The spread of Ras activity triggered by activation of a single dendritic spine     

Harvey CD  Yasuda R  Zhong H  Svoboda K 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2008,321(5885):136-140

In neurons, individual dendritic spines isolate N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated calcium ion (Ca2+) accumulations from the dendrite and other spines. However, the extent to which spines compartmentalize signaling events downstream of Ca2+ influx is not known. We combined two-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging with two-photon glutamate uncaging to image the activity of the small guanosine triphosphatase Ras after NMDA receptor activation at individual spines. Induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) triggered robust Ca2+-dependent Ras activation in single spines that decayed in approximately 5 minutes. Ras activity spread over approximately 10 micrometers of dendrite and invaded neighboring spines by diffusion. The spread of Ras-dependent signaling was necessary for the local regulation of the threshold for LTP induction. Thus, Ca2+-dependent synaptic signals can spread to couple multiple synapses on short stretches of dendrite.  相似文献   

Changes in lysozyme due to reactions with peroxidizing methyl linoleate in a dehydrated model system.     

J Kanner  M Karel 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》1976,24(3):468-472

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Virulence, cytotoxic and inflammatory activities of Vibrio anguillarum and Aeromonas salmonicida isolated from cultivated salmonid fish in Sweden     

Karel Krovacek  Ahmed Faris  Laila Eriksson  Eva Jansson  Olle Ljungberg  Ingmar Mnsson 《Acta veterinaria Scandinavica》1987,28(1):47-54

Extracellular products in culture filtrates of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes and Vibrio anguillarum isolated from infected fish have been shown to possess skin inflammatory factor. The extracellular products from Vibrio anguillarum were cytotoxic in HeLa and CHO cells. In addition to the skin lesions, the culture filtrates of V. anguillarum caused necrotic reaction on the rabbit skin. Five of 6 strains of V. anguillarum were lethal to mice after intraperitoneal administration of 3×10⁷ CFU. Only 1 strain of 5 A. salmonicida subsp. achromogenes produced extracellular products which elicited cytotoxic effects in the CHO cells. None of the A. salmonicida subsp. achromogenes strains were lethal to mice. The cytotoxins were inactivated when heated at 65°C for 30 min. The results indicate that the thermolabile exotoxins are non-enterotoxic since they failed to stimulate fluid accumulation in the rabbit ileal loop and did not cause elongation of the CHO cells. The rounding off of CHO cells, as well as of HeLa cells indicate that the exotoxins may play an important role in fish diseases.  相似文献   

Development and reproduction of Adalia bipunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on eggs of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae) and pollen     

De Clercq P  Bonte M  Van Speybroeck K  Bolckmans K  Deforce K 《Pest management science》2005,61(11):1129-1132

Due to growing criticism over the use of non-indigenous coccinellids, the two-spot ladybird, Adalia bipunctata (L.), has enjoyed increasing attention for aphid biocontrol in Europe. In the current study, eggs of the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, whether or not supplemented with bee pollen, were evaluated as a factitious food for larvae and adults of A. bipunctata. The predator showed slower larval development and lower survival when reared on live pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), than on E. kuehniella eggs. Survival on gamma-irradiated eggs of E. kuehniella was superior to that on frozen flour moth eggs, but other developmental characteristics were similar. Adults of A. bipunctata reared on Ac. pisum were only half as fecund as those offered irradiated or frozen E. kuehniella eggs, but egg hatch was markedly better on live aphids than on flour moth eggs (61 versus 20-27%, respectively). However, when a diet of flour moth eggs was supplemented with frozen moist bee pollen, egg hatch of A. bipunctata was equally as good as on live aphids. Supplementing flour moth eggs with dry pollen did not yield satisfactory results. Only 10% of larvae reached adulthood on moist bee pollen alone and resulting adults weighed less than half as much as those obtained on flour moth eggs. Our findings indicate that A. bipunctata is able to compensate for a suboptimal diet of animal prey by supplementary feeding on flower pollen. It is concluded that pollinivory may be a crucial trait for both the rearing of this natural enemy and its use in biological control programmes.  相似文献   

Capsid protein sequence gene analysis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Apple mosaic virus</Emphasis> infecting pears     

Karel?PetrzikEmail author 《European journal of plant pathology / European Foundation for Plant Pathology》2005,111(4):355-360

Apple mosaic virus (ApMV, genus Ilarvirus) was detected in pears, a previously non-reported virus host. No symptoms were visible on the hosts leaves. Seventeen out of 22 randomly selected pear trees in Italy (Lombardy) and in three regions in the Czech Republic were ApMV-infected. All nine newly sequenced ApMV isolates from pears had a 15-nucleotide insertion in the capsid protein gene in identical position of that of apple isolates compared with isolates from hop and prunes. The insertion is the most prominent (but not essential) modification of the capsid protein gene, which results in a phylogenetic separation of ApMV isolates into three clusters. Sequence analysis data of an additional 15 isolates revealed a sequence correlation with kernelled fruit trees (apple and pear).  相似文献   

Functional markers delimiting a <Emphasis Type="Italic">Medicago</Emphasis> orthologue of pea symbiotic gene <Emphasis Type="Italic">NOD3</Emphasis>     

Karel Novák  Eva Biedermannová  Josef Vondrys 《Euphytica》2012,186(3):761-777

Symbiotic gene mutated in the pea (Pisum sativum L.) line RisfixC is a determinant of the number of symbiotic root nodules. In parallel to a sharp increase in nodule number, its mutational inactivation brings about the insensitivity of nodulation to the ambient nitrate level (Nts trait). Using the established localization to the SYM2-NOD3 region of the pea linkage group I, functional PCR markers were developed for the orthologous region on the chromosome 5 of the model species Medicago truncatula. Owing to the conservation of the binding regions of the designed primers, pea orthologues were successfully amplified with 60% of the primer pairs tested. When applied to a mapping pea population from the cross of the line RisfixC x Afghanistan L1268 (sym2), the new markers allowed to localize the supernodulation mutation within 2.5 cM confidence interval in the pea genome. The placement of the functional markers on the M. truncatula chromosome 5 confined the orthologous gene location to eight overlapping BACs spanning approximately 710 kbp (positions 37,755,678–38,467,472). The narrowed list of the annotated Medicago genes in combination with the published data on their symbiotic and nitrate regulation can be used for the candidate gene identification, together with the requirements imposed by the known function in nodule number initiation and nitrate sensing. In addition, the new markers are applicable for tracking the RisfixC allele in breeding programmes aimed at the improvement of symbiotic performance.  相似文献   

Dipolar antiferromagnetism and quantum criticality in LiErF₄     

Kraemer C  Nikseresht N  Piatek JO  Tsyrulin N  Dalla Piazza B  Kiefer K  Klemke B  Rosenbaum TF  Aeppli G  Gannarelli C  Prokes K  Podlesnyak A  Strässle T  Keller L  Zaharko O  Krämer KW  Rønnow HM 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2012,336(6087):1416-1419

Magnetism has been predicted to occur in systems in which dipolar interactions dominate exchange. We present neutron scattering, specific heat, and magnetic susceptibility data for LiErF(4), establishing it as a model dipolar-coupled antiferromagnet with planar spin-anisotropy and a quantum phase transition in applied field H(c|| = 4.0 ± 0.1 kilo-oersteds. We discovered non-mean-field critical scaling for the classical phase transition at the antiferromagnetic transition temperature that is consistent with the two-dimensional XY/h(4) universality class; in accord with this, the quantum phase transition at H(c) exhibits three-dimensional classical behavior. The effective dimensional reduction may be a consequence of the intrinsic frustrated nature of the dipolar interaction, which strengthens the role of fluctuations.  相似文献   

Determination of soil properties using thermogravimetry under laboratory conditions     

Ji&#x;í Ku erík  Karel Svato&#x;  Stanislav Malý  Martin Brtnický  Helena Dolealov‐Weismannov  Michael S. Demyan  Christian Siewert  David Tokarski 《European Journal of Soil Science》2020,71(3):415-419

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Optimizing aphid biocontrol with the predator Aphidoletes aphidimyza,based on biology and ecology     

Franois‐Xavier Boulanger  Sarah Jandricic  Karel Bolckmans  Felix L Wckers  Apostolos Pekas 《Pest management science》2019,75(6):1479-1493

Aphidoletes aphidimyza is one of the most important predators used in the augmentative biological control of aphids, key pests of many crops worldwide. Adult females are very efficient in locating aphid infestations over a relatively long range, up to 45 m, and deposit eggs near or within aphid colonies. The predatory larvae are aphid generalists preying on several agriculturally important aphid species. The successful use of this biocontrol agent in agricultural systems depends on several biotic and abiotic factors. Among biotic factors, aphid species, plant structure, interspecific competition and intraguild predation may significantly impact the predator´s population dynamics. Key abiotic conditions include day lengths (above a critical threshold to prevent diapause), availability of mating sites in the crop, temperature (above 15 °C to enable egg laying), air relative humidity (above 70%) and availability of pupation sites. Although several successes have been reported in open field crops with naturally occurring or released populations, commercial releases are primarily used in protected crops. Optimized emergence boxes combining provisioning of food sources for the adults, integration with the technological advances that occurred in the greenhouse environment lately, insights into the nutritional ecology in open field crops and exploration of the genetic variability are proposed as future directions to improve adoption and efficacy of A. aphidimyza in crop protection. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry  相似文献   

CYSTIC ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA AND BACTERIAL ENDOMETRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTRAUTERINE FOREIGN BODY IN A GUINEA PIG WITH OVARIAN CYSTIC DISEASE     

Silvia Kohutova  Michaela Paninarova  Miša Škorič  Vladimir Jekl  Zdenek Knotek  Karel Hauptman 《Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine》2018,27(1):41-45

A 3-year-old, 920 g intact female guinea pig presented with a 4-month history of nonpruritic hair loss on the ventral abdomen. The physical examination revealed flank and ventral abdominal alopecia, mucoid vulvar discharge, and abdominal distension. Bilateral rounded masses just caudal to the kidneys and structures consistent with enlarged uterine horns were detected on abdominal palpation. Abdominal ultrasound revealed bilateral ovarian cysts, thickened uterine horns, and multiple circular hypoechoic and anechoic structures in the uterine wall. The patient underwent ovariohysterectomy. Gross examination of the uterus revealed a piece of hay in the left uterine horn. A final diagnosis was hormonally active ovarian follicular cysts, cystic endometrial hyperplasia, and purulent bacterial endometritis caused by Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Arthrobacter spp. Cystic endometrial hyperplasia is infrequently reported in guinea pigs, and this report describes an associated bacterial endometritis and uterine foreign body with concurrent ovarian cysts.  相似文献