Small intestinal volvulus in a captive Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)     

Okamoto M  Tanaka K  Tsunokawa M  Kasamatsu M  Yokota H  Tanida K  Kawasako K  Komine M  Akihara Y  Shimoyama Y  Hirayama K  Kikuchi N  Taniyama H 《The Veterinary record》2006,159(1):21-23

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Morphological features of the spermatic cord in the musk shrew (Suncus murinus) with special reference to extratesticular Leydig cells     

Rerkamnuaychoke W  Yokota K  Kurohmaru M  Hayashi Y  Watanabe G  Taya K  Isomura G  Nishida T 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》1999,61(11):1209-1214

Morphological features of the testicular artery and vein in the spermatic cord of the musk shrew (Suncus murinus) were evaluated by light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, corrosion cast technique combined with scanning electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. The vascular architecture in the spermatic cord of the musk shrew was simple. The testicular artery in the musk shrew was straight and accompanied by 1 to 3 branches of testicular vein. The testicular vein was also straight and anastomosed with each other in some points along its length, but it did not form a delicate pampiniform plexus. In the middle and distal portions of the spermatic cord, the tunica adventitia of the artery and vein was joined together to form a single connective tissue septum. Clusters of cells were found in this connective tissue septum in the middle portion of the cord. These cells were located close to the arterial wall and nerve endings, but they did not appear inside of neurium. They showed several typical characteristics similar to Leydig cells, and they were positive for 3beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) antibody. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies also indicated that the cells in cluster found in the vascular wall of the musk shrew spermatic cord may be equivalent to Leydig cells in testes. These extratesticular Leydig cells had characteristics of the active steroid-producing cell and seemed to be another source of testosterone.  相似文献   

Clinical and clinico-pathologic characteristics of Shiba dogs with a deficiency of lysosomal acid beta-galactosidase: a canine model of human GM1 gangliosidosis     

Yamato O  Masuoka Y  Yonemura M  Hatakeyama A  Satoh H  Kobayashi A  Nakayama M  Asano T  Shoda T  Yamasaki M  Ochiai K  Umemura T  Maede Y 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2003,65(2):213-217

The present study was conducted to determine the clinical and clinico-pathologic characteristics of Shiba dogs with GM1 gangliosidosis, which is due to an autosomal recessively inherited deficiency of lysosomal acid beta-galactosidase activity. Clinical and clinico-pathological features were investigated in 10 homozygous Shiba dogs with GM1 gangliosidosis. The age at onset was 5 to 6 months and the dogs manifested progressive neurologic signs including loss of balance, intermittent lameness, ataxia, dysmetria and intention tremor of the head. The dogs were unable to stand by 10 months of age due to a progression of ataxia and spasticity in all limbs. Corneal clouding, a visual defect, generalized muscle rigospasticity, emotional disorder and a tendency to be lethargic were observed at 9 to 12 months. The dogs became lethargic from 13 months of age. The survival period seemed to be 14 to 15 months. As a clinico-pathologic feature, lymphocytes with abnormally large vacuoles were observed in peripheral blood (30 to 50% of total lymphocytes) through the lifetime of the dogs. The clinical and clinico-pathologic characteristics of this animal model are useful for not only the development and testing of potential methods of therapy, but also the diagnosis of affected homozygous Shiba dogs in veterinary clinics.  相似文献   

Increased concentration of GM1-ganglioside in cerebrospinal fluid in dogs with GM1- and GM2-gangliosidoses and its clinical application for diagnosis.     

Hiroyuki Satoh  Osamu Yamato  Tomoya Asano  Masahiro Yamasaki  Yoshimitsu Maede 《Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation》2004,16(3):223-226

GM1- and GM2-gangliosidoses are lethal lysosomal diseases that are caused by a defect of acid hydrolases, resulting in the intralysosomal accumulation of the specific physiological substrates, GM1- and GM2-gangliosides, respectively. In the present study a method for the diagnosis of canine GM1-gangliosidosis was established using canine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The concentration of GM1-ganglioside in CSF was determined by thin-layer chromatography-enzyme immunostaining using biotin-conjugated cholera toxin B, which specifically binds with GM1-ganglioside. The concentration of CSF GM1-ganglioside was increased in Shiba dogs with GM1-gangliosidosis, and the increased level was approximately proportional to the age of the dogs. The concentration was high in the affected dog even at 5 months of age, when Shiba dogs with GM1-gangliosidosis first manifest neurologic signs. In addition, the concentration of CSF GM1-ganglioside in a dog with the GM2-gangliosidosis 0 variant (Sandhoff disease) was also 7 times the normal level. From these results it was concluded that this laboratory technique enables a definitive and early diagnosis of canine GM1-gangliosidosis even if tissues and organs cannot be obtained. However, because GM1-ganglioside can also be elevated in cases of GM2-gangliosidosis, it is necessary to assay for specific enzyme deficiencies to definitively separate GM1- from GM2-gangliosidosis.  相似文献   

Comparison of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay and enzyme assay for diagnosis of G(M1)-gangliosidosis in Shiba dogs.     

Osamu Yamato  Asogi Kobayashi  Hiroyuki Satoh  Daiji Endoh  Toru Shoda  Yukiko Masuoka  Ayano Hatakeyama  Eun-Og Jo  Tomoya Asano  Madoka Yonemura  Masahiro Yamasaki  Yoshimitsu Maede 《Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation》2004,16(4):299-304

In the present study, diagnostic methods for canine G(M1)-gangliosidosis were examined by comparing a DNA mutation assay with an enzyme assay. Sixty-two Shiba dogs of a pedigree with G(M1)-gangliosidosis were differentiated into 3 genotypes, i.e., normal, heterozygous, and homozygous affected dogs, using a DNA mutation assay, which consists of polymerase chain reaction amplification and the determination of restriction fragment length polymorphisms. The beta-galactosidase activity in leukocytes, umbilical cords, and plasma was measured using 4-methylumbelliferyl beta-D-galactoside and p-nitrophenyl beta-D-galactoside as artificial substrates and compared among the 3 genotypes. The results showed that it was possible to identify homozygous dogs with the enzyme assay using leukocytes and umbilical cords. When using leukocytes, heterozygous carriers could be differentiated from normal dogs in many cases. However, the use of the DNA mutation assay is essential for a complete determination of heterozygous carriers because of the overlap in the distribution of enzyme activity between these 2 groups. When umbilical cords were used, heterozygous carriers could not be differentiated from normal dogs because of no significant difference in enzyme activity between these 2 groups. The beta-galactosidase activity in plasma was not applicable to the diagnosis and genotyping of G(M1)-gangliosidosis in Shiba dogs.  相似文献   

Dietary L-carnitine increases plasma insulin-like growth factor-I concentration in chicks fed a diet with adequate dietary protein level   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Kita K  Kato S  Amanyaman M  Okumura J  Yokota H 《British poultry science》2002,43(1):117-121

1. The effect of L-carnitine supplemented into experimental diets with varying dietary protein concentrations (50, 200 and 400 g/kg) on body weight gain and plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentration in chicks was examined. 2. Dietary L-carnitine supplementation provided 0, 200, 500 and 1000 mg/kg. Chicks were given the diet ad libitum for 10 d. 3. When L-carnitine was provided as 500 or 1000 mg/kg, body weight gain was significantly improved in birds receiving the 200 and 400 g protein/kg diets. 4. There was an interaction between dietary L-carnitine and protein content on plasma IGF-I concentration. L-carnitine supplementation had little influence on plasma IGF-I concentrations in birds receiving the low protein (50 g/kg) diet. When dietary L-carnitine concentrations were increased from 0 to 1000 mg/kg in the adequate protein (200 g/kg) diet, plasma IGF-I concentrations were also increased. However, when dietary L-carnitine content was more than 500 mg/kg in the 400 g/kg protein group, plasma IGF-I concentration decreased with increasing dietary L-carnitine content. 5. Body weight change correlated significantly with the alteration in plasma IGF-I concentrations in chicks given diets with adequate dietary protein. 6. In conclusion, the improvement in body weight gain caused by dietary L-carnitine supplementation was achieved when chicks were given their dietary protein requirement, which may be partially explained by an increase in plasma IGF-I concentration.  相似文献   

Reaction selectivity of active oxygen species produced by oxygen-alkali oxidation of a phenolic compound   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Tomoya Yokoyama  Iwao Maekawa  Yuji Matsumoto  Gyosuke Meshitsuka 《Journal of Wood Science》1998,44(5):421-422

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Large electro-fused protoplasts ofPopulus alba selected by a micromanipulator: Techniques and some characteristics of cells and their regenerants     

Hamako Sasamoto  Yohichi Wakita  Shinso Yokota  Nobuo Yoshizawa 《Journal of Forest Research》2000,5(4):265-270

An improved method for selection of large electro-fused protoplasts ofPopulus alba by a micromanipulator was developed. The conditions for electric cell fusion treatment were optimized. For the best result, protoplasts with a cell density of 5 × 10⁵/mL were treated with an alternate current (1 MHz, 200 V/cm) and pulsed with a direct current (2 kV/cm) for 100μs in 2.5 mM CaCl₂ and 0.55 M mannitol. The electo-fused protoplasts were cultured in NH₄NO₃-free Murashige and Skoog’s medium containing 0.6 M of mannitol, 0.09 M sucrose, 1μM of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 0.1μM of benzyladenine, the same medium used for protoplast culture, but at a very low cell density of 5–10 × 10²/mL in a well of a 96-well culture plate. When cell aggregates derived from individual fused protoplasts were transferred to fresh medium with 0, 0.3 or 0.6 M mannitol, large colonies developed. In the shoot differentiation medium, the reaction of the calluses derived from large fused protoplasts towards the growth regulators differed from the non-fused ones. In medium containing 1μM each of naphthalene acetic acid andN-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N′-phenylurea, growth of callus from electro-fused ones was not reduced by much compared to the control, but shoot differentiation was inhibited. Gibberellic acid (0.1–10μM) was beneficial to shoot regeneration; however, irregularly shaped leaves appeared at high gibberellic acid concentrations. Shoots regenerated were rooted in Murashige and Skoog’s medium containing 4μM of indole-3-butyric acid. Some plantlets obtained had a varied morphology. Based on the characteristics of growth, some cells derived from electro-fused protoplasts appear to be physiologically different from the non-fused one.  相似文献   

Expression of a tumor-associated antigen, RCAS1, in canine mammary tumors   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

Okamura Y  Haraguchi T  Morimoto M  Okuda M  Une S  Nakaichi M  Taura Y 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2004,66(6):651-658

Receptor-binding cancer antigen expressed on SiSo cells (RCAS1), one of novel cancer cell-surface antigens, is strongly expressed in invasive cancers. RCAS1 inhibits the in vitro growth of lymphocytes such as T cells and natural killer (NK) cells, and induces apoptotic cell death. We investigated the expression of RCAS1 in canine mammary tumor cell lines and tumor cells by immunohistochemistry, and also in situ deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fragmentation in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick end labeling (TUNEL) method. All canine mammary tumor cell lines expressed RCAS1 at both the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) and protein level. Immunohistochemically, RCAS1 was negative in 100% of normal mammary glands, but was expressed in 100% of malignant tumors examined. In most malignant mammary tumors, RCAS1 was localized in the cytoplasm with no polarity of expression. In benign mammary tumors, it was detected on the luminal surface of the tumor cell. RCAS1 expression or localization was significantly correlated with malignancy. In situ DNA fragmentation of CD3-positive TILs was observed in RCAS1-expressing tumors. RCAS1-expressing tumors, indicating a possible induction of apoptotic cell death in TILs through RCAS1 expression. These observations suggest that RCAS1 probably plays an important role in tumor progression and escape from immune surveillance in canine mammary tumors.  相似文献   

Ozone oxidation pretreatment for enzymatic saccharification of spent culture media after Lentinula edodes cultivation     

Chisato Ueda  Yuya Takashima  Futoshi Ishiguri  Kazuya Iizuka  Nobuo Yoshizawa  Shinso Yokota 《Journal of Wood Science》2015,61(1):65-69

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