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Reuvers J Thoreson AR Zhao C Zhang L Jay GD An KN Warman ML Amadio PC 《Journal of structural biology》2011,176(1):41-45
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of lubricin on tendon stiffness and viscoelasticity.A total of 36 mice were tested with 12 mice in each of the following groups: lubricin knock-out (−/−), heterozygous (+/−) and wild-type (+/+). A ramp test was used to determine the elastic modulus by pulling the fascicles to 2.5% strain amplitude at a rate of 0.05 mm/s. Then, followed by a relaxation test that pulled the fascicles to 5% strain amplitude at a rate of 2 mm/s. The fascicles were allowed to relax for 2 min at the maximum strain and a single-cycle relaxation ratio was used to characterize viscoelastic properties.There was no significant difference in the Young’s modulus between the three groups (p > 0.05), but the knockout mice had a significantly (p < 0.05) lower relaxation ratio than the wild type mice.Based on these data, we concluded that lubricin expression has an effect on the viscoelastic properties of tendon fascicles. The clinical significance of this finding, if any, remains to be demonstrated. 相似文献
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A feasible and fully described strategy, with a detailed list of primers, for amplifying, cloning and sequencing known and potentially novel cry1A genes harboured by a Bacillus thuringiensis strain was successfully established. Based on the analysis of conserved regions of the cry1A genes, the 1AF and 1UR oligonucleotide primers were designed to amplify the whole open reading frame of these genes. The PCR products obtained revealed the successful amplification of cry1A genes from 13 B. thuringiensis strains. These bacteria were previously known to harbour at least one cry1A gene. An Argentinean B. thuringiensis isolate INTA Mo1-12 was randomly chosen for cloning and sequencing of cry1A genes by using a primer set developed in this study. Both nucleotide and amino acid sequences similarity analysis revealed that cry1Aa and cry1Ac from B. thuringiensis INTA Mo1-12 are new natural variants, showing several differences with the other known cry1A subclasses. These genes were named by the B. thuringiensis Pesticidal Crystal Protein Nomenclature Committee as cry1Aa15 and cry1Ac21 respectively. 相似文献
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Diniz Pereira Leite Jr. Janaina Vasconcellos R. de Souza Amadio Sara de Almeida Alves Simões Sebastião Martins de Araújo Nicolina Maria Rodrigues da Silva Mariana Cazelli Anzai Rosane Christine Hahn 《Mycopathologia》2014,177(1-2):65-74
Background
Dermatophytes represent a group of keratinophilic fungi capable of invading the superficial layer of the skin, hair, and nails of humans and animals. There is a high prevalence of dermatomycosis in tropical regions, and military personnel are susceptible to this kind of infection due to the type of occupational activities.Objective
This study was to investigate dermatophytosis in military, in addition to predisposing factors to such infections.Methods
The direct examination of the 221 samples obtained was conducted by preparing fresh slides, clarified with KOH. The clinical materials were seeded in duplicate in SDA and in Mycosel agar medium. The identification of the etiologic agents was performed according to the Riddell technique.Results
99/221 (44.8 %) of the dermatophyte infection agents distributed in the three taxonomic genera that cause Tinea were recovered. The Trichophyton genus was the most representative and T. rubrum species 33 (33.3 %), the most prevalent. The other species found were as follows: T. tonsurans 13 (13.1 %), T. verrucosum 11 (11.1 %), T. interdigitale 9 (9.1 %), and T. mentagrophytes 6 (6.1 %). Among the most affected anatomical sites were skin 83 (83.8 %) and nails 17 (17.2 %).Conclusions
Dermatophyte infections are common disorders in tropical countries. These infections lead to a variety of clinical manifestations. This study reports the incidence of dermatophytosis in the military personnel in the Central-West Region of Brazil. The occupational activities of the military individuals, in addition to the hot and humid climate of the region, can predispose them to infection by these fungal entities. 相似文献24.
Yamaguchi T Osamura N Zhao C Zobitz ME An KN Amadio PC 《Journal of biomechanics》2008,41(16):3519-3522
The rabbit model is commonly used to study carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). It has been proposed that the subsynovial connective tissue (SSCT) in the carpal tunnel may play a role in the etiology of CTS, but the material properties of the rabbit SSCT are unknown. The purpose of this study was to develop a method to measure the shear properties of the rabbit SSCT. In six rabbit cadaver forepaws, the excursion of the third digit flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) and load to failure of the SSCT were measured in a custom device. The mean excursion to full flexion in this model was 7.08 mm (S.D. 0.77). The mean shearing force at full flexion was 317 mN (S.D. 166). At full flexion percentage of maximum shear force in the SSCT was 54.5% (S.D. 19.4). The mean energy absorbed at full flexion was 0.29 mJ (S.D. 0.31). The mean excursion needed to reach 5% of the maximum shear force was 3.04 mm (S.D. 0.99). The testing model presented in this study demonstrates structural parameters to evaluate the shear properties of the SSCT in a rabbit model. The data presented could be used for estimating sample sizes in a more comprehensive study of the effect of CTS on the SSCT properties. 相似文献
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Discovering a new class of antifungal agents that selectively inhibits microbial carbonic anhydrases
Giannamaria Annunziato Laura Giovati Andrea Angeli Marialaura Pavone Sonia Del Prete Marco Pieroni 《Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry》2018,33(1):1537-1544
Infections caused by pathogens resistant to the available antimicrobial treatments represent nowadays a threat to global public health. Recently, it has been demonstrated that carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are essential for the growth of many pathogens and their inhibition leads to growth defects. Principal drawbacks in using CA inhibitors (CAIs) as antimicrobial agents are the side effects due to the lack of selectivity toward human CA isoforms. Herein we report a new class of CAIs, which preferentially interacts with microbial CA active sites over the human ones. The mechanism of action of these inhibitors was investigated against an important fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans, revealing that they are also able to inhibit CA in microbial cells growing in vitro. At our best knowledge, this is the first report on newly designed synthetic compounds selectively targeting β-CAs and provides a proof of concept of microbial CAs suitability as an antimicrobial drug target. 相似文献
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Gioffré A Infante E Aguilar D Santangelo MP Klepp L Amadio A Meikle V Etchechoury I Romano MI Cataldi A Hernández RP Bigi F 《Microbes and infection / Institut Pasteur》2005,7(3):325-334
On the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome there are four mce operons, all of which are similar in sequence and organization, and code for putatively exported proteins. To investigate whether Mce proteins are essential for virulence, we generated knock-out mutants in mce1, mce2 and mce3 operons of M. tuberculosis and evaluated their ability to multiply in a mammalian host. The allelic replacement was confirmed in each mutant strain by Southern blotting. RT-PCR experiments demonstrated the lack of in vitro expression of mutated genes in Deltamce1 and Deltamce2 mutants. On the other hand, no expression of mce3 was detected in either the wild-type or mutant strains. Similar doubling time and growth characteristics in in vitro culture were observed for mutants and parental strains. The intratracheal route was used to infect BALB/c mice with the Deltamce3, Deltamce2 and Deltamce1 mutants. Ten weeks after infection, all mice infected with the Deltamce mutants survived, while those infected with the wild-type strain died. This long survival correlated with very low counts of colony-forming units (CFU) in the lungs. Deltamce1-infected mice developed very few and small granulomas, while animals infected with Deltamce3 or Deltamce2 mutants showed delayed granuloma formation. Mice infected with Deltamce1 did not develop pneumonia, while animals infected with Deltamce3 and Deltamce2 mutants showed small pneumonic patches. In spleens, bacterial counts of mutant strains were less reduced than in lungs, compared with those of wild-type. In contrast, no such attenuation was observed when the intraperitoneal route was used for infection. Moreover, Deltamce1 mutants appear to be more virulent in lungs after intraperitoneal inoculation. In conclusion, mce operons seem to affect the virulence of M. tuberculosis in mice, depending on the route of infection. Hypotheses are discussed to explain this last issue. Thus, mutants in these genes seem to be good candidates for vaccine testing. 相似文献
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Differences in the neurotoxicity profile induced by ATP and ATPgammaS in cultured cerebellar granule neurons 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Amadio S D'Ambrosi N Trincavelli ML Tuscano D Sancesario G Bernadi G Martini C Volonté C 《Neurochemistry international》2005,47(5):334-342
Extracellular ATP and P2 receptors may play a crucial role in the neurodegeneration of the CNS. Here, we investigated in neuronal cerebellar granule cultures the biological effect of the quite stable P2 receptor agonist ATPgammaS and compare it to the cytotoxic action of ATP. Time-course experiments showed that 500 microM ATPgammaS causes 50-100% cell death in 15-24 h. As proved by pharmacological means, ATPgammaS toxicity apparently involves neither indirect activation of NMDA receptors, nor ectonucleotidase activities, nor nucleoside transport and intracellular purine metabolism. Moreover, ATPgammaS induces detrimental effects without modifying the expression of several P2X and P2Y receptor proteins. Cell death instead occurs after extracellular release of the cytosolic enzyme lactic dehydrogenase and inhibition of the overall activity of the intracellular dehydrogenases. Moreover, ATPgammaS causes transient outflow of cytochrome c from mitochondria (maximal 2.5-fold stimulation in 4 h), it raises the intracellular reactive oxygen species (about four-fold in 1 h) and cAMP levels (about 40% in 15 min-4 h). Among several P2 receptor antagonists, only pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid 4-sodium promotes 80-100% neuroprotection. 相似文献
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Autophagy Is Modulated in Human Neuroblastoma Cells Through Direct Exposition to Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields 下载免费PDF全文