Acceleration of red cell glycolysis by citrate due to intracellular pH enhancement

Zusammenfassung Nachweis, dass in Konsequenz der intra- und extrazellulären pH-Differenz, das Citrat die Erythrocyten Glycolyse beschleunigt.     

Synthesis of rhodotorucine A,the inducing factor of mating tube formation ofRhodosporidium toruloides

Summary The inducing factor of mating tube formation ofRhodosporidium turuloides, named rhodotorucine A (H-Tyr-Pro-Glu-Ile-Ser-Trp-Thr-Arg-Asn-Gly-Cys(S-farnesyl)-OH), has been synthesized to confirm the structure proposed for the natural lipopeptide. The synthetic S-farnesyl undecapeptide has identical Rf values on TLC using several different solvents, and also the same biological activity as the natural hormone.Acknowledgments. We wish to express our thanks to Drs E. Ohmura, M. Nishikawa and M. Yoneda of Takeda Chemical Industries and Dr I. Banno of Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, for their encouragement throughout this work.     

Lymphatic metastasis of tumour; persistent transport of cells

Summary A model of lymphatic metastasis established by injecting Walker rat carcinoma cells into the rat footpad was used to study the output of tumour cells from the footpad. The lymphatic efferent from the footpad was cannulated in a group of rats with advanced neoplasm; it was shown that the output of tumou cells was continuou over periods up to 90 min and ranged from 10²–10⁵ cells/min.Acknowledgment. This work was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute of Canada to C.R.F. and I.C. We are grateful to Mrs W. Kao and Mr I. Etches for meticulous technical help and to the Photographic Section, Department of Pathology for illustrations. Dr V.S. Gupta of Veterinary Physiology, University of Saskatchewan supplied the tumour for transplantation.     

Effect of prostaglandin E1 on cholesterol biosynthesis in rat liver

Riassunto La prostaglandina E₁ (PGE₁) ha un duplice effetto sulla sintesi epatica del colesterolo: a basse concentrazioni determina un incremento della incorporazione di acetato in colesterolo, mentre a concentrazini superiori a 50 nmoli essa determina una riduzione di questo paramentro.     

Additive and synergistic inhibition of mammalian microsomal enzyme functions by piperonyl butoxide,safrole and other methylenedioxyphenyl derivatives

Zusammenfassung Piperonylbutoxyd, Methylendioxylanilin, Methyleugenol, Safranol und Vanillylamin bewirken eine additive Hemmung der Funktion mikrosomaler Enzyme in Mäusen, wenn sie zusammen in Dosen verabreicht werden, die einzeln inaktiv sind. Piperonylbutoxyd und Safranol induzieren synergistisch die Hemmung von Aminopyrenedemethylase-Aktivität. Es erfolgte keine synergistische Hemmung nach kombinierter Behandlung mit Pib. und hohen Dosen der strukturell verwandten, aber inaktiven Piperonylsäure.

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Supported by N.I.H. Grants No. C-6516 and No. Fr-05526.

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We thank Mrs.M. Sengupta and Mr.E. Greene for their technical assistance.     

Effect of nicotine on the transmembrane potential and contractility of isolated rat atria

Zusammenfassung Die Wirkungen von Nikotin auf die Kontraktilität und die Membranpotentiale des Rattenatriums wurden untersucht. Nikotin (5 × 10^–4 M) erhöhte gleichzeitig die entwickelte Spannung sowie die Dauer und Fläche des Aktionspotentials. Ein möglicher Zusammenhang dieser Änderungen mit der erhöhten Kontraktilität wird diskutiert.

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Deceased 22 July 1966.