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Tyagi K, Sunkum A, Gupta P, Kilambi HV, Sreelakshmi Y, Sharma R. Reduced γ-glutamyl hydrolase activity likely contributes to high folate levels in Periyakulam-1 tomato. Hortic Res 2022; 10:uhac235. [PMID: 36643736 PMCID: PMC9832877 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac235] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Tomato cultivars show wide variation in nutraceutical folate in ripe fruits, yet the loci regulating folate levels in fruits remain unexplored. To decipher regulatory points, we compared two contrasting tomato cultivars: Periyakulam-1 (PKM-1) with high folate and Arka Vikas (AV) with low folate. The progression of ripening in PKM-1 was nearly similar to AV but had substantially lower ethylene emission. In parallel, the levels of phytohormones salicylic acid, ABA, and jasmonic acid were substantially lower than AV. The fruits of PKM-1 were metabolically distinct from AV, with upregulation of several amino acids. Consistent with higher °Brix, the red ripe fruits also showed upregulation of sugars and sugar-derived metabolites. In parallel with higher folate, PKM-1 fruits also had higher carotenoid levels, especially lycopene and β-carotene. The proteome analysis showed upregulation of carotenoid sequestration and folate metabolism-related proteins in PKM-1. The deglutamylation pathway mediated by γ-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH) was substantially reduced in PKM-1 at the red-ripe stage. The red-ripe fruits had reduced transcript levels of GGHs and lower GGH activity than AV. Conversely, the percent polyglutamylation of folate was much higher in PKM-1. Our analysis indicates the regulation of GGH activity as a potential target to elevate folate levels in tomato fruits.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500046, India
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Tyagi K, Sunkum A, Rai M, Yadav A, Sircar S, Sreelakshmi Y, Sharma R. Seeing the unseen: a trifoliate (MYB117) mutant allele fortifies folate and carotenoids in tomato fruits. Plant J 2022; 112:38-54. [PMID: 35899408 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), mutations in the gene encoding the R2R3-MYB117 transcription factor elicit trifoliate leaves and initiate the formation of axillary meristems; however, their effects on fruit ripening remain unexplored. The fruits of a new trifoliate (tf) mutant (tf-5) were firmer and had higher °Brix values and higher folate and carotenoid contents. The transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome profiling of tf-5 reflected a broad-spectrum change in cellular homeostasis. The tf-5 allele enhanced the fruit firmness by suppressing cell wall softening-related proteins. tf-5 fruit displayed a substantial increase in amino acids, particularly γ-aminobutyric acid, with a parallel reduction in aminoacyl-tRNA synthases. The increased lipoxygenase protein and transcript levels seemingly elevated jasmonic acid levels. In addition, increased abscisic acid hydrolase transcript levels coupled with reduced precursor supply lowered abscisic acid levels. The upregulation of carotenoids was mediated by modulation of methylerythreitol and plastoquinone pathways and increased the levels of carotenoid isomerization proteins. The upregulation of folate in tf-5 was connoted by the increase in the precursor p-aminobenzoic acid and transcript levels of several folate biosynthesis genes. The reduction in pterin-6-carboxylate levels and γ-glutamyl hydrolase activity indicated that reduced folate degradation in tf-5 increased folate levels. Our study delineates that in addition to leaf development, MYB117 also influences fruit metabolism. The tf-5 allele can be used to increase γ-aminobutyric acid, carotenoid, and folate levels in tomato.
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- Kamal Tyagi
- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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Shecori S, Kher MM, Tyagi K, Lerno L, Netzer Y, Lichter A, Ebeler SE, Drori E. A Field Collection of Indigenous Grapevines as a Valuable Repository for Applied Research. Plants (Basel) 2022; 11:2563. [PMID: 36235429 PMCID: PMC9570891 DOI: 10.3390/plants11192563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The grapevine is an economically important plant, with a historical connection to the development of human culture. Currently, over 6000 accessions are known as individual grapevine varieties, some of which are important to national heritage, valuable for current viticultural practices, and as genetic resources to maintain plasticity under changing climatic conditions, environmental sustainability, and market demands. Recently, the diversity of cultivated grapevines has declined significantly, due to the increased focus of global wine industries on a few major cultivars. Moreover, due to biotic and abiotic stresses, the wild V. vinifera germplasm's genetic diversity has declined, with some varieties on the verge of extinction. Vitis germplasm conservation can be achieved via either in situ (e.g., protected areas) or Ex situ (e.g., field collections, seed banks, and tissue culture collections) methods. This study aims to highlight the importance of Vitis field bank collections. We demonstrate the research done in the Israeli indigenous Vitis vinifera collection. The multi-layer analysis of the varieties enabled the identification of drought stress-resistant varieties, and suggested a mechanism for this resistance through noting the dramatic phenological differences in foliage development between resistant and sensitive varieties. In addition, we show a general characterization of the varieties via major grape characteristics, including bunch and berry shape, as well as their possible utilization based on their aromatic and phenolic profiles.
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- Shani Shecori
- Chemical Engineering Department, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
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- Horticulture Section, SIPS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
- Eastern Regional R&D Center, Ariel 40700, Israel
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- Department of Postharvest Science, The Volcani Institute, Rishon LeZion 7528809, Israel
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel
- Eastern Regional R&D Center, Ariel 40700, Israel
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Sawhney J, Vanani J, Madan K, Sharma M, Tyagi K, Kandpal B, Mehta A. Achieving the LDL-C goal in Indian patients of acute coronary syndrome with high intensity statin. Atherosclerosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.06.543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Tyagi K, Lerno L, De Rosso M, Maoz I, Lichter A, Ebeler SE, Flamini R. Extraction and Analysis of Phenolic Compounds from Grape Berries. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2469:1-17. [PMID: 35508825 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2185-1_1] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Phenolics are ubiquitous compounds that represent the most abundant and diverse class of plant metabolites. From an analytical point of view, phenolics can be divided into soluble phenolics such as phenolic acids, phenylpropanoids, flavonoids and quinones, and nonsoluble compounds such as proanthocyanidins, lignins, and cell wall-bound hydroxycinnamic acids. Extraction of phenolics from the sample material is the first step toward their analysis. Biochemical methods for determination of total phenolics content were widely used in the past but modern chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods for identification and quantification of individual compounds are available in recent years. In this chapter, we describe methods for phenolic compounds extraction used in our laboratories from berries of Vitis vinifera and analytical methods including HPLC coupled to DAD detector and Q-TOF LC/MS for their analysis.
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- Kamal Tyagi
- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
- Food Safety and Measurement Facility, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Chemistry Lab., Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Viticulture & Enology (CREA-VE), Conegliano, Italy
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
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- Chemistry Lab., Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Viticulture & Enology (CREA-VE), Conegliano, Italy.
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Sawhney J, Tyagi K, Sharma M, Madan K, Vanani J, Kandpal B, Mehta A. Lipoprotein (a) in young coronary artery disease and its association with severity of coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.06.346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kilambi HV, Dindu A, Sharma K, Nizampatnam NR, Gupta N, Thazath NP, Dhanya AJ, Tyagi K, Sharma S, Kumar S, Sharma R, Sreelakshmi Y. The new kid on the block: a dominant-negative mutation of phototropin1 enhances carotenoid content in tomato fruits. Plant J 2021; 106:844-861. [PMID: 33608974 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Phototropins, the UVA-blue light photoreceptors, endow plants to detect the direction of light and optimize photosynthesis by regulating positioning of chloroplasts and stomatal gas exchange. Little is known about their functions in other developmental responses. A tomato Non-phototropic seedling1 (Nps1) mutant, bearing an Arg495His substitution in the vicinity of LOV2 domain in phototropin1, dominant-negatively blocks phototropin1 responses. The fruits of Nps1 mutant were enriched in carotenoids, particularly lycopene, compared with its parent, Ailsa Craig. On the contrary, CRISPR/CAS9-edited loss of function phototropin1 mutants displayed subdued carotenoids compared with the parent. The enrichment of carotenoids in Nps1 fruits is genetically linked with the mutation and exerted in a dominant-negative fashion. Nps1 also altered volatile profiles with high levels of lycopene-derived 6-methyl 5-hepten2-one. The transcript levels of several MEP and carotenogenesis pathway genes were upregulated in Nps1. Nps1 fruits showed altered hormonal profiles with subdued ethylene emission and reduced respiration. Proteome profiles showed a causal link between higher carotenogenesis and increased levels of protein protection machinery, which may stabilize proteins contributing to MEP and carotenogenesis pathways. The enhancement of carotenoid content by Nps1 in a dominant-negative fashion offers a potential tool for high lycopene-bearing hybrid tomatoes.
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- Himabindu Vasuki Kilambi
- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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Tyagi K, Maoz I, Kochanek B, Sela N, Lerno L, Ebeler SE, Lichter A. Cytokinin but not gibberellin application had major impact on the phenylpropanoid pathway in grape. Hortic Res 2021; 8:51. [PMID: 33642590 PMCID: PMC7917099 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Cytokinin and gibberellic acid (GA) are growth regulators used to increase berry size in seedless grapes and it is of interest to understand their effects on the phenylpropanoid pathway and on ripening processes. GA3 and synthetic cytokinin forchlorfenuron (N-(2-chloro-4-pyridyl)-N'-phenylurea, CPPU) and their combination were applied to 6 mm diameter fruitlets of 'Sable Seedless', and berries were sampled 51 and 70 days (d) following application. All treatments increased berry size and delayed sugar accumulation and acid degradation with a stronger effect of CPPU. CPPU, but not GA, reduced berry color and the levels of anthocyanins. While CPPU reduced the levels of anthocyanins by more than 50%, the combined treatment of GA+CPPU reduced the levels by about 25% at 51 d. CPPU treatment had minor effects on flavonols content but increased the levels of monomeric flavan-3-ols by more than two-fold. Phloroglucinol analysis using HPLC showed that proanthocyanidin content was significantly increased by CPPU, whereas mean degree of polymerization was reduced from 26 to 19. Volatile analysis by GC-MS showed changes in composition with CPPU or GA treatment with potential impact on flavor. RNA-seq analysis showed that GA had a minor overall effect on the transcriptome whereas CPPU had pronounced effects on gene expression at both 51 and 70 d. Comparing the control and CPPU at similar Brix of ca. 19.7°, a reduced expression of stilbene synthases (STSs) including their regulators MYB14 and MYB15, and other phenylpropanoid-related genes was observed in CPPU-treated grapes. Overall, our study shows that CPPU had a major influence on the phenylpropanoid pathway and affected multiple ripening-related processes.
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- Kamal Tyagi
- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Food Safety and Measurement Facility, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
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Tyagi K, Maoz I, Lewinsohn E, Lerno L, Ebeler SE, Lichter A. Girdling of table grapes at fruit set can divert the phenylpropanoid pathway towards accumulation of proanthocyanidins and change the volatile composition. Plant Sci 2020; 296:110495. [PMID: 32540014 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Girdling is an important horticultural practice that allows increased yields or modulated ripening but not much is known how it affects metabolic processes. Trunk girdling was performed at fruit set using a single-blade knife on two table grape cultivar SUPERIOR SEEDLESS® and SABLE SEEDLESS®. Sampling of berries was carried out 1 or 9 weeks after girdling in 2017 from both cultivars and 7 and 9 weeks after girdling of 'Sable' in 2018. As expected, girdling resulted in consistent increase in berry size but total soluble content of mature 'Superior' berries was not affected and in 'Sable' it was slightly reduced in one of the two seasons examined. One week after girdling, abscisic acid and gibberellin content was higher in fruitlets from girdled vines and genes of the phenylpropanoid pathway were induced in both cultivars. Berry color development of 'Sable' measured both by auto-fluorescence and concentration of anthocyanins was reduced upon girdling. In contrast, flavan-3-ol and flavonol content, and total proanthcyanidins (PA) content increased 1.8-fold while the mean degree polymerization of the PA decreased from 26 to 21 upon girdling. Girdling reduced the levels of fatty acid derived volatiles in berries of 'Superior' and 'Sable'. In 'Sable', the total terpene level and the level of volatiles released after acid hydrolysis, decreased upon girdling. Overall, our study indicates that girdling can divert metabolic pathways in a manner that may have significant effect on the taste and flavor of grapes.
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- Kamal Tyagi
- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel; Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
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- Department of Vegetable Crops, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA; Food Safety and Measurement Facility, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
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Rana M, Upadhya M, Jaiswal A, Tyagi K. Evaluation of Surface Roughness of Nanofilled Composite Restorations after Simulated Tooth Brushing using Various Dentifrices. Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) 2018; 16:231-236. [PMID: 31719312] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Background Teeth restored with direct composite resin are constantly exposed to specific challenges of the oral cavity. These challenges can modify the material properties and, when associated with daily brushing, eventually change its surface roughness, allowing bacterial growth and retention of extrinsic pigments. Dentifrices plays an important role in dental wear (abrasion) and over time, can also cause an increase in the surface roughness of restorative materials. Objective To assess the effect of dentifrices on the longevity of direct nanofilled composite resins restorations as far as wear and roughness is concerned. Method Class V cavity were prepared on 90 extracted human teeth and restored with Filtek Z350 composite. Teeth were randomly divided into 6 experimental groups of 15 each labelled as Group-1 (Colgate Dental cream) Group-2 (Colgate Active Salt toothpaste), Group-3 (Pepsodent Regular toothpaste), Group-4 (Dabur red toothpaste), Group-5 (Dabur Lal tooth powder) and Group-6 Control (water). The samples were fixed on tooth brushing machine and subjected to mechanical tooth brushing using various dentifrices according to respective groups in 3 phases and reading of surface roughness (Ra) was recorded. Result Surface roughness (Ra) had increased in following order: Group 6 < Group 3 < Group 2 < Group 1 < Group 4 < Group 5. All the tooth pastes were compared, their behaviour was found to be similar as there was no statistically significant difference amongst them. Though all of them were inferior to control group and the difference was statistically significant. Whereas the only tooth powder Dabur lal tooth powder gave the maximum roughness when compared with the other tooth pastes and the difference was statistically significant. Conclusion With increase in time of brushing there was increase in surface roughness in all the 5 dentifrices among them Ra was maximum for Dabur lal tooth powder.
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- M Rana
- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, M.B. Kedia Dental College, Birgunj, Nepal
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, M.B. Kedia Dental College, Birgunj, Nepal
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- Department of Orthodontics, M.B. Kedia Dental College, Birgunj, Nepal
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- Department of Oral Pathology, M.B. Kedia Dental College, Birgunj, Nepal
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Gupta P, Reddaiah B, Salava H, Upadhyaya P, Tyagi K, Sarma S, Datta S, Malhotra B, Thomas S, Sunkum A, Devulapalli S, Till BJ, Sreelakshmi Y, Sharma R. Next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based identification of induced mutations in a doubly mutagenized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) population. Plant J 2017; 92:495-508. [PMID: 28779536 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The identification of mutations in targeted genes has been significantly simplified by the advent of TILLING (Targeting Induced Local Lesions In Genomes), speeding up the functional genomic analysis of animals and plants. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is gradually replacing classical TILLING for mutation detection, as it allows the analysis of a large number of amplicons in short durations. The NGS approach was used to identify mutations in a population of Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) that was doubly mutagenized by ethylmethane sulphonate (EMS). Twenty-five genes belonging to carotenoids and folate metabolism were PCR-amplified and screened to identify potentially beneficial alleles. To augment efficiency, the 600-bp amplicons were directly sequenced in a non-overlapping manner in Illumina MiSeq, obviating the need for a fragmentation step before library preparation. A comparison of the different pooling depths revealed that heterozygous mutations could be identified up to 128-fold pooling. An evaluation of six different software programs (camba, crisp, gatk unified genotyper, lofreq, snver and vipr) revealed that no software program was robust enough to predict mutations with high fidelity. Among these, crisp and camba predicted mutations with lower false discovery rates. The false positives were largely eliminated by considering only mutations commonly predicted by two different software programs. The screening of 23.47 Mb of tomato genome yielded 75 predicted mutations, 64 of which were confirmed by Sanger sequencing with an average mutation density of 1/367 Kb. Our results indicate that NGS combined with multiple variant detection tools can reduce false positives and significantly speed up the mutation discovery rate.
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- Prateek Gupta
- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, IAEA Seibersdorf Laboratories, Reaktorstrasse 1, Seibersdorf, Austria
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Laboratory, IAEA Seibersdorf Laboratories, Reaktorstrasse 1, Seibersdorf, Austria
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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Tyagi K, Gautam L, Waiz H, Mehta S, Beniwal B. Genetic characterisation of bikaneri camel using microsatellite markers. J CAMEL PRACT RES 2017. [DOI: 10.5958/2277-8934.2017.00037.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Upadhyaya P, Tyagi K, Sarma S, Tamboli V, Sreelakshmi Y, Sharma R. Natural variation in folate levels among tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) accessions. Food Chem 2016; 217:610-619. [PMID: 27664678 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Folate content was estimated in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) accessions using microbiological assay (MA) and by LC-MS. The MA revealed that in red-ripe fruits folate levels ranged from 4 to 60μg/100g fresh weight. The LC-MS estimation of red-ripe fruits detected three folate forms, 5-CH3-THF, 5-CHO-THF, 5,10-CH(+)THF and folate levels ranged from 14 to 46μg/100g fresh weight. In mature green and red ripe fruit, 5-CH3-THF was the most abundant folate form. Comparison of LC-MS with MA revealed that MA inaccurately estimates folate levels. The accumulation of folate forms and their distribution varied among accessions. The single nucleotide polymorphism was examined in the key genes of the folate pathway to understand its linkage with folate levels. Despite the significant variation in folate levels among tomato accessions, little polymorphism was found in folate biosynthesis genes. Our results indicate that variation in folate level is governed by a more complex regulation at cellular homeostasis level.
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- Pallawi Upadhyaya
- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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Mohan V, Gupta S, Thomas S, Mickey H, Charakana C, Chauhan VS, Sharma K, Kumar R, Tyagi K, Sarma S, Gupta SK, Kilambi HV, Nongmaithem S, Kumari A, Gupta P, Sreelakshmi Y, Sharma R. Tomato Fruits Show Wide Phenomic Diversity but Fruit Developmental Genes Show Low Genomic Diversity. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152907. [PMID: 27077652 PMCID: PMC4831840 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Domestication of tomato has resulted in large diversity in fruit phenotypes. An intensive phenotyping of 127 tomato accessions from 20 countries revealed extensive morphological diversity in fruit traits. The diversity in fruit traits clustered the accessions into nine classes and identified certain promising lines having desirable traits pertaining to total soluble salts (TSS), carotenoids, ripening index, weight and shape. Factor analysis of the morphometric data from Tomato Analyzer showed that the fruit shape is a complex trait shared by several factors. The 100% variance between round and flat fruit shapes was explained by one discriminant function having a canonical correlation of 0.874 by stepwise discriminant analysis. A set of 10 genes (ACS2, COP1, CYC-B, RIN, MSH2, NAC-NOR, PHOT1, PHYA, PHYB and PSY1) involved in various plant developmental processes were screened for SNP polymorphism by EcoTILLING. The genetic diversity in these genes revealed a total of 36 non-synonymous and 18 synonymous changes leading to the identification of 28 haplotypes. The average frequency of polymorphism across the genes was 0.038/Kb. Significant negative Tajima’D statistic in two of the genes, ACS2 and PHOT1 indicated the presence of rare alleles in low frequency. Our study indicates that while there is low polymorphic diversity in the genes regulating plant development, the population shows wider phenotype diversity. Nonetheless, morphological and genetic diversity of the present collection can be further exploited as potential resources in future.
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- Vijee Mohan
- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- * E-mail: (RS); (YS)
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
- * E-mail: (RS); (YS)
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We present a case of tuberculosis of the cervix due to the rarity of this condition and its clinical resemblance to a dreadful disease, “carcinoma of cervix.”
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Tyagi K, Upadhyaya P, Sarma S, Tamboli V, Sreelakshmi Y, Sharma R. High performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry for profiling and quantitative analysis of folate monoglutamates in tomato. Food Chem 2015; 179:76-84. [PMID: 25722141 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.01.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Folates are essential micronutrients for animals as they play a major role in one carbon metabolism. Animals are unable to synthesize folates and obtain them from plant derived food. In the present study, a high performance liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometric (HPLC-MS/MS) method was developed for the high throughput screening and quantitative analysis of folate monoglutamates in tomato fruits. For folate extraction, several parameters were optimized including extraction conditions, pH range, amount of tri-enzyme and boiling time. After processing the extract was purified using ultra-filtration with 10 kDa membrane filter. The ultra-filtered extract was chromatographed on a RP Luna C18 column using gradient elution program. The method was validated by determining linearity, sensitivity and recovery. This method was successfully applied to folate estimation in spinach, capsicum, and garden pea and demonstrated that this method offers a versatile approach for accurate and fast determination of different folate monoglutamates in vegetables.
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- Kamal Tyagi
- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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- Repository of Tomato Genomics Resources, Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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Sharma S, Tyagi K, Sreelakshmi Y, Sharma R. Gravitropic Analysis of Tomato Seedlings using Time Lapse Video Imaging. Bio Protoc 2015. [DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.1443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Tyagi K. Estimation of toxic effects of chemically and biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles on human gut microflora containing Bacillus subtilis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.5897/jtehs2013.0271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Patel M, Tyagi K, Sorathiya L, Fulsoundar A. Effect of polyherbal galactogogue supplementation on milk yield and quality as well as general health of Surti buffaloes of south Gujarat. Vet World 2013. [DOI: 10.5455/vetworld.2013.214-218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Chapuran TE, Toliver P, Runser RJ, McNown SR, Goodman MS, Nweke N, Jackel J, Hughes RJ, Peterson CG, McCabe K, Nordholt JE, Tyagi K, Hiskett P, Dallmann N, Mercer L, Dardy H. Compatibility of quantum key distribution with optical networking. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1117/12.603640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Kumar U, Kumar S, Tyagi K, Chand R, Joshi AK. Microsatellite markers for resistance to spot blotch in spring wheat. Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci 2005; 70:59-60. [PMID: 16637159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- U Kumar
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, India.
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Tripathi RP, Tiwari VK, Misra-Bhattacharya S, Tyagi K, Srivastava VML, Murthy PK. 7-O-[4-methyl piperazine-1-(2-acetyl)]-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one: a novel antifilarial lead compound. Acta Trop 2003; 87:215-24. [PMID: 12826297 DOI: 10.1016/s0001-706x(03)00066-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/22/2022]
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In preliminary studies we found that benzopyrones (coumarins), which are known to exert many biological activities including anti-inflammatory effect, possess promising macrofilaricidal action as well. In order to explore the possibility of combining such a macrofilaricidal activity with the microfilaricidal potential of the known piperazine pharmacophore, we synthesized a series of compounds and evaluated their antifilarial effect. In the present study, one of these compounds, 7-O-[4-methyl piperazine-1-(2-acetyl)]-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one (2), which has shown promising macrofilaricidal action against rodent filariid Litomosoides carinii in cotton rats, was evaluated against infection with Brugia malayi in Mastomys coucha and jird (Meriones unguiculatus). In the B. malayi-M. coucha system, the compound at a dose of 300 mg/kg, oral (p.o.) x5 days showed 53.6% adulticidal and 46.0% microfilaricidal activity along with 46.3% sterilization effect on the female worms. In addition, the compound interfered with the establishment of infective larvae (L(3))-induced infection to an extent of 50% at the same dose level. At 1 microM concentration it inhibited protease activity of B. malayi to 82%. The compound thus provides a novel lead for further synthesis and development of antifilarial agents with macrofilaricidal, microfilaricidal, female-sterilizing and possible larvicidal efficacy.
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- R P Tripathi
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Central Drug Research Institute, P.O. Box 173, Lucknow 226001, India
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Misra-Bhattacharya S, Tyagi K. Transmission efficiency of Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti to Wuchereria bancrofti infection: an experimental study. Indian J Exp Biol 2001; 39:98-100. [PMID: 11349538] [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: 04/16/2023]
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Present study was undertaken to evaluate the suitability of natural (Culex quinquefasciatus) and experimental (Aedes aegypti) vectors for supporting the development of W. bancrofti larvae for onward transmission. Both the species permitted development of W. bancrofti mf to infective larvae (L3) within 11 to 13 days. The mf intake by both the species of mosquitoes was directly related to mf density in donor's blood. Culex exhibited higher L3 recovery than Aedes. In Aedes maximum percent L3 development occurred after ingesting 4 mf whereas Culex exhibited best establishment at an average mf intake of 11.5. Nevertheless wide variation in mf density in donor's blood did not significantly affect the larval establishment in Aedes mosquito while in Culex very high (> 400 mf/40 microliters) or low (< 50 mf/40 microliters) mf counts in donor's blood adversely affected the L3 recovery. The results reveals that A. aegypti has an edge over the natural vector, Culex in being a voracious feeder, their easy laboratory maintenance and better transmission potential.
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- S Misra-Bhattacharya
- Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, India. root%@cscdri.ren.nic.in
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Tyagi K, Jain SC, Jain PC. Radiation dose estimates in Indian adults in normal and pathological conditions due to 99Tcm-labelled radiopharmaceuticals. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2001; 95:37-42. [PMID: 11468803 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006520] [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: 05/23/2023]
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ICRP Publications 53, 62 and 80 give organ dose coefficients and effective doses to ICRP Reference Man and Child from established nuclear medicine procedures. However, an average Indian adult differs significantly from the ICRP Reference Man as regards anatomical, physiological and metabolic characteristics, and is also considered to have different tissue weighting factors (called here risk factors). The masses of total body and most organs are significantly lower for the Indian adult than for his ICRP counterpart (e.g. body mass 52 and 70 kg respectively). Similarly, the risk factors are lower by 20-30% for 8 out of the 13 organs and 30-60% higher for 3 organs. In the present study, available anatomical data of Indians and their risk factors have been utilised to estimate the radiation doses from administration of commonly used 99Tcm-labelled radiopharmaceuticals under normal and certain pathological conditions. The following pathological conditions have been considered for phosphates/phosphonates--high bone uptake and severely impaired kidney function; IDA--parenchymal liver disease, occlusion of cystic duct, and occlusion of bile duct; DTPA--abnormal renal function; large colloids--early to intermediate diffuse parenchymal liver disease, intermediate to advanced parenchymal liver disease; small colloids--early to intermediate parenchymal liver disease, intermediate to advanced parenchymal liver disease; and MAG3--abnormal renal function, acute unilateral renal blockage. The estimated 'effective doses' to Indian adults are 14-21% greater than the ICRP value from administration of the same activity of radiopharmaceutical under normal physiological conditions based on anatomical considerations alone, because of the smaller organ masses for the Indian; for some pathological conditions the effective doses are 11-22% more. When tissue risk factors are considered in addition to anatomical considerations, the estimated effective doses are still found to be generally somewhat higher for the Indian, for both normal and pathological states (but lower than the values based on anatomical considerations alone). However, when the radiopharmaceutical is administered in quantities proportional to the body mass, the effective doses are 11-28% lower for the Indian under both normal and pathological conditions. It may be concluded that Indians are at a lower risk of radiation health detriment in comparison with the ICRP adult on administration of the various 99Tcm-labelled radiopharmaceuticals considered in this study.
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- K Tyagi
- Centre for Environment and Explosive Safety, Metcalfe House, Delhi 110054, India
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Ghosh RP, Murthy PK, Tyagi K, Murthy PSR, Chatterjee RK. Longitudinal Cellular Immune Responses in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Brugia malayi-Infected Indian Leaf Monkey Presbytis entellus. J Parasitol 1999. [DOI: 10.2307/3285822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Jain SC, Tyagi K. Effects of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields on health. Indian J Biochem Biophys 1999; 36:348-51. [PMID: 10844987] [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: 02/16/2023]
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This paper gives a brief review of the physical interaction and bio-effects of exposure to extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields (EMF) along with guidelines on limits of exposure to 50/60 Hz electric and magnetic fields.
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- S C Jain
- Centre for Environment & Explosive Safety, Metcalfe House, Delhi
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Ghosh RP, Murthy PK, Tyagi K, Murthy PS, Chatterjee RK. Longitudinal cellular immune responses in asymptomatic and symptomatic Brugia malayi-infected Indian leaf monkey Presbytis entellus. J Parasitol 1999; 85:861-6. [PMID: 10577721] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
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To investigate the cell-mediated immune (CMI) responses of the host during the development of acute filarial disease manifestations, we studied the sequential changes in CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets, leukocyte migration inhibition (LMI) response to Brugia malayi adult worm antigen, and concanavalin-A (ConA) and filarial antigen-induced lymphocyte transformation (LT) in the Indian leaf monkey (Presbytis entellus)-B. malayi model. Filarial infection was established in monkeys by subcutaneous inoculations of infective larvae (L3) (700-1,250 L3/monkey) in multiple doses, and the infected monkeys were categorized as symptomatic (Sym) and asymptomatic (Asym) depending on whether or not acute clinical manifestations were shown by them. In Sym monkeys, LMI response to homologous adult parasite antigen was significantly suppressed as compared to Asym monkeys. In Asym monkeys, LMI response varied among the animals; 2 showed an increase throughout the study period and 2 showed suppression at different time points. When compared with Asym monkeys, CD8+ T cells in Sym monkeys showed a trend of significant increase after day 180 postinoculation (PI). CD4+ T cells remained within the normal range till day 300 (PI), after which they showed a marginal increase. ConA-stimulated LT was suppressed in Asym monkeys from day 60 PI. Antigen-stimulated LT was unresponsive in both Asym and Sym animals. Thus, the host's LT response to ConA is suppressed in Asym animals, and alteration in CD8+ T-cell number and LMI response in Sym monkeys may be involved in the development of the acute disease manifestations in this model.
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- R P Ghosh
- Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Murthy PK, Tyagi K, Ghosh RP, Murthy PS, Chatterjee RK. Longitudinal humoral immune responses of Indian leaf monkey (Presbytis entellus) to Brugia malayi infection. Parasitology 1999; 119 ( Pt 1):53-60. [PMID: 10446704 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182099004394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/06/2022]
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Humoral immune responses of the Indian leaf monkey (Presbytis entellus) experimentally infected with Brugia malayi and exhibiting disease manifestations were studied. Microfilaraemia, filaria-specific IgG and circulating immune complexes (CICs) were determined in the monkeys at different time-points after inoculation of B. malayi 3rd-stage larvae. Sera were analysed for recognition pattern of adult parasite antigen molecules by immunoblotting. More than 60% of the infected monkeys developed episodic or persistent limb oedema with or without fever and with low or no microfilaraemia. While both CIC and filaria specific IgG levels were comparable in animals showing no disease symptoms (asymptomatics) and some animals showing symptoms (symptomatics), IgG levels peaked during pre-patent stage in symptomatics and during latent stage in asymptomatic animals. However, some of the symptomatic animals showed a low level of filaria-specific IgG as compared to asymptomatic and other symptomatic animals. The immunoblot analysis showed non-reactivity of 17 and 55 kDa antigens with sera of symptomatic animals. The results thus suggest that humoral immune responses as measured in the present study do not precede the development of the manifestations. However, 2 non-reactive antigen molecules identified by symptomatic sera need further study to establish their possible involvement, if any, in the development of acute disease manifestations in this model.
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- P K Murthy
- Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
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Investigations on various aspects of human filariasis using target filarial parasite, Brugia malayi is jeopardised to a great extent due to its prolonged incubation period and poor harvest from the existing experimental animal models. To obviate these difficulties it was decided to establish B. malayi infection in immunosuppressed Mastomys coucha. Cortisone, a well-known immunosuppressant, was used at 10-mg/kg dose level subcutaneously in two courses each of 5 days duration. The first course was administered 1 week before and the second, 1 week after infective exposure. Mastomys were exposed either with 100 or 200 L3 each. Untreated age-matched animals were also exposed simultaneously. The minimum prepatent period was observed to be 90.7 days in immunosuppressed animals exposed to 200 L3. The course of microfilaraemia in immunosuppressed and control animals was identical up to 180 days of observation period. However, the adult worm recovery from the former group of mastomys was higher. It is surmised that exposure with B. malayi L3 in immunosuppressed mastomys would be of great advantage in getting larger harvests of adult worms of B. malayi.
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- K Tyagi
- Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Investigations on various aspects of human filariasis using target filarial parasite, Brugia malayi is jeopardised to a great extent due to its prolonged incubation period and poor harvest from the existing experimental animal models. To obviate these difficulties it was contemplated to establish B. malayi infection in immunosuppressed Mastomys coucha. Cortisone, a well known immunosuppressant, was used at 10 mg/kg dose level subcutaneously in two courses each of 5 days duration. The first course was administered 1 week before and the second, a week after infective exposure. Mastomys were exposed either with 100 or 200 infective larvae (L3) each. Untreated age-matched animals were also exposed simultaneously. The minimum prepatent period was observed to be 90.7 days in immunosuppressed animals exposed to 200 L3. The course of microfilaraemia in immunosuppressed and control animals was identical up to 180 days of observation period. However, the adult worm recovery from the former group of Mastomys was higher. It is surmised that exposure with B. malayi L3 in immunosuppressed Mastomys would be of great advantage in getting larger harvests of adult worms of B. malayi.
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- K Tyagi
- Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Murthy PK, Murthy PS, Tyagi K, Chatterjee RK. Fate of infective larvae of Brugia malayi in the peritoneal cavity of Mastomys natalensis and Meriones unguiculatus. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 1998; 44:302-4. [PMID: 9437845] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The fate of intraperitoneally inoculated infective third-stage larvae (L3) of the nematode Brugia malayi Lichtenstein and the status of the peritoneal macrophage function were investigated in the susceptible rodent hosts Mastomys natalensis Roberts and Meriones unguiculatus Milne-Edwards (jird). Jirds and M. natalensis were inoculated intraperitoneally with 125 and 250 L3 and the worm burden and peritoneal macrophage function in the two species were compared at different days post-inoculation (DPI). None of the infected M. natalensis had adult worms in the peritoneal cavity; very few degenerating L3 surrounded by peritoneal cells were recovered 7 and 15 DPI. In contrast, all the infected jirds showed the parasite in different stages of development and the worm burden at different days PI was more in 250 L3 dose group than in 125 L3 dose group. The phagocytic function of peritoneal macrophages of normal M. natalensis was twice higher than that of jirds. This function was found significantly suppressed in both host species at 15 DPI; at 35 DPI, the activity was still at this low level in the jird, while that in M. natalensis reverted to uninfected age- and sex-matched control levels. These findings demonstrate that the peritoneal environment of M. natalensis is not conducive to the development of B. malayi and this is probably related to high macrophage activity in the peritoneum of this host compared to that found in the jird.
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- P K Murthy
- Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India. root%
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Bhattacharya SM, Tyagi K, Chatterjee RK. Our experience with experimentalWuchereria bancrofti infection in Indian langur (Presbytis entellus). Indian J Clin Biochem 1997; 12:35. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02873053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Misra S, Tyagi K, Chatterjee RK. Experimental transmission of nocturnally periodic Wuchereria bancrofti to Indian leaf monkey (Presbytis entellus). Exp Parasitol 1997; 86:155-7. [PMID: 9207745 DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Successful experimental transmission of the human lymphatic dwelling nocturnal periodic strain of Wuchereria bancrofti has been achieved from man to Indian leaf monkey (Presbytis entellus) through a susceptible strain of Aedes aegypti. The prepatent period varied between 195 and 240 days. Microfilaria (mf) levels were in general low and the peak count was attained at 1800 hr. Of the adult worms 5-12.5% were recovered from male langur while females revealed poor (2.54%) recovery. This host--parasite model thus makes available the target parasite material in substantial quantity to work on chemotherapeutic and immunological investigations.
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- S Misra
- Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Tyagi K, Murthy PK, Chatterjee RK. Brugia malayi in Mastomys natalensis: influence of immunostimulators on exertion of antifilarial activity of diethylcarbamazine. Trop Med Parasitol 1994; 45:24-26. [PMID: 8066377] [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: 05/22/2023]
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The effect of immunopotentiators (Freund's complete adjuvant and CDRI Compound no. 84/201) has been evaluated on exertion of antifilarial activity of diethylcarbamazine (DEC) at different dose levels in Mastomys natalensis experimentally infected with Brugia malayi. DEC alone exhibited dose dependent micro- as well as macrofilarial action. In combination with immunomodulators, activity of DEC was significantly enhanced even at a lower dose level (12.5 mg/kg). However at higher dose level (> 25 mg/kg) of the drug along with immunostimulator the adulticidal activity was significantly reduced. Nevertheless, immunopotentiators themselves displayed certain amount of antifilarial action (34-38% macrofilaricidal).
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- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Gupta CK, Srivastava M, Murthy PK, Tyagi K, Mandal SK, Gunmala, Sen AB. Circadian periodicity in microfilarial counts. J Trop Med Hyg 1990; 93:222-4. [PMID: 2348501] [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: 12/31/2022]
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We propose a second-order harmonic model to describe circadian periodicity in the 24-h cycle of microfilarial counts. Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were infected with Brugia malayi. Definite evidence of circadian periodicity was found in the microfilarial counts. The estimates of the parameters, periodicity indices and peak hours were determined.
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- C K Gupta
- Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India
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Singh AK, Tyagi K, Murthy PK, Gupta CK, Mandal SK, Chandra R, Sircar AR, Katiyar JC. Evaluation of filarial skin test with Brugia malayi larval antigen in the field. Indian J Med Res 1990; 91:52-4. [PMID: 2345030] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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To obtain comparable and reproducible results by filaria skin test with B. malayi larval antigen, standard procedure has been evolved. Antigen protein of 2 micrograms per test, injected intracutaneously, was found optimum for positive skin reaction. The reaction ratio based on increase of wheal area by 2 times or more was found to be statistically significant for interpreting positive results. However, in larger field trials, the simpler measurement of increase of wheal diameter by 1 1/2 times or more was found to be equally reliable. Patients treated with diethylcarbamazine citrate, antihistaminics and anti-inflammatory drugs are likely to be unresponsive to filarial antigen and will yield incorrect information.
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- Division of Parasitology, King George's Medical College, Lucknow
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Murthy PK, Tyagi K, Singh AK, Chandra R, Pandey VC, Katiyar JC. Stability of filaria diagnostic antigen (Brugia malayi). Indian J Med Res 1988; 88:134-7. [PMID: 3058588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Murthy PK, Tyagi K, Sen AB. Attempt to infect Tatera indica indica with subperiodic strain of Brugia malayi. Indian J Med Res 1987; 85:471-2. [PMID: 3623659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Chandra R, Katiyar JC, Kalpana Murthy P, Singh AK, Tyagi K, Sen AB. Comparison of filaria skin test & microfilaria demonstration in the diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis. Indian J Med Res 1986; 83:171-4. [PMID: 3710543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Tyagi K, Murthy PK, Sen AB. Effect of some known antifilarials on the immune responses of Mastomys natalensis infected with Brugia malayi. Indian J Med Res 1986; 83:155-61. [PMID: 3710542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Katiyar JC, Chandra R, Murthy PK, Tyagi K, Sen AB. Specificity of Brugia malayi antigens in filarial skin test. Indian J Med Res 1985; 81:465-70. [PMID: 2411654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Tyagi K, Murthy PK, Sen AB. Sequential changes in the antibody response of Mastomys natalensis consequent to Brugia malayi infection. Indian J Med Res 1985; 81:269-74. [PMID: 3894227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Murthy PK, Tyagi K, Roy Chowdhury TK, Sen AB. Susceptibility of Mastomys natalensis (GRA strain) to a subperiodic strain of human Brugia malayi. Indian J Med Res 1983; 77:623-30. [PMID: 6618535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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