Die Serumgruppen-Systeme Lp(a), Gm(a), Gc und Hp bei Cerebralsklerotikern

Zusammenfassung Im genetisch determinierten Lp(a)-System war die Häufigkeit von Lp(a+) bei 307 Cerebralsklerosefällen statistisch signifikant erhöht im Vergleich zur Lp(a+)-Häufigkeit der gleichen Population. In den Systemen Gm(a), Gc und Hp wurde dagegen keine Veränderung der Genotypenhäufigkeit infolge der arteriosklerotischen Erkrankung festgestellt.

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In the genetically determined Lp(a) system the frequency of Lp(a+) showed with 45.6 per cent a statistically significant raise in 307 patients with cerebral sclerosis compared with 38.7 per cent in normal population. The increase of Lp(a+) is almost exclusively confined to weakly positive precipitation and is discussed in connection with the often observed increase of -lipoprotein concentration in the serum of arteriosclerotic persons. As expected no changes of genotype frequency due to arteriosclerotic diseases has been stated in the Gm(a), Gc and Hp system.

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Herrn Medizinalrat Dr. Wieder, Ärztlicher Direktor des Bezirkskrankenhauses, sind wir für die Überlassung der Blutproben zu besonderem Dank verpflichtet.

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(Direktor: Obermedizinalrat Dr. med. K. Thomas)     

Nesting behavior ofHalictus scabiosæ in Switzerland (Hymenoptera,Halictidæ)

Summary The structure and populations of seven nests ofHalictus scabiosæ were studied in Geneva during July and August, 1964. Cells, containing brood of various ages, were radially arranged along the branching burrows. The one to six females in each nest did not belong to distinct worker and queen castes. This is in contrast to reports of distinct castes in what appears to be the same species from France. Most pollen collectors in the Geneva population were inseminated and some probably laid eggs.

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Zusammenfassung Die Struktur und die Bewohner von sieben Nestern vonHalictus scabiosæ, die im Juli und August 1964 in der Gegend um Genf gesammelt wurden, werden beschrieben. Zellen mit Brut verschiedenen Alters sind entlang verzweigter Gänge radiär angeordnet. Bis zu sechs Weibchen befanden sich in einem einzelnen Nest. Sie waren nicht in Königinnen und Arbeiterinnen differenziert, wie dies von Bienen aus Frankreich berichtet ist, die wahrscheinlich zur selben Art gehören. Die meisten Pollen-Sammlerinnen der Genfer Population waren befruchtet und einige von ihnen legten auch wahrscheinlich Eier.

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Résumé La structure et la population de sept nids deHalictus scabiosæ ont été étudiées à Genève durant les mois de juillet et d'août 1964. Des cellules contenant du couvain d'âge différent sont disposées en rayons le long de terriers qui se ramifient. Chaque nid était occupé par une à six femelles qui n'appartenaient pas à une caste distincte d'ouvrières ou de reine. La plupart des abeilles qui collectent le pollen furent inséminées et quelques-unes probablement pondèrent des ufs.

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Contribution No. 1303 from the Department of Entomology, The University of Kansas, Lawrence.     

A practical method for rescuing desired hybridomas during monoclonal antibody production

Summary We present a practical method for the rescue of previosly stable hybridoma clones which increases the proportion of desired cells in the population before cloning by limiting dilution. When the antibody activity of a culture supernatant was lower than that previously obtained, a precloning distribution at a density of 10 cells per microtiter well greatly improved the chances of obtaining a single active clone by subsequent limiting dilution. The Poisson distribution model was used to evaluate the method. Probabilities calculated clearly demonstrate the advantage of this precloning distribution step when attempting to isolate a hydridoma cell line that is relatively rare in a population. This work was supported in part by grants EY 06225 and EY 06226 from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD and by an unrestricted departmental award from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc.     

Tissue-specific sorting of the human LDL receptor in polarized epithelia of transgenic mice

The distribution of human low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors was studied by immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy in epithelial cells of transgenic mice that express high levels of receptors under control of the metallothionein-I promoter. In hepatocytes and intestinal epithelial cells, the receptors were confined to the basal and basolateral surfaces, respectively. Very few LDL receptors were present in coated pits or intracellular vesicles. In striking contrast, in the epithelium of the renal tubule the receptors were present on the apical (lumenal) surface where they appeared to be concentrated at the base of microvilli and were abundant in vesicles of the endocytic recycling pathway. Intravenously administered LDL colloidal gold conjugates bound to the receptors on hepatocyte microvilli and were slowly internalized, apparently through slow migration into coated pits. We conclude that (a) sorting of LDL receptors to the surface of different epithelial cells varies with each tissue; and (b) in addition to a signal for clustering in coated pits, the LDL receptor may contain a signal for retention in noncoated membrane that is manifest in hepatocytes and intestinal epithelial cells, but not in renal epithelial cells or cultured human fibroblasts.     

Characterization of Opioid Receptors in Cultured Neurons

The appearance of mu-, delta-, and kappa-opioid receptors was examined in primary cultures of embryonic rat brain. Membranes prepared from striatal, hippocampal, and hypothalamic neurons grown in dissociated cell culture each exhibited high-affinity opioid binding sites as determined by equilibrium binding of the universal opioid ligand (-)-[3H]bremazocine. The highest density of binding sites (per mg of protein) was found in membranes prepared from cultured striatal neurons (Bmax = 210 +/- 40 fmol/mg protein); this density is approximately two-thirds that of adult striatal membranes. By contrast, membranes of cultured cerebellar neurons and cultured astrocytes were devoid of opioid binding sites. The opioid receptor types expressed in cultured striatal neurons were characterized by equilibrium binding of highly selective radioligands. Scatchard analysis of binding of the mu-specific ligand [3H]D-Ala2,N-Me-Phe4,Gly-ol5-enkephalin to embryonic striatal cell membranes revealed an apparent single class of sites with an affinity (KD) of 0.4 +/- 0.1 nM and a density (Bmax) of 160 +/- 20 fmol/mg of protein. Specific binding of (-)-[3H]bremazocine under conditions in which mu- and delta-receptor binding was suppressed (kappa-receptor labeling conditions) occurred to an apparent single class of sites (KD = 2 +/- 1 nM; Bmax = 40 +/- 15 fmol/mg of protein). There was no detectable binding of the selective delta-ligand [3H]D-Pen2,D-Pen5-enkephalin. Thus, cultured striatal neurons expressed mu- and kappa-receptor sites at densities comparable to those found in vivo for embryonic rat brain, but not delta-receptors.