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Joyce K Newmae, PhD; A. B. Vateer, PhD;
and O. 1G ReLr, PhD. Deaaer
41
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was, ineac
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tracted wit!
`yate shakir
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;out after oc+
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THE black pigment of huitttan lung was
observed and remarked upon by the end of
the 18th century. In 1943, Rosen Included
an excellent and detailed account of early
observations of pulmonary pigmentation by
many 18th and 19th century pathologials in
a velume on The History. of. Mlnve Dis-
eases.l Many theories were expounded re-
garding the origin of the pigment; In 1847,
VirdwwR auaunsuized the lwwledge to that
time in a detailed papec which referred to a
number of earlier theories and apressed the
opinion that "das Iungenschwaez" was 'Sold
blood-pigment." He analyzed some diespated
material and found resemblances to b,eaaatin
and gall pigments. Virchoavt and 8chetds
both observed the presence of inon. In 1862,
Rebsamea" differentiated the pigment in hn
man lymph nodes Into progreastvely more
highly oolored types, from yellow throagh
brown to bladc. Later, in I866, Koedtldooffs
concluded that the pigment was aoogiaous
on the basis of Its placement near alveolar
oell membranes.
McLean,S in 1957, dealt extensively with
the problem and attempted to relate- origin
to intraoellular distributton. He found that
all adult lungs had pigment yhen enmined
under a microscope, whether or not they ex-
hibited focal emphysema. The pigment was
present In discreet densely black partides
about 15µ in diameter. McLean concluded
that some portions of the pigment found in
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Chemical and Electron Microscopic
Studies of the Black Pigment
of the Human Lung
the lungs of miners was bertainly exogenous; E.,Gst a Pot
however, in other lungs be found black par. 1'how,d of a
tides adjaoent to areas staining strongly for 1 *at 12A00 ;
iron and thought these werb related to be. ~ne fins
mosiderin and hence endogenous. Pratt et ;jam uad
al* explored the relation between osntrilo- ° alioes of lu
bular empltiysema and the development of ca mm an-
pigment deposits and found the maJorlty of I'Affuted
lesions were pigmented. Reoenft while exc t )preparatio
....:wiws ws1.1SAwal.~wa 1.a:wl..~. 4{.a e~weearms ~ ~~ i~.
i-/ . __1 _I A AG-
_2 t__a__ _..s a= w ww
...~..... s..b........ o..~. ..~..~...o o... .. .,.. ,..~....." ~ s..._u. ..
history of ilnolang, and ooCtulational e4w `~~' a
suc+as Mitct~ell and ~ showed that " ed troa. F
=' tied oat.f
there was a strong oort~elati~.o tt.ott between the Sam tdos
presence of targe amounts of black pigment : :thm SUM
and advanced empltysema. ~ atibited ai
The general opinion expressed in the litr o[ @,e.an:
erature and in text books is that the pigment lnonbatioi
is exogenous elemental carbon. (The teim , Next. 1 a
"elemental carbon" i8 used in thLs paper to. ~ ttism pr
a..M{.. af.e .....7..... .....~.a-a t.. sar ..wnnrr+."r~.~mi1u11ier
--- :------- - -- --- ;bo1 ^ere t
bined form.) Tbis study was wndertaken to ,fbe mistu
r"aceunine the Mack pigment by the tech- Tbe redd
niques of modera ohemistty and electron ml- : lio, and -
croaoopy in the hope that more apedSc in-~ ~t
formation would be obtained concerning i~ ' for 4s a,i
composition and structure as well as its rda;: and
ttonship to air pollutanta ~ 3nat,
'tromethal
Ma 1s and Methods 1mg ~
Method of Isolatton of PiSsnentt-HntnaA,_ fi'1'he tew
lunas obtained from autopsy, were selected ta = M~AixtllLd
use {n thts study on the basis of hish oontent of :
bladc pigment Portions were sampled for light,
and electron microscopy and the lungs wt".
then stored frozen at -20 C until needed. Vie r
initial experiments were carried out by oaitlif:vil
vgatton of the lung, homo5enate in a bufferd:
sucrose .olution, according to the metlwd .
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PIGMENT IN HUMAN LUNG-,NEWMAN ET AL 421
~ exogenottt;
.d bladc par-
strong(y for
dated to be.
)us. Pratt et
-en ceatrijo-
-elopment of
tne&ti*
tyy ot
Jy. whik pl- a preparahon was approximately 1 gm wet
the preaerw ~`weight. The bits of tissue were suspended In 80
~~~ '~ ad of 0.067M sodium phosphate, 0.45% sodium
i~ eWcride, pH 7.4. An enzymatic digestion adapt-
sl'w ""`
betweea
t~e
lack pl~mettt I
: . l
ed in tfie 1it-
: the pigment
(The term
this paper to
z its uncom-;
stdectaloett to'o
by the bech-'
i electt~at ati-:.
e spedfic in-
vn ;
~cetitK it:%.
,e.ll,,as its reta ;
.,,.;
d
,o
s .};
aent.-,Hamsia
jtciss? The fraction with the blackest color
was, in each case, the mitochondrial fraction.
is was then distributed in test tubes and ex-
tracted with a number of solvents with alter-
pate shaking and standing at room tempera-
ture. In some cases, the extraction was carried
out after conversion of the centrifuged material
into an acetone powder. The powder was pre-
pared with 30 volumes of cold acetone, and
'
.vashed with three volumes of cold acetone fol-
lowed by additional washing with three vol-
umes of cold ether.
Another series of solvent extractions were
prried out on a fraction prepared by the treat-
ment of a homogenate with sonic oscillation ao-
cording to the method of Hendleyio except
'thhat a Potter-Elvehjem homogenizer was used
Io:tead of a blender and a single centrifugation
at 12,000 X g was carried out.
The final method of preparation was as fol-
1owt: under a dissecting microscope, frozen
V dioes of lung were divided into pieces about 1
tcn mm and separated into pigmented and non-
pitmented bits. The total quantity for each
'ed from Fitzpatrick and Hospelhornli was car-
; rbd out as follows: 1 ml of 1% aqueous oollage-
`asse (ctoatridiopeptidase A) was added to the
~ titsne suspension and the preparation was in-
~ onbated at 87 C for 24 hours. Another tailliliter
ft: . of the same enzyme solution was added and the
Incubation was continued for another 24 hours.
Next I tnl of aqueous pronase (streptotqyces
i.grtseus proteaae, grade B) 15 to 25 units per
~
mtlh'liter was added to the mixture (4 ml etba-
;ad were added to inhibit bacterial growth) and
Qte mixture was incubated 24 hours at 87 C.
The residue was then recovered by ceittrtfaga-.
Cou and resuspended In 3 ml of 0.1N sodium
Itydroztde and plaoQd on a boiling water bath
k3or 45 minutes. The residue was again oentri-
fuged and washed twice with water: The insol-
ttble material was suspended in 10 ml 03EM
tromethamine (tRIS) hydrochloride oontain-
6L 1 mg/ml elastase (pancreatopeptidsse E
; aYstalline) and incuba.ted at 87 C for 24 houra.
77be resulNng residue was washed twice with
dhtilled water and dried in vacuo.
ere adected tot.. 4
i.igh content of -.
mpled for Iigbt `
be lungs were.
:it needed.'T1te:
out by oenerU-.:
- in a buffer0.;
the ethod ~ l
~ ~~
-x.
' 8olubiltty Studies.~--In addition to the above
atentloned solvent extractions carried out on
.bomogenates or sonicates, we attempted to ex-
~tract the dark-colored pigment from the dried
`
%
teaidue prepared by enzymatic hydrolysis as
~described above- These experiments were done
' as followa- bits of dried black residue and of
control tissue were finely divided with scissors
and placed in test tubes. The aphroprialc sol-
vents were added and the tubes were heated to
60 C for several hours and allowed to cool. The
heating and cooling was repeated twice.
Among the solvents tested were 10% acetic
acid in chloroform, 5% potassium hydroxide in
rnethanol, 10% hydrochloric acid in methanol,
glacial acetic acid. sodium methoxide in metha-
atol, 1% sodium desoxycholate, toluene, 1;
sodium dodecyl sulfate, 5% sodium hydroxide,
dintetbyl sulfoxide, and 50% pyridine in water.
Infrared Spectroseopy.--The infrared ab-
sorption spectrophotometry was done using
1 X 5 mm potassium bromide pellets or in inin-
eral o1 (NUJol) mulk.
Elemental Analyses. The dry residues were
analyzed by combustion, and the metals deter-
mined by means of emission spectmsooPY-
7C ray Suore.oenee spectcometry was carried
out on a vacuum spectrometer with a lithium
fiuoride crysbd scintillation detector.
Electron Mtcrosoopyr-Smau fragments from
nonpigntented and plgmented portions of lung
were prepared using one of the following meth-
ods: (1) fixation in 4% glutaraldehyde buffered
with either 0A28M sodium veronal and sodium
aoetateu at pH 7.5 or 0ZM s-collidine (2,4,6
trime"pyridine) pH 7.4 at 4 C for 1 hour,la
aad then postfixed 0.5 hour in 1% osmium te-
troxide In the same buffer used for initial fixa-
tion. 'tite tissne was rapidly dehydrated by
passage Waugh a graded ethanol series and
embeaded In rmdn (Vestopal)11 or epoxy resin
(Epon 81lE) u Tlsstte sections mounted on
coated or unooated grids were viewed with and
without daldng. The sections were double
stained with a 2% aqueous solution of uranyl
acetate for 20 minutes followed by lead citrate
for five minutes.1s Add phosphatase was deter-
mLted according to the method of Daem.ti The
sections wece examined with an electron micro-
acope.
I,IgBt Mlerosoopyr-Sectidns were prepared
and stained for light microscopy according to
methods desexlbed in the Manual ol the Histo-
loYic and Sptdol Staining TeclutiQtees.ts The
stains used for lipid were Sudan Black B, Nile
Blue Sulfate and Oil Red O. 'I~e procedutes
used for the detection of iron were those of Go-
mod and Mallory. Tests for melanin pigment
were also performed.
Results and Comment
EjctraeNonf--The black pigment was not
soluble in any of the solvents used to extract
It ftota either the homogenate or sonicated
preparation. .
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422 PIGMENT IN HUMAN LUNG-NEWMAN ET AL `V
3 !
Enzymat:ic Digestionr-Because of the in-
solubility of the pigment, we attempted to
concentrate it by dissecting out small bits of
pigment-containing tissue and subjecting
them to enzymatic hydrolysis in order to re-
tnove other tissue constituents. Infrared
spectrophotometry was used to follow the
removal of protein from the pigment. After
the digestion was completed, little or no
amide abeorptionto was presalt. Table 1
shows the quantity of material found resist-
ant to enzymatic hydrolysis In pigmented
and nonpig111Bnted tissue dissected from two
lungs. It is apparent that the nonpigmented
tissue is almost entirely digested while 5%
to 10% of the original weight of the pig-
mented tissue resists the enzymatic attack.
E:tractfon of Isolated Residuer--The
dried residues from the enzymatic digestions
were subjected to solvent extractions as de-
scribed above since we thought that diges-
tion of the surrounding collagen and protein
might render a portion of the pigment-more
accessible to solvent action but again no no-
tioeable portion of the colored material dis-
solved.
Combustion of the Residue. Three
different lungs were selected for enzymatic
digestion and subsequent combustion anal,y-
sis. The selection was on the basis of dif-
ferenoes in appearance by electron mi(x+o-
scopic observations (see below). (Only three
were processed because the dissections were
very long and tediaus.) Table 2 shows the
proportions. of the organic or combustible
fraction to the Inorganic or nonoombustible
residue.- The composition of the pigmentB
from the three lungs differ greatly. As shown
in Table 3, some similarities can be noted in
the combustible fractions of lung samples C-
30 and C-47. The sample prepared from the
third. lung (C-44), however, contained a
higher percent of carbon in its combustible
Z
Tabte 1.--Recovery of Pigment After Exhaustive
Enzymatic Digestion'
For digestion procedure see text.
tMeasured in mg dry weieht/am wet weight.
Li
Table 2.-Composition of Human Lung Pigment I ;with t
h
er
..~~....~..~_ u...,.,....h....sw. , Ot
Fraction Residuet, icall;/
LunQ No. 'X % were t
C-3o 79.3 20.7 tative
C.44 64.9 35.1 ' Dolloe'
C-47 39.5 .. 60.5 thesis:
Csiculated as follows: mg starting materlal -m` non-
eombustiae restdue/mi startini material X 100.
llRs ow: me nddue/n~ b starting at 900 C calculated as
to ng material X 100.
(0.151
0.85i~
(0.02:
:1er
(
fraction. If one assumes only part of the car- to 0.(
bolt in this sample Is organic and adjusts the dirc=-
value for cbemically combined carbon to and
b3.8°Jo, then one obtains a value for hydro- 44 (G
gen, -nittogen, and the balance of 9.0%, found
4.4% and 83 0°,J'o respectively. These values anioul
are in reasonable agreement with those
found In the other two preparations, and
suggest a fairly constant composition for the
organic portion of human lung pigment. i
pmlsslon Spectrosoopy and X-ray Flu-
titath
t a fc
study
for irJ
italdiE
onesoence Analystsr--Zhble 4 shows the laa-, `; ftpeG
jor inorganic constituents of the pigment as s M=
;
determined by emission spectrosoopy: Sili-~'
-o~n dioxide is the largest component of the t; lungs
inorganic group, while aluminum oxdde,
iron, and phosphorus occur In ismaller-'
amounts. Silica and aluminum oxides are .
present in atmospheric dusts in high eonoen-
trations and would be expected to be inhaled
In large ts. X-ray powder diffracto- .
metry of ple 44 gave a prominent
a-quartz (101 line) which is in agreement
Table 3r-E/emental Composition of Human Lung Pigment
Composition of Combustible Fractiont :
!~
Combustible
Fraction
Carbon
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Balance
«!^
Lung No. 'Xi Xi 'X+
:
~-
C-30 79.3 54.0 8.3 9.7 28.0 ^
7.
C.47 39.5 53.6 8.9 4.6 32.9 _
C.44 64.9 76.8 4.5 2.2 16.5
For calculations see Tabie 2.
tGiculated as follows: mg carbon (as COt)/mQ combustible residue X 100: Hydrogen hnd nitrogen were
caiculated
from the recovery of Ht0 and NHt respectively. A part of the weight inciuded in'8alance"
represents weioht iost
by InorQanic materials at 900 C.
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PICMENT IN HUMAN LUNG-NEWMAN ET AL 423
20.7
35.1
so.s
Table 4.-MaJor Inoryanic Components of the Noncombust7ble Residue of Human Lung Pigment
~kscHonst weight accounted for by these tour metal ozides.
sCalculated as foQows: rnF of metal oddes/ms nonoomtwstible residue X 100. The .ecowry represents
the
with the high silica content of the samples.
Other metals were ezamined spects+osoop-
killy In the nonoambu~ble residue and
ipere found in trace quantities. Their quanti-
tive oecurrellce is fairly constant and their
conoentration range Is ildicated in psrea-
thedw caldtmn (0.1% to 0.6%), magneaitmi
' (0.15% to 0Z5%), sodium (0.025% , to
0.85%), titanitmm (0.05%), . manganese
;(00~1.6%), barlam (0.025% to 0005%), oop-
t{p~ (0.005 to 0.0076%), >e1 (00026%
y part of the car- ; to 0.0005%), lead (0.0025% to 0.005%),
~- and adjusts the ~~ (0.026% to 0 01%), samples C-30
Aned carbon to ~`std G47 eontained tin (0025e,b), sample G
va' r bydro ;44(0.25%): Traces of stnc and cerium were
,*iL 9.0%, =fola.d in-only one sample. Dae to the ttlnall
ly values Famotmts of material, the amoaat~s are qtlan
ient with those 1-titativeiy estimated at a ooa6deslce level of
repaeations, and
nposition for the
lung pigmeak "
uld X-ray Fla-
4 shows the ms-
f the pigment as
ectrosoopy. SOi-;,
xnpollent of thd :.
lumtntml ozlde; ~
cur in smalkr; '
num ozldes *are
:
; in high oonoailz'
ced-to be inhaled '
owder diffmcW..
e a prominent
is in ag>eement ~
j.:,
ractkxtt
I
t a fattor of 2 Wyatt et a1x made a similar
stlr~y of inorganic eantenbs but tbeir values
for h+on may be high since the tissue they
'studied was not treated to remove protahl,
cspecially hemoglobin.
Microsoopic Analsis of Ia~ 25ss<le.--~!1
atanbcr of the same black pigmented adult
ltu~a used in the pnidfiaition dv~dies were
eao~mtned mici~oeoepieally after stedning
with a varie(y of reagents and fatbd to tihow
;~e presenoe of azy reaction of the'distx~eet
b1u~c particles or of the Immediate envihoc~-
EAwr
Nitate
Table br-Cmapadsan of R.actJats af lYpka/ Orpanic Piymuits
amd the Black PipmaM of Huayae l.anp
~ Pi~inent
~ ltelasmninu
'1'~i'l Itoglobin derivatives
"~ ~ Hemosiderin
.~
1%
28.0
32.9
16.5
Balance
~j
Nemo(usdn
Itbafiromes
~Voohrsdnn
Osrmsl autoHuoresoent
tanules b
~ek Piement ot luna
V11 red O; Sudan black 8.
Bl.aohing Iron Test
by Prussian Blue
Oxidizing With
Agents F.rrkyanld.
Basic Upid
Fuchsla Stains fluorescence
+ + 0
ment that would give a due to their compo-
sition (Table 5). On the basis of tllese nega-
tive resultti, the pigmeat appeared to be
unrelated to aqy of the me3or. dasaes pro-
posed by Connor" and Pearae"; melanins,
hemoglobin and ite derivatives, and lipo-
chraues.
Electron Mtexoeoopy.--Klectron - micro-
roopy was carried out on abouit'S0 human
ltmg-tisstle specimens. As indi'cated earlier
in a prelimillarq aote," one can obselve the
presence of elemental cart.*on In the lungs of
experimental animals that have inbaled car-
bon dust. The crystalline appearance of the
carbon Is dharacteriatic and can be identified
easily (F5R 1): In bunnan ltugs also, It can
be distinguished readity fran silica and oth-
er 3norRaric salts (F5g 2). Fbrritin also eac
h0iits a characteristic patbern in the electron
microscope (P56 3). Hoawer, in many of
the human htnga we observed malty pi8-
meated areas ooataining electron-opaque
granules different from any of the above but
sim[lar to those sieen In other tismues .vhere
natural pigmeate (sa& as lipofuscin) are
poesent. Tli,ese Rntnules aaggest.orRanic pig-
ment (Fig 4) and the diemicxl analyses of
the pigment of the.e lupp bUo point to an
organic oompodtbn- .
As the various ltms spedlnens were ezam-
+
+ +
+
p~ 0 0 0 0 0
.
,
Arch Environ Health-Vol 15 Oct 1967

421 !'IC,1!!:NT l\' II11t11:1N LUNC-NF.t4rA1AN ET Al,
in tCt' -_
wasfc
bon w: : .
and sc-. =
organ`.: _
of fer:'.-:-
Fig 1.-Aggregates of carbon (C) within membranebound vesicles seen In the lungs of guinea t cases
pig that had inhaled carbon dust sporadically for over 100 hours three months before being killed. (
from
The vacuolated structures (L) contain lipid droplets (X 10,000). gorge^ _-"
SOP.:= -
=
ined, they were screened and sorted as to several different pigments. When the case gave :7
whether the pigment examined resembled histories of these patients, their smoking his- demo:-~:- ' -
carbon, fenilin, ittorganic crystals, or organ- tories, and their occupations were compared ~ the
}'`.=7
ic pigments. Most of the 1un's contained with the patterns of lung Iti/;ments <tbserved
.lrt/i F,ntiru+t Ilrnlfh -lYUI l:i, nN 1!11;*

PIGMENT IN HUMAN LUNG-NEWMAN ET AL
Y Fig 2.-,An alveolar septal cell from case C-44 oontaining inorganic crystailine
1.
~ ~.
~ in the electron microscope, no correlation
. For example, car-
~ was found between them. bon was found i
n the lungs of some smokers
n and some nonsmokers; the
of
same was true
=: organic pigment
. However, a large amount.
of ferritin i
n the lung was found in some
guinea : R cases of mitral disease as is to be expected
killed.
from the chronic pulmonary vascular en-
;t gorgement that occurs in these cases.
Some of the pigment-containing granules
the case gave a positive acid phosphatase reaction as
3king his- : demonstrated in Fig. 5. This suggests that
compared the pigments may be associated with the
lYsosomes and is further supported by the
material, probably siliutes (5) (X 14.000). ~
evid
alon
the
elect
parti
greg
425
eaoe that the black pigment sediments,
g with lysosomes, which are found in
mitochondrial fraction and by further
ron microscopic evidence that carbon
cles were seen in membran -bound ag-
ates in experimental guine~ pigs.
On the basis of the electron microscopic
examination, three lungs with different pig-
ment patterns were selected for further
study and were used for the enzymatic
digestions and subsequent combustion and
inorganic analyses described above. Table 6
summarizes the findings.
The black pigment observed at autopsy in
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f12(i PIGAfF,NT IN IIUAIAN G(1NG-NlitVAIAN ET AL
Fig 3.-Section of cell from case C-47 showing aggregates of ferritin (F) (X 6.500).
Table 6.-Medical History and Black Lung Pigment ih Three Men
Type of Pigmcnt
Case
No. Age at
Death
OccupntUon Smoking
(Pack-Years)
Cause of Death .
Electron Microscopy
Chemical Composition
30 29 Foundry work Not known Sursery for mitral Inorganic and Mostly organic and
stenosis organic some inorganic
components
44 65 Heater at steel 50 Arteriosclerotic Mostly carbon. Elemental carbon.
mill hcart diseasc others present inorganic and organic
t
-.- _-
---- componen
s
47 50 0
Mrtr.rl drscasc -__-ferntin. muclr rron
Watch rr-pa.r _-- Much morganir- rozrtlue.
sonlc rnorL+.inir, pr;janrc cornpancrnt5
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428 PIGAIF:NT IN HUMAN LUNG-NEWMAN F,'T AG
Rcuarrh
r:
{
s researrl:
6' tutes ot
Thc a
Ho11is li
f in the r%
p Idia.^i:cn>
' data.
~ Korin
18C:
b.I:o
des Pir
1866.
6. L1,
Pulmon
ly Cens
Ann lU
7. Pr:
Relatioa
sioru ir.
Lungs.
8. \'J.
Cigaret
serr.2.
9. Rr
Isolitic
From I
10.1
ed Hun
Physic:
- h n lun e ithelial ceil treated with Gomori reagent to show distri
P
; ,
'.~a~
Fig 5.-Portion of a uma g
i ments are present. The phos
bution of acid phosphatase. Both inorganlc (S) and organk (0) p g
phatase Indicated by fine irregular precipitate (P) of kad phosphate is chiefly associated with
the pigment granules of both types. (Some Is also found scattered throughout the cytoplasm,
frequently the case In tissue which has been frozen and thawed before fixation as here.)
(X 14.000.)
solubility precludes further investigation at highly insoluble pigment, probably organic
this time. in nature. Because of the extreme insolubili-
'bl to
e
Summary .
The black pigment of the human lung has
been examined chemically and with the elec-
tron microscope. A method has been devel-
oped for the isolation of this pigment by
means of dissection followed by enzymatic
digestion. It is a mixture of inorganic ma-
terials, (silicates, alunlinates, and other
trace metals), some elemental carbon, and a
ty of the pigment, it has not been posst
characterize it further chemically. Electron
microscopic evi ence suggests the lung pig-
ments are associated with the lysosomal
particles of the cell. Comparison of the com-
position of lung pigment with the medical
history of the individual has failed to reveal
any correlation in the group studied.
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