Direct and indirect markers of cartilage metabolism in synovial fluid obtained from dogs with hip dysplasia and correlation with clinical and radiographic variables     

Fujita Y  Hara Y  Nezu Y  Yamaguchi S  Schulz KS  Tagawa M 《American journal of veterinary research》2005,66(12):2028-2033

OBJECTIVE: To compare activities of interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 and contents of sulfated glycosaminoglycan (S-GAG) in joint fluid obtained from dogs with hip dysplasia (HD) and clinically normal dogs, evaluate correlations among these markers in joint fluid obtained from dogs with HD, and evaluate correlations between each marker and clinical and radiographic variables. Animals-26 dogs with HD (clinical group) and 43 clinically normal Beagles (control group). PROCEDURE: Joint fluid was aseptically collected from the hip joints of all dogs. For each dog in the clinical group, age, duration of lameness, radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) score, and Norberg angle in each affected joint were recorded. Activities of IL-1beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha, and MMP-3 and S-GAG contents were measured. Values were compared between groups by use of Mann-Whitney U tests, and the Spearman rank correlation test was used to evaluate correlations among markers and between each marker and clinical or radiographic variables. RESULTS: Values of all markers were significantly higher for the clinical group, compared with values for the control group. There was a moderate positive correlation between lameness duration and IL-6 activity and a strong negative correlation between the Norberg angle and IL-1beta activity. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Analysis of our results indicated that there was a significant increase in markers of OA in dogs with HD. Activities of IL-1beta and IL-6 in joint fluid of dogs with HD may be influenced by the severity of laxity in the hip joint and lameness duration, respectively.  相似文献   

Einfluß von Licht,Temperatur und Stickstoffernährung auf Wachstum und Chlorophyllgehalt der Chlorophyllmutantexantha 5 vonLycopersicon esculentum Mill     

Kurt Gröber  Otto Machold 《Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution》1965,13(1):247-256

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Bakterien,Pilze und Algen: ein neuer Typ von Kulturpflanzen     

Mothes  Kurt 《Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution》1954,2(1):237-255

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Multivalente Assoziationen in diploiden Pollenmutterzellen der Tomate (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) und ihre Bedeutung für das Problem der Chromosomengrundzahl     

Kurt Gröber 《Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution》1961,9(1):146-162

Zusammenfassung 1. Bei der Tomate (Lycopersicon esculentum) zeigen in den frühen meiotischen Stadien die terminalen Makrochromomeren, die sog. Telomeren, besondere Paarungstendenzen, die eine Persistenz terminal gepaarter Gemini bis in die Metaphase I bedingen. Sie sind zusammen mit der höchstwahrscheinlich ähnlichen unspezifischen Anziehung der Kinetochoren der Anlaß zur Entstehung pseudo-multivalenter Assoziationen in der diploiden Tomate.2. Die in den späteren meiotischen Stadien noch nachzuweisenden Zweiergruppen von Chromosomen werden als Folgeerscheinungen der im Pachytän angelegten Verbindungen gedeutet, die als Matrixverklebung oder chromatische Agglutination wirksam sind.3. Die bei der diploiden Tomate in den einzelnen meiotischen Entwicklungsstadien auftretenden multivalenten Assoziationen können deshalb nicht als Hinweis für das Vorliegen homologer Chromosomen und damit einer niedrigeren Chromosomengrundzahl als n=12 dienen.

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Summary 1. Terminal macro-chromomeres of the tomato chromosomes (Lycopersicon esculentum), so-called telomeres, show special pairing tendencies in the early meiotic phases. These pairing affinities are responsible for the persistence of bivalents being in terminal contact up to metaphase I of meiosis. Terminal affinities of telomeres are together with similar unspecific attractions of kinetochores responsible for the origin of pseudo-multivalents in diploid tomatoes.2. Groups of two chromosomes demonstrable in the later meiotic phases are explained as consequences of pachytene-connections being effective in form of matrix-stickiness or chromatic agglutination.3. Multivalents in the various meiotic phases of diploid tomatoes are for these reasons no proof of the existence of homologous chromosomes and it seems impossible to infer a lower chromosome number than n=12 by their existence.

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Effects of a whole-body spandex garment on rectal temperature and oxygen consumption in healthy dogs     

Reimer SB  Schulz KS  Mason DR  Jones JH 《Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association》2004,224(1):71-74

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a full-body spandex garment would alter rectal temperatures of healthy dogs at rest in cool and warm environments. DESIGN: Prospective study. ANIMALS: 10 healthy dogs. PROCEDURES: Each dog was evaluated at a low (20 degrees to 25 degrees C [68 degrees to 77 degrees F]) or high (30 degrees to 35 degrees C [86 degrees to 95 degrees F]) ambient temperature while wearing or not wearing a commercially available whole-body spandex garment designed for dogs. Oxygen consumption was measured by placing dogs in a flow-through indirect calorimeter for 90 to 120 minutes. Rectal temperature was measured before dogs were placed in the calorimeter and after they were removed. RESULTS: Rectal temperature increased significantly more at the higher ambient temperature than at the lower temperature and when dogs were not wearing the garment than when they were wearing it. The specific rate of oxygen consumption was significantly higher at the lower ambient temperature than at the higher temperature. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Results suggest that wearing a snug spandex body garment does not increase the possibility that dogs will overheat while in moderate ambient temperatures. Instead, wearing such a garment may enable dogs to better maintain body temperature during moderate heat loading. These results suggest that such garments might be used for purposes such as wound or suture protection without causing dogs to overheat.  相似文献   

Wheat-kernel-associated endoxylanases consist of a majority of microbial and a minority of wheat endogenous endoxylanases     

Dornez E  Joye IJ  Gebruers K  Delcour JA  Courtin CM 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2006,54(11):4028-4034

The endoxylanases associated with wheat kernels consist of wheat endogenous endoxylanases on one hand and kernel-associated microbial endoxylanases on the other hand. Assessment of their presence, based on analysis of their enzymic activity, can be expected to be hampered by the presence in wheat of high levels of endogenous endoxylanase inhibitors, which are able to inhibit the wheat-kernel-associated microbial endoxylanases. On the basis of preliminary experiments aimed at clarifying the distribution of the wheat-associated endoxylanases, a method to estimate total endoxylanase activities in wheat kernels was developed. Extensive washing of wheat kernels with universal buffer of pH 8.0 provided near-quantitative separation of the microbial endoxylanases located on the surface of wheat kernels from the endogenous endoxylanases and endoxylanase inhibitors located in such kernels. The microbial or endogenous nature of the endoxylanases was confirmed by making use of the inhibition specificity of endoxylanase inhibitors. Determination of the endoxylanase activity in the washing liquid, corresponding to the microbial endoxylanase population, and the washed kernels, corresponding to the endogenous endoxylanase population, allowed estimation of the total endoxylanase activities associated with the wheat kernel. Results showed that microbial endoxylanases can account for over 90% of the total wheat-associated endoxylanase activity and that the latter can be at least 5 times higher than the apparent endoxylanase activity.  相似文献   

Insight into the distribution of arabinoxylans, endoxylanases, and endoxylanase inhibitors in industrial wheat roller mill streams     

Dornez E  Gebruers K  Wiame S  Delcour JA  Courtin CM 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2006,54(22):8521-8529

To gain insight into the distribution of arabinoxylans (AX), endoxylanases, and endoxylanase inhibitors in industrial wheat roller milling, all streams, that is, 54 flour fractions, 4 bran fractions, and the germ, were analyzed for ash, starch, and protein contents, alpha-amylase activity levels, total (TOT-AX) and water-extractable arabinoxylan (WE-AX) contents, endoxylanase activity levels, and endoxylanase inhibitor (TAXI and XIP) contents. In general, bran fractions were significantly richer in TOT-AX and WE-AX contents, endoxylanase activity levels, and endoxylanase inhibitor contents than germ and, even more so, than flour fractions. In the 54 different flour fractions, minimal and maximal values for TOT-AX and WE-AX contents differed by ca. 2-fold, whereas they differed by ca. 15-fold for endoxylanase activity levels. The latter were positively correlated with ash and negatively correlated with starch content, suggesting that the endoxylanase activity in flour is strongly influenced by the level of bran contamination. TAXI contents in the flour fractions varied ca. 4-fold and were strongly correlated with bran-related parameters such as ash content and enzyme activity levels, whereas XIP contents varied ca. 3-fold and were not correlated with any of the parameters measured in this study. The results can be valuable in blending and optimizing wheat flour fractions to obtain flours with specific technological and nutritional benefits.  相似文献   

Computed tomographic evaluation of canine radioulnar incongruence in vivo     

Kramer A  Holsworth IG  Wisner ER  Kass PH  Schulz KS 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2006,35(1):24-29

OBJECTIVE: To compare radioulnar incongruence (RUI) of normal canine elbows and elbows with arthroscopically confirmed medial compartment disease in vivo using systematic computed tomography (CT) measurements. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective comparison of RUI measurements in normal and dysplastic canine elbows. SAMPLE POPULATION: Right elbows of 25 medium-large breed, adult dogs with medial compartment disease and 9 medium-large breed, adult dogs with no elbow disease. METHODS: Transverse CT images of proximal radioulnar articulation were reformatted to dorsal and sagittal planes. RUI in 3 locations of the forelimb's medial coronoid was measured. Arthroscopy confirmed diagnosis of medial compartment disease in the diseased group. RUI measurements of the diseased and normal elbows were compared. RESULTS: Cumulative statistical analysis of RUI in all planes revealed no significant difference between the normal and abnormal elbows (P = .61). The abnormal elbows had negative mean RUI at the mid (P = .56) and cranial (P = .24) coronoid regions that were not significantly different from normal elbows and mean positive RUI at the base coronoid that was significantly greater than in normal elbows (P = .00082). CONCLUSION: Canine elbows with established medial compartment disease do not have significant RUI at the medial coronoid region at the time of diagnosis when compared with normal elbows. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: If RUI is a significant factor in the pathophysiology of medial compartment elbow disease in the dog, it does not appear to be present at the time of diagnosis of disease. Ulnar or radial osteotomies do not appear to be indicated for restoration of normal radioulnar articular surface alignment.  相似文献   

Evidence-based surgery: time for change     

Schulz KS  Cook JL  Kapatkin AS  Brown DC 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2006,35(8):697-699

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Physiologic VDD versus nonphysiologic VVI pacing in canine 3rd-degree atrioventricular block     

Bulmer BJ  Sisson DD  Oyama MA  Solter PF  Grimm KA  Lamont L 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2006,20(2):257-271

Historically, ventricular demand, nonphysiologic (VVI) pacing has been the most commonly used modality to treat 3rd-degree atrioventricular (AV) block. The goal of this study was to determine the feasibility of using a commercial, single-lead, physiologic (VDD) pacemaker in dogs with 3rd-degree AV block. Furthermore, we hoped to characterize and identify differences in the radiographic, echocardiographic, neurohormonal, and quality of life consequences of physiologic versus nonphysiologic pacing. We evaluated 10 dogs during a 12-week crossover study. Acutely, rate-matched physiologic pacing reduced pulmonary capillary wedge pressure by 19% compared with nonphysiologic pacing. VDD pacing significantly reduced left atrial size normalized to body weight, left atrial-to-aortic root ratio, and left ventricular end-systolic dimension and increased fractional shortening, aortic Doppler velocity, cardiac output, and stroke volume compared with VVI pacing. Variable rate VDD pacing resulted in a significantly slower heart rate (HR) during echocardiography than fixed-rate (100 bpm) VVI pacing. AV synchronous pacing reduced circulating N-terminal proatrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), norepinephrine (NOR), and epinephrine (EPI) concentrations compared with asynchronous pacing. There were no significant differences in systemic blood pressure, thoracic radiographs, or owner-perceived quality of life. The median percentage of AV synchronous pacing during the VDD modality was 99.8% (range, 1.2 to 99.9%). This study confirms the potential to achieve physiologic pacing with a commercial, single-lead system in dogs. VDD pacing improved hemodynamics and neurohormonal profiles over asynchronous pacing although the long-term clinical benefits of these changes remain to be determined.  相似文献