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The effective population size of Anopheles gambiae in Kenya: implications for population structure 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
We estimated current and long-term effective population size (Ne) of two
Anopheles gambiae (savanna cytotype) populations in Kenya. Temporal
variation at nine microsatellite loci in each population sampled 7 and 9
years apart and genetic diversity in each sample were analyzed to answer
the following questions. (1) Do bottlenecks occur in Kenyan populations of
A. gambiae? (2) How variable are different populations with respect to
their current and long-term Ne values? (3) What are the implications of
these results on population structure and history? The estimates of Ne of
Asembo and Jego were 6,359 and 4,258, respectively, and the lower 95%
limits were 2,455 and 1,669, respectively. Thus, despite the typical
observation of low density at the village level during the dry season,
large populations are maintained annually. Large current Ne is consistent
with previous studies showing low differentiation across the continent,
especially under Wright's isolation-by-distance model. Current Ne in Asembo
was 1.5-fold higher than in Jego, but this difference was not significant.
Long-term Ne in Asembo (22,667) was 2.9-fold higher than that in Jego
(7,855) based on the stepwise mutation model. The difference between
populations was significant at both time points regardless of whether
long-term Ne values were calculated based on the stepwise mutation model or
the infinite-alleles model. Heterozygosity in Jego declined significantly
between 1987 (59%) and 1996 (54%), whereas heterozygosity in Asembo was
stable (66%-65%). Despite the relatively high and significant
differentiation between Asembo and Jego (FST = 0.072-0.10, RST = 0.037-
0.038), all alleles in Jego were found in Asembo but not vice versa. All of
these findings suggest that lower Ne in Jego magnifies differentiation
between the two populations. The long-term Ne was biased downward, because
its calculation was based on an upper bound estimate of microsatellite
mutation rate. Ne values based on mtDNA and allozymes were an order of
magnitude higher. Long-term Ne therefore, is probably measured in hundreds
of thousands and hence does not support a recent expansion of this species
from a small population.
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Evidence from several cell types indicates that chromatin can induce microtubule assembly in its vicinity. To determine whether this activity is present in sperm chromatin, whose biochemical composition differs from somatic chromatin, mouse oocytes that were undergoing meiotic maturation were inseminated. Maturing oocytes are not activated by sperm penetration but remain arrested at metaphase. The sperm chromatin within the oocyte cytoplasm initially became dispersed and later, under the influence of oocyte cytoplasmic factors, recondensed into a small mass of individual chromosomes. When inseminated oocytes were processed for immunofluorescence using an anti--tubulin antibody, microtubules were never associated with dispersed sperm chromatin, although the chromosomes of the oocyte were arranged on a spindle. In contrast, microtubules were associated with the majority of sperm nuclei that had become recondensed, and were frequently arranged into a spindle-like structure. When oocytes had been penetrated by more than three sperm, most sperm nuclei remained at the dispersed chromatin stage and these were never associated with microtubules. Exposure of polyspermic oocytes to taxol, which promotes microtubule assembly, failed to induce microtubule assembly around dispersed sperm chromatin. Exposure of monospermic oocytes to nocodazole, which inhibits tubulin polymerization, prevented resolution of the recondensed sperm chromatin into individual chromosomes. These results suggest that sperm chromatin lacks an activity that can induce local microtubule assembly, and that it acquires this activity once modified by oocyte cytoplasmic factors. 相似文献
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The plasmalemma and hyaline ectoplasm together constitute the sensory and motor organ of macrophages. The purpose of this study was to isolate this cell fraction in order to analyze it biochemically and functionally. Brief sonification of warmed rabbit lung macrophages caused release of heterodisperse hyaline blebs and filopodia, which were easily collected by differential centrifugation. Viewed in the electron microscope, these structures consisted of membrane-bounded sacs principally containing actin filaments. Some contained secondary lysosomes. They were enriched threefold over whole cell homogenates in specific adenylate cyclase activity and in trichloroacetic-acid-precipitable (125)I when derived from cells labeled with 125(I) by means of a lactoperoxidase-catalyzed reaction. These markers were found to have identical isopycnic densitites when macrophage homogenates were subjected to sedimentation in a focusing sucrose density gradient system, and these markers had densities distinct from those of other cytoplasmic organelles. These markers were therefore assumed to be associated with macrophage plasma membranes. The specific β- glucuronidase activity of the bleb fraction was similar to that of homogenates, but the blebs had considerably lower specific succinic dehydrogenase activity and RNA content, and DNA was undetectable. Electrophoresis of blebs solubilized in sodium dodecyl sulfate on polyacrylamide gels revealed polypeptides co-migrating with macrophage actin-binding protein, myosin, and actin; blebs also had EDTA-activated adenosine triphosphatase activity characteristic of myosin. The concentrations of actin-binding protein and myosin were higher in blebs than in cells or cytoplasmic extracts, whereas actin concentrations were similar (relative to extracts) or only slightly greater (than in cells). Blebs and intact cells had high lactate dehydrogenase activities in the presence but not the absence of Triton X-100. Blebs and cells oxidased 1-[(14)C]glucose, and the rate of glucose oxidation was increased substantially in the presence of latex beads. We conclude that intact sacs of plasmalemma encasing contractile proteins and cytoplasmic enzymes can be isolated from macrophages. They are enriched in myosin and actin-binding protein, indicating that the contractile apparatus is regulated in the cell periphery. These structures have the capacity to respond to environmental signals. We suggest the name "podosomes" for them because of their resemblance to macrophage pseudopodia. We propose that podosome formation results from rapid dissolution of the cortical gel when the membrane is in an actively extended configuration. 相似文献
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Arvid WA Kamps Dick Hendriks Jan W Smit Edo Vellenga 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》1999,16(1):46-52
The present study focused on whether it is possible to expand monocytic cells from CD34+ progenitor cells by using macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) in the absence and presence of mast cell growth factor
(MGF) and IL-6. It was demonstrated that CD34+ cells differentiate without expansion to functional mature monocytic cells in the presence of M-CSF or combinations of M-CSF
plus IL-6 and MGF. A different response pattern was observed for the number of clonogenic cells. The addition of IL-6 or both
IL-6 and MGF to M-CSF containing cultures resulted in significant higher numbers of colony-forming unit-macrophage (CFU-M)
as tested in clonogenic and3H-thymidine assays. Furthermore, M-CSF plus both IL-6 and MGF appeared to be the most potent combination to preserve the monocytic
precursor in cell suspension culture assays. These results indicate that IL-6 and MGF in conjunction with M-CSF affect CD34+ cells especially at precursor level without distinct effect on the more mature stages. Secondly we studied whether M-CSF
is only critical for the monocytic lineage or also affects dendritic cell (DC) development. Indeed, we were able to culture
CD83+ DC from CD34+ progenitor cells in the presence of M-CSF in conjunction with TNF-α, IL-4, and MGF although their absolute number is almost
threefold lower than the number of CD83+ cells yielded from GM-CSF plus TNF-α, IL-4, and MGF stimulated CD34+ cells. 相似文献
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A gas chromatographic-electron capture detection (GC-ECD) method for the analysis of deoxynivalenol (DON) in cereals was investigated.
The sample was extracted with a mixture of acetonitrile-water and purified with a MycoSep #225 column. The silylation was
performed with Tri-Sil-TBT reagent, followed by dilution with hexane and a washing step with buffer. By using Tri-Sil-TBT
reagent no double peaks were observed for DON in the gas chromatograms, in comparison with two other silylation reagents TMSI
and Tri-Sil-Z. The use of trichothecolone (TRI) as an internal standard for DON was studied in order to indicate possible
problems in the derivatisation reaction. TRI proved to be a relatively good internal standard for DON in cereal samples, as
well as 1,1-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2-dichloroethylene (DDE), which was used as a GC standard for ensuring the function of
GC-ECD. During the study, a matrix effect was clearly observed between the cereal matrix-assisted calibration curve and the
calibration curve prepared without cereal matrix. The results of spiked and reference material samples, quantified with the
calibration curve prepared without and with matrix, demonstrated that the matrix affects the results. However, after recovery
correction the results were comparable. The validation results demonstrated that the GC-ECD method for DON analysis in cereals
is sufficiently reliable. 相似文献
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目的:探讨胞苷酸鸟苷寡脱氧核苷酸(CpG ODN)联合铝佐剂对丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)重组免疫原的体液免疫作用。方法:采用高交叉HCV-HVR1和E1重组蛋白与CpG ODN、铝佐剂组合,免疫BALB/c小鼠后以ELISA、酶联免疫斑点测定、流式细胞术、免疫沉淀等方法检测相关体液免疫指标和免疫血清多抗的交叉反应性。结果:CpG联合铝佐剂激发了最高的特异性抗体滴度;佐剂通过提高抗体分泌细胞数量、增加脾脏中记忆B细胞数量、增加脾淋巴细胞IL-6、IL-10分泌浓度实现体液免疫增效;CpG则能提高免疫效率,联合铝佐剂时显著提高浆细胞数量;12份HCV阳性血清中有10份可与多抗HVR1 IgG发生免疫沉淀。结论:CpG和铝佐剂联合应用具有协同作用,多抗HVR1 IgG具有较好的交叉反应性。 相似文献
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Meyer PW Hodkinson B Ally M Musenge E Wadee AA Fickl H Tikly M Anderson R 《Arthritis research & therapy》2011,13(5):R160
Introduction
The revised shared epitope (SE) concept in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is based on the presence (S) or absence (X) of the SE RAA amino acid motif at positions 72 to 74 of the third hypervariable region of the various human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles. The purpose of this study was to investigate SE subtypes on the basis of the American College of Rheumatology 1987 revised criteria for the classification of RA in a cohort of South African RA patients (n = 143) and their association with clinical and circulating biomarkers of disease activity (autoantibodies, acute phase reactants and cytokines). 相似文献39.
Brannen KC Fenton SE Hansen DK Harrouk W Kim JH Shuey D 《Birth defects research. Part B, Developmental and reproductive toxicology》2011,92(5):404-412
In April 2009, the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Health and Environmental Sciences Institute's (HESI) Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Technical Committee held a two-day workshop entitled "Developmental Toxicology-New Directions." The third session of the workshop focused on ways to refine animal studies to improve relevance and predictivity for human risk. The session included five presentations on: (1) considerations for refining developmental toxicology testing and data interpretation; (2) comparative embryology and considerations in study design and interpretation; (3) pharmacokinetic considerations in study design; (4) utility of genetically modified models for understanding mode-of-action; and (5) special considerations in reproductive testing for biologics. The presentations were followed by discussion by the presenters and attendees. Much of the discussion focused on aspects of refining current animal testing strategies, including use of toxicokinetic data, dose selection, tiered/triggered testing strategies, species selection, and use of alternative animal models. Another major area of discussion was use of non-animal-based testing paradigms, including how to define a "signal" or adverse effect, translating in vitro exposures to whole animal and human exposures, validation strategies, the need to bridge the existing gap between classical toxicology testing and risk assessment, and development of new technologies. Although there was general agreement among participants that the current testing strategy is effective, there was also consensus that traditional methods are resource-intensive and improved effectiveness of developmental toxicity testing to assess risks to human health is possible. This article provides a summary of the session's presentations and discussion and describes some key areas that warrant further consideration. 相似文献
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Both the Entamoeba histolytica lectin, a virulence factor for the causative
agent of amebiasis, and the mammalian hepatic lectin bind to
N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) and galactose (Gal) nonreducing termini on
oligosaccharides, with preference for GalNAc. Polyvalent GalNAc-
derivatized neoglycoproteins have >1000-fold enhanced binding affinity
for both lectins (Adler,P., Wood,S.J., Lee,Y.C., Lee,R.T., Petri,W.A.,Jr.
and Schnaar,R.L.,1995, J. Biol. Chem ., 270, 5164-5171). Substructural
specificity studies revealed that the 3-OH and 4-OH groups of GalNAc were
required for binding to both lectins, whereas only the E.histolytica lectin
required the 6-OH group. Whereas GalNAc binds with 4-fold lower affinity to
the E.histolytica lectin than to the mammalian hepatic lectin,
galactosamine and N-benzoyl galactosamine bind with higher affinity to the
E. histolytica lectin. Therefore, a synthetic scheme for converting
polyamine carriers to poly-N-acyl galactosamine derivatives (linked through
the galactosamine primary amino group) was developed to test whether such
ligands would bind the E.histolytica lectin with high specificity and high
affinity. Contrary to expectations, polyvalent derivatives including
GalN6lys5, GalN4desmosine, GalN4StarburstTMdendrimer, and
GalN8StarburstTMdendrimer demonstrated highly enhanced binding to the
mammalian hepatic lectin but little or no enhancement of binding to the
E.histolytica lectin. We propose that the mammalian hepatic lectin binds
with greatest affinity to GalNAc "miniclusters," which mimic branched
termini of N-linked oligosaccharides, whereas the E.histolytica lectin
binds most effectively to "maxiclusters," which may mimic more widely
spaced GalNAc residues on intestinal mucins.
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