Erratum to: Binding profiles and cytokine-inducing effects of fish rhamnose-binding lectins on Burkitt’s lymphoma Raji cells     

Masahiro Hosono  Shigeki Sugawara  Atsushi Matsuda  Takeo Tatsuta  Yasuhiro Koide  Imtiaj Hasan  Yasuhiro Ozeki  Kazuo Nitta 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》2014,40(6):1957-1957

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Characteristics of nutrient load in a stream flowing through a livestock farm during spring snowmelt     

Atsushi Hayakawa  Toshiyuki Nagumo  Kanta Kuramochi  Ryusuke Hatano 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(2):301-305

We investigated the stream water quality during the snowmelt period in a livestock farm, located in Shizunai, southern Hokkaido, Japan. The water quality was very different between the early stage of the snowmelt period (March 15–21) and the later stage (March 22–April 5) in 2001. The load of nutrients (NH₄ ⁺-N, T-P, K⁺) was large along with the increase of the flow rate and nutrient concentrations during the early stage of the snowmelt period. The molar ratios of Si / T-N and Si / T-P of the stream water, as an index of eutrophication, were also under the threshold values (2.7, 64.3, respectively) during the early stage of the snowmelt period. In addition, the relationship between the Si and nutrient concentrations (NH₄ ⁺-N, T-P, K⁺) showed a significantly negative correlation (R ² = 0.65), which indicated that the amount of nutrient load might be derived from surface runoff. Consequently both the quantity and quality of the stream water during snowmelt may exert an adverse effect on coastal waters, leading to eutrophication. Furthermore, since the main effluent source appeared to be surface runoff at the early stage of the snowmelt period, attention should be paid to land management before and during the snow covering period.  相似文献   

Effect of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident on radiocesium distribution in tea fields in Saitama Prefecture: Intercultivar differences     

Atsushi Kamata  Yusuke Honda  Yasuhiro Miyazaki 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(2):212-219

We investigated radiocesium distribution in tea plants (Camellia sinensis L. var. sinensis) of Saitama Prefecture, located approximately 200–250 km away from Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In 2012, more than 2500 samples of tea plants were analyzed. We found differences in radiocesium concentration among tea plant cultivars, which appeared to be attributable mainly to the leaf morphology and depth of the leaf layer in tea plants. Furthermore, the radiocesium concentration in the first tea crop showed a strong correlation with that in spring skiffing.  相似文献   

Effect of selective logging on stand structure and tree species diversity in a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest     

Lichao Wu  Jie Liu  Atsushi Takashima  Keiichi Ishigaki  Shin Watanabe 《Annals of Forest Science》2013,70(5):535-543

?Context

Selective logging followed by natural regeneration is rarely employed for restocking subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in East Asia compared with the use of clear-cutting.

?Aims

To clarify the succession of these forests, the effects of selective logging on stand structure, species diversity, and community similarity were studied in a mature and regenerating forest in Okinawa, Japan.

?Methods

Four study plots were established, and trees ≥1.2 m height were identified by species name, tree height, and diameter at breast height.

?Results

The results showed that the species composition of regenerating forest was similar to mature forest; however, the former had a greater species density and Shannon–Wiener index than the latter. Castanopsis sieboldii and Distylium racemosum, the predominant trees in the mature forest, continued to dominate the regenerating forest, with a broad layer distribution. High Sørensen and Jaccard community similarity indices for mature and regenerating forest indicated that the regeneration occurred in a progressive succession.

?Conclusion

The similar species composition and stand structure for both mature and regenerating forest, and the higher species diversity for the latter, provided no evidence of forest degeneration and suggested that the regenerating forest may develop into a stand similar to preselective logging forest.  相似文献   

Systemic resistance induced in Arabidopsis thaliana by Trichoderma asperellum SKT-1, a microbial pesticide of seedborne diseases of rice     

Yoshioka Y  Ichikawa H  Naznin HA  Kogure A  Hyakumachi M 《Pest management science》2012,68(1):60-66

BACKGROUND: Trichoderma asperellum SKT-1 is a microbial pesticide of seedborne diseases of rice. To investigate the mechanisms of disease suppression in SKT-1, the ability to induce systemic resistance by SKT-1, or its cell-free culture filtrate (CF), was tested using Arabidopsis thaliana Col-0 plants. RESULTS: Both SKT-1 and its CF elicit an induced systemic resistance against the bacterial leaf speck pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 in Col-0 plants. Involvement of plant hormones in the induced resistance by SKT-1 and CF was assessed using Arabidopsis genotypes such as the jasmonic acid (JA)-resistant mutant jar1, the ethylene (ET)-resistant mutant etr1, the plant impaired in salicylic acid (SA) signalling transgenic NahG and the mutant npr1 impaired in NPR1 activity. In soil experiments using SKT-1, no significant disease suppression effect was observed in NahG transgenic plants or npr1 mutant plants. Expression levels of SA-inducible genes such as PR-1, PR-2 and PR-5 increased substantially in the leaves of Col-0 plants. Expression levels of JA/ET-induced genes such as PDF1.2a, PR-3, PR-4 and AtVsp1 were also induced, but the levels were not as high as for SA-inducible genes. In a hydroponic experiment using CF from SKT-1, all Arabidopsis genotypes showed an induced systemic resistance by CF and increased expression levels of JA/ET- and SA-inducible genes in leaves of CF-treated plants. CONCLUSION: The SA signalling pathway is important in inducing systemic resistance to colonisation by SKT-1, and both SA and JA/ET signalling pathways combine in the signalling of induced resistance by CF. These results indicate that the response of A. thaliana is different from that found in root treatments with barley grain inoculum and CF from SKT-1. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry  相似文献   

Suppressive mechanism of seed coat pigmentation in yellow soybean     

Mineo Senda  Tasuku Kurauchi  Atsushi Kasai  Shizen Ohnishi 《Breeding Science》2012,61(5):523-530

In soybean seeds, numerous variations in colors and pigmentation patterns exist, most of which are observed in the seed coat. Patterns of seed coat pigmentation are determined by four alleles (I, iⁱ, i^k and i) of the classically defined I locus, which controls the spatial distribution of anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins in the seed coat. Most commercial soybean cultivars produce yellow seeds with yellow cotyledons and nonpigmented seed coats, which are important traits of high-quality seeds. Plants carrying the I or iⁱ allele show complete inhibition of pigmentation in the seed coat or pigmentation only in the hilum, respectively, resulting in a yellow seed phenotype. Classical genetic analyses of the I locus were performed in the 1920s and 1930s but, until recently, the molecular mechanism by which the I locus regulated seed coat pigmentation remained unclear. In this review, we provide an overview of the molecular suppressive mechanism of seed coat pigmentation in yellow soybean, with the main focus on the effect of the I allele. In addition, we discuss seed coat pigmentation phenomena in yellow soybean and their relationship to inhibition of I allele action.  相似文献   

Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii isolated from 24 farmed fishes in western Japan     

Nakanaga K  Hoshino Y  Hattori Y  Yamamoto A  Wada S  Hatai K  Makino M  Ishii N 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2012,74(2):275-278

Mycobacteria isolated from epizootics of farmed fishes in western Japan were examined for the first time using multigenotypic analysis. By analysis of the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer between the 16S and 23S rRNA genes (ITS) region and the partial 16S rRNA, hsp65 and rpoB genes, M. pseudoshottsii was identified as the causative agent in these infections. Prior to this study, only M. marinum has been known as the causative agent of lethal mycobacterial disease in marine fishes in Japan.  相似文献   

Effect of mosapride on prednisolone-induced gastric mucosal injury and gastric-emptying disorder in dog     

Tsukamoto A  Ohno K  Maeda S  Nakashima K  Fukushima K  Fujino Y  Hori M  Tsujimoto H 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2012,74(9):1103-1108

Previous report demonstrated that prokinetic agent mosapride has anti-ulcerogenic action in rat-indomethacin gastric mucosal injury model. Here, we assessed the prophylactic effect of mosapride on gastric mucosal injury and emptying disorder induced by prednisolone in dogs. Crossover study design was employed. Six healthy beagles were administered prednisolone alone (2 mg/kg, twice a day [BID] subcutaneously) and prednisolone with mosapride (1 mg/kg, BID, orally), followed by an interval of at least 6 weeks. In each treatment, gastric mucosal injury was scored endoscopically according to the modified Lanza scale, and gastric emptying was assessed with (13)C-octanoic acid breath test. The incidence of gastrointestinal adverse events was also investigated. Coadministration of mosapride with prednisolone significantly (P<0.05) reduced the gastric mucosal injury score (mean ± SD, 17.67 ± 6.96), compared with that of prednisolone treatment alone (25.50 ± 13.03). Prednisolone treatment delayed the half-emptying time (184 ± 45 min) compared with that of controls (137 ± 19 min), and coadministration of mosapride improved this gastric-emptying delay (143 ± 29 min). Furthermore, the incidence of the gastrointestinal adverse event vomiting became less frequent upon coadministration with mosapride. In addition to its prokinetic action, our study suggests that mosapride has an anti-ulcerogenic action in dogs. The use of mosapride in combination with prednisolone is effective for attenuating prednisolone-induced gastrointestinal adverse events.  相似文献   

Identification of divergently selected regions between Japanese Black and Holstein cattle using bovine 50k SNP array     

Daisuke HOSOKAWA  Atsushi ISHII  Keita YAMAJI  Shinji SASAZAKI  Kenji OYAMA  Hideyuki MANNEN 《Animal Science Journal》2012,83(1):7-13

Differences between average allelic frequencies of genes that relate to traits suggest that it would be evidence of artificial selections. Sliding window approach is a useful method to identify genomic regions that have been differently selected between two breeds. The objective of this study was to identify the divergently selected regions between Japanese Black (JB) and Japanese Holstein (JH) cattle based on genotypic information obtained through a high‐density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panel. After genotyping of 54 001 SNP markers on 100 animals (50 JB and 50 JH), 40 635 SNPs were suitable for the analysis. For each of these SNPs, the absolute difference between allelic frequencies of JB and JH was calculated. In the current study, 10 consecutive SNPs were defined as components of a window. For each window, the average difference in allelic frequency was calculated. This was termed sliding window average difference (SWAD). Among 40 055 windows, we focused on 39 windows with the largest SWAD. This was equivalent to 0.1% of all windows and the SWAD was more than 0.435. Some of these windows overlapped and were distributed in 11 regions. These regions were in good agreement with reported quantitative trait locus, therefore would be selection signatures and good candidates that harbor the causative mutations.  相似文献   

Changes in heart rate and heart rate variability during transportation of horses by road and air     

Ohmura H  Hobo S  Hiraga A  Jones JH 《American journal of veterinary research》2012,73(4):515-521

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