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Wang YH, Zhang YQ, Zhang RR, Zhuang FY, Liu H, Xu ZS, Xiong AS. Lycopene ε-cyclase mediated transition of α-carotene and β-carotene metabolic flow in carrot fleshy root. Plant J 2023; 115:986-1003. [PMID: 37158657 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The accumulation of carotenoids, such as xanthophylls, lycopene, and carotenes, is responsible for the color of carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) fleshy roots. The potential role of DcLCYE, encoding a lycopene ε-cyclase associated with carrot root color, was investigated using cultivars with orange and red roots. The expression of DcLCYE in red carrot varieties was significantly lower than that in orange carrots at the mature stage. Furthermore, red carrots accumulated larger amounts of lycopene and lower levels of α-carotene. Sequence comparison and prokaryotic expression analysis revealed that amino acid differences in red carrots did not affect the cyclization function of DcLCYE. Analysis of the catalytic activity of DcLCYE revealed that it mainly formed ε-carotene, while a side activity on α-carotene and γ-carotene was also observed. Comparative analysis of the promoter region sequences indicated that differences in the promoter region may affect the transcription of DcLCYE. DcLCYE was overexpressed in the red carrot 'Benhongjinshi' under the control of the CaMV35S promoter. Lycopene in transgenic carrot roots was cyclized, resulting in the accumulation of higher levels of α-carotene and xanthophylls, while the β-carotene content was significantly decreased. The expression levels of other genes in the carotenoid pathway were simultaneously upregulated. Knockout of DcLCYE in the orange carrot 'Kurodagosun' by CRISPR/Cas9 technology resulted in a decrease in the α-carotene and xanthophyll contents. The relative expression levels of DcPSY1, DcPSY2, and DcCHXE were sharply increased in DcLCYE knockout mutants. The results of this study provide insights into the function of DcLCYE in carrots, which could serve as a basis for creating colorful carrot germplasms.
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- Ya-Hui Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China
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Li T, Liu JX, Deng YJ, Duan AQ, Liu H, Zhuang FY, Xiong AS. Differential hydroxylation efficiency of the two non-heme carotene hydroxylases: DcBCH1, rather than DcBCH2, plays a major role in carrot taproot. Hortic Res 2022; 9:uhac193. [PMID: 36338853 PMCID: PMC9630967 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Carotene hydroxylase plays an important role in catalyzing the hydroxylation of carotene to xanthopylls, including two types: non-heme carotene hydroxylase (BCH type) and heme-containing cytochrome P450 hydroxylase (P450 type). Two BCH-encoding genes were annotated in the carrot genome. However, the role of BCHs and whether there are functional interactions between the duplicated BCHs in carrot remains unclear. In this study, two BCH encoding genes, DcBCH1 and DcBCH2, were cloned from carrot. The relative expression level of DcBCH1 was much higher than that of DcBCH2 in carrot taproots with different carotene accumulation levels. Overexpression of DcBCH1 in 'KRD' (high carotene accumulated) carrot changed the taproot color from orange to yellow, accompanied by substantial reductions in α-carotene and β-carotene. There was no obvious change in taproot color between transgenic 'KRD' carrot overexpressing DcBCH2 and control carrot. Simultaneously, the content of α-carotene in the taproot of DcBCH2-overexpressing carrot decreased, but the content of β-carotene did not change significantly in comparison with control carrot. Using the CRISPR/Cas9 system to knock out DcBCH1 in 'KRD' carrot lightened the taproot color from orange to pink-orange; the content of α-carotene in the taproot increased slightly, while the β-carotene content was still significantly decreased, compared with control carrot. In DcBCH1-knockout carrot, the transcript level of DcBCH2 was significantly increased. These results indicated that in carrot taproot, DcBCH1 played the main function of BCH enzyme, which could hydroxylate α-carotene and β-carotene; DcBCH1 and DcBCH2 had functional redundancy, and these two DcBCHs could partially compensate for each other.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops in East China, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1 Weigang, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture; Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100081, China
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Carrot (Daucus carota L.) is an important food crop and is useful for studying carotenogenesis due to the quantity and diversity of carotenoids in its roots. Phytoene synthase catalyzes the first committed step in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway, and its overexpression is the main driving force in the orange phenotype. At present, we lack fundamental knowledge of the role of these genes and their effects on carotenoid accumulation in leaves. In the present study, three backcross inbred lines (BC2S4) with different colored roots derived from a cross between the orange inbred line (Af) and related wild species were used to investigate the role of the duplicated DcPSY genes in root carotenogenesis. Promoter analysis showed that DcPSY genes have diverged substantially in their regulatory sequences after gene duplication. Expression levels of DcPSY1 and DcPSY2 were generally positively correlated with carotenoid content during root development. In mature leaves, total carotenoid content was higher than that in the roots, DcPSY1 expression increased extremely higher than DcPSY2 expression compared with roots, and DcPSY1 was more sensitive than DcPSY2 during leaf de-etiolation under sunlight. These results suggest that DcPSY1 seems to make an important contribution to carotenoid accumulation in the leaves and is important for photosynthesis and photoprotection, but they are not the determining factors of root color. This expands our understanding of the regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in carrot.
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- Hui Wang
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 12 Nanda Street, Zhongguan Cun, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 12 Nanda Street, Zhongguan Cun, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 12 Nanda Street, Zhongguan Cun, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Germplasm Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 12 Nanda Street, Zhongguan Cun, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081 China
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Ou CG, Deng BT, Bao SY, Zhao ZW, Hu H, Zhuang FY, Mao SM. [QTL mapping for contents of main carotenes and lycopene in carrot (Daucus carota L.)]. Yi Chuan 2010; 32:1290-1295. [PMID: 21513156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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An F2 population derived from two carrot inbred lines, P50006 and HCM A.C. with high carotene accumulation, was developed and used to map and analyze quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with the accumulation of alpha and beta-carotene, total carotene and lycopene. Broad-sense heritabilities of these traits were 0.75, 0.50, 0.31, and 0.93, respectively. A genetic map with 91 SRAP (Sequence-related amplified polymorphism) markers was developed, which spanned 502.9 cM in 9 linkage groups with a mean marker interval of 5.5 cM. Mixed-model-based composite interval mapping was performed to analyze QTL and epistasis effects. One major QTL each for beta-carotene, total carotene and lycopene accumulation were detected which can explain 12.79%, 12.87%, and 14.61% of total phenotypic variations, respectively. Additive genetic variance was primarily responsible for genetic variability in all three major QTL. In addition, a pair of epistasis QTL for beta-carotene and lycopene accumulation was detected, which were able to explain 15.1% and 6.5% of total phenotypic variation, respectively. The dominant x additive and dominant x dominant interaction variance were primary epistasis effect for beta-carotene and lycopene. These SRAP markers linked to QTL could be used in selection or QTL pyramiding for high carotene and lycopene content in carrot breeding.
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- Cheng-Gang Ou
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crops Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100081, China.
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Chen JF, Luo XD, Qian CT, Jahn MM, Staub JE, Zhuang FY, Lou QF, Ren G. Cucumis monosomic alien addition lines: morphological, cytological, and genotypic analyses. Theor Appl Genet 2004; 108:1343-1348. [PMID: 14666371 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-003-1546-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2003] [Accepted: 11/14/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Cucumis hystrix Chakr. (HH, 2n=24), a wild relative of the cultivated cucumber, possesses several potentially valuable disease-resistance and abiotic stress-tolerance traits for cucumber ( C. sativus L., CC, 2n=14) improvement. Numerous attempts have been made to transfer desirable traits since the successful interspecific hybridization between C. hystrix and C. sativus, one of which resulted in the production of an allotriploid (HCC, 2n=26: one genome of C. hystrix and two of C. sativus). When this genotype was treated with colchicine to induce polyploidy, two monosomic alien addition lines (MAALs) (plant nos. 87 and 517: 14 CC+1 H, 2n=15) were recovered among 252 viable plants. Each of these plants was morphologically distinct from allotriploids and cultivated cucumbers. Cytogenetic and molecular marker analyses were performed to confirm the genetic constitution and further characterize these two MAALs. Chromosome counts made from at least 30 meristematic cells from each plant confirmed 15 nuclear chromosomes. In pollen mother cells of plant nos. 87 and 517, seven bivalents and one univalent were observed at diakinesis and metaphase I; the frequency of trivalent formation was low (about 4-5%). At anaphase I and II, stochastic and asymmetric division led to the formation of two gamete classes: n=7 and n=8; however, pollen fertility was relatively high. Pollen stainability in plant no. 87 was 86.7% and in plant no. 517 was 93.2%. Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis was performed using 100 random 10-base primers. Genotypes obtained with eight primers (A-9, A-11, AH-13, AI-19, AJ-18, AJ-20, E-19, and N-20) showed a band common to the two MAAL plants and C. hystrix that was absent in C. sativus, confirming that the alien chromosomes present in the MAALs were derived from C. hystrix. Morphological differences and differences in banding patterns were also observed between plant nos. 87 and 517 after amplification with primers AI-5, AJ-13, N-12, and N-20, suggesting that these plants may contain different C. hystrix chromosomes.
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- Jin-Feng Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095 Nanjing, China.
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Sun RJ, Muller S, Zhuang FY, Stoltz JF, Wang X. Caveolin-1 redistribution in human endothelial cells induced by laminar flow and cytokine. Biorheology 2003; 40:31-9. [PMID: 12454384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Caveolin-1 is a principal component of caveolae and is involved in signaling transduction in a number of cells. A hypothesis was proposed in this work that mechanical forces due to flow induce caveolin-1 translocation. So the changes of caveolin-1 expression and distribution in cultured endothelial cells (HUVECs) exposed to a steady laminar flow were studied. For comparing with the influence of cytokine, caveolin-1 in the cells stimulated by TNF-alpha was also investigated. Indirect immunofluorescence and double fluorescence labeling showed that in control cells, caveolin-1 was primarily localized on the cell surface, which corresponded to the peripheral distribution of F-actin, and presented some local concentrations. In the cells exposed to a laminar flow (1.0 Pa), caveolin-1 distribution showed a time-dependent variation. After 24 h of shear, the local concentration of caveolin-1 was found, in the most cells, at upstream side of cell body. Also more caveolin-1 molecules were observed in the cells. In contrast, TNF-alpha induced a decrease of caveolin-1 in cells. The redistribution of caveolin-1 seems to be correlated to F-actin organization.
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- R J Sun
- Cell and Tissue Engineering and Mechanics, LEMTA-UMR 7563 CNRS/INPL/UHP and IFR 111 Bioengineering, 2 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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Zhao J, Sha H, Zhou S, Tong X, Zhuang FY, Gregersen H. Remodelling of zero-stress state of small intestine in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Effect of gliclazide. Dig Liver Dis 2002; 34:707-16. [PMID: 12469798 DOI: 10.1016/s1590-8658(02)80022-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Biomechanical properties in terms of residual strains in diabetic small intestine have not been studied. Furthermore, no data have been reported on affect of gliclazide on gastrointestinal complications of diabetes. AIMS To determine remodelling of zero-stress state of small intestine in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and effect of gliclazide treatment. MATERIALS Morphological properties and residual strains were studied in duodenum, jejunum and ileum obtained from diabetic rats, gliclazide-treated diabetic rats and normal rats (n = 8 each group). METHODS Diabetes was induced by single intraperitoneal injection of 65 mg/kg streptozotocin. Gliclazide (10 mg kg(-1) day(-1) was injected directly into stomach lumen by intragastric gavage twice daily. Experimental period was 35 days. To approach no-load state; intestinal segments were surgically excised and cut transversely into short ring-shaped segments. Each ring was cut radially to obtain geometry of zero-stress state. Circumferential length, the wall thickness and opening angle were measured from digital images of each specimen and residual strains were computed. RESULTS Blood glucose level of diabetic group (approximately 20 mmol/l) was consistently higher than that in normal group (approximately 4 mmol/l) after induction of diabetes (p < 0.001). Gliclazide lowered average blood glucose level to between 10 and 15 mmol/l (p < 0.001). Plasma insulin levels of both diabetic groups (average between 10 and 15 pmol/l) were significantly lower than those in normal group (average approximately 18 pmol/l, p < 0.05). Wet weight per unit length and wall thickness of duodenum, jejunum and ileum were significantly higher in Diabetes group than those in Normal group (p < 0.05). Opening angle and absolute value of residual strain were significantly smaller in duodenum and larger in jejunum and ileum in Diabetes group than in Normal group (p < 0.001). Gliclazide treatment partly restored these changes (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Diabetes induced morphometric and biomechanical remodelling in intestine. Gliclazide partly restored these changes.
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- J Zhao
- China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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Niimi H, Yamaguchi S, Hu QH, Zhuang FY. Microvascular vasodilatory responses to electric acupuncture in rat brain under acute hemorrhagic hypotension. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2001; 23:191-5. [PMID: 11321440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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The present experiment attempted to evaluate the effect of electrical acupuncture on the cerebral microcirculation in anesthetized rats, using fluorescence videomicroscopy. Changes in the pial arteriolar diameter under acute hemorrhagic hypotension were examined quantitatively. The present results suggest that acupuncture may be effective in improving the cerebral microcirculation in hemorrhagic hypotension.
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- H Niimi
- Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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Sun RJ, Muller S, Wang X, Zhuang FY, Stoltz JF. Regulation of von willebrand factor of human endothelial cells exposed to laminar flows: an in vitro study. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2001; 23:1-11. [PMID: 11214708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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The effect of laminar flow on the regulation of von Willebrand Factor (vWF) of cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) was studied. Confluent endothelial monolayers were exposed to shear stresses (0.2 and 1.0 Pa) from 2 to 24 h. vWF was labelled with indirect immunofluorescence method and observed with 3D fluorescence microscopy. The distribution of vWF and the cytoskeleton organization were observed simultaneously by double fluorescence labelling. More actin stress fibers and an increased release of vWF appeared in the cells exposed to flow at the same time. The qualitative and quantitative results showed that there was not only a shear-dependent regulation but also a time-dependent modification. For a short-time shear stimulation, both 0.2 Pa and 1.0 Pa shear stresses induced a release of vWF from the endothelial cells. In contrast, after 24 h exposure to 1.0 Pa shear flow, vWFs were much more in the cells than that in the cells exposed to 0.2 Pa for 24 h (p < 0.01) or that in the control cells (p < 0.05). TNF-alpha caused a decrease of vWF and Weibel-Palade bodies in the cells.
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- R J Sun
- Angiohematology-Hemorheology, LEMTA-UMR-CNRS 7563, Faculté de Médecine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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Wang X, Zhao H, Zhuang FY, Stoltz JF. Measurement of erythrocyte deformability by two laser diffraction methods. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2000; 21:291-5. [PMID: 10711757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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The aim of this work is to study the deformability of red blood cells (RBC) by two laser diffraction methods: the Laser-assisted Optical Rotational Cell Analyser (LORCA, Mechatronics, Amsterdam, Netherlands) and a Shear Stress Diffractometer (RHEODYN SSD, Myrenne, Roetgen, Germany). Experiments were carried out on 46 healthy human subjects. The elongation index EI of normal and hardened RBCs (obtained by heating blood at 49 degrees C or by incubating RBCs in solutions of diamide) was measured. The results showed that the standard deviations of the experimental data for normal RBCs were relatively small, especially at high shear stresses (more than 3.0 Pa), but higher than those reported before. Some correlations between the results given by the two instruments were also found. It should be noted that for hardened RBCs, the standard deviations of the measurements were important compared with the mean values in the two instruments.
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- X Wang
- Hemorheology-Angiohematology, LEMTA, UMR CNRS 7563, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
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Kakihana Y, Krug A, Zhuang FY, Kessler M, Yamada H, Oda T, Yoshimura N. Effects of ligustrazine on hepatic oxygenation in isolated perfused rat liver. In Vivo 1999; 13:29-34. [PMID: 10218129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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The effects of ligustrazine on hepatic oxygenation in the isolated rat liver were investigated during prolonged perfusion and following the injection of norepinephrine. After injection of erythrocytes into the perfusate, the hemoglobin spectra in the liver were measured by Erlangen microlightguide spectroscopy, and the hemoglobin oxygenation (HbO2) in the liver was calculated on the basis of the Kubelka-Munk theory. During artificial perfusion, the HbO2 value was decreased from 59.3 +/- 6.4% (after one hour's perfusion) to 25.5 +/- 19.5% (n = 441; after six hours' perfusion). However, when ligustrazine was injected into the perfusate after six hours' perfusion, the HbO2 values recovered to 56.4 +/- 9.7% (n = 441). After injection of norepinephrine, HbO2 in the liver decreased from 48.8 +/- 10.4% to 25.2 +/- 18.4% (n = 961), while subsequent administration of ligustrazine caused a recovery to 62.9 +/- 6.0% (n = 961). Our results suggested that ligustrazine is a powerful hepatic vasodilator for improving hepatic oxygenation.
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- Y Kakihana
- Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Kagoshima University Hospital, Japan.
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Miao H, Xue QF, Hu QH, Zhang H, Wang LR, Niimi H, Zhuang FY. In situ expression of ICAM-1 and its mRNA in the lung tissue of asthmatic rats. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 1997; 17:325-31. [PMID: 9493901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In situ expression of ICAM-1 and ICAM-1 mRNA on the lung tissue of asthmatic rats was studied by immunohistochemical staining and in situ hybridization, respectively. The results showed that in normal rats ICAM-1 expression was rare on the endothelium of pulmonary artery and vein, and on the bronchial and alveolar epithelium. The distribution of ICAM-1 expression on the different part of lung tissue of asthmatic rats was similar to that of normal rats, but the level of ICAM-1 expression was significantly increased on the endothelium of pulmonary artery (EPA) and vein (EPV), bronchial epithelium (BEP) and alveolar epithelium (AEP) compared with those of normal and sensitized controls. The distribution and expression of ICAM-1 mRNA on the different part of lung tissue of normal and asthmatic rats were similar to that of ICAM-1 expression. In asthmatic rats, the expression of ICAM-1 mRNA on AEP and EPV was increased significantly compared with those of normal and sensitized controls. It is concluded that the increase of ICAM-1 expression on endothelium of pulmonary vessels, epithelium of broncheoli and alveoli may play an important role of inflammatory cell infiltration in asthmatic rats, and the increased expression of ICAM-1 in asthmatic rats was caused by the increase of expression of ICAM-1 mRNA.
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- H Miao
- Department of Biorheology, China-Japan Friendship Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Mao JS, Shi ZX, Zhuang FY. [Effect of Allitridi on deforming of peripheral leucocytes in patients with acute cerebral infarction]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 1995; 15:395-7. [PMID: 7580057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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To prove the effect of Allitridi in treating acute cerebral infarction, millipore membrane filter technique was adopted in systematically observing the blood rheology and the peripheral WBC filter index of 53 healthy subjects and that of 33 patients before and after treatments, who suffered from acute cerebral infarction and were confirmatorily diagnosed through CT. As a result, the filtered index of peripheral WBC during the acute period of cerebral infarction rose significantly (6.1397 +/- 4.4602), and the difference was significant compared with that of the healthy subjects (0.8651 +/- 0.4603, P < 0.01). Having been treated with Allitridi, the patients' symptoms improved and at the same time the filtered index of WBC lowered markedly (1.6261 +/- 1.3472). The conditions of the patients before and after treatments were obviously different (P < 0.01). And also the index of the whole blood rheology improved significantly. Therefore, it denoted that Allitridi could effectively improve the WBC deformation and the whole blood rheology as well, and alleviate the clinical symptoms.
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- J S Mao
- China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing
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Hartert's thromboelastography has been used in the diagnosis of abnormal blood clotting for more than 20 years. From a thromboelastogram three parameters are obtained, viz, the reaction time 'r', the rate of formation of fibrin clot 'k', the maximum elasticity of thrombus 'amax'. It is desirable, however, to know the equation that describes the thromboelastogram both in the period in which the complex modulus increases with time because of coagulation, and in the period in which the complex modulus decreases with time because of fibrinolysis. The parameters of the equation could then be used as a diagnostic criterion; yielding information on the mechanism of coagulation and fibrinolysis. Based on our experimental results on human blood in normal and abnormal subjects, we found that the complex modulus of thromboelastograms can be expressed by the sum of two terms, one describing the increase of the complex modulus during coagulation, G1 = G'1 Exp (-tau 1/t), the other describing the decrease of the complex modulus during fibrinolysis, G2 = G'2 Exp (-tau 2/(t-D) when t greater than D. G2 = 0 when t less than D. The compound complex modulus from coagulation to fibrinolysis is G = G1 - G2. Here t is the clotting time, and G'1, G'2, tau 1, tau 2, and D are five constants to be identified. These five constants can be used for diagnostic and prognostic purposes.
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- M Wang
- Biophysics Dept., China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing
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For pulmonary blood flow in zone 2 condition, in which the blood pressure in the venule (pven) is lower than the alveolar gas pressure (pA), the blood exiting from the capillary sheet and entering a venule must go through a sluicing gate. The sluicing gate exists because the venule remains patent while the capillaries will collapse when the static pressure of blood falls below the alveolar gas pressure. In the original theory of sheet flow the effect of the tension in the interalveolar septa on the flow through the sluicing gate was ignored. Since the tension multiplied by the curvature of the membrane is equivalent to a lateral pressure tending to open the gate, and since the curvature of the capillary wall is high in the gate region, this effect may be important. The present analysis improves the original theory and demonstrates that the effect of membrane tension is to cause flow to increase when the venous pressure continues to decrease. The shape of the sluicing gate resembles that of a venturi tube, and can be determined by an iterative integration of the differential equations. The result forms an important link in the theory of pulmonary blood flow in zone 2 condition.
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A detailed measurement of histological specimens of the lungs of the cat shows that each terminal precapillary vessel (arteriole) supplies, on the average, 24.5 pulmonary alveoli; each terminal postcapillary vessel (venule) drains, on the average, 17.8 alveoli. These numbers link pulmonary alveolar blood flow in capillary sheets with the flow in pulmonary arteries and veins which are cylindrical tubes. They are key numbers needed for hemodynamic analysis. In the literature, these numbers are variously speculated to be 1 or smaller; thus our results correct, even though only for the cat, an important concept.
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Morphometic data of the pulmonary artery in the cat's right lung are presented. Silicone elastomer casts of cat's right lung were made, and measured, counted and analyzed. The Strahler system is used to describe the branching pattern of the arterial vascular tree. These data are needed for any quantitative approach to the study of the pulmonary circulation. For all the pulmonary blood vessels of the cat lying between the main pulmonary artery and the capillary beds, there are a total of 10 orders of vessels in the right upper lobe, 9 orders of vessels in the right middle lobe and 11 orders of vessels in the right lower lobe. The ratio of the number of branches in successive orders of vessels or the branching ratio, is 3.58. The corresponding average diameter ratio is 1.72, whereas the average length ratio is 1.81.
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Zhuang FY, Fung YC, Yen RT. Analysis of blood flow in cat's lung with detailed anatomical and elasticity data. J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol 1983; 55:1341-8. [PMID: 6629968 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1983.55.4.1341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Recently, a complete set of data on the branching pattern of the cat's pulmonary arterial and venous trees and the elasticity of these blood vessels was obtained in our laboratory. Hence it becomes possible for the first time to perform a theoretical analysis of the blood flow in the lung of an animal based on a set of actual data on anatomy and elasticity. This paper presents an analysis of steady flow of blood in cat's lung. The effect of the vessel elasticity is embodied in the "fifth-power law" and the "sheet-flow" theory. The theory yields the pressure-flow relationship of the whole lung, the longitudinal pressure distribution, and the transit time of blood in the capillaries. These results are compared with available experimental data in the literature.
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Yen RT, Zhuang FY, Fung YC, Ho HH, Tremer H, Sobin SS. Morphometry of cat pulmonary venous tree. J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol 1983; 55:236-42. [PMID: 6885576 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1983.55.1.236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Morphometric data of the pulmonary veins in the cat right lung are presented. Silicone elastomer casts of the right lungs of five cats were made, measured, counted, and analyzed. The Strahler system is used to describe the branching pattern of the vascular tree. These data are needed for the physicomathematical approach to pulmonary circulation. For all the pulmonary blood vessels lying between the left atrium and the capillary beds, there are a total of 10 orders of vessels in the right upper lobe, 9 orders of vessels in the right middle lobe, and 11 orders of vessels in the right lower lobe. The ratios of the diameters, lengths, and the number of branches in successive orders of vessels are called the diameter, length, and branching ratios, respectively. For the cat pulmonary venous tree, the average branching ratio is 3.521, the average diameter ratio is 1.727, and the average length ratio is 2.402 for vessels of orders 1-3 and 1.532 for vessels of orders 4-10.
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