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Pilger A Ivancsits S Diem E Steffens M Kolb HA Rüdiger HW 《Radiation and environmental biophysics》2004,43(3):203-207
The recently described increase in DNA strand breaks of cultured human diploid fibroblasts after intermittent exposure to extremely-low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) of more than about 70 µT ELF-EMF is difficult to explain by a direct induction of covalent bond disruption. Therefore the hypothesis has been tested that ELF-EMF-induced DNA strand breaks might be mediated by cellular processes that cause alteration of the intracellular concentration of free calcium ([Ca2+]i) and/or the membrane potential (m). [Ca2+]i was determined by the ratiometric fura-2 technique. Changes in m were assessed by using the potential-dependent lipophilic cationic probe JC-1. Human fibroblasts were exposed to intermittent ELF-EMF (50 Hz, 1000 µT). Although exposure of fiboblasts to ELF-EMF resulted in a highly significant increase in DNA strand breaks as determined by the comet assay, no effect on JC-1 fluorescence emission or on [Ca2+]i has been observed when comparing exposed with sham-exposed cells. Therefore, it is suggested that ELF-EMF-induced DNA strand breaks are unlikely to be caused by intracellular changes that affect [Ca2+]i and/or m. 相似文献
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John F. Pilger 《Biotechnic & histochemistry》1989,64(3):150-151
Hazards in fixing small pieces of tissue for electron microscopy include damage, drying, or loss. Over the years, microstrainer tissue carriers have been developed to minimize these problems. Construction materials have included glass tubing, copper grids for electron microscopy, stainless steel screen, and bolting silk (Padawer 1951, Friend 1963, Bronskill 1970). Carriers made from plastic embedding molds (e.g., BEEM capsules) with either TEM grids attached to the conical tip (Buchanan 1965) or Nitex screen cloth held to one end by a retaining ring have proven to be inexpensive and popular, though the former has a very small filtration area and in the latter small tissues may be lost or crushed between the screen cloth and the bottom rim of the carrier. This note describes a carrier in which Nitex is permanently sealed to the bottom edee of a BEEM capsule cylinder. 相似文献
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Katie N. Bertrand Justin A. VanDeHey Tyler J. Pilger Eli A. Felts Thomas F. Turner 《Conservation Genetics》2016,17(4):775-784
A peripheral population of mountain sucker, Pantosteus jordani, located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, USA, represents the eastern-most range of the species and is completely isolated from other populations. Over the last 50 years, mountain sucker populations have declined in the Black Hills, and now only occur in 40 % of the historic local range, with densities decreasing by more than 84 %.We used microsatellite DNA markers to estimate genetic diversity and to assess population structure across five streams where mountain suckers persist. We evaluated results in the context of recent ecological surveys to inform decisions about mountain sucker conservation. Significant allele frequency differences existed among sample streams (Global FST = 0.041) but there was no evidence of isolation by distance. Regionally, genetic effective size, Ne, was estimated to be at least 338 breeding individuals, but Ne within streams was expected to be less. Despite almost complete demographic isolation and reduced population size, there appears to be little evidence of inbreeding, but genetic drift and local isolation due to fragmentation probably best explains genetic structure in this peripheral mountain sucker population. Recommended strategies for population enhancement include restoration of stream connectivity and habitat improvement. Moreover, repatriation and assisted movement (i.e., gene flow) of fishes should maximize genetic diversity in stream fragments in the Black Hills region. 相似文献
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Accumulation of single-strand breaks is the major cause of telomere shortening in human fibroblasts 总被引:28,自引:0,他引:28
Telomere shortening triggers replicative senescence in human fibroblasts. The inability of DNA polymerases to replicate a linear DNA molecule completely (the end replication problem) is one cause of telomere shortening. Other possible causes are the formation of single-stranded overhangs at the end of telomeres and the preferential vulnerability of telomeres to oxidative stress. To elucidate the relative importance of these possibilities, amount and distribution of telomeric single-strand breaks, length of the G-rich overhang, and telomere shortening rate in human MRC-5 fibroblasts were measured. Treatment of nonproliferating cells with hydrogen peroxide increases the sensitivity to S1 nuclease in telomeres preferentially and accelerates their shortening by a corresponding amount as soon as the cells proliferate. A reduction of the activity of intracellular peroxides using the spin trap alpha-phenyl-t-butyl-nitrone reduces the telomere shortening rate and increases the replicative life span. The length of the telomeric single-stranded overhang is independent of DNA damaging stresses, but single-strand breaks accumulate randomly all along the telomere after alkylation. The telomere shortening rate and the rate of replicative aging can be either accelerated or decelerated by a modification of the amount of oxidative stress. Quantitatively, stress-mediated telomere damage contributes most to telomere shortening under standard conditions. 相似文献
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A. Pilger D. Germadnik D. Formanek H. Zwick N. Winkler H. W. Rüdiger 《European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology》1997,75(5):467-469
The energy demand during physical exercise causes an increased oxygen uptake and supply to active tissues, which may increase
the rate of free oxygen radical production and thereby affect the capacity of endogenous cellular defense systems. This could
result in DNA base modifications, among which 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8OHdG) is one of the most important and has widely
been used as a biomarker of in vivo oxidative lesions. Therefore, we examined the effect of regular running exercise on the
urinary levels of 8OHdG in 32 long-distance runners and in a group of untrained healthy subjects. The range of 8OHdG in urine
was 0.12–6.45 μmol/mol creatinine in both groups, and no significant difference in the mean excretion levels between runners
and control probands was observed. This gives no reason to believe that physical exercise in trained individuals may induce
a disturbance of the oxidant-to-antioxidant balance.
Accepted: 30 January 1997 相似文献
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Spatio‐temporal variation in parasite communities maintains diversity at the major histocompatibility complex class IIβ in the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow
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Megan J. Osborne Tyler J. Pilger Joel D. Lusk Thomas F. Turner 《Molecular ecology》2017,26(2):471-489
Climate change will strongly impact aquatic ecosystems particularly in arid and semi‐arid regions. Fish–parasite interactions will also be affected by predicted altered flow and temperature regimes, and other environmental stressors. Hence, identifying environmental and genetic factors associated with maintaining diversity at immune genes is critical for understanding species’ adaptive capacity. Here, we combine genetic (MHC class IIβ and microsatellites), parasitological and ecological data to explore the relationship between these factors in the remnant wild Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus) population, an endangered species found in the southwestern United States. Infections with multiple parasites on the gills were observed and there was spatio‐temporal variation in parasite communities and patterns of infection among individuals. Despite its highly endangered status and chronically low genetic effective size, Rio Grande silvery minnow had high allelic diversity at MHC class IIβ with more alleles recognized at the presumptive DAB1 locus compared to the DAB3 locus. We identified significant associations between specific parasites and MHC alleles against a backdrop of generalist parasite prevalence. We also found that individuals with higher individual neutral heterozygosity and higher amino acid divergence between MHC alleles had lower parasite abundance and diversity. Taken together, these results suggest a role for fluctuating selection imposed by spatio‐temporal variation in pathogen communities and divergent allele advantage in maintenance of high MHC polymorphism. Understanding the complex interaction of habitat, pathogens and immunity in protected species will require integrated experimental, genetic and field studies. 相似文献
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Protein p53 is the tumor suppressor involved in cell cycle control and apoptosis. There are several polymorphisms reported
for p53 which can affect important regions involved in protein tumor suppressor activity. Amongst the polymorphisms described,
R213R and 13949 g→a are rarely studied, with an estimate frequency not yet available for the Brazilian population. The purpose
of this study was to investigate the genotype and allele frequencies and associations of these polymorphisms in a group of
patients with altered esophageal tissue from South Brazil and compare with the frequency observed for a control population.
A total of 35 patients for R213R and 45 for 13494 g→a polymorphisms analysis with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms
diagnosed by upper digestive endoscopy and confirmed by biopsy were studied. For both groups, 100 controls were used for comparison.
Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was also analyzed for a selected group of patients where normal and affected tissue was available.
There was one patient with Barrett’s Esophagus (BE) showing LOH for R213R out of two heterozygous samples analyzed and two
patients (esophagitis and BE) for 13494 g→a polymorphism. We also aimed to build a haplotype for both polymorphisms collectively
analyzed with R27P polymorphism, previously reported by our group. There were no significant differences in allele and genotype
distribution between patients and controls. Although using esophagitis, intestinal metaplasia of the cardia and BE samples,
all non-neoplastic lesions, we can conclude that these sites do not represent genetic susceptibility markers for the development
and early progression of GERD to BE and esophageal cancer. Additional studies are required in order to investigate other determiners
of early premalignant lesions known to predispose to esophageal cancer. 相似文献
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Branko Vukosavljevic Marius Hittinger Henning Hachmeister Christian Pilger Xabier Murgia Michael M. Gepp Luca Gentile Hanno Huwer Nicole Schneider‐Daum Thomas Huser Claus‐Michael Lehr Maike Windbergs 《Journal of biophotonics》2019,12(6)
Alveolar type II (ATII) cells in the peripheral human lung spontaneously differentiate toward ATI cells, thus enabling air‐blood barrier formation. Here, linear Raman and coherent anti‐Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy are applied to study cell differentiation of freshly isolated ATII cells. The Raman spectra can successfully be correlated with gradual morphological and molecular changes during cell differentiation. Alveolar surfactant rich vesicles in ATII cells are identified based on phospholipid vibrations, while ATI‐like cells are characterized by the absence of vesicular structures. Complementary, CARS microscopy allows for three‐dimensional visualization of lipid vesicles within ATII cells and their secretion, while hyperspectral CARS enables the distinction between cellular proteins and lipids according to their vibrational signatures. This study paves the path for further label‐free investigations of lung cells and the role of the pulmonary surfactant, thus also providing a basis for rational development of future lung therapeutics. 相似文献
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S Kussmann-Gerber C Wurth L Scapozza B D Pilger V Pliska G Folkers 《Nucleosides & nucleotides》1999,18(3):311-330
Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 thymidine kinase (HSV 1 TK) is a key target for antiviral therapy and it phosphorylates a broad spectrum of nucleosides and nucleotides. We report the results from kinetic and inhibition experiments with HSV 1 TK, and show that there is a preferred, but not exclusive, binding order of substrates, i.e. dT binds prior to ATP. Furthermore, the results provide new informations on the mechanism of binding suggesting that HSV1 TK undergoes conformational changes during the catalytic cycle. 相似文献