Studies on the larval salivary gland of Drosophila: I. The nucleic acids

The localization and identification of the two nucleic acids, ribonucleic and desoxyribonucleic, have been determined for the larval salivary gland of Drosophila robusta. The determinations were made by the use of basic staining, Brachet's ribonuclease method, and the Feulgen reaction.The cytological observations suggest that the gland is functional as a secretory organ up to the mid-point of the third instar. It is during this period that the cytoplasmic basophilia (RNA) is most intense. When secretion ceases there is a decided decrease in RNA concentration. These findings suggest that the RNA system is concerned primarily with secretion.     

Studies on salivary gland ribonucleases. II. Purification of ribonucleases from bovine submaxillary gland and the effects of polyamines on their activities.

Four alkaline ribonucleases [EC 3.1.4.22] were purified 2,050- to 3,460-fold from bovine submaxillary gland by repeated CM-Sephadex C-25 chromatography and Sephadex G-50 gel filtration, with a total recovery of about 13%. These were designated as RNase BS1, BS2, BS3, and BS4, based on their order of elution from a CM-Sephadex C-25 column. The molecular weights of these enzymes were estimated by gel filtration to be 19,000, 17,500, 17,000, and 12,000, respectively. These enzymes are very similar to RNase A in that they are inhibited by heparin, show preferential hydrolysis of C5'-O-P linkages adjacent to a cytosine nucleotide rather than a uracil nucleotide, and in their antigenic properties. Spermine was found to stimulate the activities of these enzymes; the degree of stimulation was in the order RNase BS4 greater than BS3 greater than BS2 greater than BS1. The stimulation by spermine is due to the increased cleavage of C5'-O-P linkages adjacent to cytosine nucleotide. The reason for the differences in the degree of spermine stimulation of these enzymes is discussed.     

番荔枝科研究35.Guatteria类群和有关属的系统发育

Guatteria类群由4个新热带的属组成,即Guatteria,Guatteriopsis,Guatteriella和Heteropetalum。不同的作者基于不同的证据得出的它在番荔枝中的地位各不相同。基于宏观和微观的形态特征,对该类群进行了表型和分支分析。分支分析表明,所研究属的系统发育分支方式仅由极少数共同衍征支持,同型现象非常明显,所获得的唯一的最简约分支图可分为两个基本部分,即一个(假)合生心皮分支和一个离生心皮grade。在表征聚类图和主成分分析的三维构象图中同样可以区分出离生心皮和(假)合生心皮两个表征群,表征分析表明Guatteria类群处在其它离生心皮类和(假)合生心皮类的中间位置。然而分支分析表明Guatteria类群与番荔枝科中最进化的(假)合生心皮类有姊妹群关系。Guatteria类群是离生心皮类中最进化的一类。番荔枝科中离生心皮类和(假)合生心皮类在漫长的进化过程中经历了强烈的形态分化而显示出极大的形态差异,然而在系统发育上它们可以通过Guatteria类群作为纽带而联系起来。     

Influence of submandibular salivary glands on hormone responsiveness of mouse mammary glands

Surgical removal of the submandibular salivary glands (sialoadenectomy) of female Balb/c mice significantly (P less than 0.05) reduced mammary development as judged by development scores and mammae DNA levels. Reduction in mammae development score by sialoadenectomy was observed in both mice saline injected and mice treated with estradiol and progesterone. Autografts of submandibular salivary tissue or daily administration of EGF to sialoadenectomized mice partly alleviated the atrophy of the mammary gland induced by sialoadenectomy (P less than 0.05). The results of our studies are consistent with a model of mammary gland developmental regulation that includes the submandibular salivary gland as a mediator of mammogenesis via secretion of EGF.