Running activity and gastric ulcers in the rat

Zusammenfassung Nachweis von Magenulzerationen und Magenerosionen bei Albinoratten nach bestimmter Fütterung und nachherigem Laufkäfig-Aufenthalt. Problem der Stressulzeration und die Rolle der Diät werden erörtert.

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The authors appreciate the excellent technical assistance of Messrs.J. Krebs andJ. Tomlinson     

Mydriatic activity of analgesics in mice

Résumé Dans une série de 20 analgésiques puissants nous avons trouvé une correlation hautement significative entre l'activité analgésique et mydriatique chez la souris.     

Macrophage activity of thymectomized mice infected withLeishmania donovani

Resumen Fagocitosis y destrucción deLeishmania donovani por macrófagos in vivo o in vitro es igual en macrofagos de ratones timectomizados e infectados que en macrófagos de ratones no timectomizados e infectados. Se concluye que la resistencia natural contra infección conL. donovani no es disminuida por la timectomía. Además, los datos indican que la actividad de los macrófagos es independiente del timo.

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Guest Worker, NIAID. Fellowship holder from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de la Argentina and holder of award No. 5 F05 TW 1468-02 from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service.     

Leucine aminopeptidase activity in muscles of dystrophic mice

Résumé L'activité de la leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) a été mesurée dans le muscle de la souris dystrophique. La LAP est peu active dans le muscle dystrophique de la souris jeune (50 à 60 jours). D'autre part, l'activité de l'enzyme est fortement augmentée dans le muscle de la souris plus agée (110 à 125 jours). Un traitement de 5 jours à l'hormone de croissance chez la souris jeune n'a pas modifié significativement l'activité de la LAP dans les muscles des souris dystrophiques ou témoins.     

Inducement of blood vessel formation by ovarian extracts from mice injected with gonadotropins

Summary Ovarian extracts prepared from immature mice injected with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) were assayed for angiogenic activity. The assay method consisted of implanting a film coated with ovarian extracts to the lateral wall of the m.rectus abdominus of a mouse for 20 days and examining the site for vascularization. The higher angiogenic activity obtained with PMSG-treated extract may be related to its follicle stimulating activity.Acknowledgment. Part of this work was supported by a grant from The Ministry of Education, Japan (No. 576165).     

Effects of ovarian steroids on superoxide dismutase activity in the rat brain

The levels of manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) were determined in appropriate subcellular fractions prepared from whole brain homogenates of cycling and long-term (3 week) ovariectomized (OVX) Wistar rats, and were compared to the levels found in corresponding samples prepared from OVX rats treated with progesterone (P) or estradiol 17B-benzoate (EB). The activity of both SODs was steady during the estrous cycle, except at proestrus, when MnSOD activity was elevated significantly. Bilateral ovariectomy resulted three weeks later in an increase of the MnSOD activity even higher than that recorded at proestrus. High post-castration MnSOD activity was lowered profoundly by exogenous P (2 mg) or EB (0.5 g), given s.c. to OVX animals 2 h or 24 h before sacrifice. Neither removal of the ovaries nor the hormone treatments affected the activity of CuZnSOD. These results suggest suppressive effects of ovarian steroids on MnSOD activity in the rat brain.     

Gonadostatin and gonadocrinin, polypeptides of ovarian origin with hypophysiotropic activity]

Crude acetic acid extract of Rat ovaries pretreated with pregnant mare serum (PMSG) contains native peptides with two types of separable biological activities: one, molecular weight greater than 10,000 dalton inhibits the secretion of both LH and FSH as stimulated by luteinizing hormone releasing factor (LRF) in a pituitary monolayer culture system and is referred to as gonadostatin; the other, less than 3,500 dalton, stimulates the secretion of gonadotropins and is designated as gonadocrinin. The biological activities of ovarian gonadocrinin can be competitively inhibited by an LRF-analog-antagonist, D-Phe2, D-Trp6-LRF. These ovarian peptides may participate in physiological control of pituitary LH/FSH secretion.     

Tumour-promoting activity of fatty acid methyl esters in mice

Zusammenfassung Es wurden die Methylester der 12-Oxo-trans-10-octadecensäure und Hydroxyoctadecadiensäure (Produkte der Autoxidation ungesättigter Fettsäuren), sowie Methyloleat auf Mäusehaut appliziert und auf cancerogene Eigenschaften geprüft. Keiner der Ester wirkte als komplettes Carcinogen, hingegen zeigten alle Promotorwirkung. Am wirksamsten war Oxooctadecensäuremethylester, welches die Bildung von Hautpapillomen wie auch von Lymphomen förderte.

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This work wass upported by a grant from Miss Ane Martinussens Foundation, Aalborg.     

Glutamic acid dehydrogenase activity in muscles of dystrophic mice

Résumé L'activité de la déshydrogénase glutamique a été étudié dans le tissu musculaire de la souris atteinte de dystrophie musculaire héréditaire. La déhydrogénase glutamique est peu active dans le muscle dystrophique de la souris jeune, alors que l'activité de cet enzyme est fortement augmentée dans le muscle de la souris plus âgée (12–18 semaines). D'autre part, l'activité de l'enzyme est diminuée dans le muscle de la souris lorsque la maladie évolue.