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Sullivan T. Y.; DeWeese E. L.; Yu P. L.; Aronoff G. R. 《Journal of applied physiology》1986,61(6):2230-2237
Airway anesthesia with inhaled aerosolized lidocaine has been associated with increases in minute ventilation (VE) and mean inspiratory flow rate (VT/TI) during CO2 inhalation. However, it is unclear whether these increases are local effects of the anesthesia or systemic effects of absorbed and circulating lidocaine. To evaluate this 20 normal subjects were treated on separate days with aerosolized lidocaine, intravenous lidocaine, aerosolized control solution, or intravenous control solution, and the effects of each treatment on VE and VT/TI were determined and compared during room-air breathing and inhalation of 5% CO2-95% O2. None of the treatments altered VE or VT/TI during room-air breathing. Aerosolized lidocaine produced small (5.9-6.0%) increases in VE and VT/TI during CO2 inhalation, but these effects were not present after intravenous lidocaine despite equivalent lidocaine blood levels. We concluded that the increases in VE and VT/TI after aerosolized lidocaine were local effects of airway anesthesia rather than systemic effects of absorbed and circulating lidocaine. 相似文献
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It is unclear why there are so many more neurons in sensory cortex than in the sensory periphery. One possibility is that these "extra" neurons are used to overcome cortical noise and faithfully represent the acoustic stimulus. Another possibility is that even after overcoming cortical noise, there is "excess representational bandwidth" available and that this bandwidth is used to represent conjunctions of auditory and nonauditory information for computation. Here, we discuss recent data about neuronal reliability in auditory cortex showing that cortical noise may not be as high as was previously believed. Although at present, the data suggest that auditory cortex neurons can be more reliable than those in the visual cortex, we speculate that the principles governing cortical computation are universal and that visual and other cortical areas can also exploit strategies based on similarly high-fidelity activity. 相似文献
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Tran PT Hales RK Zeng J Aziz K Salih T Gajula RP Chettiar S Gandhi N Wild AT Kumar R Herman JM Song DY DeWeese TL 《Current molecular medicine》2012,12(6):772-787
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer and second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States. Most men have localized disease diagnosed following an elevated serum prostate specific antigen test for cancer screening purposes. Standard treatment options consist of surgery or definitive radiation therapy directed by clinical factors that are organized into risk stratification groups. Current clinical risk stratification systems are still insufficient to differentiate lethal from indolent disease. Similarly, a subset of men in poor risk groups need to be identified for more aggressive treatment and enrollment into clinical trials. Furthermore, these clinical tools are very limited in revealing information about the biologic pathways driving these different disease phenotypes and do not offer insights for novel treatments which are needed in men with poor-risk disease. We believe molecular biomarkers may serve to bridge these inadequacies of traditional clinical factors opening the door for personalized treatment approaches that would allow tailoring of treatment options to maximize therapeutic outcome. We review the current state of prognostic and predictive tissue-based molecular biomarkers which can be used to direct localized prostate cancer treatment decisions, specifically those implicated with definitive and salvage radiation therapy. 相似文献
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Biological systems fundamentally exist out of equilibrium in order to preserve organized structures and processes. Many changing cellular conditions can be represented as transitions between nonequilibrium steady states, and organisms have an interest in optimizing such transitions. Using the Hatano-Sasa Y-value, we extend a recently developed geometrical framework for determining optimal protocols so that it can be applied to systems driven from nonequilibrium steady states. We calculate and numerically verify optimal protocols for a colloidal particle dragged through solution by a translating optical trap with two controllable parameters. We offer experimental predictions, specifically that optimal protocols are significantly less costly than naive ones. Optimal protocols similar to these may ultimately point to design principles for biological energy transduction systems and guide the design of artificial molecular machines. 相似文献
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Protein translocation across the membrane of the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) is the first step in the biogenesis of secretory and membrane proteins. Proteins enter the ER by the Sec61 translocon, a proteinaceous channel composed of three subunits, α, β and γ. While it is known that Sec61α forms the actual channel, the function of the other two subunits remains to be characterized.Results
In the present study we have investigated the function of Sec61β in Drosophila melanogaster. We describe its role in the plasma membrane traffic of Gurken, the ligand for the Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) receptor in the oocyte. Germline clones of the mutant allele of Sec61β show normal translocation of Gurken into the ER and transport to the Golgi complex, but further traffic to the plasma membrane is impeded. The defect in plasma membrane traffic due to absence of Sec61β is specific for Gurken and is not due to a general trafficking defect.Conclusion
Based on our study we conclude that Sec61β, which is part of the ER protein translocation channel affects a post-ER step during Gurken trafficking to the plasma membrane. We propose an additional role of Sec61β beyond protein translocation into the ER. 相似文献7.
To investigate respiratory control during high-frequency oscillation (HFO), ventilation was monitored in conscious humans by respiratory inductive plethysmography during application at the mouth of high-frequency pressure oscillations. Studies were conducted before and after airway and pharyngeal anesthesia. During HFO, breathing became slow and deep with an increase in tidal volume (VT) of 37% (P less than 0.01) and inspiratory duration (TI) of 34% (P less than 0.01). Timing ratio (TI/TT) increased 14% (P less than 0.05) and respiratory frequency (f) decreased 12% (P less than 0.01). Mean inspiratory flow (VT/TI) did not change during HFO. Following airway anesthesia, VT increased only 26% during HFO (P less than 0.01), whereas significant changes in TI, TI/TT, and f were not observed. Pharyngeal anesthesia failed to diminish the effect of HFO on TI, TT, or f, although the increase in VT was reduced. These results indicate that 1) HFO presented in this manner alters inspiratory timing without affecting the level of inspiratory activity, and 2) receptors in the larynx and/or lower airways may in part mediate the response. 相似文献
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Sequence of a cDNA for mouse thymidylate synthase reveals striking similarity with the prokaryotic enzyme 总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11
Perryman SM; Rossana C; Deng TL; Vanin EF; Johnson LF 《Molecular biology and evolution》1986,3(4):313-321
We report the nucleotide sequence of a cloned cDNA, pMTS-3, that contains a
1-kb insert corresponding to mouse thymidylate synthase (E.C. 2.1.1.45).
The open reading frame of 921 nucleotides from the first AUG to the
termination codon specifies a protein with a molecular mass of 34,962
daltons. The predicted amino acid sequence is 90% identical with that of
the human enzyme. The mouse sequence also has an extremely high degree of
similarity (as much as 55% identity) with prokaryotic thymidylate synthase
sequences, indicating that thymidylate synthase is among the most highly
conserved proteins studied to date. The similarity is especially pronounced
(as much as 80% identity) in the 44-amino-acid region encompassing the
binding site for deoxyuridylic acid. The cDNA sequence also suggests that
mouse thymidylate synthase mRNA lacks a 3' untranslated region, since the
termination codon, UAA, is followed immediately by a poly(A) segment.
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Georgina G. DeWeese Henri D. Grissino-Mayer Charles W. Lafon Serena R. Aldrich 《Dendrochronologia》2010,28(3):173-186
Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens Lamb.) is an Appalachian endemic that occurs in a patchy distribution from Georgia to Pennsylvania on xeric, fire-prone sites. Beginning in the 1990s, Table Mountain pine first showed usefulness in reconstructing fire regimes in these xeric Appalachian forests. The next step in Table Mountain pine research, the relationships between fire occurrence and climate variables, cannot happen until the dendrochronological potential of the species has been proven. This research investigates the annual ring structure and formation, relationship between climate and growth, and dendrochronological dating between trees in the same stands to prove the species’ effectiveness in climate reconstructions. Table Mountain pine cores and cross-sections were collected from four sites in the Virginia Appalachian Mountains. Results indicate that the species is sensitive to climate (monthly precipitation and temperature, PDSI and PHDI). Climate analyses revealed that Table Mountain pine growth is reduced when the previous year's September is drier than normal, the current year’s February is wetter than average, and the winter is colder than average. Results of these climate analyses illustrate a regional climate signal in Table Mountain pine stands; however, results from individual sites provided more significant details on the influence of climate on the species. 相似文献