• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.61 no.4
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• pp.40.1-40.6
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• 2021

Acid-base disorder is a common problem in veterinary emergency and critical care. Traditional methods, as well as the Stewart method based on strong ion difference concepts and the Fencl-Stewart method, can be used to analyze the underlying causes. On the other hand, there are insufficient comparative study data on these methods in cats. From 2018 to 2020, 327 acid-base analysis data were collected from 69 sick and 18 healthy cats. The three most well-known methods (traditional method, Stewart method, and Fencl-Stewart method) were used to analyze the acid-base status. The frequency of acid-base imbalances and the degree of variation according to the disease were also evaluated. In the traditional acid-base analysis, 5/69 (7.2%) cats showed a normal acid-base status, and 23.2% and 40.6% of the simple and mixed disorders, respectively. The Fencl-Stewart method showed changes in both the acidotic and alkalotic processes in 64/69 (92.8%), whereas all cats showed an abnormal status in the Fencl-Stewart method (semiquantitative approach). The frequencies of the different acid-base imbalances were identified according to the analysis method. These findings can assist in analyzing the underlying causes of acid-base imbalance and developing the appropriate treatment.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.352-356
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• 2011

Abstract: This study was aimed to diagnose acid-base disorders of dogs with canine parvoviral enteritis (CPE) and data to establish a rational fluid therapy regimen for patients with CPE. A total of 43 dogs which had clinical signs of CPE and had detected canine parvovirus by polymerase chain reaction, were bled anaerobically from jugular vein at the time of admission. Blood chemical test, determination of electrolytes and blood gas analysis were conducted, and calculated values were obtained from each measured items. The values of blood chemical and electrolytes of dogs with CPE were various depending on the degree of clinical signs, and these tests were not specific to diagnose for CPE. Hypochloremia (20.9%), hyperchloremia (11.6%), hypokalemia (7.0%), hyperkalemia (11.6%), hyponatremia (9.3%) and hypernatremia (18.6%) were diagnosed as abnormalities of electrolytes from 43 dogs with CPE. The 29 out of 43 dogs (67.4%) were metabolic acidosis and 3 dogs (7.0%) were metabolic alkalosis. The acid-base status of 11 dogs out of 43 dogs (25.6%) was normal.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.104-109
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• 2016

In the current study, we investigated the longitudinal association between dietary acid load and the risk of insulin resistance (IR) in the Tehranian adult population. This longitudinal study was conducted on 925 participants, aged 22~80 years old, in the framework of the third (2006~2008) and fourth (2009~2011) phases of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. At baseline, the dietary intake of subjects was assessed using a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, and the potential renal acid load (PRAL) and net endogenous acid production (NEAP) scores were calculated at baseline. Fasting serum insulin and glucose were measured at baseline and again after a 3-year of follow-up; IR was defined according to optimal cut-off values. Multiple logistic regression models were used to estimate the risk of IR according to the PRAL and NEAP quartile categories. Mean age and body mass index of the participants were 40.3 years old of $26.4kg/m^2$, respectively. Mean PRAL and NEAP scores were -11.2 and 35.6 mEq/d, respectively. After adjustment for potential confounders, compared to the lowest quartile of PRAL and NEAP, the highest quartile was accompanied with increased risk of IR [odds ratio (OR)=2.81, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.32~5.97 and OR=2.18, 95% CI=1.03~4.61, respectively]. Our findings suggest that higher acidic dietary acid-base load, defined by higher PRAL and NEAP scores, may be a risk factor for the development of IR and related metabolic disorders.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.257-261
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• 2010

The development of blood ionic changes could be precipitated in acid-base disorder and subsequent treatment. As technology for detecting circulating ionized $Mg^{2+}$ (the most interesting form with respect to physiological and biological properties) is now available in veterinary clinical medicine. This present study investigated the changes of whole blood ionized $Mg^{2+}$ correlated with acute metabolic and respiratory alkalosis in rodent model. Metabolic alkalosis was induced by intravenous infusion with $NaHCO_3$ and mechanical hyperventilation was applied for respiratory alkalosis. We founded that the blood ionized $Mg^{2+}$ could be reversibly decreased by the $NaHCO_3$-induced acute metabolic alkalosis but irreversibly increased by the mechanical hyperventilation-induced respiratory acidosis and respiratory acidosis. We suggested that the potential change in blood suggested that the potential change in blood ionized $Mg^{2+}$ should be counted in treatment of acid-base disorders.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Pharmacology
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.109-120
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• 2006

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder. The pathological hallmarks of AD are senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Major component of senile plaques is amyloid beta peptide(A$\beta$) which is derived from amyloid precursor protein (APP). A$\beta$ is generated through the sequential cleavage of App by $\beta$ - and $\gamma$-secretases. $\beta$-secretase excises the ectodomain of APP ($\beta$-APPs) to leave a 99-amino acid long C-terminal fragment (APP-C99-CTF) in the membrane. $\gamma$-secretase then cleaves this membrane-tethered APP-CTF within the transmembrane domain, so releasing A$\beta$ peptides and APP-intracellular domain (AICD). Thus, $\beta$- and $\gamma$-secretase are regarded to perform the key steps in the pathogenesis of AD and have become important therapeutic targets in the prevention and treatment of AD. Enormous efforts have been focused to develop the amyloid beta related drug for cure of AD becuase A$\beta$ is believed to be one of the major causes of AD. since major pharmaceutical companies in world wide base compete to develop new drug for AD, we have to be careful to choose the drug target to success the tough race. In the present talk, possible drug targets based on basic research results will be discussed. These molecules should be a good target for development of new drug for AD and be less competitive to have a good shape for world wide competition.

• Animal Bioscience
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• v.35 no.11
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• pp.1787-1799
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• 2022

Objective: Choline deficiency, one main trigger for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is closely related to lipid metabolism disorder. Previous study in a choline-deficient model has largely focused on gene expression rather than gene structure, especially sparse are studies regarding to alternative splicing (AS). In modern life science research, primary hepatocytes culture technology facilitates such studies, which can accurately imitate liver activity in vitro and show unique superiority. Whereas limitations to traditional hepatocytes culture technology exist in terms of efficiency and operability. This study pursued an optimization culture method for duck primary hepatocytes to explore AS in choline-deficient model. Methods: We performed an optimization culture method for duck primary hepatocytes with multi-step digestion procedure from Pekin duck embryos. Subsequently a NAFLD model was constructed with choline-free medium. RNA-seq and further analysis by rMATS were performed to identify AS events alterations in choline-deficency duck primary hepatocytes. Results: The results showed E13 (embryonic day 13) to E15 is suitable to obtain hepatocytes, and the viability reached over 95% by trypan blue exclusion assay. Primary hepatocyte retained their biological function as well identified by Periodic Acid-Schiff staining method and Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity assay, respectively. Meanwhile, genes of alb and afp and specific protein of albumin were detected to verify cultured hepatocytes. Immunofluorescence was used to evaluate purity of hepatocytes, presenting up to 90%. On this base, choline-deficient model was constructed and displayed significantly increase of intracellular triglyceride and cholesterol as reported previously. Intriguingly, our data suggested that AS events in choline-deficient model were implicated in pivotal biological processes as an aberrant transcriptional regulator, of which 16 genes were involved in lipid metabolism and highly enriched in glycerophospholipid metabolism. Conclusion: An effective and rapid protocol for obtaining duck primary hepatocytes was established, by which our findings manifested choline deficiency could induce the accumulation of lipid and result in aberrant AS events in hepatocytes, providing a novel insight into various AS in the metabolism role of choline.