TY - JOUR A1 - Lehenberger, Maximilian A1 - Benkert, Markus A1 - Biedermann, Peter H. W. T1 - Ethanol-Enriched Substrate Facilitates Ambrosia Beetle Fungi, but Inhibits Their Pathogens and Fungal Symbionts of Bark Beetles JF - Frontiers in Microbiology N2 - Bark beetles (sensu lato) colonize woody tissues like phloem or xylem and are associated with a broad range of micro-organisms. Specific fungi in the ascomycete orders Hypocreales, Microascales and Ophistomatales as well as the basidiomycete Russulales have been found to be of high importance for successful tree colonization and reproduction in many species. While fungal mutualisms are facultative for most phloem-colonizing bark beetles (sensu stricto), xylem-colonizing ambrosia beetles are long known to obligatorily depend on mutualistic fungi for nutrition of adults and larvae. Recently, a defensive role of fungal mutualists for their ambrosia beetle hosts was revealed: Few tested mutualists outcompeted other beetle-antagonistic fungi by their ability to produce, detoxify and metabolize ethanol, which is naturally occurring in stressed and/or dying trees that many ambrosia beetle species preferentially colonize. Here, we aim to test (i) how widespread beneficial effects of ethanol are among the independently evolved lineages of ambrosia beetle fungal mutualists and (ii) whether it is also present in common fungal symbionts of two bark beetle species (Ips typographus, Dendroctonus ponderosae) and some general fungal antagonists of bark and ambrosia beetle species. The majority of mutualistic ambrosia beetle fungi tested benefited (or at least were not harmed) by the presence of ethanol in terms of growth parameters (e.g., biomass), whereas fungal antagonists were inhibited. This confirms the competitive advantage of nutritional mutualists in the beetle’s preferred, ethanol-containing host material. Even though most bark beetle fungi are found in the same phylogenetic lineages and ancestral to the ambrosia beetle (sensu stricto) fungi, most of them were highly negatively affected by ethanol and only a nutritional mutualist of Dendroctonus ponderosae benefited, however. This suggests that ethanol tolerance is a derived trait in nutritional fungal mutualists, particularly in ambrosia beetles that show cooperative farming of their fungi. KW - ambrosia fungi KW - bark and ambrosia beetles KW - symbiont selection KW - ethanol KW - detoxification KW - Ips typographus Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-222222 SN - 1664-302X VL - 11 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Marinovich, M. A1 - Lutz, Werner K. T1 - Covalent binding of aflatoxin B\(_1\) to liver DNA in rats pretreated with ethanol JF - Experientia N2 - Male Fischer F-344 rats were given ethanol in the drinking water and/or by single oral administration. Following this, the animals received p.o. 100 ng/kg of the hepatocarcinogen eHJaflatoxin BI (AFBI)' 24 h later, the level of DNA-bound AFBI was determined in the liver and was found not to be affected by any type of ethanol pretreatment. A cocarcinogenic effect of ethanol in the liver is therefore unlikely to be due to an effect on the metabolic activation and inactivation processes governing the formation of DNA-binding AFBI metabolites. KW - Toxikologie KW - Carcinogenesis KW - DNA KW - covalent binding KW - aflatoxin KW - ethanol Y1 - 1985 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-55237 VL - 41 IS - 10 SP - 1338 EP - 1340 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Masota, Nelson E. A1 - Vogg, Gerd A1 - Ohlsen, Knut A1 - Holzgrabe, Ulrike T1 - Reproducibility challenges in the search for antibacterial compounds from nature JF - PLoS One N2 - Background Reproducibility of reported antibacterial activities of plant extracts has long remained questionable. Although plant-related factors should be well considered in serious pharmacognostic research, they are often not addressed in many research papers. Here we highlight the challenges in reproducing antibacterial activities of plant extracts. Methods Plants with reported antibacterial activities of interest were obtained from a literature review. Antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were tested using extracts’ solutions in 10% DMSO and acetone. Compositions of working solutions from both solvents were established using LC-MS analysis. Moreover, the availability of details likely to affect reproducibility was evaluated in articles which reported antibacterial activities of studied plants. Results Inhibition of bacterial growth at MIC of 256–1024 μg/mL was observed in only 15.4% of identical plant species. These values were 4–16-fold higher than those reported earlier. Further, 18.2% of related plant species had MICs of 128–256 μg/mL. Besides, 29.2% and 95.8% of the extracts were soluble to sparingly soluble in 10% DMSO and acetone, respectively. Extracts’ solutions in both solvents showed similar qualitative compositions, with differing quantities of corresponding phytochemicals. Details regarding seasons and growth state at collection were missing in 65% and 95% of evaluated articles, respectively. Likewise, solvents used to dissolve the extracts were lacking in 30% of the articles, whereas 40% of them used unidentified bacterial isolates. Conclusion Reproducibility of previously reported activities from plants’ extracts is a multi-factorial aspect. Thus, collective approaches are necessary in addressing the highlighted challenges. KW - acetones KW - antibacterials KW - leaves KW - phytochemicals KW - solubility KW - plants KW - liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry KW - ethanol Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-260239 VL - 16 IS - 7 ER - TY - THES A1 - Volk, Ralf T1 - Schnarchen unter Alkoholeinfluss - eine klinische experimentelle Studie T1 - Loudness and duration of snoring in healthy men after alcohol ingestion - a clinical experimental study N2 - Schnarchen ist ein Leitsymptom des obstruktiven Schlafapnoesyndroms (OSAS). Diese Erkrankung wird durch abendlichen Alkoholgenuss verstärkt. Die Frage, ob Alkohol auch zu einer Zunahme der Schnarchhäufigkeit/–lautstärke führt und damit Schlafstörungen v.a. beim Bettpartner hervorrufen kann, ist bisher nicht untersucht worden. In der vorliegenden Studie wurden 20 gesunde Männer an 3 Nächten polysomnographiert, jeweils ohne Alkohol, mit 0,5 ‰- und 0,8 ‰-Blutalkoholkonzentration (BAK). Die Schnarchgeräusche wurden mit einem Raum- und Körpermikrophon aufgezeichnet und computerunterstützt nach Häufigkeit und Lautstärke (>55 dB(A), >70 dB(A)) analysiert. Bei primären Schnarchern (n=10), die bereits ohne Alkohol schnarchten, nahm die durchschnittliche Schnarchhäufigkeit und -lautstärke dosisabhängig signifikant zu. Primäre Nichtschnarcher (n=10) zeigten dagegen keine signifikante Zunahme: Nur 4 Probanden schnarchten bei 0,8 ‰ BAK, 2 andere nur bei 0,5 ‰ BAK. Weniger die Körperlage im Schlaf als die Gesamtkörpermasse oder das Alter scheinen Einflussfaktoren für die Zunahme des Schnarchens zu sein. Abendlicher Alkoholgenuss bei schnarchenden Männern verstärkt deren Schnarchdauer und -lautstärke, löst jedoch bei Nichtschnarchern nicht regelmäßig Schnarchen aus. Als Konsequenz sollte somit bei primären Schnarchern eine strikte abendliche Alkoholkarenz empfohlen werden, was die schnarchbedingte Lärmbelästigung des Bettpartners reduziert. N2 - Snoring is a major symptom of the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). This disease is known to be intensified by the consumption of alcohol in the evening. The question whether alcohol also leads to increased frequency and loudness of snoring and thereby can cause disordered sleep especially for the bed partner has not been examined so far. In this study 20 healthy male volunteers were examined by polysomnography for 3 nights, respectively without alcohol, 0.5 ‰ and 0.8 ‰ blood alcohol standard. Snoring was recorded with a room microphone appliance and a body microphone and computer-analysed in terms of frequency and loudness (>55 dB(A), >70 dB(A)). For primarily snoring males (n=10) the average frequency and loudness of snoring increased significantly in a dose-dependant manner. For primarily non-snoring males (n=10) there was no significant increase: Only 4 snored at 0.8 ‰, 2 others snored only at 0.5 ‰ blood alcohol standard. Total body mass and age rather than sleeping position seem to have an influence on the increase of snoring. Evening alcohol consumption by primarily snoring males amplifies the frequency and loudness of their snoring. On the other hand it cannot regularly trigger snoring in primarily non-snoring males. In conclusion complete restriction of evening alcohol consumption should be recommended for primarily snoring males in order to reduce bed partner’s disordered sleep due to snoring noise. KW - Schnarchen KW - Alkohol KW - Polysomnographie KW - Obstruktive Schlafapnoe (OSAS) KW - Lärmbelästigung KW - Snoring KW - alcohol KW - ethanol KW - obstructive sleep apnea (OSAS) KW - sleeplab Y1 - 2002 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-3630 ER - TY - THES A1 - Welzholz, Anna Catrin Sara T1 - Wirkung organischer Lösungsmittel auf die Darmtätigkeit. Untersuchungen am Dünndarm von Meerschweinchen in vitro. T1 - Effect of organic solvents on the action of the bowels. Investigation of guinea pigs' small intestine in vitro. N2 - Die Magen-Darm-Motilität von Patienten auf Intensivstationen unterliegt vielen hemmenden Einflüssen. Außer der Wirkung inhibitorisch wirksamer Pharmaka wäre denkbar, dass auch organische Lösungsmittel (Ethanol, DMSO), Detergentien (SLS/CAPB) und aus Perfusor- und Infusionsleitungen freigesetzte Weichmacher (Phthalate) die Dünndarmperistaltik per se beeinflussen oder die Wirkung inhibitorisch wirksamer Pharmaka (Midazolam, Fentanyl) modulieren. Die Untersuchungen wurden in vitro am Dünndarm des Meerschweinchens durchgeführt. Der Parameter zur Beurteilung der inhibitorischen Wirkung auf die Peristaltik einer dem Organbad zugegebenen Substanz war die Änderung des intraluminalen Schwellendrucks ΔPPT (peristaltic pressure threshold) zur Auslösung von Peristaltik. Ein Anstieg der PPT zeigt eine inhibitorische Wirkung an. In der Zusammenschau der Ergebnisse aller Experimente der vorliegenden Arbeit zeigte sich, dass weder DEHP, Ethanol, DMSO noch Detergentien (SLS/CAPB) per se eine konzentrationsabhängige, signifikant hemmende Wirkung auf die Dünndarmperistaltik haben. Jedoch vermochten Ethanol, sowohl extraserosal dem Organbad zugegeben als auch endoluminal durch das Dünndarmsegment perfundiert, und in Ethanol gelöstes DEHP die motilitätshemmende Wirkung von Midazolam bzw. Fentanyl zu verstärken. In den Untersuchungen fiel auf, dass die Schwellendruckänderungen ΔPPT nach Zugabe von Ethanol, unabhängig von der jeweiligen Konzentration, sehr heterogen waren. Um den Mechanismus der Ethanolwirkung genauer zu charakterisieren, wurden Darmsegmente vor der Zugabe von Ethanol mit Antagonisten bzw. Blockern vermuteter Signaltransduktionswege vorbehandelt. Eingesetzt wurden Naloxon (Antagonist an Opioidrezeptoren), Apamin (Inhibitor von calciumaktivierten small conductance Kaliumkänalen), Bicucullin (Antagonist am GABAA-Rezeptor), Lorglumid (Antagonist am Cholecystokinin CCKA-Rezeptor) und YM022 (selektiver Antagonist am Gastrin/CCKB-Rezeptor). Diese Antagonisierungsversuche ergaben keine signifikanten Ergebnisse, da Ethanol in der Konzentration mit inhibitorischer Wirkung auf die Peristaltik zu heterogene Änderungen der PPT hervorrief. Unter klinischen Gesichtspunkten könnten die hemmende Wirkung von Ethanol auf die Peristaltik sowie die Wirkungsverstärkung des motilitätshemmenden Midazolam und Fentanyl durch Ethanol bzw. in Ethanol gelöstes DEHP Faktoren sein, die zur Hemmung der Darmmotilität bei Intensivpatienten beitragen. N2 - Critically ill patients' gastro-intestinal-motility is subject to many inhibiting factors. Apart from medicaments also organic solvents (ethanol, DMSO), detergents (SLS/CAPB) and plasticizers (phthalates) which are delivered from infusion lines may influence the action of the bowels per se or modulate the effect of inhibiting pharmaceutics. The investigations were performed on guinea pigs' small intestine in vitro. The modification of the intra-luminal PPT (peristaltic pressure threshold) was measured to estimate the inhibiting effect of a substance on the peristalsis. An increasing PPT shows an inhibiting effect. Overall, neither DEHP, ethanol, DMSO nor detergents (SLS/CAPB) per se had a significant, inbiting effect on the peristalsis. However, ethanol added to the organ bath as well as added via perfusion through the gut segment aggravated the inhibitoring effect of midazolame. The same effect was observed when gut segments were perfused by DEHP solute in ethanol and fentanyl was added to the organ bath. Furthermore, the behaviour of ethanol was very heterogeneous. To characterize ethanol's mechanisms of action different gut segments were pretreated with antagonists or inhibitors of suspected signal transduction pathways. Therefore naloxone (opiod receptor antagonist), apamin (inhibitor of calcium activated small conductance sodium channels), bicucullin (GABA-A receptor antagonist), lorglumide (CCK-A receptor antagonist) and YM 022 (CCK-B receptor antagonist) were used. None of these experiments brought any significant result but also very heterogeneous alterations of the PPT. Under clinical aspects the inhibiting effects of ethanol on the peristalsis as well as the aggravation of the inhibting effects of midazolame and fentanyl by ethanol or DEHP solute in ethanol may be factors which may be conducive to the gastro intestinal atony of the critically ill patient. KW - Dünndarmfunktion KW - Lösungsmittel KW - Meerschweinchen KW - Phthalsäureester KW - Detergentien KW - Ethanol KW - Dimethylsulfoxid KW - Natriumlaurylsulfat KW - Cocamidopropylbetain KW - small intestine KW - peristalsis KW - solvents KW - ethanol KW - dimethylsulfoxide KW - sodiumlaurylsulfate KW - cocamidopropylbetaine KW - guinea pig KW - phthalates Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-76471 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Xu, Li A1 - He, Jianzheng A1 - Kaiser, Andrea A1 - Gräber, Nikolas A1 - Schläger, Laura A1 - Ritze, Yvonne A1 - Scholz, Henrike T1 - A Single Pair of Serotonergic Neurons Counteracts Serotonergic Inhibition of Ethanol Attraction in Drosophila JF - PLoS ONE N2 - Attraction to ethanol is common in both flies and humans, but the neuromodulatory mechanisms underlying this innate attraction are not well understood. Here, we dissect the function of the key regulator of serotonin signaling—the serotonin transporter–in innate olfactory attraction to ethanol in Drosophila melanogaster. We generated a mutated version of the serotonin transporter that prolongs serotonin signaling in the synaptic cleft and is targeted via the Gal4 system to different sets of serotonergic neurons. We identified four serotonergic neurons that inhibit the olfactory attraction to ethanol and two additional neurons that counteract this inhibition by strengthening olfactory information. Our results reveal that compensation can occur on the circuit level and that serotonin has a bidirectional function in modulating the innate attraction to ethanol. Given the evolutionarily conserved nature of the serotonin transporter and serotonin, the bidirectional serotonergic mechanisms delineate a basic principle for how random behavior is switched into targeted approach behavior. KW - attraction KW - ethanol KW - Drosophila melanogaster KW - serotonin transporter Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-166762 VL - 11 IS - 12 ER -