A proteolytically modified form of beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-m) present in the serum of patients suffering from autoimmune, immunodeficient diseases and cancer has been reported in the literature. In the present study we show that human beta 2-m as well as the proteolytically modified human form (M-beta 2-m) bind to murine lymphocytes expressing H-2 class I antigens; M-beta 2-m, when added at day 0 and 1 of culture in nanomolar concentrations to a one-way murine allogeneic mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) augments the generation of specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes; M-beta 2-m increases the endogenous production of interleukin 2 in the MLC culture; monoclonal antibody which reacts with both the native beta 2-m and M-beta 2-m molecule blocks the augmentation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte production induced by M-beta 2-m; murine as well as human MLC responder cells can proteolytically modify native human beta 2-m; and the modifying activity of murine MLC responder cells was blocked in an intermediary step by an alloantibody, which reacts specifically with murine major histocompatibility complex, class I-associated beta 2-m. These findings suggest that the modification process is preceded by an association of human beta 2-m with the cell surface of the responder cells. Our data indicate that the modification of beta 2-m might reflect early events in allospecific responder cell activation. 相似文献
Growth factor receptors transmit biological signals for the stimulation of cell growth in vitro and in vivo and their autocrine stimulation may be involved in tumorigenesis. It is therefore, of great value to understand receptor reactions in response to ultraviolet (UV) light which certain normal human cells are invaribly exposed to during their growth cycle. UV irradiation has recently been shown to deplete antioxidant enzymes in human skin. The aims of the present study were a) to compare the lateral mobility of epidermal growth factor receptors (EGF-R) in cultured human keratinocytes and human foreskin fibroblasts, b) to investigate effects of ultraviolet B radiation on the mobility of EGF-R in these cells, and c) study the response of EGF-R on addition of antioxidant enzymes. The epidermal growth factor receptors were labeled with rhodaminated EGF, the lateral diffusion was determined and the fraction of mobile EGF-R assessed with the fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). We found that human keratinocytes display a higher basal level of EGF-R mobility than human skin fibroblasts, viz. with diffusion coefficients (D ± standard error of the mean, SEM) of 4.2±0.2 × 10–10 cm2/s, and 1.8±0.2 × 10–10 cm2/s, respectively. UVB-irradiated fibroblasts showed an almost four-fold increase in the diffusion coefficient; D was 6.3±0.3 × 10–10 cm2/s. The keratinocytes, however, displayed no significant increase in receptor diffusion after irradiation; D was 5.1±0.8 × 10–10 cm2/s. In both cell types the percentage of EGF-R fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, i.e. the fraction of mobile receptors, was significantly increased after irradiation. In keratinocytes it increased from 69% before irradiation to 78% after irradiation. Analogous figures for fibroblasts were 61% and 73%. The effect of UVB on fibroblast receptors was abolished by prior addition of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT). It is concluded that UVB radiation of fibroblasts and keratinocytes can affect their biophysical properties of EGF-R. The finding that addition of antioxidant enzymes prevented the UVB effect in fibroblasts may indicate the involvement of reactive oxygen metabolites.Abbreviations CAT
Catalase
- D
Lateral diffusion coefficient
- EDTA
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- EGF
Epidermal growth factor
- E-MEM
Eagle's minimum essential medium
- FCS
Fetal calf serum
- FRAP
Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching
- KRG
Krebs-Ringer phosphate buffer
- PBS
Phosphate-buffered saline
- R
Mobile fraction
- ROS
Reactive oxygen species
- SEM
Standard error of the mean
- SOD
Superoxide dismutase
- UVA
Ultraviolet light-A (315-400 nm)
- UVB
Ultraviolet light-B (280-315 nm) 相似文献
The increasing spread of vector-borne diseases has resulted in severe health concerns for humans, domestic animals and wildlife, with changes in land use and the introduction of invasive species being among the main possible causes for this increase. We explored several ecological drivers potentially affecting the local prevalence and richness of avian malaria parasite lineages in native and introduced house sparrows (Passer domesticus) populations.
Location
Global.
Time period
2002–2019.
Major taxa studied
Avian Plasmodium parasites in house sparrows.
Methods
We analysed data from 2,220 samples from 69 localities across all continents, except Antarctica. The influence of environment (urbanization index and human density), geography (altitude, latitude, hemisphere) and time (bird breeding season and years since introduction) were analysed using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs) and random forests.
Results
Overall, 670 sparrows (30.2%) were infected with 22 Plasmodium lineages. In native populations, parasite prevalence was positively related to urbanization index, with the highest prevalence values in areas with intermediate urbanization levels. Likewise, in introduced populations, prevalence was positively associated with urbanization index; however, higher infection occurred in areas with either extreme high or low levels of urbanization. In introduced populations, the number of parasite lineages increased with altitude and with the years elapsed since the establishment of sparrows in a new locality. Here, after a decline in the number of parasite lineages in the first 30 years, an increase from 40 years onwards was detected.
Main conclusions
Urbanization was related to parasite prevalence in both native and introduced bird populations. In invaded areas, altitude and time since bird introduction were related to the number of Plasmodium lineages found to be infecting sparrows. 相似文献
Lyme-grass (Elymus arenarius L.) was harvested and processed for human consumption along the southern coast of Iceland until the beginning of this century.
The origin of this exploitation is not known, but lyme-grass may have been gathered for this purpose already in the Viking
Age. The system of processing lyme-grass is complex, and special implements and facilities are needed. The method is similar
to traditional processing methods for cereals. Extensive research on Icelandic ethnographic observations was undertaken to
establish the exact methods and sequence of operations that was involved. On the basis of this, a set of archaeological experiments
was performed to test the viability of the processing techniques outlined in the written records. A model describing the harvesting
and processing of lyme-grass is presented. 相似文献
Summary Multispecies virtual population analysis is an attempt to take species interactions into account when assessing the status of fish stocks. It was introduced primarily with the aim of lowering the uncertainty in the natural mortality rate as used in single species VPA and to take account of variability between years and ages by calculating inside the model the part of the mortality rate caused by predation. The output of the MSVPA is therefore —in addition to stock sizes and fishing mortality rates as in single species VPA —the amounts consumed of the various species by the predators included in the analysis.The MSVPA model of the predation interactions results in a set of coupled non-linear equations which must be solved for each time step in the analysis. Key parameters in the model are the so-called suitability coefficients, measuring the relative suitability of one species as prey for another species. These parameters must be estimated inside the model and this estimation requires data on the stomach contents of the predators in the model. The MSVPA makes two key assumptions: constant ration size (i.e. independent of time for each species-age combination) and hence fixed weights-at-age and a model of prey selection which leads to a type ii functional feeding response. These assumptions do not hold for all areas and therefore limit the applicability of the MSVPA in its present form.The MSVPA is probably one of the more successful multispecies models in fisheries. Its main application to date has been to the North Sea, and although it has not been used directly as a management tool it has provided input values of parameters used in assessment models as well as valuable insights into the system. For example, it has demonstrated that an increase in mesh size can result in lower long-term yields, an effect opposite to what is predicted if species interactions are ignored. Such insights into the dynamics of the system are useful and MSVPA may therefore have an indirect role to play in management. Nevertheless, due to many uncertainties involved in multispecies modelling in general and MSVPA in particular, it seems doubtful that the use of MSVPA in fisheries management will be much greater in the immediate future than it is at present. 相似文献
Summary Mutations conferring resistance to low levels of kanamycin in Escherichia coli have been mapped at 3 locations: the unc locus (min. 83), a locus we have designated, kanA (min. 72), close to strA (rpsL), and a locus at min. 86.5 previously discovered by Plate (1976) that we have designated ecfB. The unc and ecfB mutations are associated with defects in energy metabolism, while mutations at kanA may be in the gene coding for ribosomal protein S12 (rpsL). The three types of mutations cause cross resistance to a number of different aminoglycoside antibiotics and the effects of the mutations are cumulative in combination. 相似文献
Supernates from concanavalin A (Con A)-activated mouse spleen cell cultures suppress the formation of B-lymphocyte colonies (BLC) in soft agar culture by 30 to 95%. Con A-induced BLC suppressive culture supernates can be heated at 80 °C for 1 hr without losing activity. The BLC suppressive activity is eliminated totally by trypsin treatment and partly by treatment with β-galactosidase. Activity is unaffected by treatment with DNAse, RNAse, and α-glucosidase. By ultrafiltration the BLC suppressive factor(s) was shown to have a molecular weight greater than 300,000. These data suggest that BLC suppression is mediated by a protein-carbohydrate complex. BLC suppression was obtained when normal spleen cells were preincubated in Con A-activated supernates for only 1 hr at 37 °C. BLC suppressor activity was absent in the supernatant fluid of Con A exposed anti-θ-treated spleen cells, nonadherent spleen cells, extensively washed spleen cells, and spleen cells from nude (athymic) mice suggesting that cells responsible for Con A-induced BLC suppression are adherent, fragile cells of the T lineage. Con A-activated spleen cell supernates do not suppress colony formation in soft agar by normal mouse granulocyte-macrophage precursors, by plasmacytoma cells, T-lymphoma cells, or by carcinoma cells. However, colony formation by Abelson's murine leukemia virus transformed B-lymphoma cells was suppressed by 95% suggesting a relationship between this immature B-lymphoma line and B-lymphocyte colony-forming cells. Con A-activated spleen cell supernates do not suppress lymphocyte activation in liquid culture by phytohemagglutinin, Con A, or lipopolysaccharide. Heat-treated supernates—which inhibited BLC development by 90–95%—did not suppress the plaque formation by spleen cells immunized in vivo or in vitro by sheep red blood cells. 相似文献
Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries - For marine fishes of commercial interest, defining how individuals vary in certain attributes, through ontogeny, and across space and time, can help expose... 相似文献
Anhand mikroskopischer Untersuchungen und durch Mittelversuche an A. pisum wurden folgende Kenntnisse zur Endosymbiose gewonnen:
In L3‐Stadien von A. pisum sind zwischen 55 und 85 potentielle Bakteriocyten vorhanden, von dene ca. 60–80 % besiedelt sind.
Eine Reduktion des besiedelten Anteils in der F1‐Generation auf unter 50% läßt eine deutliche Depression in der F2‐Generation erwarten.
Das Kriterium Embryonenlänge ist großen Schwankungen unterworfen und eignet sich nur bedingt als Unterscheidungsmerkmal.
Die von Fröhlich (1990) vorgeschlagene Methodik zum Symbiontizidscreening bei A. pisum mit dem Standard OTC 2000 ppm und der Auszählung der mit TTC angefärbten Bakteriocyten unter dem Mikroskop läßt eine praktikable Testung von Substanzen auf symbiontizide Wirkung bei A. pisum zu. Es wird jedoch als günstiger angesehen, nicht die Larven mit den Pflanzen zu behandeln, wie von Fröhlich (1990) vorgeschlagen, sondern erst nach dem Antrocknen des Spritzbelages Adulte zur Erzeugung von F1‐Larven anzusetzen.
Es konnte eindeutig nachgewiesen werden, daß die von den Prüfsubstanzen hervorgerufenen aphiziden Effekte, insbesondere durch Cycloheximid (100/500 ppm) sowie Neemkernextrakt (50%), nicht auf einem symbiontiziden Wirkungsmechanismus beruhen (Ausnahme Oxytetracyclin 2000 ppm als Standard).