促黄体素释放激素类似物(LH-RH-A)对人蜕膜组织核糖核酸和蛋白质合成的抑制作用

高剂量LH-RH-A可明显抑制人蜕膜组织在离体下对~3H-尿嘧啶和~3H-亮氨酸的摄取;低剂量LH-RH-A无明显影响。在人蜕膜组织中也发现有高亲合力(K_?=3.83±1.36×10~?M~(-1))的LH-RH-A特异受体。上述发现表明,高剂量LH-RH-A可通过直接抑制RNA和蛋白质的合成而调节蜕膜组织的功能。     

Kallikrein activation of a high molecular weight atrial peptide

Mammalian atrial extracts contain bioactive peptides that exert profound effects upon renal function and isolated smooth muscle preparations. Gel filtration chromatography of rat atrial extract separates the activity into two peaks having apparent molecular weights of 20,000 to 30,000 and less than 10,000. Mild proteolytic treatment (trypsin 1 U/ml) of the high molecular weight fraction enhances the smooth muscle relaxant activity of this fraction and concomitantly reduces the apparent molecular weight of this fraction to less than 10,000. In this report we show that urinary and submaxillary kallikrein enhances the activity of rat atrial extracts in a similar fashion. Pretreatment of the high molecular weight fraction with either kallikrein (1 microgram/ml) enhances the smooth muscle relaxant activity of this fraction. Similar treatment of the low molecular weight fraction had no effect. The enhancement of the bioactivity of the high molecular weight substance(s) by the kallikreins was abolished by aprotinin but was unaffected by soybean trypsin inhibitor. These results suggest that exogenous addition of tissue kallikrein activates a high molecular weight peptide by limited proteolysis. Analysis of the kallikrein-treated high molecular weight peptide fraction by gel filtration indicates that the biological activity comigrates with the low molecular weight peptides present in the original atrial extract.     

大鼠白蛋白mRNA3''''端顺序的分子克隆(简报)

白蛋白与甲胎蛋白基因是由同一祖先基因进化而来。在小鼠,它们是一前一后定位在同一条染色体DNA上。在个体发育和肝癌变过程中,这两基因的相互关系也呈现相反的表达水平。因此,研究甲胎蛋白基因表达的调控与白蛋白基因是不可分割的。本文简要报道我们克隆了大鼠白蛋白mRNA 3′端顺序,为研究白蛋白基因结构和表达提供了必要的探针。白蛋白mRNA是从Wistar大鼠肝脏用双抗体免疫沉淀法提取。分子克隆技术基本是按“分子克隆”实验手册进行。     

The effect of nitroimidazoles on glucose utilization and lactate accumulation in mouse brain

The radiation sensitizers misonidazole (MISO) and desmethylmisonidazole (DMM) can produce central and peripheral neuropathy in patients and laboratory animals. Behavioral and pathological investigations have indicated that in the central nervous system this primarily involves the cochlear and vestibular systems. Nitroimidazoles can also interfere with glycolysis in vitro under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. In the present work we have studied the effect of MISO or DMM on lactate production and glucose utilization in mouse brain. It is observed that these compounds result in a 25% inhibition of lactate production in brain slices relative to the control at a 10 mM level. Additionally, MISO (1.0 mg/g/day) or DMM (1.4 mg/g/day) were administered daily (oral) for 1, 4, 7, or 14 days to examine the effect of these two drugs on the regional glucose utilization in C3Hf mouse brain. Five microcuries of 2-deoxy[14C]glucose was given following the last drug dose and autoradiographs of serial brain sections were made and analyzed by a densitometer. Following a single dose of either MISO or DMM, no significant differences in glucose uptake were observed when compared with controls. However, following 4, 7, and 14 doses the rate of glucose utilization was significantly reduced in the intoxicated animals. Larger reductions were measured in specific regions including the posterior colliculus, cochlear nuclei, vestibular nuclei, and pons with increasing effects observed at later stages. These results share a degree of correspondence with the regional brain pathology produced by these nitroimidazoles.     

我国青藏区细蚤属一新亚种记述(蚤目:细蚤科)

在整理采自四川、青海的蚤类标本中,发现一新亚种,现记述如下: 栉头细蚤腹凹亚种Leptopsylla(Pectinoctenus) pectiniceps ventrisinulata新亚种 鉴别特征 本新亚种与指名亚种L.(P.) pectiniceps pectiniceps(Wagner, 1893)的主要区别有:(1)♂可动突后缘的近基2/3段较圆凹,其最宽的位置稍高;(2)抱器不动突     

我国西部地区蚤目四种未知雌性的记述

本文系青海省蚤目研究的第四报。首次记述蚤目的四种未知雌性。雄性根据我国西藏采获的标本已先后有人记述:近缘纤蚤Rhadinopsylla accola Wagner,1930;端圆盖蚤Callopsylla kozlovi(Wagner.1929);卷带倍蚤Amphalius sptrataenius Liu,Wu ＆ Wu,1966;短突角叶蚤Ceratophyllus breviprolectus Liu,Wu ＆ Wu,1966。     

lac Operator nucleosomes. 2. lac Nucleosomes can change conformation to strengthen binding by lac repressor

We have shown previously that lac repressor binds specifically and quantitatively to lac operator restriction fragments which have been complexed with histones to form artificial nucleosomes (203 base pair restriction fragment) or core particles (144 base pair restriction fragment. We describe here a quantitative method for determining the equilibrium binding affinities of repressor for these lac reconstitutes. Quantitative analysis shows that the operator-histone reconstitutes may be grouped into two affinity classes: those with an affinity for repressor close to that of naked DNA and those with an affinity 2 or more orders of magnitude less than that of naked DNA. All particles in the lac nucleosome preparations bind repressor with high affinity, but the lac core particle preparations contain particles of both high and low affinities for repressor. Formaldehyde cross-linking causes all high-affinity species to suffer a 100-fold decrease in binding affinity. In contrast, there is no effect of cross-linking on species of low affinity. Therefore, the ability of a particle to be bound tightly by repressor depends on a property of the particle which is eliminated by cross-linking. Control experiments have shown that chemical damage to the operator does not accompany cross-linking. Therefore, the property sensitive to cross-linking must be the ability of the particle to change conformation. We infer that the particles of low native affinity, like cross-linked particles, are of low affinity because of an inability to facilitate repressor binding by means of this conformational change. Dimethyl suberimidate cross-linking experiments show that histone-histone cross-linking is sufficient to preclude high-affinity binding. Thus, the necessary conformational change involves a nucleosome histone core event. We find that the ability of a particle to undergo a repressor-induced facilitating conformational change appears to depend on the position of the operator along the DNA binding path of the nucleosome core. We present a general model which proposes that nucleosomes are divided into domains which function differentially to initiate conformational changes in response to physiological stimuli.     

杉梢小卷蛾新种记述(鳞翅目:卷蛾科)

近年来由于杉梢小卷蛾在福建、江西、浙江、江苏、湖南、湖北、安徽、广东、广西等省(区)的为害,严重地影响了杉木的成长。现经研究鉴定为一新种,属鳞翅目、卷蛾科(Tortricidae)、小卷蛾亚科(Olethreutinae)、新小卷蛾族(Olethreutini)、Polychrosis属,订名为 Polychrosis cunninghamiacola。     

蛴螬病原菌(Bacillus sp.)的初步研究

蛴螬是农林生产上的重要地下害虫,由于长期栖居地下,防治较为困难。多年实践证明,采用综合防治措施可以有效地控制为害,利用病原微生物防治蛴螬是综合防治中的一个环节,是值得今后深入研究的课题。 1975年9月,我们在河北省任邱县白洋淀附近玉米地采到数头自然患病的阔胸犀金龟(Pento-don patruelis Frivaldszkz)三龄幼虫。1976年5