TURNOVER OF PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE IN MICROSOMES AND MYELIN IN BRAINS OF YOUNG AND ADULT RATS

We have tested the hypothesis that the turnover of phosphatidylcholine in subcellular fractions of rat brain is a function of the age at which this lipid is deposited. Rats, 60 days of age, were injected intracranially with [2-³H]glycerol and either [methyl-¹⁴C]choline (to label the base moiety) or [U-¹⁴C]glucose (to label acyl moieties). Littermates were killed up to 90 days after injection and brain microsomes and myelin isolated. Lipids were extracted and the phosphatidylcholine was isolated by 2-dimensional TLC and hydrolyzed to its constituent moieties. The ³H in the glycerol backbone and ¹⁴C in the choline or acyl residues was quantitated. The microsomal and myelin ³H/¹⁴C ratios decreased with time with either set of precursors, indicating that labeled choline and acyl moieties were reutilized more efficiently than the glycerol backbone. The various precursors exhibited first order decay curves with half-lives for the glycerol backbone of 6 and 11 days for the microsomal and myelin fractions respectively. These results contrast with those previously obtained with identical experimental procedures when 17-day-old animals were injected. In that study, although much of the phosphatidylcholine turned over rapidly as for the older animals, by 2 weeks after injection most of the remaining phosphatidylcholine was turning over more slowly with a half-life of 13 and 25 days for microsomes and myelin respectively (Miller et al., 1977). The base and acyl moieties also had a corresponding shorter half-life in older animals relative to the slow turnover phase in younger rats.     

合成洗涤剂对人和哺乳动物细胞的诱变性研究

各种合成洗涤剂(洗衣粉,洗发膏,餐具洗涤剂等)产量日增。在日常生活中使用越来越普遍。洗涤剂直接或间接通过环境污染对人类健康产生影响,特别是潜在的致突变性引起公众的普遍注意。而现有的研究结果并不一致。本研究选用三种型号的合成洗涤剂,以小鼠生殖细胞染色体畸变和骨髓细胞微核率及离体的人类细胞和中国仓鼠细胞的染色体畸变和姐妹染色单体交换(SCE)为测定指标,系统地对合成洗涤剂的诱变活     

武汉东湖沉积物和沉积物间隙水中氮和磷的含量及其分布

武汉东湖的沉积物中氮(N)的平均含量上层(0—10厘米)为14．2毫克／克(干重,下同),下层(10-40厘米)为12．0毫克／克。磷(P)的平均含量上层为0．87毫克／克,下层为0.62毫克／克。沉积物中氮和磷的含量均有明显的垂直和平面分布上的差异,上层高于下层,水果湖区高于其它湖区。沉积物间隙水中总溶解氮的浓度高,平均为儿．52毫克／升,主要以氨氮的形态存在,占总溶解氮的61．3％。总溶解磷的浓度较低,平均为0．113毫克／升,其中正磷酸盐占55.8％。间隙水中氮和磷的浓度均有明显的季节变动,夏季和秋季的浓度高,冬季和春季浓度低。除氨氮外,间隙水中氮和磷的浓度比底层湖水中氮和磷的浓度高,但一般不超过5倍,表明沉积物和湖水之间溶解的营养物质交换十分强烈。     

VASCULAR SUPPLY AND STRUCTURE OF THE OVULE AND ARIL IN PEONY AND OF THE ARIL IN NUTMEG

Camp , Wendell H., and Mary M. Hubbard . (U. Connecticut, Storrs.) Vascular supply and structure of the ovule and aril in peony and of the aril in nutmeg. Amer. Jour. Bot. 50(2): 174–178. Illus. 1963.—Examination of the placental region in the carpel of Paeonia indicates a complexity and super-abundance of vascular supply beyond that usually found in angiosperms and certainly more than is necessary for adequate nutrition and water supply of the ovules. From this it is concluded that the ovules once were borne on a larger and more complex structure than the present carpel. Vascular strands leading to the aril and the hypostase are interpreted as being relictual. The large multifid aril of Myristica has a well-developed vascular system composed of several sizes of branched bundles.     

DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN LEVELS AND FORMS OF CHOLINESTERASES IN MUSCLES OF NORMAL AND DYSTROPHIC CHICKENS

Abstract— Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and pseudocholinesterase (°ChE) were studied in vivo and during the first several months of development of pectoral and posterior latissimi dorsi (PLD) muscles in normal and dystrophic chickens. Muscle extracts were prepared in a high ionic strength-nonionic detergent medium in the presence of protease inhibitors, in order to obtain complete solubilization and to prevent degradation of intrinsic molecular forms of both enzymes. In both normal and dystrophic pectoral muscles levels of AChE and °ChE increase rapidly in vivo, °ChE accounting for 5–10% of total cholinesterase activity. In the normal pectoral muscle the concentration of both enzymes drops rapidly after hatching with increasing muscle mass; total AChE per muscle remains relatively constant for 30 days post-hatch. In the dystrophic pectoral muscle both AChE and °ChE accumulate after hatching, resulting in greatly elevated levels (approx 10–25-fold) of both enzymes throughout the period studied. Multiple molecular forms of AChE and °ChE are observed in the pectoral muscle by sucrose gradient centrifugation. Four principal forms are distinguished: two light (L₁, L₂), one medium (M), and one heavy (H₂). The °ChE forms are 0.5–1.0 S units lighter than the corresponding AChE forms. L₂ is the predominant light form of AChE, whereas L₁ is the major light °ChE form detected. The lighter forms of AChE predominate in normal and dystrophic embryonic pectoral muscle at day 14, being replaced by the H₂ form by day 19. H₂ is the major °ChE form detected at day 19. After hatching, H₂ AChE is the predominant form found in both of the normal muscles studied. In the dystrophic pectoral muscle, progressive accumulation of the L₂ form of AChE is detected as early as day 4 post-hatch; this form eventually becomes predominant, although the heavier forms are also elevated. In PLD muscle the same phenomenon occurs, but with a slower time course. In dystrophic pectoral muscle a similar rise in the L₁ form of °ChE is first observed by day 4, with heavier forms also elevated in the mature muscle. Thus the alteration in the control of these two enzymes in dystrophic fast-twitch muscles results in an accumulation of the light forms of AChE and °ChE.     

大鼠颌下腺促性腺激素释放激素及其mRNA的免疫组织化学与原位杂交研究

用免疫组织化学及原位杂交法,研究了促性腺激素释放激素及其ｍＲＮＡ在大鼠颌下腺的分布。结果显示,大鼠颌下腺的浆液性腺泡的上皮细胞,各级导管的上皮细胞及副交感神经节细胞均呈促性腺激素释放激素免疫反应阳性,阳性反应物质分布在胞质,胞核呈阴性反应。颌下腺的浆液性腺泡上皮细胞,各级导管上皮细胞同样被检测到很强的促性腺激素释放激素ｍＲＮＡ杂交信号。以上结果提示,大鼠颌下腺能自身合成促性腺激素释放激素,促性腺激素释放激素对消化功能可能有重要调节作用。     

CORRELATION OF OXIDATION AND PHOSPHORYLATION IN HEMOLYZED BLOOD IN PRESENCE OF METHYLENE BLUE AND PYOCYANINE

1. The system:hemolyzed blood + glucose never exhibits glycolysis or, in the air, oxidation of glucose. When glucose is replaced by hexosephosphate ester, addition of methylene blue causes oxidation in air. 2. When cozymase is added also, the oxidation is increased, and a synthesis of hexosephosphate esters takes place. 3. When pyocyanine is used instead of methylene blue, the rate of oxidation is the same as with methylene blue, but a synthesis of phosphate esters takes place without addition of cozymase. 4. There is never a phosphate ester synthesis without oxidation going on, but oxidation does not necessarily go hand in hand with phosphate synthesis. 5. In order to couple the oxidation process with phosphate synthesis, two methods are available: either to start oxidation by methylene blue and to add coenzyme from yeast cells; or to start oxidation by pyocyanine, in which case coenzyme is unnecessary, though it improves the effect. 6. Iodoacetate always suppresses synthesis, but only under certain conditions decreases oxidation. Cyanide has no effect upon either process.     

INCREASE IN SIZE AND CELL NUMBER OF LATERAL ROOT PRIMORDIA IN THE PRIMARY OF INTACT PLANTS AND IN EXCISED ROOTS OF PISUM SATIVUM AND VICIA FABA

Increase in cell number, and in anlage volume and length have been investigated during the development of lateral root primordia in roots of intact plants of Pisum sativum and Vicia faba and in excised roots of both species cultured in White's medium supplemented with 2% sucrose. With the exception of primordia in excised roots of Vicia, the general equation which best described increase in each aspect of primoridium growth measured against time was that for exponential growth. When the times necessary for cell number and primordium volume and length to double were determined at intervals over the period of development studied, however, they were found to vary. Similarly, estimates of the size of the proliferative fraction of cells at different times during anlage development indicated that this index of meristematic activity also fluctuated over the developmental period investigated, i.e., increase in cell number and in primordium volume and length do not occur in a truly exponential fashion as the primordia increase in size and cell number. One difference between anlage development in the roots of intact plants and in those grown in culture was that whereas the former primordia completed their development and emerged as lateral roots over the period of the investigation, the latter did not. Moreover, cell doubling time and anlage volume and length doubling times were longer, and the proliferation fraction of cells lower, over the whole period of, and at intervals during, primordium development in the excised roots compared with the results obtained for the roots of the corresponding intact plants.     

乳酸杆菌体内外对阴道菌群及pH值生物学影响的研究

本研究利用从正常妇女阴道内分离出来的乳酸杆菌,从微生态学角度进行体内外生物拮抗试验,以探索其对阴道菌群及生境ｐＨ的生物学影响。结果表明：乳酸杆菌于体内外对阴道的葡萄球菌、肠杆菌、酵母菌有生物抑制作用;对生境的ｐＨ有生物学影响,主要表现为使生境ｐＨ下降。通过上述生物学影响调节生境菌群平衡及内环境的稳定。     

混合培养对光合细菌生长量的影响

采用光合细菌不同菌株,光合细菌株与异养细胞株间混合培养,比较它们与单株培养物生长量的差异。试验结果表明,不同组合的混合培养物春生长量均不同程度高于单株培养物。光合细菌株间混合培养物生长量约高于对照０．３６－１７．４％;多数增长１１％以上。光合细菌株与异养细胞     

SIMILARITY OF THE KINETICS OF INVERTASE ACTION IN VIVO AND IN VITRO

1. A method is given whereby the course of hydrolysis of sucrose by live yeast cells may be followed with precision equal to that found when invertase solutions prepared from autolyzed yeast are used to cause inversion. 2. The practical value of the equation of Nelson and Hitchcock as a means of following the course of enzymic hydrolysis of sucrose is hereby extended. 3. The inversion of sucrose by live yeast cells and by extracted invertase has been quantitatively compared. 4. The course of hydrolysis of sucrose by the invertase of Fleischmann''s yeast has been found to be identical in vivo and in vitro.     

半乳糖寡糖在体内和体外对双歧杆菌生长的影响

目的:利用固定化产β-半乳糖苷酶的嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌连续合成的产物。方法:经柱层析分离纯化得到了纯半乳糖三寡糖和半乳糖四寡糖,用于体外双歧杆菌培养和动物试验。结果:证实了半乳糖寡糖能高效、专一地促进双歧杆菌的生长繁殖。结论:半乳糖寡糖具有改善小鼠肠道内菌群分布,降低小鼠盲肠内pH值的生理功能。     

DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS OF GANGLIOSIDES AND OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS IN CHICK RETINA AND BRAIN

Abstract— The changes in phospholipids and gangliosides during ontogenesis of chick retina have been compared with those in brain. Three phases of accumulation of ganglioside NeuNAc in the retina were detected. In contrast, brain NeuNAc rapidly increased during embryonic life until hatching, followed by a slower increase up to the adult stage. The phospholipid changes in retina and in brain occur in a-similar manner to the variations observed for gangliosides, however in retina the changes of phospholipid content are less marked than in brain, during embryonic life. There were marked changes in the retina and brain ganglioside patterns with age. G _{d 3} and G _{d 1b} decreased rapidly in per cent; correspondingly, G _{d 1a} increased during embryonic life and became the major ganglioside in place of G _{d 3}. There was a similarity between ganglioside patterns of chick retina and brain. Except for some slight variations during embryonic life, the retinal phospholipid pattern did not change noticeably.     

EFFECTS OF GUAIACOL AND HEXYLRESORCINOL IN THE PRESENCE OF BARIUM AND CALCIUM

Guaiacol was applied at two spots on the same cell of Nitella. At one spot it was dissolved in 0.01 M NaCl, at the other in 0.01 M CaCl₂ or BaCl₂. The effect was practically the same in all cases, i.e. a similar change of P.D. in a negative direction, involving a more or less complete loss of P.D. (depolarization). When hexylresorcinol was used in place of guaiacol the result was similar. That Ca⁺⁺ and Ba⁺⁺ do not inhibit the effect of these organic depolarizing substances may be due to a lack of penetration of Ca⁺⁺ and Ba⁺⁺. The organic substances penetrate more rapidly and their effect is chiefly on the inner protoplasmic surface which is the principal seat of the P.D.