3H-URIDINE INCORPORATION IN THE PREMITOTIC STAGE OF RHIZOID CELL DIFFERENTIATION IN PTERIS VITTATA L.

The premitotic rhizoid stage (corona stage) of P. vittata gametophytes was pulsed in radioactive uridine for 5, 15, or 30 min and the data analyzed quantitatively by autoradiography. After 5 min, only the nucleoplasmic compartment is labelled significantly, suggesting that this short pulse is insufficient time for labelled precursor to be fixed in the nucleolus or to be transported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Since after 15 and 30 min, all compartments are labelled, with the greatest proportional increase over the nucleolus, it is concluded that cytoplasmic labelling is nuclear in origin and that nucleolar RNA activity is relatively high in this stage.     

AUTORADIOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION OF NEW RNA SYNTHESIS IN HYPERTROPHYING SKELETAL MUSCLE

Work-induced growth of rat soleus muscle is accompanied by an early increase in new RNA synthesis. To determine the cell type(s) responsible for the increased RNA synthesis, we compared light autoradiographs of control and hypertrophying muscles from rats injected with tritiated uridine 12, 24, and 48 h after inducing hypertrophy. There was an increased number of silver grains over autoradiographs of hypertrophied muscle. This increase occurred over connective tissue cells; there was no increase in the number of silver grains over the muscle fibers. Quantitative studies demonstrated that between 70 and 80% of the radioactivity in the muscle that survived fixation and washing was in RNA. Pretreatment of the animals with actinomycin D reduced in parallel both the radioactivity in RNA and the number of silver grains over autoradiographs. Proliferation of the connective tissue in hypertrophying muscle was evident in light micrographs, and electron micrographs identified the proliferating cells as enlarged fibroblasts and macrophages; the connective tissue cells remained after hypertrophy was completed. Thus, proliferating connective tissue cells are the major site of the increase in new RNA synthesis during acute work-induced growth of skeletal muscle. It is suggested that in the analysis of physiological adaptations of muscle, the connective tissue cells deserve consideration as a site of significant molecular activity.     

DNA SYNTHESIS,CELL DIVISION,AND CELL DIFFERENTIATION DURING LEAF DEVELOPMENT OF XANTHIUM PENNSYLVANICUM

Leaf growth consists of two basic processes, cell division and cell enlargement. DNA synthesis is an integral part of cell division and can be studied with autoradiographic techniques and incorporation of some labeled precursor. Studies were made on the synthesis of nuclear DNA through incorporation of ³H-thymidine in various parts of the lamina during the entire course of leaf development of Xanthium pennsylvanicum. The time course analysis of DNA synthesis was correlated with cell division and rates of cell enlargement. Significant differences in ³H-thymidine incorporation were found in various parts of the lamina. Cell division and DNA synthesis were highest in the early stages of development. Since no ³H-thymidine was incorporated after cessation of cell division (LPI 2.8) in the leaf lamina, it appears that DNA synthesis is not needed for enlargement and differentiation of Xanthium cells. Rates of cell enlargement were negligible in the early development and reached their maximum after cessation of mitoses, between plastochron ages (LPI) 3 and 4. Cells matured between LPI's 5 and 6. Enzymatic activity was correlated with cell division and cell differentiation at various stages of leaf development.     

CELL PROLIFERATION OF CARCINOMA IN BILHARZIAL BLADDER: AN AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY

The rate of cell production in thirty-five cases of carcinoma in Bilharzial bladder was evaluated from the labelling index after in vitro incubation with [³H]TdR. Squamous cell carcinoma was the most frequent histological type in this series and had a median LI of 8.0% which corresponds to a potential doubling time of 5.9 days. In squamous cell tumours the LI increased with the histological grade. Transitional cell tumours had a somewhat greater LI. In all histological types the LI was significantly greater in the deep infiltrating parts of the tumour than in the superficial parts. The discrepancy between the estimated potential doubling time and the growth rate normally attributed to such tumours suggests the existence of an extensive cell loss factor. Areas of focal or diffuse mucosal hyperplasia were associated with increased LI.     

朱顶红生殖细胞分裂过程中微管超微结构的变化

用透射电镜的方法,对朱顶红（Ａｍ ａｒｙｌｌｉｓｖｉｔｔａｔａ Ａｉｔ．）花粉管中生殖细胞的分裂过程中微管分布和结构形态变化进行了观察,获得如下主要的结果：有丝分裂前期,微管的数量较分裂前减少并变短,靠近细胞核分布。分裂前中期,微管出现于原来的核区并与染色体发生联系,形成着丝点微管。分裂中期,染色体排列于赤道面上形成赤道板,微管构成纺锤体。分裂后期,染色体分成两群,被缩短的着丝点微管拉向两极。在纺锤体两极的微管汇聚。后期的晚期,当极的微管尚未消失时,在赤道区域出现丰富的成膜体微管,在成膜体中央,细胞板前体物聚集。分裂末期,极微管和着丝点微管消失,成膜体微管在新形成的核膜和细胞板间扩展并穿过细胞板     

小麦根尖细胞分化过程中DNA,RNA和蛋白质含量变化的研究

小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)种子在25℃条件下萌发3d,根生长至1～2cm长时,于双筒解剖镜下严格切取根分生区、伸长区和成熟区。用专一性荧光染料Hochest33258、Pyronin G和FITC分别染细胞核DNA、RNA和蛋白质,并用自动图像分析技术和细胞荧光测定术分别测定三个区中各125个细胞核DNA的相对含量和各100个细胞中RNA和蛋白质的相对含量。核DNA相对含量随着根尖细胞分化的进程,DNA含量递增,成熟区细胞中含量最高。RNA的相对含量则与之相反,在分生区细胞中含量最高,成熟区细胞中含量最低。蛋白质的相对含量则在伸长区细胞中最高,分生区细胞中最低。讨论了根尖细胞分化过程中DNA、RNA和蛋白质三者之间变化的一些内在联系。     

ROLE OF ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION IN PTERIDOPHYTE DIFFERENTIATION. II. EFFECT OF CA2+ ON ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION,RHIZOID ELONGATION,AND ANTHERIDIUM DIFFERENTIATION IN VITTARIA GEMMAE

Gametophytes of Vittaria graminifolia reproduce vegetatively by means of gemmae. Each gemma consists of a linear array of six cells: four body cells and a knob-shaped terminal cell at each end. When gemmae are shed from the gametophyte onto Knop's mineral medium, the two terminal cells do not divide, but elongate to form primary rhizoids. The body cells undergo asymmetric cell division, and the smaller daughter cells differentiate into either secondary rhizoids or prothalli. When gibberellic acid is included in the medium, antheridia are formed as a result of asymmetric cell division instead of vegetative structures. We studied the effect of Ca²⁺ on asymmetric cell division, rhizoid elongation, and antheridium formation in gemmae cultured on Knop's mineral medium and variations of Knop's medium. Ca²⁺ inhibited the onset of cell division and rhizoid elongation, but was required for differentiation of antheridia. Treatments which lowered the Ca²⁺ content of gemmae (EGTA and dilute HCl extraction, culture on verapamil-containing and Ca²⁺-deficient medium) caused an early onset of cell division and rhizoid elongation. The stimulation of growth was most pronounced when gemmae were deprived of Ca²⁺ during the first 24 hr of culture. The proportion of cell divisions which differentiated into antheridia in response to GA was greatly reduced when the Ca²⁺ status of gemmae was lowered with verapamil and Ca²⁺-EGTA buffers.     

PATTERN OF RNA SYNTHESIS IN RABBIT CORTEX DURING SLEEP

The pattern of RNA biosynthesis in rabbit cerebral cortex was examined during periods of physiological sleep and wakefulness monitored with EEG techniques. The types of newly synthesized RNA were analysed by sedimentation on sucrose gradients. In experiments lasting 60 and 105 minutes the labelling ratio of RNA sedimenting in two regions of the gradient (28 S-50 S50 S) increased with decreasing percentages of EEG synchronization. Analysis of the radioactivity distributions of five homogeneous experiments in terms of moments confirmed the dependence of the RNA synthetic pattern on the electric state of the cortex. The possible nature of the RNA species involved in this effect is discussed.     

烟草茎薄层芽分化过程内源玉米赤霉烯酮含量的变化(简报)

自李季伦等首次发现越冬的冬小麦茎尖中存在玉米赤霉烯酮(zearalenone,以下简称ZEN)的类似物以后,大量的工作证实了高等植物可内源产生ZEN,并发现ZEN与植物的春化作用,光周期(短日)诱导以及花器官的分化、成熟乃至开花都密切相关。薄细胞层(Thin cell layers,以下简称TCL)具有外植体小和组成均匀,易于进行组织培养、对环     

THE TEMPORAL SCHEDULE OF DNA SYNTHESIS AND CELL DIFFERENTIATION

The temporal schedule of DNA synthesis in cells of developing and adult mice is analysed by means of Feulgen cytofluorometry combined with tritiated thymidine autoradiography. The results obtained with cells taken from liver, esophageal epithelium and mucosae of gastrointestinal tracts seemed to conform to the hypothesis that a cell at a particular state of cytodifferentiation possesses specifically inactivated sets of late replicating genes showing a specific pattern of the temporal schedule of DNA synthesis.     

THE REGULATION OF RNA SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING IN THE NUCLEOLUS DURING INHIBITION OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

The effect of protein synthesis inhibition by cycloheximide on nucleolar RNA synthesis and processing has been studied in HeLa cells. Synthesis of 45S RNA precursor falls rapidly after administration of the drug. However, the nucleolar content of 45S RNA remains relatively constant for at least 1 hr because the time required for cleavage of the precursor molecule into its products is lengthened after treatment with cycloheximide. The efficiency of transformation of 45S RNA to 32S RNA remains constant with approximately one molecule of the 32S RNA produced for each cleavage of a molecule of 45S RNA. However, shortly after the cessation of protein synthesis the formation of 18S RNA becomes abortive. The amount of 32S RNA present in the nucleolus remains relatively constant. After long periods of protein synthesis inhibition the 28S RNA continues to be synthesized and exported to the cytoplasm but at a greatly reduced rate. When the protein synthesis inhibitor is removed, a prompt, although partial, recovery in the synthesis rate of 45S RNA occurs. The various aspects of RNA synthesis regulation and processing are discussed.     

RNA SYNTHESIS IN THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF CELL CYCLE OF CHICK EMBRYO CELLS

RNA synthesis was studied at different phases of the cell cycle of chick embryo fibroblasts, which were synchronized by medium replacement in the confluent phase. The synthesis of DNA started at 4 hr and continued for 8 hr. RNA synthesis increased with time after medium change. The ratio of total amount of radioactivity in nuclear RNA prepared at 0, 2 and 8 hr was 1.0:1.03:5.05. The distribution of radioactive RNA in the sedimentation pattern was similar, showing remarkable incorporation in 45S region of ribosomal precursor RNA. The base composition of newly synthesized RNA, however, varied at different time intervals after medium replacement. Even within the G₁ phase, the molar percentage of G and C was quite different. Treatment with actinomycin D at a concentration of 0.02 μg/ml for 1 hr specifically inhibited ribosomal RNA synthesis. At 2 hr after medium change, ribosomal and AU-rich RNA including larger than 28S were synthesized in about equal amounts.     

AUTORADIOGRAPHIC STUDY OF RNA IN NERVE FIBRES OF EMBRYONIC SENSORY GANGLIA CULTURED IN VITRO UNDER NGF STIMULATION

Abstract— The presence and distribution of RNA in nerve fibres was studied by autoradiographic detection of [³H]uridine incorporation in chick embryo sensory nerve cells cultured in vitro under the effect of the Nerve Growth Factor. The presence of RNA in these fibres, free from satellite cells, is demonstrated. The cellular origin of the fibre RNA is, at least in part, proved.     

INITIATION OF RIBOSOMAL RNA SYNTHESIS AND CELL DIVISION IN XENOPUS LAEVIS EMBRYOS

Isolated cells from animal or vegetal pole regions of Xenopus blastulae were cultured, and the timings of rRNA synthesis and cell division were determined. rRNA synthesis was measured by the incorporation of (³H)methionine into rRNA, and cell division was studied by the decrease in cell size and rRNA content. Nucleoli in these cells were also examined. It was found that these animal and vegetal cells continue to divide under the present conditions in the same temporal pattern as that of intraembryonic cells, and that rRNA synthesis begins soon after the cells have undergone the division which probably corresponds to the 15th division following fertilization. At this time, the rRNA content and concentration of the animal and vegetal cells are significantly different. These results seem to support the view that cell division is involved in some way in the mechanism determining the timing of rRNA synthesis in early embryonic development.