Phytophthora disease of alder (Alnus glutinosa) in France: investigations between 1995 and 1999     

J‐C. STREITO  PH. LEGRAND  F. TABARY  G. JARNOUEN DE VILLARTAY 《Forest Pathology》2002,32(3):179-191

A severe decline of alder associated with an undescribed Phytophthora species was identified for the first time in England in 1993. No generalized decline of alder was reported in France before 1990. The first diebacks and mortalities of common alder were observed at the beginning of the 1990s, but the so‐called alder Phytophthora was not isolated in France until 1996. First, a synthesis about alder declines that were known in France before 1995 is presented. Then, a survey was established in north‐eastern France; 108 sites were visited and the alder Phytophthora was isolated from 57 of them. All the main rivers were found to be affected and damage levels are significant along some of them. The frequency of the alder Phytophthora and other fungi isolated from declining alders is discussed. Finally, information on other alder declines in France is presented region by region, and a map summarizes the known distribution of the disease. The alder Phytophthora is quite common and widespread in France, with western and north‐eastern France being especially affected; however, the number of diseased or dead trees varies greatly from one site to another. All records are from Alnus glutinosa; other Alnus species were seldom seen in the surveys.  相似文献   

Selective delivery of cargo entities to tumor cells by nanoscale artificial oil bodies     

Chiang CJ  Chen CJ  Lin LJ  Chang CH  Chao YP 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2010,58(22):11695-11702

Artificial oil bodies (AOBs) are oil droplets that result from self-assembly of a mixture containing triacylglycerols, phospholipids, and membrane proteins of plant seeds. Owing to their small size, stability, hydrophobic core, biocompatibility, and biodegradability, AOBs were explored to examine their feasibility as a drug delivery carrier. This was approached by fusion sesame oleosin (Ole), the primary membrane protein of seed oil bodies, with a small domain consisting of the arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) motif. The resulting Ole-RGD fusion protein was overproduced in Escherichia coli and then isolated for reconstitution of AOBs. At the optimal condition, the size of stable AOBs was within the range of 100-400 nm. Furthermore, AOBs entrapped with a hydrophobic fluorescence dye were incubated with human tumor cells. As visualized by fluorescent microscopy and confocal microscopy, the RGD-tagged AOBs were able to selectively target cells expressing the αvβ3 integrin. Moreover, these AOBs were effectively internalized and the fluorescence dye that they carried was subsequently released inside the cells. The percentage of cells internalized by AOBs could reach 80% as analyzed by flow cytometry. Taken together, it illustrates a great promise of this proposed approach for targeted delivery of cargo entities to tumor cells.  相似文献   

Direct fed microbial supplementation repartitions host energy to the immune system     

Qiu R  Croom J  Ali RA  Ballou AL  Smith CD  Ashwell CM  Hassan HM  Chiang CC  Koci MD 《Journal of animal science》2012,90(8):2639-2651

Direct fed microbials and probiotics are used to promote health in livestock and poultry; however, their mechanism of action is still poorly understood. We previously reported that direct fed microbial supplementation in young broilers reduced ileal respiration without changing whole-body energy expenditure. The current studies were conducted to further investigate the effects of a direct fed microbial on energy metabolism in different tissues of broilers. One hundred ninety-two 1-d-old broiler chicks (16 chicks/pen) were randomly assigned to 2 dietary groups: standard control starter diet (CSD) and CSD plus direct fed microbial (DFMD; 0.3%) with 6 pens/treatment. Body weight, feed consumption, whole-body energy expenditure, organ mass, tissue respiration rates, and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) ATP concentrations were measured to estimate changes in energy metabolism. No differences in whole body energy expenditure or BW gain were observed; however, decreased ileal O(2) respiration (P < 0.05) was measured in DFMD fed broilers. In contrast, the respiration rate of the thymus in those broilers was increased (P < 0.05). The PBMC from DFMD fed broilers had increased ATP concentrations and exhibited increased ATP turnover (P < 0.01). To determine if the increased energy consumption by PBMC corresponded with an altered immune response, broilers were immunized with sheep red blood cells (SRBC) and assayed for differences in their humoral response. The DFMD-fed broilers had a faster rate of antigen specific IgG production (P < 0.05) and an increase in total IgA (P < 0.05). Collectively, these data indicate that supplementation with the direct fed microbial used in this study resulted in energy re-partitioning to the immune system and an increase in antibody production independent of changes in whole body metabolism or growth performance.  相似文献   

Glutathione Transferase Isozymes Involved in Insecticide Resistance of Diamondback Moth Larvae   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Ku C. C.  Chiang F. M.  Hsin C. Y.  Yao Y. E.  Sun C. N. 《Pesticide biochemistry and physiology》1994,50(3)

In addition to the three glutathione transferase (GST) isozymes already identified in diamondback moth larvae, Plutella xylostella (L.), a fourth one, GST-4, was purified from a teflubenzuron (TFB)-resistant strain. This GST isozyme was similar to GST-3 in terms of biochemical and toxicological properties. GST-4, a homodimer with a subunit molecular mass of 26.6 kDa and a pI of ca. 8.9, displayed even stronger substrate preference than GST-3 for 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzene and several organophosphorus insecticides, i.e., parathion, methyl parathion, and paraoxon. These two proteins were highly immunorelated and shared at least the first eight amino acids at the N-terminus. Immunoblotting analysis indicated that polyclonal antiserum raised against GST-3 cross-reacted with GST-1 and GST-2 at least 40-fold less intensely than with the antigen. Using this antiserum as probe, higher amounts and greater variations of GST-3/GST-4 were observed in larvae of a methyl parathion- and a TFB-resistant strain compared with a susceptible and a fenvalerate-resistant strain. Among the six lepidopterous insects examined, only Spodoptera exigua larvae clearly had proteins immunorelated to GST-3/GST-4 of diamondback moth. No such cross-reactivity was observed in Musca domestica, Drosophila melanogaster, and Aedes aegypti.  相似文献   

High incidence of polyarteritis nodosa in the brains of culled sows     

Liu CH  Chiang YH  Chu RM  Pang VF  Lee CC 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2005,67(1):125-127

A total of 307 brains of purebred sows obtained from an abattoir were retrospectively examined. These sows were culled with reasons of reproductive failure, urogenital infections, or locomotor problems. The most common macroscopic lesions were cavitations or lacunae in the basal nuclei (9.1%, 28/307) and coarse and thickened leptomeninges with marked vessels (3.9%, 12/307). The most frequent microscopic lesion was polyarteritis nodosa (21.2%, 65/307), which was found in all 40 brains with the above-mentioned gross lesions and in all 25 brains with microscopic cerebral infarcts or cavitations. The affected arteries of polyarteritis nodosa were distributed primarily in the cerebral leptomeninges, basal nuclei, and internal and external capsules. Histopathologically, a characteristic change of the affected arteries was transmural fibrinoid necrosis with severe infiltration of mixed inflammatory cells; narrowing or occlusion of the lumen. The inflammatory cells were chiefly composed of lymphocytes, macrophages, and plasma cells, with a few eosinophils and occasional multinucleated giant cells. Polyarteritis nodosa was found at a high percentage in the brains from culled sows. It may result in cerebral ischemia, infarcts, and hemorrhage, and possibly play a role in the necessity for culling due to locomotor problems.  相似文献   

Limited effect of recombinant porcine interleukin-12 on porcine lymphocytes due to a low level of IL-12 beta2 receptor     

Solano-Aguilar GI  Zarlenga D  Beshah E  Vengroski K  Gasbarre L  Junker D  Cochran M  Weston C  Valencia D  Chiang C  Dawson H  Urban JF  Lunney JK 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2002,89(3-4):133-148

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Three-Dimensional Tracking of Multiple Small Insects by a Single Camera     

Ching-Hsin Chen  Ann-Shyn Chiang  Hung-Yin Tsai 《Journal of insect science (Online)》2021,21(6)

Many systems to monitor insect behavior have been developed recently. Yet most of these can only detect two-dimensional behavior for convenient analysis and exclude other activities, such as jumping or flying. Therefore, the development of a three-dimensional (3D) monitoring system is necessary to investigate the 3D behavior of insects. In such a system, multiple-camera setups are often used to accomplish this purpose. Here, a system with a single camera for tracking small insects in a 3D space is proposed, eliminating the synchronization problems that typically occur when multiple cameras are instead used. With this setup, two other images are obtained via mirrors fixed at other viewing angles. Using the proposed algorithms, the tracking accuracy of five individual drain flies, Clogmia albipunctata (Williston) (Diptera: Psychodidae), flitting about in a spherical arena (78 mm in diameter) is as high as 98.7%, whereas the accuracy of 10 individuals is 96.3%. With this proposed method, the 3D trajectory monitoring experiments of insects can be performed more efficiently.  相似文献   

Haemophilus somnus-induced interference with bovine neutrophil functions   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

R D Hubbard  M L Kaeberle  J A Roth  Y W Chiang 《Veterinary microbiology》1986,12(1):77-85

The effect of Haemophilus somnus on bovine polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) function was examined in vitro with whole cells and fractions extracted from the surface of this bacterium. The ability of PMNs to iodinate protein and ingest Staphylococcus aureus was significantly inhibited in the presence of live cells, heat-killed whole cells or supernatant fluid from heat-killed cells, but not in the presence of washed, heat-killed cells. None of the fractions inhibited nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction by PMNs. The PMN inhibitory factors were further characterized. The material that inhibited S. aureus ingestion was found to be a heat-stable cell surface material of greater than 300 000 MW. The fraction inhibiting iodination of protein was found to be less than 10 000 MW.  相似文献   

BOOK REVIEWS     

PH Holz 《Australian veterinary journal》2003,81(11):702-702

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柑桔苗黄型衰退病毒的分布概况和六种酸橙类砧木对它的反应   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

赵学源  蒋元晖  张权炳  邱柱石  苏维芳 《植物病理学报》1979,9(1):61-64

 用尤力克柠檬和葡萄柚作指示植物,鉴定广西、广东、湖南、江西、浙江、四川等6个省(区)的873株柑桔中有691株受苗黄型衰退病毒感染,说明这种病毒的分布相当普遍。  相似文献