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Iris?VillarrealEmail author Katleen?Vranckx Dries?Calus Frank?Pasmans Freddy?Haesebrouck Dominiek?Maes 《BMC veterinary research》2012,8(1):2
Background
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the primary cause of enzootic pneumonia in pigs. Although vaccination is an important control tool, the results observed under field conditions are variable. This may be due to antigenic differences between the strains circulating in pig herds and the vaccine strain. This study compared the protective efficacy of four bacterins against challenge infection with a highly virulent field strain of M. hyopneumoniae. 相似文献112.
Aaike De Wever Frederik Leliaert Elie Verleyen Pieter Vanormelingen Katleen Van der Gucht Dominic A. Hodgson Koen Sabbe Wim Vyverman 《Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society》2009,276(1673):3591-3599
Recent data revealed that metazoans such as mites and springtails have persisted in Antarctica throughout several glacial–interglacial cycles, which contradicts the existing paradigm that terrestrial life was wiped out by successive glacial events and that the current inhabitants are recent colonizers. We used molecular phylogenetic techniques to study Antarctic microchlorophyte strains isolated from lacustrine habitats from maritime and continental Antarctica. The 14 distinct chlorophycean and trebouxiophycean lineages observed point to a wide phylogenetic diversity of apparently endemic Antarctic lineages at different taxonomic levels. This supports the hypothesis that long-term survival took place in glacial refugia, resulting in a specific Antarctic flora. The majority of the lineages have estimated ages between 17 and 84 Ma and probably diverged from their closest relatives around the time of the opening of Drake Passage (30–45 Ma), while some lineages with longer branch lengths have estimated ages that precede the break-up of Gondwana. The variation in branch length and estimated age points to several independent but rare colonization events. 相似文献
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Guy Caljon Katleen Broos Ine De Goeyse Karin De Ridder Jeremy M. Sternberg Marc Coosemans Patrick De Baetselier Yves Guisez Jan Van Den Abbeele 《Insect biochemistry and molecular biology》2009,39(5-6):332-341
Our previous screening of a Glossina morsitans morsitans λgt11 salivary gland expression library with serum of a tsetse fly exposed rabbit identified a cDNA encoding Tsetse Antigen5 (TAg5, 28.9 kDa), a homologue of Antigen5 sting venom allergens. Recombinant TAg5 was produced in Sf9 cells in order to assess its immunogenic properties in humans. Plasma from a patient that previously exhibited anaphylactic reactions against tsetse fly bites contained circulating anti-TAg5 and anti-saliva IgEs. In a significant proportion of plasma samples of African individuals, TAg5 and saliva binding IgEs (respectively 56 and 65%) can be detected. Saliva, harvested from flies that were subjected to TAg5-specific RNA interference (RNAi), displayed significantly reduced IgE binding potential. Allergenic properties of TAg5 and tsetse fly saliva were further illustrated in immunized mice, using an immediate cutaneous hypersensitivity and passive cutaneous anaphylaxis assay. Collectively, TAg5 was illustrated to be a tsetse fly salivary allergen, demonstrating that Antigen5-related proteins are represented as functional allergens not only in stinging but also in blood feeding insects. 相似文献
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Species with alternative phenotypes offer unique opportunities to investigate hormone-behavior relationships. We investigated the relationships between testosterone, corticosterone, morphology, performance, and immunity in a population of lizards (Podarcis melisellensis) which exhibits a color polymorphism. Males occur in three different color morphs (white, yellow, orange), providing an opportunity to test the idea of morphs being alternative solutions to the evolutionary challenges posed on the link between hormones, morphology, performance, and immunity. Morphs differed in bite force capacity, with orange males biting harder, and in corticosterone levels, with yellow males having lower levels than orange. However, morphs did not differ in testosterone levels or in the immunological parameters tested. At the individual level, across morphs, testosterone levels predicted size-corrected bite force capacity, but no relation was found between hormone levels and immunity. Our results do not support the testosterone-based polymorphism hypothesis and reject the hypothesis of a trade-off between testosterone and immunity in this species, but provide a mechanistic link between testosterone and a sexually selected performance trait. 相似文献
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Vantieghem K Overbergh L Carmeliet G De Haes P Bouillon R Segaert S 《Journal of cellular biochemistry》2006,99(1):229-240
Epidermal keratinocytes are able to produce 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] and induce vitamin D activity upon UVB irradiation. To find out whether this property is keratinocyte specific, we investigated this characteristic in two other cell types, namely intestinal CaCo-2 cells and the macrophage-like differentiated THP-1 cells. THP-1 macrophages and preconfluent CaCo-2 cells contain the vitamin D receptor (VDR), possess 25-hydroxylase (CYP2R1 and CYP27A1) and 1alpha-hydroxylase (CYP27B1) activity, and survive the low UVB doses essential for vitamin D3 photoproduction. Upon irradiation, 24-hydroxylase (CYP24) mRNA is induced in both cell types pretreated with the sterol Delta7-reductase inhibitor BM15766 whereby the 7-dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) content was increased. Transfection studies in CaCo-2 cells with a vitamin D response element-containing construct revealed the involvement of the VDR in this UVB-dependent CYP24 induction. The CYP24 inducing activity in BM15766-pretreated UVB-irradiated CaCo-2 cells and THP-1 macrophages was identified as 1,25(OH)2D3 by combined high-performance liquid chromatography radioimmunoassay. Addition of vitamin D binding protein to the CaCo-2 cells attenuated UVB-induced CYP24 induction suggesting the possibility of a paracrine or autocrine role for the photoproduced 1,25(OH)2D3. In conclusion, preconfluent CaCo-2 cells and THP-1 macrophages are able to induce vitamin D activity upon UVB irradiation and hence combine all parts of the vitamin D photoendocrine system, a characteristic which is therefore not keratinocyte specific. 相似文献
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Vantieghem K Kissmeyer AM De Haes P Bouillon R Segaert S 《Journal of cellular biochemistry》2006,98(1):81-92
The skin fulfills an important role in the vitamin D photo-endocrine system. Epidermis is not only the site of vitamin D3 photoproduction. In addition, epidermal keratinocytes contain the vitamin D receptor (VDR) and possess 25-hydroxylase and 1alpha-hydroxylase activity indicating that all components of the vitamin D system are present. We investigated whether these components cooperate in inducing vitamin D activity upon treatment with physiological UVB doses. Upon irradiation, 24-hydroxylase mRNA was induced in keratinocytes pretreated with a sterol Delta7-reductase inhibitor (BM15766) whereby the 7-dehydrocholesterol content increased by 300-fold. Transfection experiments with a vitamin D response element containing construct confirmed VDR-dependent gene activation. Furthermore, the UVB-dependent induction of 24-hydroxylase was blocked by the cytochrome-P450 inhibitor ketoconazole. The 24-hydroxylase inducing photoproduct was transferable to unirradiated keratinocytes by medium and cellular homogenates of UVB-irradiated, BM15766-pretreated cells and was identified as 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] by high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric detection. Addition of vitamin D binding protein blunted UVB-induced 24-hydroxylase suggesting the possibility of a paracrine or autocrine role for 1,25(OH)2D3. In conclusion, epidermal keratinocytes can produce vitamin D3, convert it to 1,25(OH)2D3 and respond to it upon UVB irradiation in the absence of exogenous 7-dehydrocholesterol and therefore contain a unique and complete photo-endocrine vitamin D system. 相似文献
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Koenraad Muylaert Carmen Pérez-Martínez Pedro Sánchez-Castillo Torben L. Lauridsen Maarten Vanderstukken Steven A. J. Declerck Katleen Van der Gucht José-Maria Conde-Porcuna Erik Jeppesen Luc De Meester Wim Vyverman 《Hydrobiologia》2010,653(1):79-90
In order to evaluate latitudinal differences in the relationship of phytoplankton biomass and diversity with environmental conditions in shallow lakes, we sampled 98 shallow lakes from three European regions: Denmark (DK), Belgium/The Netherlands (BNL) and southern Spain (SP). Phytoplankton biomass increased with total phosphorus (TP) concentrations and decreased with submerged macrophyte cover across the three regions. Generic richness was significantly negatively related to submerged macrophyte cover and related environmental variables. Zooplankton:phytoplankton biomass ratios were positively related to submerged macrophyte cover and negatively to phytoplankton generic richness in DK and BNL, suggesting that the low generic richness in lakes with submerged macrophytes was due to a higher zooplankton grazing pressure in these regions. In SP, phytoplankton generic richness was not influenced by zooplankton grazing pressure but related to conductivity. We observed no relationship between phytoplankton generic richness and TP concentration in any of the three regions. The three regions differed significantly with respect to mean local and regional generic richness, with BNL being more diverse than the other two regions. Our observations suggest that phytoplankton diversity in European shallow lakes is influenced by submerged macrophyte cover indirectly by modulating zooplankton grazing. This influence of submerged macrophytes and zooplankton grazing on phytoplankton diversity decreases from north to south. 相似文献
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Novel Bacterial Membrane Surface Display System Using Cell Wall-Less L-Forms of Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
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Christian Hoischen Christine Fritsche Johannes Gumpert Martin Westermann Katleen Gura Beatrix Fahnert 《Applied microbiology》2002,68(2):525-531
We describe a novel membrane surface display system that allows the anchoring of foreign proteins in the cytoplasmic membrane (CM) of stable, cell wall-less L-form cells of Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis. The reporter protein, staphylokinase (Sak), was fused to transmembrane domains of integral membrane proteins from E. coli (lactose permease LacY, preprotein translocase SecY) and P. mirabilis (curved cell morphology protein CcmA). Both L-form strains overexpressed fusion proteins in amounts of 1 to 100 μg ml−1, with higher expression for those with homologous anchor motifs. Various experimental approaches, e.g., cell fractionation, Percoll gradient purification, and solubilization of the CM, demonstrated that the fusion proteins are tightly bound to the CM and do not form aggregates. Trypsin digestion, as well as electron microscopy of immunogold-labeled replicas, confirmed that the protein was localized on the outside surface. The displayed Sak showed functional activity, indicating correct folding. This membrane surface display system features endotoxin-poor organisms and can provide a novel platform for numerous applications. 相似文献
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Tadesse Dejenie Tsehaye Asmelash Luc De Meester Afework Mulugeta Abreha Gebrekidan Sarah Risch Annemie Pals Katleen Van der Gucht Wim Vyverman Jan Nyssen Jozef Deckers Steven Declerck 《Hydrobiologia》2008,610(1):193-209
The semi-arid highlands of Northern Ethiopia (Tigray) have numerous small reservoirs that have been created by microdams in
an attempt to provide water supply for irrigation and livestock drinking. Although the reservoirs have substantial added value
to residents, their use as water resource is jeopardized by eutrophication and a high occurrence of blooms of toxic cyanobacteria.
So far, there is no systematic information available on the limnological and aquatic ecological characteristics of these dams.
We carried out a standardized survey of 32 reservoirs and assessed a wide set of morphometric, abiotic and biotic variables.
The sampling was performed during two seasons, September–October 2004 (end of the wet season/start of the dry season) and
April–May 2005 (towards the end of the dry season). Using multivariate analysis, we revealed dominating patterns of variable
associations and compared the variability in these patterns among seasons. According to standardized PCA and RDA analyses,
the most important axis of variation was mainly represented by a gradient in nutrients and altitude that was also positively
associated with phytoplankton biomass, suspended matter and oxygen concentration, and negatively with water transparency.
For most variables, correlations between the wet and dry season were weak, which suggests that individual reservoirs behaved
rather differently in their response to seasonal changes. Nevertheless, a Mantel correlation (r = 0.32; P = 0.035) showed a weak but significant overall concordance in the variable association patterns among seasons. A number of
reservoirs became very shallow or fell dry in the dry season, a process that was associated with an increase in suspended
matter and conductivity and a decrease in transparency. These reservoirs contained lower amounts of fish and tended to be
less eutrophic than the deeper, permanent systems, as they had lower levels of phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. With multiple regression analysis, we constructed most parsimonious models in an attempt to explain the variation in key
biotic variables: phytoplankton and cyanobacteria biomass, cladoceran biomass, fish biomass and the abundance of submerged
vegetation. Phytoplankton and fish biomass tended to be positively related with the concentration of total phosphorus, whereas
cladoceran biomass was not associated with nutrient concentrations. The positive association of fish and phytoplankton with
nutrient concentrations suggests a bottom-up control, whereas the absence of an association between zooplankton and nutrient
concentrations may be indicative for top-down control. The biomass of cyanobacteria was negatively related to the biomass
of cladocerans (Daphnia), which likely reflects a top-down effect. Most reservoirs were turbid. The occurrence and abundance of macrophytes tended
to be positively related to water transparency and was negatively associated to TP and the amount of livestock frequenting
the reservoirs. However, macrophytes were not limited to clear-water reservoirs.
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Dabrowski M Aerts S Van Hummelen P Craessaerts K De Moor B Annaert W Moreau Y De Strooper B 《Journal of neurochemistry》2003,85(5):1279-1288
We performed mRNA expression profiling of mouse primary hippocampal neurones undergoing differentiation in vitro. We show that 2314 genes significantly changed expression during neuronal differentiation. The temporal resolution of our experiment (six time points) permits us to distinguish between gene expression patterns characteristic for the axonal and for the dendritic stages of neurite outgrowth. Cluster analysis reveals that, in the process of in vitro neuronal differentiation, a high level of expression of genes involved in the synthesis of DNA and proteins precedes the up regulation of genes involved in protein transport, energy generation and synaptic functions. We report in detail changes in gene expression for genes involved in the synaptic vesicle cycle. Data for other genes can be accessed at our website. We directly compare expression of 475 genes in the differentiating neurones and the developing mouse hippocampus. We demonstrate that the program of gene expression is accelerated in vitro as compared to the situation in vivo. When this factor is accounted for, the gene expression profiles in vitro and in vivo become very similar (median gene-wise correlation 0.787). Apparently once the cells have taken a neuronal fate, the further program of gene expression is largely independent of histological or anatomical context. Our results also demonstrate that a comparison across the two experimental platforms (cDNA microarrays and oligonucleotide chips) and across different biological paradigms is feasible. 相似文献