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Talita?FA?Ribas Luis?RR?Rodrigues Cleusa?Y?Nagamachi Anderson?JB?Gomes Thayse?CM?Benathar Patricia?CM?O’Brien Fengtang?Yang Malcolm?A?Ferguson-Smith Julio?C?PieczarkaEmail author 《BMC genetics》2013,14(1):119
Background
The genus Micronycteris is a diverse group of phyllostomid bats currently comprising 11 species, with diploid number (2n) ranging from 26 to 40 chromosomes. The karyotypic relationships within Micronycteris and between Micronycteris and other phyllostomids remain poorly understood. The karyotype of Micronycteris hirsuta is of particular interest: three different diploid numbers were reported for this species in South and Central Americas with 2n?=?26, 28 and 30 chromosomes. Although current evidence suggests some geographic differentiation among populations of M. hirsuta based on chromosomal, morphological, and nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers, the recognition of new species or subspecies has been avoided due to the need for additional data, mainly chromosomal data.Results
We describe two new cytotypes for Micronycteris hirsuta (MHI) (2n?=?26 and 25, NF?=?32), whose differences in diploid number are interpreted as the products of Robertsonian rearrangements. C-banding revealed a small amount of constitutive heterochromatin at the centromere and the NOR was located in the interstitial portion of the short arm of a second pair, confirmed by FISH. Telomeric probes hybridized to the centromeric regions and weakly to telomeric regions of most chromosomes. The G-banding analysis and chromosome painting with whole chromosome probes from Carollia brevicauda (CBR) and Phyllostomus hastatus (PHA) enabled the establishment of genome-wide homologies between MHI, CBR and PHA.Conclusions
The karyotypes of Brazilian specimens of Micronycteris hirsuta described here are new to Micronycteris and reinforce that M. hirsuta does not represent a monotypic taxon. Our results corroborate the hypothesis of karyotypic megaevolution within Micronycteris, and strong evidence for this is that the entire chromosome complement of M. hirsuta was shown to be derivative with respect to species compared in this study.62.
C. JULIANO G. MONACO S. RUBINO P. CAPPUCCINELLI 《The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology》1986,33(2):255-260
ABSTRACT. Taxol, a plant alkaloid stabilizer of microtubules, inhibits in vitro the replication of the human pathogenic flagellate Trichomonas vaginalis in a dose-dependent fashion. Micromolar concentrations of the drug induce massive assembly of microtubules, resistant to antimicrotubule agents, and block the mitosis of the protozoa at an early stage preceding the formation of the spindle fibers and the depolymerization of the axostylar microtubules. Some hypotheses involving the inactivation of the microtubule-organizing centers and the stabilization of axostylar microtubules are formulated to explain the mechanism of action of taxol. 相似文献
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Molecular evolution of olfactomedin 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Olfactomedin is a secreted polymeric glycoprotein of unknown function,
originally discovered at the mucociliary surface of the amphibian olfactory
neuroepithelium and subsequently found throughout the mammalian brain. As a
first step toward elucidating the function of olfactomedin, its
phylogenetic history was examined to identify conserved structural motifs.
Such conserved motifs may have functional significance and provide targets
for future mutagenesis studies aimed at establishing the function of this
protein. Previous studies revealed 33% amino acid sequence identity between
rat and frog olfactomedins in their carboxyl terminal segments. Further
analysis, however, reveals more extensive homologies throughout the
molecule. Despite significant sequence divergence, cysteines essential for
homopolymer formation such as the CXC motif near the amino terminus are
conserved, as is the characteristic glycosylation pattern, suggesting that
these posttranslational modifications are essential for function.
Furthermore, evolutionary analysis of a region of 53 amino acids of fish,
frog, rat, mouse, and human olfactomedins indicates that an ancestral
olfactomedin gene arose before the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates and
evolved independently in teleost, amphibian, and mammalian lineages.
Indeed, a distant olfactomedin homolog was identified in Caenorhabditis
elegans. Although the amino acid sequence of this invertebrate protein is
longer and highly divergent compared with its vertebrate homologs, the
protein from C. elegans shows remarkable similarities in terms of conserved
motifs and posttranslational modification sites. Six universally conserved
motifs were identified, and five of these are clustered in the carboxyl
terminal half of the protein. Sequence comparisons indicate that evolution
of the N-terminal half of the molecule involved extensive insertions and
deletions; the C-terminal segment evolved mostly through point mutations,
at least during vertebrate evolution. The widespread occurrence of
olfactomedin among vertebrates and invertebrates underscores the notion
that this protein has a function of universal importance. Furthermore,
extensive modification of its N-terminal half and the acquisition of a
C-terminal SDEL endoplasmic-reticulum- targeting sequence may have enabled
olfactomedin to adopt new functions in the mammalian central nervous
system.
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AAM Coelho-Castelo AP Trombone RS Rosada RR Santos Jr VLD Bonato A Sartori CL Silva 《Genetic vaccines and therapy》2006,4(1):1-10
In order to assess a new strategy of DNA vaccine for a more complete understanding of its action in immune response, it is important to determine the in vivo biodistribution fate and antigen expression. In previous studies, our group focused on the prophylactic and therapeutic use of a plasmid DNA encoding the Mycobacterium leprae 65-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp65) and achieved an efficient immune response induction as well as protection against virulent M. tuberculosis challenge. In the present study, we examined in vivo tissue distribution of naked DNA-Hsp65 vaccine, the Hsp65 message, genome integration and methylation status of plasmid DNA. The DNA-Hsp65 was detectable in several tissue types, indicating that DNA-Hsp65 disseminates widely throughout the body. The biodistribution was dose-dependent. In contrast, RT-PCR detected the Hsp65 message for at least 15 days in muscle or liver tissue from immunized mice. We also analyzed the methylation status and integration of the injected plasmid DNA into the host cellular genome. The bacterial methylation pattern persisted for at least 6 months, indicating that the plasmid DNA-Hsp65 does not replicate in mammalian tissue, and Southern blot analysis showed that plasmid DNA was not integrated. These results have important implications for the use of DNA-Hsp65 vaccine in a clinical setting and open new perspectives for DNA vaccines and new considerations about the inoculation site and delivery system. 相似文献
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JOACHIM RYCHLY HAGEN POMMERENKE FRIEDA DÜRR ERIK SCHREIBER BARBARA NEBE 《Cell biology international》1998,22(1):7-12
Confocal laser scanning microscopy represents a suitable technique to study the localization of cellular components in three dimension. The authors used this technique to analyse cellular events related to mechanical stimulation of integrin receptors on the cell surface. By performing optical sections the distribution of integrin receptors on the apical surface of an osteoblastic cell was determined. Concerning intracellular compartimentalization of signal transduction events, it was demonstrated that mechanical stimulation of integrins induced their linkage to the cytoskeleton. Cytoskeletally associated proteins like vinculin and talin accumulated in the vicinity of the site where the mechanical stress was applied to integrins on the cell surface. Optical sections revealed that clustering of these proteins proceeded to the base of the cell with gradually decreasing extent. In summary, it was demonstrated that the local distribution of cellular components is an important factor in mechanically induced signal transduction. 相似文献