The effect of glycine on serum luteinizing hormone in adult female rats

The response of serum luteinizing hormone to glycine has been studied during the estrous cycle in adult female rats. I.p. administration of 200 mg of glycine significantly elevated serum luteinizing hormone levels at all stages of the estrous cycle.     

Distribution of type A and B monamine oxidase activities in the central nervous system of rat and chick.

The distribution of type A and B monamine oxidase (MAO) activities in the central nervous system (CNS) of rat and chick was investigated using 5-hydroxytryptamine and beta-phenylethylamine as specific substrates. The distribution of type A MAO was similar to that of type B MAO in rat CNS, but quite different in chick CNS. This may be ascribed to the difference in animal species. The major part of MAO activity in the spinal cord was found to be type A.     

Location of functional regions of acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit by site-directed mutagenesis

The availability of cloned cDNAs encoding the four subunits of the Torpedo acetylcholine receptor, which can be expressed to make functional receptors in Xenopus oocytes, has made possible a detailed investigation of the functions of the different structural components of the receptor. The functional analysis of receptors with alpha-subunits altered at specific sites by site-directed mutagenesis of the cDNA has allowed the location of specific regions of the alpha-subunit molecule involved in acetylcholine binding and forming a transmembrane ionic channel.     

Identification of angiogenic activity and the cloning and expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor

Cloning and sequencing of the complementary DNA for platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor indicates that it is a novel factor distinct from previously characterized proteins. The factor, a protein with a relative molecular mass of about 45,000, stimulates endothelial cell growth and chemotaxis in vitro and angiogenesis in vivo.     

氧化处理的炭纤维表面性能

用反相色谱法、电子天平法和ESCA对氧化前后炭纤维的表面性能作了研究。以炭纤维为固定相,正烷烃作探针分子进行了反相色谱实验,求得了炭纤维的吸附等温线。等温线属BrunauerⅡ型,比表面积因氧化而增大。用电子天平法,以正烷烃-甲酰胺-炭纤维体系间接地求得了炭纤维的表面自由能及其分量。表面自由能的极性分量因氧化处理而增大。ESCA的结果表明,经氧化处理后炭纤维表面的[O]/[C]比增大,但氧化影响仅限于表面,而对距表面5nm以下没有影响。     

Bicuculline and picrotoxin block gamma-aminobutyric acid-gated Cl- conductance by different mechanisms

Using isolated, internally perfused bullfrog dorsal root ganglion cells we have studied the dose-response curves for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the presence of internally or externally applied GABA antagonists. With external application of antagonists the inhibition of the GABA current by bicuculline was competitive and that by picrotoxin was noncompetitive. Picrotoxin but not bicuculline blocked when internally perfused.