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Rosene HF 《Plant physiology》1937,12(1):1-19
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Walter K. Dodds 《Journal of phycology》1989,25(2):258-262
Colonies of the stream-inhabiting cyanobacterium Nostoc parmelioides Kützing often contain a single endosymbiotic dipteran larva Cricotopus nostocicola (Wirth), which induces a morphological change from small, spherical colonies to larger, ear-shaped colonies. At a current velocity of 0 cm · s?1, whole colonies containing the midge showed overall rates of 14CO2 uptake and nitrogenase activity that were higher than those when the midge was absent (sphere-shaped colonies). Spherical colonies incubated at current velocities of 5-10 cm · s?1did not show higher rates of 14CO2 or 15N2 incorporation than those with the larvae (ear-shaped colonies). Ear-shaped colonies extended well into regions of higher current velocity, whereas spherical colonies did not. Photosynthesis of ear-shaped colonies was stimulated by increased current velocity, increased inorganic C and decreased O2 concentrations. Moreover, levels of O2 at the surface of midge-inhabited colonies decreased with increased current velocity. The morphological change induced by the larva is detrimental (lowers photosynthesis and N2 fixation) in quiescent water but not at current velocities above 10 cm · s?1. This is probably a result of higher diffusion of O2 and CO2 associated with the midge-induced morphology. 相似文献
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In the autotrophic bacterium, Thiobacillus thiooxidans, the oxidation of sulfur is coupled to transfers of phosphate from the medium to the cells. CO2 fixation is coupled to transfers of inorganic phosphate from the cells to the medium and is dependent, in the absence of concomitant sulfur oxidation, upon the amount of phosphate previously taken up during sulfur oxidation. The energy reservoir, which is formed by sulfur oxidation in the absence of CO2 and which can be released for the fixation of CO2 under conditions which do not permit sulfur oxidation, is a phosphorylated compound and the data suggest that the energy is stored in the cell as phosphate bond energy. It is possible to oxidize sulfur at a constant rate for hours in the absence of CO2. The phosphate energy formed during this process is probably released by cell phosphotases. It is possible to inhibit these phosphotases by means of inorganic phosphate and thus to inhibit sulfur oxidation in the absence of CO2. In the presence of CO2, where alternative uses for the phosphate energy are available, the inhibition is relieved. Sulfur oxidation (energy input) is coupled, not to CO2 fixation, but to phosphate esterification. CO2 fixation (energy utilization) is coupled with phosphate release. 相似文献
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K. G. Vogler 《The Journal of general physiology》1942,26(1):103-117
In a study of chemosynthesis (the fixation of CO2 by autotrophic bacteria in the dark) in Thiobacillus thiooxidans, the data obtained support the following conclusions: 1. CO2 can be fixed by "resting cells" of Thiobacillus thiooxidans; the fixation is not "growth bound." 2. The physiological condition of the cell is of considerable importance in determining CO2 fixation. 3. CO2 fixation can occur in the absence of oxidizable sulfur in "young" cells. The extent of this fixation appears to be dependent upon the pCO2. 4. CO2 fixation can also occur under anaerobic conditions and the presence of sulfur does not influence such fixation. 5. However, in the CO2 fixation by cells in the absence of sulfur, only a limited amount of CO2 can be fixed. This amount is approximately 40 µl. CO2 per 100 micrograms bacterial nitrogen. After a culture has utilized this amount of CO2 it no longer has the ability to fix CO2 but releases it during its respiration. 6. Relatively short periods of sulfur oxidation can restore the ability of cells to fix CO2 under conditions where sulfur oxidation is prevented. 7. It is possible to oxidize sulfur in the absence of CO2 and to store the energy thus formed within the cell. It is then possible to use this energy at a later time for the fixation of CO2 in the entire absence of sulfur oxidation. 8. Cultures of Thiobacillus thiooxidans respiring on sulfur utilize CO2 in a reaction which proceeds to a zero concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. 9. CO2 may act as an oxidizing agent for sulfur. 10. Hydrogen is not utilized by the organism. 11. It is possible to selectively inhibit sulfur oxidation and CO2 fixation. 相似文献
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Mark C. Andersen 《American journal of botany》1992,79(10):1087-1091
Dispersal is an important life history component. Seed settling velocity may be a useful surrogate for the measurement of dispersal ability in wind-dispersed plants, particularly those whose seeds have plumose dispersal structures. I measured settling velocities on seeds of eight species of Asteraceae, including annuals, biennials, and perennials, and including both native and introduced species. The species are Aster exilis, Picris echioides, Chrysopsis villosa, Heterotheca grandiflora, Conyza bonariensis, Sonchus oleraceous, Senecio vulgaris, and Taraxacum officinale. From these data I estimated components of total variation in seed settling velocities due to differences among species, among plants within species, and among inflorescences and seeds within plants. Significant amounts of variability were found at all levels. Contrasts among mean settling velocities showed that the five introduced species have lower settling velocities than the three native species; this result continues to be true when annuals are considered separately from biennials and perennials. Also, over all eight species, annuals have lower settling velocities than biennials and perennials. Variability among species apparently reflects different dispersal “strategies” employed by the species; these different strategies may be correlated with other life-history traits and with ecological characteristics. Variability within species also may have ecological consequences in that such variability may represent an example of risk-spreading. 相似文献
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W. J. V. Osterhout 《The Journal of general physiology》1929,13(2):261-294
When the only solute present is a weak acid, HA, which penetrates as molecules only into a living cell according to a curve of the first order and eventually reaches a true equilibrium we may regard the rate of increase of molecules inside as See PDF for Equation where PM is the permeability of the protoplasm to molecules, Mo, denotes the external and Mi the internal concentration of molecules, Ai denotes the internal concentration of the anion A- and See PDF for Equation (It is assumed that the activity coefficients equal 1.) Putting PMFM = VM, the apparent velocity constant of the process, we have See PDF for Equation where e denotes the concentration at equilibrium. Then See PDF for Equation where t is time. The corresponding equation when ions alone enter is See PDF for Equation. where K is the dissociation constant of HA, PA is the permeability of the protoplasm to the ion pair H+ + A-, and Aie denotes the internal concentration of Ai at equilibrium. Putting PAKFM = VA, the apparent velocity constant of the process, we have See PDF for Equation and See PDF for Equation When both ions and molecules of HA enter together we have See PDF for Equation where Si = Mi + Ai and Sie is the value of Si at equilibrium. Then See PDF for Equation VM, VA, and VMA depend on FM and hence on the internal pH value but are independent of the external pH value except as it affects the internal pH value. When the ion pair Na+ + A- penetrates and Nai = BAi, we have See PDF for Equation and See PDF for Equation where P
NaA is the permeability of the protoplasm to the ion pair Na+ + A-, Nao and Nai are the external and internal concentrations of Na+, See PDF for Equation, and V
Na is the apparent velocity constant of the process. Equations are also given for the penetration of: (1) molecules of HA and the ion pair Na+ + A-, (2) the ion pairs H+ + A- and Na+ + A-, (3) molecules of HA and the ion pairs Na+ + A- and H+ + A-. (4) The penetration of molecules of HA together with those of a weak base ZOH. (5) Exchange of ions of the same sign. When a weak electrolyte HA is the only solute present we cannot decide whether molecules alone or molecules and ions enter by comparing the velocity constants at different pH values, since in both cases they will behave alike, remaining constant if FM is constant and falling off with increase of external pH value if FM falls off. But if a salt (e.g., NaA) is the only substance penetrating the velocity constant will increase with increase of external pH value: if molecules of HA and the ions of a salt NaA. penetrate together the velocity constant may increase or decrease while the internal pH value rises. The initial rate See PDF for Equation (i.e., the rate when Mi = 0 and Ai = 0) falls off with increase of external pH value if HA alone is present and penetrates as molecules or as ions (or in both forms). But if a salt (e.g., NaA) penetrates the initial rate may in some cases decrease and then increase as the external pH value increases. At equilibrium the value of Mi equals that of Mo (no matter whether molecules alone penetrate, or ions alone, or both together). If the total external concentration (So = Mo + Ao) be kept constant a decrease in the external pH value will increase the value of Mo and make a corresponding increase in the rate of entrance and in the value at equilibrium no matter whether molecules alone penetrate, or ions alone, or both together. What is here said of weak acids holds with suitable modifications for weak bases and for amphoteric electrolytes and may also be applied to strong electrolytes. 相似文献
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Jacques Loeb 《The Journal of general physiology》1919,1(5):559-580
1. When we plot the values of osmotic pressure, swelling, and viscosity of gelatin solutions as ordinates over the pH as abscissæ, practically identical curves are obtained for the effect of monobasic acids (HCl, HBr, HNO3, and acetic acid) on these properties. 2. The curves obtained for the effect of H2SO4 on gelatin are much lower than those obtained for the effect of monobasic acids, the ratio of maximal osmotic pressures of a 1 per cent solution of gelatin sulfate and gelatin bromide being about 3:8. The same ratio had been found for the ratio of maximal osmotic pressures of calcium and sodium gelatinate. 3. The curves representing the influence of other dibasic and tribasic acids, viz. oxalic, tartaric, succinic, citric, and phosphoric, upon gelatin are almost identical with those representing the effect of monobasic acids. 4. The facts mentioned under (2) and (3) permit us to decide between a purely chemical and a colloidal explanation of the influence of acids on the physical properties of gelatin. In the former case we should be able to prove, first, that twice as many molecules of HBr as of H2SO4 combine with a given mass of gelatin; and, second, that the same number of molecules of phosphoric, citric, oxalic, tartaric, and succinic acids as of HNO3 or HCl combine with the same mass of gelatin. It is shown in the present paper that this is actually the case. 5. It is shown that gelatin sulfate and gelatin bromide solutions of the same pH have practically the same conductivity. This disproves the assumption of colloid chemists that the difference in the effect of bromides and sulfates on the physical properties of gelatin is due to a different ionizing and hydratating effect of the two acids upon the protein molecule. 相似文献
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The authors have confirmed the fact that blood serum and plasma behave rheologically like a true viscous liquid. It is true for whole blood only to a first approximation, but with this reservation they have studied the available data and extended the equation of Bingham and Durham to cover protein solutions of various concentrations and at various temperatures as well as mixtures of proteins and corpuscles present in whole blood. If Φ is the fluidity of whole blood, Φ1 is the fluidity of water and ΔΦ = Φ – Φ1, then ΔΦ = β1
b
1 + β2
b
2 + β3
b
3 + ··· where β1, β2, β3, etc., are constants for the fluidity lowering of the salts, albumin, globulin, fibrinogen, and the corpuscles, etc., present in the whole blood. The conclusions from the data referred to are intended to buttress this simple equation (6). 相似文献
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When grown in vitro in a medium containing NH4NO3 as the sole source of nitrogen, seeds ro the orchid, Cattleya (C. labiata ‘Wonder’ X C. labiata ‘Treasure'), germinated readily and proceeded to form small plantlets. Development of the embryos was accompanied by an increase in their total nitrogen and a decline in the percent dry weight. Growth responses of the seedlings in other ammonium salts like (NH4)2SO4, (NH4)2HPO4, NH4Cl, ammonium acetate and ammonium oxalate were similar to that in NH4NO3. However, when grown in a medium containing NaNO3, development of the seedlings was drastically inhibited; KNO3, Ca(NO3)2, KNO2 and NaNO2 also were poor nitrogen sources. Attempts to grow the seedlings in NaNO3 by changing the pH or by addition of kinetin, molybdenum or ascorbic acid as supplements were completely unsuccessful. When seedlings growing in NH4NO3 for varying periods were transferred to NaNO3, it was found that those plants allowed to grow for 60 or more days in NH4NO3 could resume normal growth thereafter in NaNO3. Determination of the nitrate reductase activity in seedlings of different ages grown in NaNO3, after NH4NO3, showed that the ability of the seedlings to assimilate inorganic nitrogen was paralleled by the appearance of the enzyme. 相似文献
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D. R. Hoagland A. R. Davis With the Assistance of J. C. Martin. 《The Journal of general physiology》1923,5(5):629-646
1. Chemical examination of the cell sap of Nitella showed that the concentrations of all the principal inorganic elements, K, SO4, Ca, Mg, PO4, Cl, and Na, were very much higher than in the water in which the plants were growing. 2. Conductivity measurements and other considerations lead to the conclusion that all or nearly all of the inorganic elements present in the cell sap exist in ionic state. 3. The insoluble or combined elements found in the cell wall or protoplasm included Ca, Mg, S, Si, Fe, and Al. No potassium was present in insoluble form. Calcium was predominant. 4. The hydrogen ion concentration of healthy cells was found to be approximately constant, at pH 5.2. This value was not changed even when the outside solution varied from pH 5.0 to 9.0. 5. The penetration of NO3 ion into the cell sap from dilute solutions was definitely influenced by the hydrogen ion concentration of the solution. Penetration was much more rapid from a slightly acid solution than from an alkaline one. It is possible that the NO3 forms a combination with some constituent of the cell wall or of the protoplasm. 6. The exosmosis of chlorine from Nitella cells was found to be a delicate test for injury or altered permeability. 7. Dilute solutions of ammonium salts caused the reaction of the cell sap to increase its pH value. This change was accompanied by injury and exosmosis of chlorine. 8. Apparently the penetration of ions into the cell may take place from a solution of low concentration into a solution of higher concentration. 9. Various comparisons with higher plants are drawn, with reference to buffer systems, solubility of potassium, removal of nitrate from solution, etc. 相似文献
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THE EFFECT OF ESTRADIOL ON THE CELL KINETICS IN THE UTERINE AND CERVICAL EPITHELIUM OF NEONATAL MICE
The effect of estradiol-17β on the length of the various phases of the cell cycle was studied in the neonatal mouse uterine, and cervical epithelium. A double labelling method was used, and in addition labelled mitoses were counted. In the uterus proper, estradiol shortens the length of the total cell cycle, Tc, from 17-9 hr to 15-7 hr, and the duration of S phase, Ts, from 6–7 to 5-1 hr 6 hr after estradiol treatment. 12 hr after estradiol treatment, Tc is shortened to 7-4 hr and Ts to 4–5 hr. The shortening of Tc at 12 hr is mainly due to an effect on TG1, which is shortened from 8–55 hr in untreated animals to 1–8 hr in estradiol treated animals. The Tc of cervix epithelium cells in untreated animals was found to be 21-8 hr. After treating the mice for 6 hr with estradiol the Tc was now increased to 47 hr and further to 61 -2 hr following 12 hr treatment with the hormone. Ts increases from 8-3 hr to 15-2 hr following 6 hr estradiol treatment, and to 15-4 hr after 12 hr treatment. The effect is most pronounced in TG1, which is lengthened from 10–95 hr in untreated animals to 28-1 hr and 43 hr, respectively, in animals treated for either 6 or 12 hr with estradiol. 相似文献
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Jacques Loeb 《The Journal of general physiology》1919,1(4):483-504
1. A method is given by which the amount of equivalents of metal in combination with 1 gm. of a 1 per cent gelatin solution previously treated with an alkali can be ascertained when the excess of alkali is washed away and the pH is determined. The curves of metal equivalent in combination with 1 gm. of gelatin previously treated with different concentrations of LiOH, NaOH, KOH, NH4OH, Ca(OH)2, and Ba(OH)2 were ascertained and plotted as ordinates, with the pH of the solution as abscissæ, and were found to be identical. This proves that twice as many univalent as bivalent cations combine with the same mass of gelatin, as was to be expected. 2. The osmotic pressure of 1 per cent solutions of metal gelatinates with univalent and bivalent cation was measured. The curves for the osmotic pressure of 1 per cent solution of gelatin salts of Li, Na, K, and NH4 were found to be identical when plotted for pH as abscissæ, tending towards the same maximum of a pressure of about 325 mm. of the gelatin solution (for pH about 7.9). The corresponding curves for Ca and Ba gelatinate were also found to be identical but different from the preceding ones, tending towards a maximum pressure of about 125 mm. for pH about 7.0 or above. The ratio of maxi mal osmotic pressure for the two groups of gelatin salts is therefore about as 1:3 after the necessary corrections have been made. 3. When the conductivities of these solutions are plotted as ordinates against the pH as abscissæ, the curves for the conductivities of Li, Na, Ca, and Ba gelatinate are almost identical (for the same pH), while the curves for the conductivities of K and NH4 gelatinate are only little higher. 4. The curves for the viscosity and swelling of Ba (or Ca) and Na gelatinate are approximately parallel to those for osmotic pressure. 5. The practical identity or close proximity of the conductivities of metal gelatinates with univalent and bivalent metal excludes the possibility that the differences observed in the osmotic pressure, viscosity, and swelling between metal gelatinates with univalent and bivalent metal are determined by differences in the degree of ionization (and a possible hydratation of the protein ions). 6. Another, as yet tentative, explanation is suggested. 相似文献
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Eloise Jameson 《The Journal of general physiology》1937,20(6):859-877
Changes were studied in the standard solubility curve of fresh serum proteins by alterations in pH, temperature, concentration of protein, and nature of the salt used for precipitation. The principal factor affecting the precipitation of protein fractions was a change in temperature. In order to investigate the proteins in their original states low temperatures are necessary. Protein fraction A is altered by a change in pH and with the use of (NH4)2SO4 as a precipitant, fraction B by a change in pH and temperature, and use of (NH4)2SO4, C by a change in temperature and concentration of the protein, and D by a change in temperature and pH. The solubility of D is independent of the amount of protein in solution in high concentrations of salt. 相似文献
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The kinetics of granulosa cell populations in two types of follicles in ovaries of 28-day-old Bagg mice are investigated. The analysis includes estimations of mean values and standard deviations of the transit times (TG1, TS, TG2 and TC), the doubling time TD, and the proliferative fraction p. First the percentage of labelled mitosis curve (PLM-curve) and the continuous labelling curve (CL-curve) are estimated. Then a hypothesis concerning the cell kinetics of the granulosa cells in the two follicle types is set up. The normal distribution is chosen to simulate the probability density functions of the transit times. On the basis of the hypothesis mathematical expressions for the PLM- and CL-curves are worked out. By fitting the calculated PLM-curve to the experimental one it is possible to estimate mean values and standard deviations of TG1, TS>, and TG2. As a test of the hypothesis the CL-curve is calculated by means of the estimated parameter values and compared to the experimental one. The calculated PLM- and CL-curves are found to be in good agreement with the experimental data as far as both follicle types are concerned. It is concluded that the method is a useful procedure. The choice of a normal distribution does not imply a significant limitation of the method in these investigations. Moreover it is concluded that the hypothesis is plausible. This means, e.g., that the proliferative fraction is unity in the two follicle types and that there is no cell loss from the cell systems. 相似文献
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A. G. Jacques 《The Journal of general physiology》1937,20(5):737-766
When 0.1 M NaI is added to the sea water surrounding Valonia iodide appears in the sap, presumably entering as NaI, KI, and HI. As the rate of entrance is not affected by changes in the external pH we conclude that the rate of entrance of HI is negligible in comparison with that of NaI, whose concentration is about 107 times that of HI (the entrance of KI may be neglected for reasons stated). This is in marked contrast with the behavior of sulfide which enters chiefly as H2S. It would seem that permeability to H2S is enormously greater than to Na2S. Similar considerations apply to CO2. In this respect the situation differs greatly from that found with iodide. NaI enters because its activity is greater outside than inside so that no energy need be supplied by the cell. The rate of entrance (i.e. the amount of iodide entering the sap in a given time) is proportional to the external concentration of iodide, or to the external product [N+]o [I-lo, after a certain external concentration of iodide has been reached. At lower concentrations the rate is relatively rapid. The reasons for this are discussed. The rate of passage of NaI through protoplasm is about a million times slower than through water. As the protoplasm is mostly water we may suppose that the delay is due chiefly to the non-aqueous protoplasmic surface layers. It would seem that these must be more than one molecule thick to bring this about. There is no great difference between the rate of entrance in the dark and in the light. 相似文献
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EFFECT OF CYCLOHEXIMIDE ON THE CELL CYCLE OF THE CRYPTS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE OF THE RAT 总被引:7,自引:2,他引:5
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A single injection of 1.5 mg/kg of cycloheximide induces a complete disappearance of mitotic activity in rat intestinal crypts within 1.5–2 hr. No significant necrosis of crypt cells is observed even though this phenomenon is accompanied by a marked decrease in uptake of labeled precursors into protein and DNA. Mitoses reappear 6 hr after injection and recovery then follows a cyclic pattern over a period equivalent to one cell cycle, thereby reflecting at least a partial synchronization of cell division. Concurrent use of colchicine, an agent known to induce metaphase arrest, has demonstrated that cycloheximide, while having no apparent effect on cells already in division, prevents the entrance of new cells into visible mitosis. Analysis of the cell cycle suggests that one block initiated by cycloheximide occurs in G2, presumably as the result of an interference with the formation of protein(s) required for the normal progression of cells from this phase of the cycle into mitosis. 相似文献
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THE UPTAKE OF BIOGENIC MONOAMINES BY THE ISOLATED AURICLE OF THE SNAIL (HELIX POMATIA) 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
—The uptake of [3H]5HT, [3H]dopamine, [3H]noradrenaline and [3H]octopamine into the auricle of Helix pomatia was studied. When tissues were incubated at 25°C in media containing radioactive amines, tissue:medium ratios of about 49:1, 14:1 and 5:1 for 5-HT, dopamine, noradrenaline, and octopamine respectively were obtained after a 20–30 min incubation time. Tissues incubated at 25°C in media containing radioactive amines for 20–30 mins showed that almost all (96%) the radioactivity was present as unchanged [3H]5-HT, [3H]dopamine, [3H]octopamine or [3H]noradrenaline. The high tissue:medium ratios for 5-HT and dopamine, but not for noradrenaline and octopamine, showed saturation kinetics which were dependent upon temperature and sodium ions. From the Lineweaver–Burk plots, two uptake mechanisms for 5-HT at 25°C were resolved; the high affinity uptake process having a Km1 value of 6.0 ± 10?8m and a Vm1 value of 0.115 nmol/g/min while the lower affinity process had a Km2 value of 1.04 ± 10?6m and a Vm2 value of 0.66nmol/g/min. At 0°C a single uptake mechanism for 5-HT occurred which gave a Km value of 5.02 ± 10?8m and a Vm value of 0.0165 nmol/g/min. In the case of dopamine, the Lineweaver–Burk plot at 25°C showed a single uptake process with values for Km and Vm of 1.55 ± 10?7m and 0.086 nmol/g/min respectively. This process did not function at 0°C. The effect of various agents and ions upon the accumulation processes for all amines was also studied, and the data indicate that the same neurons probably accumulate more than one amine type. It is concluded that 5-HT and dopamine uptake in the auricle is a mechanism for inactivating these substances at 25°C and that an uptake mechanism for 5-HT also functions at 0°C. The results are discussed from the point of view of 5-HT's being the cardioexcitatory substance in the snail heart. 相似文献
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THE EFFECT OF CALCIUM WITHDRAWAL ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE TOAD BLADDER 总被引:15,自引:7,他引:8
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Previous reports have indicated that calcium is necessary to support active sodium transport by the toad bladder, and may be required as well in the action of vasopressin on both toad bladder and frog skin. The structure and function of the toad bladder has been studied in the absence of calcium, and a reinterpretation of the previous findings now appears possible. When calcium is withdrawn from the bathing medium, epithelial cells detach from one another and eventually from their supporting tissue. The short-circuit current (the conventional means of determining active sodium transport) falls to zero, and vasopressin fails to exert its usual effect on short-circuit current and water permeability. However, employing an indirect method for the estimation of sodium transport (oxygen consumption), it is possible to show that vasopressin exerts its usual effect on Qoo2 when sodium is present in the bathing medium. Hence, it appears that the epithelial cells maintain active sodium transport when calcium is rigorously excluded from the bathing medium, and continue to respond to vasopressin. The failure of conventional techniques to show this can be attributed to the structural alterations in the epithelial layer in the absence of calcium. These findings may provide a model for the physiologic action of calcium in epithelia such as the renal tubule. 相似文献
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Abstract— Glutamyl-, glutaminyl-, aspartyl- and asparaginyl-tRNAs were separated into different isoacceptor species by reverse phase column chromatography. RNase hydrolysates of any of the isoacceptor [14C]aminoacyl-tRNAs for a given amino acid gave radioactivity profiles, on paper electrophoresis, very similar to unfractionated tRNA. This suggested a lack of tRNA specificity for the transformation reaction involving the aminoacyl moieties of asparaginyl and glutaminyl-tRNAs. GnP2 and AnP2 detected in the products of deaminoacylation of glutaminyl and asparaginyl-tRNA showed a number of properties in common with GnE3 and AnE3 present in the RNase hydrolysates of the same tRNAs. Thus, GnP2 and GnE3 chromatographed in the same position in the phenol: water solvent and both yielded glutamate on acid hydrolysis and a mixture of glutamine and isoglutamine on alkaline hydrolysis. Similarly, AnP2 and AnE3 had the same RF value in phenol :water chromatography and gave aspartate or a mixture of asparagine and isoasparagine when hydrolyzed with acid or alkali. On the basis of these results and other evidence, GnP2 and GnE3 were assigned the structure, α-aminoglutarimide; AnP2 and AnE3 were identified as α-aminosuccinimide. These cyclic compounds are presumed to be formed by nucleophilic attack of the amide nitrogen of asparagine or glutamine on the carbon of the aminoacyl ester carbonyl group. The cyclization-deesterification appeared to be facilitated by RNase hydrolysis of aminoacyl-tRNA indicating that the aminoacyl-tRNA is probably more resistant to this reaction than aminoacyladenosine. Neither the imides nor the amino acid isoamides were detected in the reaction mixture in which aminoacylation of tRNA was performed, suggesting that a mechanism may exist for inhibition of the cyclization reaction under conditions of active aminoacylation. 相似文献