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Sundaramoorthi D, Komen H. Where Medical Statistics Meets Artificial Intelligence. N Engl J Med 2023; 389:2402-2403. [PMID: 38118043 DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2312332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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- Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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Kharasch ED, Brunt LM, Blood J, Komen H. Intraoperative Methadone in Next-day Discharge Outpatient Surgery: A Randomized, Double-blinded, Dose-finding Pilot Study. Anesthesiology 2023; 139:405-419. [PMID: 37350677 PMCID: PMC10527477 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000004663] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Contemporary perioperative practice seeks to use less intraoperative opioid, diminish postoperative pain and opioid use, and enable less postdischarge opioid prescribing. For inpatient surgery, anesthesia with intraoperative methadone, compared with short-duration opioids, results in less pain, less postoperative opioid use, and greater patient satisfaction. This pilot investigation aimed to determine single-dose intraoperative methadone feasibility for next-day discharge outpatient surgery, determine an optimally analgesic and well-tolerated dose, and explore whether methadone would result in less postoperative opioid use compared with conventional short-duration opioids. METHODS This double-blind, randomized, dose-escalation feasibility and pilot study in next-day discharge surgery compared intraoperative single-dose IV methadone (0.1 then 0.2, 0.25 and 0.3 mg/kg ideal body weight) versus as-needed short-duration opioid (fentanyl, hydromorphone) controls. Perioperative opioid use, pain, and side effects were assessed before discharge. Patients recorded pain, opioid use, and side effects for 30 days postoperatively using take-home diaries. Primary clinical outcome was in-hospital (intraoperative and postoperative) opioid use. Secondary outcomes were 30-day opioid consumption, pain, opioid side effects, and leftover opioid counts. RESULTS Median (interquartile range) intraoperative methadone doses were 6 (5 to 7), 11 (10 to 12), 14 (13 to 16), and 18 (15 to 19) mg in 0.1, 0.2, 0.25, and 0.3 mg/kg ideal body weight groups, respectively. Anesthesia with single-dose methadone and propofol or volatile anesthetic was effective. Total in-hospital opioid use (IV milligram morphine equivalents [MME]) was 25 (20 to 37), 20 (13 to 30), 27 (18 to 32), and 25 (20 to 36) mg, respectively, in patients receiving 0.1, 0.2, 0.25 and 0.3 mg/kg methadone, compared to 46 (33 to 59) mg in short-duration opioid controls. Opioid-related side effects were not numerically different. Home pain and opioid use were numerically lower in patients receiving methadone. CONCLUSIONS The most effective and well-tolerated single intraoperative induction dose of methadone for next-day discharge surgery was 0.25 mg/kg ideal body weight (median, 14 mg). Single-dose intraoperative methadone was analgesic and opioid-sparing in next-day discharge outpatient surgery. EDITOR’S PERSPECTIVE
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- Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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Palanca BJA, Conway CR, Zeffiro T, Gott BM, Nguyen T, Janski A, Jain N, Komen H, Burke BA, Zorumski CF, Nagele P. Persistent Brain Connectivity Changes in Healthy Volunteers Following Nitrous Oxide Inhalation. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci 2023; 3:698-704. [PMID: 37881568 PMCID: PMC10593877 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.01.006] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Nitrous oxide holds promise in the treatment of major depressive disorder. Its psychotropic effects and NMDA receptor antagonism have led to comparisons with ketamine. Despite longstanding use, persistent effects of nitrous oxide on the brain have not been characterized. Methods Sixteen healthy volunteers were recruited in a double-blind crossover study. In randomized order, individuals underwent a 1-hour inhalation of either 50% nitrous oxide/oxygen or air/oxygen mixtures. At least two 7.5-minute echo-planar resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scans were obtained before and at 2 and 24 hours after each inhalation (average 130 min/participant). Using the time series of preprocessed, motion artifact-scrubbed, and nuisance covariate-regressed imaging data, interregional signal correlations were measured and converted to T scores. Hierarchical clustering and linear mixed-effects models were employed. Results Nitrous oxide inhalation produced changes in global brain connectivity that persisted in the occipital cortex at 2 and 24 hours postinhalation (p < .05, false discovery rate-corrected). Analysis of resting-state networks demonstrated robust strengthening of connectivity between regions of the visual network and those of the dorsal attention network, across 2 and 24 hours after inhalation (p < .05, false discovery rate-corrected). Weaker changes in connectivity were found between the visual cortex and regions of the frontoparietal and default mode networks. Parallel analyses following air/oxygen inhalation yielded no significant changes in functional connectivity. Conclusions Nitrous oxide inhalation in healthy volunteers revealed persistent increases in global connectivity between regions of primary visual cortex and dorsal attention network. These findings suggest that nitrous oxide inhalation induces neurophysiological cortical changes that persist for at least 24 hours.
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- Ben Julian A. Palanca
- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Department of Psychiatry and Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Neuroimaging Labs Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Center on Biological Rhythms and Sleep, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Psychiatry and Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Neuroimaging Labs Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Psychiatry and Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Neuroimaging Labs Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Psychiatry and Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Psychiatry and Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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Nagele P, Palanca BJ, Gott B, Brown F, Barnes L, Nguyen T, Xiong W, Salloum NC, Espejo GD, Lessov-Schlaggar CN, Jain N, Cheng WWL, Komen H, Yee B, Bolzenius JD, Janski A, Gibbons R, Zorumski CF, Conway CR. A phase 2 trial of inhaled nitrous oxide for treatment-resistant major depression. Sci Transl Med 2021; 13:13/597/eabe1376. [PMID: 34108247 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abe1376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Revised: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Nitrous oxide at 50% inhaled concentration has been shown to improve depressive symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant major depression (TRMD). Whether a lower concentration of 25% nitrous oxide provides similar efficacy and persistence of antidepressant effects while reducing the risk of adverse side effects is unknown. In this phase 2 clinical trial (NCT03283670), 24 patients with severe TRMD were randomly assigned in a crossover fashion to three treatments consisting of a single 1-hour inhalation with (i) 50% nitrous oxide, (ii) 25% nitrous oxide, or (iii) placebo (air/oxygen). The primary outcome was the change on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS-21). Whereas nitrous oxide significantly improved depressive symptoms versus placebo (P = 0.01), there was no difference between 25 and 50% nitrous oxide (P = 0.58). The estimated differences between 25% and placebo were -0.75 points on the HDRS-21 at 2 hours (P = 0.73), -1.41 points at 24 hours (P = 0.52), -4.35 points at week 1 (P = 0.05), and -5.19 points at week 2 (P = 0.02), and the estimated differences between 50% and placebo were -0.87 points at 2 hours (P = 0.69), -1.93 points at 24 hours (P = 0.37), -2.44 points at week 1 (P = 0.25), and -7.00 points at week 2 (P = 0.001). Adverse events declined substantially with dose (P < 0.001). These results suggest that 25% nitrous oxide has comparable efficacy to 50% nitrous oxide in improving TRMD but with a markedly lower rate of adverse effects.
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- Peter Nagele
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Center for Health Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.,Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.,Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Komen H, Brunt LM, Deych E, Blood J, Kharasch ED. Intraoperative Methadone in Same-Day Ambulatory Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Dose-Finding Pilot Study. Anesth Analg 2019; 128:802-810. [PMID: 29847382 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000003464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Approximately 50 million US patients undergo ambulatory surgery annually. Postoperative opioid overprescribing is problematic, yet many patients report inadequate pain relief. In major inpatient surgery, intraoperative single-dose methadone produces better analgesia and reduces opioid use compared with conventional repeated dosing of short-duration opioids. This investigation tested the hypothesis that in same-day ambulatory surgery, intraoperative methadone, compared with short-duration opioids, reduces opioid consumption and pain, and determined an effective intraoperative induction dose of methadone for same-day ambulatory surgery. METHODS A double-blind, dose-escalation protocol randomized 60 patients (2:1) to intraoperative single-dose intravenous methadone (initially 0.1 then 0.15 mg/kg ideal body weight) or conventional as-needed dosing of short-duration opioids (eg, fentanyl, hydromorphone; controls). Intraoperative and postoperative opioid consumption, pain, and opioid side effects were assessed before discharge. Patient home diaries recorded pain, opioid use, and opioid side effects daily for 30 days postoperatively. Primary outcome was in-hospital (intraoperative and postoperative) opioid use. Secondary outcomes were 30 days opioid consumption, pain intensity, and opioid side effects. RESULTS Median (interquartile range) methadone doses were 6 (5-6) and 9 (8-9) mg in the 0.1 and 0.15 mg/kg methadone groups, respectively. Total opioid consumption (morphine equivalents) in the postanesthesia care unit was significantly less compared with controls (9.3 mg, 1.3-11.0) in subjects receiving 0.15 mg/kg methadone (0.1 mg, 0.1-3.3; P < .001) but not 0.1 mg/kg methadone (5.0 mg, 3.3-8.1; P = .60). Dose-escalation ended at 0.15 mg/kg methadone. Total in-hospital nonmethadone opioid use after short-duration opioid, 0.1 mg/kg methadone, and 0.15 mg/kg methadone was 35.3 (25.0-44.0), 7.1 (3.7-10.0), and 3.3 (0.1-5.8) mg morphine equivalents, respectively (P < .001 for both versus control). In-hospital pain scores and side effects were not different between groups. In the 30 days after discharge, patients who received methadone 0.15 mg/kg had less pain at rest (P = .02) and used fewer opioid pills than controls (P < .0001), whereas patients who received 0.1 mg/kg had no difference in pain at rest (P = .69) and opioid use compared to controls (P = .08). CONCLUSIONS In same-day discharge surgery, this pilot study identified a single intraoperative dose of methadone (0.15 mg/kg ideal body weight), which decreased intraoperative and postoperative opioid requirements and postoperative pain, compared with conventional intermittent short-duration opioids, with similar side effects.
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- Department of Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- From the Department of Anesthesiology.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.,The Center for Clinical Pharmacology, St Louis College of Pharmacy, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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Kariuki CM, van Arendonk JAM, Kahi AK, Komen H. Multiple criteria decision-making process to derive consensus desired genetic gains for a dairy cattle breeding objective for diverse production systems. J Dairy Sci 2017; 100:4671-4682. [PMID: 28390719 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-11454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dairy cattle industries contribute to food and nutrition security and are a source of income for numerous households in many developing countries. Selective breeding can enhance efficiency in these industries. Developing dairy industries are characterized by diverse production and marketing systems. In this paper, we use weighted goal aggregating procedure to derive consensus trait preferences for different producer categories and processors. We based the study on the dairy industry in Kenya. The analytic hierarchy process was used to derive individual preferences for milk yield (MY), calving interval (CIN), production lifetime (PLT), mature body weight (MBW), and fat yield (FY). Results show that classical classification of production systems into large-scale and smallholder systems does not capture all differences in trait preferences. These differences became apparent when classification was based on productivity at the individual animal level, with high and low intensity producers and processors as the most important groups. High intensity producers had highest preferences for PLT and MY, whereas low intensity producers had highest preference for CIN and PLT; processors preferred MY and FY the most. The highest disagreements between the groups were observed for FY, PLT, and MY. Individual and group preferences were aggregated into consensus preferences using weighted goal programming. Desired gains were obtained as a product of consensus preferences and percentage genetic gains (G%). These were 2.42, 0.22, 2.51, 0.15, and 0.87 for MY, CIN, PLT, MBW, and FY, respectively. Consensus preferences can be used to derive a single compromise breeding objective for situations where the same genetic resources are used in diverse production and marketing circumstances.
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- C M Kariuki
- Department of Animal Sciences, Chuka University, PO Box 109-60400, Chuka, Kenya; Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Hendrix Genetics Research, Technology and Services, PO Box 114, 5830 AC Boxmeer, the Netherlands
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Egerton University, PO Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Kariuki CM, Brascamp EW, Komen H, Kahi AK, van Arendonk JAM. Economic evaluation of progeny-testing and genomic selection schemes for small-sized nucleus dairy cattle breeding programs in developing countries. J Dairy Sci 2017; 100:2258-2268. [PMID: 28109609 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-11816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In developing countries minimal and erratic performance and pedigree recording impede implementation of large-sized breeding programs. Small-sized nucleus programs offer an alternative but rely on their economic performance for their viability. We investigated the economic performance of 2 alternative small-sized dairy nucleus programs [i.e., progeny testing (PT) and genomic selection (GS)] over a 20-yr investment period. The nucleus was made up of 453 male and 360 female animals distributed in 8 non-overlapping age classes. Each year 10 active sires and 100 elite dams were selected. Populations of commercial recorded cows (CRC) of sizes 12,592 and 25,184 were used to produce test daughters in PT or to create a reference population in GS, respectively. Economic performance was defined as gross margins, calculated as discounted revenues minus discounted costs following a single generation of selection. Revenues were calculated as cumulative discounted expressions (CDE, kg) × 0.32 (€/kg of milk) × 100,000 (size commercial population). Genetic superiorities, deterministically simulated using pseudo-BLUP index and CDE, were determined using gene flow. Costs were for one generation of selection. Results show that GS schemes had higher cumulated genetic gain in the commercial cow population and higher gross margins compared with PT schemes. Gross margins were between 3.2- and 5.2-fold higher for GS, depending on size of the CRC population. The increase in gross margin was mostly due to a decreased generation interval and lower running costs in GS schemes. In PT schemes many bulls are culled before selection. We therefore also compared 2 schemes in which semen was stored instead of keeping live bulls. As expected, semen storage resulted in an increase in gross margins in PT schemes, but gross margins remained lower than those of GS schemes. We conclude that implementation of small-sized GS breeding schemes can be economically viable for developing countries.
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- C M Kariuki
- Department of Animal Sciences, Chuka University, PO Box 109-60400, Chuka, Kenya; Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Egerton University, PO Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, PO Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Omasaki S, van Arendonk J, Kahi A, Komen H. Defining a breeding objective for Nile tilapia that takes into account the diversity of smallholder production systems. J Anim Breed Genet 2016; 133:404-13. [DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- S.K. Omasaki
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre; Wageningen University; Wageningen the Netherlands
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Group; Department of Animal Sciences; Egerton University; Egerton Kenya
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre; Wageningen University; Wageningen the Netherlands
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Group; Department of Animal Sciences; Egerton University; Egerton Kenya
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre; Wageningen University; Wageningen the Netherlands
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Besson M, Komen H, Aubin J, de Boer IJM, Poelman M, Quillet E, Vancoillie C, Vandeputte M, van Arendonk JAM. Economic values of growth and feed efficiency for fish farming in recirculating aquaculture system with density and nitrogen output limitations: a case study with African catfish (Clarias gariepinus). J Anim Sci 2015; 92:5394-405. [PMID: 25414104 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2014-8266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In fish farming, economic values (EV) of breeding goal traits are lacking, even though they are key parameters when defining selection objectives. The aim of this study was to develop a bioeconomic model to estimate EV of 2 traits representing production performances in fish farming: the thermal growth coefficient (TGC) and the feed conversion ratio (FCR). This approach was applied to a farm producing African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). In the RAS, 2 factors could limit production level: the nitrogen treatment capacity of the biofilter or the fish density in rearing tanks at harvest. Profit calculation includes revenue from fish sales, cost of juveniles, cost of feed, cost of waste water treatment, and fixed costs. In the reference scenario, profit was modeled to zero. EV were calculated as the difference in profit per kilogram of fish between the current population mean for both traits (µt) and the next generation of selective breeding (µt+Δt) for either TGC or FCR. EV of TGC and FCR were calculated for three generations of hypothetical selection on either TGC or FCR (respectively 6.8% and 7.6% improvement per generation). The results show that changes in TGC and FCR can affect both the number of fish that can be stocked (number of batches per year and number of fish per batch) and the factor limiting production. The EV of TGC and FCR vary and depend on the limiting factors. When dissolved NH3-N is the limiting factor for both µt and µt+Δt, increasing TGC decreases the number of fish that can be stocked but increases the number of batches that can be grown. As a result, profit remains constant and EVTGC is zero. Increasing FCR, however, increases the number of fish stocked and the ratio of fish produced per kilogram of feed consumed ("economic efficiency"). The EVFCR is 0.14 €/kg of fish, and profit per kilogram of fish increases by about 10%. When density is the limiting factor for both µt and µt+Δt, the number of fish stocked per batch is fixed; therefore, extra profit is obtained by increasing either TGC, which increases the annual number of batches, or by decreasing FCR, which decreases annual feed consumption. EVTGC is 0.03 €/kg of fish and EVFCR is 0.05-0.06 €/kg of fish. These results emphasize the importance of calculating economic values in the right context to develop efficient future breeding programs in aquaculture.
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- M Besson
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, NL-6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands AgroParisTech, UMR1313 Génétique animale et biologie intégrative, 16 rue Claude Bernard, F-75231 Paris 05, France INRA, UMR1313 Génétique animale et biologie intégrative, Allée de Vilvert, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, NL-6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- INRA, Agrocampus Ouest Rennes, UMR1069 Sol Agronomie Spatialisation, 65 rue de Saint Brieuc, F-35042 Rennes, France
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- Animal Production Systems group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, NL-6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- IMARES, Wageningen UR, Korringaweg 5, NL-4401 NT Yerseke, the Netherlands
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique animale et biologie intégrative, Allée de Vilvert, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Fishion Breeding, Breedijk 13, NL-5705 CJ Helmond, the Netherlands
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- INRA, UMR1313 Génétique animale et biologie intégrative, Allée de Vilvert, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France IFREMER, Chemin de Maguelone, F-34250 Palavas-les-Flots, France
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, NL-6700 AH Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Mucha S, Komen H. Rates of inbreeding and genetic adaptation for populations managed as herds in zoos with a rotational mating system or with optimized contribution of parents. J Anim Breed Genet 2015; 133:323-32. [PMID: 26423022 DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This study compares two genetic management scenarios for species kept in herds, such as deer. The simulations were designed so that their results can be extended to a wide range of zoo populations. In the first scenario, the simulated populations of size 3 × 20, 6 × 40 or 20 × 60 (herds × animals in herd) were managed with a rotational mating (RM) scheme in which 10%, 20% or 50% of males were selected for breeding and moved between herds in a circular fashion. The second scenario was based on optimal contribution theory (OC). OC requires an accurate pedigree to calculate kinship; males were selected and assigned numbers of offspring to minimize kinship in the next generation. RM was efficient in restriction of inbreeding and produced results comparable with OC. However, RM can result in genetic adaptation of the population to the zoo environment, in particular when 20% or less males are selected for rotation and selection of animals is not random. Lowest rates of inbreeding were obtained by combining OC with rotation of males as in the RM scheme. RM is easy to implement in practice and does not require pedigree data. When full pedigree is available, OC management is preferable.
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- S Mucha
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland.,Animal & Veterinary Sciences, Scotland's Rural College, Easter Bush, UK
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Kariuki C, Komen H, Kahi A, van Arendonk J. Optimizing the design of small-sized nucleus breeding programs for dairy cattle with minimal performance recording. J Dairy Sci 2014; 97:7963-74. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sae-Lim P, Kause A, Mulder HA, Martin KE, Barfoot AJ, Parsons JE, Davidson J, Rexroad CE, van Arendonk JAM, Komen H. Genotype-by-environment interaction of growth traits in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): a continental scale study. J Anim Sci 2013; 91:5572-81. [PMID: 24085417 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rainbow trout is a globally important fish species for aquaculture. However, fish for most farms worldwide are produced by only a few breeding companies. Selection based solely on fish performance recorded at a nucleus may lead to lower-than-expected genetic gains in other production environments when genotype-by-environment (G × E) interaction exists. The aim was to quantify the magnitude of G × E interaction of growth traits (tagging weight; BWT, harvest weight; BWH, and growth rate; TGC) measured across 4 environments, located in 3 different continents, by estimating genetic correlations between environments. A total of 100 families, of at least 25 in size, were produced from the mating 58 sires and 100 dams. In total, 13,806 offspring were reared at the nucleus (selection environment) in Washington State (NUC) and in 3 other environments: a recirculating aquaculture system in Freshwater Institute (FI), West Virginia; a high-altitude farm in Peru (PE), and a cold-water farm in Germany (GER). To account for selection bias due to selective mortality, a multitrait multienvironment animal mixed model was applied to analyze the performance data in different environments as different traits. Genetic correlation (rg) of a trait measured in different environments and rg of different traits measured in different environments were estimated. The results show that heterogeneity of additive genetic variances was mainly found for BWH measured in FI and PE. Additive genetic coefficient of variation for BWH in NUC, FI, PE, and GER were 7.63, 8.36, 8.64, and 9.75, respectively. Genetic correlations between the same trait in different environments were low, indicating strong reranking (BWT: rg = 0.15 to 0.37, BWH: rg = 0.19 to 0.48, TGC: rg = 0.31 to 0.36) across environments. The rg between BWT in NUC and BWH in both FI (0.31) and GER (0.36) were positive, which was also found between BWT in NUC and TGC in both FI (0.10) and GER (0.20). However, rg were negative between BWT in NUC and both BWH (-0.06) and TGC (-0.20) in PE. Correction for selection bias resulted in higher additive genetic variances. In conclusion, strong G × E interaction was found for BWT, BWH, and TGC. Accounting for G × E interaction in the breeding program, either by using sib information from testing stations or environment-specific breeding programs, would increase genetic gains for environments that differ significantly from NUC.
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- P Sae-Lim
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 338, 6700 AH, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Sae-Lim P, Komen H, Kause A, van Arendonk JAM, Barfoot AJ, Martin KE, Parsons JE. Defining desired genetic gains for rainbow trout breeding objective using analytic hierarchy process. J Anim Sci 2011; 90:1766-76. [PMID: 22178851 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Distributing animals from a single breeding program to a global market may not satisfy all producers, as they may differ in market objectives and farming environments. Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used to estimate preferences, which can be aggregated to consensus preference values using weighted goal programming (WGP). The aim of this study was to use an AHP-WGP based approach to derive desired genetic gains for rainbow trout breeding and to study whether breeding trait preferences vary depending on commercial products and farming environments. Two questionnaires were sent out. Questionnaire-A (Q-A) was distributed to 178 farmers from 5 continents and used to collect information on commercial products and farming environments. In this questionnaire, farmers were asked to rank the 6 most important traits for genetic improvement from a list of 13 traits. Questionnaire B (Q-B) was sent to all farmers who responded to Q-A (53 in total). For Q-B, preferences of the 6 traits were obtained using pairwise comparison. Preference intensity was given to quantify (in % of a trait mean; G%) the degree to which 1 trait is preferred over the other. Individual preferences, social preferences, and consensus preferences (Con-P) were estimated using AHP and WGP. Desired gains were constructed by multiplying Con-P by G%. The analysis revealed that the 6 most important traits were thermal growth coefficient (TGC), survival (Surv), feed conversion ratio (FCR), condition factor (CF), fillet percentage (FIL%), and late maturation (LMat). Ranking of traits based on average Con-P values were Surv (0.271), FCR (0.246), TGC (0.246), LMat (0.090), FIL% (0.081), and CF (0.067). Corresponding desired genetic gains (in % of trait mean) were 1.63, 1.87, 1.67, 1.29, 0.06, and 0.33%, respectively. The results from Con-P values show that trait preferences may vary for different types of commercial production or farming environments. This study demonstrated that combination of AHP and WGP can be used to derive desired gains for a breeding program and to quantify differences due to variations market demand or production environment.
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- P Sae-Lim
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Uitdehaag K, Rodenburg T, Van Reenen C, Koopmanschap R, De Vries Reilingh G, Engel B, Buist W, Komen H, Bolhuis J. Effects of genetic origin and social environment on behavioral response to manual restraint and monoamine functioning in laying hens. Poult Sci 2011; 90:1629-36. [DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-01292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Uitdehaag K, Rodenburg T, Komen H, Kemp B, van Arendonk J. The Association of Response to a Novel Object with Subsequent Performance and Feather Damage in Adult, Cage-Housed, Pure-Bred Rhode Island Red Laying Hens. Poult Sci 2008; 87:2486-92. [DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gizaw S, Komen H, van Arendonk J. Selection on linear size traits to improve live weight in Menz sheep under nucleus and village breeding programs. Livest Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gizaw S, Van Arendonk JAM, Komen H, Windig JJ, Hanotte O. Population structure, genetic variation and morphological diversity in indigenous sheep of Ethiopia. Anim Genet 2007; 38:621-8. [PMID: 18028516 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01659.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We investigated genetic and morphological diversity and population structure of 14 traditional sheep populations originating from four ecological zones in Ethiopia (sub-alpine, wet highland, sub-humid lowland and arid lowland). All animals (n = 672) were genotyped for 17 microsatellite markers and scored for 12 morphological characters. The sheep were initially classified as fat-tailed (11 populations), thin-tailed (one population) and fat-rumped sheep (two populations). These classifications are thought to correspond to three consecutive introduction events of sheep from the Near-East into East Africa. For the 14 populations, allelic richness ranged from 5.87 to 7.51 and expected heterozygosity (H(E)) from 0.66 to 0.75. Genetic differentiations (F(ST) values) between all pairs of populations, except between sub-alpine populations, were significantly different from zero (P < 0.001). Cluster analysis of morphological characters and a dendrogram constructed from genetic distances were broadly consistent with the classification into fat-tailed, thin-tailed and fat-rumped sheep. Bayesian cluster analysis using microsatellite markers indicated that there has been further genetic differentiation after the initial introduction of sheep into Ethiopia. Investigation of factors associated with genetic variation showed that an isolation-by-distance model, independently of other factors, explained most of the observed genetic variation. We also obtained a strong indication of adaptive divergence in morphological characters, patterns of morphological variation being highly associated with ecology even when the effect of neutral genetic divergence (F(ST)) was parcelled out in partial Mantel tests. Using a combination of F(ST) values, Bayesian clustering analysis and morphological divergence, we propose a classification of Ethiopian sheep into six breed groups and nine breeds.
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- S Gizaw
- Debre Birhan Agricultural Research Center, PO Box 112, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
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Rutten MJM, Komen H, Deerenberg RM, Siwek M, Bovenhuis H. Genetic characterization of four strains of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) using microsatellite markers. Anim Genet 2004; 35:93-7. [PMID: 15025567 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2004.01090.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Four domesticated strains of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) were genetically characterized using 14 microsatellite markers and 64 animals per strain. Two strains, Chitralada (AIT) and International Development Research Centers (IDRC) were obtained from the AIT institute, Bangkok, Thailand. The GIFT strain (5th generation) came from NAGRI, Thailand, and the GOTT strain was supplied by the University of Göttingen, Germany. The average numbers of alleles per marker were 5.0 (GOTT), 5.4 (AIT), 5.6 (IDRC) and 7.5 (GIFT). Private alleles were found at all markers with the exception of two. No fixation of alleles was found at any marker. Population differentiation, FST, was 0.178 (great genetic differentiation) and confirmed grouping of the animals in strains. The expected level of heterozygosity ranged from 0.624 to 0.711, but the observed level of heterozygosity significantly deviated from the expected level in three strains. This was probably because of small population size. Moderate to great genetic differentiation was found between strains. A phylogenetic tree reflected the strains known histories. Application of the Weitzman approach showed that all strains have added value for the total genetic diversity and thus should be retained.
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- M J M Rutten
- Fish Culture and Fisheries Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Smeets JM, Rankouhi TR, Nichols KM, Komen H, Kaminski NE, Giesy JP, van den Berg M. In vitro vitellogenin production by carp (Cyprinus carpio) hepatocytes as a screening method for determining (anti)estrogenic activity of xenobiotics. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1999; 157:68-76. [PMID: 10329509 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The yolk protein precursor vitellogenin (Vtg) is secreted by the liver of female as well as male fish, in response to estrogenic compounds. In this study, an in vitro assay was developed for measuring Vtg induction, using cultured primary hepatocytes from genetically uniform strains of carp (Cyprinus carpio). Vtg production was measured by indirect competitive ELISA, using a polyclonal antiserum against goldfish Vtg that cross-reacts with carp Vtg. Vtg was dose-dependently induced by 17beta-estradiol (E2) in hepatocytes of both sexes. E2 had a lowest observed effect concentration (LOEC) for Vtg induction of 2 nM, an EC50 between 50 and 150 nM, and a maximum response at 2 microM. The plasticizer and xenoestrogen bisphenol-A induced Vtg secretion by hepatocytes of both sexes at 50 and 100 microM. This carp hepatocyte (CARP-HEP) assay can also be used to detect antiestrogenic activity, which was measured as the reduction of E2-stimulated Vtg synthesis. Two well-known antiestrogenic compounds, tamoxifen and 2,3,7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), were tested. TCDD caused a reduction in Vtg synthesis in female hepatocytes at concentrations <0.1 nM, making it approximately 10,000-fold more potent than tamoxifen. Carp hepatocytes were also sensitive to induction of cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A) activity, measured as ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD). Depending on the exposure time, 18 or 96 h, EROD EC50 values for TCDD were 27 or 6 pM, respectively. The CARP-HEP assay, using the 96-well plate format, offers good possibilities to screen large numbers of compounds for (anti)estrogenic properties. In addition, it can simultaneously determine aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist properties, measured as CYP1A induction.
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- J M Smeets
- Research Institute of Toxicology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL-3508 TD, The Netherlands
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Timmermans LP, Chmilevsky DA, Komen H, Schipper H. Precocious onset of spermatogenesis in juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio L., Teleostei) following treatment with low doses of L-thyroxine. Eur J Morphol 1997; 35:344-53. [PMID: 9455661 DOI: 10.1076/ejom.35.5.344.13085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Two strains of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.), a heterogenic and an all male isogeneic, were used as experimental models to assess the effects of low doses of L-thyroxine (T4) on testicular development in juvenile fish. In four experiments (two with each strain) precocious onset of spermatogenesis was induced following exposure to 15 micrograms T4 l-1, but not to 8 micrograms or 30 micrograms T4 l-1. No significant increase in body weight and testis diameter (week 16 excepted) or numbers of primary spermatogonia was observed. Total T4, measured in the isogeneic strain, increased significantly in the serum of experimental specimens within two weeks after the onset of exposure, evidencing a readily absorption of the exogeneous T4. The contents of free T4 and total triiodothyronine (T3) in the serum were measured too, showing different levels in the two experiments, as also was observed with total T4. The content of free T3, which is formed in the cells of peripheral tissues by deiodination of T4 and which supposedly exerted the observed effect on spermatogenesis, could not be determined by the used standard Amerlite assays. It is hypothesized that T3 enhances in males the activity of gonadotropic hormones, which in turn will stimulate steroid production, similar to findings in females.
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- L P Timmermans
- Department of Experimental Animal Morphology and Cell Biology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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