Pancreatic beta cell (β) dysfunction is an outcome of malnutrition. We assessed the role of the amplifying pathway (AMP PATH) in β cells in malnourished obese mice. C57Bl-6 mice were fed a control (C) or a low-protein diet (R). The groups were then fed a high-fat diet (CH and RH). AMP PATH contribution to insulin secretion was assessed upon incubating islets with diazoxide and KCl. CH and RH di...

Diverse treatments, which have been shown by Slayman, C. L. (1977) in Water Relations in Membrane Transport in Plants and Animals (Jungreis, A., Hodges, T. K., Kleinzeller, A., and Schultz, S. G., eds) pp. 69-86, Academic Press, New York, to depolarize the plasma membrane of Neurospora, increase levels of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) in the organism. The treatments include those p...

Plant-based irrigation management schemes typically use surrogates such as canopy temperature, alone, or in conjunction with environmental variables, to infer the degree of “crop stress” (biological strain) induced by drought. Few systematic studies relationship between stress”, defined surrogates, and physiological estimates water efficiency (WUE) exist over both daily seasonal time scales rel...

The Xtra Amp tube, Isocode paper, Instagene matrix, and PrepMan matrix methods were evaluated for their ability to rapidly extract PCR-quality DNAs from Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Cryptosporidium parvum. All methods provided satisfactory DNA from E. coli, and the Xtra Amp and Instagene reagents provided satisfactory DNA from C. parvum.

The effect of adenosine on the increase in cardiac cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) concentration and glycogen phosphorylase activity produced by isoproterenol was investigated. Slices of rat ventricular myocardium 0.5 mm thick weighing 15-20 mg were cut, washed, and incubated at 37 °C in physiological saline gassed with either O2 (oxygenated) or N2 (anoxia). The concentration ...

Amp C beta-lactamases are a type of cephalosporinase enzymes belonging to Class C of Ambler’s structural classification, while assigned to group 3 in the functional classification scheme of Bush (Ambler, 1980; Bush et al., 1995). These enzymes can be either chromosomal or plasmid encoded conferring resistance to both oxyimino (cefotaxime, ceftazidime, ceftriaxone) and 7-α methoxy cephalosporins...

We studied the effects of glucagon, dibutyryl cyclic AMP and dexamethasone on the rate of [(14)C]pantothenate conversion to CoA in adult rat liver parenchymal cells in primary culture. The presence of 30nm-glucagon increased the rate by about 1.5-fold relative to control cultures (range 1.4-2.3) and 2.4-fold relative to cultures containing 1-3m-i.u. of insulin/ml. The half-maximal effect was ob...

Abstract. Ethane (C2H6) is an important greenhouse gas and plays a significant role in tropospheric chemistry climate change. This study first presents then quantifies the variability, sources, transport of C2H6 over densely populated highly industrialized eastern China using ground-based high-resolution Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) remote sensing along with atmospheric modeling techniques...

Abstract. Microstructures provide key insights into understanding the mechanical behavior of ice. Crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO) develops during plastic deformation as ice deforms dominantly by dislocation glide on basal plane, modified and often intensified dynamic recrystallization. CPO patterns in fine-grained have been relatively well characterized understood experiments natur...