Labelling of steroids in axillary sweat after administration of3H-Δ5-pregnenolone and14C-progesterone to a healthy man

Résumé L'administration intraveineuse du prégnène-3-ol-20-one[7-³H]- ⁵ avec le progestérone[4-¹⁴C] à un homme sain amena la sécrétion d'autant de radioactivité dans la sueur des aiselles que dans la plupart du reste du corps. Le prégnénolone- ⁵, l'androstène-3,17-dione- ⁴ et le déhydroépiandrostérone furent les principaux stéroïdes marqués identifiés comme partant des deux sources de sueur.

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Acknowledgments. The author expresses grateful thanks to the subject (A.C.) who subjected himself to this experiment, and to Mr. D. A. A.Wilson for his technical assistance.     

Location of a delta-subunit region determining ion transport through the acetylcholine receptor channel

The combination of complementary DNA expression and single-channel current analysis provides a powerful tool for studying the structure-function relationship of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) (refs 1-5). We have previously shown that AChR channels consisting of subunits from different species, expressed in the surface membrane of Xenopus oocytes, can be used to relate functional properties to individual subunits. Here we report that, in extracellular solution of low divalent cation concentration, the bovine AChR channel has a smaller conductance than the Torpedo AChR channel. Replacement of the delta-subunit of the Torpedo AChR by the bovine delta-subunit makes the channel conductance similar to that of the bovine AChR channel. To locate the region in the delta-subunit responsible for this difference, we have constructed chimaeric delta-subunit cDNAs with different combinations of the Torpedo and bovine counterparts. The conductances of AChR channels containing chimaeric delta-subunits suggest that a region comprising the putative transmembrane segment M2 and the adjacent bend portion between segments M2 and M3 is involved in determining the rate of ion transport through the open channel.     

Seasonal monoamine changes in the central nervous system ofMytilus edulis (Bivalvia)

Summary The levels of serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine exhibit seasonal changes in the central nervous system of Mytilus edulis. These monoamines were higher during the summer and lower during the winter.     

Sterols of the lobster (Homarus americanus) and the shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

Summary In this study we have analyzed the sterol compositions of two continental shelf species of crustacea, the lobster (Homarus americanus) and the shrimp (Pandalus borealis). Cholesterol was found to be the most abundant sterol in these two species with smaller amounts of desmosterol, 24-methylcholesterol, 24-ethylcholesterol, 24-methylenecholesterol and 22-dehydrocholesterol. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Contribution Number 3494. This work was supported by the Office of Sea Grant of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. Special thanks are extended to Ms.R. Beebe-Center, who was responsible for a large part of the isolation work described here.     

Heterotransplantation of human glioblastoma in the brain of newborn mice]

7 human multiform glioblastoma have been transplanted into the brain of 100 new born Mice. Electron microscopy and chromosome analysis confirm the growth of a human tumor showing malignant features of glioblastoma.