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The impact of population dynamics on Y-chromosome microsatellite polymorphism. Mathematical modeling
In this article, we use mathematical modeling to study the impact of population dynamics on Y-chromosome STR-polymorphism accumulation in two independently evolving populations, namely, on the changes in genetic distance between the populations. Comparative analysis using two definitions of genetic distance—(δμ)2 and ASD—shows that, in contrast to (δμ)2, ASD is almost linearly dependent on time (except for sparse stationary populations, where deviations are observed). When the population numbers undergo oscillations, ASD proves to be smaller than that for stationary populations. 相似文献
2.
Jerzy A. Zoladz Zbigniew Szkutnik Joanna Majerczak Krzysztof Duda 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1998,78(4):369-377
The purpose of this study was to develop a method to determine the power output at which oxygen uptake (V˙O2) during an incremental exercise test begins to rise non-linearly. A group of 26 healthy non-smoking men [mean age 22.1 (SD
1.4) years, body mass 73.6 (SD 7.4) kg, height 179.4 (SD 7.5) cm, maximal oxygen uptake (V˙O2max) 3.726 (SD 0.363) l · min−1], experienced in laboratory tests, were the subjects in this study. They performed an incremental exercise test on a cycle
ergometer at a pedalling rate of 70 rev · min−1. The test started at a power output of 30 W, followed by increases amounting to 30 W every 3 min. At 5 min prior to the first
exercise intensity, at the end of each stage of exercise protocol, blood samples (1 ml each) were taken from an antecubital
vein. The samples were analysed for plasma lactate concentration [La]pl, partial pressure of O2 and CO2 and hydrogen ion concentration [H+]b. The lactate threshold (LT) in this study was defined as the highest power output above which [La−]pl showed a sustained increase of more than 0.5 mmol · l−1 · step−1. The V˙O2 was measured breath-by-breath. In the analysis of the change point (CP) of V˙O2 during the incremental exercise test, a two-phase model was assumed for the 3rd-min-data of each step of the test: X
i
=at
i
+b+ɛ
i
for i=1,2,…,T, and E(X
i
)>at
i
+b for i =T+1,…,n, where X
1, … , X
n
are independent and ɛ
i
∼N(0,σ2). In the first phase, a linear relationship between V˙O2 and power output was assumed, whereas in the second phase an additional increase in V˙O2 above the values expected from the linear model was allowed. The power output at which the first phase ended was called the
change point in oxygen uptake (CP-V˙O2). The identification of the model consisted of two steps: testing for the existence of CP and estimating its location. Both
procedures were based on suitably normalised recursive residuals. We showed that in 25 out of 26 subjects it was possible
to determine the CP-O2 as described in our model. The power output at CP-V˙O2 amounted to 136.8 (SD 31.3) W. It was only 11 W – non significantly – higher than the power output corresponding to LT. The
V˙O2 at CP-V˙O2 amounted to 1.828 (SD 0.356) l · min−1 was [48.9 (SD 7.9)% V˙O2
max
]. The [La−]pl at CP-V˙O2, amounting to 2.57 (SD 0.69) mmol · l−1 was significantly elevated (P<0.01) above the resting level [1.85 (SD 0.46) mmol · l−1], however the [H+]b at CP-V˙O2 amounting to 45.1 (SD 3.0) nmol · l−1, was not significantly different from the values at rest which amounted to 44.14 (SD 2.79) nmol · l−1. An increase of power output of 30 W above CP-V˙O2 was accompanied by a significant increase in [H+]b above the resting level (P=0.03).
Accepted: 25 March 1998 相似文献
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D. L. Thompson K. M. Townsend R. Boughey K. Patterson D. R. Bassett Jr 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1998,78(1):43-49
Substrate utilization during and after low- and moderate-intensity exercise of similar caloric expenditure was compared.
Ten active males [age: 26.9 (4.8) years; height: 181.1 (4.8) cm; Mass: 75.7 (8.8) kg; maximum O2 consumption (V˙O2
max
): 51.2 (4.8) ml · kg−1 · min−1] cycled at 33% and 66% V˙O2
max
on separate days for 90 and 45 min, respectively. After exercise, subjects rested in a recumbent position for 6 h. Two h
post-exercise, subjects ate a standard meal of 66% carbohydrate (CHO), 11% protein, and 23% fat. Near-continuous indirect
calorimetry and measurement of urinary nitrogen excretion were used to determine substrate utilization. Total caloric expenditure
was similar for the two trials; however, significantly (P<0.05) more fat [42.4 (3.6) g versus 24.0 (12.2) g] and less CHO [142.5 (28.5) g versus 188.8 (45.2) g] was utilized as a
substrate during the low-intensity compared to the moderate-intensity trial. Protein utilization was similar for the two trials.
The difference in substrate use can be attributed to the exercise period because over twice as much fat was utilized during
low-intensity [30.0 (11.0) g] compared to moderate-intensity exercise [13.6 (6.6) g]. Significantly more (P<0.05) CHO was utilized during the moderate-intensity [106.0 (27.8) g] compared to the low-intensity exercise [68.7 (20.0) g].
Substrate use during the recovery period was not significantly different. We conclude that low-intensity, long-duration exercise
results in a greater total fat oxidation than does moderate intensity exercise of similar caloric expenditure. Dietary-induced
thermogenesis was not different for the two trials.
Accepted: 3 November 1997 相似文献
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S. S. Sudge K. B. Bastawde D. V. Gokhale U. R. Kalkote T. Ravindranathan 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》1998,49(5):594-599
About 1000 bacterial colonies isolated from sea water were screened for their ability to convert dl-5-phenylhydantoin to d(−)N-carbamoylphenylglycine as a criterion for the determination of hydantoinase activity. The strain M-1, out of 11 hydantoinase-producing
strains, exhibited the maximum ability to convert dl-5-phenylhydantoin to d(−)N-carbamoylphenylglycine. The strain M-1 appeared to be a halophilic Pseudomonas sp. according to morphological and physiological characteristics. Optimization of the growth parameters revealed that nutrient
broth with 2% NaCl was the preferred medium for both biomass and enzyme production. d-Hydantoinase of strain M-1 was not found to be inducible by the addition of uracil, dihydrouracil, β-alanine etc. The optimum
temperature for enzyme production was about 25 °C and the organism showed a broad pH optimum (pH 6.5–9.0) for both biomass
and hydantoinase production. The organism seems to have a strict requirement of NaCl for both growth and enzyme production.
The optimum pH and temperature of enzyme activity were 9–9.5 and 30 °C respectively. The biotransformation under the alkaline
conditions allowed the conversion of 80 g l−1
dl-5-phenylhydantoin to 82 g l−1
d(−)N-carbamoylphenylglycine within 24 h with a molar yield of 93%.
Received: 15 September 1997 / Received revision: 5 January 1998 / Accepted: 6 January 1998 相似文献
5.
We present anO(R logP) time,O(M+P
2
) space algorithm for searching a restriction map withM sites for the best matches to a shorter map withP sites, whereR, the number of matching site pairs, is bounded byMP. As first proposed by Watermanet al. (1984,Nucl. Acids Res.
12, 237–242) the objective function used to score matches is additive in the number of unaligned sites and the discrepancies
in the distances between adjacent aligned sites. Our algorithm is basically a sparse dynamic programming computation in which
“candidate lists” are used to model the future contribution of all previously computed entries to those yet to be computed.
A simple modification to the algorithm computes the distance between two restriction maps withM andN sites, respectively, inO(MN(logM+logN)) time.
This author’s work was supported in part by National Library of Medicine Grant R01-LM4960.
This author’s work was supported in part by National Library of Medicine Grant R01-LM5110. 相似文献
6.
Carlo Capelli Dave R. Pendergast B. Termin 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1998,78(5):385-393
The energy cost per unit of distance (C
s, kilojoules per metre) of the front-crawl, back, breast and butterfly strokes was assessed in 20 elite swimmers. At sub-maximal
speeds (v), C
s was measured dividing steady-state oxygen consumption (V˙O2) by the speed (v, metres per second). At supra-maximal v, C
s was calculated by dividing the total metabolic energy (E, kilojoules) spent in covering 45.7, 91.4 and 182.9 m by the distance. E was obtained as: E = E
an+V˙O2max
t
p−V˙O2max(1−e−(
t
p/)), where E
an was the amount of energy (kilojoules) derived from anaerobic sources, V˙O2max litres per second was the maximal oxygen uptake, α (=20.9 kJ · l O2
−1) was the energy equivalent of O2, τ (24 s) was the time constant assumed for the attainment of V˙O2max at muscle level at the onset of exercise, and t
p (seconds) was the performance time. The lactic acid component was assumed to increase exponentially with t
p to an asymptotic value of 0.418 kJ · kg−1 of body mass for t
p ≥ 120 s. The lactic acid component of E
an was obtained from the net increase of lactate concentration after exercise (Δ[La]b) assuming that, when Δ[La]b = 1 mmol · l−1 the net amount of metabolic energy released by lactate formation was 0.069 kJ · kg−1. Over the entire range of v, front crawl was the least costly stroke. For example at 1 m · s−1, C
s amounted, on average, to 0.70, 0.84, 0.82 and 0.124 kJ · m−1 in front crawl, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke, respectively; at 1.5 m · s−1, C
s was 1.23, 1.47, 1.55 and 1.87 kJ · m−1 in the four strokes, respectively. The C
s was a continuous function of the speed in all of the four strokes. It increased exponentially in crawl and backstroke, whereas
in butterfly C
s attained a minimum at the two lowest v to increase exponentially at higher v. The C
s in breaststroke was a linear function of the v, probably because of the considerable amount of energy spent in this stroke for accelerating the body during the pushing
phase so as to compensate for the loss of v occurring in the non-propulsive phase.
Accepted: 14 April 1998 相似文献
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G. Park F. H. Lu N. Ye M. W. Brechbiel S. V. Torti F. M. Torti R. P. Planalp 《Journal of biological inorganic chemistry》1998,3(5):449-457
The interaction of Fe(II) and Fe(III) with the novel Fe(II) chelator N,N′N″-tris(2-pyridylmethyl)-cis,cis-1,3,5-triaminocyclohexane (referred to as tachpyr) gives rise to six-coordinate, low-spin, cationic complexes of Fe(II).
Tachpyr also displays a cytotoxicity toward cultured bladder cancer cells that is believed to involve coordination of intracellular
iron. The anaerobic reaction of tachpyr with Fe(II) salts affords the Fe(II)-tachpyr2+ complex, but in presence of oxygen, oxidative dehydrogenation of one or two of the aminomethylene group(s) of the ligand
occurs, with formal loss of H2: R—N(H)—C(H)2—(2-py) → R—N=C(H)—(2-py)+H2. The resulting mono- and diimino Fe(II) complexes (denoted as [Fe(tachpyr-H2)]2+ and [Fe(tachpyr-2H2)]2+) are an inseparable mixture, but they may be fully oxidized by H2O2 to the known tris(imino) complex Fe(II)[cis,cis-1,3,5-tris(pyridine-2-carboxaldimino)cyclohexane]2+ (or [Fe(tachpyr-3H2)]2+). Cyclic voltammetry of the imino complex mixture reveals an irreversible anodic wave at +0.78 V vs. NHE. Tachpyr acts as
a reducing agent toward Fe(IIII) salts, affording the same two Fe(II) imino complexes as products. Tachpyr also reductively
removes Fe(III) from an Fe(III)(ATP)3 complex (which is a putative form of intracellular iron), producing the two Fe(II) imino complexes. Novel N-alkylated derivatives of tachpyr have been synthesized. N-Alkylation has two effects on tachpyr: lowering metal affinity through increased steric hindrance, and preventing Fe(III)
reduction because oxidative dehydrogenation of nitrogen is blocked. The N-methyl tachpyr derivative binds Fe(II) only weakly as a high-spin complex, and no complexation or reduction of Fe(III) is
observed. Corresponding to their inability to bind iron, the N-alkylated chelators are nontoxic to cultured bladder cancer cells. A tach-based chelator with three N-propyleneamino arms is also synthesized. Studies of the chemical and biochemical properties of this chelator further support
a relationship between intracellular iron chelation, iron reduction, and cytotoxicity.
Received: 23 March 1998 / Accepted: 1 June 1998 相似文献
8.
A feeding trial was performed in the laboratory with the catfish species Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus to determine stable carbon (13C) and nitrogen (15 N) turnover rates and discrimination factors in non-lethally sampled tissues (red blood cells, plasma solutes, and fin).
A second feeding trial was conducted to determine what P. disjunctivus could assimilate from low-quality wood-detritus—refractory polysaccharides (e.g., cellulose), or soluble wood-degradation products inherent in wood-detritus. This was performed
by feeding the fish an artificial wood-detritus diet with fibrous (δ13C = −26.36‰; δ15
N = 2.13‰) and soluble portions (δ13C = −11.82‰; δ15
N = 3.39‰) that had different isotopic signatures and monitoring the dynamics of isotopic incorporation in the different tissues
over time. Plasma solutes turned over more quickly than red blood cells for 13C and 15 N. However, in contrast to previous studies of juvenile fishes, C and N incorporation was primarily driven by catabolic tissue
turnover as opposed to growth rate. Tissue-diet discrimination factors for 15 N varied from 4.08 to 5.17‰, whereas they were <2‰ for 13C (and less than 0.3‰ for plasma and red blood cells). The results of trial two suggested that P. disjunctivus could not assimilate refractory polysaccharides. Moreover, the δ13C and δ15 N signatures of wild-caught P. disjunctivus from Florida confirmed their detrital trophic standing in Floridian aquatic ecosystems. 相似文献
9.
David V. B. James Jonathan H. Doust 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1998,77(6):551-555
Eight male endurance runners [mean ± (SD): age 25 (6) years; height 1.79 (0.06) m; body mass 70.5 (6.0) kg; % body fat 12.5
(3.2); maximal oxygen consumption (V˙O2max 62.9 (1.7) ml · kg−1 · min−1] performed an interval training session, preceded immediately by test 1, followed after 1 h by test 2, and after 72 h by
test 3. The training session was six 800-m intervals at 1 km · h−1 below the velocity achieved at V˙O2max with 3 min of recovery between each interval. Tests 1, 2 and 3 were identical, and included collection of expired gas, measurement
of ventilatory frequency (f
v
), heart rate (f
c), rate of perceived exertion (RPE), and blood lactate concentration ([La−]B) during the final 5 min of 15 min of running at 50% of the velocity achieved at V˙O2max (50% −V˙O2max).␣Oxygen uptake (V˙O2), ventilation (V˙
E
), and respiratory exchange ratio (R) were subsequently determined from duplicate expired gas collections. Body mass and plasma volume changes were measured preceding
and immediately following the training session, and before tests 1–3. Subjects ingested water immediately following the training
session, the volume of which was determined from the loss of body mass during the session. Repeated measures analysis of variance
with multiple comparison (Tukey) was used to test differences between results. No significant differences in body mass or
plasma volume existed between the three test stages, indicating that the differences recorded for the measured parameters
could not be attributed to changes in body mass or plasma volume between tests, and that rehydration after the interval training
session was successful. A significant (P < 0.05) increase was found from test 1 to test 2 [mean (SD)] for V˙O2 [2.128 (0.147) to 2.200 (0.140) 1 · min−1], f
c [125 (17) to 132 (16) beats · min−1], and RPE [9 (2) to 11 (2)]. A significant (P < 0.05) decrease was found for submaximal R [0.89 (0.03) to 0.85 (0.04)]. These results suggest that alterations in V˙O2 during moderate-intensity, constant-velocity running do occur following heavy-intensity endurance running training, and that
this is due to factors in addition to changed substrate metabolism towards greater fat utilisation, which could explain only
31% of the increase in V˙O2.
Accepted: 8 December 1997 相似文献
10.
Jerzy A. Zoladz Krzysztof Duda Joanna Majerczak 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1998,77(5):445-451
A group of 12 healthy non-smoking men [mean age 22.3 (SD 1.1) years], performed an incremental exercise test. The test started
at 30 W, followed by increases in power output (P) of 30 W every 3 min, until exhaustion. Blood samples were taken from an antecubital vein for determination of plasma concentration
lactate [La−]pl and acid-base balance variables. Below the lactate threshold (LT) defined in this study as the highest P above which a sustained increase in [La−]pl was observed (at least 0.5 mmol · l−1 within 3 min), the pulmonary oxygen uptake (V˙O2) measured breath-by-breath, showed a linear relationship with P. However, at P above LT [in this study 135 (SD 30) W] there was an additional accumulating increase in V˙O2 above that expected from the increase in P alone. The magnitude of this effect was illustrated by the difference in the final P observed at maximal oxygen uptake (V˙O2max) during the incremental exercise test (P
max,obs at V˙O2max) and the expected power output at V˙O2max(P
max,exp at V˙O2max) predicted from the linear V˙O2-P relationship derived from the data collected below LT. The P
max,obs at V˙O2max amounting to 270 (SD 19) W was 65.1 (SD 35) W (19%) lower (P<0.01) than the P
max,exp at V˙O2max
. The mean value of V˙O2max reached at P
max,obs amounted to 3555 (SD 226) ml · min−1 which was 572 (SD 269) ml · min−1 higher (P<0.01) than the V˙O2 expected at this P, calculated from the linear relationship between V˙O2 and P derived from the data collected below LT. This fall in locomotory efficiency expressed by the additional increase in V˙O2, amounting to 572 (SD 269) ml O2 · min−1, was accompanied by a significant increase in [La−]pl amounting to 7.04 (SD 2.2) mmol · l−1, a significant increase in blood hydrogen ion concentration ([H+]b) to 7.4 (SD 3) nmol · l−1 and a significant fall in blood bicarbonate concentration to 5.78 (SD 1.7) mmol · l−1, in relation to the values measured at the P of the LT. We also correlated the individual values of the additional V˙O2 with the increases (Δ) in variables [La−]pl and Δ[H+]b. The Δ values for [La−]pl and Δ[H+]b were expressed as the differences between values reached at the P
max,obs at V˙O2max and the values at LT. No significant correlations between the additional V˙O2 and Δ[La−]pl on [H+]b were found. In conclusion, when performing an incremental exercise test, exceeding P corresponding to LT was accompanied by a significant additional increase in V˙O2 above that expected from the linear relationship between V˙O2 and P occurring at lower P. However, the magnitude of the additional increase in V˙O2 did not correlate with the magnitude of the increases in [La−]pl and [H+]b reached in the final stages of the incremental test.
Accepted: 30 October 1997 相似文献
11.
This study examined the thermoregulatory responses of men (group M) and women (group F) to uncompensable heat stress. In
total, 13 M [mean (SD) age 31.8 (4.7) years, mass 82.7 (12.5) kg, height␣1.79␣(0.06) m, surface area to mass ratio 2.46␣(0.18) m2 · kg−1 · 10−2, Dubois surface area 2.01 (0.16) m2, %body fatness 14.6 (3.9)%, V˙O2peak 49.0 (4.8) ml · kg−1 · min−1] and 17 F [23.2 (4.2) years, 62.4 (7.7) kg, 1.65 (0.07) m, 2.71 (0.14) m2 · kg−1 · 10−2, 1.68 (0.13) m2, 20.2 (4.8)%, 43.2 (6.6) ml · kg−1 · min−1, respectively] performed light intermittent exercise (repeated intervals of 15 min of walking at 4.0 km · h−1 followed by 15 min of seated rest) in the heat (40°C, 30% relative humidity) while wearing nuclear, biological, and chemical
protective clothing (0.29 m2 ·°C · W−1 or 1.88 clo, Woodcock vapour permeability coefficient 0.33 i
m). Group F consisted of eight non-users and nine users of oral contraceptives tested during the early follicular phase of
their menstrual cycle. Heart rates were higher for F throughout the session reaching 166.7 (15.9) beats · min−1 at 105 min (n = 13) compared with 145.1 (14.4) beats · min−1 for M. Sweat rates and evaporation rates from the clothing were lower and average skin temperature () was higher for F. The increase in rectal temperature (T
re) was significantly faster for the F, increasing 1.52 (0.29)°C after 105 min compared with an increase of 1.37 (0.29)°C for
M. Tolerance times were significantly longer for M [142.9 (24.5) min] than for F [119.3 (17.3) min]. Partitional calorimetric
estimates of heat storage (S) revealed that although the rate of S was similar between genders [42.1 (6.6) and 46.1 (9.7) W · m−2 for F and M, respectively], S expressed per unit of total mass was significantly lower for F [7.76 (1.44) kJ · kg−1] compared with M [9.45 (1.26) kJ · kg−1]. When subjects were matched for body fatness (n = 8 F and 8 M), tolerance times [124.5 (14.7) and 140.3 (27.4) min for F and M, respectively] and S [8.67 (1.44) and 9.39 (1.05) kJ · kg−1 for F and M, respectively] were not different between the genders. It was concluded that females are at a thermoregulatory
disadvantage compared with males when wearing protective clothing and exercising in a hot environment. This disadvantage can
be attributed to the lower specific heat of adipose versus non-adipose tissue and a higher percentage body fatness.
Accepted: 31 October 1997 相似文献
12.
Jingyuan Ai John A. Broadwater Thomas M. Loehr Joann Sanders-Loehr B. G. Fox 《Journal of biological inorganic chemistry》1997,2(1):37-45
The stearoyl-acyl carrier protein Δ9 desaturase (Δ9D) uses an oxo-bridged diiron center to catalyze the NAD(P)H– and O2–dependent desaturation of stearoyl-ACP. Δ9D, ribonucleotide reductase, and methane monooxygenase have substantial similarities
in their amino acid primary sequences and the physical properties of their diiron centers. These three enzymes also appear
to share common features of their reaction cycles, including the binding of O2 to the diferrous state and the subsequent generation of transient diferric-peroxo and diferryl species. In order to investigate
the coordination environment of the proposed diferric-peroxo intermediate, we have studied the binding of azide to the diiron
center of Δ9D using optical, resonance Raman (RR), and transient kinetic spectroscopic methods. The addition of azide results
in the appearance of new absorption bands at 325 nm and 440 nm (k
app≈3.5 s–1 in 0.7 M NaN3, pH 7.8). RR experiments demonstrate the existence of two different adducts: an η1–terminal structure at pH 7.8 (14N3
– asymmetric stretch at 2073 cm–1, resolved into two bands with 15N14N2
–) and a μ-1,3 bridging structure at pH<7 (14N3
– asymmetric stretch at 2100 cm–1, shifted as a single band with 15N14N2
–). Both adducts also exhibit an Fe–N3 stretching mode at ≈380 cm–1, but no accompanying Fe–O–Fe stretching mode, presumably due to either protonation or loss of the oxo bridge. The ability
to form a μ-1,3 bridging azide supports the likelihood of a μ-1,2 bridging peroxide as a catalytic intermediate in the Δ9D
reaction cycle and underscores the adaptability of binuclear sites to different bridging geometries.
Received: 23 August 1996 / Accepted: 4 October 1996 相似文献
13.
M. Graf A. Brunella M. Kittelmann K. Laumen O. Ghisalba 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》1997,47(6):650-657
A new amidohydrolase deacetylating several N-acetyl-1-phenylethylamine derivatives (R)-specifically was found in Arthrobacter aurescens AcR5b. The strain was isolated from a wet haystack by enrichment culture with (R)-N-acetyl-1-phenylethylamine as the sole carbon source. (R) and (S )-N-acetyl-1-phenylethylamine do not serve as inducers for acylase formation. By improving the growth conditions the enzyme production
was increased 47-fold. The amidohydrolase was purified to homogeneity leading to a 5.2-fold increase of the specific activity
with a recovery of 67%. A molecular mass of 220 kDa was estimated by gel filtration. Sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide
gel electrophorosis shows two subunits with molecular masses of 16 kDa and 89 kDa. The optimum pH and temperature were pH 8
and 50 °C, respectively. The enzyme was stable in the range of pH 7–9 and at temperatures up to 30 °C. The enzyme activity
was inhibited by Cu2+, Co2+, Ni2+, and Zn2+, and this inhibition was reversed by EDTA.M
Received: 20 September 1996 / Received version: 23 December 1996 / Accepted: 30 December 1996 相似文献
14.
Mannose-binding lectin haplotypes influence Brucella abortus infection in the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
R. Capparelli M. Parlato M. G. Amoroso S. Roperto R. Marabelli F. Roperto D. Iannelli 《Immunogenetics》2008,60(3-4):157-165
A case-control study established that the haplotype pair HYA/HYA at the MBL (mannose binding lectin) locus of water buffalo
is associated with resistance to Brucella abortus infection (P < 10−7) and the haplotype pairs LYD/LYD with susceptibility to the same pathogen (P < 10−7). The subjects included in the present study were tested twice—at a 1-month interval—for the presence of anti-B. abortus antibodies in the serum by agglutination, complement fixation and flow cytometry. Cases (335 subjects) included animals consistently
positive to all these tests; controls (335 subjects) comprised animals exposed yet negative by the same tests. The serum from
genetically resistant subjects displayed in vitro significantly higher antibacterial activity compared to the serum from genetically
susceptible subjects, lending biological significance to the results from the association study. Inhibition of the antibacterial
activity following heat treatment of the serum, addition of specific MBL inhibitors (EDTA, mannose, N-acetyl-d-glucosamine) or anti-human MBL antiserum provide convincing evidence that the antibacterial activity present in the serum
results from the interaction between MBL and B. abortus. A replication study (comprising 100 cases and 100 controls) confirmed the results from the original study. 相似文献
15.
Hiroshi Takaki Kenji Sunagawa Masaru Sugimachi Yasushi Hara Toru Kawada Takashi Kurita Yoichi Goto 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1998,78(4):333-339
The transient response of oxygen uptake (V˙O2) to submaximal exercise, known to be abnormal in patients with cardiovascular disorders, can be useful in assessing the functional
status of the cardiocirculatory system, however, a method for evaluating it accurately has not yet been established. As an
alternative approach to the conventional test at constant exercise intensity, we applied a random stimulus technique that
has been shown to provide relatively noise immune responses of system being investigated. In 27 patients with heart failure
and 24 age-matched control subjects, we imposed cycle exercise at 50 W intermittently according to a pseudo-random binary
(exercise-rest) sequence, while measuring breath-by-breath V˙O2. After determining the transfer function relating exercise intensity (W˙) to V˙O2 and attenuating the high frequency ranges (>6 exercise-rest cycles · min−1), we computed the high resolution band-limited (0–6 cycles · min−1) V˙O2 response (0–120 s) to a hypothetical step exercise. The V˙O2 response showed a longer time constant in the patients than in the control subjects [47 (SD 37) and 31 (SD 8) s, respectively,
P < 0.05]. Furthermore, the amplitude of the V˙O2 response after the initial response was shown to be significantly smaller in the patients than in the control subjects [176
(SD 50) and 267 (SD 54) ml · min−1 at 120 s]. The average amplitude over 120 s correlated well with peak V˙O2 (r = 0.73) and ΔV˙O2/ΔW˙ (r = 0.70), both of which are well-established indexes of exercise tolerance. The data indicated that our band-limited V˙O2
step response using random exercise was more markedly attenuated and delayed in the patients with heart failure than in the normal controls
and that it could be useful in quantifying the overall functional status of the cardiocirculatory system.
Accepted: 6 January 1998 相似文献
16.
D. Audet D. W. Thomas 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》1997,167(2):146-152
The present study questions whether hypothermia is an artifact due to captivity-induced stress or a thermoregulatory strategy
for bats of the neotropical family Phyllostomidae. In Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Carollia perspicillata and Sturnira lilium exhibited a bimodal distribution of body temperatures when submitted to an ambient temperature of 21 °C. Body temperature
was highly correlated with body mass in both species. C. perspicillata of mass ≥20 g and S. lilium of mass ≥17 g remained normothermic (body temperature >37 °C), whereas at masses below 18 g and 13 g, respectively, >80%
of individuals were hypothermic (body temperature ≤32 °C). In two treatment groups for each species, we restricted food intake
to ca. 20% of body mass on either night 1 or night 4 following capture. Hypothermia was significantly related to food-restriction,
but not time in captivity. Metabolic rate (ml O2 · g−1 h−1) at ambient temperature = 21 °C was MR = e
(–2.11 + 0.101 Tb) (r
2 = 0.7, P < 0.001) for C. perspicillata and MR = e
(−2.62 + 0.115 Tb) (r
2 = 0.89) for S. lilium. Free-ranging, radio tagged C. perspicillata exhibited daily depression of body temperature to 33–34 °C. We conclude that hypothermia is an thermoregulatory strategy
that allows phyllostomid bats to adjust metabolic rate to feeding success and the level of fat stores.
Accepted: 20 August 1996 相似文献
17.
Bioenergetics and RNA/DNA ratios in the common carp (Cyprinus carpio ) under hypoxia 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Zhou BS Wu RS Randall DJ Lam PK 《Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology》2001,171(1):49-57
Hypoxia caused by eutrophication occurs over large areas in aquatic systems worldwide. Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to hypoxia (1 mg · O2 · l−1 and 2 mg · O2 · l−1) for 1 week showed a significant reduction in feeding rate, respiration rate, faecal production and nitrogenous excretion
compared to those maintained at normoxia (7 mg · O2 · l−1). Fish exposed to hypoxia showed negative scope for growth (SfG), but no significant difference in the specific growth rate
was revealed after 1 week in both hypoxic groups. A significant reduction in RNA/DNA ratio was, however, clearly evident in
the white muscle of the 1 mg · O2 · l−1 treatment group, but not in the 2 mg · O2 · l−1 treatment group. Both specific growth rate and RNA/DNA ratio were significantly reduced when fish were exposed to severe
hypoxia (0.5 mg · O2 · l−1) for 4 weeks. At all levels of hypoxia, growth reduction was accompanied by a significant decrease in RNA/DNA ratio in white
muscle. Covariance analysis showed no significant difference between the slope of RNA/DNA ratio and growth rate under normoxic
conditions and 0.5 mg · O2 · l−1 for 4 weeks (F=1.036, P > 0.326), as well as 1.0 mg · O2 · l−1 and 2.0 mg · O2 · l−1 for 1 week (F = 0.457, P > 0.5), indicating that the RNA/DNA ratio serves as a biomarker of growth under all oxygen levels, at least under controlled
experimental conditions. SfG also appears to be more sensitive than the RNA/DNA ratio in responding to hypoxia in fish.
Accepted: 15 September 2000 相似文献
18.
Fifteen young adult Singaporean male physical education students maximum oxygen consumption [(V˙O2max) = 56 (4.7) ml · kg−1 · min−1] performed three prolonged runs in a counterbalanced design. The running bouts varied in time (40 vs 60 min) and intensity
(70% vs 80% V˙O2
max
). Each prolonged run was separated by 7 days. The running economy (RE) at 10.8 km · h−1 during 10-min running bouts was measured before (RE1) and after (RE2) each prolonged run. A control study involved monitoring
RE at 10.8 km · h−1 before and after 60 min rest. There were no differences between RE1 and RE2 values during the control run. However, there
were differences between RE1 and RE2 values when separated by a prolonged run. For example, the mean (SD) changes in oxygen
consumption (ml · kg−1 · min−1) values were 38.2 (2.5) versus 40.1 (2.6) (40 min at 80% V˙O2
max
), 38.9 (2.8) versus 41.5 (2.6) (60 min at 70% V˙O2
max
), and 39.0 (3.1) versus 42.7 (2.9) (60 min at 80% V˙O2
max
; P < 0.01). The results of this investigation support the hypothesis that RE deteriorates during prolonged running, and that
the magnitude of the deterioration in RE increases with both increasing exercise intensity and duration.
Accepted: 14 July 1997 相似文献
19.
Interaction of maturation delay and nonlinear birth in population and epidemic models 总被引:16,自引:0,他引:16
A population with birth rate function B(N) N and linear death rate for the adult stage is assumed to have a maturation delay T>0. Thus the growth equation N′(t)=B(N(t−T)) N(t−T) e−
d
1
T−dN(t) governs the adult population, with the death rate in previous life stages d
1≧0. Standard assumptions are made on B(N) so that a unique equilibrium N
e
exists. When B(N) N is not monotone, the delay T can qualitatively change the dynamics. For some fixed values of the parameters with d
1>0, as T increases the equilibrium N
e
can switch from being stable to unstable (with numerically observed periodic solutions) and then back to stable. When disease
that does not cause death is introduced into the population, a threshold parameter R
0 is identified. When R
0<1, the disease dies out; when R
0>1, the disease remains endemic, either tending to an equilibrium value or oscillating about this value. Numerical simulations
indicate that oscillations can also be induced by disease related death in a model with maturation delay.
Received: 2 November 1998 / Revised version: 26 February 1999 相似文献
20.
H. Arabi H. Vandewalle P. Pitor J. de Lattre H. Monod 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1997,76(2):122-127
The present experiment was designed to study the importance of strength and muscle mass as factors limiting maximal oxygen
uptake (V˙O2
max
) in wheelchair subjects. Thirteen paraplegic subjects [mean age 29.8 (8.7) years] were studied during continuous incremental
exercises until exhaustion on an arm-cranking ergometer (AC), a wheelchair ergometer (WE) and motor-driven treadmill (TM).
Lean arm volume (LAV) was estimated using an anthropometric method based upon the measurement of various circumferences of
the arm and forearm. Maximal strength (MVF) was measured while pushing on the rim of the wheelchair for three positions of
the hand on the rim (−30°, 0° and +30°). The results indicate that paraplegic subjects reached a similar V˙O2
max
[1.23 (0.34) l · min−1, 1.25 (0.38) l · min−1, 1.22 (0.18) l · min−1 for AC, TM and WE, respectively] and V˙O2
max
/body mass [19.7 (5.2) ml · min−1 · kg−1, 19.5 (6.14) ml · min−1 · kg−1, 19.18 (4.27) ml · min−1 · kg−1 for AC, TM and WE, respectively on the three ergometers. Maximal heart rate f
c
max
during the last minute of AC (173 (17) beats · min−1], TM [168 (14) beats · min−1], and WE [165 (16) beats · min−1], were correlated, but f
c
max
was significantly higher for AC than for TM (P<0.03). There were significant correlations between MVF and LAV (P<0.001) and between the MVF data obtained at different angles of the hand on the rim [311.9 (90.1) N, 313.2 (81.2) N, 257.1
(71) N, at −30°, 0° and +30°, respectively]. There was no correlation between V˙O2
max
and LAV or MVF. The relatively low values of f
c
max
suggest that V˙O2
max
was, at least in part, limited by local aerobic factors instead of central cardiovascular factors. On the other hand, the
lack of a significant correlation between V˙O2
max
and MVF or muscle mass was not in favour of muscle strength being the main factor limiting V˙O2
max
in our subjects.
Accepted: 31 January 1997 相似文献