辣椒素引起脊髓P物质释放及其对血压的影响

为进一步研究脊髓 P 物质(SP)在调节心血管活动中的作用,在大鼠脊髓蛛网膜下腔注射(ith)辣淑素(cap),以刺激脊髓 SP 能神经末梢释放 SP,结果引起血浆去甲肾上腺素(NA)和肾上腺素(AD)含量增高,及具有剂量依赖性的动脉血压上升,心率升高。ith 具有高度特异性的 SP 受体拮抗剂或 SP 抗血清均可阻断 cap 引起的升压效应,免疫组化测定也观察到注入的cap 剂量越大,脊髓胸段 SP 样免疫阳性反应物的致密度越低,这些观察结果支持 cap 可以引起脊髓内 SP 的释放的说法。在第一颈段(C_1)横断脊髓后 ith cap 所引起的升压效应与完整动物 ith cap 的升压效应无显著差异。以上结果提示脊髓 SP 能神经末梢释放的 SP 可以通过交感肾上腺髓质系统引起心血管兴奋效应,SP 可能是引起交感节前神经元兴奋的神经递质。     

脊髓苯环立啶受体的心血管效应与去甲肾上腺素能系统

本文应用受体阻断、高效液相,6-OHDA 化学损毁神经末梢和放射自显影等多学科技术方法,探讨脊髓苯环立啶受体的心血管效应与去甲肾上腺素能神经系统的关系。结果表明,哌唑嗪、育亨宾均可对抗 ith PCP 的降压和减慢心率作用,ith PCP 产生降压和减慢心率作用时,脊髓脑脊液内 MHPG 的含量升高;用6-OHDA 损毁脊髓 NA 能神经末梢后,ith PCP的降压和减慢心率作用大为减弱,脊髓 PCP 受体密度亦同时大为降低。可以认为,脊髓内有 PCP 受体分布于 NA 能神经末梢上,促进 NA 释放或抑制 NA 重摄取,可能是脊髓 PCP 受体产生心血管抑制效应的重要机理。     

去甲肾上腺素、乙酰胆碱对绵羊心肌浦肯野纤维瞬时性内向离子流的影响

用电压箝制术观察了去甲肾上腺素、乙酰胆碱对绵羊浦肯野纤维由乙酰毒毛旋花子甙元诱发的瞬时性内向离子流(I_Ti)的效应。当乙酰毒毛旋花子甙元浓度为4.5×10~(-8)mol/L 时,诱发出的I_(T1)稳定并能维持约1.5h。去甲肾上腺素1.5×10~(-6)mol/L,可使I_(Ti)的峰值由11.4±2.5nA 增加到14.5±4.1nA(n=11,P相似文献   

高山毛顶蛾新亚种及其生物学观察(鳞翅目:毛顶蛾科)

毛顶蛾科Eriocraniidae属较原始的小蛾类群。世界已知19种及1亚种,采自全北区桦树适生带,北纬45°—70°N之间,以北美、欧洲的种类最丰富。亚洲所知甚少,惟日本记载过广泛分布于全北区的2种,即:Erioerania sparrmannella(Bosc)和E.semi-purpurella(Stephens)。我国迄至1980年,才由杨集昆先生描述了发生在华北的这2个广布种。现增记青海产一新亚种,标本保存在青海省农林科学院林业研究所。     

Distribution of charged residues stabilizes individual helices in myoglobins

The effect of the distribution of charged residues on stability of alpha helices in isolated peptides and in globular proteins exemplified by myoglobins from 62 different species is discussed. A highly simplified set of rules is used to account for the interaction of charged groups with the dipole of an alpha helix. Only the position and sign of a charge with respect to the center of the helix and its ability to participate in intrahelical salt bridges determine its effect. These rules lead to a linear correlation between the helicity in variant C-peptide helices from RNAse and the extent to which the charge distribution opposes the helix dipole. Of the sample of 496 helices in the myoglobins studied, 456 exhibit arrangements of charges which oppose the effective dipole moment of the helix according to this calculation. A number of variants occur which leave the backbone moment of helices A-D unchanged, or even add to it. However no such variants exist in the sequences of helices E-H. We suggest that the E, F, G and H helices in myoglobins which show the strongest reversal of the helix dipole participate in the structures of early intermediates in folding of the chain. Stable helix structures should be more likely to occur in these isolated sequences also, and introduction of charge alterations in helices E to H should affect the initial refolding rate of mutant myoglobins.     

Respiration-driven proton translocation in Thiobacillus versutus and the role of the periplasmic thiosulphate-oxidizing enzyme system

The periplasmic location of enzymes A and B of the thiosulphate-oxidizing multienzyme system of Thiobacillus versutus has been further confirmed by differential radiolabelling of periplasmic and cytoplasmic proteins. The stoichiometries of respiration-driven proton translocation in T. versutus were determined using the oxygen pulse and the initial rate methods. A value for the H⁺/O quotient (number of protons translocated per oxygen atom reduced) of about 2.8 was found for the oxidation of thiosulphate, and of about 2.5 for sulphite. The H⁺/O quotient for endogenous respiration was about 5.7. The data are shown to be in good agreement with the scheme proposed previously for thiosulphate oxidation by this organism. Proton generation during the oxidation of thiosulphate or sulphite is indicated to occur in the periplasm rather than by pumping across the cytoplasmic membrane. The results also suggest that a H⁺/O quotient of six occurs during NADH oxidation (from endogenous metabolism measurements) and that the terminal cytochrome oxidase, aa₃, does not function as a proton pump.Abbreviations DCCD dicyclohexyl carbodiimide - FCCP carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone - HQNO 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide - TMPD N,N,N,N-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine - IEF isoelectric focusing - HIC hydrophobic interaction chromatography - EAI ethyl acetimidate hydrochloride - IAI isethionyl acetimidate     

Distribution of Clostridium botulinum in Japan and in Shinkiang district of China

Soil specimens obtained from several areas of Japan, which are closely located to or facing the Continental land of China, were examined for the distribution of Clostridium botulinum, especially pertaining to types A and B. A total of 266 specimens of Japan, when cultured, showed no type A or B toxicity, although 30 (11.3%), 4 (1.5%), and 10 (3.8%) of the specimens showed C1, C2, and type E toxicities, respectively. On the contrary, types A and/or B toxicities were shown, by the same method, in 14 of 20 specimens of Shinkiang district, China. The highest number of C. botulinum cells found in one gram of soil specimen was 25 for type A and 10 for type B.     

四川宝兴雉类生态和垂直分布的调查研究

宝兴位于四川盆地西缘山地,境内纵贯世界闻名的大雪山——即夹金山。 自19世纪30年代至20世纪30年代,先后有Verreaux(1838—1871),Geoffroy(1866),David(1871),Seinhoe(1871),Sharpe(1875),David et Oustalet(1877),Oustaler (1891—92),Styan(1899),Laubmann(1920),La Touch(1925—30),Smith(1931—34),Bangs(1932),Seys(1934)等对宝兴进行过调查和采集,而我     

Properties of a small basic Peptide from pumpkin seeds

A small basic peptide with an unusual amino acid composition has been isolated from the seeds of pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima. Amino acid analysis and sequence data show the protein to be about 36 residues in length, with an approximate composition Lys₁, Arg₁₄, Asp₃, (Glu + Gln)₁₅, Gly₁, Pro₁, Trp₁. On the basis of composition, the molecular weight is approximately 5000 daltons and the nitrogen content by weight is 20.4%. Twelve amino acids are entirely lacking. The peptide is slightly toxic to mouse B-16 melanoma cells, but its in vivo function is unknown. It does not appear to be derived from cucurbitin, the pumpkin storage globulin; however, it could be a storage peptide involved in nitrogen mobilization during the early stages of germination.