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Oncostatin M, a multifunctional cytokine   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  
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1.  Tethered flies (Musca domestica) walking on an air-suspended ball show a spontaneous response to the e-vector of polarized light presented from above, i.e. a slowly rotating e-vector induces periodic changes in the flies' turning tendency. Suitable control experiments exclude the possibility that the response is elicited by intensity gradients in the stimulus (Figs. 1 and 2).
2.  Presence of the e-vector response in both white and UV light and its complete absence in yellow light equally support the concept that the specialized dorsal rim area of the compound eye with its highly polarization sensitive UV receptors R7marg and R8marg mediates polarization vision in flies (Fig. 3).
3.  E-vector orientations inducing no turning response additional to the fly's inherent turning tendency are either parallel (avoided e-vector) or perpendicular (preferred e-vector) to the animal's body axis (Figs. 1 and 4).
4.  Considering the fanlike arrangement of the microvillar orientations of R7marg and R8marg in the dorsal rim area of the eye of Calliphora and Musca, a stabilizing function of polarization vision in controlling the flight course is suggested and discussed in the context of results from other behavioural studies.
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Müller  D. G.  Frenzer  K. 《Hydrobiologia》1993,(1):37-44
Culture studies with healthy and virus-infected isolates of Ectocarpus siliculosus, Feldmannia simplex and F. irregularis gave the following results:
–  Virus particles are produced in deformed reproductive organs (sporangia or gametangia) of the hosts and are released into the surrounding seawater.
–  Their infective potential is lost after several days of storage under laboratory conditions.
–  New infections occur when gametes or spores of the host get in contact with virus particles. The virus genome enters all cells of the developing new plant via mitosis.
–  Virus expression is variable, and in many cases the viability of the host is not impaired. Infected host plants may be partly fertile and pass the infection to their daughter plants.
–  Meiosis of the host can eliminate the virus genome and generate healthy progeny.
–  The genome of the Ectocarpus virus consists of dsDNA. Meiotic segregation patterns suggest an intimate association between virus genome and host chromosomes.
–  An extra-generic host range has been demonstrated for the Ectocarpus virus.
–  Field observations suggest that virus infections in ectocarpalean algae occur on all coasts of the world, and many or all Ectocarpus and Feldmannia populations are subject to contact with virus genomes.
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1.  A 28-kDa peptide from the brain of the tobacco hornworm,Manduca sexta, was purifiedvia HPLC. The peptide copurified with the insect neurohormone, prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH), through two HPLC columns.
2.  Immunocyctochemistry using polyclonal antibodies against the 28-kDa peptide revealed that the peptide was produced in the same protocerebral neurons that produce PTTH. Western blot analysis demonstrated that the 28-kDa peptide and big PTTH are different molecules.
3.  A PTTHin vitro bioassay indicated that despite having chromatographic properties similar to those of big PTTH and being produced by the same neurons, the 28-kDa peptide did not have PTTH activity.
4.  Amino acid sequence analysis yielded a 27 N-terminal amino acid sequence that had no similarity with known peptides.
5.  Immunocytochemical studies revealed that the 28-kDa peptide is present as early as 30% embryonic development and is absent by adult eclosion. This is in contrast to big PTTH, which is expressed throughout theManduca life cycle.
6.  These data suggest that the 28-kDa peptide is another secretory phenotype of the lateral neurosecretory cell group III (L-NSC III) which may have functions distinct from those for big PTTH or may act synergistically with big PTTH.
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The effects of photoperiod on the development of in vitro grown plantlets of yam (Dioscorea alata L.), were investigated. Plantlets were transplanted into pots, acclimatizated until they reached vegetative stages V1 (3 leaves) or V2 (8 leaves), and then grown under 12-h or 16-h photoperiod. The formation and development of underground tubers was only induced under 12-h photoperiod. Tuber initiation was not related to the initial vegetative stage of plants, and the tubers were visible at about 18 – 24 d. On the contrary, a 16-h photoperiod inhibited tuber formation and stimulated vine and leaf growth. The total dry matter production and the number of leaves per plant of V1 stage plants were 50 and 30 % lower respectively, after 44 d under 12-h compared to 16-h photoperiod. These parameters were not influenced by photoperiod in V2 stage plants. Consequently, the effect of 12-h photoperiod on dry matter of V1 plants was attributed to a source limitation related to the early initiation of tuberization. The transfer of plants grown under 12-h to 16-h photoperiod stopped tuber growth and starch accumulation. On the other hand, it stimulated the shoots and the roots to grow.Abbreviations
LD  long day (16 h)
SH  short day (12 h)
The present study was supported by the Regional Council of Guadeloupe.  相似文献   

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1.  We used laser vibrometry and free field sound stimulation to study the frequency responses of the eardrum and the lateral body wall of awake male Eleutherodactylus coqui.
2.  The eardrum snowed one of two distinct frequency responses depending on whether the glottis was open (GO response) or closed (GC response) during the measurement.
3.  The lateral body wall vibrated with a maximum amplitude close to that of the eardrum and in the same frequency range.
4.  Covering the frog's body wall with vaseline reduced the vibration amplitude of the GC response by up to 15 dB.
5.  When a closed sound delivery system was used to stimulate a local area of the body wall the eardrum also showed one of two types of responses.
6.  These results suggest that sound is transmitted via the lung cavity to the internal surface of the eardrum. This lung input has a significant influence on the vibrations of the eardrum even when the glottis is closed.
7.  The vibration amplitude of the eardrum changed with the angle of sound incidence. The directionality was most pronounced in a narrow frequency range between the two main frequencies of the conspecific advertisement call.
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Thiolutin was found to inhibit the utilization of glucose and other growth substrates in Escherichia coli. The inhibition was detected by a sharp drop of the respiration rate after addition of the antibiotic. The actual function affected was allocated to the cytoplasmic membrane of the bacterial cells by the following evidence:
–  - spheroplasts were affected like intact cells,
–  - individual reactions of either the electron transport chain or the glycolytic pathway were not inhibited,
–  - glucose consumption in the culture stopped and the cells accumulated guanosine tetraphosphate as under starvation conditions,
–  - activation of the cell's apo-glucose dehydrogenase restored respiration via bypassing the glucose phosphotransferase system.
It was concluded that the transport of certain substrates across the membrane was inhibited.  相似文献   

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1.  The effects of three barbiturates and the local anesthetic procaine on the ion channel function of mouse nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) muscle subtype expressed inXenopus laevis oocytes were examined by whole-cell voltage-clamp technique.
2.  A concentration-response curve for the specific nicotinic agonist dimethylphenylpiperazinium iodide (DMPP) was first determined. This agonist produced increasing whole-cell currents up to a concentration of 100µM (EC50 = 13µM), then decreased responses at higher concentrations.
3.  The barbiturates (amobarbital, secobarbital, pentobarbital) and procaine produced reversible inhibition of DMPP-induced currents at clinically used concentrations. The two classes of drugs differed in the voltage dependence of the inhibition: procaine-induced inhibition was increased at more negative transmembrane holding potentials (-90 vs. -45 mV); whereas amobarbital-induced inhibition did not vary at different transmembrane potentials.
4.  Mutant forms of the nAChR, containing single amino acid changes in the M2 regions of and subunits, showed increased sensitivity to procaine but no change in sensitivity to amobarbital-induced inhibition.
5.  These electrophysiologic studies provide further evidence that barbiturates and local anesthetics produce inhibition of the nAChR at different sites.
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Glycolytic intermediates and related metabolites were measured in the fat body of the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) to locate the rate-limiting reactions that regulate glycolysis during the action of the corpus cardiacum (CC) in vitro.
1.  The concentrations of glucose 1-phosphate, fructose 6-phosphate, and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate were approximately doubled after 30 min treatment with CC extract, whereas that of glucose 6-phosphate increased more than four-fold. Slightly lower increases occurred after 10 and 60 min treatment.
2.  Triose phosphates, 2-phosphoglyceric acid, phosphoenolpyruvate and pyruvate were unaffected by CC extract.
3.  Glycerol 3-phosphate, which is 20\2-200 times more concentrated than any of the other measured metabolites in the unstimulated tissue, is increased more than two-fold by CC extract.
4.  NAD, NADP, and ATP were not significantly affected by CC extract. ADP was increased significantly by the gland extract.
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Methyl jasmonate (JA-Me) promoted leaf abscission of succulent plant, Crassula lycopodioides, and exudation from stems and leaves after leaf abscission when it was sprayed in whole plants. Major component of the exudate was identified as sucrose based on the results described below.
(1)  The reaction of the excudate was not positive in the Somogyi-Nelson method but in the phenol-sulfuric acid method.
(2)  The exudate was hydrolyzed with invertase of Candida utilis, after that showing a positive reaction in the Somogyi-Nelson method.
(3)  Only glucose and mannose were identified in the exudate after hydrolysis with trifluoroacetic acid using a gas-liquid chromatograph (GLC).
(4)  A single peak corresponding to the retention time of sucrose was observed using a high performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC).
In addition, potassium and sodium were found in the exudate as major inorganic cations. These results suggest that exudate of Crassula lycopodioides is phloem sap, and JA-Me promotes the excudation due to the inhibition of the synthesis of callose in sieve tubes of succulent plants.  相似文献   

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1.  We have obtained a cDNA clone encoding a human retinal D2 dopamine receptor.
2.  The longest open reading frame (1242 bp) of this clone encodes a protein of 414 amino acids having a predicted molecular weight of 47,000 and a transmembrane topology similar to that of other G protein-coupled receptors.
3.  Transient transfection of COS-7 cells with an expression vector containing the clone resulted in expression of a protein possessing a pharmacological profile similar to that of the D2 dopamine receptor found in striatum and retina.
4.  Northern blot analysis indicated that, in rat brain and retina, the mRNA for this receptor was 2.9 kb in size.
5.  In situ hybridization was performed to examine the distribution of the mRNA for this receptor in human retina. Specific hybridization was detected in both the inner and the outer nuclear layers.
6.  These findings are consistent with prior physiological and autoradiographic studies describing the localization of D2 dopamine receptors in vertebrate retinas. Our observations suggest that photoreceptors as well as cells in the inner nuclear layer of human retinas may express the mRNA for this D2 dopamine receptor.
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The caudal photoreceptors (CPRs) of crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) can trigger walking and abdominal movements by their response to light.
1.  In a restrained, inverted crayfish, illumination of A6 evoked a CPR discharge followed by leg movements and bursting from the abdominal tonic flexor (TF) motoneurons. Intracellular electrical stimulation of a single CPR at high frequency (80 Hz) evoked similar responses.
2.  Responses only occurred when a single CPR axon was driven at 60 Hz or more and outlasted the stimulus.
3.  CPR stimulation also excites the pattern-initiating network (Moore and Larimer 1987) in the abdomen.
4.  The axon of the CPR projects from ganglion A6 to the brain. Terminal branches occur in the subesophageal ganglion and the brain. A small descending interneuron is dye-coupled to CPR in the subesophageal ganglion.
5.  In animals with cut circumesophageal connectives, the CPRs can evoke walking and the abdominal motor pattern.
6.  The relationship of the abdominal motor pattern to walking is altered by restraint and/or inversion. In freely moving crayfish, the cyclic abdominal motor pattern is only observed with backward walking. In restrained, inverted crayfish, the motor pattern occurs with both forward or backward walking.
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The following findings concerning the structure of the cytochromeb 6 f complex and its component polypeptides, cytb 6, subunit IV and cytochromef subunit are discussed:
(1)  Comparison of the amino acid sequences of 13 and 16 cytochromeb 6 and subunit IV polypeptides, respectively, led to (a) reconsideration of the helix lengths and probable interface regions, (b) identification of two likely surface-seeking helices in cytb 6 and one in SU IV, and (c) documentation of a high degree of sequence invariance compared to the mitochondrial cytochrome. The extent of identity is particularly high (88% for conserved and pseudoconserved residues) in the segments of cytb 6 predicted to be extrinsic on then-side of the membrane.
(2)  The intramembrane attractive forces betweentrans-membrane helices that normally stabilize the packing of integral membrane proteins are relatively weak.
(3)  The complex isolated in dimeric form has been visualized, along with isolated monomer, by electron microscopy. The isolated dimer is much more active than the monomer, is the major form of the complex isolated and purified from chloroplasts, and is inferred to be a functional form in the membrane.
(4)  The isolated cytb 6 f complex contains one molecule of chlorophylla.
(5)  The structure of the 252 residue lumen-side domain of cytochromef isolated from turnip chloroplasts has been solved by X-ray diffraction analysis to a resolution of 2.3 Å.
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Flight metabolism of locusts has been extensively studied, but biochemical and physiological methods have led to conflicting results. For this reason the non-invasive and non-destructive method of 31P NMR spectroscopy was used to study migratory locusts, Locusta migratoria, at rest and during flight.
1.  In the flight muscle of resting locusts the ratio of phosphoarginine to ATP was the same whether determined by NMR (1.76) or biochemically, but the NMR-visible content of inorganic phosphate (Pi) was only 40% of ATP, i.e., much lower than total Pi as determined biochemically. This suggests that most of the Pi in flight muscle is not free, and hence not available as substrate or effector for cytosolic enzymes. Similarly, the free content of ADP and AMP in resting muscle was calculated to be much lower than the total content.
2.  Flight brought about a marked increase in Pi and a decrease in phosphoarginine in flight muscle although there was no change in intracellular pH.
3.  At the initiation of flight a new steady state of ATP, Pi, and phosphoarginine was rapidly established and minimal changes occurred after the first 2 s of flight.
4.  From the free contents of ATP and phosphoarginine in working flight muscle the flight-induced fractional increases in free ADP and free AMP were calculated to be 5.0-fold and 27.4-fold, respectively. As Pi, ADP, and AMP are substrates and potent effectors of enzymes, the flight-induced increase in their contents is likely to have marked effects on metabolic flux in working muscle.
5.  After short-term flight as well as prolonged flight, phosphoarginine, ATP, and Pi returned rapidly to their preflight levels, indicating that metabolic recovery from flight is rapid.
6.  The locust appears to be an appropriate model for the study of metabolic regulation in aerobic muscle during exercise.
Dedicated to Professor Dr. Ernst Zebe (University of Münster) on occasion of his 65th birthday.  相似文献   

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1.  The physiology and morphology of olfactory interneurons in the brain of larval Manduca sexta were studied using intracellular recording and staining techniques. Antennal olfactory receptors were stimulated with volatile substances from plants and with pure odorants. Neurons responding to the stimuli were investigated further to reveal their response specificities, dose-response characteristics, and morphology.
2.  We found no evidence of specific labeled-lines among the odor-responsive interneurons, as none responded exclusively to one plant odor or pure odorant; most olfactory interneurons were broadly tuned in their response spectra. This finding is consistent with an across-fiber pattern of odor coding.
3.  Mechanosensory and olfactory information are integrated at early stages of central processing, appearing in the responses of some local interneurons restricted to the primary olfactory nucleus in the brain, the larval antennal center (LAC).
4.  The responses of LAC projection neurons and higher-order protocerebral interneurons to a given odor were more consistent than the responses of LAC local interneurons.
5.  The LAC appears to be functionally subdivided, as both local and projection neurons had arborizations in specific parts of the LAC, but none had dendrites throughout the LAC.
6.  The mushroom bodies and the lateral protocerebrum contain neurons that respond to olfactory stimulation.
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1.  Spikes in Aplysia MA1 neurons produced excitatory (EJPs), inhibitory (IJPs), and diphasic inhibitory-excitatory junction potentials in different fibers of the buccal muscles.
2.  The IJPs following the MA1 spikes were recorded in the muscle fibers innervated by the jaw-closing motoneurons. The depolarization of muscle fibers produced by the motoneurons was largely suppressed by simultaneous MA1 firing, suggesting that the MA1 neurons make a direct connection to a part of the muscle fibers innervated by these motoneurons and inhibit them.
3.  The excitatory and inhibitory components of the junction potentials produced by MA1 were reversibly blocked by hexamethonium and d-tubocurarine, respectively. In contrast, the EJPs produced by the jaw-closing motoneurons were blocked by an amino acid antagonist, suggesting that the MA1 neurons and the jaw-closing motoneurons use different transmitters in the nerve-muscle junctions.
4.  The jaw movement produced by the jaw-closing motoneurons was suppressed by simultaneous MA1 firing, and the suppression was released by d-tubocurarine, suggesting that the IJPs produced by MA1 may contribute to the suppression of jaw movement. The firing of MA1 produced the vertical movement of the buccal muscles, which was blocked by hexamethonium, suggesting that the EJPs produced by MA1 may contribute to the vertical movement.
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1.  Umbrellar fragments of the leptomedusaCampanularia johnstoni with or without parts of the radial canal demonstrate a gradient in the potential for manubrium regeneration and in regeneration time.
2.  Implantation experiments exclude the manubrium as a source of inhibition or induction in the regeneration of another manubrium. One special case of inhibition appears to be due to competition for a common substrate.
3.  Medusa fragments consisting of only peripheral umbrella (C-fragments) undergo a considerably different restitution process as compared with fragments including a central portion of the umbrella (A-fragments). Vital stain is seen to disperse in the subumbrellar tissues during this process in C-fragments, whereas vital stain in A-fragments is observed to accumulate and later on is incorporated into the regenerating manubrium.
4.  The mesogloea of different-sized A-fragments retains a stable form when freed of its adhering cellular components, after a 12–24 h regeneration period; for C-fragments, however, the same result is not observed until 72 to 96 h after their excision.
5.  InPodocoryne carnea the observed gradients in manubrium regeneration can be abolished when the subumbrellar tissues are separated from the mesogloea by collagenase treatment.
6.  A model for manubrium regeneration in interradial fragments, based on the influence of tension exerted by the cicatrization process and the counteracting mesogloeal force, is presented and discussed.
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1.  By penetrating axons in the ventral nerve cord of the dragonfly, Aeshna umbrosa, we measured the intracellular responses of target-selective visual interneurons to movement of black square targets ranging from 1° to 32° visual angle at several levels of mean background luminance.
2.  Neuronal responses, measured both in number of spikes and in the magnitude of integrated postsynaptic potentials, showed a preference for larger target size at lower mean luminance (Table 1, Figs. 1–3). The latency of postsynaptic potential (psp) and spike responses from onset of target movement increased with a decrease in mean luminance (Fig. 1).
3.  A measure of mean target size preference (Eqn. 1) for one identified interneuron (MDT4) in both laboratory and outdoor lighting shows a continuous decrease of preferred size with increases of mean luminance over more than 4 orders of magnitude.
4.  The time to reach the new steady state of cell response after the decrease of mean luminance was ordinarily less than 30 s, but sometimes longer (Fig. 4).
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(1)  The influence of sheep grazing of moderate grazing (MG), heavy grazing (HG), inordinate grazing (IG), over grazing (OG), and extinct grazing (EG) on vegetation succession was studied in the Stipa baicalensis steppe during 1984–1986.
(2)  The relationships between the relative sum of dominance ratio (RSDR) and the degree of succession (DS) at all stages of grazing succession in the Stipa baicalensis steppe were revealed in terms of the method of mathematical analysis under five grazing intensities mentioned above.
(3)  The dynamic models of grazing succession that are based on accurate grazing intensities in relation to succession courses were constructed using RSDR5, and DS. The models may explain the rules of grazing succession in the Stipa baicalensis steppe.
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