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Phospholipid phase transitions. Effects of , , phenylalkyl alcohols and quatenary ammonium compounds
The interactions of a series of alcohols, acids and quaternary ammonium salts with a phosphatidylcholine-water model biomembrane (dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine) system have been studied using differential scanning calorimetry. In particular the effects of these molecules upon the lipid endothermic phase transitions were investigated over a range of concentrations. A variety of effects was observed. (a) Those molecules which shift or broaden the main lipid transition can also remove the pretransition endotherm. (b) and acids containing the same number of carbon atoms have very similar effects at molar concentrations up to 40%. Those molecules containing 12 or more carbon atoms raise the main lipid phase transition whilst those molecules containing 10 or less carbon atoms lower this transition temperature. (c) The phase diagram of stearoyl alcohol in the phosphatidylcholine-water system shows the formation of lipid-alcohol complexes. (d) Alkyl trimethyl ammonium bromides showed behaviour which differs considerably from and acids of the same chain length. (e) Other alkyltrialkyl and tetraalkylammonium bromides show that a variety of effects on the lipid phase transition can be obtained. (f) With the homologous series of phenylalkyl alcohols from benzyl alcohol to 4-phenyl butanol increasing the number of methylenes between the terminal OH and the benzene ring leads to greater interaction between solute and bilayer.The range of different effects obtained with the compounds studied offers a means for introducing various degrees and types of perturbation into membrane systems. 相似文献
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Yuji Kamiya Akira Sakurai Nobutaka Takahashi 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1980,94(3):855-860
Rhodotorucine which induces mating tube formation of cells in is metabolized rapidly by cells. By use of labeled rhodotorucine , the degradation was found to be proteolytic. Two peptide fragments Tyr-Pro-Glu-Ile-Ser-Trp-Thr-Arg and Asn-Gly-Cys(S-farnesyl) were identified as the metabolites. Proteolysis of the pheromone mainly occurred on the cell surface. Culture filtrate of cells at log phase did not metabolize rhodotorucine . 相似文献
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The specific synthesis of F mRNA directed by the F gene carried on the specialized transducing bacteriophage F, performed , is described with the use of an S180 extract from a strain carrying R?. Synthesis of F mRNA is biphasic at approximately 7 minutes. The regulation of F mRNA synthesis by the specific arginine holorepressor present in an S180 extract prepared from a strain carrying the R+ allele is described. 相似文献
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, the initial membrane enzyme in the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan, requires a lipid microenvironment for function. was reversibly intercalated into membranes to perturb the hydrophobic interactions in this microenvironment in order to define further the role of lipid. In the concentration range for maximal stimulation of enzymic activity (0.12–0.18 M), causes a 40% decrease in the fluorescence emission of the dansylated product, undecaprenyl . Since no change in emission maximum occurs below 22°C in the presence of 0.12 M , it is concluded that intercalation of this alkanol causes an increase in fluidity. Above 22°C this concentration of causes both a decrease in the fluorescence emission and a red shift in the emission maximum. It is concluded that a polarity change as well as fluidity change occurs above 22°C. also causes a significant change in the phase transition experienced by the dansylated lipid product. Thus, it is possible with , e.g. , to perturb lipid-translocase interactions resulting in an increase in fluidity in the microenvironment of the enzyme. This change in fluidity correlates with a stimulation of enzymic activity. 相似文献
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Peter J. Natale Carrie Ireland John M. Buchanan 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1975,66(4):1287-1293
Messenger RNA for two T4 specific enzymes, deoxynucleotide kinase and α glucosyltransferase, have been sized by sedimentation on sucrose density gradients. The sedimentation constants of transferase and kinase mRNAs formed were 21.5S and 14.5S respectively, regardless of the duration of incubation up to 20 min. Although the kinase mRNA isolated from cells infected with T4 phage for 10 min was the same size as found (14.5S), the transferase mRNA was found in a segment approximating the size of the kinase mRNA (14.5S). The experiments indicate that α glucosyltransferase mRNA is formed first as a polycistronic message and is then processed to the smaller unit. 相似文献
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OKY-1581 is an effective inhibitor of thromboxane synthesis and . The generation of thromboxane B2 (TxB2), prostaglandin E (PGE) and prostaglandin F (PGF) was measured following clotting and during platelet aggregation induced by collagen. The presence of OKY 1581 either or caused a reduction in TxB2 generation during clotting and platelet aggregation with a concomitant increase in PGE and PGF. The effect could be observed two hours after oral or subcutaneous administration of 5 to 100 mg per rabbit and lasted for 24 to 48 hours. The reduction in TxB2 was not accompanied by an inhibition of clotting or platelet aggregation. OKY-1581 appears to be a suitable agent for studying the role of TxB2 in atherosclerosis. 相似文献
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Evelyn A. Devine Mary C. Moran Peter J. Jederlinic Anthony J. Mazaitis Henry J. Vogel 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1975,67(4):1589-1593
The transducing phage λd, carrying a portion of the chromosome including , is derived from the heat-inducible, lysis-defective strain λy199, which has the and deletions. Cleavage of λy199 DNA by RI endonuclease, followed by agarose slab gel electrophoresis, results in bands corresponding to the known C, D, E, and F segments of λ, and a segment A′ (A plus B minus minus , the cleavage site between A and B being eliminated). Cleavage of λd DNA by RI yields the expected D, E, and F segments of λ and four other segments, termed 14-1 through 14-4, whose length is 17.5, 6.2, 3.0, and 2.0 kilobases, respectively, as determined by electron microscopy and corroborated by electrophoretic mobility. Heteroduplex analysis shows that the cluster is on the 14-1 segment. 相似文献
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Ronald M. Hamelik Mead M. McCabe 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1982,106(3):875-880
An inhibitor of , endodextranase was detected in proteins prepared from batch cultures of , strains representing serotypes through . Affinity chromatography of strain 6715-49 proteins, which apparently were free of endodextranase activity, yielded an active endodextranase and, in a separate peak, the endodextranase inhibitor. The presence of the inhibitor in culture fluids accounts for the absence of endodextranase activity in batch-grown cultures of , known to produce this enzyme. 相似文献
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Robert A. Schatz Timothy E. Wilens Otto Z. Sellinger 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1981,98(4):1097-1107
The administration of adenosine together with homocysteine resulted in a dose-related elevation of cerebral S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine without concomitant perturbation of S-adenosyl-L-methionine levels. The adenosine + homocysteine treatment also decreased the incorporation of labile and stable methyl groups into brain proteins. Brain [3H]-phosphatidyl N,N-dimethylethanolamine and [3H]-phosphatidylcholine were also significantly decreased while [3H]-phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine remained unchanged. The data indicate that elevated brain S-adenosylhomocysteine can markedly and selectively inhibit the methylation of brain proteins and phospholipids. 相似文献
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Uterine stage embryos collected from the hamster (8-cell) and cow (morula, early blastocyst) were monitored for development (embryo culture) and (embryo transfer) following premature removal of the zona pellucida.Removal of the zona pellucida did not significantly affect development to the blastocyst stage of (1) 8-cell hamster embryos (zonae removed by a combined enzymic-mechanical procedure), (2) bovine morulae (zonae removed by mechanical means only) (3) early bovine blastocysts (zonae removed by the enzymic-mechanical technique).Zona-free hamster embryos formed significantly fewer viable fetuses than did zona-intact embryos. The lower incidence of fetal development observed following transfer of zona-free 8-cell hamster embryos may have resulted in part from the formation of chimeras by fusion of these embryos . Such fusion was observed to occur between zona-free embryos placed in close proximity. The proportion of pregnancies resulting from transfer of bovine blastocysts cultured from zona-free morulae was similar to that of zona-intact embryos.In this study we have demonstrated that (1) enzymic and mechanical procedures used to remove zonae pellucidae from uterine-stage hamster and bovine embryos do not adversely affect subsequent development of these embryos and and (2) zonae pellucidae are not required for normal development of these embryos. These findings have implications for microsurgery of mammalian embryos and for embryo transfer. 相似文献
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The ability of various prostaglandins (PGs) to affect the anamnestic immune response of keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH)-primed rabbit popliteal lymph node cells was investigated. Of the four PGs studied (PGA1, PGE2 and PGF2α), PGE1 was found to have a stimulatory effect, whereas PGA1, PGE2 and PGF2α were ineffective in stimulating or inhibiting the anamnestic response. Under the conditions studied, a 3.5-fold increase in antibody production was obtained in PGE1-treated, KLH-stimulated cultures. Maximum enhancement was obtained when 0.2 μg of PGE1 were added at the time of culture initiation and were allowed to remain in contact with the lymph node cells for 24 hours. 相似文献
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R.M. Sharpe D.G. Doogan I. Cooper 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1982,106(4):1210-1217
Injection of a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist into 55-day-old male rats which had been hypophysectomized 3 days earlier resulted in a 10- to 30-fold increase in the levels of testosterone in serum and testicular interstitial fluid (IF) in the 4h following injection. The levels achieved were within or above the normal range for intact untreated rats of this age. In similar animals, injection of LHRH agonist also enhanced the serum testosterone response to injected hCG at , but not at later times after injection, and by 24h reduced IF levels of testosterone suggested that LHRH agonist had begun to inhibit stimulation by hCG. , dispersed Leydig cells from untreated hypophysectomized rats showed a 2-fold increase in testosterone responsiveness to LHRH agonist when compared to cells from intact rats, and this change was associated with an 80% increase in the number of Leydig cell LHRH-receptors. 相似文献
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J.A. Pérez-González A. Jiménez 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1984,125(3):895-901
The paromomycin producing organism is resistant to this antibiotic and contains a phosphotransferase which inactivates paromomycin. The gene encoding this enzyme has been inserted in the vector pIJ702 and then cloned in , selecting for paromomycin-resistance. Three plasmids have been isolated and one of them, pMJ1, contains a 2.2 kb insert with a single HindIII restriction site. Insertion of foreign DNA in this site blocks the expression of the phosphotransferase enzyme indicating that it is within the cloned gene. These findings provide a new dominant selective marker for cloning vectors with the versatility of insertional inactivation. 相似文献
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In an attempt to isolate and to study the electron transport system of , we have isolated and purified a membrane-bound cytochrome . The cytochrome , purified as a detergent (Triton X-100) and hemoprotein complex, contained 1.6 nmoles heme per mg of protein. Cold-temperature spectrum showed that no other cytochrome was associated with the purified preparation, and electrophoresis revealed that only one type of hemoprotein was obtained. The purified cytochrome reacted with both carbon monoxide and cyanide readily. Only in the reduced form did it combine with carbon monoxide, whereas the oxidized form reacted with cyanide. An “oxygenated” form of the cytochrome was demonstrated to be spectrally distinguishable from both the oxidized and the reduced forms. 相似文献
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Prostaglandin synthesis in rat embryo tissue: The effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug and
Kenneth L. Klein Kenneth E. Clark William J. Scott 《Prostaglandins & other lipid mediators》1984,27(5):659-672
Aspirin and salicylate are well-known but poorly understood teratogens in laboratory animals. Because aspirin inhibits PG synthesis, we systematically examined PG synthesis in rat embryo homogenates, the inhibition of PG synthesis and by various non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and tested the hypothesis that the inhibition of PG synthesis is responsible for aspirin-induced limb defects in rats. We report that embryonic rat homogenates synthesis 6-keto-PGF1α, PGE, and PGF in large amounts from endogenous substrate, that aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit PG synthesis but not necessarily , and that contrary to our original hypothesis, the inhibition of PG synthesis is likely not responsible for aspirin-induced limb defects in rats. 相似文献
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This case report addresses the occurrence of Brucellosis and its effect on the cattle in developing countries. Three Zebu bulls () are presented and the clinical and pathologic signs are described. Conception rates declined following an abortion storm in one herd and without prior abortions in another herd. Semen collected by electro-ejaculation was found to be azoospermic or with very few spermatozoa. was isolated from seminal vesicles, testes and epididymides. Organs affected and showing microscopic lesions were testes, epididymides and seminal vesicles. The latter were not consistently affected. None of the bulls showed impairment of libido or breeding capacity. 相似文献
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Evelyne Rouer Patrick Dansette Philippe Beaune Jean-Paul Leroux 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1980,95(1):41-46
The thermally-induced changes of a cytochrome P-450 dependent activity (ethoxycoumarin-O-deethylase) and of the fluorescence polarization of diphenylhexatriene were compared in microsomes from lean, and mice. In lean mice, biphasic plots were obtained with break points in the same range of temperature by both methods, whereas, in and mice, no discontinuities were observed. These results may be related to a modified fatty acid composition of microsomal membranes in mutant mice. They exemplify the influence of the lipid environment on the monooxygenase system as also shown by the modified binding constants of cytochrome P-450 towards type II substrates in mice. 相似文献
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The synthesis and characterization of - and -3,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-hexene (- and -pseudo-DES) and of -3,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-hexen-1-ol (-1-hydroxypseudo-DES) are described. These compounds are useful as probes in the study of hormone action. 相似文献
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E.J.A. Lea 《International journal of biological macromolecules》1979,1(4):185-187
The changes in leaflet thickness and surface area per lipid molecule as a function of added amount of solvents have been studied in a number of lipid water systems by low angle X-ray diffraction techniques. The most probable site of accumulation of the is identified as the middle of the leaflet as opposed to intercalation with lipid hydrocarbon chains. Adsorption of depends on alkyl chain length and the organisation of the lipid hydrocarbon chains in the lipid water phases. Attention is drawn to the possible relationship between these results, the effect of on isolated lipid bilayers and their effects as anaesthetics. 相似文献