Global-SHANEL Asia model predicting chemical concentration in rivers with high spatio-temporal resolution, suitable for climate change scenarios.

Assessing the concentrations of various chemicals in river water is critical for ensuring global environmental sustainability. There is an increasing need to assess water risks in southeast Asia due to the increasing chemical pollution associated with the rapid economic growth and abnormal weather. Although AIST-SHANEL, a model for analyzing chemical concentrations in river water based on the characteristics of individual rivers and meteorological conditions, is useful for assessing the water risks, this model currently only applies to Japanese rivers due to the lack of global data.

Characterization of teleost phagocyte NADPH oxidase: molecular cloning and expression analysis of carp (Cyprinus carpio) phagocyte NADPH oxidase.

We previously demonstrated that some fish have unique response in the form of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. In the present study, we cloned and sequenced the full-length cDNAs for carp (Cyprinus carpio) phagocyte NADPH oxidase components: gp91phox, p22phox, p47phox, p67phox and p40phox. These amino acid sequences were compared with other teleost and mammalian homologues, to elucidate the features of ROS production of fish neutrophils.