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Tomoaki Tochitani Izumi Matsumoto Kohei Hoshino Kaoru Toyosawa Mami Kouchi Takatoshi Koujitani Juki Kimura Hitoshi Funabashi 《Journal of toxicologic pathology》2013,26(2):187-191
The common marmoset (Callithrix
jacchus) is now widely used in various
research fields, including toxicology. However,
information about the background pathology of this
species is scarce. Here, we report a case of
rhabdomyosarcoma that spontaneously occurred in a
common marmoset. A 44-month-old male common
marmoset was euthanized due to bilateral hind limb
paralysis. At necropsy, a 2×2×5-cm intramuscular
mass was observed in the lower right back.
Histologically, the mass was mainly composed of
interlacing bundles of spindle-shaped tumor cells.
Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were
positive for myogenin, desmin, vimentin and
alpha-smooth muscle actin. Ultrastructurally, the
tumor cells contained bundles of myofilaments with
Z-band-like structures. Thus, the tumor was
diagnosed as a rhabdomyosarcoma. To our knowledge,
this is the first report of spontaneous
rhabdomyosarcoma that was definitely diagnosed in
the common marmoset. 相似文献
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Mohamed M’BAYE Guohua HUA Hamid Ali KHAN Liguo YANG 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2015,61(5):391-397
Inhibins are members of the TGFβ superfamily and act as suppressors
of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) secretion from pituitary glands
via a negative feedback mechanism to regulate folliculogenesis. In
this study, the INHBB gene was knocked down by three
RNAi-Ready pSIREN-RetroQ-ZsGreen vector- mediated recombinant plasmids
to explore the effects of INHBB silencing on
granulosa cell (GC) cell cycle, apoptosis and steroid production
in vitro. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain
reaction, Western blot, flow cytometry and ELISA were performed to
evaluate the role of INHBB in the mouse GC cell
cycle, apoptosis and steroid production in vitro. The
results showed that the relative mRNA and protein expression of
INHBB in mouse GCs can be significantly reduced by
RNAi with pshRNA-B1, pshRNA-B2 and pshRNA-B3 plasmids, with pshRNA-B3
having the best knockdown efficiency. Downregulation of the expression
of INHBB significantly arrests cells in the G1 phase
of the cell cycle and increases the apoptosis rate in GCs. This was
further confirmed by downregulation of the protein expressions of
Cyclin D1, Cyclin E and Bcl2, while the protein expression of Bax was
upregulated. In addition, specific downregulation of
INHBB markedly decreased the concentration of
estradiol and progesterone, which was further validated by the
decrease in the mRNA levels of CYP19A1and
CYP11A1. These findings suggest that inhibin βB is
important in the regulation of apoptosis and cell cycle progression in
granulosa cells. Furthermore, the inhibin βB subunit has a role in the
regulation of steroid hormone biosynthesis. Evidence is accumulating
to support the concept that inhibin βB is physiologically essential
for early folliculogenesis in the mouse. 相似文献
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Nanako USHIO Ken-ichi WATANABE James K. CHAMBERS Tokuhiro SHIBATO Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA Kazuyuki UCHIDA 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2015,77(11):1523-1526
A rock pigeon (Columba livia) caught in Akihabara, Tokyo, showed
neurological symptoms, such as head tilt and circling. Pathological examinations revealed
abundant Sarcocystic cysts in the skeletal muscle and myocardium with mild myositis, and
numerous schizonts and sarcocysts with severe multifocal granulomatous T-lymphocytic
infiltration in the central nervous system. A Sarcocystis
calchasi-specific gene was detected in the muscle and brain. This case indicates
S. calchasi was distributed in Japan and caused severe encephalitis to
rock pigeons. 相似文献
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Toru TACHIBANA Ken Takeshi KUSAKABE Sayuri OSAKI Takeshi KURAISHI Shosaku HATTORI Midori YOSHIZAWA Chieko KAI Yasuo KISO 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2016,78(1):161-165
The New World monkey Aotus spp. (night monkeys) are expected
for use of valuable experimental animal with the close species of Saimiri
spp. (squirrel monkeys). Saimiri is known to show spontaneous
hypercortisolemia, although few reports in Aotus. We compared basic
states of blood steroid hormones and histological structure of the adrenal glands in two
monkeys. Serum cortisol and ACTH levels were statistically lower in Aotus
than Saimiri. Conversely, Aotus adrenocortical area
showed significant enlargement, especially at the zona fasciculata. Electron microscopic
observation at Aotus fasciculata cells revealed notable accumulation of
large lipid droplets and irregular shapes of the mitochondrial cristae. These results
suggest potential differences in cellular activities for steroidogenesis between
Aotus and Saimiri and experimental usefulness in
adrenocortical physiology and pathological models. 相似文献
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Masanao MATAYOSHI Takashi KITANO Tetsu SASAKI Masaji NAKAMURA 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2015,77(6):705-710
A total of 349 Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica
serovar Choleraesuis (S. Choleraesuis) strains, which were isolated
between 2008 and 2012 from 349 pigs at two slaughterhouses in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan,
were investigated for antimicrobial susceptibility and the presence of antimicrobial
resistance genes. All isolates were resistant to at least four antimicrobial agents. The
antimicrobial agents for which isolates showed a high incidence of resistance were as
follows: ampicillin (100%) and streptomycin (100%), followed by gentamicin (99.7%),
oxytetracycline (99.7%), sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (99.4%), nalidixic acid (40.1%) and
oxolinic acid (40.1%). All isolates were sensitive to cefuroxime, ceftiofur, colistin,
fosfomycin, enrofloxacin, orbifloxacin and danofloxacin. The predominant resistance
phenotypes and genotypes were: resistance to ampicillin, streptomycin, gentamicin,
oxytetracycline and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (58.5%, 204/349) and
blaTEM-strA-strB-aadA1-aadA2-aacC2-tet
(B)-sul1-sul2-dhfrXII-dhfrXIII (36.1%, 126/349). The quinolone
resistance-determining regions (QRDRs) of gyrA, gyrB, parC and
parE of the quinolone-resistant isolates (n=12) showed amino acid
substitutions of Ser-83→Phe or Asp-87→Tyr in GyrA and Ser-107→Ala in ParC. To our
knowledge, this is the first report on the molecular characterization of antimicrobial
resistance among S. Choleraesuis strains in Japan. 相似文献
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Shin-ichi NAKAMURA Hideki HAYASHIDANI Yukari SOTOHIRA Yumi UNE 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2016,78(2):297-299
Two captive Keel-billed toucans and a Chestnut-mandibled toucan in another zoological garden died suddenly
without any pre-existing symptoms, and three months later, a Japanese squirrel died of diarrhea. All these
animals showed necrotic enteritis and multifocal necrosis in the liver and spleen with Gram negative bacilli.
The bacilli showed strong positive immunolabeling for Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O4 in the
Keel-billed toucans, Y. pseudotuberculosis O2 in the Chestnut-mandibled toucan and Y.
pseudotuberculosis O1 in the Japanese squirrel, while Y. pseudotuberculosis 4b, 2b
and 1b were respectively isolated from the lesions. To our knowledge, this might be the first reported case of
fatal yersiniosis in a Japanese squirrel in the world as well as in toucans in Japan. 相似文献
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Yousuke MURATA James Kenn CHAMBERS Kazuyuki UCHIDA Ko NAKASHIMA Yasuko HANAFUSA Mitsutaka IKEZAWA Takashi SUGITA Hiroyuki NAKAYAMA 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2015,77(10):1285-1288
A 10-year-old castrated male mixed-breed dog exhibited vomiting, lethargy and anorexia.
An abdominal ultrasound examination revealed a focal dilation of the abdominal aorta. The
dog died 2 days after examination, and necropsy revealed a ruptured aneurysm at the
abdominal aorta between the kidneys. Histological examination revealed severe
granulomatous and necrotizing pan-arteritis with fungal organisms.
Graphium species was identified through DNA sequence analysis of the
PCR product from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples. To our knowledge, this is the
first report of aortic aneurysm caused by Graphium species in a dog. 相似文献
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Mai YAMAMOTO Takashige KASHIMOTO Ping TONG Jianbo XIAO Michiko SUGIYAMA Miyuki INOUE Rie MATSUNAGA Kohei HOSOHARA Kazue NAKATA Kenji YOKOTA Keiji OGUMA Koichiro YAMAMOTO 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2015,77(7):823-828
Vibrio vulnificus is the causative agent of primary septicemia, wound
infection and gastroenteritis in immunocompromised people. In this study, signature-tagged
mutagenesis (STM) was applied to identify the virulence genes of V.
vulnificus. Using STM, 6,480 mutants in total were constructed and divided into
81 sets (INPUT pools); each mutant in a set was assigned a different tag. Each INPUT pool
was intraperitoneally injected into iron-overloaded mice, and in vivo
surviving mutants were collected from blood samples from the heart (OUTPUT pools). From
the genomic DNA of mixed INPUT or OUTPUT pools, digoxigenin-labeled DNA probes against the
tagged region were prepared and used for dot hybridization. Thirty tentatively attenuated
mutants, which were hybridized clearly with INPUT probes but barely with OUTPUT probes,
were negatively selected. Lethal doses of 11 of the 30 mutants were reduced to more than
1/100; of these, the lethal doses of 2 were reduced to as low as 1/100,000.
Transposon-inserted genes in the 11 attenuated mutants were those for IMP dehydrogenase,
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase, aspartokinase, phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine
cyclo-ligase, malate Na (+) symporter and hypothetical protein. When mice were immunized
with an attenuated mutant strain into which IMP dehydrogenase had been inserted with a
transposon, they were protected against V. vulnificus infection. In this
study, we demonstrated that the STM method can be used to search for the virulence genes
of V. vulnificus. 相似文献