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A mathematical model is proposed which systematically investigates complex calcium oscillations in pancreatic acinar cells. This model is based on calcium-induced calcium release via inositol trisphosphate receptors (IPR) and ryanodine receptors (RyR) and includes calcium modulation of inositol (1,4,5) trisphosphate (IP3) levels through feedback regulation of degradation and production. In our model, the apical and the basal regions are separated by a region containing mitochondria, which is capable of restricting Ca2+ responses to the apical region. We were able to reproduce the observed oscillatory patterns, from baseline spikes to sinusoidal oscillations. The model predicts that calcium-dependent production and degradation of IP3 is a key mechanism for complex calcium oscillations in pancreatic acinar cells. A partial bifurcation analysis is performed which explores the dynamic behaviour of the model in both apical and basal regions. 相似文献
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B Karlmark 《Analytical biochemistry》1973,52(1):69-82
A methodological system mainly designed for the use on intratubular urine samples is described, which permits the determination of titratable acid and ammonium ions in samples of a few nanoliters. The pH measurements were performed by means of antimony micro electrodes, the construction of which are described in detail. The hydroxyl ions were added to the samples from a second antimony electrode system, by an electric current. The amount of hydroxyl ions liberated was equivalent to the amount of current used.The ammonium determinations were based upon the fact that hydrogen ions were liberated from the ammonium ions by formaldehyde. The hydrogen ions were titrated in the same manner as the titratable acid.The use of two electrode systems simultaneously inserted in the droplet permitted recordings of the titration curves. The magnitude of methodological errors of these ultramicro methods are the same as those of corresponding methods using milliliter volumes. 相似文献
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Several protein cascades, including signaling, cytoskeletal, chaperones, metabolic, and antioxidant proteins, have been shown to be involved in the process of neuronal differentiation (ND) of neuroblastoma cell lines. No systematic approach to detect hitherto unknown and unnamed proteins or structures that have been predicted upon nucleic acid sequences in ND has been published so far. We therefore decided to screen hypothetical protein (HP) expression by protein profiling. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis with subsequent matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF) identification was used for expression analysis of undifferentiated and dimethylsulfoxide-induced neuronally differentiated N1E-115 cells. We unambiguously identified six HPs: Q8C520, Q99LF4, Q9CXS1, Q9DAF8, Q91WT0, and Q8C5G2. A prefoldin domain in Q91WT0, a t-SNARE domain in Q9CXS1, and a bromodomain were observed in Q8C5G2. For the three remaining proteins, no putative function using Pfam, BLOCKS, PROSITE, PRINTS, InterPro, Superfamily, CoPS, and ExPASy could be assigned. While two proteins were present in both cell lines, Q9CXS1 was switched off (i.e., undetectably low) in differentiated cells only, and Q9DAF8, Q91WT0, and Q8C5G2 were switched on in differentiated cells exclusively. Herein, using a proteomic approach suitable for screening and identification of HP, we present HP structures that have been only predicted so far based upon nucleic acid sequences. The four differentially regulated HPs may play a putative role in the process of ND. 相似文献
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Litman GW; Rast JP; Shamblott MJ; Haire RN; Hulst M; Roess W; Litman RT; Hinds- Frey KR; Zilch A; Amemiya CT 《Molecular biology and evolution》1993,10(1):60-72
Immunoglobulins are encoded by a large multigene system that undergoessomatic rearrangement and additional genetic change during the developmentof immunoglobulin-producing cells. Inducible antibody and antibody-likeresponses are found in all vertebrates. However, immunoglobulin possessingdisulfide-bonded heavy and light chains and domain-type organization hasbeen described only in representatives of the jawed vertebrates. Highdegrees of nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequence identity areevident when the segmental elements that constitute the immunoglobulin geneloci in phylogenetically divergent vertebrates are compared. However, theorganization of gene loci and the manner in which the independent elementsrecombine (and diversify) vary markedly among different taxa. One strikingpattern of gene organization is the \"cluster type\" that appears to berestricted to the chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) and limitssegmental rearrangement to closely linked elements. This type of geneorganization is associated with both heavy- and light-chain gene loci. Insome cases, the clusters are \"joined\" or \"partially joined\" in the germline, in effect predetermining or partially predetermining, respectively,the encoded specificities (the assumption being that these are expressed)of the individual loci. By relating the sequences of transcribed geneproducts to their respective germ-line genes, it is evident that, in somecases, joined-type genes are expressed. This raises a question about theexistence and/or nature of allelic exclusion in these species. Theextensive variation in gene organization found throughout the vertebratespecies may relate directly to the role of intersegmental(V<==>D<==>J) distances in the commitment of the individualantibody-producing cell to a particular genetic specificity. Thus, theevolution of this locus, perhaps more so than that of others, may reflectthe interrelationships between genetic organization and function. 相似文献
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Erawan Borkham-Kamphorst Eddy van de Leur Henning W. Zimmermann Karlin Raja Karlmark Lidia Tihaa Ute Haas Frank Tacke Thorsten Berger Tak W. Mak Ralf Weiskirchen 《生物化学与生物物理学报:疾病的分子基础》2013,1832(5):660-673
Lipocalin-2 is expressed under pernicious conditions such as intoxication, infection, inflammation and other forms of cellular stress. Experimental liver injury induces rapid and sustained LCN2 production by injured hepatocytes. However, the precise biological function of LCN2 in liver is still unknown. In this study, LCN2?/? mice were exposed to short term application of CCl4, lipopolysaccharide and Concanavalin A, or subjected to bile duct ligation. Subsequent injuries were assessed by liver function analysis, qRT-PCR for chemokine and cytokine expression, liver tissue Western blot, histology and TUNEL assay. Serum LCN2 levels from patients suffering from liver disease were assessed and evaluated. Acute CCl4 intoxication showed increased liver damage in LCN2?/? mice indicated by higher levels of aminotransferases, and increased expression of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines such as IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α and MCP-1/CCL2, resulting in sustained activation of STAT1, STAT3 and JNK pathways. Hepatocytes of LCN2?/? mice showed lipid droplet accumulation and increased apoptosis. Hepatocyte apoptosis was confirmed in the Concanavalin A and lipopolysaccharide models. In chronic models (4 weeks bile duct ligation or 8 weeks CCl4 application), LCN2?/? mice showed slightly increased fibrosis compared to controls. Interestingly, serum LCN2 levels in diseased human livers were significantly higher compared to controls, but no differences were observed between cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic patients. Upregulation of LCN2 is a reliable indicator of liver damage and has significant hepato-protective effect in acute liver injury. LCN2 levels provide no correlation to the degree of liver fibrosis but show significant positive correlation to inflammation instead. 相似文献
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KR Rupesh PL PremKumar Vasanth V Shiva Kumar Seetharaman S Jayachandran 《BMC microbiology》2002,2(1):5-7
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Seeds of the legume plant Lathyrus sativus, which is grown in arid and semi arid tropical regions, contain Diamino Propionic acid (DAP). DAP is a neurotoxin, which, when consumed, causes a disease called Lathyrism. Lathryrism may manifest as Neurolathyrism or Osteolathyrism, in which the nervous system, and bone formation respectively, are affected. DAP ammonia lyase is produced by a few microorganisms such as Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhimurium and Pseudomonas, and is capable of detoxifying DAP. 相似文献8.
LEFULESELE N. LEBESA ZEYAUR R. KHAN AHMED HASSANALI JOHN A. PICKETT TOBY J. A. BRUCE MATTHEW SKELLERN KERSTIN KRÜGER 《Physiological Entomology》2011,36(3):220-229
Insect attraction to host plants may be partly mediated by visual stimuli. In the present study, the responses of adult Hycleus apicicornis (Guér.) (Coleoptera: Meloidae) to plant models of different colours, different combinations of two colours, or three hues of blue of different shapes are compared. Single‐colour models comprised the colours sky blue, bright green, yellow, red, white and black. Sky blue (reflecting light in the 440–500 nm region) is the most attractive, followed by white, which reflects light over a broader range (400–700 nm). On landing on sky blue targets, beetles exhibit feeding behaviour immediately. When different hues of blue (of different shapes) are compared, sky blue is preferred over turquoise, followed by dark blue, indicating that H. apicicornis is more attracted to lighter hues of blue than to darker ones. No significant differences are found between the three shapes (circle, square and triangle) tested, suggesting that reflectance associated with colour could be a more important visual cue than shape for host location by H. apicicornis. The preference of H. apicicornis for sky blue can be exploited in designing an attractive trap for its management. 相似文献
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BASTIEN CHRIST BERNHARD KRÄUTLER DOROTHEA BARTELS STEFAN HÖRTENSTEINER 《Plant, cell & environment》2014,37(11):2521-2531
Angiosperm resurrection plants exhibit poikilo‐ or homoiochlorophylly as a response to water deficit. Both strategies are generally considered as effective mechanisms to reduce oxidative stress associated with photosynthetic activity under water deficiency. The mechanism of water deficit‐induced chlorophyll (Chl) degradation in resurrection plants is unknown but has previously been suggested to occur as a result of non‐enzymatic photooxidation. We investigated Chl degradation during dehydration in both poikilochlorophyllous (Xerophyta viscosa) and homoiochlorophyllous (Craterostigma pumilum) species. We demonstrate an increase in the abundance of PHEOPHORBIDE a OXYGENASE (PAO), a key enzyme of Chl breakdown, together with an accumulation of phyllobilins, that is, products of PAO‐dependent Chl breakdown, in both species. Phyllobilins and PAO levels diminished again in leaves from rehydrated plants. We conclude that water deficit‐induced poikilochlorophylly occurs via the well‐characterized PAO/phyllobilin pathway of Chl breakdown and that this mechanism also appears conserved in a resurrection species displaying homoiochlorophylly. The roles of the PAO/phyllobilin pathway during different plant developmental processes that involve Chl breakdown, such as leaf senescence and desiccation, fruit ripening and seed maturation, are discussed. 相似文献
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