Olaf Luck , Cordula Büttner , Tomas Gedrange , Torsten Kotyra , Winfried Harzer
{"title":"Quantification of MyHC mRNA in masticatory muscles during orthodontic treatment in pigs","authors":"Olaf Luck , Cordula Büttner , Tomas Gedrange , Torsten Kotyra , Winfried Harzer","doi":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Orthodontic treatment of retrognathism is aimed at correcting the position of the jaws and at rectifying functional problems. Changes induced in the bone morphology of the </span>mandible<span> and in the dentoalveolar region by different appliances are well documented. Less is known and measurable with respect to the functional status and muscular capacity of orofacial muscles induced by the appliance within the framework of the training effect in Class II malocclusion cases. The aim of the present investigation was to analyze and quantify the change in fiber type levels of type I (slow Myosin heavy chain<span><span> (MyHC)) and type IIb (fast b MyHC) MyHC RNA transcripts, using the competitive reverse polymerase chain reaction (cRT-PCR) during sagittal advancement of the mandible in pigs. The experiments were carried out on 10-week-old piglets (six </span>test animals, six controls) over a period of 28 days. Six piglets received acrylic build-ups for permanent sagittal advancement of the mandible. </span></span></span>Muscle tissue<span><span> was taken from seven different regions of the masseter (m1-3), temporal (tp1, 2), medial pterygoid (pm), and geniohyoid muscles (gh). A marked increase in the absolute amount of slow MyHC RNA transcripts was detected after treatment in the anterior region and in the medial region of the </span>masseter muscle<span>, and in the anterior region of the temporal muscle. For fast b MyHC fibers no significant changes were registered. This can be seen as a shift directed to slow MyHC, confirming results of the training effect in sport and rehabilitation medicine.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":77206,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental animal science","volume":"43 2","pages":"Pages 101-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jeas.2004.11.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54679569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morphometric changes in the adrenal medulla of intact and ethane dimethanesulphonate (EDS)-injected rats subjected to chronic treatment with isoproterenol or propranolol","authors":"Bosiljka Plećaš-Solarović, Gordana Leposavić","doi":"10.1016/j.jeas.2005.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeas.2005.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Morphometric characteristics of adrenal medulla were analysed stereologically in adult male rats injected with a single dose of ethane dimethanesulphonate (EDS), an agent that causes atrophy of the inner adrenocortical zone, or vehicle, and subjected to isoproterenol (ISO) or propranolol<span> (PROP) treatment over the following 15 days. Compared with dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) vehicle-injected controls, in EDS-administered rats the volume of chromaffin cell nuclei was decreased. ISO treatment in these rats increased the volumes of chromaffin cells and their nuclei. Furthermore, in both EDS- and vehicle-injected rats ISO significantly enlarged the total volume of medullary blood vessels, suggesting a vasodilatatory effect of </span></span><span><math><mrow><mi>β</mi></mrow></math></span>-adrenoceptor stimulation. However, unexpectedly, in EDS-injected rats PROP treatment also caused an increase in the volumes of chromaffin cells and their nuclei. This finding, most likely, may be related to a non-<span><math><mrow><mi>β</mi></mrow></math></span>-adrenoceptor-related action of PROP. Collectively, the present results suggest that the response of adrenomedullary chromaffin cells to chronic ISO-induced <span><math><mrow><mi>β</mi></mrow></math></span>-adrenoceptor stimulation is dependent on the functional status of adrenal cortex, so that the stereologically detectable changes were found only in rats previously exposed to the destructive action of EDS on the adrenal gland cortical cells. Moreover, they indicate that ISO treatment exerts a reversing effect on the morphometrical changes of chromaffine cells induced by EDS administration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77206,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental animal science","volume":"43 2","pages":"Pages 117-125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jeas.2005.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54679657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Gericke, U. Gille, T. Trautvetter, F.-V. Salomon
{"title":"Postnatal growth in male Dunkin–Hartley guinea pigs (Cavia cutleri f. porcellus)","authors":"A. Gericke, U. Gille, T. Trautvetter, F.-V. Salomon","doi":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aim of the present study was to describe postnatal organ and body weight growth in male Dunkin–Hartley guinea pigs from birth to 250 days of age. The modified JANOSCHEK growth curve was fitted to the age group means for each measurement by nonlinear regression and characteristics of the resulting growth curves were calculated. At birth, brain weight showed the highest percentage of its adult value (59%), followed by eye weight (37%). Lowest percentage birth weights were found for genital organs, adrenals and pancreas, the majority of organs showed values between 4% and 15%. Weights of body, heart, spleen, liver, genital organs, thyroids and adrenals followed a sigmoidal growth course. The remaining, as examined in this study, organs exhibited simple exponential growth without a postnatal point of inflection. Among internal organs, brain weight reaches adult size first (74 days of age). Genital organs with exception of prostate, duodenum, heart and spleen are fast-growing organs, too.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77206,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental animal science","volume":"43 2","pages":"Pages 87-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jeas.2004.11.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54679499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Klaus Wayss , Michaela Klefenz , Johannes Schenkel
{"title":"Cryopreservation of transgenic mouse embryos — an eight years’ experience","authors":"Klaus Wayss , Michaela Klefenz , Johannes Schenkel","doi":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A total of 70,629 predominantly transgenic mouse embryos prepared from 9,727 pregnant female donors were cryopreserved using a method leading to a high revitalisation rate. Against loss, 125 mutant mouse lines were protected. An average of 7.26 embryos (eight-cell embryos) per pregnant donor was received. To reduce the number of animals required as embryo donors, a special breeding exclusively for cryopreservation was omitted if possible and subsequently the number of animals used for freezing was reduced remarkably. The advantage of this strategy is that (mutant) mouse lines out of current use do not have to be kept in a breeding nucleus.</p><p>In parallel, this procedure leads to rederivation and improves the export of mice to other facilities. The cryopreservation of these 125 mutant lines keeps the potential to save approximately 20,000 laboratory mice per year to be bred if they were kept in a breeding stock. This is a major contribution to the “3R” requirements developed by Russel and Burch to reduce the number of laboratory animals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77206,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental animal science","volume":"43 2","pages":"Pages 69-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jeas.2004.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54679430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T Kawata , A Matsuki , S Kohno , T Fujita , H Sugiyama , C Tokimasa , M Kaku , K Tsutsui , H.B Moon , K Tanne
{"title":"A new transplant bone for maxillary alveolar cleft","authors":"T Kawata , A Matsuki , S Kohno , T Fujita , H Sugiyama , C Tokimasa , M Kaku , K Tsutsui , H.B Moon , K Tanne","doi":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>An innovative technique with distraction osteogenesis has been developed in our research group to explore autogenous bone transplantation into craniofacial bone defects. This technique was designed to investigate bone-marrow transplantion using a chondroid or fibula bone graft into simulated </span>alveolar bone<span> defects in mice in terms of the osteogenic process and activity. As an experimental model of maxillary alveolar bone cleft available for testing bone-inductive materials, a critical-size defect was formed in the pre-maxillary bone of male mice using a surgical trephine bur with a low-speed dental engine. Distraction osteogenesis was performed using an external fixation device. The osteotomy site was occupied by an external callus consisting of hyaline cartilage<span> with a large quantity of chondroid bone. Moreover, bone remodelling with new bone formation was demonstrated 30 days after the transplantation. Bone adhesion was better in chondroid bone grafting than in fibula bone grafting. The present findings are the first to demonstrate the potential of chondroid bone transplantation as a new therapeutic system of bone grafting, suitable for bone substitutes in craniofacial bone defects.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":77206,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental animal science","volume":"43 1","pages":"Pages 19-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54679281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eli-Anne B Gjerde , Dag Marcus Eide , Aurora Brønstad , Rolf K Reed
{"title":"Problems in physiological experimental animal models investigated with factorial design","authors":"Eli-Anne B Gjerde , Dag Marcus Eide , Aurora Brønstad , Rolf K Reed","doi":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the present study we investigated four variables using factorial design to decide if any of these could explain the variations in the control measurements of interstitial fluid pressure (<em>P</em><sub>if</sub>) in rat trachea that were experienced. This approach requires only a fraction of the animals normally needed when studying each factor separately. <em>P</em><sub>if</sub> in tracheal tissue was measured with the servocontrolled counterpressure system using sharpened micropipettes. The measurements were performed over a period of 60<!--> <!-->min and are presented as mean for every 15<!--> <!-->min period. The factors investigated in the study were: three strains of female rats (Strain) two brands of diets (Food); two breeder companies (Source); and finally two batches of the same set of animals to repeat the experiment twice (Week), using a total of 48 animals. There was a highly significant effect within Strain the first week (<em>p</em>=0.007), but this response was not observed the second week. The interaction between Strain×Week was significant (<em>p</em>=0.007) while the main effects Strain or Week alone were not significant. The response pattern for Strain and Food was inconsistent for the two experimental weeks studied. These experiments made it possible for us to simultaneously test several factors and exclude these factors as the reason for the observed changes in our experiments since the experiments did not allow the conclusion that one or several of these factors could explain the variation in <em>P</em><sub>if</sub>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77206,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental animal science","volume":"43 1","pages":"Pages 1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37833307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Kaspareit, S Friderichs-Gromoll, E Buse, G Habermann
{"title":"Spontaneous tubular (cuboidal) metaplasia of the parietal layer of Bowman's capsule in Cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)","authors":"J Kaspareit, S Friderichs-Gromoll, E Buse, G Habermann","doi":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Tubular (cuboidal) metaplasia<span><span> of the parietal epithelium of Bowman's capsule was observed in 19 (10 males, 9 females) of 56 adult control Cynomolgus monkeys. Cuboidal epithelium replaced the normally present flattened epithelium to various degrees in animals affected. Cuboidal cells revealed an eosinophilic cytoplasm and vesicular nuclei, thus resembling proximal convoluted epithelial cells in all respects. Continuity of the cuboidal glomerular epithelium with that of the </span>proximal tubule was occasionally observed.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":77206,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental animal science","volume":"43 1","pages":"Pages 13-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54679216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inherited copper toxicosis with emphasis on copper toxicosis in Bedlington terriers","authors":"Changbaig Hyun , Lucio J Filippich","doi":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Canine copper toxicosis is an important inherited disease in Bedlington terriers, because of its high prevalence rate and similarity to human copper storage disease. It can lead to chronic liver disease and occasional haemolytic anaemia due to impaired copper excretion. The responsible gene for copper toxicosis in Bedlington terriers has been recently identified and was found not to be related to human Wilson’s disease gene </span><em>ATP7B</em><span><span>. Although our understanding of copper metabolism in mammals has improved through </span>genetic molecular technology, the diversity of gene mutation related to copper metabolism in animals will help identify the responsible genes for non-Wilsonian copper toxicoses in human. This review paper discusses our knowledge of normal copper metabolism and the pathogenesis, molecular genetics and current research into copper toxicosis in Bedlington terriers, other animals and humans.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":77206,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental animal science","volume":"43 1","pages":"Pages 39-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jeas.2004.01.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54679244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Penetration and maturation of Schistosoma mansoni in suckling and adult Swiss Webster and DBA/2 mice","authors":"A.A Fidalgo-Neto, R.R De-Carvalho, A.C.A.X De-Oliveira, D.A Manhães-Rocha, F.J.R Paumgartten","doi":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeas.2004.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Murine schistosomosis is a widely used experimental model of the human disease. Different methods have been employed to infect mice with <span><em>Schistosoma mansoni</em></span><span> cercariae, such as subcutaneous or intraperitoneal injections, the tail immersion technique, and the use of a metal ring placed on the abdominal skin of anaesthetized animals. An alternative method of infection that requires no anaesthesia and no restraint is to place suckling mice (10 days old) on a Petri dish with a small volume of water containing cercariae. In this study, we compared the penetration and maturation of </span><em>S. mansoni</em> in mice infected by this alternative method with those noted in mice infected at an older age (45 days) by the tail immersion technique. Besides evaluating the effects of age and method of infection, we also compared the susceptibility of two strains of mice (Swiss Webster (SW) and DBA/2). Mice were exposed to 100 cercariae and worms (by portal–hepatic perfusion) as well as eggs were recovered in the liver and intestines on postinfection (PI) days 35, 55 and 90. Skin penetration was very efficient (about 100%) irrespective of the mouse strain, sex, age and method of infection. Worm and egg recoveries were higher in SW mice at any PI interval, but strain differences tended to be less pronounced on PI day 90. In both strains, recoveries of worms and eggs were clearly higher in mice infected at a younger age (10 days old). This study thus suggests that infection of free-moving suckling mice is a suitable alternative to other methods of infection with <em>S. mansoni</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77206,"journal":{"name":"Journal of experimental animal science","volume":"43 1","pages":"Pages 29-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jeas.2004.02.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54679313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}