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Bradshaw WS, Phillips AJ, Bybee SM, Gill RA, Peck SL, Jensen JL. A longitudinal study of attitudes toward evolution among undergraduates who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0205798. [PMID: 30403685 PMCID: PMC6221276 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Polling data reveal a decades-long residual rejection of evolution in the United States, based on perceived religious conflict. Similarly, a strong creationist movement has been documented internationally, including in the Muslim world. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormon), a generally conservative denomination, have historically harbored strong anti-evolution sentiments. We report here a significant shift toward acceptance, compared to attitudes 30 years earlier, by students at Brigham Young University, which is owned and operated by the LDS church. This change appears to have multiple explanations. Students currently entering the university have been exposed to a much-improved introduction to evolution during high school. More importantly, there has been a significant decrease in negative messaging from Church authorities and in its religious education system. There is also evidence that current students have been positively influenced toward evolution by their parents, a large percentage of whom were BYU students, who earlier were given a strong science education deemed compatible with the maintenance of religious belief. A pre-post comparison demonstrates that a majority of current students become knowledgeable and accepting following a course experience focused on evolutionary principles delivered in a faith-friendly atmosphere. Elements of that classroom pedagogy, intended to promote reconciliation, are presented. Our experience may serve as a case-study for prompting changes in acceptance of evolution in other conservative religious groups.
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- William S. Bradshaw
- Department of Microbiology & Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, LSB, Provo, UT, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, LSB, Provo, UT, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, LSB, Provo, UT, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, LSB, Provo, UT, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, LSB, Provo, UT, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, LSB, Provo, UT, United States of America
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Bradshaw WS, Groneman KJ, Nelson J, Bell JD. Promoting mastery of complex biological mechanisms. Biochem Mol Biol Educ 2018; 46:7-21. [PMID: 28902439 DOI: 10.1002/bmb.21081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This article describes efforts aimed at improving comprehension and retention of complex molecular mechanisms commonly studied in undergraduate biology and biochemistry courses. The focus is on the design of appropriate assessments, an active classroom emphasizing formative practice, and more effective out-of-class study habits. Assessments that require students to articulate their understanding through writing are the most effective. Frequent formative practice improves performance on problems that require intellectual transfer, the ability to apply conceptual principles in novel settings. We show that success with such problems is a function of mastery of the intrinsic logic of the biology in play, not variations in the way they are written. Survey data demonstrate that many students would prefer a learning style not dominated by memorization of factual details, but how to develop a more effective strategy is rarely intuitive. Matching individual students with specific learning styles has not proven useful. Instead, teachers can strongly promote individual metacognitive appraisal during both classroom activities and other study environments. © 2017 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 46(1):7-21, 2018.
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- William S Bradshaw
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 84602
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Bradshaw WS, Nelson J, Adams BJ, Bell JD. Promoting the Multidimensional Character of Scientific Reasoning. J Microbiol Biol Educ 2017; 18:18.1.40. [PMID: 28512524 PMCID: PMC5410765 DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.v18i1.1272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study reports part of a long-term program to help students improve scientific reasoning using higher-order cognitive tasks set in the discipline of cell biology. This skill was assessed using problems requiring the construction of valid conclusions drawn from authentic research data. We report here efforts to confirm the hypothesis that data interpretation is a complex, multifaceted exercise. Confirmation was obtained using a statistical treatment showing that various such problems rank students differently-each contains a unique set of cognitive challenges. Additional analyses of performance results have allowed us to demonstrate that individuals differ in their capacity to navigate five independent generic elements that constitute successful data interpretation: biological context, connection to course concepts, experimental protocols, data inference, and integration of isolated experimental observations into a coherent model. We offer these aspects of scientific thinking as a "data analysis skills inventory," along with usable sample problems that illustrate each element. Additionally, we show that this kind of reasoning is rigorous in that it is difficult for most novice students, who are unable to intuitively implement strategies for improving these skills. Instructors armed with knowledge of the specific challenges presented by different types of problems can provide specific helpful feedback during formative practice. The use of this instructional model is most likely to require changes in traditional classroom instruction.
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- William S. Bradshaw
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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Dehlin JP, Galliher RV, Bradshaw WS, Hyde DC, Crowell KA. Sexual orientation change efforts among current or former LDS church members. J Couns Psychol 2015; 62:95-105. [DOI: 10.1037/cou0000011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Crowell KA, Galliher RV, Dehlin J, Bradshaw WS. Specific aspects of minority stress associated with depression among LDS affiliated non-heterosexual adults. J Homosex 2015; 62:242-67. [PMID: 25257561 DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2014.969611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A nation-wide sample of 634 previous or current members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), non-heterosexual adults (ages 18-33), were surveyed to examine how specific aspects of minority stress are individually and collectively associated with depression, and how such associations differ across sex, sexual orientation, and level of affiliation with the LDS church. When five stressors were examined simultaneously, need for others' acceptance (NA) was the strongest predictor of depression, followed by internalized homophobia (IH). All minority stress factors were found to be individually predictive of depression and did not differ across sex or sexual orientation subgroups. Differences were observed, however, when considering current LDS status, such that participants who were no longer affiliated with the LDS church reported stronger relationships between some minority stressors and depression. Implications of religious identity salience as a potential mediator of relationships between specific stressors and depression are discussed.
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- Katherine A Crowell
- a Department of Psychology , Pacific Lutheran University , Tacoma , Washington , USA
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Dehlin JP, Galliher RV, Bradshaw WS, Crowell KA. Psychosocial Correlates of Religious Approaches to Same-Sex Attraction: A Mormon Perspective. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2014.912970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bradshaw K, Dehlin JP, Crowell KA, Galliher RV, Bradshaw WS. Sexual orientation change efforts through psychotherapy for LGBQ individuals affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. J Sex Marital Ther 2014; 41:391-412. [PMID: 24814980 DOI: 10.1080/0092623x.2014.915907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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This study reports the results of a comprehensive online survey of 1,612 current or former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, many of whom engaged in psychotherapy to cope with (i.e., understand, accept, or change) their same-sex attractions. Data obtained from written and quantitative responses showed that therapy was initiated over a very wide age range and continued for many years. However, counseling was largely ineffective; less than 4% reported any modification of core same-sex erotic attraction. Moreover, 42% reported that their change-oriented therapy was not at all effective, and 37% found it to be moderately to severely harmful. In contrast, affirming psychotherapeutic strategies were often found to be beneficial in reducing depression, increasing self-esteem, and improving family and other relationships. Results suggest that the very low likelihood of a modification of sexual orientation and the ambiguous nature of any such change should be important considerations for highly religious sexual minority individuals considering reorientation therapy.
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- Kate Bradshaw
- a English Department , Dartmouth College , Hanover , New Hampshire , USA
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Reeve S, Kitchen E, Sudweeks RR, Bell JD, Bradshaw WS. Development of an instrument for measuring self-efficacy in cell biology. J Appl Meas 2011; 12:242-260. [PMID: 22357126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This article describes the development of a ten-item scale to assess biology majors' self-efficacy towards the critical thinking and data analysis skills taught in an upper-division cell biology course. The original seven-item scale was expanded to include three additional items based on the results of item analysis. Evidence of reliability and validity was collected and reported for the revised scale. In addition, the effect of varying the number of response categories presented with the items was empirically examined by administering different versions of the instrument containing 6, 11, 21, and 101 response categories to randomly selected samples of students in the course. Rasch scaling procedures were used to analyze the results. Contrary to Bandura's recommendation for using the 101-point scale (0-100), the results indicated that most respondents used only a subset of the options in the 101-point scale and that the 6-point and 11-point scales produced less threshold disordering for the purpose of assessing changes in students' self-efficacy in the context of a one-semester course.
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Morton DA, Bradshaw WS, Alder SC, Foreman KB, Bell JD. Improving analytical reasoning skills in the gross anatomy classroom. FASEB J 2009. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.lb5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Physiology and Developmental BiologyBrigham Young UniversityProvoUT
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Nelson J, Robison DF, Bell JD, Bradshaw WS. Cloning the professor, an alternative to ineffective teaching in a large course. CBE Life Sci Educ 2009; 8:252-63. [PMID: 19723819 PMCID: PMC2736028 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.09-01-0006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2009] [Revised: 06/04/2009] [Accepted: 06/17/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Pedagogical strategies have been experimentally applied in large-enrollment biology courses in an attempt to amplify what teachers do best in effecting deep learning, thus more closely approximating a one-on-one interaction with students. Carefully orchestrated in-class formative assessments were conducted to provide frequent, high-quality feedback that allows students to accurately diagnose the current state of their understanding of fundamental biological concepts and make specific plans to remedy any deficiencies. Teachers can also assume responsibility to guide out-of-class study among classmates by promoting Elaborative Questioning, an inquiry exchange that permits misconceptions to be identified and corrected and that promotes long-lasting metacognitive and analytical thinking skills. Data are presented that demonstrate the positive impact of these innovations on student performance and affect.
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- Departments of *Physiology and Developmental Biology
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- Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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Kitchen E, King SH, Robison DF, Sudweeks RR, Bradshaw WS, Bell JD. Rethinking exams and letter grades: how much can teachers delegate to students? CBE Life Sci Educ 2006; 5:270-80. [PMID: 17012219 PMCID: PMC1618686 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.05-11-0123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In this article we report a 3-yr study of a large-enrollment Cell Biology course focused on developing student skill in scientific reasoning and data interpretation. Specifically, the study tested the hypothesis that converting the role of exams from summative grading devices to formative tools would increase student success in acquiring those skills. Traditional midterm examinations were replaced by weekly assessments administered under test-like conditions and followed immediately by extensive self, peer, and instructor feedback. Course grades were criterion based and derived using data from the final exam. To alleviate anxiety associated with a single grading instrument, students were given the option of informing the grading process with evidence from weekly assessments. A comparative analysis was conducted to determine the impact of these design changes on both performance and measures of student affect. Results at the end of each year were used to inform modifications to the course in subsequent years. Significant improvements in student performance and attitudes were observed as refinements were implemented. The findings from this study emphasized the importance of prolonging student opportunity and motivation to improve by delaying grade decisions, providing frequent and immediate performance feedback, and designing that feedback to be maximally formative and minimally punitive.
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- Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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- Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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Kitchen E, Bell JD, Reeve S, Sudweeks RR, Bradshaw WS. Teaching cell biology in the large-enrollment classroom: methods to promote analytical thinking and assessment of their effectiveness. Cell Biol Educ 2004; 2:180-94. [PMID: 14506506 PMCID: PMC192442 DOI: 10.1187/cbe.02-11-0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2002] [Revised: 05/21/2003] [Accepted: 05/28/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A large-enrollment, undergraduate cellular biology lecture course is described whose primary goal is to help students acquire skill in the interpretation of experimental data. The premise is that this kind of analytical reasoning is not intuitive for most people and, in the absence of hands-on laboratory experience, will not readily develop unless instructional methods and examinations specifically designed to foster it are employed. Promoting scientific thinking forces changes in the roles of both teacher and student. We describe didactic strategies that include directed practice of data analysis in a workshop format, active learning through verbal and written communication, visualization of abstractions diagrammatically, and the use of ancillary small-group mentoring sessions with faculty. The implications for a teacher in reducing the breadth and depth of coverage, becoming coach instead of lecturer, and helping students to diagnose cognitive weaknesses are discussed. In order to determine the efficacy of these strategies, we have carefully monitored student performance and have demonstrated a large gain in a pre- and posttest comparison of scores on identical problems, improved test scores on several successive midterm examinations when the statistical analysis accounts for the relative difficulty of the problems, and higher scores in comparison to students in a control course whose objective was information transfer, not acquisition of reasoning skills. A novel analytical index (student mobility profile) is described that demonstrates that this improvement was not random, but a systematic outcome of the teaching/learning strategies employed. An assessment of attitudes showed that, in spite of finding it difficult, students endorse this approach to learning, but also favor curricular changes that would introduce an analytical emphasis earlier in their training.
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- Elizabeth Kitchen
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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- Department of Instructional Psychology and Technology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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Lu X, Fairbairn DW, Bradshaw WS, O'Neill KL, Ewert DL, Simmons DL. NSAID-induced apoptosis in Rous sarcoma virus-transformed chicken embryo fibroblasts is dependent on v-src and c-myc and is inhibited by bcl-2. Prostaglandins 1997; 54:549-68. [PMID: 9380798 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(97)00125-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mounting epidemiological and experimental evidence implicates non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs as anti-tumorigenic agents. Our previous work showed that nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug treatment of src-transformed chicken embryo fibroblasts caused apoptosis--a mechanism by which these drugs might exert their anti-tumorigenic effect. The present studies employ a sensitive technique for detecting single- and double-stranded DNA cleavage (the comet assay) to quantitate apoptosis. By this method pp60v-src, which antagonizes apoptosis in many cell systems, was found to induce apoptosis in 11-23% of serum-starved fibroblasts. However, treatment with diclofenac following pp60v-src activation produced a much stronger response beginning within 6 hours of treatment that resulted in 100% lethality. During cell death, cyclooxygenase-2 but not cyclooxygenase-1 mRNA was found to be uniformly increased by all apoptotic drugs tested. Examination of the expression of apoptosis-associated genes showed that c-rel and p53 (found in normal or v-src-transformed chicken embryo fibroblasts at moderate levels), and bcl-2 (present at an extremely low level) were largely unchanged by treatment with eight different nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. However, overexpression of human bcl-2 inhibited diclofenac-mediated apoptosis by 90%, demonstrating directly that bcl-2 expression can regulate nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug induction of cell death. The proto-oncogene c-myc is known to cause apoptosis in chicken embryo fibroblasts when artificially overexpressed in cells deprived of trophic factors. We found that nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug treatment following pp60v-src activation persistently induced myc protein and mRNA by more than 20-fold above that evoked by pp60v-src activation alone. Moreover, transfection of antisense c-myc oligonucleotides reduced drug-induced myc expression by 80% and caused a concomitant 50% reduction in cell death. These findings suggest that nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug-induced apoptosis proceeds through a src/myc dependent pathway which is negatively regulated by bcl-2.
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- X Lu
- Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Unlike cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), COX-1 has never been identified, purified or cloned in a non-mammalian species. Here we report the RT-PCR cloning of a chicken cDNA that encodes the amphipathic membrane binding region and parts of the dimerization and catalytic domains of COX-1-like enzyme. Sequence comparison showed this putative COX-1 to be evolutionarily less conserved than COX-2. Furthermore, whereas COX-1 in mammals is broadly expressed in tissues as a constitutive enzyme, the mRNA detected by our clone in chicken was almost absent in tissues and embryo fibroblasts (CEF). Highest expression was in brain and seminal vesicle. This transcript was not detectable during chick embryogenesis and, as is the case for mammalian COX-1, was not induced above background by mitogen stimulation. The identification of an avian COX-1 shows that COX-1 and COX-2 existed as separate catalysts for prostaglandin synthesis before the divergence of birds and mammals.
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- D W Reed
- Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Lu X, Xie W, Reed D, Bradshaw WS, Simmons DL. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs cause apoptosis and induce cyclooxygenases in chicken embryo fibroblasts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:7961-5. [PMID: 7644521 PMCID: PMC41266 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.17.7961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Programmed cell death (apoptosis) is an intrinsic part of organismal development and aging. Here we report that many nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) cause apoptosis when applied to v-src-transformed chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEFs). Cell death was characterized by morphological changes, the induction of tissue transglutaminase, and autodigestion of DNA. Dexamethasone, a repressor of cyclooxygenase (COX) 2, neither induced apoptosis nor altered the NSAID effect. Prostaglandin E2, the primary eicosanoid made by CEFs, also failed to inhibit apoptosis. Expression of the protooncogene bcl-2 is very low in CEFs and is not altered by NSAID treatment. In contrast, p20, a protein that may protect against apoptosis when fibroblasts enter G0 phase, was strongly repressed. The NSAID concentrations used here transiently inhibit COXs. Nevertheless, COX-1 and COX-2 mRNAs and COX-2 protein were induced. In some cell types, then, chronic NSAID treatment may lead to increased, rather than decreased, COX activity and, thus, exacerbate prostaglandin-mediated inflammatory effects. The COX-2 transcript is a partially spliced and nonfunctional form previously described. Thus, these findings suggest that COXs and their products play key roles in preventing apoptosis in CEFs and perhaps other cell types.
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- X Lu
- Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Simmons DL, Xie W, Evett G, Merrill J, Robertson DL, Bradshaw WS. Drug inhibition and cellular regulation of prostaglandin G/H synthase isoenzyme 2. J Lipid Mediat 1993; 6:113-7. [PMID: 8357977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Prostaglandin G/H synthase isoenzyme 2 (PGHS-2) was identified as an immediate-early gene product induced by Rous sarcoma virus, serum, phorbol ester and a wide variety of other mitogens. Induction of PGHS-2 occurs through an increase in PGHS-2 gene transcription. Dexamethasone inhibits both the basal and induced levels of PGHS-2 mRNA. In contrast, PGHS-1 gene transcription rate, mRNA, and protein levels are unaffected by mitogens and dexamethasone. Post-transcriptional down-regulation of PGHS-2 mRNA plays a significant role in causing dexamethasone's effect. Specific cell systems have been identified which allow selective analysis of PGHS-1 and PGHS-2 at the nucleic acid and protein levels. These cell systems indicate that PGHS-1 and PGHS-2 may have different sensitivities to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Furthermore, inhibition of PGHS activity correlates well with suppression of the transformed phenotype in an in vitro cell model.
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- D L Simmons
- Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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Xie W, Merrill JR, Bradshaw WS, Simmons DL. Structural determination and promoter analysis of the chicken mitogen-inducible prostaglandin G/H synthase gene and genetic mapping of the murine homolog. Arch Biochem Biophys 1993; 300:247-52. [PMID: 8424659 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1993.1034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We have previously reported the isolation and characterization of a new form (PGHS-2) of prostaglandin G/H synthase (PGHS, cyclooxygenase) from chicken embryo fibroblasts. To further study the regulation and structure of the gene, we have cloned the entire chicken PGHS-2 (previously termed miPGHSch) gene with its 5'-flanking region from a chicken genomic library. A genomic Southern blot showed the existence of a single PGHS-2 gene. The size of the gene was estimated at 8.9 kb through DNA sequencing and polymerase chain reaction analysis. The PGHS-2 gene was found to contain 10 exons, giving it a structure similar to that of the human PGHS-1 and murine PGHS-2 genes. The transcription start site was determined by primer extension, and the nucleotide sequence of 1.6 kb of the 5'-flanking region immediately upstream of the transcription start site was determined. The promoter sequence contained a TATA box and a variety of enhancer elements, including a serum response element, an AP-1, an NF-kappa B, and several SP-1 and AP-2 sites. Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) assays showed that the first 158 nucleotides of the promoter efficiently drove transcription of the CAT reporter gene in serum-stimulated cells. Dexamethasone, a potent inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis, had no effect on CAT activity, although this drug is known to markedly decrease PGHS-2 mRNA in vivo. This suggests that dexamethasone may inhibit PGHS-2 mRNA expression at the post-transcriptional level. Analysis of hamster/mouse somatic cell hybrids with radiolabeled cDNA probes demonstrated that PGHS-1 mapped to chromosome 2 and PGHS-2 mapped to chromosome 1 of the mouse genome.
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- Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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Carrell DT, Bradshaw WS, Jones KP, Middleton RG, Peterson CM, Urry RL. An evaluation of various treatments to increase sperm penetration capacity for potential use in an in vitro fertilization program. Fertil Steril 1992; 57:134-8. [PMID: 1730307 DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54789-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To select in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients with a low sperm penetration assay (SPA) value and to determine if the penetration rate, fertilization rate, and the pregnancy rate (PR) can be improved in these patients by treating sperm with refrigeration, calcium ionophore A23187, prostaglandin E1, prostaglandin E2, or heparin. DESIGN The study consists of three parts: identification of patients with poor SPA values, analysis of treatments to improve the SPA value, and evaluation of the treatments to improve fertilization and PRs. RESULTS The data indicate that treatment of sperm with refrigeration can improve fertilization and PRs during IVF in selected patients previously shown to have an improved SPA value with the treatment. CONCLUSIONS Three points are emphasized: (1) the treatments analyzed in this study can improve SPA values in some of the patients with low sperm penetration capacity; (2) of the treatments studied, sperm refrigeration resulted in the largest improvement in sperm penetration capacity; and (3) sperm refrigeration can increase fertilization and PRs during IVF in this select group of patients.
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- D T Carrell
- Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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Clevenger WR, Cornwall GA, Carter MW, Bradshaw WS. Diethylstilbestrol-induced perinatal lethality in the rat. I. Relationship to reduced maternal weight gain. Biol Reprod 1991; 44:575-82. [PMID: 2043730 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod44.4.575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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An analysis was performed to determine the mechanism of depressed maternal weight gain and its effect on perinatal lethality following prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES). Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were dosed orally by gavage with DES or corn oil (control) during various intervals of gestation. The maternal weight-gain patterns of control and treated dams and the number of live offspring were recorded. The amounts of feed and water intake and feces and urine output in pregnant dams were measured, and metabolic rate and thyroid hormone levels were also determined. DES (at 45 micrograms/kg/day) was embryo- and fetolethal during implantation and parturition, and there was an accompanying decline in maternal weight. Growth of adult males, nonpregnant females, and weanlings of both sexes was also depressed. During pregnancy, the net intake of feed and water was not altered by the drug, but maternal serum thyroxine and metabolic rate were significantly elevated. Reduced metabolic efficiency, then, is the likely mechanism for weight depression. Reduction of maternal weight gain during pregnancy by DES is a diagnostic indicator of fetolethality, but is probably not causally related to it.
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- W R Clevenger
- Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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Evidence is presented suggesting that the fetolethal properties of diethylstilbestrol (DES) are indirect, mediated maternally through a perturbation of the normal mechanisms of parturition. Oral administration of the compound to Sprague-Dawley rats near Day 18 of pregnancy was shown to delay the onset of parturition, prolong labor, and induce dystocia, with a concomitant large increase in perinatal mortality. Exposure during Days 8-16 was without effect, whereas treatment in the Day 18-20 interval resulted in preterm delivery. Inability to initiate labor at term, accompanied by fetal death, also resulted from the administration of hCG on Days 16-18. The relative incidence of stillbirths in DES-exposed pups was markedly decreased by Caesarean delivery. The average weight of the maternal pituitary gland was not affected by treatment, whereas maternal adrenal glands were 30% larger. Maternal blood levels of corticosterone were not significantly elevated, however. The average number of follicles on Day 21 was significantly reduced by DES, and a histological analysis failed to demonstrate a luteotropic effect of the compound. In dams treated on Days 8-18, serum progesterone was reduced by as much as 60%, and total estrogens were 32% lower than in controls. We conclude that DES acts in the rat to depress the preterm levels of steroid hormones, which leads to a failure of uterine contraction accompanied by placental detachment and fetal death.
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- S A Zimmerman
- Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (EGdiME) was administered by gavage to pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats in doses of 30, 60, 120, 250, 500, and 1000 mg/kg/day from day 8 through day 18 of gestation. The effects of the compound on maternal weight gain, length of gestation, perinatal mortality, teratogenicity, average fetal weight on day 19, and average pup weight one day after birth were assessed. A clear pattern of dose-dependent maternal and fetal toxicity was observed. EGdiME caused maternal deaths at 1000 mg/kg/day and was fetolethal at doses ranging from 120 to 1000 mg/kg/day. A dose of 60 mg/kg/day resulted in a 7% weight decrease and severe edema in pups surviving to birth. Skeletal examinations in this group revealed fetotoxicity as evidenced by the lack of ossified bone, but there was no indication of anomalies in soft tissues. The same concentration in dams allowed to go to term resulted in a delay in the onset of parturition and produced litters with only one-third the number of live pups as controls. Of these, an average of less than 1 per litter survived to day 1 postpartum. The compound was not fetolethal on day 19 at a dose level of 30 mg/kg/day. Perinatal mortality in the interval between day 19 of gestation and birth was manifested, however, by an average reduction of 2 live pups per litter at birth. There was a close correlation between the fetotoxic effects of the various concentrations and the degree to which the maternal weight gain pattern of each departed from the control profile.
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- D E Leonhardt
- Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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Harris C, Thomas DE, Carter MW, Bradshaw WS. Fetotoxic alterations in the normal ontogenies of rat microsomal and lysosomal enzymes. J Biochem Toxicol 1991; 6:181-94. [PMID: 1770502 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.2570060304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The activity patterns during development for acid phosphatase (Ac-P), alkaline phosphatase (A1-P), beta-glucuronidase (beta G), and UDP-glucuronyltransferase (UDPGT) have been determined in various tissues of the rat for corn oil and distilled water controls as well as in animals prenatally exposed to four fetotoxic chemicals. Postnatal assays were performed on both sexes separately. In control animals, tissue-specific differences between male and female activity levels were found for UDPGT. In the liver of mature offspring, enzyme activity was greater in males than in females. Although no sex difference was observed in the intestine, the kidneys of females exhibited higher values than those of males. An original computer-assisted methodology is presented, designed (a) to permit a mathematical description for the complex curves exhibited by these ontogeny profiles, and (b) to assess the statistical significance of chemical-induced alterations in these complex developmental patterns, specifically, to target sensitive periods and subtle changes near the fetotoxic threshold. Oral administration (days 6-18 of gestation) of 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (4CB) to pregnant females resulted in an induction of liver UDPGT activity in offspring postnatally, and some alterations in the perinatal pattern of beta G in the same tissue. This treatment also produced differences in the intestinal patterns of Ac-P and male UDPGT. No significant changes were observed in offspring exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES). Treatment with zeranol (ZN) caused reductions in activity over the entire postnatal period for beta G in liver, brain, intestine, and kidney, for A1-P in brain, and for Ac-P in the intestine. Cadmium-treated dams gave birth to offspring that exhibited slightly altered ontogenies only in intestine for UDPGT and AcP. The alterations in these developmental profiles indicate periods of increased sensitivity, and may be useful in directing more specific studies into the fetotoxic mechanisms of these compounds.
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- C Harris
- Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
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Carlson KI, Yang HT, Bradshaw WS, Conlee RK, Winder WW. Effect of maternal exercise on fetal liver glycogen late in gestation in the rat. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1986; 60:1254-8. [PMID: 3009388 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1986.60.4.1254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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To determine the effect of maternal exercise on fetal liver glycogen content, fed and fasted rats that were pregnant for 20.5 or 21.5 days were run on a rodent treadmill for 60 min at 12 m/min with a 0% grade or 16 m/min up a 10% grade. The rats were anesthetized by intravenous injection of pentobarbital sodium, and fetal and maternal liver and plasma samples were collected and frozen. Fetal liver glycogenolysis did not occur as a result of maternal exercise. Fetal blood levels of lactate increased 22-60%, but glucose, plasma glucagon, and insulin were unchanged during maternal exercise. Maternal liver glycogen decreased as a result of exercise in all groups of rats except the fasted 20.5-day-pregnant group. Plasma free fatty acids increased in all groups and blood lactate increased in fed (20.5 days) and fasted (21.5 days) pregnant rats. Maternal glucose, glucagon, and insulin values remained constant during exercise. The fetus appears to be well-protected from metabolic stress during moderate-intensity maternal exercise.
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Plasterer MR, Bradshaw WS, Booth GM, Carter MW, Schuler RL, Hardin BD. Developmental toxicity of nine selected compounds following prenatal exposure in the mouse: naphthalene, p-nitrophenol, sodium selenite, dimethyl phthalate, ethylenethiourea, and four glycol ether derivatives. J Toxicol Environ Health 1985; 15:25-38. [PMID: 3981663 DOI: 10.1080/15287398509530633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (EGdiME), diethylene glycol dimethyl ether (diEGdiME), triethylene glycol dimethyl ether (triEGdiME), diethylene glycol diethyl ether (diEGdiEE), ethylenethiourea (ETU), sodium selenite (SS), dimethyl phthalate (DMP), naphthalene (NAP), or p-nitrophenol (PNP) were administered by gavage for eight consecutive days to female CD-1 mice. Weight loss was insensitive as an index of sublethal adult toxicity and was inadequate for determining a maximum tolerated dose. LD50 values indicate that SS, NAP, and PNP were more toxic (8.4, 353.6, and 625.7 mg/kg, respectively) than the polyglycol ethers, ETU, and DMP (LD50 values ranged from 2525.8 to 6281.9 mg/kg). Each of the compounds was administered on d 7 through 14 to pregnant animals at a single dose estimated to be at or just below the threshold of adult lethality. In such a reproductive study, each of the compounds could be categorized on the basis of the pattern of maternal lethality and fetotoxicity which it produced. The number of dams with complete resorptions was significantly increased after administration of ETU, and no mice in the EGdiME-, diEGdiME-, or triEGdiME-treated groups delivered any viable offspring. Maternal lethality was significant in the EGdiME, triEGdiME, PNP, and NAP groups. There was a slight reduction in the average number of live pups per litter in the diEGdiEE- and PNP-treated groups and a significant reduction in the NAP group. The number dead per litter was increased with diEGdiEE. SS and DMP had no effect on maternal or fetal survival at the doses administered. Individual pup weight at d 1 postpartum was only significantly reduced by diEGdiEE, and no gross congenital abnormalities were detected in neonates from any treatment group. These results provide guidelines for the subsequent toxicity testing of these chemicals.
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Cornwall GA, Carter MW, Bradshaw WS. The relationship between prenatal lethality or fetal weight and intrauterine position in rats exposed to diethylstilbestrol, zeranol, 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, or cadmium. Teratology 1984; 30:341-9. [PMID: 6440304 DOI: 10.1002/tera.1420300306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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When administered orally during gestation, diethylstilbestrol (DES), zeranol (ZN), and 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (4CB) but not cadmium (Cd) exhibited significant developmental toxicity, including elevated embryo- and fetolethality and reduced fetal weight, in Sprague-Dawley rats. An analysis was performed to determine the effect of intrauterine position on these parameters. In control dams sacrificed after day 18, the general pattern was that fetuses at the ovarian end of the uterine horns were significantly lighter in weight, while the heavier fetuses were located in middle positions. Treatment with each of the chemicals reduced fetal weight equally across all uterine positions. An inverse of the weight pattern was observed for prenatal mortality in controls. Embryonic resorptions were relatively more frequent at both ovarian and cervical ends, while conceptuses at intermediate positions were less vulnerable. No significant alterations in this pattern were observed in treated litters. The frequency of late fetal deaths in 4CB-treated litters was significantly higher at the cervical end of the horn, however. No differences between horns or between sexes were observed in the relative position patterns for either weight or mortality.
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Harris C, Bradshaw WS. Alterations in liver ultrastructure and induction of UDP-glucuronyltransferase in the rat following prenatal exposure to 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 1984; 13:715-721. [PMID: 6440490 DOI: 10.1007/bf01055935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Simmons DL, Valentine DM, Bradshaw WS. Different patterns of developmental toxicity in the rat following prenatal administration of structurally diverse chemicals. J Toxicol Environ Health 1984; 14:121-36. [PMID: 6438342 DOI: 10.1080/15287398409530567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Differences in the profiles of developmental toxicity for four structurally diverse chemical compounds have been defined following prenatal exposure in the rat. Diethylstilbestrol (DES), 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (4CB), zeranol, and cadmium were administered by gavage to Sprague-Dawley rats daily from d 6 through d 18 of gestation. Dams were sacrificed at four prenatal endpoints and the numbers of live and dead fetuses and resorbed embryos were counted. Additional dams were allowed to bring their litters to term, and their offspring were monitored until they reached adulthood. DES induced prenatal death primarily in early embryonic life, and also during parturition. 4CB increased mortality from late in gestation up to 24 h after birth, and altered the sex ratio of survivors by selectively acting against males in utero. Exposure to zeranol resulted in embryolethality only. Cadmium was not lethal to the conceptus at any dose below the dose that caused maternal mortality. Only 4CB had an obvious teratogenic effect, causing intestinal hemorrhage. All compounds produced transient perinatal decreases in the weight of the offspring.
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Stewart JL, Newhouse CL, Wagner MV, Bradshaw WS. The effects of prenatal exposure to structurally diverse chemicals on the ontogeny of rat dehydrogenases. Biol Neonate 1984; 46:69-79. [PMID: 6430358 DOI: 10.1159/000242036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Activity levels of sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) were measured in the livers and brains of rats treated prenatally with 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (4CB, 3 mg/kg/day), diethylstilbestrol (DES, 10 micrograms/kg/day), zeranol (ZN, 4mg/kg/day), and cadmium (Cd, 25 mg/kg/day) and compared with enzyme levels for control groups. Enzyme activities were measured at days 15, 17, 19, and 21 prenatally, and days 1, 5, 10, 21, 35, and 56 postnatally. SDH activity was not altered by treatment with 4CB, DES, or ZN, but Cd produced reduced levels in both liver and brain of sexually mature offspring. The patterns of LDH and G6PDH, including sexual differentiation of the latter in adult liver, were not affected by any of the treatments in either tissue. The developmental profiles of each of these enzymes in untreated animals is unique, suggesting that a similar catalytic mechanism is not a factor in determining the patterns of their developmental accumulation.
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The duration of gestation was determined in Sprague-Dawley albino rats exposed during days 6-18 of pregnancy to diethylstilbestrol (DES) or 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (4CB). Each compound produced a delay in the onset of parturition compared to corn-oil-treated controls. The incidence of perinatal mortality was significantly elevated in animals born after 22 days of gestation in both control and treated litters.
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Wardell RE, Seegmiller RE, Bradshaw WS. Induction of prenatal toxicity in the rat by diethylstilbestrol, zeranol, 3,4,3',4',-tetrachlorobiphenyl, cadmium, and lead. Teratology 1982; 26:229-37. [PMID: 6819643 DOI: 10.1002/tera.1420260303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A teratological study was conducted in pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats dosed orally with diethylstilbestrol (DES), zeranol (ZN), 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (4CB), cadmium, or lead on days 6-18 of gestation. Fetuses were examined on day 19 for growth retardation, resorption, gross malformations, and organ-level anomalies. Synthesis of protein, DNA, and proteoglycan in fetal limb cartilage was also studied by measuring the incorporation of labeled precursors in vitro. DES, ZN, and 4CB produced a dose-dependent increase in embryolethality. Treatment with DES caused an increase in cryptorchidism and edema, and reduced average fetal weight. Zeranol also decreased fetal weight, but was not teratogenic nor did it alter rates of synthesis of macromolecules in cartilage. 4CB caused severe intestinal lesions that were associated with accumulation of blood in the digestive tract and amniotic fluid. 4CB also decreased overall fetal size and total and ossified tibia lengths. Cadmium produced no malformations although incorporation of [3H]amino acids by limb cartilage was slightly increased. Lead was not teratogenic.
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Rands PL, Newhouse CL, Stewart JL, Bradshaw WS. Indicators of developmental toxicity following prenatal administration of hormonally active compounds in the rat. II. Pattern of maternal weight gain. Teratology 1982; 25:45-51. [PMID: 6801801 DOI: 10.1002/tera.1420250107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Chronic prenatal exposure of rats to diethylstilbestrol, zeranol, or 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl produced quantitative and qualitative differences in the cumulative pattern of weight gain during pregnancy. Each of the three compounds, however, exhibited unique characteristics with respect to the effect of increased dose on this response, as well as in the relationship of reduced weight gain to perinatal mortality. The weight deficit after diethylstilbestrol treatment was found to reside in the dam herself, not in any compartment of the gravid uterus. The pattern of maternal weight gain is a useful indicator of developmental toxicity permitting discrimination among structurally diverse chemical agents.
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Rands PL, White RD, Carter MW, Allen SD, Bradshaw WS. Indicators of developmental toxicity following prenatal administration of hormonally active compounds in the rat. I. Gestational length. Teratology 1982; 25:37-43. [PMID: 6801800 DOI: 10.1002/tera.1420250106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Prenatal administration of 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, zeranol, or diethylstilbestrol was observed to delay parturition in the rat and result in a concomitant increase in perinatal mortality. Even among control animals, those litters in which birth occurred after the beginning of day 22 of pregnancy contained significantly fewer survivors one day after birth. Increases in the length of gestation were correlated with increased weight of newborn control pups independent of litter size. The relationship between weight and litter size was anomalous, however, in treated animals. Gestational length is a sensitive indicator of a developmental effect even in the absence of overt teratogenicity.
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Farmer JL, Bradshaw WS, Smith CS. Characteristics of delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase from Drosophila melanogaster. Comp Biochem Physiol B 1979; 62:143-6. [PMID: 45549 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(79)90300-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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1. Biochemical properties of delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase from d. melanogaster have been investigated. 2. The enzyme is stable below 4 degrees C. 3. the pH optimum of the enzyme is 5.7. It is rapidly inactivated below pH 5.4. 4. The Km values for NADPH and delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate are 1.6 x 10-5 and 2.5 x 10-6 M, respectively. 5. the estimated molecular weight of the enzyme is 225,000. 6. the enzyme is weakly inhibited by L-proline (Ki = 0.12 M).
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- J L Farmer
- Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
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Bradshaw WS, Rutter WJ. Multiple pancreatic lipases. Tissue distribution and pattern of accumulation during embryological development. Biochemistry 1972; 11:1517-28. [PMID: 4623251 DOI: 10.1021/bi00758a029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Bradshaw WS, Papaconstantinou J. Differential incorporation of 5-bromodeoxyuridine into DNA puffs of larval salivary gland chromosomes in Rhynchosciara. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1970; 41:306-12. [PMID: 4931929 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(70)90504-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Rutter WJ, Kemp JD, Bradshaw WS, Clark WR, Ronzio RA, Sanders TG. Regulation of specific protein synthesis in cytodifferentiation. J Cell Physiol 1968; 72:Suppl 1:1-18. [PMID: 5693298 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1040720403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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