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This study was conducted to examine the psycho-emotional effects of repeated oral exposure to capsaicin, the principal active component of chili peppers. Each rat received 1 mL of 0.02% capsaicin into its oral cavity daily, and was subjected to behavioural tests following 10 daily administrations of capsaicin. Stereotypy counts and rostral grooming were significantly increased, and caudal grooming decreased, in capsaicin-treated rats during the ambulatory activity test. In elevated plus maze test, not only the time spent in open arms but also the percent arm entry into open arms was reduced in capsaicin-treated rats compared with control rats. In forced swim test, although swimming duration was decreased, struggling increased in the capsaicin group, immobility duration did not differ between the groups. Repeated oral capsaicin did not affect the basal levels of plasma corticosterone; however, the stress-induced elevation of plasma corticosterone was prolonged in capsaicin treated rats. Oral capsaicin exposure significantly increased c-Fos expression not only in the nucleus tractus of solitarius but also in the paraventricular nucleus. Results suggest that repeated oral exposure to capsaicin increases anxiety-like behaviours in rats, and dysfunction of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis may play a role in its pathophysiology. 相似文献
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KB Cullberg T Christiansen SK Paulsen JM Bruun SB Pedersen B Richelsen 《Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)》2013,21(3):454-460
Background:
Vascular growth is a prerequisite for adipose tissue (AT) development and expansion. Some AT cytokines and hormones have effects on vascular development, like vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF‐A), angiopoietin (ANG‐1), ANG‐2 and angiopoietin‐like protein‐4 (ANGPTL‐4).Methods:
In this study, the independent and combined effects of diet‐induced weight loss and exercise on AT gene expression and proteins levels of those angiogenic factors were investigated. Seventy‐nine obese males and females were randomized to: 1. Exercise‐only (EXO; 12‐weeks exercise without diet‐restriction), 2. Hypocaloric diet (DIO; 8‐weeks very low energy diet (VLED) + 4‐weeks weight maintenance diet) and 3. Hypocaloric diet and exercise (DEX; 8‐weeks VLED + 4‐weeks weight maintenance diet combined with exercise throughout the 12 weeks). Blood samples and fat biopsies were taken before and after the intervention.Results:
Weight loss was 3.5 kg in the EXO group and 12.3 kg in the DIO and DEX groups. VEGF‐A protein was non‐significantly reduced in the weight loss groups. ANG‐1 protein levels were significantly reduced 22‐25% after all three interventions (P < 0.01). The ANG‐1/ANG‐2 ratio was also decreased in all three groups (P < 0.05) by 27‐38%. ANGPTL‐4 was increased in the EXO group (15%, P < 0.05) and 9% (P < 0.05) in the DIO group. VEGF‐A, ANG‐1, and ANGPTL‐4 were all expressed in human AT, but only ANGPTL‐4 was influenced by the interventions.Conclusions:
Our data show that serum VEGF‐A, ANG‐1, ANG‐2, and ANGPTL‐4 levels are influenced by weight changes, indicating the involvement of these factors in the obese state. Moreover, it was found that weight loss generally was associated with a reduced angiogenic activity in the circulation. 相似文献3.
S.B. Gundllapalli Moses R.R. Cordero Otero D.C. La Grange P. van Rensburg I.S. Pretorius 《Biotechnology letters》2002,24(8):651-656
A haploid laboratory strain and four industrial (baking, brewing, wine, ATCC) strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were transformed with the Lipomyces kononenkoae -amylase-encoding gene (LKA1). These transformants displayed significant differences in terms of the level of secretory expression of LKA1 under control of the PGK1 promoter and terminator, as well as their ability to produce and secrete the LKA1-encoded rawstarch-degrading -amylase and to ferment starch. These results demonstrate the importance of the selection of appropriate host strains for yeast development pursuant to starch conversion into commercially important commodities via consolidated bioprocessing. 相似文献
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Janaína A Couto Karina LA Saraiva Cleiton D Barros Daniel P Udrisar Christina A Peixoto Juliany SB César Vieira Maria C Lima Suely L Galdino Ivan R Pitta Maria I Wanderley 《Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E》2010,8(1):13
Background
The present study was designed to examine the effect of chronic treatment with rosiglitazone - thiazolidinedione used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus for its insulin sensitizing effects - on the Leydig cell steroidogenic capacity and expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) and cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) in normal adult rats. 相似文献5.
Sarath B. Gundllapalli Ricardo R. Cordero Otero Isak S. Pretorius 《Annals of microbiology》2006,56(2):143-150
In a previous study we showed that the fusion of the cellulose-binding domain (CBD2) fromTrichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase II to a β-glucosidase (BGL1) enzyme fromSaccharomycopsis fibuligera significantly hindered its expression and secretion inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. This suggests that the possible low secretion of heterologous cellulolytic enzymes inS. cerevisiae could be attributed to the presence of a cellulose-binding domain (CBD) in these enzymes. The aim of this study was to increase the extracellular production of the chimeric CBD2-BGL1 enzyme (designated CBGL1) inS. cerevisiae. To achieve this, CBGL1 was used as a reporter enzyme for screening mutagenisedS. cerevisiae strains with increased ability to secrete CBD-associated enzymes such as cellulolytic enzymes. A mutant strain ofS. cerevisie, WM91-CBGL1, which exhibited up to 200 U L?1 of total activity, was isolated. Such activity was approximately threefold more than that of the parental host strain. Seventy-five per cent of the activity was detected in the extracellular medium. The mutant strain transformed with theT. resei CBH2 gene produced up to threefold more cellobiohydrolase enzyme than the parental strain, but with 50% of the total activity retained intracellularly. The cellobiohydrolase enzymes from the parent and mutant strains were partially purified and the characteristic properties analysed. 相似文献
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Marcos G Godoy Alejandra Aedo Molly JT Kibenge David B Groman Carmencita V Yason Horts Grothusen Angelica Lisperguer Marlene Calbucura Fernando Avendaño Marcelo Imilán Miguel Jarpa Frederick SB Kibenge 《BMC veterinary research》2008,4(1):1-13
Background
Several forms of progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) segregate in more than 100 breeds of dog with each PRA segregating in one or a few breeds. This breed specificity may be accounted for by founder effects and genetic drift, which have reduced the genetic heterogeneity of each breed, thereby facilitating the identification of causal mutations. We report here a new form of PRA segregating in the Border Collie breed. The clinical signs, including the loss of night vision and a progressive loss of day vision, resulting in complete blindness, occur at the age of three to four years and may be detected earlier through systematic ocular fundus examination and electroretinography (ERG). 相似文献7.
三氧化二砷对食管癌细胞增殖和热休克蛋白70表达的影响 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
目的:研究三氧化二砷(As2O3)对食管癌细胞增殖和热休克蛋白70(HSP70)表达的影响。方法:通过相差显微镜、流式细胞术、免疫细胞化学染色和免疫印迹分析等方法观察As2O3对人食管癌细胞株EC1的作用效果和作用机制。结果:与对照组相比,经2μmol/L和5μmol/Las2O3作用的细胞出现明显的生长抑制,G2/M期细胞比例增加;2μmol/Las2O3作用48h后经Ecl细胞HSP70(heat shock protein70)及HSC70(heat shock cognate protein70)表达均增加。结论:As2O3诱导食管癌细胞G2/M期阻滞抑制细胞增殖和生长;HSP70的升高是细胞对As2O3作用后出现的应激反应,并与细胞周期阻滞相关。 相似文献
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The 18S ribosomal RNAs of 21 tetrapods were sequenced and aligned with five
published tetrapod sequences. When the coelacanth was used as an outgroup,
Lissamphibia (living amphibians) and Amniota (amniotes) were found to be
statistically significant monophyletic groups. Although little resolution
was obtained among the lissamphibian taxa, the amniote sequences support a
sister-group relationship between birds and mammals. Portions of the 28S
ribosomal RNA (rRNA) molecule in 11 tetrapods also were sequenced, although
the phylogenetic results were inconclusive. In contrast to previous
studies, deletion or down- weighting of base-paired sites were found to
have little effect on phylogenetic relationships. Molecular evidence for
amniote relationships is reviewed, showing that three genes
(beta-hemoglobin, myoglobin, and 18S rRNA) unambiguously support a
bird-mammal relationship, compared with one gene (histone H2B) that favors
a bird- crocodilian clade. Separate analyses of four other genes (alpha-
crystallin A, alpha-hemoglobin, insulin, and 28S rRNA) and a combined
analysis of all sequence data are inconclusive, in that different groups
are defined in different analyses and none are strongly supported. It is
suggested that until sequences become available from a broader array of
taxa, the molecular evidence is best evaluated at the level of individual
genes, with emphasis placed on those studies with the greatest number of
taxa and sites. When this is done, a bird-mammal relationship is most
strongly supported. When regarded in combination with the morphological
evidence for this association, it must be considered at least as plausible
as a bird-crocodilian relationship.
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Frederick SB Kibenge Marcos G Godoy Yingwei Wang Molly JT Kibenge Valentina Gherardelli Soledad Mansilla Angelica Lisperger Miguel Jarpa Geraldine Larroquete Fernando Avendaño Marcela Lara Alicia Gallardo 《Virology journal》2009,6(1):1-16