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Recombining right nasal half-eyes with left temporal half-eyes at embryonic stage 32 in Xenopus produces a double or “twinned” pattern of functional connections between retina and midbrain optic tectum. The left temporal half-eye is reprogrammed such that it projects to the tectum as a mirror-image duplicate pattern of the nasal right half-eye; both half-eyes project across the entire tectum. However, recombining a right nasal half-eye (in situ) with a right dorsal half-eye (grafted into the temporal position; NRDR eye) produces a single normal retinotectal projection. Where interactions between NR and TL involve both axial reprogramming and duplication of NR positional values in TL, NRDR interactions involve axial reprogramming in DR without duplication of NR values. In a second approach to interactions which suppress pattern duplication, both nasal and temporal one-third-sized eye fragments form approximate “NN” or “TT” duplicate pattern maps, respectively, when either is allowed to round up and form a whole eye. Allowing nasal and temporal thirds to permanently fuse (after removal of a one-third-sized vertical center strip of retina at stage 32) produces a normal projection; allowing the nasal and temporal thirds to interact (fuse) for 35–40 hr, followed by removal of one or the other third, suppresses pattern duplication (produces normal maps) in the remaining third in a majority of cases. Allowing the thirds to interact for 18–30 hr before removal of the temporal third produces a majority result of partial duplication in the remaining nasal third. Partial duplicates are apparent spatial intermediates with regard to interactions which suppress duplication in either fragment type. 相似文献
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Anton Orlin Dolan Sondhi Matthew T. Witmer Matthew M. Wessel Jason G. Mezey Stephen M. Kaminsky Neil R. Hackett Kaleb Yohay Barry Kosofsky Mark M. Souweidane Michael G. Kaplitt Donald J. D’Amico Ronald G. Crystal Szilárd Kiss 《PloS one》2013,8(8)
Background
Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), one form of Batten’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder resulting from a CLN2 gene mutation. The spectrum of ophthalmic manifestations of LINCL and the relationship with neurological function has not been previously described.Methods
Patients underwent ophthalmic evaluations, including anterior segment and dilated exams, optical coherence tomography, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography. Patients were also assessed with the LINCL Neurological Severity Scale. Ophthalmic findings were categorized into one of five severity scores, and the association of the extent of ocular disease with neurological function was assessed.Results
Fifty eyes of 25 patients were included. The mean age at the time of exam was 4.9 years (range 2.5 to 8.1). The mean ophthalmic severity score was 2.6 (range 1 to 5). The mean neurological severity score was 6.1 (range 2 to 11). Significantly more severe ophthalmic manifestations were observed among older patients (p<0.005) and patients with more severe neurological findings (p<0.03). A direct correlation was found between the Ophthalmic Severity Scale and the Weill Cornell Neurological Scale (p<0.002). A direct association was also found between age and the ophthalmic manifestations (p<0.0002), with older children having more severe ophthalmic manifestations.Conclusions
Ophthalmic manifestations of LINCL correlate closely with the degree of neurological function and the age of the patient. The newly established LINCL Ophthalmic Scale may serve as an objective marker of LINCL severity and disease progression, and may be valuable in the evaluation of novel therapeutic strategies for LINCL, including gene therapy. 相似文献3.
Nga M. Lau Peter H. R. Green Annette K. Taylor Dan Hellberg Mary Ajamian Caroline Z. Tan Barry E. Kosofsky Joseph J. Higgins Anjali M. Rajadhyaksha Armin Alaedini 《PloS one》2013,8(6)
Objective
Gastrointestinal symptoms are a common feature in children with autism, drawing attention to a potential association with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity. However, studies to date regarding the immune response to gluten in autism and its association with celiac disease have been inconsistent. The aim of this study was to assess immune reactivity to gluten in pediatric patients diagnosed with autism according to strict criteria and to evaluate the potential link between autism and celiac disease.Methods
Study participants included children (with or without gastrointestinal symptoms) diagnosed with autism according to both the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI-R) (n = 37), their unaffected siblings (n = 27), and age-matched healthy controls (n = 76). Serum specimens were tested for antibodies to native gliadin, deamidated gliadin, and transglutaminase 2 (TG2). Affected children were genotyped for celiac disease associated HLA-DQ2 and -DQ8 alleles.Results
Children with autism had significantly higher levels of IgG antibody to gliadin compared with unrelated healthy controls (p<0.01). The IgG levels were also higher compared to the unaffected siblings, but did not reach statistical significance. The IgG anti-gliadin antibody response was significantly greater in the autistic children with gastrointestinal symptoms in comparison to those without them (p<0.01). There was no difference in IgA response to gliadin across groups. The levels of celiac disease-specific serologic markers, i.e., antibodies to deamidated gliadin and TG2, did not differ between patients and controls. An association between increased anti-gliadin antibody and presence of HLA-DQ2 and/or -DQ8 was not observed.Conclusions
A subset of children with autism displays increased immune reactivity to gluten, the mechanism of which appears to be distinct from that in celiac disease. The increased anti-gliadin antibody response and its association with GI symptoms points to a potential mechanism involving immunologic and/or intestinal permeability abnormalities in affected children. 相似文献4.
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Environment-induced relapse is a major concern in drug addiction because of the strong associations formed between drug reward and environment. Cocaine-conditioned place preference is an ideal experimental tool to examine adaptations in the molecular pathways that are activated upon re-exposure to an environment previously paired with drug reward. To better understand the mechanism of cocaine-conditioned place preference we have used western blot analysis to examine changes in phosphorylation of cAMP-response element binding protein (CREB), dopamine- and cyclic AMP-regulated phosphoprotein 32 (DARPP-32), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and GluR1, key molecular substrates altered by cocaine, in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) and dorsal hippocampus (DHC) of C57BL/6 mice. Our studies revealed that re-exposing mice to an environment in which they were previously given cocaine resulted in increased levels of Ser133 phospho-CREB and Thr34 phospho-DARPP-32 with a corresponding decrease in Thr75 phospho-DARPP-32 in the NAc. In DHC there were increased levels of phospho-CREB, Thr183/Tyr185 phospho-ERK, and Ser845 phospho-GluR1. These data suggest that the formation of contextual drug reward associations involves recruitment of the DHC-NAc circuit with activation of the DARPP-32/CREB pathway in the NAc and the ERK/CREB pathway in the DHC. 相似文献
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Ophioglossum petiolatum . Unlike Angiopteris (Marattiales), which is monoplastidic, Ophioglossum undergoes polyplastidic meiosis like members of the fern-seed plant clade. The meiotic spindle is distinctly multipolar in
origin and is consolidated into a bipolar spindle that is variously twisted and curved to accommodate the large number of
chromosomes. Although a phragmoplast forms after first meiosis, no wall is deposited. Instead, an organelle band consisting
of intermingled plastids and mitochondria is formed in the equatorial region between the dyad domains. Following second meiosis,
a complex of phragmoplasts forms among sister and non-sister nuclei. Cell plates are deposited first between sister nuclei
and then in the region of the organelle band resulting in a tetrad of spores each with a equal allotment of organelles.
Received 30 January 2001/ Accepted in revised form 24 April 2001 相似文献
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A flux analysis of glucose metabolism in the filamentous fungus Rhizopus oryzae was achieved using a specific radioactivity curve-matching program, TFLUX. Glycolytic and tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates labeled through the addition of extracellular [U-14C]glucose were isolated and purified for specific radioactivity determinations. This information, together with pool sizes and the rates of glucose utilization and end product production, provided input for flux maps of the metabolic network under two different experimental conditions. Based upon the flux analysis of this system, a mutant of R. oryzae with higher lactate and lower ethanol yields than the parent was sought for and found. 相似文献
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Giordano TP Satpute SS Striessnig J Kosofsky BE Rajadhyaksha AM 《Journal of neurochemistry》2006,99(4):1197-1206
Dopamine D(2) long (D(2)L) and D(2) short (D(2)S) isoforms of the D(2) receptor play an important role in psychostimulant-induced neuronal adaptations. In this study, we used quantitative real-time PCR to specifically amplify these two splice variants to examine their mRNA expression in the dorsal striatum (dStr), nucleus accumbens (NAc) and the ventral tegmental area (VTA) of amphetamine-sensitized C57BL/6 mice. We found a significant increase in D(2)L mRNA in the VTA and dStr of amphetamine-treated mice that positively correlated with the sensitized locomotor response. We also found a significant increase in D(2)S mRNA in the VTA. We further examined the role of the Ca(v)1.3 subtype of L-type Ca(2+) channels in up-regulation of D(2)L and D(2)S mRNA in the VTA. Amphetamine-pretreated Ca(v)1.3 wild-type (Ca(v)1.3(+/+)) mice exhibited sensitized behavior and a significant increase in D(2)L and D(2)S mRNA compared with saline-pretreated mice Amphetamine-pretreated homozygous Ca(v)1.3 knockout (Ca(v)1.3(-/-)) mice did not exhibit sensitized behavior. There was a significant increase in D(2)S mRNA, but not D(2)L mRNA. In conclusion, our results find that amphetamine increases D(2)L mRNA expression in the dStr and the VTA, an adaptation that correlates with expression of sensitized behavior and dependence on Ca(v)1.3 Ca(2+) channels. 相似文献
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SIBYLLE STEINBEISS HOLGER BEßLER CHRISTOF ENGELS VICKY M. TEMPERTON NINA BUCHMANN CHRISTIANE ROSCHER YVONNE KREUTZIGER JUSSI BAADE MAIKE HABEKOST GERD GLEIXNER 《Global Change Biology》2008,14(12):2937-2949
Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration and related climate change have stimulated much interest in the potential of soils to sequester carbon. In ‘The Jena Experiment’, a managed grassland experiment on a former agricultural field, we investigated the link between plant diversity and soil carbon storage. The biodiversity gradient ranged from one to 60 species belonging to four functional groups. Stratified soil samples were taken to 30 cm depth from 86 plots in 2002, 2004 and 2006, and organic carbon contents were determined. Soil organic carbon stocks in 0–30 cm decreased from 7.3 kg C m?2 in 2002 to 6.9 kg C m?2 in 2004, but had recovered to 7.8 kg C m?2 by 2006. During the first 2 years, carbon storage was limited to the top 5 cm of soil while below 10 cm depth, carbon was lost probably as short‐term effect of the land use change. After 4 years, carbon stocks significantly increased within the top 20 cm. More importantly, carbon storage significantly increased with sown species richness (log‐transformed) in all depth segments and even carbon losses were significantly smaller with higher species richness. Although increasing species diversity increased root biomass production, statistical analyses revealed that species diversity per se was more important than biomass production for changes in soil carbon. Below 20 cm depth, the presence of one functional group, tall herbs, significantly reduced carbon losses in the beginning of the experiment. Our analysis indicates that plant species richness and certain plant functional traits accelerate the build‐up of new carbon pools within 4 years. Additionally, higher plant diversity mitigated soil carbon losses in deeper horizons. This suggests that higher biodiversity might lead to higher soil carbon sequestration in the long‐term and therefore the conservation of biodiversity might play a role in greenhouse gas mitigation. 相似文献