Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in T-lymphocyte deficient rats.

Thymectomized, lethally irradiated rats reconstituted with syngeneic bone marrow were injected with rat brain in complete Freund adjuvant mixture. Both, they and sham-thymectomized, irradiated and bone marrow protected rats displayed a higher incidence of leg paralysis than normal non-irradiated animals. Thymectomy lowered the incidence of the disease.     

Light-dependent antibody labelling of photoreceptors

Monoclonal antibodies are tools widely used to analyse the structure of the nervous system. Whereas some labelling patterns are highly reproducible, others appear to vary from one preparation to the next, as we noticed in particular for some antibodies with respect to photoreceptor labelling. To establish whether some of this variability can be linked to functional criteria, we tested for light-dependence. We found two antibodies that label photoreceptor outer segments, only when the retina has been illuminated, and a third antibody that has a selective affinity for dark-adapted outer segments. The two antibodies against light-activated sites are primarily directed against the highly phosphorylated neurofilament subunit at relative molecular mass 200,000 (200K). One of them, RT97, recognizes on immunoblots, in addition to neurofilaments, a light-activated epitope on a protein that resembles the photopigment rhodopsin, presumably a phosphorylation-dependent site. Antibodies like those described here may allow the study of physiological processes such as light and dark adaptation using morphological techniques.     

Absence of immunosuppression in DBA/2 mice vaccinated with Trypanosoma cruzi treated with actinomycin-D

The subcutaneous (s.c.) vaccination of DBA/2 mice with 4 weekly doses of 3 x 10(7) living metacyclic forms of T. cruzi, Y strain, obtained from culture in axenic medium and treated for 24 h with actinomycin-D (50 micrograms/10(7) parasites), a drug that promotes an irreversible blockade of the parasite replication, do not induce any detectable degree of humoral and cellular immunosuppression as assessed by a) the production of anti-SRBC antibodies, b) the permanence of delayed cutaneous reaction to T. cruzi antigen, to PPD and DNCB and c) the degree of blastogenic transformation of spleen lymphocytes in the presence of the specific antigen.     

Phagocytosis of liposomes by mouse peritoneal macrophages (author's transl)]

Uptake of 14C-cholesterol or 3H-cholesterol labelled liposomes, stimulation of 14C-glucose oxidation, as well as ultrastructural and autoradiographical experiments have shown that liposomes are phagocytized by mouse peritoneal macrophages. Further results have shown that degradation of liposomes was not complete 2h after uptake.     

Influence of alpha-MSH and ACTH on cortical bone remodelling in hypophysectomized rats.

Hypophysectomy increases both periosteal resorption and endosteal apposition along the femur diaphysis in rat. Administration of alpha-MSH decreased the periosteal resorption but had no effect on the endosteal apposition. ACTH had only minor effects on the endosteum. Thus, alpha-MSH and ACTH, in the doses used, have different effects on cortical bone in rat. The effect of alpha-MSH on cortical bone could be an effect of the hormone alone or by its stimulation of other factors.     

Neuropeptide Y inhibits corticosterone secretion by isolated rat adrenocortical cells

Studies with isolated rat adrenocortical cells have shown that neuropeptide Y (NPY) inhibits both basal and ACTH-stimulated corticosterone secretion. These results suggest the regulatory role of NPY in corticosterone secretion from the adrenal gland, especially during stress.     

氨基化纳米二氧化钛的热稳定性分析

以基于赖氨酸原位修饰法制备的氨基化纳米二氧化钛进行不同煅烧温度下的热稳定性分析。用 SEM和FT-IR表征手段分析了在不同煅烧温度下氨基化纳米二氧化钛的形貌及结构,用 DTA-TG测量了它们的热失重曲线。结果表明：500℃以下的煅烧不会对材料的形貌结构产生太大的影响,氨基基团仍然存在;并且经过300℃的高温处理后,它的稳定性也有一定程度的提高。     

含钛电炉熔分渣碱熔过程中 Ti元素的选择性富集及MgAl2O4的物相转化规律

以KOH为改性剂,利用渣碱共熔反应对攀钢含钛电炉熔分渣进行改性处理,成功地将炉渣中Ti元素从原来的重钛酸镁选择性地富集到偏钛酸钾中,同时渣中镁铝尖晶石和镁橄榄石转化为易溶于水的铝酸盐和硅酸盐.采用X射线衍射技术研究了共熔反应中煅烧温度、渣碱比(含钛电炉熔分渣的质量与KOH质量之比)、保温时间等对Ti元素迁移富集和镁铝尖晶石转化的影响.当渣碱比为1：2.1、煅烧温度700℃及保温时间1 h时,生成的偏钛酸钾衍射峰达到最强,镁铝尖晶石的衍射峰最弱,有效地实现了Ti元素的选择性富集及镁铝尖晶石的物相转化.实验证实了较高K/Ti比( K2 O与TiO2的摩尔比)是生成偏钛酸钾的主要原因.以最佳碱熔条件下得到的共熔渣为原料,经过后续处理,在850℃的条件下合成了六钛酸钾纳米晶须.