Exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals during gestation lowers energy expenditure and impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in adult mice

© 2016 the American Physiological Society. We have investigated the effects of in utero exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) on growth, metabolism, energy utilization, and skeletal muscle mitochondria in a mouse model of diet-induced obesity. Pregnant mice were treated with laboratory-generated, combustion derived particular matter (MCP230). The adult offspring were placed on a high-fat diet for 12 wk, after which we observed a 9.8% increase in their body weight. The increase in body size observed in the MCP230-exposed mice was not associated with increases in food intake but was associated with a reduction in physical activity and lower energy expenditure. The reduced energy expenditure in mice indirectly exposed to MCP230 was associated with reductions in skeletal muscle mitochondrial DNA copy number, lower mRNA levels of electron transport genes, and reduced citrate synthase activity. Upregulation of key genes involved in ameliorating oxidative stress was also observed in the muscle of MCP230-exposed mice. These findings suggest that gestational exposure to MCP230 leads to a reduction in energy expenditure at least in part through alterations to mitochondrial metabolism in the skeletal muscle

Tuberous sclerosis complex exhibits a new renal cystogenic mechanism

Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a tumor predisposition syndrome with significant renal cystic and solid tumor disease. While the most common renal tumor in TSC, the angiomyolipoma, exhibits a loss of heterozygosity associated with disease, we have discovered that the renal cystic epithelium is composed of type A intercalated cells that have an intact Tsc gene that have been induced to exhibit Tsc‐mutant disease phenotype. This mechanism appears to be different than that for ADPKD. The murine models described here closely resemble the human disease and both appear to be mTORC1 inhibitor responsive. The induction signaling driving cystogenesis may be mediated by extracellular vesicle trafficking.TSC renal cystic disease develops in about half of the patients. The disease appears to caused by an induction mechanism such that a small population of mutant cells can cause significant renal cystic disease comprised of mostly genetically normal cells.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/147796/1/phy213983.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/147796/2/phy213983_am.pd

Existing microsatellite primers for osmia rufa amplify homologous microsatellite DNA in an invasive leafcutting bee

Bu çalışma,03-07 Ocak 2011 tarihleri arasında Salt Lake City[Amerika Birleşik Devletleri]’de düzenlenen Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Integrative-and-Comparative-Biology’da bildiri olarak sunulmuştur.Soc Integrat & Comparat Bio

Dataset for Particulate Studies and Obesity

Code and Raw Data for Obesity Particulate Treatment study This repository contains raw data for studies done by the Bridges Lab and our collaborators on the metabolic effects of in utero exposure to particulates containing environmentally persistent free radicals on obese adult mice. This repository contains the data for the manuscripts detailed below. The tag column indicates the state of the dataset at the indicated time.: Publication Dataset Tag E. J. Stephenson, A. Ragauskas, S. Jaligama, J. R. Redd, J. Parvathareddy, M. J. Peloquin, J. Saravia, J. Han, S. A. Cormier, D. Bridges, Exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals during gestation lowers energy expenditure and impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in adult mice. (2016). American Journal of Physioogy - Endocrinology and Metabolism. doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00521.2015. ObesityParticulateTreatment-v1.0.0 Licence This ObesityParticulateTreatment data is made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License: http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0. Data Files Data files are located in the data directory The raw data in this analysis is located in data/raw and is the following files: Script Files Script files are saved in scripts folder and were analysed in this order Manuscript The manuscript files, including the manuscript, the figures, tables and supplementary data are in the manuscript directory

Kuzeydoğu ege lesvos (Yunanistan) adasında güneş çiçeği ve hayıt bitkisi alanlarında nektar varlığı ve arı ziyaretleri üzerine gözlemler

We examined numbers of honey bees (Apis) versus non-Apis bees at patches of yellow star-thistle, Centaurea solstitialis, and chasteberry, Vitex agnus-castus, on the Northeast Aegean Island of Lesvos in Greece. The resulting visitation patterns are associated with average nectar volumes measured from florets of each plant species. Honey bees visit V. agnus-castus more frequently when bees are sampled from adjoining floral displays of both species. In addition, the average size of bee pollinators (as measured by head capsule width) collected during this time was always larger from V. agnus-castus relative to C. solstitialis, and significantly so in the majority of cases. These patterns contrast with findings from previous studies in the western USA (California) where yellow star-thistle is not a native plant species but honey bees commonly visit it. Indeed, in North America, the abundant honey derived from yellow star-thistle is often considered a desirable product for marketing by beekeepers.İstilacı bitki türleri istila ettikleri çevrelere nektar gibi yeni besin kaynakları getirerek büyük etkiler yapmaktadır. Batı Amerika’da Kaliforniya’daki Santa Cruz adasında örneğin güneş çiçeği Centaurea solstitialis ada ekosisteminde balarılarını daha yüksek sayıda cezbetmekte ve kendisine çekmektedir, sonucunda ise bu türün fazla sayıda tohum üretmesine neden olmaktadır. Bu çalışmada benzer durum iki farklı türde güneş çiçeği ve hayıt bitkisinin ürettiği nektar miktarı ile tozlaştırıcıları kendilerine farklı sayılarda çekip çekmediği konusu araştırılmıştır

Exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals during gestation lowers energy expenditure and impairs skeletal muscle mitochondrial function in adult mice

We have investigated the effects of in utero exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) on growth, metabolism, energy utilization, and skeletal muscle mitochondria in a mouse model of diet-induced obesity. Pregnant mice were treated with laboratory-generated, combustion-derived particular matter (MCP230). The adult offspring were placed on a high-fat diet for 12 wk, after which we observed a 9.8% increase in their body weight. The increase in body size observed in the MCP230-exposed mice was not associated with increases in food intake but was associated with a reduction in physical activity and lower energy expenditure. The reduced energy expenditure in mice indirectly exposed to MCP230 was associated with reductions in skeletal muscle mitochondrial DNA copy number, lower mRNA levels of electron transport genes, and reduced citrate synthase activity. Upregulation of key genes involved in ameliorating oxidative stress was also observed in the muscle of MCP230-exposed mice. These findings suggest that gestational exposure to MCP230 leads to a reduction in energy expenditure at least in part through alterations to mitochondrial metabolism in the skeletal muscle

A trivalent protein-based pan-Betacoronavirus vaccine elicits cross-neutralizing antibodies against a panel of coronavirus pseudoviruses

Abstract The development of broad-spectrum coronavirus vaccines is essential to prepare for future respiratory virus pandemics. We demonstrated broad neutralization by a trivalent subunit vaccine, formulating the receptor-binding domains of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5 with Alum and CpG55.2. Vaccinated mice produced cross-neutralizing antibodies against all three human Betacoronaviruses and others currently exclusive to bats, indicating the epitope preservation of the individual antigens during co-formulation and the potential for epitope broadening