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The anabolic action of intermittent parathyroid hormone on cortical bone depends partly on its ability to induce nitric oxide‐mediated vasorelaxation in BALB/c mice
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S Gohin A Carriero C Chenu AA Pitsillides TR Arnett M Marenzana 《Cell biochemistry and function》2016,34(2):52-62
There is strong evidence that vasodilatory nitric oxide (NO) donors have anabolic effects on bone in humans. Parathyroid hormone (PTH), the only osteoanabolic drug currently approved, is also a vasodilator. We investigated whether the NO synthase inhibitor L‐NAME might alter the effect of PTH on bone by blocking its vasodilatory effect. BALB/c mice received 28 daily injections of PTH[1–34] (80 µg/kg/day) or L‐NAME (30 mg/kg/day), alone or in combination. Hindlimb blood perfusion was measured by laser Doppler imaging. Bone architecture, turnover and mechanical properties in the femur were analysed respectively by micro‐CT, histomorphometry and three‐point bending. PTH increased hindlimb blood flow by >30% within 10 min of injection (P < 0.001). Co‐treatment with L‐NAME blocked the action of PTH on blood flow, whereas L‐NAME alone had no effect. PTH treatment increased femoral cortical bone volume and formation rate by 20% and 110%, respectively (P < 0.001). PTH had no effect on trabecular bone volume in the femoral metaphysis although trabecular thickness and number were increased and decreased by 25%, respectively. Co‐treatment with L‐NAME restricted the PTH‐stimulated increase in cortical bone formation but had no clear‐cut effects in trabecular bone. Co‐treatment with L‐NAME did not affect the mechanical strength in femurs induced by iPTH. These results suggest that NO‐mediated vasorelaxation plays partly a role in the anabolic action of PTH on cortical bone. © 2016 The Authors. Cell Biochemistry and Function published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Nuclear gene trees and the phylogenetic relationships of the mangabeys (Primates: Papionini) 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
Phylogenetic relationships of mangabeys within the Old World monkey tribe
Papionini are inferred from analyses of nuclear DNA sequences from five
unlinked loci. The following conclusions are strongly supported, based on
congruence among trees derived for the five separate gene regions: (1)
mangabeys are polyphyletic within the Papionini; (2) Cercocebus is the
sister taxon to the genus Mandrillus; and (3) Lophocebus belongs to a clade
with Papio and Theropithecus, with Papio as its most likely sister taxon.
Morphologically based phylogenies positing mangabey monophyly were
evaluated by mapping the sequences for each locus on these trees. The data
seem to fit these trees poorly in both maximum-parsimony and likelihood
analyses. Incongruence among nuclear gene trees occurred in the
interrelationships among Lophocebus, Papio, and Theropithecus. Several
factors that may account for this incongruence are discussed, including
sampling error, random lineage sorting, and introgression.
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PPCMatrix: a PowerPC dotmatrix program to compare large genomic sequences against protein sequences 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Summary : An interactive dotmatrix program for the MacOS was designed that
allows comparison of DNA to protein sequences using nested 3-frame
translations. Availability : Shareware, available at
http://copan.bioz.unibas.ch/software/ Contact : burglin@ubaclu. unibas.ch
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This paper develops a deterministic and a stochastic population size model based on power-law kinetics for the black-margined pecan aphid. The deterministic model in current use incorporates cumulative-size dependency, but its solution is symmetric. The analogous stochastic model incorporates the prolific reproductive capacity of the aphid. These models are generalized in this paper to include a delayed feedback mechanism for aphid death. Whereas the per capita aphid death rate in the current model is proportional to cumulative size, delayed feedback is implemented by assuming that the per capita rate is proportional to some power of cumulative size, leading to so-called power-law dynamics. The solution to the resulting differential equations model is a left-skewed abundance curve. Such skewness is characteristic of observed aphid data, and the generalized model fits data well. The assumed stochastic model is solved using Kolmogrov equations, and differential equations are given for low order cumulants. Moment closure approximations, which are simple to apply, are shown to give accurate predictions of the two endpoints of practical interest, namely (1) a point estimate of peak aphid count and (2) an interval estimate of final cumulative aphid count. The new models should be widely applicable to other aphid species, as they are based on three fundamental properties of aphid population biology. 相似文献
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This paper uses a new cumulant truncation methodology to investigate the stochastic power law logistic model with immigration, and illustrates the model with parameter values used to describe the growth of muskrat populations in the Netherlands. This model has a stable equilibrium distribution. The incorporation of immigration into the model, therefore, simplifies the qualitative nature of the stochastic solution. The (unconditional) cumulant functions for the transient and the equilibrium population size distributions are obtained, from which the distributions are shown to be near-normal at all times for the parameter values of interest. Approximating cumulant functions, which are relatively easy to find in practice, are derived and shown to be quite accurate, except for the case of massive immigration. As the level of immigration increases, the mean value rises more rapidly initially, as expected; however, the variance and the skewness of both the transient and the equilibrium distributions are reduced. 相似文献
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Evolution of eutherian cytochrome c oxidase subunit II: heterogeneous rates of protein evolution and altered interaction with cytochrome c 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:2
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII), encoded by the mitochondrial
genome, exhibits one of the most heterogeneous rates of amino acid
replacement among placental mammals. Moreover, it has been demonstrated
that cytochrome c oxidase has undergone a structural change in higher
primates which has altered its physical interaction with cytochrome c. We
collected a large data set of COII sequences from several orders of mammals
with emphasis on primates, rodents, and artiodactyls. Using phylogenetic
hypotheses based on data independent of the COII gene, we demonstrated that
an increased number of amino acid replacements are concentrated among
higher primates. Incorporating approximate divergence dates derived from
the fossil record, we find that most of the change occurred independently
along the New World monkey lineage and in a rapid burst before apes and Old
World monkeys diverged. There is some evidence that Old World monkeys have
undergone a faster rate of nonsynonymous substitution than have apes. Rates
of substitution at four-fold degenerate sites in primates are relatively
homogeneous, indicating that the rate heterogeneity is restricted to
nondegenerate sites. Excluding the rate acceleration mentioned above,
primates, rodents, and artiodactyls have remarkably similar nonsynonymous
replacement rates. A different pattern is observed for transversions at
four-fold degenerate sites, for which rodents exhibit a higher rate of
replacement than do primates and artiodactyls. Finally, we hypothesize
specific amino acid replacements which may account for much of the
structural difference in cytochrome c oxidase between higher primates and
other mammals.
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