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Need for regional economic development and global demand for agro-industrial commodities have resulted in large-scale conversion of forested landscapes to industrial agriculture across South East Asia. However, net emissions of CO2 from tropical peatland conversions may be significant and remain poorly quantified, resulting in controversy around the magnitude of carbon release following conversion. Here we present long-term, whole ecosystem monitoring of carbon exchange from two oil palm plantations on converted tropical peat swamp forest. Our sites compare a newly converted oil palm plantation (OPnew) to a mature oil palm plantation (OPmature) and combine them in the context of existing emission factors. Mean annual net emission (NEE) of CO2 measured at OPnew during the conversion period (137.8 Mg CO2 ha-1 year-1 ) was an order of magnitude lower during the measurement period at OPmature (17.5 Mg CO2 ha-1 year-1 ). However, mean water table depth (WTD) was shallower (0.26 m) than a typical drainage target of 0.6 m suggesting our emissions may be a conservative estimate for mature plantations, mean WTD at OPnew was more typical at 0.54 m. Reductions in net emissions were primarily driven by increasing biomass accumulation into highly productive palms. Further analysis suggested annual peat carbon losses of 24.9 Mg CO2 -C ha-1 year-1 over the first 6 years, lower than previous estimates for this early period from subsidence studies, losses reduced to 12.8 Mg CO2 -C ha-1 year-1 in the later, mature phase. Despite reductions in NEE and carbon loss over time, the system remained a large net source of carbon to the atmosphere after 12 years with the remaining 8 years of a typical plantation's rotation unlikely to recoup losses. These results emphasize the need for effective protection of tropical peatlands globally and strengthening of legislative enforcement where moratoria on peatland conversion already exist.Transducin (β)-like 1 X-linked receptor 1 (TBL1XR1) is an evolutionarily conserved protein related to spermatozoa. To clarify its role and mechanism of action in spermatozoa, qRT-PCR was used to analyse the expression of TBL1XR1 in human spermatozoa and mouse testes. The mice were established as an animal model by injecting the mice testes with small interfering RNA against TBL1XR1 or control siRNA. Our results indicated that deficiency of TBL1XR1 in mice reduced the motility of spermatozoa and disrupted the histone-to-protamine transition. We also found the decreased expression of TBL1XR1 in the spermatozoa of human patients with asthenozoospermia (AZ) compared with that in the spermatozoa of healthy males. Moreover, we carried out chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses and found that genes downstream of TBL1XR1 were related to sperm motility. Thus, TBL1XR1 might be related to sperm motility and might function through its downstream genes. Our data highlight the role of TBL1XR1 involved in spermatozoa and provide new molecular insights into the intricate systems required for male fertility.This study reports the first evaluation of sperm hyaluronan binding assay (HBA) for predicting the fertility of Nili-Ravi buffalo bulls in relation to standard parameters of sperm quality. Cryopreserved semen doses of low (n = 6), medium (n = 3) and high fertility (n = 8) bulls based on their respective return rates were used. Significantly, more spermatozoa bound to hyaluronan from the most fertile bulls (57.15% ± 1.44) compared with medium (42.46% ± 1.08) and low fertility bulls (29.70% ± 0.78). A strongly positive correlation (r = .824, p less then .01) was found between HBA and fertility that predicts a 67.9% variability (r2 = .679, p less then .01) in fertility. HBA was also strongly positively correlated with sperm viability (r = .679, p less then .01) followed by their live/dead ratio (r = .637, p less then .01), uncapacitated spermatozoa (r = .631, p less then .01), normal apical ridge (r = .459, p less then .01), motility (r = .434, p less then .01), mature spermatozoa with low residual histones (r = .364, p less then .01), high plasma membrane integrity (r = .316, p less then .01) and nonfragmented DNA levels (r = .236, p less then .05). It was negatively correlated with spermatozoa having reacted acrosome (r = -.654, p less then .01). A fertility model built using a combination of sperm HBA and either sperm livability or viability predicts, respectively, 86.1% (r2 = .861, p less then .01) and 85.9% (r2 = .859, p less then .01) variability in buffalo bull fertility. In conclusion, sperm HBA may prove to be a single robust predictor of Nili-Ravi buffalo bull fertility.

Quercetin has recently become a remarkably popular subject of research due to its broad beneficial pharmacological properties. The goal of our study was to observe its effects on contractility of human gastric smooth muscles in reference to the NO pathway and direct influence of potassium channels.

Tissues were obtained from patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy due to morbid obesity (n=10 aged 24-56; BMI 47.16±1.84). The following parameters were evaluated in the recordings area under the curve (AUC), average baseline muscle tone, and relative change in muscle contraction.

Quercetin induced noticeable, dose-dependent relaxation of the carbachol treated gastric strips. The substantial effect was noted at concentrations higher than 10

mol/L and maximal at 10

mol/L (81.82±3.32%; n=10; p<0.0001) of the control. Neither NOS blockers nor guanylyl cyclase blockers had inhibitory effects on the relaxation of strips induced by examined polyphenol. Glibenclamide inhibited the relaxing effect of quercetin, significant at concentrations higher than 5⋅10

mol/L. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/inf195.html Preincubation with charybdotoxin or apamin extended the relaxing effect of quercetin (from 10

mol/L). Tamoxifen, in turn, significantly increased muscle relaxation at all quercetin concentrations.

In conclusion, the current study was the first to show that quercetin-induced relaxation of human gastric smooth muscle occurs directly through K



channels and independently to NO pathways. The present results suggest that quercetin is a potential nutraceutical in the treatment of functional gastrointestinal dyspepsia and other minor gastric muscle motility disturbance.

In conclusion, the current study was the first to show that quercetin-induced relaxation of human gastric smooth muscle occurs directly through K+ATP channels and independently to NO pathways. The present results suggest that quercetin is a potential nutraceutical in the treatment of functional gastrointestinal dyspepsia and other minor gastric muscle motility disturbance.