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Buoyancy exchange between the deep and the upper ocean, which is essential for maintaining global ocean circulation, mainly occurs through turbulent mixing. This mixing is thought to result primarily from instability of the oceanic internal wave field, but internal waves tend to radiate energy away from the regions in which they are generated rather than dissipate it locally as turbulence and the resulting distribution of turbulent mixing remains unknown. Another, more direct, mixing mechanism involves the generation of turbulence as strong flows pass through narrow passages in topography, but the amount of turbulence generated at such locations remains poorly quantified owing to a lack of direct measurements. Here we present observations from the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean that suggest that passages in rift valleys and ridge-flank canyons provide the most energetic sites for oceanic turbulence. Our measurements show that diffusivities as large as 0.03 m2 s(-1) characterize the mixing downstream of a sill in a well-stratified boundary layer, with mixing levels remaining of the order of 10(-4) m2 s(-1) at the base of the main thermocline. These mixing rates are significantly higher than the diffusivities of the order of 10(-5) m2 s(-1) that characterize much of the global thermocline and the abyssal ocean. Our estimates suggest that overflows associated with narrow passages on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the North Atlantic Ocean produce as much buoyancy flux as has previously been estimated for the entire Romanche fracture zone, a large strait in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that connects the North and South Atlantic basins. This flux is equivalent to the interior mixing that occurs in the entire North Atlantic basin at the depth of the passages, suggesting that turbulence generated in narrow passages on mid-ocean ridges may be important for buoyancy flux at the global scale. 相似文献
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Zimmermann K Leffler A Babes A Cendan CM Carr RW Kobayashi J Nau C Wood JN Reeh PW 《Nature》2007,447(7146):855-858
Sensory acuity and motor dexterity deteriorate when human limbs cool down, but pain perception persists and cold-induced pain can become excruciating. Evolutionary pressure to enforce protective behaviour requires that damage-sensing neurons (nociceptors) continue to function at low temperatures. Here we show that this goal is achieved by endowing superficial endings of slowly conducting nociceptive fibres with the tetrodotoxin-resistant voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC) Na(v)1.8 (ref. 2). This channel is essential for sustained excitability of nociceptors when the skin is cooled. We show that cooling excitable membranes progressively enhances the voltage-dependent slow inactivation of tetrodotoxin-sensitive VGSCs. In contrast, the inactivation properties of Na(v)1.8 are entirely cold-resistant. Moreover, low temperatures decrease the activation threshold of the sodium currents and increase the membrane resistance, augmenting the voltage change caused by any membrane current. Thus, in the cold, Na(v)1.8 remains available as the sole electrical impulse generator in nociceptors that transmits nociceptive information to the central nervous system. Consistent with this concept is the observation that Na(v)1.8-null mutant mice show negligible responses to noxious cold and mechanical stimulation at low temperatures. Our data present strong evidence for a specialized role of Na(v)1.8 in nociceptors as the critical molecule for the perception of cold pain and pain in the cold. 相似文献
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Christian Feißt Carlo Pergola Marija Rakonjac Antonietta Rossi Andreas Koeberle Gabriele Dodt Marika Hoffmann Christina Hoernig Lutz Fischer Dieter Steinhilber Lutz Franke Gisbert Schneider Olof Rådmark Lidia Sautebin Oliver Werz 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2009,66(16):2759-2771
We previously showed that, in vitro, hyperforin from St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) inhibits 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO), the key enzyme in leukotriene biosynthesis. Here, we demonstrate that hyperforin possesses
a novel and unique molecular pharmacological profile as a 5-LO inhibitor with remarkable efficacy in vivo. Hyperforin (4 mg/kg, i.p.) significantly suppressed leukotriene B4 formation in pleural exudates of carrageenan-treated rats associated with potent anti-inflammatory effectiveness. Inhibition
of 5-LO by hyperforin, but not by the iron-ligand type 5-LO inhibitor BWA4C or the nonredox-type inhibitor ZM230487, was abolished
in the presence of phosphatidylcholine and strongly reduced by mutation (W13A-W75A-W102A) of the 5-LO C2-like domain. Moreover,
hyperforin impaired the interaction of 5-LO with coactosin-like protein and abrogated 5-LO nuclear membrane translocation
in ionomycin-stimulated neutrophils, processes that are typically mediated via the regulatory 5-LO C2-like domain. Together,
hyperforin is a novel type of 5-LO inhibitor apparently acting by interference with the C2-like domain, with high effectiveness
in vivo. 相似文献
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Enciso-Mora V Broderick P Ma Y Jarrett RF Hjalgrim H Hemminki K van den Berg A Olver B Lloyd A Dobbins SE Lightfoot T van Leeuwen FE Försti A Diepstra A Broeks A Vijayakrishnan J Shield L Lake A Montgomery D Roman E Engert A von Strandmann EP Reiners KS Nolte IM Smedby KE Adami HO Russell NS Glimelius B Hamilton-Dutoit S de Bruin M Ryder LP Molin D Sorensen KM Chang ET Taylor M Cooke R Hofstra R Westers H van Wezel T van Eijk R Ashworth A Rostgaard K Melbye M Swerdlow AJ Houlston RS 《Nature genetics》2010,42(12):1126-1130
To identify susceptibility loci for classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (cHL), we conducted a genome-wide association study of 589 individuals with cHL (cases) and 5,199 controls with validation in four independent samples totaling 2,057 cases and 3,416 controls. We identified three new susceptibility loci at 2p16.1 (rs1432295, REL, odds ratio (OR) = 1.22, combined P = 1.91 × 10(-8)), 8q24.21 (rs2019960, PVT1, OR = 1.33, combined P = 1.26 × 10(-13)) and 10p14 (rs501764, GATA3, OR = 1.25, combined P = 7.05 × 10(-8)). Furthermore, we confirmed the role of the major histocompatibility complex in disease etiology by revealing a strong human leukocyte antigen (HLA) association (rs6903608, OR = 1.70, combined P = 2.84 × 10(-50)). These data provide new insight into the pathogenesis of cHL. 相似文献
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Parma P Radi O Vidal V Chaboissier MC Dellambra E Valentini S Guerra L Schedl A Camerino G 《Nature genetics》2006,38(11):1304-1309
R-spondins are a recently characterized small family of growth factors. Here we show that human R-spondin1 (RSPO1) is the gene disrupted in a recessive syndrome characterized by XX sex reversal, palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and predisposition to squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Our data show, for the first time, that disruption of a single gene can lead to complete female-to-male sex reversal in the absence of the testis-determining gene, SRY. 相似文献
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Richards A van den Maagdenberg AM Jen JC Kavanagh D Bertram P Spitzer D Liszewski MK Barilla-Labarca ML Terwindt GM Kasai Y McLellan M Grand MG Vanmolkot KR de Vries B Wan J Kane MJ Mamsa H Schäfer R Stam AH Haan J de Jong PT Storimans CW van Schooneveld MJ Oosterhuis JA Gschwendter A Dichgans M Kotschet KE Hodgkinson S Hardy TA Delatycki MB Hajj-Ali RA Kothari PH Nelson SF Frants RR Baloh RW Ferrari MD Atkinson JP 《Nature genetics》2007,39(9):1068-1070
Autosomal dominant retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy is a microvascular endotheliopathy with middle-age onset. In nine families, we identified heterozygous C-terminal frameshift mutations in TREX1, which encodes a 3'-5' exonuclease. These truncated proteins retain exonuclease activity but lose normal perinuclear localization. These data have implications for the maintenance of vascular integrity in the degenerative cerebral microangiopathies leading to stroke and dementias. 相似文献
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Jin Y Birlea SA Fain PR Ferrara TM Ben S Riccardi SL Cole JB Gowan K Holland PJ Bennett DC Luiten RM Wolkerstorfer A van der Veen JP Hartmann A Eichner S Schuler G van Geel N Lambert J Kemp EH Gawkrodger DJ Weetman AP Taïeb A Jouary T Ezzedine K Wallace MR McCormack WT Picardo M Leone G Overbeck A Silverberg NB Spritz RA 《Nature genetics》2012,44(6):676-680
We previously reported a genome-wide association study (GWAS) identifying 14 susceptibility loci for generalized vitiligo. We report here a second GWAS (450 individuals with vitiligo (cases) and 3,182 controls), an independent replication study (1,440 cases and 1,316 controls) and a meta-analysis (3,187 cases and 6,723 controls) identifying 13 additional vitiligo-associated loci. These include OCA2-HERC2 (combined P = 3.80 × 10(-8)), MC1R (P = 1.82 × 10(-13)), a region near TYR (P = 1.57 × 10(-13)), IFIH1 (P = 4.91 × 10(-15)), CD80 (P = 3.78 × 10(-10)), CLNK (P = 1.56 × 10(-8)), BACH2 (P = 2.53 × 10(-8)), SLA (P = 1.58 × 10(-8)), CASP7 (P = 3.56 × 10(-8)), CD44 (P = 1.78 × 10(-9)), IKZF4 (P = 2.75 × 10(-14)), SH2B3 (P = 3.54 × 10(-18)) and TOB2 (P = 6.81 × 10(-10)). Most vitiligo susceptibility loci encode immunoregulatory proteins or melanocyte components that likely mediate immune targeting and the relationships among vitiligo, melanoma, and eye, skin and hair coloration. 相似文献