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(2018)
Es werden folgende Publikation rezensiert: Hessen Forst & Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt (Hrsg.): Hessische Naturwaldreservate im Portrait.Stirnberg, Hessen Forst & Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt (Hrsg.): Hessische Naturwaldreservate im Portrait. Weiherskopf, Kremer & Merz: Naturparadies Mittelrhein, Lehmann & Lübcke: Artenvielfalt im Naturpark Diemelsee, Lübcke: Die Ederaue bei Rennertehausen, Lüder: Grundkurs Pflanzenbestimmung, Jäger (Hrsg.): Rothmaler: Exkursionsflora von Deutschland.
Hexaploides Chenopodium album ist in Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) häufig. Die Pflanzen unterscheiden sich deutlich in Blütezeit, Höhe, Verzweigung, Blattform und Blütenstandsmorphologie, wobei oft morphologisch einheitliche Pflanzen benachbart wachsen. Die Merkmale variieren unabhängig voneinander und es erscheint nicht sinnvoll, morphologische Gruppen taxonomisch zu fassen.
The last decade has seen a sharp increase in the number of scientific publications describing physiological and pathological functions of extracellular vesicles (EVs), a collective term covering various subtypes of cell-released, membranous structures, called exosomes, microvesicles, microparticles, ectosomes, oncosomes, apoptotic bodies, and many other names. However, specific issues arise when working with these entities, whose size and amount often make them difficult to obtain as relatively pure preparations, and to characterize properly. The International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) proposed Minimal Information for Studies of Extracellular Vesicles (“MISEV”) guidelines for the field in 2014. We now update these “MISEV2014” guidelines based on evolution of the collective knowledge in the last four years. An important point to consider is that ascribing a specific function to EVs in general, or to subtypes of EVs, requires reporting of specific information beyond mere description of function in a crude, potentially contaminated, and heterogeneous preparation. For example, claims that exosomes are endowed with exquisite and specific activities remain difficult to support experimentally, given our still limited knowledge of their specific molecular machineries of biogenesis and release, as compared with other biophysically similar EVs. The MISEV2018 guidelines include tables and outlines of suggested protocols and steps to follow to document specific EV-associated functional activities. Finally, a checklist is provided with summaries of key points.
The level of capital tax gains has high explanatory power regarding the question of what drives economic inequality. On this basis, the authors develop a simple, yet micro-founded portfolio selection model to explain the dynamics of wealth inequality given empirical tax series in the US. The results emphasize that the level and the transition of speed of wealth inequality depend crucially on the degree of capital taxation. The projections predict that – continuing on the present path of capital taxation in the US – the gap between rich and poor is expected to shrink whereas “massive” tax cuts will further increase the degree of wealth concentration.
Plant diversity change for cities and their surroundings is well documented. For rural areas such studies are difficult as literature data are mostly insufficient. We reconstructed phytodiversity change in the Feldatal community (Germany, Hesse) by comparison of historical herbarium collections (1945–1976, Hans Hupke) with a recent floristic survey (2012). The study area is a rural area typical for Central Europe, dominated by agriculture and forestry and with a stable human population. Floristic diversity decreased (683 to 497 species; 31% of the total flora), principally by disappearance of species of unimproved grassland, fields and villages. The small number of newly documented species (33 spp.; 5% of total flora) comprises mostly naturalized ornamentals and salt tolerant species along roads. Plant diversity change of the last decades in rural landscapes in Central Europe was mainly dependent on the intensification of agriculture.
Buchbesprechungen
(2016)
Es werden folgende Publikation rezensiert: Ackermann & Sachteleben: Identifizierung der Hotspots der Biologischen Vielfalt in Deutschland; Bellin-Harder: In der Schwebe. Vegetationsdynamik und Pflegeprognostik. Ein vegetationskundlicher Beitrag zur Gartendenkmalpflege am Beispiel der Löwenburg im Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel; Düll & Kutzelnigg: Taschenlexikon der Pflanzen Deutschlands und angrenzender Länder. Die wichtigsten mitteleuropäischen Arten im Porträt; Nassauischer Verein für Naturkunde: Zwischen Mittelrhein und Taunus. Naturschätze in Lorch am Rhein; Parolly & Rohwer: Schmeil-Fitschen. Die Flora Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Länder; Pusch et al: Die Botaniker Thüringens.
Alterations in dendritic spine numbers are linked to deficits in learning and memory. While we previously revealed that postsynaptic plasticity-related gene 1 (PRG-1) controls lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) signaling at glutamatergic synapses via presynaptic LPA receptors, we now show that PRG-1 also affects spine density and synaptic plasticity in a cell-autonomous fashion via protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A)/β1-integrin activation. PRG-1 deficiency reduces spine numbers and β1-integrin activation, alters long-term potentiation (LTP), and impairs spatial memory. The intracellular PRG-1 C terminus interacts in an LPA-dependent fashion with PP2A, thus modulating its phosphatase activity at the postsynaptic density. This results in recruitment of adhesome components src, paxillin, and talin to lipid rafts and ultimately in activation of β1-integrins. Consistent with these findings, activation of PP2A with FTY720 rescues defects in spine density and LTP of PRG-1-deficient animals. These results disclose a mechanism by which bioactive lipid signaling via PRG-1 could affect synaptic plasticity and memory formation.