HPLC-DAD was used to analyse phenolic acids. Sensory analysis was performed by trained panellists. After a screening step, CAT-1, UFLA FW 15 and S. bayanus CBS 1505 were previously selected based on their fermentative characteristics and profile of the metabolites identified. The beverage produced with CAT-1 showed the highest volatile fatty acid concentration (1542.6 mu g/L), whereas the beverage produced with UFLA FIN 15 showed the highest concentration of acetates (2211.1 mu g/L) and total volatile compounds (5835 mu g/L). For volatile sulphur compounds. 566.5 mu g/L were found in the beverage produced with

S. bayanus CBS 1505. The lowest concentration selleck of volatile sulphur compounds (151.9 mu g/L) was found for the beverage produced with UFLA FW 15. In the sensory analysis, the beverage produced

with UFLA FW 15 was characterised by the descriptors raspberry, cherry, sweet, strawberry, floral and violet. In conclusion, strain UFLA FW 15 was the yeast that produced a raspberry wine with a good chemical and sensory quality. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“Background: Activation of caspase-14 occurs during terminal differentiation of keratinocytes and may play a role in filaggrin degradation. Therefore, down-regulation selleck chemicals llc of caspase-14 may lead to impaired barrier function. Objective: To compare the levels of active and total caspase-14 in healthy subjects in various age groups and in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), using two enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) systems.

Methods: We established four clones of monoclonal antibodies to caspase-14 and used clone 3 as the immobilizing antibody. A cleavage site-directed antibody, h14D146 [14] was used for specific quantification of active caspase-14 in extracts of tape-stripped corneocytes. Total caspase-14 was measured with a commercial antibody, H-99.

Results: The amount of caspase-14

remained constant (ca. 0.1% of extractable proteins) in healthy males from their twenties to their fifties. Caspase-14 was mostly in active form (71-94%) in these extracts. In contrast, caspase-14 level and active caspase-14 ratio were significantly decreased in females in their fifties and sixties. Contents of free amino acids were decreased in females in their sixties, GM6001 mw and transepidermal water loss was increased in females in their forties and sixties. In patients with AD, active caspase-14 was markedly down-regulated compared to age-matched controls in both lesional (7.5%) and non-lesional skin (10.6%). Staining of active caspase-14 was considerably weaker in non-lesional skin and was hardly detectable in lesional skin with parakeratosis.

Conclusion: Our new ELISA systems are effective tools to quantify activation of caspase-14. Our results indicate a role of caspase-14 in epidermal barrier function. (C) 2010 Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.