Donor and recipient rat strains affect full-term development of one-cell zygotes cultured to morulae/blastocysts     

Kato M  Ishikawa A  Hochi S  Hirabayashi M 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2004,50(2):191-195

The present study was conducted to examine the developmental potential to offspring of rat embryos cultured from 1-cell to morula/blastocyst stage. Pronuclear zygotes from Wistar x Wistar or (SD x DA) x Wistar strains were cultured in modified rat 1-cell embryo culture medium (mR1ECM) for 96 h in 5% CO(2) in air at 37 C. The proportion of the 3-way cross hybrid zygotes developing into morula/blastocyst stage (74%) was higher than that of the Wistar zygotes (66%). Day-5 morulae/blastocysts developed in vitro were transferred into Day-3 or -4 pseudopregnant recipients of Wistar or SD x DA strain. The transfer of cultured embryos resulted in the birth of offspring at 13-59%, while that of non-cultured control blastocysts showed birth rates of 35-65%. The best offspring rate of cultured embryos (59%) was obtained when the hybrid 1-cell zygotes were cultured in mR1ECM medium and transferred into the 2-days earlier uteri of SD x DA recipients. These results suggest that genetic background of recipients as well as donors is a possible factor affecting full-term development of rat morulae/blastocysts derived from 1-cell stage zygotes cultured in vitro.  相似文献   

Efficacy of bovine viral diarrhea vaccine used in Japan against bovine viral diarrhea virus type 2 strain 890     

Shimazaki T  Nakamura S  Taguchi K  Inoue Y 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2003,65(2):263-266

Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) has been segregated into two genotypes, type 1 and type 2. To determine the efficacy of the commercially available bovine viral diarrhea type 1 vaccine used in Japan against BVDV type 2, calves were infected with BVDV type 2 strain 890 4 weeks after administration of the vaccine. The vaccinated calves did not develop any clinical signs and hematological changes such as observed in unvaccinated calves after the challenge. Furthermore, the challenge virus was not recovered from the vaccinated calves throughout the duration of the experiment, whereas it was recovered from all unvaccinated calves. The bovine viral diarrhea vaccine used in Japan is efficacious against infection with BVDV type 2 strain 890.  相似文献   

Factors affecting premature chromosome condensation of cumulus cell nuclei injected into rat oocytes     

Hirabayashi M  Kato M  Takeuchi A  Ishikawa A  Hochi S 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2003,49(2):121-126

To date, production of cloned rats by somatic cell nuclear transfer (NT) has not yet been successful. Inducing premature chromosome condensation (PCC) of injected cell nuclei in recipient cytoplasm is considered essential for successful mouse cloning by the Honolulu method. In the present study, some factors affecting PCC of rat cumulus cell nuclei injected into rat oocytes were examined. Wistar female rats (young: 4 to 5-week-old, mature: > or =10-week-old) were superovulated by injections of eCG and hCG, and oocytes recovered 14 or 17 h after hCG injection were received with cumulus cell nuclei using piezo-driven micromanipulator. When the oocytes were recovered 14 h post-hCG injection from young rats and the nuclear injection into oocytes was completed within 45 min, PCC was observed in 44-49% of NT oocytes. In the case of oocytes from mature rats, PCC occurred in 11-19% of the NT oocytes. Oocytes recovered 17 h post-hCG injection did not support PCC of the injected nuclei (0-7%) regardless of the donor age. Treatment of oocytes with a neutral cysteine protease inhibitor, N-acetylleucylleucylnorleucinal, slightly increased the incidence of PCC (48 vs 37%). Comparison of rat strains for oocyte donors indicated that proportions of NT oocytes undergoing PCC in Wistar and LEW oocytes (41-46%) were higher than those in Donryu and F344 oocytes (17-25%). Thus, ability of rat oocytes to promote PCC of the injected nuclei is dependent on the characteristics of oocytes, such as age or strain of donor rats, and timing of oocyte recovery.  相似文献   

The detection of bovine lactoferrin binding protein on Toxoplasma gondii     

Tanaka T  Abe Y  Kim WS  Xuan X  Nagasawa H  Igarashi I  Kumura H  Shimazaki K 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2003,65(12):1377-1380

Lactoferrin (LF), a member of the transferrin (TF) protein family, is an iron-binding protein that is known to interact with bacteria through a specific receptor. We examined the binding of bovine LF (bLF), bovine TF (bTF), and ovotransferrin (OTF) by Toxoplasma gondii using a fluorescence test and the streptavidin-biotin (SAB) method using biotin-streptavidin, and found that bLF, bTF, and OTF bound to the protein components of T. gondii. Furthermore, we confirmed that bLF, bTF, and OTF bound a 42 kDa soluble protein of T. gondii by far Western blot method. These results demonstrated that bLF binding proteins are present on T. gondii.  相似文献   

Immune response to Japanese rabies vaccine in domestic dogs     

Shimazaki Y  Inoue S  Takahashi C  Gamoh K  Etoh M  Kamiyama T  Makie H 《Journal of veterinary medicine. B, Infectious diseases and veterinary public health》2003,50(2):95-98

To evaluate the immune response induced by Japanese rabies vaccine for veterinary use as international units (IU), we measured levels of rabies antibody in serum samples from dogs by the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test (RFFIT). In dogs immunized with a reference vaccine (potency level of 3.1 IU/ml), prepared by the same method as that used to produce commercial vaccine, and its dilutions (1 : 2 or 1 : 4), neutralizing-antibody levels increased to 1.0-2.0 IU/ml over a period of 1 month and then decreased to 0.2-1.5 IU/ml over a period of 1 year after the first vaccination and showed a remarkable increase to 12-47 IU/ml after the second vaccination. Sixty-five (74.7%) of the 87 serum samples from domestic dogs that were tested were seropositive (> or =0.1 IU/ml). However, the seropositive rate in dogs less than 1-year old at the time of vaccination was low (57.1%), and the antibody levels in these dogs were not sufficiently high for the rabies antibody titre in serum to be maintained for 1-year. Levels of rabies antibody in all serum samples were also measured by the virus neutralizing test (VNT), and a strong correlation (r > 0.95) was found between the results of the RFFIT and those of the VNT.  相似文献   

Studies on streptococci. 3. On the typing of enterococcus group     

Y Shimazaki  M Ogata  Y Ochi 《Nippon juigaku zasshi. The Japanese journal of veterinary science》1965,27(2):97-104

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Retraction     

Fukuhara A  Matsuda M  Nishizawa M  Segawa K  Tanaka M  Kishimoto K  Matsuki Y  Murakami M  Ichisaka T  Murakami H  Watanabe E  Takagi T  Akiyoshi M  Ohtsubo T  Kihara S  Yamashita S  Makishima M  Funahashi T  Yamanaka S  Hiramatsu R  Matsuzawa Y  Shimomura I 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2007,318(5850):565

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Formation of a one-dimensional array of oxygen in a microporous metal-organic solid     

Kitaura R  Kitagawa S  Kubota Y  Kobayashi TC  Kindo K  Mita Y  Matsuo A  Kobayashi M  Chang HC  Ozawa TC  Suzuki M  Sakata M  Takata M 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2002,298(5602):2358-2361

We report the direct observation of dioxygen molecules physisorbed in the nanochannels of a microporous copper coordination polymer by the MEM (maximum entropy method)/Rietveld method, using in situ high-resolution synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction measurements. The obtained MEM electron density revealed that van der Waals dimers of physisorbed O2 locate in the middle of nanochannels and form a one-dimensional ladder structure aligned to the host channel structure. The observed O-O stretching Raman band and magnetic susceptibilities are characteristic of the confined O2 molecules in one-dimensional nanochannels of CPL-1 (coordination polymer 1 with pillared layer structure).  相似文献   

A membrane-anchored protein kinase involved in Brassica self-incompatibility signaling     

Murase K  Shiba H  Iwano M  Che FS  Watanabe M  Isogai A  Takayama S 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2004,303(5663):1516-1519

Self-incompatibility (SI) response in Brassica is initiated by haplotype-specific interactions between the pollen-borne ligand S locus protein 11/SCR and its stigmatic S receptor kinase, SRK. This binding induces autophosphorylation of SRK, which is then thought to trigger a signaling cascade that leads to self-pollen rejection. A recessive mutation of the modifier (m) gene eliminates the SI response in stigma. Positional cloning of M has revealed that it encodes a membrane-anchored cytoplasmic serine/threonine protein kinase, designated M locus protein kinase (MLPK). Transient expression of MLPK restores the ability of mm papilla cells to reject self-pollen, suggesting that MLPK is a positive mediator of Brassica SI signaling.  相似文献   

Dough and Baking Properties of High‐Amylose and Waxy Wheat Flours     

Naofumi Morita  Tomoko Maeda  Megumi Miyazaki  Makoto Yamamori  Hideho Miura  Ichiro Ohtsuka 《Cereal Chemistry》2002,79(4):491-495

The dough properties and baking qualities of a novel high‐amylose wheat flour (HAWF) and a waxy wheat flour (WWF) (both Triticum aestivum L.) were investigated by comparing them with common wheat flours. HAWF and WWF had more dietary fiber than Chinese Spring flour (CSF), a nonwaxy wheat flour. Also, HAWF contained larger amounts of lipids and proteins than WWF and CSF. There were significant differences in the amylose and amylopectin contents among all samples tested. Farinograph data showed water absorptions of HAWF and WWF were significantly higher than that of CSF, and both flours showed poorer flour qualities than CSF. The dough of WWF was weaker and less stable than that of CSF, whereas HAWF produced a harder and more viscous dough than CSF. Differential scanning calorimetry data showed that starch in HAWF dough gelatinized at a lower temperature in the baking process than the starches in doughs of WWF and CSF. The starch in a WWF suspension had a larger enthalpy of gelatinization than those in HAWF and CSF suspensions. Amylograph data showed that the WWF starch gelatinized faster and had a higher viscosity than that in CSF. The loaves made from WWF and CSF were significantly larger than the loaves made from HAWF. However, the appearance of bread baked with WWF and HAWF was inferior to the appearance of bread baked with CSF. Bread made with WWF became softer than the bread made with CSF after storage, and reheating was more effective in refreshing WWF bread than CSF bread. Moreover, clear differences in dough and bread samples were revealed by scanning electron microscopy. These differences might have some effect on dough and baking qualities.  相似文献