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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #824 16 November 2018 (Space Life Science Research Results)

By SpaceRef Editor
November 16, 2018
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Papers deriving from NASA support:

 

1

Hewitt JE, Pollard AK, Lesanpezeshki L, Deane CS, Gaffney CJ, Etheridge T, Szewczyk NJ, Vanapalli SA.

Muscle strength deficiency and mitochondrial dysfunction in a muscular dystrophy model of C. elegans and its functional response to drugs.

Dis Model Mech. 2018 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30396907

PI: S. Vanapalli

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 4.398

Funding: “This work is supported by funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NNX15AL16G to SV], National Institutes of Health [R21AG050503-01 to SV], Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas [RP160806 to SV], and in the UK, this work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/N015894/1 to NS].”

 

2

Cornforth MN, Durante M.

Radiation quality and intra-chromosomal aberrations: Size matters.

Mutat Res. 2018 Dec;836(Pt A):28-35. Review.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30389158

PIs: M.N. Cornforth, B.D. Loucas

Journal Impact Factor: 1.996

Funding: “This work was supported by the following grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): NNX15AG74G and NNX14AC76G.”

 

3

Cornforth MN, Loucas BD.

A cytogenetic profile of radiation damage.

Radiat Res. 2018 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30406718

PIs: M.N. Cornforth, B.D. Loucas

Journal Impact Factor: 2.53

Funding: “This work was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA grant nos. NNX15AG74G to MC and 80NSSC18K0864 to BL). Earlier support from the National Institutes of Health is also gratefully acknowledged (grant no. R01080486-02 to MC).

 

4

Jewell JS, Duncan VD, Fesshaye A, Tondin A, Macadat E, Britten RA.

Exposure to ≤15 cGy of 600 MeV/n 56Fe particles impairs rule acquisition but not long-term memory in the attentional set-shifting assay.

Radiat Res. 2018 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30407900 

PI: R.A. Britten

Journal Impact Factor: 2.53

Funding: “This work was funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA grant no. NNX14AE73G).”

 

5

Kawasaki A, Wisniewski S, Healey B, Pattyn N, Kunz D, Basner M, Munch M.

Impact of long-term daylight deprivation on retinal light sensitivity, circadian rhythms and sleep during the Antarctic winter.

Sci Rep. 2018 Nov 1;8(1):16185.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30385850

PI: M. Basner

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 4.122

Funding: “This study was funded by the Germany Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF) and the German Space center (DLR) in Cologne (Germany), Intellux Berlin GmbH, (Germany). Rest-activity data from Concordia was shared with the project of MB (funded by NASA through grant NNX14AM81G to MB).”

 

6

Beisel NS, Callaham JB, Sng NJ, Taylor DJ, Paul A-L, Ferl RJ.

Utilization of single-image normalized difference vegetation index (SI-NDVI) for early plant stress detection.

Appl Plant Sci. 2018 Oct 19;6(10):e01186.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386712

PIs: R.J. Ferl, A-L. Paul

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 1.30

Funding: “This work was supported by NASA Space Life and Physical Sciences (SLPS; grant no. 80NSSC17K0199) and the Florida Space Grant Consortium (grant no. NNX15_016/FSGC08), awarded to R.J.F. and A.-L. P.”

 

7

Boothby TC.

Desiccation of Hypsibius exemplaris.

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2018 Nov 1;2018(11):pdb.prot102327.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30385670

PI: T.C. Boothby

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 0.85

Funding: “T.C.B. is supported by the Simons Foundation in conjunction with the Life Sciences Research Foundation and by NASA grant NNX15AB44G.”

 

8

Boothby TC.

Total RNA extraction from tardigrades.

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2018 Nov 1;2018(11):pdb.prot102376.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30385675

PI: T.C. Boothby

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 0.85

Funding: “T.C.B. is supported by the Simons Foundation in conjunction with the Life Sciences Research Foundation and by NASA grant NNX15AB44G.”

 

9

Raghunandan A, Hirsa AH, Underhill PT, Lopez JM.

Predicting steady shear rheology of condensed-phase monomolecular films at the air-water interface.

Phys Rev Lett. 2018 Oct 19;121(16):164502.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30387637

PI: A.H. Hirsa

Journal Impact Factor: 8.839

Funding: “This work was supported NASA Grant No. NNX13AQ22G.”

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Other papers of interest:

 

1

Rezvyakov PN, Shaimardanova GF, Lisukov AN, Kuznetsov MS, Islamov RR, Nikolskiy EE.

Morphological study of myelinated fibers of the sciatic nerve in mice after space flight and readaptation to the conditions of Earth gravity.

Dokl Biol Sci. 2018 Sep;482(1):174-7.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30402752

Note: Bion-M1 results.

 

2

Pal Singh K, Jain A, Puri V, Puri S.

Microgravity: A paradigm to understand the stem cells behavior and function.

REACH. 2018 Nov 8. [Article in Press] Review.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352309317300159

Note: The review includes a number of spaceflight studies as well as simulation studies that used clinostats, random positioning machines, and rotating wall vessels.

 

3

Aoyama S, Kojima S, Sasaki K, Ishikawa R, Tanaka M, Shimoda T, Hattori Y, Aoki N, Takahashi K, Hirooka R, Takizawa M, Haraguchi A, Shibata S.

Day-night oscillation of Atrogin1 and timing-dependent preventive effect of weight-bearing on muscle atrophy.

EBioMedicine. 2018 Oct 31. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30391495

Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

 

4

Canu MH, Fourneau J, Coq JO, Dannhoffer L, Cieniewski-Bernard C, Stevens L, Bastide B, Dupont E.

Interplay between hypoactivity, muscle properties and motor command: How to escape the vicious deconditioning circle?

Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2018 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30394346

 

5

Yoshihara T, Sugiura T, Miyaji N, Yamamoto Y, Shibaguchi T, Kakigi R, Naito H, Goto K, Ohmori D, Yoshioka T.

Effect of a combination of astaxanthin supplementation, heat stress, and intermittent reloading on satellite cells during disuse muscle atrophy.

J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. 2018 Nov;19(11):844-52.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30387334

Note: Hindlimb unloading study. This article may be obtained online without charge.

 

6

Li L, Zhang C, Chen JL, Hong FF, Chen P, Wang JF.

Effects of simulated microgravity on the expression profiles of RNA during osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.

Cell Prolif. 2018 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30397970

Note: A random positioning machine was used. This article may be obtained online without charge.

 

7

Sera T, Kobayashi H, Hoshino M, Uesugi K, Matsumoto T, Tanaka M.

The disuse effect on canal network structure and oxygen supply in the cortical bones of rats.

Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2018 Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386958

 

8

Koch A, Cascorbi I, Westhofen M, Dafotakis M, Klapa S, Kuhtz-Buschbeck JP.

The neurophysiology and treatment of motion sickness.

Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2018 Oct 12;115(41):687-96. Review.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30406755

 

9

Chauhan V, Rowan-Carroll A, Gagne R, Kuo B, Williams A, Yauk CL.

The use of in vitro transcriptional data to identify thresholds of effects in a human lens epithelial cell-line exposed to ionizing radiation.

Int J Radiat Biol. 2018 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30395761

 

10

Schuemann J, McNamara AL, Warmenhoven JW, Henthorn NT, Kirkby K, Merchant MJ, Ingram S, Paganetti H, Held KD, Ramos-Mendez J, Faddegon B, Perl J, Goodhead DT, Plante I, Rabus H, Nettelbeck H, Friedland W, Kundrát P, Ottolenghi A, Baiocco G, Barbieri S, Dingfelder M, Incerti S, Villagrasa C, Bueno M, Bernal MA, Guatelli S, Sakata D, Brown JMC, Francis Z, Kyriakou I, Lampe N, Ballarini F, Carante MP, Davidková M, Štěpán V, Jia X, Cucinotta FA, Schulte R, Stewart RD, Carlson DJ, Galer S, Kuncic Z, Lacombe S, Milligan J, Cho SH, Sawakuchi G, Inaniwa T, Sato T, Li W, Solov’yov AV, Surdutovich E, Durante M, Prise KM, McMahon SJ.

A new standard DNA damage (SDD) data format.

Radiat Res. 2018 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30407901

 

11

Suedfeld P.

Antarctica and space as psychosocial analogues.

REACH. 2018 Nov 8. [Article in Press]

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352309318300075

 

12

Mairesse O, Macdonald-Nethercott E, Neu D, Fernandez Tellez H, Dessy E, Neyt X, Meeusen R, Pattyn N.

A test case for Mars: Human sleep and performance during a 13 month stay in Antarctica.

Sleep. 2018 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30403819

Note: The study was conducted at the Concordia Research Station.

 

13

Ma L, Shen Q, Yang S, Xie X, Xiao Q, Yu C, Cao L, Fu Z.

Effect of chronic corticosterone-induced depression on circadian rhythms and age-related phenotypes in mice.

Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai). 2018 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30395149

Note: Hindlimb unloading study.

 

14

Panesar SS, Fernandez-Miranda JC, Kliot M, Ashkan K.

Neurosurgery and manned spaceflight.

Neurosurgery. 2018 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30407580

 

15

Morffy NJ, Strader LC.

Locally sourced: Auxin biosynthesis and transport in the root meristem.

Dev Cell. 2018 Nov 5;47(3):262-4.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30399331

 

16

Asselin N, Choi B, Pettit CC, Dannecker M, Machan JT, Merck DL, Merck LH, Suner S, Williams KA, Baird J, Jay GD, Kobayashi L.

Comparative analysis of emergency medical service provider workload during simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation using standard versus experimental protocols and equipment.

Simul Healthc. 2018 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30407958

Note: The NASA Task Load Index was used.

 

 

Please note:  “Muscle Atrophy,” edited by J. Ziao, is the newest volume in the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology series (Chaum: Springer, 2018, Vol 1088. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-1435-3). The individual chapters are cited in PubMed; relevant chapters are listed below.

 

17

Cretoiu SM, Zugravu CA.

Nutritional considerations in preventing muscle atrophy.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1088:497-528.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390267

 

18

Dumitru A, Radu BM, Radu M, Cretoiu SM.

Muscle changes during atrophy.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1088:73-92.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390248

 

19

Li Y, Meng X, Li G, Zhou Q, Xiao J.

Noncoding RNAs in muscle atrophy.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1088:249-66.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390255

 

20

Martin AI, Priego T, López-Calderón A.

Hormones and muscle atrophy.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1088:207-33.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390253

 

21

Rabelo M, de Moura Jucá RVB, Lima LAO, Resende-Martins H, Bó APL, Fattal C, Azevedo-Coste C, Fachin-Martins E.

Overview of FES-assisted cycling approaches and their benefits on functional rehabilitation and muscle atrophy.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1088:561-83.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390270

 

22

Sakellariou GK, McDonagh B.

Redox homeostasis in age-related muscle atrophy.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1088:281-306.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390257

 

23

Timmer LT, Hoogaars WMH, Jaspers RT.

The role of IGF-1 signaling in skeletal muscle atrophy.

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2018;1088:109-37.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390250

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