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Nattaya Lourith Takeshi Katayama Kimiko Ishikawa Toshisada Suzuki 《Journal of Wood Science》2005,51(4):379-386
To investigate the biosynthesis and stereochemistry of syringylglycerol-8-O-4′-(sinapyl alcohol) ether (SGSE), a syringyl 8-O-4′ neolignan, feeding experiments and enzyme assays using Eucommia ulmoides were carried out. Diastereoselective formation of erythro-SGSE was found. When [8-14C]sinapyl alcohol was administered to excised shoots of E. ulmoides, 14C was incorporated into free SGSE and SGSE glucosides. In stems, incorporation into (+)-erythro-[14C]SGSE (0.037%) with 9.1% enantiomeric excess (% e.e.) was found; incorporation into the threo isomer was not detectable. Erythro-[14C]SGSE glucosides (0.047%) dominated over threo forms (0.007%) with 74.0% diastereomeric excess (% d.e.); both diastereomers were levorotatory with 32.0% e.e. and 18.3% e.e., respectively. In leaves, higher incorporation into (−)-erythro-[14C]SGSE (0.500%, 15.9% e.e.) than into the threo isomer (0.206%, 7.4% e.e.) was observed (41.6% d.e.). (−)-Erythro-[14C]SGSE glucosides (1.692%, 25.0% e.e.) were produced at higher rates than threo isomers (0.177%, 16.4% e.e.) with 81.0% d.e. In incubations of a mixture of [8-14C]sinapyl and [8-14C]coniferyl alcohols with an insoluble enzyme preparation from stems of E. ulmoides, erythro-SGSE was preferentially produced. The highest % d.e. (82.8) was observed at 60 min with the (+)-erythro isomer (21.4% e.e.) and the (−)-threo form (4.3% e.e.).Part of this report was presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Gifu, April 2002, and the 47th Lignin Symposium, Fukuoka, October 2002 相似文献
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Kimiko HONSHO Michiko HIROSE Masanori HATORI Lubna YASMIN Haruna IZU Shogo MATOBA Sumie TOGAYACHI Hiroyuki MIYOSHI Tadashi SANKAI Atsuo OGURA Arata HONDA 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2015,61(1):13-19
Quality evaluation of pluripotent stem cells using appropriate animal models needs to be improved for human regenerative medicine. Previously, we demonstrated that although the in vitro neural differentiating capacity of rabbit induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be mitigated by improving their baseline level of pluripotency, i.e., by converting them into the so-called “naïve-like” state, the effect after such conversion of rabbit embryonic stem cells (ESCs) remains to be elucidated. Here we found that naïve-like conversion enhanced the differences in innate in vitro differentiation capacity between ESCs and iPSCs. Naïve-like rabbit ESCs exhibited several features indicating pluripotency, including the capacity for teratoma formation. They differentiated into mature oligodendrocytes much more effectively (3.3–7.2 times) than naïve-like iPSCs. This suggests an inherent variation in differentiation potential in
vitro among PSC lines. When naïve-like ESCs were injected into preimplantation rabbit embryos, although they contributed efficiently to forming the inner cell mass of blastocysts, no chimeric pups were obtained. Thus, in vitro neural differentiation following naïve-like conversion is a promising option for determining the quality of PSCs without the need to demonstrate chimeric contribution. These results provide an opportunity to evaluate which pluripotent stem cells or treatments are best suited for therapeutic use. 相似文献
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Ayumi HASEGAWA Keiji MOCHIDA Toshiko TOMISHIMA Kimiko INOUE Atsuo OGURA 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2014,60(3):187-193
Successful in vitro fertilization (IVF) in mice has been achieved using spermatozoa at concentrations
specifically optimized for the experimental conditions, such as species and source of spermatozoa. Although IVF in mice is
mostly performed using about 80–500 µl drops, it is expected that the number of spermatozoa used for insemination can be
reduced by decreasing the size of the IVF drops. The present study was undertaken to examine the extent to which the number
of spermatozoa used for IVF could be reduced by using small droplets (1 µl). We devised the experimental parameters using
frozen–thawed spermatozoa from C57BL/6 mice in anticipation of broader applications to other mouse facilities. We found that
as few as 5 spermatozoa per droplet could fertilize oocytes (1 or 3 oocytes per droplet), although the fertilization rates
were low (13–15%). Practical fertilization rates (> 40%) could be achieved with frozen-thawed C57BL/6J spermatozoa, which
are sensitive to cryopreservation, when 20 sperm per droplet were used to inseminate 3 oocytes. Even with spermatozoa from a
very poor quality suspension (10% motility), about 25% of oocytes were fertilized. Our calculations indicate that the number
of inseminated spermatozoa per oocyte can be reduced to 1/96–1/240 by this method. In two separate embryo transfer
experiments, 60% and 47%, respectively, of embryos developed to term. Our microdroplet IVF method may be particularly
advantageous when only a limited number of motile spermatozoa are available because of inadequate freezing-thawing or genetic
reasons. 相似文献
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Minamoto T Honjo MN Yamanaka H Uchii K Kawabata Z 《Research in veterinary science》2012,93(1):508-514
Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) disease is a significant threat for common and koi carp cultivators and for freshwater ecosystems. To determine the prevalence of CyHV-3 in Japanese rivers, a nationwide survey of all national class-A rivers was undertaken in the Summer of 2008. The virus was concentrated from river water samples using the cation-coated filter method. CyHV-3 DNA was detected in 90 rivers, representing 90% of 103 successfully analysed rivers. More than 100,000 copies of CyHV-3 DNA per litre of sample were detected in four rivers, higher than that reported during the Yura River outbreak in 2007. For CyHV-3-positive rivers, the log CyHV-3 density was negatively correlated with the water temperature on the sampling date and positively correlated with the suspended solids and dissolved oxygen, which are annually averaged for each river. Our results demonstrate that virus detection using molecular biology techniques is a powerful tool for monitoring the presence of CyHV-3 in natural environments. 相似文献
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Yoshinobu HIRAOKA Eri OHSAKA Kimiyoshi NARITA Kimiko YAMABE Nobuo SEKI 《Fisheries Science》2004,70(6):1130-1136
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to develop a practical preventive method for color deterioration of sliced or filleted yellowtail muscle, especially of dark muscle, during frozen storage and post thawing. When the sliced meats were packaged in a vacuum with low oxygen permeable flexible films and then stored frozen below −40°C, no significant discoloration or browning of dark muscle was observed for 9 months or more. For higher temperature storage at −20°C or −30°C, nitrogen gas substituted packaging was a useful practical method for storing sliced meats for 6 weeks. In order to prevent color deterioration of sliced meats after thawing and subsequent storage at 0°C, the efficacy of materials of packaging was investigated. The most desirable result was obtained by using a film with oxygen permeability of 50–90 cm3 /m2 per 24 h. 相似文献
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For fertilization using round spermatid injection (ROSI) in mice, oocytes need to be artificially preactivated because of the lack of oocyte-activating capacity in round spermatids of this species. However, when round spermatids were frozen-thawed before microinjection, 11-71% of injected oocytes developed into 2-cell embryos without any artificial activation. After being transferred into recipient females, 5-27% of these embryos reached term. At least some of the injected oocytes showed intracellular Ca(2+) oscillations, which normally occur after fertilization by mature spermatozoa. Thus, these round spermatids could transmit a sperm-borne oocyte-activating factor, which might have been released from spermatozoa and elongated spermatids in the same suspension by freezing and thawing. This possibility was further supported by activation of intact oocytes following transplantation of the pronuclei from ROSI-generated embryos. Thus, one-step ROSI can be achieved in mice simply by injecting frozen-thawed round spermatids into intact oocytes. Clearly, there is a need for careful interpretation of microinjection experiments when assessing the oocyte-activating capacity of spermatogenic cells, especially when they are derived from frozen-thawed stocks. 相似文献
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It should be emphasized that “129” is not simply a number but is also the designation of a mouse strain that
has made a great contribution to modern biological science and technology. Embryonic stem cells derived from
129 mice were essential components of gene-targeting strategies in early research. More recently, 129 mice
have provided superior donor genomes for cloning by nuclear transfer. Some factor or factors conferring
genomic plasticity must exist in the 129 genome, but these remain unidentified. 相似文献
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Mami OIKAWA Shogo MATOBA Kimiko INOUE Satoshi KAMIMURA Michiko HIROSE Narumi OGONUKI Hirosuke SHIURA Michihiko SUGIMOTO Kuniya ABE Fumitoshi ISHINO Atsuo OGURA 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2013,59(3):231-237
In mice, one of the major epigenetic errors associated with somatic cell nuclear
transfer (SCNT) is ectopic expression of Xist during the preimplantation
period in both sexes. We found that this aberrant Xist expression could
be impeded by deletion of Xist from the putative active X chromosome in
donor cells. In male clones, it was also found that prior injection of
Xist-specific siRNA could significantly improve the postimplantation
development of cloned embryos as a result of a significant repression of
Xist at the morula stage. In this study, we examined whether the same
knockdown strategy could work as well in female SCNT-derived embryos. Embryos were
reconstructed with cumulus cell nuclei and injected with Xist-specific
siRNA at 6–7 h after oocyte activation. RNA FISH analysis revealed that siRNA treatment
successfully repressed Xist RNA at the morula stage, as shown by the
significant decrease in the number of cloud-type Xist signals in the
blastomere nuclei. However, blastomeres with different sizes (from “pinpoint” to “cloud”)
and numbers of Xist RNA signals remained within single embryos. After
implantation, the dysregulated Xist expression was normalized
autonomously, as in male clones, to a state of monoallelic expression in both embryonic
and extraembryonic tissues. However, at term there was no significant improvement in the
survival of the siRNA-injected cloned embryos. Thus, siRNA injection was largely effective
in repressing the Xist overexpression in female cloned embryos but failed
to rescue them, probably because of an inability to mimic consistent monoallelic
Xist expression in these embryos. This could only be achieved in female
embryos by applying a gene knockout strategy rather than an siRNA approach. 相似文献
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Effect of dietary kapok oil supplementation on growth performance,carcass traits,meat quality and sensory traits of pork in finishing‐pigs 
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下载免费PDF全文 Keisuke Maeda Kimiko Kohira Hiroki Kubota Kousuke Yamanaka Kaoru Saito Masakazu Irie 《Animal Science Journal》2017,88(8):1066-1074
Kapok seed and oil from the tropical zone are widely used as pig feed to harden porcine fat in Japan. This study evaluated the effect of dietary kapok oil supplementation on pork quality and sensory traits. Five Duroc pigs each were assigned to an experimental group supplemented with kapok oil and a control group. Dietary kapok oil supplementation had no effect on growth performance and intramuscular fat content in the Longissimus dorsi muscle (LM). Supplemental kapok oil increased saturated fatty acid contents in subcutaneous and intramuscular fat and decreased monounsaturated fatty acid levels (P < 0.05). Off‐flavor detection by a trained panel was higher in the experimental than the control group (P < 0.05), but tenderness, juiciness, texture and flavor intensity of LM chops were similar in both groups. The overall palatability of pork as judged by a consumer panel decreased with kapok oil supplementation (P < 0.01). These results indicate that while growth performance, intramuscular fat contents and carcass characteristics were unchanged, while dietary kapok oil supplementation makes firm fat to prevent inferior soft fat in pork, it can lower the palatability of pork due to a decrease in monounsaturated fatty acids. 相似文献