Disease relevance of Oligochaeta

• We replaced amino acid 95 Lys in LK isolated from earthworm Eisenia foetida with two amino acids, Arg or Tyr, expressed the modified enzymes in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein with maltose-binding protein, and determined the kinetic parameters [1].
• Coexistence of bacterial sulfide oxidizers, sulfate reducers, and spirochetes in a gutless worm (Oligochaeta) from the Peru margin [2].
• Inherited resistance to arsenate toxicity in two populations of Lumbricus rubellus [3].
• This study correlated extractabilities of 37 d aged phenanthrene residues in four dissimilar soils with the fraction that was available for earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus) accumulation and microorganism (Pseudomonas sp.) mineralisation [4].
• The six lumbrokinase fractions (F1 to F6) with fibrinolytic activities were purified from earthworm Lumbricus rubellus lysates using the procedures of autolysis, ammonium sulfate fractionation, and column chromatography [5].

High impact information on Oligochaeta

• This paper represents a kinetic study of the binding of carbon monoxide by Lumbricus erythrocruorin [6].
• CCF, an invertebrate analogue of TNF, is not related to the other lytic components from Eisenia foetida earthworm [7].
• Interestingly, LGBP also has a structure and functions similar to those of the coelomic cytolytic factor-1, a lipopolysaccharide- and glucan-binding protein from the earthworm Eisenia foetida [8].
• Annetocin is a structurally and functionally oxytocin-related peptide isolated from the earthworm Eisenia foetida [9].
• Identification and cloning of a glucan- and lipopolysaccharide-binding protein from Eisenia foetida earthworm involved in the activation of prophenoloxidase cascade [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Oligochaeta

• In this study, the effects of two metals, copper and cadmium, on the growth and development of juvenile Lumbricus rubellus were measured in a toxicity test in which individuals were grown in isolation [11].
• Short-term toxicity of lindane, hexachlorobenzene, and copper sulfate to tubificid sludgeworms (Oligochaeta) in artificial media [12].
• Toxicity of azodrin on the morphology and acetylcholinesterase activity of the earthworm Eisenia foetida [13].
• Toxicity of chromium(III) and chromium(VI) to the earthworm Eisenia fetida [14].
• Therefore, chronic toxicity of chromium(III) was assessed for Eisenia fetida, Enchytraeus albidus, and Folsomia candida, the three invertebrates for which standard test protocols are available [15].

Biological context of Oligochaeta

• Kinetics of binding of carbon monoxide to lumbricus erythrocruorin: a possible model [6].
• Activation by phosphorylation of phosphofructokinase from the annelid Lumbricus terrestris and comparison of phosphorylated sites in invertebrate phosphofructokinases [16].
• The amino acid sequence of cytochrome c from Eisenia foetida (Savigny) (common brandling worm) [17].
• Action potentials never conducted through a crush lesion to the medial giant axon in the earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) if the axon was exposed to normal or hypotonic salines that did not contain polyethylene glycol [18].
• Evaluation of surrogate measures of cadmium, lead, and zinc bioavailability to Eisenia fetida [19].

Anatomical context of Oligochaeta

• In comparison with SC, LC from Eisenia foetida have a higher number of mitochondria, and, accordingly, showed a greater fluorescence intensity when mitochondrial mass was measured by nonyl acridine orange and FCM [20].
• Octopamine-containing nerve cells have been demonstrated in the enteric plexus of the earthworm (Eisenia fetida), applying immunocytochemistry and HPLC assay [21].
• Evidence for the presence of thyroid stimulating hormone, thyroglobulin and their receptors in Eisenia fetida: a multilevel hormonal interface between the nervous system and the peripheral tissues [22].
• Alpha-actinin in different invertebrate muscle cell types of Drosophila melanogaster, the earthworm Eisenia foetida, and the snail Helix aspersa [23].
• In the post-gizzard gut of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris, distinguishing the functions of the luminal epithelium from those of the chloragogenous tissue has been hindered by the close apposition of these two tissues [24].

Associations of Oligochaeta with chemical compounds

• The extracellular hemoglobin (Hb) of the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris, has four major O2-binding chains, a, b, c (forming a disulfide-linked trimer), and d ("monomer") [25].
• This sequence shows high homology with Tylorrhynchus chain I (Suzuki, T., Takagi, T., and Gotoh, T. (1982) Biochem. Biophys. Acta 708, 253-258) and Lumbricus chain AIII (Garlick, R. L., and Riggs, A. F. (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 257, 9005-9015) [26].
• The large noncoding region (1,091 nt) identified in Platynereis has no significant sequence similarity to the noncoding region of Lumbricus, although each contains runs of TA dinucleotides and of homopolymers, which could potentially serve as signaling elements [27].
• (1)H, (13)C, and (15)N chemical shift assignment of the C-terminal 15 kDa domain of a novel galactose-binding protein from the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris [28].
• Glutathione S-transferase activity (EC 2.5.1.18) was demonstrated in six species of earthworms of the family Lumbricidae: Eisenia foetida, Lumbricus terrestris, Lumbricus rebellus, Allolobophora longa, Allolobophora caliginosa and Allolobophora chlorotica [29].

Gene context of Oligochaeta

• Hydrolysis of fibrinogen and plasminogen by immobilized earthworm fibrinolytic enzyme II from Eisenia fetida [30].
• Effects of annetocin, an oxytocin-related peptide isolated from the earthworm Eisenia foetida, and some putative neurotransmitters on gut motility of the earthworm [31].
• Glutathione, glutathione-related enzymes, and catalase activities in the earthworm Eisenia fetida andrei [32].
• The distribution of cholecystokinin and gastrin-like immunoreactive cell bodies and fibers in the nervous system of 2 annelid worms, Lumbricus terrestris and Eisenia fetida, has been studied by means of immunohistochemistry [33].
• Immunocytochemical electron microscopic study and western blot analysis of myosin, paramyosin and miniparamyosin in the striated muscle of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and in obliquely striated and smooth muscles of the earthworm Eisenia foetida [34].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Oligochaeta

• An acute toxicity test of chlorophenols on earthworms (Eisenia fetida) was performed using a simple paper contact method proposed by OECD testing guideline no [35].
• Immunocytochemical electron microscopic study and western blot analysis of paramyosin in different invertebrate muscle cell types of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the earthworm Eisenia foetida, and the snail Helix aspersa [36].
• Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of a fibrinolytic serine-protease gene from the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus [37].
• The effect of Na+-K+-ATPase inhibitor ouabain on the resting membrane potential (Vm) was studied by glass microelectrodes in isolated somatic longitudinal muscles of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris and compared with frog sartorius muscle [38].
• Skin tests, nasal challenge, histamine release curve and levels of specific IgE were positive when using an extract of Eisenia foetida [39].

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