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1.
Plant Cell Environ ; 30(7): 786-95, 2007 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17547651

RESUMO

Herbivory tolerance has been linked to plant growth rate where plants with fast growth rates are hypothesized to be more tolerant of herbivory than slower-growing plants. Evidence supporting this theory has been taken primarily from observations of aboveground organs but rarely from roots. Grapevines differing in overall rates of new root production, were studied in Napa Valley, California over two growing seasons in an established vineyard infested with the sucking insect, grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch). The experimental vineyard allowed for the comparison of two root systems that differed in rates of new root tip production (a 'fast grower', Vitis berlandieri x Vitis rupestris cv. 1103P, and a slower-growing stock, Vitis riparia x Vitis rupestris cv. 101-14 Mgt). Each root system was grafted with a genetically identical shoot system (Vitis vinifera cv. Merlot). Using minirhizotrons, we did not observe any evidence of spatial or temporal avoidance of insect populations by root growth. Insect infestations were abundant throughout the soil profile, and seasonal peaks in phylloxera populations generally closely followed peaks in new root production. Our data supported the hypothesis that insect infestation was proportional to the number of growing tips, as indicated by similar per cent infestation in spite of a threefold difference in root tip production. In addition, infested roots of the fast-growing rootstock exhibited somewhat shorter median lifespans (60 d) than the slower-growing rootstock (85 d). Lifespans of uninfested roots were similar for the two rootstocks (200 d). As a consequence of greater root mortality of younger roots, infested root populations in the fast-growing rootstock had an older age structure. While there does not seem to be a trade-off between potential growth rate and relative rate of root infestation in these cultivars, our study indicates that a fast-growing root system may more readily shed infested roots that are presumably less effective in water and nutrient uptake. Thus, differences in root tip production may be linked to differences in the way plants cope with roots that are infested by sucking insects.


Assuntos
Comportamento Alimentar/fisiologia , Hemípteros/fisiologia , Raízes de Plantas/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Vitis/fisiologia , Animais , Fatores de Tempo , Vitis/crescimento & desenvolvimento
2.
Evolution ; 55(7): 1345-62, 2001 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11525459

RESUMO

Studies of patterns of molecular variation in natural populations can provide important insights into a number of evolutionary problems. Among these, the question of whether geographic factors are more important than ecological factors in promoting population differentiation and ultimately speciation has been an important and contentious area in evolutionary biology. Systems involving herbivorous insects have played a leading role in this discussion. This study examined the distribution of molecular variation in a highly specialized gall-forming insect, grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch), that is found on both sympatric and allopatric host-plant species of the genus Vitis. In addition, the relationship of insects in the introduced range in the United States to ancestral populations in the native range was examined. Evidence for differentiation along host-plant lines from both nuclear (RAPD) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA was confounded with the effect of geography. Differentiation was found where hosts were allopatric or parapatric, but no evidence was found for such differentiation on two hosts, V. vulpina and V. aestivalis, that are broadly sympatric. The question of population differentiation onto these sympatric hosts can be considered to be resolved--it has not occurred in spite of a long history of association. Evidence was equivocal, but suggestive of a period of divergence in allopatry prior to reestablishment of contact, for insects associated with another host plant species, V. cinerea, found in both sympatric and parapatric populations. A low level of diversity and placement of samples collected from the grape species V. riparia at the tip of a phylogenetic tree supports the hypothesis that this host has been recently colonized from populations from the Mississippi Valley. A polyphyletic origin for biotype B grape phylloxera was supported: Although most samples collected from vineyards in the introduced range in California had similar haplotypes, they were closely related to natives on V. vulpina from the Atlantic Coast-Piedmont region. All samples collected from vineyards in Oregon and Washington were closely related to natives on V. riparia in the northern United States.


Assuntos
Afídeos/genética , Afídeos/fisiologia , Núcleo Celular/genética , DNA Mitocondrial/genética , Evolução Molecular , Variação Genética/genética , Vitis/parasitologia , Adaptação Fisiológica , Análise de Variância , Animais , Afídeos/citologia , Ecossistema , Geografia , Interações Hospedeiro-Parasita , Filogenia , Polimorfismo Genético/genética , Densidade Demográfica , Comportamento Predatório , Técnica de Amplificação ao Acaso de DNA Polimórfico , Especificidade da Espécie , Estados Unidos
3.
Clin Pharmacol Ther ; 69(4): 210-22, 2001 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11309549

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of lotrafiban, an oral glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, in patients with a recent myocardial infarction, unstable angina, transient ischemic attack, or stroke. METHODS: A 12-week, double-blind, multi-center, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, phase II study of lotrafiban (the Anti-platelet Useful Dose Study) was conducted in patients. Lotrafiban or placebo was administered as a twice daily oral dose at four dose levels (5-100 mg) for 12 weeks with daily doses of aspirin (300-325 mg). The pharmacokinetics of lotrafiban were characterized with the use of a population approach and were described by a two-compartment model with first order absorption and first order elimination. The pharmacodynamic data, ex vivo platelet aggregation, were described with the use of a direct effect inhibitory sigmoidal model with a baseline. The relationship between the severity of bleeding episodes and predicted steady-state lotrafiban exposure was characterized by logistic regression. RESULTS: Pharmacokinetic analysis showed that increasing age and decreasing creatinine clearance resulted in increased exposure to lotrafiban. The concentration-effect relationship was steep, with near complete inhibition of platelet aggregation at lotrafiban concentrations in excess of 20 ng/mL. Logistic regression showed that at exposures that exceeded approximately 835 ng. h/mL, the severity of adverse bleeding events increased considerably; this suggested that dosing recommendations should be generated to minimize the likelihood of patients having an area under the plasma concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 hours in excess of this value. CONCLUSIONS: Patients whose age exceeded 65 years or whose creatinine clearance was less than 60 mL/min should be given a lower dose of lotrafiban than younger patients with good renal function.


Assuntos
Benzodiazepinas , Cardiopatias/metabolismo , Modelos Logísticos , Piperidinas , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/farmacologia , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/farmacocinética , Complexo Glicoproteico GPIIb-IIIa de Plaquetas/antagonistas & inibidores , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Idoso , Creatinina/metabolismo , Demografia , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Método Duplo-Cego , Feminino , Hemorragia/induzido quimicamente , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Agregação Plaquetária/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/efeitos adversos , Fatores Sexuais
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J Econ Entomol ; 94(1): 138-44, 2001 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11233103

RESUMO

Field experiments were conducted to evaluate population densities and survival, developmental rate, and fecundity of grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch), as influenced by root attachment or detachment from mature, field-grown, Vitis vinifera L. grapevines through the growing season. Experiments were performed using artificial infestations of California biotype A grape phylloxera. Thirty-day bioassays on attached- and detached-roots were repeated monthly from May to September in 1997 (cultivar 'Carignane') and April to September in 1998 (cultivar 'Thompson Seedless'). The bioassays showed that attached roots had lower population densities than detached roots in all months of both years. Densities varied by month, tending to be higher in spring than in summer. Of the population parameters studied, survival was most influenced by attachment condition, being higher on detached than on attached roots by up to 25-fold. These results imply the importance of vine-related mortality factors to grape phylloxera population density. Influence of root attachment condition on developmental rate and fecundity was not uniform across bioassay months for either year; however, in the four out of 21 assays where there was a significant difference it favored detached roots by twofold. Fruit harvest resulted in higher survival in the July assay but not for assays in August and September; however, neither developmental rate nor fecundity was affected by harvest in any ofthe assays. We conclude that mortality rather than nutritional factors are most limiting for field populations on susceptible vines. This work suggests that detachment of roots as occurs with root girdling by root pathogens may increase grape phylloxera populations on infested, susceptible vines. These results imply that excised root bioassays over-estimate grape phylloxera virulence and underestimate rootstock resistance.


Assuntos
Hemípteros , Rosales , Animais , Raízes de Plantas , Estações do Ano
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Annu Rev Entomol ; 46: 387-412, 2001.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11112174

RESUMO

Grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Homoptera: Phylloxeridae), is a worldwide pest of grapevines. Its life cycle has sexual and asexual portions with forms that feed from leaf and root galls. Not all forms occur throughout the insect's range. Root forms predominate on Vitis vinifera cultivars; leaf forms predominate on other Vitis species characteristic of the American native range. Other conditions influence expression of the life cycle. Hosts and conditions similarly affect life table performance. Damage to grapevines is by secondary soilborne pathogens attacking the feeding site and by physiological interaction of the insect with the grapevine, though the latter has not been well studied. Resistant rootstocks derived from native American Vitis are the primary control tool. The insect varies genetically and relative to performance on hosts. Use of insecticides is limited in effect, and other control methods are not proven. More research on the biology, ecology, and management of phylloxera is needed.


Assuntos
Controle de Insetos , Insetos , Rosales , Animais , Previsões , Controle de Insetos/métodos , Insetos/fisiologia , Estágios do Ciclo de Vida
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Circulation ; 102(7): 728-35, 2000 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10942739

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Antiplatelet therapy is the mainstay of the treatment and secondary prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular ischemic events. We assessed the safety, tolerability, and pharmacodynamics of lotrafiban, an oral platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, as a secondary prevention strategy in patients with cerebrovascular or cardiovascular disease. METHODS AND RESULTS: Overall, 451 patients with a recent cardiovascular or cerebrovascular acute ischemic event were randomized in a double-blind fashion to 1 of 5 dosing regimens for 12 weeks: placebo or 5, 20, 50, or 100 mg lotrafiban, both twice daily with 300 to 325 mg/d aspirin. The primary end point was the incidence and tolerability of major and minor bleeding during treatment. Secondary end points included inhibition of platelet aggregation and clinical events. The placebo and lotrafiban 5-mg groups had similarly low rates of minor and major bleeding, but the 100-mg arm was terminated early because of excess major bleeding. Protocol-defined thrombocytopenia (<100 000 platelets/microL) occurred in 5 lotrafiban-treated patients (1.4%, 95% CI 0.2% to 2.7%) and 1 placebo patient (1.1%, 95% CI 0% to 3.1%). Three lotrafiban-treated patients had a nadir platelet count <20 000/microL (0.9%, 95% CI 0% to 1.8%). Lotrafiban produced dose-dependent inhibition of platelet aggregation; 5 mg lotrafiban did not differ significantly from placebo, whereas 100 mg inhibited aggregation by nearly 100%. CONCLUSIONS: -Lotrafiban provides dose-dependent platelet inhibition when administered to a range of patients with atherosclerosis. The level of platelet inhibition appears to correlate with bleeding risk and drug tolerability.


Assuntos
Benzodiazepinas , Doença das Coronárias/tratamento farmacológico , Arteriosclerose Intracraniana/tratamento farmacológico , Piperidinas , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/administração & dosagem , Complexo Glicoproteico GPIIb-IIIa de Plaquetas/antagonistas & inibidores , Administração Oral , Idoso , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Método Duplo-Cego , Feminino , Hemorragia/induzido quimicamente , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/efeitos adversos , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/farmacologia , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/uso terapêutico , Trombocitopenia/induzido quimicamente , Resultado do Tratamento
7.
J Econ Entomol ; 93(3): 840-5, 2000 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10902339

RESUMO

We investigated the effects of induced resistance to the folivore Pacific spider mite, Tetranychus pacificus McGregor (Acari: Tetranychidae), as well as the root-feeding grape phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch) (Homoptera: Phylloxeridae) in grapevines using exogenous applications of the natural plant inducer, jasmonic acid. Foliar jasmonic acid application at concentrations that caused no phytotoxicity significantly reduced the performance of both herbivores. There were less than half as many eggs produced by spider mites feeding on the induced leaves compared with control grapevine leaves. Induction reduced the numbers of phylloxera eggs and nymphal instars by approximately threefold and twofold, respectively, on induced compared with control grapevine roots. The negative demographic effects of jasmonic acid application appeared to be caused by changes in fecundity for the Pacific spider mite, and possibly changes in development rate and fecundity for grape phylloxera.


Assuntos
Ciclopentanos , Controle de Insetos/métodos , Insetos , Ácaros , Rosales , Controle de Ácaros e Carrapatos/métodos , Animais , Oxilipinas , Folhas de Planta , Raízes de Plantas
8.
Am Heart J ; 139(6): 927-33, 2000 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10827369

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Platelets play a key role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, thrombosis, and acute coronary and cerebrovascular syndromes. Inhibition of platelet function by acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) has been shown to reduce the incidence atherothrombotic events in patients with coronary, cerebrovascular, or peripheral vascular disease. Thienopyridine agents, however, including ticlopidine and clopidogrel, inhibit the adenosine diphosphate receptor and have modestly superior effects compared with aspirin on reduction of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke among a broad group of patients with vascular disease. More effective antithrombotic agents are still required to treat patients at high risk for recurrent vascular events. METHODS: Lotrafiban, a selective, nonpeptide antagonist of the human platelet fibrinogen receptor (glycoprotein [GP] IIb/IIIa [alphaIIb/beta3 integrin]), blocks the binding of fibrinogen to the GP IIb/IIIa receptor, which is the final common pathway of platelet aggregation. Lotrafiban at doses of up to 50 mg twice daily was well-tolerated in a 12-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging study in patients with recent myocardial infarction, unstable angina, transient ischemic attack, or stroke when added to aspirin therapy. On the basis of these results, a dosing regimen was selected for the phase III Blockage of the Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Receptor to Avoid Vascular Occlusion (BRAVO) trial based on pharmacodynamics and drug tolerability. In the pivotal BRAVO study, lotrafiban therapy is being evaluated in patients who have had a recent myocardial infarction, unstable angina, transient ischemic attack, or ischemic stroke, or who present at any time after a diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease combined with either cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease. RESULTS: The efficacy evaluation will be based on a composite end point of clinical events (death by any cause, myocardial infarction, stroke, recurrent ischemia requiring hospitalization, or urgent ischemia-driven revascularization). The target enrollment is 9200 patients worldwide. Approximately 700 centers will participate and will be distributed within 30 countries across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.


Assuntos
Arteriopatias Oclusivas/prevenção & controle , Benzodiazepinas , Ataque Isquêmico Transitório/tratamento farmacológico , Isquemia Miocárdica/tratamento farmacológico , Piperidinas , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/uso terapêutico , Complexo Glicoproteico GPIIb-IIIa de Plaquetas/antagonistas & inibidores , Administração Oral , Adolescente , Arteriopatias Oclusivas/sangue , Método Duplo-Cego , Avaliação de Medicamentos , Feminino , Humanos , Ataque Isquêmico Transitório/sangue , Masculino , Infarto do Miocárdio/sangue , Infarto do Miocárdio/prevenção & controle , Isquemia Miocárdica/sangue , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/administração & dosagem , Complexo Glicoproteico GPIIb-IIIa de Plaquetas/metabolismo , Projetos de Pesquisa , Prevenção Secundária , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/sangue , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/prevenção & controle
9.
Am Heart J ; 139(1 Pt 1): 23-31, 2000 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10618558

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Tranilast is a unique drug in clinical development for the prevention of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary revascularization (PTCR). Tranilast interferes with proliferation and migration of vascular medial smooth muscle cells induced by platelet-derived growth factor and transforming growth factor beta1. Collagen synthesis in vascular medial smooth muscle cells is inhibited by tranilast, which also inhibits the release or production of cyclooxygenase-2 and restores cytokine-induced nitric oxide production. These mechanisms may contribute to the reduction of angiographic restenosis after coronary intervention previously reported in clinical studies. METHODS: The primary objective of this multicenter study of 11,500 patients is to compare the composite clinical event rate of death, myocardial infarction, or the need for ischemia-driven target vessel revascularization of tranilast (300 and 450 mg twice daily) for 1 or 3 months with that of placebo in patients undergoing PTCR with or without stenting for single or multiple vessels over a 9-month period. The lesions can be de novo or restenotic. All revascularization procedures and the use of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa agents are permitted. The inclusion criteria are meant to allow an "all comer" approach for generalization of results to the broadest possible PTCR population. A subset population (n = 2000) will undergo 9-month follow-up angiography, 1000 of which will also undergo intravascular ultrasound (n = 1000). This study is the first tranilast trial to be conducted in a Western population to confirm the improved angiographic findings reported in Japanese patients and to determine if the clinical sequelae of restenosis are also reduced. CONCLUSION: This multicenter study is the largest restenosis trial planned to date. It will test whether tranilast, a drug with multiple actions aimed at affecting proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells, can reduce clinical, angiographic, and intravascular ultrasound assessments of restenosis.


Assuntos
Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/prevenção & controle , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/uso terapêutico , ortoaminobenzoatos/uso terapêutico , Adolescente , Angiografia Coronária , Doença das Coronárias/diagnóstico por imagem , Doença das Coronárias/terapia , Método Duplo-Cego , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/sangue , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/diagnóstico , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/mortalidade , Humanos , Revascularização Miocárdica/métodos , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/farmacocinética , Segurança , Prevenção Secundária , Taxa de Sobrevida , Resultado do Tratamento , Ultrassonografia de Intervenção , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia , ortoaminobenzoatos/farmacocinética
10.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther ; 246(2): 790-6, 1988 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3136245

RESUMO

The purpose of this investigation was to examine the potential beneficial effect of the selective endoperoxide/thromboxane A2 (TxA2) receptor antagonist, sulotroban (BM 13.177), on tissue type plasminogen activator (tPA)-induced coronary thrombolysis in the dog. A stenosis that eliminated reactive hyperemic capacity was placed on the circumflex coronary artery and an occlusive thrombus was produced by electrical injury to the intimal surface of the artery. Upon occlusion, sodium heparin was administered (300 U/kg i.v.) followed by 100 U/kg i.v. every hour thereafter. All dogs received i.v. tPA 60 min after the formation of the occlusive thrombus at a dose of 10 micrograms/kg/min for up to 90 min, if necessary, to elicit reperfusion. Thrombolysis was demonstrated in all dogs by restoration of coronary blood flow. Dogs were randomized to one of three groups. Group I consisted of 24 animals that received vehicle infusion along with tPA. Group II consisted of 10 animals that received sulotroban at a bolus dose of 1 mg/kg i.v. followed by 1 mg/kg/hr i.v. administered simultaneously with tPA. Group III consisted of 11 animals that received sulotroban at a bolus of 10 mg/kg i.v. followed by 10 mg/kg/hr i.v. administered simultaneously with tPA. Infusions of either vehicle or sulotroban were continued for 2 hr, post-thrombolysis. tPA was infused for at least 30 min, after which infusion of tPA was terminated upon achieving a reperfusion level of coronary blood flow equivalent to 50% or greater than control blood flow. All animals occluded spontaneously to electrolytic stimulation between 32 and 62 min. tPA-induced thrombolysis occurred in Group I vehicle-infused animals at 32 +/- 5 min.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


Assuntos
Doença das Coronárias/tratamento farmacológico , Trombose Coronária/tratamento farmacológico , Fibrinolíticos/uso terapêutico , Inibidores da Agregação Plaquetária/uso terapêutico , Sulfonamidas/uso terapêutico , Tromboxano A2/antagonistas & inibidores , Ativador de Plasminogênio Tecidual/administração & dosagem , Animais , Pressão Sanguínea/efeitos dos fármacos , Circulação Coronária/efeitos dos fármacos , Trombose Coronária/etiologia , Trombose Coronária/patologia , Cães , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Masculino
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