Variations in enzyme activity in stomach and pancreatic tissue and digesta in piglets around weaning

A study was performed to investigate the effect of weaning at 4 weeks of age on the activity of digestive enzymes in the stomach and pancreatic tissue and in digesta from 3 days prior to weaning to 9 days postweaning in 64 piglets. In stomach tissue the activity of pepsin and gastric lipase was determined. Pepsin activity declined abruptly after weaning but 5 days postweaning the weaning level was regained and in the gastric contents no change in pepsin activity was observed. Weaning did not influence the activity of gastric lipase. The activity of eight enzymes and a cofactor was measured in pancreatic tissue. The effect of weaning on the enzyme activity was highly significant for all enzymes except elastase. The activity of all enzymes remained at the weaning level during day 1–2 postweaning followed by a reduction of the activity. The activity of trypsin, carboxypeptidase A, amylase and lipase exhibited minimum activity 5 days postweaning. Trypsin activity increased to the preweaning level on day 7–9 whereas the activity of the others increased but did not reach the preweaning level. The activity of chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase B and carboxyl ester hydrolase decreased during the entire experimental period. In digesta no effect of weaning was observed on the activity of amylase and trypsin. The activity of chymotrypsin was reduced after weaning in the proximal third of the small intestine and lipase and carboxyl ester hydrolase activity was reduced in the middle and distal parts of the small intestine after weaning. The present study shows that the activities of the digestive enzymes in the pancreatic tissue are affected by weaning. Even though the pancreatic secretion cannot be judged from these results they show that the enzymes respond differently to weaning. In general the activity of the digestive enzymes in pancreatic tissue is low on day 5 postweaning which in interaction with other factors may increase the risk of developing postweaning diarrhoea.     

Regulation of Phospholipase D Activity by Light and Phytohormones in Oat Seedlings

The effect of synthetic analogs of phytohormones and red light absorbed by phytochrome on the phospholipase D activity (PLD) was studied in oat (Avena sativa L.) seedlings. ABA manifested a short-term stimulating effect on PLD activity in the green seedlings and inhibited phospholipase activity in the etiolated plants. Kinetin inhibited enzyme activity in the etiolated seedlings and did not affect its activity in light. GA did not markedly affect PLD activity in the etiolated plants and activated this enzyme in the green seedlings. Finally, IAA did not affect the enzyme activity. The relationship of the regulatory effects of phytohormones and light on PLD activity is discussed.     

黑腹果蝇昼夜活动节律及行为时间分配

采用试验室单管观察记录的方法,对3,4,5日龄野生型黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster Meigenw1118成虫每日活动节律进行研究。试验将果蝇活动划分为强活动(飞行和爬行)、弱活动(梳理、觅食等原地发生的运动)和静息(身体不发生移动的休息)3种类型。强活动和弱活动之和为总运动。研究结果显示,野生型黑腹果蝇w1118的昼夜活动表现为明显的双峰模态,晨峰和晚峰分别处于开、关灯前后;雌、雄果蝇总体活动无差异,关灯(18:30)前后雌蝇活动稍强于雄蝇,开灯(6:30)前后则相反;果蝇强活动的节律与总运动基本一致,而弱活动节律不明显;静息节律为单峰模式,其高峰期位于夜间1:00~5:00;雌蝇的静息活动显著多于雄蝇(P<0·05)。     

不同品种烤烟对烟蚜羧酸酯酶和谷胱甘肽转移酶活性的影响

为明确不同烤烟品种对烟蚜Myzus persicae(Sulzer)解毒酶活力的影响,比较了9个品种烤烟上的绿色型烟蚜的解毒酶活力,发现烤烟品种对烟蚜α-乙酸萘酯羧酸酯酶、β-乙酸萘酯羧酸酯酶、谷胱甘肽转移酶活力有显著影响,不同品种烤烟上烟蚜的α-乙酸萘酯羧酸酯酶、β-乙酸萘酯羧酸酯酶、谷胱甘肽转移酶均有差异。烤烟品种V2、云烟87和红大上的烟蚜羧酸酯酶活力较高,云烟317、云烟85和K326居中,K346、K358和G28则较低。9个品种烤烟对烟蚜谷胱甘肽转移酶活力有所影响,但差异不大。     

Variations in enzyme activity in stomach and pancreatic tissue and digesta in piglets around weaning

A study was performed to investigate the effect of weaning at 4 weeks of age on the activity of digestive enzymes in the stomach and pancreatic tissue and in digesta from 3 days prior to weaning to 9 days postweaning in 64 piglets. In stomach tissue the activity of pepsin and gastric lipase was determined. Pepsin activity declined abruptly after weaning but 5 days postweaning the weaning level was regained and in the gastric contents no change in pepsin activity was observed. Weaning did not influence the activity of gastric lipase. The activity of eight enzymes and a cofactor was measured in pancreatic tissue. The effect of weaning on the enzyme activity was highly significant for all enzymes except elastase. The activity of all enzymes remained at the weaning level during day 1-2 postweaning followed by a reduction of the activity. The activity of trypsin, carboxypeptidase A, amylase and lipase exhibited minimum activity 5 days postweaning. Trypsin activity increased to the preweaning level on day 7-9 whereas the activity of the others increased but did not reach the preweaning level. The activity of chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase B and carboxyl ester hydrolase decreased during the entire experimental period. In digesta no effect of weaning was observed on the activity of amylase and trypsin. The activity of chymotrypsin was reduced after weaning in the proximal third of the small intestine and lipase and carboxyl ester hydrolase activity was reduced in the middle and distal parts of the small intestine after weaning. The present study shows that the activities of the digestive enzymes in the pancreatic tissue are affected by weaning. Even though the pancreatic secretion cannot be judged from these results they show that the enzymes respond differently to weaning. In general the activity of the digestive enzymes in pancreatic tissue is low on day 5 postweaning which in interaction with other factors may increase the risk of developing postweaning diarrhoea.     

Regulation of fructosyltransferase activity by carbohydrates, in solution and immobilized on hydroxyapatite surfaces

We tested the effect of several carbohydrates on the activity of cell-free fructosyltransferases (FTF) in solution and immobilized onto hydroxyapatite (HA) and found an inhibitory dose-dependent effect of glucose on FTF activity, both on the surface and in solution. Glucose at 160 mM inhibits FTF activity by 75% both on HA and in solution. Fructose at 160 mM inhibited FTF activity by 25% in solution and by 15% on HA. Levan inhibited FTF activity by 30% in solution, while dextrans and inulin had a limited effect on FTF activity. Circular dichroism and infrared analysis demonstrated no major changes in the chemical structure of fructans synthesized by cell-free FTF on HA and in solution, in the presence or absence of glucose. However, as verified by size-exclusion chromatography, glucose inhibited the synthesis of high molecular-weight fructans. The results indicate that glucose, a byproduct of the FTF enzymatic reaction, is the main carbohydrate affecting FTF activity. Selective inhibition of high molecular-weight fructan production by glucose, may indicate that two mechanisms are involved in the synthesis of fructans, both in solution and on the surface.     

Motor pattern changes during central compensation of eyestalk posture after unilateral statolith removal in crayfish

Electromyographic recording was used to study how the activity of the eyestalk motor system is modified during the recovery of eyestalk posture following unilateral statolith removal in crayfish Procambarus clarkii Girard. Intact animals showed bilaterally balanced activity of the muscle 12 (eyecup-up muscle) in the upright body position. Body rolling caused an increase in the muscle activity on the lowered side and a decrease on the lifted side. Unilateral statolith removal caused imbalance in the bilateral muscle activity in the upright body position: the muscle 12 activity decreased tonically on the operated side and increased on the opposite side. Body rolling of the operated animal caused an increase in the muscle activity from the unbalanced level on the lowered side and a decrease on the lifted side. When the operated animal recovered its original symmetrical posture of eyestalks 14 days after operation, the muscle activity was found on both sides to return to the previous level observed before statolith removal, regardless of the post-operative condition in which the animal was maintained. In those animals that did not recover the original eyestalk posture, the unbalanced activity of bilateral muscles that was caused by unilateral statolith removal remained unchanged. The results indicate that the recovery of eyestalk posture is based on restoration of the original activity balance, rather than on fixation of the operation-induced activity imbalance, among bilaterally homologous sets of muscles in the course of central compensation.     

Spatial Heterogeneity in the Distribution of Denitrifying Bacteria Associated with Denitrification Activity Zones

Denitrifying enzyme activity (DEA) in artificially established denitrification activity zones was, on average, 3.5-fold greater than in bulk soil. Denitrifier biomass was between 1 and 4 orders of magnitude greater in activity zones. Denitrifier specific activity was lower in activity zones and more similar to specific activity values reported for pure cultures of denitrifying bacteria added to soil. Measurements of DEA and biomass carried out on a homogeneous subsample derived from a soil core containing a denitrification activity zone will overestimate the DEA and biomass of the bulk soil and underestimate the DEA and biomass of the activity zone.     

钩虾胆碱酯酶（ChE）和谷胱甘肽转硫酶（GST）的敏感性和特异性比较研究

研究了有机磷农药甲地基嘧啶流磷,有机氯农药林丹,菊酯类农药氯菊酯,表面活性剂直链苯磺酸钠和重金属Zn对钩虾（Gammarus pulex L.)胆碱酯酶（ChE）和谷胱甘肽转硫酶（GST）活性变化以及毒性影响,结果表明,在暴露24h和48h后,仅有机磷农药甲基嘧硫磷显著抑制胆碱酯的酶的活性,在暴露48h后,有机氯农药林丹和菊酯类农药氯菊酯能显著提高谷胱甘肽转硫酶活性,在暴露24h后,仅梵在导致谷胱甘肽转硫酶明显升高,作为生物标志物,胆碱酯酶比谷胱甘肽转硫酶具有更高的特异性,这两种生物标志物较毒性试验方法具有更高的敏感性。     

The adaptation of digestive enzymes to temperature, season and diet in roach, Rutilus rutilus L. and rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus L. 1. Amylase

Seasonal changes of the amylolytic activity in the gut content of roach and rudd in four Tyrolean lakes and the adaptation of the amylase to four acclimation temperatures and to different natural foods were studied. In roach amylolytic activity varied with the environmental temperature. Between September and October, however, enzyme activity shifted to a higher level where it remained for the entire cold season. In rudd, which has almost the same seasonal pattern of amylolytic activity as the roach, the activity of the enzyme is independent of environmental temperature. This suggests an endogenous rhythm of enzyme activity. Under natural conditions the roach, but not the rudd, has a higher amylolytic activity when feeding on animals and a lower activity when feeding on detritus. The laboratory experiments revealed no significant differences in amylase activity between fish feeding on animals and those feeding on plants, although in both species the enzymatic activity was lowest when Chara served as food.     

The role of Y84 on domain 1 and Y87 on domain 2 of Paragonimus westermani taurocyamine kinase: Insights on the substrate binding mechanism of a trematode phosphagen kinase

The two-domain taurocyamine kinase (TK) from Paragonimus westermani was suggested to have a unique substrate binding mechanism. We performed site-directed mutagenesis on each domain of this TK and compared the kinetic parameters Km^Tc and Vmax with that of the wild-type to determine putative amino acids involved in substrate recognition and binding. Replacement of Y84 on domain 1 and Y87 on domain 2 with R resulted in the loss of activity for the substrate taurocyamine. Y84E mutant has a dramatic decrease in affinity and activity for taurocyamine while Y87E has completely lost catalytic activity. Substituting H and I on the said positions also resulted in significant changes in activity. Mutation of the residues A59 on the GS region of domain 1 also caused significant decrease in affinity and activity while mutation on the equivalent position on domain 2 resulted in complete loss of activity.     

猪粪和土霉素对不同肥力土壤微生物数量及活性的影响

在不施肥和施用猪粪两种情况下,采用培养试验研究了不同浓度土霉素污染(0、0.1、1、10、100和1000 mg·kg^-1)对土壤细菌丰度、酶活性和NO₃-N浓度等的影响.试验培养温度为25 ℃,培养时间为30 d,取样分析时间分别为1、4和30 d.结果表明：在不施肥条件下,土霉素污染对土壤细菌数量及微生物活性的影响较小,土壤S₁、S₂和S₃细菌数量、呼吸强度、酶活性和NO₃-N浓度下降10%时土霉素的剂量（EC₁₀）分别为36～1000 mg·kg^-1、20～1000 mg·kg^-1和4～1000 mg·kg^-1;而在施用猪粪的情况下,对应的数值分别为2～656 mg·kg^-1、2～81 mg·kg^-1和1～42 mg·kg^-1.添加土霉素对土壤细菌及酶活性的影响随土壤肥力的提高而增大,且其对土壤细菌数量和呼吸强度的影响大于对酶活性和NO₃-N浓度的影响.土霉素污染对土壤微生物数量和活性的影响随时间变化而变化,一般在培养4 d时的影响最为明显.土霉素对土壤微生物的影响总体上表现为抑制作用.     

Effects of Gibberellin and Growth-retarding Chemicals on Respiration and Catalase Activity in Various Organs of Cucumber Seedlings

Cucumber seedlings were grown in darkness on filter paper saturatedwith water, gibberellin (GA), growth-retarding chemicals (mainlyAmo-1618) or both GA and Amo-1618. The effects on oxygen consumptionand catalase activity were studied on cotyledons, radicles,and hypocotyl tips. GA increased respiration and catalase activity of hypocotyland cotyledons, decreased radicle respiration, and had no significanteffect on its catalase activity. Amo-1618 decreased respirationof hypocotyl and cotyledons and increased that of the radicles.It stimulated catalase activity in all three organs. The inverse effects of GA and Amo-1618 on oxygen uptake andcatalase activity were mutually antagonized when both compoundswere applied at concentrations counteracting their oppositeeffects on hypocotyl elongation. No stimulating effect on catalase activity was found with mostother growth-retarding chemicals. Some of them had no significanteffect on the enzyme, and one even decreased its activity.     

A conserved helicase motif of the AddA subunit of the Bacillus subtilis ATP-dependent nuclease (AddAB) is essential for DNA repair and recombination

Various mutations were introduced in a conserved helicase domain (motif VI) of the AddA subunit of the Bacillus subtilis ATP-dependent nuclease (AddAB) by site-directed mutagenesis. These mutations affected the helicase activity and the ATP-dependent exonuclease activity on double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) as the substrate to various degrees, but had hardly any effect on the exonuclease activity on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), suggesting that exonuclease activity on dsDNA of the enzyme requires unwinding of the DNA. This idea was supported by the finding that, initially, the rate and extent of unwinding of the DNA were higher than those of its degradation to acid-soluble products by the exonucleolytic activity. The effects of the mutations on DNA repair and recombination correlated strongly with their effects on helicase activity. Taken together, these results suggest that motif VI is essential for the helicase activity, and that this activity is required for DNA repair and recombination.     

Age-dependent characteristics of the regulation of cytoplasmic NADP+-dehydrogenases in the liver of rats on different diets

It is established that the activity of malate dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in rats aged 1,3 and 12 months lowers under fasting and on high-fatty diet and in old animals (24 months) on a high-fatty diet only the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity decreases. When rats after fasting are put on high-carbohydrate diet the activity value of the mentioned enzymes has already returned to the initial level after 12 hours in rats aged 1 and 12 months and in rats aged 3 months it exceeds that activity in intact rats. The rise in the activity of the determined enzymes is completely blocked by the preliminary administration of actinomycin D. The isocitrate dehydrogenase activity remains unchanged under conditions of maintaining animals on different diets.     

The regulation of hepatic stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase in obese-hyperglycaemic (ob/ob) mice by food intake and the fatty acid composition of the diet.

1. The effects of food intake and the fatty acid composition of the diet on the hepatic stearoyl-CoA desaturase activity of obese-hyperglycaemic (ob/ob) mice were investigated. 2. Obese mice fed on a commercial mouse diet, ad libitum, had 6.5-fold more activity per liver cell than had lean mice. 3. On a diet containing 14% corn oil the activity was 65% less in obese mice and 62% less in lean mice compared with animals fed on the commercial diet. 4. Feeding with 14% saturated fat in the diet doubled the activity in lean mice compared with those on the commercial diet, but had no effect on the activity in obese mice. 5. Obese mice fed on the corn-oil diet contained a higher proportion of linoleic acid in the liver lipids than did lean mice fed on the commercial diet, but the acyl-CoA desaturase activity was 125% higher than in the lean mice. 6. Limiting the food intake of obese mice by pair-feeding with lean mice decreased their acyl-CoA desaturase activity when the animals were fed on the saturated-fat diet, but the activity remained 75% higher than in lean mice, whereas in obese mice pair-fed on the corn-oil diet the activity was the same as in lean mice. 7. During starvation the acyl-CoA desaturase activity in livers from obese mice decreased more slowly and proportionately less than in livers from lean mice. 8. It is concluded that increased substrate supply as a result of hyperphagia and not low concentration of linoleic acid is the main factor causing high acyl-CoA desaturase activity in obese mice.     

Modification of contractile proteins by oxygen free radicals in rat heart

This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of oxygen free radicals on myofibrillar creatine kinase activity. Isolated rat heart myofibrils were incubated with xanthine+xanthine oxidase (a superoxide anion radical-generating system) or hydrogen peroxide and assayed for creatine kinase activity. To clarify the involvement of changes in sulfhydryl groups in causing alterations in myofibrillar creatine kinase activity, 1) effects of N-ethylmaleimide (sulfhydryl groups reagent) on myofibrillar creatine kinase activity, 2) effect of oxygen free radicals on myofibrillar sulfhydryl groups content, and 3) protective effects of dithiothreitol (sulfhydryl groups-reducing agent) on the changes in myofibrillar creatine kinase activity due to oxygen free radicals were also studied. Xanthine+xanthine oxidase inhibited creatine kinase activity both in a time-and a concentration-dependent manner. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) showed a protective effect on the depression in creatine kinase activity caused by xanthine+xanthine oxidase. Hydrogen peroxide inhibited creatine kinase activity in a concentration-dependent manner; this inhibition was prevented by the addition of catalase. N-ethylmaleimide reduced creatine kinase activity in a dose-dependent manner. The content of myofibrillar sulfhydryl groups was decreased by xanthine+xanthine oxidase; this reduction was protected by SOD. Furthermore, the depression in myofibrillar creatine kinase activity by xanthine+xanthine oxidase was protected by the addition of dithiothreitol. Oxygen free radicals may inhibit myofibrillar creatine kinase activity by modifying sulfhydryl groups in the enzyme protein. The reduction of myofibrillar creatine kinase activity may lead to a disturbance of energy utilization in the heart and may contribute to cardiac dysfunction due to oxygen free radicals.     

酸雨胁迫下,稀土元素对菠菜膜保护系统作用

利用盆栽实验,探讨了酸雨胁迫下对菠菜膜保护酶系统的防护效应,实验结果表明,单一酸雨处理会造成超氧化物歧化酶（ＳＯＤ）,过氧化酶（ＣＡＴ）活性总体水平下降,其变化曲线呈“Ａ”形,并使过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ）活性明显增加,施用稀土元素后酸雨胁迫下的植株叶片中ＳＯＤ,ＣＡＴ活性总体水平上升,变化曲线的峰值向酸度较大的方向移动,ＰＯＤ活性上升幅度减小,３种膜保护酶的活性与单一酸雨处理组相比,处在一种结稳定的状     

Increased activity of c-Src and Csk in fibroblasts transformed by v-src oncogene.

When c-Src and v-Src were immunoprecipitated together from hamster fibroblasts transformed by Rous sarcoma virus containing v-src oncogene, the total Src activity was almost threefold higher compared to c-Src activity in the control cells. The activity of v-Src immunoprecipitated separately, however, accounting for only 40% of the total Src activity, indicating that c-Src is activated upon transformation. An increased activity of Csk was also found in RSV-transformed cells. It decreased upon serum stimulation in parallel with an increase in Src kinase activity. In nontransformed cells, serum stimulation induced an enhanced Csk activity, but no changes in c-Src activity were observed. This may suggest that Csk may have more functions in hamster fibroblasts, in addition to its inhibitory effect on c-Src.     

The effect of progesterone on the activity-wheel running of ovariectomized rats

Progesterone treatment failed to significantly depress activity-wheel activity elicited by food deprivation in either ovariectomized or ovariectomized estrogen-treated rats. These results indicate: (1) that the lack of effect of progesterone on the activity of ovariectomized rats is not due only to their already low level of activity; and (2) that the depressant effect of progesterone on activity in the estrogen-treated ovariectomized rat is, to a large extent, a specific inhibition of estrogen facilitation of activity, rather than a nonspecific activity depressant effect.