Structure activity relationships of some centrally active dialkyl substituted propanediol sulfites

Résumé Une étude de 2-2-dialkyl-1-3-propanediol esters cyclique d'acide sulfureux constatait des filiations structure activité très interessantes. Avec un petit ralongant de la chaîne alkyl il est changé d'un stimulant système nerveux central (dimethyl, diethyl, et le pentaerythritol disulfite) à un dépressant système nerveux central fort modérément.     

The influence of the experimental conditions on the renal response to angiotensin in the rat

Résumé Les conditions expérimentales déterminent la réponse rénale à l'angiotensine chez le rat. Antérieurement, on a seulement demontré une réponse natriurétique à cette hormone. Cependant, chez les rats chargés chroniquement de sodium, on a demontré que l'angiotensine en doses de 0,00005–0,005µg/kg/min est toujours anti-natriurétique. Après une opération récente, ou sous anesthésie ou en présence d'une déplétion de sodium, l'angiotensine à ces doses, chez les mêmes animaux, est soit sans effet ou même natriurétique.     

The comparative metabolism of ethylene dimethanesulphonate and ethylene dibromide

Zusammenfassung Äthylenglykol-dimethansulfonat (EDS) wird von der Ratte zu N-Acetyl-S-(-hydroxyäthyl)-cystein (V), N-Acetyl-S-(-hydroxyäthyl)-cystein-S-oxyd (VI), und Methansulfonsäure abgebaut. Äthylendibromid (EDB) gibt ausser V und VI, S-(-Hydroxyäthyl)-cystein (III) und wird weiter zu Kohlendioxyd und anorganischem Sulphat via S-(-Hydroxyäthyl)-cystein-S-oxyd (IV) abgebaut. Keine der erwähnten Stoffwechselprodukte sind gegen Tumoren oder gegen Spermatogenese wirksam.

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This work was supported by grants from the Ford Foundation and the Wellcome Trust (A. R. J.) and the British Empire Cancer Campaign for Research (K. E.).     

Reduction in number of immunostained GABAergic neurones in deprived-eye dominance columns of monkey area 17

The primary visual cortex (area 17) of the Old World monkey is divided into alternating right- and left-eye dominance columns that are highly modifiable by visual experience during a critical period in development but display little morphological or physiological plasticity during adult life. However, changes in immunocytochemical staining for a calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase occur in visual cortical neurones of adult monkeys after brief monocular deprivation and concentrations of putative neurotransmitters or their related enzymes can be altered with changes in neuronal activity in other systems. We therefore examined the effects of monocular deprivation on the immunocytochemical staining for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and its synthetic enzyme, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), in adult monkey area 17. The staining for GABA and GAD in neuronal somata and terminals was markedly reduced within ocular dominance columns associated with a removed or a visually deprived eye, suggesting that the GABA concentration in cortical neurones may depend on their levels of activity. Thus area 17 of adult monkeys may retain a greater degree of plasticity than previously recognized and sensory experience can profoundly affect transmitter levels, in the cortex, apparently by regulating levels of a synthetic enzyme.     

Effect of benzo[a]pyrene on friend virus leukemogenesis,CFU-S viability,and induction of humoral immunity

Summary Benzo[a]pyrene (BP) potentiated the induction of leukemia by low doses of Friend virus in SJL/J mice if injected 2 days before the virus. BP also reduced the viability of hematopoietic stem cells (CFU-S) within this time interval but had little effect on the induction of humoral immunity (the PFC response).This work was supported by Department of Energy Contract No. EP-78-S-02-4800.