Similarities in the phenotypic expression of pericytes and bone cells.

Bovine brain microvessel pericytes, bone cells, and fibroblasts were grown in tissue culture in 3%, 21%, or 60% oxygen for 7 weeks. Alkaline phosphatase activity was highest in bone cells and pericytes grown in 3% oxygen, with the activity higher in the former than the latter. Alkaline phosphatase activity was very low in fibroblasts at every oxygen concentration. Osteocalcin concentration was higher in bone cells than in pericytes, was not detected in fibroblasts, and in bone cells and pericytes the concentration was highest in 21% oxygen. Other bovine brain microvessel pericytes were grown in 3% or 21% oxygen for 3 to 24 days in the presence or absence of bone morphogenetic protein 2 and in the presence or absence of parathyroid hormone. At Day 3 of culture, alkaline phosphatase activity was highest in 21% oxygen in the presence of bone morphogenetic protein 2. By Day 17 of culture, alkaline phosphatase activity was highest in 3% oxygen whether bone morphogenetic protein was present or not. Cyclic adenosine monophosphate production in pericytes in response to parathyroid hormone stimulation was very modest when compared with that of bone cells, and this response was not found to be significantly altered by bone morphogenetic protein 2, duration of culture, or the oxygen concentration during incubation. These findings show that the microvessel pericyte is capable of exhibiting several oxygen dependent, phenotypic characteristics ascribed to osteoblasts

Variabilidad genética mitocondrial: comparación de muestras de dos sitios arqueológicos del noroeste argentino/Mitochondrial genetic variability: comparison of two archaelogical sites samples from Northwestern Argentina

RESUMEN Pampa Grande (PG) y Los Amarillos (LA) son dos sitios arqueológicos del noroeste argentino (NOA), en los que el estudio de ADN antiguo ha permitido determinar el sexo de los individuos y analizar los linajes paternos y maternos presentes. PG (Salta) se ha adjudicado al Periodo Formativo y LA, ubicado en la Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy), habría tenido una masiva ocupación hacia el Período de Desarrollos Regionales. El objetivo de este trabajo es comparar ambos sitios en cuanto a su diversidad genética analizando los haplogrupos y haplotipos de ADN mitocondrial estudiados en dichas poblaciones. Se incluyeron en el análisis 19 individuos de PG y 18 de LA. Al analizar los linajes mitocondriales, se observa que los únicos haplogrupos compartidos entre ambas poblaciones son los haplogrupos A2 y D1, encontrados habitualmente en poblaciones amerindias. Por otro lado, no se detectó el haplogrupo B2 en LA, ni el C1 en PG. Los análisis de variación génica realizados a partir de la Región Hipervariable I indican una diferenciación genética significativa entre ambos sitios, siendo PG el más variable. Mecanismos microevolutivos asociados a la distancia geográfica y temporal parecen haber moldeado la diversidad intra e interpoblacional entre estos dos sitios prehispánicos del NOA. PALABRAS CLAVE ADN antiguo; diversidad mitocondrial; Pampa Grande; Los Amarillos ABSTRACT Pampa Grande (PG) and Los Amarillos (LA) are two archaeological sites in northwestern Argentina for which the sex of the individuals was determined and maternal and paternal lineages were analyzed by means of ancient DNA studies. PG (Salta province) is attributed to the Formative Period and LA (Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy) would have been massively occupied in the Regional Developments Period. The aim of this work is to compare both sites in terms of their genetic diversity by analyzing mitochondrial haplogroups and haplotypes studied in both populations. In the analysis, 19 individuals from PG and 18 from LA were included. Studying mitochondrial lineages, we observed the absence of haplogroups B2 in LA and C1 in PG; while only A2 and D1, usually found in Native American populations, were shared by the sites. All genetic variation analyses considering the Hypervariable Region I indicate a significant genetic differentiation between the sites, with PG having the highest variability. Micro-evolutionary mechanisms associated to geographical and temporal distances may have shaped the intra and interpopulation diversity of these two Pre-hispanic sites from northwestern Argentina. KEY WORDS ancient DNA; mitochondrial diversity; Pampa Grande; Los Amarillos    doi: 10.17139/raab.2014.0016.01.0

Variabilidad genética mitocondrial: comparación de muestras de dos sitios arqueológicos del noroeste argentino/Mitochondrial genetic variability: comparison of two archaelogical sites samples from Northwestern Argentina

RESUMEN Pampa Grande (PG) y Los Amarillos (LA) son dos sitios arqueológicos del noroeste argentino (NOA), en los que el estudio de ADN antiguo ha permitido determinar el sexo de los individuos y analizar los linajes paternos y maternos presentes. PG (Salta) se ha adjudicado al Periodo Formativo y LA, ubicado en la Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy), habría tenido una masiva ocupación hacia el Período de Desarrollos Regionales. El objetivo de este trabajo es comparar ambos sitios en cuanto a su diversidad genética analizando los haplogrupos y haplotipos de ADN mitocondrial estudiados en dichas poblaciones. Se incluyeron en el análisis 19 individuos de PG y 18 de LA. Al analizar los linajes mitocondriales, se observa que los únicos haplogrupos compartidos entre ambas poblaciones son los haplogrupos A2 y D1, encontrados habitualmente en poblaciones amerindias. Por otro lado, no se detectó el haplogrupo B2 en LA, ni el C1 en PG. Los análisis de variación génica realizados a partir de la Región Hipervariable I indican una diferenciación genética significativa entre ambos sitios, siendo PG el más variable. Mecanismos microevolutivos asociados a la distancia geográfica y temporal parecen haber moldeado la diversidad intra e interpoblacional entre estos dos sitios prehispánicos del NOA. PALABRAS CLAVE ADN antiguo; diversidad mitocondrial; Pampa Grande; Los Amarillos ABSTRACT Pampa Grande (PG) and Los Amarillos (LA) are two archaeological sites in northwestern Argentina for which the sex of the individuals was determined and maternal and paternal lineages were analyzed by means of ancient DNA studies. PG (Salta province) is attributed to the Formative Period and LA (Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy) would have been massively occupied in the Regional Developments Period. The aim of this work is to compare both sites in terms of their genetic diversity by analyzing mitochondrial haplogroups and haplotypes studied in both populations. In the analysis, 19 individuals from PG and 18 from LA were included. Studying mitochondrial lineages, we observed the absence of haplogroups B2 in LA and C1 in PG; while only A2 and D1, usually found in Native American populations, were shared by the sites. All genetic variation analyses considering the Hypervariable Region I indicate a significant genetic differentiation between the sites, with PG having the highest variability. Micro-evolutionary mechanisms associated to geographical and temporal distances may have shaped the intra and interpopulation diversity of these two Pre-hispanic sites from northwestern Argentina. KEY WORDS ancient DNA; mitochondrial diversity; Pampa Grande; Los Amarillos    doi: 10.17139/raab.2014.0016.01.0

Variabilidad genética mitocondrial: comparación de muestras de dos sitios arqueológicos del noroeste argentino/Mitochondrial genetic variability: comparison of two archaelogical sites samples from Northwestern Argentina

RESUMEN Pampa Grande (PG) y Los Amarillos (LA) son dos sitios arqueológicos del noroeste argentino (NOA), en los que el estudio de ADN antiguo ha permitido determinar el sexo de los individuos y analizar los linajes paternos y maternos presentes. PG (Salta) se ha adjudicado al Periodo Formativo y LA, ubicado en la Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy), habría tenido una masiva ocupación hacia el Período de Desarrollos Regionales. El objetivo de este trabajo es comparar ambos sitios en cuanto a su diversidad genética analizando los haplogrupos y haplotipos de ADN mitocondrial estudiados en dichas poblaciones. Se incluyeron en el análisis 19 individuos de PG y 18 de LA. Al analizar los linajes mitocondriales, se observa que los únicos haplogrupos compartidos entre ambas poblaciones son los haplogrupos A2 y D1, encontrados habitualmente en poblaciones amerindias. Por otro lado, no se detectó el haplogrupo B2 en LA, ni el C1 en PG. Los análisis de variación génica realizados a partir de la Región Hipervariable I indican una diferenciación genética significativa entre ambos sitios, siendo PG el más variable. Mecanismos microevolutivos asociados a la distancia geográfica y temporal parecen haber moldeado la diversidad intra e interpoblacional entre estos dos sitios prehispánicos del NOA. PALABRAS CLAVE ADN antiguo; diversidad mitocondrial; Pampa Grande; Los Amarillos ABSTRACT Pampa Grande (PG) and Los Amarillos (LA) are two archaeological sites in northwestern Argentina for which the sex of the individuals was determined and maternal and paternal lineages were analyzed by means of ancient DNA studies. PG (Salta province) is attributed to the Formative Period and LA (Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy) would have been massively occupied in the Regional Developments Period. The aim of this work is to compare both sites in terms of their genetic diversity by analyzing mitochondrial haplogroups and haplotypes studied in both populations. In the analysis, 19 individuals from PG and 18 from LA were included. Studying mitochondrial lineages, we observed the absence of haplogroups B2 in LA and C1 in PG; while only A2 and D1, usually found in Native American populations, were shared by the sites. All genetic variation analyses considering the Hypervariable Region I indicate a significant genetic differentiation between the sites, with PG having the highest variability. Micro-evolutionary mechanisms associated to geographical and temporal distances may have shaped the intra and interpopulation diversity of these two Pre-hispanic sites from northwestern Argentina. KEY WORDS ancient DNA; mitochondrial diversity; Pampa Grande; Los Amarillos    doi: 10.17139/raab.2014.0016.01.0

Mitochondrial genetic variability: comparison of two archaelogical sites samples from Northwestern Argentina

Pampa Grande (PG) y Los Amarillos (LA) son dos sitios arqueológicos del noroeste argentino (NOA), en los que el estudio de ADN antiguo ha permitido determinar el sexo de los individuos y analizar los linajes paternos y maternos presentes. PG (Salta) se ha adjudicado al Período Formativo y LA, ubicado en la Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy), habría tenido una masiva ocupación hacia el Período de Desarrollos Regionales. El objetivo de este trabajo es comparar ambos sitios en cuanto a su diversidad genética analizando los haplogrupos y haplotipos de ADN mitocondrial estudiados en dichas poblaciones. Se incluyeron en el análisis 19 individuos de PG y 18 de LA. Al analizar los linajes mitocondriales, se observa que los únicos haplogrupos compartidos entre ambas poblaciones son los haplogrupos A2 y D1, encontrados habitualmente en poblaciones amerindias. Por otro lado, no se detectó el haplogrupo B2 en LA, ni el C1 en PG. Los análisis de variación génica realizados a partir de la Región Hipervariable I indican una diferenciación genética significativa entre ambos sitios, siendo PG el más variable. Mecanismos microevolutivos asociados a la distancia geográfica y temporal parecen haber moldeado la diversidad intra e interpoblacional entre estos dos sitios prehispánicos del NOA.Pampa Grande (PG) and Los Amarillos (LA) are two archaeological sites in northwestern Argentina for which the sex of the individuals was determined and maternal and paternal lineages were analyzed by means of ancient DNA studies. PG (Salta province) is attributed to the Formative Period and LA (Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy) would have been massively occupied in the Regional Developments Period. The aim of this work is to compare both sites in terms of their genetic diversity by analyzing mitochondrial haplogroups and haplotypes studied in both populations. In the analysis, 19 individuals from PG and 18 from LA were included. Studying mitochondrial lineages, we observed the absence of haplogroups B2 in LA and C1 in PG; while only A2 and D1, usually found in Native American populations, were shared by the sites. All genetic variation analyses considering the Hypervariable Region I indicate a significant genetic differentiation between the sites, with PG having the highest variability. Micro-evolutionary mechanisms associated to geographical and temporal distances may have shaped the intra and interpopulation diversity of these two Pre-hispanic sites from northwestern Argentina.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse