The role of sodium supplements and sex in the occurrence of exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH) remains controversial. This study investigated hydration status in ultrarunners (19 males and 9 females) who completed seven marathons over seven consecutive days. Due to the limited number of female participants, no statistical comparison between sexes was performed. Plasma sodium concentration ([Na+]) and multiple hydration markers were assessed before, during, and after the race. Reported sodium supplement consumption showed no association with plasma [Na+]. An overall decline in plasma [Na+] was observed in females (regression slope = -1.278, p = 0.02) across the event, whereas no significant change was detected in males (slope = -0.325, p = 0.57). Additionally, no significant associations were found between plasma [Na+] and other monitored variables, including sodium supplement intake, pre-race hydration strategy, body mass, total body water, plasma osmolality, hematocrit, hemoglobin, urine specific gravity, urinary [Na+], thirst rating, or fluid intake reported pre-, during, and post-stage. No cases of symptomatic or asymptomatic hyponatremia were identified, suggesting that total fluid and sodium intake were adequate to maintain fluid-electrolyte balance and prevent EAH in both sexes.

• Klíčová slova
• Marathon, Multistage race, Plasma sodium, Ultrarunners,
• MeSH
• běh * fyziologie   MeSH
• dospělí MeSH
• hyponatremie * krev   etiologie   MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• maratonský běh * fyziologie   MeSH
• sodík * krev   MeSH
• vodní a elektrolytová rovnováha MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• sodík * MeSH

Plants as non-mobile organisms constantly integrate varying environmental signals to flexibly adapt their growth and development. Local fluctuations in water and nutrient availability, sudden changes in temperature or other abiotic and biotic stresses can trigger changes in the growth of plant organs. Multiple mutually interconnected hormonal signaling cascades act as essential endogenous translators of these exogenous signals in the adaptive responses of plants. Although the molecular backbones of hormone transduction pathways have been identified, the mechanisms underlying their interactions are largely unknown. Here, using genome wide transcriptome profiling we identify an auxin and cytokinin cross-talk component; SYNERGISTIC ON AUXIN AND CYTOKININ 1 (SYAC1), whose expression in roots is strictly dependent on both of these hormonal pathways. We show that SYAC1 is a regulator of secretory pathway, whose enhanced activity interferes with deposition of cell wall components and can fine-tune organ growth and sensitivity to soil pathogens.

• MeSH
• Arabidopsis genetika   růst a vývoj   metabolismus   MeSH
• buněčná stěna chemie   metabolismus   MeSH
• cytokininy metabolismus   MeSH
• endozomy metabolismus   MeSH
• geneticky modifikované rostliny metabolismus   MeSH
• Golgiho aparát metabolismus   MeSH
• kořeny rostlin metabolismus   mikrobiologie   MeSH
• kyseliny indoloctové metabolismus   MeSH
• membránové proteiny genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• odolnost vůči nemocem genetika   MeSH
• Plasmodiophorida patogenita   MeSH
• proteiny huseníčku genetika   metabolismus   MeSH
• půda MeSH
• regulace genové exprese u rostlin genetika   MeSH
• regulátory růstu rostlin metabolismus   MeSH
• sekreční dráha genetika   MeSH
• stanovení celkové genové exprese MeSH
• transkriptom genetika   MeSH
• vezikulární transportní proteiny metabolismus   MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• AT2G18840 protein, Arabidopsis MeSH Prohlížeč
• AT4G30260 protein, Arabidopsis MeSH Prohlížeč
• cytokininy MeSH
• ECHIDNA protein, Arabidopsis MeSH Prohlížeč
• kyseliny indoloctové MeSH
• membránové proteiny MeSH
• proteiny huseníčku MeSH
• půda MeSH
• regulátory růstu rostlin MeSH
• SYAC1 protein, Arabidopsis MeSH Prohlížeč
• vezikulární transportní proteiny MeSH

Extracellular vesicle (EV) research increasingly demands for quantitative characterisation at the single vesicle level to address heterogeneity and complexity of EV subpopulations. Emerging, commercialised technologies for single EV analysis based on, for example, imaging flow cytometry or imaging after capture on chips generally require dedicated instrumentation and proprietary software not readily accessible to every lab. This limits their implementation for routine EV characterisation in the rapidly growing EV field. We and others have shown that single vesicles can be detected as light diffraction limited fluorescent spots using standard confocal and widefield fluorescence microscopes. Advancing this simple strategy into a process for routine EV quantitation, we developed 'EVAnalyzer', an ImageJ/Fiji (Fiji is just ImageJ) plugin for automated, quantitative single vesicle analysis from imaging data. Using EVAnalyzer, we established a robust protocol for capture, (immuno-)labelling and fluorescent imaging of EVs. To exemplify the application scope, the process was optimised and systematically tested for (i) quantification of EV subpopulations, (ii) validation of EV labelling reagents, (iii) in situ determination of antibody specificity, sensitivity and species cross-reactivity for EV markers and (iv) optimisation of genetic EV engineering. Additionally, we show that the process can be applied to synthetic nanoparticles, allowing to determine siRNA encapsulation efficiencies of lipid-based nanoparticles (LNPs) and protein loading of SiO2 nanoparticles. EVAnalyzer further provides a pipeline for automated quantification of cell uptake at the single cell-single vesicle level, thereby enabling high content EV cell uptake assays and plate-based screens. Notably, the entire procedure from sample preparation to the final data output is entirely based on standard reagents, materials, laboratory equipment and open access software. In summary, we show that EVAnalyzer enables rigorous characterisation of EVs with generally accessible tools. Since we further provide the plugin as open-source code, we expect EVAnalyzer to not only be a resource of immediate impact, but an open innovation platform for the EV and nanoparticle research communities.

• Klíčová slova
• EV immunolabelling, cell uptake, exosomes, extracellular vesicles, lipid nanoparticles, liposomes, open innovation, silica nanoparticles, single particle imaging, single vesicle imaging,
• MeSH
• biologické markery metabolismus   MeSH
• diagnostické zobrazování MeSH
• extracelulární vezikuly * metabolismus   MeSH
• oxid křemičitý * metabolismus   MeSH
• průtoková cytometrie metody   MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• biologické markery MeSH
• oxid křemičitý * MeSH

This paper presents a search for the t-channel exchange of an R-parity violating scalar top quark ([Formula: see text]) in the e±μ∓ continuum using 2.1 fb-1 of data collected by the ATLAS detector in [Formula: see text]pp collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Data are found to be consistent with the expectation from the Standard Model backgrounds. Limits on R-parity-violating couplings at 95 % C.L. are calculated as a function of the scalar top mass ([Formula: see text]). The upper limits on the production cross section for pp→eμX, through the t-channel exchange of a scalar top quark, ranges from 170 fb for [Formula: see text] to 30 fb for [Formula: see text].

• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH