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1.
Nature ; 513(7517): 219-23, 2014 Sep 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25209800

RESUMEN

The hydroxyl radical (OH) is a key oxidant involved in the removal of air pollutants and greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The ratio of Northern Hemispheric to Southern Hemispheric (NH/SH) OH concentration is important for our understanding of emission estimates of atmospheric species such as nitrogen oxides and methane. It remains poorly constrained, however, with a range of estimates from 0.85 to 1.4 (refs 4, 7-10). Here we determine the NH/SH ratio of OH with the help of methyl chloroform data (a proxy for OH concentrations) and an atmospheric transport model that accurately describes interhemispheric transport and modelled emissions. We find that for the years 2004-2011 the model predicts an annual mean NH-SH gradient of methyl chloroform that is a tight linear function of the modelled NH/SH ratio in annual mean OH. We estimate a NH/SH OH ratio of 0.97 ± 0.12 during this time period by optimizing global total emissions and mean OH abundance to fit methyl chloroform data from two surface-measurement networks and aircraft campaigns. Our findings suggest that top-down emission estimates of reactive species such as nitrogen oxides in key emitting countries in the NH that are based on a NH/SH OH ratio larger than 1 may be overestimated.


Asunto(s)
Atmósfera/química , Radical Hidroxilo/química , Modelos Teóricos , Contaminantes Atmosféricos/química , Cloroformo/química , Simulación por Computador , Óxidos de Nitrógeno/química
2.
J Phys Chem A ; 119(19): 4439-49, 2015 May 14.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25405363

RESUMEN

Global-scale atmospheric measurements are used to investigate the effectiveness of recent adjustments to production and consumption controls on hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) and to assess recent projections of large increases in hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) production and emission. The results show that aggregate global HCFC emissions did not increase appreciably during 2007-2012 and suggest that the 2007 Adjustments to the Montreal Protocol played a role in limiting HCFC emissions well in advance of the 2013 cap on global production. HCFC emissions varied between 27 and 29 kt CFC-11-equivalent (eq)/y or 0.76 and 0.79 GtCO2-eq/y during this period. Despite slower than projected increases in aggregate HCFC emissions since 2007, total emissions of HFCs used as substitutes for HCFCs and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) have not increased more rapidly than rates projected [Velders, G. J. M.; Fahey, D. W.; Daniel, J. S.; McFarland, M.; Andersen, S. O. The Large Contribution of Projected HFC Emissions to Future Climate Forcing. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 106, 10949-10954] for 2007-2012. HFC global emission magnitudes related to this substitution totaled 0.51 (-0.03, +0.04) GtCO2-eq/y in 2012, a magnitude about two times larger than emissions reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for these HFCs. Assuming accurate reporting to the UNFCCC, the results imply that developing countries (non-Annex I Parties) not reporting to the UNFCCC now account for nearly 50% of global HFC emissions used as substitutes for ozone-depleting substances (ODSs). Global HFC emissions (as CO2-eq) from ODS substitution can be attributed approximately equally to mobile air conditioning, commercial refrigeration, and the sum of all other applications.


Asunto(s)
Contaminantes Atmosféricos/análisis , Clorofluorocarburos/análisis , Cambio Climático , Monitoreo del Ambiente
3.
Intern Med J ; 43(6): 630-4, 2013 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23461358

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Depression and obstructive sleep apnoea are two common entities, with common symptoms that make identification of either condition difficult. Our aim was to examine, within a group of patients referred with snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea, (i) the prevalence of depression with the 14-question Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), (ii) the correlation between the two lead depression symptoms from the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and HADS, and (iii) the relationship between depression symptoms with physiological markers of OSA. METHODS: An observational study of depression questionnaires in patients referred because of snoring to a sleep clinic within university-affiliated public teaching hospital. RESULTS: Ninety-seven per cent of 240 patients approached responded, and 32% had a positive HADS (score >16/42). The HADS and MINI significantly correlated (r = 0.736, P < 0.001). Fifty-three per cent had either doctor-diagnosed depression (28%) and/or a positive HADS or MINI (25%). HADS correlated with the degree of sleepiness (r = 0.252, P < 0.0001) and inversely with hypoxaemia (r=-0.231, P < 0.0003) but not with the frequency of apnoeas and hypopnoeas (r = 0.116, P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Depending on classification, 32-53% of patients with snoring had depressive symptoms or were on treatment, which is significantly greater than the Australian average of 21%. A simplified depression questionnaire was validated. Severity of depression correlated with sleepiness and hypoxaemia but not with severity of sleep apnoea.


Asunto(s)
Depresión/epidemiología , Depresión/psicología , Apnea Obstructiva del Sueño/epidemiología , Apnea Obstructiva del Sueño/psicología , Ronquido/epidemiología , Ronquido/psicología , Adulto , Anciano , Depresión/diagnóstico , Femenino , Hospitales Universitarios , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Polisomnografía/métodos , Prevalencia , Derivación y Consulta , Apnea Obstructiva del Sueño/diagnóstico , Ronquido/diagnóstico , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
4.
J Med Entomol ; 49(6): 1289-306, 2012 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23270157

RESUMEN

The mosquito fauna in many areas of western Uganda has never been studied and is currently unknown. One area, Bwamba County, has been previously studied and documented but the species lists have not been updated for >40 yr. This paucity of data makes it difficult to determine which arthropod-borne viruses pose a risk to human or animal populations. Using CO2 baited-light traps, from 2008 through 2010, 67,731 mosquitoes were captured at five locations in western Uganda including Mweya, Sempaya, Maramagambo, Bwindi (BINP), and Kibale (KNP). Overall, 88 mosquito species, 7 subspecies, and 7 species groups in 10 genera were collected. The largest number of species was collected at Sempaya (65 species), followed by Maramagambo (45), Mweya (34), BINP (33), and KNP (22). However, species diversity was highest in BINP (Simpson's Diversity Index 1-D = 0.85), followed by KNP (0.80), Maramagambo (0.79), Sempaya (0.67), and Mweya (0.56). Only six species Aedes (Aedimorphus) cumminsii (Theobald), Aedes (Neomelaniconion) circumluteolus (Theobald), Culex (Culex) antennatus (Becker), Culex (Culex) decens group, Culex (Lutzia) tigripes De Grandpre and De Charmoy, and Culex (Oculeomyia) annulioris (Theobald), were collected from all five sites suggesting large differences in species composition among sites. Four species (Aedes (Stegomyia) metallicus (Edwards), Anopheles (Cellia) rivulorum Leeson, Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) chorleyi (Edwards), and Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) pallidocephala (Theobald) and one subspecies (Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti formosus (Walker)) were collected in Bwamba County for the first time. This study represents the first description of the mosquito species composition of Mweya, Maramagambo, BINP, and KNP. A number of morphological variations were noted regarding the postspiracular scales, hind tibia, and sternites that make Culex (Culex) neavei (Theobald) challenging to identify. At least 50 species collected in this study have previously been implicated in the transmission of arboviruses of public health importance suggesting a high potential for maintenance and transmission of a wide variety of arboviruses in western Uganda.


Asunto(s)
Biodiversidad , Culicidae , Animales , Insectos Vectores , Uganda
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J Cell Biol ; 121(5): 1021-9, 1993 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8388875

RESUMEN

We have continued our studies on the import pathway of the precursor to yeast cytochrome c oxidase subunit Va (pVa), a mitochondrial inner membrane protein. Previous work on this precursor demonstrated that import of pVa is unusually efficient, and that inner membrane localization is directed by a membrane-spanning domain in the COOH-terminal third of the protein. Here we report the results of studies aimed at analyzing the intramitochondrial sorting of pVa, as well as the role played by ancillary factors in import and localization of the precursor. We found that pVa was efficiently imported and correctly sorted in mitochondria prepared from yeast strains defective in the function of either mitochondrial heat shock protein (hsp)60 or hsp70. Under identical conditions the import and sorting of another mitochondrial protein, the precursor to the beta subunit of the F1 ATPase, was completely defective. Consistent with previous results demonstrating that the subunit Va precursor is loosely folded, we found that pVa could be efficiently imported into mitochondria after translation in wheat germ extracts. This results suggests that normal levels of extramitochondrial hsp70 are also not required for import of the protein. The results of this study enhance our understanding of the mechanism by which pVa is routed to the mitochondrial inner membrane. They suggest that while the NH2 terminus of pVa is exposed to the matrix and processed by the matrix metalloprotease, the protein remains anchored to the inner membrane before being assembled into a functional holoenzyme complex.


Asunto(s)
Complejo IV de Transporte de Electrones/metabolismo , Mitocondrias/enzimología , Compartimento Celular , Proteínas Fúngicas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Sustancias Macromoleculares , Mitocondrias/ultraestructura , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/ultraestructura
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J Cell Biol ; 112(5): 833-41, 1991 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1847927

RESUMEN

We have studied the import of the precursor to yeast cytochrome c oxidase subunit Va, a protein of the mitochondrial inner membrane. Like the majority of mitochondrial precursor proteins studied thus far, import of presubunit Va was dependent upon both a membrane potential (delta psi) and the hydrolysis of ATP. However, the levels of ATP necessary for the import of presubunit Va were significantly lower than those required for the import of a different mitochondrial precursor protein, the beta subunit of the F1-ATPase. The rate of import of presubunit Va was found to be unaffected by temperature over the range 0 to 30 degrees C, and was not facilitated by prior denaturation of the protein. These results, in conjunction with those of an earlier study demonstrating that presubunit Va could be efficiently targeted to mitochondria with minimal presequences, suggest that the subunit Va precursor normally exists in a loosely folded conformation. Presubunit Va could also be imported into mitochondria that had been pretreated with high concentrations of trypsin or proteinase K (1 mg/ml and 200 micrograms/ml, respectively). Furthermore, the rate of import into trypsin-treated mitochondria, at both 0 and 30 degrees C, was identical to that observed with the untreated organelles. Thus, import of presubunit Va is not dependent upon the function of a protease-sensitive surface receptor. When taken together, the results of this study suggest that presubunit Va follows an unusual import pathway. While this pathway uses several well-established translocation steps, in its entirety it is distinct from either the receptor-independent pathway used by apocytochrome c, or the more general pathway used by a majority of mitochondrial precursor proteins.


Asunto(s)
Complejo IV de Transporte de Electrones/metabolismo , Precursores Enzimáticos/metabolismo , Mitocondrias/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Adenosina Trifosfato/metabolismo , Transporte Biológico , Endopeptidasa K , Cinética , Potenciales de la Membrana , Mitocondrias/enzimología , Modelos Biológicos , Desnaturalización Proteica , ATPasas de Translocación de Protón/metabolismo , Receptores de Superficie Celular/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzimología , Serina Endopeptidasas/metabolismo , Temperatura , Tripsina/metabolismo
7.
J Cell Biol ; 129(6): 1459-72, 1995 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7790348

RESUMEN

Formation of the nuclear pore is an intricate process involving membrane fusion and the ordered assembly of up to 1,000 pore proteins. As such, the study of pore assembly is not a simple one. Interestingly, annulate lamellae, a cytoplasmic organelle consisting of stacks of flattened membrane cisternae perforated by numerous pore complexes, have been found to form spontaneously in a reconstitution system derived from Xenopus egg extracts, as determined by electron microscopy (Dabauvalle et al., 1991). In this work, a biochemical assay for annulate lamellae (AL) formation was developed and used to study the mechanism of AL assembly in general and the assembly of individual nucleoporins into pore complexes in particular. Upon incubation of Xenopus egg cytosol and membrane vesicles, the nucleoporins nup58, nup60, nup97, nup153, and nup200 initially present in a disassembled form in the cytosol became associated with membranes and were pelletable. The association was time and temperature dependent and could be measured by immunoblotting. Thin-section electron microscopy as well as negative staining confirmed that annulate lamellae were forming coincident with the incorporation of pore proteins into membranes. Homogenization and subsequent flotation of the membrane fraction allowed us to separate a population of dense membranes, containing the integral membrane pore protein gp210 and all other nucleoporins tested, from the bulk of cellular membranes. Electron microscopy indicated that annulate lamellae were enriched in this dense, pore protein-containing fraction. GTP gamma S prevented incorporation of the soluble pore proteins into membranes. To address whether AL form in the absence of N-acetylglucosaminylated pore proteins, AL assembly was carried out in WGA-sepharose-depleted cytosol. Under these conditions, annulate lamellae formed but were altered in appearance. When the membrane fraction containing this altered AL was homogenized and subjected to flotation, the pore protein-containing membranes still sedimented in a distinct peak but were less dense than control annulate lamellae.


Asunto(s)
Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Membrana Nuclear/ultraestructura , Animales , Sistema Libre de Células , Citosol/fisiología , Citosol/ultraestructura , Electroforesis en Gel de Poliacrilamida , Femenino , Fusión de Membrana , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/aislamiento & purificación , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/ultraestructura , Microscopía Electrónica , Membrana Nuclear/fisiología , Proteínas de Complejo Poro Nuclear , Proteínas Nucleares/aislamiento & purificación , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Oocitos/fisiología , Oocitos/ultraestructura , Aglutininas del Germen de Trigo , Xenopus laevis
8.
Science ; 269(5221): 187-92, 1995 Jul 14.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17789846

RESUMEN

Determination of the atmospheric concentrations and lifetime of trichloroethane (CH(3)CCI(3)) is very important in the context of global change. This halocarbon is involved in depletion of ozone, and the hydroxyl radical (OH) concentrations determined from its lifetime provide estimates of the lifetimes of most other hydrogen-containing gases involved in the ozone layer and climate. Global measurements of trichloroethane indicate rising concentrations before and declining concentrations after late 1991. The lifetime of CH(3)CCI(3) in the total atmosphere is 4.8 +/- 0.3 years, which is substantially lower than previously estimated. The deduced hydroxyl radical concentration, which measures the atmosphere's oxidizing capability, shows little change from 1978 to 1994.

9.
Science ; 292(5523): 1882-8, 2001 Jun 08.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11337586

RESUMEN

The hydroxyl radical (OH) is the dominant oxidizing chemical in the atmosphere. It destroys most air pollutants and many gases involved in ozone depletion and the greenhouse effect. Global measurements of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (CH3CCl3, methyl chloroform) provide an accurate method for determining the global and hemispheric behavior of OH. Measurements show that CH3CCl3 levels rose steadily from 1978 to reach a maximum in 1992 and then decreased rapidly to levels in 2000 that were lower than the levels when measurements began in 1978. Analysis of these observations shows that global OH levels were growing between 1978 and 1988, but the growth rate was decreasing at a rate of 0.23 +/- 0.18% year(-2), so that OH levels began declining after 1988. Overall, the global average OH trend between 1978 and 2000 was -0.64 +/- 0.60% year(-1). These variations imply important and unexpected gaps in current understanding of the capability of the atmosphere to cleanse itself.

10.
Neuroscience ; 153(1): 329-37, 2008 Apr 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18353560

RESUMEN

The striatum, which processes cortical information for behavioral output, is a key target of Huntington's disease (HD), an autosomal dominant condition characterized by cognitive decline and progressive loss of motor control. Increasing evidence implicates deficient glutamate uptake caused by a down-regulation of GLT1, the primary astroglial glutamate transporter. To test this hypothesis, we administered ceftriaxone, a beta-lactam antibiotic known to elevate GLT1 expression (200 mg/kg, i.p., for 5 days), to symptomatic R6/2 mice, a widely studied transgenic model of HD. Relative to vehicle, ceftriaxone attenuated several HD behavioral signs: paw clasping and twitching were reduced, while motor flexibility, as measured in a plus maze, and open-field climbing were increased. Assessment of GLT1 expression in striatum confirmed a ceftriaxone-induced increase relative to vehicle. To determine if the change in behavior and GLT1 expression represented a change in striatal glutamate handling, separate groups of behaving mice were evaluated with no-net-flux microdialysis. Vehicle treatment revealed a glutamate uptake deficit in R6/2 mice relative to wild-type controls that was reversed by ceftriaxone. Vehicle-treated animals, however, did not differ in GLT1 expression, suggesting that the glutamate uptake deficit in R6/2 mice reflects dysfunctional rather than missing GLT1. Our results indicate that impaired glutamate uptake is a major factor underlying HD pathophysiology and symptomology. The glutamate uptake deficit, moreover, is present in symptomatic HD mice and reversal of this deficit by up-regulating the functional expression of GLT1 with ceftriaxone attenuates the HD phenotype.


Asunto(s)
Ceftriaxona/uso terapéutico , Cuerpo Estriado/efectos de los fármacos , Transportador 2 de Aminoácidos Excitadores/metabolismo , Ácido Glutámico/metabolismo , Enfermedad de Huntington/tratamiento farmacológico , Regulación hacia Arriba/efectos de los fármacos , Animales , Cuerpo Estriado/metabolismo , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Transportador 2 de Aminoácidos Excitadores/genética , Líquido Extracelular/efectos de los fármacos , Líquido Extracelular/metabolismo , Enfermedad de Huntington/fisiopatología , Masculino , Aprendizaje por Laberinto/efectos de los fármacos , Ratones , Ratones Transgénicos , Fenotipo , Transmisión Sináptica/efectos de los fármacos , Regulación hacia Arriba/genética
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J Med Entomol ; 55(3): 587-599, 2018 05 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29444287

RESUMEN

Despite evidence of arbovirus activity in northwestern Uganda (West Nile Sub-region), there is very limited information on the mosquito fauna of this region. The only published study reported 52 mosquito species in northwestern Uganda but this study took place in 1950 and the information has not been updated for more than 60 yr. In January and June 2011, CO2 baited-light traps were used to collect 49,231 mosquitoes from four different locations, Paraa (9,487), Chobe (20,025), Sunguru (759), and Rhino Camp (18,960). Overall, 72 mosquito species representing 11 genera were collected. The largest number of distinct species was collected at Chobe (43 species), followed by Paraa (40), Sunguru (34), and Rhino Camp (25). Only eight of the 72 species (11.1%) were collected from all four sites: Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti formosus (Walker), Anopheles (Cellia) funestus group, Culex (Culex) decens group, Cx. (Culex) neavei Theobald, Cx. (Culex) univittatus Theobald, Cx. (Culiciomyia) cinereus Theobald, Cx. (Oculeomyia) poicilipes (Theobald), and Mansonia (Mansonoides) uniformis (Theobald). Fifty-four species were detected in northwestern Uganda for the first time; however, these species have been detected elsewhere in Uganda and do not represent new introductions to the country. Thirty-three species collected during this study have previously been implicated in the transmission of arboviruses of public health importance.


Asunto(s)
Distribución Animal , Culicidae/fisiología , Animales , Culicidae/clasificación , Uganda
12.
Sci Rep ; 8(1): 4669, 2018 03 16.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29549350

RESUMEN

The East Asian Summer Monsoon driven by temperature and moisture gradients between the Asian continent and the Pacific Ocean, leads to approximately 50% of the annual rainfall in the region across 20-40°N. Due to its increasing scientific and social importance, there have been several previous studies on identification of moisture sources for summer monsoon rainfall over East Asia mainly using Lagrangian or Eulerian atmospheric water vapor models. The major source regions for EASM previously proposed include the North Indian Ocean, South China Sea and North western Pacific. Based on high-precision and high-frequency 6-year measurement records of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), here we report a direct evidence of rapid intrusion of warm and moist tropical air mass from the Southern Hemisphere (SH) reaching within a couple of days up to 33°N into East Asia. We further suggest that the combination of direct chemical tracer record and a back-trajectory model with physical meteorological variables helps pave the way to identify moisture sources for monsoon rainfall. A case study for Gosan station (33.25°N, 126.19°E) indicates that the meridional transport of precipitable water from the SH accompanying the southerly/southwesterly flow contributes most significantly to its summer rainfall.

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Mol Cell Biol ; 10(5): 1873-81, 1990 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2157966

RESUMEN

We have examined the import and intramitochondrial localization of the precursor to yeast cytochrome c oxidase subunit Va, a protein of the mitochondrial inner membrane. The results of studies on the import of subunit Va derivatives carrying altered presequences suggest that the uptake of this protein is highly efficient. We found that a presequence of only 5 amino acids (Met-Leu-Ser-Leu-Arg) could direct the import and localization of subunit Va with wild-type efficiency, as judged by several different assays. We also found that subunit Va could be effectively targeted to the mitochondrial inner membrane with a heterologous presequence that failed to direct import of its cognate protein. The results presented here confirmed those of an earlier study and showed clearly that the information required to "sort" subunit Va to the inner membrane resides in the mature protein sequence, not within the presequence per se. We present additional evidence that the aforementioned sorting information is contained, at least in part, in a hydrophobic stretch of 22 amino acids residing within the C-terminal third of the protein. Removal of this domain caused subunit Va to be mislocalized to the mitochondrial matrix.


Asunto(s)
Complejo IV de Transporte de Electrones/metabolismo , Membranas Intracelulares/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Mitocondrias/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Compartimento Celular , Sustancias Macromoleculares , Proteínas de la Membrana/ultraestructura , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusión/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusión/ultraestructura , Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Solubilidad , Relación Estructura-Actividad
14.
Mol Biol Cell ; 11(10): 3381-96, 2000 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11029043

RESUMEN

The study of the nuclear pore in vertebrates would benefit from a strategy to directly identify new nucleoporins and interactions between those nucleoporins. We have developed a novel two-step "organelle trap" assay involving affinity selection and in vitro pore assembly. In the first step, soluble proteins derived from Xenopus egg extracts are applied to a column containing a ligand of interest. The bound proteins are then tagged by biotinylation and eluted. In the second step, potential nucleoporins are selected for by virtue of their ability to assemble into annulate lamellae, a cytoplasmic mimic of nuclear pores. The incorporated proteins are then recognized by their biotin tag. Here we use the lectin wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) as ligand; WGA inhibits nuclear transport and has been shown to directly bind three known nucleoporins from Xenopus extract, Nup62, Nup98, and Nup214, all of which contain N-acetylglucosamine residues. Under reduced-stringency conditions, three additional proteins bind to WGA-Sepharose and are revealed by the organelle trap assay. We identified all three as partner nucleoporins. Two were discovered to be Xenopus Nup93 and Nup205. The third is a novel vertebrate nucleoporin, Nup188. This new vertebrate protein, Xenopus Nup188, exists in a complex with xNup93 and xNup205. The Nup93-Nup188-Nup205 complex does not bind directly to WGA but binds indirectly via the N-acetylglucosamine-modified nucleoporins. A gene encoding human Nup188 was also identified. The discovery of vertebrate Nup188, related to a yeast nucleoporin, and its novel protein-protein interactions illustrates the power of the two-step organelle trap assay and identifies new building blocks for constructing the nuclear pore.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Complejo Poro Nuclear , Poro Nuclear/fisiología , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Óvulo/ultraestructura , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Proteínas de Xenopus , Acetilglucosamina/análisis , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Cromatografía de Afinidad , Femenino , Proteínas Fúngicas/química , Ligandos , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Peso Molecular , Poro Nuclear/ultraestructura , Proteínas Nucleares/análisis , Proteínas Nucleares/química , Porinas/química , Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Alineación de Secuencia , Homología de Secuencia de Aminoácido , Aglutininas del Germen de Trigo , Xenopus laevis
15.
Genetics ; 107(4): 645-55, 1984 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6086452

RESUMEN

Glued mutations in Drosophila comprise an essential complementation group with complex developmental effects. The original Glued mutation (Gl) has dominant nonlethal effects in heterozygous flies, principally on the morphogenesis of the visual system. Gl also has a recessive lethal effect early in development. Mutations that reverse the dominant visual effects of Gl (GlR mutations) were induced by gamma-radiation or by insertions of the transposable P element. The GlR(G) mutations induced by gamma-radiation do not reverse the lethal effect of Gl; these appear to be null mutations, some of which (and possibly all) delete segments of the Glued region. The GlR(P) mutations induced by insertion of the P element also reverse concomitantly a recessive lethal effect of Gl, suggesting that both the recessive and dominant effects are controlled by the same gene. The reversal of a lethal effect of Gl by the P element is remarkable, since it indicates that an essential gene function can be restored by insertion of unrelated DNA. Another class of lethal Glued mutations was induced in the normal Gl+ strain by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS). The EMS mutations belong to the same essential complementation group as Gl, but do not have the strong dominant effects of Gl on the visual system. The GlR(P) mutations provide a molecular marker for the Glued gene, which was used to map the gene to the 70C2 band of chromosome 3L by in situ hybridization of a P element probe to polytene chromosomes from the GlR(P) strains and also to isolate clones of Glued genomic DNA for molecular studies of the normal gene and the various Glued mutations.


Asunto(s)
Drosophila melanogaster/genética , Animales , Elementos Transponibles de ADN , Metanosulfonato de Etilo , Femenino , Rayos gamma , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Genes Letales , Genes Recesivos , Prueba de Complementación Genética , Masculino , Mutación , Fenotipo
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Arch Neurol ; 42(2): 133-6, 1985 Feb.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3977639

RESUMEN

Occasionally, patients with small supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhages exhibit the sudden onset of neurologic deficits, followed by rapid improvement during the next several days. We analyzed the computed tomographic (CT) and clinical features of a group of nine such patients, who were drawn from a series of 120 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. The temporal pattern of illness was similar to that of a cerebral ischemic event, but the correct diagnosis of intracerebral hemorrhage was made on the basis of the CT findings.


Asunto(s)
Hemorragia Cerebral/diagnóstico por imagen , Adulto , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , Ataque Isquémico Transitorio/diagnóstico por imagen , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Enfermedades Neuromusculares/diagnóstico , Remisión Espontánea , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
17.
Am J Med ; 75(5): 896-8, 1983 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6638058

RESUMEN

A woman with tricuspid regurgitation due to carcinoid heart disease underwent successful tricuspid valvular replacement. This was performed as soon as the patient became symptomatic, enabling her to return to a normal life untroubled by slowly growing liver metastases. Few early valvular replacements have been undertaken in this disease. This case report demonstrates its usefulness.


Asunto(s)
Cardiopatía Carcinoide/complicaciones , Prótesis Valvulares Cardíacas , Síndrome Carcinoide Maligno/complicaciones , Insuficiencia de la Válvula Tricúspide/cirugía , Femenino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Válvula Tricúspide , Insuficiencia de la Válvula Tricúspide/etiología
18.
Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 32(6): 1422-8, 1983 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6650742

RESUMEN

A plaque-purified variant was cloned from prototype La Crosse (LAC) virus. This variant (PP-31) was lethal to suckling mice by the intracerebral route, produced "wild-type" plaques in Vero and BHK-21 cells, and grew to high titers (greater than 10(7) PFU/ml) in suckling mice and in cell culture. The variant was able to orally infect the vector, Aedes triseriatus; however, it was unable to escape infected midgut cells and disseminate to secondary target organs. Large, atypical, focal accumulations of viral antigen were detected in these midguts by immunofluorescence. Orally infected mosquitoes were unable to transmit virus by bite to suckling mice or vertically to their progeny. Even after inoculation of the variant virus into mosquitoes, there appeared to be a restriction on cell to cell virus movement. The role such variants may play in the modulation of infection in an arthropod vector is discussed.


Asunto(s)
Aedes/microbiología , Bunyaviridae/fisiología , Virus de la Encefalitis de California/fisiología , Insectos Vectores/microbiología , Animales , Virus de la Encefalitis de California/genética , Femenino , Variación Genética , Intestinos/microbiología , Ratones , Ovario/microbiología , Fenotipo
19.
Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 45(4): 399-407, 1991 Oct.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1659238

RESUMEN

Two inbred (isofemale) Aedes aegypti mosquito lines were derived that manifested a resistant or susceptible phenotype following ingestion of yellow fever virus; lack of virus movement from the midgut defined the resistant phenotype. Other flaviviruses, including dengue 1-4, Uganda S, and Zika, viruses behaved in a similar fashion in the two mosquito lines. Crosses between the two lines produced progeny that were of intermediate susceptibility, indicating codominance; F2 backcrosses to the parents yielded results consistent with a major controlling genetic locus and provide evidence of a second locus capable of modulating the phenotype of the major gene. The rapid selection necessary to fix the susceptible and refractory phenotypes support the hypothesis of a single major controlling locus. Viral movement across the midgut is likely to be governed by a single major gene and modifying minor genes or a group of closely linked genes. These inbred mosquito lines will be useful in discovering the molecular basis for flavivirus resistance in Ae. aegypti.


Asunto(s)
Aedes/virología , Flavivirus/genética , Insectos Vectores/virología , Aedes/genética , Animales , Virus del Dengue/genética , Virus del Dengue/aislamiento & purificación , Femenino , Flavivirus/clasificación , Humanos , Endogamia , Insectos Vectores/genética , Macaca mulatta , Nigeria , Fenotipo , Virus de la Fiebre Amarilla/genética , Virus de la Fiebre Amarilla/aislamiento & purificación , Virus Zika/genética , Virus Zika/aislamiento & purificación
20.
Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 35(6): 1302-9, 1986 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3789277

RESUMEN

The effect of successive lytic passage of yellow fever virus on mosquito infection and transmission rates in the vector, Aedes aegypti, was determined. Three strains of yellow fever virus from Trinidad and Peru were passaged five times in suckling mouse brains and seven times in BHK-21 cells. Mosquitoes were fed meals containing passaged and unpassaged viruses and infection and transmission rates were compared. Rates were similar for all but one of the three virus strains grown in both substrates with the exception of virus strain 1899/81 (human isolate from Peru) passaged seven times in BHK-21 cells. Infection rates declined from 62% (109/177) to 35% (61/176), and transmission rates declined from 64% (60/94) to 45% (22/49). The oligonucleotide fingerprint of strain 1899/81 passaged seven times in BHK-21 cells shared 98% (45/46) of its large, T1-resistant oligonucleotides with the parent strain, indicating limited biochemical differences. The data suggest that uncloned yellow fever virus populations, passaged a limited number of times, and exhibiting some phenotypic changes, are representative of the original virus strain and can be used with a reasonable degree of confidence in vector competence studies.


Asunto(s)
Aedes/microbiología , Insectos Vectores/microbiología , Fiebre Amarilla/transmisión , Animales , Cricetinae , Ratones , Mapeo Nucleótido , Fiebre Amarilla/microbiología , Virus de la Fiebre Amarilla/fisiología
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