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  • 1
    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Hynobius abei ; banding karyotype ; R-banding ; C-banding
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Chromosomal characteristics of the salamander speciesHynobius abei, from Ohimya (Kyoto) were revealed by the techniques of R-and C-banding. The karyotype ofH. abei was characterized by the shortness of an R-negative (C-positive) band in the terminal region of the long arm of chromosome 2 and a band encompassing the whole short arm of chromosome 10. These two bands inH. abei were the shortest among those of the variousHynobius species that have been examined. Otherwise no differences could be detected betweenH. abei and seven other pond-type species ofHynobius (2n=56) in terms of the banding patterns of 18 specifically identifiable pairs of their chromosomes.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Key words Bleomycin ; Pulmonary fibrosis ; Collagen ; HSP47
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Increased accumulation of collagens in extracellular matrix (ECM) is mainly responsible for bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats. This study was designed to assess whether increased collagen accumulation in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis is associated with heat shock protein (HSP) 47, a molecular chaperone for collagen biosynthesis. We investigated the expression of type I and type III collagens and HSP47 in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Fifteen male Wistar rats were divided into two groups; group I: bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis; group II: PBS-treated age-matched control rats. Pulmonary fibrosis was induced by injecting a single dose of bleomycin sulphate (5 U/kg body weight) intratracheally. Three bleomycin-treated rats and two age-matched control rats were sacrificed at the end of each of the 1st, 2nd and 4th weeks of the experiment. In bleomycin-treated rats, histological examination revealed pulmonary fibrosis, which increased with time. Increased type I and type III collagen desposition was observed in the lungs of all the bleomycin-treated rats. Weak immunostaining of HSP47 was noted in the control lungs. In contrast, strong immunostaining for HSP47 was seen in all the bleomycin-treated fibrotic lungs. In addition, increased numbers of phenotypically altered myofibroblasts (α-smooth muscle actin immunopositive) and fibroblast (vimentin immunopositive) were seen in bleomycin-treated lungs and found to express HSP47. Parallel increase of collagens and their molecular chaperone HSP47 expression was found in the bleomycin-treated lungs, and their co-localization could be detected by double immunostaining. Overexpression of HSP47 may play a significant part in the excessive assembly of collagens and could contribute in this way to the fibrosis found in bleomycin-treated rat lungs.
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