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Lipoprotein pre-staining: comparison of nitroblue tetrazolium and Sudan Black B. | Nitroblue tetrazolium and Sudan Black B have been compared as pre-staining agents for human serum lipoproteins, using acrylamide gel gradients. Results from Nitroblue tetrazolium staining should be used with caution for low and very low density lipoproteins, and further work appears necessary on the reaction with alpha-lipoproteins. | 174,838 | [
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Inheritance of xanthomatosis and hyper-beta-lipoproteinaemia. A study of 7 large kindreds. | In a study of xanthomatosis in the county of Ostfold, Norway (approximately 220,000 inhabitants), it was found that 20% (37 out of 185) of the probands belonges to seven large kindreds where xanthomatosis and hyper-beta-lipoproteinaemia segregated. Almost complete ascertainment (99%) of living subjects in the sibships in these families was obtained. Within each kindred, the frequency distribution of age- and sex-adjusted cholesterol and LDL cholesterol were discontinuous; the xanthomatosis patients all had values corresponding to the upper mode, whereas no person without xanthomatosis had such values. The combined results showed a slight overlap. Triglyceride concentrations were unimodally distributed. The genetics of the disorder in the seven families was analysed on the basis of 270 individuals. The segregation pattern satisfied the criteria for autosomal dominant inheritance, but not those for a polygenic trait. Thus, xanthomatosis with hyper-beta-lipoproteinaemia segregates as an autosomal dominant trait in these seven kindreds. No evidence of reduced penetrance was found. Since both IIA and IIB lipoprotein patterns were observed within the same family, there is no evidence that the two patterns reflect the presence of different genes in these kindreds. | 174,850 | [
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Mucus-secreting carcinoid tumor in a colonic diverticulum: report of a case. | A mucus-secreting carcinoid tumor arising in a colonic (rectosigmoid) diverticulum is presented. Carcinoid tumors in colonic diverticula have not been previously reported. The presence of mucin and argentaffin granules in the same tumor cell is illustrated. The recognition of mucus-secreting carcinoid tumors is emphasized in order to avoid overtreatment of small colonic carcinoid tumors by extensive surgical procedures. | 174,873 | [
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[Bactericidal dosie-activity relationships with E. coli, K. pneumoniae and Staph. aureus (author's transl)]. | In investigations into the dosis-activity relationships of bactericidal antibiotics used against E. coli, K. pneumoniae and Staph. aureus four types of activity could be demonstrated. The penicillin type shows almost no improvement in bactericidal activity despite increasing the dosage above a certain level. An increase in concentration of aminoglycoside antibiotics led to a more rapid killing of the bacteria. In cefalotin there was a linear dosis-activity relationship: rising concentrations of antibiotics led to an ever increasing bactericidal effect. The paradoxical bactericidal effect ("Eagle effect'') described for penicillin G with enterococci could not be demonstrated. | 174,881 | [
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Effects of hyperosmolarity on the cyclic AMP concentration and lipolysis of the adipocyte stimulated by adrenocorticotropic hormone. | The effects of ACTH on 3',5'-cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels and lipolysis were examined on isolated adipocytes incubated in either isosmolar or hyperosmolar media. The ability of ACTH to induce intracellular cAMP accumulation was greatly enhanced by incubating cells in hyperosmolar sucrose (100 to 400 mM) solutions. Hyperosmolar solutions prepared by the addition of either NaCL, glucose or mannitol enhanced the ACTH effect on cAMP to the same extent as did the hyperosmolar sucrose solution, but hyperosmolar urea solutions did not have such an effect. The effect of hyperosmolarity was shown only in cells stimulated by lipolytic hormones, and the effects were still evident in the presence of high concentrations of theophylline, indicating the effect of hyperosmolarity is to facilitate hormone action on the receptor-coupler system of the adipocyte membrane. The action of glucagon on cAMP was augmented much less than the actions of ACTH and isoproterenol. Basal as well as ACTH or exogenous cAMP stimulated lipolysis was lower in hyperosmolar sucrose solutions. Some mechanism by which hyperosmolarity interferes with the metabolic sequence beyond the accumulation of cAMP was suggested. | 174,896 | [
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5alpha-Dihydrotestosterone binding protein in rat ventral prostate; purification, nuclear incorporation, and subnuclear localization. | Treatment of cytosol from the rat ventral prostate with cold acetone (-20 degrees C) evoked a 8 approximately 10-fold increase in the binding capacity with 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Starting from the extract of acetone-dried prostate cytosol, some 400 approximately 600-fold purification of the DHT-binding protein complex was acieved by (NH4)2504 fractionation, DEAE-cellulose chromatography and gel- filtration with Sephadex G-200. The purified 3H-DHT-binding protein complex was incorporated into the nuclei from the ventral prostate in a temperature dependent manner. The similar incorporation was also observed in nuclei from the liver and the kidney... | 174,903 | [
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The reduction of plastocyanin by plastoquinol-1 in the presence of chloroplasts. A dark electron transfer reaction involving components between the two photosystems. | The reduction of plastocyanin by plastoquinol-1 was efficiently catalysed by disrupted chloroplasts or etioplasts in the dark. The reaction was inhibited by 2,5-dibromomethylisopropyl-p-benzo-quinone which inhibits photosynthetic electron transport between plastoquinone and cytochrome f. Evidence is presented that the reduction took place via cytochrome f, and that plastoquinone-9 was not involved. Triton X-100 and organic solvents were inhibitory, but partial fractionation was achieved without loss of activity by density gradient centrifugation in the presence of high digitonin concentrations. All active material contained cytochromes b-559LP and b-563 in addition to cytochrome f, but these b-type cytochromes were not directly involved. Other 1-electron acceptors could be used in place of plastocyanin, for instance ferricyanide and Pseudomonas cytochrome c-551. The reaction can be applied to give a sensitive dark assay for active cytochrome f. It is suggested that cytochrome f possesses two sites for interaction with redox reagents: a hydrophilic site with which plastocyanin reacts by electron transfer and a hydrophobic site with which plastoquinol reacts by hydrogen atom transfer. | 174,911 | [
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New coenzymically-active soluble and insoluble macromolecular NAD+ derivatives. | Reaction in dimethyl sulfoxide of nicotinamide 8-bromoadenine dinucleotide with the disodium salt of 3-mercaptopropionic acid afforded nicotinamide-8-(2-carboxyethylthio)adenine dinucleotide, a new NAD+ analogue functionalized at the adenine C-8 position by an omega-carboxylic side chain. Carbodimide coupling of the latter derivative to high-molecular-weight water-soluble (polyethyleneimine, polylysine) and insoluble (aminohexy)-Sepharose) polymers gave the corresponding macromolecular NAD+ analogues. These derivatives have been shown to be enzymically reducible. The polyethyleneimine analogue showed a substantial degree of efficiency relative to free NAD+ with yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (47%) but a considerably lower one with rabbit muscle lactate dehydrogenase (3%); the polylysine analogue showed a low degree of efficiency with both enzymes (5-6%). | 174,913 | [
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Free and sulfoconjugated dehydroepiandrosterone, cyclic adenosime-3',5'-monophosphate, and free estriol in maternal and cord blood. | When free DHEA, its sulfatide, and sulfate were assayed in maternal plasma as well as in umbilical cord arterial and venous plasma, rather high concentrations were found in either fraction from cord arterial plasma, reflecting the fetal contribution not only of free DHEA and DHEA sulfate, but also of the lipophile steroid sulfatide. Since high DHEA levels were associated with elevated c-AMP concentrations, a certain interrelationship of both parameters is indicated. In the course of delivery, a rapid decrease of free estriol in maternal plasma was observed. Higher concentration of free estriol in umbilical venous plasma pointed at its placental biosynthesis from fetal precursors. | 174,934 | [
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Autoradiographic study of the penetration of non-histone chromatin proteins into differentiating cells. | Attention has previously been drawn to a specific effect of NHCP on embryonic Pleurodeles cell differentiation. With a modified NHCP labelling technique, autoradiography has revealed a cytoplasmic concentration of labelled NHCP and has not revealed any difference between homospecific and heterospecific NHCP penetration. | 174,937 | [
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The plasmatic 11-hydroxy-corticosteroid response in the human to a synthetic octadecapeptide corticotrophin (C-41795-Ba). | The adrenal response as measured by the plasmatic changes in 11-hydroxy-corticosteroid (11-OHCS) concentration following the administration of a synthetic octadecapeptide (C-41795-Ba) was compared in 17 normal young males with that obtained with the commercially available tetracosactrin. C-41795-Ba polypeptide shows a higher potency than tetracosactrin. Its effects are longer lasting when administered intravenously which indicates a significant local inactivation of the polypeptide. | 174,989 | [
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Humoral immune responses of cats to mammalian type-C virus p30s. | Natural and experimental cat sera were tested in radioimmune precipitation assays vs purified p30s from FeLV, RD114 and MuLV. Antibodies with specificity for FeLV p30 comparable to hyperimmune sera from heterologous species but of low titer were found in a high percentage of normal cats from households with a high incidence of FeLV and neoplasia. Sera from cats with neoplasms were generally negative. Cats immunized with FeLV gave low-level immune response, also of the same general specificity as heterologous hyperimmune sera. Cat sera do not normally show antibody to RD114 p30 although two immunized weanling cats produced low titered but highly specific p30 antibody. Thus, for both classes of feline type-C virus p30s, there is an evident capability of the cat to mount an immune response to natural or experimental exposure to the respective proteins. The magnitude of the response is between 100 and 1,000 fold below that seen in heterologous species. In contrast, cats immunized with MuLV p30 gave immune responses comparable to those seen in guinea-pigs, rabbits and goats. Several very old cats with carcinoma had antibody which preferentially precipitated MuVL p30. A competition assay using one such serum and labelled MuVL p30 was inhibited by FeVL, RD114, and MuLV p30s. This indicates that the assay is "interspecies" in nature. Among the possible explanations of this reaction category is that it represents antibody to the p30 of an as yet undefined class of feline type-C virus. | 175,024 | [
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Fibroblast surface antigen (SF): the external glycoprotein lost in proteolytic stimulation and maligant transfromation. | It was previously shown that the fibroblast surface antigen (SF antigen, SFA) is composed of polypeptides of high molecular weight 210,000 (SF210) and 145,000 (SF145) and that both of these decrease in quantity after transformation of the fibroblasts by Rous sarcoma virus (RSV). The present experiments show that SF210 is a glycoprotein. It is accessible to surface labelling by lactoperoxidase catalyzed iodination. The SF210 molecule is highly susceptible to trypsin on cell surface. Anti-SFA antibodies specifically precipitated the surface labelled polypeptide. The lactoperoxidase iodinated SF210 polypeptide was greatly reduced in cells transformed by RSV. It is concluded from these studies that the large external transformation sensitive (LETS) protein detected by other workers is the same molecule as SF210. Part of the label of surface iodinated fibroblasts did not enter the polyacrylamide gels. This high molecular weight material is also susceptible to trypsin treatment and decreases in quantity after transformation by RSV. The data suggest that it may be antigenically related to SF protein. Treatment of surface of 35S-methionine-labelled cultures with trypsin in concentrations able to initiate proliferation of density-inhibited cells rapidly released SF210 from fibroblast surface. A single high molecular weight polypeptide (mol. wt about 200,000, SF200) was detected in the culture medium. SF210 may thus be a major target molecule of trypsin action. Treatment of cultures with insulin that also stimulated the fibroblasts to initiate proliferation did not result in any detectable alteration in the external glycoprotein SF210. It is concluded that although release of SF210 may be a sufficient trigger to stimulate proliferation in stationary cells, this molecule appears not to be directly involved in initiation of fibroblast proliferation from the G1 (or G0) phase of the cell cycle. | 175,031 | [
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In vitro induction of tyrosinase activity in goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) integument by ACTH and dibutyryl-cAMP. | Tyrosinase was first detected in melanoblasts by the DOPA-oxidase reaction in the presence of catalase in explants of goldfish integument after 12 hr culture with either ACTH (1IU/ml) or DB-cAMP (0.1mM). Melanin did not appear in the new melanocytes until 24 hr. The data indicate that the release of cAMP within the melanoblast in response to ACTH treatment is rapid and the tyrosinase in the melanoblast is released from inhibition and/or activated at least 12 hr prior to melanization of premelanosomes. | 175,039 | [
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Total synthesis of the structural gene for the precursor of a tyrosine suppressor transfer RNA from Escherichia coli. 10. Enzymatic joining of chemically synthesized segments to form the DNA duplex corresponding to the nucleotide sequence 86-126. | The polynucleotide ligase-catalyzed joining of the eight chemically synthesized deoxypolynucleotides (segments 19 to 26), comprising the nucleotide sequence 86-126 of the DNA corresponding to the Escherichia coli tyrosine tRNA precursor has been investigated. Joining was studied using various combinations of 3, 4, or larger number of segments at a time. The extent of joining was in general low (0 to 40%) for the three-component as well as for the four-component systems. Joining of the five- and six- component systems was more satisfactory with yields from 25 to about 60%. The three duplexes [IVa] to [IVc]were prepared in single step reactions in yields of about 50% and were characterized. Duplex [IVd] could not be prepared in a single step reaction because of the failure of 5'-phosphorylated segment 26 to join to the rest of the duplex. Using a carefully annealed mixture of segments 24, 25, and phosphorylated segment 26, the joining of the latter to segment 24 could be realized in about 25% yield, much activated intermediate being concurrently present. | 175,057 | [
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Adenine nucleotide changes at initiation of bull sperm motility. | Testicular and cauda epididymal sperm were obtained via catheters previously implanted in the rete testis and proximal vas deferens of bulls and were used to examine the relationships among sperm motility, cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cAMP) level, adenine nucleotide levels, and rates of glucose and oxygen consumption. Testicular, cauda epididymal, and ejaculated sperm contain cAMP-stimulated protein kinase, adenylate cyclase, and nucleotide phosphodiesterase. Treatment of the nonmotile testicular sperm with phosphodiesterase inhibitors resulted in a doubling of cellular cAMP concentration and a 25% increase in their glucose consumption. No change in motility, ATP level, or rate of oxygen consumption was observed. Sperm in neat cauda epididymal semen had flagellating tails but no progressive motility. Dilution of these sperm into glucose-containing buffer resulted in an increase in intracellular cAMP concentration and a decrease in ATP level with concomitant increases in ADP and AMP levels. These biochemical changes occurred within 30 s after dilution and apparently preceded the initiation of progressive motility by most cells. Since sperm in neat cauda epididymal semen became progressively motile when diluted with neat cauda epididymal plasma as well as accessory sex gland fluid or buffer, composition of the fluid surrounding the sperm is not responsible for the initiation of progressive motility upon dilution nor does cauda epididymal plasma contain an inhibitory factor. Perhaps release from contact immobilization provides the stimulation for the initial acquisition of progressive motility by cauda epididymal sperm. We conclude that during epididymal passage sperm develop from a cell physically unresponsive to changes in cAMP concentration to a form which initiates progressive motility upon changes in cAMP concentration. | 175,061 | [
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Critical density for relaying in Dictyostelium discoideum and its relation to phosphodiesterase secretion into the extracellular medium. | The critical cell density for relaying in D. discoideum, N*, has been measured as a function of cell density, N, and time after harvesting, t. It has logarithmic dependence on N for 2.5 X 10(4)/cm2 less than N less than 7.5 X 10(5)/cm2 and saturates for N more than 1.0 X 10(6)/cm2. N* is an increasing function of time after harvesting. The phosphodiesterase (PDE) secretion rate on which N* depends is a constant. Expressions were derived which relate N* to PDE secretion and diffusion. They have been fitted to the data from time delay experiments yielding values of the PDE diffusion constant in 2% buffered agar, Dp + (2.25 +/- 0.15) X 10(-9) cm2/s, and the ratio of relaying threshold concentration to signal pulse size, C*/eta = (1.4 +/- 0.05) X 10(5) cm-3. N* has also been measured in the presence of various amounts of added beef heart PDE. The cAMP relaxation rates, I/tauo, due to beef heart PDE were calculated from the N* measurements and found to be proportional to amounts of added PDE for (I/tauo)max less than (10s-1). Finally, two kinds of inhibition have been observed in the PDE secretion. The PDE activity per cell is constant for N less than 8.0 X 10(4)/cm2, and decreases for larger N. It depends only on N for I/tau less than 10 s-1 and is strongly inhibited by extracellular PDE activity above this relaxation rate. | 175,073 | [
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Fluorescence of tryptophan-containing peptides on paper or silica gel after treatment with formaldehyde, formaldehyde-ozone or formaldehyde-hydrochloric acid. | Sensitive and specific procedures for the chromatographic detection of tryptophan and tryptophan-containing peptides are described. Formaldehyde gas induces strong and characteristic fluorescence from tryptophan and peptides with NH2-terminal tryptophan residues on silica gel. On filter-paper, the detection of small amounts of these compounds requires the additional use of an oxidant, such as ozone. Treatment with formaldehyde-hydrochloric acid was used as a method for inducing fluorescence from tryptophan-containing peptides regardless of the position of the tryptophan residue in the peptide molecule. This reaction is useful for the chromatographic demonstration of small amounts of such peptides on both paper and silica gel. The spectral properties of the fluorophores of such tryptophan-containing peptides are distinctive and serve to distinguish them from all other known biogenic compounds that are capable of giving fluorescence with formaldehyde. | 175,081 | [
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Corticotropic action of an intra-nasally applied synthetic ACTH derivative. | The corticotropic action of a synthetic ACTH derivative, D-Ser1 Lys17,18-1-18ACTH, after intranasal insufflation of 1 mg of the peptide was evaluated in 14 normal volunteers. Plasma cortisol and urinary 17-ketogenic steroids and 17-ketosteroids rose significantly over control values in all subjects (P less than 0.001). Plasma cortisol remained above the normal range for comparable clock times for 18 hr, but fell below 15 mug/100 ml after 12 hr. No evidence for suppression of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis was found the day after ACTH administration, as judged by normal plasma and urinary steroid values and normal diurnal variation. Intranasal administration of long-acting ACTH derivatives may provide a simple, painless and effective way to stimulate endogenous corticosteroid secretion. | 175,085 | [
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Responsiveness to glucagon in fetal hearts. Species variability and apparent disparities between changes in beating, adenylate cyclase activation, and cyclic AMP concentration. | Previous studies of the ability of the immature heart to respond to glucagon have yielded conflicting results. To test the possibility that the apparent discrepancies might be explained in part by species variability, isolated hearts of fetal mice and rats (13-22 days' gestational age) were studied under identical conditions in vitro. Changes in atrial rate and ventricular contractility were measured in spontaneously beating hearts exposed to glucagon, and activation of adenylate cyclase was assayed in cardiac homogenates. In mice of 16 days' gestational age or less, there was no change in heart rate in response to glucagon; at 17-18 days, minimal responsiveness was present; and after 19 days, 10muM glucagon caused an increase in spontaneous atrial rate of 30 +/- 4% (SEM) (P less than 0.001). Measurement of the extent and speed of volume displacement of the isotonically contracting hearts with a specially constructed capacitance transducer revealed that ventricular inotropic responsiveness also appeared after 17-19 days. Cardiac stores of glycogen were reduced in older hearts exposed to glucagon, but not in those aged less than 16 days. In contrast, glucagon failed to activate adenylate cyclase in homogenates of hearts of fetal mice at any age. Furthermore, glucagon failed to elicit an increase in the concentration of cyclic AMP in spontaneously beating hearts that developed tachycardia. Responses in hearts of fetal rats were distinctly different from those in mouse hearts: at no age was there any change in heart rate, strength of contraction, glycogen content, or adenylate cyclase activation. Thus, there are major species differences in cardiac pharmacological maturation. Although the mouse heart develops the ability to increase its rate and strength of contraction and to undergo glycogenolysis in response to glucagon well before birth, the rat heart does not. In addition, there is an apparent disparity in late fetal mouse hearts between the ability of glucagon to induce functional responses and its ability to stimulate adenylate cyclase and increase cyclic AMP levels. It is impossible, of course, to rule out absolutely the possibility that localized increases in a critical cyclic AMP pool were present but too small to measure in the entire tissue. Nevertheless, the most obvious interpretation of our results is that they are compatible with the hypothesis that glucagon may exert some of its hemodynamic effects independently from the adenylate cyclase-cyclic AMP system in the late-fetal mouse heart. | 175,087 | [
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Multifocal malignant histiocytoma. | The pathology of malignant histiocytoma has recently been defined and its malignancy confirmed beyond doubt. A unique example of this tumour is described, a search of the literature having failed to find a previously recorded case with a multifocal origin. | 175,097 | [
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EB virus antibody and infectious mononucleosis in a boarding school for boys. | A study of EB virus antibody was undertaken in a boarding school for boys between 11 and 18 years of age; 35% of boys had EBV antibody when first sampled and a small number acquired antibody each year. Some of these boys had had no recorded illness during the period before the first positive sample and some developed classic infectious mononucleosis which was accompainied by a positive heterophil antibody test and detection of EB virus specific IgM. In a school of 800 boys there were 13 cases of infectious mononucleosis in four years. | 175,098 | [
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Regulation of the T-cell response to ectromelia virus infection. I. Feedback suppression by effector T cells. | Spleen cells and serum from mice immunized with ectromelia virus suppressed the immune response to infectious virus when transferred intravenously into recipient mice given an immunizing virus dose. The suppression was reflected in decreased cytotoxic T-cell activity directed against H-2 compatible virus-infected target cells in the spleens of recipients. Suppression was observed when immune cells or serum were transferred 1-2 h or 1 day after immunization of recipients, but not 2 days after, and was maximal when 6-day immune spleen cells were used as suppressor cells. H-2 compatibility between donor and recipient mice was necessary for suppression to be expressed. Use of recombinant mice showed that I-region compatibility was neither sufficient nor necessary, and that D-region compatibility was sufficient. Specificity of suppression was suggested by the finding that cells and serum from mice immunized with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium, had no suppressive activity on the antiviral response. Anti-theta treatment eliminated the ability of immune cells to suppress, and the suppressive effect was not markedly dose-dependent with respect to both cell dose and virus dose under the conditions employed. Virus levels in the spleens of recipients were significantly reduced after injection of immune cells. Adult thymectomy had no effect on the primary immune response to ectromelia virus infection, thus indicating no role for T1 cells in the suppressive mechanism. The results obtained therefore suggested that suppression in this system was due to effector T cells which triggered clearance of virus (and thus, of virus-induced antigens) necessary for the induction of precursors of effector T cells, and that this simple feed-back mechanism normally plays an important role in the regulation of the primary immune response to ectromelia infection at the level of precursor induction. The existence of other postinduction regulatory mechanisms, however, is unknown and under investigation. | 175,126 | [
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[Specificity of 3 alpha, 20 beta-hydroxysteroid: nad+ -oxidoreductase (author's transl)]. | The enzyme 3 alpha, 20 beta-hydroxysteroid:NAD+ oxidoreductase (EC 1.1.1.53) catalyses the stoichiometric reduction of 20-oxo groups of C-21 steroids by NADH, and the non-stoichiometric oxidation of 3 alpha-hydroxy groups of 5 alpha-androstane derivatives by NAD. The activity of the enzyme towards the most important C-18, C-19 and C-21 steroids of human urine was tested in the presence of NAD and NADH. The rate of reduction of 20-oxo steroids is influenced by substituents at various positions of the steroid skeleton. These studies are intended as the basis of an eventual clinical chemical application. | 175,129 | [
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Eye movements during REM sleep: the influence of personality and presleep conditions. | Male subjects scoring high (n=17) or low (n=14) on the Maudsley Neuroticism scale were randomly assigned to a positive (n=17) or negative (ego threat) (n=14) presleep condition and then slept a single night in the laboratory. The negative condition elicited significantly more rapid eye movement activity (REM density) than did the positive condition (pless than.03). There was a significant interaction for Groups X Conditions (pless than.007) indicating that low neuroticism subjects had greater REM density in the negative condition, and less REM density in the positive condition, compared to high neuroticism subjects under either condition. The low neuroticism subjects in the negative condition showed a discrepancy between greater REM density but less admission of stress on a presleep mood questionnaire compared to high neuroticism subjects. These results support the hypothesis that REM density is a correlate of stress-induced arousal that is subject to the modifying effects of individual differences. | 175,146 | [
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The acetylcholine sensitivity of the surface membrane of multiply-innervated parasympathetic ganglion cells in the mudpuppy before and after partial denervation. | 1. The surface chemosensitivity to iontophoretically applied acetylcholine (ACh) of single nerve cells in the cardiac ganglion of the mudpuppy was examined. 2. Some synapses on the neurones can be recognized in the living preparation with differential interference contrast optics. Identified synaptic regions of the ganglion cells were more sensitive to ACh than were other areas. The mean sensitivity of synaptic areas was 509 mV/nC, but that of random spots on the cell surface (which were mainly non-synaptic) was only 190 mV/nC. The mean rise time of ACh responses at synapses was 23 msec and at random spots was 36 msec. These data suggest that the density of ACh receptors is highest under the synapses on the post-synaptic membrane. 3. When some, but not all, of the presynaptic terminals on the ganglion cells are destroyed by cutting the vagus nerve, the sensitivity of the entire surface membrane to applied ACh increases. This increase in sensitivity reaches a maximum about 4-6 weeks after the operation. 4. Synaptic transmission at excitatory collateral synapses which remain after vagal degeneration is not altered by this hypersensitivity. 5. Neurones from ganglia which have been isolated and maintained in organ culture also become hypersensitive to applied ACh. this heightened chemosensitivity deveoops much faster in vitro; hypersensitivity in cultured ganglia becomes manifest within 4-5 days, in contrast with 4-6 weeks after vagus degeneration in vivo. | 175,155 | [
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Vidarabine therapy for severe herpesvirus infections. An unusual syndrome of chronic varicella and transient immunologic deficiency. | Six patients with severe herpesvirus infections were successfully treated with vidarabine. One patient had a previously undescribed syndrome of chronic cutaneous varicella infection of eight months' duration, associated with transient but complete duppression of lymphocyte response to conconavalin A. Other diagnoses were severe varicella pneumonia, progressive cytomegalovirus pneumonia associated with acute lymphocytic leukemia, herpes simplex encephalitis, severe zoster associated with stage IV lymphoma, and disseminated herpes simplex in a patient receiving high doses of steroids. All patients showed cessation of new lesions or abrupt clinical improvement between days 2 and 4 after initiation of therapy, and all were cured of their clinical infection. Dramatic improvement in all of our patients and the minimal toxicity observed make vidarabine suitable for use in severe herpesvirus infections. | 175,176 | [
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[The Verner-Morrison syndrome. The clinical picture and pathologic anatomy]. | The Verner-Morrison Syndrome is a clinically defined entity caused by an islet cell tumor of the pancreas. More than 60 cases have been described so long. The syndrome is characterized by diarrhea, hypokalemia and hypochlorhydria. In addition to a diabetic disposition, raised calcium levels and skin alterations may be present. The diagnosis is a clinical one. A pancreatic tumor should be searched for and removed. Morphologically a benign and a maligne islet cell tumor or a diffuse hyperplasia of the islets of Langerhans can be found. Until now identification of the tumor cells has not been possible. There seems no doubt that the tumor cells produce a peptide hormone. Secretin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and combinations of hormones are discussed. The results are contradictory. Theories concerning the formal and causal pathogenesis are only incomplete and unproved up to now. | 175,209 | [
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Abnormally large lamellar bodies in type II pneumocytes in Chediak-Higashi syndrome in beige mice. | Lamellar bodies in type II pneumocytes are markedly enlarged in beige mice. The irregular shapes of some of these enlarged specialized lysosomes suggest fusion of smaller ellipsoidal bodies to form the giant organelles, consistent with the proposal of others for the mechanism of formation of abnormal lysosomes in Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Examination of the structure of lamellar bodies by the freeze-fracture technique reveals highly ordered stacking or concentric wrapping of the constituent lamellae. The corrugated patterns evident on the surfaces of normal lamellae are also present in Chediak-Higashi syndrome lamellae. Both normal and Chediak-Higashi syndrome lamellae appear free of typical intramembranous particles. The corrugations seen in the lamellae closely resemble those seen on freeze-fracture of dispersions of lecithin in water. | 175,215 | [
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Desmoid tumor associated with cystosarcoma phyllodes of the breast. | A case of desmoid tumor of 17 years' duration associated with cystosarcoma phyllodes of 17 months' duration is presented. Good initial response to radiation therapy of the desmoid tumor was shown. Poor response of cytosarcoma phyllodes to radiation therapy was noted. A comparison between the similarities and differences of the two tumors is presented. | 175,220 | [
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Lung lamellar bodies lack certain key enzymes of phospholipid metabolism. | Palmitoyl CoA-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase, phosphatidate phosphohydrolase, and phospholipase A were assayed in subcellular fractions of rat lung, including lamellar bodies, the putative site of storage and secretion of lung surfactant. The specific activity of each of these enzymes in lamellar bodies was relatively low and could be entirely accounted for by a small contamination of the lamellar bodies fraction by microsomes, as quantitated by the presence of the microsomal marker reduced triphosphopyridine nucleotide cytochrome c reductase. These data indicate that lamellar bodies are not the site of synthesis of the lipid component of pulmonary surfactant by pathways involving these enzymes. | 175,233 | [
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Alterations in levels and interrelations of plasma apolipoproteins induced by diet. | Diets high in carbohydrates increase the rates of hepatic secretion of VLDL in man. VLDL particles are secreted in greater numbers; they also tend to contain more triglycerides and to be larger in size. Comparable changes in intestinal secretion of chylomicrons and VLDL accompany fat absorption. We studied the metabolism of the ApoC apoproteins under these circumstances because in vitro studies suggest that these apoproteins may play important roles in the catabolism of VLDL. ApoA-I and ApoB were also examined because of their importance in HDL and VLDL structure, respectively. The fasting plasmas of 16 normolipemic young adults were examined before and after they had been fed high carbohydrate diets for 4-5 days. ApoA-I and ApoB were measured by radioimmunoassay. The relative proportions of ApoC-II and ApoC-III in VLDL were determined by disc gel electrophoresis. Lipids in plasma and in individual lipoproteins were determined chemically. Lipoproteins were isolated by ultracentrifugal and precipitation methods. VLDL-TG and VLDL-chol and VLDL-protein rose by factors of 2.4, 1.67, and 1.88, respectively. (Final value divided by initial value.) Since TG rose more than the others, VLDL became enriched by TG. LDL-chol fell by a factor of 0.78 while LDL-TG and LDL-ApoB remained constant, i.e., LDL became relatively enriched in TG and ApoB. HDL-TG rose by 1.42 and HDL-chol fell by 0.74, i.e., HDL too became TG enriched. Plasma Apo-A-I fell by 0.84. Thus, there were alterations in both the levels and compositions of all lipoproteins. The proportion of ApoC-II relative to ApoC-III in VLDL increased in each subject on the carbohydrate diet (mean rise was 1.55-fold). The increases in ApoC were detectable after as little as 48 hr of diet, and the same results were obtained in two people who were each tested twice on two separate occasions several months apart. Thus, the changes in ApoC were reproducible. Proportions of ApoC-II were greater in SF greater than 400 than in SF 20-400 subfractions of VLDL on ad lib diets. Proportions of ApoC-II rose in both density subfractions on carbohydrate diets. The changes in both subfractions suggest that rises of ApoC-II in total VLDL (SF greater than 20) fraction were not due solely to the accumulation of SF greater than 400 particles of unaltered ApoC composition in postdiet plasma. The changes following carbohydrate could have been due to secretion of altered lipoproteins or due to diet induced alterations in apoprotein catabolism. Three subjects were given 150 gm of corn oil to drink. Lipoproteins were analyzed, as above, at 0 and 3-12 hr after the drink. In spite of several-fold rises in the SF greater than 20 TG and proteins, the relative proportions of ApoC-II and ApoC-III remained constant. Thus, an acute dietary fat load and 2-4 days of carbohydrate diets provoked different responses. The fluctuations in the levels and relative proportions of ApoC support the notion that the ApoC group may have importance in vivo in the metabolism of VLDL. | 175,240 | [
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[Specific modification of phenylalanine:tRNA-ligases of E. coli MRE-600 with N-chlorambucilyl-14c-phenylalanyl-tRNA]. | N-Chlorambucilyl-[14C]phenylalanyl-tRNA was used for the affinity modification of phenylalanine : tRNA-ligase from E. coli MRE-600. It has been found that N-chlorambucilyl-[14C]phenylalanyl-tRNA selectively inactivates phenylalanine : tRNA-lagase that results in formation of a covalent bond between the tRNA derivative and the enzyme at pH 5.8, 25 degrees C. The rate fall of the aminoacylation of tRNA with [14C]phenylalanine was observed after the enzyme incubation with N-chlorambucilyl-[14C]phenylalanyl-tRNA at pH 7.5, 25 degrees C. It has been shown that this modification results in a similar rate decrease of tRNA aminoacylation with [14C]phenylalanine, ATP-[32P]pyrophosphate exchange and reaction of the enzymatic deacylation of [14C]phenylalanyl-tRNA. This fact evidences in favour of the possibility of the alkylation to proceed in the proximity of the active centre of the enzyme. The covalent complex obtained seems to be an interesting model for the studies of the mechanisms involved in tRNA aminoacylation as well as for elucidation of the tertiary structure of tRNA bound with the enzyme. | 175,264 | [
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Virus infections and acute renal transplant rejection. | The date of onset of 360 acute renal transplant rejection episodes from 1969 to 1973 have been compared with the prevalence of various common viral infections and infections due to Mycoplasma pnuemoniae. A positive correlation was found for influenza B infections (r=0.43, p less than 0.01) up to 5 months before transplantation and for adenovirus infections (r=0.32, p less than 0.05) at 1 month before kidney grafting. | 175,308 | [
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Insulinoma in a pregnant woman. | The case of a 37-year-old primigravida suffering from severe hypoglycemia due to insulinoma is reported. Diagnosis was established on clinical grounds by assessment of inappropriate insulin release. Laparotomy was performed by the 12th gestational week. A wide distal pancreatectomy was carried out, and histopathologic study proved the existence of multiple islet cell adenomatosis. Glycemic levels and insulin secretion returned to normal immediately after surgery. The course of pregnancy was unhampered, judged by clinical criteria and by serial estimations of human chorionic somatomammotropin levels before and after removal of the insulin-producing tumor. A normal female infant was delivered at term, and no histopatholgic changes were detected in the placenta. After 1 year, clinical and analytical evaluation of both mother and child was normal. | 175,325 | [
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[Oxygen consumption and cytochrome oxidase activity of muscle tissue from the limbs of axolotls following restoration of regenerative capability suppressed by x-ray irradiation]. | The intensity of oxygen consumption and the activity of cytochrome oxidase have been studied in the homogenate, mitochondria and nuclei of the limb muscle tissue in axolotls after the suppression of regenerative ability by X-irradiation and its experimental restoration. Under the suppression of regenerative ability, the oxygen consumption was inhibited. The cytochrome oxidase activity in the homogenate and mitochondria decreased and in the nuclei remained at the same level or even increased as compared with the intact limb. Under the restoration of regenerative ability, the intensity of respiration of the homogenate and mitochondria increased and this increase was accompanied by the increase of the cytochrome oxidase activity. The activity of cytochrome oxidase in the nuclei did not change at the stage of blastema and sharply fell at the stage of formed limb. | 175,338 | [
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[Antibodies against the Epstein-Barr virus, capsid antigen in children with malignant neoplasms (author's transl)]. | Sera from children were tested for antibodies to viral capsid antigens of Epstein-Barr virus. The method applied was the indirect immunofluorescence test. 25 sera from healthy donors were titrated as controls. In 14 patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia we found low levels, a tiny little girl with chronic myelocytic leukemia (?) AND THREE CHILDREN.WITH LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS SHOWed highly increased serological reactivities. Investigated children with other kinds of tumours did not serologically differ significantly from the control group. Further investigations should clarify the role of this infectious agent. | 175,342 | [
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Neonatal diagnosis of familial type II hyperlipoproteinemia. | Cord serum prebeta-beta-lipoprotein concentration was measured in a radial immunodiffusion assay in 303 randomly selected, full-term infants whose parental phenotypes were unknown. Six infants had elevated concentrations, that is above a cut-off limit of 197 mg/100 ml (97.5th percentile). Three of these infants suffered from classic type II hyperlipoproteinemia, and this diagnosis was confirmed by family studies at follow-up. The three other infants and their parents were shown to be normolipemic at follow-up. The elevated cord serum prebeta-beta-lipoprotein in these three infants could be explained by highly elevated cord serum triglyceride and/or cholesterol. The 297 infants with normal cord serum prebeta-beta-lipoprotein and their parents were all shown to be normalipemic at follow-up. It is concluded that the measurement of prebeta-beta-lipoportein in cord serum allows the identification of children with familial type II hyperlipoproteinemia, if infants with transient neonatal hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia are excluded. | 175,344 | [
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Specific spin-labeling of transfer ribonucleic acid molecules. | The spin labels anhydride (ASL), bromoacetamide (BSL) and carbodiimide (CSL) were used to label selectively tRNAGlu, tRNA fMet and tRNAPhe from E. coli. The preparation and characterization of the sites of labeling of eight new spin-labeled tRNAs are described. The sites of labeling are: s2U using ASL, BSL and CLS and tRNAGlu; s4U using ASL and BSL on tRNAfMet and tRNAPhe; U-37 with CSL on tRNfMet; U-33 with CSL on tRNAPhe. The rare base X at position 47 of tRNAPhe has been acylated with a spin-labeled N-hydroxysuccinimide (HSL). The 3'end of unfractionated tRNA molecules has been chemically modified to a morpholino spin-labeled analogue (MSL). Their respective e.s.r. spectra are reported and discussed. | 175,353 | [
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Specific oligoribonucleotide synthesis using primer-independent polynucleotide phosphorylase. | Oligoribonucleotides of a predetermined base sequence beginning with adenylyl-3', 5'-adenosine at the 5' end have been synthesized in yields varying between 13% and 42%. The synthesis was carried out using primer-independent polynucleotide phosphorylase from E. coli in the presence of high concentrations of primer and of sodium chloride. | 175,364 | [
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Macrophage migration inhibition and lymphocyte stimulation with mammary tumor virus associated antigens in Balb/c mice. | Lymphocytes of MTV-negative Balb/c mice are sensitive to one or more antigens of MTV as determined by blastogenic transformation and migration inhibition assays. The lymphocytes from MTV-positive Balb/cfC3H mice are nonresponsive in these assays but become responsive after the mice have been implanted with MTV-positive tumors. The latter findings imply that there may be either a state of tolerance to MTV antigens which is broken by the tumor transplant or that the responses are directed towards antigens to which the host is not tolerant. The cause of the sensitivity of lymphocytes from MTV-negative Balb/c mice to MTV antigens has not been determined but two possible explanations are discussed: horizontal transmission and derepression of genetic information for viral antigen. | 175,373 | [
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Progesterone binding in rabbit oviduct and uterus. | Progesterone binding of high affinity with a dissociation constant of 10(-9) M was identified in cytosol of rabbit oviduct and uterus. Macromolecules with sedimentation coefficients of 7-8 S and 4-5 S were present. Progesterone receptor concentration was two to fivefold lower in the oviduct when compared with the uterus. The receptor concentration declined steadily from 3 hr until 144 hr after mating in the uterus; however, the decline in oviductal receptor was not significant until the sixth day of pregnancy. Progesterone receptor concentration in rabbit oviduct and uterus in estrus and early pregnancy was greater than estradiol receptor levels. | 175,377 | [
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Diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the colon in the Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome. | Large, infiltrative cavernous hemangiomas of the distal colon were present in 3 children with the Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, 2 of whom are the subject of this report. The lesion is manifested clinically as intermittent rectal bleeding starting in the first 5 years of life. The radiographic features include (a) varicose lesions in the wall of the rectosigmoid, ranging from a network of distended submucosal veins to nodular defects, (b) narrowing of the rectum by the surrounding extramural portion of the hemangioma, and (c) phleboliths within the lesion. Inferior mesenteric angiography and sigmoidoscopy are useful for preoperative confirmation. The occurrence of visceral hemangiomas in the Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and its relevant diagnostic and therapeutic implications are discussed. | 175,397 | [
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Cholesterol and beta-lipoprotein on lipid inclusions and lysosomal and mitochondrial permeability of cultured heart muscle and endothelioid cells. | Cultured rat heart endothelioid cells were used to study the effect of beta-lipoprotein and cholesterol on the production and persistence of cellular lipid inclusions. Both heart endothelioid and muscle cells were used to study the effects of beta-lipoprotein with and without cholesterol or cholesterol esters on lysosomal or mitochondrial lability. Beta lipoprotein enhanced the production and maintanence of lipid inclusions. In the concentration employed (20mg%) it alone produced no effect after 72 hours on lysosomal or mitochondrial lability but with cholesterol, cholesterol stearate, cholesterol oleate or cholesterol linoleate (5mg%) there was a trend toward labilization. | 175,420 | [
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[Leukocytosis and polynucleosis in infectious disease]. | During bacterial infections, the intensity of the polymorphonuclear leukocytosis depends on the bacterium but also on the mechanism and extent of the infection. Polymorphonuclear leukocytosis is greater during pyogenic and anaerobic infections. It is due to deep suppuration, septicemia of thrombophlebitic origin, acute endocarditis, purulent meningitis and pneumonia. The increase in the number of polymorphonuclear cells is, on the other hand, less marked in sub-acute bacterial endocarditis. Apart from bacterial infections, a polymorphonuclear leukocytosis is common in inflammatory disease, such as tissue necrosis and several malignant diseases. It may also be due to drug allergy. | 175,454 | [
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[Unilateral renal atrophy]. | The authors report 45 cases of unilateral renal atrophy. The circumstances of discovery are related to the urological symptoms: pain, hematuria, pyuria. On the other hand, hypertension is rarely the reason for consultation. Women are more affected than men. Intravenous urography, retrograde cystography and arteriography are essential examinations to collect information concerning the etiology. Dynamic scintiscanning with measurement of the percentage of isotope fixed on the kidneys, has the advantage of permitting comparative evaluation of renal function on each side. In our study, obstruction of the urinary tract was more frequent than parenchymatous disease favoured by infection. Vascular abnormalities were rare. The etiological enquiry remained, however, negative in one third of cases. Surgical operation was necessary when a urological abnormality was the cause of persistence of severe symptoms. On the other hand, removal of the atrophic kidney does not seem to us advisable when decided simply to relieve hypertension. The latter point is particularly discussed. | 175,460 | [
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[Acute transformation in 45 cases of chronic myeloid leukemia]. | After a chronic phase, the average duration of which in this series was 38 months, the acute phase of myeloid leukemia was very short, not exceeding 7 months. The clinical signs which suggest an acute exacerbation are, in order of importance, increase in the volume of the spleen, changes in general health, fever. The blood signs, which are often found later than the clinical signs, are increased white cell count, anemia and marrow leukoblastosis higher than 20%. The laboratory criteria of acute exacerbation are of lesser importance. Chemotherapy gives very poor results at this stage. | 175,489 | [
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[Basal cell epithelioma and multiple fibroepithelial Pinkus' tumors in the lumbosacral region. Discussion of the precipitating role of previous radiotherapy treatment. Apropos of 4 cases]. | The authors report 4 cases of multiple tumors of the lumbo-sacral region with, on histology, a mixture of basal cell carcinomas and fibro-epithelial Pinkus tumours. They were struck by the fact that three of these four patients had received, in this region, radiotherapy numerous years previously. They discuss the role of this radiotherapy in the onset of the disease and the relative importance of this factor and of constitutional factors (Hamartomas). They recall the characteristics of multiple basal cell carcinomas and of Pinkus fibro-epithelial tumours, together with the close relationship between these two types of tumour. | 175,498 | [
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Pancytopenia and "caillary leak syndrome" with infectious mononucleosis. | A 19-year-old man with documented infectious mononucleosis presented with pancytopenia and a megaloblastic bone marrow. He developed a "capillary leak syndrome" with an expanded plasma volume of 9,290 ml and normal right heart and pulmonary artery pressures. The patient had a dramatic recovery after corticosteroid therapy. | 175,508 | [
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Meigs' syndrome. A case report. | A case of Meig's syndrome is reported and the rarity of this condition is emphasised. The need for exploratory laparotomy in patients with solid ovarian tumours associated with ascites and pleural effusion, and free of malignant cells, is stressed. | 175,510 | [
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Dynamics of estrone glucosiduronate metabolism in dogs. | Interest in the metabolism of estrogen conjugates has been increased by the recent demonstration that some of these conjugates can be hydrolysed in vivo, and are thus a source of physiologically-active circulating estrogens. In this report the metabolism of the quantitatively important conjugate estrone glucosiduronate has been studied in dogs, following the intravenous infusion of 3H-estrone glucosiduronate. Arterial plasma levels of radioactive estrone glucosiduronate and of the radioactive metabolites estrone, estradiol-17beta-3-glucosiduronate and estradiol-17alpha-3-glucosiduronate were measured. The metabolic clearance rate of estrone glucosiduronate (MCREG) was determined, as well as conversion ratios for estrone glucosiduronate to estrone (CREG.E), estradiol-17beta-3-glucosiduronate (CREG.E2betaG) and estradiol-17alpha-3-glucosiduronate (CREG.E2alphaG). Sequential values for the above mentioned conversion ratios were obtained and the relationship to time was analysed. Transfer constants for estrone glucosiduronate to estrone (rhoEG.E) were measured. The mean MCREG was 329 L/day/m2, SE 35. The values for CREG.E2betaG and CREG.E2alphaG did not become constant until 80 minutes following the start of infusion. The mean values at a steady state were: CREG.E.021, SE .002, CREG.E2betaG .068, SE .005, CREG.E2alphaG .022, SE .002. The mean value for rhoEG.E was .057, SE .006. | 175,526 | [
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Attempts to induce tubular deformations and subsequent mixed tumours from organotypic cultures of mouse renal mesenchyma. | With the aim of expanding knowledge on the pathogenesis of nephroblastomata, an embryological organ culture system (Grobstein, 1956) was tested for its applicability to in vitro carcinogenesis experiments by using murine sarcoma virus (MSV-M) and 3-methylcholanthrene (MCA). Treatment of CBA/H-T6 mouse metanephrogenic mesenchyma with MSV-M at the pretubular stage neither disturbed the glomerulogenesis nor induced rapid malignant transformation. Treatment of the same tissues with MCA considerably inhibited the glomerulogenesis but failed to also reduce rapid malignant transformation. However, one MSV-M, one MCA and two untreated cultures showed malignant transformation after prolonged survival in vitro and produced different histological types of tumours upon transplantation into newborn CBA/H-T6 mice. | 175,592 | [
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[Isolation of "pregnancy-zone" proteins using immuno absorbents and study of possible enzyme activities]. | The purification of the pregnancy zone protein by means of immunoadsorbents is described. The pregnancy zone protein antibody was isolated from an absorbed rabbit antiserum and coupled with CNBr-activated sepharose. The pregnancy zone protein was isolated from pregnancy serum by the specific antibody cross-linked with sepharose. Contaminating serum proteins were eliminated by "inverse" immunoadsorption using antibodies against these proteins coupled with sepharose. An immunoelectrophoretically pure pregnancy zone protein was obtained. By means of a combination of immunoprecipitation and enzyme reaction in agar gel could be excluded that the pregnancy zone protein possesses activities of the following 11 enzymes: ceruloplasmin, leucine amino peptidase, alkaline phosphatase, carboxylic esterase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, glycerophosphate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphat-dehydrogenase, cholinesterase, acetyl cholinesterase and oxytocinase. | 175,612 | [
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[The effect of arecoline on the structure of sleep and wakefulness in hens]. | In chronic experiments on hens, studies have been made on the role of cholinergic mechanisms in regulation of the cycles "awakefulness-sleep". A cholinomimetic, arecoline, was used which stimulates M-cholinoreceptive brain neurons. Arecoline was injected intramuscularly in a dose 0.2 mg/kg of body weight. It was shown that cholinergic mechanisms are involved into the formation of "awakefulness-sleep" cycles in hens. Activation of these mechanisms facilitates paradoxical stage of sleep and expecially such its components as rapid eye movements, the decrease of tonus in neck muscles and, presumably, ponto-geniculo-occipital discharge. Arecolin affects not only the structure of paradoxical sleep, but both the awakefulness and mechanisms of slow-wave sleep stage. | 175,619 | [
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Ultrastructure of the Gunn rat substantia nigra. II. Mitochondrial changes. | The substantia nigra of hyperbilirubinemic (Gunn) rats was studied using light and electron microscopic techniques. PAS-positive inclusions were observed within the neuronal somata of animals 2 to 12 weeks old. Incubation of tissue sections in 0.5% diastase inhibited most of the positive PAS reaction, thus indicating the intraneuronal presence of glycogen. Electron microscopic examination of the tissue substantiated the histochemical data. Mitochondria in neuronal somata contained collections of osmiophilic granules, 200-300 A diameter, in their intracristal (intermembrane) space. These granules were typical of beta-glycogen particles. In increasingly older animals (from 2 to 12 weeks old) progressively fewer collections of intramitochondrial glycogen were observed. In these same animals there was, however, a concomitant increase of osmiophilic granules, 400-600 A diameter, located in the cisternae of granular endoplasmic reticulum. These granules corresponded to alpha-glycogen. After 12 weeks of age, only occasional glycogen granules were seen in either the mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum. It is suggested that the intramitochondrial glycogen represents an alternate means by which the neuron is able to manufacture ATP following the disruption of oxydative phosphorylation caused by bilirubin. Furthermore it is suggested that with the recovery of oxydative phosphorylation the intramitochondrial collections of glycogen are transferred to the endoplasmic reticulum where glycogenolysis might possibly occur. | 175,634 | [
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External and interstitial radiation therapy of carcinoma of the oral tongue. A review of 32 years' experience. | In 204 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue treated with radiation therapy, the most significant prognostic factors appeared to be the presence of neck lymph node metastasis on presentation and the status of the disease three months after treatment. The most common site of failure was the primary lesion, either alone or with neck disease. External irradiation alone was seldom successful. Use of peroral cone irradiation or interstitial implants, either alone or in combination with external irradiation, achieved good local control in early lesions. When the primary tumor was uncontrolled by radiation therapy, salvage with surgery was rare. When failure occurred in the neck alone, radical neck dissection was successful in the majority of cases. | 175,668 | [
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Volume and time factors in interstitial gamma-ray therapy. | The two suppositions which have dictated time-dose and volume relationships in interstitial gamma ray implantation have been examined in the light of recent publications. The first of these assumptions, that total dose reduction is required when the dose rate exceeds 6,000-7,000 rads in seven days, does not appear to be substantiated by clinical experiences. It appears that total dose is the critical treatment parameter and that dose rate may be increased by a factor of two or three without requiring alteration of the total dose. Although the second classical assumption, "volume increase requires dose decrease," has been shown throughout radiation therapy experience to be generally correct, it should not be applied rigidly to interstitial gamma-ray therapy. In fact, recent experiences seem to indicate that compensation with respect to volume is not an absolute necessity. Larger lesions require, if anything, higher doses than small ones. To obtain a high percentage of controlled, lesions there must be no dose reduction, regardless of increased volume treated. | 175,676 | [
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Successful intravenous cholecystocholangiography in the jaundiced patient using meglumine iodoxamate (Cholovue). | A clinical trial of meglumine iodoxamate (Cholovue) for intravenous cholangiocholecystography in 18 patients with elevated levels of serum bilirubin was performed. Ten to 30 cc of a 40% aqueous solution of the agent were given intravenously over a ten minute period and roentgenographic examinations conducted to document the agent's effectiveness, to determine optimal levels of dose, and to assess its safety. Common bile duct and gallbladder visualization was obtained in a surprisingly large number. The agent was effective with bilirubin levels up to 6.5 mg %. The optimal dose in patients with elevated bilirubin is probably in the range of 20 cc. Despite intensive monitoring, there were no important adverse clinical nor laboratory reactions observed. The new agent appears to offer a significant improvement over Cholografin, particularly with respect to patients with elevated bilirubin levels. | 175,687 | [
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Biliary ascariasis in children. | The ascaris is a common human parasite and has a world wide distribution. In areas where it is endemic, biliary complications are common. In our locality it occurs mainly in children, presenting with upper abdominal colicky pain usually without jaundice. We have analyzed the positive roentgenological findings of 67 cases which presented in one year. The findings on cholangiography are diagnostic. The worm is seen as a linear translucent filling defect in a dilated common bile duct. Usually it is only faintly outlined by thin tram lines and occasionally there may not be excretion of the contrast material. The attention of radiologists is brought to this condition and the appearances of ascariasis infestation of the intestines are also noted. | 175,704 | [
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Efficacy of pneumogynecography in the diagnosis of Meyer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome. | Twelve patients with Meyer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome were examined by means of pneumogynecography. The results obtained disclose the great diagnostic value of the method in this disorder. | 175,711 | [
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Complications of percutaneous transaxillary catheterization for arteriography and selective chemotherapy. | This report enumerates and analyzes the complications of percutaneous transaxillary catheterization encountered in 200 consecutive patients undergoing diagnostic arteriography, and 20 consecutive patients who had catheter placement for selective chemotherapy. Diagnostic arteriography led to minor complications in eleven percent and major complications in two percent. Risk correlated with the type of procedure, number of catheter exchanges and particularly, the presence of arteriographic risk factors, such as hypertension, bleeding tendencies, and advanced atherosclerosis. Therapeutic catheter placements had a 15 percent incidence of minor and a 20 percent incidence of major complications. Here, also, complications were more likely in the presence of the arteriographic risk factors. Suggested means for decreasing the hazards of the transaxillary catheterization include: exclusion of high risk patients, use of a proper puncture site, careful catheter manipulation, the fewest possible catheter exchanges, correct manual hemostatis following catheter withdrawal, and close observation of the patient after the procedure. Early surgical intervention is indicated in the presence of a progressively developing neural defect. | 175,708 | [
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Computerized reconstructive tomography applied to breast pathology. | Breast tumors can be clearly defined from the surrounding breast parenchyma by the use of computerized reconstructive tomography. Certain types of fibrocystic mastitis also can be distinguished from tumors, but other types of fibrous mastitis and probably fibroadenomas may not be distinguishable from tumors unless contrast material is used. | 175,710 | [
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Microfilament bundles in antheridial nuclei of Achlya ambisexualis E 87. | This is the first report of intranuclear microfilaments within gametangial nuclei of oömycetous fungi. Longitudinal sections of four to six microfilaments were frequently observed in meiotic antheridial nuclei of Achlya ambisexualis. Each microfilament measured approximately 7--10 nm in diameter. Spindle tubules (25 nm in diameter) were also observed within some of the nuclei possessing microfilaments. | 175,750 | [
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The intramitochondrial location of cytochrome c peroxidase in wild-type and petite Saccharomyces cerevisiae. | Cytochemical and ultrastructural analysis of wild-type cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, grown aerobically in a glucose-limited chemostat, shows that cytochrome c peroxidase is localized between the membranes of the cristae, that is, in the intracristal space. This enzyme is thus positioned appropriately within the organelle to act as an alternate terminal oxidase for the respiratory chain. The proximity of the peroxidase to major sites of generation of its two substrates may account for the small leakage of hydrogen peroxide from yeast mitochondria, as compared with the larger outflow from mammalian mitochondria. In the cytoplasmic petite mutant, gross distortion of promitochondrial membrane arrangement is evident. Nevertheless, cytochrome c perioxidase activity is present in the same amounts as is found in wild-type cells, and is localized predominantly within annuli of membrane which constitute the promitochondria in these cells. No unequivocal evidence was obtained for the localization of catalase in microbodies or other organelles in either wild-type or petite cells. | 175,751 | [
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Fine structure of the pancreatic islets in domestic fowl with special reference to the cell type and secretion. | The pancreatic islets of domestic fowl were investigated by electron microscope. The following results were obtained. 1. The A islet is composed of a great many A cells and a few D cells. It also contained only a few B cells which are situated mainly along capillaries. 2. On the contrary, the B islet is composed of a great many B cells and a few D cells. It also contained only a few A cells in its periphary. 3. Immature secretory granules within the Golgi complex are almost the same in size, shape and density among the three types of islet cells. Since there are quite distinct differences in these properties of mature secretory granules in the cytoplasm among the three types of islet cells, there may be a difference in the mode of maturation process among the three. 4. These granules are released from the three types of islet cells through a mechanism termed as emiocytosis. | 175,756 | [
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Changes in the heart in chronic experimental alcoholism. | In studies on the effect of chronic experimental alcoholism on the heart, rats were given 15% (v/v) solution of ethyl alcohol ad libitum instead of water to drink for 8 months. Histologic examination revealed degenerative changes in the myocardial fibers, and histochemical examination diminished activity of oxidative enzymes. | 175,759 | [
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[The specificity of intracellular changes in chick embryo blastoderm during the latent period of embryogenesis]. | Yolk inclusions, lipids and polysaccharides found in the chicken embryo blastoderm cells are utilized during the latent period of embryogenesis. The yolk outside the blastoderm is not utilized. A delay in the development of the embryo of first days of incubation is related to a switching over the metabolism from utilizaiton of intracellular nutrient material to assimilation of the extracellular yolk. In the course of morphogenetical movements of the embryo, in the process of gastrulation, took place an increased biosynthesis in the blastoderm cell membranes. | 175,769 | [
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Characterization of a virus associated with epidemic conjunctivitis in Thailand. | A strain of virus, named the A-E strain, was isolated from a patient suffering from acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis during an epidemic of the disease in Bangkok in 1972. The virus had the characteristics of an enterovirus but was not neutralized by any known enterovirus antiserum. Cross neutralization tests indicated that the isolate was closely related to the J670-71 virus isolated in Japan. The virus produced conjunctivitis in rabbits and monkeys following conjunctival inoculation. | 175,776 | [
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Further evidence for the concept of bovine plasma arylesterase as a lipoprotein. | Purified preparations of bovine plasma arylesterase were obtained by isoelectric focusing of enzyme prepared by (NH4)2SO4 fractionation of plasma and chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex G-200. Although the high-density-lipoprotein fraction (HDL2) of serum provides an alternative source of enzyme, the enzymic activity of preparations made from it is much less stable. The purified arylesterase preparation has a molecular weight of 440000 and a partial specific volume of 0.91 ml/g, properties indistinguishable from those of the less highly purified enzyme. Extraction with acetone and ether removes neutral lipids from the enzyme, but the resulting lipid-depleted preparation retains most of the phospholipid present initially. A partial specific volume of 0.81 ml/g and a minimum molecular weight of approx. 100000 were determined for the lipid-depleted preparations of arylesterase. The present results support the concept of bovine plasma arylesterase as a lipoprotein in its own right, rather than as an enzymic polypeptide that is loosely associated with the HDL2 fraction of serum. | 175,783 | [
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Subunit structure of human erythrocyte glycophorin A. | Glycophorin A is a sialoglycoprotein isolated from human erythrocyte membranes which seems to exist as stable dimeric complexes in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. When analyzed by dodecyl sulfate acrylamide electrophoresis this molecule forms two PAS-stainable bands (PAS-U and PAS-2) which are reversibly interconvertible. This change in electrophoretic mobility is dependent on the concentration of dodecyl sulfate, the use of Trisbuffer systems, the protein concentration in the incubation mixture, and the duration and temperature of incubation before electrophoresis. Reducing agents do no influence the results. Chromatography of the sialoglycopeptides on Sepharose columns in dodecyl sulfate before and after heat treatment gave similar results. A small hydrophobic peptide (T-6) derived from glycophorin A was able to prevent reassociation of the monomeric subunits back to the higher molecular weight form. This peptide was able to bind to the subunit of glycophorin A, but not to the high molecular weight complex. These results are consistent with a model of glycophorin A composed of two subunits which can dissociate and reassociate in the presence of detergents. These subunits may interact via the hydrophobic portions of the polypeptide chains. | 175,830 | [
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Studies on human serum high-density lipoproteins. Self-association of human serum apolipoprotein A-II in aqueous solutions. | Some of the solution properties of pure preparations of human serum high-density apolipoprotein A-II were studied by sedimentation equilibrium ultracentrifugation, conducted at different apoprotein concentrations and at several speeds. The concentration dependence of the apparent weight average molecular weight indicated that apolipoprotein A-II, when dissolved in 0.02 MEDTA (pH 8.6), undergoes self-association. Over a protein concentration range between 0.8 and 1.5 mg/ml, the self-association could best be described by a monomer-dimer-trimer step association, although indefinite self-association could not be ruled out. The equilibrium constants obtained were sufficient to describe the system over the concentration range investigated. | 175,831 | [
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Cyclic AMP formation and morphology of myocardial cells isolated from adult heart: effect of Ca2+ and Mg2+. | Adult rat heart cells were isolated by perfusion with a calcium-free phosphate buffer containing collagenase. Optimal conditions gave a high proportion of elongated cells. Isoprenaline increased cydic AMP content linearly, with ED50 (dose effective in 50% of the population) about 10(-7) M. Ca2+ made the cells spherical, and it nearly abolished cyclic AMP response as did lack of Mg2+. | 175,847 | [
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Characterization of the Ehrlich ascites tumor plasma lipoproteins. | 1. The lipoproteins of the Ehrlich ascites tumor plasma were separated into 3 distinct fractions, very low density, low density and high density lipoproteins by preparative ultracentrifugation combined with agarose column chromatography. 2. High density lipoproteins contained 74% of the total protein in the lipoproteins. By contrast, most of the lipids were present in the very low density lipoprotein fraction. 3. The fatty acid compositions of the cholesteryl esters were appreciably different in the very low, low and high density lipoproteins, whereas phospholipid and triacylglycerol fatty acid compositions were quite similar in the 3 lipoprotein fractions. 4. Very low and high density apoprotein electrophoretic patterns on sodium dodecyl sulfate-acrylamide gels were similar to those observed in the corresponding lipoprotein fractions obtained from other mammalian species. The low density fraction, however, contained 7 apoprotein bands, and 32% of the low density apoprotein was soluble in tetramethyl urea. 5. The average molecular weights as determined by analytical ultracentrifugation were 2-10(7) (very low density), 6-10(6) (low density) and 4.4-10(5) (high density). | 175,849 | [
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[Ultrastructural study of a Masson's "humid meningioma"]. | The authors report the ultrastructural analysis of a Masson's humic meningioma. The tumor presents at the electronic microscopic examination every sign of secretive hyperactivity and does not show any degenerative characteristics. The existence of an important extracellular material rich in pre-collagenic fibres accounts for lacunar texture of this neoplasia at optic microscopic investigation; the role played by tumoral cells in the elaboration of the material is taken into account and seems to corroborate histogenic ecto-mesenchymatous theory of arachnoidal cells. | 175,868 | [
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Prosthetic restoration in congenital lower limb deficiency. A case study. | We presented a synopsis of a young girl with congenitally deficient limb who underwent seven corrective surgical procedures and fabrication of a specially designed and constructed prosthesis. The surgical procedures are detailed as in the total rehabilitation approach. We have provided plastic laminated orthoses and prostheses to many patients with congenitally deficient upper and lower limbs. An additional paper will detail our experience with a series of plastic laminated orthoses and prostheses in patients with congentally deficient upper and lower extremities. | 175,872 | [
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[DNA form of the genome of oncornaviruses]. | The oncornaviruses share several biological, biochemical, and structural properties that distinguish them from other RNA viruses. Rous sarcoma virus, a representative of avian oncornaviruses, manifests two major functions: cell transformation and virus replication. Both functions are independent, and are expressed separately in defective viruses. The virus has a 60-70S RNA, composed of 35 S subunits. It appears that each subunit of viral RNA carries the same genetic information and, furthermore, that 10% of this information is coding for cell transformation. Without this 10% the virus can still replicate. The RNA genome is expressed when the virus penetrates a sensitive cell, provided the virus carries an active reverse transcriptase. Virus-transformed cells possess a DNA form of the viral genome. The viral DNA is infectious, and can lead, upon transfection of permissive cells, to the production of a new viral progeny. We have established that the minimum molecular weight of the viral DNA is 6 X 10(6) daltons, and that this DNA is covalently bound to the chromosomal DNA. Also by examining the frequency of transfection events in the DNA-treated cells we suggest that transfection is a single-hit phenomenon. It follows that viral DNA of 6 X 10(6) daltons carries all the genetic information to code for the virus production. It seems likely that the transfection mechanism giving rise to transforming viruses is different from that producing nontransforming segments. In general terms, the experimental data indicate that certain RNAs and DNAs could accomplish malignant transformation if they are able to penetrate into the cell and give rise to the DNA forms which could be integrated into the cellular genome. | 175,870 | [
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Hypothalamo-pituitary adrenocortical function in the rat after treatment with betamethasone. | 1 Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) activity was suppressed in rats treated with betamethasone. 2 Recovery of normal HPA function occurred after corticosteroid withdrawl. 3 Although corticotrophin release was rapidly restored to its basal rate there was a delay in the return of the normal adrenocorticotrophic response to stress and normal adrenocortical function was evident only after the plasma adrenocorticotrophic hormone had reached 'supra-normal' levels. 4 The physiological significance and possible clinical relevance of the results are discussed. | 175,875 | [
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3':5'-Cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase activities in white and brown adipose tissues of cold-acclimated rats. | 3':5'-Cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) (EC 3.1.4.17) activity was measured in interscapular brown adipose tissue (BAT) and in white epididymal adipose tissue of rats acclimated to constant or fluctuating cold. Experiments were carried out on isolated adipocytes or tissue homogenates. In brown or white adipose tissue or isolated adipocyte homogenates, two different apparent Km values were found according to the substrate (cAMP) concentration. The low Km was at about 10(-6) M and the high one at about 10(-4) M. The apparent V of the high Km enzyme was about 10-fold higher than the V of the low Km enzyme. Cold acclimation to constant or fluctuating cold did not modify appreciably the Km or V values. For low substrate concentrations (10(-6)-10(-8) M), the specific activity of PDE expressed per milligram of protein was decreased in BAT adipocytes of the two groups of cold-acclimated rats, compared to controls. Inversely, it was increased in total tissue homogenates. These variations were smaller in fluctuating cold than in constant cold-acclimate rats. They could, in part, induce the increases in lipolysis and in blood flow observed in the BAT of cold-acclimated rats. | 175,898 | [
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Purification of Oidiodendron kalrai proteases. | Oidiodendron kalrai yeast-phase cells demonstrate proteolytic activity. Some of the proteolytic enzymes of the crude extract were purified by a combination of ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G-200, and diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) cellulose column chromatography. At least six proteins exhibiting a range of proteolytic activities could be identified by these procedures. Purity of the enzyme fractions obtained from the DEAE-cellulose columns was tested by running polyacrylamide gels. | 175,906 | [
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Signet-ring cell carcinoma of the breast. The mucinous variant of infiltrating lobular carcinoma? | Five cases of the type of mammary carcinoma that has been designated "signet-ring cell carcinoma" are presented. This tumor is characterized by the presence of numerous cells containing intracellular mucin, without large amounts of extracellular mucin as is seen in colloid (gelatinous, mucinous) carcinoma of the breast. Although such cells may be seen in many mammary carcinomas, they are never as frequent as in the variant described. Ultrastructurally, the most characteristic finding is the presence of numerous intracellular lumina containing material which appears to represent the mucin identified with the light microscope. This finding differs from that in colloid carcinoma, in which the scantier intracellular mucin occurs in the form of intracytoplasmic membrane-bound vesicles. The five tumors in the present series were all associated with either in situ lobular carcinoma or a "sinus catarrh"-like pattern of nodal metastases, or both. On the basis of these light and electron microscopic data, the signet-ring cell carcinoma is suggested as a variant of infiltrating lobular carcinoma, clinically and pathologically distinct from colloid carcinoma. | 175,913 | [
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The epidemiology and virology of C-type virus-associated hematological cancers and related diseases in wild mice. | In several different populations of wild mice, observed over a 35-month period in laboratory geriatric colonies, a direct correlation was found between the prevalence and titer of spleen complement-fixing gs (p30) antigen and C-type particles in newly trapped healthy mice and a predilection to lymphoma and a hind leg paralytic disease upon aging. Other studies have established the indigenous C-type virus as the essential etiological determinant of both diseases in wild mice. An increased incidence of breast carcinomas, hepatomas, and pulmonary adenomas associated with C-type virus also occurred in the lymphoma-paralysis-prone colony as compared with the tumor-resistant colonies. | 175,918 | [
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An approach to C-type virus immunoprevention of spontaneously occurring tumors in laboratory mice. | A review of our current progress in C-type virus vaccine research is presented. This includes the findings of C-type virus or its antigen expressions in every naturally occurring tumor of two strains of "low-incidence" laboratory mice, the BALB/cCr mouse and the NIH Swiss mouse. Vaccine preparation methods are described including the inactivation of C-type virus infectivity with optimal maintenance of the antigen titers of at least two of the polypeptides of the C-type virus, gp69/71 and p30. The cell-mediated immune response of the mouse to C-type virus vaccines, as measured by a footpad assay for delayed-type hypersensitivity and an in vitro lymphocyte transformation assay, is described. Studies with two murine C-type viruses (Rauscher leukemia and Gross leukemia) a simian C-type virus, and an avian C-type virus (avian myeloblastosis virus) showed that the cell-mediated immune response of the animal includes type-specific, group-specific, and interspecies-specific reactivity. The mouse gave a cell-mediated immune response to at least one of the polypeptides of the C-type virus, the gp69/71, whether this polypeptide was presented to the immune system of the mouse as whole virus, Tween-ether-treated virus, or a purified polypeptide. One measure of the effectiveness of the C-type virus vaccines was provided by immunization of the mouse with Rauscher leukemia virus preparation that induced resistance to challenge with both live Rauscher leukemia virus and a naturally occurring BALB/c leukemia virus. Evidence is presented that the C-type virus can act as an effective transplantation antigen in syngeneic tumor cell lines resulting in the immunogenicity and loss of tumorigenicity of these cell lines. An approach to the viral immunoprevention of spontaneously occurring tumors is discussed. | 175,922 | [
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Epstein-Barr virus-malaria interaction models for Burkitt's lymphoma: implications for preventive trials. | Infections with both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and malaria have been implicated as causal factors in the pathogenesis of Burkitt's lymphoma (BL). Proposed trials of preventive measures for both infections are receiving serious consideration as possible means of establishing a causal relationship with BL. In this paper we examine certain models for the interaction of EBV and malaria in the induction of BL, and also review the aims of the longitudinal, population-based study being conducted in the West Nile District of Uganda. Given existing knowledge, the outcome of preventive trials, even for the most simple interaction models, is unpredictable and, under certain circumstances, trials of an EBV vaccine could actually increase the incidence of BL. It is suggested that trials of an EBV vaccine at this time would be premature and should be delayed at least until the results from the West Nile prospective study are clear. | 175,923 | [
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Natural mechanisms of controlling lymphotropic herpesvirus infection (Marek's disease) in the chicken. | Four categories of natural resistance phenomena against Mareks disease in chickens, i.e., maternal antibody, age resistance, genetic resistance, and natural immunization, are described. In nature, these forms of resistance probably act in concert through comlex interrelationships. The mechanisms are not well understood but include humoral immunity (maternal antibody), cell-mediated immunity, and possibly other mechanisms. The possible role of newly discovered tumor-specific antigens in cell-mediated immunity against Marek's disease lymphomas is discussed. | 175,926 | [
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The fine structural localization of testicular phosphatases in man: the control testis. | Electron microscopic cytochemistry was used to determine the localization of five phosphatase enzymes-glucose-6-phosphatase, inosine diphosphatase, thiamine pyrophosphatase, acid phosphatase, and adenosine triphosphatase-in control human testes. Glucose-6-phosphatase occurred in the endoplasmic reticulum and nuclear envelope of Sertoli cells, Leydig cells and primitive spermatogonia, but was not observed in more advanced spermatogenic cells. The presence of glucose-6-phosphatase activity paralleled the presence of glycogen in spermatogenic cells, i.e., both occurred in type AL and AD spermatogonia but not in type AP or B spermatogonia or in more advanced spermatogenic cells. Inosine diphosphatase activity was found in the endoplasmic reticulum, nuclear envelope, and Golgi complex of Sertoli cells and all spermatogenic cells except late spermatids. Additionally, inosine diphosphatase activity was localized at the junctions between Sertoli cells and late spermatids, but was not associated with any other plasma membrane. Thiamine pyrophosphatase reaction product was found in the Golgi bodies of Sertoli cells and in spermatogenic cells through immature spermatids. Neither inosine diphosphatase nor thiamine pyrophosphatase was observed in the Golgi bodies of spermatids during acrosomal formation. Acid phosphatase activity was found in lysosomes of spermatogonia, spermatocytes, and spermatids, in lysosomes of Leydig cells, and in lysosomes, lipofuscin bodies, and Golgi cisternae of Sertoli cells. It is thought that Sertoli lysosomes play a role in the phagocytosis of degenerating germ cells; however, the role of spermatogenic or Leydig lysosomes is unknown. Adenosine triphosphatase activity occurred at the interfaces between two spermatogonia, and between Sertoli cells and spermatogonia, but was not observed in the spaces between two Sertoli cells, two spermatocytes, two spermatids, or between Sertoli cells and spermatocytes, or between Sertoli cells and spermatids. | 175,958 | [
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Alkylation of meseenger RNA by dimethylnitrosamine. | Rats were treated with radioactive dimethylnitrosamine or methyl methanesulphonate and the alkylation of various RNA fractions was determined 4 h later. It was found that after administration of dimethylnitrosamine, hepatic messenger RNA (isolated by binding to oligo(dT)-cellulose) and nuclear RNA were alkylated slightly, but significantly less than ribosomal RNA. After treatment with methyl methanesulphonate nuclear RNA was alkylated to a greater extent than either messenger or ribosomal RNA. The implications of these findings with respect to the mechanism by which dimethylnitrosamine inhibits liver protein synthesis are discussed. | 175,964 | [
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[Early stimulation of protein kinase activity during hormonal meiosis reinitiation in starfish ovocytes]. | Total endogenous protein kinase activity has been compared in homogenates prepared from Marthasterias glacialis and Asterias rubens oocytes treated or not by 1-methyladenine, the hormone which triggers meiosis reinitiation. A 5 mn treatment at the threshold 10(-7) M concentration causes a significant increase (+ 20%) of these activities. This stimulation is maintained or even enhanced when homogenates are complemented with exogenous histones. | 175,969 | [
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[Isolation of murine sarcoma virus not associated with XC plague forming leukemia virus]. | The N-type MLg cells transformed by B-tropic MuSV (WN1802B) produced defective MuSV without detectable among of MuLV; the focus formation by the culture fluid required the co-infection of exogenous MuLV. After one passage of the virus in MLg cells, we obtained a virus preparation which was capable of inducing foci without the exogenous MuLV, but which remained negative in the XC test. | 175,971 | [
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Direct radioimmunoassay for serum estriol during pregnancy. | I describe an assay for serum estriol during pregnancy, which does not require prior extraction or chromatography of the serum. Fifty microliters of 20-fold diluted serum can be assayed to detect as little as 20 pg of estriol. For a 20 mug/liter serum estriol concentration the CV was 16%; for 100 mug/liter concentration it was 5%. There was no significant interference by serum "binding" proteins. The assay measures unconjugated estriol, estriol conjugated with either sulfate or glucuronide at the 3' position, and a portion of the estriol 16 alpha (beta-D-glucuronide). Serum estriol concentrations increase during gestation from a low at 20 weeks of less than 10 mug/liter to a high of 100-150 mug/liter at term. Serum estriol values correlate well with those for urinary total estrogens and with values for human placental lactogen in serum at various gestational ages. | 175,980 | [
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Head pain. | Head pain can be a challenging, difficult, and interesting diagnostic problem. A detailed history and carefully performed and directed physical and laboratory examination will aid in the complex differential diagnosis--which includes structural disease of the eye, ear, nose, throat, teeth; trauma; central and peripheral nervous system infections and tumors; and various neuropathies of unknown cause. Systemic abnormalities such as hypertension are a frequent cause, as are emotional upset and tension. Other isolated and extremely rare causes, such as the anatomic abnormality of an elongated styloid process, cannot be discussed in a presentation of this length, but are included in the bibliography. | 175,988 | [
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Histological studies of subcutaneous and intraperitoneal implants of trypsin-prepared dermal collagen allografts in the rat. | The possibility of using allograft collagen for the permanent replacement of lost or damaged connective tissues has been examined in the rat. The cellular components of skin, which are known to be of major importance in allograft rejection, were removed by treating skin with a solution of crystalline trypsin at 15 degrees C. Non-collagenous structures were largely removed by 7 days, but the purification process continued up to 28 days without damage to the collagen fibrils. Dermal collagen allografts, which were implanted intraperitoneally or subcutaneously and biopsied 3-83 days after operation, became recellularized and revascularized without being being resorbed. In contrast to skin allografts, there was no evidence of cellular rejection of the collagen grafts, even when recipient animals had been sensitized to allogeneic skin from the same donor. Densensitization of collagen to collagenase, by treating dermal collagen with solutions of glutaraldehyde at concentrations ranging from 0.001-1.0 per cent, was also investigated in vitro and by implantation. The best results, in terms of preservation of the collagen bundle architecture and graft recellularization without persisting inflammation, were achieved with collaged pre-treated with a solution of 0.01% glutaraldehyde. | 175,985 | [
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Norepinephrine-induced shift in levels of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate and ATP parallel to increased respiratory rate and lipolysis in isolated hamster brown-fat cells. | 1. Isolated brown fat cells from hamster respond to added catecholamines with a temporary increase in respiratory rate and an extended lipolysis. 2. From experiments with catecholamines and alpha and beta-blockers, the receptors of these cells are classified as beta according to classical definition. 3. Norepinephrine induces a rapid increase in adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate levels which parallels in time the stimulated respiration. Maximal adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate levels are reached within 1-3 min and are followed by a continuous decline. 4. Parallel to the catecholamine-induced respiration and lipolysis there is a pronounced drop in ATP levels. This energy depletion could be reversed by addition within 5 min after norepinephrine of the beta-blocker propranolol. 5. The nucleotide pattern in isolated hamster brown fat cells after norepinephrine addition was mimicked in experiments with isolated hamster brown fat mitochondria. From these experiments it is concluded that a high ratio of AMP and ADP over ATP decreases the respiratory rate when endogenous free fatty acids are oxidized. | 176,028 | [
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[Influence of lithium chloride on lipid metabolism]. | Lithium chloride was injected subcutaneously to mice (in amounts of 500 and 300 mg/kg) once a day for 10 and 15 days, and to rabbits in single doses via a tube into the stomach (in amounts of 400 and 850 mg/kg). After different time intervals following a single or course-wise administration of the compound the level of total lipids was determined in the muscles and liver of the mice, and of the total lipids, beta-lipoproteins, phospholipids, cholesterol, fatty acids and 11-oxycorticosteroids levels in the blood serum of rabbits and of the bile acids content in the vesical bile of these animals. Hyperlipemia that developed under the effect of lithium was caused by mobilization of fat from fat depots and by deranged interstitial lipids metabolism. | 176,062 | [
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Virus-induced diabetes mellitus. IV. Genetic and environmental factors influencing the development of diabetes after infection with the M variant of encephalomyocarditis virus. | The M variant of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC) infects pancreatic beta cells and causes the development of a diabetic syndrome in susceptible strains of mice. By examining four F1 crosses of susceptible and resistant strains of mice, we found that the development of diabetes after infection was inherited as a recessive trait. Analysis of the data from the F2 generation indicated that more than one gene was involved in the development of EMC-diabetes. The severity and frequency of abnormal glucose levels in EMC-infected animals was markedly influenced by environmental factors. | 176,076 | [
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[Percutaneous recanalisation of chronic arterial occlusions (Dotter principle) with a new double lumen dilatation catheter (author's transl)]. | A modification of Dotter's transluminal recanalisation of stenoses and occlusions of the superficial femoral artery, and of stenoses of the iliac artery, is described. In this procedure the occluding material is compressed not by successive catheters, but by a catheter with a dilatable cover. This catheter consisted originally of a single lumen, but now has double lumen; one lumen accomodates contrast, or a guide wire or a stiff cannula, whereas the second lumen is used for filling the cover and the expandable segment. The procedure is described in detail. Results so far appear satisfactory; they are compared with the results which have been obtained during the last year with the single lumen catheter. | 176,097 | [
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Activation of C55-isoprenoid alcohol phosphokinase from Staphylococcus aureus. I. Activation by phospholipids and fatty acids. | The activation of C55-isoprenoid alcohol phosphokinase by a variety of lipids has been investigated. A number of amphipathic lipids can serve as effective kinase activators. Both the nature of the polar and nonpolar groups are important, but kinase activation does not depend on any particular chemical structure or charge on the lipid. The structure of those lipids which are most effective, as well as an analysis of their temperature profiles, suggests that bulk physical properties are significant. Lipids which provide a hydrated, loosely packed, highly fluid environment are often effective activators. | 176,145 | [
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Studies on the chlorinating activity of myeloperoxidase. | Two methods were utilized to demonstrate the peroxidation of chloride ion to a free species (HOCl or Cl2) by myeloperoxidase. The peroxidase caused the volatilization of radioactivity from soultions containing hydrogen peroxide and [36Cl]NaCl, and catalyzed the formation of HOCl when solutions contianing these components were passed through a Millipore filter to which the peroxidase was adsorbed. In this flow system, 90 mug of canine myeloperoxidase generated 80 muM HOCl in the presence of 200 muM H2O2 at a rate corresponding to a turnover of 100 min-1. Under these conditions, o-tolidine, whose oxidation can be coupled to Cl- peroxidation in free solution, did not accelerate turnover. In contrast to chloroperoxidase and horseradish peroxidase, myeloperoxidase does not utilize chlorite for chlorination reactions. This oxidant inactivates the enzyme. At low pH, chloride ion suppresses the oxidation of myeloperoxidase (to the stable compound II) by both hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorite. Acceptor chlorination is therefore not a rate-controlling reaction in the myeloperoxidase mechanism, and the potential of the functional peroxidase couple is higher than the HOCl/Cl- couple under chlorinating conditions. The product-forming step may be a reverse of compound I formation at the expense of HOCl, rather than the chlorination of Cl- by a chloroperoxidase-like chlorinating intermediate. | 176,150 | [
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Comparison of mode of activation of guanosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent and adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinases from silkworm. | Guanosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cyclic GMP)-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase G) partially purified from silkworm pupae was selectively activated by cyclic GMP at lower concentrations. Nevertheless, the enzyme seemed to differ from adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase A) with respect to the mode of response to cyclic nucleotides. The catalytic activity and cyclic GMP-binding activity were not dissociated by cyclic GMP in a manner similar to that described for protein kinase A. The enzyme was not inhibited by regulatory subunit of protein kinase A nor by protein inhibitor. A sulfhydryl compound such as 2-mercaptoethanol or glutathione was essential for the activation by cyclic GMP, and an extraordinary high concentration of either Mg2+ (100 mM) or Mn2+ (25 mM) was needed for maximal stimulation by cyclic GMP. A polyamine such as spermine, spermidine, or putrescine could substitute partly for the cation. Kinetic analysis indicated that Km for ATP was decreased whereas Ka for cyclic GMP was increased significantly at high concentrations of the cation. The effect of the cation to decrease Km for ATP was not evident in the absence of a sulfhydryl compound. These characteristics of protein kinase G described above were not observed for protein kinase A which was obtained from the same organism. | 176,153 | [
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Effects of epinephrine and insulin on phosphopeptide metabolism in adipocytes. | Isolated adipocytes, incubated in the presence of extracellular 32Pi to steady state 32P incorporation into cellular phosphopeptides, were exposed to hormones for 5 min. Epinephrine (10(-6) M) stimulated 32P incorporation into at least 12 major phosphopeptides, distributed in the cytoplasm, endoplasmic reticulum, and plasma membrane. Quantitatively pre-eminent among these were peptides of molecular weight 123,000 and 69,000, each located both in the cytoplasm and endoplasmic reticulum. The effect of epinephrine (10(-7) M) on 32P incorporation into these two peptides was augmented by theophylline (10(-3) M) in a synergistic fashion. Norepinephrine, dibutyryl N6,O2'-dibutyryl adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) (synthetic 1 to 24 fragment), and glucagon mimicked the effect of epinephrine. Insulin modified adipocyte peptide phosphorylation in two ways. When present as the sole hormone, insulin (100 microunits/ml) consistently and selectively stimulated the 32P incorporation into a peptide of molecular weight 123,000 (endoplasmic reticulum, cytoplasm) without significant alteration in the 32P content of any other major peptide. A second effect of insulin was evident when epinephrine (10(-6) M) was present simultaneously. Insulin significantly inhibited the epinephrine-stimulated phosphorylation of the molecular weight 69,000 (endoplasmic reticulum, cytoplasm) and 26,000 (plasma membrane) peptides. Nevertheless, persistence of insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of the 123,000 peptide in the presence of epinephrine was shown by a 32P content of this peptide that was greater in the presence of both hormones than with either individually. These findings indicate that in intact adipocytes: (a) epinephrine acutely alters the phosphorylation of a large number of adipocyte peptides, partly at least, via activation of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP)-dependent protein kinase; (b) insulin opposes several epinephrine-stimulated phosphorylations in a manner consitent with its ability to lower epinephrine-stimulated intracellular cyclic AMP accumulation in adipocytes; and (c) insulin, in addition, exerts a unique stimulatory effect on adipocyte peptide phosphorylation that is independent of its effects on cyclic AMP metabolism and may be medicated by the generation of an as yet undefined intracellular "messenger" unique to insulin. | 176,155 | [
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Effect of angiotensin II on cyclic guanosine monophosphate and cyclic adenosine monophosphate in human plasma. | Infusion of alpha-adrenergic catecholamines increases plasma cyclic guanosine monophosphate (pcGMP), raising the possibility that the pressor effect of these agents may be mediated by cyclic GMP. We infused pressor doses of angiotensin II in 10 studies in 8 normal subject and measured pcGMP and plasma cyclic adenosine monophosphate (pcAMP) by radioimmunoassay. After 120 minutes of infusion, mean pcGMP was 128 +/- 31% (SE) higher than baseline values (P less than 0.01) while pcAMP was increased 30 +/- 10% (P less than 0.05). | 176,170 | [
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