The effect of calciferol,parathormone and calcitonin on the biochemical composition of kidney

Zusammenfassung Es wurde festgestellt, dass Calciferol die Stauung von Calcium, Phosphor und Zitronensäure in allen Teilen der Niere verursacht. Parathormon erhöht den Gehalt von Calcium und Zitronensäure in der Niere während einer Stunde. Nach Verabreichung von Calcitonin wurde Verminderung von Calcium in der Cortical-und Medullarzone beobachtet.     

Two-state model ofParamecium bursaria thigmotaxis

A theoretical framework has been developed for analysis of the interaction betweenParamecium bursaria and a glass surface. Adhesion to and detachment from a solid substrate were considered in the model as transitions between alternative states in cell behavior: (a) swimming, and (b) motionless (positive thigmotactic) state. According to the model and experimental data, a change in the fraction of swimming cells is described by a negative exponential course. The proposed model allows positive thigmotaxis, generally referred to in the literature simply as thigmotaxis, to be considered as the rate-constant of transition into the motionless state. This approach permits quantitative determination of thigmotaxis, and reveals its dependence on the phase of culture growth and the type of medium surrounding the cells. In the mineral maintenance solution, paramecia from the stationary phase of growth swim more slowly than those in the logarithmic phase of growth, and show enhanced thigmotaxis. However, a general relationship between thigmotaxis and swimming speed was not established.     

The complete structure of ryanodine

Zusammenfassung Die Struktur des Ryanodins und die Natur der Ryanodin-Anhydroryanodin-Umlagerung wird diskutiert.     

Enkephalin-, VIP- and substance P-like immunoreactivity in the carotid body

The carotid body type I cell contains amines and has features, both morphological and cytochemical, which indicate that it may also produce a peptide. Many regulatory peptides are now known to be present in both central and peripheral tissues. In the periphery these neuropeptides occur in both classical endocrine (APUD) cells and the neurones of the autonomic nervous system. We have now investigated the possible presence of neuropeptides in the cat carotid body using both immunocytochemistry and radioimmunoassay. Met- and Leu-enkephalin-like material occurred in considerable quantities in carotid body extracts and enkephalin-like immunoreactivity was localised in type I cells. Both vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)- and substance P-like immunoreactivity was also present but was localised in nerve fibres distributed throughout the organ. These active neuropeptides are widely distributed in mammalian tissues, forming a diffuse regulatory system which now seems to include the carotid body.