THE EFFECT OF RADIOACTIVE RADIATIONS AND X-RAYS ON ENZYMES : II. THE EFFECT OF RADIATIONS FROM RADIUM EMANATION ON PEPSIN IN SOLUTION.

Pepsin in solution is inactivated by the radiations (beta and gamma) from radium emanation. This chemical effect has been studied quantitatively. The principles involved in this radiochemical reaction are apparently the same as those found in the case of trypsin previously reported; namely, the change in the logarithm of the concentration of active enzyme varies directly with the variable, W.     

THE EFFECT OF EXPOSURE PERIOD AND TEMPERATURE ON THE PHOTOSENSORY PROCESS IN CIONA

1. Experiments are presented which show that the latent period in the photosensory response of Ciona is inversely proportional to the duration of the exposure period to light. From this it is found that the velocity of the chemical reaction which determines the latent period is directly proportional to the concentration of photochemical products formed during the exposure period. This is interpreted as showing that the two processes form a coupled photochemical reaction, of which the secondary reaction proceeds only in the presence of products from the primary reaction. This coupling may be a catalysis or a direct chemical relation. 2. Further experiments show that the relation between temperature and the latent period is accurately described by the Arrhenius equation in which µ = 16,200. The precise numerical value of µ tentatively identifies the latent period process as an oxidation reaction which is catalyzed by iron. 3. The photocatalytic properties of certain iron compounds are used as a model for the coupled photochemical reaction suggested for the photosensory mechanism of Ciona and Mya.     

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE LATENT PERIOD IN THE PHOTIC RESPONSE OF MYA ARENARIA

1. The effect of temperature on the reaction time of Mya to light is mainly confined to the latent period. The sensitization period, representing a photochemical process, is changed comparatively little. 2. The relation between the latent period and the temperature is adequately expressed by the Arrhenius equation, for temperatures below 21°C. Above this temperature, the latent period becomes increasingly longer than is required by the Arrhenius formula when µ = 19,680. 3. These deviations, occurring above the highest environmental temperature of Mya, are explained on the assumption that the principal product formed during the latent period is inactivated by heat. 4. Calculation of the velocity of the hypothetical inactivation reaction at different temperatures shows that it also follows the Arrhenius rule when µ = 48,500. This value of µ corresponds to those generally found for spontaneous inactivations and destructions.     

精胺对红细胞膜阴离子通透性的影响

本文采用改进的NH_4Cl等渗膨胀法研究了精胺对红细胞膜阴离子通透性的影响.结果表明精胺对膜阴离子通透性有增大作用,并且这种作用随精胺浓度的增加及作用时间的延长而增大.本文还就精按的作用机制进行了探讨.     

THE EFFECT OF RADIATIONS FROM A MERCURY ARC IN QUARTZ ON ENZYMES : I. THE EFFECT OF ULTRA-VIOLET RADIATION ON PEPSIN IN SOLUTION.

Pepsin in solution is inactivated by the radiations from a mercury arc in quartz. It would seem that the effective radiations are those in the ultra-violet region of the spectrum. The form of the curve describing the course of the inactivation is the same as that found for monomolecular chemical change.     

THE EFFECT OF GROWTH CONDITIONS AND THE STAGE OF LEAF DEVELOPMENT ON THE HILL REACTION IN HOMOGENATES OF PISUM SATIVUM LEAVES

Miller, John H. (Yale U., New Haven, Conn.) The effect of growth conditions and the stage of leaf development on the Hill reaction in homogenates of Pisum sativum leaves. Amer. Jour. Bot. 47(7): 532–540. Illus. 1960.—With plants grown under short-day conditions (8 hr. light and 16 hr. dark), crude chloroplast suspensions from young leaves have a higher Hill-reaction activity between 1 and 3 hr. after the beginning of illumination than suspensions from older leaves, while after 5–7 hr. of illumination, this activity difference is not found. These differences result from a marked diurnal rise and fall in the Hill reaction. The magnitude of the rise depends on the age of the leaf from which the chloroplast suspension is prepared. Peak activity occurs after the plants have received between 3 and 4 hr. of light and is highest in suspensions prepared from young leaves. Suspensions from the oldest leaves show no diurnal change in activity. No diurnal changes in activity are found in chloroplast suspensions from plants which are grown under continuous light, and the diurnal rise and fall is dependent on the plant receiving an alternation of light-dark-light.     

菊头蝠耳廓方位对障碍回避能力的影响

实验在24只鲁氏菊头蝠(Rhinolophus rouxi)中进行。使用障碍回避测定法,观察了蝙蝠耳廓方位对其回避障碍能力的影响。发现动物耳廓呈自然状态时,回避障碍成功率最高,平均为86.64±8.29%。当将一侧耳廓向头部后方翻转后,其障碍回避的成功率降为71.37±6.59%,平均下降了15.27%。差异非常显著。当将双侧耳廓同时翻向头部后方,动物回避障碍能力进一步下降。较改变单侧耳廓方位的回避障碍成功率又平均下降11.08%,差异显著。实验结果提示,食虫蝙蝠的耳廓方位,在其回声定位中起着重要作用。文中还从听觉神经生理学方面,对论了耳廓方位影响回声定位行为的可能机理。     

THE EFFECT OF SWELLING ON THE RESPIRATION OF ERYTHROCYTES

1. Oxygen consumption measurements made while a chicken erythrocyte swells show no increase over the control value. 2. There is no change in the rate of anaerobic glycolysis in beef erythrocytes when they swell. 3. The above statements are true whether the cells swell from a shrunken condition back to the normal volume, or swell from the normal to the hemolytic volume. 4. These data add a further test of the hypothesis that a relationship exists between the cell membrane and its respiratory activity.     

THE EFFECT OF NaCl ON THE PHAGE-BACTERIUM REACTION

1. The presence of 0.25 M NaCl during the reaction between a staphylococcus phage and susceptible organisms results in a five to tenfold increase in the amount of phage produced. 2. Analysis of the reaction indicates that normal kinetic relationships exist until just before lysis occurs. At this time the organisms enter the stationary phase, lysis is delayed approximately 0.7 hour as compared with control mixtures and phage continues to be produced at the usual rapid rate. 3. Apparently there are conditions under which phage can be produced in the absence of bacterial growth although previous work has uniformly emphasized growth of the bacterial substrate as the prime conditioning factor for formation of phage.     

中枢去甲肾上腺素能系统对大鼠颈动脉窦反射的影响

孤离颈动脉窦,向侧脑室(LCV)注射6-羟多巴胺(6-OHDA,200μg)和电解损毁蓝斑(LC),建立窦内压(ISP)-平均动脉压(MAP)关系曲线,与对照组比较,研究中枢去甲肾上腺素能系统对ISP调节MAP的影响。通过Logistic曲线方程符合所有ISP-MAP曲线,曲线的特征是由两个参数即曲线斜率的反演点坐标和MAP变动范围决定的,MAP变动范围同斜率因子的变化率有关,并受ISP的控制。结果如下:(1)注射6-OHDA后,ISP-MAP曲线斜率变化率显著低于对照组,窦内压控制的平均动脉压变动范围明显缩小,而曲线斜率反演点的横坐标(即ISP的位置)无改变。(2)与对照组相比,电解损毁LC后,引起ISP-MAP曲线相似于注射6-OHDA后的变化,但不如后者显著。结果提示:中枢去甲肾上腺素能神经系统可易化颈动脉窦反射。     

氯霉素对大鼠睡眠和主动回避反应的影响

本文报导了氯霉素在大鼠生后7天内和鼠龄60天时给药对其成熟后的睡眠、主动回避反应以及电休克阈的影响。在新生期给药组,快眼动睡眠量显著减少,但主动回避反应成绩没有明显变化.在鼠龄60天给药组,动物的快眼动睡眠量和主动回避反应成绩均明显降低,电休克阈也降低。文中讨论了氯霉素对快眼动睡眠和脑发育的影响以及发育期快眼动睡眠与脑发育的关系。     

大鼠侧脑室注射精氨酸加压素对针刺镇痛的影响

以钾离子透入法引起大鼠甩尾反应为指标,测定动物的痛阈。由侧脑室注射精氮酸加压素(AVP)后,大鼠痛阈升高33.6％～68.5％,针刺镇痛效应明显加强,痛阈提高202.4％～302.7％。脑室注射抗精氨酸加压素血清,动物痛阈虽无明显变化,但针刺镇痛效应明显削弱,痛阈仅增加41.6％～71.0％。注射抗β-内啡肽血清和抗强啡肽A血清并不阻断AVP增强针刺镇痛效应。本工作的结果提示,脑内AVP参与针刺镇痛,这种作用与脑内内源性β-内啡肽和强啡肽的关系不甚密切。     

雌激素替代治疗对大鼠小脑树突棘素表达的影响

目的研究雌激素替代治疗对大鼠小脑树突棘素表达的影响。方法实验选取SD大鼠制作卵巢切除雌激素替代模型,以免疫组织化学,Western blot观察大鼠小脑中树突棘素的表达及其变化。结果免疫组化检测显示：树突棘素存在于小脑的分子层和颗粒层,蒲氏细胞胞浆中也可见的阳性颗粒。假手术组树突棘素阳性略强于雌激素替代组,但无统计学差异：手术安慰剂组中树突棘素阳性显著弱于其他二组。Western blot结果表明：树突棘素在安慰剂组大鼠小脑中表达最低,与其它二组有显著性差异,假手术组和雌激素替代组中树突棘素的表达量无显明差异。结论雌激素对维持大鼠小脑树突棘素的正常水平具有重要的作用。     

红松RAPD实验中各组成成份含量对实验结果的影响

本文采用Ｐｒｏｍｅｇａ的ＰＣＲ反应系统,以从红松幼叶中提取的总ＤＮＡ为模板,进行随机扩增多态ＤＮＡ（ＲＡＰＤ）实验。     

睾丸酮对离体培养人蜕膜细胞形态的影响

实验选用早孕人工流产蜕膜组织进行体外培养,观察睾丸酮对蜕膜细胞形态的影响并与RU 486加以比较。研究结果提示:(1)睾丸酮(6.9×10~(-5)mol/L)能抑制离体培养人蜕膜细胞的生长发育,但这种抑制作用是暂时和可恢复的且与用药剂量及持续时间有关。(2)睾丸酮对蜕膜细胞形态的影响与RU 486(4.7×10~(-4)mol/L)的作用效果相似。     

EFFECT OF SALTS ON THE PHYSICAL AND KINETIC PROPERTIES OF HUMAN PLACENTAL CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE

Abstract— The effects of salt on the properties of human placental choline acetyltransferase have been examined. Increases in enzyme activity, thermal denaturation and susceptibility to proteolysis can be related to increases in ionic strength, rather than to specific salt effects. Increased ionic strength increases the maximal velocity (K_m) of the reaction, with no change in the kinetic parameter V_max/K_m (choline). The pH-K_m profile, measured over the range of 6.5–8.0, indicates the requirement of a dissociated acidic residue whose pKa is below 7.5 at high ionic strength, and a protonated residue whose pKa is above 7.5 at low ionic strength. It is proposed that the conformation of the enzyme is different at high ionic strength and at low ionic strength, and that these different conformational states of the enzyme result in different rate-determining steps of the reaction.     

L-谷氨酰胺对PC12细胞中grp75的调控作用

条件必需氨基酸谷胺酰胺可上调细胞中热激蛋白(hsp)的表达,为观察谷氨酰胺是否对hsp 家族成员grp75的表达具有调控作用,以PC12细胞为模型用免疫组化、蛋白质印迹法和RT-PCR 等方法检测谷胺酰胺对grp75基因的表达的影响;并以MTT法观察谷氨酰胺对PC12的细胞和grp75低表达的PC12细胞缺糖损伤的保护作用。结果表明谷氨酰胺可以上调grp75的表达,特别是对缺糖细胞的上调作用更显著;但这种上调作用与谷氨酰胺的作用浓度和作用时间并未显示出有明显的关系。MTT检测显示,谷氨酰胺使细胞在缺糖条件下的存活率明显上升;grp75低表达细胞与未转染的细胞相比这种保护效应明显降低,说明谷氨酰胺通过调节grp75的表达对缺糖损伤起到保护作用     

L-谷氨酰胺对PC12细胞中grp75的调控作用

条件必需氨基酸谷胺酰胺可上调细胞中热激蛋白（hsp）的表达,为观察谷氨酰胺是否对hsp家族成员grp75的表达具有调控作用,以PC12细胞为模型用免疫组化、蛋白质印迹法和RT—PCR等方法检测谷胺酰胺对grp75基因的表达的影响：并以MTT法观察谷氨酰胺对PC12的细胞和grp75低表达的PC12细胞缺糖损伤的保护作用。结果表明谷氨酰胺可以上调grp75的表达．特别是对缺糖细胞的上调作用更显著;但这种上调作用与谷氨酰胺的作用浓度和作用时间并未显示出有明显的关系。MTT检测显示,谷氨酰胺使细胞在缺糖条件下的存活率明显上升：grp75低表达细胞与未转染的细胞相比这种保护效应明显降低,说明谷氨酰胺通过调节grp75的表达对缺糖损伤起到保护作用。     

铝离子对二价铁离子启动的卵磷脂脂质体脂质过氧化的影响

利用化学发光、ＴＢＡ 反应与测量共轭二烯的方法观测了Ａｌ３ ＋ 对Ｆｅ２ ＋ 启动的卵磷脂脂质体脂质过氧化的影响。实验结果显示,在生理ｐＨ 条件下,Ａｌ３ ＋ 对Ｆｅ２ ＋ 启动的脂质过氧化有增强作用,表现为缩短潜伏期和加快脂质过氧化的反应速率, Ａｌ３ ＋ 的增强作用与脂质体中原先存在的过氧化物有关。这可能是因为在脂质体存在的条件下,Ａｌ３ ＋ 加速了Ｆｅ２ ＋ 的氧化,且加速作用与脂质体中原先存在的过氧化物的含量有关;另一方面,Ａｌ３ ＋ 可以引起脂质体的聚集,表现为浊度的增加;测量脂质体上标记的脂肪酸自旋标记物５ － Ｄｏｘｙｌ ｓｔｅａｒｉｃ ａｃｉｄ 的ＥＳＲ 波谱发现： Ａｌ３ ＋ 降低了脂质体的膜脂的流动性。研究表明： Ａｌ３ ＋ 对Ｆｅ２ ＋ 启动的卵磷脂脂质体的过氧化的增强作用可能与Ａｌ３ ＋ 加速了Ｆｅ２ ＋ 的氧化和改变了脂质体的物理状态有关     

EFFECT OF PLASTOCYANIN ON PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION IN ISOLATED CHLOROPLASTS

The effect of addition of plastocyanin on photophosphorylationin isolated chloroplasts was studied in comparison with itseffect on photoreduction. Catalytic amounts of added plastocyaninstimulated the HILL reaction with NADP as oxidant, but the photophosphorylationcoupled to this reaction was not influenced by the additionof plastocyanin. The addition of NH₄+ or the complete phosphorylatingsystem did not affect the plastocyanin-induced increase in rateof the photoreduction. The rate of photoreduction of NADP, FMN,or indigo carmine in the presence of DPIP and ascorbate wasmuch accelerated by added plastocyanin, but these reactionswere not coupled to ATP formation. As reported earlier, isolated chloroplasts can utilize plastocyaninas oxidant in the HILL reaction. This reaction was found tobe accompanied by ATP formation, but the efficiency in thiscase was somewhat lower than in photophosphorylation coupledto the HILL reaction with the usual oxidants. The possible mechanism of these reactions is described brieflyand a scheme for reactions of plastocyanin in the electron transferin chloroplasts is presented. (Received July 20, 1965; )