The purpose of this study was to compare the concentration of trace elements in the
plasma of sea turtles that inhabited the suburban (Okinawa Main Island, n=8) and the rural
coast (Yaeyama Island, n=57) in Okinawa, Japan. Particle induced X-ray emission allowed
detection of 20 trace and major elements. The wild sea turtles in the suburban coast in
Okinawa were found to have high concentrations of Pb, Si and Ti in the plasma when
compared to the rural area but there were no significant changes in the Al, As and Hg
concentrations. These results may help to suggest the status of some elements in a marine
environment. Further, monitoring the plasma trace and major element status in sea turtles
can be used as a bio-monitoring approach by which specific types of elements found here
could indicate effects that are related to human activities.
Increasing use of zebrafish in biomedical, toxicological and developmental studies requires explicit knowledge of cytochrome P450 (CYP), given the central role of CYP in oxidative biotransformation of xenobiotics and many regulatory molecules. A full complement of CYP genes in zebrafish and their transcript expression during early development have already been examined. Here we established a comprehensive picture of CYP gene expression in the adult zebrafish liver using a RNAseq technique. Transcriptional profiling of a full complement of CYP genes revealed that CYP2AD2, CYP3A65, CYP1A, CYP2P9 and CYP2Y3 are major CYP genes expressed in the adult zebrafish liver in both sexes. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis for selected CYP genes further supported our RNAseq data. There were significant sex differences in the transcript levels for CYP1A, CYP1B1, CYP1D1 and CYP2N13, with males having higher expression levels than those in females in all cases. A similar feature of gender-specific expression was observed for CYP2AD2 and CYP2P9, suggesting sex-specific regulation of constitutive expression of some CYP genes in the adult zebrafish liver. The present study revealed several "orphan" CYP genes as dominant isozymes at transcript levels in the adult zebrafish liver, implying crucial roles of these CYP genes in liver physiology and drug metabolism. The current results establish a foundation for studies with zebrafish in drug discovery and toxicology.
This study aimed to assess the usefulness of serum iron (Fe) concentration as a marker of
inflammation caused by the dehorning operation. Five young Holstein cows aged 205.0 ± 10.7
days and weighing 207.2 ± 24.1 kg underwent the dehorning operation. Blood samples were
withdrawn before dehorning (pre) and at time periods of t=0.5, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, and 48
hr. The serum amyloid A (SAA) concentration was significantly high at t=48 hr
(
P
<0.01). The serum Fe concentration significantly decreased,
reaching 90.0 ± 36.4
µ
g/d
l
at t=24 hr
(
P
<0.001). Therefore, serum Fe concentration showed significant and
negative correlation with SAA concentration (
r
2
=0.500,
P
<0.01). In conclusion, serum Fe concentration is a useful marker of
inflammation in young cows that have undergone the dehorning operation.
Fifty-four slaughtered horses were classified into groups having adipose tissue in the
crest of the neck with or without hemorrhage (AH and NH groups, respectively). Blood
biochemical tests (Alb, TP, T-bil, GOT, GPT, LDH, T-cho, and BUN) and an epidemiological
survey (age, gender, weight, origin, breed, BCS, CNS, and hoof disease) were performed.
T-bil tended to be high, while the other parameters were normal. Weight, BCS, and CNS were
higher in the AH group (P<0.05). GOT was lower in the AH group (P<0.05). It was
suspected that the horses in the AH group had lipomatosis. It was assumed that the adipose
tissue of the horses in the AH group contained damaged capillaries, and inflammation was
confirmed based on evidence of macrophages and lymphocytes.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and precision of portable blood glucose meters, such as i-STAT 1 and Precision Xceed, for use in calves. Whole blood and plasma samples
were obtained from eleven calves that received 2.5 or 5.0% dextrose-containing polyelectrolyte isotonic solutions. Measurements using the i-STAT 1 (r2=0.99,
P<0.0001) and Precision Xceed (r2=0.96, P<0.0001) were well correlated with those by the hexokinase method, which is the
gold standard. Although the accuracy of i-STAT 1 was equivalent to that of the hexokinase method, there was an autocorrelation in the residuals between the results from the Precision Xceed
and the hexokinase method. Thus, the i-STAT 1 can be used to measure the blood glucose concentration in cattle.
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