"GROWTH-PROMOTING SUBSTANCE" AND ELONGATION OF ROOTS

The vertical elongation of normal roots of Lupinus seedlings proceeds at constant rate over periods of 4 to 5 hours. The decapitation of a root stops its elongation for a variable length of time, followed by a period of renewed elongation at a rate lower than that of the normal root. The tipping of the decapitated root with a tip of a coleoptile of Zea induces a decrease in the rate of elongation of the root. The same effect can be obtained with the diffusate from tips of coleoptile of Avena and to a lesser extent with diffusate of root tips. The reduction in the rate of elongation of the root determined by diffusate from the lower half of the tip of a coleoptile placed horizontally is more pronounced than the inhibition elicited by the diffusate of the upper half of the same tip. Various experiments with the diffusate of tips support the idea that under the conditions used the growth-promoting substance of the coleoptile tip or root tip inhibits the elongation of the decapitated root.     

ORIGIN AND EARLY MORPHOGENESIS OF LATERAL BUDS IN THE FERN DAVALLIA

The general organography, vascular organization, and leaf and bud development in Davallia solida and D. trichomanoides are described. These epiphytic species have creeping shoots with dorsally-borne leaves in a distichous phyllotaxis and the buds occur near each leaf base. Roots are borne on the ventral and flanking surfaces of the rhizome, but only at bud positions. The vascular pattern of these species is a perforated solenostele. Leaf and bud traces have distinctly different origins. While the proximity of buds to leaves has suggested that bud origin is axillary, observations show that the origin of buds is cauline and that their position is extra-axillary from inception. The stages of structural morphogenesis in Davallia buds differ significantly from the scheme proposed by Wardlaw. The principal difference is the absence of a resting period occurring between the origin and continued development of buds in Davallia. The elongated internodes which separate leaf-bud pairs from one another, the topographically distinct and predictable positions of leaves and buds, the structural equivalence of unexpanded buds, and vascular differences in leaves and buds make Davallia an useful species for physiological studies of differential bud expansion.     

维生素C衍生物对癌细胞浸润转移能力的抑制作用机理研究

前期研究表明Asc2P6P1m能够有效地抑制癌细胞的浸润转移。本文试图以Asc2P6P1m对人成纤维瘤细胞浸润转移作用探讨维生素C衍生物对癌细胞转移能力抑制的机理。对HT-1080细胞分别以50—300μmol/LAsc2P6P1m处理1h,随着Asc2P6P1m浓度的增大,细胞移动的数目明显减少,Asc2P6P1m对HT-1080细胞移动的抑制作用呈现出量效关系。Asc2P6P1m对ROS的清除作用,通过自旋捕集剂DMPO以电子自旋共振方法进行研究。HT-1080细胞经Asc2P6P1m处理后,细胞内的自由基水平与对照组相比有显著的降低。用F-actin的分子探针NBD研究表明,随处理时间延长,细胞内荧光强度与对照组相比显著降低。Western blots研究表明,细胞核内的RhoA蛋白量随Asc2P6P1m处理时间延长而逐渐增加。研究提示,Asc2P6P1m对癌细胞浸润转移能力的抑制作用是与抑制癌细胞内的ROS、提高细胞核内RhoA水平、降低细胞质内F-actin相关。     

INHIBITION OF AMINO ACID UPTAKE BY THE ABSENCE OF Na+ IN SLICES OF BRAIN

—The Na+ requirement of amino acid transport was measured in brain slices. The tissue was first washed free of Na+ and then Na+ was replaced by one of the following: choline, Li+, Rb+, or mannose. Amino acid uptake was measured at different times (5–120 min) and at low (10^-7–10^-5m ) and high (10^-3m ) concentrations. Most of the Na+ could be washed out of the tissue; this also decreased K+ levels despite increased K+ in the medium. K+ tissue levels were partially restored when Na+ was added. The absence of Na+ abolished the uptake of Glu, Asp, GABA, Gly, Tau and Pro. Most of the neutral amino acids (Ala, Val, Trp, His) were very strongly inhibited by the absence of Na+ under most experimental conditions. Basic amino acids (Arg, Lys) were not completely inhibited, in that 30 per cent of the equilibrium uptake remained and some of the basic amino acid influx was independent of the Na+ tissue level. The uptake of amines (tyramine, cadaverine, putrescine) did not require Na+, and often was greater in the absence of Na+. We conclude that amino acid uptake in brain slices is Na+ dependent, although the absence of Na+ may affect transport indirectly.     

STUDY ON THE INHIBITION OF BRAIN GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE BY PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE OXIME-O-ACETIC ACID

The kinetics of the inhibition of mouse brain glutamate decarboxylase by pyri-doxaI-5′-phosphate oxime-O-acetic acid (PLPOAA) was studied. The inhibition was noncompetitive with regard to glutamic acid; it could be partially reversed by pyridoxal phosphate, but only when the concentration of the latter in the incubation medium was higher than that of pyridoxal-5′-phosphate oxime-O-acetic acid. The inhibition produced by aminooxyacetic acid, which is remarkably greater than that produced by PLPOAA, was also partially reversed only when an excess of pyridoxal phosphate was added. Both in the presence and in the absence of a saturating concentration of pyridoxal phosphate, the activity of the enzyme was decreased by PLPOAA at a 10^?4m concentration to a value of about 50 per cent of the control value obtained without added coenzyme. This activity could not be further reduced even when PLPOAA concentration was increased to 5 × 10^?3m . This same minimal activity of glutamate decarboxylase was obtained after dialysis of the enzymic preparation, or after incubation with glutamic acid in the cold followed by filtration through Sephadex G-25. The addition of pyridoxal phosphate to the dialysed or glutamic acid-treated enzyme restored the activity to almost the control values. PLPOAA did not affect the activity of glutamate decarboxylase from E. coli or that of DOPA decarboxylase and GABA transaminase from mouse brain. To account for the results obtained it is postulated that brain glutamate decarboxylase has two types of active site, one with firmly bound, non-dialysable pyridoxal phosphate and the other with loosely bound, dialysable coenzyme; PLPOAA behaves as a weak inhibitor probably because it can combine mainly with the loosely bound coenzyme site, while aminooxyacetic acid is a potent inhibitor probably because it can block both the ‘loosely bound coenzyme’ and the ‘firmly bound coenzyme’ sites.     

INHIBITION OF GABA TRANSAMINASE ACTIVITY BY 4-AMINOTETROLIC ACID

Abstract— The influence of the following acetylenic analogues of GABA on GABA-metabolizing enzymes was studied in vitro : 4-amino-, 4-morpholino-, 4-piperazino-, 4-piperidino- and 4-pyrrolidinotetrolic acid. 4-Aminotetrolic acid was a linear competitive inhibitor of GABA transaminase activity in extracts of rat cerebral mitochondria and a linear noncompetitive inhibitor of this enzyme activity in extracts of P. fluorescens when activity was measured with GABA as the variable substrate. From these results it was calculated that the dissociation constants for the binding of 4-aminotetrolic acid to the pyridoxal form of these enzymes are approx. 1 mM. The other substituted tetrolic acids did not influence either transaminase activity under the conditions studied. None of the substituted tetrolic acids influenced the L-glutamic acid decarboxylase activity in extracts of rat cerebral cortex and of E. coli .     

SELECTIVE INHIBITION OF EMBRYONIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS BY VINBLASTINE

Vinblastine inhibits the synthesis of DNA in mouse fetuses in utero, the incorporation of tritiated thymidine into the gut of the parent is, however, not altered. This selective effect, although found with other spindle inhibitors, is not due to the mitotic arresting property of the drug.     

水杨酸对人工膜脂质过氧化的抑制作用

本文研究了水杨酸对人工膜脂质过氧化的抑制效应.实验结果表明,水杨酸能抑制磷脂酰胆碱脂质体的过氧化,减少丙二醛的形成,自旋捕集实验表明,水杨酸能(火卒)灭氢氧自由基和超氧阴离子自由基.质谱分析对水杨酸与氢氧自由基的反应产物进行了鉴定,证明产物为二羟基发甲酸.对水杨酸(火卒)灭氢氧自由基的机理进行了讨论.     

甘肃黑蛋巢抗松梢枯病菌物质的分离纯化及抑菌活性*

采用MS培养基培养甘肃黑蛋巢Cyathus gansuensis,以生测为导向,乙酸乙酯和氯仿从甘肃黑蛋巢MS培养液中萃取出抗菌活性组分。Rp-18反相色谱柱和高效液相色谱仪相结合,从抗菌代谢产物分离纯化出一种抗松梢枯病菌(Sphaeropsis sapinea)的活性物质CXL-I,高效液相色谱检测表明CXL-I为一纯物质。CXL-I对松梢枯病菌的菌丝生长和孢子萌发有较强的抑制活性,当CXL-I浓度为50礸/ml时对菌丝生长抑制率可达80%,对孢子萌发抑制率达95%以上。     

ON THE MANNER OF TRIIODOBENZOIC ACID INHIBITION OF AUXIN TRANSPORT

The effects of 2, 3, 5-triiodobenzoic acid on the transportof indoleacetic acid by corn coleoptile sections were examinedrelative to the entry and exit components of the transport system.The TIBA inhibition of IAA entry was found to be relativelyweak, requiring about 1,000-fold higher concentrations thanthe inhibition of exit. The preferential inhibition of exitcan account for the accumulation of IAA in TIBA-inhibited tissuesections. The kinetics of the TIBA inhibitions indicate markedlydifferent characteristics of the entry and exit components,and implicate exit as a rate-limiting step in the auxin transportmechanism. ¹Present address: Research Division, Ontario Water ResourcesCommission, Toronto, Canada     

THE INHIBITION OF CYPRIDINA LUMINESCENCE BY LIGHT

The luminescence of Cypridina luciferin-luciferase solution is inhibited by illumination from a carbon arc of 15,000 foot candles in between 1 and 2 seconds. The blue to violet rays are the effective ones, the limits lying somewhere around 4,600 Å. u. to 3,800 Å. u. The luciferin, not the luciferase, is the substance affected by the light. The effect is partially reversible in the dark. The chemiluminescences obtained by oxidizing phosphorus, lophin, and chlorphenylmagnesium bromide are not inhibited by light under the above conditions.