Modification de la vitesse du courant cytoplasmique,induite à distance,par l'irradiation,chezNitella flexilis

Summary Irradiation of an internodal cell ofNitella flexilis induces in the adjacent internodal cell a transitory acceleration of cytoplasmic streaming; during 8 h at least the speed of this streaming is higher than in control internodal cells. It is probable that this phenomenon is due to transfer of certain substances from the irradiated cell.     

Wirkungsverstärkung von Adrenalin und Noradrenalin durch Azetylcholin am isolierten Irisdilatator des Kaninchens

Summary Radial strips of the isolated iris of rabbits were suspended in streaming Tyrode's solution and their contractions were registered isometrically. The contractions produced by adrenaline or noradrenaline were increased after the administration of eserine or neostigmine. Acetylcholine in a concentration 5.10^–7–5.10^–6 M enhanced the effect of adrenaline and noradrenaline on both, the normal and the chronically denervated dilator muscle. Acetylcholine did not enhance the contractions by adrenaline and noradrenaline in the presence of atropine. Choline in a concentration of 5.10^–6 M had no effect whereas concentrations of 5.10^–5 M were slightly effective.     

Multiple phosphoglucomutase alleles in two species ofMansonia mosquito

Summary Multiple phosphoglucomutase (E.C.2.7.5.1) alleles are found in the mosquitoesMansonia crassipes andM. uniformis. The present study reveals 4Pgm alleles, of whichPgm ^B andPgm ^C are common to both species whilePgm ^A is present only inM. crassipes andPgm ^D only inM. uniformis. The frequencies in both species accord well with Hardy-Weinberg expectations. The most frequent allele is that controlling a phenotype with an intermediate electrophoretic mobility, viz.Pgm ^B inM. crassipes andPgm ^C inM. uniformis.This work is supported in part by a University of Malaya research grant to the senior author.     

Sopra un caso particolare della superficie F 4 (3) di M. Noether

Summary The Noetherian surfaceF ₄ ⁽³⁾ , which is represented on a plane by a linear ³ system ofC ₉(A ₁ ³ A ₂ ³ A ₃ ³ A ₄ ³ A ₅ ³ A ₆ ³ A ₇ ³ A ₈ ³ A ₉ ² A ₁₀), possesses generally only one linear pencil of elliptic cubics. IfA _i (i=1, 2, , 9) are the basis points of aHalphen pencil ofC ₉,A ₁₀ is infinitely near toA ₉, and in this caseF ₄ ⁽³⁾ is a not trivial example of such a surface with two pencils of elliptic cubics.     

A reappraisal of the hormonal regulation of larval fat body histolysis in femaleDrosophila melanogaster

The histolysis of larval fat body cells in adult femaleDrosophila melanogaster was examined in wild type and mutant animals. The fat body cells of wild type (Canton-S),apterous ^56f homozygotes,apterous ^78jts homozygotes and heterozygotes,apterous ⁴/+, ecdysoneless¹ homozygotes and heterozygotes all underwent histolysis normally during the 72 h following adult eclosion. Only in the case ofap ⁴/ap⁴ adults did the cells fail to histolyze normally. The fat body cells of both diapausing and non-diapausing wild type females underwent histolysis at the same rate. Attempts to demonstrate histolysis in vitro were unsuccessful, even in the presence of juvenile hormones (JHs), larval ring glands, or adult ovaries. In all strains other than theap ⁴ homozygotes, a significant proportion of larval fat body cells were dead at any time while theap ⁴/ap⁴ animals, almost all cells remained viable. It is postulated that fat body cell lysis following eclosion is not a JH-mediated event, but is elicited by an as yet unidentified factor(s), possibly originating in the ovary.     

Redundant and unique roles of coronin proteins in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Dictyostelium</Emphasis>

Dictyostelium discoideum harbors a short (CRN12) and a long coronin (CRN7) composed of one and two beta-propellers, respectively. They are primarily present in the cell cortex and cells lacking CRN12 (corA ⁻) or CRN7 (corB ⁻) have defects in actin driven processes. We compared the characteristics of a mutant cell line (corA ⁻ /corB ⁻) lacking CRN12 and CRN7 with the single mutants focusing on cytokinesis, phagocytosis, chemotaxis and development. Cytokinesis, uptake of small particles, and developmental defects were not enhanced in the corA ⁻ /corB ⁻ strain as compared to the single mutants, whereas motility and phagocytosis of yeast particles were more severely impaired. It appears that although both proteins affect the same processes they do not act in a redundant manner. Rather, they often act antagonistically, which is in accordance with their proposed roles in the actin cytoskeleton where CRN12 acts in actin disassembly whereas CRN7 stabilizes actin filaments and protects them from disassembly.     

Triazine nucleic acid interrelationship inEscherichia coli 15 arg− t − u −

Zusammenfassung Mit Hilfe von 5-Bromuracil wurde die prinzipielle Fähigkeit vonEscherichia coli 15 arg^– t ^– u ^–, Basenanaloge des Pyrimidins für die Synthese ihrer Nukleinsäuren zu verwenden, gezeigt. Ein Einbau der Triazinverbindungen Atrazin und Prometryn in die Nukleinsäuren vonE. coli 15 arg^– t ^– u ^– findet nicht statt, unabhängig, ob die Mikroorganismen in komplettem oder Basen-defizitärem Nährmedium wuchsen.     

New contribution to the study of chromosomes of the European Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera,Chrysomelidae)

Summary The chromosomes of three species ofPachybrachis and nine ofCryptocephalus chrysomelids were analyzed. The male meiotic bivalent formula ofP. azureus Suffr.,P. catalonicus Burl. andP. petitpierrei Daccordi is 7^II+Xy_r.Cryptocephalus sexmaculatus Ol. andC. vittula Suffr. have 13^II+Xy_p,C. bipunctatus L. 14^II+Xy_r,C. ochroleucus Steph. andC. ocellatus Drap. 14^II+Xy_p,C. crassus 01. 15^II+Xy_r,C. sulphureus 01. 15^II+Xy_p, the same number as inC. fulvus Goeze with 2n=32 chromosomes, whileC. primarius Har. has 19^II+Xy_p. The modal chromosome number inCryptocephalus is 2n=30 (about 60% of spp.), and most species are characterized their small chromosomes. The low variation found in the karyotypes of Cryptocephalinae along with their possible interrelationships with allied chrysomelid subfamilies are also discussed.     

Beta-carotene affects gene expression in lungs of male and female <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bcmo1</Emphasis><Superscript>−/−</Superscript> mice in opposite directions

Molecular mechanisms triggered by high dietary beta-carotene (BC) intake in lung are largely unknown. We performed microarray gene expression analysis on lung tissue of BC supplemented beta-carotene 15,15′-monooxygenase 1 knockout (Bcmo1 ^−/−) mice, which are—like humans—able to accumulate BC. Our main observation was that the genes were regulated in an opposite direction in male and female Bcmo1 ^−/− mice by BC. The steroid biosynthetic pathway was overrepresented in BC-supplemented male Bcmo1 ^−/− mice. Testosterone levels were higher after BC supplementation only in Bcmo1 ^−/− mice, which had, unlike wild-type (Bcmo1 ^+/+) mice, large variations. We hypothesize that BC possibly affects hormone synthesis or metabolism. Since sex hormones influence lung cancer risk, these data might contribute to an explanation for the previously found increased lung cancer risk after BC supplementation (ATBC and CARET studies). Moreover, effects of BC may depend on the presence of frequent human BCMO1 polymorphisms, since these effects were not found in wild-type mice.     

Interaction oft alleles at theT locus in the house mouse

Zusammenfassung Mehrfach wurde gezeigt, dass zwei rezessive letale Allele in der Hausmaus (t ^o undt ¹) lebensfähige normale Tiere in heterozygoter Kombinationt ⁰/t ¹ produzieren. Neuere Daten machen wahrscheinlich, dass dast ¹-Allel mutativ abänderte, so dass sowohl seine homozygote Wirkung als auch die Zusammenwirkung mitt ⁰ beeinflusst worden ist. Hingegen sind Kombinationen vont ⁰ und dem neuen Allel nicht mehr lebensfähig, und Homozygote sterben erst nach der Implantation.

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This work was supported in part by Research Grant B-931 from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, and in part by a grant-in-aid from the American Cancer Society.

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Part of the data reported in this paper were submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa., byAnna C. Pai who would like to express her deepest appreciation to ProfessorJane M. Oppenheimer for her guidance during the course of the work.     

On the synthesis of serine and homoserine samples asymmetrically labelled with tritium and deuterium in the hydroxymethylene group

Summary (1 R) [1-³H,²H₁] 3-Phenylpropanol, the key intermediate in the synthesis of (4 R) [4-³H,²H₁] D, L-homoserine and of the (4 S)-isomer, is obtained from (1 S) [1-²H₁] 3-phenylpropanol and (1 RS) [1-³H] ethanol upon incubation with yeast alcohol dehydrogenase and NAD⁺; under similar conditions 2-phenylethanol undergoes very small exchange with [1-²H₂] ethanol.     

Beeinflussung der ATPase aminspeichernder Granula von Nebennierenmark und Milznerven durch Thallium

Summary ATPases of the amine storing granules from bovine adrenal medulla and splenic nerves are inhibited by Tl⁺⁺⁺ 3×10^–5 and 5×10^–6 M, respectively. Tl⁺ up to 10^–3 M is ineffective. By T1⁺⁺⁺ in concentrations of 10^–4 M or more, proteins are precipitated, so that the enzyme inhibiton by these concentrations is unspecific. If T1⁺ is oxidized to Tl⁺⁺⁺ in the organism, the inhibition of granular ATPase may be responsible for the alterations of the catecholamine metabolism observed in thallium intoxication.     

Etude autoradiographique de l'incorporation de la thymidine-3H,de l'uridine-3H et de la phénylalanine-3H dans les chloroplastes deClivia miniata etBilbergia sp.

Summary Mature chloroplasts ofClivia miniata etBilbergia sp. show the intensive incorporation of thymidine³H into DNA and uridine³H into RNA. On the contrary, phenylalanine³H is mostly incorporated in the proplastids.     

Abbau von Quarz mit Brenzkatechin

Summary Fine divided HF-etched quartz was dissolved in a 0.2M solution of pyrocatechol at pH 9.6. Between 17 and 40 °C the dissolution rate (v _s ) follows the equation: logv _s =0.0295 T-20.87 At 25 °Cv _s amounts to 0.8 · 10^–12 g cm^–2 sec^–1. With several phenols the dissolution rate of quartz decreases in the order: pyrocatechol > pyrogallol > 2, 3-dihydroxynaphthalene.     

Vorgänge bei pH-Änderung und bei Belichtung eines Anthocyanidins

Summary The anthocyanidin investigated here exists below pH 4 as a cationAH ₂ ⁺ (wave length of absorption maximum _max=459 mµ), between pH 5 and 7 in the neutral formAH ( _max=492 mµ) and above pH 8 as an anionA ^– ( _max=537 mµ). At pH 5 the freshly dissolved substance is partially converted into a colourless formBH ( _max=372 mµ) and a chemical equilibrium betweenAH andBH is reached within 1 h. A kinetic study of the process of formation ofBH shows that an intermediate productZ is formed. This process can be reversed by light exposure. It can be concluded from a kinetic investigation by using flash light thatBH is transformed by the absorbing light into a new substanceL ( _max 275 mµ and 225 mµ), andL changes partially intoBH, partially intoZ, which itself is transformed partially intoAH ₂ ⁺ ,AH,A ^–, partially intoBH. The reactionZ AH,AH ₂ ⁺ ,A ^– is proportional to the concentration of protons [H ⁺], the reactionZ BH independent of [H ⁺]. Thus a photochemical production ofAH ₂ ⁺ ,AH,A ^– fromBH is readily obtained in the presence ofH ⁺ and not obtained in the absence ofH ⁺.     

The effect of X-rays and EMS on the behavior of the transposing element,TE98, inDrosophila melanogaster

Summary The sensitivity of TE98 (carryingw ^+R andrst ⁺) to X-rays does not differ significantly from the mutability ofcurled andkarmoisin loci. In addition no spontaneous mutants of TE98 were recovered, indicating its extreme stability. On the effect of EMS nowhite mutants were found supporting the view that thew ⁺ gene of TE98 is duplicated.     

Accessibility of host cell lineages to medaka stem cells depends on genetic background and irradiation of recipient embryos

Chimera formation is a powerful tool for analyzing pluripotency in vivo. It has been widely accepted that host cell lineages are generally accessible to embryonic stem (ES) cells with the actual contribution depending solely on the intrinsic pluripotency of transplanted donor cells. Here, we show in the fish medaka (Oryzias latipes) that the host accessibility to ES cell contribution exhibits dramatic differences. Specifically, of three albino host strains tested (i ¹ , i ³ and af), only strain i ¹ generated pigmented chimeras. Strikingly, this accessibility is completely lost in i ¹ but acquired in i ³ after host γ-irradiation. Host irradiation also differentially affected ES cell contribution to somatic organs and gonad. Therefore, the accessibility of various host cell lineages can vary considerably depending on host strains and cell lineages as well as on irradiation. Our findings underscore the importance of host genotypes for interpreting donor cell pluripotency and for improving ES-derived chimera production.     

Nucleic acid content of a diploid and of a triploid strain ofDrosophila melanogaster

Zusammenfassung Beim triploidenDrosophila-StammFM4, y ^31d sc ⁸ dm B/y ² sc w ^a ec.=ist der DNS-Anteil an der fettfreien Trockenmasse wesentlich höher als beim diploiden Stamm «Berlin normal ». Der RNS-Anteil an der fettfreien Trockenmasse stimmt in beiden Stämmen überein. Es wird diskutiert, dass die 2 Genome der diploidenDrosophila offensichtlich etwa ebenso aktiv sind wie die 3 Genome der triploiden.Drosophila verfügt also offenbar über einen Regulationsmechanismus, der die RNS-Konzentration trotz unterschiedlichen DNS-Gehalts konstant hält.     

Interaction du 2,4-dichlorophénol et de l'eau oxygénée dans la destruction enzymatique de l'acideβ-indolylacétique

Summary DCP increases IAA destruction by bothLens andPhaseolus root breis. H₂O₂ inhibits catabolism byLens extracts but activates it whenPhaseolus is used, mainly when roots are cultivated in the dark and contain inhibitors of IAA destruction. DCP 1·10^–3 M and H₂O₂ 1·10^–4 or 1·10^–3 volume forLens and DCP 1·10^–4 M and H₂O₂ 1·10^–3 volume forPhaseolus nullify auxin catabolism.