Lipopolysaccharide induces expression of collagen VI in the rat lung     

Sayuri Okawa  Kana Unuma  Atsushi Yamada  Toshihiko Aki  Koichi Uemura 《Journal of toxicologic pathology》2015,28(1):37-41

The involvement of the lung during the septic systemic inflammatory response elicited by administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was investigated. Eight-week-old male Sprague–Dawley rats were injected i.p. with 15 mg/kg LPS. After 24 h, the lungs were excised to evaluate the cellular responses to LPS. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) analysis revealed that type VI collagen (ColVI) was extremely upregulated during sepsis in the rat lung within the first 24 h of LPS administration. Upregulation of ColVI protein and its mRNA was demonstrated by Western blot analysis, real time PCR, and immunohistochemistry. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the activation of ColVI in the rat lung at the early stage of systemic inflammation. Activation of ColVI might be involved in sepsis-mediated lung fibrosis at an early stage.  相似文献   

Real-time PCR genotyping assay for feline erythrocyte pyruvate kinase deficiency and mutant allele frequency in purebred cats in Japan     

Kazuya KUSHIDA  Urs GIGER  Toshihiko TSUTSUI  Megumi INABA  Yoshio KONNO  Kureha HAYASHI  Kana NOGUCHI  Akira YABUKI  Keijiro MIZUKAMI  Moeko KOHYAMA  Yasuyuki ENDO  Osamu YAMATO 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2015,77(6):743-746

Erythrocyte pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is an inherited glycolytic erythroenzymopathy caused by mutations of the PKLR gene. A causative mutation of the feline PKLR gene was originally identified in Abyssinian and Somali cats in the U.S.A. In the present study, a TaqMan probe-based real-time PCR genotyping assay was developed and evaluated for rapid genotyping and large-scale screening for this mutation. Furthermore, a genotyping survey was carried out in a population of four popular purebred cats in Japan to determine the current mutant allele frequency. The assay clearly displayed all genotypes of feline PK deficiency, indicating its suitability for large-scale survey as well as diagnosis. The survey demonstrated that the mutant allele frequency in Abyssinian and Somali cats was high enough to warrant measures to control and prevent the disease. The mutant allele frequency was relatively low in Bengal and American Shorthair cats; however, the testing should still be carried out to prevent the spread of the disease. In addition, PK deficiency should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of anemia in purebred cats in Japan as well as worldwide.  相似文献   

Molecular cloning of the cDNA encoding the β subunit of thyrotropin and regulation of its gene expression by thyroid hormones in the goldfish, Carassius auratus     

Y. Yoshiura  Y.C. Sohn  A. Munakata  M. Kobayashi  K. Aida 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》1999,21(3):201-210

A cDNA encoding the subunit of thyrotropin (TSH) was isolated from a goldfish (Carassius auratus) pituitary gland cDNA library. By comparing the sequence with other teleost TSHs, a signal peptide of 19 amino acids and a mature hormone of 131 amino acids were predicted for goldfish TSH subunits. The resulting putative mature hormone of 131 amino acids had well-conserved cysteine positions and a putative N-linked glycosylation site; homology was 51–67% with TSHs from other teleosts, 38–43% with tetrapod TSHs, but only 27 and 29% with goldfish GTH-I and -II, respectively. We also examined the effects of thyroid hormones (TH) and thiourea (TU, an inhibitor of TH production) treatments on TSH and GTH subunit gene expressions in the goldfish pituitary gland. After thyroxine (T₄) treatment, circulating T₄ concentration increased and TSH mRNA level decreased. Supressing the amount of circulating T₄ and triiodothyronine (T₃) by TU treatment increased the TSH mRNA level. Moreover, T₄ replacement therapy (simultaneous treatment of both TU and T₄) caused a high level of circulating T₄ and a low level of circulating T₃, and a decrease in the TSH mRNA level. Thus, changing levels of circulating TH exert a negative feedback on the level of TSH subunit mRNA in goldfish in vivo. On the other hand, GTH subunit mRNA levels were not affected by changes in the levels of circulating TH.  相似文献   

Analysis of risk factors associated with bovine leukemia virus seropositivity within dairy and beef breeding farms in Japan: A nationwide survey     

S. Kobayashi  A. HidanoT. Tsutsui  T. YamamotoY. Hayama  T. NishidaN. Muroga  M. KonishiK. Kameyama  K. Murakami 《Research in veterinary science》2014

This cross-sectional study evaluated risk factors associated with farm-level bovine leukemia virus (BLV) seropositivity in 563 dairy and 490 beef farms throughout Japan. Twenty randomly selected cattle on each farm were serologically tested, and farm epidemiologiocal information was obtained through face-to-face interviews. Due to the large number of zero-prevalence dairy and beef farms, data analysis was performed using a zero-inflated negative binomial model, which revealed that the common risk factors associated with higher within-farm seroprevalence were past detection of clinical leukemia and presence of blood-sucking insects. Loose housing on dairy farms and direct contact between calves and adult cattle on beef farms were also identified as risk factors. With regard to farm-level presence of BLV, the presence of purchased cattle was found to be a risk factor in both sectors. Sending heifers to a common ranch was identified as an additional risk factor for dairy farms.  相似文献   

Prediction of bending stiffness and moment carrying capacity of sugi cross-laminated timber     

Minoru Okabe  Motoi Yasumura  Kenji Kobayashi  Kazuhiko Fujita 《Journal of Wood Science》2014,60(1):49-58

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels consist of several layers of lumber stacked crosswise and glued together on their faces. Prototype sugi CLT floor panels were manufactured and bending tests were carried out under the different parameters of lumber modulus of elasticity (MOE), number of layers, thickness of lumber and thickness of CLT panels. On the basis of above tests, bending stiffness and moment carrying capacity were predicted by Monte Carlo method. MOE of lumber was measured by using grading machine and tensile strength of lumber was assumed to be 60 % of bending strength based on the obtained bending test. Bending stiffness EI of CLT panels could be estimated by adopting composite theory and equivalent section area. Experimental moment carrying capacity showed 12 % higher value than the calculated moment carrying capacity by average lumber failure method, and also showed 45 % higher value than the calculated moment carrying capacity by minimum lumber failure method due to the reinforcement of the outer layer by the neighboring cross layer.  相似文献   

The sex determining gene of medaka: a Y-specific DM domain gene (DMY) is required for male development     

Masaru Matsuda  Yoshitaka Nagahama  Tohru Kobayashi  Chika Matsuda  Satoshi Hamaguchi  Mitsuru Sakaizumi 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》2003,28(1-4):135-139

Although the sex-determining gene Sry has been identified in mammals, no comparable genes have been found in non-mammalian vertebrates. To clone positionally the sex-determining region of the medaka, Oryzias latipes, we generated a Y congenic strain to highlight the genetic differences between the X and Y chromosomes from inbred strains of medaka. We used recombinant breakpoint analysis and deletion analysis of the Y chromosome of a congenic XY female to restrict the sex-determining region to 250-kb stretch of the Y chromosome. Shotgun sequencing of this region predicted 27 genes. Three of these genes were expressed during sexual differentiation. However, only one gene was Y specific. The full-length cDNA sequence of this gene encodes a putative protein of 267 amino acids, including the highly conserved DM domain. We thus named it DMY. To establish a role for DMY during sexual differentiation, we screened wild medaka populations for naturally occurring DMY mutants. Two XY females with distinct mutations in DMY were found in separate populations. The first heritable mutant – a single insertion in exon 3 and the subsequent truncation of DMY – resulted in all XY female offspring. Similarly, the second XY mutant female showed reduced DMY expression with a high proportion of XY female offspring. Furthermore, during normal development, DMY is expressed only in somatic cells of XY gonads. These findings strongly suggest that the sex-specific DMY is required for normal testicular development and is a prime candidate for the medaka sex-determining gene.  相似文献   

Determination of bacteria constituting ruminal fibrolytic consortia developed on orchard grass hay stem     

Takumi Shinkai  Takaaki Ueki  Satoshi Koike  Yasuo Kobayashi 《Animal Science Journal》2014,85(3):254-261

To determine the relationship between Fibrobacter succinogenes and other rumen bacteria, the bacterial community structure on fiber was analyzed by using two different materials. These were ruminally incubated orchard grass hay stems without and with preincubation with F. succinogenes (natural and artificial consortia, respectively). The natural consortium mainly consisted of Firmicutes (56.6%) and Bacteroidetes (33.1%), while the artificial consortium showed a significantly higher proportion of Firmicutes (85.5%) and a lower proportion of Bacteroidetes (4.6%). At species or genus level, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, the U2 group, Ruminococcus albus and Lachnospiraceae incertae sedis made up a higher proportion in the artificial consortium. The most dominant bacterial group was the Butyrivibrio‐Pseudobutyrivibrio‐Lachnospiraceae incertae sedis group, which accounted for 19.7% in the natural and 29.5% in the artificial consortium. Within the genus Butyrivibrio, the phylogenetic groups SA and VA2 and phylogeny‐undefined Butyribivrio, but not VA1, were detected at high frequency in the artificial consortium. These results suggest that ecological and possibly functional relationships exist in the rumen among F. succinogenes, a subset of B. fibrisolvens, the U2 group, R. albus and Lachnospiraceae incertae sedis.  相似文献   

Transgenic cell lines which stably express progestogen receptors (PRS) α and β and the PR-responsive reporter genes     

T. Ikeuchi  T. Kobayashi  T. Todo  Y. Nagahama 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》2003,28(1-4):151-151

Transgenic cell lines which stably express progestogen receptors (PRs) and the PR-responsive reporter genes were developed. They are a good system for rapid, sensitive and reproducible screening of various ligands.  相似文献   

Twenty microsatellite markers from the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Maria Raquel Moura Coimbra  Osamu Hasegawa  Kazunobu Kobayashi  Shinrokuro Koretsugu  Eriko Ohara  Nobuaki Okamoto 《Fisheries Science》2001,67(2):358-360

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Involvement of steroid hormones in the preovulatory gonadotropin surge in female goldfish     

Makito Kobayashi  Katsumi Aida  Isao Hanyu 《Fish physiology and biochemistry》1989,7(1-6):141-146

Goldfish,Carassius auratus, spawn several times within a spawning season. A gonadotropin (GtH) surge occurs at the time of ovulation in this cyprinid species. This ovulatory GtH surge mediates the processes of final oocyte maturation and ovulation, and occurs at the end of each spawning cycle. Within a cycle, there is a shift in the predominant plasma steroid from estradiol to testosterone, and finally 17α, 20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one at the time of the ovulatory GtH surge. High levels of testosterone were always observed before ovulation. When ovariectomized or sexually regressed female goldfish were implanted with testosterone, they exhibited a GtH surge which was similar to those normally observed at ovulation. These results strongly suggest that elevated plasma testosterone is an important physiological requirement for the occurrence of the GtH surge.  相似文献