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I don't know if having a play-in game is an advantage or not, but it seems like ever since the LaSalle Explorers won their first NCAA Tournament outing that everyone is now picking them as their favorite Cinderella. What people tend to forget is that other teams are going to stand in the way from just letting LaSalle take a brisk walk into the Elite Eight. The Kansas State Wildcats are nobody's pushover and will be looking to end LaSalle's fairytale run before it even truly gets underway.
What to Watch For
Ramon Galloway looks ready to make a name for himself. Just one game removed from a 21-point performance, expect Galloway to look to attack the basket early and establish himself as an offensive force. The Explorers will need Galloway to continue riding his momentum throughout the entire game if they want to advance.
Somehow, Kansas State has become the afterthought when people are breaking down this game. The Wildcats are going to look to continue to play their brand of hoops. While LaSalle is going to try to force Kansas State into isolation offense, watch for the Wildcats to rely on heavy ball movement and backdoor cuts to the basket for easy buckets.
LaSalle is the trendy pick here. I've seen numerous experts talk about the momentum the Explorers are currently riding and how it will help them get past K-State. Well, there is momentum and then there is the next game's opponent.
LaSalle 71 Kansas State 75
If you want more in-depth, team specific breakdowns head on over to the LaSalle Profile and the Kansas State Profile.
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Renekton if not one of the most fun champions in League of Legends Renekton is a great all around champion. The reason I am making this guide is becasue I ahve seen him try to tank/AD too many times and more then half the times it fails. My build is all out AD you may think it leaves him way to squicshy no if you no how to execute his skills correctly you well go Legendary in almost every game. Sorry if I need more correction First Guide Ive ever done.
The Runes I chose for him were Armor Penetration, Attack runes, and Critical Dmg runes. The reason why is with the armor penetration his skill Ruthless predator well own early and late game no matter what with that skill you can literally three hit people in game. As well the critical runes well benefit you when you have finished Phantom Dancer you well be critting people like crazy. The attack runes beneift you with you skill ruthless predator and cull of the meek.
Now with your items its an all around good item build the starting ones are boots and three health potions. It keeps you in the lane much longer whether you are soloing top which should alway be you if you have a jungler. Or if you are Mid me I love mid renekton you can just about own anyone mid. Or if you are laning with someone. I would say stay in your lane as long as you can until you are forced to go back to your nexus. From there you would transition into Ionian Boots which are awesome consdering your skills cooldown. If you still have enough buy an aarice blade for the gold gain and the critical chance it gives you. Then go back to your lane. Stay on your lane till you take out the turret or they take out yours. ONce you go back finish up Ghostblade. With ghstblade you can pretty much chase and team gank. After Ghostblade transition to Black Cleaver. The reason I like Black Cleaver is becasue of your 2 or three hit ruthless predator. It well Instantly lower their armor. With the armor down yu can just ghostblade if you havent yet during the fight and chase them down. After Black Cleaver start making your infinity edge. After Inifinity get your Phantom Dancer I usually get zeal after BF Sword just to get my atk speed, crit and movement speed. By the time you are done with those items game should have been done if not go ahead and buy sunfire cape some people likes to get it early but with this build you dont need to with the dps you are pushing out.
How to implement Renekton Correctly
With renekton the only way to carry or own with him is to use your skills properly. You are very dpeendent upon your rage. If you are laning by yourself play safely and definsively. Make last hit creeps so you opponents creeps will go to you and you just farm off the creeps. Always pay attention to your rage meter. If you feel that you can take on the champion. Wait until you are at 50 and then slice in stun which well result a three hit with 1.5sec stun and if they had pushed out to far chase and dice in and cull of the meek. More then half the time early game you won't kill them unless they are like ashe or kat very squishy. But it does make them back off. Now with you doing that be careful because more then half the time they well start to gank you. Once you have finished Ghostblade assuming your done with your boots. Thats when the fun starts. Push you lane turrets and from there start ganking. Renekton is probably one of the best gankers in game. During ganks if you feel that the team is down for the fight ult up slice in cull of the meeks dice to the dps or ap champions and stun them first. As Renekton you never take on tanks always get teh DPS or the APs. with your coold down riduiculously fast on ruthless predator you should have no problem chasing champions. Always turn ghostblade on never forget about it Ghostblade can either win you team fights or cost you team fights. By the time you get black cleaver the game should be with mid or late game. With black cleaver and ghostblade you can solo almost anyone except tanks like singed. Once you finish Black cleaver two things you can do either initiate team fights and aim for the DPS and APs or let your tank initiate and then aim for the dps and ap. Just remeber always ult and ghostblade in during team fights.
This is my build guide for Renekton please dont hate by posting useless post on it instead help with advice. The reason I build Renekton this way is becasue it works for me and it can make or break a team. If you can use this build correctly in every game you well dominate and go legendary. This is a carry renekton remeber that you cannot tank a whole team you must be in team fights or 1v1 against champions. Here is proof that it works ignore the frozen mallot i got bored and went forzen mallot later on
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Shrewsbury – Over 300 participants of all ages start the seventh annual Shrewsbury Road Scholars 5K and One-Mile Fun Run held April 6, beginning and ending at Oak Middle School. Finishing first overall in 18:29 was Tom Cairns, a junior at Shrewsbury High School (SHS). The first-place female finishing in 21.54 was Erin Hickey of Auburn, a health teacher at SHS. The event's major sponsors were Avidia Bank and Dunkin" Donuts. Proceeds go to the Citizens Education Fund, which provides ongoing support to the town's public schools.
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Sony exec says next-gen platform will not support current-gen controller, but existing Move inputs will be compatible.
DualShock 3 controllers will not work with the PlayStation 4, though current-generation PlayStation Move controllers will. Sony president of Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida confirmed the news this week during a roundtable session in New York City attended by GameSpot.
"No, [the PS4] doesn't support DualShock 3," Yoshida said. "But it does support PS Move."
During the PS4 announcement presentation this week, Sony-owned developer Media Molecule showed off a technology demo where players used a PS Move controller to sculpt 3D objects.
As for the PS4's new DualShock 4 controller, it includes a front-facing touchpad, a new Share button, a built-in speaker, and upgraded rumble functionality, among other additions.
Yoshida's discussion touched on numerous other topics, including The Last Guardian, why Sony did not show off the PS4 hardware itself, and used games. For more, check out GameSpot's recap of the executive's roundtable session.
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New Unreleased Jeff Buckley Cover, "We All Fall In Love Sometimes"
We'll make this quick, but just figured some people out there may want to know that there's an unreleased Jeff Buckley track out there. Of course, it's not original- it's an Elton John cover, but still, as would be expected, "We All Fall in Love Somtimes" is a real depressing track, that gets even more depressing when we find out that it appears in this summer's top sick-kid chick-flick, My Sister's Keeper. Add in the part about Buckley's own tragic death, and you're left with one downer of a song that's only worth listening to due to the man's untapped talent, and if you're an Elton John fan. Whether you fall into either of these categories or not, feel free to enjoy(?) the song over at the website for the movie.
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Hollywood, CA (May 26, 2011) – — As the newest Todd Phillips movie "The Hangover 2" is set to be released nationally on May 26, there has never been a bigger eye on the hangover world. Companies such as GTOX
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Millions of Milkshakes has been synonymous with the posh celebrity world for many years. Celebrities that have worked with Millions of Milkshakes include: Miley Cyrus, Shaquille O'Neal, Lindsay Lohan, Pamela Anderson, Kim Kardashian, and Leonardo DiCaprio just to name a few. Now the West Hollywood location is launching their newest shake, "the Hangover" just in time for the newest movie release. "The Hangover" shake is the only smoothie to mix GTOX
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It's May 1st! I completed the Sporty Afros #30DayVeg Challenge! I've been living life as a vegetarian for 30 days! Here's what I learned about myself over the past month:
Never Stop Learning
The week leading up to the #30DayVeg challenges I spent hours researching vegetarian dietary guidelines and blogs. I even purchased a vegetarian cookbook. I didn't use it though. LOL. Surprisingly, a number of meals I already knew how to cook could be prepared without meat. The most fascinating thing I learned was the amount of protein I can get from various plants!
Have Self Control
Early on I had to get a grip and set some boundaries for myself with food. The first week or two I kept forgetting the fact I agreed to be vegetarian. At the school I work at we eat family style with the students. Whatever is served that day, we eat it. Usually there are no alternatives. I got used to just throwing whatever was being passed around onto my plate. It was hard to pass up the chicken the first two weeks. I even passed up the opportunity to attend a crawfish boil (major bummer). There were a couple of times I tried to justify not having self control. I pulled through without giving in but it gave me a few things to think about. Check out my post on self control.
When You Fail To Plan…
You plan to fail. A couple of years back, I used to cook breakfast every morning, prepare my lunch at home, and fix dinner for myself 3 nights out of the week. But over time I got lazy. Right before the #30DayVeg challenge my meal planning regimen consisted of cereal and milk or a kale, banana, and apple juice smoothie in the morning because I was too much in a rush to prepare a warm balanced breakfast. I'd take an Advocate AM bar with me as a snack. For lunch I Relied on whatever was served at the school. I must mention, I work at a private school and we have home cooked or professionally catered food everyday. Dinner was whatever's close to the gym, yoga studio, meeting, and/or wherever I was around 6:30 pm. And I can't forget whatever my mom told me she had on the stove at my parent's house. Just being honest! This #30DayVeg challenge most certainly challenged me to take charge and plan out what I eat. Interestingly, when I didn't plan, I ended up spending more money on take out.
The Luann Special
By the time I started preparing my own meals I felt that a full meal was a meat, two veggies, and some sort of bread; like the Luann Special at Luby's. This challenge has showed me that a balanced meal does NOT have to have meat. Unfortunately, I never got the hang of taking pictures of food before I eat it. I always thought about taking pictures after I totally devoured my meal. I really wish I had a picture of the vegetable ravioli I had last night. It was the bomb biggity! Sorry…
My Body Feels Great
I did not lose any weight during the #30DayVeg challenge. But I do feel some kind of awesome! I feel lighter. My food digests better. My energy levels are higher and I've been able to handle more intensity during my workouts.
As a result, of the #30DayVeg challenge I'm making the choice to reduce my meat intake significantly. I still do not have a desire to become a full fledge vegetarian because I'm on my way to make a tuna sandwich right now J However, I'm do not intend on having meat with every meal.
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Monisha I. Randolph is a Senior Contributing Blogger for Sporty Afros. Founder of Runner's Revelations, Monisha is a RRCA Certified Distance Running Coach specializing in running clinics and training programs for beginner runners. She's also the author of Runner's Revelations: How Running Changed My Walk. To learn more about Monisha please visit www.runnersrevelations.com. Follow her on Twitter @RunRevelations and join the Runner's Revelations Fan Community on Facebook.
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More people equals more trash: Solid waste workshops to be held in North Dakota
One organization is reminding residents about proper solid waste disposal and management in preparation for more people coming to the area, officials said.
The North Dakota Solid Waste and Recycling Association will hold a workshop on solid waste disposal and management issues. This is one of several workshops to be held across the state, said Jerry Volk, NDSWRA executive director in Dickinson.
"It is to allow operators at the solid waste facilities to listen to the health department explain the current regulations as well as some of the issues brought up," he said. "Our mission is to educate."
The workshop will be from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. March 28 at Dickinson City Hall, according to a press release.
The workshop is targeted toward city, county, tribal and business officials involved in community development, emergency response and solid waste management, according to the release. The workshop is open to the public.
There has been an increase in solid waste in Dickinson due to an oil boom, Dickinson City Administrator Shawn Kessel said. The workshop will be a good reminder for residents and officials for proper solid waste disposal.
"Not everything should be thrown into the trash bins," he said. "There are limitations."
Volk said the extra waste is causing issues in areas, including staffing at local facilities.
"We are just basically trying to stay ahead of the eight ball," he said. "It's a way to bring the training closer to their needs. Some of these facilities can't afford to give their men a day off."
The city handles solid waste disposal and management for surrounding cities in the area, Kessel said, adding it has excellent service compared to those cities.
"Honestly, dealing with solid wastes is a dangerous business," he said. "There are a lot of things that can be harmful, and we don't want to harm either our workers or the public as a whole."
Dunn County does not have a solid waste disposal facility and utilizes Dickinson's services, Dunn County Commissioner Daryl Dukart said. He added there are concerns about the increase in wastes, and the county is looking into ways to address those issues.
"We are trying to educate ourselves on it and trying to figure out a direction we will take in the future," he said.
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Date: October 23, 2013 03:45PM
California-based Fisher Investments is led by Ken Fisher, who believes markets are efficient, and the only way to beat them is by knowing what other participants do not. He looks at macro conditions first, then sectors, then individual stocks.
In the third quarter, Fisher's portfolio experienced 8% turnover, with 57 new stocks added for a total of 499 holdings. The largest new picks are: UBS AG (UBS), Daimler AG (DDAIY), Deutsche Post AG (DPSGY), Bancorp South Inc. (BXS) and American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL).
Fisher purchased 26,161,499 UBS shares in the third quarter, a holding composing 1.3% of the portfolio. The stock's price averaged around $20 in the third quarter. Fisher previously closed out a UBS position in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Based in Zurich and Basel, UBS is a global financial services firm with offices in more than 50 countries.
UBS has grown per-share revenue by 39.2% and book value by 2.2% annually over the past five years. The firm's stock price around $19 is close to a five-year high and its P/S ratio at 2.58 is close to a three-year high. It also has a P/B of 1.5.
UBS's 10-year revenue and earnings history:
Daimler AG (DDAIY)
Fisher bought 5,314,140 shares of Dailmer AG, equal to 1% of the portfolio. The stock's price averaged around $72 in the third quarter.
Daimler is the vehicle and services company that owns the brands Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Western Star, BharatBenz, Fuso, Setra and Stuttgart.
The company has grown per-share revenue at a rate of 3.3%, EBITDA at a rate of 39.8% and book value at a rate of 8.2% annually over the past five years. Daimler has a cash balance of $15.9 billion, with long-term liabilities and debt around $90.54 billion.
Daimler's 10-year revenue and earnings history:
Its P/E ratio is 9.4, P/B ratio is 1.6 and P/S ratio is 0.6.
Deutsche Post AG (DPSGY)
Fisher purchased 1,770,024 shares of Deutsche Post AG, equaling 0.14% of his portfolio. The stock's price averaged $29 in the third quarter.
Deutsche Post is a logistics and communications company, offering clients standardized products, dialog marketing and industrial supply chains.
The company's per-share revenue grew at a rate of 1.7%, EBITDA at a rate of 27.4% and book value at a rate of 7.5% annually for the past five years. Its balance sheet reflects cash of $3.05 billion, with long-term liabilities and debt of $14.61 billion.
Deutsche Post has a P/E ratio of 17.2, P/B ratio of 3.2 and P/S ratio of 0.56, which is close to a one-year low.
Deutsche Post 10-year long-term revenue and earnings history:
Bancorp South Inc. (BXS)
Fisher purchased 2,667,685 shares of Bancorp South, equaling 0.13% of the portfolio. The price averaged $20 in the third quarter.
Bancorp South is a system of community banks with approximately 300 locations in nine states.
The company's per-share revenue decline rate is 2.5% and its EBITA decline rate is 15.2% annually for the past five years. Its free cash flow has increased at a rate of 9.5% and book value at a rate of 0.4% annually for the same period.
The bank has $795 million in cash on its balance sheet and $791 million in long-term liabilities and debt.
Its P/E ratio is 25.2, P/B ratio is 1.4 and P/S ratio is 2.92, near a five-year high.
Bancorp South's 10-year revenue and earnings history:
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL)
Fisher purchased 2,313,750 shares of American Equity Investments Life Holding Company, equaling 0.12% of his portfolio. The stock price averaged $19 in the third quarter.
American Equity sells fixed index and fixed rate annuity products and was opened in 1995.
American Equity Investment has experienced a per-share revenue growth rate of 31.4%, free cash flow growth rate of 16.9% and book value growth rate of 32.2% annually over the past five years. It has a cash balance of $747 million, with long-term liabilities and debt around $ 1.47 billion.
American Equity's P/E ratio is 8.3, P/B ratio is 1 and P/S ratio is 0.75, which is close to a three-year high.
The company's 10-year revenue and earnings history:
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ATLANTA - Sitting on the bench watching his team play without him is an unfamiliar position for Bryce Harper.
Harper is used to being on the field, sprinting around the bases, diving for balls and doing everything he can to help his team win. Now Harper finds himself on the 15-day disabled list after the bursitis in his left knee failed to clear up in the five days the Nationals played without him but still kept him on the active roster.
The Nats relented and put Harper on the DL yesterday, and today, he discussed the state of his sore left knee and his approach to injuries.
"I feel the same as I did the other day. It's still swollen and crappy," Harper said. "Just trying to get treatment and see if the swelling will go down. Of course, I don't like going on the DL. I want to play. It's tough just sitting there and not doing nothing."
Harper said he's not sure at this point whether he'll be able to get back in the lineup against the Rockies on June 11, when he's first eligible to return from the DL, or whether he'll need to rest the knee a bit more. He's been shut down from all baseball activities at this point, and while he hopes to start ramping things up around the middle or end of next week, he'll play it by ear.
Harper first injured the knee when colliding with the right field wall at Dodger Stadium on May 13. He played through pain as much as he could over the last few weeks, but the swelling in his knee really increased, he said, after sliding headfirst into third base against the Phillies in the first inning last Sunday.
This time off won't only allow Harper's knee a chance to improve and the swelling to subside, it will also allow the rest of his body to get a breather.
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Harper, who twice tried to return to action after his wall collision in Los Angeles only to then be forced back to the bench, admitted that this was one of those cases. In fact, Harper says he probably should've gone on the DL after banging into the wall here at Turner Field in Atlanta on April 30, a collision that left him with a bad bruise on his left side.
"Of course. But I didn't want to go on (the DL). I thought hopefully my body could have got past it," Harper said. "I think after I hit the wall here (in Atlanta), I think I should have went on the DL, just try to get better and came back 15 days later. With a lot of guys out, I wanted to stay in the lineup the way I was swinging it. Of course, I want to play every day. It's something that, maybe I'll learn more in my career to take off 15 days instead of lose the month or whatever it is.
"If we're in September, October, I'm going to play. I wouldn't be sitting out right now. It's just one of those things where, you've got to be smart about what you do. Just try to come in every day and get better and do things the right way."
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Small heterodimer partner (SHP) is an orphan nuclear receptor in which gene expression can be upregulated by bile acids. It regulates its target genes by repressing the transcriptional activities of other nuclear receptors including NeuroD, which has been shown to regulate secretin gene expression. Here, we evaluated the regulation on duodenal secretin gene expression by SHP and selected bile acids, cholic acid (CA) and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA). In vitro treatment of CDCA or fexaramine elevated the SHP transcript level and occupancy on secretin promoter. The increase in the SHP level, induced by bile acid treatment or overexpression, reduced secretin gene expression, whereas this gene inhibitory effect was reversed by silencing of endogenous SHP. In in vivo studies, double-immunofluorescence staining demonstrated the coexpression of secretin and SHP in mouse duodenum. Feeding mice with 1% CA-enriched rodent chow resulted in upregulation of SHP and a concomitant decrease in secretin transcript and protein levels in duodenum compared with the control group fed with normal chow. A diet enriched with 5% cholestyramine led to a decrease in SHP level and a corresponding increase in secretin expression. Overall, this study showed that bile acids via SHP inhibit duodenal secretin gene expression. Because secretin is a key hormone that stimulates bile flow in cholangiocytes, this pathway thus provides a novel means to modulate secretin-stimulated choleresis in response to intraduodenal bile acids.
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bile acids are synthesized from cholesterol in the liver (22). The two primary bile acids are cholic acid (CA) and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) (22). Upon stimulation, bile acids in the bile are released from liver and gallbladder into the duodenum (4, 12). Bile acids emulsify oil into droplets to facilitate the digestion of fat and fat-soluble vitamins (4, 12). The secreted bile acids are reabsorbed at the terminal ileum and returned to the liver, thus completing their enterohepatic circulation (4, 22). Apart from facilitating fat digestion, bile acids also serve as signaling agents that activate bile acid receptors [e.g., farnesoid X receptor (FXR)] and thus control various physiological functions, such as cholesterol and bile acid homeostasis (8).
Bile acid homeostasis is a tightly controlled process involving small heterodimer partner (SHP, NR0B2), an atypical member of orphan nuclear receptors that lacks a conventional DNA-binding domain (27). SHP is highly expressed in liver, heart, brain, pancreas, and small intestine (19, 24, 27), and the SHP gene is regulated by several nuclear receptors, including FXR (NR1H4), liver receptor homolog-1 (LRH-1) (NR5A2), estrogen-related receptor-γ (NR3B3), estrogen receptor-α (NR3A1), liver X receptor (NR1H3), and steroidogenic factor-1 (NR5A1) (8, 19, 20, 27). Recently, the bile acid-activated SHP expression was found to be mediated by the binding of the heterodimer-consisting FXR with retinoid X receptor onto the mouse and human SHP promoters (14, 30). SHP itself is also an important modulator of nuclear signaling pathways by acting as a repressor antagonizing the activities of many nuclear receptors via a two-step mechanism. In the first step, SHP displaces coactivators, such as p300 (also known as cAMP response element-binding protein) and steroid receptor coactivator-1, by competing with the activation function-2 domain of nuclear receptors. In the second step, the transrepressor domain of SHP represses target genes by recruiting a corepressor histone deacetylase, mSin3A, and E1A-like inhibitor of differentiation-1 (17, 26, 27, 34).
Previously, SHP was demonstrated in vitro and in vivo to repress the activator activities of NeuroD, a cell-specific basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, by inhibiting the interactions of NeuroD and p300 (19). The heterodimer of NeuroD and ubiquitously expressed transcription factors, E47 and E42, binds on the E-box within the secretin gene core promoter to regulate secretin gene expression (25, 31). However, there was no in vitro and in vivo evidence indicating a possible link between bile acids and SHP with secretin gene expression. The objective of this study is to find the missing link in this novel signaling pathway.
The roles of secretin as a gastrointestinal hormone are well established (23). One of the major known physiological activities of secretin is to stimulate bicarbonate-rich bile flow in intrahepatic bile duct (18). We proposed here a regulatory cascade that is mediated by bile acids and, hence, activation of SHP gene expression, which subsequently represses NeuroD/p300 interactions to inhibit secretin gene expression. This hypothetical pathway may be responsible for secretin-induced choleresis in intrahepatic bile duct via the control of secretin gene expression in the duodenal S cells.
Cell culture.
The human duodenal adenocarcinoma cell line, HuTu-80, was purchased from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) and cultured in MEM (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) with nonessential amino acids, 10% FBS (Hyclone, Logan, UT), 100 U/ml penicillin G, and 100 μg/ml streptomycin (Invitrogen) at 37°C with 5% CO2. CDCA, cholestyramine (CY) (Sigma, St. Louis, MO), and fexaramine (Tocris, Ellisville, MO) were included in culture medium at the indicated concentrations for 24 h before further examination.
Promoter constructs and shRNA-expressing vectors.
Constructions of the human secretin core promoter vector (p341; from −11 bp to −341 bp, relative to the start codon) and expression vectors of SHP, NeuroD, and E47 (SHP-pcDNA3.1, NeuroD-pCMV, and E47-pCMX) were previously described (19, 25). The mouse secretin core promoter construct (from −27 to −399 bp) was produced by PCR amplification from mouse genomic DNA and subcloning into the pGL2-Basic vector. Two shRNAs (siSHP-1 and siSHP-2, Table 1) were designed, and the annealed oligos were inserted into the ApaI and EcoRI sites of the pSilencer shRNA expression vector (Ambion, Austin, TX). As a negative control, siControl (Ambion) with a sequence that shares no significant identity to any known gene sequence was used. Sequences of all the oligos used in this study were shown in Table 1.
Transient transfection and luciferase assay.
HuTu-80 cells were plated at a density 1.5 × 105 cells/35-mm well (6-well plate; Costar, San Diego, CA). After 2 days of incubation, 2 μg promoter-luciferase construct, 0.5 μg pCMV-β-gal, and various amounts (0.5–2.0 μg) of expression or silencing vector (SHP-pcDNA3.1, NeuroD-pCMV, E47-pCMX, siControl, siSHP-1, and siSHP-2) in a total of 5 μg DNA (total amount adjusted by pcDNA 3.1 or pSilencer-U1.0 vector) were cotransfected into the cells with GeneJuice (Novagen; EMD Biosciences, Darmstadt, Germany) according to the manufacturer's protocol. Cell extracts were harvested 48 h after transfection and used for luciferase and β-galactosidase assays as described previously (25).
Western blotting.
Western blotting was performed as described earlier (6). HuTu-80 cells were transfected with 2 μg siSHP-1, siSHP-2, siControl, or pSilencer vector. Two days after transfection, the cells were lysed in RIPA buffer (50 mM Tris, pH 7.4, 0.25% Na-deoxycholate, 1% NP-40, 150 mM NaCl, and 1 mM EDTA). For immunoprecipitation, 100 μg of cell lysate was incubated with 1 μg goat anti-NeuroD antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA), followed by protein A/G-agarose. The nuclear extracts and precipitated protein were resolved by 10% SDS-PAGE and transferred onto the Hybond-C extra membrane (Amersham Biosciences, Piscataway, NJ). SHP and FXR were detected by goat anti-SHP and goat anti-FXR antibodies, anti-goat horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology), and the ECL system (PerkinElmer Life Sciences, Boston, MA).
ChIP assay.
The chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays were performed essentially according to Ref. 33. In brief, HuTu-80 cells were cross linked with 1.42% formaldehyde and harvested in the IP buffer [1% 150 mM NaCl, 50 mM Tris·HCl (pH 7.5), 5 mM EDTA, 0.5% NP-40, 1% Triton X-100, 0.5 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, and 10 μg/ml leupeptin]. After sonication, DNA-protein complex was precipitated with 2 μg antibody (goat anti-SHP and goat anti-NeuroD antibodies) followed by 20 μl protein A-agarose. DNA was isolated in Chelex 100 (BioRad, Hercules, CA) slurry, and the protein was removed by proteinase K digestion (0.2 μg/μl). The purified DNA was used for real-time quantitative PCR with the normal sense and normal antisense primers (Table 1).
Animal models and treatment.
All animal handling procedures were approved by the Committee on the Use of Live Animal in Teaching and Research (CULATR) of the University of Hong Kong. Age-matched C57/BL6 mice (8–10 wk old) were fasted for 24 h and fed ad libitum with either standard rodent chow (No. 5010; Test Diet, Richmond, IN) or rodent chow enriched with 1% CA (Sigma) for 1 day. A separate group of mice were fed with normal diet or 5% CY-enriched diet for 10 days. After treatment, duodenums (1 cm) were isolated from the mice (more than 6 for each experimental group) for RNA and protein extraction.
Real-time quantitative PCR analysis.
Total RNA from mouse duodenum or transfected cells was isolated by the TriPure isolation reagent (Roche Molecular Biochemicals, Basel, Switzerland), and 5 μg of total RNA was reverse transcribed with oligo-dT primer and Superscript III reverse-transcriptase (Invitrogen). One-tenth of the first strand cDNAs was used as the template in quantitative real-time PCR. Human secretin transcript levels were measured by an Assay on Demand System (assay ID: Hs00360814_g1; Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA) with the TaqMan Universal Master Mix (Applied Biosystems). SHP, GAPDH, S14, and mouse secretin transcript levels were monitored by the SYBR Green PCR Master Mix kit (Applied Biosystems) with specific primers (Table 1). The fluorescence signals were measured in real time during the extension step by the 7300 Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems). The specificity of the SYBR Green PCR signal was confirmed by melting curve analysis and agarose gel electrophoresis. The threshold cycle (Ct) was defined as the fractional cycle number at which the fluorescence signal reaches 10-fold standard deviation of the baseline (from cycle 2 to 10). The ratio change in target gene relative to the GAPDH control gene was determined by the 2−ΔΔCt method (29).
Enzyme immunoassay.
Mouse duodenums were homogenized in isolation buffer (250 mM sucrose, 25 mM imidazole, 10 mM triethanolamine hydrochloride, 1 μg/ml leupeptin, and 1 mg/ml phenylmethylsulfonyl). Protein extracts were collected after centrifugation, and secretin levels were measured by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kit (Phoenix Pharmaceuticals, Belmont, CA) according to the manufacturer's manual.
Double immunofluorescence staining.
Duodenum from C57/BL6 mouse was fixed in 3.7% formalin, embedded in paraffin, and sectioned (7 μm). After deparaffinization, rehydration, and permeabilization in PBS supplemented with 2% bovine serum albumin and 0.5% Triton X-100, sections were blocked in a 10% chicken serum solution and incubated overnight with rabbit anti-human SHP antibody (1:300 dilution; MBL International, Woburn, MA), followed by Alexa Fluor 594 chicken anti-rabbit IgG (1:500 dilution; Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR). Sections were blocked again by donkey serum (10%) and incubated at 4°C overnight with goat anti-mouse secretin antibody (1:150, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), followed by Alexa Fluor 488 chicken anti-rabbit IgG (1:500 dilution, Molecular Probes). Images were captured with the Zeiss LSM 510 Meta computerized image analysis system.
Data analysis.
Data from the transfection assays are shown as the means ± SE of triplicate assays in at least three independent experiments. Data from the quantitative PCR analysis and EIA are shown as the means ± SE of duplicate assays in at least three independent experiments. Data were analyzed by either one-way ANOVA followed by Dunnett's test, or unpaired t-test using the computer software PRISM (version 3.0; GraphPad Software, San Diego, CA).
SHP inhibits secretin gene expression.
To evaluate the regulatory effect of SHP on secretin gene expression, the human secretin core promoter-luciferase construct was cotransfected with SHP-pcDNA3.1 into the duodenal HuTu-80 cells. Overexpression of SHP dose dependently inhibited secretin promoter activity (Fig. 1A; 75% reduction with 2.0 μg SHP-pcDNA3.1) as well as endogenous secretin transcript level (Fig. 1B; 58% reduction with 2.0 μg SHP-pcDNA3.1). The specificity of SHP inhibition on secretin gene expression was confirmed by a negative control measuring the transcript level of S14 (Fig. 1B). To further support the inhibitory activities of SHP on secretin gene expression, an approach using shRNA to silence endogenous SHP was employed. Two shRNA expression vectors (siSHP-1 and siSHP-2) were constructed and transfected into HuTu-80 cells. Consistently, silencing of SHP significantly elevated secretin promoter activity by 2.4- and 1.8-fold with 2.0 μg siSHP-1 and 2.0 μg siSHP-2, respectively (Fig. 1C), whereas transfection of the control vectors pSilencer and siControl had no effects on the core promoter. The downregulation of endogenous SHP was confirmed by Western blotting (Fig. 1D), and reduced expressions of SHP were observed in both siSHP-1- and siSHP-2-transfected cells (lanes 2 and 3) when compared with the controls (pSilencer and siControl, lanes 1 and 4, respectively). Taken together, these data suggest that changes in SHP levels negatively modulate the promoter activity of the secretin gene and subsequently the expression of secretin in duodenal HuTu-80 cells.
SHP suppresses secretin promoter activity by inhibiting NeuroD transcriptional activity.
One possible mechanism by which SHP suppresses secretin promoter activity is via inhibition of NeuroD, an activator that had previously shown to interact and regulate both human and rat secretin genes (25, 31). Since the mechanism through which SHP inhibits NeuroD was thoroughly studied (19), the following experiments were designed to confirm the putative relationship between SHP and NeuroD on regulating secretin gene expression. Initially, the physical interaction between SHP and NeuroD in HuTu-80 cells was confirmed by coimmunoprecipitation (Fig. 2A). Next, we demonstrated the function of NeuroD by cotransfecting NeuroD expression vector with the secretin core promoter-luciferase construct into HuTu-80 cells. Overexpression of either NeuroD alone or together with E47 markedly stimulated secretin promoter activity, whereas overexpression of E47 alone had no significant effect (Fig. 2B). Consistently, coexpression of SHP suppressed the activator functions of NeuroD or NeuroD/E47 significantly (P < 0.001).
In summary, these in vitro data confirmed the effects of SHP and NeuroD on the E-box motif in regulating the human secretin gene. Because it is well known that secretin is a bile secretagog (23) and bile acids in bile stimulate SHP synthesis (8, 14, 30), we therefore hypothesized that bile acids could regulate secretin gene expression via the cascade involving SHP. Before substantiating this hypothesis in the in vivo mouse model, we reconfirmed previous observations in the mouse secretin gene. A mouse secretin promoter-luciferase was constructed and cotransfected with SHP-pcDNA3.1 into HuTu-80 cells. Consistently, overexpression of SHP reduced (44% reduction with 2.0 μg SHP-pcDNA3.1; Fig. 3A, P < 0.001), while silencing of endogenous SHP by siSHP-1 and siSHP-2 upregulated, the mouse secretin promoter (126% and 75%, respectively; Fig. 3B, P < 0.001 and P < 0.05, respectively). These data thus confirmed that SHP could repress both human and mouse secretin genes. By our comparison of the promoter sequences of human and mouse secretin gene (Fig. 3C), both promoters were found to include an E-box and two GC-boxes, which are the binding sequences for NeuroD and Sp proteins, respectively, and further suggested that these two genes are potentially controlled by similar regulatory mechanisms.
Bile acids increase SHP expression and decrease secretin expression.
Before examining whether bile acids could upregulate SHP in duodenal cells as previously described in the liver (5, 8, 14, 30), the presence of FXR in mouse duodenum was confirmed by Western blotting (Fig. 4A). Bile acid treatment was performed in HuTu-80 cells with CDCA (50, 100, and 200 μM) and fexaramine (5, 25, and 50 μM) for 24 h. Both bile acid and FXR agonist were able to upregulate SHP mRNA levels in HuTu-80 cells, and CDCA (200 μM) and fexaramine (50 μM) increased SHP transcript levels by 1.9- and 2.1-fold, respectively (Fig. 4B). In consistency with the upregulation of SHP gene by bile acids, ChIP assay demonstrated that CDCA treatment resulted in increased SHP binding on the human secretin promoter (Fig. 4C). However, no significant effect on NeuroD occupancy was detected. Meanwhile, the cells were treated with various concentrations of CDCA and fexaramine, and the endogenous secretin transcript levels were significantly reduced (48% in 200 μM CDCA and 33% in 50 μM fexaramine; Fig. 4D). In addition, CDCA and fexaramine treatment also significantly suppressed secretin promoter activity by 30% and 32%, respectively (Fig. 4E). To further confirm that bile acid-induced reduction on secretin expression was mediated via SHP, endogenous SHP was silenced by shRNA (2.0 μg siSHP-1), followed by CDCA and fexaramine treatment on the cells for 24 h. The knockdown of SHP function in HuTu-80 cells was associated with the loss of inhibitory effect of bile acids on secretin promoter activity (Fig. 4F). These in vitro data clearly indicate a link between bile acids, SHP, and secretin gene expression in duodenal cells.
In vivo effects of bile acids on SHP and secretin levels in mouse duodenum.
We first demonstrated the colocalization of SHP and secretin in mouse duodenum by double-immunofluorescence staining. Representative microscopy images revealed that SHP and secretin were coexpressed in the epithelial cells of villi (Fig. 5). In the other cell layers, including mucosa, submucosa, muscle, and serosa, no positive signals were found (personal observations). This suggested the potential of SHP to regulate secretin expression in the duodenal cells.
To provide in vivo evidence for the effects of duodenal bile acids on SHP and secretin expression, mice were fed with CA-enriched diet (1%) for 1 day following fast of 24 h, which ensured that a significant amount of the diet was consumed in the provided time and prevented the side effects of chronic feeding of bile acid on animals. The CA diet caused a 33% increase in SHP (Fig. 6A), 21% reduction in secretin transcript levels (Fig. 6B), and 0.5-fold decrease in protein level (Fig. 6C) compared with the control group fed with normal diet.
Aside from charging the mice with bile acid, we also demonstrated the in vivo effects of duodenal bile acids by feeding the mice with a bile acid chelator, CY, that can reduce biliary bile acids concentration by twofold after the rat was fed with 5% CY for 10 days (21). After 10 days of CY-enriched rodent chow (5%) diet treatment, the transcript levels of SHP and secretin decreased 23% (Fig. 6D) and increased 43% (Fig. 6E), respectively. In parallel, CY diet upregulated secretin protein levels by 7.2-fold compared with the controls (Fig. 6F).
The present study provided in vitro and in vivo evidence demonstrating that intestinal expression of secretin gene is controlled by the bile acid-SHP inhibitory cascade. A previous finding on the inhibitory effect of SHP on NeuroD transcriptional activity was substantiated in human duodenal cells that NeuroD-driven secretin gene expression was suppressed by SHP. In mouse, the CA diet increased the bile acid content in the duodenum, leading to the upregulation of SHP gene and its transcriptional inhibitory activity. Despite the fact that structures of primary bile acids are modified by bacterial enzymes in the intestine (15) and their taurine-conjugated forms are the most potent activators for FXR (36), administration of a single form of bile acid would be insufficient to represent the effect of a pool of bile acids on duodenal secretin gene expression. Moreover, not all bile acids activate FXR; for instance, ursodeoxycholic acid is a FXR antagonist and is used in bile acid displacement therapy in some liver diseases to reduce the cytotoxicity of circulating bile acids (16). Therefore, an experimental approach using CY to reduce biliary bile acid content was adopted. Correspondingly, the CY diet diminished the bile acid activation effect on SHP gene transcription and eventually upregulated secretin gene expression. In addition, the immunofluorescence staining demonstrated the colocalization of SHP- and secretin-immunoreactive cells in the mouse duodenum (Fig. 5), suggesting the potential of SHP to regulate secretin gene in duodenum S cells in an in vivo environment.
Aside from secretin gene regulation, the bile acid-SHP regulatory cascade was demonstrated to regulate enzymes and transporters involved in bile acid synthesis and transport, thus conferring a pivotal role on SHP in bile acid homeostasis (8). The expression of hepatic cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), the rate-limiting enzyme in the neutral pathway of bile acid synthesis, is repressed by bile acid-induced SHP via the inhibition of the activity of LRH-1 (14, 30), hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α (8), and hepatocyte nuclear factor3/Foxa (20). Regarding the control of bile acids transport, studies have shown that bile acids mediate the negative feedback regulation on sodium/taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide in liver (10) and sodium-dependent apical bile acid transporter in intestine (5, 32) via induction of SHP. This bile acid-SHP regulatory cascade relies on an accurate means to sense bile acid concentration, and it is believed that FXR, a nuclear receptor highly expressed in the liver, intestine, adrenal gland, and kidney, is a key sensor. Previous studies have shown that various bile acids and synthetic agonist (GW4064) could effectively activate FXR and, hence, FXR-targeted genes (7, 11, 14, 28, 30). This would allow bile acid to serve as a signaling molecule and regulate the physiological functions in target tissues.
Bile acids are delivered to duodenum in bile and make contact with intestinal epithelial cells. The flow of bile is modulated by a combination of regulatory agents, including hormones, neurotransmitters, and biliary constituents (3, 9, 18). Secretin is a potent hormonal stimulator for biliary secretion accounting for 30% and 10% of the basal bile flow in human and rat, respectively (2, 35). The binding of secretin with its receptor on the basolateral membrane of cholangiocyte triggers off cAMP signaling and, hence, activation of PKA. This would lead to the activation and trafficking of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, apical bicarbonate/chloride anion exchanger 2, and water channel aquaporin-1 (13, 23). Eventually, these coordinated events result in bicarbonate-enriched bile flow. Secretin causes relaxation of the bile duct sphincter of Oddi, which would also enhance the flow of bile into the duodenum (1).
We propose here that the bile acid-SHP inhibitory cascade controlling duodenal secretin expression provided a novel means to modulate bile flow in response to the bile acid content in bile-reaching duodenum. Postprandially released secretin from duodenum stimulates bicarbonate-rich bile efflux and, hence, delivery of bile acids. Intraduodenal bile acids elevate SHP to suppress secretin expression via inhibition of NeuroD with the functional E-box element in the core promoter. Thus the reduced NeuroD-mediated expression of secretin ultimately diminishes bile flow into the duodenum. In conclusion, this novel regulatory mechanism represents an additional bile acid-mediated control of bile release into the duodenum.
This work was supported by the Hong Kong Government RGC grants (7566/06M, 7501/05M) and the Committee on Research and Conference Grants (10205115) to B. K. C. Chow, and a VA Merit Award, VA Research Career Scientist Award, and the NIH grant DK58411 and DK076898 to G. Alpini.
↵* I. P. Y. Lam and L. T. O. Lee contributed equally to this work.
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|Room (2 pers.)
|110 - 140
|Room (3 pers.)


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Size Extra Extra Extra Large Olive Green TzitzitProduct ID: TZT-JA-7723
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Size Extra Extra Extra Large Olive Green Tzitzit
This Tzitzit set is olive green mimicking Israeli military style, is sized extra extra extra large and has a set of strings tried in accordance with Jewish law and tied to each of its four corners.
Material Cloth
Dimensions XXXL
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Size Extra Extra Extra Large Olive Green Tzitzit
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