兔小脑延髓池注射纳洛酮对刺激肾神经传入纤维血压效应的影响

本文目的在于用小脑延髓池注射(Ict)受体阻断剂的方法,观察低位脑干阿片样受体与α肾上腺素受体对刺激肾神经传入纤维和主动脉神经降压效应的影响。实验在戊巴比妥钠麻醉兔中进行。Ict人工脑脊液(CSF)对刺激肾神经传入纤维和主动脉神经的降压反应均无明显影响。Ict 550nmol纳洛酮可显著抑制刺激肾神经传入纤维的降压效应,但能明显增强刺激主动脉神经的降压效应。Ict酚妥拉明可显著抑制刺激肾神经传入纤维和主动脉神经的降压效应。Ict纳洛酮可逆转酚妥拉明对刺激主动脉神经的降压效应的抑制,但不影响酚妥拉明对刺激肾神经传入纤维的降压效应的抑制。Ict纳洛酮和酚妥拉明都不影响刺激肾神经传入纤维降压反应与主动脉压力感受性反射的抑制性相互作用。Ict酚妥拉明使MAP显著下降;纳洛酮不影响MAP,但可逆转酚妥拉明降低MAP的作用。上述结果提示,激动低位脑干的阿片样受体可增强刺激肾神经传入纤维的降压作用,减弱刺激主动脉神经的降压作用,激动α肾上腺素受体可增强刺激肾神经传入纤维和主动脉神经的降压反应     

隐神经C类纤维传入诱发小脑皮层电反应

当弱刺激只引起隐神经A类纤维传入时,小脑皮层出现A-CEP,由潜伏期为11.8±3.5ms的早成分和312.1±17.5ms的晚成分组成;当强刺激同时引起A类和C类纤维传入时,出现AC-CEP类似A-CEP;用极化电流选择性阻断A类纤维传导后,只让C类纤维传入时,出现潜伏期为134.2±18.4ms的C-CEP。在Ⅵ小叶蚓部原裂附近C-CEP以正波为主,幅值最大,并在深层位相倒转。C-CEP的潜伏期较长,频率响应较低,幅值较小,随C类纤维传入量而变化,且对镇痛剂较敏感。结果表明C-CEP是由单纯C类纤维传入引起的,在小脑皮层内产生,是小脑皮层对慢痛信息传入的反应。提示C类纤维传入可以到达小脑皮层,引起诱发电位。当A和C类纤维同时传入时,C-CEP不出现,可能是被A类纤维传入所抑制。     

3-Hydroxypropyl amide formation from 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid by a cell-free ethylene-forming system from olive leaves

The low ethylene yield in a cell-free ethylene-forming system from olive tree leaves ( Olea europaea L. cv. Picual) was investigated. During the incubation, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) was extensively transformed into 3-hydroxypropyl amide (HPA). Enzyme extract, Mn²⁺ and oxygen are responsible for this reaction. Horseradish peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7) can substitute for the enzyme extract in this reaction. HPA formation could be one reason for the poor in vitro conversion efficiency of ACC to ethylene.     

几种哺乳动物精子顶体膜囊泡形成的研究

在猪、绵羊、地鼠这几种哺乳动物的精子体外获能后,在顶体反应的超显微结构中观察到:精子顶体膜囊泡化呈现多种形态,但囊泡都是由精子顶体的双层外膜多位点自我融合而形成的,质膜并不参与囊泡化,这一结果与前人报道的不同。     

Nucleotide regulation of vasoactive intestinal peptide binding to bovine thyroid plasma membranes

The specific binding of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) to bovine thyroid plasma membranes is inhibited by guanine nucleotides. Guanosine 5-triphosphate (GTP) and the non-hydrolyzable GTP analogs guanosine 5-,-imidotriphosphate (Gpp(NH)p) and guanosine 5-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (GTP--S) inhibited markedly the binding of VIP to its receptors. This inhibition was higher with GTP than with Gpp(NH)p and GTP--S and was due to an increase of the rate of dissociation of peptide bound to membranes. Other nucleotides did not show any effect.     

Somatostatin binding to dissociated cells from rat cerebral cortex

A method has been developed for the study of somatostatin (SS) binding to dissociated cells from rat cerebral cortex. Binding of [¹²⁵I][Tyr¹¹]SS to cells obtained by mechanical dissociation of rat cerebral cortex was dependent on time and temperature, saturable, reversible and highly specific. Under conditions of equilibrium, i.e., 60 min at 25°C, native SS inhibited tracer binding in a dose-dependent manner. The Scatchard analysis of binding data was linear and yielded a dissociation constant of 0.60±0.08 nM with a maximal binding capacity of 160±16 fmol/mg protein. The binding of [¹²⁵I][Tyr¹¹]SS was specific as shown in experiments on tracer displacement by the native peptide, SS analogues, and unrelated peptides.     

DNA Segments Sensitive to Single-Strand-Specific Nucleases Are Present in Chromatin of Mitotic Cells

It was observed before that DNAin situin chromatin of mitotic cells is more sensitive to denaturation than DNA in chromatin of interphase cells. DNA sensitivity to denaturation, in these studies, was analyzed by exposing cells to heat or acid and using acridine orange (AO), the metachromatic fluorochrome which can differentially stain double-stranded (ds) vs single-stranded (ss) nucleic acids, as a marker of the degree of DNA denaturation. However, without prior cell treatment with heat or acid no presence of single-stranded DNA in either mitotic or interphase cells was detected by this assay. In the present experiments we demonstrate that DNAin situin mitotic cells, without any prior treatment that can induce DNA denaturation, is sensitive to ss-specific S1 and mung bean nucleases. Incubation of permeabilized human T cell leukemic MOLT-4, promyelocytic HL-60, histiomonocytic lymphoma U937 cells, or normal PHA-stimulated lymphocytes with S1 or mung bean nucleases generated extensive DNA breakage in mitotic cells. DNA strand breaks were detected using fluorochrome-labeled triphosphonucleotides in the reaction catalyzed by exogenous terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. Under identical conditions of the cells’ exposure to ss-specific nucleases, DNA breakage in interphase cells was of an order of magnitude less extensive compared to mitotic cells. The data indicate that segments of DNA in mitotic chromosomes, in contrast to interphase cells, may be in a conformation which is sensitive to ss nucleases. This may be a reflection of the differences in the torsional stress of DNA loops between interphase and mitotic chromatin. Namely, greater stress in mitotic loops may lead to formation of the hairpin-loop structures by inverted repeats; such structures are sensitive to ss nucleases. The present method of detection of such segments appears to be more sensitive than the use of AO. The identification of mitotic cells based on sensitivity of their DNA to ss nucleases provides an additional method for their quantification by flow cytometry.     

Fusion and histocompatibility in Rhodophyta

Fully developed thalli of Chondrus crispus, Gracilaria chilensis, Gymnogongrus furcellatus and Mazzaella laminarioides were used to assess tissue compatibility. The effect of thallus polarity on grafting and regeneration was also evaluated. Fusion did occur between fragments of the same life history phase in C. crispus, G. chilensis, G. furcellatus and M. laminarioides. Fusion between sporophytic and gametophytic tissue occurred in C. crispus, G. chilensis and M. laminarioides. Intergeneric fusion was observed between C. crispus and M. laminarioides, but not between G. chilensis and G. furcellatus.Outer cell wall, cortex and medulla were continuous at the contact face in compatible combinations. Medullary cells in the attached fragments were thinner and longer than normal cells, forming an interwoven scar plate. Thallus polarity did not modify fusion and regeneration.     

Xp-duplications with and without sex reversal

Duplications in Xp including the DSS (dosage sensitive sex reversal) region cause male to female sex reversal. We investigated two patients from families with Xp duplications. The first case was one of two sisters with karyotype 46,XY, der(22), t(X;22)(p11.3;p11)mat and unambiguous female genitalia. The living sister was developmentally retarded, and showed multiple dysmorphic features and an acrocallosal syndrome. The second case was a boy with a maternally inherited direct duplication of Xp21.3-pter with the breakpoint close to the DSS locus. He had multiple abnormalities and micropenis, but otherwise unambiguous male genitalia. We performed quantitative Southern blot analysis with probes from Xp22.13 to p21.2 to define the duplicated region. Clinical, cytogenetic, and molecular data from both patients were compared with those of previously reported related cases. A comparison of the extragenital symptoms revealed no differences between patients with or without sex reversal. In both cases, the symptoms were non-specific. Among 22 patients with a duplication in Xp, nine had unambiguous female genitalia and a well-documented duplication of the DSS region. Two patients with duplication of DSS showed ambiguous external genitalia. From these data, we conclude that induction of testicular tissue may start in these patients, but that the type of genitalia depends on the degree of subsequent degeneration by a gene in DSS.