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- Leger, Michelle M., et al.
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Organelles that illuminate the origins of Trichomonas hydrogenosomes and Giardia mitosomes
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Ingår i: NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2397-334X. ; 1:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Many anaerobic microbial parasites possess highly modified mitochondria known as mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs). The best-studied of these are the hydrogenosomes of Trichomonas vaginalis and Spironucleus salmonicida, which produce ATP anaerobically through substrate-level phosphorylation with concomitant hydrogen production; and the mitosomes of Giardia intestinalis, which are functionally reduced and lack any role in ATP production. Howewer, to understand the metabolic specializations that these MROs underwent in adaptation to parasitism, data from their free-living relatives are needed. Here, we present a large-scale comparative transcriptomic study of MROs across a major eukaryotic group, Metamonada, examining lineage-specific gain and loss of metabolic functions in the MROs of Trichomonas, Giardia, Spironucleus and their free-living relatives. Our analyses uncover a complex history of ATP production machinery in diplomonads such as Giardia, and their closest relative, Dysnectes; and a correlation between the glycine cleavage machinery and lifestyles. Our data further suggest the existence of a previously undescribed biochemical class of MRO that generates hydrogen but is incapable of ATP synthesis.
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- Onda, A., et al.
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Lumbar sympathectomy increases blood flow in a dog model of chronic cauda equina compression
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Ingår i: J Spinal Disord Tech. - 1536-0652. ; 17:6, s. 522-5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to assess changes in blood flow of the dog cauda equina after lumbar sympathectomy using an experimental chronic cauda compression model. METHODS: The cauda equina was compressed at 10 mm Hg with a plastic balloon in all animals (n = 12). One week later, bilateral lumbar sympathectomy was carried out in the LSX group (n = 7), and vessels of the cauda equina were thereafter observed for 90 minutes using a specially designed microscope supplied with a video camera. Five animals did not undergo sympathectomy and were used as controls. The volume of blood flow was calculated from two parameters: velocity (mm/s) and diameter (microm) of a vessel observed in each animal. RESULTS: The increment in vessel diameter in the LSX group was pronounced at 30 and 45 minutes after sympathectomy compared with the control group (P < 0.05). Blood flow in the LSX group was increased at 30 minutes depending on dilation of the vessel diameter compared with the control group (P < 0.05). The velocity in the observed vessels remained unchanged throughout the measurements. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that lumbar sympathectomy could induce an increase in blood flow of the compressed cauda equina. As lumbar sympathetic block increases blood flow not only in the lower limbs but also in the cauda equina, it might be evaluated for a conservative treatment of intermittent claudication due to lumbar spinal canal stenosis.
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