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Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO2-enriched atmosphere 总被引:15,自引:0,他引:15
Oren R Ellsworth DS Johnsen KH Phillips N Ewers BE Maier C Schäfer KV McCarthy H Hendrey G McNulty SG Katul GG 《Nature》2001,411(6836):469-472
Northern mid-latitude forests are a large terrestrial carbon sink. Ignoring nutrient limitations, large increases in carbon sequestration from carbon dioxide (CO2) fertilization are expected in these forests. Yet, forests are usually relegated to sites of moderate to poor fertility, where tree growth is often limited by nutrient supply, in particular nitrogen. Here we present evidence that estimates of increases in carbon sequestration of forests, which is expected to partially compensate for increasing CO2 in the atmosphere, are unduly optimistic. In two forest experiments on maturing pines exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2, the CO2-induced biomass carbon increment without added nutrients was undetectable at a nutritionally poor site, and the stimulation at a nutritionally moderate site was transient, stabilizing at a marginal gain after three years. However, a large synergistic gain from higher CO2 and nutrients was detected with nutrients added. This gain was even larger at the poor site (threefold higher than the expected additive effect) than at the moderate site (twofold higher). Thus, fertility can restrain the response of wood carbon sequestration to increased atmospheric CO2. Assessment of future carbon sequestration should consider the limitations imposed by soil fertility, as well as interactions with nitrogen deposition. 相似文献
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Schlesinger Y Straussman R Keshet I Farkash S Hecht M Zimmerman J Eden E Yakhini Z Ben-Shushan E Reubinoff BE Bergman Y Simon I Cedar H 《Nature genetics》2007,39(2):232-236
Many genes associated with CpG islands undergo de novo methylation in cancer. Studies have suggested that the pattern of this modification may be partially determined by an instructive mechanism that recognizes specifically marked regions of the genome. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis, here we show that genes methylated in cancer cells are specifically packaged with nucleosomes containing histone H3 trimethylated on Lys27. This chromatin mark is established on these unmethylated CpG island genes early in development and then maintained in differentiated cell types by the presence of an EZH2-containing Polycomb complex. In cancer cells, as opposed to normal cells, the presence of this complex brings about the recruitment of DNA methyl transferases, leading to de novo methylation. These results suggest that tumor-specific targeting of de novo methylation is pre-programmed by an established epigenetic system that normally has a role in marking embryonic genes for repression. 相似文献
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Péterfy M Ben-Zeev O Mao HZ Weissglas-Volkov D Aouizerat BE Pullinger CR Frost PH Kane JP Malloy MJ Reue K Pajukanta P Doolittle MH 《Nature genetics》2007,39(12):1483-1487
Hypertriglyceridemia is a hallmark of many disorders, including metabolic syndrome, diabetes, atherosclerosis and obesity. A well-known cause is the deficiency of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), a key enzyme in plasma triglyceride hydrolysis. Mice carrying the combined lipase deficiency (cld) mutation show severe hypertriglyceridemia owing to a decrease in the activity of LPL and a related enzyme, hepatic lipase (HL), caused by impaired maturation of nascent LPL and hepatic lipase polypeptides in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Here we identify the gene containing the cld mutation as Tmem112 and rename it Lmf1 (Lipase maturation factor 1). Lmf1 encodes a transmembrane protein with an evolutionarily conserved domain of unknown function that localizes to the ER. A human subject homozygous for a deleterious mutation in LMF1 also shows combined lipase deficiency with concomitant hypertriglyceridemia and associated disorders. Thus, through its profound effect on lipase activity, LMF1 emerges as an important candidate gene in hypertriglyceridemia. 相似文献
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Stark A Lin MF Kheradpour P Pedersen JS Parts L Carlson JW Crosby MA Rasmussen MD Roy S Deoras AN Ruby JG Brennecke J;Harvard FlyBase curators;Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project Hodges E Hinrichs AS Caspi A Paten B Park SW Han MV Maeder ML Polansky BJ Robson BE Aerts S van Helden J Hassan B Gilbert DG Eastman DA Rice M Weir M Hahn MW Park Y Dewey CN Pachter L Kent WJ Haussler D Lai EC Bartel DP Hannon GJ Kaufman TC Eisen MB Clark AG Smith D Celniker SE Gelbart WM Kellis M 《Nature》2007,450(7167):219-232
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Lee X Goulden ML Hollinger DY Barr A Black TA Bohrer G Bracho R Drake B Goldstein A Gu L Katul G Kolb T Law BE Margolis H Meyers T Monson R Munger W Oren R Paw U KT Richardson AD Schmid HP Staebler R Wofsy S Zhao L 《Nature》2011,479(7373):384-387
Deforestation in mid- to high latitudes is hypothesized to have the potential to cool the Earth's surface by altering biophysical processes. In climate models of continental-scale land clearing, the cooling is triggered by increases in surface albedo and is reinforced by a land albedo-sea ice feedback. This feedback is crucial in the model predictions; without it other biophysical processes may overwhelm the albedo effect to generate warming instead. Ongoing land-use activities, such as land management for climate mitigation, are occurring at local scales (hectares) presumably too small to generate the feedback, and it is not known whether the intrinsic biophysical mechanism on its own can change the surface temperature in a consistent manner. Nor has the effect of deforestation on climate been demonstrated over large areas from direct observations. Here we show that surface air temperature is lower in open land than in nearby forested land. The effect is 0.85 ± 0.44 K (mean ± one standard deviation) northwards of 45° N and 0.21 ± 0.53 K southwards. Below 35° N there is weak evidence that deforestation leads to warming. Results are based on comparisons of temperature at forested eddy covariance towers in the USA and Canada and, as a proxy for small areas of cleared land, nearby surface weather stations. Night-time temperature changes unrelated to changes in surface albedo are an important contributor to the overall cooling effect. The observed latitudinal dependence is consistent with theoretical expectation of changes in energy loss from convection and radiation across latitudes in both the daytime and night-time phase of the diurnal cycle, the latter of which remains uncertain in climate models. 相似文献
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Two major functions of the Golgi apparatus (GA) are formation of complex glycans and sorting of proteins destined for various
subcellular compartments or secretion. To fulfill these tasks proper localization of the accessory proteins within the different
sub-compartments of the GA is crucial. Here we investigate structural determinants mediating transition of the two glycosyltransferases
β-1,4- galactosyltransferase 1 (gal-T1) and the α-1,3-fucosyltransferase 6 (fuc-T6) from the trans-Golgi cisterna to the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Upon treatment with the ionophore monensin both glycosyltransferases are found in TGN-derived swollen
vesicles, as determined by confocal fluorescence microscopy and density gradient fractionation. Both enzymes carry a signal
consisting of the amino acids E5P6 in gal-T1 and D2P3 in fuc-T6 necessary for the transition of these glycosyltransferases from the trans-Golgi cisterna to the TGN, but not for their steady state localization in the trans-Golgi cisterna.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Received 30 July 2008; received after revision 17 September 2008; accepted 29 September 2008 相似文献
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RK Koenekoop H Wang J Majewski X Wang I Lopez H Ren Y Chen Y Li GA Fishman M Genead J Schwartzentruber N Solanki EI Traboulsi J Cheng CV Logan M McKibbin BE Hayward DA Parry CA Johnson M Nageeb;Finding of Rare Disease Genes 《Nature genetics》2012,44(9):1035-1039
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a blinding retinal disease that presents within the first year after birth. Using exome sequencing, we identified mutations in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) synthase gene NMNAT1 encoding nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase 1 in eight families with LCA, including the family in which LCA was originally linked to the LCA9 locus. Notably, all individuals with NMNAT1 mutations also have macular colobomas, which are severe degenerative entities of the central retina (fovea) devoid of tissue and photoreceptors. Functional assays of the proteins encoded by the mutant alleles identified in our study showed that the mutations reduce the enzymatic activity of NMNAT1 in NAD biosynthesis and affect protein folding. Of note, recent characterization of the slow Wallerian degeneration (Wld(s)) mouse model, in which prolonged axonal survival after injury is observed, identified NMNAT1 as a neuroprotective protein when ectopically expressed. Our findings identify a new disease mechanism underlying LCA and provide the first link between endogenous NMNAT1 dysfunction and a human nervous system disorder. 相似文献
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Long-term in vivo imaging of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity in adult cortex 总被引:36,自引:0,他引:36
Do new synapses form in the adult cortex to support experience-dependent plasticity? To address this question, we repeatedly imaged individual pyramidal neurons in the mouse barrel cortex over periods of weeks. We found that, although dendritic structure is stable, some spines appear and disappear. Spine lifetimes vary greatly: stable spines, about 50% of the population, persist for at least a month, whereas the remainder are present for a few days or less. Serial-section electron microscopy of imaged dendritic segments revealed retrospectively that spine sprouting and retraction are associated with synapse formation and elimination. Experience-dependent plasticity of cortical receptive fields was accompanied by increased synapse turnover. Our measurements suggest that sensory experience drives the formation and elimination of synapses and that these changes might underlie adaptive remodelling of neural circuits. 相似文献
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