Three groups of 11 New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit does, each were reared from 12 weeks of age on iso-energetic diets containing 16, 14 or 12% crude protein (CP) were used to study influences on productive performance, digestibility, some carcass traits, haematological, biochemical and hormonal parameters of rabbit does. The results showed rabbits fed on 16% protein diet had heavier body weights...

This study investigated the effect of replacing a portion fish meal with unfermented and/or fermented soybean in juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Four groups juveniles (initial weight 110.31 ± 3.12 g) triplicate were fed for 90 days on four different iso-nitrogen and iso-lipid diets. The G0 diet comprised 28% protein (control group). In other three diets (G1, G2, G3), 10% was replac...

The purpose of this study was to define the role of the Rho family of small GTPases in the beta-adrenergic regulation of the Na,K-ATPase in alveolar epithelial cells (AEC). The beta-adrenergic receptor agonist isoproterenol (ISO) increased the Na,K-ATPase protein abundance at the plasma membrane and activated RhoA in a time-dependent manner. AEC pretreated with mevastatin, a specific inhibitor ...

Impaired Ca(2+) handling is one of the main characteristics in heart failure patients. Recently, we reported abnormal expressions of Ca(2+)-handling proteins in isoproterenol (ISO)-induced hypertrophied rat hearts. On the other hand, Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE)-1 inhibitor has been demonstrated to exert beneficial effects in ischemic-reperfusion injury and in the development of cardiac remodelin...

BACKGROUND Previous research supports a role for soy protein in reducing serum lipids; however, few studies involved healthy male subjects or focused on soy isoflavones (or did both). OBJECTIVE The objective was to ascertain the effects of soy protein varying in isoflavone content on serum lipids in healthy young men. DESIGN Thirty-five males (x +/- SD age: 27.9 +/- 5.7 y) consumed milk pro...

In this study we tested the hypothesis that ventricular homeostasis of L-type Ca(2+) current (I(Ca,L)) minimally involves regulation of the main pore-forming alpha-subunit (Ca(V)1.2) and auxiliary proteins that serve as positive or negative regulators of I(Ca,L). We treated animals for 24 h with verapamil (Ver, 3.6 mg.kg(-1).day(-1)), isoproterenol (Iso, 30 mg.kg(-1).day(-1)), or Iso + Ver via ...

Numerous clinical therapeutic agents have been identified as DNA damaging. The present study revealed that isoproterenol (Iso) resulted in DNA damage in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and increased the levels of intracellular oxygen free radicals. Administration of chlorogenic acid (CGA) inhibited this effect. Pretreatment with CGA abrogated the increase in protein expression levels of γ‑...

cytochrome-c (cyt-c) is an electron transport protein, and it is present throughout the evolution. more than 280 sequences have been reported in the protein sequence database (www.uniprot.org). though sequentially diverse, cyt-c has essentially retained its tertiary structure or fold. thus a vast data set of varied sequences with retention of similar structure and function makes it a primary ca...

Native de-oiled and treated castor seed meal was subjected to proximate analysis and quantification of anti-nutrients (phytochemicals). Seed cake was treated by biochemical technique of solid state fermentation with Aspergillus niger and addition of calcium oxide (CaO) to give treated castor seed meal (TCSM). One hundred and twenty Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) were fed four (4) ...

this study was performed in order to evaluate the effects of irrigation and application of zn fertilizer on  seed storage proteins  in chickpea, azad cultivar. experiment was performed in an factorial using randomized complete block design with three replications. in this experiment, two factor consist of irrigation in three levels (i1= non irrigation and i2= irrigation in flowering stage), zn ...