During alpaca testis development and spermatogenesis,nerve growth factor(NGF) may be play an important *** main aim of this study is to determine the expression and localization of NGF in alpaca testis,and to discuss ...
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During alpaca testis development and spermatogenesis,nerve growth factor(NGF) may be play an important *** main aim of this study is to determine the expression and localization of NGF in alpaca testis,and to discuss the important role of NGF in alpaca reproductive *** staining technique and real time PCR were *** expression of NGF in the same cells in 1-month alpacas (newborn alpacas) and 12-month alpacas,24-month alpacas showed significant differences(P<0.05);12- and 24-months alpaca showed no significant differences(P>0.05);NGF at different cell stages showed no significant differences(P>0.05).It suggests that NGF may be involved in the regulation of spermatogenesis, which provides direct evidence for NGF action in the alpaca testis during postnatal development and spermatogenesis.
It has been in circulation from old time that birds are most visually dependent in all the vertebrates and they have prominent visual ***,some of visual abilities such as acute discrimination,color vision,motor vision...
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It has been in circulation from old time that birds are most visually dependent in all the vertebrates and they have prominent visual ***,some of visual abilities such as acute discrimination,color vision,motor vision,motor vision,and visual memory are comparable,or in some aspects,even superior,to those of mammals including humans[Hodos et al.,1985,Emmerton and Delius, 1980].Karten and his colleagues have vigorously and extensively done many variable works concerning avian visual ***,morphological analysis of the visual pathway to the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus(vLGN) has *** information from the retina is transmitted to the forebrain via two parallel pathways,the tectofugal and thalamofugal pathways in *** avian tectum is consisted of many cellular and fibrous laminas and the subclasses of RGCs project to the tectum with tectal lamina specificity(Yamagata and Sanes,1995a,b).Avian visual pathway to the vLGN composes a part of the tectofugal pathway and it is involved into color vision,papillary reflex,and kineoptic functions (Pateromiechelakis,1979,Maturana and Varela,1982,Gamlin et al.,1984,Gioanni et al.,1991).
To reveal their morphological characteristics,the tibias of four ostriches(one-year-old) were examined in three aspects:bone mineral density(BMD),ultrastructure and *** results indicate that the ostrich tibia has some...
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To reveal their morphological characteristics,the tibias of four ostriches(one-year-old) were examined in three aspects:bone mineral density(BMD),ultrastructure and *** results indicate that the ostrich tibia has some dramatic *** ostrich fibula shows degeneration and gradual concrescence with the *** addition,the ostrich ankle,the distal end of tibia,cannot *** BMD of the ostrich tibia was also found to be very high,about 4-8-fold greater than human and scanning electron microscopy indicated a firm,strong and non-honeycomb-shaped *** further observed three characteristics of the microstructure:(1) the layers of cortical bone are very clear;(2) the layers of the outer circumferential lamella and inner circumferential lamella are much thicker than those in other animals;and(3) there is a special"transition zone"between the outer circumferential lamella and osteon *** analysis has also revealed that the decalcification of ostrich bone requires more time than other species reported to date.
Nitric oxide(NO) and a-melanocyte stimulating hormone(a-MSH) have been correlated with the synthesis of *** NO-dependent signaling of cellular response to activate the hypothalamopituitary proopiomelanocortin syst...
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Nitric oxide(NO) and a-melanocyte stimulating hormone(a-MSH) have been correlated with the synthesis of *** NO-dependent signaling of cellular response to activate the hypothalamopituitary proopiomelanocortin system,thereby enhances the hypophysial secretion of a-MSH to stimulatea-MSH-receptor responsive *** this study we investigated whether an NO-induced pathway can enhance the ability of the melanocyte to respond to a-MSH on melanogenesis in alpaca skin melanocytes in *** is important for us to know how to enhance the coat color of *** set up three groups for experiments using the third passage number of alpaca melanocytes:the control cultures were allowed a total of 5 days growth;the UV group cultures like the control group but the melanocytes were then irradiated everyday(once) with 312 mJ/cm of UVB;the UV+L-NAME group is the same as group UV but has the addition of 300μM L-NAME(every 6 hours).To determine the inhibited effect of NO produce,NO produces were *** determine the effect of the NO to the key protein and gene of a-MSH pathway on melanogenesis,the key gene and protein of the a-MSH pathway were measured by quantitative real-time PCR and western *** results provide exciting new evidence that NO can enhance a-MSH pathway in alpaca skin melanocytes by elevated *** we suggest that the NO pathway may more rapidly cause the synthesis of melanin in alpaca skin under UV,which at that time elevates the expression of MC1R and stimulates the keratinocytes to secrete a-MSH to enhance the a-MSH pathway on melanogenesis. This process will be of considerable interest in future studies.
Evidence has revealed that neuromedin S(NMS) and neuromedin U receptor type-2(NMU2R) mRNAs are expressed in the central nervous system and reproductive *** data indicated that variation of NMS and NMU2R was due to the...
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Evidence has revealed that neuromedin S(NMS) and neuromedin U receptor type-2(NMU2R) mRNAs are expressed in the central nervous system and reproductive *** data indicated that variation of NMS and NMU2R was due to the phases of the adult rat hypothalamus estrus ***, the expression and function of NMS in the pig reproductive axis remains *** this study,16 virginal gilts were classified into four groups:proestrus,estrus,diestrus 1,and diestrus 2;the expression of NMS and NMU2R in the cyclic pig hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary axis was studied by reverse transcriptaion-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR),and the effect of NMS on the reproductive axis in vitro was detected by radioimmunoassay(RIA).The cloned pig NMS and NMU2R sequences were 82%and 90.2%identical to those of the corresponding human homologues,***-PCR showed that NMS and NMU2R mRNA expression in the hypothalamus and pituitary changed with the estrus cycle,i.e.,with the highest level in the proestrus group and the lowest in the estrus *** the ovary,NMS and NMU2R expression was highest in the diestrus 2 group and the lowest in the proestrus *** the in vitro study, different concentrations of NMS induced the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone,luteinizing hormone,and estradiol at different levels of the reproductive *** together,the expression pattern of NMS during the estrus cycle and its role in reproductive hormones in vitro provide novel evidences of the potential roles of NMS in the regulation of pig reproduction.
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