In vitro demonstration of peroxidase activity in the fish kidney soluble supernatant and its physiological importance

Zusammenfassung In der Kopfniere des TeleostiersAnabes testudineus wurde eine besonders hohe Peroxidase-Aktivität nachgewiesen, insbesondere deren Iodid-Oxydation zu Tri-Iodid.     

Changes induced by manganese in fish testis

Summary Exposure ofColisa fasciatus, a freshwater teleost, to 2500 mg/l manganese sulphate for 90 h caused decreased spermatogenic activity and hemorrhage in the testes.     

Evidence of soluble proteins binding adriamycin by affinity chromatography

Summary The presence in various tissues of soluble proteins binding adriamycin is evidenced by affinity chromatography.     

Thyroxine administration and the uptake of amino acids by liver cell nucleolus,nucleus and cytoplasm,and by other cell types

Résumé L'administration de thyroxine cause une chute de l'incorporation de la phénylalanine-H³ et du tryptophane-H³ par divers organes, excepté le foie. Le cytoplasme et les noyaux des hépatocytes ont presenté une plus grande concentration de substance injectée.

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This investigation was supported by grants from Fundaçao de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Rockefeller Foundation, and Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas.

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The help of Profs.L. C. U. Junqueira andC. P. Leblond as well as the technical assistance of MissE. Freymüller are acknowledged.     

Shedding by rod photoreceptors after sunrise in fish

Diurnal shedding by retinal rods was studied in wild cutthroat trout,Oncorhyncus clarki, hatchery rainbow trout,Oncorhyncus mykiss, and the plains killifish,Fundulus zebrinus, by counting the shed tips of rod outer segments ingested as phagosomes by pigment epithelial cells. After sunrise, phagosomes increased in all species, but fewer occurred in trout, and these were elevated from 3 to 9 hours after sunrise. Shedding occurred earlier in the light period and was more robust in killifish, with phagosomes elevated from 1.5 to 6 hours after sunset. The data suggest that both production of phagosomes by shedding and their subsequent disposal are slower at the lower temperatures experienced by trout. Otherwise, rod shedding produced under natural lighting is not appreciably different than that provoked by sudden onset of artificial light.     

Evidence of soluble proteins binding adriamycin by affinity chromatography.

The presence of various tissues of soluble proteins binding adriamycin is evidenced by affinity chromatography.     

Metabolism of dimethylnitrosamine by amphibians and fish in vitro

Résumé On a examiné le métabolism de la (C¹⁴)-DMN par des coupes de foie de truite, de poisson rouge et de trois espèces d'amphibiens, ainsi que l'excretion du cancérogène après injection par voie intrapéritonéale chez le triton et le poisson rouge. La relation entre le métabolisme et l'activité toxique et/ou cancérogène est discutée.     

Carcinogenesis and inhibited biosynthesis of soluble mouse skin proteins by actidione

Zusammenfassung Actidion hemmt die Synthese löslicher Proteine der Mäusehaut, reduziert die Bindung lokal applizierter Karzinogene (BP und DMBA) an lösliche Proteine, ohne die Tumorausbeute imBerenblum-Experiment zu beeinflussen.     

Regulation of neural circuit formation by protocadherins

The protocadherins (Pcdhs), which make up the most diverse group within the cadherin superfamily, were first discovered in the early 1990s. Data implicating the Pcdhs, including ~60 proteins encoded by the tandem Pcdha, Pcdhb, and Pcdhg gene clusters and another ~10 non-clustered Pcdhs, in the regulation of neural development have continually accumulated, with a significant expansion of the field over the past decade. Here, we review the many roles played by clustered and non-clustered Pcdhs in multiple steps important for the formation and function of neural circuits, including dendrite arborization, axon outgrowth and targeting, synaptogenesis, and synapse elimination. We further discuss studies implicating mutation or epigenetic dysregulation of Pcdh genes in a variety of human neurodevelopmental and neurological disorders. With recent structural modeling of Pcdh proteins, the prospects for uncovering molecular mechanisms of Pcdh extracellular and intracellular interactions, and their role in normal and disrupted neural circuit formation, are bright.