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PubMed2026

Depth-dependent microbial succession and interspecies hydrogen transfer drive pit mud maturation in Chinese strong-flavor baijiu fermentation.

Microbial communities in fermentation pit mud play a key role in determining the quality of Chinese strong-flavor baijiu (CSFB). However, the ecological processes underlying pit mud maturation across spatial and temporal scales remain unclear. In this study, amplicon sequencing and metagenomic analyses were employed to investigate the taxonomic succession, community assembly, and metabolic functions of bacterial and archaeal communities during the transition from fresh pit mud (FPM) to new pit mud (NPM) and old pit mud (OPM). A pronounced depth-dependent succession pattern was observed, with 4 cm representing a critical ecological boundary separating distinct community structures and maturation trajectories. During surface-layer maturation, community assembly shifted from stochastic to deterministic processes, accompanied by homogeneous selection and increasing network complexity. In contrast, stochastic processes remained dominant throughout deep-layer maturation. Metagenomic analyses revealed a functional transition from lactate and acetate production, primarily associated with Lactobacillus in FPM and NPM, to butyrate and caproate production associated with Clostridium and Caproiciproducens in OPM. This functional transition was accompanied by enhanced amino acid metabolism, which was associated with the enrichment of Proteiniphilum and Aminobacterium. Notably, methanogen-mediated interspecies hydrogen transfer (IHT) emerged as a key ecological feature during pit mud maturation. In OPM, IHT networks primarily involving Methanobacterium and Methanosarcina linked methanogenesis with reverse β-oxidation through diverse hydrogen-transfer pathways, reinforcing metabolic interactions underlying caproate production. These findings provide new insights into the ecological mechanisms underlying pit mud maturation and offer a theoretical basis for the directed cultivation of high-quality pit mud in CSFB production.

Hydrogen↗

PubMed1975

Dietary effects of the esters of butyric, caproic, caprylic, capric, lauric, myristic, palmitic, and stearic acids on food intake, weight gain, plasma glucose, and tissue lipid in the male white rat.

Eight saturated fatty acid esters were fed to male white rats for 30 days in a 1/81 fractional factorial experiment in which diets contained 12-38% of their total energy as lipid. Marked increases in food intake, feed efficiency, and weight gain were achieved when lipid provided 36% of diet energy, and when that lipid was more than half caproate, caprate, myristate, and/or stearate. Caproate was the only saturated fatty acid to increase plasma glucose levels. The feeding of stearate or caprylate decreased plasma and liver cholesterol. Caprate increased liver fat. The short-chain fatty acids (butyrate to myristate) increased the concentration of fat in the carcass.

Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena↗

PubMed1992

Interactions between gluconeogenesis and fatty acid oxidation in isolated sheep hepatocytes.

The interaction of gluconeogenesis and fatty acid oxidation in isolated sheep hepatocytes was studied. Addition of tetradecylglycidic acid, an inhibitor of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (EC 2.3.1.21), to isolated hepatocytes inhibited gluconeogenesis from a mixture of pyruvate plus lactate and from propionate alone. Inhibition constants for tetradecylglycidic acid on gluconeogenesis were 4.77 +/- 1.00 microM and 7.25 +/- 1.52 microM, respectively, for pyruvate plus lactate and for propionate as gluconeogenic substrates. The inhibition constants were not different. At the highest substrate concentrations examined, gluconeogenesis from pyruvate plus lactate and from propionate in the presence of 10 microM tetradecylglycidic acid was 47.3 and 41.4% of their respective controls. Similar to previous observations with butyrate, caproate addition inhibited gluconeogenesis from propionate by isolated hepatocytes and was unable to prevent inhibition of gluconeogenesis induced by tetradecylglycidic acid. Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I activity was lower in mitochondria isolated from hepatocytes preincubated with insulin than in control hepatocytes. The data suggest 1) that maximum rates of gluconeogenesis in isolated sheep hepatocytes from either pyruvate plus lactate or from propionate as gluconeogenic substrates require beta-oxidation, 2) that intermediates common to the metabolism of butyrate and caproate may be involved in the inhibition of propionate conversion to glucose by isolated sheep hepatocytes, and 3) that carnitine palmitoyltransferase I activity in isolated sheep hepatocytes can be modulated by insulin treatment.

Animals↗

PubMedDate not supplied

[Hormonal regulation of uterine contraction].

A personal method has been used to study spontaneous kinetic activity of the uterus in 50 women during puerperium following miscarriage between the VIIIth and XIIth weeks. Modifications induced were evaluated in several sessions (510 recordings) and at various periods of time, following administration of: 50 mg of 17B oestradiol, 200 mg natural progesterone, 500 mg of natural progesterone, 250 mg of 17 hydroxyprogesterone caproate and 500 mg of 17 hydroxyprogesterone caproate. In the case of some of the patients, hysterotonometry was evaluated following intravenous oxytocin loading. The results pointed to an activation of the uterine pacemaker after oestrogenic loading, and a clear-cut progestinic block of contractile activity.

Abortion, Spontaneous↗

PubMed1977

[Hormontal treatment of pre-tumorous diseases of the testis in rats].

Tumours and proliferates of the testes from spermatogenic epithelium were treated with estrogens, and those from the interstitial cells-with androgens and 17-hydrosyprogesterone caproate. Depression of the folliculo-stimulating function of the pituitary body with a simultaneous stimulation of the luteinizing hormones (LH) production under the effect of estrogen led to cessation of teratoma and seminoma growth, and to the resolution of the proliferates. When androgens or 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate were used, depression of the LH led to cessation of the tumour growth, and to the resolution of proliferion of proliferates from the interstitial cells.

Animals↗

PubMed1992

The effect of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate/oestradiol valerate on the development and outcome of early pregnancies following in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: a prospective and randomized controlled trial.

A prospective and randomized study was performed to investigate the effect of supportive hormones on the development and outcome of early pregnancies following in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer. Immediately after pregnancies were confirmed endocrinologically on day 15 after oocyte collection, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate and oestradiol valerate (PC/EV) was administered to half of the patients in a randomly controlled trial. One group received supportive treatment until the twelfth week of gestation, whereas the other group received no treatment at all. Both groups were followed up by measurements of serum levels of human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG), oestradiol and progesterone every three days until day 35, when a first ultrasound examination was carried out to confirm fetal vitality. Subsequently, pregnancies were monitored sonographically at regular intervals. In cases of miscarriage, dilatation and curettage was performed and histology analysed. A total of 120 pregnant patients entered the study: 55 of them received hormone treatment and 65 patients were controls. Within the treatment group 48 (89%) clinically ongoing pregnancies were observed, five (9%) miscarriages occurred after the seventh week of gestation and one preclinical pregnancy was noted. In the control group, 38 (59%) ongoing pregnancies were observed, nine (14%) miscarriages occurred and 17 (27%) preclinical pregnancies were recorded. Two ectopic pregnancies, one in each group, were excluded from evaluation. A significantly higher percentage of pregnancies were intact at 7 weeks of gestation after treatment with PC/EV (p less than or equal to 0.01).

17 alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate↗

PubMed1977

Conservative treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

A study was carried out in 30 male patients with benign prostate hyperplasia to assess the effectiveness of treatment with a progestational agent, gestonorone caproate (200 mg), given intramucularly every 7 days over a period of 2 to 3 months. The results showed definite subjective and objective improvement after treatment. Residual urine determination diminished significantly after therapy in 78% of the cases completing the study; uroflometry also showed improvement. There appeared to be some reduction in the degree of occlusion of the urethral lumen in at least 13(65%) out of 20 patients given follow-up cystopanendoscopy after 6 months. This result was further supported by improvement in urinary flow rates and uroflometrograms in the same patients. The only adverse effect of treatment noted was the development of impotency in 21 patients.

Aged↗

PubMed1975

The effect of progestins on submaxillary gland epidermal growth factor: demonstration of androgenic, synandrogenic and antiandrogenic actions.

The effects of progestins (0.1, 1.0, 6-10 mg/day) alone and in combination with testosterone (0.1 mg/day) on immunoreactive epidermal growth factor (EGF) concentrations in submaxillary glands from normal and androgen-insensitive (tfm/y) mice were studied. Since androgens are known to stimulate increased EGF levels, the responses to progestins were interpreted as androgenic, synandrogenic or antiandrogenic if they simulated, potentiated or inhibited androgen response, respectively. Of the progestins studied, medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) caused the greatest androgenic response when given alone; 10 mg produced a greater than 40-fold increase of EGF over control values. Lesser responses were achieved when progesterone or megestrol acetate (Meg Ac) were given alone. Cyproterone acetate (Cyp Ac) had no androgenic activity when administered alone and acted as a potent antiandrogen at all doses used. Progesterone and Meg Ac had weak antiandrogenic activity. The only synandrogenic response elicited was with a high dose (10 mg) of progesterone caproate. Neither MPA nor progesterone alone had any effect on EGF levels in tfm/y mice. These patterns of response differ from those seen in mouse kidney. The data indicate that progestins as a class are capable of androgenic, synandrogenic and antiandrogenic action in the mouse submaxillary gland, but that no single progestin is capable of all three actions. Since tfm/y mice lack a functional androgen receptor, the absence of EGF response in these mice to progestins as well as androgens suggest that the action of progestins may be mediated by the androgen receptor in the submaxillary gland.

Androgens↗

PubMed1977

Synthesis, storage and degradation of polyglucose in Chlorobium thiosulfatophilum.

Cultures of Chlorobium thiosulfatophilum form polyglucose during growth. The polyglucose is laid down within the cells as rosette-like granules, which are made up from smaller grains. The size of each granule appears to be limited to less than 30 nm, since an increase in polyglucose content leads to more granules being formed rather than an increase in granule size. The polyglucose in washed cells is fermented in the dark to acetate, propionate, caproate and succinate, of which acetate by far comprises the largest fraction (68%). During incubation of washed cells without hydrogen donor, the level of polyglucose decreases regardless of whether the cells are incubated in the dark or in the light. Since the products formed from polyglucose under the two different conditions are not the same, it is suggested that polyglucose in the dark serves as an energy source, whereas when in the light the role of polyglucose is mainly to provide the cell with reducing power.

Darkness↗

PubMed1975

Inhibition of thiamine transport in anaerobic baker's yeast by iodoacetate, 2,4-dinitrophenol N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and fatty acids.

1. [14C]Thiamine uptake by baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) was strongly inhibited by 0.2 mM iodoacetate, 0.2 mM 2,4-dinitrophenol and 0.1 mM N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide under anaerobic conditions. 2. The inhibition of anaerobic [14C]thiamine uptake by these inhibitors was accompanied by almost parallel decreases in the ATP level of the yeast cells. 3. On the other hand, the short-chain fatty acids inhibited [14C]thiamine uptake to a large extent, without greatly affecting the intracellular ATP level. This suggests that the acids primarily block the use of energy from ATP for the transport rather than the fermentation process. 4. Caproate, which has a most pronounced inhibitory effect on [14C]thiamine uptake, significantly prevented the dissipation of an energized membrane state of yeast cells necessary for the active transport of thiamine. 5. Possible ways in which the inhibitors may affect thiamine uptake were discussed.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

PubMed1977

[Thin-layer chromatography of active compounds from ointments and suppositories followed by direct quantitative analysis by remission (author's transl)].

The paper describes a method for simultaneous thin-layer chromatographic separation of hydrocortisone, hydrocortisone acetate or hydrocortisone caproate alongside dibucaine hydrochloride, hexachlorophene and clemizole undecylate as well as clemizole hexachlorophenate in ointments and suppositories. Development of thin-layer chromatograms is carried out on silica gel 60 F-254 pre-coated plates. All four active ingredients can be separated on one silica gel plate using one solvent system and determined directly by the remission method using a densitometer. Hydrocortisone and its two esters are measured at 248 nm, dibucaine hydrochloride at 325 nm, hexachlorophene at 300 nm, and clemizole undecylate as well as clemizole hexachlorophenate at 275 nm. Evaluation of thin-layer chromatograms takes place on-line from a linear calibration curve using an IBM 1800 computer. The described method is very suitable for analyses of these active ingredients in drug forms, such as ointments or suppositories and is reproducible with coefficients of variation of 1.29-3.56%.

Benzimidazoles↗

PubMed1975

17 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase of the sheep ovary : purification, properties and substrate binding site.

Sheep ovarian 17 beta HSDH has been purified about 1000 fold to a specific activity of 0.5 IU/mg protein, using DEAE cellulose chromatography, affinity chromatography on estrone-amino caproate-Sepharose and a second DEAE cellulose chromatography. The molecular weight is 70,000 ; the pH optimum for activity is 9.2 and the energy of activation is 16.5 Kcal/mole. The kinetics of the oxidation of estradiol and many analogues have been studied at various concentrations and in the presence of different amounts of coenzyme. The data are in agreement with a compulsory order mechanism with the binding of NAD+ as the first substrate. Sheep ovarian 17 beta HSDH accepts subtituents in position C3, C11, C13 ; the substrate binding site is open in this region. On the contrary, the binding requirements are strict for the region of C10 since the presence of a C19 methyl group impairs binding and (or) oxidation of the steroid. Sheep ovarian and human placental 17 beta HSDH have close analogies : molecular weight, pH optimum, substrate binding site requirements. Their reaction mechanisms are different : random for the placental 17 beta HSDH, compulsory order for the ovarian 17 beta HSDH : this can be explained by the effect of the coenzyme upon the binding of the substrate : without effect on placental enzyme, the coenzyme fixation enhances the affinity of the ovarian 17 beta HSDH for any substrate.

Animals↗

PubMed1976

Effects of the aliphatic carboxylate series of salts on the conformation of proteins.

The effects of the aliphatic acid series of salts, formate, acetate, propionate, butyrate, valarate, and caproate, on the conformation of sperm whale myoglobin, human hemoglobin A, and horse heart cytochrome c were investigated by spectral measurements in the Soret region, optical rotation, and intrinsic viscosity measurements. The effectiveness of the aliphatic acid salts as unfolding reagents for proteins is found to increase with increasing hydrocarbon content of the alkyl chains of the salts, which is analogous in behavior to effects of the urea, amide, and alcohol series of protein denaturants. The denaturation midpoints, Sm, as a function of the unfolding reagent were analyzed using the equations of Peller (Peller, L. (1959), J. Phys, Chem- 63, 1199) and Flory (Flory, P.J. (1957), J. Cell. Comp. Physiol. 49, 175) with binding constants based in part on the Scherage-Nemethy theory of hydrophobic bonding or evaluated from free-energy transfer data of nonpolar amino acid side chains from aqueous to nonaqueous solvents. The summation of the polar KP and hydrophobic KHphi contributions of solvent to protein amino acid side chain interactions were found to give best account of the protein denaturation data. Intrinsic viscosity and optical rotation data obtained on hemoglobin and myoglobin at high salt concentrations, above the unfolding transition regions, indicate that the product of denaturation by the aliphatic acid salts is less unfolded than in 6 M guanidine hydrochloride solutions. Residual elements of the helical regions of the proteins seem to either escape unfolding or are reformed at high concentrations of the denaturing salts.

Binding Sites↗

PubMed1992

Propionate induces polymorphonuclear leukocyte activation and inhibits formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine-stimulated activation.

Short-chain carboxylic acids (SCCA) are metabolic by-products of bacterial pathogens which can alter cytoplasmic pH and inhibit a variety of polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) motile functions. Since cytoskeletal F-actin alterations are central to PMN mobility, in this study we examined the effects of SCCA on cytoskeletal F-actin. Initially, we tested nine SCCA (formate, acetate, propionate, butyrate, valerate, caproate, lactate, succinate, and isobutyrate). We document here that while eight altered cytoplasmic pH, only six altered cytoskeletal F-actin. We then selected one SCCA that altered both F-actin and cytoplasmic pH (propionate) and one SCCA that altered only cytoplasmic pH (lactate) for further study. Propionate, but not lactate, caused an irregular cell shape and F-actin distribution. Furthermore, propionate, but not lactate, inhibited formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP)-stimulated PMN polarization, F-actin localization, and cytoplasmic pH oscillation. Propionate-induced changes in cytoskeletal F-actin and cytoplasmic acidification were not affected by the fMLP receptor antagonist N-t-BOC-1-methionyl-1-leucyl-1-phenylalanine; however, alkalinization was affected. Pertussis toxin treatment completely inhibited propionate-induced changes in F-actin but had no effect on propionate-induced cytoplasmic pH oscillation. These results indicate that propionate (i) bypasses the fMLP receptor and G protein(s) to induce cytoplasmic pH oscillation, (ii) operates through G protein(s) to induce actin oscillation, cell shape changes (to irregular), and F-actin localization, and (iii) inhibits fMLP-stimulated cytoplasmic pH and actin oscillation, PMN polarization, and F-actin localization.

Actins↗

PubMed1979

Chemotaxis of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus toward pure compounds.

Positive chemotaxis by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus strain UKi2 was measured for 139 compounds. Twenty-one compounds were attractants; sensitive attraction was elicited by acetate, propionate, thioacetate, malonate, cis-oxalacetate, D-glucose-6-phosphate, acetyl coenzyme A, ammonium ion, barium ion, manganous ion, and potassium ion. Several of the attractants for B. bacteriovorus strain UKi2 also were attractants to strains 6-5-S and 114; however, strains 109D and 109J were not attracted by the compounds tested. Of 33 compounds tested, 8 were repellents for B. bacteriovorus strain UKi2: n-caproate, alanine, isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, cobaltous chloride, and hydronium ion. None of the organic repellents for strain UKi2 elicited repulson from strains 114 or 109D. However, all three strains of Bdellovibrio show aerotaxis. Several compounds were tested for their effects on viability and predacious growth of B. bacteriovorus strain UKi2. No simple correlation was found between attraction or repulsion and benefit or harm to bdellovibrios. The data are consistent with the view that in nature, the greatest survival value of chemotaxis for bdellovibros may be in aerotaxis, attraction to certain inorganic ions and acetate, and repulsion by hydronium ion.

Amino Acids↗

PubMed1976

In vitro studies on enzymatic cleavage of steroid esters in the female organism.

The decreasing water-solubility of steroid esters concomitant with increasing chain lenth of monocarboxylic acids provides a prolonged therapeutic effect of the steroid. Whether a slow release of the steroid from an oily depot in the muscle or a secondary storage of the enter in the body fat ("deep compartment") are responsible for this prolonged action, is open to discussion. The aim of this study was to investigate the steriod ester cleaving enzyme activity of human subcutaneous fatty tissue. The followeing steroid esters were investigated: Testosterone acetate and oenanthate, metenolone acetate and oenanthate, norethisterone acetate and oenanthate, dehydroepiandrosterone acetate and oenanthate, fluocortolone acetate and caproate. In the 10000 X g supernatant phase of the female subcutaneous fatty tissue the rate of enzymatic cleavage of the long-chain oenanthates was considerably greater than that of the corresponding short-chain steroid esters. The nature and position of the ester group in the steroid molecule exhibited a marked effect on the rate of enzymatic cleavage of steroid esters. The cleavage rate of long- and short-chain steroid esters in human myometrium and endometrium resembled that in the fatty tissue. On the other hand, the gastric mucosa, recuts musculature, placenta and vaginal mucosa split the short-chain steroid esters more rapidly than the long-chain esters. The marked differences in the relation of the cleavage rate of long- and short-chain steoid esters in the various tissues allow the assumption that long- and short-chain steroid esters are cleaved by different enzymes.

Adipose Tissue↗

PubMed1979

Anti-androgen TSAA-291. III. Hormonal spectra of anti-androgen TSAA-291 (16 beta-ethyl-17 beta-hydroxy-4-oestren-3-one) and its derivatives.

For the purpose of obtaining hormonal spectra of anti-androgen TSAA-291 and its derivatives, a variety of endocrine characteristics were studied. (1) Androgenic and anabolic activity : Subcutaneous administration of anti-androgen TSAA-291 and its acetate, TSAA-328, to the immature orchiectomized rat resulted in significant weight increase of the levator ani but in only a nominal response of seminal vesicles and prostates even at a large daily dose of 9.6 mg. The resultant anabolic/androgenic ratio was estimated to be extremely high. (2) Oestrogenic activity : Uterine weight in response to these anti-androgens were sluggishly dose-dependent, and the maximal plateau response remained considerably lower than that induced by oestradiol-17 beta. The oestrogenic activity of these anti-androgens was estimated to be 1/200 000 or less as that of oestradiol-17 beta. A single subcutaneous dose of 100 mg of TSAA-291 or its caproate, TSAA-330, did not induce the vaginal cornification in the adult ovariectomized rat. (3) Anti-oestrogenic activity : Antagonistic effect of these anti-androgenic compounds on the uterine weight response to oestradiol-17 beta was found in the immature ovariectomized rat. A single subcutaneous dose of 100 mg of TSAA-291 or TSAA-330 also induced the antagonism against the cornification caused by daily treatments with 1 microgram oestrone in the adult ovariectomized rat. (4) Progestational activity : These anti-androgenic compounds proved to be less active than progesterone in the McPhail's test. (5) Anti-inflammatory activity : Daily subcutaneous dose of 20 mg of TSAA-291 for 6 days did not significantly depress the weight of granuloma developed around the cotton-pellet implanted in the young male rat. TSAA-291 did not affect the anti-inflammatory action of 1/6 mg of prednisolone phosphate. Combination of both agents seemed to be effective in enhancing the anti-androgenic action of TSAA-291, whereas prednisolone phosphate alone rather increased the weight of the accessory sex organs. (6) Liver glycogen deposition activity : Daily intramuscular doses up to 38.4 mg of TSAA-291 for 5 days did not increase the liver glycogen level in the adrenalectomized rat.

Androgen Antagonists↗

PubMed1979

Anti-androgen TSAA-291. IV. Effects of the anti-androgen TSAA-291 (16 beta-ethyl-17 beta-hydroxy-4-oestren-3-one) on the secretion of gonadotrophins.

Effects of the anti-androgen TSAA-291 on the gonadotrophin secretion were studied. (1) A single subcutaneous or oral administration of TSAA-291 and its caproate induced the ovulation in the proestrous rat of which the spontaneous ovulation was blocked by the treatment with chlorpromazine. (2) A single subcutaneous administration of TSAA-291 at 2.4 mg/kg to the adult male rat induced only a slight elevation in the serum LH and FSH levels at 30 min after the administration. Successive intramuscular administrations of TSAA-291 to the adult male rat for 2 or 4 weeks resulted in significant decreases in the serum LH and FSH levels at high dose levels. A dose-dependent decrease in the serum LH level but not FSH level was observed in the orchiectomized rat. (3) Successive intramuscular administrations of TSAA-291 at high dose levels to the male rat suppressed the plasma testosterone level in the testicular venous blood and general circulation.

Administration, Oral↗