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The article "Interferon-γ affects leukemia cell apoptosis through regulating Fas/FasL signaling pathway" by H.-L. Xia, C.-J. Li, X.-F. Hou, H. Zhang, Z.-H. Wu, J. Wang, published in Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2017; 21 (9): 2244-2248 - PMID: 28537657 has been retracted by the Editor in Chief. Following some concerns raised on PubPeer (link: https://pubpeer.com/publications/2F360E066992B4078059C72F8530B3), the Editor in Chief has started an investigation to assess the validity of the results as well as possible figure manipulation. The authors have been informed about the journal's investigation but remained unresponsive and have not provided the study's raw data. The journal's investigation revealed a duplicated area in Figure 1 between panels 100 U/mL and 1000 U/mL. Consequently, the Editor in Chief mistrusts the results presented and has decided to retract the article. This article has been retracted. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. https://www.europeanreview.org/article/12706.
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BACKGROUND: Delirium is common in elderly patients after surgery and is associated with poor outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the impact of intraoperative dexmedetomidine on the incidence of delirium in elderly patients undergoing major surgery. METHODS: This was a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Elderly patients (aged 60 years or more) scheduled to undergo major non-cardiac surgery were randomized into two groups. Patients in the intervention group received a loading dose of dexmedetomidine 0·6 µg/kg 10 min before induction of anaesthesia followed by a continuous infusion (0·5 µg per kg per h) until 1 h before the end of surgery. Patients in the control group received volume-matched normal saline in the same schedule. The primary outcome was the incidence of delirium during the first 5 days after surgery. Delirium was assessed with the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) for non-ventilated patients and CAM for the Intensive Care Unit for ventilated patients. RESULTS: In total, 309 patients who received dexmedetomidine and 310 control patients were included in the intention-to-treat analysis. The incidence of delirium within 5 days of surgery was lower with dexmedetomidine treatment: 5·5 per cent (17 of 309) versus 10·3 per cent (32 of 310) in the control group (relative risk (RR) 0·53, 95 per cent c.i. 0·30 to 0·94; P = 0·026). The overall incidence of complications at 30 days was also lower after dexmedetomidine (19·4 per cent (60 of 309) versus 26·1 per cent (81 of 310) for controls; RR 0·74, 0·55 to 0·99, P = 0·047). CONCLUSION: Intraoperative dexmedetomidine halved the risk of delirium in the elderly after major non-cardiac surgery. Registration number: ChiCTR-IPR-15007654 ( www.chictr.org.cn).
ANTECEDENTES: El delirio después de la cirugía es frecuente en los pacientes de edad avanzada y se asocia con malos resultados. El objetivo de este estudio fue investigar el impacto de la administración intraoperatoria de dexmedetomidina en la incidencia de delirio en pacientes mayores sometidos a operaciones de cirugía mayor. MÉTODOS: Se trataba de un ensayo aleatorizado, doble ciego y controlado con placebo. Un total de 620 pacientes mayores (60 años o más) fueron programados para ser sometidos a intervenciones (no cardiacas) de cirugía mayor y se aleatorizaron a dos grupos. Los pacientes en el grupo de intervención recibieron una dosis de carga de dexmedetomidina (0,6 µg/kg, 10 minutos antes de la inducción anestésica) seguida de una infusión continua (0,5 µg/kg/h) hasta 1 h antes de la finalización de la cirugía. Los pacientes del grupo control recibieron el mismo volumen de suero salino siguiendo la misma pauta. El resultado principal era la incidencia de delirio durante los primeros 5 días postoperatorios. Para la valoración del delirio se utilizó el método para la evaluación de la confusión (Confusion Assessment Method, CAM) en pacientes no intubados y el CAM-UCI para los pacientes intubados. RESULTADOS: En total, 309 pacientes que recibieron dexmedetomidina y 310 del grupo control se incluyeron en el análisis por intención de tratar. La incidencia de delirio durante los primeros 5 días tras la cirugía fue inferior en presencia de tratamiento con dexmedetomidina que en ausencia del mismo: 5,5% (17/309) versus 10,3% (32/310); riesgo relativo (RR) 0,53, i.c. del 95% 0,30-0,94, P = 0,026. La incidencia global de complicaciones a los 30 días excluyendo el delirio también fue inferior en presencia que en ausencia de tratamiento con dexmedetomidina (19,4% (60/309) versus 26,1% (81/301), RR 0,74, i.c. del 95% 0,55-0,99, P = 0,047). CONCLUSIÓN: La administración intraoperatoria de dexmedetomidina reduce la presencia de delirio en los pacientes mayores tras cirugía mayor no cardiaca.
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Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Ambulatórios/efeitos adversos , Analgésicos não Narcóticos/uso terapêutico , Delírio/prevenção & controle , Dexmedetomidina/uso terapêutico , Cuidados Intraoperatórios/métodos , Idoso , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Ambulatórios/métodos , Analgésicos não Narcóticos/administração & dosagem , Dexmedetomidina/administração & dosagem , Método Duplo-Cego , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Assistência Perioperatória/métodosRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the regulatory effect of hypoxic preconditioning bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs)-exosomes on cardiomyocyte apoptosis in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: BMSCs-derived exosomes were extracted by Exoquick method. Expressions of exosome surface markers were determined by Western blot. The AMI model in rats was established by LAD ligation. Rats were randomly assigned into sham group, AMI group, AMI+H-exo group and AMI+N-exo group. MicroRNA-24 expression in rat myocardium was detected at different time points. Subsequently, hypoxic preconditioning or normoxic preconditioning BMSCs-exosomes were intramyocardially injected into rats. Infarct size was calculated through TTC (triphenyltetrazolium chloride) staining. Cardiomyocyte apoptosis was accessed with Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase dUTP Nick-end Labeling (TUNEL). Heart function of AMI rats was evaluated by echocardiography. Protein expressions of apoptotic genes in rat myocardium were detected by Western blot. RESULTS: The mRNA level of microRNA-24 was higher in H-exo group than N-exo group. Injection of hypoxic preconditioning BMSCs-exosomes markedly upregulated microRNA-24 level, reduced infarct size and improved cardiac function in AMI rats. Protein expressions of Bax, caspase-3 and cleaved-caspase-3 were downregulated by BMSCs-exosomes treatment. H9c2 cells showed upregulated microRNA-24 level and decreased apoptotic rate after incubation with hypoxic preconditioning BMSCs-exosomes. The above cellular performances were partially reversed by transfection of microRNA-24 inhibitor. CONCLUSIONS: Hypoxic preconditioning BMSCs-exosomes inhibit cardiomyocyte apoptosis in AMI rats by upregulating microRNA-24.
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Apoptose/genética , Exossomos , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/metabolismo , MicroRNAs/metabolismo , Infarto do Miocárdio/terapia , Miocárdio/patologia , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Caspase 3/genética , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Hipóxia Celular , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Regulação para Baixo/genética , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Humanos , Injeções Intralesionais , Masculino , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/citologia , MicroRNAs/antagonistas & inibidores , MicroRNAs/genética , Infarto do Miocárdio/genética , Infarto do Miocárdio/patologia , Ratos , Regulação para CimaRESUMO
K326 and HD represent major tobacco cultivars in China, which required large N fertiliser input but at different application rates. To understand primary components affecting tobacco N use physiology, we adopted these two varieties as valuable genetic material to assess their growth response to N nutrition. We established a hydroponic culture system to grow plants supplied with different N regimes. Plant biomass, N, ammonium, nitrate, arginine, GS and NR activity, N transfer and use efficiency as well as root uptake were examined. Our data revealed the preference of K326 and HD to utilise nitrate or ammonium nitrate but not ammonium alone, with 2 mm N supply probably sufficient and economical to achieve good biomass production at the vegetative stage. Moreover, both varieties were very sensitive to ammonium, perhaps due to lack of or abnormal signalling related to nitrate and/or arginine rather than impairment of N acquisition and initial assimilation; this was supported by measurements of the plant content of N, ammonium and activities of GS and NR. Notably, short-term 15 N root influx studies identified differential uptake kinetics of K326 and HD, with distinct affinities and transport rates for ammonium and nitrate. The data suggest that the growth adaptation of K326 or HD to higher or lower N may be ascribed to different competences for effective N uptake/translocation and assimilation. Thus, our work provides valuable information to prompt deeper investigation of the molecular basis controlling plant N use efficiency.
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Nicotiana/metabolismo , Nitrogênio/metabolismo , Compostos de Amônio/metabolismo , Nitratos/metabolismo , Fenômenos Fisiológicos Vegetais , Raízes de Plantas/metabolismo , Nicotiana/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Nicotiana/fisiologiaRESUMO
Transforming growth factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1) plays several crucial regulatory roles in multiple physiological and pathological processes. The aim of this work was to investigate the role of TGF-ß1 in branching morphogenesis of salivary gland. We harvested and cultured submandibular salivary glands (SMGs) from murine embryos, which were then treated with exogenous TGF-ß1, or its neutralized antibody, Smad3 inhibitor, or Smad3 small interfering RNA (siRNA). Our results suggested that TGF-ß1 attenuated branching morphogenesis of embryonic murine SMG via Smad3 activation, thus playing a negative regulatory role in salivary gland development.
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Proteína Smad3/metabolismo , Glândula Submandibular/embriologia , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/fisiologia , Animais , Western Blotting , Células Cultivadas , Feminino , Expressão Gênica , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Masculino , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/fisiologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Técnicas de Cultura de Órgãos , Fosforilação , Gravidez , RNA Interferente Pequeno/genética , Transdução de Sinais , Proteína Smad3/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteína Smad3/genética , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/imunologia , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/farmacologiaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Imbalance of hematopoietic cell proliferation and apoptosis is one of the major causes of leukemia. Enhanced cell proliferation and reduced apoptosis lead to hemocytes accumulation. Fas/FasL signaling pathway promotes cell apoptosis. This study investigated the impact of interferon γ (IFN-γ) on chronic myelogenous leukemia cell proliferation and apoptosis to elucidate its interaction with Fas/FasL signaling pathway. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Leukemia K562 cells were routinely cultivated and treated with 10 U/ml, 100 U/ml, and 1000 U/ml interferon for 12 h, 24 h, and 48 h, respectively. MTT assay was applied to test cell proliferation. TUNEL assay was adopted to determine cell apoptosis. Western blot was selected to detect Fas/FasL expression. RESULTS: Different concentrations of IFN-γ inhibited cell proliferation at various time points. IFN-γ at 1000 U/ml treatment for 48 h exhibited the strongest suppressive effect on cell proliferation (p < 0.05). IFN-γ intervention enhanced K562 cell apoptosis with concentration and time dependence (p < 0.05). Fas and FasL proteins expressions upregulated after treated by IFN-γ following dose elevation and time extension (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: IFN-γ inhibits leukemia K562 cell proliferation and promotes cell apoptosis via facilitating Fas and FasL proteins expressions.
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Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteína Ligante Fas/fisiologia , Interferon gama/farmacologia , Leucemia/tratamento farmacológico , Receptor fas/fisiologia , Humanos , Células K562 , Leucemia/patologia , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
4-Methylcatechol (4-MC) is a potential neuroprotective drug because it stimulates the synthesis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and nerve growth factor (NGF) in neurons. The present study explored the effect of 4-MC on cell growth and testosterone synthesis in the TM3 Leydig cells of mice. 4-MC did not enhance expression of both BDNF and NGF in these cells. However, this compound significantly inhibited cell proliferation and increased the number of apoptotic cells in a dose-dependent manner. The expression profile of Bax/Bcl-2 gene was altered considerably, and mitochondrial activity was significantly decreased in cells. 4-Methylcatechol also inhibited testosterone synthesis in TM3 Leydig cells. The inhibitory roles of this compound in relation to growth and testosterone synthesis in TM3 Leydig cells maybe associated with increased Bax gene expression and decreased mitochondrial activity. As a result, caspase cascade is activated.
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Catecóis/farmacologia , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Intersticiais do Testículo/efeitos dos fármacos , Mitocôndrias/efeitos dos fármacos , Testosterona/biossíntese , Animais , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Fator Neurotrófico Derivado do Encéfalo/metabolismo , Caspase 3/metabolismo , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Células Intersticiais do Testículo/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Fator de Crescimento Neural/metabolismoRESUMO
Carrot is generally regarded as a biennial plant with an obligatory vernalization requirement. Early spring cultivation makes plants vulnerable to premature bolting, which results in a loss of commercial value. However, our knowledge of flowering time genes and flowering mechanisms in carrot remain limited. Bolting behavior of D. carota ssp. carota 'Songzi', a wild species sensitive to flower induction by vernalization and photoperiod, and orange cultivar 'Amsterdam forcing', and their offspring were investigated in different growing conditions. We performed RNA-seq to identify the flowering time genes, and digital gene expression (DGE) analysis to examine their expression levels. The circadian patterns of related genes were identified by qPCR. The results showed bolting behavior of carrot was influenced by low temperature, illumination intensity and photoperiod. A total of 45 flowering time-related unigenes were identified, which were classified into five categories including photoperiod, vernalization, autonomous and gibberellin pathway, and floral integrators. Homologs of LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL (LHY) and CONSTANS-LIKE 2 (COL2) were more highly expressed under short day condition than under long day condition. Homologs of COL2, CONSTANS-LIKE 5 (COL5), SUPPRESSION OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1 (SOC1), FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) and GIBBERELLIC ACID INSENSITIVE (GAI) were differentially expressed between 'Songzi' and 'Amsterdam forcing'. The homolog of COL2 (Dct43207) was repressed by light, but that of COL5 (Dct20940) was induced. A preliminary model of genetic network controlling flowering time was constructed by associating the results of DGE analysis with correlation coefficients between genes. This study provides useful information for further investigating the genetic mechanism of flowering in carrot.
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Daucus carota/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica de Plantas , Redes Reguladoras de Genes , Fotoperíodo , Transcriptoma , Relógios Circadianos , Daucus carota/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Daucus carota/fisiologia , Daucus carota/efeitos da radiação , Flores/genética , Flores/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Flores/fisiologia , Flores/efeitos da radiação , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Luz , Filogenia , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
Phenoloxidases (POs) play key roles in various physiological functions in insects, e.g., cuticular sclerotization, wound healing, egg tanning, cuticle formation and melanotic encapsulaction of pathogens. Previously, we identified five POs, designated As-pro-PO I-V, from the mosquito Armigeres subalbatus and demonstrated that the functions of As-pro-PO I, II and III, were associated with filarial parasite melanization, blood feeding and cuticle formation, respectively. In the present study, we delineate the dual functions of As-pro-PO V. We found that the level of As-pro-PO V mRNA in mosquitoes was significantly increased after microfilaria challenge or blood feeding, and decreased to normal level after oviposition. Knockdown of As-pro-PO V by dsRNA resulted in significant decreases in the degree of microfilaria melanization, egg chronic melanization rates and egg hatching rates in Ar. subalbatus. Further transfection and electrophoretic mobility-shift assays verified the As-pro-PO V gene might regulated by both AP-1, a putative immune-related regulatory element and CdxA, a developmental regulatory element. The binding of AP-1 and CdxA motif with mosquito nuclear extracts was significantly enhanced after microfilaria challenge and blood-feeding in Ar. subalbatus, respectively. These results indicate that As-pro-PO V is a critical enzyme that is required for both an effective melanization immune response and egg chorion melanization in this mosquito.
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Catecol Oxidase/metabolismo , Culicidae/parasitologia , Dirofilaria immitis/metabolismo , Precursores Enzimáticos/metabolismo , Melaninas/metabolismo , Animais , Sangue , Catecol Oxidase/genética , Córion/metabolismo , Cães , Precursores Enzimáticos/genética , Feminino , Óvulo/metabolismo , Interferência de RNA , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismoRESUMO
This report presents a study utilizing next-generation sequencing technology, combined with chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP-seq) technology to analyze histone modification induced by butyrate and to construct a high-definition map of the epigenomic landscape with normal histone H3 and H4 and their variants in bovine cells at the whole-genome scale. A total of 10 variants of histone H3 and H4 modifications were mapped at the whole-genome scale (acetyl-H3K18-ChIP-seq, trimethy-H3K9, histone H4 ChIP-seq, acetyl-H4K5 ChIP-seq, acetyl-H4K12 ChIP-seq, acetyl-H4K16 ChIP-seq, histone H3 ChIP-seq, acetyl H3H9 ChIP-seq, acetyl H3K27 ChIP-seq and tetra-acetyl H4 ChIP-seq). Integrated experiential data and an analysis of histone and histone modification at a single base resolution across the entire genome are presented. We analyzed the enriched binding regions in the proximal promoter (within 5 kb upstream or at the 5'-untranslated region from the transcriptional start site (TSS)), and the exon, intron and intergenic regions (defined by regions 25 kb upstream and 10 kb downstream from the TSS). A de novo search for the binding motif of the 10 ChIP-seq datasets discovered numerous motifs from each of the ChIP-seq datasets. These consensus sequences indicated that histone modification at different locations changes the histone H3 and H4 binding preferences. Nevertheless, a high degree of conservation in histone binding also was presented in these motifs. This first extensive epigenomic landscape mapping in bovine cells offers a new framework and a great resource for testing the role of epigenomes in cell function and transcriptomic regulation.
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Butiratos/farmacologia , Bovinos/genética , Epigenômica/métodos , Genoma/efeitos dos fármacos , Genoma/genética , Histonas/metabolismo , Animais , Imunoprecipitação da Cromatina/veterinária , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala/métodos , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala/veterinária , Histonas/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
To compare the efficacy and safety of adding liraglutide, saxagliptin and vildagliptin to current therapy in Chinese type 2 diabetes subjects with poor glycemic control.A 24-week, randomized, open-label, parallel clinical trial was performed. A total 178 patients completed the trial who had been randomly assigned to add-on once daily liraglutide (1.2 mg/day injected subcutaneously), to saxagliptin (5 mg once daily) or to vildagliptin (50 mg twice daily). Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) values, fasting and postprandial blood glucose (FBG and P2BG), body weight, body mass index (BMI), episodes of hypoglycemia and adverse events were evaluated.Over the 24-week treatment period, greater lowering of mean of HbA1c was achieved with 1.2 mg liraglutide (-1.50%, 95% CI [-1.67, -1.34]) than with saxagliptin (-1.23%, 95% CI [-1.36, -1.11]) and vildagliptin (-1.25%, 95% CI [-1.37, -1.13]). There was no significant between-group difference of percentages of subjects who reached a target HbA1c<7.0%, but significantly more subjects with liraglutide achieved HbA1c≤6.5% compared with saxagliptin and vildagliptin. The mean reduction of FBG value from baseline was 2.23 mmol/L with liraglutide, much greater than 1.83 mmol/L with saxagliptin (p=0.013), but similar to 2.03 mmol/L with -vildaglitpin group. As to the P2BG value, greater reductions was found with liraglutide (-4.80 mmol/L) than -3.56 mmol/L with saxagliptin (p=0.000) and -3.57 mmol/L with vildagliptin (p=0.000). Moreover, greater mean reductions of body weight and BMI with liraglutide (-6.0 kg and -2.1 kg/m(2)) were achieved than with saxagliptin and vildagliptin (both p<0.001), whereas no significant difference was found between saxagliptin and vildagliptin group. The incidence of hypoglycemia was recorded low and similar in each treatment group. Nausea was more common with liraglutide (27%) than with saxagliptin (3.2%) and vildagliptin (5.2%), but no significant between-group difference was reported in other AEs.Adding liraglutide demonstrated superiority to saxagliptin and vildagliptin for reductions of HbA1c and weight loss in Chinese subjects with T2DM who had inadequate glycemic control with conventional oral hypoglycemic agents. These findings support the add-on of liraglutide could offer notable advantages over DPP-4 inhibitors in both efficacy and safety.
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Adamantano/análogos & derivados , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Dipeptídeos/uso terapêutico , Peptídeo 1 Semelhante ao Glucagon/análogos & derivados , Hipoglicemiantes/uso terapêutico , Insulina/uso terapêutico , Metformina/uso terapêutico , Nitrilas/uso terapêutico , Pirrolidinas/uso terapêutico , Adamantano/efeitos adversos , Adamantano/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Povo Asiático , Glicemia , Peso Corporal , China , Dipeptídeos/efeitos adversos , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Peptídeo 1 Semelhante ao Glucagon/efeitos adversos , Peptídeo 1 Semelhante ao Glucagon/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/efeitos adversos , Liraglutida , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nitrilas/efeitos adversos , Pirrolidinas/efeitos adversos , Resultado do Tratamento , VildagliptinaRESUMO
Recently, we demonstrated that two members of neurotrophins, nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and two types of receptor, tyrosine kinase A (TrkA) and tyrosine kinase (TrkB), exist in ejaculated bull spermatozoa, and play a crucial role in the normal function of spermatozoa. Neurotrophin-4 (NT-4) is another neurotrophic factor that signals predominantly through the TrkB receptor tyrosine kinase, and no reports of detection of NT-4 in spermatozoa have been published. In the present study, the presence of NT-4 in mature bull spermatozoa was investigated using RT-PCR, immunofluorescence and Western blotting. The result shows that there was no RT-PCR evidence for NT-4 transcripts in bovine spermatozoa. However, the NT-4 protein was present in bovine spermatozoa, and the NT-4 immunoreactivity was localized to the equatorial segment and midpiece of bovine spermatozoa. In addition, effects of NT-4 on function of spermatozoa were studied. Significant increased mitochondria activity of mature bovine spermatozoa was observed in response to 300 or 500 ng/ml exogenous NT-4 (p < 0.05), in comparison with the control, while addition of inhibitors (40 ng/ml k252α) specific for tyrosine protein kinase significantly blocked the increase of mitochondria activity. However, NT-4 had no effects on the viability or acrosome reaction of spermatozoa (p > 0.05). Consequently, this study provided evidence that NT-4 protein was presented in the mature bull spermatozoa and can influence the mitochondrial activity of bovine spermatozoa through TrkB tyrosine kinase-dependent pathways.
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Bovinos/fisiologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Fatores de Crescimento Neural/metabolismo , Espermatozoides/metabolismo , Animais , Ejaculação , Masculino , Fatores de Crescimento Neural/genética , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/genética , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/metabolismo , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Espermatozoides/químicaRESUMO
To investigate the causes of the occurrence and persistence of porcine cystic follicles, we evaluated the apoptosis and proliferation of follicular cells in these cysts. Apoptotic frequencies were examined by TUNEL assay and the expression of apoptosis regulators (XIAP, bax, bc1-2 and caspase-3) by immunohistochemistry, Western blotting and real-time quantitative PCR; cell proliferation activity was evaluated by PCNA immunohistochemistry and proliferation of in vitro cultured granulosa and theca cells. The low apoptotic frequency and weak proliferative activity were found in cystic follicles. Low frequency of apoptosis might be associated with decreased amounts of apoptotic-related factors (bax and caspase-3) and increased amounts of anti-apoptotic factors (XIAP and bcl-2) in cystic follicles. Significantly lower proliferation activity was detected in granulosa and theca cells from cystic follicles, and lesser PCNA-positive cells were found in cystic follicles. Our results indicate that the programmed cell death and cell proliferation system were altered in cystic follicles. The disorder between apoptosis and proliferation was responsible for maintaining a static condition without degeneration, which leads to the long-term persistence of follicles. These findings provide important novel insights into the pathogenesis of follicular cysts in sows.
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Apoptose/fisiologia , Proliferação de Células , Células da Granulosa/patologia , Cistos Ovarianos/veterinária , Doenças dos Suínos/patologia , Células Tecais/patologia , Animais , Apoptose/genética , Caspase 3/análise , Caspase 3/genética , Feminino , Expressão Gênica , Células da Granulosa/química , Marcação In Situ das Extremidades Cortadas , Cistos Ovarianos/patologia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/análise , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2/genética , RNA Mensageiro/análise , Suínos , Células Tecais/química , Proteínas Inibidoras de Apoptose Ligadas ao Cromossomo X/análise , Proteínas Inibidoras de Apoptose Ligadas ao Cromossomo X/genética , Proteína X Associada a bcl-2/análise , Proteína X Associada a bcl-2/genéticaRESUMO
The severity of host response in some diseases differs between sexes, and this dimorphism has been attributed to the immunomodulating effects of reproductive steroid hormones. In females, susceptibility to disease stress has been associated with reproductive status and attributed to prevailing progesterone (P4) or estrogen concentrations during different estrous cycle phases. Our objective was to clarify and define the effect of P4 or 17ß-estradiol (E2) on the acute proinflammatory component of the innate immune system by administering these hormones to steers and evaluating initial and tolerance-associated concentration patterns of circulating proinflammatory immune response mediators after two consecutive lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenges (LPS1 and LPS2, 6 d apart; 2.5 µg/kg BW, intravenously, Escherichia coli 055:B5). Plasma concentrations of the proinflammatory initiation cytokine tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), nitrate+nitrite [NO(x), estimate of nitric oxide (NO) production], haptoglobin (HG; acute phase protein) and plasma xanthine oxidase activity (mediator of superoxide production) were measured. Crossbred steers (392 ± 7 kg) were fed a forage-concentrate diet (15% CP) to appetite and assigned to control (C; n = 7), P4 (n = 8), or E2 (n = 5) treatment. Jugular blood samples were obtained at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 24 h relative to each of the two LPS injections. For each proinflammatory biomarker, the area under the time by concentration curve (AUC) was used to evaluate and compare responses to the LPS challenge. Treatment with E2 disrupted LPS tolerance as observed in augmented plasma TNF-α (P < 0.01) and NO(x) (P < 0.01) responses to LPS2. Compared with C, P4 treatment decreased plasma NO(x) AUC after LPS2 (P < 0.05) and tended to reduce TNF-α AUC after LPS1 (P = 0.08). Plasma xanthine oxidase activity AUC was increased (P < 0.01) over C by E2 treatment after both LPS1 and LPS2. HG response to LPS1 within 24 h was not affected by any treatment. However, 6 d after LPS1 plasma HG concentration remained higher (P < 0.01) in steers treated with E2 than with C or P4. Results indicate that in cattle, P4 and E2, respectively, attenuate or amplify the response to LPS challenge at several points critical to the regulation of the progression of the proinflammatory cascade.
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Bovinos/imunologia , Estradiol/sangue , Lipopolissacarídeos/imunologia , Progesterona/sangue , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/imunologia , Xantina Oxidase/imunologia , Animais , Área Sob a Curva , Bovinos/sangue , Endotoxinas/imunologia , Escherichia coli , Haptoglobinas/análise , Haptoglobinas/imunologia , Masculino , Óxido Nítrico/sangue , Óxido Nítrico/imunologia , Caracteres Sexuais , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/sangue , Xantina Oxidase/sangueRESUMO
Follicular fluid (FF) includes various biologically active proteins which can affect follicular growth and maturation. Certain proteins could reflect the physiological and pathological status of follicles. The aim of the present study was to explore the key proteins associated with pathogenesis of follicular cysts, some of which may be candidate biomarkers for the condition. We analysed the proteomes of FF from small, medium, large and cystic follicles by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) combined with mass spectrometry (MS). The protein components in FF were found to be significantly different among groups; about 300 proteins spots in each group were examined, and 32 differentially expressed proteins were identified from different groups. To further reveal the source of identified proteins, transcripts encoding two of these, transferrin and RBP-4, were detected in granulosa cells (GCs) by RT-PCR, as well as the proteins were detected in 24 h culture media of GCs by ELISA. High levels of RBP-4 were examined in FF of cystic follicles by 2-DE analysis, which were significantly different to those in large follicles (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the study enriches our understanding of the proteins of FF; RBP-4 and transferrin originate from passive transfer and follicular synthesized secretion, and RBP-4 might be a candidate biomarker for porcine follicular cysts. Combined with histological studies, these results further suggest that changes of the type and quantity of proteins in FF might be attributed to an abnormal metabolism of follicular cells and structure of follicular wall in cystic follicles. Our findings will contribute to further insight into the pathogenesis of follicular cysts.
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Líquido Folicular/metabolismo , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/veterinária , Cistos Ovarianos/metabolismo , Proteômica , Doenças dos Suínos/metabolismo , Animais , Western Blotting/veterinária , Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática/veterinária , Feminino , Líquido Folicular/química , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , SuínosRESUMO
Both Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and non-Sjögren's syndrome (NSS) can present with the sicca symptoms of dry eyes and a dry mouth but they are distinct pathological entities that require diagnostic discrimination. This study included 82 sicca syndrome patients and examined the ability of sialoscintigraphy and antibodies against the autoantigens alpha-fodrin, Ro and La to discriminate between SS and NSS. A total of 30.8% of SS patients compared with 58.8% of NSS patients were alpha-fodrin positive. The prevalence of Ro positivity was 69.4% for SS patients compared with 0% for NSS patients. The prevalence of La positivity was 52.4% for SS compared with 0% for NSS patients. Sialoscintigraphy showed that more NSS patients had grade III salivary gland impairment compared with SS patients (64.7% versus 19.4%). These data suggest that using sialoscintigraphy in combination with measuring the levels of serum alpha-fodrin, Ro and La might be useful for SS and NSS discrimination.
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Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Cintilografia/métodos , Glândulas Salivares/patologia , Síndrome de Sjogren/diagnóstico , Xeroftalmia/diagnóstico , Autoantígenos/análise , Autoantígenos/sangue , Autoantígenos/imunologia , Biomarcadores/sangue , Proteínas de Transporte/imunologia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Proteínas dos Microfilamentos/imunologia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Ribonucleoproteínas/análise , Ribonucleoproteínas/imunologia , Glândulas Salivares/diagnóstico por imagem , Síndrome de Sjogren/imunologia , Xeroftalmia/imunologia , Antígeno SS-BRESUMO
To monitor possible contamination of edible vegetables by common pesticides, an analytical method using gas chromatography combined with ion trap spectrometry (GC-IT/MS) was developed to measure simultaneously up to 39 pesticide residues, belonging to organophosphors, organochlorines, pyrethroids or carbamates classes, left on four kinds of popular vegetables. The procedure entails addition of acetone, dichloromethane, and sodium chloride to a small amount of vegetable, then the mixture was shaken intensively and centrifuged for phase separation. An aliquot of the organic layer was cleanup using solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridges filled with graphitized carbon black (GCB) in combination with acidic aluminum oxide. Gas chromatography with ion trap mass spectrometer was then used for qualitative and quantitative determination of the pesticides. The GCB combination with acidic aluminum oxide was found more suitable than florisil, aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide for sample cleanup with recoveries above 70% for most pesticides in removing the majority of co-extracted matrices. Variation coefficients of the repeatability typically smaller than 20% have been achieved for a wide range of the investigated pesticides. A set of critical instrument parameters for the GC-IT/MS Varian system in the MS mode was established. Based on optimization work conducted in this study, the 39 pesticides were separated successively with the limits of detection between 0.02 and 0.1 mg/kg.
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Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Resíduos de Praguicidas/análise , Extração em Fase Sólida/métodos , Verduras/química , Cromatografia Gasosa-Espectrometria de Massas/instrumentação , Resíduos de Praguicidas/química , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Extração em Fase Sólida/instrumentaçãoRESUMO
The severity of host response to some disease agents differs between sexes and this dimorphism has been attributed to the immunomodulating effects of steroid hormones. Our objective was to determine in heifers whether the phase of estrous cycle affected immune response mediators after endotoxin challenge (LPS, 2.5microg/kg BW, i.v.). Sixteen beef heifers (426+/-9kg) were reproductively synchronized with the two-injection protocol of dinoprost tromethamine (Lutalyse, Pfizer) to establish diestrus and estrus stages of the estrous cycle. Heifers were challenged with LPS on day 3 (E, estrus; n=8) or day 10 (D, diestrus, n=8) after the last i.m. injection of Lutalyse. In all heifers, plasma concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) peaked 2h after LPS treatment (P<0.01) and returned to basal level by 7h. However, the integrated TNF-alpha response (area under the time x concentration curve, AUC) was greater in E than in D (P<0.05). Plasma concentrations of nitrate+nitrite (NO(x), an estimate of NO production) increased (P<0.01) in all heifers at 7 and 24h after LPS; plasma NO(x) AUC after LPS was greater in E than D (P<0.01). Plasma xanthine oxidase activity (XO, a mediator of superoxide production) responses were also greater in E than D (P<0.05). A companion LPS challenge study in steers validated that the protocol for and use of Lutalyse did not affect any of the immune parameters studied in heifers in response to LPS. Results indicate that the underlying physiological attributes of the estrus and diestrus phases of the estrous cycle constitute a major source of variability in the magnitude of proinflammatory response to bacterial toxins like LPS.
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Bovinos/imunologia , Ciclo Estral/imunologia , Lipopolissacarídeos/farmacologia , Óxido Nítrico/sangue , Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa/sangue , Xantina Oxidase/sangue , Animais , Área Sob a Curva , Glicemia/metabolismo , Bovinos/sangue , Ciclo Estral/efeitos dos fármacos , Feminino , Hidrocortisona/sangue , Masculino , Progesterona/sangueRESUMO
Secreted by adipocytes, adiponectin is a collagen-like protein with significant roles in regulating the metabolism of glucose and fatty acids and in preventing atherosclerosis. However, information about adiponectin in rabbit is limited. In this study, we cloned rabbit ADIPOQ gene by RT-PCR using mRNA from adipose tissue and sequenced the open reading frame. The rabbit adiponectin sequence shares approximately 86.39% and 81.45% homology with those of humans and mice respectively, and 85.66% and 85.25% similarity with humans and mice proteins at the amino acid level respectively, based on the translated rabbit sequence and GenBank submissions of other species. We also evaluated ADIPOQ gene mRNA expression in adipose tissue in rabbits fed on high-cholesterol diet and in different age groups by real-time PCR. ADIPOQ gene mRNA expression was significantly different in different age rabbits and correlated positively with the level of plasma HDL in high-cholesterol diet rabbits. These results suggest similar function of ADIPOQ gene in rabbits as in other species and indicate the relationship between ADIPOQ gene mRNA expression and high-cholesterol diet and age.
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Adiponectina/genética , Colesterol na Dieta/administração & dosagem , Coelhos/genética , Adiponectina/biossíntese , Fatores Etários , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Colesterol na Dieta/metabolismo , HDL-Colesterol/sangue , Clonagem Molecular , DNA Complementar/genética , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fases de Leitura Aberta , RNA Mensageiro/biossíntese , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Coelhos/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa/veterinária , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Homologia de Sequência do Ácido NucleicoRESUMO
The modern version of epigenetics includes the molecular mechanisms that influence the phenotypic outcome of a gene or genome, in absence of changes to the underlying DNA sequence. A host of genomic interrelationships with the diet evidently exist. The broad topic of nutrigenomics is defined as the interaction between nutrition and an individual's genome. Ruminant species have evolved to metabolize the short-chain volatile fatty acids (VFAs, acetate, propionate, and butyrate) to fulfill up to 70% of their nutrient energy requirements. The potential biological roles of VFAs were investigated using the established Madin-Darby bovine kidney epithelial cell line. Butyrate induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in bovine cells. Gene expression profiling indicated that butyrate induces many significant changes in the expression of genes associated with regulatory pathways that are critical to cell growth, immune response and signal transduction. Functional category and pathway analyses of the microarray data revealed that several canonical pathways (the cell cycle G2/M DNA damage checkpoint and G1/S checkpoint regulation; pyrimidine metabolism; and purine metabolism insulin-like growth factor axis components) were significantly affected.