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The taste of polycose in hamsters 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
Hamsters show a preference for Polycose, a mixture of starch-derived
glucose polymers, that is as strong as their preference for sucrose.
However, in the hamster, taste aversions to Polycose may be less easily
acquired than taste aversions to sucrose and the qualitative aspects of
Polycose are unknown in this species. In order to examine the taste of
Polycose in the hamster, we utilized a taste-aversion protocol with two
conditioning trials. Animals were trained to avoid one of three different
conditioning stimuli: 50 mM sucrose, 100 mM Polycose and a mixture of 50 mM
sucrose with 100 mM Polycose. Control animals were conditioned with
deionized water. After the second conditioning trial, generalization
testing began for the three conditioning stimuli plus 3 mM citric acid, 300
mM KCI and 30 mM NaCl. The results showed that aversions to Polycose,
sucrose or the Polycose/sucrose mixture cross- generalized, demonstrating
that Polycose and sucrose share a common taste percept in the hamster. None
of the aversions generalized to NaCl, citric acid or KCI. In addition,
comparisons among the patterns of taste generalizations indicated that the
tastes of Polycose and sucrose also had distinct qualitative components.
Finally, although the taste of 100 mM Polycose was more salient than the
taste of 50 mM sucrose, the taste of sucrose could still be detected in a
mixture with Polycose.
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Marjolijn CE Bragt Jogchum Plat Marco Mensink Patrick Schrauwen Ronald P Mensink 《BMC endocrine disorders》2009,9(1):1-9
Background
The aim of this study is to perform a cost-effectiveness comparison between palpation-guided thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsies (P-FNA) and ultrasound-guided thyroid FNA biopsies (USG-FNA).Methods
Each nodule was considered as a case. Diagnostic steps were history and physical examination, TSH measurement, Tc99m thyroid scintigraphy for nodules with a low TSH level, initial P-FNA versus initial USG-FNA, repeat USG-FNA for nodules with initial inadequate P-FNA or USG-FNA, hemithyroidectomy for inadequate repeat USG-FNA. American Thyroid Association thyroid nodule management guidelines were simulated in estimating the cost of P-FNA strategy. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists guidelines were simulated for USG-FNA strategy. Total costs were estimated by adding the cost of each diagnostic step to reach a diagnosis for 100 nodules. Strategy cost was found by dividing the total cost to 100. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) was calculated by dividing the difference between strategy cost of USG-FNA and P-FNA to the difference between accuracy of USG-FNA and P-FNA. A positive ICER indicates more and a negative ICER indicates less expense to achieve one more additional accurate diagnosis of thyroid cancer for USG-FNA.Results
Seventy-eight P-FNAs and 190 USG-FNAs were performed between April 2003 and May 2008. There were no differences in age, gender, thyroid function, frequency of multinodular goiter, nodule location and diameter (median nodule diameter: 18.4 mm in P-FNA and 17.0 mm in USG-FNA) between groups. Cytology results in P-FNA versus USG-FNA groups were as follows: benign 49% versus 62% (p = 0.04), inadequate 42% versus 29% (p = 0.03), malignant 3% (p = 1.00) and indeterminate 6% (p = 0.78) for both. Eleven nodules from P-FNA and 18 from USG-FNA group underwent surgery. The accuracy of P-FNA was 0.64 and USG-FNA 0.72. Unit cost of P-FNA was 148 Euros and USG-FNA 226 Euros. The cost of P-FNA strategy was 534 Euros and USG-FNA strategy 523 Euros. Strategy cost includes the expense of repeat USG-FNA for initial inadequate FNAs and surgery for repeat inadequate USG-FNAs. ICER was -138 Euros.Conclusion
Universal application of USG-FNA for all thyroid nodules is cost-effective and saves 138 Euros per additional accurate diagnosis of benign versus malignant thyroid nodular disease.Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00571090 相似文献55.
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Serum-free differentiation protocols of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) offer the ability to maximize reproducibility and to develop clinically applicable therapies. We developed a high-throughput, 96-well plate, four-color flow cytometry-based assay to optimize differentiation media cocktails and to screen a variety of conditions. We were able to differentiate hESCs to all three primary germ layers, screen for the effect of a range of activin A, BMP4, and VEGF concentrations on endoderm and mesoderm differentiation, and perform RNA-interference (RNAi)-mediated knockdown of a reporter gene during differentiation. Cells were seeded in suspension culture and embryoid bodies were induced to differentiate to the three primary germ layers for 6 days. Endoderm (CXCR4(+)KDR(-)), mesoderm (KDR(+)SSEA-3(-)), and ectoderm (SSEA-3(+)NCAM(+)) differentiation yields for H9 cells were 80 ± 11, 78 ± 7, and 41 ± 9%, respectively. Germ layer identities were confirmed by quantitative PCR. Activin A, BMP4, and bFGF drove differentiation, with increasing concentrations of activin A inducing higher endoderm yields and increasing BMP4 inducing higher mesoderm yields. VEGF drove lateral mesoderm differentiation. RNAi-mediated knockdown of constitutively expressed red fluorescent protein did not affect endoderm differentiation. This assay facilitates the development of serum-free protocols for hESC differentiation to target lineages and creates a platform for screening small molecules or RNAi during ESC differentiation. 相似文献
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Hatice K. Ozer Adrienne C. Dlouhy Jeremy D. Thornton Jingjing Hu Yilin Liu Joseph J. Barycki Janneke Balk Caryn E. Outten 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2015,290(46):27829-27840
The sulfhydryl oxidase Erv1 partners with the oxidoreductase Mia40 to import cysteine-rich proteins in the mitochondrial intermembrane space. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Erv1 has also been implicated in cytosolic Fe-S protein maturation and iron regulation. To investigate the connection between Erv1/Mia40-dependent mitochondrial protein import and cytosolic Fe-S cluster assembly, we measured Mia40 oxidation and Fe-S enzyme activities in several erv1 and mia40 mutants. Although all the erv1 and mia40 mutants exhibited defects in Mia40 oxidation, only one erv1 mutant strain (erv1-1) had significantly decreased activities of cytosolic Fe-S enzymes. Further analysis of erv1-1 revealed that it had strongly decreased glutathione (GSH) levels, caused by an additional mutation in the gene encoding the glutathione biosynthesis enzyme glutamate cysteine ligase (GSH1). To address whether Erv1 or Mia40 plays a role in iron regulation, we measured iron-dependent expression of Aft1/2-regulated genes and mitochondrial iron accumulation in erv1 and mia40 strains. The only strain to exhibit iron misregulation is the GSH-deficient erv1-1 strain, which is rescued with addition of GSH. Together, these results confirm that GSH is critical for cytosolic Fe-S protein biogenesis and iron regulation, whereas ruling out significant roles for Erv1 or Mia40 in these pathways. 相似文献
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黄檗丛枝菌根真菌鉴定 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
目的:利用形态学特征与Nested-PCR技术鉴定黄檗丛枝菌根真菌。方法:采用酸性品红染色法挑选黄檗丛枝菌根。同时,利用湿筛法获得AM真菌孢子,进行形态学鉴定。运用Nested-PCR技术,对黄檗粗提DNA进行特异性扩增,采用blastn进行序列相似性比较。并构建系统进化树,确定侵染黄檗根系的AM真菌。结果:编号为HDAM-1的AM真菌孢子,形态特征与G.intraradices的特征描述一致。Nested-PCR检测到约455bp的目的片段,其序列与G.intraradices(DQ469118)相似性最高,达97.8%,有11个碱基的差异。系统进化树显示该序列在基于25S rDNA的进化树中与G.intraradices(DQ469118.1)处于同一分支,确定G.intraradices侵染黄檗根系。结论:将形态学特征与Nested-PCR技术相结合鉴定AM真菌,不仅简易、经济,而且能够提高研究结果的可靠性。 相似文献
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Layer G Gaddam SA Ayala-Castro CN Ollagnier-de Choudens S Lascoux D Fontecave M Outten FW 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2007,282(18):13342-13350
Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are key metal cofactors of metabolic, regulatory, and stress response proteins in most organisms. The unique properties of these clusters make them susceptible to disruption by iron starvation or oxidative stress. Both iron and sulfur can be perturbed under stress conditions, leading to Fe-S cluster defects. Bacteria and higher plants contain a specialized system for Fe-S cluster biosynthesis under stress, namely the Suf pathway. In Escherichia coli the Suf pathway consists of six proteins with functions that are only partially characterized. Here we describe how the SufS and SufE proteins interact with the SufBCD protein complex to facilitate sulfur liberation from cysteine and donation for Fe-S cluster assembly. It was previously shown that the cysteine desulfurase SufS donates sulfur to the sulfur transfer protein SufE. We have found here that SufE in turn interacts with the SufB protein for sulfur transfer to that protein. The interaction occurs only if SufC is present. Furthermore, SufB can act as a site for Fe-S cluster assembly in the Suf system. This provides the first evidence of a novel site for Fe-S cluster assembly in the SufBCD complex. 相似文献
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