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A substance with antiproliferative bioactivity in an aqueous extract ofCordyline terminalis was purified and identified by mass spectrometry to be the natural nucleoside, thymidine. 10–5M Thymidine inhibited EL4 cell replication and decreased cell viability after 12–24 h. The effect was highly specific for this nucleoside. Treated cell cultures showed a significant increase in S phase cells and a corresponding decrease in G1 phase cells. Nitrobenzylthioinosine (which prevented facilitated entry of thymidine) protected cells from the antiproliferative action of thymidine. A human breast cancer cell line (MCF7) was also growth-inhibited by 10–5M thymidine but a murine lymphoma cell line (K36) was not. Thus, submillimolar thymidine has effects on cell proliferation which are selective both with respect to specificity for the compound and for different tumour cell lines.  相似文献   

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Summary For the sensitive determination of amines their 1-dimethyl-amino-naphthalene-5-sulphonyl derivatives were separated in two-dimensional thin-layer chromatograms. 10–10–10–11 mole per amine can be detected, when the fluorescence of the DANSyl-compounds is excited by the 365 mµ Hg line.  相似文献   

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Summary Monoclonal antibodies to a surface antigen of the modulated smooth muscle cells originally isolated from the rat aorta media were conjugated with ricin A-chain via an oxidized dextran bridge. The interaction of cultured cells with the conjugates obtained and with control substances was monitored following incorporation of14C-leucine radioactivity. It was found that14C-leucine incorporation was suppressed by 80–90% at a conjugate concentration of 10–6–10–7 M. Antigen-negative cells (line IAR; rat hepatocytes) were insensitive to the conjugate at any concentration used. Control use of purified ricin A-chain, native or oxidized dextran, specific and nonspecific IgG did not affect normal14C-leucine incorporation. The data obtained may be useful for designing targeted drug transport systems and for selective screening of modulated smooth cells in vascular pathology models in vivo.  相似文献   

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Summary Cadmium is present naturally in the air mainly as a result of volcanic emissions and release by vegetation. Anthropogenic sources, which overall give rise to emissions one order of magnitude greater than natural sources, are largely primary non-ferrous metals production and waste incineration. Measured concentrations of airborne cadmium are typically < 1 ng m–3 at remote sites, 0.1–10 ng m–3 at rural sites and 1–100 ng m–3 at urban and industrial sites, dependent upon the nature and proximity of local sources. Particle sizes are generally <2 m, and often considerably smaller, consistent with an anthropogenic source and a long atmospheric life-time. Cadmium deposition to the land occurs with fluxes varying from 0.05 ng cm–2 month–1 in Greenland to circa 1000 ng cm–2 month–1 in the vicinity of major industrial sources. The possible significance of a motor vehicular source of airborne cadmium is also reviewed.  相似文献   

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Calorimetric experiments were performed on yeast extracts in which glycolytic oscillations were occurring. High metabolic fluxes coincided with low amplitudes and with high frequencies in a temperature range from 283 to 303 K, yielding an activation energy ofE a=76.8 kJ mol–1 and a mean Q10 value of 2.5±0.4. The calorimetrically determined reaction enthalpy fH0, of the glycolytic catabolism of glucose revealed two distinct groups of extract preparations, with no intermediate values. The values were –107.5±28.7 kJ mol–1 and –30.8±5.7 kJmol–1, respectively, while –100.0 kJ mol–1 was predicted from theoretical calculations. Kreuzberg and Betz6 predicted rate limiting effects of GAPDH in oscillating extracts. However, when possible effects of GAPDH on frequency, number of oscillations or total heat production were examined, no influence of increasing or reducing the initial GAPDH concentration could be found. The results are discussed with reference to existing models of glycolytic oscillations.  相似文献   

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Many have hypothesized that cell death in Parkinsons disease is via apoptosis and, specifically, by the mitochondrial-mediated apoptotic pathway. We tested this hypothesis using a mouse dopaminergic cell line of mesencephalic origin, MN9D, challenged with the Parkinsonism-causing neurotoxin MPP+ (1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion). Apoptosis was the main mode of cell death when the cells were subjected to MPP+ treatment under serum-free conditions for 24 h. Caspase-3 and caspase-9, however, were not activated, thus indicating the existence of alternate or compensatory cell death pathway(s) in dopaminergic neuronal cells. Using caspase inhibitors, we demonstrated that these pathways involve caspase-2, –8, –6 and –7. A time-course study indicated that activation of caspase-2 and –8 occurred upstream of caspase-6 and caspase-7. Upon MPP+ challenge, the apoptosis-inducing factor was translocated from the mitochondria into the MN9D cytosol and nucleus. These results suggest the existence of alternative apoptotic pathways in dopaminergic neurons.Received 20 September 2004; received after revision 5 November 2004; accepted 22 November 2004  相似文献   

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Summary Pure porcine VIP was infused systemically in 4 conscious dogs and systemically and intraportally in 6 anesthetized pigs. At 2.3 pmoles·kg–1·min–1 the MCR was 10.7±1.0 ml·kg–1·min–1 in dog and 7.6±1.5 (systemic) and 16.5±2.0 (portal) in pig. The t 1/2's were 1.0±0.12 and 1.0±0.05 respectively. These values agree with those observed in man. This very high single pass tissue clearance does not suggest a hormonal role for VIP.  相似文献   

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Summary Propranolol pretreatment (0.1 mg·kg–1) significantly increased the lengthening induced by diltiazem (0.15 mg·kg–1+0.01 mg·kg–1·min–1, 20 min) of the A-H interval of His bundle potential recordings in the dog. In the presence of propranolol, diltiazem also significantly increased the atrioventricular effective refractory period. The results suggest the possible occurrence of AV blocks as a result of the use of a diltiazem-beta blocker combination in clinical practice.Acknowledgments. Financial support from the U.E.R. Biologie Humaine is gratefully acknowledged.  相似文献   

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Microbial legradation of bitumen   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
Summary Bitumen is commonly employed as a matrix for the long-term storage of low and intermediate level radioactive waste. As bitumen can be degraded by microbial activity, it is of great significance to determine the rates at which it may occur in nuclear waste repositories.Experiments have been carried out under optimal culture conditions using bitumen with a highly increased surface area. The potential of different microbial consortia to degrade bitumen has been examined. The investigations showed clearly that bitumen-degrading organisms are ubiquitous. In general the organisms formed biofilms on the accessible substrate surface area. Under oxic culture conditions a bitumen degradation rate of 20–50 g bitumen · m–2· y–1 leading to a CO2 liberation of 15–40 l was observed. Anoxic conditions yielded a 100 times smaller degradation rate of 0.2–0.6 g bitumen · m–2 · y–1 and a CO2 production of 0.15–0.45 l.Based on linear extrapolation the experimentally determined degradation rates would lead to a 25–70% deterioration of the bitumen matrix under oxic and 0.3–0.8% under anoxic conditions within 1000 years.  相似文献   

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Summary In normal lymphocytes somatostatin non-competitively inhibited basal (ID50 5×10–4 M) and isoproterenol- and forskolin-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity (Ac). In acute leukemia blasts, non-responsive to isoproterenol, forskolin, which activates the catalytic subunit, stimulated and somatostatin inhibited Ac, thus indicating the leukemic enzyme, though defective, retains the inhibitory pathway and catalyst function.  相似文献   

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Summary The blood pressure and heart rate responses to intravenous dopamine infusion at 2.5, 5.0 and 10.0 g·min–1·100 g–1 were studied in conscious and pentobarbital-anesthetized Sprague — Dawley rats. In the conscious rats, dopamine caused a significant dose-related increase in the mean arterial blood pressure which was abolished in the anesthetized rats. The heart rate increased significantly only at the highest dose infused. The responses to equipressor doses of noradrenaline (40 ng·min–1·100 g–1) and phenylephrine (1.0 g·min–1·100 g–1) were also suppressed in the anesthetized rats. The results suggest that pentobarbital anesthesia depresses the blood pressure response to dopamine infusion in the rat through a depression of activation of alpha-adrenoceptors.16 June 1986  相似文献   

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Summary L-glutamic acid injected in doses of 200–1000 nmoles·kg–1 into the cerebral ventricles of sheep had dose-dependent thermoregulatory effects: an increase in heat production and/or a decrease in respiratory frequency, and a rise in rectal temperature. A dose of 800 nmoles·kg–1 had effects comparable with those of a similar injection of 3 nmoles·kg–1 carbamylcholine.We wish to thank Miss Jill Thexton for invaluable assistance.  相似文献   

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Summary In the absence of divalent cations, ionophore A23187 supports low rates of monovalent cations loss (Na+>K+) from unilamellar liposomes containing the sulfate salts. Monovalent cation efflux is optimal when a pH gradient (interior alkaline) is applied. The maximum observed rate of 0.56 ngion K+·min–1·nmole–1 A23187 is insufficient to account for the rates of K+ efflux induced by the ionophore in mitochondria (150 ngion K+·min–1·nmole–1 A23187). These studies therefore support the concept that A23187 induces loss of K+ from mitochondria by removal of regulating divalent cations from an endogenous K+/H+ exchanger.These studies were supported in part by United States Public Health Services Grant HL09364.  相似文献   

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Summary A new translocation between chromsomes 2 and 8 t(2p; 8q+), was found in fresh lymphoma cells from a Japanese patient with Epstein-Barr virus-carrying Burkitt's lymphoma, and in a lymphoma cell line derived from this patient. There was no 14q+ translocation, as has been previously described in African and North American Burkitt's lymphomas.Supported by a grant-in-aid for Cancer Research (52-11) from the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan.  相似文献   

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Summary Nonsteroidal antiestrogens reversibly and specifically inhibited the proliferation of two estrogen receptornegative lymphoid cell lines (EL4 and Raji) in a dose-dependent manner. [3H]Thymidine incorporation of concanavalin A-stimulated primary splenocytes was also inhibited by 10–6 M clomiphene (1-[4-(2-diethylaminoethoxy)phenyl]-1,2-diphenyl-2-chloroethylene). The antiproliferative effect could be prevented by the simultaneous presence in the growth medium of 10–5 M linoleic acid or 10–5 M arachidonic acid but not by 10–6 M estradiol. Both lymphoid cell lines had high affinity antiestrogen-binding sites whose affinity could be altered by conditions of growth. Growth of EL4 cells in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with charcoal-pretreated 5% fetal calf serum (charcoal-stripped medium) resulted in significantly higher affinity (Kd 0.54 nM±0.11 nM; n=6) than growth in medium supplemented with untreated serum (complete medium) (Kd=1.68 nM±0.48 nM; n=6) (p<0.001). This change in affinity was partly due to removal of fatty acids from the growth medium by charcoal pretreatment, since addition of 10–5 M linoleic acid or 10–5 M gamma-linolenic to charcoal-stripped medium decreased the affinity of the antiestrogen-binding protein. In contrast, growth in 10–5 M stearic acid or 10–5 M oleic acid did not significantly alter the affinity of the antiestrogen-binding protein, whereas 10–5 M palmitic acid significantly increased its affinity. The same fatty acids were also tested for their intrinsic effects on EL4 cell proliferation. Oleic, linoleic and gamma-linolenic acids were growth stimulatory while stearic and palmitic acids were not. Thus linoleic and gamma-linolenic acids whose presence in the growth medium was associated with decreased affinity of [3H]tamoxifen (1-[4-(2-dimethylaminoethoxy)phenyl]-1,2-diphenylbut-1(Z)-ene) binding to the intracellular antiestrogen-binding protein were also growth stimulatory. Unsaturated fatty acids have previously been shown to inhibit binding of [3H]tamoxifen to the antiestrogen-binding protein in a cell-free system. The present observations demonstrate that unsaturated fatty acids also modify the affinity of the antiestrogen-binding protein in intact cells.  相似文献   

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Use of the enkephalinase inhibitor phosphoramidon in the in vitro radiochemical assay for juvenile hormone biosynthesis enhanced allatostatin-mediated inhibition of hormone production by corpora allata of the cockroach,Diploptera punctata. Significant increases in inhibition in day 2 virgin female CA by AST 1 (at 10–7 M) and AST 4 (10–8–10–7 M) were observed in the presence of phosphoramidon (10–5M or greater). No significant increases in inhibition were seen in CA from day 6 mated females with AST 4 (10–9–10–7M) and phosphoramidon combined. Phosphoramidon alone had no effect on JH biosynthesis. Analysis of allatostatin content of the CA, as determined by ELISA, revealed that addition of phosphoramidon to the medium increased the endogenous allatostatin conten in CA of virgin and mated females. The similarity in primary structure between allatostatins and enkephalin-like peptides and their similar distribution makes it probable that phosphoramidon acts by preventing breakdown of allatostatins within the CA.  相似文献   

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C-peptide fragments stimulate glucose utilization in diabetic rats   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
Studies of C-peptide cellular effects show that not only the full-length native peptide but also specific C-terminal fragments are biologically active in in vitro systems. In the present study, the effect of five C-peptide fragments and the native peptide on whole-body glucose turnover was studied in streptozotocin diabetic rats using the insulin clamp technique. Insulin was infused intravenously at 18 pmol kg–1 min–1 for 90 min and blood glucose concentration was clamped at 8 and 4 mM in diabetic and non-diabetic animals. A steady state was reached during the last 30 min of the study period. Rat C-peptide II and fragments comprising residues 27–31 and 28–31 were effective in augmenting glucose turnover in diabetic rats (+100% to 150%), while no significant effects were seen for segments 1–26, 11–19 and 11–15. The metabolic clearance rate for glucose during infusion of C-peptide or fragments 27–31 and 28–31 in diabetic rats was similar to that seen in non-diabetic animals. We conclude that C-terminal tetra- and pentapeptides, but not fragments from the middle segment of C-peptide, are as effective as the full-length peptide in stimulating whole-body glucose turnover in diabetic rats.Received 18 December 2003; received after revision 19 January 2004; accepted 21 January 2004  相似文献   

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Summary In the longitudinal smooth muscle of guinea-pig stomach, verapamil (10–5 M) which showed marked suppression of high K-induced contractures, did not suppress the contractile response to PGE1 (1.5×10–9 to 10–6 M) markedly. These results suggest that the contractile mechanism of PGE1 in guinea-pig stomach may mainly depend on a release of bound Ca in the cell and partly depend on a Ca influx from the extracellular origin.  相似文献   

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Summary The ternary complex formed by native lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) from porcine heart, NAD+ and sulfite, was digested with trypsin over a period of 12–16 h3. After removal of the ligands and residual native lactate dehydrogenase by ion exchange chromatography dimers were obtained which were almost inactive. The dimers were lacking a hexapeptide at the N-terminus; however, the secondary structure was the same as that of native lactate dehydrogenase. The circular dichroism spectra showed a dependence on temperature which suggested an equilibrium of two different structural states.The reaction of antibodies against native porcine heart LDH with the dimers restored the catalytic activity, and subsequently the dimers behaved similarly to the native enzyme. Addition of 1 M phosphate or NAD-sulfite to the dimers restored 80–90% of the catalytic activity. It could be demonstrated that the behaviour of the reactivated dimers, in contrast to that of the inactive dimers, was similar to the behaviour of native lactate dehydrogenase. For instance, ultracentrifugal analysis showed that dimers reactivated with NAD–SO3 were associated to give tetramers.The reaction of antibodies against native LDH with the dimers reactivated with NAD–SO 3 demonstrated that the native LDH and the dimers have the same surface determinants.  相似文献   

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The mechanisms of HCO 3 and Cl transport across basolateral membranes from rat ileum were investigated in isolated vesicles by means of uptake experiments. Neither Cl/HCO 3 exchanger nor Na+–(HCO 3 )n cotransport seem to be present in ileal basolateral membranes. Moreover Cl uptake is unaffected bycis Na+ and/or K+ gradients, indicating the absence of Na+–Cl, K+–Cl and Na+–K+–2Cl symport activity. An electrically conductive pathway seems to be responsible for both HCO 3 and Cl fluxes. Evidence is also given for the presence of a Na+/H+ exchanger at the basolateral pole of ileal enterocytes.  相似文献   

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