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Isoform-Specific Membrane Translocation of Protein Kinase C After Ischemic Preconditioning 总被引:18,自引:0,他引:18
Kurkinen Kaisa Busto Raul Goldsteins Gundars Koistinaho Jari Pérez-Pinzón Miguel A. 《Neurochemical research》2001,26(10):1139-1144
Mild cerebral anoxic/ischemic/stress insults promote tolerance and thereby protect the brain from subsequent lethal anoxic/ischemic insults. We examined whether specific activation of PKC , , , or isoforms is associated with ischemic preconditioning (IPC) in rat brain. IPC was produced by a 2-minute global cerebral ischemia. Membrane and cytosolic fractions of the hippocampi were immunoblotted using specific antibodies for PKC, , , and . PKC showed a significant translocation to the membrane fraction from 30 min to 4 h and PKC at 4 h following IPC. In contrast, the membrane/cytosol ratio of PKC showed a tendency to decrease at 30 min and 8 h, and the membrane/cytosol ratio of PKC was significantly decreased from 30 min to 24 h following IPC. These findings indicate PKC isoform-specific membrane translocations in the hippocampus after brief global brain ischemia and suggest that activation of PKC and PKC may be associated with IPC-induced tolerance in the rat hippocampus. 相似文献
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B. Friebe M. Heun W. Bushuk 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1989,78(3):425-432
Summary Progenies of a tetraploid 1BL/1RS wheat-rye translocation line, CV 256, selected from the cross Cando x Veery, were analyzed by means of Giemsa C-banding. CV 256 is cytologically stable for the presence of the 1BL/1RS translocation but still segregating for A- and B-genome chromosomes of Cando and Veery. In CV 256, nucleolar activity of the 1RS NOR locus is suppressed, as judged by the absence of a secondary constriction in that rye segment and the capability of organizing nucleoli. PAGE analysis of prolamins confirmed the presence of two 1RS secalins in all single seeds analyzed. SDS-PAGE analysis of reduced glutenins of single seeds indicated that some seeds contained the Cando Glu-B1 locus (subunits 6+8), some contained the Veery Glu-B1 locus (subunits 7+9) while others contained all four subunits, indicating that the material was heterozygous. Pm8 resistance is expressed in the tetraploid 1BL/1RS translocation line based on the reactions of six well-defined powdery mildew isolates. However, Pm8 resistance is not expressed in the hexaploid wheat cultivars Olymp, Heinrich and Florida, which also contain the 1BL/1RS translocation. Obviously, the existence of the 1BL/1RS translocation is not a proof for the expression of the associated genes. PAGE results did not show a clear linkage between powdery mildew resistance and the presence of 1RS secalins. 相似文献
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Bouhours D Liaigre J Lemoine J Mayer-Posner F Bouhours JF 《Glycoconjugate journal》1998,15(10):1001-1016
Three sialosylated and three neutral glycosphingolipids sharing a common iso-neolacto core were isolated from porcine kidney cortex. They were purified by preparative HPTLC, and were characterized by partial exoglycosidase hydrolysis followed by thin layer chromatography and immunostaining with anti-Gal13Gal, anti-type 2 lactosamine and anti-Lewisx antibodies, methylation analysis, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Among neutral glycolipids, one was a known structure, VI3VI3(Gal)2-iso-nLc8Cer, and two were novel structures differing by the number of Gal3Lewisx determinants: VI3VI3(Gal)2V3Fuc-iso-nLc8, and VI3VI3(Gal)2 V3V3(Fuc)2-iso-nLc8. The single Gal3Lewis x determinant was found on the 6-linked antenna. Among sialosylated glycolipids, two had been previously found in other species and tissues, VI3VI3(NeuAc)2-iso-nLc8, and VI3NeuAcVI3Gal-iso-nLc8. A novel structure was discovered presenting a Gal3Lewisx determinant on the 6-linked antenna and a N-acetylneuraminic acid on the 3-linked antenna, VI3NeuAcVI3GalV3Fuc-iso-nLc8. These results indicate that, in vivo, the porcine kidney 3fucosyltransferase synthesizes the Gal3Lewisx determinant, acting on the 6-linked before the 3-linked Gal3neolactosamine, and appears unable to synthesize the sialosylated Lewisx determinant on neolactoseries glycolipids. 相似文献
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G. S. Sidhu G. S. Khush 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1978,53(5):199-203
Summary The inheritance of resistance to brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stol.), of 20 rice cultivars was studied. Single dominant genes that are allelic to Bph 3 condition the resistance in cultivars Ptb 19, Gangala (Acc. 7733), Gangala (Acc. 15207), Horana Mawee, Kuruhondarwala, Mudu Kiriyal and Muthumanikam. Single recessive genes that are allelic to bph 4 govern the resistance in cultivars Gambada Samba, Heenhoranamawee, Hotel Samba, Kahata Samba, Kalukuruwee, Lekam Samba, Senawee, Sulai, Thirissa and Vellai Illankali. The resistance in Ptb 33, Sudu Hondarwala, and Sinna Sivappu is governed by one dominant and one recessive gene which segregate independently of each other. The dominant resistance genes in these cultivars appear allelic to either Bph 1 or Bph 3. Similarly, the recessive genes in these cultivars seem allelic to either bph 2 or bph 4. Further investigations are needed to conclusively determine the allelic relationships of resistance genes in Ptb 33, Sudu Hondarwala and Sinna Sivappu. 相似文献
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Nobuhito Sone Masasuke Yoshida Hajime Hirata Harumasa Okamoto Yasuo Kagawa 《The Journal of membrane biology》1976,30(1):121-134
Summary Measurements were made of the difference in the electrochemical potential of protons (
) across the membrane of vesicles reconstituted from the ATPase complex (TF
0
·F
1) purified from a thermophilic bacterium and P-lipids. Two fluorescent dyes, anilinonaphthalene sulfonate (ANS) and 9-aminoacridine (9AA) were used as probes for measuring the membrane potential () and pH difference across the membrane ( pH), respectively.In the presence of Tris buffer the maximal and no pH were produced, while in the presence of the permeant anion NO
3
–
the maximal pH and a low were produced by the addition of ATP. When the ATP concentration was 0.24mm, the was 140–150 mV (positive inside) in Tris buffer, and the pH was 2.9–3.5 units (acidic inside) in the presence of NO
3
–
. Addition of a saturating amount of ATP produced somewhat larger and pH values, and the
attained was about 310 mV.By trapping pH indicators in the vesicles during their reconstitution it was found that the pH inside the vesicles was pH 4–5 during ATP hydrolysis.The effects of energy transfer inhibitors, uncouplers, ionophores, and permeant anions on these vesicles were studied. 相似文献
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Sources of nitrate in rivers draining sixteen watersheds in the northeastern U.S.: Isotopic constraints 总被引:3,自引:4,他引:3
Mayer Bernhard Boyer Elizabeth W. Goodale Christine Jaworski Norbert A. van Breemen Nico Howarth Robert W. Seitzinger Sybil Billen Gilles Lajtha Kate Nadelhoffer Knute Van Dam Douwe Hetling Leo J. Nosal Miloslav Paustian Keith 《Biogeochemistry》2002,(1):171-197
The feasibility of using nitrogen and oxygenisotope ratios of nitrate (NO3
–) forelucidating sources and transformations ofriverine nitrate was evaluated in a comparativestudy of 16 watersheds in the northeastern U.S.A. Stream water was sampled repeatedly at theoutlets of the watersheds between January andDecember 1999 for determining concentrations,15N values, and 18Ovalues of riverine nitrate.In conjunction with information about land useand nitrogen fluxes,15Nnitrate and18Onitrate values providedmainly information about sources of riverinenitrate. In predominantly forested watersheds,riverine nitrate had mean concentrations ofless than 0.4 mg NO3
–-N L–1,15Nnitrate values of lessthan +5, and 18Onitratevalues between +12 and +19. This indicatesthat riverine nitrate was almost exclusivelyderived from soil nitrification processes withpotentially minor nitrate contributions fromatmospheric deposition in some catchments. Inwatersheds with significant agricultural andurban land use, concentrations of riverinenitrate were as high as 2.6 mg NO3
–-NL–1 with 15Nnitratevalues between +5 and +8 and18Onitrate values generallybelow +15. Correlations between nitrateconcentrations, 15Nnitratevalues, and N fluxes suggest that nitrate inwaste water constituted a major, and nitrate inmanure a minor additional source of riverinenitrate. Atmospheric nitrate deposition ornitrate-containing fertilizers were not asignificant source of riverine nitrate inwatersheds with significant agricultural andurban land use. Although complementary studiesindicate that in-stream denitrification wassignificant in all rivers, the isotopiccomposition of riverine nitrate sampled at theoutlet of the 16 watersheds did not provideevidence for denitrification in the form ofelevated 15Nnitrate and18Onitrate values. Relativelylow isotopic enrichment factors for nitrogenand oxygen during in-stream denitrification andcontinuous admixture of nitrate from theabove-described sources are thought to beresponsible for this finding. 相似文献
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Summary With growing cells of a Nocardia sp., isolated from soil, the degradation of 5-pregnene-3, 20-diol into 3-[5-oxo-7a-methyl-1 (1-hydroxo)-ethyl-3a-perhydroindane-4]-propionic acid was investigated. The results show that iron is essential for production of the perhydroindanpropionic acid, that this production is greatly enhanced by the presence of calcium and that it is maximal in the pH range 7.0–7.5.Abbreviations used in the text PD
5-pregnene-3, 20-diol (pregnendiol)
- PDSA
3-[5-oxo-7a-methyl-1(1-hydroxo)-ethyl-3a-perhydroindane-4]-propionic acid (pregnendiol-secoacid)
- PSA
3-[5-oxo-7a-methyl-1-acetyl-3a-perhydroindane-4]-propionic acid (progesterone-secoacid)
- EDTA
Ethylendiamintetracetic acid
- DMSO
Dimethylsulfoxide 相似文献
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Summary Long-range physical maps of the small multigene family of the malt -amylase genes (-Amy-1) located on the long arms of wheat chromosomes 6A (the -Amy-A1 locus) and 6B (-Amy-B1) were generated by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis. By using three methylation-sensitive rare-cutter restriction endonucleases, NotI, NruI and MluI, and an -Amy-1 cDNA probe and four gene-specific genomic probes from the -Amy-B1 locus, the size of the -Amy-B1 locus was estimated to be about 700 kb and of the -Amy-B1 locus to be about approximately 4300 kb. These two maps indicate clustering of GC-rich and C-methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme recognition sites. At least five regions reminiscent of CpG islands are apparent in -Amy-B1, and three in -Amy-A1. Correlation between recombination frequency and physical distance within the -Amy-B1 locus suggests that 1 cM approximates to 1 Mb in physical distance. 相似文献
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Pomara Nunzio Shao Binbin Wisniewski Thomas Mehta Pankaj D. 《Neurochemical research》1998,23(12):1563-1566
This report examines plasma amyloid proteins A40 and A42 and apolipoprotein E (apoE) levels and their relationships with age in non-demented older adults with (N = 32) or without the apoE-4 allele (N = 94). A levels did not differ between the groups whereas the 4 allele was associated with a significant reduction in plasma apoE. In subjects with the 4 allele, increasing age was associated with significant reduction in plasma A40. Subjects without the 4 allele showed a significant positive correlation between A40 and A42 levels. There was also a significant correlation between plasma A40 and apoE levels in all subjects. 相似文献
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P. R. Mark Shannon Anne E. Nicholson Jim M. Dunwell D. Roy Davies 《Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture》1985,4(3):271-280
Barley anthers from cold pretreated spikes produced no or few calluses when plated with both loculi in contact with the medium (flat). When anthers were plated with only one loculus in contact with the medium (up), a high proportion of the anthers produced calluses. The top loculus of the up anthers was most productive. Flat anthers, when compared with up anthers, were not only slower to produce multicellular pollen grains (MCPs) and microcalluses, but also produced fewer of them and ceased production earlier. The MCPs and microcalluses in flat anthers grew more slowly and few developed beyond the 30 cell stage. These results establish the importance of anther orientation for barley anther culture. 相似文献
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A Hu-Barkana-Gruzinov cold dark matter scalarfield may enter a weak isospin invariant derivative interactionthat causes the flow of right-handed electrons to align parallelto (). Hence, in the outer regions of galaxies where () islarge, as in galactic halos, the derivative interaction mayinduce a chirality-imbued quantum chemistry. Such a chirality-imbued chemistry would in turn be conducive to the formation ofabundant precursor biopolymers on interstellar dust grains,comets and meteors in galactic halo regions, with subsequentdelivery to planets in the inner galactic regions where and() are concomitantly near zero and left-right symmetricterrestrial quantum chemistry prevails. 相似文献
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J. Visscher R. van der Woerd C. G. Bakker Alan W. Schwartz 《Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere》1989,19(1):3-6
Evidence is presented that a poly(U) template selectively favors the oligomerization of the activated, 3–5 pyrophosphate-linked dimer pdAppdAp, in comparison with the 3–3 and 5–5 linked dimers. In the absence of poly(U), the 5–5linked dimer is the most reactive, and chains are formed which are more than 60 monomer units in length.Nucleic Acid-Like Structures V. For the previous paper in this series see Visscher and Schwartz (1988). 相似文献
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Summary Four E. coli Hfr strains, representing stable (Hfr Cavalli), moderately stable (AB312) and unstable (Ra-1, Ra-2) Hfr states, were used in the isolation of a series of F plasmids. Type II Fs were found to be the most prevalent F plasmid formed from all of the Hfrs, while the percentages of tra Fs increased as the stability of the Hfr increased. Two observations suggested that F formation in unstable Hfrs like Ra-2 may proceed through a type II F precursor. First, the major F products of Ra-2 are tra
+ type II Fs and, second, other F types (I, II) and classes (tra
+, tra) from Ra-2 appeared to be deletion derivatives of a larger F progenitor. By monitoring the molecular changes that occur when the Ra-2 derived type II F pWS200 is transferred from one recA host to another, we have found that all F types and classes can be generated from pWS200 in a recA-independent manner. F sequences involved in the genetic conversions of pWS200 include the oriT locus and the directly repeated junctions of F and chromosomal DNA. A model for the formation of Fs in unstable Hfrs is postulated in which a tra
+ type II F primary excision product is seen to be modified, through recA-independent processes, to other F types and classes. This model differs from the current model of F formation in that independent excision events from the Hfr chromosome are not seen as the source of type I and type II Fs.These studies have also shown that the formation of tra Fs is a recA-independent process that can occur from the F and Hfr states, that -mediated deletions in pWS200 often demonstrate regional specificity in having endpoints near the ilv operon and that genetic alterations in either replication origin of pWS200 (F oriV, chromosomal oriC) stabilize the replication of this mini-Hfr cointegrate. 相似文献
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Wei Tong Wang Fumito Matsuura Hernan Nunez Norman Ledonne Jr. Betty Baltzer Charles C Sweeley 《Glycoconjugate journal》1984,1(1):17-35
Ten previously unreported oligosaccharides have been purified from the urines of human subjects using a combination of gel filtration, ion exchange, and thin-layer chromatographies. Their structures were determined by direct probe mass spectrometry, methylation analysis, and proton NMR spectroscopy of the permethylated oligosaccharide alditols.On the basis of composition, the oligosaccharides could be divided into three groups. Five oligosaccharides containing glycerol were characterized as glucosyl1-1glycerol; glucosyl1-1glycerol; galactosyl1-1glycerol; glucosyl-1-1(fucosyl-1-2)glycerol and/or fucosyl-1-1(glucosyl-1-2)glycerol; and glucosyl-1-1(galactosyl-1-2)glycerol or galactosyl-1-1(glucosyl-1-2)glycerol. Four inositol-containing oligosaccharides were characterized as galactosyl1 (fucosyl1)inositol,N-acetylgalactosaminyl1 (fucosyl1)inositol, fucosyl1-2galactosyl1 (N-acetylgalactosaminyl1)inositol and fucosyl1-2galactosyl1-4-N-acetylglucosaminyl1(N-acetylgalactosaminyl1)inositol. Finally, galactosyl1-3(fucosyl1-2)galactosyl1-6galactosyl1-4(fucosyl1-3)glucose, an oligosaccharide with glucose at its reducing end, was tentatively identified. The significance and possible origins of the carbohydrate structures are discussed. 相似文献
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Hubert Felle 《Planta》1981,152(6):505-512
In the aquatic liverwort Riccia fluitans, membrane depolarization (m), change in membrane conductance (gm), and current-voltage (I-V) characteristics in the presence of different amino acids as well as the uptake of 14C-labeled amino acids were measured. L-isomers of the tested amino acids generate larger electrical effects (m, gm) than D-isomers, and the I-V characteristics show that the positive electrical inward-current of 20 mA m-2 generated by 0.5 mM D-serine is only about 50% of the current generated by adding 0.5 mM L-serine. Whereas - and -amino acids rapidly depolarize the membrane to the same extend, with -aminobutyric acid (-AB) and dipeptides no significant electrical effects have been measured. The uptake kinetics of 14C-labeled amino acids display three components: (I) A saturable high-affinity component with Ks-values of 48 M D-alanine, 12 M -aminoisobutyric acid (AIB), 9 M L-alanine, 8 M L-proline, and 6 M L-serine, respectively; (2) an apparently linear low-affinity component, and (3) an also linear but unspecific component at concentrations >20 times the given Ks-value. Uptake of 14C-labeled AIB can be inhibited competitively by all tested neutral amino acids, the L-isomers being more effective than the D-isomers, as well as by ammonium or methylamine. Vice versa, AIB competitively inhibits uptake of L-serine and L-alanine. It is concluded that an uncharged stereospecific carrier for the investigated amino acids exists in the plasmalemma of Riccia fluitans. Accumulation ratios of about 50 suggest secondary active transport driven by a transmembrane electro-chemical gradient (mainly m) which is generated by the electrogenic proton pump. It is suggested that this carrier binds to the amino group forming either a charged binary complex with positively charged amines (Felle 1980), or an uncharged complex with -AB or dipeptides, whereas electrogenic transport of - and -amino acids is mediated by a ternary carrier complex, probably charged by a proton.Symbols and Abbreviations m
membrane potential (mV)
- Eco
equilibrium potential (mV) of the transport system
- gm
membrane (slope) conductance (Sm-2)
- gm
change in gm
- I-V curve
current-voltage curve
- AIB
-aminoisobutytric acid
- -AB
-aminobutyric acid 相似文献
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P. R. K. Koduru M. K. Rao 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1980,56(3):137-143
Summary Thirteen spontaneously occurring chlorophyll deficient phenotypes have been described and their genetic basis was established. Ten of these — white, white tipped green, patchy white, white virescent, white striping 1, white striping 2, white striping 4, fine striping, chlorina and yellow virescent showed monogenic recessive inheritance and the remaining three — yellow striping, yellow green and light green seedling phenotypes showed digenic recessive inheritance. The genes for (i) white tipped green (wr) and yellow virescent (yv) and (ii) patchy white (pw) and white striping 1 (wst 1) showed independent assortment. Further, the genes for white (w), white tipped green (wr) and yellow virescent (yv) were inherited independently of the gene for hairy leaf margin (Hm).In the mutants — white tipped green, patchy white, white striping 1, white striping 2, fine striping, chlorina, yellow virescent, yellow striping, yellow green and light green phenotypes total quantity of chlorophyll was significantly less than that in the corresponding controls, while in white virescent there was no reduction in the mature stage. For nine of the mutants the quantity of chlorophyll was also estimated in F1's (mutant x control green). In F1's of six of the mutants — white tip, patchy white, chlorina, yellow virescent, fine striping and yellow striping the quantity of chlorophyll was almost equal to the wild type. In the F1's of three of the mutants — white striping 1, white striping 2 and light green an intermediate value between the mutant and wild types was observed. In yellow virescent retarded synthesis of chlorophyll, particularly chlorophyll a was observed in the juvenile stage. Reduced quantity of chlorophyll was associated with defective chloroplasts. In the mutants — white tipped green, white virescent, fine striping, chlorina, yellow striping, yellow green and light green defective plastids were also observed. In patchy white secondary destruction of chlorophylls and the presence of defective plastids were found to be associated with reduced chlorophyll quantity at maturity.Paper chromatographic studies of leaf flavonoids revealed some variation between the inbreds, but there were three common spots, 7, 8 and 9, except for PDP in which the spot 8 was absent. Chlorophyll deficient mutants differed from their respective controls in the absence of one or more of the spots present in the controls and in the presence of new spots in some of the mutants.Most of the chlorophyll mutants showed higher survival rate in the Kharif season than in Rabi season which was attributed to the higher mean day temperature and longer day light period in the Kharif season than in Rabi season. 相似文献
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N. N. Smirnov 《Hydrobiologia》1966,27(3-4):337-343
Summary The differences in the structure of the trunk limbs allow to outline three sections of Chydoridae (see table I and fig. 1), coinciding with the sections distinguished according to the structure of the head pores.
Chydoridae (Cladocera)
Chydoridae (. ), , .相似文献
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Domenico Acquotti Giovanni Fronza Laura Riboni Sandro Sonnino Guido Tettamanti 《Glycoconjugate journal》1987,4(2):119-127
The complete definition of the chemical structure of GD1b-ganglioside (GD1b) lactone isolated from human brain has been given by means of spectrometric and spectroscopic analyses. GD1h lactone contains a single ester linkage involving the external sialic acid carboxyl group and the C-9 hydroxyl group of the internal sialic acid unit. A synthetic lactone of GD1b prepared treating GD1b with glacial acetic acid characterized in the same way showed an identical chemical structure.Abbreviations: Ganglioside nomenclature is according to Svennerholm [16] and the IUPAC-IUB Recommendations [17] GM1
GM1-ganglioside, II3NeuAc-GgOse4Cer, Gal1-3GalNac1-4[NeuAc2-3]Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer
- GD1b
GD1b-ganglioside, II3(NeuAc)2GgOse4Cer, Gal1-3GalNAc1-4[NeuAc2-8NeuAc2-3]Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer
- GD1b lactone
GD1b-L, Gal1-3GalNAc1-4[NeuAc(1-9)2-8NeuAc2-3]Gal1-4Glc1-1Cer
- Cer
ceramide
- FAB-MS
fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry
-
1H-NMR
proteon nuclear magnetic resonance
- 1D-NMR
one dimensional NMR
- 2D-COSY
two dimensional correlated spectroscopy
- DMSO-d6
deuterated dimethylsulfoxide 相似文献
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A. F. G. Dixon 《Oecologia》1972,9(4):301-310
Summary The ability of the lime aphid to produce sexuals (males and females) as an alternative to parthenogenetic females is regulated by a timing mechanism (interval timer) which restrains the appearance of these morphs early in the year. In this species there are two interval timers: one controls the production of sexual females, and the other controls the production of males. Both intervals timers are sensitive to day-length and temperature but they respond in different ways.With the approach of autumn the waning effect of the interval timer inhibiting female production combined with the short day-lengths results in an increasing proportion of the aphids developing into sexual females. The restraining effect of the interval timer results in a gradual transition from parthenogenetic to gamic reproduction over a period of several generations and is still operational in the autumn. However, in this species even relatively long day conditions (17 h) can induce the development of oviparae. This low threshold of response to day-length combined with the short generation time results in the sexual morphs appearing very early in the year. This is of considerable adaptive significance in years when, as frequently happens, the aphids disappear locally before the onset of autumn. 相似文献
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Ly JD Grubb DR Lawen A 《Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death》2003,8(2):115-128
Mitochondrial dysfunction has been shown to participate in the induction of apoptosis and has even been suggested to be central to the apoptotic pathway. Indeed, opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore has been demonstrated to induce depolarization of the transmembrane potential (m), release of apoptogenic factors and loss of oxidative phosphorylation. In some apoptotic systems, loss of m may be an early event in the apoptotic process. However, there are emerging data suggesting that, depending on the model of apoptosis, the loss of m may not be an early requirement for apoptosis, but on the contrary may be a consequence of the apoptotic-signaling pathway. Furthermore, to add to these conflicting data, loss of m has been demonstrated to not be required for cytochrome c release, whereas release of apoptosis inducing factor AIF is dependent upon disruption of m early in the apoptotic pathway. Together, the existing literature suggests that depending on the cell system under investigation and the apoptotic stimuli used, dissipation of m may or may not be an early event in the apoptotic pathway. Discrepancies in this area of apoptosis research may be attributed to the fluorochromes used to detect m. Differential degrees of sensitivity of these fluorochromes exist, and there are also important factors that contribute to their ability to accurately discriminate changes in m. 相似文献