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Schraufnagel DE Agaram NP Faruqui A Jain S Jain L Ridge KM Sznajder JI 《American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology》2003,284(5):L891-L897
In a past study of hyperoxia-induced lung injury, the extensive lymphatic filling could have resulted from lymphatic proliferation or simple lymphatic recruitment. This study sought to determine whether brief lung injury could produce similar changes, to show which lymphatic compartments fill with edema, and to compare their three-dimensional structure. Tracheostomized rats were ventilated at high tidal volume (12-16 ml) or low tidal volume (3-5 ml) or allowed to breathe spontaneously for 25 min. Light microscopy showed more perivascular, interlobular septal, and alveolar edema in the animals ventilated at high tidal volume (P < 0.0001). Scanning electron microscopy of lymphatic casts showed extensive filling of the perivascular lymphatics in the group ventilated at high tidal volume (P < 0.01), but lymphatic filling was greater in the nonventilated group than in the group that was ventilated at low tidal volume (P < 0.01). The three-dimensional structures of the cast interlobular and perivascular lymphatics were similar. There was little filling and no difference in pleural lymphatic casts among the three groups. More edema accumulated in the surrounding lymphatics of larger blood vessels than smaller blood vessels. Brief high-tidal-volume lung injury caused pulmonary edema similar to that caused by chronic hyperoxic lung injury, except it was largely restricted to perivascular and septal lymphatics and prelymphatic spaces. 相似文献
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J Daugherty TM Evans T Skillom LE Watson NP Money 《Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B》1998,24(3):354-363
Classical studies on spore release within the Saprolegniaceae (Oomycetes) led to the proposition that different mechanisms of sporangial emptying represent steps in an evolutionary transition series. We have reevaluated this idea in a phylogenetic framework using internal transcribed spacer sequences of four genera. These data were compared with the response to osmotic stress exhibited by each taxon. Saprolegnia emerges as the most basal genus, sister to Achlya, Thraustotheca, and Dictyuchus. Achlya and Thraustotheca are most closely related, while Dictyuchus appears to have evolved along a separate evolutionary lineage. The resulting phylogenetic framework is consistent with the idea that the mechanism of sporangial emptying exhibited by Saprolegnia represents the plesiomorphic condition from which the other mechanisms were derived independently. These alternative mechanisms of spore release may have resulted from a small number of mutations that inhibited axonemal development and altered the temporal and spatial expression of lytic enzymes that degrade the sporangial wall. Copyright 1998 Academic Press. 相似文献
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Fasinu Pius S Tekwani Babu L Nanayakkara NP Dhammika Avula Bharathi Herath HMT Bandara Wang Yan-Hong Adelli Vijender R Elsohly Mahmoud A Khan Shabana I Khan Ikhlas A Pybus Brandon S Marcsisin Sean R Reichard Gregory A McChesney James D Walker Larry A 《Malaria journal》2014,13(1):1-12
Given the threat of resistance of human malaria parasites, including to artemisinin derivatives, new agents are needed. Chloroquine (CQ) has been the most widely used anti-malarial, and new analogs (CQAns) presenting alkynes and side chain variations with high antiplasmodial activity were evaluated. Six diaminealkyne and diaminedialkyne CQAns were evaluated against CQ-resistant (CQ-R) (W2) and CQ-sensitive (CQ-S) (3D7) Plasmodium falciparum parasites in culture. Drug cytotoxicity to a human hepatoma cell line (HepG2) evaluated, allowed to calculate the drug selectivity index (SI), a ratio of drug toxicity to activity in vitro. The CQAns were re-evaluated against CQ-resistant and -sensitive P. berghei parasites in mice using the suppressive test. Docking studies with the CQAns and the human (Hss LDH) or plasmodial lactate dehydrogenase (Pf LDH) enzymes, and, a β-haematin formation assay were performed using a lipid as a catalyst to promote crystallization in vitro. All tested CQAns were highly active against CQ-R P. falciparum parasites, exhibiting half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values below 1 μΜ. CQAn33 and CQAn37 had the highest SIs. Docking studies revealed the best conformation of CQAn33 inside the binding pocket of Pf LDH; specificity between the residues involved in H-bonds of the Pf LDH with CQAn37. CQAn33 and CQAn37 were also shown to be weak inhibitors of Pf LDH. CQAn33 and CQAn37 inhibited β-haematin formation with either a similar or a 2-fold higher IC50 value, respectively, compared with CQ. CQAn37 was active in mice with P. berghei, reducing parasitaemia by 100%. CQAn33, -39 and -45 also inhibited CQ-resistant P. berghei parasites in mice, whereas high doses of CQ were inactive. The presence of an alkyne group and the size of the side chain affected anti-P. falciparum activity in vitro. Docking studies suggested a mechanism of action other than Pf LDH inhibition. The β-haematin assay suggested the presence of an additional mechanism of action of CQAn33 and CQAn37. Tests with CQAn34, CQAn37, CQAn39 and CQAn45 confirmed previous results against P. berghei malaria in mice, and CQAn33, 39 and 45 were active against CQ-resistant parasites, but CQAn28 and CQAn34 were not. The result likely reflects structure-activity relationships related to the resistant phenotype. 相似文献
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KH Richau RL Kudahettige P Pujic NP Kudahettige A Sellstedt 《Journal of biosciences》2013,38(4):703-712
The actinorhizal bacterium Frankia expresses nitrogenase and can therefore convert molecular nitrogen into ammonia and the by-product hydrogen. However, nitrogenase is inhibited by oxygen. Consequently, Frankia and its actinorhizal hosts have developed various mechanisms for excluding oxygen from their nitrogen-containing compartments. These include the expression of oxygen-scavenging uptake hydrogenases, the formation of hopanoid-rich vesicles, enclosed by multi-layered hopanoid structures, the lignification of hyphal cell walls, and the production of haemoglobins in the symbiotic nodule. In this work, we analysed the expression and structure of the so-called uptake hydrogenase (Hup), which catalyses the in vivo dissociation of hydrogen to recycle the energy locked up in this ‘waste’ product. Two uptake hydrogenase syntons have been identified in Frankia: synton 1 is expressed under free-living conditions while synton 2 is expressed during symbiosis. We used qPCR to determine synton 1 hup gene expression in two Frankia strains under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. We also predicted the 3D structures of the Hup protein subunits based on multiple sequence alignments and remote homology modelling. Finally, we performed BLAST searches of genome and protein databases to identify genes that may contribute to the protection of nitrogenase against oxygen in the two Frankia strains. Our results show that in Frankia strain ACN14a, the expression patterns of the large (HupL1) and small (HupS1) uptake hydrogenase subunits depend on the abundance of oxygen in the external environment. Structural models of the membrane-bound hydrogenase subunits of ACN14a showed that both subunits resemble the structures of known [NiFe] hydrogenases (Volbeda et al. 1995), but contain fewer cysteine residues than the uptake hydrogenase of the Frankia DC12 and Eu1c strains. Moreover, we show that all of the investigated Frankia strains have two squalene hopane cyclase genes (shc1 and shc2). The only exceptions were CcI3 and the symbiont of Datisca glomerata, which possess shc1 but not shc2. Four truncated haemoglobin genes were identified in Frankia ACN14a and Eu1f, three in CcI3, two in EANpec1 and one in the Datisca glomerata symbiont (Dg). 相似文献
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The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effects of maximal concentric vs. eccentric exercise on the isometric strength of the elbow flexor, as well as the biceps brachii muscle electromyographic (EMG) responses in resistance-trained (RT) vs. untrained (UT) men. Thirteen RT men (age: 24 ± 4 years; height: 180.2 ± 7.7 cm; body weight: 92.2 ± 16.9 kg) and twelve UT men (age: 23 ± 4 years; height: 179.2 ± 5.0 cm; body weight: 81.5 ± 8.6 kg) performed six sets of ten maximal concentric isokinetic (CON) or eccentric isokinetic (ECC) elbow flexion exercise in two separate visits. Before and after the exercise interventions, maximal voluntary contractions (MVCs) were performed for testing isometric strength. In addition, bipolar surface EMG signals were detected from the biceps brachii muscle during the strength testing. Both CON and ECC caused isometric strength to decrease, regardless of the training status. However, ECC caused greater isometric strength decline than CON did for the UT group (p = 0.006), but not for the RT group. Both EMG amplitude and mean frequency significantly decreased and increased, respectively, regardless of the training status and exercise intervention. Resistance-trained men are less susceptible to eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage, but this advantage is not likely linked to the chronic resistance training-induced neural adaptations. 相似文献
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Journal of Applied Phycology - The effect of solar UV radiation exposure and NO3– supply on mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) accumulation in the carrageenan-producing red macroalga... 相似文献
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Carbohydrates have been suggested to account for some IgE cross- reactions
between various plant, insect, and mollusk extracts, while some IgG
antibodies have been successfully raised against plant glycoproteins. A rat
monoclonal antibody raised against elderberry abscission tissue (YZ1/2.23)
and rabbit polyclonal antiserum against horseradish peroxidase were
screened for reactivity in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay against a
range of plant glycoproteins and extracts as well as neoglycoproteins, bee
venom phospholipase, and several animal glycoproteins. Of the
oligosaccharides tested, Man3XylFucGlcNAc2(MMXF3) derived from horseradish
peroxidase was the most potent inhibitor of the reactivity of both YZ1/2.23
and anti- horseradish peroxidase to native horseradish peroxidase
glycoprotein. The reactivity of YZ1/2. 23 and anti-horseradish peroxidase
against Sophora japonica lectin was most inhibited by a neoglycoconjugate
of bromelain glycopeptide cross-linked to bovine serum albumin, while the
defucosylated form of this conjugate was inactive as an inhibitor. A wide
range of plant extracts was found to react against YZ1/2.23 and
anti-horseradish peroxidase, with particularly high reactivities recorded
for grass pollen and nut extracts. All these reactivities were inhibitable
with the bromelain glycopeptide/bovine serum albumin conjugate. Bee venom
phospholipase and whole bee venom reacted weakly with YZ1/2.23 but more
strongly with anti-horseradish peroxidase in a manner inhibitable with the
bromelain glycopeptide/bovine serum albumin conjugate, while hemocyanin
from Helix pomatia reacted poorly with YZ1/2.23 but did react with
anti-horseradish peroxidase. It is concluded that the alpha1, 3-fucose
residue linked to the chitobiose core of plant glycoproteins is the most
important residue in the epitope recognized by the two antibodies studied,
but that the polyclonal anti-horseradish peroxidase antiserum also contains
antibody populations that recognize the xylose linked to the core mannose
of many plant and gastropod N-linked oligosaccharides.
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