The capsular polysaccharide of Klebsiella SK1 was investigated by methylation analysis, Smith degradation, and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The oligosaccharides (P1 and P2) obtained by bacteriophage ΦSK1 degradation of the polymer were studied by methylation analysis, and 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopy. The resulting data showed that the patent repeating unit is a branched pentasaccharide having a structure identical to the revised structure recently proposed for Klebsiella serotype K8 capsular polysaccharide. The 2D-NMR data showed that one third of the glucuronic acid residues in the SK1 polymer are acetylated at O-2, O-3, or O-4. FABMS studies confirmed the presence of monoacetylated glucuronic acid residues. Thus, the relationship between the Klebsiella K8 and SK1 polymers is akin to that found for Klebsiella polysaccharides K30 and K33, which have been typed as serologically distinct yet their structures differ only in the degree of acetylation. 相似文献
The incubation of suspensions of canine tracheal epithelial cells of greater than 95% purity with arachidonic acid (25-200 micrograms/ml) for 60-120 min resulted in the generation of a maximum of 36.2 +/- 9.1 picomoles of leukotriene B4/10(6) cells, less than 2.0 picomoles of leukotrienes C4, D4, and E4/10(6) cells, and 1030 +/- 463, 767 +/- 500, and 324 +/- 100 picomoles/10(6) cells of 15-, 12-, and 5-hydroxy-eicosatetraenoic acids, respectively (mean +/- SEM, n = 8). The identity of leukotriene B4 was established by chromatographic and spectral properties, by reactivity with mono-specific anti-plasma, and by the chemotactic activity for neutrophils. Thus, the epithelium may be an important source of mediators of inflammation and hypersensitivity of pulmonary airways. 相似文献
ATP-dependent activation and deactivation of retinal rod outer segment phosphodiesterase is affected by calcium [Kawamura, S. and Bownds, M. D., J. Gen. Physiol. 77:571-591(1981)]. Our data demonstrate that although calmodulin has been found in rod outer segments [Liu, Y. P. and Schwartz, H., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 526:186-193(1978); Kohnken, R. E. et al, J. Biol. Chem. 256:12517-12522(1981)], this protein is not involved in calcium-dependent phosphodiesterase activation at light levels at which calcium clearly affects this enzyme's activity. Furthermore, calmodulin does not mediate the calcium-dependent deactivation of phosphodiesterase. 相似文献
Intestinal brush border vesicles of a Mediterranean sea fish (Dicentrarchus labrax) were prepared using the Ca2+-sedimentation method. The transport of glucose, glycine and 2-aminoisobutyric acid is energized by an Na+ gradient (). In addition, amino acid uptake requires Cl? in the extravesicular medium (2-aminoisobutyric acid more than glycine). This Na+- and Cl?-dependent uptake is electrogenic, since it can be stimulated by negative charges inside the vesicles. The specific Cl? requirement of glycine and 2-aminoisobutyric acid transport is markedly influenced by pH, a change from 6.5 to 8.4 reducing the role played by Cl?. In the presence of Cl?, the of 2-aminoisobutyric acid uptake is reduced and its is enhanced. Cl? affects also a non-saturable Na+-dependent component of this amino acid uptake. Amino acid transport is also increased by intravesicular Cl? (2-aminoisobutyric acid less than glycine). This effect is more concerned with glucose uptake, which can be then multiplied by 2.3. A concentration gradient () as well as the presence of Na+ in the incubation medium seems to enter into this requirement. This intravesicular Cl? effect is not influenced by pH between 6.5 and 8.4. 相似文献
The association of fatty acids, androstane, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidic acid with purified and phospholipid-vesicle reconstituted cytochrome was studied by spin labeling. Spin-labeled fatty acids were found to be motionally restricted by cytochrome in both phospholipid vesicles and in microsomes to a much greater extent than spin-labeled phospholipids. The equilibrium of spin-labeled fatty acid between the bulk membrane lipid and the protein interface could be shifted towards an increased amount in the bulk phospholipid phase by the addition of oleic acid or lysophosphatidylcholine, but not by sodium cholate. Microsomes from different animals showed a variable extent of motional restriction of fatty acids, independent of pretreatment of the animals with phenobarbital or β-naphthoflavone, of cytochrome content, of the presence of type I and type II substrates for cytochrome . These differences are attributed to the presence of varying amounts of lipid breakdown products in the microsomal membrane such as lysolipids or fatty acids which compete with the externally added spin-labeled fatty acids, or with spin-labeled androstane for the binding to cytochrome . The negative charge of the fatty acid was found to be involved in its association with the protein. Cytochrome was shown to interact only with a few spin-labeled phospholipid molecules in such a way that the motional restriction of the spin acyl chains can be detected by electron paramagnetic resonance (). The number of associated lipid molecules per protein probably is too small to form a complete shell around the protein. This lipid-protein interaction could be destroyed by the addition of sodium cholate, in contrast to the fatty acid-protein interaction. 相似文献
(1) Exposure of phospholipids at the outer surface of activated and control platelets was studied by incubation with a mixture of phospholipase A2 from Naja naja and bee venom, solely or in combination with sphingomyelinase from Staphylococcus aureus, using conditions under which cell lysis remained below 10%. (2) Incubation with phospholipase A2 alone revealed a markedly increased susceptibility of the phospholipids in platelets activated by a mixture of collagen plus thrombin, by the SH-oxydizing compound diamide, or by calcium ionophore A23187, as compared to control platelets or platelets activated separately by collagen or thrombin. (3) Collagen plus thrombin, diamide, and ionophore treated platelets revealed an increased exposure of phosphatidylserine at the outer surface accompanied by a decreased exposure of sphingomyelin, as could be concluded from incubations with a combination of phospholipase A2 and sphingomyelinase. These alterations were much less apparent in platelets activated either by thrombin or by collagen alone. (4) The increased exposure of phosphatidylserine in activated platelets is accompanied by an increased ability of the platelets to enhance the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin by coagulation factor Xa, in the presence of factor Va and calcium. (5) It is concluded that the altered orientation of the phospholipids in the plasma membrane of platelets activated by collagen plus thrombin, by diamide, or by calcium ionophore, is the result of a transbilayer movement. Moreover, the increased exposure of phosphatidylserine in platelets stimulated by the combined action of collagen and thrombin might be of considerable importance for the hemostatic process. 相似文献
Isolated muscle cells from adult rat heart have been used to study the relationship between myocardial glucose transport and the activity of the Na+/K+ pump. 86Rb+-uptake by cardiac cells was found to be linear up to 2 min with a steady-state reached by 40–60 min, and was used to monitor the activity of the Na+/K+ pump. Ouabain (10?3 mol/I) inhibited the steady-state uptake of 86Rb+ by more than 90%. Both, the ouabain-sensitive and ouabain-insensitive 86Rb+-uptake by cardiac cells were found to be unaffected by insulin treatment under conditions where a significant stimulation of 3-O-methylglucose transport occurred. 86Rb+-uptake was markedly reduced by the presence of calcium and/or magnesium, but remained unresponsive towards insulin treatment. Inhibition of the Na+/K+ pump activity by ouabain and a concomitant shift in the intracellular Na+:K+ ratio did not affect basal or insulin stimulated rates of 3-O-methylglucose transport in cardiac myocytes. The data argue against a functional relationship between the myocardial Na+/K+ pump and the glucose transport system. 相似文献
Metabolic acidosis produces a phosphaturia which is independent of parathyroid hormone or dietary phosphorus intake. To study the underlying mechanism, inorganic phosphate (Pi) and glucose transport were studied in brush-border membrane vesicles prepared from the renal cortex of parathyroidectomized rats gavaged for three days with either 7.5 ml of 1.6% NaCl (control) or 1.5% NH4Cl (acidosis). At killing, blood pH and plasma bicarbonate were and , respectively, in control and () and () in acidotic rats. Serum Pi was similar in both groups, while 24 h urine Pi excretion was higher in the acidotic group (). Peak sodium-dependent uptake of Pi, measured after 1.5 min of incubation, was higher in controls than acidotic rats ( vs. protein, ), whereas peak glucose uptake at 1.5 min was not significantly different between the groups. Equilibrium values for Pi and glucose uptake were similar in the two groups. for Pi uptake in the control and acidotic animals were not different, 0.036 and 0.040 mM, respectively. By contrast, was higher in controls than in the acidotic group, 3.13 vs. 1.15 nmol/mg protein per 15 s. These results suggest that metabolic acidosis directly inhibits Pi uptake by the brush border of the proximal tubule by decreasing the availability of Pi carriers of the renal brush-border membrane. 相似文献
Megathura crenulata hemocyanin forms ionic channels in planar lipid bilayer membranes. It was found that hemocyanin is more potent as a channel former if TbCl3 is added to the bathing solution. Furthermore membranes separating symmetrical TbCl3 solutions show a pore formation rate which depends exponentially on the applied voltage, positive potentials favouring the insertion of new channels. The slope of this voltage dependence, which gives a measure of the effective charge displaced during the incorporation of one channel, increases and saturates with TbCl3 concentration. The dose response curve indicates that binding of Tb3+ to the phosphatidylcholine bilayer is involved in creating the effective charge. 相似文献