Influence of surface printing materials on the degradability of biodegradable plastic films in soil     

Akira Hoshino  Shinzou Kanao  Kenji Fukushima  Shigeichi Sakai  Makoto Kimura 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(6):903-907

Effect of surface printing on the biodegradability of plastic films was studied. Biodegradable films (polybutylene-succinate (PBS)) printed with four kinds of gravure inks were placed in soil for 1 year. The inks consisted of carbon black-pigment with four kinds of resins: poly-(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), nitrocellulose-polyamide blended resin (NT), polyvinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer (V), and nitrocellulose (NC). Degradation of film specimens printed on one side and both sides as well as the control film without printing was monitored every 3 months by collecting sample specimens for the measurement of weight loss. No appreciable degradation was observed until 6 months after placement in soil for the control specimens and until 9 months for the printed specimens. And the degradation of the PCL- and NC-printed specimens with one-side printing and V-printed specimens with both-side printing was significantly slower than that of the control specimens without printing after 9-month placement at p < 0.05. Only after 12 months of placement, was the degradation significantly faster for the specimens printed on one side than for those printed on both sides except of the specimens printed with NC. There was no difference in biodegradability among PCL, NT, NC, and V resins. Specimens printed on both sides did not show any appreciable weight loss after 1 year in soil (percentage of maintenance of weight exceeding 98%). Microscopic observation indicated that the degradation mainly proceeded from the non-printed side to the printed side cross-sectionally.  相似文献   

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis of gut bacterial community for the Japanese earthworms     

Kazunori Nakamura  Kenji Sakai 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(4):519-528

The gut bacterial community structure for Pheretima hilgendorfi and P. heteropoda (Family Megascolecidae), and Allolobophora japonica (Family Lumbricidae) collected from agricultural grasslands in Japan was analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified 16S rRNA gene fragments (PCR-DGGE) and compared with those in the surrounding soils. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles indicated that each earthworm species had their own specific bacterial communities, and multidimentional scaling analysis grouped the DGGE profiles into three groups: gut samples from P. hilgendorfi and P. heteropoda, gut samples from A. japonica and samples from the surrounding soils. Nine dominant bands were identified by their direct sequencing and cloning. Major three bands from P. hilgendorfi and P. heteropoda were closely related to Bacillus species belonging to the phylum Firmicutes. Major four and two bands from A. japonica were closely related to the phyla Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes, respectively.  相似文献   

Wood density and carbon and nitrogen concentrations in deadwood of Chamaecyparis obtusa and Cryptomeria japonica     

Yoshimi Sakai  Shin Ugawa  Shigehiro Ishizuka  Masamichi Takahashi  Chisato Takenaka 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2013,59(4):526-537

Estimating carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stocks in deadwood in forests nationwide is required for understanding large-scale C and N cycling. To do so requires estimated values of wood density and C and N concentrations. Additionally, parameters that show variation should be examined. In this study, we clarified the estimated values and the variation in three parameters in each decay class of each of two tree species and examined whether dead log diameter and region contribute to variation in the parameters. Data were collected from 73 Chamaecyparis obtusa (Sieb. et Zucc.) Endl. plantations and 66 Cryptomeria japonica D. Don plantations throughout Japan. Wood densities decreased from 386 to 188?kg?m^?3 for C. obtusa and from 334 to 188?kg?m^?3 for C. japonica in decay classes 1–4. The variation in wood density increased with decay class, and the coefficient of variance increased from 13.9% to 46.4% for C. obtusa and from 15.2% to 48.1% for C. japonica. The N concentrations increased from 1.04 to 4.40?g?kg^?1 for C. obtusa and from 1.11 to 2.97?g?kg^?1 for C. japonica in decay classes 1–4. The variation in N concentration increased with decay class, and the coefficient of variance increased from 51.9% to 76.7% for C. obtusa and from 50.3% to 70.4% for C. japonica. Log diameter and region contributed to variations in wood density and N concentration in decay classes 1 and 2 for C. obtusa and C. japonica. However, no relationship was observed between regional climates and the two parameters. In contrast, C concentrations ranged from 507 to 535?g?kg^?1 and were stable with much lower coefficients of variance throughout the decay classes for both tree species. Thus, we recommend that the same C concentration can be adapted for all decay classes of both tree species.  相似文献   

Sequential transformation rates of soil organic sulfur fractions in two-step mineralization process     

Toko Tanikawa  Kyotaro Noguchi  Kenichi Nakanishi  Hidetoshi Shigenaga  Junko Nagakura  Hisao Sakai  Akio Akama  Masamichi Takahashi 《Biology and Fertility of Soils》2014,50(2):225-237

To understand the organic sulfur (S) stabilization in volcanic soils, we investigated organic S transformation rates and their relationships to soil properties in incubation experiments using forest soils from the Nikko volcanic region, central Japan. We hypothesized that carbon (C)-bonded S would first be transformed into ester sulfate-S and then into inorganic sulfate-S. We separately calculated the rates of decrease of C-bonded S (velocity 1, v ₁) and ester sulfate-S (velocity 2, v ₂) concentrations. During incubation, the ester sulfate-S concentration increased in two soils characterized by a high concentration of both ammonium oxalate-extractable aluminum (Al_o) and pyrophosphate-extractable Al (Al_p), whereas the C-bonded S concentration decreased in all soils. A large proportion of the S that was lost in the incubation experiments consisted of C-bonded S rather than ester sulfate-S. Velocity 2 was negatively correlated with both of Al_o and Al_p contents when soils were incubated at 20 °C. These results suggest that when C-bonded S is transformed into ester sulfate-S, complete mineralization to inorganic sulfate is inhibited, because ester sulfate-S is stabilized due to organo–mineral association. Incubation temperatures significantly affected v ₂. Thus, production of inorganic sulfate by mineralization of ester sulfate-S appeared to be regulated by soil Al contents and temperatures. Velocity 1 was proportional to soil pH ranging from 4.5 to 5.5, indicating that the degradation of C-bonded S is pH dependent.  相似文献   

Analysis of genomic mutation and immunohistochemistry of platelet‐derived growth factor receptors in canine vascular tumours          下载免费PDF全文

S. Abou Asa  T. Mori  K. Maruo  A. Khater  A. El‐sawak  E. Abd el‐Aziz  T. Yanai  H. Sakai 《Veterinary and comparative oncology》2015,13(3):237-245

We examined whether mutation of the platelet‐derived growth factor receptor protein tyrosine kinase (PDGFR)‐α and PDGFR‐β genes contributes to their overexpression in canine vascular tumours. Genomic sequences of trans‐ or juxtamembrane regions of PDGFR‐α and PDGFR‐β were analysed with immunohistochemical staining and polymerase chain reaction‐direct sequencing using DNA from paraffin‐embedded neoplastic tissues of 27 hemangiosarcomas (HSAs) and 20 hemangiomas (HAs). Immunohistochemically, 75% of the HA cases were positive for PDGFR‐α and almost most of the HA cases were negative for PDGFR‐β. Of the HSA cases, 55.6% were negative for PDGFR‐α and 63% were strongly positive for PDGFR‐β. Among the HA cases, 1 missense mutation was detected in PDGFR‐α exon 18 and 1 in PDGFR‐β exon 17. Two HSA cases had missense mutations in exon 14 and 1 in exon 17 of PDGFR‐β. Thus, genomic mutation of trans‐ or juxtamembrane regions of PDGFRs was not the main mechanism driving the activation of receptors in HSA and HA.  相似文献   

Isolation and characterization of C-reactive protein and serum amyloid P component from bovine serum   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

M Morimatsu  H Sakai  K Yoshimatsu  O Minowa  S Yamamoto  K Yatomi  T Fujinaga  M Naiki 《Nippon juigaku zasshi. The Japanese journal of veterinary science》1989,51(4):723-732

C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid P component (SAP), which are known as acute phase reactants in human and many other animals, were purified from cow sera. Affinity chromatography using HE agarose gel was the most effective method to isolate both CRP and SAP from a large volume of bovine serum. Separation of CRP and SAP from the mixed preparation could be performed by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, gel permeation HPLC using TSK-G3000SW or affinity chromatography using phosphorylcholine derivatives of bovine serum albumin-conjugated Toyopearl HW 65. Bovine CRP and SAP were identified as genuine CRP- and SAP-class proteins by their cross reactivities with anti-human CRP and anti-human SAP, respectively, and by their homology in amino acid compositions compared with those of human CRP and SAP, respectively. Bovine CRP moved slower than beta-globulin, and bovine SAP moved in the beta-globulin region in agarose gel electrophoresis. Both of them gave single bands in native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Bovine CRP and SAP molecular weights were estimated to be 100,600 and 109,500 daltons respectively, by sedimentation equilibrium analysis. Bovine CRP showed 23K dalton subunits by sodium laurylsulfate-PAGE and bovine SAP showed 28K and 32K dalton subunits, both of which were glycosylated and had identical amino acid compositions, indicating that both CRP and SAP molecules are pentamers. In fact, they appeared to have pentameric disk-like configurations in electronmicroscopical examination.  相似文献   

枯草芽孢杆菌对石门土鸡生长性能、屠宰性能、血清抗氧化指标和肠道形态的影响     

彭豫东  康克浪  曲湘勇  贺长青  陈继发  彭灿阳  YASUHIRO Sakai  周学彬 《动物营养学报》2019,31(5):2119-2126

本试验旨在研究饲粮中添加枯草芽孢杆菌(Bacillus subtilis,BS)对石门土鸡生长性能、屠宰性能、血清抗氧化指标和肠道形态的影响。选取540只55日龄、体重[(0.75±0.02) kg]相近的健康石门土鸡母鸡,随机分成3组,每组6个重复,每个重复30只鸡。对照组饲喂基础饲粮,试验组分别饲喂在基础饲粮的基础上添加300和600 mg/kg BS的试验饲粮。预试期7 d,正试期28 d。结果表明:1) 1～14 d时,与对照组相比,300、600 mg/kg BS组石门土鸡的平均日采食量(ADFI)和平均日增重(ADG)有提高趋势(P>0.05); 15～28 d和1～28 d时,各组间的ADFI、ADG和料重比(F/G)均无显著差异(P> 0.05)。2)与对照组相比,600 mg/kg BS组石门土鸡的屠宰率显著提高(P<0.05),300、600 mg/kg BS组的腹脂率有提高趋势(P>0.05);各组间的半净膛率、全净膛率、胸肌率、腿肌率均无显著差异(P>0.05)。3)与对照组相比,14 d时,300 mg/kg BS组石门土鸡的血清总超氧化物歧化酶(T-SOD)活性显著提高(P <0. 05); 14和28 d时,300、600 mg/kg BS组的血清谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)活性极显著提高(P <0.01)。4)与对照组相比,300、600 mg/kg BS组石门土鸡的十二指肠绒毛高度、绒毛宽度、隐窝深度均有提高趋势(P>0.05),300 mg/kg BS组的空肠绒毛宽度显著提高(P<0.05);各组间的回肠绒毛宽度、隐窝深度和绒隐比均无显著差异(P>0.05)。综上,饲粮中添加BS提高了石门土鸡的屠宰性能,增强了机体抗氧化能力,改善了肠道形态。  相似文献   

Tumour necrosis factor‐related apoptosis‐inducing ligand induces apoptosis in canine hemangiosarcoma cells in vitro     

Minami Goto  Keishi Owaki  Akihiro Hirata  Tokuma Yanai  Hiroki Sakai 《Veterinary and comparative oncology》2019,17(3):285-297

Tumour necrosis factor‐related apoptosis‐inducing ligand (TRAIL) is an apoptosis‐inducing cytokine that shows potential therapeutic value for human neoplasms, and is effective in some canine tumours; however, its potential for killing canine hemangiosarcoma (HSA) cells is unknown. Thus, we evaluated the proapoptotic effect of TRAIL in nine canine HSA cell lines. Cells (JuA1, JuB2, JuB2‐1, JuB4, Re11, Re12, Re21, Ud2 and Ud6) were cultured with three recombinant human TRAILs (rhTRAILs): TRAIL‐TEC derived from Escherichia coli, TRAIL‐TL derived from mammalian cells and isoleucine zipper recombinant human TRAIL (izTRAIL) containing an isoleucine‐zippered structure that facilitates trimerization. TRAIL‐TEC did not decrease the cell viability in any of the cell lines tested, whereas the other two rhTRAILs effectively decreased the viability of all cell lines as assessed by the WST‐1 assay. In canine HSA cells, izTRAIL induced apoptosis more effectively than TRAIL‐TL. In JuB4, Re12, and Ud6 cells, izTRAIL increased the activation of caspase‐3 and caspase‐8 and caused poly (ADP‐ribose) polymerase degradation. Moreover, izTRAIL treatment increased the proportion of Annexin V+/ Propidium iodide (PI)? apoptotic cells and nuclear fragmentation in izTRAIL‐sensitive cells. These results show that rhTRAIL can induce apoptosis in canine HSA cells, but the sensitivity of TRAIL was different depending on the cell lines. Therefore, TRAIL could be an effective therapeutic agent against canine HSA, but the specific mechanism of resistance should be determined to clarify under what conditions this treatment would be most effective.  相似文献   

Fluorescein sodium‐guided resection of intracranial lesions in 22 dogs          下载免费PDF全文

Yukiko Nakano BVSc  Kohei Nakata BVSc  Sanae Shibata BVSc  PhD  Yasuhiro Heishima BVSc  Hidetaka Nishida BVSc  PhD  Hiroki Sakai BVSc  PhD  Hirohito Yano MD  PhD  Hiroaki Kamishina BVSc  MS  PhD 《Veterinary surgery : VS》2018,47(2):302-309

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5α-Reductase inhibitory compounds produced by polymerization of resveratrol with horseradish peroxidase     

Yoshio Hirano  Ryuichiro Kondo  Kokki Sakai 《Journal of Wood Science》2002,48(1):64-68

To produce 5-reductase inhibitory compounds, resveratrol was enzymatically oxidized in a horseradish peroxidase (HRP)/H₂O₂ system. Ethyl acetate extract of the oxidation products showed strong 5-reductase inhibitory activity with 10%–15% organic solvents in the system, whereas without organic solvent little inhibitory activity was exhibited. The optimum pH of enzymatic oxidation for acquisition of the inhibitory activity was 4.5. The inhibitory compounds were isolated and identified as resveratroltrans-dehydrodimer and resveratrolcis-dehydrodimer by comparing with published nuclear magnetic resonance data. The two resveratrol dehydrodimers have stronger inhibitory activity than natural resveratrol dimers and trimers found inShorea species.  相似文献