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The functional feeding groups and diversity of macroinvertebrate communities associated with duckweed mats in the New Years River (two sites) and Bloukrans River (two sites), Eastern Cape province, South Africa, were assessed. Duckweed (Lemnaceae) is a ubiquitous family of floating macrophytes. A total of 41 macroinvertebrate families were collected monthly over a six-month period from February to July 2014. Duckweed biomass in both rivers was highly variable both temporally and spatially. The majority of identified macroinvertebrate taxa were predators and detritivores, with a small percentage of herbivores. An average of approximately 26% of the macroinvertebrate taxa found were from families that include species from more than one functional feeding group. Although overall measures of diversity and ecosystem health (Fisher’s α and Simpson’s index) remained constant over time in the New Years River, significant differences in macroinvertebrate community structure were seen between sites and months on both rivers, with dissimilarity being driven by a larger number of species in the New Years River. This high variability within macroinvertebrate assemblages probably reflects a combination of heterogeneous duckweed distribution, variation in physico-chemistry, opportunistic behaviours of macroinvertebrate predators and/or successional colonisation of duckweed mats. 相似文献
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Sialylation is a biosynthetic process occurring in the trans compartments
of the Golgi apparatus. Corresponding evidence is based on localization and
biochemical studies of alpha2, 6(N)-sialyltransferase (ST6Gal I) as
previously reported. Here we describe generation and characterization of
polyclonal antibodies to recombinant rat alpha2,3(N)-sialyltransferase
(ST3Gal III) expressed as a soluble enzyme in Sf9 cells or as a
beta-galactosidase-human-ST3Gal III fusion- protein from E.coli ,
respectively. These antibodies were used to localize ST3Gal III by
immunofluorescence in various cell lines and rat kidney tissue sections. In
transiently transfected COS cells the antibodies directed to soluble
sialyltransferase or the sialyltransferase portion of the fusion-protein
only recognized the recombinant antigen retained in the endoplasmic
reticulum. However, an antibody fraction crossreactive with
beta-galactosidase recognized natively expressed ST3Gal III which was found
to be colocalized with beta1, 4-galactosyltransferase in the Golgi
apparatus of several cultured cell lines. Antibodies affinity purified on
the beta- galactosidase-ST3Gal III fusion-protein column derived from both
antisera have then been used to localize the enzyme in perfusion-fixed rat
kidney sections. We found strong staining of the Golgi apparatus of tubular
epithelia and a brush-border-associated staining which colocalized with
cytochemical staining of the H+ATPase. This subcellular localization was
not observed for ST6Gal I which localized to the Golgi apparatus. These
data show colocalization in the Golgi apparatus and different post-Golgi
distributions of the two sialyltransferases.
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Lymphocyte locomotion and attachment on two-dimensional surfaces and in three-dimensional matrices 总被引:9,自引:3,他引:6 下载免费PDF全文
The adhesion and locomotion of mouse peripheral lymph node lymphocytes on 2-D protein- coated substrata and in 3-D matrices were compared. Lymphocytes did not adhere to, or migrate on, 2-D substrata suck as serum- or fibronectin-coated glass. They did attach to and migrate in hydrated 3-D collagen lattices. When the collagen was dehydrated to form a 2-D surface, lymphocyte attachment to it was reduced. We propose that lymphocytes, which are poorly adhesive, are able to attach to and migrate in 3-D matrices by a nonadhesive mechanism such as the extension and expansion of pseudopodia through gaps in the matrix, which could provide purchase for movement in the absence of discrete intermolecular adhesions. This was supported by studies using serum-coated micropore filters, since lymphocytes attached to and migrated into filters with pore sizes large enough (3 or 8 mum) to allow pseudopod penetration but did not attach to filters made of an identical material (cellulose esters) but of narrow pore size (0.22 or 0.45 mum). Cinematographic studies of lymphocyte locomotion in collagen gels were also consistent with the above hypothesis, since lymphocytes showed a more variable morphology than is typically seen on plane surfaces, with formation of many small pseudopodia expanded to give a marked constriction between the cell and the pseudopod. These extensions often remained fixed with respect to the environment as the lymphocyte moved away from or past them. This suggests that the pseudopodia were inserted into gaps in the gel matrix and acted as anchorage points for locomotion. 相似文献
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Matheus S Gasparini Leandro M dos Santos Ahmad MA Hamade Luísa G Gross Arthur P Favarato Jos PC de Vasconcellos Mnica B de Melo Pierina L Parise Camila L Simeoni Natlia B Silva Marcelo A da Silva Mori Andr S Vieira Alessandro dos Santos Farias Fabiana Granja Angelica Z Schreiber Maria L Moretti Jos L Proena-Modena Mnica Alves 《Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)》2021,246(23):2495
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Fabíola C Toledo Juliana E Perobelli Flávia PC Pedrosa Janete A Anselmo-Franci Wilma DG Kempinas 《Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E》2011,9(1):1-9
Background
Hyperglycemia can impair the male reproductive system in experimental animals and in men during reproductive age. Studies have shown that vitamin C has some good effects on male reproductive system, and therefore vitamin C treatment could attenuate the dysfunctions in this system caused by hyperglycemia. Thus, the objective of this work was to evaluate whether vitamin C treatment could attenuate reproductive dysfunctions in hyperglycemic male rats.Methods
Adult male rats were divided into 3 groups: a normoglycemic (n = 10) and two hyperglycemic (that received a single dose of streptozotocin - 40 mg/kg BW). The two last groups (n = 10 per group) were divided into: hyperglycemic control (Hy) and hyperglycemic + 150 mg of vitamin C (HyC), by gavage during 30 consecutive days. The normoglycemic and hyperglycemic control groups received the vehicle (water). The first day after the treatment, the rats were anesthetized and killed to evaluate oxidative stress biomarkers (TBARS, SOD, GSHt and GSH-Px) in the erythrocytes, body and reproductive organ weights, sperm parameters, plasma hormone levels (FSH, LH and testosterone), testicular and epididymal histo-morphometry and histopathology.Results
Compared with the normoglycemic animals, hyperglycemic control rats showed reduced weight of the body and reproductive organ but testis weight was maintained. It was also observed reduction of testosterone and LH levels, seminiferous tubular diameter, sperm motility and sperm counts in the epididymis. In addition, there was an increase in morphological abnormalities on spermatozoa as well as in oxidative stress level. Vitamin C reduced the oxidative stress level, diminished the number of abnormal sperm, and increased testosterone and LH levels and seminiferous tubular diameter but did not show improvement of sperm motility in relation to the hyperglycemic control group. Hyperglycemia caused a rearrangement in the epididymal tissue components (stroma, ephitelium and lumen) as demonstrated by the stereological analysis results. However, this alteration was partially prevented by vitamin C treatment.Conclusions
We conclude that vitamin C partially attenuated some male reproductive system dysfunctions in hyperglycemic rats. 相似文献48.
Lara Bossini-Castillo Carmen P Simeon Lorenzo Beretta Jasper C Broen Madelon C Vonk Raquel Ríos-Fernández Gerard Espinosa Patricia Carreira María T Camps Maria J Castillo Miguel A González-Gay Emma Beltrán María del Carmen Freire Javier Narváez Carlos Tolosa Torsten Witte Alexander Kreuter Annemie J Schuerwegh Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold Roger Hesselstrand Claudio Lunardi Jacob M van Laar Meng May Chee Ariane Herrick Bobby PC Koeleman Christopher P Denton Carmen Fonseca Timothy RDJ Radstake Javier Martin 《Arthritis research & therapy》2012,14(2):1-7
Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) comprise a group of autoimmune diseases that are characterized by symmetrical skeletal muscle weakness and muscle inflammation with no known cause. Like other autoimmune diseases, IIMs are treated with either glucocorticoids or immunosuppressive drugs. However, many patients with an IIM are frequently resistant to immunosuppressive treatments, and there is compelling evidence to indicate that not only adaptive immune but also several non-immune mechanisms play a role in the pathogenesis of these disorders. Here, we focus on some of the evidence related to pathologic mechanisms, such as the innate immune response, endoplasmic reticulum stress, non-immune consequences of MHC class I overexpression, metabolic disturbances, and hypoxia. These mechanisms may explain how IIM-related pathologic processes can continue even in the face of immunosuppressive therapies. These data indicate that therapeutic strategies in IIMs should be directed at both immune and non-immune mechanisms of muscle damage. 相似文献
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Phylogenetic relationships among prokaryotic and eukaryotic catalases 总被引:13,自引:1,他引:12
Seventy-four catalase protein sequences, including 29 bacterial, 8 fungal,
7 animal, and 30 plant sequences, were compiled, and 70 were used for
phylogenetic reconstruction. The core of the resulting tree revealed
unique, separate groups of plant and animal catalases, two groups of fungal
catalases, and three groups of bacterial catalases. The only overlap of
kingdoms occurred within one branch and involved fungal and bacterial
large-subunit enzymes. The other fungal branch was closely linked to the
group of animal enzymes. Group I bacterial catalases were more closely
related to the plant enzymes and contained such diverse taxa as the
Gram-positive Listeria seeligeri, Deinocococcus radiodurans, and
gamma-proteobacteria. Group III bacterial sequences were more closely
related to fungal and animal sequences and included enzymes from a broad
range of bacteria including high- and low-GC Gram positives,
proteobacteria, and a bacteroides species. Group II was composed of
large-subunit catalases from diverse sources including Gram positives
(low-GC Bacilli and high-GC Mycobacteria), proteobacteria, and species of
the filamentous fungus Aspergillus. These data can be interpreted in terms
of two gene duplication events that produced a minimum of three catalase
gene family members that subsequently evolved in response to environmental
demands. Horizontal gene transfer may have been responsible for the group
II mixture of bacterial and fungal large-subunit catalases.
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