Anatomical variation of arterial supply to the rabbit spleen     

Reona IKEGAMI  Yoshimasa TANIMOTO  Miori KISHIMOTO  Hideshi SHIBATA 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2016,78(2):199-202

The rabbit, which is widely used as an experimental animal and is also popular as a companion animal, has a flat and elongated spleen with the longitudinal hilus running along its visceral surface. The spleen receives via the hilus an arterial supply that is essential for splenic nutrition and normal functioning. However, the distribution and variation of the arteries to the spleen have not been studied in detail. This study investigated anatomical variations of splenic arterial supply in 33 New Zealand White rabbits with a colored latex injection into arteries. We also examined whether the length of the spleen correlated with the number of the splenic branches of the splenic artery. The splenic artery always arose as the first independent branch of the celiac artery and ran along the splenic hilus to usually provide 6 (range, 3 to 10) splenic branches to the spleen. There was a moderate correlation (R=0.6) between the number of splenic branches and the longitudinal length of the spleen. The splenic branches often arose as a trunk or trunks in common with short gastric arteries. The number of common trunk(s) was usually 1 (range, 0 to 4). The data showed that the pattern and number of arterial branches to the spleen varied according to the individual animal, suggesting that such variations should be considered when performing experimental and veterinary surgical treatments in rabbits.  相似文献   

The therapeutic effects of SET/I2PP2A inhibitors on canine melanoma     

Shuhei ENJOJI  Ryotaro YABE  Nobuyuki FUJIWARA  Shunya TSUJI  Michael P. VITEK  Takuya MIZUNO  Takayuki NAKAGAWA  Tatsuya USUI  Takashi OHAMA  Koichi SATO 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2015,77(11):1451-1456

Canine melanoma is one of the most important diseases in small animal medicine. Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), a well conserved serine/threonine phosphatase, plays a critical role as a tumor suppressor. SET/I2PP2A is an endogenous inhibitor for PP2A, which directly binds to PP2A and suppresses its phosphatase activity. Elevated SET protein levels have been reported to exacerbate human tumor progression. The role of SET in canine melanoma, however, has not been understood. Here, we investigated the potential therapeutic role for SET inhibitors in canine melanoma. The expression of SET protein was observed in 6 canine melanoma cell lines. We used CMeC-1 cells (primary origin) and CMeC-2 cells (metastatic origin) to generate cell lines stably expressing SET-targeting shRNAs. Knockdown of SET expression in CMeC-2, but not in CMeC-1, leads to decreased cell proliferation, invasion and colony formation. Phosphorylation level of p70 S6 kinase was decreased by SET knockdown in CMeC-2, suggesting the involvement of mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin)/p70 S6 kinase signaling. The SET inhibitors, OP449 and FTY720, more effectively killed CMeC-2 than CMeC-1. We observed PP2A activation in CMeC-2 treated with OP449 and FTY720. These results demonstrated the potential therapeutic application of SET inhibitors for canine melanoma.  相似文献   

Growth of rice plants under red light with or without supplemental blue light     

Keiko OHASHI-KANEKO  Ryo MATSUDA  Eiji GOTO  Kazuhiro FUJIWARA  Kenji KURATA 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2006,52(4):444-452

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Anther culture in rice proportionally rescues microspores according to gametophytic gene effect and enhances genetic study of hybrid sterility     

Yoshitaka Kanaoka  Daichi Kuniyoshi  Eri Inada  Yohei Koide  Yoshihiro Okamoto  Hideshi Yasui  Yuji Kishima 《Plant methods》2018,14(1):102

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根据机动细胞硅酸体形态性状判别籼粳的研究   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

王才林  宇田津彻 《中国水稻科学》1998,12(4):207-214

 以中国和亚洲其他国家的水稻地方品种和改良品种为材料,研究了机动细胞硅酸体的形态性状在籼、粳亚种间的差异。通过主成分分析和判别分析,探讨并建立了以硅酸体形态性状为指标的籼粳判别式,其判别效率可达90%左右,明显优于粒型判别法,与佐滕等提出的基于酚反应、氯酸钾抗性和稃毛长的判别结果基本一致。由于植物蛋白石具有残留量多和抗风化等优点,作者认为在籼、粳稻起源和分化的研究中,根据植物蛋白石的形态进行籼粳判别的方法比基于炭化米的粒型判别法更加有效。  相似文献   

Potential of near infrared spectroscopy to determine the lipid content of untreated garbage compost     

Takayuki FUJIWARA  Keiichi MURAKAMI  Eiji YOSHIDA  Itaru TAKAHASHI 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2009,55(2):309-314

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the capability of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as a simple method to monitor the lipid content of garbage compost, which is a potential inhibitor of plant growth. We conducted a cultivation experiment with vegetable mock pak choy ( Brassica rapa L. Parachinensis Group) using two application rates of four garbage composts that differed in lipid content. The input of lipid from the compost to the field showed a significant negative correlation with germination rate and plant height in the initial growth stage. Reflectance spectra of untreated and freeze-dried and milled compost samples were taken using a scanning monochromator. Second-derivative spectra and multiple regression analysis were used to develop calibration equations for lipid and moisture contents. The calibration was carried out with the short wavelength region ([SWR] 800–1100 nm) and the long wavelength region ([LWR] 1100–2500 nm) separately. The calibration equations with the LWR were more accurate than those with the SWR for lipid and moisture determinations. The accuracies of the calibration equations for untreated samples were comparable to those for freeze-dried and milled samples. In conclusion, we suggest that the application rate of garbage compost can be determined by measuring the lipid content of untreated samples by NIRS.  相似文献   

Steady-state pharmacokinetics of zonisamide in plasma, whole blood, and erythrocytes in dogs     

K. FUKUNAGA  M. SAITO  M. MUTO  R. YOSHIOKA  K. MISHIMA  M. FUJIWARA  & K. ORITO 《Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics》2010,33(1):103-106

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Identification of a bacterium isolated from galls on carrot and weeds     

Hideshi Kawarazaki  Masao Goto  Kotaro Kato  Toshio Kijima  Hiroshi Kawada  Keisuke Yamamoto  Yuichi Takikawa 《Journal of General Plant Pathology》2009,75(3):235-240

In 2004, bacterial galls were found on the roots of carrots in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Galls were about 0.1–2 cm in diameter, light brown in color and had rough surfaces. In 2005, similar galls were found on the roots of three weeds: henbit (Lamium amplexicaule L.), Persian speedwell (Veronica persica Poir.) and leaf mustard (Brassica juncea L.). A bacterium that forms white, rough colonies was isolated from the carrot and weeds galls. The bacterial isolates had properties identical with Rhizobacter dauci Goto and Kuwata. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences showed that the carrot isolate had the highest homology (similarity of 100%) with that of the type strain of R. dauci. Rep-PCR genomic fingerprinting using BOX A1R primer showed that the carrot and weeds isolates were nearly identical. Pathogenicity of the isolates was confirmed by inoculating the roots of carrots and the weeds. After 2–5 weeks, they formed galls on the roots of the original host species and on other plant species tested. The galls were indistinguishable from those formed naturally, and the inoculated bacterium was reisolated. Thus, the causal bacterium of carrot and weeds gall was identified as R. dauci, and the bacterium was found to have a wider host range than previously known. These weed hosts may serve as inoculum sources for carrot bacterial gall disease.  相似文献   

Morphological characteristics of plant opal from motor cells of rice in paddy fields soil Chinese Rice Research Newsletter     

ZHENG Yunfei  SUN Zongxiu  WANG Cailin  UDATSU Tetsuro  FUJIWARA Hiroshi 《水稻科学》2000,8(3):9

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Two novel QTLs regulate internode elongation in deepwater rice during the early vegetative stage     

Keisuke Nagai  Takeshi Kuroha  Madoka Ayano  Yusuke Kurokawa  Rosalyn B. Angeles-Shim  Jung-Hyun Shim  Hideshi Yasui  Atsushi Yoshimura  Motoyuki Ashikari 《Breeding Science》2012,62(2):178-185

Deepwater rice possesses internode elongation ability to avoid drowning under deepwater conditions. Previous studies identified three QTLs regulating internode elongation ability on chromosomes 1, 3 and 12 using different populations. However, these QTLs only induce internode elongation in response to deepwater conditions from the 7-leaf stage and not during the early leaf stage. In this study, we detected two novel QTLs, qTIL2 and qTIL4 regulating deepwater response at the early leaf stage using an F₂ population derived from the cross between NIL1-3-12 carrying the three QTLs regulating deepwater response in T65 (O. sativa ssp. japonica) genetic background and C9285 (O. sativa ssp. indica, deepwater rice). Plants of the BC₂F₂ population derived from NIL1-3-12/C9285 and the RILs of T65/Bhadua (O. sativa ssp. indica, deepwater rice) possessing these QTLs as well as the three QTLs previously identified also showed internode elongation during the early leaf stage. These results indicate that qTIL2 and qTIL4 regulate early internode elongation and function in coordination with the three major QTLs under deepwater conditions. The results presented here would not only help define the mechanism of deepwater response in rice but also contribute in the breeding of deepwater tolerant rice that is adapted to various water depths.  相似文献