Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
Pivot Concepts:   Target Concepts:
Query: EC:3.1.1.7 (acetylcholinesterase)
 28,390 document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)

Three patients with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and myasthenia gravis whose pulmonary symptoms were worsened by therapy with cholinesterase inhibitors were improved by inhaled ipratropium bromide. Two had increases in FEV1 (19 percent, 35 percent) and specific conductance (106 percent, 81 percent) and reductions in dyspnea. The third had no change in airflow with ipratropium, but improved due to decreased bronchial secretions which had limited the use of cholinesterase inhibitors. In contrast, beta agonist bronchodilators had no effect in any of these patients. This experience suggests that ipratropium may be the bronchodilator drug of choice in patients with obstructive lung disease aggravated by cholinesterase inhibitors.
 ...
PMID:Ipratropium in patients with COPD receiving cholinesterase inhibitors. 296 27

The inhibition of human acetylcholinesterase (AchE) by 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) is determined and compared with the previously described inhibition of this enzyme by two other industrially used diisocyanates: toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). The inhibition potency of these three diisocyanates is found to be in the oder HDI greater than TDI greater than MDI. The spontaneous reactivation of inhibited AchE is reanalysed with the help of a computer program designed to fit the reactivation data to the exponential rate equation Vt = Vinf (1 - e-Kobs X (t - to) ). The enzyme inhibited by HDI and MDI undergoes very slow and limited spontaneous reactivation. The rate of delivery of diisocyanates into the respiratory tract of an exposed worker may be faster than the rate of spontaneous reactivation of the inhibited enzyme. These results are discussed in connection with the obstructive lung disease observed in approximately 5% of the workers employed in the isocyanate industry.
 ...
PMID:Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase by diisocyanates and its spontaneous reactivation. 631 28

Lung innervation has been studied in the past by methylene blue staining and silver impregnation and more recently by histochemical methods. These techniques give only a partial picture of the total innervation. We have delineated the innervation of the lung in man and three other mammalian species by immunostaining with antibodies to two new markers of nervous tissue. These markers are neurone-specific enolase (NSE), an enzyme present in nerve cells in both the central and the peripheral nervous systems, and S-100, a protein found in glial cells. Throughout the respiratory tract NSE was localised in ganglion cells and nerve fibres in all species examined, while S-100 was found in the supporting glial cells of ganglia and in Schwann cells of peripheral nerves. The distribution of NSE immunoreactivity in serial sections was compared with that of acetylcholinesterase-containing, noradrenergic, and peptide-containing nerves. In all areas NSE was found to be a specific marker for all three types of nerves. Thus these two antibodies provide an effective histological means of examining both the neuronal and the non-neuronal components of the lung innervation and should be of value in investigating this system in lung disease.
 ...
PMID:Neurone-specific enolase and S-100: new markers for delineating the innervation of the respiratory tract in man and other mammals. 634 94

We surveyed 1,000 randomly selected state-licensed pesticide appliers to improve our understanding of pesticide use and its potential health effects. Participants were stratified by pesticide class (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, fumigants) to determine potential differences in health characteristics among different pesticide groups. A subset of 60 applicators, divided by pesticide class used, were studied for exposure-related cholinesterase (ChE) depression. ChE depression in excess of 20% was most frequent in fumigant applicators who did enclosed-space application, in addition to other pesticide application procedures (p < .05). Survey data demonstrated that the prevalence of all common chronic diseases considered together was significantly increased (p = .015) in fumigant appliers, compared with all other pesticide use groups. The frequency of chronic lung disease was also significantly increased in the fumigant applier group (p = .027). Curiously, two cases of a rare hematopoietic neoplasm--hairy cell leukemia--were identified in our study group (annual incidence 0.67/100,000 in Minnesota). Whether there is an association between this unique tumor and agricultural work is uncertain, and further study is needed in this regard.
 ...
PMID:Survey of health and use characterization of pesticide appliers in Minnesota. 794 64

Dictyocaulus viviparus causes a serious lung disease of cattle. For over 30 years, a radiation-attenuated larval vaccine has been used with success; however, this vaccine has several disadvantages. A more stable vaccine against D. viviparus, capable of stimulating prolonged protective immunity, would be beneficial. Recent research has been directed at adult worm ES components that may be involved in parasite survival in the host. One component is the secreted enzyme, acetylcholinesterase (AChE), a target for circulating antibody in infected calves. Here, we describe a study where protection was investigated in calves immunised with either native adult ES products or a recombinant parasite AChE. These antigens were administered twice with Freund's incomplete adjuvant. Subsequently, all calves were challenged with 700 L3 and their worm burdens and immune responses compared with those in calves that received an anthelmintic-abbreviated infection and challenge control calves. Significant levels of protection were not obtained in the immunised groups but significant immunity was achieved in the calves that received the anthelmintic abbreviated infection. Antibody responses amongst the groups were different, with significantly higher IgG1 responses in the immune, infected group and in adult ES recipients. Significantly higher IgG2 responses were found in the latter group. Following challenge, the groups that received the abbreviated infection and the fusion protein produced specific antibody that bound the native enzyme. No differences were observed between groups in peripheral blood mononuclear cell responsiveness to either antigen. However, adult ES products appeared to have a mitogenic effect on these cells, whilst the fusion protein exhibited an inhibitory effect. These results suggest that in this form, AChE is not a potential vaccine candidate and that adult ES products, in contrast to previous experiments in guinea pigs, do not contain protective components.
 ...
PMID:Immunisation of cattle with recombinant acetylcholinesterase from Dictyocaulus viviparus and with adult worm ES products. 1122 58

Pesticides may contribute to adverse respiratory health effects among farmers and have been considered one causal factor for the rise in asthma prevalence. This cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate potential respiratory function abnormalities following long-term pesticide exposure by means of a complete pulmonary function testing, including spirometry, lung volumes, and diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide. The study population was comprised by workers from a prominent intensive agriculture area of southern Spain that relied on pesticides for the control of plagues. Eighty-nine pesticide sprayers of plastic greenhouse farming and a control group of 25 nonspraying control farmers from the same area were interviewed by a general practitioner asking about sociodemographic factors, occupational exposure, and clinical symptoms by using a structured questionnaire. Multiple regression analyses showed a relationship of short-term exposure to pesticides (as indicated by a drop in serum cholinesterase > 25% of baseline levels) with reduced forced expired volume in 1 s, and of long-term exposure (as indicated by a cumulative pesticide exposure index) with reduced forced expiratory flow rate. Exposure to bipyridilium-class herbicides was a determinant of a fall in the diffusing capacity of the lungs, and neonicotinoid insecticides showed a relationship with lower pulmonary volumes (total lung capacity, residual volume, and functional residual capacity), suggestive of restrictive lung disease, and with an increased risk of reporting irritative symptoms.
 ...
PMID:Low level of exposure to pesticides leads to lung dysfunction in occupationally exposed subjects. 1864 24

Dictyocaulus viviparus causes a serious lung disease of cattle. Similar to other parasitic nematodes, D. viviparus possesses several acetylcholinesterase (AChE) genes, one of which encodes a putative neuromuscular AChE, which contains a tryptophan (W) amphiphilic tetramerization (WAT) domain at its C-terminus. In the current study, we describe the biochemical characterization of a recombinant version of this WAT domain-containing AChE. To assess if the WAT domain is biologically functional, we investigated the association of the recombinant enzyme with the vertebrate tail proteins, proline-rich membrane anchor (PRiMA) and collagen Q (ColQ), as well as the synthetic polypeptide poly-l-proline. The results indicate that the recombinant enzyme hydrolyzes acetylthiocholine preferentially and exhibits inhibition by excess substrate, a characteristic of AChEs but not butyrylcholinesterases (BChEs). The enzyme is inhibited by the AChE inhibitor, BW284c51, but not by the BChE inhibitors, ethopropazine or iso-OMPA. The enzyme is able to assemble into monomeric (G(1)), dimeric (G(2)), and tetrameric (G(4)) globular forms and can also associate with PRiMA and ColQ, which contain proline-rich attachment domains (PRADs). This interaction is likely to be mediated via WAT-PRAD interactions, as the enzyme also assembles into tetramers with the synthetic polypeptide poly-l-proline. These interactions are typical of AChE(T) subunits. This is the first demonstration of an AChE(T) from a parasitic nematode that can assemble into heterologous forms with vertebrate proteins that anchor the enzyme in cholinergic synapses. We discuss the implications of our results for this particular host/parasite system and for the evolution of AChE.
 ...
PMID:A tetrameric acetylcholinesterase from the parasitic nematode Dictyocaulus viviparus associates with the vertebrate tail proteins PRiMA and ColQ. 2202 27