The effect of fluorocitrate on urinary calcium and citrate excretion

Summary The renal handling of calcium and citrate was studied in dogs after the administration of fluorocitrate. The drug produced a significant increase in urinary calcium and citrate excretion. Net renal secretion of citrate occurred during the infusion of fluorocitrate since citrate clearances exceeded the glomerular filtration rate.     

The effect of exogenous conjugated bilirubin on the urinary excretion of unconjugated14C-bilirubin by the Gunn rat

Resumen La inyección de bilirrubina conjugada a ratas Gunn con ligadura coledociana, produce un aumento de la excreción urinaria de bilirrubina C¹⁴ exógena o de la endógena sintetizada a partir de la inyección de ALA-C¹⁴ en dichos animales. Dicho aumento fue probado por la cristalización de la bilirrubina radioactiva de muestras de orina y por la radioactividad presente en el azopigmento A separado por cromatografía sobre papel. El aumento de pigmento I, demostrado en el suero por partitión química y en la orina por columna cromatográfica de fase inversa, permiten suponer la formación de un complejo de bilirrubina no conjugada radioactiva y de bilirrubina conjugada, como mecanismo del pasaje mencionado.

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This work was supported by grants from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, República Argentina, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA and Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social de la Provincia de Santa Fe, República Argentina.     

Degradation of haemoglobin-14C and urinary excretion of bilirubin-14C by the normothermic perfused isolated dog kidney

Résumé L'hémoglobine libre du sang, filtrée par les glomérules rénaux et partiellement absorbée par les tubules, est métabolisée par le tissu renal. A l'aide de l'hémoglobine marquée en¹⁴C, formée à partir de la glycine-2-¹⁴C et de la glycine-1-¹⁴C nos résultats prouvent que chez le chien mâle les reins métabolisent l'hémoglobine en bilirubine conjugée et excrètent cette dernière dans les urines.

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Our thanks are due to the Fonds voor wetenschappelijk geneeskundig onderzoek of Belgium for the financial support.     

The effect of some surface active drugs on the assimilation of ammonium ions by a strain ofPseudomonas aeruginosa

Riassunto Cellule diPseudomonas aeruginosa perdono potassio durante lavaggio in acqua e contemporaneamente esibiscono bassi livelli di utilizzazione di ioni ammonio in presenza di substrato ossidabile. Un rilevante aumento di utilizzazione di ammonio è indotto dall'aggiunta di potassio o detergenti cationici (polimixine B, cloruro di benzalkonio), ma non dall'aggiunta di un detergente anionico.     

The effect of intoxication induced in rat liver by carbon tetrachloride,ethionine and white phosphorus on the level of microsomal cytochromesb 5 and P−450

Riassunto L'intossicazine di ratti Wistar con tetracloruro di carbonio (CCl₄) causa nel fegato una marcata diminuzione dei citocromi microsomialib ₅ e P_–450. L'etionina e il fosforo bianco, somministrati anch'essi ad una dose capace di determinare degenerazione grassa del fegato, non influenzano significativamente il livello dei due citocromi microsomiali.     

A study on the effects of some drugs on DOCA induced hypertension in the rat

Chronic treatment with various drugs reduced the increase in arterial blood pressure, the ventricular hypertrophy and the thickening of pulmonary arterial and arteriolar walls.     

A study on the effects of some drugs on DOCA induced hypertension in the rat

Summary Chronic treatment with various drugs reduced the increase in arterial blood pressure, the ventricular hypertrophy and the thickening of pulmonary arterial and arteriolar walls.This work was supported by the Italian CNR (contract No. 7901928.04 and 7902391.65).     

The effect of drugs inhibiting the uptake of biogenic amines on adrenalin induced platelet aggregation

Zusammenfassung Anti-Depressiva vom Imipramin-Typ, die die Aufnahme der biogenen Amine blockieren, hemmen auch gleichzeitig die durch Adrenalin bewirkte Thrombozyten-Aggregation. Dieser Befund unterstützt die Theorie des Mechanismus der Thrombozyten-Aggregation durch Adrenalin: Adrenalin dringt in die Zellen ein und setzt ATP aus den Thrombozyten frei, das sofort in ADP — den eigentlichen Aggregationsfaktor — umgewandelt wird.     

Influence of phenobarbital and TCDD on the hepatic metabolism of TCDD in the dog

The influence of phenobarbital and TCDD pretreatment on the formation and biliary excretion of TCDD-metabolites following single doses of 3H-TCDD was investigated. Without pretreatment, 24.5% of the absorbed 3H-TCDD dose was excreted in the bile within 110 h. Phenobarbital did not influence this rate, whereas a single dose of 10 micrograms of unlabeled TCDD/kg b.wt nine days earlier resulted in a doubling of the amount of radioactive material eliminated in the bile (47.4%).     

The effect of pretreatment with rat placental homogenate on subsequent pregnancy in the rat

Résumé L'effet d'un traitement immunologique sur la grossesse du rat a été étudié. Les animaux du groupe expérimental ont reçu 8 injections d'homogénat placentaire à raison de deux par mois, puis ont été accouplés. Après 21 jours de grossesse il y avait moins de fétus nés vivants que dans le groupe témoins non-traité; le poids des fétus en vie était en général normal mais on a noté une augmentation significative de la masse placentaire par rapport au groupe témoin.     

Suppression of the immune response by drugs interfering with the metabolism of serotonin

The work was based on the assumption that neurohumoral control of the immune response, particularly in stressed animals, involves central serotoninergic mechanisms. Rats immunized with sheep erythrocytes were stressed by repeated restraints and/or treated with a precursor of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-HTP) or with an inhibitor of serotonin synthesis (parachlorophenylalanine, PCPA). As expected, repeated stresses reduced the plaque-forming cell (PFC) response. Treatment with 5-HTP also reduced the PFC response, and potentiated the immunosuppressive effect of stress. This was accompanied by increased metabolism of serotonin in the brain, as indicated by increased concentration of its metabolite, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), in cerebral tissue. Treatment with PCPA also suppressed the PFC response, but this suppression was accompanied by decreased levels of brain serotonin and of 5-HIAA. Plasma corticosterone levels were elevated in rats treated with PCPA. It seems that putative central effects of PCPA on serotoninergic regulation of the immune response were outweighed by its effects on corticosterone secretion and/or on lymphoid cells.     

Influence of phenobarbital and TCDD on the hepatic metabolism of TCDD in the dog

Summary The influence of phenobarbital and TCDD pretreatment on the formation and biliary excretion of TCDD-metabolites following single doses of³H-TCDD was investigated. Without pretreatment, 24.5% of the absorbed³H-TCDD dose was excreted in the bile within 110 h. Phenobarbital did not influence this rate, whereas a single dose of 10 g of unlabeled TCDD/kg b.wt nine days earlier resulted in a doubling of the amount of radioactive material eliminated in the bile (47.4%).     

Suppression of the immune response by drugs interfering with the metabolism of serotonin

Summary The work was based on the assumption that neurohumoral control of the immune response, particularly in stressed animals, involves central serotoninergic mechanisms. Rats immunized with sheep erythrocytes were stressed by repeated restraints and/or treated with a precursor of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptophan, 5-HTP) or with an inhibitor of serotonin synthesis (parachlorophenylalanine, PCPA). As expected, repeated stresses reduced the plaque-forming cell (PFC) response. Treatment with 5-HTP also reduced the PFC response, and potentiated the immunosuppressive effect of stress. This was accompanied by increased metabolism of serotonin in the brain, as indicated by increased concentration of its metabolite, 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), in cerebral tissue. Treatment with PCPA also suppressed the PFC response, but this suppression was accompanied by decreased levels of brain serotonin and of 5-HIAA. Plasma corticosterone levels were elevated in rats treated with PCPA. It seems that putative central effects of PCPA on serotoninergic regulation of the immune response were outweighed by its effects on corticosterone secretion and/or on lymphoid cells.