The effect of thyroid application and fasting on 7α-hydroxylation of dehydroepiandrosterone in rat liver in vitro

Zusammenfassung Nach einer peroralen Thyroxingabe an weibliche Ratten wurde die 7-Hydroxylierung von Dehydroepiandrosteron in vitro in den Leberhomogenaten der satten sowie der hungrigen Tiere vermindert. Durch eine 36 h Hungerperiode wurde die 7-Hydroxylierung von DHA bei Kontrollen und ebenso bei thyroxinbehandelten Ratten signifikant erhöht.     

三维空间高分辨率阵列测向研究

针对三维空间高分辨率阵列测向的研究,本文以电磁波传播理论为基础,首先建立了任意阵形的天线阵列对三维测向空间内多信源测向的数学模型。然后以该模型为基础,用阵列测向算法─—ＭＵＳＩＣ算法,对三维空间内分布的多目标实现了实时、高分辨率测向。最后,进行了计算机模拟,其模拟结果与理论结果达到了较好的吻合。     

TspanC8 tetraspanins differentially regulate the cleavage of ADAM10 substrates,Notch activation and ADAM10 membrane compartmentalization

The metalloprotease ADAM10 mediates the shedding of the ectodomain of various cell membrane proteins, including APP, the precursor of the amyloid peptide Aβ, and Notch receptors following ligand binding. ADAM10 associates with the members of an evolutionary conserved subgroup of tetraspanins, referred to as TspanC8, which regulate its exit from the endoplasmic reticulum. Here we show that 4 of these TspanC8 (Tspan5, Tspan14, Tspan15 and Tspan33) which positively regulate ADAM10 surface expression levels differentially impact ADAM10-dependent Notch activation and the cleavage of several ADAM10 substrates, including APP, N-cadherin and CD44. Sucrose gradient fractionation, single molecule tracking and quantitative mass-spectrometry analysis of the repertoire of molecules co-immunoprecipitated with Tspan5, Tspan15 and ADAM10 show that these two tetraspanins differentially regulate ADAM10 membrane compartmentalization. These data represent a unique example where several tetraspanins differentially regulate the function of a common partner protein through a distinct membrane compartmentalization.     

Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference

To identify genetic variants associated with head circumference in infancy, we performed a meta-analysis of seven genome-wide association studies (GWAS) (N = 10,768 individuals of European ancestry enrolled in pregnancy and/or birth cohorts) and followed up three lead signals in six replication studies (combined N = 19,089). rs7980687 on chromosome 12q24 (P = 8.1 × 10(-9)) and rs1042725 on chromosome 12q15 (P = 2.8 × 10(-10)) were robustly associated with head circumference in infancy. Although these loci have previously been associated with adult height, their effects on infant head circumference were largely independent of height (P = 3.8 × 10(-7) for rs7980687 and P = 1.3 × 10(-7) for rs1042725 after adjustment for infant height). A third signal, rs11655470 on chromosome 17q21, showed suggestive evidence of association with head circumference (P = 3.9 × 10(-6)). SNPs correlated to the 17q21 signal have shown genome-wide association with adult intracranial volume, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, indicating that a common genetic variant in this region might link early brain growth with neurological disease in later life.