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Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by early contractures of the elbows, Achilles tendons and spine, slowly progressive muscle wasting and cardiomyopathy associated with cardiac conduction defect. The autosomal dominant form is caused by mutations in the LMNA gene which gives rise to lamin A and lamin C proteins by alternative splicing. These A-type lamins, together with B-type lamins, form the nuclear lamina, a network of intermediate filament proteins underlining the nuclear envelope. In order to ascertain the role lamin A and C separately contribute to the molecular phenotype, we analysed ten LMNA mutations and one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in transfection studies in COS7 fibroblasts and, partially, in C2C12 myoblasts. The EGFP or DsRed2 tagged lamins were exogenously expressed either individually or both A-types together and examined by light and electron microscopy. The protein mobility of lamin A mutants was determined by FRAP analysis. Additionally, a co-immunoprecipitation binding assay of in vitro synthesised A-type lamins and emerin was performed.Eight of the LMNA mutations (R50S, R133P, E358K, E358K+C<T1698, E361K, R527P, L530P, R541S and G602S) and the SNP C<T1698, when expressed in lamin A, exhibited a range of nuclear mis-localisation patterns from a wild type phenotype to the formation of nuclear aggregates. Two mutations (T150P and delQ355) led to the severe mis-localisation of the exogenous protein and additionally affected nuclear envelope reassembly and mid-body protein composition after mitosis. Exogenously expressed DsRed2 tagged wild type and mutant lamin C was only inserted into the nuclear lamina if co-expressed with the equivalent EGFP tagged lamin A construct, except for the T150P mutation which prevented either lamin from reaching the nuclear lamina. The T150P, R527P and L530P mutations reduced the ability of lamin A, but not lamin C from binding to emerin. These data indicate that mutations in the rod domain of lamin A mainly impair its function as a structural protein, whereas mutations of the globular tail domain appear to disrupt protein-protein interactions important for gene regulation and signal transduction processes. In addition, our results suggest specific functional roles for the emerin-lamin A and emerin-lamin C containing protein complexes; this is the first report to propose that the A-type lamin mutations may be differentially dysfunctional for the same LMNA mutation.
In this thesis, I introduce the Virtual Brain Protocol, which facilitates applications of the Standard Brain of Drosophila melanogaster. By providing reliable and extensible tools for the handling of neuroanatomical data, this protocol simplifies and organizes the recurring tasks involved in these applications. It is demonstrated that this protocol can also be used to generate average brains, i.e. to combine recordings of several brains with the same features such that the common features are emphasized. One of the most important steps of the Virtual Insect Protocol is the aligning of newly recorded data sets with the Standard Brain. After presenting methods commonly applied in a biological or medical context to align two different recordings, it is evaluated to what extent this alignment can be automated. To that end, existing Image Processing techniques are assessed. I demonstrate that these techniques do not satisfy the requirements needed to guarantee sensible alignments between two brains. Then, I analyze what needs to be taken into account in order to formulate an algorithm which satisfies the needs of the protocol. In the last chapter, I derive such an algorithm using methods from Information Theory, which bases the technique on a solid mathematical foundation. I show how Bayesian Inference can be applied to enhance the results further. It is demonstrated that this approach yields good results on very noisy images, detecting apparent boundaries between structures. The same approach can be extended to take additional knowledge into account, e.g. the relative position of the anatomical structures and their shape. It is shown how this extension can be utilized to segment a newly recorded brain automatically.
Diese Arbeit wurde durch Experimente zur Potential- und Stromverteilung in Quanten-Hall- Systemen motiviert, die in den letzten Jahren in der Abteilung von Klitzing am MPI für Festkörperforschung durchgeführt wurden und ergaben, dass elektrostatische Abschirmungseffekte in zweidimensionalen Elektronensystemen (2DES), die den ganzzahligen Quanten-Hall-Effekt (QHE) zeigen, sehr wichtig für das Verständnis der Stromverteilung innerhalb der Probe und der extremen Genauigkeit der gemessenen quantisierten Werte des Hall-Widerstands sind. Daraus ergab sich für die hier vorgelegte Arbeit das folgende Programm. Zunächst wird, nach einem einleitenden Kapitel, in Kapitel 2 der Formalismus vorgestellt, mit dem in den späteren Kapiteln Elektronendichten und elektrostatische Potentiale, die z.B. das 2DES auf eine Probe mit Streifengeometrie eingrenzen, selbstkonsistent berechnet werden. Diese Selbstkonsistenz besteht aus zwei Teilen. Erstens wird, bei vorgegebenem Potential, die Elektronendichte berechnet. Zweitens wird aus vorgegebener Ladungsverteilung, bestehend aus (positiven) Hintergrundladungen und der (im ersten Schritt berechneten) Elektronenladungsdichte, und geeigneten Randbedingungen (konstantes Potential auf metallischen Gates) durch Lösen der Poisson-Gleichung das elektrostatische Potential berechnet. Wenn wir im ersten Schritt, unter Berücksichtigung der Fermi-Dirac-Statistik, die Elektronendichte quantenmechanisch aus den Energieeigenfunktionen und -werten berechnen, erhalten wir die Hartree-Näherung, die die Dichte als nichtlokales Funktional des Potentials liefert. Wenn man die Ausdehnung der Wellenfunktionen auf der Längenskala, auf der sich das Potential typischerweise ändert, vernachlässigen kann, so vereinfacht sich die Hartree-Näherung zur Thomas- Fermi-Näherung, die einen lokalen Zusammenhang zwischen Elektronendichte und Potential beschreibt. Die meisten der konkreten Rechnungen wurden im Rahmen dieser selbstkonsistenten Thomas-Fermi-Poisson-Näherung durchgeführt. Im Kapitel 3 wird allgemein das Abschirmverhalten eines 2DES im hohen Magnetfeld untersucht. Wir betrachten die Antwort auf eine harmonische Potentialmodulation im unbegrenzten 2DES und in streifenförmig begrenzten Systemen mit zwei unterschiedlichen Arten von Randbedingungen. Bei tiefen Temperaturen und hohen Magnetfeldern finden wir extrem nichtlineare Abschirmung. Im unbegrenzten 2DES charakterisieren wir die Abschirmung, indem wir die gesamte Variation des selbstkonsistent berechneten Potentials als Funktion der Amplitude des aufgeprägten cosinus-Potentials berechnen. Bei festem Magnetfeld ergeben sich so Stufenfunktionen, deren Gestalt stark vom Füllfaktor der Landau-Niveaus im homogenen Zustand ohne aufgeprägtes Potential abhängt (siehe Abbildungen 3.2- 3.6). Vielleicht noch unerwartetere Kurven ergeben sich, wenn man bei festem Modulationspotential die Varianz des selbstkonsistenten Potentials gegen das Magnetfeld B aufträgt (Abb. 3.9). Die Resultate lassen sich aber leicht verstehen und (bei Temperatur T = 0) in einem einfachen Schema (Abb. 3.7) zusammenfassen. Als ordnendes Prinzip stellt sich heraus, dass sich stets Zustände einstellen, in denen die Elektronendichte möglichst wenig von der bei verschwindendem Magnetfeld abweicht. Wenn die Zyklotronenergie groß gegen die thermische Energie kBT ist, erfordert das, dass in den großen Bereichen, in denen die Dichte variiert, ein Landau-Niveau unmittelbar an dem, im Gleichgewicht konstanten, elektrochemischen Potential liegen muss (En, “pinning”). Man nennt diese Bereiche kompressibel. In den kompressiblen Bereichen können Elektronen leicht umverteilt werden, d.h. die Dichte ist leicht veränderbar und in diesen Bereichen gibt es extrem effektive Abschirmung. Existieren kompressible Bereiche mit unterschiedlichen Landau-Niveaus (En) am elektrochemischen Potential, z.B. bei großer Modulation oder weil die Dichte zum Probenrand hin abnimmt, so gibt es zwischen benachbarten kompressiblen Bereichen mit unterschiedlichen Landau-Quantenzahlen n “inkompressible” Bereiche, in denen zwischen zwei Landau-Niveaus liegt. Dort sind alle Landau-Niveaus unterhalb von besetzt, die oberhalb leer. Folglich ist dort der Füllfaktor ganzzahlig und die Dichte konstant. Das Wechselspiel zwischen kompressiblen und inkompressiblen Bereichen bestimmt das Abschirmverhalten. Randeffekte erweisen sich nur in solchen Magnetfeldintervallen als wichtig für die Abschirmung im Inneren einer streifenförmigen Probe, in denen (schon ohne aufgeprägte Modulation) in der Probenmitte ein neuer inkompressibler Streifen entsteht. Im Kapitel 4 wird die Rolle der inkompressiblen Streifen in einer idealisierten, streifenförmigen Hall-Probe untersucht. Mithilfe einer lokalen Version des Ohmschen Gesetzes berechnen wir bei vorgegebenen Gesamtstrom die Stromdichte und das nun ortsabhängige elektrochemische Potential, dessen Gradient die Stromdichte treibt. Für den lokalen Leitfähigkeitstensor nehmen wir ein für homogenes 2DES berechnetes Resultat und ersetzen den Füllfaktor jeweils durch den lokalen Wert. Dadurch ergibt sich, dass bei Existenz inkompressibler Streifen der gesamte Strom auf diese Streifen eingeschränkt ist, in denen die Komponenten des spezifischen Widerstands die Werte des freien, idealen 2DES haben, also verschwindenden longitudinalen und quantisierten Hall-Widerstand. Aus Hartree-Rechnungen zeigen wir, dass es inkompressible Streifen nur in Magnetfeldintervallen endlicher Breite (um ganzzahlige Füllfaktoren) gibt und dass in der Nähe von Füllfaktor 4 es nur inkompressible Streifen mit dem lokalen Füll-faktor \nu(x) = 4 gibt, aber nicht solche mit \nu(x) = 2, in Gegensatz zu dem Ergebnis der Thomas-Fermi-Poisson-Näherung, die hier nicht gültig ist. Um diese Unzulänglichkeit der Thomas-Fermi-Poisson-Näherung und Artefakte des strikt lokalen Modells zu beheben, führen wir die Rechnungen mit einem (auf der Skala des mittleren Elektronenabstands) gemittelten Leitfähigkeitstensors aus. Damit erhalten wir, im Rahmen einer Linear-Response-Rechnung, sehr schöne Übereinstimmung mit den Potentialmessungen, die diese Dissertation motivierten, einen kausalen Zusammenhang zwischen der Existenz inkompressibler Streifen und der Existenz von Plateaus im QHE, und ein Verständnis der extremen Genauigkeit, mit der die quantisierten Widerstandswerte reproduziert werden können, unabhängig von Probenmaterial und -geometrie. Im Kapitel 5 untersuchen wir das Zufallspotential, in dem sich die Elektronen bewegen. Wir gehen davon aus, dass sich hinter einer undotierten Schicht eine Ebene mit zufällig verteilten ionisierten Donatoren befindet, deren Coulomb-Potentiale sich zu dem Zufallspotential überlagern. Wir weisen darauf hin, dass sich die langreichweitigen Fluktuationen dieses Potentials anders verhalten als die kurzreichweitigen. Die kurzreichweitigen klingen mit dem Abstand der Donatorebene von der Ebene des 2DES exponentiell ab, werden aber (bei B = 0) nur schwach durch das 2DES abgeschirmt. Diese Fluktuationen haben wir durch die endlichen Leitfähigkeiten und die Stoßverbreiterung der Landau-Niveaus berücksichtigt. Die langreichweitigen Fluktuationen, andererseits, sind nur schwach von der Entfernung der Donatorebene abhängig, werden aber stark vom 2DES abgeschirmt. Diese sollte man bei der selbstkonsistenten Abschirmungsrechnung explizit berücksichtigen. Erste Versuche in dieser Richtung zeigen, dass sie die Quanten-Hall-Plateaus verbreitern, verschieben und stabilisieren können. Sie sollten besonders bei breiten Proben wichtig werden, bei denen sie zusätzliche inkompressible Streifen im Probeninneren verursachen können. Schließlich diskutieren wir in Kapitel 6 Abschirmungseffekte in einem Doppelschichtsystem aus zwei parallelen 2DES. Interessante neue Effekte treten auf, wenn die Schichten verschiedene Dichten haben. Das Auftreten inkompressibler Streifen in der einen Schicht kann dann drastische Auswirkungen auf die andere Schicht haben. Widerstandsmessungen in Abhängigkeit vom Magnetfeld, die kürzlich an solchen Systemen durchgeführt wurden, zeigen, dass am Rande eines QH-Plateaus Hysterese auftritt, d.h. dass die für ansteigendes Magnetfeld gemessene Kurve nicht mit der für abfallendes Magnetfeld gemessenen Kurve übereinstimmt, wenn dieser Magnetfeldbereich in ein QH-Plateau der anderen Schicht fällt. Wir entwickeln ein Modell und beschreiben Modellrechnungen, die dieses Phänomen plausibel machen.
This thesis contributes to the field of silicon chemistry, with a special emphasis on the chemistry of penta- and hexacoordinate silicon.The spirocyclic zwitterionic Lambda5Si-silicates 1–6 with a (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinio)- methyl group and two identical bidentate chelate ligands derived from glycine, (S)-alanine, (S)-phenylalanine, (S)-valine, (S)-tert-leucine, or (S)-proline bound to the silicon(IV) coordination center were synthesized and structurally characterized for the first time.The hitherto unknown spirocyclic zwitterionic Lambda5Si-silicates 7–12 with an (ammonio)- methyl group and two identical bidentate chelate ligands derived from (S)-lactic acid, (S)-3- phenyllactic acid, or (S)-mandelic acid were synthesized and structurally characterized in the solid state (elemental analyses (C, H, N), crystal structure analyses, 15N and 29Si VACP/MAS solid-state NMR experiments) and in solution (except 10; 1H, 13C, and 29Si NMR experiments)The spirocyclic zwitterionic Lambda5Si-silicates 13, 15, and 16 with an (ammonio)methyl group and two bidentate meso-oxolane-3,4-diolato(2–) ligands bound to the silicon(IV) coordination center were synthesized for the first time. The already existent compound 14 was resynthesized in order to perform a crystal structure analysis. All compounds were characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), 29Si VACP/MAS solid-state NMR experiments, and solution NMR studies (1H, 13C, 15N, and 29Si NMR experiments), and compounds 14–16 were additionally studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.The already existent zwitterionic Lambda5Si-silicate 17 was synthesized by new methods, including a remarkable Si–C cleavage reaction with benzoin. To investigate the dynamic behavior of the known zwitterionic Lambda5Si-silicate 18 in solution, VT 1H NMR experiments in CD2Cl2 were performed in the temperature range –100 °C to 23 °C.The hexacoordinate silicon compounds 19–22 containing multidentate ligands derived from citric acid or (S)-malic acid were synthesized for the first time. The anionic Lambda6Si-silicates 19–22 were structurally characterized in the solid state by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and VACP/MAS NMR spectroscopy (13C, 15N, 29Si). Upon dissolution in water at 20 °C, spontaneous hydrolysis of the Lambda6Si-silicate anions was observed.
The plant cuticle as an interface between the plant interior and the adjoining atmosphere plays an important role in any interaction between the plant and its environment. Transport processes across the cuticles were the object of countless research since many decades. However, bulk of the work done was focused on transport of lipophilic molecules. It is highly plausible to examine the penetration of lipophilic compounds, since the cuticle is dominated by lipophilic compartments itself, and the most crop protection agents have lipophilic character. As a result of this research, cuticular transport of lipophilic compounds is relatively well understood. Since several years, examinations were expanded on transport of hydrophilic molecules. In the present study, a direct comparison was made between transport properties of lipophilic and hydrophilic compounds, which allows an objective assessment of the mechanism governing their penetration. The results of this present study debunked the existence of two different pathways across isolated cuticles of Hedera helix (English ivy), a lipophilic and a hydrophilic pathway. This finding was supported by examinations regarding to accelerator and temperature effects on the mobility of both pathways, because the hydrophilic path is insensitive to them - in contrary to the lipophilic one. The lipophilic pathway is rigorously restricted to lipophilic molecules and the hydrophilic pathway is only accessible for hydrophilic molecules. Uncharged hydrophilic compounds can cross the cuticle even the molecules are of relatively large dimensions. In contrast to that, dissociable compounds with a molar volume higher than 110 cm³ mol-1 are excluded from cuticular penetration. Differences in the mobility of uncharged and dissociable molecules might be a hint towards the chemical nature of the polar pathways. It is assumed, that both, cellulose and pectin fibrils, traverse the cuticle which are originated from the epidermal cell wall. While uncharged carbohydrates might be able to penetrate across a pathway made up of cellulose and pectin, dissociated amino acids might be restricted to the cellulose path. This could be a plausible explanation for the higher mobility and the higher cuticle/water partition coefficients of the carbohydrates compared with the amino acids. A hydrophilic pathway was found with isolated grapevine cuticles, too. The apparent size selectivity of the hydrophilic pathway implies transport via narrow pores. From the present data, a mean pore radius of 0.31 nm (H. helix) or rather 0.34 nm (V. vinifera) was calculated. The absolute number of pores per cm² is 1.1 x 109 for H. helix and 3.3 x 109 for V. vinifera cuticles. This finding and the enlarged pore size distribution of grapevine cuticles might be an explanation for the transport of uncharged and dissociable hydrophilic compounds of higher molar volume like paraquat dichloride - in contrast to ivy membranes Wax extraction of ivy membranes uncovers additional pores, which explains the increased mobilities of the hydrophilic compounds across dewaxed membranes. From these extensive measurements it is very conspicuous, that the bulk of cuticular water transpiration occurs via the polar pathway. Since the work was focused on cuticular penetration of primary metabolites like amino acids and carbohydrates, a mechanistic explanation of leaching processes is obtained, simultaneously. In cuticular research, an inconsistent terminology regarding the transport path of the hydrophilic compounds was used. The term ‘hydrophilic pathway’ is definitely correct, since it makes no statement with regard to the shape of this path. In contrast to that, the terms ‘polar pore’ or ‘aqueous pore’ could imply that there is a tube or rather a water-filled tube traversing the cuticle. However - at this point of time – the imagination about the shape of this path is a pathway across interfibrilar gaps within polysaccharide strains. The proposed diameter of these interfibrilar gaps fits very well to the diameter determined in this study. Therefore, the imagination of a pore is not unfounded, but it is a very narrow pore, definitely. Additionally, this pathway is a very straight pathway which corresponds to this simplified imagination. An expanded study was done with paraquat dichloride, which was applied as aqueous droplets on grapevine cuticles. It is assumed that these model membranes reflect transport properties which are very close to that of relevant crops and weeds. The predominating parameter for paraquat penetration is the moisture, either originated from a relative humidity of at least 75% or provided by added chemicals. There is a tendency for good suitability of hygroscopic additives. Increased paraquat penetration was also obtained by raised concentrations and removal of the cuticular waxes.
Wireless communication is nothing new. The first data transmissions based on electromagnetic waves have been successfully performed at the end of the 19th century. However, it took almost another century until the technology was ripe for mass market. The first mobile communication systems based on the transmission of digital data were introduced in the late 1980s. Within just a couple of years they have caused a revolution in the way people communicate. The number of cellular phones started to outnumber the fixed telephone lines in many countries and is still rising. New technologies in 3G systems, such as UMTS, allow higher data rates and support various kinds of multimedia services. Nevertheless, the end of the road in wireless communication is far from being reached. In the near future, the Internet and cellular phone systems are expected to be integrated to a new form of wireless system. Bandwidth requirements for a rich set of wireless services, e.g.\ video telephony, video streaming, online gaming, will be easily met. The transmission of voice data will just be another IP based service. On the other hand, building such a system is by far not an easy task. The problems in the development of the UMTS system showed the high complexity of wireless systems with support for bandwidth-hungry, IP-based services. But the technological challenges are just one difficulty. Telecommunication systems are planned on a world-wide basis, such that standard bodies, governments, institutions, hardware vendors, and service providers have to find agreements and compromises on a number of different topics. In this work, we provide the reader with a discussion of many of the topics involved in the planning of a Wireless LAN system that is capable of being integrated into the 4th generation mobile networks (4G) that is being discussed nowadays. Therefore, it has to be able to cope with interactive voice and video traffic while still offering high data rates for best effort traffic. Let us assume a scenario where a huge office complex is completely covered with Wireless LAN access points. Different antenna systems are applied in order to reduce the number of access points that are needed on the one hand, while optimizing the coverage on the other. No additional infrastructure is implemented. Our goal is to evaluate whether the Wireless LAN technology is capable of dealing with the various demands of such a scenario. First, each single access point has to be capable of supporting best-effort and Quality of Service (QoS) demanding applications simultaneously. The IT infrastructure in our scenario consists solely of Wireless LAN, such that it has to allow users surfing the Web, while others are involved in voice calls or video conferences. Then, there is the problem of overlapping cells. Users attached to one access point produce interference for others. However, the QoS support has to be maintained, which is not an easy task. Finally, there are nomadic users, which roam from one Wireless LAN cell to another even during a voice call. There are mechanisms in the standard that allow for mobility, but their capabilities for QoS support are yet to be studied. This shows the large number of unresolved issues when it comes to Wireless LAN in the context of 4G networks. In this work we want to tackle some of the problems.
Chemical neurotransmission is a complex process of central importance for nervous system function. It is thought to be mediated by the orchestration of hundreds of proteins for its successful execution. Several synaptic proteins have been shown to be relevant for neurotransmission and many of them are highly conserved during evolution- suggesting a universal mechanism for neurotransmission. This process has checkpoints at various places like, neurotransmitter uptake into the vesicles, relocation of the vesicles to the vicinity of calcium channels in order to facilitate Ca2+ induced release thereby modulating the fusion probability, formation of a fusion pore to release the neurotransmitter and finally reuptake of the vesicles by endocytosis. Each of these checkpoints has now become a special area of study and maintains its own importance for the understanding of the overall process. Ca2+ induced release occurs at specialized membrane structures at the synapse known as the active zones. These are highly ordered electron dense grids and are composed of several proteins which assist the synaptic vesicles in relocating in the vicinity of Ca2+ channels thereby increasing their fusion probability and then bringing about the vesicular fusion itself. All the protein modules needed for these processes are thought to be held in tight arrays at the active zones, and the functions of a few have been characterized so far at the vertebrate active zones. Our group is primarily interested in characterizing the molecular architecture of the Drosophila synapse. Due to its powerful genetics and well-established behavioural assays Drosophila is an excellent system to investigate neuronal functioning. Monoclonal antibodies (MABs) from a hybridoma library against Drosophila brain are routinely used to detect novel proteins in the brain in a reverse genetic approach. Upon identification of the protein its encoding genetic locus is characterized and a detailed investigation of its function is initiated. This approach has been particularly useful to detect synaptic proteins, which may go undetected in a forward genetic approach due to lack of an observable phenotype. Proteins like CSP, Synapsin and Sap47 have been identified and characterized using this approach so far. MAB nc82 has been one of the shortlisted antibodies from the same library and is widely used as a general neuropil marker due to the relative transparency of immunohistochemical whole mount staining obtained with this antibody. A careful observation of double stainings at the larval neuromuscular junctions with MAB nc82 and other pre and post-synaptic markers strongly suggested an active zone localization of the nc82 antigen. Synaptic architecture is well characterized in Drosophila at the ultrastructural level. However, molecular details for many synaptic components and especially for the active zone are almost entirely unknown. A possible localization at the active zone for the nc82 antigen served as the motivation to initiate its biochemical characterization and the identification of the encoding gene. In the present thesis it is shown by 2-D gel analysis and mass spectrometry that the nc82 antigen is a novel active zone protein encoded by a complex genetic locus on chromosome 2R. By RT-PCR exons from three open reading frames previously annotated as separate genes are demonstrated to give rise to a transcript of at least 5.5 kb. Northern blots produce a prominent signal of 11 kb and a weak signal of 2 kb. The protein encoded by the 5.5 kb transcript is highly conserved amongst insects and has at its N-terminus significant homology to the previously described vertebrate active zone protein ELKS/ERC/CAST. Bioinformatic analysis predicts coiled-coil domains spread all over the sequence and strongly suggest a function involved in organizing or maintaining the structure of the active zone. The large C-terminal region is highly conserved amongst the insects but has no clear homologues in veretebrates. For a functional analysis of this protein transgenic flies expressing RNAi constructs under the control of the Gal4 regulated enhancer UAS were kindly provided by the collaborating group of S.Sigrist (Gِttingen). A strong pan-neuronal knockdown of the nc82 antigen by transgenic RNAi expression leads to embryonic lethality. A relatively weaker RNAi expression results in behavioural deficits in adult flies including unstable flight and impaired walking behavior. Due to this peculiar phenotype as observed in the first knockdown studies the gene was named “bruchpilot” (brp) encoding the protein “Bruchpilot (BRP)” (German for crash pilot). A pan-neuronal as well as retina specific downregulation of this protein results in loss of ON and OFF transients in ERG recordings indicating dysfunctional synapses. Retina specific downregulation also shows severely impaired optomotor behaviour. Finally, at an ultrastructural level BRP downregulation seems to impair the formation of the characteristic T-shaped synaptic ribbons at the active zones without significantly altering the overall synaptic architecture (in collaboration with E.Asan). Vertebrate active zone protein Bassoon is known to be involved in attaching the synaptic ribbons to the active zones as an adapter between active zone proteins RIBEYE and ERC/CAST. A mutation in Bassoon results in a floating synaptic ribbon phenotype. No protein homologous to Bassoon has been observed in Drosophila. BRP downregulation also results in absence of attached synaptic ribbons at the active zones. This invites the speculation of an adapter like function for BRP in Drosophila. However, while Bassoon mutant mice are viable, BRP deficit in addition to the structural phenotype also results in severe behavioural and physiological anomalies and even stronger downregulation causes embryonic lethality. This therefore suggests an additional and even more important role for BRP in development and normal functioning of synapses in Drosophila and also in other insects. However, how BRP regulates synaptic transmission and which other proteins are involved in this BRP dependant pathway remains to be investigated. Such studies certainly will attract prominent attention in the future.
The development of ethanol tolerance is due to changes in synaptic plasticity. Since the mechanisms mediating synaptic plasticity are probably defective in the mutant hangAE10, it was a goal of the present study to find out how HANG contributes to synaptic plasticity. In particular, it was important to clarify in which neuronal process HANG plays a role. Antibody stainings against HANG revealed that the protein is localized in all neuronal nuclei of larval and adult brains; the staining is absent in hangAE10, thus confirming that this P-element insertion stock is a protein null for HANG. Detailed analysis of the subnuclear distribution of HANG showed that HANG immunoreactivity is enriched at distinct spots in the nucleus in a speckled pattern; these speckles are found at the inside of the nuclear membrane and do not colocalize with chromatin nor with the nucleolus; thus, HANG is probably involved in the stabilization, processing or export of RNAs. As synaptic plasticity can be studied in single neurons at the larval neuromuscular junction, the morphology of the synaptic terminals of hangAE10 mutants was analyzed at muscle 6/7, segment A4. These studies revealed that hangAE10 mutants display a 40 % increase in bouton number and axonal branch length; in addition, some boutons have an abnormal hourglass-like shape, suggesting that they are arrested in a semi-separated state following the initiation of bouton division. The increase in bouton number of hang mutants is mainly due to an increase in numbers of type Ib boutons. The analysis of the distribution of several synaptic markers in hang mutants did not show abnormalities. The presynaptic expression of HANG in hang mutants rescues the increase in bouton number and axonal branch length, thus proving that the phenotypes seen in the P-element insertion hangAE10 are attributable to the lack of HANG rather than to effects of the P-element marker rosy or to a secondary hit on the same chromsome during mutagensis. This finding is further supported by the fact that postsynaptic expression of HANG does not rescue the abnormal NMJ morphology of hangAE10. Alterations in cAMP levels regulate the number of boutons; since hang mutants display an increase in bouton number, the questions was whether this morphological abnormality was due to defects in cAMP signalling. To test this hypothesis, hangAE10 NMJs were compared to those of the hypomorphic allele dnc1 that has a defective cAMP cascade. Some aspects of the NMJ phenotype (e.g. the increase in bouton number and the unaltered ratio of active zones per bouton area) are similar in hangAE10 and dnc1, other differ. Expression of a UAS-dnc transgene in hangAE10 mutants does not modify the phenotype. In summary, the results of this study indicate that nuclear protein HANG might be involved in isoform-specific splicing of genes required for synaptic plasticity at the NMJ.
The present research is concerned with the topic of socially induced affect. In previous research the focus was mainly on affective convergence. A prominent topic in that context was “emotional contagion” (Hatfield, Cacioppo, & Rapson, 1994). Affective divergence has been also been found. However, its influence on the theoretical debate remained weak. Besides research on emotions also social comparison research attended to the topic. In order to explain affective divergence and convergence an integrative model based on social comparison processes is proposed here. Based on the selective accessibility model (Mussweiler, 2003) it is assumed that affective convergence can be seen as assimilation to a comparison standard (the observed model). Therefore, the basic assumption is that a comparison between an observer and the model takes place. Affective divergence corresponds to an affective contrast from that standard. Which of these two phenomena occurs depends on the type of comparison processes that took place. Six experiments were conducted. In Experiment 1 it was shown that comparisons intensify the social induction of affect. The influence of the comparison focus was studied in Experiments 2 and 3. If the perceiver searches for similarities between the self and the model, affective convergence occurs. If differences are searched for, affective divergence is found. The latter is mainly found under special circumstances, e.g. if the model belongs to another social group (Experiment 3). In Experiment 1-3 it was shown comparisons influence the social induction of affect. In Experiment 4-6 the underlying processes were explored. The selective accessibility model (Mussweiler, 2003) attributes a central role to the selective activation of self-knowledge in order to explain judgmental assimilation and contrast. In Experiments 4 and 5 the role of the self was explored more thoroughly. Evidence for socially induced affect (affective convergence) has only been found when the self has been previously activated. When the self was not activated no such effect was found. The assumption that the activation of specific self-knowledge is the basis for socially induced affect was tested in Experiment 5. Results supported the assumption. The present experiments give rise to the assumption that social comparisons are a key element in the social induction of affect. Affective convergence and divergence are explained and processes for the affect induction are defined. The findings also have implications for research on automatic behaviour and especially to explain automatic contrast. In addition implications for social comparison research can be derived.
The development of free floating exchange rates can hardly be explained by macroeconomic fundamentals as supposed by traditional economic theories. Therefore, prominent economists yet conclude that there exists an ‘exchange rate disconnect puzzle’ (see Obstfeld and Rogoff [2000]). The observable exchange rate trends are often attributed to an excessive speculative trading behavior of foreign exchange market participants. In this study we deal with psychological factors, which may be important for understanding the observable exchange rate movements. Thus, our study belongs to the new research field of behavioral economics, which considers the relevance of psychological factors in economic contexts. The main objective of behavioral economists is to develop a more realistic view of the actual human behavior in the context of economics. Therefore, behavioral economists often refer to the work of behavioral decision theorists, who introduced new concepts under the general heading of bounded rationality. Central to the concept of bounded rationality is the assumption that humans’ actual behavior deviates from the ideal of economic rationality due to at least two reasons: first, decisions are usually based on an incomplete information basis (limited information) and, second, the information processing of human beings is limited by their computational capacities (limited cognitive resources). Due to these limitations people are forced to apply simplification mechanisms in information processing. Important simplification mechanisms, which play a decisive role in the process judgment and decision making, are simple heuristics. Simple heuristics can principally be characterized as simple rules of thumb, which allow quick and efficient decisions even under a high degree of uncertainty. In this study, our aim is to analyze the relevance of simple heuristics in the context of foreign exchange markets. In our view, the decision situation in foreign exchange markets can serve as a prime example for decision situations in which simple heuristics are especially relevant as the complexity of the decision situation is very high. The study is organized as follows. In Chapter II, we deal with the exchange rate disconnect puzzle. In particular, we discuss and check the main implications of the traditional economic approach for explaining exchange rate movements. The asset market theory of exchange rate determination implies that exchange rates are mainly driven by the development of macroeconomic fundamentals. Furthermore the asset market theory assumes that foreign exchange market participants form rational expectations concerning future exchange rate developments and that exchange rates are determined in efficient markets. Overall the empirical evidence suggests that the traditional approach for explaining exchange rate changes is at odds with the data. Chapter III addresses the existence of long and persistent trends in exchange rate time series. Overall, our empirical analysis reveals that exchange rates show a clear tendency to move in long and persistent trends. Furthermore, we discuss the relevance of speculation in foreign exchange markets. With regard to the impact of speculation, economic theory states that speculation can have either a stabilizing effect or a destabilizing effect on exchange rates. At the end of Chapter III, we examine the Keynesian view on the functioning of asset markets. In Chapter IV we explore the main insights from the new research field of behavioral economics. A main building block of behavioral economics is the concept of bounded rationality first introduced by Herbert Simon [1955]. In the centre of the concept of bounded rationality is a psychological analysis of the actual human judgment and decision behavior. In Chapter IV, we discuss the concept of bounded rationality in detail and illustrate important insights of behavioral decision theories. In particular, we deal with the relevance of simple heuristics in the context of foreign exchange markets. Chapter V provides experimental and empirical evidence for the suggested relevance of simple heuristics in foreign exchange markets. In the first experiment, we deal with the human expectation formation. We compare point forecasts of the EUR/USD exchange rate surveyed from professional analysts and experimentally generated point forecasts of students for a simulated exchange rate time series. The results show that the forecasting performance of both groups differs substantially. Afterwards we analyze the nature of expectation formation of both groups in detail to reveal similarities and differences, which allow us to draw reasonable explanations for the differences in the forecasting performances. In the second experiment, we analyze the expectation formation in an experimental foreign exchange market. This approach allows us to consider the relevance of expectation feedback as individuals’ expectations directly influence the actual realization of the time series. Thus, Keynes’ predictions on the importance of conventions in asset markets can be analyzed. Overall, both experiments reveal that the human beings tend to apply simple trend heuristics, when forming their expectations about future exchange rates. In the empirical part of Chapter V we deal with the usefulness of such simple trend heuristics in real world. Only if simple trend heuristics lead to profits in the specific environment of foreign exchange markets, their application can be recommended. Thus, we analyze the profitability of simple technical analysis tools in foreign exchange markets. Finally, Chapter VI provides concluding remarks.
Because of growth and development, plant tissues are characterised by a permanent change in source-sink relations. Tissues with a net carbohydrate export (source) or import (sink) have to adopt their actual demand for assimilates according to the developmental status. Furthermore, plants, as sessile life forms, have developed regulatory mechanisms that enable a flexible response of assimilate partitioning to specific requirements of the habitat, like biotic and abiotic stress factors and changing light conditions. The distribution of assimilates involves specific enzyme functions including sugar transporters and sucrose cleaving enzymes and is regulated by a variety of stimuli. Extracellular invertases cover an essential function in apoplastic phloem unloading and play an important role in regulating source-sink relations. This property is reflected by the occurrence of different invertase isoenzymes with specific expression and regulation patterns that enable a co-ordination of the carbohydrate metabolism in diverse tissues, at different developmental stages, and under varying environmental conditions. Improved knowledge of extracellular invertase function might allow altering growth, development or pathogen resistance of crop plants in a specific way. The present study is aimed at elucidating the regulation patterns and functions of three members of the extracellular invertase gene family of tomato, Lin5, Lin6, and Lin7. Detailed promoter analysis revealed a tissue- and developmental-specific expression of isoenzymes and corresponding regulation patterns. Lin5 shows a developmental regulated expression in fruits. Lin6 is expressed in early developmental stages starting in germinating seeds; in grown up plants Lin6 is solely expressed in pollen and upon wound-stimulation. Lin7 is exclusively expressed in tapetum and pollen tissue. The hormonal regulation of all three isogenes was analysed in detail, whereby known GA- and JA-mediated flower phenotypes could be correlated with invertase functions. In addition, an important role of Lin7 invertase in pollen germination was demonstrated in a functional approach. This is the most profound analysis of extracellular invertases in the delicate process of floral organ development that includes three tomato isoenzymes. In particular, dissection of the individual roles of Lin5, Lin6, and Lin7 reveals novel insights in carbohydrate supply during flower and fruit development. The analysed tissue-specific promoters are profitable tools in plant biotechnology, which in particular applies to the pollen-specific Lin7 promoter. It has been demonstrated that the Lin6 promoter serves as target for hormonal-, sugar-, and wound-mediated signalling pathways. Moreover, a functional interaction of circadian oscillator elements of A. thaliana with the Lin6 promoter and a diurnal rhythm of Lin6 expression have been substantiated. This complex regulation pattern is reflected by the identification of many well-defined cis-acting elements within the Lin6 promoter. This feature supports an integration of various stimuli mediated via extracellular invertase expression resulting in a co-ordinated cellular response to changing internal and external conditions. As sugars on their part induce Lin6 expression, this could result in signal amplification via a positive feedback loop. Furthermore, the extensive appearance and constellation of cisacting elements within the Lin6 promoter provides the basis to answer questions in signal cross-talk and signal integration in plant gene expression. In addition, the Lin6 promoter was successfully used as an inducible expression system. In transgenic tobacco lines an invertase inhibitor was expressed under control of the cytokinin-inducible Lin6 promoter. Thereby, a causal relationship between cytokinin and extracellular invertase for the delay of senescence was demonstrated. This study emphasises the importance of inducible expression systems to address specific questions on a molecular basis. The above-mentioned promoter sequences were obtained via sequential genome walks. Hereby two interesting structural features appeared. First, Lin5 and Lin7 genes are arranged in a direct tandem repeat on the genome. Second, a CACTA-like transposon insertion in intron I of the Lin5 gene was revealed. A primer pair deduced from the transposase region of this transposon allowed the amplification of similar sequences of various Solanaceae species.
In the last years, visual methods have been introduced in industrial software production and teaching of software engineering. In particular, the international standardization of a graphical software engineering language, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) was a reason for this tendency. Unfortunately, various problems exist in concrete realizations of tools, e.g. due to a missing compliance to the standard. One problem is the automatic layout, which is required for a consistent automatic software design. The thesis derives reasons and criteria for an automatic layout method, which produces drawings of UML class diagrams according to the UML specification and issues of human computer interaction, e.g. readability. A unique set of aesthetic criteria is combined from four different disciplines involved in this topic. Based on these aethetic rules, a hierarchical layout algorithm is developed, analyzed, measured by specialized measuring techniques and compared to related work. Then, the realization of the algorithm as a Java framework is given as an architectural description. Finally, adaptions to anticipated future changes of the UML, improvements of the framework and example drawings of the implementation are given.
Burn severity was measured within the Mediterranean sclerophyll forests of south-west Western Australia (WA) using remote sensing data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The region of south-west WA is considered as a high fire prone landscape and is managed by the state government’s Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM). Prescribed fuel reduction burning is used as a management tool in this region. The measurement of burn severity with remote sensing data focused on monitoring the success and impact of prescribed burning and wildfire in this environment. The high temporal resolution of MODIS with twice daily overpasses in this area was considered highly favourable, as opportunities for prescribed burning are temporally limited by climatic conditions. The Normalised Burn Ratio (NBR) was investigated to measure burn severity in the forested area of south-west WA. This index has its heritage based on data from the Landsat TM/ETM+ sensors (Key and Benson, 1999 [1],[2]) and was transferred from Landsat to MODIS data. The measurement principally addresses the biomass consumption due to fire, whereas the change detected between the pre-fire image and the post-fire image is quantified by the ÄNBR. The NBR and the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) have been applied to MODIS and Landsat TM/ETM+ data. The spectral properties and the index values of the remote sensing data have been analysed within different burnt areas. The influence of atmospheric and BRDF effects on MODIS data has been investigated by comparing uncorrected top of atmosphere reflectance and atmospheric and BRDF corrected reflectance. The definition of burn severity classes has been established in a field trip to the study area. However, heterogeneous fire behaviour and patchy distribution of different vegetation structure made field classification difficult. Ground truth data has been collected in two different types of vegetation structure present in the burnt area. The burn severity measurement of high resolution Landsat data was assessed based on ground truth data. However, field data was not sufficient for rigorous validation of remote sensing data. The NBR index images of both sensors have been calibrated based on training areas in the high resolution Landsat image. The burn severity classifications of both sensors are comparable, which demonstrates the feasibility of a burn severity measurement using moderate spatial resolution 250m MODIS data. The normalisation through index calculation reduced atmospheric and BRDF effects, and thus MODIS top of at-mosphere data has been considered suitable for the burn severity measurement. The NBR could not be uniformly applied, as different structures of vegetation influenced the range of index values. Furthermore, the index was sensitive to variability in moisture content. However, the study concluded that the NBR on MODIS data is a useful measure of burn severity in the forested area of south-west WA.
The maximum of the brain electrical field after NoGo stimuli is located more anteriorly than that after stimuli that tells participants to respond. The difference in topography was called NoGo-Anteriorization (NGA). Recently, there was a debate, whether the NGA is related to a central inhibitory process or not. However, experiments showed that the NGA is not the result of motor potentials during Go trials, the NGA does not represent higher response conflict and or higher mental effort in NoGo trials, and the NGA is not based on less cognitive response selection in NoGo trials. Therefore, the experiments support the assumption that the NGA is connected to an inhibitory mechanism in NoGo conditions.
In a three-year study the current aeolian transportation processes were examined in a linear dune area previously used for grazing near Nizzana at the Israeli-Egyptian border. The research area was subject to heavy grazing across the border, which led to the total destruction of the natural vegetation in the period of 1967 to 1982. As a consequence, intensified aeolian activity and significant changes of the morphology of the dunes were observed. After the end of the grazingg on the Israeli side, a rapid return of the vegetation in the interdune corridors and on the footslopes of the dunes took place. In addition also a reduction of obviously active areas on the dune crests was observed. The situation on Egyptian territory west the border remained unchanged until today. This study is aimed at understanding the changed aeolian morphodynamics east the border. The emphasis was placed on the investigation of the spatial and temporal distribution of aeolian sand transport as well as on the influencing factors morphology, surface condition and vegetation.
The establishment of genomic approaches including the sequence determination of complete bacterial genomes started a new era in microbiological research. Since then more than two hundred prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes have been completely sequenced, and there are additional complete genome projects including different bacterial species and strains in progress (http://www.tigr.org, http://www.sanger.ac.uk). The continously growing amount of bacterial DNA sequence information gives us also the possibility to gain deeper insight into bacterial pathogenesis. With the help of comparative genomics, microbiological research can focus on those DNA sequences that are present in pathogenic bacteria but are absent in non-pathogenic strains. With this knowledge and with the help of molecular biological methods such as PCR,DNA-chip technology, subtractive hybridisation, transcriptomics and proteomics we can analyse in detail what makes a particular bacterial strain pathogenic. This knowledge also gives us the possibility to develop new vaccines, therapeutic approaches or diagnostic tools. The aim of this work was the structural and functional analysis of DNA regions of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536 that belong to the flexible E. coli gene pool. The first part of this thesis focused on the identification and structural characterisation of pathogenicity island V of strain 536 (PAI V536). PAI V536 is integrated at the pheV tRNA gene at 64 minutes of the E. coli K-12 chromosome. In addition to the intact pheV tRNA gene, a truncated copy ('pheV) that represents the last 22 bp of this gene’s 3'-end was identified 49 kb downstream of pheV on PAI V536. The analysis of the DNA sequence flanked by pheV and 'pheV revealed characteristics that are typical of PAIs. This DNA region exhibits homology to IS-elements and prophages and also comprises determinants coding for the Pix fimbriae, a phosphoglycerate transport system, an autotransporter, as well as for hypothetical proteins. Downstream of 'pheV, the K15 capsule determinant (kpsK15) of this strain is located. Structural analysis of the 20-kb kpsK15 locus revealed a so far unknown genetic organisation indicative of recombination events between a group 2 and group 3 capsule gene cluster. Downstream of the capsule determinant, the genes encoding a type II secretion system (general secretion pathway -GSP) are located on PAI V536. The K15 capsule locus was functionally characterized. Specific inactivation of each of the regions 1 to 3 of the kpsK15 gene cluster, and the use of a K15 capsule-specific antiserum demonstrated that this determinant is the functional K15 capsule locus of strain 536. It has been shown in an experimental murine model of ascending urinary tract infection with suckling mice that the K15 capsule contributes to urovirulence. Interestingly, the K15 capsule is not involved in serum resistance of strain 536. Inactivation of the PAI V536-encoded type II secretion system excluded a role of this general secretion pathway for capsule biosynthesis and virulence of strain 536 in the murine ascending urinary tract infection model. In the second part of the thesis, the transferability of PAIs was further investigated. Using PAI II536 as a model, mobilisation of this island from strain 536 into suitable recipient strains was investigated. For this purpose, an antibiotic resistance cassette, the R6K origin of replication as well as plasmid pGP704 carrying the mobilisation region of plasmid RP4 have been inserted into PAI II536. Transformation with the helper plasmid RP4, resulted a derivative of strain 536 that was used as a donor for conjugation experiments, while for recipient the pir + laboratory strain SY327 was used. After deletion the circularised PAI II536 was mobilised with the help of the conjugative helper plasmid (RP4) into the recipient laboratory strain SY327. The frequency of this event was about 10-8. It was also demonstrated that in the transconjugant strains the mobilized PAI II536 could be permanently present as a circular form and also can be integrated into the chromosome at the same chromosomal insertion site (leuX) as in the donor strain 536. Furthermore, after mobilisation and chromosomal integration of PAI II536 it was possible to remobilise this PAI back to a PAI II536-negative derivative of strain 536. The results obtained in this thesis increase our knowledge of the structure and function of a pathogenicity island of uropathogenic E. coli strain 536 and shed some light on the mechanisms contributing to genome plasticity and evolution of pathogenic E. coli variants.
Spreds are a new Sprouty-related family of membrane-associated proteins inhibiting the MAPK signaling pathway by interacting with Ras and Raf-1. Different studies have already demonstrated the inhibitory function of Spreds in cell culture systems, but the in vivo function of Spreds in the whole organism was still unclear. Therefore, Spred-2 knockout mice were generated using a gene trap approach. The Spred-2 deficiency was verified on RNA and protein levels and the lack of functional Spred-2 protein in mice caused a dwarf phenotype similar to achondroplasia, the most common form of human dwarfism. Spred-2-/- mice showed reduced growth and body weight, they had a shorter tibia length and showed narrower growth plates as compared to wildtype mice. Spred-2 promoter activity and protein expression were detected in chondrocytes, suggesting an important function of Spred-2 in chondrocytes and bone development. Furthermore, stimulation of chondrocytes with different FGF concentrations showed earlier and augmented ERK phosphorylation in Spred-2-/- chondrocytes as compared to Spred-2+/+ chondrocytes. These observations suggest a model, in which loss of Spred-2 inhibits bone growth by inhibiting chondrocyte differentiation through upregulation of the MAPK signaling pathway. An additional observation of Spred-2-/- mice was an increased bleeding phenotype after injuries, whereas the bleeding volume was extremely enlarged and the bleeding time was significantly prolonged. So far, hypertension as cause could be excluded, but to discover the physiological reasons for this phenotype, the different steps of the clotting cascade have to be investigated further. As the Spred-2 promoter activity studies demonstrated a high and specific Spred-2 expression in vascular smooth muscle cells and previous studies showed an interaction of Spreds with RhoA, a key regulator of vascular smooth muscle contraction, the regulation of smooth muscle contractility seems to be a good candidate of this phenomenon. Moreover, Spred-1 and Spred-2 specific antibodies were generated as important tools to study the protein expression patterns in mice. Furthermore, nothing was known about the Spred-2 promoter region and its regulation. Here, a detailed in situ analysis of the physiological promoter activity profile in the gene trapped Spred-2-deficient mouse strain was shown. In these mice, the beta-galactosidase and neomycin fusion gene (β-geo) of the gene trap vector was brought under control of the endogenous Spred-2 promoter, giving the opportunity to monitor Spred-2 promoter activity in practically every organ and their corresponding sub-compartments. X-Gal staining of sections of newborn and adult mice revealed 1) a very high Spred-2 promoter activity in neural tissues and different glands; 2) a high activity in intestinal and uterine smooth muscle cells, and kidney; 3) a low activity in heart, testis, lung, and liver; 4) an almost lacking activity in skeletal muscle and spleen, and 5) very interestingly, a very distinct and strong activity in vascular smooth muscle cells. Moreover, comparison of newborn and adult mouse organs revealed a nearly congruent Spred-2 promoter activity. These detailed data provide valuable information for further studies of the physiological functions of Spred-2 in organs showing strong Spred-2 promoter activity, which are in most of these organs still unclear. Finally, gene targeting vectors for Spred-1 and Spred-2 were cloned, to generate ES cells with a floxed exon 2 of the Spred-1 and Spred-2 gene, respectively. Now, these ES cells are valuable tools to establish conditional knockout mice. This is of major interest to investigate the physiological tissue specific functions of Spred-1 and Spred-2, especially if the double knockout mice are not viable.
Somites are repeated epithelial segments that are generated in a rhythmic manner from the presomitic mesoderm (PSM) in the embryonic tailbud. Later, they differentiate into skeletal muscle, cartilage and dermis. Somitogenesis is regulated by a complex interplay of different pathways. Notch/Delta signaling is one of the pathways well characterized in zebrafish through mutants affected in its different components. Previous work in mouse, chicken and zebrafish has shown that also additional components are required during somitogenesis, most importantly through an FGF and Retinoic acid (RA) gradient, as well as Wnt signaling. However, no zebrafish mutants with defects in these pathways showing specific somite malformations are described. This was explained by functional redundancies among related genes that have resulted from a whole genome duplication which occurred in a teleost fish ancestor 350 million years ago. As distinct duplicates exist in different teleost species, a large scale mutagenesis screen in the medaka (Oryzias latipes) has been performed successfully in Kyoto, Japan. I analyzed nine of the isolated medaka mutants that show variable aspects of somitic phenotypes. This includes a complete or partial loss of somite boundaries (e.g. bms and sne), somites with irregular sizes and shapes (e.g. krz and fsl) or partially fused and enlarged somites (e.g. dpk). Although some of these medaka mutants share characteristics with previously described zebrafish somite mutants, most of the mutants represent unique phenotypes, not obtained in the zebrafish screens. In-situ hybridization analyses with marker genes implicated in the segmentation clock (e.g. her7), establishment of anterior-posterior (A-P) polarity (e.g. mesp) and differentiation of somites (e.g. myf5, lfng) revealed that the medaka mutants can be separated into two classes. Class I shows defects in tailbud formation and PSM prepatterning, and lateron somite boundary formation was impaired in these mutants. A unique member of this class with a novel phenotype is the doppelkorn (dpk) mutant that has single fused or enlarged somites. This phenotype has not been reported till now in zebrafish somite mutants. In-situ analyses on dpk showed that stabilization of the cyclically expressed somitogenesis clock genes must be affected in this mutant. This is accompanied by a disrupted regulation of A-P polarity genes like mesp. This suggests that dpk is a mutant deficient in the wave front, which is necessary for the down-regulation of oscillating genes in the anterior PSM. Furthermore, as the initiation of oscillation of all three cyclic her genes was unaffected in dpk embryos, I could exclude that this mutant in affected in the Notch/Delta pathway. Another mutant that belongs to this class is the samidare (sam) mutant. Morphologically, sam mutants are similar to zebrafish after eight (aei). In both cases, the first 7-9 somites are formed properly, but after this somite formation ceases. Different to the situation in aei, sam mutant embryos presented an additional defect in the mid-hindbrain boundary (MHB) region. Similar MHB defects were described in the zebrafish fgf8 mutant acerebellar (ace). In ace zebrafish mutant, somites were only slightly defective, although FGF signaling has been shown to be important for somite formation in chicken, mouse and zebrafish. This was explained by functional redundancy between fgf8 and fgf24 ligands in the tailbud of zebrafish. Thus, it is interesting to suggest that the sam mutant, based on the parallel defects in somites and MHB, is a potential member of the FGF signaling pathway muatnts. It was shown that FGF plays a crucial role during MHB formation in medaka. In addition, I showed that fgf8 acts non-redundantly during tailbud formation and somitogenesis in medaka. Furthermore, I showed that FGF signaling regulates somite size also in medaka and that fgfr1 is the only FGF receptor expressed in the tailbud and somites. In class II medaka somite mutants, PSM prepatterning appears normal, whereas A-P polarity, boundary formation, epithelialization or the later differentiation of somites appears to be affected. Such mutants have not been isolated so far in zebrafish, mice or chicken. Therefore, medaka class II somite mutants seem to be a novel group of mutants that opens new perspectives to analyze A-P polarity regulation, determination and boundary formation in the presence of a normally functioning clock in the PSM. Identifying the encoding genes for all analyzed medaka somite mutants will contribute to the understanding of the molecular interactions of different signaling pathways involved during somitogenesis, and is expected to result in the identification of new components.
The Bafoussam area in west Cameroon is located within the Cameroon Neoproterozoic orogenic belt (north of the Congo craton) which is part of the Central African Fold Belt (CAFB).The evolution of the CAFB is related to the collision between the convergent West African craton, the São Francisco – Congo cratons and the Sahara Metacraton. The outcrop area stretches over a surface of ~1000 km2 and dominantly consists of granitoids which intruded wall-rocks of gneiss and migmatite during the Pan-African orogeny. The Bafoussam granitoid emplacement was influenced by the N 30 °E strike-slip shear zone in the prolongation of the Cameroon Volcanic Line, but also by the N 70 °E Central Cameroon Shear Zone. In the field, these two shear directions are expressed in the schistosity and foliation trajectories, fault orientation and the alignment of the volcanic cones as well. In the Bafoussam area, four types of granitoids can be distinguished, including: (i) the biotite granitoid, (ii) the deformed biotite granitoid, (iii) the mega feldspar granitoid, and (iv) the two-mica granitoid. These granitoids occur as elongated plutons hosting irregular mafic enclaves (amphibole-bearing, biotite-rich, and metagabbroic types) and are frequently cut by late pegmatites, aplite dykes and quartz veins. Petrographically, they range in composition from syenogranite (major), alkali-feldspar granite, granodiorite, monzogranite, quartz-syenite, quartzmonzonite to quartz-monzodiorite. Potassium feldspar, quartz, plagioclase and biotite are the principal phases, in cases accompanied by amphibole and accessory minerals such as apatite,zircon, monazite, titanite, allanite, ilmenite and magnetite. Sericite, epidote and chlorite are secondary minerals. In addition, the two-mica granitoid contains primary muscovite and sometimes igneous garnet. In the granitoids, potassium feldspar is orthoclase (microcline and orthoclase: Or81–97Ab19–3), and plagioclase is mainly oligoclase with some albite and andesine (An3–35Ab96–64).Biotite is Fe-rich (meroxene and lepidomelane, with some siderophyllite), having high Fe2+/(Fe2+ + Mg) ratios of 0.40–0.80. It is a re-equilibrated primary biotite and suggests calc-alkaline and peraluminous nature of the host granitoids. Amphibole is edenitic and magnesian hastingsitic hornblende, with high Mg/(Mg + Fe2+) ratios of 0.50–0.62. The evolution of the hornblende was dominated by the edenitic, tschermakitic, pargasitic and hastingsitic substitution types. Primary muscovite is iron-rich [Fe2+/(Fe2+ + Mg) = 0.52–0.82] and has experienced celadonite and paragonite substitutions. Igneous garnet is almandine–spessartine (XFe = 0.99 and XMn = 0.46–0.56). The euhedral grain shapes of garnet crystals and the absence of inclusions coupled with the high Mn and Fe2+contents (2.609–3.317 a.p.f.u and 2.646–3.277 a.p.f.u,respectively) and low Mg contents (0.012–0.038 a.p.f.u) clearly point to its plutonic origin. The Mn-depletion crystallization model is suggested for the origin of the analyzed garnet, i.e. initial crystallization of garnet inducing early decrease of Mn in the original melt. Aluminum-in-hornblende and phengite barometric estimates show that the granitoids crystallized at 4.2 ± 1.1 to 6.6 ± 1.0 kbar, corresponding to emplacement depths of 15–24 km.Zircon and apatite saturation temperature calibrations and hornblende–plagioclase thermometry yielded emplacement temperatures between 772 ± 41 and 808 ± 34 °C. Except the two-mica granitoid, the titanite–magnetite–quartz assemblage gives oxygen fugacities ranging from 10–17 to 10–13, suggesting that the granitoids were produced by an oxidized magma. Since the twomica granitoid lacks magnetite, it was originated from a magma under reducing conditions, below the quartz–fayalite–magnetite buffer. Fluid inclusions in quartz from hydrothermal veins are secondary in nature and are found in trails along healed microcracks or in clusters. Two types of fluid inclusion have been recognized, mixed aqueous–non-aqueous volatile fluid inclusions subdivided into aqueous-rich mixed and non-aqueous volatile-rich mixed fluid inclusions, and pure aqueous fluid inclusions.The non-aqueous volatile-rich mixed fluid inclusions are one-, two-, or three-phase inclusions, whereas the aqueous-rich mixed fluid inclusions are exclusively three-phase inclusions. Both have similar low to moderate salinities (1 to 10 equiv. wt. %). The total homogenization temperatures of the aqueous-rich mixed fluid inclusions are slightly lower than those of the nonaqueous volatile-rich mixed fluid inclusions, ranging from 150 to 250 °C and 170 to 300 °C,respectively. They contain nearly pure CO2, or CO2 with addition of 4.1–13.5 mole % CH4 as volatile constituents. Pure aqueous fluid inclusions are two-phase with lower total homogenization temperatures (130–150 °C) and salinities ranging from 3 to 8 equiv. wt. %. They display mixing salt system characteristics, having NaCl as the dominant salt and considerable amounts of other divalent cations. Aqueous-rich mixed fluid inclusions and pure aqueous fluid inclusions exhibit a low geothermal gradient value of 18 °C/km, whereas the non-aqueous volatiles-rich mixed fluid inclusions have a high density which correspond to high geothermal gradient of 68 °C/km. The studied granitoids are intermediate to felsic in compositions (56.9–74.6 wt. % SiO2)and have high contents of alkalis K2O (1.73–7.32 wt. %) and Na2O (1.25–5.13 wt. %) but low abundances in MnO (0.01–0.20 wt. %), MgO (0.10–3.97 wt. %), CaO (0.37–4.85 wt. %), P2O5(up to 0.90 wt. %). They display variable contents in TiO2 (0.07–0.91 wt. %), Fe2O3* (total Fe = 0.96–7.79 wt. %) and Al2O3 (12.0–17.6 wt. %) contents. The granitoids show a wide range of high-field-strength elements (HFSE) and large ion lithophile elements (LILE) contents, with felsic granitoids being enriched in HFSE and the intermediate granitoids displaying in contrast high LILE concentrations. They exhibit chemical characteristics of non-alkaline to mid-alkaline, alkali-calcic, calc-alkaline, K-rich to shoshonitic, ferriferous affinities. Chondrite-normalized rare earth element (REE) patterns are characterized by a strong enrichment in light compared to heavy REEs [(La/Sm)N = 3.23–9.65 and (Ga/Lu)N = 1.45–5.54, respectively], with small to significant negative Eu anomalies (Eu/Eu* = 0.28–1.08). Ocean ridge granites (ORG)normalized multi-elements spidergrams display typical collision-related granites pattern, with characteristic negative anomalies of Ba, Nb and Y, and positive anomalies in Rb, Th and Sm. The granitoids under study are genetically I-type granitoids (biotite granitoid, deformed biotite granitoid and mega feldspar granitoid) and one S-type granitoid (two-mica granitoid). The I-type granitoids are metaluminous (ASI: 0.70–1.00) or moderately peraluminous if highly fractionated (ASI: 1.01–1.06). The geochemistry and petrological features of these I-type granitoids argue for close genetic relationships and it is suggest that they originated from a single parent magma. The observed variability in mineralogy and major and trace element compositions in these granitoids are then the reflection of the fractional crystallization that evolved separation of plagioclase, biotite, K-feldspar and accessory minerals at the level of emplacement. The two mica S-type granitoid is exclusively peraluminous (ASI: 1.07–1.25) and classified as a peraluminous leucocratic granitoid or leucogranite. It is marked in its CIPW normative composition by the permanent presence of corundum, ranging between 0.12 and 3.03. The Bafoussam granitoids were emplaced in a syn- to post-collisional tectonic environment. The observed deformational features and the concentrations in Y, less than 40 ppm, confirm that they are related to an orogenesis. Whole-rock Rb–Sr isochrons defines an igneous crystallization ages of 540 ± 27 Ma for the biotite granitoid and 587 ± 41 Ma for the mega feldspar granitoid. These ages fit with the range of Pan-African granitoid ages (650–530 Ma) in West Cameroon and correspond to the Pan-African D2 deformation event in the Neoproterozoic Cameroon orogenic belt. The two-mica granitoid yields an older Rb–Sr isochron age of 663 ± 62 Ma which is considered to be probably a mixing age. The Nd–Sr isotopic compositions indicate that the I-type granitoids have been produced by partial melting of a tonalite–granodiorite source in the lower crust. This is supported by their initial 87Sr/86Sr(600 Ma) ratios (0.705–0.709) and by their WNd(600 Ma) values (0.2 to –6.3, mainly < 0). The two-mica granitoid was generated by partial melting of a greywacke-dominated source involving biotite-limited, biotite dehydration melting. Chemical data of the two-mica granitoid that support this hypothesis are low CaO/Na2O (0.11–0.38) and Sr/Ba (0.20–0.30), the high Rb/Sr (2.26–7.00), the high initial 87Sr/86Sr(600 Ma) ratios ranging from 0.708 to 0.720, the large range in Al2O3/TiO2 (47–204) and the negative WNd(600 Ma) values (–9.9 to –14.0). Moreover,the higher initial 87Sr/86Sr(600 Ma) ratios of the two-mica granitoid are consistent with an upper crust origin. The depleted mantle Nd model ages (TDM) of 1.3–2.3 Ga indicate that the studied granitoids originated by partial melting of Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic crust, with limited mantle-derived magma contribution. The high initial 87Sr/86Sr(600 Ma) ratios of these granitoids coupled with the wide negative WNd(600 Ma) values strongly suggest a very long residence time in the crust of their protoliths before the melting event. The petrologic signatures of the Bafoussam granitoids are similar to those described in other Pan-African belts of western Gondwanaland such as the neighbouring provinces of Nigeria and the Central African Republic, as well as in the Borborema Province of northeastern Brazil. This supports the previous hypothesis that the Central African fold Belt including Cameroon, Nigeria and the Central African Republic provinces has a continuation in Brazil.
The genetics of species differences is an outstanding question in evolutionary biology. How do species evolve to become phenotypically distinct and how is the genetic architecture organized that underlie species differences? Phenotypic diverged traits are supposed to be frequently involved in prezygotic isolation, i.e. they prevent the formation of hybrids, whereas postzygotic isolation occurs when hybrids experience a fitness reduction. The parasitic wasp genus Nasonia represents an appropriate model system to investigate the genetics of species differences as well as the genetics of postzygotic isolation. The genus consists of three species N. vitripennis, N. longicornis and N. giraulti that differ particularly in male traits that are assumed to posses an adaptive significance: courtship behaviour and wing size differences. The courtship behaviour consists of cyclically repeated series of head nods that are separated by pauses. The stereotypic performance allowed to split up the display into distinct courtship components. Males of N. vitripennis bear vestigial forewings and are incapable of flight, whereas N. longicornis wear intermediate sized wings and N. giraulti is fully capable of flying. Nasonia species can produce interspecific hybrids after removing Wolbachia bacteria induced hybrid incompatibilities with antibiotics. Postzygotic isolation occurs to different extent and is asymmetric among reciprocal crosses, e.g. inviability is stronger in the N. vitripennis (♀) x N. longicornis (♂) cross than in the N. longicornis (♀) x N. vitripennis (♂) cross. The formation of hybrids allow to study the genetic of species differences in QTL (quantitative trait locus) analyses as well as the genetics of postzygotic isolation causing hybrid inviability. The aim of the study was to investigate the genetic architecture of differences in courtship behaviour and wing size between N. vitripennis and N. longicornis and to assess the genetics of postzygotic isolation to gain clues about the evolutionary processes underlying trait divergence and establishment of reproductive isolation between taxa. In a QTL analysis based on 94 F2-hybrid individuals of an LV cross only few QTL for wing size differences have been found with relatively large effects, although a large proportion of the phenotypic variance remained unexplained. The QTL on courtship behaviour analysis based on 94-F2 hybrid males revealed a complex genetic architecture of courtship behaviour with QTL of large phenotypic effects that explained more than 40 % of the phenotypic variance in one case. Additionally, an epistatic analysis (non-additive interlocus interaction) of courtship QTL revealed frequent genetic interchromsomal relations leading in some instances to hybrid specific effects, e.g. reversion of phenotypic effects or the transgression of phenotypes. A QTL analysis based on a threefold sample size revealed, however, an overestimation of QTL effects in the analysis based on smaller sample size pointing towards a genetic architecture of many loci with small effects governing the phenotypic differences in courtship behaviour. Furthermore, the the study comprised the analysis of postzygotic isolation in the reciprocal crosses N. vitripennis (♀) x N. longicornis (♂) versus N. longicornis (♀) x N. vitripennis (♂) located several loci distributed over different chromosomes that are involved in hybrid incompatibility. The mapping of hybrid incompatibility regions reproduced for the first time the observed asymmetries in the strength of postzygotic isolation in reciprocal crosses of between the more distant related taxa within the genus Nasonia. Stronger postzygotic incompatibilities in the VL cross are supposed to result from the superposition of nuclear-nuclear incompatibilities with nuclear-cytoplasmic incompatibilities, whereas the coincidences of these to types of incompatibilities were found to be much weaker in the reciprocal LV cross.
Platelet interaction with the subendothelium is essential to limit blood loss after tissue injury. However, upon rupture of atherosclerotic plaques, this interaction may result in blood vessel occlusion leading to life threatening diseases such as myocardial infarction or stroke. Among the subendothelial matrix proteins, collagen is considered to be the most thrombogenic component as it directly activates platelets. Platelets interact with collagen, either indirectly through glycoprotein (GP) Ib-V-IX receptor complex, or directly through the major collagen receptor on the platelet surface, GPVI. The work presented here focused on studying the cellular regulation of GPVI. In addition, a possible role for GPVI in thrombus formation induced by atherosclerotic plaque material was investigated and it was found that GPVI plays an important role in this process. Using a recently published mitochondrial injury model, it was found that GPVI contains a cleavage site for a platelet-expressed metalloproteinase. Further studies showed that platelet activation by CRP, or thrombin induced down-regulation of GPIb, but not GPVI. In parallel, cellular regulation of GPV was studied and it was found that GPV is cleaved in vitro by the metalloproteinase ADAM17. In previous studies it was shown that injection of mice with the anti-GPVI mAb, JAQ1, induces GPVI down-regulation, which is associated with a strong, but transient, thrombocytopenia. Using new anti-GPVI mAbs, which bind different epitopes on the receptor, it is shown in this study that GPVI down-regulation occurs in an epitope-independent manner. Further experiments showed that antibody treatment induces a transient, but significant increase in bleeding time. Using different genetically modified mice, it is shown that, upon antibody injection, GPVI is both, shed from the platelet surface and internalized into the platelet. Signaling through the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) of the FcR chain is essential for both processes, while LAT and PLC2 are essential for the shedding process only. Antibody-induced increase in bleeding time and thrombocytopenia were absent in LAT deficient mice, showing that it is possible to uncouple the associated side effects from the down-regulation process. As antibody-induced GPVI internalization still occurs in LAT and PLC2 deficient mice, this suggests a novel signaling pathway downstream of GPVI that has not been described so far.
This study explores and examines the geomorphology of a large endorheic basin, approximately twice the size of Luxemburg, situated in the Etosha National Park, Namibia. The main focus is directed on how and when this depression, known as Etosha Pan, came into being. Geomorphological investigation was complemented and guided primarily by the application and interpretation of satellite-derived information. Etosha Pan has attracted scientific investigations for nearly a century. Unfortunately, their efforts resulted into two diverging and mutually exclusive views with respect to its development. The first and oldest view dates back to the 1920s. It hypothesized Etosha Pan as a desiccated palaeolake which was abandoned following the river capture of its major fluvial system, the Kunene River. The river capture was assumed to have taken place in the Pliocene/Early Pleistocene. In spite of the absence of fluvial input that the Kunene contributed, the original lake was thought to have persisted until some 35 ka ago, long after the Kunene severed its ties with the basin. The current size of the basin and its playa status was interpreted to have resulted from deteriorating climatic conditions. The opposing view emerged in the 1980s and gained prominence in the 1990s. This view assumed that there were an innumerable number of small pans on the then surface of what later to become Etosha Pan. Since the turn of the Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, these individual pans started to experience a combined effect of fluvial erosion during the rainy season and wind deflation during the dry period. The climatic regime during that entire period was postulated to be semi-arid as today. This climatic status was used to rule out any existence of a perennial lake within the boundary of Etosha since the Quaternary. Ultimately, these denudational processes, taking place in a seasonal rhythm, caused the individual pans to deepen and widen laterally into each other and formed a super-pan that we call Etosha today. Thus the Kunene River had no role to play in the development of the Etosha Pan according to this model. However, proponents of this model acknowledged that the Kunene once fed into the Owambo Basin and assigned the end of the Tertiary to the terminal phase of that inflow. Findings of this study included field evidence endorsing the postulation that the Kunene River had once flowed into the Owambo Basin. Its infilled valley, bounding with the contemporary valley of the Kunene near Calueque, was identified and points towards the Etosha Pan. It is deliberated that a large lake, called Lake Kunene, existed in the basin during the time. Following the deflection of the Kunene River to the coast under the influence of river incision and neo-tectonic during the Late Pliocene, new dynamics were introduced over the Owambo Basin surface. After the basin was deprived of its major water and sediment budget that the Kunene River contributed, it was left with only smaller rivers, most notably the Cuvelai System, as the only remaining supplier. This resulted in the Cuvelai System concentrating and limiting its collective load deposition to a lobe of Lake Kunene basin floor. The accident of that lobe is unclear, but it is likely that it constituted the deepest part of the basin at the time or it was influenced by neo-tectonic that helped divert the Kunene River or both. Against the backdrop of fluvial action that was initiating the new lake, most parts of the rest of the basin, then denied of lacustrine activity, were intermittently riddled with a veneer of sediment, especially during phases of intensified aeolian activity. In the mean time, the area that was regularly receiving fluvial input started to shape up as a distinct lake with the depositions of sediments around the water-body, primarily via littoral action, serving as embankment. Gradually, a shoreline is formed and assisted in fixing and delineating the spatial extent of the new and much smaller lake, called Lake Etosha. That Lake Etosha is the predecessor of the modern day Etosha Pan. Indicators for a perennial lake found in this study at Etosha include fossil fragments of Clariidae species comparable to modern species measuring some 90 cm, and those of sitatunga dated to approximately 5 ka. None of these creatures exist today at Etosha because of their ecological requirements, which among others, include permanent water. The sitatunga, in addition, is known as the only truly amphibious antelope in the world. Since its inception, the new lake underwent a number of geomorphological modifications. A prominent character amongst these modifications is the orientation of the lake, which has its long-axis oriented in the ENE-WSW direction. It resulted from wave action affected by the prevailing dominant northeasterly wind, which is believed to have been in force since the Middle Pleistocene. Lake Etosha has also witnessed phases of waning and waxing under the influence of the prevailing climatic regime. Over the last 150 ka, the available data intercepted about seven phases of high lake levels. These data are generally in agreement with regional palaeoclimatic data, particularly when compared with those obtained from neighbouring Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana. The last recorded episode of the wet phase at Etosha was some 2,400 years before the present.
The genus Pogonomyrmex is predisposed for analyzing the evolution of ant colony characteristics in general and the sociogenetic structure in particular, due to the renowned biology of several species and the diversity of mating frequency and queen number. This variation in the sociogenetic structure of colonies produces a high variance in intracolonial relatedness which can be a major component driving the evolution of various colony characteristics. To exactly determine the variability of the intracolonial relatedness in the genus Pogonomyrmex both were analyzed, the number of matrilines and patrilines, in selected members of Pogonomyrmex, namely P. (sensu stricto) rugosus, P. (sensu stricto) badius and P. (Ephebomyrmex) pima using DNA fingerprint techniques. The evolution of these colony characteristics were tried to be explained within a phylogenetic framework. For that purpose we constructed a gene-tree of 39 species of the genus Pogonomyrmex. The taxon sampling covered about 83 % of the North American species and 43 % of the South American species. Effective multiple mating of queens was confirmed for P. rugosus (me=4.1) and P. badius (me=6.7). Additionally, both species are monogynous. These results corroborate behavioral observations of multiple mating for these species. Multiple mating is now known from 9 Pogonomyrmex species (behavioral evidence for 3 species – genetic evidence for 6 species). However, in P. (E.) pima all queens that were analyzed were single mated (me=1.0). Therefore, multiple mating may have either evolved early during the evolution of the genus Pogonomyrmex and has subsequently been lost in the subgenus Ephebomyrmex (plesiomorphic hypothesis), or it has first been evolved in the subgenus Pogonomyrmex sensu stricto (apomorphic hypothesis). In P. huachucanus, a species basal to the North- American sensu stricto complex, smaller effective mating number of queens compared to its sensu stricto relatives (J. Gadau and C.-P. Strehl, unpublished) probably do mirror a change from monandry to polyandry during the evolution of more advanced sensu stricto species, which would support the apomorphic hypothesis. The intracolonial relatedness in P. (E.) pima is however rather low. This is probably the result of multiple reproducing queens (polygyny). Polygyny is also documented for at least four other species of the subgenus Ephebomyrex, but so far P. (E.) pima is the only species with genetic evidence. It might be that there was an evolutionary trade-off within the subgenus Ephebomyrmex between polyandry and polygyny. Therefore, both subgenera retained a high intracolonial genetic diversity. This high genetic diversity might be one cause for the success and radiation of the genus Pogonomyrmex in arid environments. Evolution might have favored high genetic diversity of Pogonomyrmex colonies, because it helps colonies to improve their colonial organization and efficiency in performing external tasks. At least in P. badius a link between patrilines and physical polyethism was found, indicative of an improvement of colonial organization via polyandry. Furthermore, the documented extreme levels of polyandry might help P. badius females to overcome the possibility of inbreeding due to restricted dispersal. Restricted dispersal is also found in P. (E.) pima due to wingless, intermorphic queens. However, in P. (E.) pima inbreeding is probably prevented by outcrossing via males because no significant inbreeding is found. In the presented gene trees the subgenus Pogonomyrmex Ephebomyrmex was separated from the subgenus Pogonomyrmex sensu stricto. Therefore, P. Ephebomyrmex might be elevated to generic status, also due to its distinct morphological and life history characters. Nevertheless, for a precise taxonomic revision a broader complement of species has to be applied. Regularly a low number of unrelated workers was found in P. rugosus colonies, which probably stem from brood raids between mature and founding colonies. It is well known that most founding colonies are destroyed by neighboring conspecific mature colonies, but so far it was assumed that the brood of these colonies was also destroyed. This often neglected aspect might be an important fitness token for mature colonies.
Two phases of reef sampling were carried out. The first included regular samples taken along the coastline of Aqaba (27km long) at depths of 4-15m, and used to determine spatial distribution of pollution. The second phase included three 20cm-deep cores obtained from within the industrial zone. These cores were drilled from pre-dated communities, where the growth rate was determined earlier to be 10mm y-1, therefore the core obtained represented a period of 20 years (i.e. 1980-2000). The cores were used to reconstruct the metal pollution history at the most heavily used site along the coast (industrial zone).All samples were examined with respect to their metal content of Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, Ni, and Cr. Almost all of them have shown records above the calculated background values. Mean values of Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, Ni and Cr recorded along the coast were 1,25; 4,26; 9,76; 11,40; 2,29 and 10,522, µg g-1 respectively, and for core samples 1.4; 4.2; 5.7; 6.4; 2.3 and 8.21 µg g-1 respectively. Spatial distribution of metal enrichment in reef samples have shown a general and clear increasing trend towards the south. Same increasing trend was also in core samples where the six metals have shown a prominent increasing trend towards the core surface indicating an increase of coastal activities during the last twenty years. High and relatively high values were recorded at the oil port, the industrial area and main port, and thus categorized as highly impacted areas. Intermediate metal content were recorded in samples of the north beach, and thus classified as being relatively impacted, where the lowest metal concentrations were observed at the marine reserve, the least impacted site along the coast. The high enrichment of metal is attributed mainly to anthropogenic impacts. The natural inputs of the six metals studied in the Gulf of Aqaba are generally very low, due to the geographic positions and the absence of wadi discharge and as a result of low rainfall. Several potential sources of heavy metals were investigated. The industrial-related activities, port operations and phosphate dust were among the main sources currently threatening the marine ecosystem in Aqaba. Applying the Principle Components Analysis method (PCA) to all samples taken along the coastline has resulted in categorizing three different groups according to their metal enrichment, the first is composed of samples taken from the north beach and the main port with intermediate to high enrichment, the second joined the samples of the marine park and the marine reserve with low and relatively low enrichment, and the last group joined samples of the industrial zone and the oil port with high enrichment. The Principle Component Scores were also utilized to confirm the spatial distribution and relationships of the examined heavy metals along the coast. Two models (interpolated by SURFER  7.0 and ArcView 3.2a) were developed, the first was based on the PC scores of the first component, and shows clearly the positive anomalies in metal concentrations along the coast. The second model was developed by plotting the second factor scores on a landuse map of Aqaba. According to these models, it has shown that the positive anomalies are associated with three different zones; industrial area, the main port and the oil port. The results have shown that coral reefs can be used as good environmental indicator for assessments and monitoring processes, and they can provide data and information on both the spatial distribution of pollution and their history. The present work is the first to document the environmental status along the whole coast of Aqaba and the first to use coral reef as a tool/ indicator.
Corynebacterium glutamicum is together with C. callunae and C. efficiens a member of the diverse group of mycolic-acid containing actinomycetes, the mycolata. These bacteria are potent producer of glutamate, lysine and other amino acids on industrial scale. The cell walls of most actinomycetes contain besides an arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex large amounts of mycolic acids. This three-layer envelope is called MAP (mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan) complex and it represents a second permeability barrier beside the cytoplasmic membrane similar to the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. In analogy to the situation in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, channels are present in the mycolic acid layer of the mycobacterial cell wall for the passage of hydrophilic solutes. Molecular studies have provided far-reaching findings on the amino acid flux and its balance in C. glutamicum in general, but the L-glutamate export still remains unknown. The properties of the outer layers, typical of mycolata, seem to be of major importance in this process, and diffusion seems to play a key role for this part of the cell wall. The major aim of this thesis was to identify and study novel channel-forming proteins of the amino acid producers C. glutamicum, C. callunae and C. efficiens. Cell wall extracts of the organisms were investigated and a novel pore-forming protein, named PorH, that is homologue in all three organisms, was detected and characterized. PorHC.glut was isolated from C. glutamicum cells cultivated in minimal medium. The protein was identified in lipid bilayer experiments and purified to homogeneity by fast-protein liquid chromatography across a HiTrap-Q column. The purified protein forms cation-selective channels with a diameter of about 2.2 nm and an average single-channel conductance of about 2.5 nS in 1 M KCl in the lipid bilayer assay. Organic solvent extracts were used to study the permeability properties of the cell wall of C. callunae and C.efficiens. The cell extracts contained channel-forming activity, the corresponding proteins were purified to homogeneity by fast-protein liquid chromatography across a HiTrap-Q column and named PorHC.call and PorHC.eff. Channels formed by PorHC.call are cation-selective with a diameter of about 2.2 nm and an average single-channel conductance of 3 nS, whereas PorHC.eff forms slightly anion selective channels with an average single-channel conductance of 2.3 nS in 1 M KCl in the lipid bilayer assay. The PorH proteins were partially sequenced and the corresponding genes, which were designated as porH, were identified in the published genome sequence of C. glutamicum and C. efficiens. The chromosome of C. callunae is not sequenced, but PorHC.call shows a high homology to PorHC.eff and PorHC.glut. The proteins have no N-terminal extension, only the inducer methionine, which suggests that secretion of the proteins could be very similar to that of PorAC.glut of C. glutamicum. PorHC.glut is coded in the bacterial chromosome by a gene that is localized in the vincinity of the porAC.glut gene, within a putative operon formed by 13 genes that are encoded by the minus strand. Both porins are cotranscribed and coexist in the cell wall, which was demonstrated in RT-PCR and immunological detection experiments. The arrangement of porHC.glut and porAC.glut on the chromosome is similar to that of porBC.glut and porCC.glut and it was found that PorAC.glut, PorHC.glut, PorBC.glut and PorCC.glut coexist in the cell wall of C. glutamicum. The molecular mass of about 6 kDa of the PorH channel forming proteins is rather small and suggests that the cell wall channels are formed by oligomers. A possibly hexameric form was demonstrated for PorHC.glut in Western blot analysis with anti- PorHC.glut antibodies. Secondary structure predictions for PorHC.glut, PorHC.call and PorHC.eff predict that a stretch of about 42 amino acids of PorHC.glut and 28 amino acids of PorHC.call and PorHC.eff forms amphipathic -helices with a total length of 6.3 nm and 4.2 nm respectively. This should be sufficient to cross the mycolic acid layer. Another objective of this work was to establish an heterologous expression system for corynebacterial channel-forming proteins, to investigate the channel-forming properties of the up to now only hypothetical porins PorA, PorB, PorC from C. efficiens and PorC from C. glutamicum. We could demonstrate with recombinant expression experiments in E. coli that porBC.eff and porCC.eff encode for channel-forming proteins. They are, like PorBC.glut, anion-selective with a similar single-channel conductance of 1 nS in 1 M KCl.
In a first aspect of this work, the development of photonic crystal based widely tunable laser diodes and their monolithic integration with photonic crystal based passive waveguide and coupler structures is explored theoretically and experimentally. In these devices, the photonic crystal is operated in the photonic bandgap which can be used for the realization of effective reflectors and waveguide structures. Such tunable light sources are of great interest for the development of optical network systems that are based on wavelength division multiplexing. In a second aspect of this work, the operation of a photonic crystal block near the photonic band edge is investigated with respect to the so-called superprism effect. After a few introductory remarks that serve to motivate this work, chapter 3 recapitulates some aspects of semiconductor lasers and photonic crystals that are essential for the understanding of this work so that the reader should be readily equipped with the tools to appreciate the results presented in this work.
Rhodococcus equi is a Gram-positive intracellular pathogen which can cause severe bronchopneumonia in foals. In recent years, the role of this bacterium as human pathogen has been noted, as R.equi infections in humans have increase in frequency. This increase is associated with the rise in immunosupressed individuals, specially AIDS patients, where infection leads to symptoms and pathology similar to those seen in foals with a high mortality rate. Due to its capability to survive and multiply in murine and equine macrophages, R.equi has been classified as a facultative intracellular bacterium. R.equi is found frequently in macrophages in alveolar infiltrate from infected animals. The pathogenicity of R.equi depends on its ability to exist and multiply inside macrophages and has been associated with the presence of virulence plasmids. It has been observed that, inside foal alveolar macrophages, R.equi-containing vacuoles (RCVs) do not mature into phagolysosomes. However, most of the intracellular events during R.equi infection have not been investigated in detail. The aim of this study was to elucidate the intracellular compartmentation of R.equi and the mechanism by which the bacteria avoid destruction in host macrophages. The importance of the virulence-associated plasmids of R.equi for the establishment of RCVs was also evaluated. Furthermore, the intracellular fate of viable and non-viable R.equi was compared in order to study whether viability of R.equi influeciantes the establishment of RCVs. In this study, the RCV was characterized by using a variety of endocytic markers to follow the path of the bacteria trhough murine macropages. Transmission electron microscopy-base analysis showed that R.equi was found equally frequently in phagosomes with loosely or thightly apposed membranes, and RCV often contains numerous membranous vesicles. Laser scanning microscopy of infected macrophages showed that the majority of phagosomes containing R.equi acquired transiently the early endosomal markers Rab5, Ptlns3P, and EEA-1, suggesting initially undisturbed phagosome maturation. Although the RCV acquired some late endosomal markers, such as Rab7, LAMP-1, and Lamp-2, they did not acquired vATPase, did not interact with pre-labeled lysosomes, and failed to acidify. These data clearly suggest that the RCV is a compartment which has left vacuoles that resemble multivesicular body compartments (MVB), which are transport intermediates between early and late endosomes and display internal vesicles very similar to the ones observed within RCVs. Analyisis of several R.equi strains containing either VapA- or VapB-expressing plasmids or neither demonstrated that the possession of the virulence-associated plasmids does not affect phagosome trafficking over a two hour period of infection. The finding that non-viable R.equi was still able to inhibit phagosome maturation (although not to the same extent as viable R.equi did) suggests that heat-insensitive factors, such as cell periphery lipids, may play a major role in inhibition of phagosome maturation, although heat-sensitive factors may also be involved.
Nonlinear frequency conversion of low-energy fs laser pulses was investigated in solid-state media. Raman conversion in the white-light-free regime of impulsive stimulated Raman scattering was achieved by pumping KGW crystal with Bessel beam. Efficient supercontinuum generation was demonstrated for sub-microjule pulses focused into microstructure fiber. Application of four-wave mixing techniques to monitoring of the excited-state dynamics in polyatomic molecules was demonstrated. Time constants of the processes related to vibrational energy redistribution upon the initial photoexcitation of stilbene-3 were determined by means of pump-CARS technique, where CARS process served as an effective mode-selective filter. Spectral as well as temporal properties of electronic relaxation pathway in azulene derivatives were explored by using transient population gratings and pump-probe transient absorption techniques.
Very small, thioglycerol (TG)-capped CdS nanoparticles were synthesized by a wet chemical technique and investigated in the framework of this thesis. Also glutathione-capped particles were investigated for a comparison of the capping agents. High-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy using high-brilliance synchrotron radiation was applied as the major tool for the characterization of these particles. Additionally, the particles were investigated with UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy, XPS using a laboratory source, valence band photoemission spectroscopy (VBPES), near-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS), and micro-Raman spectroscopy to address various aspects of the particles. In the beginning, an overview on size quantization effects is given to create a theoretical background behind the work presented in this thesis. Furthermore, an overview of various conventional techniques for size determination is presented. Exact information about size, shape and size distribution of nanoparticles is not yet achievable because of experimental limitations of the various size determination methods. Nanoparticles, with a range of sizes from 1.1 to 4. 2 nm, were synthesized using non-aqueous preparation and a TG capping. It is demonstrated that the use of the non-aqueous wet chemical synthesis method enables the production of very small particles and prohibits the aging of the particles. Furthermore, TG capping leads to a significant improvement for a narrow size distribution. Moreover, the results are very reproducible with TG capping and non-aqueous synthesis. Monodispersed particles can be produced by a size selective precipitation method, however, the reproducibility is questionable due to the aqueous medium of the synthesis in this case. High-resolution photoemission measurements on the small particles, i.e., 1.1 nm (CdS-A), 1.4 nm (CdS-B), 1.7 nm (CdS-C), and 1.8 nm (CdS-D, glutathione-capped), revealed five components as constituents of the S 2p signal after a careful data evaluation. Furthermore, it was observed that the particles with different sizes and capping show differences in the photoemission spectra and also in the beam damage behaviour. The different components of CdS-B were assigned as S atoms with different Cd neighbors, S atoms from thiol and S atoms in a partially oxidized state, based on the observed intensity changes of these components as a function of photon energy and beam damage, and on previous photoemission work on CdS nanoparticles [23, 45]. Furthermore, it was found that this assignment cannot be directly transferred to other particles. A new approach of structural model-based photoemission intensity calculations in comparison with the experimental data is presented. This enables us to understand subtle features in the photoemission spectra, in particular the intensity changes of the different components as a function of photon energy and beam exposure. This approach is especially applied to CdS-B (as some structural information for this particle is avialable from XRD), using three different structural models. It is found that a structural model with 33 S atoms can explain the experimental intensity changes of CdS-B. Furthermore, it is found that the photoemission spectra can be used to determine the particle size indirectly, as other plausible models show significant deviation from the experimental data. To study the various aspects by calculations, such as the influence of the particle shape and of the value of the mean free path, a program developed with L. Weinhardt and O. Fuchs is used for the intensity calculations. In order to determine a reasonable value of the mean free path for the used photon energies, two different equations from previous reports (Seah et al. and Powell et al.) are applied. As average mean free path values for the two photon energies we chose 5.5 ± 2 Å (254 eV) and 14 ± 2 Å (720 eV). The program calculation confirms the result of simple “manual” calculations of the different models. Moreover, it is tested that the value of , used in the calculations does not produce any significant influence on the calculation results. Another interesting feature is derived from the calculations that a model with a rather round shape produces similar intensity ratios for the different components to those of the data. Thus this new approach of analysis of photoemission spectra offers a way to determine particle sizes and to some extent to give an impression of the approximate particle shape. Furthermore, it is observed that the electronic band gap is larger compared to the optical band gap, which was attributed to an enhanced electron-hole correlation for optical absorption in small particles. The XPS experiments performed in the laboratory using an x-ray tube, show that the thin films produced from a freshly synthesized nanoparticle solution are fairly homogeneous and non-charging. Moreover, annealing experiments indicated that TG-capped particles posses less thermal stability as compared to MPA-capped particles. It was demonstrated that beam-induced effects play a major role. However, the knowledge of the time scale for such effects gives the possibility to record photoemission spectra with fairly good signal quality and to extrapolate to zero radiation damage. Further, particles with different sizes and capping show different beam damage behaviour. The thin film preparation by electrophoresis results in significant changes in the spectrum indicating agglomeration, while the drop-deposition technique points towards spectral changes on the rim of the sample, which can be avoided by focusing the radiation to the centre of the deposited dried drop. Micro-Raman experiments carried out in collaboration with C. Dem, Dr. M. Schmitt and Prof. W. Kiefer exhibited major differences in the spectra of nanoparticles as compared to those of the capping molecule thioglycerol. For instance, the absence of the S-H vibrational modes indicates the consumption or removal of all unreacted capping molecules. There is definitely a need for further detailed investigations concerning various interesting aspects of this work. For instance, it would be of significance to extend the program calculations to more models. Also more information about the band gap opening has to be gathered in order to find out the reason for the larger electronic band gap as compared to the optical band gap. The photoemission analysis approach using a model calculation has to be extended to differently prepared nanoparticles, in particular, to address the differences in the location of the various species in the particle as a function of preparation. The efforts of XRD simulations by C. Kumpf et al. [50] may reveal significant new information about the particle size and the size distribution. It can be expected that the program calculations, if extended to more models, can prove the potential of photoelectron spectroscopy to serve as a tool for size and shape determination of nanoparticles, which is a new contribution to the investigation of nanoparticles.
Within the studies concerning metallo-silanols, halfsandwich-tungsten complexes have been silanol-functionalized at the cyclopentadienyl ligand. The stability and the condensation behavior have been investigated. Thus, it was shown that these complexes are stable enough for isolation but they are reactiv enough for time-effective condensation reactions with diverse chlorosilanes, chlorostannanes or metalhalogenides. These processes are characterized by an increased reactivity in contrast to metallo-silanols with a direct metal-bonded silanol group and proves that the separation of the silanol group has to be regarded as a successful manipulation. In addition, this modification allows a wide variation of the ligand sphere of the metal which was shown by H/Cl exchange, methylation, silylation or phosphine substitution. These changes evoke a small but significant influence on the silanol group. For example leads an introduced phosphine to an enhanced stability of the silanol function. A further separation of the silanol group from the metal by an additional alkylidene spacer leads to the complete lost of the stabilizing effect of the metal fragment and generates silanols which show a condensation behavior very similar to those of ordinary organosilanols.
Protein kinase B (PKB), a serine threonine kinase, is highly involved in the regulation of cellular proliferation and survival. To characterize PKB’s function in lymphocyte development and activation, transgenic (tg) mice that express a membrane targeted constitutively active form of PKBa (myr PKB) in T and B cells were analysed. Thymocytes from myr PKB tg mice showed enhanced proliferation after T cell receptor (TCR) engagement compared to wild type (wt) mice. Astonishingly, myr PKB tg thymocytes were capable to proliferate in response to PMA only and were also less sensitive to inhibition by the calcineurin inhibitors CsA or FK506, which indicates the proliferative response of myr PKB tg T cells is relatively independent of calcium mobilisation and calcineurin activity. In addition, when TCR signalling was inhibited by the MEKinase inhibitor PD98059 or the Srckinase inhibitor PP1 myr PKB tg thymocytes again were more resistant to inhibition. Western blot analysis revealed myr PKB enhances activation of the kinases Lck, Raf and Erk after TCR/CD3 stimulation. Thus, myr PKB renders proliferative responses of thymocytes more sensitive to TCR signals by positive regulation of the Lck-Raf-MEK-Erk signalling pathway. Studies on the cellular location of the tg protein showed myr PKB is located in membrane socalled “lipid rafts”. Furthermore, we found that after TCR/CD3 ligation endogenous cytoplasmic PKB moves into “lipid rafts”, which highlights PKB as a crucial mediator of TCR proximal signalling events. Analysing three different TCR tg model systems for positive and negative selection of immature precursors in the thymus, we found myr PKB promotes positive selection of CD4+ but not CD8+ T cells. This most likely results from PKB’s positive cross-talk on Lck-Raf-Erk signalling, which is known to influence thymocyte selection and CD4/CD8-lineage choice. Furthermore, myr PKB enhances phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3), a negative regulator of the transcription factor NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells) and T cell activation, and of the adapter protein c-Cbl. Concerning negative selection, myr PKB enhanced (OT1 mice), reduced (HY mice) or had no influence (OT2 mice) on negative selection. Thus, myr PKB’s effect on negative selection strongly depends on the model system analysed and this most likely results from differences in TCR affinity/avidity and TCR specificity for MHC. 106 Peripheral CD4+ T cells from myr PKB tg mice showed enhanced production of both Th1 and Th2 cytokines. Furthermore, after TCR/CD3 stimulation in the presence of TGF-b1, wt CD4+ T cells showed a drastic inhibition of proliferation, whereas myr PKB tg CD4+ T cells proliferated even better, i.e. they were resistant to the inhibitory TGF-b1 signals. Expression of myr PKB in B cells leads to reduced Ca2+ flux and proliferation after BCR stimulation, but activation of Lyn, SLP-65, c-Cbl and GSK-3 were enhanced. When we analysed B cell subsets in myr PKB tg mice, a decrease in immature and mature B cells became obvious, whereas cell numbers for marginal zone (MZ) B cells were normal. In aged myr PKB tg mice we detected a very strong reduction of pro/pre and immature B cell populations in the bone marrow, indicating PKB is very important for maintenance of B cell development. Furthermore, myr PKB also lead to a strong reduction of peritoneal B-1 cells. However, expression of NFATc1, which is required for B-1 cell development, was comparable between wt and myr PKB tg B-1 cells. To analyse the effect of myr PKB on immunoglobulin production, mice were immunized with thymus dependent (TD) and independent (TI) antigens. In both cases, B cell responses were strongly elevated in myr PKB tg mice. Finally, RT-PCR analyses of in vitro expanded B cells revealed increased Blimp-1 and Notch3 expression in myr PKB tg B cells, which might be primary candidates involved in their enhanced effector function. In summary, this study clearly shows an important cross-talk between PKB and various critical signalling molecules downstream of the TCR and BCR. Thereby active PKB modulates and regulates the thresholds for thymocyte selection and T cell activation as well as for B cell development and function.
A large variety of sex determination systems have been described in fish. However, almost no information is available about sex determination in the classical fish models, the zebrafish Danio rerio and the pufferfish Takifugu rubripes. A DNA-binding protein gene called dmrt1bY (or DMY) has been recently described as an outstanding candidate for the primary sex-determining gene in the medaka fish Oryzias latipes. But this gene is not the universal master sex-determining gene in teleost fish, since dmrt1bY is not found in most other fishes. Hence, other fish models need to be examined including the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus. Xiphophorus maculatus has three types of sex chromosomes (X, Y and W; females are XX, WX or WY; males are XY or YY). Its gonosomes are at an early stage of differentiation. The sex-determining locus on the sex chromosomes is flanked by two receptor tyrosine kinase genes, the Xmrk oncogene and its protooncogenic progenitor gene egfrb, which both delimit a region of about 0.6 centiMorgans. This situation should allow the positional cloning of the sex-determining gene (SD) of the platyfish. For this purpose, Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) contigs were assembled from a BAC library of XY males constructed in our laboratory, using the oncogene Xmrk, egfrb, as well as a Y-specific pseudogene called ps-criptY as starting points. The ps-criptY sequence was found to be closely linked to the SD gene, since no recombination was observed between SD and ps-criptY in more than 400 individuals tested. Two major BAC contigs for the X chromosome (about 2.5 Mb) and three major BAC contigs for the Y chromosome (about 3.5 Mb) were built up and analyzed by strategic sequencing. These are some of the largest contigs ever assembled for the sex chromosomes of a non-mammalian vertebrate species. The molecular analysis of the ps-criptY contig was the major objective of this work. The Y-specific ps-criptY contig has been extended over 1 Mb in this work with 58 identified molecular markers. Approximatively 700 kb of non-redundant sequences has been obtained from this contig by strategic sequencing. Numerous Y-linked markers from the contig including ps-criptY were also detected on the X chromosome. Nevertheless, major structural differences were observed between the X and Y chromosomes. Particularly, a large region, which is present at one copy on the X chromosome and contains several candidate genes, was found to be duplicated on the Y chromosome. Evidence for an inversion in the sex-determining region and for the Y-specific accumulation of a repeated sequence called XIR was also obtained. Such events might correspond to an initiation of differentiation between both types of gonosomes. Accumulation of transposable elements was also observed in the ps-criptY contig. A DNA transposable element, helitron, was isolated from the sex-determining region of X. maculatus. Three copies of helitron are located on the ps-criptY contig and one copy on the X-linked contig (helitron has roughly 15 copies per haploid genome). No in-frame stop codon, truncation or intron was found in these four copies, which present high nucleotide identities to each other. This suggests that helitron elements might be active or have been recently active in X. maculatus. A consensus open reading frame of helitron was also assembled from medaka (Oryzias latipes) genomic sequences. Two candidate genes from the ps-criptY contig are also located on the W chromosome in the X. maculatus Usumacinta strain (heterogamety). These markers show the relationship between the different types of gonosomes and allow to compare the male and female heterogameties in the platyfish. Several gene candidates were identified in the ps-criptY contig. However, some of them such as msh2, cript, igd and acr probably correspond to pseudogenes. Interestingly, a novel gene, called swimy, is exclusively expressed in spermatogonia of the adult testis. Swimy is a gene encoding a DNA-binding protein with several putative DNA-binding domains. The data suggest that swimy is a very promising candidate for the master SD gene. Another novel gene, which is called fredi and encodes a novel helix-turn-helix protein, is predominately expressed in the adult testis and currently under scrutiny. There is no doubt that the master SD gene of X. maculatus will be identified by positional cloning. Further molecular analysis of the contigs built in this work will shed new light on the molecular mechanism of sex determination and the evolution of sex chromosomes in fish.
Cloning and functional characterization of novel genes expressed preferentially in the human retina
(2005)
The human retina is a multi-layered neuronal tissue specialized for the reception and processing of visual information. The retina is composed of a great diversity of neuronal cell types including rod and cone photoreceptors, bipolar cells, ganglion cells, amacrine cells, horizontal cells and Müller glia. In response to light, a coordinated series of molecular events, the so-called phototransduction cascade, is triggered in photoreceptor cells and the signals from the photoreceptors are further processed by the bipolar and ganglion cells to the higher centers of the brain. The retina as highly complex system may be greatly susceptible to genetic defects which can lead to a wide range of disease phenotypes. Therefore, isolation and characterisation of the genes active in the human retina will facilitate our deeper understanding of retinal physiology and mechanisms underlying retinal degeneration and provide novel candidates for the retinal disease genes. To identify novel genes that are specifically or predominantly expressed in the human retina, a cDNA library enriched for retina specific transcripts was generated using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) technique. In total, 1113 clones were randomly isolated from the retina SSH cDNA library and partially sequenced. On the basis of BLASTN algorithm analysis these clones were classified into four categories including those with I) significant homology to known human genes (766/1113), II) significant homology to partial transcripts and hypothetical gene predictions (162/1113), III) no homology to known mRNAs (149/1113), and IV) vector sequences and clones derived from mitochondrial genes (36/1113). After correcting for redundancy, category I represented 234 known human genes and category II a total of 92unknown transcripts. Clones from category I, were selected for expression analysis by RT-PCR in a great number of human tissues. This resulted in the identification of 16 genes which were expressed exclusively in the retina, 13 which were highly expressed in the retina compared to other tissues, 12 genes which were specifically expressed in neuronal tissues and 48 ubiquitously expressed genes. Thus, our expression analysis resulted in the identification of 29 genes exclusively or abundantly transcribed in the human retina. Of those, retina specific genes L25,L33, L35, L37, L38 and L40 were selected for further analysis. To characterize the complete mRNA sequences of these transcripts a full-length human retina cDNA library was constructed. The analysis of the L25 gene revealed three splicing variants of the ABCC5 gene, consequently named ABCC5_SV1 (SV1), ABCC5_SV2 (SV2) and ABCC5_SV3 (SV3).These isoforms comprise the first five exons of ABCC5 and additional novel exons named 5a, 5b and 5c, generated by differential exon usage. The determined lengths of the three transcripts are 2039 bp, 1962 bp, and 1887 bp in size, respectively. RT-PCR, real-time PCR and Northern blot analysis of ABCC5 as well as the isoforms SV1, SV2 and SV3demonstrated high levels of expression for all transcripts in the retina compared to other tissues. Analysis of their nucleotide sequences revealed that inclusion of exon 5a in splicing variant SV1 produced a frame shift and premature termination codon (PTC). Our data show that this splice variant is the target of nonsense mediated mRNA decay (NMD). This was shown by inhibition of protein synthesis with antibiotics puromycin and anisomycin in human cell lines A-RPE 19 and Y79. Our analysis resulted in an increase of the PTC containing transcript and a decrease of the ABCC5 transcript. Conversely, the amount of both transcripts (SV1 and ABCC5) returned to pre-treatment levels after removal of the inhibitors. Together, our results suggest that alternative splicing of the ubiquitously expressed ABCC5 gene in addition to NMD is involved in retina-specific transcriptional regulation of the mRNA level of ABCC5. In contrast, additional experiments demonstrated that the levels of expression ofSV2 and SV3 isoforms do not appear to influence ABCC5 transcription. Several of the cloned genes were selected for additional genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in order to construct their SNP maps which are going to be used for future association studies of complex disease AMD. Thus, identification of novel retinal genes and their functional characterization will further our elucidation of retinal physiology in general and in the diseased state in particular, by providing candidate retinal disease genes.
In this PhD thesis, we develop models for the numerical simulation of epitaxial crystal growth, as realized, e.g., in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The basic idea is to use a discrete lattice gas representation of the crystal structure, and to apply kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations for the description of the growth dynamics. The main advantage of the KMC approach is the possibility to account for atomistic details and at the same time cover MBE relevant time scales in the simulation. In chapter 1, we describe the principles of MBE, pointing out relevant physical processes and the influence of experimental control parameters. We discuss various methods used in the theoretical description of epitaxial growth. Subsequently, the underlying concepts of the KMC method and the lattice gas approach are presented. Important aspects concerning the design of a lattice gas model are considered, e.g. the solid-on-solid approximation or the choice of an appropriate lattice topology. A key element of any KMC simulation is the selection of allowed events and the evaluation of Arrhenius rates for thermally activated processes. We discuss simplifying schemes that are used to approximate the corresponding energy barriers if detailed knowledge about the barriers is not available. Finally, the efficient implementation of the MC kinetics using a rejection-free algorithm is described. In chapter 2, we present a solid-on-solid lattice gas model which aims at the description of II-VI(001) semiconductor surfaces like CdTe(001). The model accounts for the zincblende structure and the relevant surface reconstructions of Cd- and Te-terminated surfaces. Particles at the surface interact via anisotropic nearest and next nearest neighbor interactions, whereas interactions in the bulk are isotropic. The anisotropic surface interactions reflect known properties of CdTe(001) like the small energy difference between the c(2x2) and (2x1) vacancy structures of Cd-terminated surfaces. A key element of the model is the presence of additional Te atoms in a weakly bound Te* state, which is motivated by experimental observations of Te coverages exceeding one monolayer at low temperatures and high Te fluxes. The true mechanism of binding excess Te to the surface is still unclear. Here, we use a mean-field approach assuming a Te* reservoir with limited occupation. In chapter 3, we perform KMC simulations of atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) of CdTe(001). We study the self-regulation of the ALE growth rate and demonstrate how the interplay of the Te* reservoir occupation with the surface kinetics results in two different regimes: at high temperatures the growth rate is limited to one half layer of CdTe per ALE cycle, whereas at low enough temperatures each cycle adds a complete layer. The temperature where the transition between the two regimes occurs depends mainly on the particle fluxes. The temperature dependence of the growth rate and the flux dependence of the transition temperature are in good qualitative agreement with experimental results. Comparing the macroscopic activation energy for Te* desorption in our model with experimental values we find semiquantitative agreement. In chapter 4, we study the formation of nanostructures with alternating stripes during submonolayer heteroepitaxy of two different adsorbate species on a given substrate. We evaluate the influence of two mechanisms: kinetic segregation due to chemically induced diffusion barriers, and strain relaxation by alternating arrangement of the adsorbate species. KMC simulations of a simple cubic lattice gas with weak inter-species binding energy show that kinetic effects are sufficient to account for stripe formation during growth. The dependence of the stripe width on control parameters is investigated. We find an Arrhenius temperature dependence, in agreement with experimental investigations of phase separation in binary or ternary material systems. Canonical MC simulations show that the observed stripes are not stable under equilibrium conditions: the adsorbate species separate into very large domains. Off-lattice simulations which account for the lattice misfit of the involved particle species show that, under equilibrium conditions, the competition between binding and strain energy results in regular stripe patterns with a well-defined width depending on both misfit and binding energies. In KMC simulations, the stripe-formation and the experimentally reported ramification of adsorbate islands are reproduced. To clarify the origin of the island ramification, we investigate an enhanced lattice gas model whose parameters are fitted to match characteristic off-lattice diffusion barriers. The simulation results show that a satisfactory explanation of experimental observations within the lattice gas framework requires a detailed incorporation of long-range elastic interactions. In the appendix we discuss supplementary topics related to the lattice gas simulations in chapter 4.
The subject of this thesis was the cloning and the initial biochemical and functional characterisation of novel human proteins with an N-terminal Ena-VASP homology (EVH)-1 domain and a C-terminal Sprouty homologous region (SPR), which are related to the Drosophila AE33 protein. During the course of this work, three mouse homologues of the AE33 fly protein have been reported and termed Sprouty-related protein with an EVH-1 domain 1, 2 and 3 (Spred-1, -2, -3)(Wakioka et al, 2001; Kato et al, 2003). Spred-1, -2 and -3 are membrane associated substrates of receptor tyrosine kinases and they act as negative regulators of the Ras pathway during growth factor stimulation. As the Spred-family members seem to exert similar functions, the specific function of each member remains enigmatic. Therefore, we investigated the mRNA and protein expression patterns of the two murine protein family members Spred-1 and Spred-2 on the whole organ level. Furthermore, we focussed on the cellular localisation and the role of human and murine Spred-2 in the organism. The expression patterns of Spred-1 and Spred-2 differed markedly among various tissues and cell types. In mouse, Spred-1 is abundantly expressed in adult brain, cerebellum, and fetal tissues, whereas Spred-2 was ubiquitously expressed. In humans, Spred-2 was found to be strongly expressed in glandular epithelia and in invasive cytotrophoblasts, and at the subcellular level its immunoreactivity was associated with secretory vesicles and was found to colocalise with Rab11 GTPase. The new human Spred gene family was investigated in detail. Cloning of the fulllength form of human Spred-2 resulted in an 1254 bp coding sequence, corresponding to a 418 amino-acids protein. Immunoblotting with a set of affinitypurified antibodies confirmed the expression of a 47 kDa protein and suggested the presence of additional differently sized variants. Cloning of various shortened Spred- 2 mRNAs and identification of 2 additional human Spred genes (localised on different chromosomes) with their respective EST (expressed sequence tag) revealed that the new human Spred gene family displays extensive splicing, leading to the generation of short and long Spred proteins. All protein isoforms and splicing variants contain an EVH1-domain located at the N-terminus of the protein. The full-length forms (“a” forms) comprised the SPR, another functional domain localised at the C-terminus whereas the short variants (Spred-1b, 2 c-e, 3 c) lack the entire C-terminal SPR domain or part of it. The existence of short and long splicing variants of Spred-1, -2 and -3 revealed a common principle of organisation and splicing pattern in the Spred family. Functional analyses of the 5 cloned Spred-2 splicing variants revealed differential subcellular localisation and differential regulation of serum- and EGF- mediated ERK activation in HEK-293 cells. Taken together, these results indicate a highly specific expression pattern of Spred-1 and Spred-2 in various tissues suggesting a specific physiological role for the individual Spred isoform in these tissues. For example, Spred-2 appears to be involved in regulating secretory pathways. Furthermore, the human Spred family contains three genes, which are subject to extensive alternative splicing resulting in at least 8 different proteins with differential subcellular localisation and differential regulatory potential of the MAPK pathways during growth factor stimulation.
In this work a new algorithm to determine quantum control fields from the instantaneous response of systems has been developed. The derived fields allow to establish a direct connection between the applied perturbation and the molecular dynamics. The principle is most easily illustrated in regarding a classical forced oscillator. A particle moving inside the respective potential is accelerated if an external field is applied acting in the same direction as its momentum (heating). In contrary, a deceleration is achieved by a field acting in the opposite direction as the momentum (cooling). Furthermore, when the particle reaches a classical turning point and then changes its direction, the sign of the field has to be changed to further drive the system in the desired way. The frequency of the field therefore is in resonance with the oscillator. This intuitively clear picture of a driven classical oscillator can be used for directing (or controlling) quantum mechanical wave packet motion. The efficiency of the instantaneous dynamics algorithm was demonstrated in treating various model problems, the population transfer in double well potentials, excitation and dissociation of selective modes, and the population transfer between electronic states. Although it was not tried to optimize the fields to gain higher yields, the control was found to be very efficient. Driving population transfer in a double well potential could be shown to take place with nearly 100% efficiency. It was shown that selective dissociation within the electronic ground state of HOD can be performed by either maximizing a selected coordinate's differential momentum change or the energy absorption. Concerning the population transfer into excited electronic states, a direct comparison with common control algorithms as optimal control theory and genetic algorithms was accomplished using a one-dimensional representation of methyl iodide. The fields derived from the various control theories were effective in transferring population into the chosen target state but the underlying physical background of the derived optimal fields was not obvious to explain. The instantaneous dynamics algorithm allowed to establish a direct relation between the derived fields and the underlying molecular dynamics. Bound-to-bound transitions could be handled more effectively. This was demonstrated on the sodium dimer in a representation of 3 electronic states being initially in its vibronic ground state. The objective was to transfer population into a predefined excited state. Choosing the first or the second state as a target, the control fields exhibited quite different features. The pulse-structure is related to the excited state wave packet, moving in, and out of the Franck-Condon region. Changing the control objective, the derived control field performed pure electronic transitions on a fast time-scale via a two-step transition. Futhermore, orientational effects have been investigated. The overall-efficiency of the population transfer for differently oriented molecules was about 70 % or more if applying a control field derived for a 45° orientation. Spectroscopic methods to gain information about the outcome of the control process have been investigated. It was shown that pump/probe femtosecond ionization spectroscopy is suited to monitor time-dependent molecular probability distributions. In particular, time-dependent photoelectron spectra are able to monitor the population in the various electronic states. In the last chapter a different possibility of controlling molecules was regarded by investigating molecular iodine with a setup similar to the STIRAP (“Stimulated Raman Adiabatic passage”) scenario. The possibility to extend this technique to a fs-time scale was examined in theory as well as in experiments, the latter being performed by Dr. Torsten Siebert in the Kiefer group, University of Würzburg. It was shown that off-resonant excitation with implementation of the pulses with a higher intensity of the Stokes pulse as compared to the pump pulse - describing a so-called f-STIRAP like configuration - was shown to effectively transfer population into excited ground-state vibrational levels. This was theoretically underlined by comparing the numerically exact coupling case with the adiabatic picture. The process was described to run in the vicinity of adibaticity. A new model explaining the process by the system's vector rotating around the dressed state vector will be adopted in future calculations. Altogether, a new promising algorithm to control dynamical processes based on the instantaneous response has been developed. Because the derived control fields have been shown to be very efficient in selectively influencing molecules, it is to be expected that farther reaching applications can be realized in future investigations.
Neuromelanin (NM) is a complex polymer pigment found in catecholaminergic neurons of the human substantia nigra and locus ceruleus. The structure of this molecule is poorly characterised, and the physiological function of it in the brain is unknown. In vitro data, based upon synthetic dopamine melanins (DAM), suggest that these pigments may exhibit radical scavenging properties, but in the presence of iron, DAM acts as a proxidant. These data suggested that NM may be associated with the especial vulnerability of pigmented dopaminergic cells in Parkinson´s disease (PD), a disorder in which nigral iron levels are increased and the relatively specific loss of the pigmented neurons of the substantia nigra. Given the rarity of NM, and the difficulty of isolating this material from the human brain, all functional studies of NM published to date have utilised a synthetic dopamine melanin in place of the native pigment. In the current work we investigated the effects of NM from the healthy human brain and synthetic DAM on cell health and oxidative status in human-derived cell lines. Methods SK-N-SH, a human neuroblastoma cell line, and U 373, a human glioblastoma cell line was chosen to represent human neuronal and glial cell types. NM was isolated from the SN of adult human subjects from Australia and Germany with no history of neurological or neurodegenerative diseases. Synthetic DAM was prepared by autooxidation of dopamine. DAM and NM samples were added to the cultures with fresh media to final concentrations of 0.05 or 0.1 mg/ml. In some experiments cells were incubated with Fenton reagent (400µM FeSO4 plus 200µM H2O2) in the presence or absence of melanin or the iron chelator desferoxamine mesylate (100µM). The cells were incubated at 37 °C at 5% CO2 for varying periods of time as described. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity and Lipid peroxidation were measured. Hydroxyl radical production in the cultures was estimated used a modification of the salicylic acid spin-trapping method. All experiments were performed three times in triplicate and analysed using regression analysis and one- or two-way Analysis of Variance followed by Bonferroni’s t test corrected for multiple comparisons as appropriate. Results Following 24 hr incubation, both the native NM and the synthetic DAM pigment could be seen as electron dense granules both within the cell bodies of the SK-N-SH and U373 cells. The melanin was incorporated into the cell via an invagination of the cell membrane. DAM but not NM significantly increased the LDH activity and lipid peroxidation as well as the hydroxyl radical production. Co-incubation of Fenton reagent with either DAM or NM resulted in additive effects, compared to the levels elicited by Fenton reagent and the melanins alone. When added the iron chelator desferoximine together with Fenton reagent attentuated lipid peroxidation and hydroxyl radical production to control levels. In contrast, lipid peroxidation and hydroxyl radical production in U373 cells exposed to NM or DAM did not differ to that measured in untreated cells. Discussion Human neuron-derived cell line is a useful approach to address the effects of NM on dopaminergic neuron function. This is the first work to use internalised NM isolated from the healthy human brain as a model of intraneuronal pigment in vitro. Cell line functional studies showing cellular changes induced by DAM but not NM demonstrated that DAM is relatively toxic to cells but not NM. DAM represents a poor functional model of NM in that it displays a marked toxicity unrepresentative of the effects of the native melanin. Both NM and DAM were unable to attentuate the toxic effects of the added oxidative stimulus, this probably due to the exceeding the chelating capacity of NM. Future studies should point to the characterization and role of NM under in vivo conditions. The development of strategies to protect the neuromelanin in dopaminergic neurons may have important therapeutic implications not only for PD.
BMPs influence a variety of cellular processes. They have been shown to regulate proliferation, differentiation, migration and apoptosis and thus play central roles during developmental processes and tissue homeostasis. Ligand mediated signal transduction is transmitted via BMP type I and BMP type II receptors, both members of the serine/threonine kinase superfamily. The BMP receptor mediated signal transduction is not explored in detail. Therefore our aim was to address different aspects of BMP mediated signal transduction with main focus on BRII and its regulation. Due to the existence of two alternative splice variants, a long and a short form, the function of the two variants and the impact of the C-terminal extension are of general interest. Moreover, mutations in the BMPR2 gene were identified to be responsible for PPH, a autosomal dominant lung disease. In this thesis, BRII phosphorylation and signalling mediated by different receptor oligomers were investigated and multiple BRII associated proteins were identified. We could show that the oligomerization pattern of BMP receptors exhibits a higher degree of flexibility compared to other receptors of that superfamily. In the present work the BMP2 mediated signal transduction should be examined, depending on the receptor oligomerization pattern. Using kinase-deficient mutants, it could be demonstrated, that signalling via preformed BMP receptor complexes is mediated by the well characterized Smad1/5/8 pathway, whereas signalling initiated by BMP2 induced recruitment of the receptors activates the p38 pathway and leads to Alkaline Phosphatase production. To further study signalling events triggered directly from the BRII a proteomics-based screen for BRII associated proteins was performed. 53 associated proteins were found, the majority being signal transducing molecules, but in addition metabolic proteins, transcriptional regulators and others were identified. These proteins enable to gain a deeper insight in BMP mediated signalling. One of the interactors, the receptor tyrosine kinase c-kit, was characterized in more detail. It could be demonstrated, that BRII and c-kit form a complex in vitro and in vivo, and the interaction is enhanced upon BMP2 stimulation. 2D phosphopeptid mapping showed that BRII is phosphorylated at S757 upon activation of c-kit by SCF. Moreover, c-kit and its ligand SCF are modulating BMP2 pathways, by enhancing Smad1/5 phosphorylation, Smad-transcriptional activity, Alkaline Phosphatase production and expression of Cbfa1. All these pathways hint towards modulation of the osteoblast development via c-kit. Thus, we were able to develop a novel paradigm for the BMP2 meditated signalling. One of the initial triggers for BRII is the auto-phosphorylation of BRII. Here we analyze ligand-independent as well as ligand-dependent phosphorylation of BRII. Some phosphorylation sites in BRII were identified. The general phosphorylation occurs mostly on serines. S815, S818 and Y825 are identified targets of phosphorylation whose function is still unclear. However phosphorylation of S336 is demonstrated to be essential for BRII activation. The elucidation of BMP receptor phosphorylation and oligomerization as well as the impact of a number of BRII associated proteins (such as c-kit), demonstrated in this thesis that BMP signalling has to be regulated precisely on multiple levels. This can be useful for the development of selective signalling inhibitors for basic research and therapeutic approaches of PPH and other diseases.
In the present thesis, two projects on the use of microarray technology for molecular epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis have been followed. The first one evaluated microarrays based on polymorphism-directed oligonucleotide design for typing of N. meningitidis adopting the multilocus sequence typing (MLST) concept. The number of oligonucleotides needed to cover all known polymorphisms was much lower compared to the number needed if a tiling strategy would have been chosen. Initial experiments using oligonucleotides 28-32 nucleotides in length, revealed that the applied hybridisation protocols were highly specific. However, despite of several optimisation steps, the rate of misidentification of oligonucleotides remained >1.8% in consecutive validation experiments using arrays representing the genetic diversity at three MLST loci. This finding led to the assumption that the high density of polymorphic sites and extensive GC-content variations at N. meningitidis MLST loci hindered the successful implementation of MLST microarrays based on polymorphism-directed oligonucleotide design. In the 1980s, the ET-15 clone emerged within the ST-11 complex of N. meningitidis. This new clone was associated with severe meningococcal disease and outbreaks world-wide. Therefore, the goal of the second project was to identify genetic differences between ET-15 strains and other ST-11 strains using whole genome microarray technology. Three genes encoding hypothetical proteins were identified to be present in all ET-15 strains but absent in other ST-11 strains. This finding together with unpublished observation from our group suggested that several genome alterations occurred before the clonal expansion of the ET-15 clone started. The role that these three genes play in the pathogenicity of the ET-15 clone is unclear. The genome comparisons revealed furthermore that studies of the ET-15 clone displayed approximately two-fold less gene content variation than ST-11 strains not belonging to the ET-15 clone. This finding is in accordance with the recent emergence and clonal expansion of the ET-15 variant.
This thesis contains two major parts: The first part introduces the reader into three independent concepts of treating strongly correlated many body physics. These are, on the analytical side the SO(5)-theory (Chap.3), which poses the general frame. On the numerical side these are the Stochastic Series Expansion (SSE) (Chap.1) and the Contractor Renormalization Group (CORE) approach (Chap. 2}). The central idea of this thesis was to combine these above concepts, in order to achieve a better understanding of the high-T_c superconductors (HTSC). The results obtained by this combination can be found in the second major part of this thesis (chapters 4 and 5). The main idea of this thesis, i.e., to combine the SO(5)-theory with the capabilities of bosonic Quantum-Monte Carlo simulations and those of the CORE approach, has been proven to be a very successful Ansatz. Two different approaches, one based on symmetry and one on renormalization-group arguments, motivate an effective bosonic Hamiltonian. In a subsequent step the effective Hamiltonian has been simulated efficiently using the SSE. The results reproduce salient experiments on high-T_c superconductors. In addition, it has been shown that the model can be extended to capture also charge ordering. These results also form a profound basis for further studies, for example one could address the open question of SO(5)-symmetry restoration at a multicritical point in the extended pSO(5) model, where longer ranged interactions are included.
To analyze the role of protein kinase B(PKB)on developmental and functional aspects of T cells, we have generated transgenic mouse lines expressing a constitutively active form of PKB (myrPKB) in early stages of T cell development.Peripheral CD4+ T cells from PKB tg mice are hyperreactive, more efficient in producing th1 and th2 cytokines and show faster and CD28 co-stimulation independent cell cycle progression.Interestingly PKB tg T cells are resistant to CsA treatment in proliferation and cytokine production.Further analysis show PKB tg CD4+ T cells have a drastically reduced nuclear translocation of NFAT proteins and this is due to a direct interaction between PKB and NFAT. To study whether the negative regulatiopn of NFATs by PKB affects T cell development, we analyzed double tg mice expressing both, a constitutively active version of calcineurin (dCam) and myrPKB. dCam tg mice have a severe block in thymocyte development at the DN3 stage.But in the dCam/PKB double tg mice this developmental block is significantly rescued.This rescue of thymocyte development by PKB is due to the expression of RAG1 and subsequent TCRb chain expression. CsA treatment of neonatal thymic lobes from dCam mice restores normal thymocyte development, indicating involvement of NFATs in the severe block in dCam thymocyte development.Confocal studies clearly established that compared to dCam DN cells there is a significant reduction in the nuclear levels of NFATc1 and NFATc3 in dCam/PKB cells.Downregulation of nuclear NFAT levels by myrPKB thus seems to be an essential parameter in dCam cells to proceed with normal differentiation. In summary, the data from PKB tg peripheral CD4+ T cells and dCam/PKB double tg thymocytes clearly establish PKB as an important modulator of T cell development and function and PKB as a novel negative regulator of NFAT activation.
The hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) is an enigmatic bird that lives in the riparian lowlands of northern South America. Among its peculiar attributes are 1) microbial foregut fermentation, unique in birds, to convert plant cellulose in the foliage which it consumes into simple sugars, 2) an ongoing debate about the puzzling taxonomic position, although a relationship to the Cuculiformes appears likely, 3) adaptive wing claws in the young which are used for climbing, and 4) co-operative breeding behaviour. Despite the information available on digestive mode and taxonomy little has been published on its breeding biology and behaviour and until now almost all knowledge was based on a study in the savannah of Venezuela. This is the first detailed study of the hoatzin’s nesting ecology in a rainforest habitat. From 1995-1998 and in 2000 I monitored a hoatzin population which consisted of approximately 700 individuals in an Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador situated in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (between 0°02’ N, 76°0’ W, 0°03’ S, and 76°14’ W). The area is composed of various black water lagoons and small rivers, flooded forests and terra firme forest. Primarily, I examined group composition and breeding pattern and success related to traits such as clutch and egg size, offspring sex ratio and the number of parents involved in a common breeding attempt. Apart from standardised observations and monitoring I took blood samples from chicks, which were later used for molecular sexing and for DNA fingerprints. Food plants were collected and determined and a rough habitat mapping was conducted. Since the impacts of boat tourism in the area became apparent I investigated the interactions of adult and young hoatzins with tourists and measured the plasma concentration of the hormone corticosterone in chicks as an indicator of stress. Each chapter has its own introduction to the specific topic and can be read independently. The main findings of this study are: The reproduction of the hoatzin was timed strictly following the bimodal rainy pattern in the area. There was only one breeding attempt per year. Only 18% of breeding attempts ended successfully with at least one fledgling. Incubation started with the first egg laid and led to hatching asynchrony. In most cases only the A-chick survived and there is evidence for a brood reduction strategy. I observed egg size variation patterns both within the clutches and between the clutches. Approximately 80% of breeding attempts were carried out with auxiliaries. Units with alloparentals had a higher breeding success than single pairs. The results indicate a trade-off between helping and group size. DNA band-sharing comparisons revealed the existence of joint-nests, where several females laid their eggs in one single nest. The clutches of these joint-nests suffered severe egg loss during all stages of incubation. Breeding success did not differ between single- and joint-nests. The primary offspring sex ratio was biased towards daughters. There was no differential mortality between the sexes until fledging. Individual breeding units employed an adaptive production of offspring of each sex according to their current group size. Rainforest tourism negatively influenced the survival and growth of young, not yet fledged hoatzins. In addition tourist-exposed young showed a stronger hormonal stress response than their conspecifics from undisturbed sites. In contrast, breeding adults appear to have habituated to tourist boats and exposure to observers.
The bacteriophage Lambda is a virus which infects bacteria carrying LamB protein in their outer membrane. GpJ, a protein of the tail of the phage, is involved in the binding to LamB. The study of the interaction between GpJ expressed as fusion protein and LamB was performed in order to investigate the interaction between the bacteriophage Lambda and LamB. The fusion proteins are called MBP-gpJ and His-gpJ. MBP-gpJ is a chimeric protein representing Maltose Binding Protein connected to the Cterminal part of the GpJ protein (residue 684 until 1132), graciously given by Pr. Charbit (Paris, France). MBP-gpJ, expressed in E.coli and purified, bound to the exoplasmic side of LamB and LamB variants in planar lipid bilayer experiments and allowed a complete and reversible blockage of LamB channels. In order to obtain data about the binding of the GpJ fragment alone to LamB, an other fusion protein without MBP was created, called His-gpJ. His-gpJ is the C-terminal part of GpJ (684-1132) in fusion with a 6×Histidine-tag, produced as insoluble form in E.coli. After renaturation, a soluble protein can be obtained. Without MBP, the GpJ fragment still bound to LamB in planar lipid bilayer experiments, but did not block significantly its channels, as previously observed after addition of MBP-gpJ. The interaction between His-gpJ and LamB or LamB mutants was also demonstrated on SDSPAGE and immunodetection by the presence of high molecular mass bands. Furthermore, the use of variants of lamB allowed to demonstrate that the C-terminal fragment of GpJ does not bind to the same area on the surface of LamB than GpJ involved in the tail of the Lambda phage.
This study investigates the abundance and geographic distribution of the hawkmoth species (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Southeast-Asia and analyses the resulting patterns of biodiversity, biogeography and macroecology. Data on the distribution of species were retrieved from published and unpublished faunal lists and museum collections (in close cooperation with the Natural History Museum, London). Over 34,500 records of the global distribution of the 380 species that occur in Southeast-Asia (including New Guinea and the Solomon Islands) were used for a GIS-supported estimate of distributional ranges, which can be accessed at http://www.sphingidae-sea.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de, an Internet site that also provides pictures of the species and checklists for 114 islands of the Malesian region. The abundance of species in local assemblages was assessed from nightly collections at artificial light sources. Using a compilation of own samples as well as published and unpublished data from other sources, local abundance data on 93 sites were used for analysis, covering 159 species or 17,676 specimens.
According to the hygiene hypothesis, the exposure to infectious agents in early childhood prevents the development of allergen-specific Th2 immune responses because it establishes Th1-based immunity or alternatively, induces the generation of T regulatory cells. Based on this theory, the present study pretended to identify promising microorganism-derived vaccine candidates against allergic asthma in the murine model. In the first part of this work, the efficacy of four different known Th1-inducing adjuvants, i.e. live BCG, heat-killed BCG, CpG and PPD, as components of vaccines aimed at inhibiting allergic asthma was compared. All the adjuvants were effective in inhibiting the development of allergen-induced airway eosinophilia, mucus production, and with the exception of PPD also airway hyperreactivity (AHR), when they were applied together with OVA/alum. Suppression of airway eosinophilia was not observed in IFN-gamma- or IL-12-deficient mice (hk-BCG, CpG-ODN and PPD). Interestingly, live BCG was still able to suppress allergen-induced Th2 responses in the absence of either IFN-gamma or IL-12. The effect of live BCG was also independent on IL-10-, TLR-2-, TLR-4- or MyD88-mediated signaling. When mice vaccinated with the different adjuvants together with OVA/alum were subjected to a second period of OVA/alum immunization, only live and hk-BCG were able to efficiently suppress the development of airway inflammation. This effect could be adoptively transferred by CD4+ T cells. Taken together our data suggest that live BCG>>hk-BCG>CpG>PPD are effective in suppressing allergen-induced Th2 responses. Secondly, the evaluation of a dendritic cell-based vaccination strategy leading to the induction of allergen-specific Th1 cells to protect against the development of allergen-specific Th2 responses was performed. The application of OVA-pulsed BM-DC maturated with CpG was unable to reduce airway eosinophilia and inflammation in OVA-immunized mice. OVA-specific IgG1 or IgE serum levels were also not reduced. The experiments using LC pulsed with OVA yielded similar results. However, the mice vaccinated with CpG/OVA pulsed BM-DC had greatly enhanced levels of OVA-specific IgG2a in the serum, suggesting the induction of allergen-specific Th1 responses in vivo. Thus, these data suggest that the vaccination of mice with OVA-pulsed BM-DC matured with CpG or OVA-pulsed LC did not result in a reduction of allergen-specific Th2 responses in a murine model of severe atopic asthma. Lastly, NES, an excretory/secretory product derived from the helminth Nippostrongylus brasiliensis was evaluated as a new potential adjuvant to prevent the development of allergic responses. The application of NES together with OVA/alum greatly inhibited the development of airway eosinophilia, airway goblet cell metaplasia and mucus production and the development of airway hyperreactivity after metacholine challenge. Furthermore, OVA-specific IgG1 and IgE levels in the serum were also strongly reduced. NES preparations contained small amounts of endotoxin, which may explain these results. However, the suppressive effects of NES on the development of allergen-specific Th2 responses was independent upon IFN-gamma or TLR-4 and still observed in mice treated with LPS-depleted NES. NES reduced OVA-induced Th2 responses also in a IL-10-independent manner. In addition, the digestion with proteinase K or the heat-treatment of NES did not abolish its ability to inhibit allergen-induced Th2 responses. Interestingly, NES suppress OVA-specific Th2 responses in vivo in the presence of a strong NES-specific Th2 environment. Taken together our results suggest that the helminth N. brasiliensis secretes substances which interfere with the development of allergic Th2 responses. In summary, distinct substances derived from microorganisms or helminths which may be used as potential adjuvants to prevent the development of allergic Th2 responses were identified. These findings contribute to the design of efficient vaccines protecting humans from developing allergic asthma.
We examined the regulation of NFATc1 in different lymphomas and observed an inversed correlation between the methylation status and expression of NFATc1. Our data demonstrate that aberrant DNA methylation associated with chromatin remodeling within nfatc1 locus is a major mechanism for the repression of NFATc1 expression, suggesting that the DNA methylation-mediated transcriptional silencing of NFATc1 may be a critical event in the tumorogenesis of ALCLs and cHLs. Furthermore, the DNA methylation of human nfatc1 promoter region could be used as a novel biomarker of tumor progression. Our results indicate a close link between the loss of immunoreceptor signaling and NFATc1 expression in human lymphomas. For both ALCLs and cHLs, defects in immunoreceptor signaling have been described which result in a loss of receptor-mediated gene expression programs (Schwering et al., 2003; Bonzheim et al., 2004; Marafioti et al., 2004). In T cells, one indicator gene of these programs appears to be the nfatc1 gene whose expression is controlled by TCR signals (Chuvpilo et al., 2002a). In contrast, in T cells NFATc1 expression is unaffected by TCR signals, and NFATc2 was found to be expressed at normal levels in ALCLs and cHLs (L.K., unpubl. data). Moreover, the activity of NF-kappaB factors which can bind to certain NFAT binding sites and share a distantly-related DNA binding domain with NFATs is strongly elevated in cHL cells (Bargou et al., 1997; Hinz et al., 2001; Hinz et al., 2002) suggesting that NFATs and NF-kappaBs exert very different effects on generation and maintenance of Hodgkin’s lymhomas. However, it should be mentioned that in Burkitt’s and further B cell lymphomas in which NFATc1 proteins are strongly expressed and controlled by receptor signals (Kondo et al., 2003), they could exert a promoting function in tumor development. The genes of p53 family members p63 and p73 are prominent examples for mammalian genes whose products can act both as oncoproteins and tumor suppressor genes (Hibi et al., 2000; Stiewe and Putzer, 2002), and it is likely that more genes exist which encode both tumor suppressors and oncoproteins. It remains to be shown whether the nfatc1 gene is one of them.
In this thesis we analyze CP violating effects of MSSM phases in production and two-body decays of neutralinos, charginos and sfermions. For different supersymmetric processes we define and calculate CP-odd asymmetries, which base on triple products. We present numerical results for electron-positron collisions at a future linear collider with a center of mass energy of 500-800 GeV, high luminosity and longitudinally polarized beams.
In this work, we studied in great detail how the unknown parameters of the SUSY seesaw model can be determined from measurements of observables at or below collider energies, namely rare flavor violating decays of leptons, slepton pair production processes at linear colliders and slepton mass differences. This is a challenging task as there is an intricate dependence of the observables on the unknown seesaw, light neutrino and mSUGRA parameters. In order to separate these different influences, we first considered two classes of seesaw models, namely quasi-degenerate and strongly hierarchical right-handed neutrinos. As a generalisation, we presented a method that can be used to reconstruct the high energy seesaw parameters, among them the heavy right-handed neutrino masses, from low energy observables alone.
The enhancement of electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures is known as a direct consequence of the spatial confinement of carriers. However, the physics of quantum confinement is still not entirely understood. This work focuses on a qualitative study of quasi-zero dimensional II-VI semiconductor nanostructures (quantum dots QDs). In particular, commercially available as-received and heat treated CdSxSe1-x QDs embedded in a dielectric matrix were investigated by means of linear and nonlinear spectroscopy techniques. Low wavenumber Raman in off-resonance scattering regime was applied in order to obtain key-properties of the nanocrystals, such as the QD's size and the distribution of the QD's size inside the inhomogeneous broadening. Moreover, by careful selection of the polarization geometries, different acoustic vibrational modes could be evidenced. In comparison to the bulk, 3D confinement of carriers leads to modifications in the energy distribution in a QD and as a consequence, the intensity of the acoustical phonons is enhanced. However, only 2 acoustic vibrational modes (labelled l=0 and l=2) are Raman-active, which were selectively excited using linear polarized laser light in parallel- and cross-polarized excitation geometries. The QD's size was determined using the dependence of the frequency of the acoustic vibrational mode on the diameter of the vibrating particle, whereas the QD's size distribution was estimated from the normalized full width at the half of the maximum (FWHM) of the symmetric acoustic vibrational mode. In order to study relaxation mechanisms, which in quantum confined systems occur on a ps time scale, ultrafast spectroscopy techniques using laser pulses in the fs range must be employed. To this purpose, fs-FWM and fs-PPT measurements were performed on CdS0.6Se0.4 QDs of 9.1 nm in diameter, embedded in a glass matrix. The laser pulses employed in these experiments were circularly polarized, careful selection of the polarization geometries making different nonlinear processes available to study. It was shown that the relaxation of polarization selection rules depend strongly on the symmetry of the nanocrystals under discussion. The investigated nanocrystals belong to the symmetry group C2v or lower and their hexagonal crystal shape could be evidenced. The relaxation of selection rules was explained in the framework of the 4-level system, including a ground state, two exciton states and a biexcitons state. The appearance of FWM and PPT signals in forbidden polarization geometries was shown to be due to exciton state splitting due to lowering of the QD’s symmetry and due to the strong Coulomb interaction between carriers belonging to the same nanocrystal. Moreover, the significant difference in the origin of the gratings created by two pulses having the same and opposite polarizations, respectively. The intensity of the FWM signals should be the square of the intensity of the PPT signals and therefore the PPT measurements were employed as a check method for the results yielded by the FWM technique. The efficiency of circularly polarized femtosecond FWM spectroscopy techniques was proved once more in the investigation of heat treated CdSe QDs embedded in a dielectric matrix. The role of non-phonon energy relaxation mechanisms in the exciton ground and excited state of the QDs ensemble was extensively studied. Moreover, the dependence of the crystal shape asymmetry on the particle size and on the growth conditions could be estimated. It was shown, that the most efficient procedure to grow high quality nanocrystals is a longer heat treating at lower temperatures. In this case, the particles have more time to "nucleate" and to adopt a more "symmetric" shape. Further, the relaxation of excitons was extensively investigated. It was shown, that the electron intraband dynamics depend strongly on the Coulomb interaction between electrons and holes. Even at low excitation density, the Auger processes cannot be ignored. Auger autoionization of excitons followed by capture of carriers in surface states and deep traps in the dielectric matrix slow down the exciton relaxation process leading to an exciton lifetime ranging on a ps time scale. The relaxation of excitons from higher lying energy levels occurs also on two paths. At the beginning of the relaxation process (t31 < 400 fs), Auger-like thermalization of carriers is responsible for relaxation of the electron from 1pe into its 1se state, while the hole relaxes rapidly through its dense spectrum of states in the valence band. This process is immediately followed by capturing of carriers in deep traps, situated at the semiconductor-dielectric heterointerface. The traps are a consequence of the QD's asymmetry: the more and the deeper the traps, the higher the asymmetry of the nanocrystals (the band offset  is larger). This work presents a complete characterization of CdSSe QDs embedded in a glass matrix. The most important properties of the nanocrystals like QD's size and size distribution inside the inhomogeneous broadening were determined by means of low wavenumber Raman spectroscopy. In order to draw a full picture of these nanoparticles further complementary nonlinear spectroscopy techniques were used. Invaluable conclusions were available as a result of TI-FWM techniques applied in the framework of transient grating on 3D confined nanocrystals embedded in a glass matrix. The polarized the TI-FWM measurements were successfully performed on different QDs ensembles in order to determine symmetry properties and to describe the ultrafast relaxation mechanisms. This work brings additional contribution concerning the preparation of high quality QDs by presenting the effect of different growth conditions on the QDs symmetry, thus indicating a way for efficient manufacturing of nanocrystals.
1. Summary Candida albicans is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen that causes a variety of infections, ranging from superficial mucosal to deep-seated systemic infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. Although the ability of C.albicans to cause disease largely depends on the immune status of the host, the fungus also exhibits specific characteristics that facilitate colonization, dissemination, and adaptation to different host niches and thereby turn C.albicans from a harmless commensal to an aggressive pathogen. In response to various environmental stimuli C.albicans switches from growth as a budding yeast to invasive filamentous growth, and this morphogenetic switch plays an important role in C.albicans pathogenesis. Nitrogen limitation is one of the signals that induce filamentous growth in C.albicans, and the control of the morphogenetic transition by nitrogen availability was studied in detail in the present work. Ammonium is a preferred nitrogen source for yeasts that is taken up into the cells by specific transporters. It was found in this study that C.albicans possesses two major ammonium transporters, encoded by the CaMEP1 and CaMEP2 genes, expression of which is induced by nitrogen starvation. Whereas mep1 or mep2 single mutants grew as well as the wild-type strain on limiting concentrations of ammonium, deletion of both transporters rendered C.albicans unable to grow at ammonium concentrations below 5 mM. In contrast to mep1 mutants, mep2 mutants failed to filament and grew only in the yeast form under nitrogen starvation conditions, indicating that in addition to its role as an ammonium transporter CaMep2p also has a signaling function in the induction of filamentous growth. CaMep2p was found to be a less efficient ammonium transporter than CaMep1p and to be expressed at much higher levels, a distinguishing feature important for its signaling function. By the construction and analysis of serially truncated versions of CaMep2p, the C-terminal cytoplasmic tail of the protein was shown to be essential for signaling but dispensable for ammonium transport, demonstrating that these two functions of CaMep2p are separable. In C.albicans at least two signal transduction pathways, a MAP kinase cascade and a cAMP-dependent pathway ending in the transcriptional regulators Cph1p and Efg1p, respectively, control filamentous growth, and mutants defective in either one of these pathways are defective for filamentation under nitrogen starvation conditions. A hyperactive CaMEP2 allele rescued the filamentation defect of a cph1 or a efg1 mutant, but not of a cph1 efg1 double mutant or a mutant deleted for RAS1, which acts upstream of and activates both signaling pathways. Conversely, a dominant active RAS1 allele or addition of exogenous cAMP rescued the filamentation defect of mep2 mutants. These results suggest that CaMep2p activates both the MAP kinase and the cAMP pathway in a Ras1p dependent manner to promote filamentous growth under nitrogen starvation conditions. At sufficiently high concentrations, ammonium repressed filamentous growth even when the signaling pathways were artificially activated. Therefore, C.albicans has established a regulatory circuit in which a preferred nitrogen source, ammonium, serves as an inhibitor of morphogenesis that is taken up into the cell by the same transporter that induces filamentous growth in response to nitrogen starvation. Although a detailed understanding of virulence mechanisms of C.albicans may ultimately lead to novel approaches to combat infections caused by this pathogen, the identification and characterization of essential genes as potential targets for the development of antifungal drugs is a strategy favoured by most pharmaceutical companies. Therefore, C.albicans homologs of three genes that are essential in other fungi were selected in collaboration with an industrial partner and functionally characterized in this work. RAP1 encodes the repressor/activator protein 1, a transcription factor and telomere binding protein that is essential for viability in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, deletion of the C.albicans RAP1 homolog did not affect viability or growth of the mutants, suggesting that it is not a promising target. CBF1 (centromere binding factor 1) is necessary for proper chromosome segregation and transcriptional activation of methionine biosynthesis genes in S.cerevisiae and is essential for viability in the related yeasts Kluyveromyces lactis and Candida glabrata. Deletion of CBF1 in C.albicans did not result in an increased frequency of chromosome loss, indicating that it has no role in chromosome segregation in this organism. However, the C.albicans cbf1 mutants exhibited severe growth impairment, temperature sensitivity at 42°C, and auxotrophy for sulphur amino acids, suggesting that Cbf1p is a transcription factor that is important for normal growth of C.albicans. YIL19 is an essential gene in S.cerevisiae that is involved in 18S rRNA maturation. YIL19 was found to be an essential gene also in C.albicans. Conditional mutants in which the YIL19 gene could be excised from the genome by inducible, FLP-mediated recombination were non-viable and accumulated rRNA precursors, demonstrating that YIL19 is essential for this important cellular process and for viability of C.albicans and could serve as a target for the development of antifungal drugs.
The subject of this work has been the investigation of dynamical processes that occur during and after the interaction of matter with pulses of femtosecond laser radiation. The experiments presented here were performed in the gas phase and involve one atomic and several model molecular systems. Absorption of femtosecond laser radiation by these systems induces an electronic excitation, and subsequently their ionization, photofragmentation or isomerization. The specific adjustment of the excitation laser field properties offers the possibility to manipulate the induced electronic excitation and to influence the formation of the associated photoproducts. From the perspective of the employed spectroscopic methods, the development of photoelectron spectroscopy and its implementation in laser control experiments has been of particular interest in this thesis. This technique allows for a most direct and intuitive observation of electronic excitation dynamics in atomic as well as in complex polyatomic molecular systems. The propagation of an intermediate electronic transient state, associated to the formation of a particular photoproduct, can be interrogated by means of its correlation to a specific state of the atomic or molecular continuum. Such correlations involve the autoionization of the transient state, or by means of a second probe laser field, a structural correlation, as summarized by the Koopman's theorem (section 2.4.1). The technique of adaptive femtosecond quantum control has been the subject of development in our group for many years. The basic method, by which the temporal profile of near-infrared laser pulses at a central wavelength of 800 nm, can be adjusted, is a programmable femtosecond pulse-shaper that comprises of a zero dispersion compressor and a commercial liquid crystal modulator (LCD). This experimental arrangement was realized prior to this thesis and served as a starting point to extend the pulse-shaping technique to the ultraviolet spectral region. This technological development was realized for the purposes of the experiments presented in Chapter 5. It involves a combination of the LCD-pulse-shaper with frequency up-conversion techniques on the basis of producing specifically modulated laser pulses of central wavelength 266 nm. Furthermore, the optical method X-FROG had to be developed in order to characterize the often complex structure of generated ultraviolet pulses. In the adaptive control experiments presented in this work, the generated femtosecond laser pulses could be automatically adjusted by means of specifically addressing the 128 independent voltage parameters of the programmable liquid-crystal modulator. Additionally a machine learning algorithm was employed for the cause of defining laser pulse-shapes that delivered the desired (optimal) outcome in the investigated laser interaction processes. In Chapter 4, the technique of feedback-controlled femtosecond pulse shaping was combined with time-of-flight mass spectroscopy as well as photoelectron spectroscopy in order to investigate the multiphoton double ionization of atomic calcium. A pronounced absolute enhancement of the double ionization yield was obtained with optimized femtosecond laser pulses. On the basis of the measured photoelectron spectra and of the electron optimization experiments, a non-sequential process was found, which plays an important role in the formation of doubly charged Calcium ions. Then in Chapter 5, the dynamics following the pp* excitation of ethylene-like molecules were investigated. In this context, the model molecule stilbene was studied by means of femtosecond photoelectron spectroscopy. Due to the simplicity of its chemical structure, stilebene is one of the most famous models used in experimental as well as theoretical studies of isomerization dynamics. From the time-resolved experiments described in that chapter, new spectroscopic data involving the second excited electronic state S2 of the molecule were acquired. The second ethylenic product was the molecule tetrakis (dimethylamino) ethylene (TDMAE). Due to the presence of numerous lone pair electrons on the four dimethylamino groups, TDMAE exhibits a much more complex structure than stilbene. Nevertheless, previously reported studies on the dynamics of TDMAE provided vital information for planning and conducting a successful optimisation control experiment of the wavepacket propagation upon the (pp*) S1 excited potential surface of the molecule. Finally, in Chapter 6 the possibility of employing femtosecond laser pulses as an alternative method for activating a metallocene molecular catalyst was addressed. By means of an adaptive laser control scheme, an optimization experiment was realized. There, the target was the selective cleavage of one methyl-ligand of the model catalyst (Cp)^2Zr(CH3)^2, which induces a catalytic coordination position on the molecule. The spectroscopic studies presented in that chapter were performed in collaboration to the company BASF A.G. and constitute a proof-of principle attempt for a commercial application of the adaptive femtosecond quantum control technique.
The analysis of real data by means of statistical methods with the aid of a software package common in industry and administration usually is not an integral part of mathematics studies, but it will certainly be part of a future professional work. The present book links up elements from time series analysis with a selection of statistical procedures used in general practice including the statistical software package SAS Statistical Analysis System). Consequently this book addresses students of statistics as well as students of other branches such as economics, demography and engineering, where lectures on statistics belong to their academic training. But it is also intended for the practician who, beyond the use of statistical tools, is interested in their mathematical background. Numerous problems illustrate the applicability of the presented statistical procedures, where SAS gives the solutions. The programs used are explicitly listed and explained. No previous experience is expected neither in SAS nor in a special computer system so that a short training period is guaranteed. This book is meant for a two semester course (lecture, seminar or practical training) where the first two chapters can be dealt with in the first semester. They provide the principal components of the analysis of a time series in the time domain. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 deal with its analysis in the frequency domain and can be worked through in the second term. In order to understand the mathematical background some terms are useful such as convergence in distribution, stochastic convergence, maximum likelihood estimator as well as a basic knowledge of the test theory, so that work on the book can start after an introductory lecture on stochastics. Each chapter includes exercises. An exhaustive treatment is recommended. This book is consecutively subdivided in a statistical part and an SAS-specific part. For better clearness the SAS-specific part, including the diagrams generated with SAS, always starts with a computer symbol, representing the beginning of a session at the computer, and ends with a printer symbol for the end of this session. This book is an open source project under the GNU Free Documentation License.
This thesis aims at a description of the equilibrium dynamics of quantum spin glass systems. To this end a generic fermionic SU(2), spin 1/2 spin glass model with infinite-range interactions is defined in the first part. The model is treated in the framework of imaginary-time Grassmann field theory along with the replica formalism. A dynamical two-step decoupling procedure, which retains the full time dependence of the (replica-symmetric) saddle point, is presented. As a main result, a set of highly coupled self-consistency equations for the spin-spin correlations can be formulated. Beyond the so-called spin-static approximation two complementary systematic approximation schemes are developed in order to render the occurring integration problem feasible. One of these methods restricts the quantum-spin dynamics to a manageable number of bosonic Matsubara frequencies. A sequence of improved approximants to some quantity can be obtained by gradually extending the set of employed discrete frequencies. Extrapolation of such a sequence yields an estimate of the full dynamical solution. The other method is based on a perturbative expansion of the self-consistency equations in terms of the dynamical correlations. In the second part these techniques are applied to the isotropic Heisenberg spin glass both on the Fock space (HSGF) and, exploiting the Popov-Fedotov trick, on the spin space (HSGS). The critical temperatures of the paramagnet to spin glass phase transitions are determined accurately. Compared to the spin-static results, the dynamics causes slight increases of T_c by about 3% and 2%, respectively. For the HSGS the specific heat C(T) is investigated in the paramagnetic phase and, by way of a perturbative method, below but close to T_c. The exact C(T)-curve is shown to exhibit a pronounced non-analyticity at T_c and, contradictory to recent reports by other authors, there is no indication of maximum above T_c. In the last part of this thesis the spin glass model is augmented with a nearest-neighbor hopping term on an infinite-dimensional cubic lattice. An extended self-consistency structure can be derived by combining the decoupling procedure with the dynamical CPA method. For the itinerant Ising spin glass numerous solutions within the spin-static approximation are presented both at finite and zero temperature. Systematic dynamical corrections to the spin-static phase diagram in the plane of temperature and hopping strength are calculated, and the location of the quantum critical point is determined.
An exhaustive discussion of constraint qualifications (CQ) and stationarity concepts for mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints (MPEC) is presented. It is demonstrated that all but the weakest CQ, Guignard CQ, are too strong for a discussion of MPECs. Therefore, MPEC variants of all the standard CQs are introduced and investigated. A strongly stationary point (which is simply a KKT-point) is seen to be a necessary first order optimality condition only under the strongest CQs, MPEC-LICQ, MPEC-SMFCQ and Guignard CQ. Therefore a whole set of KKT-type conditions is investigated. A simple approach is given to acquire A-stationarity to be a necessary first order condition under MPEC-Guiganrd CQ. Finally, a whole chapter is devoted to investigating M-stationary, among the strongest stationarity concepts, second only to strong stationarity. It is shown to be a necessary first order condition under MPEC-Guignard CQ, the weakest known CQ for MPECs.
The invertebrate trace fossils from the Keuper (Upper Triassic) of the southern part of the Germanic Basin are revised. The Keuper sediments of the Germanic Basin are predominantly composed of rocks representing various nonmarine environments dominated by red-bed facies. The Würzburg Formation, the Stuttgart Formation, and the Hassberge Formation, all representing deposits of extended river systems, contain the richest ichnofauna. Trace fossil abundance is generally low and their occurrence is scattered. The studied material can be assigned to 28 ichnogenera, 38 ichnospecies, and 6 vernacular forms. Among the described trace fossils are one new ichnogenus and three new ichnospecies. Apart from the revision of the invertebrate trace fossils from the Keuper numerous related ichnotaxa from various localities and ages have been studied and revised. In the course of these studies several ichnotaxa are synonymised, lowered in rank, and new ichnogenera, subichnogenera, and ichnospecies are suggested. In addition, general guidelines for naming, and methodologies for studying invertebrate trace fossils are presented. The palaeoecology of three ichnocoenoses, one from the Würzburg Formation and two from the Hassberge Formation in Lower Franconia are briefly discussed.
The design of ligands is one of the most important and simultaneously challenging fields of research in modern inorganic chemistry. The aim is to synthesise ligands that can serve as coordination units for a broad variety of metal fragments and different purposes. The ligands have to be very flexible concerning their donating behaviour and geometrical prerequisites in order to correspond to the required metal fragments.
We investigate the single particle static and dynamic properties at zero temperature within the Hubbard an three-band-Hubbard model for the superconducting copper oxides. Based on the recently proposed self-energy functional approach (SFA) [M.Potthoff, Eur. Phys. J. B 32 429 (2003)], we present an extension of the cluster-perturbation theory (CPT) to systems with spontaneous broken symmetry. Our method accounts for both short-range correlations and long-range order. Short-range correlations are accurately taken into account via the exact diagonalization of finite clusters. Long-range order is described by variational optimization of a ficticious symmetry-breaking field. In comparison with related cluster methods, our approach is more flexible and, for a given cluster size, less demanding numerically, especially at zero temperature. An application of the method to the antiferromagnetic phase of the Hubbard model at half-filling shows good agreement with results from quantum Monte-Carlo calculations. We demonstrate that the variational extension of the cluster-perturbation theory is crucial to reproduce salient features of the single-particle spectrum of the insulating cuprates. Comparison of the dispersion of the low-energy excitations with recent experimental results of angular resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) allows us to fix a consistent parameter set for the one-band Hubbard model with an additional hopping parameter t' along the lattice diagonal. The doping dependence of the single-particle excitations is studied within the t-t-U Hubbard model with special emphasis on the electron doped compounds. We show, that the ARPES results on the band structure and the Fermi surface of Nd{2-x}Ce_xCuOCl_{4-\delta} are naturally obtained within the t-t-U Hubbard model without further need for readjustment or fitting of parameters, as proposed in recent theoretical considerations. We present a theory for the photon energy and polarization dependence of ARPES intensities from the CuO2 plane in the framework of strong correlation models. The importance of surface states for the observed experimental facts is considered. We show that for electric field vector in the CuO_2 plane the ‘radiation characteristics’ of the O 2p_{\sigma} and Cu 3d_{x^2-y^2} orbitals are strongly peaked along the CuO_2 plane, i.e. most photoelectrons are emitted at grazing angles. This suggests that surface states play an important role in the observed ARPES spectra, consistent with recent data from Sr_2CuCl_2O_2. We show that a combination of surface state dispersion and Fano resonance between surface state and the continuum of LEED-states may produce a precipitous drop in the observed photoelectron current as a function of in-plane momentum, which may well mimic a Fermi-surface crossing. This effect may explain the simultaneous ‘observation’ of a hole-like and an electron-like Fermi surfaces in Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta} at different photon energies.
In this thesis, a phenomenological phase-fluctuation model for the pseudogap regime of the underdoped cuprates was discussed. The key idea of the phase-fluctuation scenario in the high-T_c superconductors is the notion that the pseudogap observed in a wide variety of experiments arises from phase fluctuations of the superconducting gap. In this scenario, below a mean-field temperature scale T_c^{MF}, a d_{x^2-y^2}-wave gap amplitude is assumed to develop. However, the superconducting transition is suppressed to a considerably lower transition temperature T_c by phase fluctuations. In the intermediate temperature regime between T_c^{MF} and T_c, phase fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter give rise to the pseudogap phenomena. The phenomenological phase-fluctuation model discussed in this thesis consists of a two-dimensional BCS-like Hamiltonian where the phase of the pairing-amplitude is free to fluctuate. The fluctuations of the phase were treated by a Monte Carlo simulation of a classical XY model. First, the density of states was calculated. The quasiparticle tunneling conductance (dI/dV) obtained from our phenomenological phase fluctuation model was able to reproduce characteristic and salient features of recent scanning-tunneling studies of Bi2212 and Bi2201 suggesting that the pseudogap behavior observed in these experiments arises from phase fluctuations of the d_{x^2-y^2}-wave pairing gap. In calculating the single-particle spectral weight, we were further able to show how phase fluctuations influence the experimentally observed quasiparticle spectra in detail. In particular the disappearance of the BCS-Bogoliubov quasiparticle band at T_c and the change from a more V-like superconducting gap to a rather U-like pseudogap above T_c can be explained in a consistent way by assuming that the low-energy pseudogap in the underdoped cuprates is due to phase fluctuations of a local d_{x^2-y^2}-wave pairing gap with fixed magnitude. Furthermore, phase fluctuations can explain why the pseudogap starts closing from the nodal points, whereas it rather fills in along the anti-nodal directions and they can also account for the characteristic temperature dependence of the superconducting (pi,0)-photoemission-peak. Next, we have shown that the "violation" of the low-frequency optical sum rule recently observed in the SC state of underdoped Bi2212, which is associated with a reduction of kinetic energy, can be related to the role of phase fluctuations. The decrease in kinetic energy is due to the sharpening of the quasiparticle peaks close to the superconducting transition at T_c == T_{KT}, where the phase correlation length xi diverges. A detailed analysis of the temperature and frequency dependence of the optical conductivity sigma(omega)=sigma_1(omega)+i sigma_2(omega) revealed a superconducting scaling of sigma_2(omega), which starts already above T_c, exactly as observed in high-frequency microwave conductivity experiments on Bi2212. On the other hand, our model was only able to account for the characteristic peak, which is observed in sigma_1(omega) close to the superconducting transition, after the inclusion of an additional marginal-Fermi-liquid scattering-rate in the optical conductivity formula. Finally, we calculated the static uniform diamagnetic susceptibility. It turned out that the precursor effects of the fluctuating diamagnetism above T_c are very small and limited to temperatures close to T_c in a phase-fluctuation scenario of the pseudogap. Instead, the temperature dependence of the uniform static magnetic susceptibility is dominated by the Pauli spin susceptibility, which displayed a very characteristic temperature dependence, independent of the details of the gap function used in our model. This temperature dependence is qualitatively very similar to the experimentally observed change of the Knight-shift as a function of temperature in underdoped Bi2212.
The present thesis reports about vibrational and quantum chemical investigations on model systems undergoing photochemical processes and pharmaceutically active compounds, respectively. Infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopy were applied for the characterization of the ground state molecular structure. Moreover, resonance Raman (RR) spectra contain additional information about the resonantly enhanced excited state molecular structure. A quantitative resonance Raman intensity analysis in conjunction with the simultaneous simulation of the absorption spectra by means of time-dependent propagation methods was accomplished in order to extract valuable information about the excited state molecular structures of the investigated systems. Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) allows one to determine the interaction and adsorption site of active agents on a metal substrate. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) and potential energy distribution (PED) calculations were carried out for an exact assignment of the vibrational spectra. Complete active space self consistent field (CASSCF) and configuration interaction (CI) calculations for some model systems were also performed to assess the experimental results on the excited state potential surfaces. The fundamentals of resonance Raman spectroscopy are treated in detail, describing the physical processes and emphasizing the theoretical methodologies which allow one to obtain the information about the resonantly excited state via an RR intensity analysis. The Brownian oscillator model to determine the solvent reorganization energy is briefly presented. Furthermore, the SERS enhancement mechanisms and selection rules to determine the orientation of the molecules adsorbed on the metal substrate are discussed. The Hartree-Fock approach to calculate the ground state geometry is expatiated, and the basic characteristics of the CI and CASSCF calculations are specified. The chapter ends with a short description of the DFT calculations. Chapter 4 deals with the investigation of the excited state intramolecular proton transfer of the model system, 1-hydroxy-2-acetonaphthone (HAN). The vibrations showing the highest displacement parameters correspond to stretching and in-plane deformation modes of the naphthalene ring and the conjugated carbonyl group, while the OH stretching mode exhibits no observable enhancement. The cooperative effect of the skeletal vibrations reduces the distance between the carbonyl and hydroxyl oxygen atoms in accordance with a general electron density redistribution. Hence, the leading force in the proton transfer process is the increase in electron density on the carbonyl group and the decrease of the negative charge on the hydroxyl oxygen. In chapter 5 the structural and vibrational characteristics of the organic mixed valence system N,N,N’,N’-tetraphenylphenylenediamine radical cation (1+) are discussed. The resonance Raman measurements showed that at least eight vibrational modes are strongly coupled to the optical charge transfer process in (1+). These Franck-Condon active modes were assigned to symmetric vibrations. The most enhanced band corresponds to the symmetric stretching mode along the N-phenylene-N unit and exhibits the largest vibrational reorganization energy. Nevertheless, symmetric stretching modes of the phenylene and phenyl units as well as deformation modes are also coupled to the electronic process. The total vibrational reorganization energy of these symmetrical modes is dominant, while the solvent induced broadening and reorganization energy are found to be small. Hence, (1+) adopts a symmetrical delocalized Robin-Day Class III structure in the ground state. Chapter 6 reports about a vibrational spectroscopic investigation of a model organic photorefractive thiophene derivative, 2-(N,N-diethylamino)-5-(2’,2’-dicyanovinyl)-thiophene. The geometry of the first excited state were optimized and the FC parameters were calculated using the configuration interaction with single excitations method. These calculations show that the contribution of the zwitterionic structure to the excited state is significantly higher than in the ground state. The resonance Raman spectra indicate that several stretching modes along the bonds connecting the donor and acceptor moieties as well as the S-C stretching vibrations are enhanced. Chapter 7 presents the vibrational analysis of an aziridinyl tripeptide, a cysteine protease inhibitor active drug. The vibrational analysis reveals stronger H-bonding of the aziridine NH unit in the solid state of the aziridinyl tripeptide than in the liquid electrophilic building block, indicating medium strong intermolecular H-bond interactions in the crystal unit. The amide hydrogen atoms of the aziridinyl tripeptide are involved in weaker H-bonds than in an epoxide analogon. Furthermore, the characteristic vibrational modes of the peptide backbone were discussed. Chapter 8 reports on the adsorption mechanism of two related anti-leukemia active agents, 6-mercaptopurine (6MP) and 6-mercaptopurine-ribose (6MPR) on a silver colloid. Both molecules adsorb through the N1 and possibly S atom on the metal surface under basic conditions. The SERS spectra recorded for acidic pH values showed that the ribose derivative exhibits a different adsorption behavior compared to the free base. 6MP probably adsorbs on the silver sol through the N9 and N3 atoms, while 6MPR interacts with the surface via the N7 and probably S atoms. Around critical biological concentrations and pH values i.e. at low concentrations and almost neutral condition (pH 7-9), 6MPR interacts with the substrate through both N7 and N1 atoms, possibly forming two differently adsorbed species, while for 6MP only the species adsorbed via N1 was evidenced.
The aim of this work was to test and tailor new sol gel derived hybrid polymer coatings for the incorporation of photochromic spirooxazines and chromenes. The development and optimisation of work was performed via two different routes (dye and matrix ones), that led to photochromic multi-layer coating systems with coloration depth and photostabilities comparable to commercially available products. Hybrid sol-gel derived polymers were found to be suitable host materials for photochromic dyes. Matrix properties and the type of entrapment heavily influence the photochromic activity, as well as the degradation rate and the kinetics of incorporated dyes. Dyes incorporated within more polar and rigid matrices were found to show slower kinetics and higher coloration but associated with faster photodegradation. On the other hand, hosts with less polar sites, low residual water concentration and low rigidity are preferable in terms of photostability. Significant differences were found for physically incorporated and covalently grafted chromophores. Using silylated dyes that can participate in the sol-gel process, the photodegradation rate of the whole system can be decreased as compared to the physically entrapped systems. The higher photostability and slower kinetics for covalently bonded photochromes is probably due to sterical hindrance. Addition of proper stabilisers increases the photostability: The employment of UV light stabilisers, excited state quenchers and HALS was found to be beneficial but not sufficient. Besides the presence of stabilisers, also the reduction of oxygen migration into the coating (by a hard top coat and an inorganic anti reflective coating) strongly increases stability of photochromes. Finally, it was found that the separation of photochromes within two (or more) different layers leads to a further improvement of the coloration and fatigue behaviour of the whole coating stack, presumably by preventing the contact of dye molecules with excited states of other molecules or their degradation products. These latter findings are considered to pave the way for stable photochromic coatings based on hybrid polymers. Future development should be directed towards more photostable yellow and red switching dyes. The results of the present investigations should help to choose the most suitable molecular environments for the tested photochromes in terms of photostability, kinetics and activity, which is considered relevant with respect to potential applications, in particular in the ophthalmic sector. Furthermore, the interesting combination of properties of this type of materials offers a large potential with regard to many applications, such as coatings for sunglasses, radiation protectors, filters, sunroofs, reversible markings, printing applications and smart textiles.
Darwin’s theory of sexual selection explains the evolution of flamboyant male traits through female choice. It does not, however, address the question why males typically court and females choose. This asymmetry is now thought to be the result of the dichotomy in reproductive expenditures: Females invest primarily in parental care and males invest predominantly in mate attraction or competition. Based on this view, several hypotheses for the origin and maintenance of female preferences have been proposed. They include the classical sexual selection models, i.e. female choice for direct and indirect benefits as well as the more recent concepts of female choice for genetic compatibility and receiver bias models. The complementary choice scenario assumes that females choose mates with regard to genetic compatibility. The receiver bias concept views male traits and female preferences within the framework of communication theory and encompasses various more or less distinct models, two of which are sensory exploitation and sensory trap. Both models postulate that male signals evolved in response to pre-existing perceptual biases of females. The sensory trap hypothesis additionally emphasizes that pre-existing female preferences for certain cues evolved in non-sexual contexts, like e.g. foraging. Males that mimic these cues and elicit a favourable out-of-context response by females may increase their reproductive success. This thesis examines the evolution of the pheromone communication in the European Beewolf Philanthus triangulum. Beewolf females are specialized hunters of honeybees and provision their progeny with paralyzed prey. Male beewolves establish and scent mark territories with a pheromone from a head gland to court females. The concordant occurrence of the otherwise rare alcohol (Z)-11-eicosen-1-ol in the male pheromone and in the alarm pheromone of honeybees, the exclusive prey of the females, suggests a sensory trap process as an explanation for the evolution of the male pheromone in P. triangulum. According to this hypothesis, we tested three predictions: First, foraging honeybees should emit eicosenol. Via chemical analysis we could show that honeybee workers in fact smell of eicosenol during foraging. The occurrence of eicosenol on the cuticle and in the headspace of honeybees is a new finding. Second, beewolf females should use eicosenol as a cue for prey detection or identification. Using behavioural assays, we demonstrated that prey recognition in beewolf females is accomplished by olfactory cues and that eicosenol is an essential cue in this process. The sensory sensitivity of beewolf females to eicosenol must be extremely high, since they perceive the trace amounts present in the head space of honeybees. This sensitivity may be due to specialized olfactory receptors on the antennae of beewolf females. An inventory of the flagellar sensilla of both sexes showed that females carry one type of sensillum that is missing in males, the large sensillum basiconicum. This chemo-sensitive sensillum most likely plays a role in prey recognition. The third prediction is that beewolf males incorporate bee-like substances, including eicosenol, into their pheromone, and possibly catch females in a sensory trap. A reanalysis of the male pheromone revealed, among others, eicosenol and several alkanes and alkenes as pheromonal compounds. Our own analyses of the chemical profiles of honeybee workers and beewolf pheromone disclosed a surprisingly strong resemblance between the two. Eight of the eleven substances of the male pheromone are also present on the cuticle and in the headspace of honeybees. Notwithstanding this similarity, the male pheromone does not function as a sensory trap for females. Nevertheless, the extensive congruence between the odour bouquets of the females’ prey and the male pheromone strongly suggests that the male signal evolved to exploit a pre-existing female sensory bias towards bee odour, and, thus represents a case of sensory exploitation. In addition to the above described scenario concerning mostly the ‘design’ of the male pheromone, we addressed possible indirect benefits female beewolves may gain by basing their mating decisions on signal ‘content’. We show that the pheromone of male beewolves varies between families and may, thus, contain information about the degree of relatedness between the female and a potential mate. Females could use this information to choose genetically complementary males to avoid inbreeding and the production of infertile diploid sons. Collectively, our results provide strong evidence for a receiver bias process in the evolution of the male pheromone of P. triangulum. They further indicate that the pheromone composition may subsequently have been influenced by other natural or sexual selection pressures, like e.g. complementary female choice.
Insects exhibit complex systems of communication with chemical signalling being the most important mode. Although there are many studies on chemical communication in insects, the evolution of chemical signals is not well understood. Due to the conflict of interests between individuals, different selective pressures might act on sender and receiver. In this thesis I investigate different types of communication where either the sender, the receiver or both parties yield benefits. These studies were conducted with one digger wasp species, honeybees, one chrysidid wasp, and three ant species. Senders might benefit by exploiting existing preferences of receivers. Such sensory exploitation might influence the evolution of male signals that are designed to attract females. The sex pheromone of male European beewolves Philanthus triangulum (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) might have evolved according to the sensory exploitation hypothesis. A three-step scenario is supported by our studies. First, a major component of the honeybee alarm pheromone, (Z)-11-eicosen-1-ol, is also found on the cuticles and in the air surrounding foraging honeybees. Second, it could be shown, that (Z)-11- eicosen-1-ol plays a crucial role as kairomone for prey identification of honeybees by beewolf females. Third, a reanalysis of the beewolf male sex pheromone shows a remarkable similarity of compounds between the pheromone and the honeybee cuticle, besides the co-occurrence of (Z)-11-eisosen-ol. The majority of the cuticular hydrocarbons of honeybees occur also in the headspace of foraging workers. These results strongly support the hypothesis that beewolf males evolved a pheromone that exploits the females’ pre-existing sensory sensitivity. In addition, the male sex pheromone shows a significantly higher similarity among brothers than among non-related individuals, which might enable beewolf females to discriminate against brothers and avoid detrimental effects of breeding. Together with the studies on the possible sensory exploitation this result shows that both, male and female beewolves probably gain more benefits than costs from the pheromone communication and, thus, the communication system as a whole can be regarded as cooperative. To maintain the reproductive division of labour in eusocial colonies, queens have to signal their presence and fecundity. In the ant Camponotus floridanus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) queens mark their own eggs with a distinctive pattern of cuticular hydrocarbons. Two different hypotheses have been developed. One suggests a form of worker manipulation by the queen. The alternative hypothesis assumes a cooperative signal that provides information on the condition of the queen. The results of our investigation clearly favour the latter hypothesis. Chemical mimicry is a form of non-cooperative communication that benefits predominantly the sender. We provided conclusive evidence that the cockoo wasp, Hedychrum rutilans (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), the primary brood parasitoid of Philanthus triangulum, evades recognition by beewolf females most probably by chemical mimicry of the odour of its host. Furthermore, the adaptation of the chemical signature in the social ant parasite Protomognathus americanus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) to its Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) hosts was investigated. Although this parasite is principally adapted to its hosts’ cuticular hydrocarbon profile, there are still pronounced differences between the profiles of parasites and hosts. This might be explained by the trade-off, which the parasites faces when confronted locally with two host species with different cuticular hydrocarbon profiles. Non-cooperative communication in the sense that only receivers benefit was discovered in the exploitation of honeybees volatile cuticular hydrocarbons by beewolf females. By using emitted (Z)-11-eicosen-1-ol as a kairomone, the receiver, the beewolf female, yields the benefits and the sender, the honeybee prey, bears all the costs. The results of these studies contribute to the understanding of the evolution of cooperative and non-cooperative communication with chemical signals taking into account differential benefits for sender and/or receiver.
The present work describes the synthesis of sila-venlafaxine, disila-bexarotene, disila-AG-045572 (disila-CMPD1), a series of silicon-based allosteric modulators of muscarinic receptors, and a partial synthesis of sila-gabapentin. Crystal structure data of rac-sila-venlafaxine hydrochloride, (R)-sila-venlafaxine hydrobromide, bexarotene, disila-bexarotene, and disila-AG-045572 (disila-CMPD1) are included. Studies on the biological activities of sila-venlafaxine and of silicon-based allosteric modulators of muscarinic receptors are discussed. The Si-2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl (Si-2,4,6-TMOP) moiety is described as a novel, acid-labile protecting group in organosilicon chemistry. The synthesis of chlorotris(chloromethyl)silane and tris(chloromethyl)methoxysilane is described.
Rifting and breakup of Westgondwana in the Late Jurassic/ Early Cretaceous initiated the formation of the South Atlantic and its conjugated pair of passive continental margins. The Walvis Basin offshore NW-Namibia is an Early Cretaceous to recent depositional centre with a typically wedge-shaped postrift sedimentary succession covering an area of 105000km2. A 2D model transect across the central Walvis Basin and adjacent onshore areas is used as a case study to investigate quantitatively the denudational history of the evolving passive margin and the related contemporaneous depositional postrift evolution offshore. The database for both the onshore and offshore part of the model traverse is well constrained by own field work, published data as well as by seismic and well data supported by samples. The ultimate goal of this project is to present an integrated approach towards a quantitative link between surface processes and internal processes in terms of a mass and process balance.
The Upper Cretaceous Ajlun Group (Cenomanian-Turonian) of southern/south-eastern Jordan has been analysed in 15 detailed sections with thicknesses between 40 m and 200 m. Taxonomic, palaeoecological, taphonomic, and sedimentological aspects were taken into account. During the early Upper Cretaceous the study area was situated at the south-eastern margin of the Tethys Ocean, between the palaeo-shoreline in the south-east and an offshore carbonate platform in the west. Thus, the measured sections include a complete facies succession from terrestrial-dominated environments via marginal marine siliciclastics to an area of carbonate precipitation. So far, very little is known about the fauna and the depositional environment of the group, especially of the transitional marginal marine part. Also, in depth studies of the Cretaceous fauna of southern Jordan are very rare. Therefore, the benthic fauna of the area is described in an extensive taxonomic chapter. It consists of 117 taxa, 77 of which are bivalves, 22 gastropods, 9 echinoids, and 4 corals. The phyla Porifera, Bryozoa, and Brachiopoda are represented by 1 species each. Additionally, at least two species of decapod crustaceans were found. One bivalve species is new: Anthonya jordanica from Cenomanian claystones of the eastern study area. 41 quantitative samples of the benthic invertebrate fauna were grouped into nine associations and three assemblages by means of a Q-mode cluster analysis. These are described as remnants of former communities and their environments are discussed. Salinity and substrate consistency are assumed to have been the most important environmental parameters controlling the faunal distribution. The overall palaeo-environment is discussed on the basis of sedimentological and palaeoecological results. It was primarily influenced by the morphology of the sea floor, sediment supply, and salinity of the sea water.
The high-grade metamorphic Epupa Complex (EC) of north-western Namibia constitutes the south-western margin of the Archean to Proterozoic Congo Craton. The north-eastern portion of the EC has been geochemically and petrologically investigated in order to reconstruct its tectono-metamorphic evolution. Two distinct metamorphic units have been recognized, which are separated by ductile shear zones: (1) Upper amphibolite facies rocks (Orue Unit) and (2) ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) granulite facies rocks (Epembe Unit). The rocks of the EC are transsected by a large anorthosite massif, the Kunene Intrusive Complex (KIC). The Orue Unit and the Epembe Unit were affected by two distinct Mesoproterozoic metamorphic events, as is evident from differences in their metamorphic grade, in the P-T paths and in the age of peak-metamorphism: (1) The Orue Unit consists of a Palaeoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary sequence, which was intruded by large masses of I-type granitoids and by rare mafic dykes. During the Mesoproterozoic (1390-1318 Ma) the Orue Unit rocks underwent upper amphibolite facies metamorphism. The volcano-sedimentary sequence is constituted by interlayered basaltic amphibolites and rhyolitic felsic gneisses, with intercalations of migmatitic metagreywackes, migmatitic metapelites, metaarkoses and calc-silicate rocks. The Orue Unit was subdivided into three parts, which record similar heating-cooling paths but represent individual crustal levels: Heating led to the partial replacement of amphibole, biotite and muscovite through dehydration melting reactions. The peak-metamorphic P-T conditions of c. 700°C, 6.5 +/- 1.0 kbar (south-eastern part), c. 820°C, 8 +/- 0.5 kbar (south-western part) and c. 800°C, 6.0 +/- 1.0 kbar (northern part) correlate well with the mineral assemblage in the metapelites, i.e. Grt-Bt-Sil gneisses and schist in the south-eastern and south-western region and (Grt-)Crd-Bt gneisses in the northern part. Peak-metamorphism was followed by retrograde cooling to middle amphibolite facies conditions. Contact metamorphism, related with the intrusion of the anorthosites, is restricted to the direct contact to the KIC and recorded by massive metapelitic Grt-Sil-Crd felses, formed under upper amphibolite facies conditions (c. 750°C, c. 6.5 kbar). (2) The Epembe Unit consists of a Palaeoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary succession, which was intruded by small bodies of S-type granitoids and by andesitic dykes. All these rocks underwent UHT granulite facies metamorphism during the early Mesoproterozoic (1520-1447 Ma). The volcano-sedimentary succession is dominated by interlayered basaltic two-pyroxene granulites and rhyolitic felsic granulites. Migmatitic metapelites and metagreywackes are intercalated in the metavolcanites. Sapphirine-bearing MgAl-rich gneisses occur as restitic schlieren in the migmatitic metagreywackes. Reconstructed anti-clockwise P-T paths are subdivided into several distinct stages: During prograde near-isobaric heating to UHT conditions at c. 7 kbar biotite- or hornblende-bearing mineral assemblages were almost completely replaced by anhydrous mineral assemblages through various dehydration melting reactions. A subsequent pressure increase of 2-3 kbar led to the formation of the peak-metamorphic mineral assemblages Grt-Opx and (Grt-)Opx-Cpx in the orthogneisses and Grt-Opx, Grt-Sil and (Grt-)(Spr-)Opx-Sil-Qtz in the paragneisses. UHT-Metamorphism is proved by conventional geothermobarometry (970 +/- 70°C; 9.5 +/- 2.5 kbar), by the very high Al content of peak-metamorphic orthopyroxene (up to 11.9 wt.% Al2O3) in many paragneisses and by Opx-Sil-Qtz assemblages in the MgAl-rich gneisses. Post-peak decompression is recorded by several corona and symplectite textures, formed at the expense of the peak-metamorphic phases: Initial UHT decompression of about ca. 2 kbar to 940 +/- 60°C at 8 +/- 2 kbar is mainly evident from the formation of sapphirine-bearing symplectites in the Opx-Sil gneisses. Subsequent high-temperature decompression to 6 +/- 2 kbar at 800 +/- 60°C resulted in the formation of Crd-Opx-Spl, Crd-Opx and Spl-Crd symplectites. Subsequent near-isobaric cooling to upper amphibolite conditions of 660 +/- 30°C at 5 +/- 1.5 kbar led to the re-growth of biotite, hornblende, sillimanite and garnet. During continued decompression orthopyroxene and cordierite were formed at the expense of biotite in several paragneisses. In a geodynamic model UHT metamorphism of the Epembe Unit is correlated with the formation of a large magma chamber at the mantle-crust boundary, which forms the source for the anorthosites of the KIC. In contrast, amphibolite facies metamorphism of the Orue Unit is ascribed to a regional contact metamorphic event, caused by the emplacement of the anorthositic crystal mushes in the middle crust.
This work is investigating the electronic structure of organic thin films. A central question in this respect is the influence of the interaction between the molecules in the condensed phase and the interaction at metal-organic interfaces on the electronic properties. For this purpose the experimental methods Photoelectron Spectroscopy (PES) and Near Edge X-ray Absorption Finestructure Spectroscopy (NEXAFS) were applied with highest energy resolution. In addition, ab initio calculations were performed for the theoretical simulation of NEXFAS spectra. The investigation is mainly focussing on thin, vacuum sublimated films of aromatic model molecules with oxygen-containing functional groups (NTCDA, PTCDA, NDCA, BPDCA and ANQ) and Ag(111) surfaces. Due to their large, delocalised p-systems these molecules have very interesting properties for their application in electronic devices. Due to the high energy resolution of third generation synchrotron sources the vibronic fine structure in the NEXAFS spectra of these large molecules could be resolved for the first time in the condensed phase. A comparison of the data of the different molecules provides interesting insight into the coupling between electronic transition and vibronic excitation. Although for these molecules a variety of different vibronic modes exist, the NEXAFS data show that preferentially only on mode couples to each electronic transition. The high-resolution PES spectra of the molecules NTCDA, PTCDA, NDCA, BPDCA and ANQ show distinct differences thus providing a fingerprint for each investigated substance. A comparative analysis of the spectra enabled us to define the 1s binding energies of all chemically different carbon and oxygen atoms. Additional structures in the spectra can be assigned as shake-up satellites. The five molecules are an ideal model system for the investigation of fundamental aspects of core electron spectroscopy, such as initial and final state effects and satellites, that are influenced by the intra- and intermolecular electron distribution in the ground and core ionized state. An important aspect in this thesis is the spectroscopic investigation of structurally different NTCDA monolayer phases on the Ag(111) surface. Marked differences in the electronic structures of the different phases, that can be assigned to differences in the metal-adsorbate interaction, could be demonstrated by XPS and NEXAFS. The substrate bonding can be characterized as chemisorptive for both, the compressed as well as the relaxed NTCDA monolayer, which can be unambiguously deduced from the analysis of satellite structures in the O 1s and C 1s XPS spectra. These satellites are due to dynamic screening by charge transfer from the substrate. The NEXAFS data show consistently, that the NTCDA LUMO becomes partly occupied upon adsorption. Highly interesting phase transitions into disordered low-temperature phases occur upon cooling to 160 K for both, the compressed and the relaxed NTCDA monolayer. Thereby, the adsorbate-substrate bonding is increased and the NTCDA LUMO becomes completely occupied. This can be observed in the NEXAFS data, where transitions involving LUMO final states are quenched. Simultaneously, the XPS data show a distinctly decreased intensity of unscreened photoemission states due to enhanced charge transfer screening. In addition, a hysteresis behaviour could be demonstrated for the phase transition of the relaxed monolayer by temperature dependent NEXAFS experiments and the hysteresis curve was determined. The hysteresis could be quantified to approx. 20 K. From SPA-LEED experiments the activating energy for the phase transition of the relaxed monolayer upon cooling could be determined to 60 meV. Finally, a NEXAFS investigation of polyethylene samples with different comonomer content is presented. Differences in the absorption spectra between samples with different comonomer content could be unambiguously assigned to the different crystallinities of the samples by heating a highly crystalline sample in situ close to the melting temperature. Ab initio calculations on a model matrix of butane molecules show, that the spectra of crystalline and amorphous polyethylene differ distinctly due to the intermolecular interaction, which can be observed best for resonances with strong Rydberg character. Thus, the differences in the PE spectra can be explained by the superposition of the signatures of crystalline and amorphous moieties, that are mixed according to the respective crystallinity.
The transcriptional repressor-Blimp-1 terminates differentiation of B lymphocytes as well as myeloid cells. Our data show that Blimp-1 is highly expressed in freshly isolated murine primary T lymphocytes, particularly its minor splice variant. Ectopic expression of Blimp-1 by retroviral transduction neither dramatically altered secretion of IFN-ã or IL-4 nor did it induce the ability to suppress as regulatory T cells. However, induction of Blimp-1 resulted in not only a significant reduction in the production of IL-2 but also an inability to proliferate as well as in the reduced viability. These results demonstrate that Blimp-1 might mark end stages of lineage differentiation in T cells.
Mechanisms of apoptosis modulation and their contribution to genomic instability in tumor cells
(2004)
The concept of programmed cell death has been increasingly considered from various aspects since early 1970’s. Primarily, knowledge of apoptosis referred to morphological changes in which chromatin is condensed and increasingly fragmented, revealed as small structure in the nucleus. The membrane shrinks and the cell becomes dense as can be seen by flow cytometry. Interestingly, similar modes of cell deletion were observed in nematodes indicating that apoptosis is a highly conserved machinery. Three Caeonorhabditis elegans gene products are found to have high homology with mammalian apoptotic genes: CED-9 inhibits apoptosis and is related to bcl-2; CED-3 and CED-4 promote apoptosis and are related to caspase 9 and APAF-1. Apoptosis is not accidental death, but a highly controlled and medically important molecular process. More general terms such as ‘physiological’ or ‘regulated’ cell death cover different morphologies and sequences. Programmed suicide of cells that were subjected to toxic exogenous and endogenous stimuli plays a key role in understanding cancer development and its treatment. Apoptosis involves sequences of events that may overlap and play contradictory or antagonistic roles in cell death. Generally, the ability to trigger apoptotic processes in cancer cells would benefit an organism by keeping homeostasis intact. Programmed cell death is a regularly present mechanism, for instance, in lymphocyte recruitment in the thymus where immature lymphocytes may recognize host antigens. Therefore, such lymphocytes become apoptotic and are removed by macrophages. Removal prevents possible autoimmune diseases. Unlike apoptosis, necrosis is a passive process of cell death recognizable by membrane morphological changes and accompanied by leakage of intracellular material into intercellular space that may cause inflammation in the organism. Signals that may initiate apoptosis are generally classified into two groups: signals that launch extrinsic apoptotic pathways starting with aggregation of death receptors and intrinsic apoptotic pathways starting with disruption of intracellular homeostasis such as the release of mitochondrial factors or DNA degradation. Early in the process, apoptotic signals may lead to a broad range of signaling mechanisms such as DNA repair and assessment of DNA damage (check points). Thus, failure in any of these steps can cause a defective apoptotic response that plays a decisive role in both tumorigenesis and drug resistance in tumor treatment. More distinctly, the capability of cancer cells to go into apoptosis prevents further neoplastic changes. Generally, the purpose of this study is to investigate the balance between formation of genomic damage and induction of apoptosis under genotoxic stress. After genotoxic insult there are different possibilities for the fate of a cell (Figure 1). The genomic integrity is analyzed at cellular checkpoints, usually leading to a delay in cell cycle progression if DNA was damaged. Mutations in genes such as p53 and p21 change the cellular response to genotoxic stress and may alter the balance between apoptosis and genomic damage. However, p53 is usually mutated or not expressed in 70% of human tumors. Alterations in p53 states that reflect distinct apoptotic response upon induction of DNA damage were examined. In this study, three cell lines with distinct p53 states were used: TK6 harboring wild-type p53, WTK1 with mutated p53 and NH32 with knocked out p53. In the present work we applied different approaches to investigate the correlation between DNA damage and apoptotic responsiveness in cancer cell lines with different p53 states or in hormone responsive cell lines with over expressed bcl-2 gene. We were focused on effects caused by temporary down regulation of the p53 and Bcl-2 activity in human lymphoblastoid cell lines. In addition, we investigated the impact of estradiol-induced proliferation on apoptosis and DNA damage in stably transfected cells with bcl-2gene.
The four-dimensional Minkowski space is known to be a good description for space-time down to the length scales probed by the latest high-energy experiments. Nevertheless, there is the viable and exciting possibility that additional space-time structure will be observable in the next generation of collider experiments. Hence, we discuss different extensions of the standard model of particle physics with an extra dimension at the TeV-scale. We assume that some of the gauge and Higgs bosons propagate in one additional spatial dimension, while matter fields are confined to a four-dimensional subspace, the usual Minkowski space. After compactification on an S^1/Z_2 orbifold, an effective four-dimensional theory is obtained where towers of Kaluza-Klein (KK) modes, in addition to the standard model fields, reflect the higher-dimensional structure of space-time. The models are elaborated from the 5D Lagrangian to the Feynman rules of the KK modes. Special attention is paid to an appropriate generalization of the Rxi-gauge and the interplay between spontaneous symmetry breaking and compactification. Confronting the observables in 5D standard model extensions with combined precision measurements at the Z-boson pole and the latest data from LEP2, we constrain the possible size R of the extra dimension experimentally. A multi-parameter fit of all relevant input parameters leads to bounds for the compactification scale M=1/R in the range 4-6 TeV at the 2 sigma confidence level and shows how the mass of the Higgs boson is correlated with the size of an extra dimension. Considering a future linear e+e- collider, we outline the discovery potential for an extra dimension using the proposed TESLA specifications as an example. As a consistency check for the various models, we analyze Ward identities and the gauge boson equivalence theorem in W-pair production and find that gauge symmetry is preserved by a complex interplay of the Kaluza-Klein modes. In this context, we point out the close analogy between the traditional Higgs mechanism and mass generation for gauge bosons via compactification. Beyond the tree-level, the higher-dimensional models studied extensively in the literature and in the first part of this thesis have to be extended. We modify the models by the inclusion of brane kinetic terms which are required as counter terms. Again, we derive the corresponding 4D theory for the KK towers paying special attention to gauge fixing and spontaneous symmetry breaking. Finally, the phenomenological implications of the new brane kinetic terms are investigated in detail.
Phosphorus and nitrogen containing ligands were examined in terms of their coordination flexibility. Combining these donor atoms of different hardness or softness in one molecule leads to the design of polyfunctional, ambidentate ligand systems with unique properties, because the different features associated with each donor atom confer unique reactivity to their metal complexes. The phosphane Ph2P(CH2Py) (Py = 2-pyridyl) is a very versatile starting material for the preparation of highly flexible, hemilabile, ambident ligands. C-deprotonation of this phosphane yields a Janus head, responding very sensitive to the Lewis-acidity and the charge concentration of the coordinated metal, adapting its coordination mode to the electronic requirements of the cation (electronic differentiation). Thus, bidentate (P,N)-chelating, tridentate (P,N)-chelating together with C-coordination and (C,N)-coordination is observed in the different metal complexes discussed in this work. Additionally, the oxidized derivative of the abovementioned phosphane, the iminophosphorane Ph2P(CH2Py)(NSiMe3), is discussed. The C-deprotonated anion of this iminophosphorane prefers (N,N’)-side arm- rather than C-coordination. The electron deficient pyridyl substituent at the C-atom leads to charge delocalization in the anionic [Ph2P(CHPy)(NSiMe3]-moiety. The bonding parameters of the iminophosphorane and all its derivatives, together with the almost fixed 15N-NMR resonances for the imino nitrogen atoms in these compounds prove that hypervalent central phosphorus is not required to describe the bonding situation in iminophosphoranes.
Complexation properties of 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (tpy) have been studied with a series of first row transition metal ions by UV-vis, 1H NMR and isothermal titration calorimetry and ƒ´H values for the tpy complexation processes have been determined. These studies reveal that Zn2+ is the best suited metal ion for the reversible coordination of the terpyridine ligand. Thus, supramolecular coordination polymerization of perylene bisimide fluorophores containing terpyridine functionalities have been investigated by using Zn2+ as metal ion. The formation of the dimeric complexes in the case of monotopic model comounds and coordination polymerization of ditopic functional building blocks have been confirmed by 1H NMR studies. The optical properties of dimeric and polymeric complexes have been investigated by UV-vis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The Zn2+ coordination to the terpyridine unit does not effect the advantageous fluorescence properties of perylene bisimide moieties. The reversibility of the formation of coordination polymers has been established by 1H NMR and additionally by DOSY NMR and fluorescence anisotropy measurements. Coordination polymer strands can be visualized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), which also reveals the formation of an ordered monolayer film at higher concentration. The average polymer length has been determined by AFM to 15 repeat units, which correlates well with the value estimated by 1H NMR to >10 repeat units.
The Galactic Starburst Region NGC 3603 : exciting new insights on the formation of high mass stars
(2004)
One of the most fundamental, yet still unsolved problems in star formation research is addressed by the question "How do high mass stars form?". While most details related to the formation and early evolution of low mass stars are quite well understood today, the basic processes leading to the formation of high mass stars still remain a mystery. There is no doubt that low mass stars like our Sun form via accretion of gas and dust from their natal environment. With respect to the formation of high mass stars theorists currently discuss two possible scenarios controversely: First, similar to stars of lower masses, high mass stars form by continuous (time variable) accretion of large amounts of gas and dust through their circumstellar envelopes and/or disks. Second, high mass stars form by repeated collisions (coalescence) of protostars of lower masses. Both scenarios bear difficulties which impose strong constrains on the final mass of the young star. To find evidences for or against one of these two theoretical models is a challenging task for observers. First, sites of high mass star formation are much more distant than the nearby sites of low mass star formation. Second, high mass stars form and evolve much faster than low mass star. In particular, they contract to main sequence, hydrogen burning temperatures and densities on time scales which are much shorter than typical accretion time scales. Third, as a consequence of the previous point, young high mass stars are usually deeply embedded in their natal environment throughout their (short) pre-main sequence phase. Therefore, high mass protostars are rare, difficult to find and difficult to study. In my thesis I undertake a novel approach to search for and to characterize high mass protostars, by looking into a region where young high mass stars form in the violent neighbourhood of a cluster of early type main sequence stars. The presence of already evolved O type stars provides a wealth of energetic photons and powerful stellar winds which evaporate and disperse the surrounding interstellar medium, thus "lifting the courtains" around nearby young stars at a relatively early evolutionary stage. Such premises are given in the Galactic starburst region NGC 3603. Nevertheless, a large observational effort with different telescopes and instruments -- in particular, taking advantage of the high angular resolution and high sensitivity of near and mid IR instruments available at ESO -- was necessary to achieve the goals of my study. After a basic introduction on the topic of (high mass) star formation in Chapter 1, a short overview of the investigated region NGC 3603 and its importance for both galactic and extragalactic star formation studies is given in Chapter 2. Then, in Chapter 3, I report on a comprehensive investigation of the distribution and kinematics of the molecular gas and dust associated with the NGC 3603 region. In Chapter 4 I thoroughly address the radial extent of the NGC 3603 OB cluster and the spatial distribution of the cluster members. Together with deep Ks band imaging data, a detailed survey of NGC 3603 at mid IR wavelengths allows to search the neighbourhood of the cold molecular gas and dust for sources with intrinsic mid IR excess (Chapter 5). In Chapter 6 I characterize the most prominent sources of NGC 3603 IRS 9 and show that these sources are bona-fide candidates for high mass protostars. Finally, a concise summary as well as an outlook on future prospects in high mass star formation research is given in Chapter 7.
The gram-positive, facultative intracellular pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is the causal agent of listeriosis. Most of well-known virulence genes are controlled by PrfA that belongs to the Crp-Fnr family of transcriptional activators. A PrfA-mediated transcription initiating at a virulence gene promoter, inlC promoter (PinlC) that regulates the expression of the small, secreted internalin C, was in-depth characterized by an in vitro transcription system to unravel the essential features of a PrfA-dependent promoter in this study. The obtained results indicate a dual promoter for inlC that leads to PrfA-dependent and -independent transcription in vitro and in vivo. The PrfA-dependent transcription requires, as expected, the PrfA-box, a conserved 14 bp sequence of dyad symmetry located about 40 bp upstream of the transcriptional start site of each PrfA-regulated gene. Another important structural feature for this PrfA-dependent promoter is the distance between the 3´-end of the PrfA-box and the 5´-end of the SigA-recognized –10 box fixed to 22 or 23 bp, which is observed in the interspace regions of the other known PrfA-dependent promoters, e.g. PactA, PplcA, Phly and Pmpl. The –35 box of PinlC is not necessary for PrfA-dependent transcription. The –10 box of PinlC and also that of the other PrfA-dependent promoters of L. monocytogenes closely resemble SigA-recognized –10 promoter sequences of the well-characterized gram-positive bacterium B. subtilis. Even the extended –10 motif (5´-TRTG-3´) considered to be a basic element for many SigA-recognized promoters in B. subtilis is present in PinlC. Primer extension studies reveal that both the PrfA-dependent and the independent promoter share the same –10 box. The PrfA-independent transcription of inlC depends on a –35 box located directly downstream of the PrfA-box, and the close proximity of the two sites inhibits strongly the transcription activity of the PrfA-independent promoter when the PrfA-RNA polymerase complex binds to the PrfA-box. Deletion of the PrfA-box results in PrfA-independent transcription from PinlC, which is no longer inhibited by PrfA. High concentration of GTP appears to be necessary for PrfA-dependent transcription initiated at the inlC promoter and at other PrfA-dependent promoters. Based on transcriptome analysis, Milohanic and his co-workers identified three groups of genes that were regulated differently by PrfA. Some of these genes containing putative PrfA-boxes in their 5´-upstream regulatory regions were selected for analysis of their transcriptional dependency on PrfA using again the in vitro transcription system. The data show that among these “PrfA-regulated” promoters tested, only the promoter of the hpt gene belonging to group I is clearly activated by PrfA. This promoter is also the only one that exhibited all essential features of a typical PrfA-dependent promoter as described above. In vitro transcription starting at most of the other promoters was neither positively nor negatively affected by PrfA. Transcription initiated at some of the promoters of group III genes (lmo0596 and lmo2067) is rather inefficient with SigA-loaded RNA polymerase, but is highly activated with RNA polymerase loaded with purified SigB. Addition of purified PrfA protein has no effect on the SigB-dependent transcription. These in vitro transcription results indicate that the in vivo observed PrfA effect on the expression of most of the new genes is either indirect or PrfA-mediated transcription of these genes requires - in contrast to the PrfA-dependent transcription of the known virulence genes (including hpt) - additional factors not present in the in vitro transcription assay. In addition to these new genes described by Milohanic, the promoters of two genes (lmo2420 and lmo2840) that contain putative PrfA-boxes with only a single mismatch in their upstream regulatory regions were analyzed in this study. However, transcription of none of these genes is regulated by PrfA, suggesting that these genes are either not truly regulated by PrfA or regulated by other global transcription activators that interact with PrfA by yet unknown mechanisms. By exchanging corresponding sequences between a functionally inactive promoter ParoAP2 and a typical PrfA-dependent promoter PplcA, it is found that PrfA-dependent in vitro transcription can be initiated from the hybrid promoter containing the putative PrfA-box and the SigA-recognized –10 box (TTTAAT) from the putative PrfA-dependent aroAP2 promoter, but it is inhibited strongly by the interspace sequence between these two sites apparently due to an additional RNA polymerase binding site [the –10 box (TAATAT) for the PrfA-independent transcription of ParoAP1)] within this region. Furthermore, a symmetric sequence downstream of the –10 box (TTTAAT) is also shown to be a strongly inhibitory for PrfA-dependent transcription from the putative PrfA-dependent aroAP2 promoter.
Shadow Mask assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy (SMMBE) is a technique enabling selected area epitaxy of semiconductor heterostructures through shadow masks. The objective of this work was the development of the SMMBE technique for the reliable fabrication of compound semiconductor nanostructures of high structural and optical quality. In order to accomplish this, technological processes have been developed and optimized. This, in combination with model calculations of the basic kinetic growth processes has enabled the fabrication of high quality quantum structures. A high spatial precision and control of the incidence regions of the molecular beams during the SMMBE process are required for the fabrication of nanostructures. One of the technological developments to this effect, which has substantially enhanced the versatility of SMMBE, is the introduction of a new type of freestanding shadow masks: Growth through such a mask with different incidence angles of the molecular beams is equivalent to employing different mechanical masks, but is much more accurate since the precision of mechanical alignment is limited. A consistent model has been developed, which successfully explains the growth dynamics of molecular beam epitaxy through shadow masks. The redistribution of molecular fluxes under shadow masks may affect the growth rates on selected areas of the substrate drastically. In the case of compound semiconductors, reactions between the constituent species play important roles in controlling the growth rates as a function of the growth parameters. The predictions of the model regarding the growth of II-VI and III-V compounds have been tested experimentally and the dependence of the growth rates on the growth parameters has been verified. Moreover, it has been shown, that selected area epitaxy of II-VI and III-V compounds are governed by different surface kinetics. Coexisting secondary fluxes of both constituent species and the apparent non-existence of surface diffusion are characteristic for SMMBE of II-VI compounds. In contrast, III-V SMMBE is governed by the interplay between secondary group-V flux and the surface migration of group-III adatoms. In addition to the basic surface kinetic processes described by the model, the roles of orientation and strain-dependent growth dynamics, partial shadow, and material deposition on the mask (closure of apertures) have been discussed. The resulting advanced understanding of the growth dynamics (model and basic experiments) in combination with the implementation of technical improvements has enabled the development and application of a number of different processes for the fabrication of both II-VI and III-V nanostructures. In addition to specific material properties, various other phenomena have been exploited, e.g., self-organization. It has been shown that, e.g., single quantum dots and quantum wires can be reliably grown. Investigations performed on the SMMBE nanostructures have demonstrated the high positional and dimensional precision of the SMMBE technique. Bright cathodoluminescence demonstrates that the resulting quantum structures are of high structural and optical quality. In addition to these results, which demonstrate SMMBE as a prospective nanofabrication technique, the limitations of the method have also been discussed, and various approaches to overcome them have been suggested. Moreover, propositions for the fabrication of complex quantum devices by the multiple application of a stationary shadow mask have been put forward. In addition to selected area growth, the shadow masks can assist in etching, doping, and in situ contact definition in nanoscale selected areas. Due to the high precision and control over the dimensions and positions of the grown structures, which at the same time are of excellent chemical, crystal, and optical quality, SMMBE provides an interesting perspective for the fabrication of complex quantum devices from II-VI and III-V semiconductors.
Adaptive femtosecond quantum control has proven to be a very successful method in many different scientific fields like physics, chemistry or biology. Numerous quantum systems and in particular molecules undergoing chemical reactions have been controlled using shaped femtosecond laser pulses. This method allows to go beyond simple observation and to obtain active control over quantum--mechanical systems. It uses interference phenomena in the time and/or frequency domain to achieve selectivity. The shaped femtosecond laser pulses employed in this scheme have until recently been purely linearly polarized. Therefore, they only address the scalar properties of light--matter interaction and neglect the vectorial character of both the dipole moment $\vec{\mu}$ and the electric field $\vec{E}(t)$. Especially in the quantum control of chemical reactions the investigated systems ---the molecules--- are three dimensional and exhibit complex spatio--tempo\-ral dynamics. With the help of polarization--shaped laser pulses one is now able to follow these dynamics in both, time and spatial direction, and can therefore reach a new level of control over quantum--mechanical systems. In this work, the generation of polarization--shaped laser pulses has been implemented in an optical setup. It requires no interferometric stability as a result of the identical beam path for both polarization components. Dual--channel spectral interferometry was employed as experimental pulse characterization and a mathematical description of the time--dependent polarization state of these pulses was given. The polarization modulation of the shaped pulses by subsequent optical elements was investigated and some solutions to minimize these modulations were presented. Jones matrix calculus with experimentally calibrated matrices was implemented to account for all polarization distortions from the LCD to the position of the experiment and for full characterization of the generated pulse shapes. Adaptive polarization shaping was demonstrated in a purely optical realization of the learning--loop concept. The learning algorithm was able to find the needed linear polarization in order to maximize second harmonic generation in a nonlinear optical crystal. The closed--loop configuration has proven to be capable to clear up more complicated polarization distortion, which was introduced using a multiple order half--wave plate designed for use at a wavelength of 620~nm. The additional deformation of the spectral phase through dispersion in a 10~cm long SF10 glass rod has also been compensated automatically. After these optical demonstration experiments ultrafast polarization shaping was applied to control a quantum system. Polarization sensitivity was shown in pump--probe measurements of the multiphoton ionization of potassium dimer molecules K$_2$. This sensitivity was exploited in a more general way in a learning--loop experiment with polarization--shaped laser pulses. A qualitatively new level of control was demonstrated using the time--dependent polarization state of laser pulses as an active agent. This polarization control was applicable even in randomly aligned molecules, which is a significant simplification of the experimental setup. In addition to these polarization control experiments, the three dimensional dynamics of molecules were also investigated and controlled. The \textit{cis--trans} photoisomerization of NK88 was studied in the liquid phase by transient absorption spectroscopy. The isomerization reaction efficiency was enhanced as well as reduced using linearly polarized laser pulses at 400~nm shaped in spectral phase and amplitude. This experiment demonstrates the ability to control the large scale motion of complex molecular groups with shaped femtosecond laser pulses. The modification of the molecular geometry can be regarded as a first step towards control of chirality in photochemistry. Especially with the successful demonstration of polarization quantum control, which is required in the theoretical models for the selective conversion of one enantiomer into the other, the way is paved towards coherent control of chirality. Besides these fascinating applications of polarization shaping it should now also be possible to extend the wavelength range of these pulses. Apart from second harmonic generation in order to reach the ultraviolet region intra-pulse difference frequency generation could be an option to open the mid-infrared spectral range for polarization shaping. With these new wavelength regions numerous new perspectives arise for quantum control using polarization--shaped laser pulses. Referring once more to the novel of Edwin A. Abbott presented in the introduction one could say that shaped femtosecond pulses really have left Flatland. Or to put it into the words of the sphere, when it teaches the square about the perception of dimensions: \begin{quote} ``Look yonder [...] in Flatland thou hast lived; of Lineland thou hast received a vision; thou hast soared with me to the heights of Spaceland;'' \hfill Edwin A.~Abbott~\cite{abbott1884}, 1884 \end{quote}
The studies inventoried the species of the families Dytiscidae and Noteridae (Coleoptera) in Comoé National Park in northern Ivory Coast, West Africa and investigated the ecological role of temporary and permanent water bodies for the aestivation of these aquatic beetles. The ecological studies focused on the question how the beetles cope with the temporary loss of their aquatic habitats during dry season. The climate in the study area is characterised by a pronounced dry season from about November to March/April, in which the temporary ponds and creeks in the savannah entirely desiccate. The only available water bodies during dry season in Comoé National Park are the Comoé River, pools in some of its tributaries, and a few of the large savannah ponds. The taxonomic and faunistic analysis revealed a high species richness in the study area and yielded a total of twelve species of Noteridae in four genera and 95 species of Dytiscidae in 22 genera. Thirty of these species had not yet been reported from the Ivory Coast. A description of a new species in the genus Laccophilus is given, named L. comoensis in honour of the National Park. Strong incidences exist that the material includes more species yet unknown to science. Concerning the mode of aestivation, observations in pilot studies led to the working hypothesis that the beetles pass the dry season as adults in aquatic habitats. Consequently, presence of adults in aquatic habitats throughout the dry season and cyclic migration of adults between temporary and permanent water bodies was expected. Regular sampling of water bodies throughout the dry season and beginning rainy season yielded 33,705 individuals in 72 species and 26 genera. In all the sample periods Noteridae and / or Dytiscidae were recorded. The number of species per period was between 36 and 58. It is concluded that in Comoé National Park a) at least parts of the populations of the recorded species pass the dry season as adults and b) aquatic habitats serve as a refuge for aestivation of these adult beetles. In a rocky area in the riverbed of the permanent Comoé River four sets of studies were performed during dry and beginning rainy season. According to the working hypothesis beetles should be searching for adequate aquatic habitats as long as temporary savannah waters are becoming inhospitable and are falling dry. Seven rock pools in the riverbed of the Comoé River were artificially filled and thus offered for colonization at the peak of the dry season (end of January). After five days the rock pools were quantitatively sampled by completely emptying them. All the rock pools were colonized by Dytiscidae and / or Noteridae and with a total of 1,507 individuals in 26 species abundance and diversity were high. Habitats for aestivation are needed most, when the majority of the savannah waters are fallen dry. Little precipitation on February 18th 1999 had filled rock pools in the riverbed of the Comoé River but no pools in the savannah, where the rain was immediately absorbed by the very dry soil. An inventory of beetles was performed in 21 naturally filled rock pools five to 20 days after this precipitation. The sampling yielded 8,456 individuals in 41 species. Except the smallest, all rock pools contained beetles. The result showed that Dytiscidae and Noteridae utilise the rock pools as aquatic habitat during dry season. Beetles adapted to a highly seasonal environment like the aquatic system in the study area should be good colonizers. Sampling of four, respectively five rock pools at two occasions within 24 hours after the start of precipitation examined the potential of colonizers at that period (March). Prior to these precipitations the pools had been completely dry. Dytiscidae were already present in all rock pools and a total of 434 Dytiscidae in 14 species was found. The working hypothesis of cyclic migration suggests that the beetles should leave the rock pools at the onset of the rainy season when precipitation had filled temporary water bodies in the savannah. After several precipitation events an inventory of 13 rock pools of the Comoé River in May controlled for adult beetles. Only four species with 126 individuals were still found, of which Yolina chopardi contributed 81.7%. This species seems to differ from the other recorded species in the use of habitats, since it was never recorded in the savannah. In general, however, diversity and abundance of Dytiscidae and Noteridae in the rock pools, as expected, was low after the onset of the rainy season. During the entire study of the rock pools in the riverbed of the Comoé River 10,523 individuals in 44 species and 18 genera were collected. Thus, more than half of the species recorded in Comoé National Park were found in the rock pools. The results suggest that the Comoé River and the rock pools in the riverbed serve as aquatic retreat for adult Dytiscidae and Noteridae during dry season when temporary water bodies in the savannah are desiccated. The suggested cyclic migration between water bodies predicts that newly formed savannah waters are recolonized by the beetles at the onset of the rainy season. This colonization should be a) by adults and b) airborne. Two artificial ponds in the open savannah were offered only for aerial colonization at the beginning of the rainy season. The ponds were controlled for adult Noteridae and Dytiscidae daily during one continuous phase of eleven and a second one of 16 days (end of March to end of April). On every sampling date Noteridae or Dytiscidae were recorded. In the entire study 2,744 individuals in 44 species and 16 genera were collected. After precipitation, abundance and species richness increased. Thirty-five of the encountered species had been recorded in rock pools of the Comoé River before. The principal species in the artificial savannah ponds had been principal species in samplings of the rock pools as well. The results support the hypothesis of cyclic migration: most species of Dytiscidae and Noteridae of the Comoé National Park fly from desiccating savannah waters to permanent water bodies or water bodies holding water for extended times during dry season. They pass the dry season in these waters and fly back into the savannah after precipitation at the onset of the rainy season. Exceptions from this general rule are discussed.
In this work the supersymmetric seesaw model and its effects on low-energy leptonic observables and thermal leptogenesis have been systematically investigated. Precision measurements will increase the sensitivity on lepton-flavor violating decays, particularly on Br(l_j->l_i gamma) and also on electric and magnetic dipole moments in the near future. In order to improve also the accuracy of theoretical predictions for these processes, we have performed a full one-loop calculation of the underlying supersymmetric processes taking into account the lepton masses. Since the mechanism of soft supersymmetry breaking (SSB) is completely unknown, a novel analysis beyond the often studied minimal Supergravity scenarios has been performed. This way it has been demonstrated that in the considered mSUGRA, AMSB, GMSB and gaugino mediated scenarios, the ongoing search for Br(mu->e gamma) can constrain fundamental SSB parameters and/or the seesaw parameters. On the other hand, the basic parameters of thermal leptogenesis, such as the CP asymmetry in the decays of the lightest right-handed Majorana neutrino, provide probes of the unknown complex orthogonal R-matrix of the seesaw model.
The exploitation of landscapes increases fragmentation of valuable areas with high biodiversity. Consequently, many populations nowadays exist as metapopulations. In such cases, the balance between extinction and colonisation of patches determines the regional survival of species. To determine long term survival of species and to assess the impact of different management regimes proper knowledge of species habitat requirements as well as information on their dispersal behaviour is needed. The aim of this thesis was to develop methods and measures for the identification of suitable areas for grasshoppers and bush crickets, as well as to quantify the reachability of single patches by individuals. The first part of my work focuses on the quantification of habitat suitability for grasshoppers and bush crickets. Based on presence/absence data, I developed statistical habitat suitability models using logistic regression analyses. The resulting models are evaluated and validated in space and time. It turned out that habitat selection of the species mainly took place on an intermediate spatial scale. The relevant scale falls into the same range as the species’ mean dispersal distances. Besides the rather coarse grained factor ‘type of habitat’ structural factors as well as abiotic factors are correlated with the occurrence of the species. The model of S. lineatus, including the parameters ‘type of biotope’ and ‘vegetation height’ was most successful in predicting the occurrences of the bush cricket species. To further test whether the occurrence of species of different insect groups can be predicted with a common model, I tested the usefulness of the orthoptera models for the prediction of butterflies in the same region and vice versa. While transferability of the orthoptera models was poor, the model of the moth Z. carniolica performed quite successful. It included the proportion of suitable habitat as well as the occurrence of the two sucking plants C. jacea and S. columbaria as relevant factors. Z. carniolica is classified as stenoecious and thus represents other species typically found on fringes and mesoxerophytic grasslands. The high mobility of Z. carniolica simultaneously guarantees the reachability of regional suitable areas and thus ensures that the influence of the random effects of colonisation on the model are marginal. Unfortunately, the factors predicting habitat quality for a species are normally not available at the landscape level. Thus, they cannot be used for the prediction of occurrences without extensive censuses in the field. Nevertheless, my results show that the sole use of the variable ‘type of habitat’, which often is available landscape wide, will be sufficient for the classification of habitat suitability in a landscape. I conclude that for practical use in conservation biology the type of biotope can be used to predict occurrence of the studied species. Besides quality/quantity of suitable habitat, dispersal of individuals between patches is a key factor influencing the survival of populations. Thus, the second part of my work concentrates on theoretical as well as empirical studies on the dispersal behaviour of bush crickets. In field experiments I could show that the assumption of a dichotomous movement behaviour does not apply for bush crickets. Instead, movement pattern changes continuously with structural resistance, temperature, mortality risk and resource availability. This result is confirmed in my experiments on the behaviour of bush crickets at habitat borders. For different borders I could demonstrate different edge permeabilities. Additionally, I observed that grasshoppers could detect suitable habitat from a certain distance. Because the dispersal behaviour plays an important role in theoretical models, my empirical data can be used to parameterise such models. In addition to the influence of movement pattern on the reachability of suitable habitats, I could demonstrate, with simulation models, that the influence of the landscape context in which dispersal takes place has a critical impact on the exchange of individuals between patches. This effect is enhanced if mortality risk during dispersal is accounted for. The results from my studies on habitat suitability can be used to identify suitable habitat for grasshoppers and bush crickets in a landscape. Consequently, the potential suitability of an area as habitat, based on predictions on changes in the type of biotope by management regime, can be predicted. But this information alone is not sufficient to determine regional survival probability of a species. My investigations concerning the dispersal behaviour clearly show, that the reachability of suitable areas is dependent on the spatial configuration of patches and the structure of areas between habitats. Additionally, factors specific for individuals, like motivation and physiological factors play a crucial role for the reachability of suitable habitats.
In a variety of established tumour cell lines, but also in primary mammary epithelial cells metalloprotease-dependent transactivation of the EGFR, and EGFR characteristic downstream signalling events were observed in response to stimulation with physiological concentrations of GPCR agonists such as the mitogens LPA and S1P as well as therapeutically relevant concentrations of cannabinoids. Moreover, this study reveals ADAM17 and HB-EGF as the main effectors of this mechanism in most of the cancer cell lines investigated. However, depending on the cellular context and GPCR agonist, various different members of the ADAM family are selectively recruited for specific ectodomain shedding of proAR and/or proHB-EGF and subsequent EGFR activation. Furthermore, biological responses induced by LPA or S1P such as migration in breast cancer and HNSCC cells, depend on ADAM17 and proHB-EGF/proAR function, respectively, suggesting that highly abundant GPCR ligands may play a role in tumour development and progression. Moreover, EGFR signal transactivation could be identified as the mechanistic link between cannabinoid receptors and the activation of mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) ERK1/2 as well as pro-survival Akt/PKB signalling. Depending on the cellular context, cannabinoid-induced signal cross-communication was mediated by shedding of proAmphiregulin and/or proHB-EGF by ADAM17. Most importantly, our data show that concentrations of THC comparable to those detected in the serum of patients after THC administration accelerate proliferation of cancer cells instead of apoptosis and thereby may contribute to cancer progression in patients.
In this thesis a new and powerful approach for modeling laser cavity eigenmodes is presented. This approach is based on an eigenvalue problem for singularly perturbed partial differential operators with complex coefficients; such operators have not been investigated in detail until now. The eigenvalue problem is discretized by finite elements, and convergence of the approximate solution is proved by using an abstract convergence theory also developed in this dissertation. This theory for the convergence of an approximate solution of a (quadratic) eigenvalue problem, which particularly can be applied to a finite element discretization, is interesting on its own, since the ideas can conceivably be used to handle equations with a more complex nonlinearity. The discretized eigenvalue problem essentially is solved by preconditioned GMRES, where the preconditioner is constructed according to the underlying physics of the problem. The power and correctness of the new approach for computing laser cavity eigenmodes is clearly demonstrated by successfully simulating a variety of different cavity configurations. The thesis is organized as follows: Chapter 1 contains a short overview on solving the so-called Helmholtz equation with the help of finite elements. The main part of Chapter 2 is dedicated to the analysis of a one-dimensional model problem containing the main idea of a new model for laser cavity eigenmodes which is derived in detail in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 comprises a convergence theory for the approximate solution of quadratic eigenvalue problems. In Chapter 5, a stabilized finite element discretization of the new model is described and its convergence is proved by applying the theory of Chapter 4. Chapter 6 contains computational aspects of solving the resulting system of equations and, finally, Chapter 7 presents numerical results for various configurations, demonstrating the practical relevance of our new approach.
Subject of this work was to investigate the influence of nonadiabatic coupling on the dynamical changes of electron and nuclear density. The properties of electron density have neither been discussed in the stationary case, nor for excited electronic states or for a coupled electronic and nuclear motion. In order to remove these restrictions one must describe the quantum mechanical motion of all particles in a system at the same level. This is only possible for very small systems. A model system developed by Shin and Metiu [1, 2] contains all necessary physical ingredients to describe a combined electronic and nuclear motion. It consists of a single nuclear and electronic degree of freedom and the particle interaction is parameterized in such a way as to allow for a facile switching between and adiabatic (Born-Oppenheimer type) and a strongly coupled dynamics. The first part of the work determined the “static” properties of the model system: The calculation of electronic eigenfunctions, adiabatic potential curves, kinetic coupling elements and transition dipole moments allowed for a prediction of the coupled dynamics. The potentials obtained from different parameterization showed two distinct cases: In the first case the ground and first excited state are separated by a large energy gap which is the typical Born-Oppenheimer case; the second one exhibits an avoided crossing which results in a breakdown of the adiabatic approximation. Due to the electronic properties of the system, the quantum dynamics in the two distinct situations is very different. This was illustrated by calculating nuclear and electron densities as a function of time. In the Born-Oppenheimer case, the electron density followed the vibrational motion of the nucleus. This was demonstrated in two examples. In the strongly coupled case the wave packet did not exhibit features caused by nonadiabatic coupling. However, projections of the wave function onto the electronic states revealed the usual picture obtained from solutions of the nuclear Schrödinger equation involving coupled electronic states. In that case the nuclear motion triggered charge transfer via nonadiabatic coupling. The second part of the work demonstrated that the model system can easily be modified to yield binding situations often found in diatomic molecules. The different situations can be characterized in terms of bound and dissociative adiabatic potential curves. The investigation focussed on the case of an electronic predissociation, where the ground state is dissociative in the asymptotic limit of large internuclear distances. Within our model system we were able to demonstrate how the character of the electron density changes during the fragmentation process. In the third part we investigated the influence of external fields on the correlated dynamics of electron and nucleus. Employing adiabatic potential curves, the structure of absorption spectra can be understood within the weak-field limit. In the above described Born-Oppenheimer case the adiabatically calculated spectrum was in very good agreement with the exact one, whereas in the strongly coupled case the obtained spectrum was not able to resemble the exact one. Regarding the dynamics during a laser excitation process the time-dependent electron and nuclear densities nicely illustrated the famous Franck-Condon principle. The interaction with strong laser pulses lead to an excitation of many bound electronic and vibrational states. The electron density reflected the classical-like quiver motion of the electron induced by the fast variations of the electric field. The nucleus did not follow these fast oscillations because of its much larger mass. The last part of the work extended the original model system by including an additional electron. As a consequence of the Pauli principle, the spatial electronic wave function has to be either symmetric or anti-symmetric with respect to exchange of the two electrons. This corresponds to anti-parallel or parallel electron spins, respectively. The extended model already contains the physical properties of a many-electron system. Solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for a typical vibrational wave packet motion clearly indicated that the electron density is no longer suited to “localize” single electrons. We extended the definition of the electron localization function (ELF) to an exact, time-dependent wave function and demonstrated, how the ELF can be used to further characterize a coupled electron and nuclear motion. Finally, we gave an outlook of how to define electron localization in the case of anti-parallel electron spins. We derived a quantity similar to the ELF denoted “anti-parallel spin electron localization function” (ALF) and demonstrated that the ALF allows to follow time-dependent changes of the electron localization in a numerical example. [1] S. Shin, H. Metiu, J. Chem. Phys. 1995, 102, 9285. [2] S. Shin, H. Metiu, J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 7867.
This work is subdivided into two main areas: resilient admission control and resilient routing. The work gives an overview of the state of the art of quality of service mechanisms in communication networks and proposes a categorization of admission control (AC) methods. These approaches are investigated regarding performance, more precisely, regarding the potential resource utilization by dimensioning the capacity for a network with a given topology, traffic matrix, and a required flow blocking probability. In case of a failure, the affected traffic is rerouted over backup paths which increases the traffic rate on the respective links. To guarantee the effectiveness of admission control also in failure scenarios, the increased traffic rate must be taken into account for capacity dimensioning and leads to resilient AC. Capacity dimensioning is not feasible for existing networks with already given link capacities. For the application of resilient NAC in this case, the size of distributed AC budgets must be adapted according to the traffic matrix in such a way that the maximum blocking probability for all flows is minimized and that the capacity of all links is not exceeded by the admissible traffic rate in any failure scenario. Several algorithms for the solution of that problem are presented and compared regarding their efficiency and fairness. A prototype for resilient AC was implemented in the laboratories of Siemens AG in Munich within the scope of the project KING. Resilience requires additional capacity on the backup paths for failure scenarios. The amount of this backup capacity depends on the routing and can be minimized by routing optimization. New protection switching mechanisms are presented that deviate the traffic quickly around outage locations. They are simple and can be implemented, e.g, by MPLS technology. The Self-Protecting Multi-Path (SPM) is a multi-path consisting of disjoint partial paths. The traffic is distributed over all faultless partial paths according to an optimized load balancing function both in the working case and in failure scenarios. Performance studies show that the network topology and the traffic matrix also influence the amount of required backup capacity significantly. The example of the COST-239 network illustrates that conventional shortest path routing may need 50% more capacity than the optimized SPM if all single link and node failures are protected.
Identification of rat NKT cells and molecular analysis of their surface receptor mediated activation
(2004)
Summary: Originally, NKT cells have been defined by their expression of T-cell receptor (TCR) and NK cell markers NKRP1A in human and NK1.1 (NKRP1C) in mouse. Most of these cells express CD1d-restricted TCR with a characteristic rearrangement- Va24JaQ/Vb11 in human and Va14Ja18/Vb8.2 in mouse, and have been implicated in playing an important role in first line defence and immunoregulation. The subject of this thesis was the characterisation of the hypothetical rat NKT cell population. In the mouse system, CD1d-restricted NK1.1+ T cells represented around 30% of intrahepatic and around 3% of splenic lymphocytes and could be visualised by staining with a-GalCer-loaded mouse CD1d tetramer. Rat NKRP1A+TCR+ cells, similar to mouse NKT cells, were predominantly expressed in the liver. However, their frequency was around 5 fold lower than the frequency of mouse intrahepatic lymphocytes. F344 rat NKT cells, in contrast to mouse CD4+ or DN NK1.1+ T lymphocytes, were of CD8 rather than CD4 phenotype, and did not bind to mCD1d-a-GalCer-tetramer. Since human hepatic CD1d-restricted Va24JQ+ T cells are not as frequent as their mouse counterparts and may express CD8- a marker not expressed by mouse CD1d-restricted cells, it is possible that the phenotype of F344 rat NKT cells corresponds more to the phenotype of human than mouse NKT cells. Similar to mouse NKT cells, F344 rat liver- and spleen-derived lymphocytes were able to produce IL-4 and IFN-g; when stimulated with the synthetic ligand a-GalCer in vitro. Therefore, the lack of binding of rat lymphocytes to mouse CD1d tetramer could not be due to their inability to respond to a-GalCer. To better characterise the reactivity of rat NKRP1A+TCR+ cells to a-GalCer, the rat invariant TCR was analysed. RT-PCR of liver lymphocytes with Va14-specific primers and subsequent cloning revealed a much weaker PCR signal for rat lymphocyte cDNA than for mouse cDNA. Furthermore the analysis of rat AV14JA18 sequences showed that the rat Va14+TCR invariant could be rearranged not only with AJ18 but also with other AJ segments. The low number of clones with in frame Va14Ja18 rearrangement could suggest that only a small proportion of liver lymphocytes were CD1d restricted NKT cells. Mouse and human NKT cells are able to recognise a-GalCer presented by the CD1d-b2 microglobulin complex, leading to their activation, proliferation and cytokine secretion. In order to compare the capacity of mouse and rat CD1d to present a-GalCer, rat CD1d was cloned. Sequence analysis and functional tests in vitro confirmed the structural and functional homology of rat CD1d with mouse CD1d. In parallel, to characterise the reactivity of rat NKRP1A+TCR+ cells to a-GalCer, rat Va14+TCR invariant was cloned and expressed in the TCR- T cell hybridoma BWr/mCD28. Rat Va14TCR+CD28+ transgenic cells secreted IL-2 upon aTCR/CD3 antibody stimulation, but were not specific for a-GalCer. Such cells were also negative in staining with mCD1d-a-GalCer tetramer. The lack of reactivity to a-GalCer and the lack of binding to mouse tetramer were probably caused by amino acid alterations, particularly at position 72 (51 according to IMTG nomenclature) of cloned rat TCRinv. Reversal of these “alterations” using molecular biology techniques was performed but the expression of this TCR on the surface of BWr/mCD28 cells could not be achieved. In contrast to rat TCRinv, mouse Va14+TCR was fully functional and was specific for mouse CD1d tetramer. KT12 hybridoma and BWr/mCD28 cells expressing mouse TCRinv, when stimulated with a-GalCer presented by primary CD1d+ cells or rCD1d transgenic cell lines, produced IL-2 in an Ag- and CD1d-dependent manner. Transgenic lines expressing TCR comprising mouse Va14 and rat Vb8.4 responded to a-GalCer presented by rat and mouse CD1d, and bound mCD1 tetramer. By contrast, cell lines expressing TCR comprising mouse Va14 and rat Vb8.2 responded only to a-GalCer presented by rCD1d and bound weakly to mCD1d tetramer. This suggests that germ line encoded regions of the b-chain (CDR2 or CDR4) bind to species-specific determinants of CD1d. The cytokine secretion of the cell lines was inhibited by anti-CD80 mAb, indicating the importance of CD80-CD28 costimulation in their activation. To check whether rat NKT cells may exist in other rat strains, the frequency and functions of NKRP1A+TCR+ in F344 and LEW rat were compared. F344 and LEW, two rat strains expressing different allelic CD1d forms, varied slightly in the level of CD1d expression, as assessed by staining with a newly generated CD1d specific monoclonal antibody. By contrast, these rat strains differed in terms of a-GalCer recognition. NKRP1A+TCR+ cells were less frequent in LEW than in F344 rats, and did not respond to a-GalCer or the analogue OCH in vitro, a result which is of special interest considering the susceptibility of LEW but not F344 rats to experimentally induced organ specific autoimmune diseases. In summary, the rat and mouse CD1d-invariant TCR systems show a high degree of structural and functional homology, but it seems that invariant NKT cells in rat, similar to such cells in human, occur at lower frequency than in mice. TCR transgenic cell line species-specific patterns of CD1d a-GalCer reactivity will provide a valuable tool for the mapping of CD1d/TCR contacts. Also monoclonal antibodies specific for rat and mouse CD1d, generated in this study, provide valuable tools to determine CD1d protein expression in various rat tissues and will help to better characterise functions of CD1d-restricted rat T cells.
The role of DNA supercoiling in the coordinated regulation of gene expression in Helicobacter pylori
(2004)
Summary Mechanisms of global gene regulation in bacteria are not well characterized yet. Changes in global or local supercoiling of chromosomal DNA are thought to play a role in global gene silencing and gene activation. In Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium with few dedicated transcriptional regulators, the structure of some promoters indicates a dependency on DNA topology. For example, the promoter of the major flagellar subunit gene flaA (ó28-dependent) has a shorter spacing of 13 nucleotides (nt) in comparison to the consensus promoter (15 nt). Supercoiling changes might be a mechanism of gene-specific and global transcriptional regulation in this bacterium. The aim of this study was to elucidate, if changes in global supercoiling have an influence on global gene regulation in H. pylori, and on the temporal regulation of the flagellar biosynthesis pathway in this organism. In the present work, global DNA supercoiling in H. pylori was visualized for the first time, by determining the supercoiling state of plasmids under different growth conditions. Using this method, we showed that cellular supercoiling was clearly growth phase-dependent in H. pylori. Coinciding with increased supercoiling during the growth phases, transcription of the flaA gene was increased, while the transcription of a second ó28-dependent gene with regular promoter spacing (HP0472) was reduced, supporting the hypothesis that growth phase-dependency of promoters might be mediated by changes of DNA topology. Supercoiling in H. pylori could be influenced in a reproducible fashion by inhibition of gyrase using novobiocin, which led to DNA relaxation and to a concomitant decrease of flaA transcript levels. Promoter spacer mutagenesis of the flaA promoter was performed. With flaA promoters of increased or reduced length, transcription of flaA was reduced, less susceptible to supercoiling changes, and, under specific conditions, inverted as compared to the wild type promoter. Transcriptional interdependence between the coupled topA-flaB genes and flaA was found by analysis of the flaA promoter mutants. Chromosomally linked gyrA-flgR, and topA-flaB genes were all dependent on supercoiling and coregulated with each other. Comprehensive transcript profiling (DNA microarrays) of wildtype H. pylori with and without novobiocin treatment identified a number of genes (10% of total genes), including flagellin, virulence and housekeeping genes, which were strongly dependent on and appeared to be synchronized by supercoiling changes (transcriptional up- or downregulation). These findings indicate a tightly coupled temporal regulation of flagellar biogenesis and metabolism in H. pylori, dependent on global supercoiling. A specific group of genes was also regulated in H. pylori by overexpression of Topoisomerase I, as detected by genome-wide analysis (DNA microarray). The DNA-bending protein HU is thought to be responsible for influencing the negative supercoiling of DNA, through its ability to wrap DNA. HU is encoded by the hup single gene in H. pylori, and constitutively expressed during the whole growth curve. An H. pylori hup mutant was constructed. H. pylori cells lacking HU protein were viable, but exhibited a severe growth defect. Our data indicate that the lack of HU dramatically changes global DNA supercoiling, indicating an important function of HU in chromosome structuring in H. pylori. Transcriptome analyses were performed and demonstrated that a total of 66 genes were differentially transcribed upon hup deletion, which include virulence genes and many other cell functions. The data indicate that HU might act as further important global regulator in H. pylori. Increased gene expression of heat shock proteins and a decreased transcription of the urease gene cluster may indicate a co-ordinated response of H. pylori to changes of environmental conditions in its specific ecological niche, mediated by HU. After the whole genomic sequences of H. pylori strains 26695 and J99 were published, two ORFs (HP0116 and HP0440) were presumptively annotated as topoisomerase I orthologs. HP0116 is the functional H. pylori topoisomerase I (TopA). HP0440 (topA2) was found in only few (5 of 43) strains. Western blot analysis indicated that TopA2 is antigenically different from TopA. TopA2 is transcribed in H. pylori, but the protein must be functionally different from TopA, since it is lacking one functionally essential zinc finger motif, and was not able to functionally complement a TopA-deficient E. coli. Like topA, topA2 was also transcribed in a growth phase-dependent manner. We did not find a function of TopA2 in DNA structuring or topology, but, in the present study, we were able for the first time to establish a unique function for TopA2 in global gene regulation, by comprehensive transcriptome analysis (DNA microarray). Transcriptome analysis showed that a total of 46 genes were differentially regulated upon topA2 deletion, which included flagellar genes and urease genes. These results suggest that TopA2 might act as a novel important regulator of both flagellar biosynthesis and urease in H. pylori.
Summary Using the facultative root hemiparasite Rhinanthus minor and Hordeum vulgare as a host, several aspects of water relations, the flows and partitioning of mineral nutrients, the flows, depositions and metabolism of abscisic acid (ABA) and zeatin type cytokinins (zeatin Z, zeatin riboside ZR, zeatin nucleotide ZN) within the host, the parasite and between host and parasite and the flows and partitioning of the transport metabolites mannitol in the parasite, and of sucrose in the host, have been studied during the study period 41 to 54 days after planting, i.e about 30 to 43 days after successful attachment of the parasite to the host. Water relations Extraction of xylem sap by the parasite from the host’s roots is facilitated by considerably higher transpiration per leaf area in the parasite than in the host and by the fact that stomata of attached Rhinanthus were wide open all day and night despite extremely high ABA concentrations in the leaves. By comparison, another related root hemiparasite, Melampyrum arvense, parasitising on various grasses in the field (botanic garden), showed normal diurnal stomatal behaviour. The abnormal behaviour of Rhinanthus stomata was not due to anatomical reasons as closure could be induced by applying high external ABA concentrations. Remarkable differences have been detected between the hydraulic conductance of barley seminal roots showing relatively low values, and that of Rhinanthus the seminal root showing very high values. The latter could be related to the observed high ABA concentrations in these roots. Whole plant water uptake, transpirational losses, growth-dependent deposition and the flows of water within the plants have been measured in singly growing Rhinanthus and Hordeum plants and in the parasitic association between the two. Water uptake, deposition and transpiration in Rhinanthus were dramatically increased after attachment to the barley host; most of the water used by the parasite was extracted as xylem sap from the host, thereby scavenging 20% of the total water taken up by the host’s roots. This water uptake by the parasitised host, however, due to a parasite induced reduction in the hosts growth, was decreased by 22% as compared to non- parasitised barley. The overall changes in growth-related water deposition in host and parasite pointed to decreased shoot and relatively favoured root growth in the host and to strongly favoured shoot growth and less strongly increased root growth only in the parasite. These changes in the host became more severe, when more than one Rhinanthus was parasitising one barley plant. Mineral nutrients relations 5 mM NO3- supply In parasitising Rhinanthus shoot growth was 12-fold, but root growth only twofold increased compared to the non-parasitising (very small) plants. On the other hand, in the Hordeum host, shoot dry matter growth was clearly reduced, by 33% in leaf laminae and by 52% in leaf sheaths, whereas root growth was only slightly reduced as a consequence of parasitism. Growth-dependent increments of total N and P and of K, Ca and Mg in parasitising Rhinanthus shoot were strongly increased, particularly increments of total N and P, which were 18 and 42 times, respectively, higher than in the small solitary Rhinanthus. On the other hand, increments of the above mineral nutrients in leaf sheaths of parasitised Hordeum vulgare were more strongly decreased than in leaf laminae in response to parasitic attack. Estimation of the flows of nutrients revealed that Rhinanthus withdrew from the host xylem sap about the same percentage of each nutrients: 18% of total N, 22% of P and 20% of K. Within the host almost all net flows of nutrient ions were decreased due to parasitism, but retranslocation from shoot to root-as related to xylem flow-was somewhat increased for all nutrients. Quantitative information is provided to show that the substantially increased growth in the shoot of attached Rhinanthus and the observed decrease in Hordeum shoot growth after infection were related to strongly elevated supply of nitrogen and phosphorus in the parasite and to incipient deficiency of these nutrients in the parasitised host. The flows of nutrients between host and parasite are discussed in terms of low selectivity of nutrient abstraction from the host xylem by the hemiparasite Rhinanthus minor. 1 mM NO3- or 1 mM NH4+ supply Rhinanthus shoot growth as measured by dry matter increase, was 19-fold (1 mM NO3-) and 15-fold (1 mM NH4+), but root growth only twofold (1 mM NO3-) and 2.9-fold (1 mM NH4+) increased-relative to singly growing Rhinanthus-when parasitising on host barley. In the Hordeum host, shoot dry matter growth was clearly reduced, whereas root growth was only slightly affected. Growth-dependent increments of total N and P and of K, Ca and Mg in parasitising Rhinanthus shoot were strongly increased, particularly increments of total N or of P, which were 20 or 53 times (1 mM NO3-) and 18 or 51 times (1 mM NH4+) , respectively, higher than those in solitary Rhinanthus. Within the host almost all net flows of nutrient ions were decreased due to parasitism. Flows of mannitol in parasite and sucrose flows in host barley When the plants were supplied with 5 mM NO3-, the biosynthesis of mannitol in Rhinanthus shoots increased 16-fold by parasitism, resulting in a 15-fold higher mannitol flow in the phloem and a 10-fold higher deposition in the shoot. Also the backward transport of mannitol in the xylem were increased 10-fold after attachment. Lower level nitrogen supply increased the deposition of mannitol in both single and attached Rhinanthus shoot and root. No mannitol was found in barley roots even in the direct vicinity of the haustoria. This indicates there are no backward transport of xylem sap from parasite to host. Compared to unparasitised barley, the net biosynthesis and deposition of sucrose in the shoot and the phloem flow was decreased substantially when plants were supplied with 5 mM NO3- or 1 mM NO3-. No sucrose has been detected in barley xylem sap and consequently there was no indication of a sucrose transfer from the host to the parasite. A possible involvement of mannitol in the abscisic acid relations of the parasite is discussed. ABA relations When the plants were supplied with 5 mM NO3-, there were weak or no effects of parasitism on ABA flows, biosynthesis and ABA degradation in barley. However, ABA growth-dependent deposition was significantly increased in the leaf laminae (3 fold) and in leaf sheath (2.4 fold), but not in roots. Dramatic changes in ABA flows, metabolism and deposition on a per plant basis, however, have been observed in Rhinanthus. Biosynthesis in the roots was 12-fold higher after attachment resulting in 14-fold higher ABA flows in the xylem. A large portion of this ABA was metabolised, a small portion was deposited. Phloem flows of ABA were increased 13-fold after attachment. The concentrations of ABA in tissues and xylem sap were higher in attached Rhinanthus by an order of magnitude than in host tissues and xylem sap. Similar dramatic difference existed when comparing the high concentrations in the xylem sap of single Rhinanthus with unparasitised barley. As compared to 5 mM NO3-, lower NO3- or 1 mM NH4+ supply doubled the ABA concentrations in barley leaf laminae, while having only small or no significant effects in the other organs. The possible special functions of ABA for the parasite are discussed. Zeatin type cytokinins relations Parasitism decreased, in the case of zeatin (Z), the synthesis (by 57%) in the root, xylem flows (by 56%) and metabolism (by 71%) in leaf laminae, however, increased the phloem flows of zeatin massively (3-fold) in host barley. The deposition of zeatin in the root of Rhinanthus and the flowing in xylem and phloem were 24, 12, 29-fold, respectively, increased after successfully attaching to the host barley. However, net biosynthesis of zeatin in Rhinanthus roots decreased by 39% after attachment. This indicates that a large portion (70%) of xylem flow of zeatin in attached Rhinanthus was extracted from the host. In singly growing Rhinanthus plants, the balance of zeatin deposition in the shoot was negative, i.e. zeatin was metabolised and exported back to root in the phloem. The xylem flows of zeatin riboside (ZR) in barley decreased by 39% after infected by Rhinanthus; phloem flow, which was 117% relative to xylem flow was less decreased (by 13%) after infection. Deposition of ZR has not been significantly affected in the leaf laminae, in leaf sheaths and roots. After parasitising on the host barley depositions in root, xylem flow and phloem flow increased 12, 18, 88–fold respectively in Rhinanthus. A large portion (57%) of xylem flow of ZR in attached Rhinanthus was extracted from the host. In single Rhinanthus increament of shoot zeatin riboside was negative and a substantial portion was degraded in shoot and the rest was retranslocated back to the root in the phloem. A significant depositions of Z and ZR were detected in the haustoria of the Rhinanthus/barley association. Flows and deposition of zeatin nucleotides also have been investigated. The possible physiological functions of the large quantities of Z and ZR derived from the host barley, for the improved growth and the stomatal opening in the parasitising Rhinanthus are discussed.
The availability of coherent soft x-rays through the nonlinear optical process of high-harmonic generation allows for the monitoring of the fastest events ever observed in the laboratory. The attosecond pulses produced are the fundamental tool for the time-resolved study of electron motion in atoms, molecules, clusters, liquids and solids in the future. However, in order to exploit the full potential of this new tool it is necessary to control the coherent soft x-ray spectra and to enhance the efficiency of conversion from laser light to the soft x-ray region in the harmonic-generation process. This work developed a comprehensive approach towards the optimization of the harmonic generation process. As this process represents a fundamental example of \emph{light}--\emph{matter} interaction there are two ways of controlling it: Shaping the generating laser \emph{light} and designing ideal states of \emph{matter} for the conversion medium. Either of these approaches was closely examined. In addition, going far beyond simply enhancing the conversion process it could be shown that the qualitative spectral response of the process can be modified by shaping the driving laser pulse. This opens the door to a completely new field of research: Optimal quantum control in the attosecond soft x-ray region---the realm of electron dynamics. In the same way as it is possible to control molecular or lattice vibrational dynamics with adaptively shaped femtosecond laser pulses these days, it will now be feasible to perform real-time manipulation of tightly bound electron motion with adaptively shaped attosecond light fields. The last part of this work demonstrated the capability of the herein developed technique of coherent soft-x-ray spectral shaping, where a measured experimental feedback was used to perform a closed-loop optimization of the interaction of shaped soft x-ray light with a sulfur hexafluoride molecule to arrive at different control objectives. For the optimization of the high-harmonic-generation process by engineering the conversion medium, both the gas phase and the liquid phase were explored both in experiment and theory. Molecular media were demonstrated to behave more efficiently than commonly used atomic targets when elliptically polarized driving laser pulses are applied. Theory predicted enhancement of harmonic generation for linearly polarized driving fields when the internuclear distance is increased. Reasons for this are identified as the increased overlap of the returning electron wavefunction due to molecular geometry and the control over the delocalization of the initial electronic state leading to less quantum-mechanical spreading of the electron wavepacket during continuum propagation. A new experimental scheme has been worked out, using the method of molecular wavepacket generation as a tool to enhance the harmonic conversion efficiency in `pump--drive' schemes. The latter was then experimentally implemented in the study of high-harmonic generation from water microdroplets. A transition between the dominant laser--soft-x-ray conversion mechanisms could be observed, identifying plasma-breakdown as the fundamental limit of high-density high-harmonic generation. Harmonics up to the 27th order were observed for optimally laser-prepared water droplets. To control the high-harmonic generation process by the application of shaped laser light fields a laser-pulse shaper based on a deformable membrane mirror was built. Pulse-shape optimization resulted in increased high-harmonic generation efficiency --- but more importantly the qualitative shape of the spectral response could be significantly modified for high-harmonic generation in waveguides. By adaptive optimization employing closed-loop strategies it was possible to selectively generate narrow (single harmonics) and broad bands of harmonic emission. Tunability could be demonstrated both for single harmonic orders and larger regions of several harmonics. Whereas any previous experiment reported to date always produced a plateau of equally intense harmonics, it has been possible to demonstrate ``untypical'' harmonic soft x-ray spectra exhibiting ``switched-off'' harmonic orders. The high degree of controllability paves the way for quantum control experiments in the soft x-ray spectral region. It was also demonstrated that the degree of control over the soft x-ray shape depends on the high-harmonic generation geometry. Experiments performed in the gas jet could not change the relative emission strengths of neighboring harmonic orders. In the waveguide geometry, the relative harmonic yield of neighboring orders could be modified at high contrast ratios. A simulation based solely on the single atom response could not reproduce the experimentally observed contrast ratios, pointing to the importance of propagation (phase matching) effects as a reason for the high degree of controllability observed in capillaries, answering long-standing debates in the field. A prototype experiment was presented demonstrating the versatility of the developed soft x-ray shaping technique for quantum control in this hitherto unexplored wavelength region. Shaped high-harmonic spectra were again used in an adaptive feedback loop experiment to control the gas-phase photodissociation reaction of SF$_6$ molecules. A time-of-flight mass spectrometer was used for the detection of the ionic fragments. The branching ratios of particular fragmentation channels could be varied by optimally shaped soft x-ray light fields. Although in one case only slight changes of the branching ratio were possible, an optimal solution was found, proving the sufficient technical stability of this unique coherent soft-x-ray shaping method for future applications in optimal control. Active shaping of the spectral amplitude in coherent spectral regions of $\sim$10~eV bandwidth was shown to directly correspond to shaping the temporal features of the emerging soft x-ray pulses on sub-femtosecond time scales. This can be understood by the dualism of frequency and time with the Fourier transformation acting as translator. A quantum-mechanical simulation was used to clarify the magnitude of temporal control over the shape of the attosecond pulses produced in the high-harmonic-generation process. In conjunction with the experimental results, the first attosecond time-scale pulse shaper could thus be demonstrated in this work. The availability of femtosecond pulse shapers opened the field of adaptive femtosecond quantum control. The milestone idea of closed-loop feedback control to be implemented experimentally was expressed by Judson and Rabitz in their seminal work titled ``Teaching lasers to control molecules''. This present work extends and turns around this statement. Two fundamentally new achievements can now be added, which are ``Teaching molecules to control laser light conversion'' and ``Teaching lasers to control coherent soft x-ray light''. The original idea thus enabled the leap from femtosecond control of molecular dynamics into the new field of attosecond control of electron motion to be explored in the future. The \emph{closed}-loop approach could really \emph{open} the door towards fascinating new perspectives in science. Coming back to the introduction in order to close the loop, let us reconsider the analogy to the general chemical reaction. Photonic reaction control was presented by designing and engineering effective media (catalysts) and controlling the preparation of educt photons within the shaped laser pulses to selectively produce desired photonic target states in the soft x-ray spectral region. These newly synthesized target states in turn could be shown to be effective in the control of chemical reactions. The next step to be accomplished will be the control of sub-femtosecond time-scale electronic reactions with adaptively controlled coherent soft x-ray photon bunches. To that end a time-of-flight high-energy photoelectron spectrometer has recently been built, which will now allow to directly monitor electronic dynamics in atomic, molecular or solid state systems. Fundamentally new insights and applications of the nonlinear interaction of shaped attosecond soft x-ray pulses with matter can be expected from these experiments.
This thesis is concerned with the development of an on-line in-situ device for a chemical characterisation of flowing aerosols. The thesis describes the principles and most important features of such a system, allowing also on-line measurements using Raman spectroscopy as a diagnostic technique An analysis of the effect of forced oscillations on the motion of the particle dispersed in a gas flow is given in Chapter 2. Also the most important particle parameters are introduced. A review of the particle/fluid interaction in laminar air flows and the response of the particle is presented. In Chapter 3 the behaviour of the particle under different external conditions (ion bombardment and electric fields) is extended. A brief review of the most important particle charging theories (diffusion, field, and alternating potential charging) shows, that the effect of the electrical properties (represented by the dielectric constant) of the particles affects the charging process. A non-contact method for particle charge measurement was also presented. In the second part of the chapter, the interaction between the electric field and the charged particle for the purpose of particle trapping is illustrated. The most common systems like the two or four ring electrodynamic balance and the quadrupole trap are pointed out. In Chapter 4 a short review of the possibility of using scattered light to study aerosol particles is presented. First, the conditions and the facilities of using the Mie theory for particle size and refractive index determination are mentioned, then some features concerning the classical treatment of the Raman effect are presented Supported by the theoretical considerations exposed in Chapter 2, 3, and 4 the construction and the tests of different devices are presented in Chapter 5. Following the goal of the thesis, first an overview of the used materials and methods for particle generation is presented. Then, the constructed charging devices are described (from the mechanical and electrical point of view) and compared by measuring the acquired charge on the particle. Charged particles can be trapped in different containers. Two types of axially symmetric electrodynamic balances (two ring or an extended four ring configuration) were presented. For a deeper understanding these systems were studied using analytic and numerical methods. Considering the presented purpose of the work another type of trapping system has been developed, namely the quadrupole trap. A similar theoretical characterisation (in term’s of Mathieu equation) as for the electrodynamic balance was presented pointing out some specific features of this system. The incoming particle stream will be focused to the centre of the system simultaneously also the applied DC and AC potential onto the tube electrodes, yields a stable trapping of one or more particles. Chapter 6 consists of two parts: the system for single particle and for many particles investigation. The individual devices presented in Chapter 5 are now put together. The first part presents the method and the experimental realisation of a set-up for solid particle injection. In order to suppress the phase injection disadvantage found for the electrodynamic balance a developed program processes the information obtained from a particle cloud through an adequate electronic detection system, and reduces the number of particles until just one single particle is trapped. The method for one particle investigation can be extended for many particles. Using the presented set-up the particles are moved from one quadrupole to another and transformed from a particle cloud to a particle stream. A linearity between an external vertical mounted detector and the formed image of the particle stream on the CCD camera has been observed and used for simultaneous detection of many particles by Raman spectroscopy. For both methods Raman results are presented. One limitation of Raman Spectroscopy is the relatively long integration time needed for adequate signal-to-noise ratio. There are two factors which influence the integration time: first the incident radiation and the detector sensitivity, and second the intensity of the Raman bands. Using a CCD detector, the desired detector sensitivity should be achieved. So, the improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio should be the next goal in the system development. In order to reduce the integration time an optical system including optic fibres and the integration of an FT-Raman module operating in the visible region is planed. The goal of this work was to develop and construct an instrument for on-line in-situ single particle investigation by Raman spectroscopy. With the presented experimental set-up and the developed program the purpose of the work, the on-line in-situ near atmospheric pressure aerosol investigation was achieved. The Raman spectroscopy has been used successfully for a chemical characterisation of the aerosol particles.
The success of diagnostic knowledge systems has been proved over the last decades. Nowadays, intelligent systems are embedded in machines within various domains or are used in interaction with a user for solving problems. However, although such systems have been applied very successfully the development of a knowledge system is still a critical issue. Similarly to projects dealing with customized software at a highly innovative level a precise specification often cannot be given in advance. Moreover, necessary requirements of the knowledge system can be defined not until the project has been started or are changing during the development phase. Many success factors depend on the feedback given by users, which can be provided if preliminary demonstrations of the system can be delivered as soon as possible, e.g., for interactive systems validation the duration of the system dialog. This thesis motivates that classical, document-centered approaches cannot be applied in such a setting. We cope with this problem by introducing an agile process model for developing diagnostic knowledge systems, mainly inspired by the ideas of the eXtreme Programming methodology known in software engineering. The main aim of the presented work is to simplify the engineering process for domain specialists formalizing the knowledge themselves. The engineering process is supported at a primary level by the introduction of knowledge containers, that define an organized view of knowledge contained in the system. Consequently, we provide structured procedures as a recommendation for filling these containers. The actual knowledge is acquired and formalized right from start, and the integration to runnable knowledge systems is done continuously in order to allow for an early and concrete feedback. In contrast to related prototyping approaches the validity and maintainability of the collected knowledge is ensured by appropriate test methods and restructuring techniques, respectively. Additionally, we propose learning methods to support the knowledge acquisition process sufficiently. The practical significance of the process model strongly depends on the available tools supporting the application of the process model. We present the system family d3web and especially the system d3web.KnowME as a highly integrated development environment for diagnostic knowledge systems. The process model and its activities, respectively, are evaluated in two real life applications: in a medical and in an environmental project the benefits of the agile development are clearly demonstrated.
One primary source for self-knowledge is social comparison. Often objective criteria for self-evaluations are not available or useful and therefore comparisons with other people play a crucial role in self-evaluations. But the question is whether social comparisons could indeed provide information about the self without consuming too much cognitive resources or time. Therefore, in this research I wanted to look at practice effects in social comparison and the particular significance of routine standards. Whereas traditional research on standard selection mostly focused on goal-oriented and strategic standard selection processes, this research sets out to integrate social cognitive knowledge, ideas, and methods. Researchers from many different fields agree that people’s behavior and thinking is not fully determined by rational choices or normative considerations. Quite the contrary, factors like knowledge accessibility, habits, procedural practice, stereotyping, categorization, and many more cognitive processes play an important role. The same may be true in social comparison and standard selection. In my research I demonstrate that efficiency concerns play an important role in social comparison. Since people may not be able to engage in a strategic standard selection whenever they engage in social comparison processes, there has to be a more efficient alternative. Using routine standards would be such an alternative. The efficiency advantage of routine standards may thereby be founded not only in the abandonment of a strategic but arduous standard selection process, but also in a higher efficiency of the comparison process itself. I therefore set out to show how the use of routine standards facilitates the social comparison processes. This was done in three steps. First, I replicated and improved our former research (Mussweiler & Rüter, 2003, JPSP) indicating that people really do use their best friends as routine standards to evaluate themselves. Second, I demonstrated that it is more efficient to compare with a routine standard than with another standard. In Studies 2 and 3 I therefore show that comparisons between the self and a routine standard (either a natural routine standard like the best friend or a experimentally induced routine standard based on practice) are faster and more efficient than comparisons with other standards. Finally, I looked at the underlying mechanism of the efficiency advantage of routine standards. The results of Studies 4 and 5 point out, that both general as well as specific practice effects occur with repeated comparisons. Whereas a specific practice effect implies the repeated processing of the same content (i.e., knowledge about the routine standard), general practice effects indicate that the pure process (i.e., comparing the self with a routine standard) becomes more efficient regardless whether new content (i.e., comparison relevant knowledge) has to be processed. Taken together, the efficiency advantage of routine standards during self-evaluation is based not only on the lack of necessity for an arduous standard selection, but is additionally supported by the facilitation of the comparison process itself. The efficiency of routine standards may provide an explanation as to why people base self-evaluations on comparisons with these standards and dispense with strategic considerations to select the most suitable standard.
Cellular proliferation, differentiation and survival in response to extracellular signals are controlled by the signal transduction pathway of Ras, Raf and MAP kinase. The Raf proteins are serine/threonine kinases with essential function in growth/differentiation/survival - related signal transduction events. In mammals, three functional (A-, B-, and C-Raf) genes were described. Biochemical studies suggest overlapping and differential utilization of Raf isozymes. However, the frequent co-expression of Raf isozymes and their multiple activators and effectors impedes the full understanding of their specific roles. The elucidation of these roles is important due to the involvement of the Ras/Raf/MEK/MAP kinase cascade in human disorders especially in tumor development and progression. B-Raf was shown to posses the strongest kinase activity among Raf kinases and display antiapoptotic properties. Mice deficient in B-Raf show overall growth retardation and die between E10.5 and E12.5 of vascular defects caused by excessive death of differentiated endothelial cells. To elucidate the redundancy of Raf isozymes during embryonic development and to rescue B-Raf-/- (KO) phenotype, B-Raf alleles were disrupted by introducing A-Raf cDNA under the control of endogenous B-Raf promoter. The resulting BRaf A-Raf/A-Raf (KIN) phenotype depends on genetic background. The living embryos displaying normal development but size reduction were found with low incidence at E12.5d-16.5d. All of them displayed the rescue of vascular system. One adult p20 mouse without any visible defects in development and behavior was obtained. On the other hand, the processes of neurogenesis and neural precursors migration in survived embryos were disturbed which led in some cases to underdevelopment of different brain compartments. TUNEL and cell proliferation (PCNA staining) assays revealed more apoptotic (E13.5d) and less proliferating(E12.5d cells within ventricular and sub-ventricular zones of brain ventricles and in striatum of KIN embryos. In addition, more apoptotic cells were detected in many other tissues of E13.5d and in lung of E16.5d KIN embryos but not in adult KIN mouse. p20 KIN mouse demonstrated reduced fraction of neural precursor cells in sub-granular zone of hippocampus and mature neurons in olfactory bulb. The other processes of neurogenesis were not disturbed in adult KIN animal. Fibroblasts obtained from KIN embryos demonstrated less proliferative ability and were more susceptible to apoptotic stimuli compared to WT. This was accompanied by the reduction of active ERK and Akt required for survival, and with decrease of inactive phosphorylated BAD. The kinetic of both ERK and Akt phosphorylation upon serum stimulation was delayed. All these data indicate that moderate A-Raf kinase activity can prevent the endothelial apoptosis but is not enough to completely rescue the other developmental consequences.
The development and in-depth characterization of new fluoroaryl functionalized ORMOCER® materials (inorganic-organic hybrid polymers) for optical waveguide applications in telecommunication is presented. The preparation of the materials included precursor silane synthesis, hydrolysis/polycondensation of organoalkoxysilane mixtures, and photolithographic processing of the resulting oligosiloxane resins in order to establish the inorganic-organic hybrid network. During all stages of ORMOCER® preparation, structure-property relations were deduced from characterization data, particularly with respect to low optical loss in the important near-infrared spectral region as well as refractive index. With the aid of molecular modeling, structural characteristics of oligomeric intermediates were visualized, which was found valuable in the fundamental understanding of the material class. The material development started with the syntheses of a variety of commercially unavailable fluorinated and unfluorinated arylalkoxysilanes by means of Grignard and hydrosilylation pathways, respectively. A survey of silane optical properties, particularly their absorptions at the telecom wavelengths 1310 nm and 1550 nm, gave an impulse to the choice of suitable precursors for the preparation of low-loss ORMOCER® resins. Accordingly, precursor silane mixtures and hydrolysis/polycondensation reaction conditions were chosen and optimized with regard to low contents of C-H and Si-OH functions. Thus, absorptions as low as 0.04 dB/cm at 1310 nm and 0.18 dB/cm at 1550 nm, respectively, could be obtained from an oligosiloxane resin based on pentafluorophenyltrimethoxysilane (1) mixed with pentafluorophenyl(vinyl)-dimethoxysilane (5). In order to improve the organic crosslinkability under photolithographic processing conditions, further resins on the basis of the aforementioned were prepared, which additionally incorporated the styrene-analogous precursor 4-vinyltetrafluorophenyl-trimethoxysilane (4). Thus, ORMOCER® resins with low optical losses of 0.28 dB/cm at 1310 nm and 0.42 dB/cm at 1550 nm, respectively, were prepared, which exhibited excellent photopatternability. The manufacture of micropatterns such as optical waveguide structures by UV-photolithography under clean room conditions was the final stage of material synthesis. The optimization of processing parameters allowed the preparation of test patterns for the determination of optical, dielectrical and mechanical properties. A low optical loss of 0.51 dB/cm at 1550 nm could be measured on a waveguide manufactured from a photopatternable fluoroaryl functionalized ORMOCER®. The structural characterization of liquid resins as well as cured ORMOCER® samples was accomplished chiefly with solution and solid state 29Si-NMR spectroscopy, respectively. Particularly for polycondensates incorporating species based on more than one precursor silane, the spectra showed a high degree of complexity. An additional challenge arouse from the partial loss of fluoroaryl groups during ORMOCER® condensation and curing, which resulted in even more condensation products. Thus, in order to provide a basis for resin analysis, first the hydrolysis/condensation reactions of the isolated precursors were investigated under reaction time-resolution with NMR spectroscopy at low temperature. Backed by signal assignments in these single-precursor systems, the respective species could also be identified in the complex resin spectra, allowing for their quantitative interpretation. The structural characterization was rounded out by IR spectroscopy and SAXS analyses. With the help of molecular modeling, the experimental data were finally transferred into a three-dimensional image of an organosiloxane oligomer, which is representative for a photopatternable fluoroaryl functionalized ORMOCER® resin. The combination of low-temperature NMR, which made the characterization of polycondensates possible, with oligomer modeling paved the way to a further understanding of ORMOCER® resin systems. On the basis of this visualization of structural characteristics, e.g. properties such as organic crosslinkability of oligomers were discussed in the light of steric features within the molecular structure. Thus, new possibilities were established for the systematic optimization of ORMOCER® formulations. Structure-property relations with respect to optical loss and refraction, as determined within this work, follow trends, which are in accordance with the literature. Particularly the direct comparison of data derived from analogous fluorinated and unfluorinated ORMOCER® resins showed that fluorination results in significant decrease in NIR optical loss. Additionally, different unfluorinated aryl functionalized systems with varying aliphatic C-H content were compared. In case of a lower aliphatic content, a widening effect on the 1310 nm window was found. This is due to a shift of arylic C-H vibrations (1145 nm) towards lower wavelengths compared to aliphatic C-H (1188 nm). Finally, on the basis of NIR spectra of analogous fluorinated resins with low and high silanol content, respectively, a significant impact of (Si)O-H groups on the 1550 nm window was demonstrated, while the 1310 nm window was unaffected. This is due to O-H vibrations with a maximum at 1387 nm and further bands at higher wavelength. The index of refraction was drastically lowered due to fluorination. Thus, the analogous fluorinated and unfluorinated ORMOCER® resins had indices of 1.497 and 1.570, respectively, in the VIS region. For the fluorinated systems, refraction did not change significantly during organic cross-connection and hardbake. In conclusion, the new fluoroaryl functionalized ORMOCER® systems represent low-loss materials for telecom applications. In addition, in-depth characterization during material development allowed the proposal of structure-property relations, particularly with respect to optical properties, which are of considerable importance for future developments.
The present work consist of two major parts. The first part, extending over chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4, addresses the design and construction of a device capable of determining the shell thickness and the core size for monolayer spherical particles in a flow. The second part containing chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, concentrate on the use of Raman spectroscopy as a space application, namely for use as a tool for in situ planetary investigations. This part directly addresses the MIRAS project, a study run under the auspices of Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF and German Aerospace Center, DLR under national registration number 50OW0103. MIRAS stands for "Mineral Investigation by in situ Raman Spectroscopy". Microcapsule Sizing by Elastic Light Scattering The industrial development of processes based on microcapsules depends on the possibility to provide clear and complete information about the properties of these microcapsules. However, the tools for an easy and efficient determination of the microcapsule properties are lacking, several methods being often required to describe adequately the microcapsule behavior. Methods for evaluating the individual size and size distribution of both the core and the shell are required together with methods for measuring the mechanical strength, stability in appli-cation media, permeability of the shell, etc. Elastic light scattering measurements provide a possible way of determining properties such as core size, shell size and refractive index. The design and con-struction of a device capable of measuring the above mentioned parameters for a core-shell particle is the subject of the first part of this thesis. The basic principle of measurement for the device proposed here consists of an-alyzing one particle at a time by recording the elastic light scattering pattern at angles between approx. 60 and 120 grad. By comparing the experimentally recorded phase functions with the previously calculated phase functions stored in a database, the geometry of the scattering object can be identified. In our case the geometry is characterized by two parameters: the shell thickness and the core radius. In chapter 2 a short overview on the methods used for sizing microparticles is given. Different sizing methods are compared, and the advantages and disadvan-tages for the general problem of sizing are shortly discussed. It is observed that all sizing methods that are based on elastic light scattering theories are ensemble methods. Chapter 3 focusses on the theories used for calculating the theoretical scattering patterns with emphasize on the Mie theory. The generalization of Mie theory for layered particles is shortly presented and the far field intensity approximations are discussed. The last chapter (4) of this first part describes the experimental approach for building an automatic microcapsule sizer. The approach started by O. Sbanski [76] with the development of a software packet for calculating and storing theoret-ical phase functions for core-shell particles was continued with the designing and construction of a measuring device. The hardware construction and the software with all implemented corrections imposed by the individual setup components are described in detail. For the laser, the monochromaticity, the intensity profile of the beam as well as the planarity of the equi-phase fronts are taken into consid-eration. The flow cell with three different designs is described, and the influences of the employed design on the light scattering patterns are discussed together with the optical system used for recording the experimental phase functions. The detection system formed by two identical linear CCD arrays is presented together with the software approach used for data acquisition. Ways of improving the quality and the speed of the analyzing process are discussed. The final section presents measurements run on samples made of homogeneous spheres and also on samples containing industrial microcapsules. Mineral Investigation by in situ Raman Spectroscopy The envisaged future planetary missions require space-born instruments, which are highly miniaturized with respect to volume and mass and which have low needs of power. A micro Raman spectrometer as a stand alone device on a planetary surface (e.g. Mars) offers a wide spectrum of possibilities. It can assess the chemical analysis via determination of the mineral composition, detect organic molecules in the soil, identify the principal mineral phases, etc. The technical developments in the last years have introduced a new generation of small Raman systems suitable for robotic mineral characterization on planetary surfaces [20, 95]. Two different types of spectrometer were considered for the MIRAS study. As supporting laboratory experiments for the MIRAS study, the measure-ments on standard minerals and on SNC Mars meteorites are discussed in chapter 6. The following SNC meteorites have been investigated: Sayh al Uhaymir 060, Dar al Gani 735, Dar al Gani 476, Northwest Africa 856, Los Angeles, Northwest Africa 1068 and Zagami. Pyrite as a hitherto undescribed phase in the picritic (olivin-phyric) shergottite NWA 1068 as well as reduced carbon (e.g. graphite) and anatase in the shergottite Say al Uhaymir 060 are new findings for this class of meteorites. A detailed description of the proposed designs for MIRAS, with the compo-nents used for building the test version on a breadboard is covered in chapter 7. The scientific as well as the mission requirements imposed on the instrument are discussed. The basic design is presented and the main components that are brought together to build the device being the laser unit, the Raman head, the Rayleigh filtering box, and the spectral sensor (spectrometer with a matching de-tector) are described. The two proposed designs, one based on an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) and the other based on a dispersive hadamard transform spectrometer are compared to each other. The actual breadboard setup with the detailed description of the components follows in Section 7.3. Further de-velopment of a Raman spectrometer for planetary investigations is proposed in combination with a microscope as part of the Extended-MIRAS project. The software developed for controlling the breadboard version of MIRAS is described in chapter 8 together with a short description of the structure of a relational database used for in house spectra management. The measuring pro-cedures and the data processing steps are presented. Spectra acquired with the MIRAS breadboard version based on the AOTF are shown in chapter 9. The final chapter addresses a rather different possibility of using Raman spectroscopy for planetary investigations. The chapter summarizes the content of four tech-nical notes that were established within the study contracted by the European Space Agency with firma Kayser-Threde in Munich concerning the possibility of applying Raman spectroscopy in the field of remote imaging.
The present thesis encompasses two parts. The first supramolecular part focuses on the development of new flexible self-assembling zwitterions as building blocks for supramolecular polymers. In the second part, the aim was to develop bioorganic receptors for amino acids and dipeptides in aqueous media. Both research projects are based on the guanidiniocarbonyl pyrrole 1 as a new efficient binding motif for the complexation of carboxylates in polar solution.A necessary requirement for the realization of these research projects was to develop an efficient and mild synthetic approach for the cationic guanidiniocarbonyl pyrroles in general. The harsh reaction conditions of the previously used method and the problematic purification of the cationic guanidinocarbonyl pyrroles so far prevented a more extensive exploration in bioorganic and supramolecular research. In the course of this work I successfully developed a new synthesis starting with mono tBoc-protected guanidine that was coupled with a benzyl protected pyrrole carboxylic acid. After deprotection of the benzyl group, a key intermediate in the newly developed synthesis, the tBoc-protected guanidinocarbonyl pyrrole acid, was obtained. This new, mild and extremely efficient synthetic approach for the introduction of acyl guanidines is now the standard procedure in our group for the preparation of both solution and solid-phase guanidiniocarbonyl pyrroles. With this facile method at hand, a new class of flexible zwitterions, in which a carboxylate is linked via an alkyl chain to a guanidiniocarbonyl pyrrole cation was synthesized. The self-aggregation and the influence of the length and therefore flexibility of the alkyl spacer on the structure and stability of the formed aggregates were studied in solution and gas phase. In solution the aggregation was studied by NMR-dilution experiments in DMSO which suggest that flexible zwitterions with n = 1, 3 and 5 form oligomers. For n = 1, highly stable helical aggregates with nanometer size are formed. In the gas phase studies the stability and the fragmentation kinetics of a series of sodiated dimeric zwitterions with n = 2, 3 and 5 were investigated. This was done by infrared multiphoton dissociation Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (IRMPD-FT-ICR-MS). These kinds of studies can be used in the future for a more directed design of supramolecular building blocks The bioorganic research part comprises three different projects. In a first project I synthesized four new arginine analogues which can be implemented in peptides as a substitute for arginine. Therefore, I developed the new multi-step synthesis shown below for these arginine analogues. As a test for their application in normal solid phase synthesis, I successfully prepared a tripeptide sequence Ala-AA1-Val (AA: arginine analogue. In a second project I studied the influence of additional ionic interactions within our binding motif. I synthesized a di-cationic and a tris-cationic receptor and evaluated the binding properties via NMR titration experiments against a variety of amino acids. Especially, the tris-cationic receptor was capable to strongly complex amino acids. The association constants were about a factor of 100 higher than those for the guanidiniocarbonyl pyrroles known so far. Even in 90 %water/10 % DMSO the association constants determined by NMR titration were extremely high with values around Kass = 2000 M-1. In the third project I developed a de-novo designed receptor for C-terminal dipeptides in a beta-sheet conformation based on molecular calculations. This receptor was studied in NMR and also UV titration experiments. In 40 % water/ 60 % DMSO the association constants were too strong to be measured by NMR titration experiments. Therefore, the complexation properties of 12 were studied by UV titration in water (with 10 % DMSO added for solubility reasons) with various dipeptides and amino acids as substrates. The data show that 12 binds dipeptides very efficiently even in water with association constants Kass > 10000 M-1, making 12 one of the most effective dipeptide receptors known so far. In contrast to that, simple amino acids are bound up to ten times less efficiently (Kass > 1000 M-1) than dipeptides. In the series of dipeptides studied the complex stability increases depending on the side chains present in the order Gly < Ala < Val which is a result of the decreasing flexibility of the peptide and the increasing hydrophobicity of the side chains. The binding properties of this receptor are superior to any other dipeptide receptor reported so far. Within my thesis I have not only developed an essential, mild and efficient synthetic approach for guanidiniocarbonyl pyrroles in general, but also a new binding motif for the complexation of amino acids 15, 11 and in addition a dipeptide receptor 12 that is superior to all dipeptides receptors known so far.
Nitric oxide production by tobacco plants and cell cultures under normal conditions and under stress
(2004)
Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous free radical involved in the regulation of diverse biochemical and physiological processes in animals. During the last decade, evidence has accumulated that NO might also play an important role as a second messenger in plants. Of special interest were observations that NO was involved in a signal chain leading to the hypersensitive response (HR) in incompatible plant-pathogen interactions. In contrast to animals, plants have probably several enzymes that may produce NO. Potential candidates are: Cytosolic nitrate reductase (NR; EC 1.6.6.1), plasma-membrane (PM)-nitrite: NO reductase (Ni:NOR), nitric oxide synthase (NOS; EC 1.14.13.39) and Xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH; EC 1.1.1.204). The major goal of this work was to quantify NO production by plants, and to identify the enzymes responsible for NO production. As a major method, NO production by tobacco leaves or cell suspensions was followed under normal, non-stress conditions, and under biotic stress, through on-line measurement of NO emission into the gas phase (chemiluminescence). Plants used were tobacco wild-type (N. tabacum cv Xanthi or cv Gatersleben), NR-free mutants grown on ammonium in order to prevent NR induction, plants grown on tungstate to inhibit synthesis of functional MoCoenzymes, and a NO-overproducing nitrite reductase (NiR)-deficient transformant. Induction of HR in tobacco leaves and in cell suspensions was achieved using the fungal peptide elicitor cryptogein. Non-elicited leaves from nitrate-grown plants showed a typical NO-emission pattern where NO-emission was low in dark, higher in the light and very high under dark-anaerobic conditions. Even at maximum rates, NO production in vivo was only a few percent of total NR activity (NRA). Consistent with that, with a solution of purified NR as a simple, “low quenching” system, NO-emission was also about 1 % of NRA. Thus, NO scavenging by leaves and stirred cell suspensions appeared small and NO-emission into purified air should give a reliable estimate of NO production. NO-emission was always high in a NiR-deficient transformant which accumulated nitrite, and NO-emission was completely absent in plants or cell suspensions which did not contain NR. Thus, in healthy plants or cell suspensions, NO-emission was exclusively due to the reduction of nitrite to NO, mainly by cytosolic NR. In addition to nitrite, cytosolic NADH appears as an important factor limiting NO production. Unexpectedly, plants (in absence of NR) were able to reduce nitrite to NO under anaerobic conditions through an unknown enzyme system that was not a MoCo-enzyme and was cyanide-sensitive. When infiltrated into leaves at nanomolar concentrations, the fungal elicitor cryptogein provoked cell death in tobacco leaves and cell suspensions. The HR could be prevented by the NO-scavengers PTIO or c-PTIO, suggesting that NO production was indeed required for the HR. However, the product of the reaction of c-PTIO with NO, c-PTI, also prevented cell death without quenching NO emission. Thus, prevention of cell death by c- PTIO is no proof for an involvement of NO. No differences were found in the HR induction between NR-free plants and/or cell suspensions and WT plants. Thus, NR appears not necessary for the HR. Further, and in contrast to literature suggestions, a continuously high NO-overproduction by a NiR-free mutant did not interfere with the development of the HR. Most surprisingly, no additional NO-emission from tobacco leaves was induced by cryptogein at any phase of the HR. In contrast, some NO-emission, paralleled by nitrite accumulation, was detected 3-6 h after cryptogein addition with nitrate grown cell suspensions, but not with NR free, ammonium- grown cells. Thus, induction of NO-emission by cryptogein appeared somehow correlated with NR and nitrite, at least in cell suspensions. But since cryptogein induced the HR even in NR-free cell suspensions, this nitrite-related NO- emission was not required for cell death. NOS inhibitors neither prevented cell death nor did they affect nitrite-dependent NO-emission. Thus, in total these data question the often proposed role of NO as a signal in the HR, and of NOS as source for NO.
The point of departure for the present work has been the following free boundary value problem for analytic functions $f$ which are defined on a domain $G \subset \mathbb{C}$ and map into the unit disk $\mathbb{D}= \{z \in \mathbb{C} : |z|<1 \}$. Problem 1: Let $z_1, \ldots, z_n$ be finitely many points in a bounded simply connected domain $G \subset \mathbb{C}$. Show that there exists a holomorphic function $f:G \to \mathbb{D}$ with critical points $z_j$ (counted with multiplicities) and no others such that $\lim_{z \to \xi} \frac{|f'(z)|}{1-|f(z)|^2}=1$ for all $\xi \in \partial G$. If $G=\mathbb{D}$, Problem 1 was solved by K?nau [5] in the case of one critical point, and for more than one critical point by Fournier and Ruscheweyh [3]. The method employed by K?nau, Fournier and Ruscheweyh easily extends to more general domains $G$, say bounded by a Dini-smooth Jordan curve, but does not work for arbitrary bounded simply connected domains. In this paper we present a new approach to Problem 1, which shows that this boundary value problem is not an isolated question in complex analysis, but is intimately connected to a number of basic open problems in conformal geometry and non-linear PDE. One of our results is a solution to Problem 1 for arbitrary simply connected domains. However, we shall see that our approach has also some other ramifications, for instance to a well-known problem due to Rellich and Wittich in PDE. Roughly speaking, this paper is broken down into two parts. In a first step we construct a conformal metric in a bounded regular domain $G\subset \mathbb{C}$ with prescribed non-positive Gaussian curvature $k(z)$ and prescribed singularities by solving the first boundary value problem for the Gaussian curvature equation $\Delta u =-k(z) e^{2u}$ in $G$ with prescribed singularities and continuous boundary data. This is related to the Berger-Nirenberg problem in Riemannian geometry, the question which functions on a surface R can arise as the Gaussian curvature of a Riemannian metric on R. The special case, where $k(z)=-4$ and the domain $G$ is bounded by finitely many analytic Jordan curves was treated by Heins [4]. In a second step we show every conformal pseudo-metric on a simply connected domain $G\subseteq \mathbb{C}$ with constant negative Gaussian curvature and isolated zeros of integer order is the pullback of the hyperbolic metric on $\mathbb{D}$ under an analytic map $f:G \to \mathbb{D}$. This extends a theorem of Liouville which deals with the case that the pseudo-metric has no zeros at all. These two steps together allow a complete solution of Problem 1. Contents: Chapter I contains the statement of the main results and connects them with some old and new problems in complex analysis, conformal geometry and PDE: the Uniformization Theorem for Riemann surfaces, the problem of Schwarz-Picard, the Berger-Nirenberg problem, Wittich's problem, etc.. Chapter II and III have preparatory character. In Chapter II we recall some basic results about ordinary differential equations in the complex plane. In our presentation we follow Laine [6], but we have reorganized the material and present a self-contained account of the basic features of Riccati, Schwarzian and second order differential equations. In Chapter III we discuss the first boundary value problem for the Poisson equation. We shall need to consider this problem in the most general situation, which does not seem to be covered in a satisfactory way in the existing literature, see [1,2]. In Chapter IV we turn to a discussion of conformal pseudo-metrics in planar domains. We focus on conformal metrics with prescribed singularities and prescribed non-positive Gaussian curvature. We shall establish the existence of such metrics, that is, we solve the corresponding Gaussian curvature equation by making use of the results of Chapter III. In Chapter V we show that every constantly curved pseudo-metric can be represented as the pullback of either the hyperbolic, the euclidean or the spherical metric under an analytic map. This is proved by using the results of Chapter II. Finally we give in Chapter VI some applications of our results. [1,2] Courant, H., Hilbert, D., Methoden der Mathematischen Physik, Erster/ Zweiter Band, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1931/1937. [3] Fournier, R., Ruscheweyh, St., Free boundary value problems for analytic functions in the closed unit disk, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. (1999), 127 no. 11, 3287-3294. [4] Heins, M., On a class of conformal metrics, Nagoya Math. J. (1962), 21, 1-60. [5] K?nau, R., L?gentreue Randverzerrung bei analytischer Abbildung in hyperbolischer und sph?ischer Geometrie, Mitt. Math. Sem. Giessen (1997), 229, 45-53. [6] Laine, I., Nevanlinna Theory and Complex Differential Equations, de Gruyter, Berlin - New York, 1993.
The experimental work of this thesis addresses the questions of whether established cell lines injected into murine blastocysts find their way back home and seed preferentially at the site of their origin. Furthermore, can they change their fate and differentiate to unrelated cell types when exposed to the embryonic environment. This survey was based on the fact that different cell lines have different potentials in developing embryos, dependent on their cellular identity. The cell lines used in this survey were AGM region-deriving DAS 104-4, DAS 104-8 cells, yolk sac-deriving YSE cells and bone marrow-deriving FDCP mix cells. These cells were injected into mouse blastocysts. Donor cells were traced in developing embryos via specific markers. Analysis of the embryos revealed that DAS cells are promiscuous in their seeding pattern, since they were found in all analysed tissues with similar frequencies. YSE cells showed preferences in seeding yolk sac and liver. YSE donor cells in chimaeric tissues were not able to change their immuno-phenotype, indicating that they did not change their destiny. Analysis of adult mice did not reveal any of YSE-derived cells donor contribution. In contrast, FDCP mix cells mostly engrafted haematopoietic tissues, although the embryos analysed by in situ hybridization had donor signals frequently in cartilage primordia, heads, and livers. Analysis of whether FDCPmix-derived cells found in foetal livers were of haematopoietic or hepatocytes nature showed that progeny of injected FDCP mix cells do not differentiate into cells that express a hepatocyte-specific marker. Further analysis showed that FDCPmix-derived donor cells found in brain express neural or haematopoietic markers. In order to reveal if they transdifferentiate to neurons or fuse with neurons/glial cells, nuclear diameters of donor and recipient cells were determined. Comparison of the nuclear diameters of recipient and donor cells revealed no differences. Therefore this suggests that progeny of FDCP mix in brain are not fusion products. Analysis of adult mice tissues revealed that presence of FDCP mix-derived cells was the highest in brains. These results confirmed the assumption that the developmental potential of the analysed cells cannot be easily modified, even when exposed to early embryonic environment. Therefore one can conclude that the analysed cell types had different homing patterns depending on their origins.
Although the role of B-cells in autoimmunity is not completely understood, their importance in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases has been more appreciated in the past few years. It is now well known that they have roles in addition to (auto) antibody production and are involved by different mechanisms in the regulation of T-cell mediated autoimmune disorders. The evolution of an autoimmune disease is a dynamic process, which takes a course of years during which complex immunoregulatory mechanisms shape the immune repertoire until the development of clinical disease. During this course, the B-cell repertoire itself is influenced and a change in the distribution of immunoglobulin heavy and light chain genes can be observed. B-cell depletive therapies have beneficial effects in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA), highlighting also the central role of B-cells in the pathogenesis of this disease. Nevertheless, the mechanism of action is unclear. It has been hypothesised that B-cell depletion is able to reset deviated humoral immunity. Therefore we wanted to investigate if transient B-cell depletion results in changes of the peripheral B-cell receptor repertoire. To address this issue, expressed immunoglobulin genes of two patients suffering from RA were analysed; one patient for the heavy chain repertoire (patient H), one patient for the light chain repertoire (patient L). Both patients were treated with rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody that selectively depletes peripheral CD20+ B-cells for several months. The B-cell repertoire was studied before therapy and at the earliest time point after B-cell regeneration in both patients. A longer follow-up (up to 27 months) was performed in patient H who was treated a second time with rituximab after 17 months. Heavy chain gene analysis was carried out by nested-PCR on bulk DNA from peripheral B-cells using family-specific primers, followed by subcloning and sequencing. During the study, patient H received two courses of antibody treatment. B-cell depletion lasted 7 and 10 months, respectively and each time was accompanied by a clinical improvement. Anti-CD20 therapy induced two types of changes in this patient. During the early phase of B-cell regeneration, we noticed the presence of an expanded and recirculating population of highly mutated B-cells. These cells expressed very different immunoglobulin VH genes compared before therapy. They were class-switched and could be detected for a short period only. The long-term changes were more subtle. Nevertheless, characteristic changes in the VH2 family, as well as in specific mini-genes like VH3-23, 4-34 or 1-69 were noticed. Some of these genes have already been reported to be biased in autoimmune diseases. Also in autoimmune diseases, in particular in RA, clonal B-cells have been frequently found in the repertoire. B-cell depletion with anti-CD20 antibody resulted in a long term loss of clonal B-cells in patient H. Thus, temporary B-cell depletion induced significant changes in the heavy chain repertoire. For the light chain gene analysis, the repertoire changes were analysed separately for naive (CD27-) and memory (CD27+) B-cells. Individual CD19+ B-cells were sorted into CD27- and CD27+ cells and single cell RT-PCR was performed, followed by direct sequencing. During the study, patient L received one course of antibody treatment. B-cell depletion lasted 10 months and the light chain repertoire was studied before and after therapy. Before therapy, some differences in the distribution of VL and JL genes were observed between naive and memory B-cells. In particular, the predominant usage of Jk-proximal Vk genes by the CD27- naive B-cells indicated that the receptor editing was less frequent in this population compared to memory cells. In VlJl rearrangements also, some evidence for decreased receptor editing was noticed, with the overrepresentation of the Jl2/3 gene segments. The CDR3 regions of naive and memory cells showed different characteristics: the activity of the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase and exonuclease in Vl(5’) side was greater in memory cells. Also in the light chain repertoire, we observed some changes induced by the B-cell depletive therapy. There was a tendency of a less frequent usage of Jk-proximal Vk genes in the naive population. Some Vl genes, previously described in autoimmune diseases and connected to rheumatoid factor activity, such as 3p, 3r, 1g, were not found after therapy. The different characteristics of the CDR3 regions of VlJl rearrangements were not observed anymore. Very significantly, the ratio Vk to Vl was shifted toward a greater usage of Vk genes in the naive population after therapy. Taken together, these results indicate that therapeutic transient B-cell depletion by anti-CD20 antibody therapy modulates the immunoglobulin gene repertoire in the two RA patients studied. Measurable changes were observed in the heavy chain as well as in the light chain repertoire, which may be relevant to the course of the disease. This also supports the notion that the composition of the B-cell repertoire is influenced by the disease and that B-cell depletion can reset biases that are typically found in autoimmune diseases.
In the last years more than one hundred microbial genomes have been sequenced, many of them from pathogenic bacteria. The availability of this huge amount of sequence data enormously increases our knowledge on the genome structure and plasticity, as well as on the microbial diversity and evolution. In parallel, these data are the basis for the scientific “revolution” in the field of industrial and environmental biotechnology and medical microbiology – diagnostics and therapy, development of new drugs and vaccines against infectious agents. Together with the genomic approach, other molecular biological methods such as PCR, DNA-chip technology, subtractive hybridization, transcriptomics and proteomics are of increasing importance for research on infectious diseases and public health. The aim of this work was to characterize the genome structure and -content of the probiotic Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 (O6:K5:H31) and to compare these data with publicly available data on the genomes of different pathogenic and non-pathogenic E. coli strains and other closely related species. A cosmid genomic library of strain Nissle 1917 was screened for clones containing the genetic determinants contributing to the successful survival in and colonization of the human body, as well as to mediate this strain’s probiotic effect as part of the intestinal microflora. Four genomic islands (GEI I-IVNissle 1917) were identifed and characterized. They contain many known fitness determinants (mch/mcm, foc, iuc, kps, ybt), as well as novel genes of unknown function, mobile genetic elements or newly identified putative fitness-contributing factors (Sat, Iha, ShiA-homologue, Ag43-homologues). All islands were found to be integrated next to tRNA genes (serX, pheV, argW and asnT, respectively). Their structure and chromosomal localization closely resembles those of analogous islands in the genome of uropathogenic E. coli strain CFT073 (O6:K2(?):H1), but they lack important virulence genes of uropathogenic E. coli (hly, cnf, prf/pap). Evidence for instability of GEI IINissle 1917 was given, since a deletion event in which IS2 elements play a role was detected. This event results in loss of a 30 kb DNA region, containing important fitness determinants (iuc, sat, iha), and therefore probably might influence the colonization capacity of Nissle 1917 strain. In addition, a screening of the sequence context of tRNA-encoding genes in the genome of Nissle 1917 was performed to identify genome wide potential integration sites of “foreign” DNA. As a result, similar “tRNA screening patterns” have been observed for strain Nissle 1917 and for the uropathogenic E. coli O6 strains (UPEC) 536 and CFT073. I. Summary 4 The molecular reason for the semi-rough phenotype and serum sensitivity of strain Nissle 1917 was analyzed. The O6-antigen polymerase-encoding gene wzy was identified, and it was shown that the reason for the semi-rough phenotype is a frame shift mutation in wzy, due to the presence of a premature stop codon. It was shown that the restoration of the O side-chain LPS polymerization by complementation with a functional wzy gene increased serumresistance of strain Nissle 1917. The results of this study show that despite the genome similarity of the E. coli strain Nissle 1917 with the UPEC strain CFT073, the strain Nissle 1917 exhibits a specific set of geno- and phenotypic features which contribute to its probiotic action. By comparison with the available data on the genomics of different species of Enterobacteriaceae, this study contributes to our understanding of the important processes such as horizontal gene transfer, deletions and rearrangements which contribute to genome diversity and -plasticity, and which are driving forces for the evolution of bacterial variants. At last, the fim, bcs and rfaH determinats whose expression contributes to the mutlicellular behaviour and biofilm formation of E. coli strain Nissle 1917 have been characterized.
Summary The nature of the chemical bond is a topic under constant debate. What is known about individual molecular properties and functional groups is often taught and rationalized by explaining Lewis structures, which, in turn, make extensive use of the valence concept. The valence concept distinguishes between electrons, which do not participate in chemical interactions (core electrons) and those, which do (single, double, triple bonds, lone-pair electrons, etc.). Additionally, individual electrons are assigned to atomic centers. The valence concept is of paramount success: It allows the successful planning of chemical syntheses and analyses, it explains the behavior of individual functional groups, and, moreover, it provides the “language” to think of and talk about molecular structure and chemical interactions. The resounding success of the valence concept may be misleading to forget its approximative character. On the other hand, quantum mechanics provide in principle a quantitative description of all chemical phenomena, but there is no discrimination between electrons in quantum mechanics. From the quantum mechanical point of view there are only indistinguishable electrons in the field of the nuclei, i.e., it is impossible to assign a given electron to a particular center or to ascribe a particular purpose to individual electrons. The concept of indistinguishability of micro particles is founded on the Heisenberg uncertainty relation, which states, that wavepackets diverge in the 6N dimensional phase space, such that individual trajectories can not be identified. Hence it is a deep-rooted and approved physical concept. As an introduction to the present work density partitioning schemes were discussed, which divide the total molecular density into chemically meaningful areas. These partitioning schemes are intimately related to either the concepts of bound atoms in a molecule (as in the Atoms In Molecules theory (AIM) according to Bader or as in the Hirshfeld partitioning scheme) or to the concept of chemical structure in the sense of Lewis structures, which divide the total molecular density into core and valence density, where the valence density is split up again into bonding and non-bonding electron densities. Examples are early and recent loge theories, the topological analysis by means of the Electron Localization Function (ELF), and the Natural Bond Orbital (NBO) approach. Of these partitioning schemes, the theories according to Bader (AIM), to Becke and Edgecomb (ELF) and according to Weinhold (NBO and Natural Resonance Theory, NRT), respectively, were reviewed in detail critically. Points of criticism were explicated for each of the mentioned theories. Since theoretically derived electron densities are to be compared to experimentally derived densities, a brief introduction into the theory of X-ray di®raction experiments was given and the multipole formalism was introduced. The procedure of density refinement was briefly discussed. Various suggestions for improvements were developed: One strategy would be the employment of model parameters, which are to a maximum degree mutually orthogonal, with the object of minimizing correlations among the model parameters, e.g., to introduce nodal planes into the radial functions of the multipole model. A further suggestion involves the guidance of the iterative refinement procedure by an extremum principle, which states, that when di®erent solutions to the least squares minimization problem are available with about the same statistical measures of quality and with about the same residual density, then the solution is to prefer, which yields a minimum density at the bond critical point (BCP) and a maximum polarity in terms of the ratio of distances between the BCP and the nuclei. This suggestion is based on the well known fact, that the bond polarity (in terms of the ratio of distances between the BCP and the respective nuclei) is underestimated in the experiment. Another suggestion for including physical constraints is the explicit consideration of the virial theorem, e.g., by evaluating the integration of the Laplacian over the entire atomic basins and comparing this value to zero and to the value obtained from the integration of the electron gradient field over the atomic surface. The next suggestion was to explicitly use the electrostatic theorem of Feynman (often also denoted as Hellmann-Feynman theorem), which states, that the forces onto the nuclei can be calculated from the purely classical electrostatic forces of the electron distribution and the nuclei distribution. For a stationary system, these forces must add to zero. This also provides an internal quality criterion of the density model. This can be performed in an iterative way during the refinement procedure or as a test of the final result. The use of the electrostatic theorem is expected to reduce significantly correlations among static density parameters and parameters describing vibrations, since it is a valuable tool to discriminate between physically reasonable and artificial static electron densities. All of these mentioned suggestions can be applied as internal quality criteria. The last suggestion is based on the idea to initiate the experimental refinement with a set of model parameters, which is, as much as possible close to the final solution. This can be achieved by performing periodic boundary conditions calculations, from which theoretically created files are obtained, which contain the Miller indices (h, k, l) and the respective intensity I. This file is used for a model parameter estimation (refinement), which excludes vibrations. The resulting parameters can be used for the experimental refinement, where, in a first step, the density parameters are fixed to determine the parameters describing vibrations. For a fine tuning, again the electrostatic theorem and the other above mentioned suggestions could be applied. Theoretical predictions should not be biased by the method of computation. Therefore the dependence of the density analyzing tools on the level of calculation (method of calculation/basis set) and on the substituents in complex chemical bonding situations were evaluated in the second part of the present work. A number of compounds containing formal single and double sulfur nitrogen bonds was investigated. For these compounds, experimental data were also available. The calculated data were compared internally and with the experimental results. The internal comparison was drawn with regard to questions of convergency as well as with regard to questions of consistency: The resulting molecular properties from NBO/NRT analyses were found to be very stable, when the geometries were optimized at the respective level of theory. This stability is valid for variations in the methods of calculation as well as for variations in the basis set. Only the individual resonance weights of the contributing Natural Lewis Structures differed considerably depending on the level of calculation and depending on the substituents. However, the deviations were in both cases to a large extent within a limit which preserves the descending order of the leading resonance structure weights. The resulting bond orders, i.e., the total, covalent and ionic bond order from NRT calculations, were not affected by the shift in the resonance weights. The analysis of the bond topological parameters resulted in a discrimination between insensitive parameters and sensitive parameters. The stable parameters do neither depend strongly on the method of calculation nor on the basis set. Only minor variation occurs in the numerical values of these parameters, when the level of calculation is changed or even when other functional groups (H, Me, or tBu) are employed, as long as the methods of calculation do not drop considerably below a standard level. The bond descriptors of the sulfur nitrogen bonds were found to be also stable with respect to the functional groups R = H, R = Me, and R = tBu. Stable parameters are the bond distance, the density at the bond critical point (BCP) and the ratio of distances between the BCP and the nuclei A and B, which varies clearly when considering the formal bond type. For very small basis sets like the 3-21G basis set, this characteristic stability collapses. The sensitive parameters are based on the second derivatives of the density with respect to the coordinates. This is in accordance with the well known fact, that the total second derivative of the density with respect to the coordinates is a strongly oscillating function with positive as well as negative values. A profound deviation has to be anticipated as a consequence of strong oscillations. lambda3, which describes the local charge depletion in the direction of the interaction line, is the most varying parameter. A detailed analysis revealed that the position of the BCP in the rampant edge of the Laplacian distribution is responsible for the sensitivity of the numerical value of lambda3 in formal double bonds. Since the slope of the Laplacian assumes very high values in its rampant edge, a tiny displacement of the BCP leads already to a considerable change in lambda3. This instability is not a failure of the underlying theory, but it yields de facto to a considerable dependence of sensitive bond topological properties on the method of calculation and on the applied basis sets. Since the total second derivative is important to judge on the nature of the bond in the AIM theory (closed shell interactions versus shared interactions), the changes in lambda3 can lead to differing chemical interpretations. The comparison of theoretically derived bond topological properties of various sulfur nitrogen bonds provides the possibility to measure the self consistency of this data set. All data sets clearly exhibit a linear correlation between the bond distances and the density at the BCP on one hand and between the bond distances and the Laplacian values at the BCP on the other hand. These correlations were almost independent of the basis set size. In this context, the linear regression has to be regarded exclusively as a descriptive statistics tool. There is no correlation anticipated a priori. The formal bond type was found to be readily deducible from the theoretically obtained bond topological descriptors of the model systems. In this sense, the bond topological properties are self consistent despite of the numerical sensitivity of the derivatives, as exemplified above. Often, calculations are performed with the experimentally derived equilibrium geometries and not with optimized ones. Applying this approach, the computationally costly geometry optimizations are saved. Following this approach the bond topological properties were calculated using very flexible basis sets and employing the fixed experimental geometry (which, of course, includes the application of tBu groups). Regression coe±cients similar to those from optimized geometries were obtained for correlations between bond distances and the densities at the BCP as well as for the correlation between bond distances and the Laplacian at the BCP, i.e. the approach is valid. However, the data points scattered less and the coe±cient of correlation was clearly increased when geometry optimizations were performed beforehand. The comparison between data obtained from theory and experiment revealed fundamental discrepancies: In the data set of bond topological parameters from the experiment, the behavior of only 2 out of 3 insensitive parameters was comparable to the behavior of the theoretically obtained values, i.e. theoretical and experimental bond distances as well as theoretical and experimental densities at the BCP correlate. From the theoretically obtained data it was easy to deduce the formal bond type from the position of the BCP, since it changed in a systematic manner. The respective experimentally obtained values were almost constant and did not change systematically. For the SN bonds containing compounds, the total second derivative assumes exclusively negative values in the experiment. Due to the different internal behavior, experimentally and theoretically sensitive bond topological values could not be compared directly. The qualitative agreement in the Laplacian distribution, however, was excellent. In the third and last part of this work, the application to chemical systems follows. Formal hypervalent molecules, i.e. molecules where some atoms are considered to hold more than 8 electrons in their valence shell, were investigated. These were compounds containing sulfur nitrogen bonds (H(NtBu)2SMe, H2C{S(NtBu)2(NHtBu)}2, S(NtBu)2 and S(NtBu)3) and a highly coordinated silicon compound. The set of sulfur nitrogen compounds also contained a textbook example for valence expansion, the sulfur triimide. For these molecules, experimental reference values were available from high resolution X-ray experiments. The experimental results were in the case of the sulfur triimide not unique. Furthermore, from the experimental bond topological data no definite conclusion about the formal bonding type could be drawn. The situation of sulfur nitrogen bonds in the above mentioned set of molecules was analyzed in terms of a geometry discussion and by means of a topological analysis. The methyl-substituted isolated molecules served as model compounds. For the interpretation of the bonding situation additional NBO/NRT calculations were preformed for the sulfur nitrogen compounds and an ELF calculation and analysis was performed for the silicon compound. The ELF analysis included not only the presentation and discussion of the ELF-isosurfaces (eta = 0.85), but also the investigation of populations of disynaptic valence basins and the percentage contributions to these populations of the individual atoms when the disynaptic valence basins are split into atomic contributions according to Bader’s partitioning scheme. The question of chemical interest was whether hypervalency is present in the set of molecules or not. In the first case the octet rule would be violated, in the second case Pauling’s verdict would be violated. While the concept of hypervalency is well established in chemistry, the violation of Pauling’s verdict is not. The quantitative numbers of the sensitive bond topological values from theory and experiment were not comparable, since no systematic relationship between the experimentally and theoretically determined sensitive bond descriptors was found. However, the insensitive parameters are in good agreement and the qualitative Laplacian distribution is, with few exceptions, in excellent agreement. The formal bonding type was deduced from experimental and theoretical topological data by considering the number and shape of valence shell charge concentrations in proximity to the sulfur and nitrogen centers. The results from NBO/NRT calculations confirmed the findings. All employed density analyzing tools AIM, ELF and NBO/NRT coincided in describing the bonding situation in the formally hypervalent molecules as highly polar. A comparison and analysis of experimentally and theoretically derived electron densities led consistently to the result, that regarding this set of molecules, hypervalency has to be excluded unequivocally.