Pharmacologic profile of BN 50739, a new PAF antagonist in vitro and in vivo

The effect of a new PAF antagonist BN 50739 was studied on PAF-induced [3H]-serotonin release from washed rabbit platelets in vitro and on PAF-induced hypotension in vivo. BN 50739 competitively inhibited PAF-induced [3H]-serotonin release from the platelets in a dose-dependent manner. In the presence of 4, 10 and 50 nM of BN 50739, the concentration of PAF inducing 50% maximal [3H]-serotonin release from the platelets (EC50) increased from 2.15 nM to 5.10, 45.10 and 900 nM, respectively. The IC50 of BN 50739 for PAF (10 nM) induced [3H]-serotonin release was 3.67 nM. Under the same experimental condition, the IC50s of BN 50726, BN 50730, BN 50741, WEB 2086, SRI 63-441 and BN 52021 were 5.40, 4.61, 6.88, 5.98, 40.90 nM and 14.90 microM, respectively. PAF-induced hypotension in conscious rats was also inhibited dose-dependently by i.p. pretreatment of BN 50739 (3 and 10 mg/kg). PAF-induced hypotension was diminished both in magnitude and duration in rats pretreated with BN 50739. These data taken together indicate that BN 50739 is a most potent PAF antagonist in vitro and in vivo.     

控制常绿针叶树叶量对树干生长的促进作用

一、前言近几年,在研究不同树种的修枝过程中,偶然发现,一些常绿针叶树的人工去叶能加快树干材积的生长,这引起了人们新的研究兴趣:控制常绿针叶树的叶量是否能促进树木生长?这一措施有多少可能的前途或弊端?多年来,人类为寻求促进林木生长的有效经营措施,利用各种手段进行了大量实验研究工作,获得了很有意义的成果,抚育间伐是其中的一项重要途径。由于世界各国的日益重视,60年代以来,很多学     

毛喉鞘蕊花的化学成分研究

本文报导了,从产于滇东北的毛喉鞘蕊花(Coleus forskohlii Brig)的根茎中分离到四个二萜化合物,经光谱分析鉴定,其结构分别为1α,6β,7α-triacetyl-coleonol—B(1),I-acetyl—forskolin(2),coleonol-B(3),和deacetyl-forskolin(4)。化合物(1)和(2)是首次从该植物中分离到。     

山莨菪碱对经有限蛋白水解后的脑突触膜Ca~(2+)-ATPase的影响

 从猪脑中提取钙调蛋白和突触质膜,我们研究了山莨菪碱对经有限蛋白水解和磷脂酶A_2处理后的突触膜Ca~(2+)-ATPase活性影响。发现药物对不同预处理后的Ca~(2+)-ATPase表现出不同影响并调节钙调蛋白对它的激活作用。     

Regulated, stable expression and nuclear presence of retrovirus double-stranded RNA-binding protein sigma3 in HeLa cells.

Reovirus genome segment S4 codes for polypeptide sigma3, a major outer capsid component of virions and a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-binding protein implicated in viral cytopathogenesis. We have constructed a stable HeLa cell line (S4tTA) that produces functional sigma3 under tetracycline transactivator control. In the absence of tetracycline, S4tTA cells synthesized stable dsRNA-binding sigma3 that accumulated in the nucleus as well as in the cytoplasm. However, in induced S4tTA cells also expressing reovirus outer shell polypeptide mu1/mu1C, migration of sigma3 into the nucleus was blocked, probably as a result of formation of a complex with mu1/mu1C which was exclusively in the cytoplasm. Mutant analyses indicated a correlation between dsRNA-binding activity and nuclear entry of sigma3, suggesting an additional role(s) for this capsid protein in virus-cell interactions.     

抗癌药对黑胸大蠊淋巴细胞和生殖细胞核结构的损伤

噻替派浓度为0.1%、0.3%、0.5%时,黑胸大蠊精母细胞染色体断裂和裂隙率分别为6.3%、 10.5%和14.2%,显著地高于对卵母细胞的影响;和雄虫外周血淋巴细胞微核率呈平行关系,随微核率增多而增加。5-氟尿嘧啶浓度为0.1%、0.3%和0.5%时,卵母细胞染色体断裂和裂隙率分别为3.5%、9.8%和16.2%,和雌虫外周血淋巴细胞微核率呈平行关系,随微核率增多而增加,而对雄虫生殖细胞影响不显著。 Abstract:0.1%,0.3%,0.5% Thio-TEPA induced 6.3%,10.5% and 14.2% chromosome break or gap in spermatocyte of cockroach respectively.This was markedly higher than those in oocyte.In doses from 0.1 to 0.5 Tho-TEPA the frequency of micronucleus increased parallely with nuclear damage.0.1%,0.3%,0.5% 5-fluorouracil induced 3.5%,9.8%,16.2% chromosome break or gap in oocytes respectively.This was paralled with the frequency of micronucleus in lymphocytes of the female.5-fluorouracil showed not marked effect on spermatocyte.     

中国沿海代表性河口地区鳗苗群体形态特征的比较研究

本文报道了１９９２—１９９４年连续３年采自海南至辽宁（包括台湾）沿海７个代表性河口地区鳗苗群体的主要形态特征比较研究结果。４项计数性状和３项度量性状,差异系数分析结果未达到亚种差异水平;判别函数显示,大多数群体间存在显著差异,这种差异应源于遗传变异。各年差异变化无规律,可能与鳗苗漂游分布的随机性有关。     

Plant cells contain a novel member of the retinoblastoma family of growth regulatory proteins.

The product of the retinoblastoma susceptibility gene (Rb) controls the passage of mammalian cells through G1 phase. Animal virus oncoproteins interact with the Rb protein via an LXCXE motif and disrupt Rb-E2F complexes, driving cells into S-phase. Recently, we found that the RepA protein of a plant geminivirus contains an LXCXE motif that is essential for its function, a finding that predicts the existence of Rb-related proteins in plant cells. Here we report the isolation of a maize cDNA clone encoding a protein (ZmRb1) which, based on structural and functional studies, is closely related to the mammalian Rb family of growth regulatory proteins. ZmRb1 shows a high degree of amino acid conservation when compared with animal Rb members, particularly in the A/B 'pocket' domain, but ZmRb1 has a shorter N-terminal domain. ZmRb1 forms stable complexes with plant LXCXE-containing proteins, e.g. geminivirus RepA protein. Geminivirus DNA replication is reduced in plant cells transfected with plasmids encoding either ZmRb1 or human p130, a member of the Rb family. This suggests that ZmRb1 controls the G1/S transit in plant cells and is consistent with the fact that geminiviruses need an S-phase environment for DNA replication, as animal DNA tumor viruses do. Our results allow the extension of the Rb family of tumor suppressor proteins to plants and have implications on animal and plant strategies for cell growth control.