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Chiba percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. A valuable method for visualizing the nondilated biliary tract. | Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography with the Chiba needle has had remarkable results in cannulating small bile ducts. We have roentgenographically visualized a nondilated biliary system in the first five out of seven cases attempted. Including our series, there have been 71 successful Chiba studies in 107 nondilated or presumed normal biliary tracts with only one questionable major complication. The technique is simple to learn, particularly in comparison with endoscopic retrograde cholangiography. Since the incidence of complications is low, surgical standby should seldom be necessary. The value of the Chiba percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram is described via four unusual case reports. | 179,343 | [
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The chest x-ray in acute left ventricular power failure: an aid to determining prognosis of patients supported by intraaortic balloon pumping. | Serial chest x-rays were used as a means of evaluating the hemodynamic status of 43 patients in acute left ventricular power failure (LVPF) complicating acute myocardial infarction who were assisted with balloon pumping. The following findings were reported: 1. In patients with acute myocardial infarction, prediction of the hemodynamic status on the basis of chest x-rays is less reliable when severe LVPF is present as a complication. 2. The incidence and severity of roentgenographic findings of congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema are increased in patients with severe LVPF compared to patients with uncomplicated myocardial infarction. 3. Improvement in the roentgenographic degree of heart failure with positive clinical and hemodynamic responses to 24 hr or less of balloon pumping is an indication that patients in severe acute LVPF may survive. Patients with deteriorating or unchanging chest x-ray findings have an extremely poor prognosis. These patients should be evaluated by cardiac catheterization and coronary arteriography to determine the appropriateness of emergency surgical correction. | 179,371 | [
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Tortuosity of the cavernous carotid arteries causing sellar expansion simulating pituitary adenoma. | Tortuous, medially-displaced cavernous carotid arteries may cause sellar enlargement which simulates pituitary adenoma. Systemic hypertension appears to account for this tortuosity in some cases, while a congenital anomaly is probably responsible in others. Medical position of the carotid sulci may be demonstrated on sellar tomography. Cerebral arteriography provides the correct diagnosis. Surgery, particularly transsphenoidal hypophysectomy, should be avoided in such patients. | 179,382 | [
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Cerebro-costo-mandibular syndrome: long term follow-up of a patient and review of the literature. | The cerebro-costo-mandibular syndrome is a rare disorder, and most afflicted infants die during the first few months of life. The pertinent features of the syndrome are reviewed, and a hitherto undescribed finding in the pelvis is described. A case is reported in which vigorous treatment permitted survival. Serial roentgenograms subsequently demonstrated a progressive diminution of the characteristic posterior rib-gap defects. | 179,385 | [
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Lesion conspicuity, structured noise, and film reader error. | The concept of conspicuity is introduced in an attempt to objectively quantitate radiographic observational error. Defined as a ratio between lesion contrast and surround complexity, the measure correlates well with the probability of detecting faint nodular lesions in chest radiographs. The concept helps in understanding why abnormalities are missed by radiologists. It is also used to explain why image-processing techniques advocated in the past did not yield improvements in diagnostic accuracy and to outline directions for the future. Preliminary results are presented which show that photographic subtraction can increase the conspicuity of simulated early lung lesions and improve their detection. | 179,387 | [
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Surgical treatment of advanced carcinoma of the floor of the mouth. | The anterior arch of the mandible is essential for satisfactory oral function and appearance. It can be preserved in surgical treatment of advanced cancers of the floor of the mouth by partial thickness resection. Surgery and radiation are approximately equally effective in the control of advanced (T3) primary lesions. A treatment plan is proposed which employs a combination of nondisabling surgical resection followed by immediate postoperative radiation. Of 19 patients with T2, T3, and T4 lesions treated and followed 1 year or more, 11 were free of cancer, including six who had positive lymph nodes. Of those dying of cancer, only one had local recurrence, while recurrence in the neck occurred in four. This report further strengthens the need for postsurgical radiation in certain situations. | 179,393 | [
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[Reticulohistiocytosis of benign evolution (Hashimoto-Pritzker type). Electron microscopy study]. | We describe a rare form of histiocytosis, characterized by numerous tumoral lesions of the skin appearing at birth and desappearing spontaneously within 2 month without visceral lesions and without systemic symptoms. Light microscopy shows histiocytes, some of which contain an irregular nucleus with a spumous cytoplasm surrounded by many red blood cells. Electron microscopy shows myelinoid inclusions in the histiocyte cytoplasm and "vermiform" bodies. In our opinion, a similar anatomoclinical entity was described for the first time and only once by Hashimoto and Pritzker. | 179,459 | [
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Effects of melanocyte stimulating hormone and theophylline on human melanocytes in vitro. | The effects of MSH on the human melanocyte in vitro were studied. The addition of MSH up to the concentration of 40 mug/ml into the culture medium did not produce appreciable change on the morphology of the melanocyte. The melanocyte, however, responded to the simultaneous addition of MSH and theophylline with marked increase in the length and complexity of the dendritic process. Melanin synthesis, as indicated by the uptake of tyrosine in the presence of an inhibitor of protein synthesis, was remarkably activated by the simultaneous addition of MSH and theophylline. MSH alone activated the melanin synthesis only slightly, but the increase in the uptake of tyrosine was significant statistically. These results were discussed in terms of the MSH-cyclic AMP cascade in which theophylline worked as an inhibitor of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, and increased the intracellular level of cyclic AMP by inhibiting catabolism of cyclic AMP. | 179,478 | [
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Immunocompetence of patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. | Patients with lung carcinoma were tested for number of circulating thymus-derived (T-)lymphocytes and lymphocyte cytotoxicity before treatment and following operation or radiation therapy or a combination of the two. The proportion of circulating T-lymphocytes in healthy individuals was 75%, and the T-lymphocyte level was 1, 460 per cubic millimeter. All patients with lung cancer had a significantly decreased percentage and absolute number of T-cells before any treatment. Patients tested six to eight weeks following pneumonectomy or lobectomy showed an increased proportion of circulating T-cells in comparison to pretreatment values. Functional activity of immune lymphocytes as shown by cytotoxicity assay also improved in comparison to pretreatment values. The potential value of tests for immunocompetence is discussed. | 179,484 | [
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Primary Krukenberg tumour in pregnancy. | The literature on primary Krukenberg tumours in pregnancy is reviewed. 6 cases are reported and all could be accepted as complying with the international classification of primary ovarian tumours. An additional case is presented with mostly osteoplastic metastases and necrosis of the marrow. | 179,491 | [
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The immunoperoxidase technique for rapid human cytomegalovirus identification. | Sixteen cytomegalovirus (CMV) isolates from both ill and healthy patients were identified by the immunoperoxidase technique (IP). CMV detection was accomplished by direct examination of the primary isolate using either direct (DIP) or indirect immunoperoxidase (IIP) techniques. In thirteen of the isolates, confirmation of identification was achieved by indirect immunofluorescence (IFA) and by demonstration of herpes particles by electron microscopy (EM). Further, in four cases of non-CMV alterations in the tissue culture which might be confused with actual infection, the IP test was negative as were the confirmatory tests. The IIP is preferred over the DIP test since the latter shows a certain amount of background stain of uninfected cells. Tissue culture cells showing focal CMV cytopathic effect contained both nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions stained by IP technique. Nonspecific staining was associated with cytoplasmic inclusion bodies. The IP technique can detect individual cell CMV infection at 24 hours when EM reveals only unenveloped viral particles. It is sensitive, specific, and allows direct identification of infected cells in the primary isolate in as little as 90 minutes. Furthermore, it can be performed in standard isolation tissue culture tubes, whereas IFA requires the transfer of the infected cells onto slides or the routine use of Leighton tubes. | 179,501 | [
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Ultrastructural effects of +Gz stress on swine cardiac muscle. | Miniature swine were subjected to 9 +Gz acceleration for 60-120s. Within 2 h following the +Gz force, the anterior papillary muscle was removed and prepared for scanning and electron microscopy. Ultrastructural changes observed in the cardiac myocytes included cellular redistribution of mitochondria and nuclei. Tears in the contractile fibers, bizarre profiles or nuclei, and peculiar membrane-bounded bodies in the cytoplasm also were observed. Hemorrhagic areas were localized around the Purkinje fibers. The T system and plasma membrane appeared unperturbed. The conclusion was drawn that, following high +Gz levels of acceleration, damage to myocardial ultrastructure ensues. | 179,520 | [
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Adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate-dependent protein kinase in brown fat from newborn rabbits. Changes in the binding of adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate after preincubation of the tissue with noradrenaline or incubation of the enzyme with adenosine triphosphate. | The equilibrium binding of cyclic AMP to a 150-fold purified preparation of protein kinase, when expressed as the reciprocal of bound against the reciprocal of free cyclic AMP, gave a plot consisting of two straight lines. The values of apparent Kb given by these lines were lowered by preincubating the intact tissue with noradrenaline or incubating the enzyme preparation with Mg2+ plus ATP. This effect was reversed by incubating the preparation (which contained some phosphatase impurities) with Mg2+ alone. None of these procedures affected the maximal binding of cyclic AMP. During incubation of the enzyme with Mg2+ plus ATP, the terminal phosphoryl group was incorporated into protein, over 40% being present in the kinase itself. This phosphate was removed during incubation of the preparation with Mg2+ alone. The validity of expressing cyclic AMP binding as a double-reciprocal plot is discussed, and the experimental plots are compared with those derived theoretically. The results suggest that protein kinase in brown fat is present in two forms, one with an apparent Kb for cyclic AMP or approx. 250 nM (dephosphorylation) and one with an apparent Kb of approx. 14 nM (phosphorylated). Preincubation of the tissue with noradrenaline results in phosphorylation of the kinase and an increase from 15 to 45% in the proportion of the higher-affinity form. | 179,526 | [
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Neurological complications after a single severe exposure to toluene di-isocyanate. | A total of 23 men complained of neurological symptoms after a single severe exposure to toluene di-isocyanate. Effects of exposure were immediate in five men and consisted of euphoria, ataxia, and loss of consciousness. These men and nine others complained of headache, difficulty in concentration, poor memory, and confusion during the next three weeks. Four years later it was found that nine further men had experienced symptoms that they had not been aware of at three weeks. In all, 13 men still complained of poor memory, personality change, irritability, or depression after four years. Psychometric testing showed a selective defect for relatively long-term recall in those with persistent symptoms at four years. | 179,562 | [
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Sequence composition of the template-active fraction of rat liver chromatin. | Rat liver chromatin has been separated into nuclease-sensitive and -resistant fractions after mild digestion with DNAase II. The nuclease-sensitive material is further fractionated into Mg2+ -soluble and -insoluble chromatin fractions. The kinetics of production of these chromatin fractions have been investigated. After a brief enzyme treatment (5 min at 10 enzyme units/A260 unit of chromatin at pH 6.6), 11% of the input chromatin DNA is found in the Mg2+ -soluble fraction. This DNA has a weight-average single-strand length of about 400 nucleotides and, as determined by renaturation kinetics, comprises a subset of nonrepetitive DNA sequences and a subset of families of middle repetitive sequences. This demonstrates the nonrandom distribution of repetitive and single copy sequences in the Mg2+ -soluble fraction of chromatin. Previous studies have shown that the Mg2+ -soluble fraction is enriched in nonrepeated sequences which are transcribed in vivo (Gottesfeld, J.M., Garrard, W.T., Bagi, G., Wilson, R.F., and Bonner, J. (1974), Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 71, 2193-2197). We now report that the Mg2+ -soluble fraction of liver chromatin contains a low proportion of sequences in common with the Mg2+ -soluble fraction of brain chromatin. Thus, fractionation does not depend on some general property of chromatin but is specific with regard to the template activity of the tissue from which the chromatin was obtained. | 179,568 | [
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Demonstration of adenylate cyclase activity in human red blood cell ghosts. | The presence of adenylate cyclase (ATP pyrophosphate-lyase (cyclizing) EC 4.6.1.1) activity was demonstrated in human erythrocyte ghosts and was found to be around 3 pmol adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) - 2 h-1 - mg-1 protein. This enzymatic activity is strongly stimulated by NaF and 5'-guanylimidodiphosphate, is slightly stimulated by epinephrine, norepinephrine, isoproterenol, and prostaglandin E1 and is inhibited by calcium. The hormone stimulation is not potentiated by 5'-guanylylimidodiphosphate. | 179,579 | [
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Phospholipases and the effect of prolactin on uridine incorporation into RNA in mammary gland explants of mice. | The possible effects of phospholipase A and phospholipase C on the rate of uridine incorporation into RNA in mammary gland explants of mice were tested. Phospholipase C had no effect on the rate of uridine incorporation, but it did suppress the action of prolactin on this metabolic parameter. In contrast, phospholipase A was found to stimulate the rate of uridine incorporation into RNA in a manner similar to that of prolactin. The time-courses for the onset of the prolactin and phospholipase A effects were the same. Also, the phospholipase A effect was nonadditive to the effect produced by a maximally stimulatory concentration of prolactin. Finally it was observed that, like the prolactin effect, the phospholipase A effect was abolished by incubation with dibutyryl cyclic AMP, theophylline, quinine, indomethacin and prostaglandin E1. Further, the phospholipase A effect was nonadditive to the prolactin-like effects produced by the cyclic GMP, prostaglandin F2alpha or arachidonic acid. These data therefore suggest that prolactin and phospholipase A stimulate RNA synthesis in mammary gland explants via similar processes. | 179,586 | [
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The effect of short chain fatty acids on transmural electrical potential across rat small intestine in vivo. | Short chain fatty acids suddenly produce a phasic increase in transmural electrical potential difference (PD) when placed in the lumen of rat small intestine in vivo. With concentrations of propionate ranging from 50 muM to 1000 muM the amplitude of the response in jejunum is about 5.5 mV. The concentration giving half this effect is about 20 muM. With 10 mM propionate the duration of the response is 3-5 min; after this, PD again equals the control value and the gut is refractory to further additions. Removing propionate from the mucosal surface produces no change in PD, but does restore responsiveness to subsequent exposure to short chain fatty acids. This effect is independent of a variety of other alterations in PD such as those caused by sugars, amino acids, bile salts, theophylline, prostaglandins, and ATP. Mechanism and significance of this surprisingly sensitive response remain obscure. | 179,592 | [
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Localization of enzymes in specialized regions of the microsomal membrane. | Microsomal vesicles were centrifuged through sucrose density gradients containing deoxycholate. With 0.15% detergent electron transport enzymes and phosphatases could be separated. Increasing the deoxycholate concentration to 0.19% resulted in separation of the microsomal material into five bands containing (in order from the top of the gradient) adenosine monophosphatase, inosine diphosphatase and some glucose-6-phosphatase (band 1); NADH-linked (band 2) and NADH-linked (band 3) electron transport enzymes; and glucose-6-phosphatase (bands 4 and 5). It appears that enzymes are arranged in specialized patches in the microsomal membrane. | 179,597 | [
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[The action of calcium on the step of collagen metabolism, catalyzed by procollagen-proline hydroxylase]. | Calcium effects on procollagen-proline-hydroxylase activity of chick embryo tibias was studied. Serial preincubation of the natural substrate, the enzymatic preparation or the mixture of both with and without calcium showed that calcium decreased procollagen-prolin-hydroxylase affinity for procollagen, decreased the maximum velocity of the reaction by binding to the substrate and by increasing the thermosensitivity of the enzyme -- substrate complex. Calcium could also increase the maximum velocity by dissociation of an enzyme -- inhibitor ligand complex. The resulting decrease of the overall reaction rate has been discussed in the context of the relationship between collagen metabolism and calcium fixation during calcification. | 179,601 | [
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[Potentiation of ACTH action by a fragment of it: a decrease in the rat adrenal ascorbic acid concentration in vivo]. | The effect of tripeptide NH2CO-Arg-Pro-Val-NH2, the analogue of common fragments of some peptide hormones and kinins, on the content of ascorbic acid in rat adrenal glands in vivo is studied. It is shown that the peptide (5 divided by 3000 mkg/100 g body weight) produces no effect on the content of ascorbic acid in adrenal glands, but its injection half an hour before the administration of native ACTH canses a significant increase in the ACTH activity. The peptide possesses the myotropic activity; it exerts sinergism and potentiation of the ACTH action on rat ascending colon. | 179,616 | [
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The production of foot-and-mouth disease virus from BHK 21 C 13 cells grown on the surface of glass spheres. | In view of the advantages which are associated with the use of the BHK monolayer cell for the production of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus, a unit system using glass spheres was developed to grow BHK monolayer cells and to test the susceptibility of such cells to FMD virus. The yield of cells and their susceptibility compares favorably with GREEN BHK monolayer cells which have been grown in Roux bottles. | 179,634 | [
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An etiologic and nosologic overview of craniosynostosis syndromes. | In the past, a great deal of confusion in the nosology of craniosynostosis syndromes has been apparent. Such syndromes should never be classified on the basis of which sutures are synostosed nor on the presence or absence of mental retardation. In this paper, they are classified on the basis of overall clinical similarity and genetic considerations. The findings in each syndrome, the genetic aspects and the problems in differential diagnosis are discussed. Disorders presented include the Kleeblattschädel anomaly, Crouzon syndrome, Apert syndrome, Pfeiffer syndrome, Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, Carpenter syndrome, Christian syndrome, Summitt syndrome, Baller-Gerold syndrome, Lowry syndrome, Gorlin-Chaudhry-Moss syndrome and three sporadic craniosynostosis syndromes. A discussion of spurious craniosynostosis syndrome entities is also presented. | 179,637 | [
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[The biological role of estriol]. | It was demonstrated on the uteri of women and guinea pigs that estriol (in vitro) possessed a marked affinity to the estradiol-binding system of human and guinea pig uteri; the activity of steroid-receptor interaction of estriol in vitro constituted 9.4% for guinea pigs and 17% for man in relation to the estradiol activity. Administration of estriol to guinea pigs in vivo in a dose of 0.25-0.5 mg led to a sharp reduction of the estradiol-binding capacity of the receptor system of the uterus. It is supposed that there existed a competitive relationship between estradiol and estriol for binding with the active centres of the receptor proteins of the uterus. | 179,639 | [
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The reasons people give for taking overdoses. | This study investigates the reasons people give for taking overdoses of drugs. A representative sample of 128 subjects were interviewed immediately after their recovery from an overdose. During the interview they were given alternative reasons for taking overdoses and asked to choose any that applied to them. Spontaneous comments about suicidal intent were also recorded. Of the subjects, 44% indicated that they had wanted to die. On the basis of their choices 33% were 'seeking help', 42% 'escaping from the situation', 52% 'obtaining relief from a terrible state of mind' and 19% 'trying to influence someone'. The association between these various reasons and other expected effects or feelings associated with the act were examined by means of multidimensional scaling analysis. In addition, the characteristics of those expressing suicidal intent and other reasons were studied, together with such consequences as toxic effects and psychiatric after-care. The possibility is discussed that a large proportion of those indicating suicidal intent do so either to gain social acceptability for their act or to influence helping agencies. | 179,651 | [
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Technetium-99m labelled imidodiphosphate: an improved bone-scanning radiopharmaceutical. | Technetium-99m labelled imidodiphosphate was prepared in the presence of stannous ions. It was evaluated as a bone-scanning agent in animals and patients. Comparative tissue distribution studies in mice showed a relatively higher uptake of radioactivity in bone when 99Tcm -labelled pyrophosphate and diphosphonate. Accumulation of radioactivity in soft tissues, especially kidneys, was less with this radiopharmaceutical. Results in patients were most satisfactory in delineating skeletal bone and identifying bone lesions with relatively small tracer doses of the radiopharmaceutical. | 179,654 | [
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Metabolic regulations of the rhythmic activity in pacemaker neurons. II. Metabolically induced conversions of beating to bursting pacemaker activity in isolated Aplysia neurons. | In pacemaker neurons of the sea hare Aplysia californica, isolated from their synaptic, ephaptic and humoral inputs, conversion of the regular beating to a bursting discharge pattern can be induced by certain cell metabolites. Administration of the phosphofructokinase (PFK) activator fructose-6-phosphate (F-6-P), or its nonmetabolizable analogue 1-deoxy-F-6-P, induced bursting discharges in R3, R5, R6 and R11 neurons, with spike doublets and triplets appearing transiently in the time pattern. With another PFK activitor, adenosine-5-monophosphate, only double spikes have been noted in R7, R8 and R14 neurons. Burst activity was induced also in the presence of the fructose-1,6-diphosphatase activators, citrate and 3-phosphoglycerate, in R9, R10 and R12 neurons. Cyclic 3',5'-AMP, which also activates the PFK (beside other effects on cellular metabolism), induced bursting discharges in all R3-R14 neurons. In contrast, the inhibitors of the PFK, citrate and ATP, decreased the spike activity of the bursting L3 and L6 neurons, even changing L3 neurons to the regular beating type. Among a variety of cell metabolites tested only pyruvate was able to induce a burst-like tendency in R9 neurons. The characteristic bursting patterns which appeared in the presence of the described metabolic effectors could not be duplicated by low Ca2+ and/or high K+ media nor by artificial shifts in membrane potential triggered by depolarizing and hyperpolarizing currents. | 179,661 | [
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Stimulation of calcium accumulation in cardiac sarcolemma by protein kinase. | Sarcolemmal membranes isolated from guinea pig heart ventricles contained an ATP-dependent calcium-sequestering activity. Sarcolemmal calcium accumulation but not binding was enhanced by preincubation of membranes with exogenous protein kinase, with cyclic AMP, or with isoproterenol. Protein kinase (EC 2.7.1.37) increased the V of Ca2+ accumulation by sarcolemma without any significant effect on the affinity for Ca2+. The endogenous protein kinase activity present in isolated sarcolemma affected membrane phosphorylation. Cyclic AMP increased the endogenous kinase activity modestly, whereas histone increased it significantly. Exogenous protein kinase also catalyzed phosphorylation of these membranes. Endogenous and exogenous kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation of sarcolemma was hydroxylamine-insensitive. Ca2+-dependent ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3) (extra ATPase) activity of sarcolemma was also increased by protein kinase. | 179,678 | [
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Is cyclic guanosine monophosphate the internal 'second messenger' for cholinergic actions on central neurons? | The most consistent effects produced by intracellular injections of guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) (but not 5'-guanosine 5'-monophosphate in spinal motoneurons of cats are a rise in membrane conductance, acceleration in time course of spike potentials, and accentuation of the post-spike hyperpolarization. Associated changes in resting potential are smaller, less constant, and more often in the depolarizing than hyperpolarizing direction, cGMP tends to increase electrical excitability but reduces excitatory post-synaptic potential amplitudes. Most of the effects of intracellular cGMP are quite different from, or indeed opposite to, those of either extra- or intracellular applications of acetylcholine and therefore not consistent with the proposal that cGMP is the internal mediator of muscarinic actions. | 179,684 | [
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Temperate phages of Clostridium perfringens type C1. | Four phages isolated from carrier strains of Clostridium perfringens type C belong to two classes. The three phages of class I, c1, c3, and c4, and homoimmune and serologically closely related. The phage of class II, c5, is heteroimmune to the class I phages and not related to them serologically. Transduction experiments with several of the phages were negative. Mutants of the indicator strain with surface alterations occurred spontaneously in stock cultures. Electron micrographs show the phages of each class to be distinct yet similar, having polyhedral heads of about the same diameter 55 nm, and long, flexible tails without sheaths or collars. Phages c4 and c5 were characterized for their lysogenic properties. Phage c4 was inducible with mitomycin C. Both c4 and c5 were temperate viruses by the test of stability of their respective lysogens to phage-specific antisera. | 179,685 | [
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Hormones and gynecologic cancer. | Available basic information about the regulation of rates of production, blood levels, intracellular metabolism, and action of steroid hormones and prolactin is reviewed and related to high-risk factors and therapeutic procedures applicable to gynecologic cancer. | 179,693 | [
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Electrophysiological properties of ethylnitrosourea-induced, neoplastic neurogenic rat cell lines cultured in vitro and in vivo. | A comparative analysis was performed on the electrophysiological properties of 11 neoplastic neurogenic cell culture lines and five other cell lines of different origin (HV1C, rat bile duct carcinoma; BICR/M1RK, rat mammary tumor; HeLa, human cervix carcinoma; 3T3, mouse embryo; REe, rat embryo). Neurogenic lines were derived either from N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-induced neoplasms of the nervous system or from cultured fetal rat brain cells that had undergone neoplastic transformation in vitro after exposure to N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea in vivo. Electrical membrane excitability was lacking in all neurogenic cells analyzed. Their membrane potential and input resistance values were similar to those of the nonneurogenic lines. Intercellular ionic coupling was consistently observed between cells of a fibroblastoid shape or cells bearing multiple cytoplasmic processes (i.e., all neurogenic lines HV1C, BICR/M1RK, and 3T3). Epithelioid cells (i.e., HeLa, REe, an NV1C subpopulation, and a GV1C1 variant) showed no such intercellular communication. In vivo monolayer cultures on glass coverslips were obtained by a modified i.p. diffusion chamber technique. Under these conditions, the cells (with the exception of a glioma-derived cell line) retained the morphological appearance and electrophysiological properties observed in vitro. | 179,699 | [
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Effects of 5-(3,3-dimethyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide and its metabolites on Novikoff hepatoma cells. | Studies were undertaken to determine the effects of 5-(3,3-dimethyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide (DTIC) and its metabolites on the growth and macromolecular synthesis of Novikoff hepatoma cells in culture. DTIC (3.0 mM) in light decreased the viable cell count by 90% within 96 hr. DTIC protected from light, 2-azahypoxanthine, dimethylamine, and 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide, all at 3.0 mM, reduced the rate of cellular proliferation. 5-Diazoimidazole-4-carboxamide (1.0 mM) and 5-(3-methyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide (3.0 mM) decreased the viable cell count by 99%. Effects on macromolecular synthesis were determined by the rate of incorporation of the appropriate 3H-labeled precursor. Results after 6 hr are given as percentage of controls. DTIC (1.0 mM) in light inhibited DNA (8%), RNA (41%), and protein (63%) synthesis. DTIC (1.0 mM) protected from light inhibited DNA (12%) and RNA (57%) synthesis. 5-Diazoimidazole-4-carboxamide (0.1 mM) inhibited DNA (1%), RNA (9%), and protein (1%) synthesis. 5-(3-Methyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide (1.0 mM) inhibited DNA (72%) and protein (65%) synthesis but stimulated RNA (127%) synthesis. 2-Azahypoxanthine (1.0 mM) inhibited DNA (43%), RNA 82%) and protein (28%) synthesis. 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide (3.0 mM) stimulated DNA (354%) and RNA (266%) synthesis. These data show that DTIC is able to generate several toxic metabolites that may be responsible for its biological effects. | 179,708 | [
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Autogenous immunity to mouse mammary tumor virus in mouse strains of high and low mammary tumor incidence. | Specific radioimmune precipitation assays were utilized to demonstrate the presence of precipitating antibodies to mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) in the high-spontaneous mammary tumor strains of mice: C3H/HeN+, GR/N, BALB/cfC3H, and C57BL/6 X C3H F1 (hereafter called B6C3F1). Antibody titers in C3H/HeN+ mice increased with age, with highest titers observed in tumor-bearing animals. MMTV-precipitating antibodies were not detectable by radioimmune precipitation assay in low-mammary tumor strains (AKR, BALB/c C57BL/6, and C3H/HeN-) but were detectable in MMTV-inoculated BALB/c mice. Appearance of antibodies preceded palpable tumor formation, and antibody titers were directly correlated to virus dose. Natural antibody to MMTV in C3H/HeN+ and B6C3F1 mice coexists with the murine leukemia virus natural antibody as determined by competition radioimmunoassays. | 179,709 | [
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Chromatography on Florisil in the quantitative estimation of urinary and other porphyrins. | We describe the use of Florisil chromatography to purify and fractionate porphyrins into uro-, copro-, and protoporphyrins before their measurement by quantitative fluorometry. Porphyrinogens in fresh urine may be rapidly oxidized to porphyrins by chloranil, or slowly in weakly alkaline solution, before the sample is applied to the Florisil column. Aliquots of the separate ammoniacal eluates may be lyophilized for additional fractionation by direct thin-layer chromatographic analysis if desired. The behavior of delta-aminolevulinic acid, porphobilinogen, and other pyrrole compounds in this system is also described. | 179,732 | [
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Apoprotein profile of plasma and chylous ascites lipoproteins. | Plasma and chylous ascites lipoproteins were compared in a rare case of exudative enteropathy associated with stenosis of the thoracic duct. All ascites lipoproteins separated by ultracentrifugation showed a much higher triglyceride/protein ratio and a lower cholesterol ester content than their plasma counterparts. Polyarcylamide gel electrophoresis of apoproteins before and after fractionation on Sephadex G-200 essentially showed, compared to normal plasma, a reduction of apoprotein C in VLDL and HDL particularly obvious for apoCIII1 and CIII2. Ascites lipoproteins were characterized by an increased apoA content in chylomicrons, VLDL and LDL and a reduced percentage of apo CII and CIII1, mostly in chylomicrons, VLDL and HDL. The differences in composition between plasma and ascites might be explained by different origins for the various apoprotein subfractions. The transsudation of chyle into the abdominal cavity might divert some peptides of intestinal origin from their normal entry into the circulation. | 179,735 | [
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Diagnosis of dyslipoprotein aemia by molecular sieve chromatography. | Agarose gel molecular sieve chromatography has been used as a tool in the diagnosis of dyslipoproteinaemias. The elution profile from control plasma contained three peaks, corresponding to very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL), low-density lipoproteins (LDL), and high-density lipoproteins (HDL). These accounted for 9.5%, 23.5% and 67% of the total lipoprotein absorption at 280 nm. Elution patterns from dyslipoproteinaemic serum showed alterations, not only in peak area, but also in peak migration rate through the agarose gel. These variations were reproducible and of such magnitude as to permit the use of molecular sieve chromatography as a tool in the diagnosis of dyslipoprotein-aemias of Type I, II (a + b), III, IV and V. | 179,737 | [
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Evaluation of gallium-67 in the diagnosis of bronchial carcinoma. | Twenty-four patients with carcinoma of the bronchus had lung scans performed with gallium-67. The results were compared with corresponding chest radiographs. In four patients who had been treated with radiotherapy or cytotoxic drugs, there was no uptake of isotope in the lesion. The isotope, however, identified the neoplasm accurately in 17 out of the 20 cases (85%). The relative distribution of isotope in neoplastic tissue and adjacent inflammatory reaction is discussed as well as those cases in which either the radiograph or the scan failed to demonstrate the malignant lesion. Gallium scanning in this study failed to indicate the extension of growth into the mediastinal glands. | 179,748 | [
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The effect of insulin on adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate and guanosine 3':5'-monophosphate concentrations in human plasma. | 1. The action of insulin on plasma cyclic nucleotide concentrations in normal human subjects has been studied after intravenous injection, alone and in combination with glucagon. 2. After injection of insulin alone there was an initial small, though not significant, decrease in plasma cyclic AMP at 15 min followed by an increase to more than twice the initial concentration at 30 min. The increase was absent when hypoglycaemia was lessened by infusion of glucose after insulin injection. 3. Injection of insulin caused no significant change in plasma cyclic GMP concentration, whether or not glucose was infused after the hormone. 4. Glucagon (3-300 nmol, 10-1000 mug), caused a dose-dependent increase in plasma cyclic AMP concentration. The rise in plasma cyclic AMP produced by 3 or 30 nmol of glucagon was not significantly modified by simultaneous injection of insulin (44 nmol; 6 units). | 179,751 | [
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[Late effects of tumour treatment. Structural changes in the spinal column seen on X-rays]. | Cure rates are increasing in pediatric oncology; simultaneously the numbers of late effects of therapy are also increasing. 64 children with malignant neoplastic disease in whom the spine had been partially or totally exposed during X-ray treatment were re-investigated for radiographically visible irradiation effects on the vertebral column. 140 different abnormalties were found in 56 children of which scolioses were the most important. Irradiation for Wilms' tumour produced more numerous changes than direct irradiation of the vertebral column. In spite of the unexpectedly high number of growth defects rigorous X-ray treatment is indicated in certain circumstances. The growth abnormalities were of only minor clinical significance. | 179,773 | [
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Radioligand- receptor assay of LH-RH. | Characteristics of LH-RH interactions with the plasma membrane of the anterior pituitary were utilized to develop a radioligand- receptor assay for the hypothalamic decapeptide. Plasma membranes were prepared from rat adenohypophyses and association of 125I-LH-RH with the cell membrane was found to reach a plateau after 30 min incubation time. Sensitivity of the present competitive protein binding assay was 10 ng. The system was shown to be sensitive to structural changes in the LH-RH molecule. No cross-reactivity of (3--10) LH-RH, pyro-His-Trp-SerOMe and TRH was recorded with LH-RH, whereas slight cross-reaction was observed for (Lys8) LH-RH and (Ala4) LH-RH showed marked cross-reaction. Although the present system is not sensitive enough to estimate physiological levels of LH-RH it seems to be a valuable approach for setting up an LH-RH assay system. | 179,782 | [
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Water-soluble specific growth hormone binding sites from cultured human lymphocytes: preparation and partial characterization. | Cultured human lymphocytes (IM-9 cell line) have specific binding sites or receptors for human growth hormone (hGH). Under appropriate conditions, this specific binding material is spontaneously released into the incubation medium and is solubilized without the use of detergents. This water-soluble preparation binds [125I]iodo-hGH with the same specifictiy as receptors on the intact cell. Unlabeled hGH, but not porcine growth hormone or insulin, competes with labeled hGH for binding to the soluble preparation. Growth hormone preparations of varying purity compete for binding to the soluble binding preparation in the same rank order as they compete for binding to the intact IM-9 lymphocyte. [125I]iodo-hGH incubated with, but not bound to, the soluble preparation is partially degraded, while the [125I]iodo-hGH that is bound to the soluble preparation is protected from degradation, and its ability to rebind to fresh cells is enhanced. The [125I]iodo-hGH-soluble binding preparation complex can be dissociated by the addition of large quantities of unlabeled hGH or by lowering the pH, and [125I]iodo-hGH in both instances remains intact and undegraded. The soluble binding preparation did not sediment when centrifuged at 200,000 X g for 4 hours and was not retained on 0.20 micron Millipore filters. The soluble binding preparation was not retarded on Sephadex G-200. Binding activity was abolished by tryptic digestion. These studies demonstrate that hGH-binding sites, like previously reported insulin binding sites, can be spontaneously solubilized from cultured human lymphocytes, without the use of detergents; these soluble binding preparations are of high molecular weight and are, at least in part, protein in nature. | 179,794 | [
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A noradren aline sensitive adenylate cyclase in the rat limbic forebrain: preparation, properties and the effects of agonists, adrenolytics and neuroleptic drugs. | A method for the preparation of a noradrenaline sensitive adenylate cyclase from homogenates of the rat 'limbic' forebrain is described using Krebs--Ringer as the homogenising medium. Some of its properties resemble those reported previously by other workers, using slices. Its response to agonists show that it has the characteristics of a beta1-receptor i.e. the potency of 1-isoprenaline exceeds that of 1-noradrenaline which exceeds that of 1-adrenaline. Structure--activity analysis of the response of the adenylate cyclase to a range of adrenergic agonists shows a strict requirement for a catechol moiety and a beta-hydroxyl group. The activation of the enzyme by 1-noradrenaline is sensitive to stereoselective inhibition by 1-propranolol. The effect of a number of neuroleptic drugs was examined. Promazine was the most effective agent tested in antagonising the stimulation produced by 50 muM 1-noradrenaline, whilst the potent dopamine receptor antagonist, alpha-flupenthixol was only weakly active. Furthermore, there was no stereoselectivity in the antagonism produced by alpha- and beta-siomers of flupenthixol. Pimozide was not found to be a potent antagonist. Thus the spectrum of antagonism produced by neuroleptic drugs was quite different from that seen in the dopamine sensitive adenylate cyclase of the rat corpus striatum. | 179,826 | [
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Influence of cyclic nucleotides on protein synthesis in vascular smooth muscle. | The incorporation of leucine-14C into protein in bovine mesenteric arteries was augmented by cyclic GMP (10-3 M) and decreased by cyclic AMP (10-3 M). There was no effect of 5'AMP (10-3 M). The phosphodiesterase inhibiting drugs theophylline (10-3 M) and papaverine (5 x 10-5 g/ml) both decreased the leucine-14C incorporation. | 179,841 | [
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Immunohistochemical study of the pars intermediate of the mouse pituitary in different experimental conditions. | Alpha-MSH, beta-MSH and ACTH have been localized in the cells of hypophyseal intermediate lobe by fluorescence histoimmunological technics. Elaboration and excretion of these polypeptides are enhanced after dehydration or adrenalectomy. The most evident variations are seen with alpha-MSH and ACTH after dehydration, with beta-MSH after adrenalectomy. | 179,845 | [
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[Changes in the functional state and structure of the adrenals in CC14 poisoning]. | Introduction of CCI4 in doses of 0.1 and 0.2 ml/100 g to albino rats reduced the steroid production generated by adrenal sections. In 24 and 48 hours after poisoning with a small dose of CCI4 (0.1 ml/100 g) there could be seen an increased concentration of 11-oxycorticosteroids in the plasma. Morphological signs of a damage suffered by the gland were observed only in poisoning with a large dose of CCI4 (0.2 ml/100 g). | 179,852 | [
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Tubal plastic surgery at the Tel Hashomer Hospital: a critical study. | The study presents 93 patients in whom tubal surgery was carried out for primary or secondary mechanical infertility. A classification of these patients into five groups is suggested. Twenty-four uterine pregnancies were recorded, eighteen of which reached term. A plea for enlarging the scope and number of interventions in more patients of the older group and of the more complex pathologic group is presented and discussed. This approach may lower the the over-all success rate but may benefit some of this group of patients. Last but not least, the follow-up of these patients, who constantly move from one physician to another, seeking more treatment, is difficult. Liaison with referring gynecologists and standardization of methods would be of great help in the follow-up. | 179,897 | [
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Individual differences in infants' sleep. | Individual differences in sleep patterns were repeatedly studied in 22 infants in a residential unit for mothers and babies at two, six, 12 and 20 weeks of age. Electroencephalogram, horizontal and vertical electro-oculogram, electromyogram of chin muscle, and respiration and body movements were recorded during the first two sleep cycles. The age factor was significant in all variables studied. The infants' individuality was significant in (1) the frequency of respiration during quiet sleep, (2) the frequency of rapid eye movement during paradoxical sleep, (3) the occurrence of regular EEG activity during paradoxical sleep, and (4) body movements during paradoxical sleep. Individual differences in these sleep variables persisted with considerable stability during the first five months of life. | 179,907 | [
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Propranolol inhibits adenylate cyclase and secretion stimulated by deoxycholic acid in the rabbit colon. | Bile acids cause diarrhea by inducing colonic secretion, probably mediated through the cyclic AMP system. The aim was to determine the effects of an adenylate cyclase inhibitor, propranolol, on deoxycholic acid (DCA) stimulation of net secretion and the cyclic AMP system in the colon. In each of 30 New Zealand white rabbits, 0.9% NaC1 as control and 6 mM and 8 mM DCA were injected in random sequence into three colonic loops in situ. Propranolol, 4 mg per kg was administered intravenously to 12 of the 30 rabbits 1/2 hr before preparation of the loops, i.e., 5 1/2 hr before the rabbits were killed. In the 18 untreated animals, 6 and 8 mM DCA significantly stimulated colonic net secretion and mucosal adenylate cyclase activity; 6 mM DCA caused no change in mucosal phosphodiesterase activity, whereas 8 mM DCA caused a 25% decrease (P less than 0.01). In propranolol-treated animals compared to untreated animals, the volume of luminal fluid in controls was not different, with 6 mM DCA it was 88% less (P less than 0.01), and with 8 mM DCA it was 45% less (P less than 0.01); adenylate cyclase activity in controls was 43% less (P less than 0.01), with 6 mM DCA it was 67% less (P less than 0.01), and with 8 mM DCA it was 65% less (P less than 0.01); phosphodiesterase activity in controls and with 6 mM DCA was not different and with 8 mM DCA it was 38% greater (P less than 0.02). In conclusion, propranolol prevented DCA stimulation of colonic net secretion and inhibited the cyclic AMP system. Propranolol, therefore, warrants investigation as therapy for diarrhea caused by bile acids in the colon. | 179,910 | [
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Rat IgE production. II. Primary and booster reaginic antibody responses following intradermal or oral immunization. | Primary and booster IgE antibody responses have been elicited in Hooded Lister rats by the intradermal injection or oral administration of very small quantities of egg albumin. Oral immunization was effected by giving antigen by stomach tube or in the drinking water. The minimum primary dose of antigen found to be effective was 1 mug intradermally and 10 mug orally, administered together with an intraperitoneal injection of B. pertussis adjuvant. In rats immunized with these doses secondary responses could be evoked by giving even smaller quantities of antigen, thus 1 ng intradermally or 1 mug orally without adjuvant. Smaller challenge doses were not tried. Large primary doses of antigen (greater than 100 mug) presented by these routes were, on the other hand, found to be inhibitory to the production of secondary IgE responses, this effect being similar to that observed in previously reported intraperitoneal immunization experiments. By contrast with previous experiments, however, tertiary responses could be obtained following immunization by these routes, and we believe this to be reflection of the absorption of smaller and therefore less inhibitory quantities of antigen. Our results are discussed in relation to the control of IgE antibody production, current concepts of the control of antigen absorption through mucosal barriers, and possible implications of the genesis of naturally occurring IgE responses in man. | 179,938 | [
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Production of circulating reaginic (IgE) antibodies by oral administration of ovalbumin to rats. | Reaginic antibody synthesis following parenteral and/or oral administration of ovalbumin and Bordetella pertussis organisms as adjuvant has been evaluated in LOU/M/Wsl inbred rats. These rats are able to produce high reaginic antibody serum levels after intraperitoneal injection of this antigen. Primary oral administration of ovalbumin doses between 10 and 100 mg with Bordetella pertussis organisms given as adjuvant by the intraperitoneal or the oral route led to characteristic reagnic responses. Secondary reaginic responses were obtained by oral administration of ovalbumin without any adjuvant in animals sensitized by the oral or the intraperitoneal route. A hundred micrograms of ovalbumin was enough to induce reaginic responses but more constant and higher reaginic levels were obtained with a 50 mg dose in the experimental model employed. | 179,939 | [
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Differential induction of Epstein-Barr virus-related antigens in human lymphoblastoid cells by virus-mediated cell-to-cell contact. | Differential induction of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related antigens was observed after Sendai virus-medicated fusion of producer and non-producer cells with various human and mouse cells. The EBV-determined early nuclear antigen (ENA), early antigen (EA) and viral capsid antigen (VCA) could be induced at a high rate in producer cells (P3HR-1 and B95-8), normally expressing these antigens at very low frequency, as early as 12-24 h after fusion with each other or with human amnion FL cells. In contrast, only one antigen, ENA, was induced in producer cells following fusion with non-producer cells. This limited induction occurred also in non-producer cells fused with FL cells, but not after fusion with each other. EBV induction did not result from fusion of either producer or non-producer cells with mouse cells (L-M (TK-) Cl1D and MCB-L). The differential induction was not the result of heterokaryon formation as determined by autoradiography. The implications of these findings are discussed. | 179,955 | [
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Isolation and characterization of the plasma membranes from rat ascites hepatomas and from normal rat livers, including newborn, regenerating, and adult livers. | Plasma membranes (PM) were isolated from island-forming types of rat ascites hepatoma (AH 130, AH 602, and AH 7974) and from their free-cell sublines (AH 130FN and AH 7974F), and were characterized in terms of electron-microscopic morphology, marker enzyme activities, and lipid contents. The results were compared with those of the PM isolated in a similar way from newborn, regenerating, and adult livers. The marker enzyme activities, such as Na+, K+-insensitive Mg2+-ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] (Mg2+-ATPase) and 5'-nucleotidase [EC 3.1.3.5], as well as the phospholipid composition of the PM isolated from hepatomas by Wallach's nitrogen gas cavitation method were similar to those obtained with the PM isolated by a modification of Emmelot's method, although the former method gave a much lower yield in terms of protein than the latter. Based on the modified Emmelot method, sufficiently pure PM preparations could be obtained from the hepatomas in the form of large membrane sheets without any contamination by other identifiable components, as determined with an electron microscope, and with high specific activities of the marker enzymes, such as Na+, K+-sensitive ATPase [EC 3.6.1.3] (Na+, K+ -ATPase), Mg2+ -ATPase, and 5'-nucleotidase. As for the characteristics of the hepatoma PM, lower specific activity of 5'-nucleotidase and higher fatty aldehyde molar percentages in total phospholipids were noted in all the PM from the hepatomas in comparison with normal liver PM of various origins. The PM from the hepatomas showed an increased amount of cholesterol (mumole per mg protein), whereas actively growing newborn and regenerating livers gave rather lower amounts in comparison with that of normal adult liver. | 179,989 | [
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Infulence of hormones and medium composition on the degradation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) and total protein in Reuber H35 cells. | Reuber H35 cells were pulse-labeled with radioactive leucine and the influence of hormones, serum, and amino acids on protein degradation was investigated during a subsequent chase period. Radioactive, immunoprecipitable phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) (EC 4.1.1.32) had a half-life of 5 to 6 hours which was not influenced by either N6, O2-dibutyryl adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate, dexamethasone, or insulin. The rate of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase degradation was the same under steady state conditions as during the approach to a new steady state following hormonal induction or deinduction of the enzyme. Therefore, hormonal regulation of enzyme activity in vivo is the result of changes in the rate of enzyme synthesis. The rate of proteolysis for total cell proteins was increased under nutritional step-down conditions produced by the removal of serum or amino acids, or both, from the medium. This effect was completely prevented by insulin. Cycloheximide and puromycin, but not actinomycin D or cordycepin, inhibited protein degradation under step-down conditions but did not further decrease the basal rate of proteolysis measured in the presence of either insulin or serum plus amino acids. There was a good correlation between changes in proteolysis produced by serum and amino acids and changes in the degradation rate of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase. Also, inhibition of proteolysis with cycloheximide and puromycin was accompanied by a decrease in the degradation rate for enzyme antigen. It is suggested that nutritional step-down leads either to the synthesis or activation of a proteolytic system. | 180,001 | [
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Asparagusate dehydrogenases and lipoyl dehydrogenase from asparagus mitochondria. Physical, chemical, and enzymatic properties. | Asparagusate dehydrogenases I and II and lipoyl dehydrogenase have been obtained in homogeneous state from asparagus mitochondria. They are flavin enzymes with 1 mol of FAD/mol of protein. Asparagusate dehydrogenases I and II and lipoyl dehydrogenase have s20,w of 6.22 S, 6.39 S, and 5.91 S, respectively, and molecular weights of 111,000, 110,000, and 95,000 (sedimentation equilibrium) or 112,000, 112,000, and 92,000 (gel filtration). They are slightly acidic proteins with isoelectric points of 6.75, 5.75, and 6.80. Both asparagusate dehydrogenases catalyzed the reaction Asg(SH)2 + NAD+ equilibrium AsgS2 + NADH + H+ and exhibit lipoyl dehydrogenase and diaphorase activities. Lipoyl dehydrogenase is specific for lipoate and has no asparagusate dehydrogenase activity. NADP cannot replace NAD in any case. Optimum pH for substrate reduction of the three enzymes are near 5.9. Asparagusate dehydrogenases I and II have Km values of 21.5 mM and 20.0 mM for asparagusate and 3.0 mM and 3.3 mM for lipoate, respectively. Lipoyl dehydrogenase activity of asparagusate dehydrogenases is enhanced by NAD and surfactants such as lecithin and Tween 80, but asparagusate dehydrogenase activity is not enhanced. Asparagusate dehydrogenases are strongly inhibited by mercuric ion, p-chloromercuribenzoic acid, and N-ethylmaleimide. Amino acid composition of the three enzymes is presented and discussed. | 180,003 | [
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BHK21 fibroblast aggregation inhibited by glycopeptides from the cell surface. | Glycopeptides were removed by trypsinization from the surface of baby hamster kidney cells (line BHK21-C13), digested by pronase and separated into 2 fractions by exclusion chromatography. The addition of small amounts of either glycopeptide fraction to shaken suspensions of lightly trypsinzied cells inhibited their rapid aggregation, but one fraction was more active than the other and in higher concentrations it was able to inhibit aggregation completely. After this fraction was purified by high-voltage electrophoresis one subfraction also inhibited aggregation. The effect of the glycopeptides increased following their pretreatment with neuraminidase, but preincubation with periodiate or galactose oxidase destroyed all activity. Galactose oxidase also inhibited cell aggregation directly. Similar glycopeptides from virus-transformed BHK21 cells, oligosaccharides and intact and desialysed human urinary glycoproteins had comparatively little or no effect on BHK21 cell aggregation. The results suggest terminal beta-galactosides and possible alpha-galactosides, and to some extent a particular substructure of cell surface heteroglycans are necessary for their inhibitory activity. The parent, plasma membrane of glycoproteins might serve as adhesive binding sites in cell cohesion, but some evidence indicates cell surface sialyl- and galactosyltransferases may not ordinarily act as their complementary binding receptors. | 180,036 | [
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Method for preparation of ampoules containing microgram quantities of polypeptide hormones for distribution and use as laboratory standards: synthetic human ACTH and beta-MSH. | There are a number of polypeptide hormones, their subunits, and other derivatives that are available in such short supply as to preclude distribution by conventional methods to the many qualified investigators who require them. This report describes a method for preparing sealed ampoules of two such hormones, the utilization of which can provide many qualified investigators with comparable, stable reference compounds for several years and eliminate unnecessary waste and error associated with the distribution and use of bulk quantitites of peptide hormone preparations. Sealed ampoules of synthetic human adrenocorticotrophic hormone (alpha(h)(1-39) ACTH) and beta melanocyte-stimulating hormone (beta(h)(1-22) MSH) were prepared. Each ampuole contains 50 mug of dried and recoverable peptide plus 1 mg of lactose, sealed under dry nitrogen at atmospheric pressure. The respective preparations are fully active, both biologically and radioimmunologically, and are suitable as reference compounds in all types of biologic and radioimmunologic assays of these hormones. In addition, radioactive iodine labeling of each peptide can be accomplished without prior removal of the lactose. | 180,046 | [
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Tissue T and B cell infiltration of primary and metastatic cancer. | Immunofluorescent techniques were utilized to identify the types of infiltrating lymphocytes adjacent to human malignant tumors arising from a wide range of anatomic sites. 24 of 29 primary tumors and 5 of 8 metastatic lesions showed varying degrees of lymphocytic infiltration. T cells predominated in the infiltrates in primary tumors (mean 80%, range 50-100%) and this pattern was evident regardless of anatomic site or the presence or absence of metastatic spread. By contrast, B cells predominated at the margins of three of five tumor metastases. Mononuclear cells bearing the Fc receptor were not a prominent component of the infiltrates associated with either primary tumors or metastases, but tumor cell binding of fluoresceinated IgG aggregates was observed in 12 of 29 primary tumors. A significant reduction in peripheral blood T cell numbers occurred in a third of the patients studied. This decrease was not clearly related either to the extent of local tumor T cell infiltration or to the presence of disseminated disease. These preliminary findings provide a descriptive analysis of the local and systemic distributions of immunocompetent cells in cancer. | 180,052 | [
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Activation of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase by a new vitamin E derivative. | The effects of sodium alpha-tocopherol phosphate (TPNa), a new vitamin E derivative, on cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases from a soluble supernatant fraction of rat liver were investigated. TPNa produced a dose-dependent increase in cyclic AMP hydrolysis at a low substrate concentration (1 muM cyclic AMP), whereas the compound inhibited the hydrolytic activity at a high substrate level (100 muM cyclic AMP). Cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase activity was suppressed by TPNa regardless of the substrate concentration. The addition of TPNa did not change the apparent Km value (50 muM) of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase at low substrate level (less than 5 muM). In contrast, at higher substrate concentration, the concave downward curve observed in a Lineweaver-Burk plot became straight in the presence of TPNa. Low concentrations of cyclic GMP, which are known to activate cyclic AMP hydrolysis, showed an additive effect on cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase only when a submaximal concentration of cyclic GMP was present in addition to TPNa. These and other data suggest that TPNa modifies cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase in all allosteric fashion. | 180,065 | [
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The role of sheep and goats in the epizootiology of foot-and-mouth disease in Kenya. | The pathogenicity of two bovine field strains of virus for indigenous goats was examined in the laboratory. The goats failed to develop clinical disease or become virus carriers although the majority showed a definite immune response. A field survey in a foot-and-mouth disease enzootic area showed that the indigenous sheep and goat populations were frequently exposed to infection as evidenced by a high proportion of sero-positive animals but the incidence of virus carriers was very low in goats and no carriers were detected in sheep. | 180,176 | [
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Appearance of IgG (Fc) receptor(s) on cultured human fibroblasts infected with human cytomegalovirus. | Cultured human diploid fibroblasts (WI-38) after infection with human cytomegalovirus (CMV) but not when uninfected, could hemadsorb sheep red blood cells (SRBC) coated with rabbit anti-SRBC IgG. The adsorption of IgG-coated SRBC to virus-infected cells was completely abolished if the tests were carried out in the simultaneous presence of rabbit antiserum elicited against CMV. Normal sera of rabbit or human origin as well as purified human IgG but not Fab fragment of human IgG could also abolish the binding of sensitized SRBC to CMV-infected fibroblasts. Active metabolism on the part of CMV-infected fibroblasts proved to be an important requisite for demonstrating binding of sensitized SRBC to their surfaces. By using an indicator Staphylococcus aureus to which rabbit antiserum against normal human IgG, IgM, or IgA was bound via Fc fragments, evidence has been obtained which suggests the existence of receptor(s) on CMV-infected WI-38 cells that react specifically with Fc region of human IgG. | 180,179 | [
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Regulation of cell cycles. | Of the major achievements in cell biology during the last 25 years, none is more important than the understanding of regulation of cell cycles. In 1953 two fundamental observations concerning DNA were made. Watson and Crick suggested that the three-dimensional structure of DNA exists as a double helix with specific base pairings, and Howard and Pelc observed that DNA is replicated during a specific phase in the mitotic cycle. Thus developed the theory of cell cycles. Next, investigators explored which events occur during each phase of the cycle and what controls the readout of the genes of proliferation or differentiation. In 1961, Jacob and Monod proposed that for prokaryotic cells the operon is the mechanism which controls the readout of the genes; and by the end of the 1960s, several investigators had defined the role of cyclic AMP and its mechanism of action at the gene level. The control mechanisms of eukaryotic cells are less well defined. Basically there are two types of regulatory molecules: those that arrive at the cell surface and send messages inside the cell; and those that enter the cell, bind to receptors, and then enter the nucleus to interact with the genes. During the past five to ten years, the cell surface and its receptors have received considerable attention as the recognition and control areas for cell proliferation and differentiation, and currently the role of the cyclic nucleotides and prostaglandins is being investigated. Various model systems are now available for detailed studies of these control mechanisms. | 180,186 | [
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Viral diseases of the skin, 1975: a 25-year perspective. | Most of the major advances in modern virology during the past 25 years have been due principally to the development of refined laboratory techniques and tools and have provided a fund of new knowledge and information about the nature of viral infection and pathogenesis. One group of viruses of interest to dermatologists, the herpesviruses, is undergoing intensive biochemical investigation to determine whether it is carcinogenic. As a result of the success of the World Health Organization's campaign to eradicate smallpox, it is predicted that by the end of 1976, smallpox will have been eradicated. Other viruses of dermatologic interest which are now being studied include the agents of warts, molluscum contagiosum, cat-scratch disease, and enteroviruses. Current research in the field of viral chemotherapy may provide the basis for successfully treating these diseases in the future. | 180,187 | [
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The culture of skin. A review of theories and experimental methods. | Two main criticisms can be leveled against the standard methods of skin culture: they are poorly quantifiable and the cultured cell populations are heterogeneous. A new technique based mainly on enzymatic dissociation allows specific cell types to be extracted from the skin before cultivation. In this way, separate cultures of epidermal keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts can be obtained from the same piece of skin. These purified systems have been used to study the kinetics of epidermal cell growth and to quantify the effect of various chemically defined substances on the growth and differentiation of keratinocytes. With further refinements in technique, purified populations of melanocytes can be extracted. The co-culture of pigmented melanocytes with albino keratinocytes has been proposed as a model to study pigment donation in vitro. The usual organ culture technique, including the use of large explants of skin immersed in the culture fluid, has been modified to show that adult human skin partially regenerates in vitro and that mitotic activity goes on for months in the regenerated epidermis. The use of nucleic acid hybridization techniques, combined with skin cell cultures from human tumors, opens new avenues of research on human cancer. | 180,188 | [
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Advantages and limitations of animal models in the evaluation of antiviral substances. | Since many antiviral substances with potential for use in humans are in various phases of evaluation, criteria must be developed for selection of those compoinds with the greatest probability of efficacy and least toxicity. We lack background experience in evaluation of antivirals to permit extrapolation from in vitro tests to use in humans; it is of critical importance, therefore, to develop animal models for evaluation of antiviral substances before trials in humans and to establish guidelines for the relative predictive reliability of in vitro screening and evaluation in animal models. The complexity of drug-host and virus-host interaction and other factors may limit the predictive value of some or all experimental systems. Although the use of animal models is an important phase in the evaluation of antiviral chemotherapeutic agents, the models must be carefully studied and the interaction of drug and virus in the experimental animal specifically defined if optimal guidelines for the predictive value of model systems are to be developed. These guidelines must then be modified as experience is gained with antiviral substances that reach human trials. | 180,212 | [
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Distribution of cytochrome-like respiration in streptococci. | The electron transport systems of 134 strains of streptococci were studied after aerobic growth on glucose in the presence of haematin, by examining the inhibition of electron transport as well as the cellular site of NADH oxidation. Each strain was placed into one of three possible groups: cytochrome-like NADH oxidase; flavin-like NADH oxidase; or no NADH oxidase. Most (88%) of the strains of Streptococcus faecalis and its variants liquefaciens and zymogenes and a few strains of S. lactis and its variant diacetylactis contained cytochrome-like respiratory systems. Other streptococci including S. faecium fell into one of the other groups but did not contain cytochrome-like NADH oxidases. | 180,234 | [
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Rescue of a rat tropic rat hepatoma virus pseudotype Kirsten sarcoma virus by co-cultivation of hepatoma tissue culture cells with K-NRK cells. | A rat tropic rat hepatoma virus pseudotype Kirsten sarcoma virus has been rescued from a co-culture of rat hepatoma tissue culture cells, HTC-HI, with Kirsten murine sarcoma transformed non-producer rat kidney cells (K-NRK). The virus complex, RHHV-KiMSV, released from the co-culture exhibited cell transformation ability on normal rat kidney (NRK) cells and showed a restricted host range limited to rat embryo fibroblasts and other normal rat cell lines. Evidence derived from indirect immunofluorescence assays demonstrated the association of rat helper virus specific gs-I and gs-3 antigens with RHHV-KiMSV transformed cells. RHHVKiMSV is currently being cultured at a titre as high as 10(4) f.f.u./ml in tissue culture, and thus offering opportunity for biochemical studies of rat viruses. | 180,242 | [
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Carboxyl-labeled 11C-1-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid, a potential agent for cancer detection. | Carboxyl-labeled 11C-1-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid (11C-ACPC) has been prepared in multimillicurie amounts. The conversion of H11CN to 11C-ACPC (t1/2 = 20.4 min) was accomplished by a rapid (20-min) two-step high-temperature modification of the Bücherer-Strecker amino acid synthesis technique, which should be applicable at other accelerator installations. Purification was by ion exchange techniques. Animal studies have indicated that 11C-ACPC is a potential tumor-localizing agent for detecting cancer in humans by nuclear medicine scanning techniques. | 180,270 | [
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[Fetal and neo-natal development of brown adipose tissue in guinea pigs and rats. Feto-maternal or milk transfer of essential fatty acids : lipogenesis and morphology (author's transl)]. | Brown adipose tissue (BAT) lipogenesis (fatty acid, glycerol and CO2 synthesis) and its morphology determined by optical microscopy, were studied in guinea pigs and rats during intra-uterine life and during the suckling period. Following the receptor induction and after the commencement of the hormone sensitive adenylate-cyclase/lipase system (i.e. on the 60th day in guinea pigs, on the 20th day in rats), the fetal BAT releases fatty acids (NEFA) and is capable of allowing the non-shivering thermogenesis. When the maternal diet and, consequently, the fetal or neonatal BAT are supplied with considerable linoleic acid, NEFA contain a large proportion of essential fatty acids. In vitro, the greater the linoleic acid concentration in these NEFA, the less inhibited is the lipogenesis from (2-14C) pyruvate. Thus, in periods just preceding or succeeding birth, fatty acid and glycerol synthesis are higher when the feto-maternal and/or the milk supply are enriched in linoleic acid than when they contain a large proportion of endogenous fatty acids. Morphological studies indicate that the adipose cell evolution could be nonidentical in BAT more or less enriched in essential fatty acids. Linoleic enriched BAT (of animals born to females kept on a sunflower oil diet) seemed to be in a healthy physiological state at birth, perhaps due to rapid lipid renewal and synthesis in their membranes. The control BAT (of animals born to females kept on a lard diet) appeared loaded with fats and in a worse conservation state at the same age. | 180,283 | [
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Empirical relationship between the number of nucleotide substitutions and interspecific identity of amino acid sequences in some proteins. | There are three different methods of estimating the number of nucleotide substitutions between a pair of species from amino acid sequence data, i.e. the Poisson correction method, random evolutionary hit method, and counting the actual but minimum number of nucleotide substitutions. In this paper the relationships among the estimates obtained by these methods are studied empirically. The results obtained indicate that there is a high correlation among these estimates and in practice any of the three methods may be used for constructing evolutionary trees or relating nucleotide substitutions to evolutionary time. The effects of varying rates of nucleotide substition among different sites on the Poisson correction and random evolutionary hit methods are also studied mathematically. It is shown that these two methods are quite insensitive to the variation of the rate of nucleotide substitution. | 180,298 | [
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Nonhuman primate-associated viral hepatitis type A. Serologic evidence of hepatitis A virus infection. | Since 1961, viral hepatitis has been recognized as an occupational hazard among handlers of newly imported chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates. To determine whether previously reported cases were caused by human viral hepatitis type A, we tested paired serum samples from two outbreaks for antibody to hepatitis A antigen (anti-HA) by immune adherence hemagglutination (IAHA), recently available test. In both outbreaks, one of hepatitis transmitted from chimpanzee to man (Michigan, 1964), the second from chimpanzee to chimpanzee, man, and woolly monkey (Connecticut, 1971), serologic data documented recent hepatitis A virus infection among contacts-human and nonhuman primate-of implicated chimpanzees. This confirms serologically a previously noted epidemiologic association between nonhuman primate-associated hepatitis and human viral hepatitis, type A. | 180,303 | [
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Renomedullary interstitial cells in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. | Renomedullary interstitial cells (RIC) are known to synthesize and release prostaglandins which may play a significant role in the development or severity of hypertension. The medulla of the spontaneously hypertensive rat contains RIC which are morphologically very similar to those previously described in the normotensive rat. The granularity of the RIC, however, was increased in the spontaneously hypertensive rat compared to normotensive Wistars (9.6 +/- 2.34 versus 5.3 +/- 2.05 granules per cell, respectively, p less than 0.001) or treated spontaneously hypertensive rats (7.2 +/- 1.65 granules per cell, p less than 0.001). Granule counts also increased in the presence of mild and moderate degrees of renal arteriolar sclerosis, but decreased in long standing hypertension with more severe and extensive lesions involving both arteries and arterioles. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the RIC respond to an elevation of blood pressure in the spontaneously hypertensive rats by increased release of antihypertensive substances. In addition, the decrease in granularity of the RIC in the presence of extensive renal arteriolar and arterial damage suggests reduced ability to compensate for the elevated blood pressure and thus may contribute to the acceleration of hypertension. | 180,328 | [
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Avian tumor virus interactions with chicken fibroblast plasma membranes. | A method is described which will rapidly measure the binding of avian tumor viruses (ATV) to plasma membrane receptors. With this procedure it may be shown that Rous sarcoma virus pseudotypes bind to protease-labile, heat-stable structures on the surface of chicken embryo fibroblast (CEF) plasma membranes. The binding sites for ATV subgroups A and B appear distinct, and membranes from genetically resistant CEF bind as well those of sensitive CEF. | 180,356 | [
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Insulinoma: clinical and diagnostic features of 60 consecutive cases. | Insulinoma is a rare tumor, occurring more often in women and in the older age range. Eighty percent of patients have a single benign tumor, usually less than or equal to 2 cm in diameter, located with about equal frequency in body, head, or tail of the pancreas and amenable to surgical cure. About 10% have multiple tumors; in this group there is a high incidence of multiple endocrine neoplasia type I syndrome. The remaining 10% of patients have metastatic malignant insulinoma. Symptoms are intermittent, recur at irregular intervals in the food-deprived state over a median of 1 1/2 years, and arise from varying degrees of neuroglycopenia. Symptoms often lead to misdiagnosis as a neurologic or psychiatric disorder. Transient neurologic deficits and EEG abnormalities can be observed during hypoglycemia. Diagnosis requires repeated demonstration of hypoglycemia (glucose less than or equal to 40 mg/dl) during spontaneous or provoked symptoms, relief with ingestion of carbohydrates, simultaneous hyperinsulinemia (serum insulin greater than 6 muU/ml), and absence of insulin antibodies. A useful diagnostic adjunct is the intravenous tolbutamide test, for which new diagnostic criteria are presented. | 180,358 | [
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Effects of electrical stimulation and norepinephrine on cyclic-AMP levels in the cerebral cortex of the aging rat. | One to 24 month old rats were anesthetized with alpha-chloralose, their cerebral cortices exposed surgically and subjected in vivo to stimulation by norepinephrine (1.0mM for 5 minutes) or electrical pulses (100 pulses/s for 10 s). After microwave fixation, cortical samples were analyzed for cyclic-AMP by the Gilman method. In similarly prepared but unstimulated control animals, cyclic-AMP levels were found to be three to four-fold lower in older than in younger rats, a pattern previously reported for unanesthetized rats. Both norepinephrine and electrical pulses led to cyclic AMP increases. With increasing age the cyclic-AMP levels attained under both stimulus conditions declined, with the levels achieved in the two cases becoming increasingly divergent. | 180,360 | [
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[A study of the Brownian movement of alpha-chymotrypsin molecules by the spin probe method]. | The rotation of alpha-chymotripsin in water solution is studied by use of nitroxyl radical, which is adsorbed by the alpha-chymotrypsin. It has been shown that under the conditions used the probe is fixed on the rotating diffusive protein monomer. Theoretical calculations of possible rotation correlation times for alpha-chymotripsin molecule were performed taking into account hydration and non-spherical shape. Experimental data obtained are in good agreement with theoretical values. | 180,399 | [
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Effect of nucleosides on the synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells. | The synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins in whole cells of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma was inhibited by adenosine and by several natural-adenosine-related compounds. The inhibitory effect of adenosine was more pronounced than that of other nucleosides tested (guanosine, inosine, cytidine, uridine and thymidine). The synthetic processes examined were only moderately inhibited by adenine nucleotides (ATP, ADP, AMP, NAD, cyclic 3',5'-AMP and its dibutyryl derivative). Respiration and aerobic glycolysis were not affected significantly by the nucleoside tested. | 180,442 | [
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Effect of corticosteroids on the phrenic nerve-diaphragm of preparation treated with hemicholinium. A possible model of myasthenia gravis. | A marked protective action of the corticosteroids prednisolone, hydrocortisone, and dexamethasone has been shown on a hypothetical model of myasthenia gravis, using the rat phrenic nerve-diaphragm preparation treated with hemicholinium-3. Dexamethasone is much more effective than prednisolone, and hydrocortisone is the least effective. Prednisolone has no effect on a neuromuscular block caused by choline, decamethonium, physostigmine, d-tubocurarine, and a high or low calcium ion concentration. The possible implications of the present study for myasthenic disease are discussed. It is tentatively concluded that the site of action of corticosteroids in myasthenia gravis is located presynaptically. | 180,452 | [
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[Morphological substrate of antalgia and analgesia in the odontostomatological and facial area]. | Prior personal work is further extended by a description of the way in which odontostomatological and facial pain is sedated by acupuncture: via peripheral receptors, whose stimulations are intercepted and modulated by various filters lying between the periphery and the cortex: cord (gelatinous substance of Rolando, gate control system), reticular formation and thalamocortical pathways. | 180,459 | [
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[Permissivity of mouse-man hybrid cell clones to three enteroviruses: poliovirus II, coxsackie B3 and echovirus 11. Role of human chromosome F. 19 (author's transl)]. | The permissivity of human cells to enteroviruses is linked to the presence of specific cell receptors. Owing to the chance elimination of human chromosomes, the man-mouse hybrid cells may be permissive or not depending on the genome responsible for synthesis of the receptors, and whether it has been conserved or not. By comparison of the cytopathogenic effects and virus production after inoculation of the viruses Polio II, Echo 11 and Coxsachie B3 to various hybrid strains, we observed an identity of the spectrum of permissivity to these three viruses. The enzyme study revealed a very high correlation between this permissivity and expression by the clones of the human glucose phosphate isomerase enzyme, of which the structural gene was localised on chromosome F 19. These results suggest the presence on this chromosome of a gene or syntenic genes, governing the synthesis of specific cell receptors to the viruses studied. | 180,477 | [
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Growth and growth velocity of lean body mass and fat in adolescent boys. | Beginning at age 10 years, height, weight, body density, and bone age of 40 normal boys were measured yearly over a period of 8 years. From body density, lean body mass and body content of fat were calculated. Values for all measurements are included in the Appendix and mean values, including those for lean body mass and percentage of body fat, are presented for each year in Table 1. Coefficients of correlation between measurements made during the first and eighth years of study were high for height (0.68), weight (0.50), and lean body mass (0.60), but relatively low for body fat (0.25). Correlation coefficients between the various parameters in a given year are presented in Table 2. The maximum yearly increment in height, weight, and lean body mass of individual subjects coincided in time. The respective mean values for the year of maximum growth were 9.4 cm, 8.1 kg, and 7.5 kg. Throughout the growth spurt, the contribution of fat to increase in body weight was small. It may be concluded that, next to height, the absolute amount of lean body mass demonstrates the most constant trend of development during adolescence. | 180,484 | [
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Specific and non-specific immunosuppression in chickens. | Specific immunosuppression, caused by the passive transfer of immune sera, and non-specific immunosuppression, caused by ACTH, were investigated for possible interactions. The data confirm earlier studies which show that both types of suppression when administered independently cause reductions in humoral immune responsiveness. However, when both suppressive methods were administered simultaneously a level of suppression occurred which was not greater than that caused by either method alone. Additionally, when ACTH-induced non-specific immunosuppression was established in donors, passive transfers of sera from these donors did not cause suppression in the recipients. | 180,505 | [
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Serum lipids and lipoproteins in acute renal failure. | Forty-five patients with various forms and phases of acute renal failure without or with haemodialysis treatment were investigated. The concentration of free fatty acids, triglycerides and total cholesterol in serum were determined and separation of lipoprotein classes on agarose gel was performed. Increase in free fatty acids and triglycerides, decrease in cholesterol concentration in serum characterised the anuric phase. The increase of prebeta fraction, the decrease of alpha and beta lipoprotein fraction were found in the oligoanuric phase. Decrease in triglyceride concentration was observed as a regular effect of haemodialysis. Decrease in prebeta and increase in beta lipoprotein fraction immediately after the termination of haemodialysis occurred. In the polyuric phase of acute renal failure there was significant decrease in free fatty acids and triglycerides and increase in cholesterol concentration in serum simultaneous with improvement of clinical signs. An increase in prebeta and decrease in beta lipoprotein fraction was noted in the convalescence phase, despite and opposite trend of serum triglycerides and cholesterol concentrations. | 180,523 | [
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Quantitative bone scanning. | The use of a computer coupled on-line with the scintillation camera allows an improvement of the finding of skeletal scintigraphy realized with 99mTc-pyrophosphate, making possible the identification of the smallest bone lesions. It also makes possible the quantification of the uptake degree of the radioindicator demonstrating, in normal subjects, an uptake ratio between the various skeletal segments of 1.07 +/- 0.06. In 44 metastatic lesions the ratio was 1.80 +/- 0.32, whilst in 14 areas of slight hyperfixation of the tracer a value of 1.24 +/- 0.09 was found. Since we were dealing with patients suffering from metastatic bone neoplasms, the authors outline the possibility that the quantification of data will allow the demonstration of the bone metastases even more precociously than with traditional scintigraphix examination. | 180,585 | [
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Enhanced template activity in chromatin from adrenal medulla after phosphorylation of chromosomal proteins. | Translocation of protein kinase to the nucleus had been implicated earlier in the transsynaptic control of gene expression mediated by cholinergic nerves in adrenal medulla. Phosphorylation of chromosomal proteins by adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-dependent protein kinase and adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate enhances the template activity of chromatin from adrenal medulla. When homologous RNA polymerase II is used the relative activation is greater than that obtained with Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. The substrate for such phosphorylation does not seem to be RNA polymerase II. Phosphorylation of specific acidic protein probably mediates this enhancement of template activity. | 180,597 | [
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Electrotonic processing of information by brain cells. | In contrast to well-studied through-protection neurons that propagate information from one region to another in the central nervous system, short-axon or axonless neurons form local circuits, transmitting signals through synapses and electrical junctions between their dendrites. Interaction in this dendritic network proceeds without spike action potentials. Interaction is mediated by graded electrotonic changes of potential and is transmitted through high sensitivity (submillivolt threshold) synapses rather than by lower sensitivity (20 to 100-mv threshold) synapses typical of projection neurons. A crucial feature of local circuits is their high degree of interaction both through specialized junctional structures and through the extracellular fields generated by local and more distant brain regions. The anatomical evidence for the nature and distribution of neuronal local circuits in the nervous system is surveyed. Bioelectric mechanisms are discussed in relation to the special properties of local circuits, including dendrodendritic synapses, synaptic sensitivity, electrotonic coupling, and field effects. Intraneuronal and interneuronal transport of various types of substances suggests that the biochemical and the bioelectrical parameters are functionally interwoven. Through such interactions neuronal local circuits, with their distinctive properties, may play an essential role in higher brain function. | 180,598 | [
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Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase is elevated in fibroblasts from patients with the Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. | In subconfluent cultures of fibroblasts from patients with complete or partial deficiencies of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase, phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase activity is elevated. The abnormally high catalytic activity of the synthetase appears to account for the overproduction of purines by the cultured mutant cells and presumably for that by the patients. | 180,603 | [
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Carcinoma of the colon in a child. | A case of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon in a 12-year-old girl is reported. There was no evidence of pre-existing familial polyposis or ulcerative colitis, conditions which predispose to colon carcinoma in childhood. A review of the literature revealed 103 previously reported cases. The salient features of the disease are discussed. | 180,615 | [
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[Dynamics of changes in the activity of plasma lactate dehydrogenase, leucylarylamidase and GOT and GPT aminotransferases in poultry following damage to the organism caused by cadmium and tetrachloromethane]. | In the experiments performed with broilers, after a per os application of tetrachloromethane and cadmium (Cd+2), the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), leucylarylamidase (LA), and the GOT and GPT amino transferase was determined in the blood plasm. By means of an electrophoretic division of the blood plasm of clinically healthy broilers one enzymatically active fraction of LA and LDH was ascertained. The injury caused to the organism of poultry by carbon tetrachloride and cadmium did not affect the heterogeneity of these two enzymes. After an application of tetrachloromethane (CCl4) in the dose of 8 and 10 ml kg-1 the total activity of LDH and LA changed. The influence of cadmium on the organism in the total dose of 200 mg kg-1 resulted in the changed activity of LDH, GOT, and LA. From the results obtained it has been assumed that the examined activity of LDH, GOT, and LA can be utilized for the diagnosing of non-specific injuries of the organism of poultry. | 180,643 | [
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Pathogenesis of digestive tract lesions in duck plague. | White Pekin ducklings were inoculated orally with duck plague virus. Tissues from the digestive tract were collected daily after inoculation and examined by light, electron and fluorescent microscopy. There were necrosis and degeneration of stratified squamous epithelium of the esophagus and cloaca, epithelium of intestinal crypt and esophageal submucosal glands, macrophages in the lamina propria, and submucosal fibrocytes and lymphocytes. Submucosal hemorrhages occurred after degeneration and necrosis of lymphocytes, macrophages, fibrocytes and epithelial cells. Viral antigens were detected in all these cells by use of fluorescein-labeled antibodies. With the electron microscope, nucleocapsids were seen in the nuclei, budding through the inner nuclear membrane; enveloped virions were present in cytoplasmic vacuoles of macrophages, epithelial cells and fibrocytes. In lymphocytes, nucleocapsids were also in the nuclei, but karyorrhexis and cytolysis occurred before viral maturation was completed. | 180,645 | [
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Poliovirus antibody differentiation. Methods and application for strain specific diagnosis in complications after oral vaccination. | Differentiation both of cf. and neutralizing antibodies against poliovirus seems to be a suitable method for the discrimination of the causative virus strain-either wild type or attenuated- of the clinical disease. Antibody differentiation is not only a completion of the virus strain differentiation methods (marker tests) but is especially of value in those cases in which no virus could be obtained for characterization, when indemnity claims for vaccination incidents are to be evaluated. | 180,727 | [
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The importance of growth hormone and liothyronine in induced hypocalcaemia in hypophysectomized animals. | The resistance to hypocalcaemia induced by synthetic salmon calcitonin (SCT) was studied in intact and hypophysectomized rats. The recovery from hypocalcaemia was greatly impaired in the latter group, but this was normalised by small doses of purified human growth hormone (GH). The initial hypocalcaemic response to SCT was delayed in the hypophysectomized rats. This was not affected by treatment with GH, but normalised by substitution with liothyronine. We conclude that GH accelerates the recovery from hypocalcaemia in hypophysectomized animals, perhaps by a stimulation of parathyroid activity, while thyroid hormone accelerates the initial hypocalcaemic response to SCT, probably by restoring the reduced rate of bone resorption. | 180,739 | [
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Hypergastrinemia induced by glucocorticoid and corticotropin treatment in man. | To elucidate further the pathogenesis of steroid-induced ulceration, plasma gastrin levels, both basal and after a test meal, were studied in normal volunteers and patients treated with glucocorticoids or corticotropin. In normal subjects the acute intravenous administration of 100 mg prednisolone had no effect on plasma gastrin levels. After oral administration of prednisolone (40 mg daily, for four days) a significant increase of the basal, the reactive, and the over 90-min integrated gastrin release was observed. In this group, the glucocorticoid treatment had a slight, but significant influence on gastric acid and pepsin secretion, while acidity and pepsin output stimulated by pentagastrin was not affected. In patients treated with prednisolone for more than 24 weeks, the oral administration of this hormone failed to alter basal gastrin values but affected significantly secretion after the test meal. In patients with multiple sclerosis, after intramuscular administration of corticotropin (60 IU daily, for 12 days), an increase of the basal, the reactive, and the integrated gastrin release also was found. Glucocorticoid-induced hypergastrinemia provides information on the pathogenesis of steroid-induced ulceration. | 180,797 | [
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Phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylglycerol in amniotic fluid: indices of lung maturity. | The minor phospholipids in amniotic fluid from normal pregnancies were correlated with the well-established index of lung maturity, the lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio. When the L/S ratio was less than 1.0, the acidic phospholippids phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and phosphatidylinositol (PI) were absent or low in concentration (0.0 to 2.5 per cent of lipid phosphorus). Parallel to the increase in the L/S ratio to 2.0, the content of PI increased 6.0 to 8.5 per cent of lipid phosphorus. PG, the unique phospholipid of lung surfactant, first appeared and PI concomitantly decreased when the L/S ratio exceeded 2.0, indicating the secretion of mature lung surfactant. Analysis of PI and PG in amniotic fluid as markers of surfactant seems to be of value as an additional index of prenatal evaluation of lung maturity and may be particularly useful when the specimen is contaminated with blood. | 180,804 | [
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Computed tomograpy and neuroradiology: a fortunate primary union. | Computed tomography (CT) has led to extensive reassessment of and alterations in the practices of neuroscientists. Many of these alterations and their implications are described. The progress and problems encountered in the past 36 months are reported as well as the trends of future investigations. The principles evolving should apply in many situations as the benefits of CT are extended to other portions of the body. | 180,820 | [
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Some limitations of computed tomography in the diagnosis of neurological diseases. | Some of the limitations of CT in the diagnosis of neurologic disease are reported. Problem areas include small lesions; lesions obscured by adjoining structures; small vascular structures and detail of large vessels; cases in which the diagnosis is made but information is incomplete for treatment; cases of incorrect diagnosis; non-nenoplastic lesions mistaken for neoplasms; some subdural hematomas; occasional false negative findings; and misinterpretation due to technical errors. Knowledge and use of the clinical presentation, the performance of other complementary diagnostic procedures, repeat CT scans tailored to the region of interest, and repeat serial scans may assist in reaching the proper diagnosis and diminishing potential error. | 180,822 | [
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Trends in the development of reconstruction tomography in neuroradiology. | Because of the new uses of CT, it is difficult to accurately forecast the future balance between it and conventional radiologic techniques. However, the relatively low frequency resolution of CT makes it unlikely that conventional radiology will be completely replaced. Photon noise and the iodine concentration of the contrast medium limit the size of the cerebral vessels which can be studied by CT. Thus angiography is likely to remain the method of choice for fine-detail study of these vessels. For optimal measurements and comparative studies, improved head fixation is required. Given precisely reporducible positioning, stereotaxic surgery and radiation therapy become a reality. | 180,823 | [
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Effects of swab materials on infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus. | The recovery rates of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus from swab materials were compared. The adsorptive and elutive properties of cotton, polyester, and calcium alginate wool were examined by direct exposure of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus to swab materials in buffered tissue culture medium. Calcium alginate wool was virucidal; this was apparent after 2 hours' exposure. Cotton and polyester swab materials exhibited little virucidal effects. The addition of wooden applicator sticks with the swab materials reduced viral titers further. | 180,853 | [
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The effects of calcium and phosphorus in hemodialysis. | Combined use of Ca supplements (orally or by dialysis) to circumvent decreased intestinal Ca absorption and aluminum compounds to reduce plasma [Pi] has been demonstrated to decrease plasma [iPTH], to normal or near normal in many patients, and to decrease the percentage of bone surface involved in bone resorption. A highly significant positive relationship between change in plasma [iPTH] and bone resorbing surface has been reported. It seems evident, therefore, that PTH must be a major factor in the bone resorption of chronic renal failure, despite the relative skeletal resistance to PTH. As a result, correction of factors that increase PTH secretion should be considered a prime goal of therapy in these patients. The osteomalacic element of renal osteodystrophy, on the other hand, is only partially controlled by these maneuvers and probably requires the additional use of vitamin D or one of its active metabolites for full correction. | 180,871 | [
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Combinations of antimicrobial agents: II. The in vitro sensitivity of 52 strains of proteus species to sulphafurazole, polymyxins and combinations of sulphafurazole and polymyxins. | The sensitivity of 52 strains of Proteus species to sulphafurazole, polymyxins and the combinations of sulphafurazole and polymyxins was determined by means of discs and trays. It was found that 2 and 6 strains, respectively, were sensitive to discs containing 100 mug sulphafurazole and 300 mug polymyxin B, respectively, 41 strains were sensitive to the combination of discs containing 100 mug sulphafurazole and 50 mug colistin, respectively, and 38 strains were sensitive to the combination of discs containing 100 mug sulphafurazole and 300 mug polymyxin B, respectively. The tray method proved that 2 and 5 strains were sensitive to 25 and 200 mug sulphafurazole, respectively, and that 1, 2 and 3 strains were sensitive to 25, 50 and 100 mug polymyxin B, respectively. Also 41 strains were sensitive to the combination of 100 mug sulphafurazole and 25 mug colistin and 38 strains were sensitive to the combination of 25 mug sulphafurazole and 6.3 mug polymyxin B. There was good agreement between the results of the disc and of the tray studies. The synergism between sulphonamides and polymyxins may offer therapeutic possibilities. | 180,905 | [
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