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Silva CNS, Young EF, Murphy NP, Bell JJ, Green BS, Morley SA, Duhamel G, Cockcroft AC, Strugnell JM. Climatic change drives dynamic source-sink relationships in marine species with high dispersal potential. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:2535-2550. [PMID: 33767820 PMCID: PMC7981208 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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While there is now strong evidence that many factors can shape dispersal, the mechanisms influencing connectivity patterns are species-specific and remain largely unknown for many species with a high dispersal potential. The rock lobsters Jasus tristani and Jasus paulensis have a long pelagic larval duration (up to 20 months) and inhabit seamounts and islands in the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans, respectively. We used a multidisciplinary approach to assess the genetic relationships between J. tristani and J. paulensis, investigate historic and contemporary gene flow, and inform fisheries management. Using 17,256 neutral single nucleotide polymorphisms we found low but significant genetic differentiation. We show that patterns of connectivity changed over time in accordance with climatic fluctuations. Historic migration estimates showed stronger connectivity from the Indian to the Atlantic Ocean (influenced by the Agulhas Leakage). In contrast, the individual-based model coupled with contemporary migration estimates inferred from genetic data showed stronger inter-ocean connectivity in the opposite direction from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean driven by the Subtropical Front. We suggest that the J. tristani and J. paulensis historical distribution might have extended further north (when water temperatures were lower) resulting in larval dispersal between the ocean basis being more influenced by the Agulhas Leakage than the Subtropical Front. As water temperatures in the region increase in accordance with anthropogenic climate change, a southern shift in the distribution range of J. tristani and J. paulensis could further reduce larval transport from the Indian to the Atlantic Ocean, adding complexity to fisheries management.
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- Catarina N. S. Silva
- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and AquacultureJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
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- School of Biological SciencesVictoria University of WellingtonWellingtonNew Zealand
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTASAustralia
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- Département Adaptations du VivantBOREAMNHNParisFrance
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesSouth African GovernmentCape TownSouth Africa
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and AquacultureJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
- Department of EcologyLa Trobe UniversityMelbourneVic.Australia
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Young EF, Tysklind N, Meredith MP, de Bruyn M, Belchier M, Murphy EJ, Carvalho GR. Stepping stones to isolation: Impacts of a changing climate on the connectivity of fragmented fish populations. Evol Appl 2018; 11:978-994. [PMID: 29928304 PMCID: PMC5999207 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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In the marine environment, understanding the biophysical mechanisms that drive variability in larval dispersal and population connectivity is essential for estimating the potential impacts of climate change on the resilience and genetic structure of populations. Species whose populations are small, isolated and discontinuous in distribution will differ fundamentally in their response and resilience to environmental stress, compared with species that are broadly distributed, abundant and frequently exchange conspecifics. Here, we use an individual-based modelling approach, combined with a population genetics projection model, to consider the impacts of a warming climate on the population connectivity of two contrasting Antarctic fish species, Notothenia rossii and Champsocephalus gunnari. Focussing on the Scotia Sea region, sea surface temperatures are predicted to increase significantly by the end of the 21st century, resulting in reduced planktonic duration and increased egg and larval mortality. With shorter planktonic durations, the results of our study predict reduced dispersal of both species across the Scotia Sea, from Antarctic Peninsula sites to islands in the north and east, and increased dispersal among neighbouring sites, such as around the Antarctic Peninsula. Increased mortality modified the magnitude of population connectivity but had little effect on the overall patterns. Whilst the predicted changes in connectivity had little impact on the projected regional population genetic structure of N. rossii, which remained broadly genetically homogeneous within distances of ~1,500 km, the genetic isolation of C. gunnari populations in the northern Scotia Sea was predicted to increase with rising sea temperatures. Our study highlights the potential for increased isolation of island populations in a warming world, with implications for the resilience of populations and their ability to adapt to ongoing environmental change, a matter of high relevance to fisheries and ecosystem-level management.
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- School of Biological SciencesBangor UniversityBangorGwyneddUK
- Present address:
INRAUMR8172 EcoFoGAgroParisTechCiradCNRSUniversité des AntillesUniversité de GuyaneKourouFrance
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- School of Life and Environmental SciencesThe University of SydneySydneyNSWAustralia
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Brigden KE, Marshall CT, Scott BE, Young EF, Brickle P. Interannual variability in reproductive traits of the Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. J Fish Biol 2017; 91:278-301. [PMID: 28691401 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 10/24/2016] [Revised: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Commercial fisheries data, collected as part of an observer programme and covering the period 1997-2014, were utilized in order to define key reproductive traits and spawning dynamics of the Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides at South Georgia. Multi-year spawning site fidelity of D. eleginoides was revealed through the identification of previously unknown spawning hotspots. Timing of female spawning was shown to have shifted later, leading to a shorter spawning duration. A decrease in length and mass of female and male spawning fish and a reduced number of large spawning fish was found, evidence of a change in size structure of spawning D. eleginoides. During the study period fewer later maturity stage females (including spawning stage) were observed in conjunction with increased proportions of early stage female D. eleginoides. The findings are discussed in the context of reproductive success, with consideration of the possible effects such spawning characteristics and behaviours may have on egg and larval survival. This work presents the first long-term assessment of D. eleginoides spawning dynamics at South Georgia and provides valuable knowledge for both the ecology of the species and for future fisheries management of this commercially important species.
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- K E Brigden
- South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, P. O. Box 609, Stanley Cottage, Stanley, FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands
- University of Aberdeen, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, Scotland, U.K
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- University of Aberdeen, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, Scotland, U.K
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- University of Aberdeen, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, Scotland, U.K
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- British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, U.K
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- South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, P. O. Box 609, Stanley Cottage, Stanley, FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands
- University of Aberdeen, Zoology Building, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, AB24 2TZ, Scotland, U.K
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Young EF, Perkowski E, Malik S, Hayden JD, Durham PG, Zhong L, Welch JT, Braunstein MS, Hickey AJ. Inhaled Pyrazinoic Acid Esters for the Treatment of Tuberculosis. Pharm Res 2016; 33:2495-505. [PMID: 27351427 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-016-1974-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Analog development of existing drugs and direct drug delivery to the lungs by inhalation as treatments for multiple and extensively drug resistant (MDR and XDR) tuberculosis (TB) represent new therapeutic strategies. Pyrazinamide (PZA) is critical to drug sensitive TB therapy and is included in regimens for MDR TB. However, PZA-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains threaten its use. Pyrazinoic acid esters (PAEs) are PZA analogs effective against Mtb in vitro, including against the most common PZA resistant strains. However, PAEs require testing for TB efficacy in animal models. METHODS PAEs were delivered daily as aqueous dispersions from a vibrating mesh nebulizer to Mtb infected guinea pigs for 4 weeks in a regimen including orally administered first-line TB drugs. RESULTS PAEs tested as a supplement to oral therapy significantly reduced the organ bacterial burden in comparison to infected, untreated control animals. Thus, PAE aerosol therapy is a potentially significant addition to the regimen for PZA resistant MDR-TB and XDR-TB treatment. Interestingly, low dose oral PZA treatment combined with standard therapy also reduced bacterial burden. This observation may be important for PZA susceptible disease treatment. CONCLUSION The present study justifies further evaluation of PZA analogs and their lung delivery to treat TB.
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- E F Young
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA
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- RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 12222, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, 12222, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA. .,School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 6211 Marsico Hall, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7290, USA.
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- RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, USA.
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Durham PG, Young EF, Braunstein MS, Welch JT, Hickey AJ. A dry powder combination of pyrazinoic acid and its n-propyl ester for aerosol administration to animals. Int J Pharm 2016; 514:384-391. [PMID: 27130363 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2016.04.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2016] [Accepted: 04/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Combining the advantage of higher efficacy due to local pulmonary administration of pyrazinoic acid (POA) and potent effect of pyrazinoic acid ester (PAE) delivered as an aerosol would aid in tuberculosis therapy. A combination spray dried dry powder, composed of POA, PAE (n-propyl POA), maltodextrin and leucine, was prepared for aerosol delivery to animals. Solid-state characteristics of morphology (scanning electron microscopy) crystallinity (X-ray powder diffraction), thermal properties (thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry) and moisture content (Karl Fisher) were evaluated. Particle size distributions, by volume (laser diffraction) for the dispersed powder and by mass (inertial impaction) were determined. Efficient delivery of the powder to a nose only animal exposure chamber employed a novel rotating brush/micro-fan apparatus. Spherical, crystalline particles were prepared. The volume median diameter, ∼1.5μm, was smaller than the mass median aerodynamic diameter, ∼3.0μm, indicating modest aggregation. Drug content variations were observed across the particle size distribution and may be explained by PAE evaporative losses. Delivery to the nose-only exposure chamber indicated that boluses could be administered at approximately 3min intervals to avoid aerosol accumulation and effect uniform dose delivery with successive doses suitable for future pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies.
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- P G Durham
- RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Albany-SUNY, Albany, NY, USA.
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- RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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Young EF, Belchier M, Hauser L, Horsburgh GJ, Meredith MP, Murphy EJ, Pascoal S, Rock J, Tysklind N, Carvalho GR. Oceanography and life history predict contrasting genetic population structure in two Antarctic fish species. Evol Appl 2015; 8:486-509. [PMID: 26029262 PMCID: PMC4430772 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Understanding the key drivers of population connectivity in the marine environment is essential for the effective management of natural resources. Although several different approaches to evaluating connectivity have been used, they are rarely integrated quantitatively. Here, we use a 'seascape genetics' approach, by combining oceanographic modelling and microsatellite analyses, to understand the dominant influences on the population genetic structure of two Antarctic fishes with contrasting life histories, Champsocephalus gunnari and Notothenia rossii. The close accord between the model projections and empirical genetic structure demonstrated that passive dispersal during the planktonic early life stages is the dominant influence on patterns and extent of genetic structuring in both species. The shorter planktonic phase of C. gunnari restricts direct transport of larvae between distant populations, leading to stronger regional differentiation. By contrast, geographic distance did not affect differentiation in N. rossii, whose longer larval period promotes long-distance dispersal. Interannual variability in oceanographic flows strongly influenced the projected genetic structure, suggesting that shifts in circulation patterns due to climate change are likely to impact future genetic connectivity and opportunities for local adaptation, resilience and recovery from perturbations. Further development of realistic climate models is required to fully assess such potential impacts.
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA
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- NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield Sheffield, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
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- NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield Sheffield, UK ; School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University Bangor, Gwynedd, UK ; Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Otago Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University Bangor, Gwynedd, UK ; Present address: Campus Agronomique BP 709-97387, Kourou Cedex, France
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- School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
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Young EF, Quinn DA, Davies RJ. Interrogation of the rat mammary gland using intraductal impedance spectroscopy. Physiol Meas 2010; 31:451-60. [PMID: 20177141 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/3/012] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Extant technologies for the detection of breast cancer exploit changes in the morphology of the mammary ductal epithelial network and can involve ionizing radiation. Intraductal surveillance of mammary epithelium has the potential to allow for earlier detection based on changes in function of the epithelium. This study investigated the feasibility of using intraductal impedance spectroscopy (IIS) to assess changes in resistance in the mammary epithelium in a small group of female rats in resting, pregnant and ultimately lactating states. In resting rats, intraductal surveillance was able to detect only a single resistive capacitance (RC). In pregnant animals, a second RC became evident in the frequency range between 1 and 190 Hz. The real resistance of this low frequency RC increased when measurements were made after the animals had begun lactating. Equivalent circuit modeling revealed this increase to be a 1.7-fold change from pregnancy to lactation. A model of tight junction closure in the context of ductal expansion is proposed. These results suggest that physiologic measurements can be made in rodent mammary epithelium using this technique allowing for assessment of function in normal and disease states.
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- E F Young
- Department of Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA.
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Stern SA, Weaver HA, Steffl AJ, Mutchler MJ, Merline WJ, Buie MW, Young EF, Young LA, Spencer JR. A giant impact origin for Pluto's small moons and satellite multiplicity in the Kuiper belt. Nature 2006; 439:946-8. [PMID: 16495992 DOI: 10.1038/nature04548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The two newly discovered satellites of Pluto (P1 and P2) have masses that are small compared to both Pluto and Charon-that is, between 5 x 10(-4) and 1 x 10(-5) of Pluto's mass, and between 5 x 10(-3) and 1 x 10(-4) of Charon's mass. This discovery, combined with the constraints on the absence of more distant satellites of Pluto, reveal that Pluto and its moons comprise an unusual, highly compact, quadruple system. These facts naturally raise the question of how this puzzling satellite system came to be. Here we show that P1 and P2's proximity to Pluto and Charon, the fact that P1 and P2 are on near-circular orbits in the same plane as Pluto's large satellite Charon, along with their apparent locations in or near high-order mean-motion resonances, all probably result from their being constructed from collisional ejecta that originated from the Pluto-Charon formation event. We also argue that dust-ice rings of variable optical depths form sporadically in the Pluto system, and that rich satellite systems may be found--perhaps frequently--around other large Kuiper belt objects.
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- S A Stern
- Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 400, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA.
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Weaver HA, Stern SA, Mutchler MJ, Steffl AJ, Buie MW, Merline WJ, Spencer JR, Young EF, Young LA. Discovery of two new satellites of Pluto. Nature 2006; 439:943-5. [PMID: 16495991 DOI: 10.1038/nature04547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2005] [Accepted: 12/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Pluto's first known satellite, Charon, was discovered in 1978. It has a diameter (approximately 1,200 km) about half that of Pluto, which makes it larger, relative to its primary, than any other moon in the Solar System. Previous searches for other satellites around Pluto have been unsuccessful, but they were not sensitive to objects less, similar150 km in diameter and there are no fundamental reasons why Pluto should not have more satellites. Here we report the discovery of two additional moons around Pluto, provisionally designated S/2005 P 1 (hereafter P1) and S/2005 P 2 (hereafter P2), which makes Pluto the first Kuiper belt object known to have multiple satellites. These new satellites are much smaller than Charon, with estimates of P1's diameter ranging from 60 km to 165 km, depending on the surface reflectivity; P2 is about 20 per cent smaller than P1. Although definitive orbits cannot be derived, both new satellites appear to be moving in circular orbits in the same orbital plane as Charon, with orbital periods of approximately 38 days (P1) and approximately 25 days (P2).
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- H A Weaver
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Department, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723-6099, USA.
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Thomas PC, Parker JW, McFadden LA, Russell CT, Stern SA, Sykes MV, Young EF. Differentiation of the asteroid Ceres as revealed by its shape. Nature 2005; 437:224-6. [PMID: 16148926 DOI: 10.1038/nature03938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2005] [Accepted: 06/10/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The accretion of bodies in the asteroid belt was halted nearly 4.6 billion years ago by the gravitational influence of the newly formed giant planet Jupiter. The asteroid belt therefore preserves a record of both this earliest epoch of Solar System formation and variation of conditions within the solar nebula. Spectral features in reflected sunlight indicate that some asteroids have experienced sufficient thermal evolution to differentiate into layered structures. The second most massive asteroid--4 Vesta--has differentiated to a crust, mantle and core. 1 Ceres, the largest and most massive asteroid, has in contrast been presumed to be homogeneous, in part because of its low density, low albedo and relatively featureless visible reflectance spectrum, similar to carbonaceous meteorites that have suffered minimal thermal processing. Here we show that Ceres has a shape and smoothness indicative of a gravitationally relaxed object. Its shape is significantly less flattened than that expected for a homogeneous object, but is consistent with a central mass concentration indicative of differentiation. Possible interior configurations include water-ice-rich mantles over a rocky core.
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- P C Thomas
- Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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Morton EJ, Evans PM, Ferraro M, Young EF, Swindell W. Development of video frame store and distortion correction facilities for an external-beam radiotherapy treatment simulator. Br J Radiol 1991; 64:747-50. [PMID: 1884125 DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-64-764-747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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- E J Morton
- Joint Department of Physics, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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A nucleoside triphosphatase (NTPase) activity appeared to be associated with a highly purified nuclear preparation from rat cardiac ventricles. Different nucleoside triphosphates (UTP greater than GTP greater than ITP greater than CTP) supported this enzymic activity, which was stimulated by Mg2+ but not by Ca2+. The nuclear NTPase activity could be down regulated by endogenous phosphorylation of a 55,000 Mr protein. Maximal phosphorylation of the 55,000 Mr protein occurred in the presence of Mg(2+)-ATP. Addition of cAMP, cGMP, Ca2+, Ca2+/phospholipid, Ca2+/calmodulin, and catalytic subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase was not associated with any further phosphorylation of the 55,000 Mr protein. However, in the presence of Ca2+/calmodulin or the catalytic subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase additional proteins became phosphorylated, but these had no effect on the Mg(2+)-NTPase activity. These results indicate that a protein with Mr 55,000 may be involved in the regulation the Mg(2+)-NTPase activity associated with rat cardiac nuclei.
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- R C Gupta
- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
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Davis BA, Edes I, Gupta RC, Young EF, Kim HW, Steenaart NA, Szymanska G, Kranias EG. The role of phospholamban in the regulation of calcium transport by cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. Mol Cell Biochem 1990; 99:83-8. [PMID: 1962847 DOI: 10.1007/bf00230337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 12/29/2022]
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The calcium transport mechanism of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) is (SR) is regulated by a phosphoregulatory mechanism involving the phosphorylation-dephosphorylation of an integral membrane component, termed phospholamban. Phospholamban, a 27,000 Da proteolipid, contains phosphorylation sites for three independent protein kinases: 1) cAMP-dependent, 2) Ca2(+)-calmodulin-dependent, and 3) Ca2(+)-phospholipid-dependent. Phosphorylation of phospholamban by any one of these kinases is associated with stimulation of the calcium transport rates in isolated SR vesicles. Dephosphorylation of phosphorylated phospholamban results in the reversal of the stimulatory effects produced by the protein kinases. Studies conducted on perfused hearts have shown that during exposure to beta-adrenergic agents, a good correlation exists between the in situ phosphorylation of phospholamban and the relaxation of the left ventricle. Phosphorylation of phospholamban in situ is associated with stimulation of calcium transport rates by cardiac SR, similar to in vitro findings. Removal of beta-adrenergic agents results in the reversal of the inotropic response and this is associated with dephosphorylation of phospholamban. These findings indicate that a phospho-regulatory mechanism involving phospholamban may provide at least one of the controls for regulation of the contractile properties of the myocardium.
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- B A Davis
- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Ohio 45267-0575
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Young EF, McKee MJ, Ferguson DG, Kranias EG. Structural characterization of phospholamban in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes by cross-linking. Membr Biochem 1989; 8:95-106. [PMID: 2634236 DOI: 10.3109/09687688909082263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The native form of phospholamban in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes was investigated using photosensitive heterobifunctional cross-linkers, both cleavable and noncleavable, and common protein modifiers. The photosensitive heterobifunctional cleavable cross-linker ethyl 4-azidophenyl-1, 4-dithiobutyrimidate was used in native SR vesicles and it cross-linked phospholamban into an apparent phospholamban-phospholamban dimer and into an approximately 110,000-Da species. The phospholamban dimer migrated at approximately 12,000 Da on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels, and upon cleavage of the cross-linker before electrophoresis the dimer disappeared. The approximately 110,000-Da cross-linked species was not affected by boiling in sodium dodecyl sulfate prior to electrophoresis. This cross-linked form of phospholamban migrated approximately 5500 Da above the Ca2(+)-ATPase, which was visualized using fluorescein 5'-isothiocynate, a fluorescent marker that binds specifically to the Ca2(+)-ATPase. p-Azidophenacyl bromide, iodoacetic acid, and N-ethylmaleimide, all of which react with sulfhydryl groups, were also employed to further characterize phospholamban in native sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes. Cross-linking with p-azidophenacyl bromide resulted in only monomeric and dimeric forms of phospholamban as observed on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. Iodoacetic acid and N-ethylmalemide were found to be effective in disrupting the pentameric form of phospholamban only when reacted with sodium dodecyl sulfate solubilized sarcoplasmic reticulum. In view of these findings, the amino acid sequence of phospholamban was examined for possible protein-protein interaction sites. Analysis by hydropathic profiling and secondary structure prediction suggests that the region of amino acids 1-14 may form an amphipathic alpha helix and the hydrophobic surface on one of its sites could interact with the reciprocal hydrophobic surface of another protein, such as the Ca2(+)-ATPase.
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- E F Young
- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267-0575
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Phospholamban, the putative regulator of the Ca2+-ATPase in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, was immunolocalized in canine visceral and vascular smooth muscle. Gently disrupted tissues were labeled with an affinity-purified phospholamban polyclonal antibody and indirect immunogold, using preembedding techniques. The sarcoplasmic reticulum of smooth muscle cells was specifically labeled with patches of immunogold distributed in a nonuniform fashion, while the sarcolemma did not appear to contain any phospholamban. The outer nuclear envelopes were also observed to be heavily labeled with the affinity-purified phospholamban polyclonal antibody. These findings suggest that phospholamban may play a role in the regulation of cytoplasmic and intranuclear calcium levels in smooth muscle cells.
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- D G Ferguson
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Ohio 45267-0576
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Young EF, Ralston E, Blake J, Ramachandran J, Hall ZW, Stroud RM. Topological mapping of acetylcholine receptor: evidence for a model with five transmembrane segments and a cytoplasmic COOH-terminal peptide. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1985; 82:626-30. [PMID: 3881770 PMCID: PMC397094 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.2.626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Antibodies were raised against two synthetic peptides whose sequences correspond respectively to the COOH-terminal end (residues 501-516) of the protein encoded by the gene for the delta chain and to a proposed cytoplasmic region (residues 350-358) of the beta chain of the acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica. Binding of the COOH-terminal antibody to the acetylcholine receptor in intact, receptor-rich vesicles was tested by radioimmunoassay and by precipitation with immobilized protein A. In both cases, binding was detected only after treatment of the vesicles with detergent, suggesting that the segment of the receptor that is recognized by this antibody is on the cytoplasmic side of the membrane. Electron microscopy of tissue from Torpedo electric organ labeled with colloidal gold-conjugated second antibodies established that both anti-receptor antibodies bind to the cytoplasmic surface of the postsynaptic membrane. These experiments give ultrastructural evidence that the COOH-terminal segment of the delta chain as well as residues 350-358 of the beta chain are on the cytoplasmic surface. They strongly support a model in which each of the receptor subunits crosses the membrane five times in which one transmembrane segment of each chain contributes to the formation of a central ion channel.
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A commercially available Michelson interferometer has been adapted to meet the needs of our research. Transmission and reflection measurements of solid state materials can be made over the wavelength range of 25-1000 micro (400-10 cm(-1)). Provision has been made for the samples in each case to be studied from 4 degrees K to 700 degrees K with suitable cryostats and heated sample holders. These devices can easily be interchanged in the interferometer and also in a single beam far ir vacuum gratings pectrometer so that the measurements can be duplicated when necessary, using conventional spectroscopic techniques. The interferometer has the unique advantage of covering a broad frequency range without changing the operating conditions. A suitable choice of beam splitter thickness and ionic crystal powder filter combinations provides maximum efficiency in the area of interest. The region beyond 250 micro shows a rapid deterioration in signal to noise, and the relative merits of various cooled detectors and the Golay detector have been studied. Polarization measurements on solids have also been of interest, and various polarizers have been investigated. Applications of interferometry applied to a number of solid state problems are described. These include the dielectric dispersion in perovskites, compound semiconductors, internal molecular and lattice vibrations in inorganic materials and other related compounds. The relative advantages of single-sided vs double-sided interferograms in terms of accurate intensity measurements are compared. Examples of each are discussed.
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- C H Perry
- Spectroscopy Laboratory and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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