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2. Forensische DNA-Methylierungsanalyse
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Naue, J., Pfeifer, M., Augustin, C., Becker, J., Fleckhaus, J., Grabmüller, M., Han, Y., Heidorn, F., Hollaender, O., Klein-Unseld, R., Kulstein, G., Lichtenwald, J., Neubauer, J., Suarez, P., Haas, C., Schneider, PM, Vennemann, M., and Böhme, P.
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0301 basic medicine ,Gynecology ,03 medical and health sciences ,medicine.medical_specialty ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Political science ,Medizin ,medicine ,030216 legal & forensic medicine ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine - Abstract
Die quantitative Analyse der relativen DNA-Methylierung gilt als eine der vielversprechendsten Methoden der molekularen Altersschatzung. Viele Studien der letzten Jahre identifizierten geeignete Positionen im Genom, deren DNA-Methylierung sich altersabhangig verandert. Fur den Einsatz dieser Methode in der Routine- bzw. Fallarbeit ist es von groser Bedeutung, angewandte Analysetechniken zu validieren. Als ein Teilaspekt dieser Validierung sollte die Vergleichbarkeit der Analyseergebnisse zur DNA-Methylierung mithilfe der Mini- und Pyrosequenzierung zwischen verschiedenen Laboren evaluiert werden. Die Arbeitsgruppe „Molekulare Altersschatzung“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Rechtsmedizin (DGRM) fuhrte hierzu den ersten, technischen Ringversuch durch, der 4 Positionen in den Genen PDE4C, EDARADD, SST und KLF14 umfasste. Diese Marker waren in vorangegangenen Studien als altersabhangige Biomarker charakterisiert worden. Am Ringversuch nahmen 12 Labore teil, wobei jedes die Wahl zwischen der Minisequenzierung und/oder der Pyrosequenzierung fur die quantitative Methylierungsanalyse hatte. Jedem teilnehmenden Labor wurden Blut- und Speichelproben von 3 Personen unterschiedlichen Alters ubersandt. Die Wahl der Reagenzien fur die Probenbearbeitung wurde den Teilnehmern freigestellt. Die Ergebnisse der Minisequenzierung zeigten systematische Abweichungen zwischen den Laboren, die am ehesten auf die Verwendung unterschiedlicher Reagenzien und Analyseplattformen zuruckzufuhren sein konnen. Die Resultate der Pyrosequenzierung hingegen wiesen nicht auf systematische Abweichungen zwischen den Laboren hin, hier zeigte sich jedoch die Tendenz einer markerabhangigen Abweichung. Daruber hinaus konnten Unterschiede hinsichtlich technischer Probleme zwischen Laboren mit mehr Erfahrung in der jeweiligen Sequenzierungsmethode und Laboren mit weniger Erfahrung festgestellt werden. Sowohl die Beobachtung von systematischen als auch die von markerabhangigen Abweichungen lasst den Schluss zu, dass eine Ubertragung von Analysemethoden zwischen Laboren grundsatzlich moglich ist, eine Anpassung des jeweiligen Modells zur Altersschatzung jedoch notwendig sein kann.
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3. Fatal doxepin intoxication – Suicide or slow gradual intoxication?
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Neukamm, M.A., Vogt, S., Hermanns-Clausen, M., Naue, J., Thierauf, A., and Auwärter, V.
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- 2013
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4. Modular real-time PCR screening assay for common European animal families
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Naue, J., Lutz-Bonengel, S., Sänger, T., Schlauderer, N., and Schmidt, U.
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- 2014
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5. Letale Doxepinintoxikation: Suizid oder schleichende Vergiftung?
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Neukamm, M., Vogt, S., Hermanns-Clausen, M., Naue, J., Thierauf, A., and Auwärter, V.
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- 2012
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6. Modular real-time PCR screening assay for common European animal families
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Naue, J., primary, Lutz-Bonengel, S., additional, Sänger, T., additional, Schlauderer, N., additional, and Schmidt, U., additional
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- 2013
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7. Accidental clozapine intoxication in a toddler: clinical and pharmacokinetic lessons learnt
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Toepfner, N., primary, Wohlfarth, A., additional, Naue, J., additional, Auwärter, V., additional, Berner, R., additional, and Hermanns-Clausen, M., additional
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- 2012
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8. Letale Doxepinintoxikation
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Neukamm, M., primary, Vogt, S., additional, Hermanns-Clausen, M., additional, Naue, J., additional, Thierauf, A., additional, and Auwärter, V., additional
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- 2012
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9. ChemInform Abstract: Haloacetylated Enol Ethers. Part 10. Condensation of β-Alkoxyvinyl Trifluoromethyl Ketones with Thiosemicarbazide. Synthesis of New Trifluoromethyl 4,5-Dihydro-1H-1-pyrazolethiocarboxyamides.
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Bonacorso, H. G., primary, Wastowski, A. D., additional, Zanatta, N., additional, Martins, M. A. P., additional, and Naue, J. A., additional
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- 2010
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10. Microsomal Metabolism of the 5-Lipoxygenase Inhibitor L-739,010: Evidence for Furan Bioactivation
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Zhang, K. E., Naue, J. A., Arison, B., and Vyas, K. P.
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The novel 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor [1S,5R]-3-cyano-1-(3-furyl)-6-{6-[3-(3α-hydroxy-6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octanyl)]pyridin-2-yl-methoxyl}naphthalene (L-739,010), when administered to rats and rhesus monkeys, was found to produce metabolites which appeared to be covalently bound to plasma proteins. Incubation of [14C]L-739,010 with rat liver microsomes did not yield appreciable amounts of soluble metabolites but resulted in covalent binding to microsomal proteins. The covalent binding was NADPH-dependent and was enhanced by 1.5- and 2-fold in liver microsomes from rats, pretreated with phenobarbital and dexamethasone, respectively. Addition of triacetyloleandomycin and diethyldithiocarbamate to the incubation mixture inhibited the covalent binding by 60% and 46%, respectively. These findings suggest that the cytochrome P450 3A family of enzymes play an important role in the bioactivation of L-739,010. The presence of GSH attenuated the covalent binding by 50%, while methoxylamine, an aldehyde trapping agent, blocked the covalent binding completely and, concurrently, produced several soluble metabolic adducts. Subsequently, major methoxylamine adducts were identified by LC-MS/MS and NMR as O-methyloximes of the ring-opened furan moiety of L-739,010. Incubation of L-739,010 with methoxylamine and hepatic microsomes from dog, rhesus monkey, and human produced similar metabolic adducts as those formed by rat liver microsomes. Therefore, under these experimental conditions, the furan moiety, which undergoes oxidative cleavage to the highly reactive 2-butene-1,4-dialdehyde, represents the major site of L-739,010 biotransformation. This putative reactive intermediate could react with microsomal proteins in vitro and physiological proteins in vivo. Since furan bioactivation is believed to be responsible for the toxicity of many furan-containing compounds, the furan moiety of L-739,010 may be regarded as undesirable.
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- 1996
11. Disposition of L-738,167, a potent and long-acting fibrinogen receptor antagonist, in dogs. Dose-dependent pharmacokinetics.
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T, Prueksaritanont, M, Gorham L, A, Naue J, G, Hamill T, C, Askew B, and P, Vyas K
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L-738,167 is a potent and long-acting fibrinogen receptor antagonist and may be useful for treatment of chronic thrombotic occlusive disorders. The purposes of this study were to characterize the metabolism and disposition of L-738,167, and to investigate factors affecting its pharmacokinetic behaviors in dogs, one of the animal models used in pharmacological and toxicological studies. In vitro and in vivo experiments indicated that L-738,167 was not metabolized to any appreciable extent in dogs. Biliary excretion was found to be the major route (approximately 75%) of drug elimination. Following 1 and 3 micrograms/kg iv doses, blood pharmacokinetics of L-738,167 were linear. Total blood clearance (CLB) was much lower than hepatic blood flow, and the apparent volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss,B) was comparable with blood volume. Blood pharmacokinetics in the dose range of 3-250 micrograms/kg were dose-dependent; both CLB and Vdss,B for L-738,167 increased markedly with increasing doses. However, the terminal half-life (t1/2) was dose-independent, with a mean value of approximately 4 days. L-738,167 was found to bind negligibly to dog plasma proteins. Determinations of whole blood (WB), platelet-rich plasma, and platelet-poor plasma concentrations after several intravenous doses of [3H]L-738,167 revealed significant concentration-dependent binding of the compound to platelets. Kinetic analysis of the platelet binding indicated that L-738,167 was bound to dog platelets with high affinity (apparent Kd approximately 1 nM platelet-poor plasma concentration) and relatively low capacity (approximately 70 nM WB concentration). Findings are consistent with the binding kinetics of L-738,167 to glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GP IIb/IIIa) receptor, supporting that GP IIb/IIIa was the primary binding component on the platelets. It was concluded that the dose-dependent pharmacokinetics of L-738,167 were the consequence of the concentration-dependent drug-platelet binding. Due to this extensive platelet binding, L-738,167, when given in therapeutic doses or lower, resided primarily in the vascular compartment-the site of pharmacological action. At doses exceeding the receptor binding capacity, the excess amount or the unbound drug was eliminated rapidly. In all cases, the equally long t1/2 of L-738,167 was also a consequence of the high-affinity binding to platelets, in good agreement with its prolonged pharmacodynamic profile.
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- 1997
12. Haloacetylated enol ethers 10. Condensation of -alkoxyvinyl trifluoromethyl ketones with thiosemicarbazide. Synthesis of new trifluoromethyl 4,5-dihydro-1H-1-pyrazolethiocarboxyamides
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Bonacorso, H. G., Wastowski, A. D., Zanatta, N., Martins, M. A. P., and Naue, J. A.
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- 1998
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13. Ausgrabungen und Funde
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Naue, J
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14. Accidental clozapine intoxication in a toddler: clinical and pharmacokinetic lessons learnt.
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Toepfner, N., Wohlfarth, A., Naue, J., Auwärter, V., Berner, R., and Hermanns‐Clausen, M.
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CLOZAPINE ,COMA ,RESPIRATORY insufficiency ,RESPIRATORY aspiration ,DISEASE complications ,CHILDREN - Abstract
What is known and Objective: Clozapine, a second generation antipsychotic which is relatively safe in overdose, has been used as an effective treatment alternative to traditional antipsychotics. The therapeutic use in children remains controversial. However, in accordance with the increasing prescription in adults, the accidental ingestion in childhood becomes more frequent. We report the youngest case of accidental clozapine ingestion. Case summary: A 13-month-old girl presented with acute respiratory insufficiency and coma of unknown origin. The medical history, laboratory and radiological assessment did not link to aetiology until an almost spontaneous arousal after 22 h pointed towards intoxication. The initial standard drug screening using immunoassay had been negative. Hence, liquid chromatography mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was performed, and clozapine was detected with a serum concentration of 736 ng/mL. What is new and Conclusion: This case illustrates the diagnostic and forensic pitfalls in a coma of unknown origin due to the limits of toxicological screening immunoassays. LC-MS/MS analysis by an established method showed clozapine metabolites (norclozapine and clozapine-N-oxide) are detectable for longer period, especially in urine, when compared with clozapine. The clinical course is presented in unique correlation with plasma and urine concentrations of clozapine and its metabolites. The elimination pattern of clozapine in toddlers is similar to adults, and the toxic dose was found to be lower when compared with school-age children and adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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15. ChemInform Abstract: Haloacetylated Enol Ethers. Part 10. Condensation of β-Alkoxyvinyl Trifluoromethyl Ketones with Thiosemicarbazide. Synthesis of New Trifluoromethyl 4,5-Dihydro-1H-1-pyrazolethiocarboxyamides.
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Bonacorso, H. G., Wastowski, A. D., Zanatta, N., Martins, M. A. P., and Naue, J. A.
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- 1999
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16. DNA methylation-based organ tissue identification: Marker identification, SNaPshot multiplex assay development, and interlaboratory comparison.
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Kim BM, Park SU, Schmelzer L, Yang SB, Lee SD, Kim MY, Naue J, and Lee HY
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- Female, Humans, Male, Brain metabolism, CpG Islands genetics, DNA Primers, Forensic Genetics methods, Genetic Markers, Kidney chemistry, Liver chemistry, Lung chemistry, Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction, Muscle, Skeletal chemistry, Muscle, Skeletal metabolism, Organ Specificity, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Republic of Korea, East Asian People, DNA Methylation
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Identifying body fluids and organ tissues is highly significant as they can offer crucial evidence in criminal investigations and aid the court in making informed decisions, primarily through evaluating the biological source and possibly at the activity level up to death or fatal damage. In this study, organ tissue-specific CpG markers were identified from Illumina's methylation EPIC array data of nine organ tissues, including epidermis, dermis, heart, skeletal muscle, blood, kidney, brain, lung, and liver, from autopsies of 10 Koreans. Through the validation test using 43 samples, 18 hypomethylation markers, with two markers for each organ tissue type, were selected to construct a SNaPshot assay. Two multiplex assays involving forward and reverse SBE primers were designed to help investigators accurately determine the organ origin of the analyzed tissue samples through repeated analysis of the same PCR products for markers. The developed multiplex demonstrated high accuracy, achieving 100.0 % correct detection of the presence of nine organ tissue types in 88 samples from autopsies of 10 Asians. However, two lung samples showed additional positive indications of the presence of blood. An interlaboratory comparison using 80 autopsy samples (heart, skeletal muscle, blood, kidney cortex, kidney medulla, brain, lung, and liver) from 10 individuals in Germany revealed overall comparable results with correct detection of the presence of eight organ tissue types in 92.5 % samples (74 of 80 samples). In the case of six samples, it was impossible to determine the correct tissue successfully due to drop-outs of unmethylation signals at target tissue marker loci. One of these lung samples revealed only non-intended off-target signals for blood. The observed differences might be due to differences in sample collection during routine autopsy, technical differences due to the PCR cycler, and the threshold used for signal calling. Indicating the presence of additional tissue type and off-target unmethylation signals seems alleviated by applying more stringent hypomethylation thresholds. Therefore, the developed SNaPshot multiplex assays will be valuable for forensic investigators dealing with organ tissue identification, as well as for prosecutors and defense aiming to establish the circumstances that occurred at the crime scene., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have declared no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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17. Assessment of mitochondrial DNA copy number variation relative to nuclear DNA quantity between different tissues.
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Naue J, Xavier C, Hörer S, Parson W, and Lutz-Bonengel S
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- Humans, Mitochondria genetics, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Muscle, Skeletal chemistry, DNA Copy Number Variations, DNA, Mitochondrial analysis
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Mitochondrial DNA is a widely tested genetic marker in various fields of research and diagnostics. Nonetheless, there is still little understanding on its abundance and quality within different tissues. Aiming to obtain deeper knowledge about the content and quality of mtDNA, we investigated nine tissues including blood, bone, brain, hair (root and shaft), cardiac muscle, liver, lung, skeletal muscle, and buccal mucosa of 32 deceased individuals using two real-time quantitative PCR-based assays with differently sized mtDNA and nDNA targets. The results revealed that the quantity of nDNA is a weak surrogate to estimate mtDNA quantities among tissues of an individual, as well as tissues across individuals. Especially hair showed extreme variation, depicting a range of multiple magnitudes of mtDNA molecules per hair fragment. Furthermore, degradation can lead to fewer fragments being available for PCR. The results call for parallel determination of the quantity and quality of mtDNA prior to downstream genotyping assays., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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18. Getting the chronological age out of DNA: using insights of age-dependent DNA methylation for forensic DNA applications.
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Naue J
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- Humans, CpG Islands, Epigenesis, Genetic genetics, DNA genetics, Genetic Markers, DNA Methylation genetics, Aging genetics
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Background: DNA analysis for forensic investigations has a long tradition with important developments and optimizations since its first application. Traditionally, short tandem repeats analysis has been the most powerful method for the identification of individuals. However, in addition, epigenetic changes, i.e., DNA methylation, came into focus of forensic DNA research. Chronological age prediction is one promising application to allow for narrowing the pool of possible individuals who caused a trace, as well as to support the identification of unknown bodies and for age verification of living individuals., Objective: This review aims to provide an overview of the current knowledge, possibilities, and (current) limitations about DNA methylation-based chronological age prediction with emphasis on forensic application., Methods: The development, implementation and application of age prediction tools requires a deep understanding about the biological background, the analysis methods, the age-dependent DNA methylation markers, as well as the mathematical models for age prediction and their evaluation. Furthermore, additional influences can have an impact. Therefore, the literature was evaluated in respect to these diverse topics., Conclusion: The numerous research efforts in recent years have led to a rapid change in our understanding of the application of DNA methylation for chronological age prediction, which is now on the way to implementation and validation. Knowledge of the various aspects leads to a better understanding and allows a more informed interpretation of DNAm quantification results, as well as the obtained results by the age prediction tools., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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- 2023
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19. A collaborative exercise on DNA methylation-based age prediction and body fluid typing.
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Lee JE, Lee JM, Naue J, Fleckhaus J, Freire-Aradas A, Neubauer J, Pośpiech E, McCord B, Kalamara V, Gauthier Q, Mills C, Cao Y, Wang Z, Oh YN, Feng L, Schneider PM, Phillips C, Haas C, Pisarek A, Branicki W, Podini D, Vidaki A, Tejero NF, Ambroa-Conde A, Mosquera-Miguel A, Lareu MV, Hou Y, Lee JY, and Lee HY
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- Child, Preschool, CpG Islands genetics, Forensic Genetics methods, Humans, Saliva, Body Fluids, DNA Methylation
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DNA methylation has become one of the most useful biomarkers for age prediction and body fluid identification in the forensic field. Therefore, several assays have been developed to detect age-associated and body fluid-specific DNA methylation changes. Among the many methods developed, SNaPshot-based assays should be particularly useful in forensic laboratories, as they permit multiplex analysis and use the same capillary electrophoresis instrumentation as STR analysis. However, technical validation of any developed assays is crucial for their proper integration into routine forensic workflow. In the present collaborative exercise, two SNaPshot multiplex assays for age prediction and a SNaPshot multiplex for body fluid identification were tested in twelve laboratories. The experimental set-up of the exercise was designed to reflect the entire workflow of SNaPshot-based methylation analysis and involved four increasingly complex tasks designed to detect potential factors influencing methylation measurements. The results of body fluid identification from each laboratory provided sufficient information to determine appropriate age prediction methods in subsequent analysis. In age prediction, systematic measurement differences resulting from the type of genetic analyzer used were identified as the biggest cause of DNA methylation variation between laboratories. Also, the use of a buffer that ensures a high ratio of specific to non-specific primer binding resulted in changes in DNA methylation measurement, especially when using degenerate primers in the PCR reaction. In addition, high input volumes of bisulfite-converted DNA often caused PCR failure, presumably due to carry-over of PCR inhibitors from the bisulfite conversion reaction. The proficiency of the analysts and experimental conditions for efficient SNaPshot reactions were also important for consistent DNA methylation measurement. Several bisulfite conversion kits were used for this study, but differences resulting from the use of any specific kit were not clearly discerned. Even when different experimental settings were used in each laboratory, a positive outcome of the study was a mean absolute age prediction error amongst participant's data of only 2.7 years for semen, 5.0 years for blood and 3.8 years for saliva., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2022
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20. Inference of recent admixture using genotype data.
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Pfaffelhuber P, Sester-Huss E, Baumdicker F, Naue J, Lutz-Bonengel S, and Staubach F
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- Genotype, Humans, Genetics, Population, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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The inference of biogeographic ancestry (BGA) has become a focus of forensic genetics. Misinference of BGA can have profound unwanted consequences for investigations and society. We show that recent admixture can lead to misclassification and erroneous inference of ancestry proportions, using state of the art analysis tools with (i) simulations, (ii) 1000 genomes project data, and (iii) two individuals analyzed using the ForenSeq DNA Signature Prep Kit. Subsequently, we extend existing tools for estimation of individual ancestry (IA) by allowing for different IA in both parents, leading to estimates of parental individual ancestry (PIA), and a statistical test for recent admixture. Estimation of PIA outperforms IA in most scenarios of recent admixture. Furthermore, additional information about parental ancestry can be acquired with PIA that may guide casework., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2022
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21. Evidence for multi-copy Mega-NUMTs in the human genome.
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Lutz-Bonengel S, Niederstätter H, Naue J, Koziel R, Yang F, Sänger T, Huber G, Berger C, Pflugradt R, Strobl C, Xavier C, Volleth M, Weiß SC, Irwin JA, Romsos EL, Vallone PM, Ratzinger G, Schmuth M, Jansen-Dürr P, Liehr T, Lichter P, Parsons TJ, Pollak S, and Parson W
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- Cell Nucleus genetics, DNA Copy Number Variations, Female, Humans, Male, Pedigree, Sequence Analysis, DNA, DNA, Mitochondrial, Genome, Human
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The maternal mode of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) inheritance is central to human genetics. Recently, evidence for bi-parental inheritance of mtDNA was claimed for individuals of three pedigrees that suffered mitochondrial disorders. We sequenced mtDNA using both direct Sanger and Massively Parallel Sequencing in several tissues of eleven maternally related and other affiliated healthy individuals of a family pedigree and observed mixed mitotypes in eight individuals. Cells without nuclear DNA, i.e. thrombocytes and hair shafts, only showed the mitotype of haplogroup (hg) V. Skin biopsies were prepared to generate ρ° cells void of mtDNA, sequencing of which resulted in a hg U4c1 mitotype. The position of the Mega-NUMT sequence was determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization and two different quantitative PCR assays were used to determine the number of contributing mtDNA copies. Thus, evidence for the presence of repetitive, full mitogenome Mega-NUMTs matching haplogroup U4c1 in various tissues of eight maternally related individuals was provided. Multi-copy Mega-NUMTs mimic mixtures of mtDNA that cannot be experimentally avoided and thus may appear in diverse fields of mtDNA research and diagnostics. We demonstrate that hair shaft mtDNA sequencing provides a simple but reliable approach to exclude NUMTs as source of misleading results., (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.)
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- 2021
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22. Mitochondrial DNA control region variation in a population sample from Thailand.
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Sauer DC, Naue J, Immel UD, and Lutz-Bonengel S
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- Analysis of Variance, Datasets as Topic, Female, Genetic Variation, Genetics, Population, Humans, Male, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Asian People ethnology, DNA, Mitochondrial analysis, Ethnicity genetics, Hair chemistry, Haplotypes, Locus Control Region
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region sequences from hair samples of 213 individuals from Thailand were analyzed using Sanger sequencing. A total of 170 different haplotypes were identified, of which 146 occurred only once (unique haplotypes). The dataset showed a random match probability of 0.87% and a haplotype diversity of 0.9960. The samples were assigned to 85 different haplogroups with B5a, F1a1a, and M being the most frequent ones. Pairwise F
ST -values between this and other Southeast and East Asian populations revealed significant but relatively low differences, indicating a close relation. Heteroplasmic positions were observed in 12.2% of hair samples confirming the frequent appearance of heteroplasmic positions in hairs. This dataset will complement existing data as an mtDNA reference for forensic investigations.- Published
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23. Get it off, but keep it: Efficient cleaning of hair shafts with parallel DNA extraction of the surface stain.
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Naue J, Sänger T, and Lutz-Bonengel S
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- Blood Chemical Analysis, Cervix Mucus chemistry, Humans, Microsatellite Repeats, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Saliva chemistry, Semen chemistry, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Skin chemistry, Sodium Hypochlorite, Water, DNA isolation & purification, DNA Fingerprinting, Hair chemistry, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Specimen Handling methods
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The analysis of hair samples is a common task in forensic investigations. Material transferred to the surface of a hair during a crime challenges the analysis as it has to be removed efficiently. However, the removal of the stain can also lead to a loss of information on stain contributors. DNA analysis of the stain itself might thus be helpful for the forensic investigation. The aim of this study was the examination of different methods to remove common biological surface stains completely from human hair shafts without hampering the parallel DNA extraction of the cleaned hair shaft and the isolated surface stain (blood, saliva, vaginal secretion, semen, and skin flocks). Four different methods of cleaning (water, lysis buffer, swabbing, NaClO) were compared to their cleaning efficiency as well as their success of mtDNA analysis of three hair donors and the original five stains on the hair. In order to test the suitability of this procedure for future analysis methods, a selection of samples were also sequenced with MPS. Additionally, nuclear DNA analysis of the stain DNA was performed using a screening STR assay to test the potential success for detection of a STR profile. The most efficient removal of the stain was achieved using NaClO, however compromising further analysis of the stain DNA. The best results for cleaning and parallel stain analysis were obtained using a swab moistened with 0.5 % SDS for surface cleaning. Especially water failed to remove stains efficiently, leading to a high amount of mixed mtDNA in the DNA extracts. MPS showed an increased sensitivity for detection of minute mixtures., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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24. Considerations for the need of recommendations for the research and publication of DNA methylation results.
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Naue J and Lee HY
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- Bias, Blood Cells, DNA analysis, DNA Primers, Guidelines as Topic, Humans, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, DNA Methylation, Forensic Genetics standards, Publishing standards
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- 2018
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25. Proof of concept study of age-dependent DNA methylation markers across different tissues by massive parallel sequencing.
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Naue J, Sänger T, Hoefsloot HCJ, Lutz-Bonengel S, Kloosterman AD, and Verschure PJ
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Bone and Bones chemistry, Brain Chemistry, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Linear Models, Male, Middle Aged, Mouth Mucosa chemistry, Muscle, Skeletal chemistry, Pilot Projects, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Proof of Concept Study, Saliva chemistry, Young Adult, Aging genetics, CpG Islands genetics, DNA Methylation, Genetic Markers, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Sequence Analysis, DNA
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The use of DNA methylation (DNAm) for chronological age determination has been widely investigated within the last few years for its application within the field of forensic genetics. The majority of forensic studies are based on blood, saliva, and buccal cell samples, respectively. Although these types of samples represent an extensive amount of traces found at a crime scene or are readily available from individuals, samples from other tissues can be relevant for forensic investigations. Age determination could be important for cases involving unidentifiable bodies and based on remaining soft tissue e.g. brain and muscle, or completely depend on hard tissue such as bone. However, due to the cell type specificity of DNAm, it is not evident whether cell type specific age-dependent CpG positions are also applicable for age determination in other cell types. Within this pilot study, we investigated whether 13 previously selected age-dependent loci based on whole blood analysis including amongst others ELOVL2, TRIM59, F5, and KLF14 also have predictive value in other forensically relevant tissues. Samples of brain, bone, muscle, buccal swabs, and whole blood of 29 deceased individuals (age range 0-87 years) were analyzed for these 13 age-dependent markers using massive parallel sequencing. Seven of these loci did show age-dependency in all five tissues. The change of DNAm during lifetime was different in the set of tissues analyzed, and sometimes other CpG sites within the loci showed a higher age-dependency. This pilot study shows the potential of existing blood DNAm markers for age-determination to analyze other tissues than blood. We identified seven known blood-based DNAm markers for use in muscle, brain, bone, buccal swabs, and blood. Nevertheless, a different reference set for each tissue is needed to adapt for tissue-specific changes of the DNAm over time., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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26. Forensic DNA methylation profiling from minimal traces: How low can we go?
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Naue J, Hoefsloot HCJ, Kloosterman AD, and Verschure PJ
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- Blood Chemical Analysis, CpG Islands genetics, Humans, Probability, Salvia chemistry, Semen chemistry, DNA analysis, DNA Fingerprinting, DNA Methylation
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Analysis of human DNA methylation (DNAm) can provide additional investigative leads in crime cases, e.g. the type of tissue or body fluid, the chronological age of an individual, and differentiation between identical twins. In contrast to the genetic profile, the DNAm level is not the same in every cell. At the single cell level, DNAm represents a binary event at a defined CpG site (methylated versus non-methylated). The DNAm level from a DNA extract however represents the average level of methylation of the CpG of interest of all molecules in the forensic sample. The variance of DNAm levels between replicates is often attributed to technological issues, i.e. degradation of DNA due to bisulfite treatment, preferential amplification of DNA, and amplification failure. On the other hand, we show that stochastic variations can lead to gross fluctuation in the analysis of methylation levels in samples with low DNA levels. This stochasticity in DNAm results is relevant since low DNA amounts (1pg - 1ng) is rather the norm than the exception when analyzing forensic DNA samples. This study describes a conceptual analysis of DNAm profiling and its dependence on the amount of input DNA. We took a close look at the variation of DNAm analysis due to DNA input and its consequences for different DNAm-based forensic applications. As can be expected, the 95%-confidence interval of measured DNAm becomes narrower with increasing amounts of DNA. We compared this aspect for two different DNAm-based forensic applications: body fluid identification and chronological age determination. Our study shows that DNA amount should be well considered when using DNAm for forensic applications., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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27. Chronological age prediction based on DNA methylation: Massive parallel sequencing and random forest regression.
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Naue J, Hoefsloot HCJ, Mook ORF, Rijlaarsdam-Hoekstra L, van der Zwalm MCH, Henneman P, Kloosterman AD, and Verschure PJ
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Genetic Markers, Humans, Machine Learning, Middle Aged, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Young Adult, Aging genetics, Algorithms, CpG Islands genetics, DNA Methylation, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
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The use of DNA methylation (DNAm) to obtain additional information in forensic investigations showed to be a promising and increasing field of interest. Prediction of the chronological age based on age-dependent changes in the DNAm of specific CpG sites within the genome is one such potential application. Here we present an age-prediction tool for whole blood based on massive parallel sequencing (MPS) and a random forest machine learning algorithm. MPS allows accurate DNAm determination of pre-selected markers and neighboring CpG-sites to identify the best age-predictive markers for the age-prediction tool. 15 age-dependent markers of different loci were initially chosen based on publicly available 450K microarray data, and 13 finally selected for the age tool based on MPS (DDO, ELOVL2, F5, GRM2, HOXC4, KLF14, LDB2, MEIS1-AS3, NKIRAS2, RPA2, SAMD10, TRIM59, ZYG11A). Whole blood samples of 208 individuals were used for training of the algorithm and a further 104 individuals were used for model evaluation (age 18-69). In the case of KLF14, LDB2, SAMD10, and GRM2, neighboring CpG sites and not the initial 450K sites were chosen for the final model. Cross-validation of the training set leads to a mean absolute deviation (MAD) of 3.21 years and a root-mean square error (RMSE) of 3.97 years. Evaluation of model performance using the test set showed a comparable result (MAD 3.16 years, RMSE 3.93 years). A reduced model based on only the top 4 markers (ELOVL2, F5, KLF14, and TRIM59) resulted in a RMSE of 4.19 years and MAD of 3.24 years for the test set (cross validation training set: RMSE 4.63 years, MAD 3.64 years). The amplified region was additionally investigated for occurrence of SNPs in case of an aberrant DNAm result, which in some cases can be an indication for a deviation in DNAm. Our approach uncovered well-known DNAm age-dependent markers, as well as additional new age-dependent sites for improvement of the model, and allowed the creation of a reliable and accurate epigenetic tool for age-prediction without restriction to a linear change in DNAm with age., (Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2017
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28. Detection of G1138A Mutation of the FGFR3 Gene in Tooth Material from a 180-Year-Old Museological Achondroplastic Skeleton.
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Boer LL, Naue J, de Rooy L, and Oostra RJ
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Throughout the last four centuries, many anatomical museums across the world have collected teratological specimens that became precious objects. These can be regarded as spirits of the past which have captured the morphology of diseases through time. These valuable and irreplaceable specimens can be perfectly used in contemporary dysmorphological or genetic research. Unfortunately, due to the historical nature of these specimens and the regularly used aggressive preservation fluids, DNA degradation is often present. Furthermore, the use of material for DNA extraction is restricted to preserve the appearance of these valuable museological specimens. Thus, the most challenging part in this perspective is to harvest sufficient DNA of good quality for further testing without damaging the specimens. Besides fixated specimens, most teratological collections contain dried skeletal and teeth materials which are an excellent source to extract DNA. We here present a DNA-based method that enables genetic identification of the G1138A mutation of the FGFR3 gene in a 180-year-old achondroplastic skeleton, confirming the previously morphologically determined disease. Nuclear DNA was extracted from a premolar tooth and the mutation was found using Sanger sequencing of a small region of the FGFR3 gene., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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- 2017
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29. Detection of a G>C single nucleotide polymorphism within a repetitive DNA sequence by high-resolution DNA melting.
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Schmidt U, Hulkkonen J, and Naue J
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- Female, Forensic Genetics, Genotype, Humans, Male, Microsatellite Repeats, Nucleic Acid Denaturation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Sequence Analysis, DNA methods
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In standard forensic DNA analysis, single base mutations within short tandem repeats (STR) mostly escape detection. In this study, high-resolution DNA melting (HRM) is compared to minisequencing and Sanger sequencing as to determine the most suitable method for detection of a G to C mutation within a repetitive DNA sequence, the STR system DXS10161. It shows an ATG/ATC polymorphism surrounded by a variable number of (TATC) and (ATCT) motifs. Neutral base changes like G:C to C:G result in very low differences in the melting temperature (T m) of the PCR amplicons. By enhanced resolution of fluorescence vs. temperature in HRM, the technique showed to be suitable for detecting a G to C transversion in this repetitive DNA sequence context. Compared to minisequencing, HRM is more time- and cost-effective. Results were confirmed by Sanger sequencing.
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- 2016
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30. Automated Forensic Animal Family Identification by Nested PCR and Melt Curve Analysis on an Off-the-Shelf Thermocycler Augmented with a Centrifugal Microfluidic Disk Segment.
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Keller M, Naue J, Zengerle R, von Stetten F, and Schmidt U
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- Animals, Centrifugation, Automation, Forensic Sciences, Microfluidics instrumentation, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods
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Nested PCR remains a labor-intensive and error-prone biomolecular analysis. Laboratory workflow automation by precise control of minute liquid volumes in centrifugal microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip systems holds great potential for such applications. However, the majority of these systems require costly custom-made processing devices. Our idea is to augment a standard laboratory device, here a centrifugal real-time PCR thermocycler, with inbuilt liquid handling capabilities for automation. We have developed a microfluidic disk segment enabling an automated nested real-time PCR assay for identification of common European animal groups adapted to forensic standards. For the first time we utilize a novel combination of fluidic elements, including pre-storage of reagents, to automate the assay at constant rotational frequency of an off-the-shelf thermocycler. It provides a universal duplex pre-amplification of short fragments of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA and cytochrome b genes, animal-group-specific main-amplifications, and melting curve analysis for differentiation. The system was characterized with respect to assay sensitivity, specificity, risk of cross-contamination, and detection of minor components in mixtures. 92.2% of the performed tests were recognized as fluidically failure-free sample handling and used for evaluation. Altogether, augmentation of the standard real-time thermocycler with a self-contained centrifugal microfluidic disk segment resulted in an accelerated and automated analysis reducing hands-on time, and circumventing the risk of contamination associated with regular nested PCR protocols.
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- 2015
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31. Evidence for frequent and tissue-specific sequence heteroplasmy in human mitochondrial DNA.
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Naue J, Hörer S, Sänger T, Strobl C, Hatzer-Grubwieser P, Parson W, and Lutz-Bonengel S
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- DNA, Mitochondrial chemistry, Humans, Sequence Analysis, DNA, DNA, Mitochondrial genetics, Polymorphism, Genetic
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Mitochondrial point heteroplasmy is a common event observed not only in patients with mitochondrial diseases but also in healthy individuals. We here report a comprehensive investigation of heteroplasmy occurrence in human including the whole mitochondrial control region from nine different tissue types of 100 individuals. Sanger sequencing was used as a standard method and results were supported by cloning, minisequencing, and massively parallel sequencing. Only 12% of all individuals showed no heteroplasmy, whereas 88% showed at least one heteroplasmic position within the investigated tissues. In 66% of individuals up to 8 positions were affected. The highest relative number of heteroplasmies was detected in muscle and liver (79%, 69%), followed by brain, hair, and heart (36.7%-30.2%). Lower percentages were observed in bone, blood, lung, and buccal cells (19.8%-16.2%). Accumulation of position-specific heteroplasmies was found in muscle (positions 64, 72, 73, 189, and 408), liver (position 72) and brain (partial deletion at position 71). Deeper analysis of these specific positions in muscle revealed a non-random appearance and position-specific dependency on age. MtDNA heteroplasmy frequency and its potential functional importance have been underestimated in the past and its occurrence is ubiquitous and dependent at least on age, tissue, and position-specific mutation rates., (Copyright © 2014 © Elsevier B.V. and Mitochondria Research Society. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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32. High-resolution melting of 12S rRNA and cytochrome b DNA sequences for discrimination of species within distinct European animal families.
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Naue J, Hansmann T, and Schmidt U
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- Animals, Chickens, DNA, Mitochondrial genetics, Equidae, Europe, Genes, Mitochondrial, Humans, Nucleic Acid Denaturation, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Species Specificity, Cytochromes b genetics, DNA analysis, DNA genetics, RNA, Ribosomal genetics, Sequence Analysis, DNA methods
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The cheap and easy identification of species is necessary within multiple fields of molecular biology. The use of high-resolution melting (HRM) of DNA provides a fast closed-tube method for analysis of the sequence composition of the mitochondrial genes 12S rRNA and cytochrome b. We investigated the potential use of HRM for species identification within eleven different animal groups commonly found in Europe by animal-group-specific DNA amplification followed by DNA melting. Influence factors as DNA amount, additional single base alterations, and the existence of mixed samples were taken into consideration. Visual inspection combined with mathematical evaluation of the curve shapes did resolve nearly all species within an animal group. The assay can therefore not only be used for identification of animal groups and mixture analysis but also for species identification within the respective groups. The use of a universal 12S rRNA system additionally revealed a possible approach for species discrimination, mostly by exclusion. The use of the HRM assay showed to be a reliable, fast, and cheap method for species discrimination within a broad range of different animal species and can be used in a flexible "modular" manner depending on the question to be solved.
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- 2014
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33. Cocktail approach for in vivo phenotyping of 5 major CYP450 isoenzymes: development of an effective sampling, extraction, and analytical procedure and pilot study with comparative genotyping.
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Wohlfarth A, Naue J, Lutz-Bonengel S, Dresen S, and Auwärter V
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- Adult, Caffeine administration & dosage, Caffeine blood, Chromatography, Liquid methods, Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System genetics, Dextromethorphan administration & dosage, Dextromethorphan blood, Female, Genotype, Humans, Isoenzymes, Male, Midazolam administration & dosage, Midazolam blood, Omeprazole administration & dosage, Omeprazole blood, Phenotype, Pilot Projects, Tandem Mass Spectrometry methods, Tolbutamide administration & dosage, Tolbutamide blood, Young Adult, Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System blood, Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System chemistry
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In this study, the authors developed a phenotyping method for CYP1A2, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, and 3A4 using a cocktail of 100 mg caffeine, 125 mg tolbutamide, 20 mg omeprazole, 30 mg dextromethorphan, and 2 mg midazolam. A simple sampling scheme was established collecting 3 blood samples at 0, 4, and 24 hours followed by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry analysis. After addition of 8 deuterated internal standards and extraction, the analytes were separated using gradient elution with ammonium acetate and methanol. Data acquisition was performed on a triple quadrupole linear ion trap mass spectrometer in multiple-reaction monitoring mode with positive electrospray ionization. The assay was validated according to international guidelines: limits of quantification (LOQs) were between 0.25 and 1.0 ng/mL for all analytes, except for paraxanthine and caffeine (20 ng/mL). Extraction efficiencies ranged between 77% and 103% and matrix effects between 23% and 95%; precision and accuracy data fulfilled accepted criteria. Calibration curves from LOQ to 1000 ng/mL were established for undiluted and 1:10 diluted plasma (r > 0.998). The method was tested in a pilot study with 14 volunteers. Additional genotyping of the probands generally demonstrated good accordance with the measured phenotyping indices but also disclosed certain contradictory results.
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- 2012
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34. Bite through the tent.
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Naue J, Lutz-Bonengel S, Pietsch K, Sänger T, Schlauderer N, and Schmidt U
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- Animals, Camping, Child, DNA genetics, DNA isolation & purification, DNA Primers, Facial Injuries etiology, Facial Injuries pathology, Humans, Male, Microsatellite Repeats, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Species Specificity, Bites and Stings pathology, Cytochromes b genetics, DNA Fingerprinting, Foxes genetics, RNA, Ribosomal genetics
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The authors report on a young boy who was bitten into his face by an unknown animal while being asleep in a tent. Given the bite marks and the location of the scene, members of the mustelidae and canidae families were the first "suspects." Deoxyribunucleic acid (DNA) recovered from the tent's wall was analyzed with regard to parts of the mitochondrial 12S ribosomal ribunucleic acid (12S rRNA) and cytochrome b (cytb) genes as well as nuclear short tandem repeats (STRs). Since Sanger sequencing revealed a mixed sequence with a strong human component overlying the nonhuman contributor, an animal screening using a duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with an intercalating dye and melt curve analysis was employed. The results were later confirmed by cloning. The applied commercial canine STR kit verified the animal family (canidae) but did not help in discriminating the species due to cross-species amplification. In the presented case, the real-time PCR assay offered the cheapest and fastest method for animal family determination, which then allowed for an appropriate and sample-saving strategy to characterize the causative animal species.
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- 2012
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35. X-chromosomal haplotype frequencies of four linkage groups using the Investigator Argus X-12 Kit.
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Edelmann J, Lutz-Bonengel S, Naue J, and Hering S
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- Humans, Chromosomes, Human, X, Gene Frequency, Genetic Linkage, Haplotypes
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- 2012
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36. Factors affecting the detection and quantification of mitochondrial point heteroplasmy using Sanger sequencing and SNaPshot minisequencing.
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Naue J, Sänger T, Schmidt U, Klein R, and Lutz-Bonengel S
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- DNA, Mitochondrial genetics, DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase pharmacology, Humans, Plasmids genetics, Polymerase Chain Reaction, T-Lymphocytes metabolism, Sequence Analysis, DNA methods
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Mitochondrial DNA analysis plays an important role in forensic science as well as in the diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases. The occurrence of two different nucleotides at the same sequence position can be caused either by heteroplasmy or by a mix of samples. The detection of superimposed positions in forensic samples and their quantification can provide additional information and might also be useful to identify a mixed sample. Therefore, the detection and visualization of heteroplasmy has to be robust and sensitive at the same time to allow for reliable interpretation of results and to avoid a loss of information. In this study, different factors influencing the analysis of mitochondrial heteroplasmy (DNA polymerases, PCR and sequencing primers, nucleotide incorporation, and sequence context) were examined. BigDye Sanger sequencing and the SNaPshot minisequencing were compared as to the accuracy of detection using artificially created mitochondrial DNA mixtures. Both sequencing strategies showed to be robust, and the parameters tested showed to have a variable impact on the display of nucleotide ratios. However, experiments revealed a high correlation between the expected and the measured nucleotide ratios in cell mixtures. Compared to the SNaPshot minisequencing, Sanger sequencing proved to be the more robust and reliable method for quantification of nucleotide ratios but showed a lower detection sensitivity of minor cytosine components.
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- 2011
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37. Disposition of L-738,167, a potent and long-acting fibrinogen receptor antagonist, in dogs. Dose-dependent pharmacokinetics.
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Prueksaritanont T, Gorham LM, Naue JA, Hamill TG, Askew BC, and Vyas KP
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- Animals, Azepines blood, Azepines pharmacology, Blood Platelets metabolism, Blood Proteins metabolism, Dogs, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Fibrinolytic Agents blood, Fibrinolytic Agents pharmacology, Injections, Intravenous, Male, Protein Binding, Sulfonamides blood, Sulfonamides pharmacology, Tritium, Azepines pharmacokinetics, Fibrinolytic Agents pharmacokinetics, Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex antagonists & inhibitors, Sulfonamides pharmacokinetics
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L-738,167 is a potent and long-acting fibrinogen receptor antagonist and may be useful for treatment of chronic thrombotic occlusive disorders. The purposes of this study were to characterize the metabolism and disposition of L-738,167, and to investigate factors affecting its pharmacokinetic behaviors in dogs, one of the animal models used in pharmacological and toxicological studies. In vitro and in vivo experiments indicated that L-738,167 was not metabolized to any appreciable extent in dogs. Biliary excretion was found to be the major route (approximately 75%) of drug elimination. Following 1 and 3 micrograms/kg iv doses, blood pharmacokinetics of L-738,167 were linear. Total blood clearance (CLB) was much lower than hepatic blood flow, and the apparent volume of distribution at steady-state (Vdss,B) was comparable with blood volume. Blood pharmacokinetics in the dose range of 3-250 micrograms/kg were dose-dependent; both CLB and Vdss,B for L-738,167 increased markedly with increasing doses. However, the terminal half-life (t1/2) was dose-independent, with a mean value of approximately 4 days. L-738,167 was found to bind negligibly to dog plasma proteins. Determinations of whole blood (WB), platelet-rich plasma, and platelet-poor plasma concentrations after several intravenous doses of [3H]L-738,167 revealed significant concentration-dependent binding of the compound to platelets. Kinetic analysis of the platelet binding indicated that L-738,167 was bound to dog platelets with high affinity (apparent Kd approximately 1 nM platelet-poor plasma concentration) and relatively low capacity (approximately 70 nM WB concentration). Findings are consistent with the binding kinetics of L-738,167 to glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GP IIb/IIIa) receptor, supporting that GP IIb/IIIa was the primary binding component on the platelets. It was concluded that the dose-dependent pharmacokinetics of L-738,167 were the consequence of the concentration-dependent drug-platelet binding. Due to this extensive platelet binding, L-738,167, when given in therapeutic doses or lower, resided primarily in the vascular compartment-the site of pharmacological action. At doses exceeding the receptor binding capacity, the excess amount or the unbound drug was eliminated rapidly. In all cases, the equally long t1/2 of L-738,167 was also a consequence of the high-affinity binding to platelets, in good agreement with its prolonged pharmacodynamic profile.
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- 1997
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