, were discussed earlier with respect to attachment of the actin cytoskeleton to regions of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts (see Figures 11.13 and 11.14). The contraction of stress fibers produces tension across the cell, allowing the cell to pull on a substrate (e.g., the extracellular matrix) to which it is anchored. The contraction of adhesion belts alters the shape of epithelial cell sheets: a process that is particularly important during embryonic development, when sheets of epithelial cells fold into structures such as tubes.
  
  The most dramatic example of actin-myosin contraction in nonmuscle cells, however, is provided by cytokinesisthe division of a cell into two following mitosis (Figure 11.27). Toward the end of mitosis in animal cells, a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II assembles just underneath the plasma membrane. Its contraction pulls the plasma membrane progressively inward, constricting the center of the cell and pinching it in two. Interestingly, the thickness of the contractile ring remains constant as it contracts, implying that actin filaments disassemble as contraction proceeds. The ring then disperses completely following cell division.
  
  Figure 11.27
  
  Cytokinesis. Following completion of mitosis (nuclear division), a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II divides the cell in two.
  
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9961/
  
  This is good. I don’t recall seeing it in the original comment. I am very aware of the actin myosin troponin connection in heart and in skeletal muscle, and I did know about the nonmuscle work. I won’t deal with it now, and I have been working with Aviral now online for 2 hours.
  
  I have had a considerable background from way back in atomic orbital theory, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and the equilibrium necessary for cations and anions. Despite the calcium role in contraction, I would not discount hypomagnesemia in having a disease role because of the intracellular-extracellular connection. The description you pasted reminds me also of a lecture given a few years ago by the Nobel Laureate that year on the mechanism of cell division.
  
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  - on December 13, 2012 at 7:02 PM larryhbern
    
    PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF CANCER CELL MOVEMENT
    
    The contraction of skeletal muscle is triggered by nerve impulses, which stimulate the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticuluma specialized network of internal membranes, similar to the endoplasmic reticulum, that stores high concentrations of Ca2+ ions. The release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases the concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol from approximately 10-7 to 10-5 M. The increased Ca2+ concentration signals muscle contraction via the action of two accessory proteins bound to the actin filaments: tropomyosin and troponin (Figure 11.25). Tropomyosin is a fibrous protein that binds lengthwise along the groove of actin filaments. In striated muscle, each tropomyosin molecule is bound to troponin, which is a complex of three polypeptides: troponin C (Ca2+-binding), troponin I (inhibitory), and troponin T (tropomyosin-binding). When the concentration of Ca2+ is low, the complex of the troponins with tropomyosin blocks the interaction of actin and myosin, so the muscle does not contract. At high concentrations, Ca2+ binding to troponin C shifts the position of the complex, relieving this inhibition and allowing contraction to proceed.
    
    Figure 11.25
    
    Association of tropomyosin and troponins with actin filaments. (A) Tropomyosin binds lengthwise along actin filaments and, in striated muscle, is associated with a complex of three troponins: troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC), and troponin T (TnT). In (more) Contractile Assemblies of Actin and Myosin in Nonmuscle Cells
    
    Contractile assemblies of actin and myosin, resembling small-scale versions of muscle fibers, are present also in nonmuscle cells. As in muscle, the actin filaments in these contractile assemblies are interdigitated with bipolar filaments of myosin II, consisting of 15 to 20 myosin II molecules, which produce contraction by sliding the actin filaments relative to one another (Figure 11.26). The actin filaments in contractile bundles in nonmuscle cells are also associated with tropomyosin, which facilitates their interaction with myosin II, probably by competing with filamin for binding sites on actin.
    
    Figure 11.26
    
    Contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells. Bipolar filaments of myosin II produce contraction by sliding actin filaments in opposite directions. Two examples of contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells, stress fibers and adhesion belts, were discussed earlier with respect to attachment of the actin cytoskeleton to regions of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts (see Figures 11.13 and 11.14). The contraction of stress fibers produces tension across the cell, allowing the cell to pull on a substrate (e.g., the extracellular matrix) to which it is anchored. The contraction of adhesion belts alters the shape of epithelial cell sheets: a process that is particularly important during embryonic development, when sheets of epithelial cells fold into structures such as tubes.
    
    The most dramatic example of actin-myosin contraction in nonmuscle cells, however, is provided by cytokinesisthe division of a cell into two following mitosis (Figure 11.27). Toward the end of mitosis in animal cells, a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II assembles just underneath the plasma membrane. Its contraction pulls the plasma membrane progressively inward, constricting the center of the cell and pinching it in two. Interestingly, the thickness of the contractile ring remains constant as it contracts, implying that actin filaments disassemble as contraction proceeds. The ring then disperses completely following cell division.
    
    Figure 11.27
    
    Cytokinesis. Following completion of mitosis (nuclear division), a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II divides the cell in two.
    
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9961/
    
    This is good. I don’t recall seeing it in the original comment. I am very aware of the actin myosin troponin connection in heart and in skeletal muscle, and I did know about the nonmuscle work. I won’t deal with it now, and I have been working with Aviral now online for 2 hours.
    
    I have had a considerable background from way back in atomic orbital theory, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and the equilibrium necessary for cations and anions. Despite the calcium role in contraction, I would not discount hypomagnesemia in having a disease role because of the intracellular-extracellular connection. The description you pasted reminds me also of a lecture given a few years ago by the Nobel Laureate that year on the mechanism of cell division.
    
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on December 13, 2012 at 8:08 PM | Reply 2012pharmaceutical

PUT IT IN CONTEXT OF CANCER CELL MOVEMENT

The contraction of skeletal muscle is triggered by nerve impulses, which stimulate the release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticuluma specialized network of internal membranes, similar to the endoplasmic reticulum, that stores high concentrations of Ca2+ ions. The release of Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum increases the concentration of Ca2+ in the cytosol from approximately 10-7 to 10-5 M. The increased Ca2+ concentration signals muscle contraction via the action of two accessory proteins bound to the actin filaments: tropomyosin and troponin (Figure 11.25). Tropomyosin is a fibrous protein that binds lengthwise along the groove of actin filaments. In striated muscle, each tropomyosin molecule is bound to troponin, which is a complex of three polypeptides: troponin C (Ca2+-binding), troponin I (inhibitory), and troponin T (tropomyosin-binding). When the concentration of Ca2+ is low, the complex of the troponins with tropomyosin blocks the interaction of actin and myosin, so the muscle does not contract. At high concentrations, Ca2+ binding to troponin C shifts the position of the complex, relieving this inhibition and allowing contraction to proceed.

Figure 11.25

Association of tropomyosin and troponins with actin filaments. (A) Tropomyosin binds lengthwise along actin filaments and, in striated muscle, is associated with a complex of three troponins: troponin I (TnI), troponin C (TnC), and troponin T (TnT). In (more) Contractile Assemblies of Actin and Myosin in Nonmuscle Cells

Contractile assemblies of actin and myosin, resembling small-scale versions of muscle fibers, are present also in nonmuscle cells. As in muscle, the actin filaments in these contractile assemblies are interdigitated with bipolar filaments of myosin II, consisting of 15 to 20 myosin II molecules, which produce contraction by sliding the actin filaments relative to one another (Figure 11.26). The actin filaments in contractile bundles in nonmuscle cells are also associated with tropomyosin, which facilitates their interaction with myosin II, probably by competing with filamin for binding sites on actin.

Figure 11.26

Contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells. Bipolar filaments of myosin II produce contraction by sliding actin filaments in opposite directions. Two examples of contractile assemblies in nonmuscle cells, stress fibers and adhesion belts, were discussed earlier with respect to attachment of the actin cytoskeleton to regions of cell-substrate and cell-cell contacts (see Figures 11.13 and 11.14). The contraction of stress fibers produces tension across the cell, allowing the cell to pull on a substrate (e.g., the extracellular matrix) to which it is anchored. The contraction of adhesion belts alters the shape of epithelial cell sheets: a process that is particularly important during embryonic development, when sheets of epithelial cells fold into structures such as tubes.

The most dramatic example of actin-myosin contraction in nonmuscle cells, however, is provided by cytokinesisthe division of a cell into two following mitosis (Figure 11.27). Toward the end of mitosis in animal cells, a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II assembles just underneath the plasma membrane. Its contraction pulls the plasma membrane progressively inward, constricting the center of the cell and pinching it in two. Interestingly, the thickness of the contractile ring remains constant as it contracts, implying that actin filaments disassemble as contraction proceeds. The ring then disperses completely following cell division.

Figure 11.27

Cytokinesis. Following completion of mitosis (nuclear division), a contractile ring consisting of actin filaments and myosin II divides the cell in two.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK9961/

This is good. I don’t recall seeing it in the original comment. I am very aware of the actin myosin troponin connection in heart and in skeletal muscle, and I did know about the nonmuscle work. I won’t deal with it now, and I have been working with Aviral now online for 2 hours.

I have had a considerable background from way back in atomic orbital theory, physical chemistry, organic chemistry, and the equilibrium necessary for cations and anions. Despite the calcium role in contraction, I would not discount hypomagnesemia in having a disease role because of the intracellular-extracellular connection. The description you pasted reminds me also of a lecture given a few years ago by the Nobel Laureate that year on the mechanism of cell division.

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