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Reddy RC Hao Y Lee SH Gangireddy SR Owyang C DiMagno MJ 《American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology》2007,293(1):G112-G120
In mice, eNOS (endothelial nitric oxide synthase) maintains in vivo pancreatic secretory responses to carbachol or cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8), maintains insulin sensitivity, and modulates pancreatic microvascular blood flow (PMBF). eNOS(-/-) mice are insulin resistant, and their exocrine pancreatic secretion is impaired. We hypothesized that the reduced exocrine pancreatic secretion in eNOS(-/-) mice is due to insulin resistance or impaired PMBF. To test this hypothesis, we gave eNOS(-/-) and wild-type (WT) mice pioglitazone (20 or 50 mg.kg(-1).day(-1)), an insulin-sensitizing peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) activator, and measured pancreatic protein secretion evoked by CCK-8 (160 pmol.kg(-1).h(-1), a maximal stimulus). We also measured insulin resistance, serum glucose, C-peptide, insulin, pancreatic RNA digestive enzyme expression, and PMBF (microsphere technique). In WT mice, pioglitazone did not increase CCK-8-stimulated protein output over baseline. In eNOS(-/-) mice, however, pioglitazone substantially increased the low CCK-8-stimulated protein output that is characteristic of these mutant mice (P < 0.005). Pioglitazone abolished the CCK-8-evoked hyperinsulinemia (P < 0.005) and increased insulin sensitivity of eNOS(-/-) mice (P < 0.05), the latter based on hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp studies. Pioglitazone had no effect on PMBF or pancreas mRNA expression of insulin or digestive enzymes. We conclude that in hyperinsulinemic eNOS(-/-) mice, a nonobese model of insulin resistance relevant to diabetes mellitus and possibly chronic pancreatitis, reduced pancreatic secretion is caused, at least in part, by insulin resistance. Insulin-sensitizing PPAR-gamma agonists such as pioglitazone may thus simultaneously correct endocrine and exocrine pancreatic disorders. 相似文献
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Esophageal cancer involves multiple genetic alternations. A systematic codon usage bias analysis was completed to investigate the bias among the esophageal cancer responsive genes. GC-rich genes were low (average effective number of codon value was 49.28). CAG and GTA are over-represented and under-represented codons, respectively. Correspondence analysis, neutrality plot, and parity rule 2 plot analysis confirmed the dominance over mutation pressure in modulating the codon usage pattern of genes linked with esophageal cancer. 相似文献
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The use of the antiplatelet agents abciximab and clopidogrel is now accepted therapy in percutaneous coronary intervention. We present a case in which these agents were used in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura and a platelet count of 40x10(9)/l undergoing primary multivessel coronary stenting. This case shows that unstable coronary syndromes can occur in patients with thrombocytopaenia and that antiplatelet agents may be used safely in this context. 相似文献
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Karumuri NN Gangireddy SR Narala VR Majee SS Gunwar S Reddy RC 《Biotechnology letters》2007,29(9):1333-1339
Recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-BB (rhPDGF-BB) is used to treat full-thickness diabetic ulcers and is being
investigated for use in other chronic ulcers, non-healing wounds, and periodontal defects. A simple, novel method for expression
and purification of rhPDGF-BB from Escherichia coli is now described. This method produces the dimeric protein in high yield (10–12 mg/g wet cell mass) and with a purity >95%. rhPDGF-BB was exclusively
found in inclusion bodies (IBs) representing approx. 30% of the total cell proteins. The IBs were extracted and the monomer
purified by RP-HPLC. The purified rhPDGF-B monomer was then refolded using Tris buffer and subsequently dimerized to produce
biologically active rhPDGF-BB. This product was composed of two polypeptide chains, each approx. 12 kDa. The final product
exhibited specific activity in a fibroblast proliferation assay indistinguishable from that of the WHO reference standard. 相似文献
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Contrasting population structure from nuclear intron sequences and mtDNA of humpback whales 总被引:21,自引:4,他引:21
Powerful analyses of population structure require information from multiple
genetic loci. To help develop a molecular toolbox for obtaining this
information, we have designed universal oligonucleotide primers that span
conserved intron-exon junctions in a wide variety of animal phyla. We test
the utility of exon-primed, intron-crossing amplifications by analyzing the
variability of actin intron sequences from humpback, blue, and bowhead
whales and comparing the results with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotype
data. Humpback actin introns fall into two major clades that exist in
different frequencies in different oceanic populations. It is surprising
that Hawaii and California populations, which are very distinct in mtDNAs,
are similar in actin intron alleles. This discrepancy between mtDNA and
nuclear DNA results may be due either to differences in genetic drift in
mitochondrial and nuclear genes or to preferential movement of males, which
do not transmit mtDNA to offspring, between separate breeding grounds.
Opposing mtDNA and nuclear DNA results can help clarify otherwise hidden
patterns of structure in natural populations.
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SYNOPSIS. Ochromonas danica in a complex natural growth medium dies at 6–10 C in 4 days; O. malhamensis in ∼2 days. O. danica grown in the medium supplemented with 4.0% glycerol survived at −10±2 C for 35 days, and with 8% glycerol 29 days. O. malhamensis lasted only to 5 days in these media supplemented with 4% glycerol. Ethylene glycol and dimethylsulfoxide were too toxic to be effective. Difficulties in freeze-preservation of certain other phagocytic cells, notably blood granulocytes having comparatively simple flexuous outer membranes, add interest to use of O. danica and O. malhamensis as test organisms for preservation methods, especially in the convenient, inexpensive -10 to -20 C range. Biphasic media with an overlay of distilled water serve for conservation at room temperature. Problems of mutational erosion of these photosynthetic phagotrophs are discussed. 相似文献