CO2-forced climate and vegetation instability during Late Paleozoic deglaciation     

Montañez IP  Tabor NJ  Niemeier D  Dimichele WA  Frank TD  Fielding CR  Isbell JL  Birgenheier LP  Rygel MC 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2007,315(5808):87-91

The late Paleozoic deglaciation is the vegetated Earth's only recorded icehouse-to-greenhouse transition, yet the climate dynamics remain enigmatic. By using the stable isotopic compositions of soil-formed minerals, fossil-plant matter, and shallow-water brachiopods, we estimated atmospheric partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) and tropical marine surface temperatures during this climate transition. Comparison to southern Gondwanan glacial records documents covariance between inferred shifts in pCO2, temperature, and ice volume consistent with greenhouse gas forcing of climate. Major restructuring of paleotropical flora in western Euramerica occurred in step with climate and pCO2 shifts, illustrating the biotic impact associated with past CO2-forced turnover to a permanent ice-free world.  相似文献   

Resolution of lung inflammation by CD44     

Teder P  Vandivier RW  Jiang D  Liang J  Cohn L  Puré E  Henson PM  Noble PW 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2002,296(5565):155-158

Successful repair after tissue injury and inflammation requires resolution of the inflammatory response and removal of extracellular matrix breakdown products. We have examined whether the cell-surface adhesion molecule and hyaluronan receptor CD44 plays a role in resolving lung inflammation. CD44-deficient mice succumb to unremitting inflammation following noninfectious lung injury, characterized by impaired clearance of apoptotic neutrophils, persistent accumulation of hyaluronan fragments at the site of tissue injury, and impaired activation of transforming growth factor-beta1. This phenotype was partially reversed by reconstitution with CD44+ cells, thus demonstrating a critical role for this receptor in resolving lung inflammation.  相似文献   

Genome sequence of the PCE-dechlorinating bacterium Dehalococcoides ethenogenes     

Seshadri R  Adrian L  Fouts DE  Eisen JA  Phillippy AM  Methe BA  Ward NL  Nelson WC  Deboy RT  Khouri HM  Kolonay JF  Dodson RJ  Daugherty SC  Brinkac LM  Sullivan SA  Madupu R  Nelson KE  Kang KH  Impraim M  Tran K  Robinson JM  Forberger HA  Fraser CM  Zinder SH  Heidelberg JF 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2005,307(5706):105-108

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Assisted colonization: Integrating conservation strategies in the face of climate change     

Scott R. Loss  Lauren A. Terwilliger  Anna C. Peterson 《Biological conservation》2011,(1):92-100

Global climate change poses an immense challenge for conservation biologists seeking to mitigate impacts to species and ecosystems. Species persistence will depend on geographic range shifts or adaptation in response to warming patterns as novel climates and community assemblages arise. Assisted colonization has been proposed as a method for addressing these challenges. This technique, which consists of transporting species to a new range that is predicted to be favorable for persistence under future climate scenarios, has become the subject of controversy and discussion in the conservation community due to its highly manipulative nature, questions about widespread feasibility, and uncertainty associated with the likelihood of translocated species becoming invasive. We reviewed the discussion and criticism associated with assisted colonization and sought to identify other conservation techniques that also display potential to promote the colonization and adaptation of species in response to climate change. We propose an integrated conservation strategy that includes management for habitat connectivity, conservation genetics, and when necessary, assisted colonization of species that are still unable to shift their ranges even given implementation of the above standard conservation approaches. We argue that this integrated approach will facilitate persistence for a larger proportion of species than is possible by solely using assisted colonization. Furthermore, a multi-faceted approach will likely reduce the uncertainty of conservation outcomes and will become increasingly necessary for conservation of biodiversity in a changing climate.  相似文献   

Pteroside A2--a new illudane-type sesquiterpene glucoside from pteridium caudatum L. Maxon,and the spectrometric characterization of caudatodienone     

Castillo UF  Wilkins AL  Lauren DR  Smith BL  Alonso-Amelot M 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2003,51(9):2559-2564

Fractionation of an extract of Pteridium caudatum L. Maxon. (syn P. aquilinum L. Kuhn var. caudatum) which had earlier yielded the illudane-type sesquiterpene glucosides, ptaquiloside (1a), isoptaquiloside (1b), and caudatoside (1c) afforded a mixture containing 1a and two minor components. Preparative HPLC afforded ptaquiloside Z (1d) and a new pteroside glucoside (pteroside A2) (3e), which was identified using a combination of mass spectral and one- and two-dimensional NMR analyses. The (1)H and (13)C NMR and mass spectrometric characterization of caudatodienone (2b), an unstable dienone derived from the degradation of caudatoside (1c) in pyridine solution, and the GC-MS characterization of some pterosin-type degradation products produced by reacting this solution with cosolvents is also reported.  相似文献   

Simultaneous analysis of nivalenol and deoxynivalenol in cereals by liquid chromatography   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

D R Lauren  R Greenhalgh 《Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists》1987,70(3):479-483

A sensitive method is described for determination of nivalenol (NIV) and deoxynivalenol (DON) in cereals by using reverse phase liquid chromatography and UV detection at 222 nm. The sample is extracted with acetonitrile-water (85 + 15) and an aliquot is purified by passage through a combined column of cation exchange resin and alumina-carbon (20 + 1). Analysis at this stage is possible with some samples but the method recommends passing an aliquot through a carbon minicolumn after evaporation and solubilization in methanol. Interference from coextracted compounds at this point is negligible. Recoveries of both NIV and DON from spiked extracts taken through the full method were in the range 83-94%. The relative standard deviation, based on 5 replicate determinations from each of 2 corn samples, was approximately 5% for both NIV and DON. With a 10 microL injection, the minimum contamination (3 X signal/noise ratio) able to be detected in cereal samples was about 0.015 micrograms NIV/g and 0.05 micrograms DON/g. The cleaned up extracts are also suitable for analysis by gas chromatography.  相似文献   

American Association of Feline Practitioners basic guidelines of judicious therapeutic use of antimicrobials in cats (approved by the AVMA Executive Board, June 2001)     

Edwards D  Rodan I  Tuzio H  Merton Boothe D  Kent E  Trepenier L;American Association of Feline Practitioners 《Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery》2004,6(6):462-403

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Septin-mediated plant cell invasion by the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae     

Dagdas YF  Yoshino K  Dagdas G  Ryder LS  Bielska E  Steinberg G  Talbot NJ 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2012,336(6088):1590-1595

To cause rice blast disease, the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae develops a pressurized dome-shaped cell called an appressorium, which physically ruptures the leaf cuticle to gain entry to plant tissue. Here, we report that a toroidal F-actin network assembles in the appressorium by means of four septin guanosine triphosphatases, which polymerize into a dynamic, hetero-oligomeric ring. Septins scaffold F-actin, via the ezrin-radixin-moesin protein Tea1, and phosphatidylinositide interactions at the appressorium plasma membrane. The septin ring assembles in a Cdc42- and Chm1-dependent manner and forms a diffusion barrier to localize the inverse-bin-amphiphysin-RVS-domain protein Rvs167 and the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein Las17 at the point of penetration. Septins thereby provide the cortical rigidity and membrane curvature necessary for protrusion of a rigid penetration peg to breach the leaf surface.  相似文献   

Neurogenesis in a young dog with epileptic seizures     

Borschensky CM  Woolley JS  Kipar A  Herden C 《Veterinary pathology》2012,49(5):766-770

Epileptic seizures can lead to various reactions in the brain, ranging from neuronal necrosis and glial cell activation to focal structural disorganization. Furthermore, increased hippocampal neurogenesis has been documented in rodent models of acute convulsions. This is a report of hippocampal neurogenesis in a dog with spontaneous epileptic seizures. A 16-week-old epileptic German Shepherd Dog had marked neuronal cell proliferation (up to 5 mitotic figures per high-power field and increased immunohistochemical expression of proliferative cell nuclear antigen) in the dentate gyrus accompanied by microglial and astroglial activation. Some granule cells expressed doublecortin, a marker of immature neurons; mitotically active cells expressed neuronal nuclear antigen. No mitotic figures were found in the brain of age-matched control dogs. Whether increased neurogenesis represents a general reaction pattern of young epileptic dogs should be investigated.  相似文献   

Edge type affects leaf-level water relations and estimated transpiration of Eucalyptus arenacea     

Wright TE  Tausz M  Kasel S  Volkova L  Merchant A  Bennett LT 《Tree physiology》2012,32(3):280-293

While edge effects on tree water relations are well described for closed forests, they remain under-examined in more open forest types. Similarly, there has been minimal evaluation of the effects of contrasting land uses on the water relations of open forest types in highly fragmented landscapes. We examined edge effects on the water relations and gas exchange of a dominant tree (Eucalyptus arenacea Marginson & Ladiges) in an open forest type (temperate woodland) of south-eastern Australia. Edge effects in replicate woodlands adjoined by cleared agricultural land (pasture edges) were compared with those adjoined by 7- to 9-year-old eucalypt plantation with a 25m fire break (plantation edges). Consistent with studies in closed forest types, edge effects were pronounced at pasture edges where photosynthesis, transpiration and stomatal conductance were greater for edge trees than interior trees (75m into woodlands), and were related to greater light availability and significantly higher branch water potentials at woodland edges than interiors. Nonetheless, gas exchange values were only ～50% greater for edge than interior trees, compared with ～200% previously found in closed forest types. In contrast to woodlands adjoined by pasture, gas exchange in winter was significantly lower for edge than interior trees in woodlands adjoined by plantations, consistent with shading and buffering effects of plantations on edge microclimate. Plantation edge effects were less pronounced in summer, although higher water use efficiency of edge than interior woodland trees indicated possible competition for water between plantation trees and woodland edge trees in the drier months (an effect that might have been more pronounced were there no firebreak between the two land uses). Scaling up of leaf-level water relations to stand transpiration using a Jarvis-type phenomenological model indicated similar differences between edge types. That is, transpiration was greater at pasture than plantation edges in summer months (most likely due to greater water availability at pasture edges), resulting in significantly greater estimates of annual transpiration at pasture than plantation edges (430 vs. 343lm(-2)year(-1), respectively). Our study highlights the need for landscape-level water flux models to account for edge effects on stand transpiration, particularly in highly fragmented landscapes.  相似文献