Systemic resistance inducer acibenzolar‐S‐methyl (ASM) and its microencapsulated formulations: their long‐lasting control efficacy against cucumber diseases and mitigation of phytotoxicity     

Hideo Ishii  Masahiro Fujiwara  Kumiko Nishimura 《Pest management science》2019,75(3):801-808

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Induced Resistance of Acibenzolar-S-methyl (CGA 245704) to Cucumber and Japanese Pear Diseases   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

Hideo Ishii  Yasunori Tomita  Takeshi Horio  Yoshihiro Narusaka  Yasuhiko Nakazawa  Kumiko Nishimura  Susumu Iwamoto 《European journal of plant pathology / European Foundation for Plant Pathology》1999,105(1):77-85

Antifungal activity of the novel compound acibenzolar-S-methyl (CGA245704: benzo[1,2,3]thiadiazole-7-carbothioic acid S-methyl ester) was examined in vitro. No remarkable activity was observed on mycelial growth and conidial germination of almost all fungi tested. Only melon isolates of Didymella bryoniae were sensitive to this compound. On potted plants, acibenzolar-S-methyl showed control efficacy on anthracnose and scab of cucumber and rust of Japanese pear but not on Fusarium wilt of cucumber. In field trials, the occurrence of both rust and scab on Japanese pear was suppressed with this compound. Based on these experiments, it was suggested that acibenzolar-S-methyl induced resistance to some but not all diseases on cucumber and Japanese pear. Induction of disease resistance in cucumber was rapidly triggered after treatment with acibenzolar-S-methyl.  相似文献   

Identification and expression analysis of ghrelin gene in common carp <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cyprinus carpio</Emphasis>     

Tomoya Kono  Yoichi Kitao  Kohei Sonoda  Royhei Nomoto  Tohru Mekata  Masahiro Sakai 《Fisheries Science》2008,74(3):603-612

ABSTRACT:   A ghrelin gene has been cloned and sequenced in common carp Cyprinus carpio . Ghrelin cDNA is composed of 461 bp [with a 36-bp 5'-untranslated region (UTR) and a 113-bp 3'-UTR], which translates into a protein of 103 amino acid residues. Carp ghrelin (preproghrelin) contained a predicted signal peptide of 26 amino acid residues, the ghrelin domain ( Gly ²⁷– Val ⁴⁵) and C-terminal peptide ( Gly ⁴⁶– Phe ¹⁰³). Homology analysis of the ghrelin domain of carp with that of other known ghrelin in vertebrates showed good similarity to teleost ghrelin (50–81.8%). Hydropathy analysis based on the deduced amino acid sequence of ghrelin domains in teleosts showed a similar profile. Carp ghrelin clustered with ghrelin of goldfish Carassius auratus and other teleosts, away from mammalian, reptilian, avian, amphibian and chondrichthian ghrelin, by phylogenetic analysis. Genomic organization of carp ghrelin gene was composed of four exons and three introns, which was the same as that of other teleosts and human ghrelin genes. The carp ghrelin gene was expressed in unstimulated tissues such as foregut, hindgut, spleen and brain. In spleen cells, expression of the ghrelin gene increased upon stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), phytohemagglutinin (PHA) or imiquimod. The identification of carp ghrelin gene and the analysis of the modulation of its expression in immune-activated conditions will allow a more complete analysis of the roles of ghrelin in teleosts.  相似文献   

Enhanced absorption of anthocyanins after oral administration of phytic acid in rats and humans     

Matsumoto H  Ito K  Yonekura K  Tsuda T  Ichiyanagi T  Hirayama M  Konishi T 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2007,55(6):2489-2496

Many studies on the bioavailability of polyphenols have been reported. However, the relative urinary excretions of AC are also low, ranging from 0.004% to 0.1%. By contrast, other polyphenols show higher urinary excretion levels. Here, we studied the enhancing effects of phytic acid (IP6) on absorption of blackcurrant anthocyanins (BCAs) in rats and humans. In rats after oral administration of BCAs (as 241 mg of AC/kg body weight) in IP6 (0%, 0.25%, 0.5%, 1%, 2.5%) solution, the ACs recovery in urine was increased dependent on IP6 dose. These results suggest that the IP6 enhances gastrointestinal absorption of ACs. At the further analysis of IP6 enhancement effect in rat, whereas BCAs were normally passed through the stomach and duodenum within 2 h, in IP6 group, after 2-6 h post-administration, stomach and jejunum content's weights were specifically heavy, and large amounts of ACs were also detected in stomach, duodenum, and jejunum. These results suggested that the mixture of BCAs and IP6 reduced the gastrointestinal motility. Prolongation of ACs residue in gastrointestinal tract then caused the enhancing effects of IP6 on absorption of AC. In the human study, each subject was orally administrated a BCA beverage containing BCA concentrate (AC 4 mg/kg body weight), 1% of IP6, and 1% of sodium citrate as a pH stabilizer. Both the plasma level and the urinary excretion of AC were increased as compared to BCA administration without IP6. AC intake with IP6 may increase the bioavailability of AC to the comparative level as other polyphenols. Yet, phytic acid, being a strong chelator of important minerals, contributes to mineral deficiencies. An interference with iron uptake has been reported. Safety tests are therefore necessary before high dose IP6 can be used in foods.  相似文献   

Experimental induction of nocardiosis in yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata Temminck and Schlegel by artificial challenge     

Itano T  Kawakami H  Kono T  Sakai M 《Journal of fish diseases》2006,29(9):529-534

Challenge methods for inducing nocardiosis, caused by Nocardia seriolae in yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata, were evaluated. The first method involved intraperitoneal injection of 1.1 x 10(2), x 10(3) and x 10(4) cfu of N. seriolae; the second was by bath immersion with three different concentrations of bacterial suspension for 10 min; the third was by intradermal injection using a multipuncture device; the fourth was by oral administration using a tube; the fifth was based on the co-habitation of uninfected fish with others that had been artificially infected, i.e. intraperitoneally or by immersion for 10 min. The LD(50) values for the infection trials were 1.9 x 10(2) (intraperitoneal injection), 1.5 x 10(4) mL(-1) (immersion), 4.3 x 10(6) (intradermal injection) and 1.7 x 10(7) (oral administration). In the co-habitation challenge, mortalities were 70% and 50% in groups of non-infected fish mixed with fish infected by the i.p. injection and immersion methods, respectively. Fish challenged by intraperitoneal injection developed adhesions. Fish challenged by other methods did not show any gross clinical signs and moribund fish were similar to natural infection.  相似文献   

X-irradiation Removes Endogenous Primordial Germ Cells (PGCs) and Increases Germline Transmission of Donor PGCs in Chimeric Chickens     

Nakamura Y  Usui F  Miyahara D  Mori T  Ono T  Kagami H  Takeda K  Nirasawa K  Tagami T 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2012,58(4):432-437

Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are embryonic precursors of germline cells with potential applications in genetic conservation, transgenic animal production and germline stem cell research. These lines of research would benefit from improved germline transmission of transplanted PGCs in chimeric chickens. We therefore evaluated the effects of pretransplant X-irradiation of recipient embryos on the efficacy of germline transmission of donor PGCs in chimeric chickens. Intact chicken eggs were exposed to X-ray doses of 3, 6 and 9 Gy (dose rate = 0.12 Gy/min) after 52 h of incubation. There was no significant difference in hatching rate between the 3-Gy-irradiated group and the nonirradiated control group (40.0 vs. 69.6%), but the hatching rate in the 6-Gy-irradiated group (28.6%) was significantly lower than in the control group (P<0.05). No embryos irradiated with 9 Gy of X-rays survived to hatching. X-irradiation significantly reduced the number of endogenous PGCs in the embryonic gonads at stage 27 in a dose-dependent manner compared with nonirradiated controls. The numbers of endogenous PGCs in the 3-, 6- and 9-Gy-irradiated groups were 21.0, 9.6 and 4.6% of the nonirradiated control numbers, respectively. Sets of 100 donor PGCs were subsequently transferred intravascularly into embryos irradiated with 3 Gy X-rays and nonirradiated control embryos. Genetic cross-test analysis revealed that the germline transmission rate in the 3-Gy-irradiated group was significantly higher than in the control group (27.5 vs. 5.6%; P<0.05). In conclusion, X-irradiation reduced the number of endogenous PGCs and increased the germline transmission of transferred PGCs in chimeric chickens.  相似文献   

Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in glaucomatous beagles is not associated with mutations in p53 and NTF4 genes     

Kato K  Sasaki N  Shastry BS 《Veterinary ophthalmology》2012,15(Z2):8-12

Background Glaucoma in humans is a second leading cause of irreversible vision loss in the world and can affect all age groups as well as all populations. The precise mechanism of retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death and progressive degeneration of optic nerve in glaucoma is not understood. It has been suggested that apoptosis is the common pathway that leads to the death of RGCs in glaucoma and that neurotrophin 4 (NTF4) protein plays a role in the protection of RGCs by activating tyrosine kinase receptors. Additionally, one previous study suggested that p53 codon 72 polymorphism (R72P) might have a greater susceptibility to apoptosis in some ethnic population. Glaucoma also occurs in dogs, and the primary glaucoma in beagles is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Although recently a candidate gene has been isolated, the mechanism underlying RGC death is not understood. Method To understand whether the same p53 and NTF4 pathway mechanism is involved in a beagle model of glaucoma, we have isolated NTF4 gene from dog and analyzed both p53 and NTF4 genes for mutations in glaucomatous animals. Results Our analyses failed to identify any disease-causing mutations in both genes with the exception of two polymorphisms in NTF4 gene. However, these are not pathogenic changes because they are also present in normal animals and are not segregated with the disease. Conclusion These results suggest that impaired neurotrophin signaling or compromised trophic support to the retina and p53-mediated apoptosis may not be the underlying mechanism of RGCs death in a beagle model of glaucoma.  相似文献   

Background data of 2-year-old male and female F344 gpt delta rats     

Kohei Matsushita  Yuji Ishii  Aki Kijima  Shinji Takasu  Ken Kuroda  Hisayoshi Takagi  Takehiko Nohmi  Kumiko Ogawa  Takashi Umemura 《Journal of toxicologic pathology》2021,34(1):23

Although gpt delta rats, as reporter gene-transgenic rats, were originally developed for in vivo mutation assays, they have also been used to evaluate chemical carcinogenesis and comprehensive toxicity. Therefore, it is necessary to accumulate background data on carcinogenicity and general toxicity in gpt delta rats. Here, we investigated the background data of 110-week-old male and female F344 gpt delta rats and wild-type rats. There was no effect of reporter gene transfection on animal survival rates and body weights during the experiment. The relative weight of male gpt delta rat adrenals was significantly higher than that of wild-type rats, possibly due to the higher incidence of pheochromocytoma. There were no intergenotype differences in the incidence of nonneoplastic lesions in both sexes, including chronic progressive nephropathy and focus of cellular alteration in the liver, which had a higher incidence in both genotypes. Additionally, the significantly higher incidence of adrenal pheochromocytoma in male gpt delta rats than that in wild-type rats was likely incidental because of the lack of differences in the incidences of preneoplastic (male and female) and neoplastic (female) adrenal lesions in both genotypes. Other neoplastic lesions in both sexes showed no intergenotype differences in incidence rates, although large granular lymphocytic leukemia in the spleen and Leydig cell tumors in the testes of males showed higher incidence rates. Overall, there were no effects of reporter gene transfection on the spectrum of spontaneous lesions in F344 gpt delta rats, thus supporting their applicability in evaluating chemical toxicity and carcinogenicity.  相似文献   

Recombinant Virus Bank for gene delivery     

Yokoyama KK  Murata T  Ugai H  Suzuki E  Terashima M  Kujime Y  Inamoto S  Hirose M  Inabe K  Yamasaki T 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2005,307(5716):1722

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Insect antifeedant activity of flavones and chromones against Spodoptera litura   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Morimoto M  Tanimoto K  Nakano S  Ozaki T  Nakano A  Komai K 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2003,51(2):389-393

The antifeedant polymethylated flavones 5-hydroxy-3,6,7,8,4'-heptamethoxyflavone, 5-hydroxy-3,6,7,8-tetramethoxyflavone, and 5,6-dihydroxy-3,7-dimethoxyflavone have been isolated from the cudweed, Gnaphalium affine D. Don (Compositae). These flavonoids and authentic analogues showed insect antifeedant activity against the common cutworm (Spodoptera litura F.). In a previous paper, it was suggested that there was no substituent on the B-ring of the flavonoid for the beneficial antifeedant activity against the common cutworm. These flavonoids having a phenyl group as the B-ring and the chromone as elimination of the B-ring from the flavonoids were used to test the hypothesis of the previously described B-ring effect. The known fact is that Sculletaria baicarensis (Rutaceae) produced the 2-phenyl flavone. Test compounds and their methylated derivatives were prepared from this material for the structure-activity relationship (SAR) study of insect antifeedant activity. In spite of the 2-phenyl flavonoids, some tested compounds did not show any insect antifeedant activity against the common cutworm, although these inactive flavonoids were deficient in the 6-substituent group on the A-ring of the flavonoid. This 6-position-substituted derivative almost showed strong insect antifeedant activity against common cutworm. Moreover, the tested flavonoids having a hydroxyl group as a substituent on any of the positions tended to increase the activity. These results suggested the importance of the 6-position substitution on the flavonoid; however, hydrophilic substituents decreased the activity. Baicalein (5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone) derivatives did not show any activity despite having the 6-substituent derivative. Although the activity of some chromones increased the activity of the flavone, the bulky B-ring was a disadvantage for the antifeedant activity. It was suggested that the charge on C(3) and C(5) of the flavonoid was important for the biological activity. Additionally, an adequate hydrogen bonding property, which is different from lipophilicity, was an advantage for the activity on the basis of a QSAR analysis.  相似文献