Intra-specific variation in the little-known Mediterranean plant Ptilostemon casabonae (L.) Greuter analysed through phytochemical and biomolecular markers

2019 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arianna Marengo ◽  
Andrea Maxia ◽  
Cinzia Sanna ◽  
Manuela Mandrone ◽  
Cinzia M. Bertea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Variation ◽  
Biomolecular Markers ◽  
Mediterranean Plant

Ethnicity-Specific Variation in the Germline Landscape of Renal Cell Carcinoma

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Abou Alaiwi ◽  
Amin Nassar ◽  
Elio Adib ◽  
Stefan Groha ◽  
Elie W. Akl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renal Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Cell Carcinoma ◽  
Renal Cell ◽  
Specific Variation

Intra-specific variation in pea responses to ammonium nutrition leads to different degrees of tolerance

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 233-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Cruz ◽  
María Dolores Domínguez-Valdivia ◽  
Pedro María Aparicio-Tejo ◽  
Carmen Lamsfus ◽  
Ana Bio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Specific Variation ◽  
Ammonium Nutrition

Intra-specific variation in movement and habitat connectivity of a mobile predator revealed by acoustic telemetry and network analyses

2021 ◽  
Vol 168 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Espinoza ◽  
Elodie J. I. Lédée ◽  
Amy F. Smoothey ◽  
Michelle R. Heupel ◽  
Victor M. Peddemors ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Telemetry ◽  
Habitat Connectivity ◽  
Network Analyses ◽  
Specific Variation

Cholecystokinin receptors

1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (5) ◽  
pp. G628-G646 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. A. Wank
Keyword(s):  
Function Analysis ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Receptor Expression ◽  
Receptor Subtypes ◽  
Cck Receptors ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Recombinant Receptor ◽  
Receptor Pharmacology ◽  
Specific Variation

The cholecystokinin (CCK) and gastrin families of peptides act as hormones and neuropeptides on central and peripheral CCK receptors to mediate secretion and motility in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in the physiological response to a normal meal. CCK and its receptors are also widely distributed in the central nervous system (CNS) and contribute to the regulation of satiety, anxiety, analgesia, and dopamine-mediated behavior. Although the wide distribution, myriad number of functions, and reported pharmacological heterogeneity of CCK receptors would suggest a large number of receptor subtypes, the application of modern molecular biological techniques has identified two CCK receptors, CCK-A receptor (CCK-AR) and CCK-B receptor (CCK-BR), that mediate the actions of CCK and gastrin; gastrin receptors have been found to be identical to CCK-BR. CCK-AR, found predominantly in the GI system and select areas of the CNS, have high affinity for CCK and the nonpeptide antagonist L-364,718, whereas CCK-BR, found predominantly in the CNS and select areas of the GI system, have high affinity for CCK and gastrin and the nonpeptide antagonist L-365,260. Both CCK-AR and CCK-BR are highly conserved between species, although there is some tissue-specific variation in expression. Recombinant receptor expression faithfully reproduces the native receptor pharmacology and signal transduction pathways, allowing direct comparisons of receptor function between species as well as serving as a convenient source of receptor. Our present knowledge of the chromosomal localization, receptor gene structure, and primary sequence will allow further studies in disease association, receptor regulation, and structure-function analysis.

scholarly journals Correction to: Ultraviolet absorbance of Sphagnum magellanicum, S. fallax and S. fuscum extracts with seasonal and species‑specific variation

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 597-598
Author(s):  
J. Tienaho ◽  
N. Silvan ◽  
R. Muilu-Mäkelä ◽  
P. Kilpeläinen ◽  
E. Poikulainen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ultraviolet Absorbance ◽  
Specific Variation ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Sphagnum Magellanicum

scholarly journals ADAPTATION AT SPECIFIC LOCI. IV. DIFFERENTIAL MATING SUCCESS AMONG GLYCOLYTIC ALLOZYME GENOTYPES OF COLIAS BUTTERFLIES

Genetics ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-175
Author(s):  
Ward B Watt ◽  
Patrick A Carter ◽  
Sally M Blower
Keyword(s):  
Mating Success ◽  
Initial Study ◽  
Heterozygote Advantage ◽  
Male Mating ◽  
Genotype Distribution ◽  
Male Mating Success ◽  
Evolutionary Forces ◽  
Fitness Index ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Specific Variation

ABSTRACT Male mating success as a function of genotype is an important fitness component. It can be studied in wild populations, in species for which a given group of progeny has exactly one father, by determining genotypes of wild-caught mothers and of sufficient numbers of their progeny. Here, we study male mating success as a function of allozyme genotype at two glycolytic loci in Colias butterflies, in which sperm precedence is complete, so that the most recent male to mate fathers all of a female's subsequent progeny.—For the phosphoglucose isomerase, PGI, polymorphism, we predict mating advantage and disadvantage of male genotypes based on evaluation of their biochemical functional differences in the context of thermal-physiological-ecological constraints on the insects' flight activity. As predicted, we find major, significant advantage in mating success for kinetically favored genotypes, compared to the genotype distribution of males active with the sampled females in the wild. These effects are repeatable among samples and on different semispecies' genetic backgrounds.—Initial study of the phosphoglucomutase, PGM, polymorphism in the same samples reveals heterozygote advantage in male-mating success, compared to males active with the females sampled. This contrasts with a lack of correspondence between PGI and PGM genotypes in other fitness index or component differences.—Epistatic interactions in mating success between the two loci are absent.—There is no evidence for segregation distortion associated with the alleles of either primary locus studied, nor is there significant assortative mating.—These results extend our understanding of the specific variation studied and suggest that even loci closely related in function may have distinctive experience of evolutionary forces. Implications of the specificity of the effects seen are briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Pregnancy-enhanced Ca2+ responses to ATP in uterine artery endothelial cells is due to greater capacitative Ca2+ entry rather than altered receptor coupling

2006 ◽  
Vol 190 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon M Gifford ◽  
Fu-Xian Yi ◽  
Ian M Bird
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Uterine Artery ◽  
Purinergic Receptor ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
P2y Receptors ◽  
Receptor Expression ◽  
Receptor Subtype ◽  
Initial Transient ◽  
Receptor Coupling ◽  
Specific Variation

Uterine artery endothelial cells (UAEC) derived from pregnant (P-UAEC) and nonpregnant (NP-UAEC) ewes retain pregnancy-specific differences in cell signaling as well as vasodilator production through passage 4. In particular, when P- and NP-UAEC are stimulated with ATP over a 2.5 min recording period, they exhibit similar initial transient peaks in the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), but the P-UAEC show a heightened sustained phase. In order to establish whether thiswas due to an altered subclass of purinergic receptor (P2), both the dose dependencyof [Ca2+]i responses to ADP and UTP and the profile of purinergic receptor expression are determined in NP- and P-UAEC. Our findings indicate that while several isoforms of P2X and P2Y receptors are present, it is P2Y2 that is responsible for the ATP-induced initial transient peak in both cell types. We also characterized several key components of the ATP-induced Ca2+ signaling cascade, including the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor and G-proteins, but could not confirm any pregnancy-specific variation in the protein expression that correlated with pregnancy-specific differences in prolonged Ca2+ signaling. We thus investigated whether such a difference may be inherent to the cell itself rather than specific to the purinergic receptor-signaling pathway. Using thapsigargin (Tg), we were able to demonstrate that the initial Tg-sensitive intracellular pool of Ca2+is nearly identical with the capacity in both cell types, but the P-UAEC is nonetheless capable of greater capacitative Ca2+ entry (CCE) than NP-UAEC. Furthermore, CCE induced by Tg could be dramatically inhibited by 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate, suggesting a role for store-operated channels in the ATP-induced [Ca2+]i response. We conclude that changes at the level of capacitative entry mechanisms rather than switching of receptor subtype or coupling to phospholipase C underlies pregnancy adaptation of UAEC at the level of Ca2+signaling.

TIME-SPECIFIC VARIATION IN PASSERINE NEST SURVIVAL: NEW INSIGHTS INTO OLD QUESTIONS

The Auk ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd A. Grant ◽  
Terry L. Shaffer ◽  
Elizabeth M. Madden ◽  
Pamela J. Pietz
Keyword(s):  
Nest Survival ◽  
Specific Variation ◽  
Time Specific
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