Dimethylformamide (DMf) and its biotransformation products monomethylformamide (MMf) and formamide (f) were administered i.p. to rats. Serum levels of sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) were studied at 3 h intervals from 9-...
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Dimethylformamide (DMf) and its biotransformation products monomethylformamide (MMf) and formamide (f) were administered i.p. to rats. Serum levels of sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) were studied at 3 h intervals from 9-30 h after administration. Liver histology at 12, 21 and 30 h proved elevated SDH levels to be an indication of liver necrosis. DMf 479 mg/kg produced elevated enzyme levels at 27 and 30 h while 240 mg/kg produced elevated levels from 15 h onwards. MMf 387 mg/kg produced elevated SDH levels at all times. f did not give elevated levels at any time. DMf (479 mg/kg) and MMf (387 mg/kg) administered simultaneously produced elevated SDH levels from 24 h onwards. DMf hepatotoxicity was mediated by a degradation product of MMf and DMf delayed the hepatotoxic effect induced by MMf.
Water turnover rate, glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma and blood flow rates have been measured in individuals of the Australian desert rodent N. alexis under conditions of acute and chronic water deprivation...
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Water turnover rate, glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma and blood flow rates have been measured in individuals of the Australian desert rodent N. alexis under conditions of acute and chronic water deprivation and high nitrogen diet. When these parameters are compared with values predicted allometrically, the extreme ability of the species to conserve water is apparent only in those groups subjected to water stress. While a reversible reduction in renal function is evident upon water deprivation, the major factor in water conservation under these conditions is the renal reabsorption of water at a post-filtration stage.
The effect of alteration of redox potential on the kinetics offluorescence induction in pea chloroplasts was investigated. Potentiometric titration of the initial (fi) level offluorescence recorded upon shutter open...
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The effect of alteration of redox potential on the kinetics offluorescence induction in pea chloroplasts was investigated. Potentiometric titration of the initial (fi) level offluorescence recorded upon shutter opening gave a 2 component curve, with Em(7) at -20 mV and -275 mV, almost identical to results obtained using continuous low intensity illumination (Horton, P. et al.). The slow or tail phase of induction observed in the presence of DCMU [3-(3'',4''-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea] can be eliminated by poising the redox potential at .apprx. 0 to +50 mV. At this potential fi was increased by less than 10% and the higher potential quencher described above was only marginally reduced. The disappearance of the slow phase titrated as an n = 1 component with an Em(7) of +120 mV. It seems unlikely that the slow phase offluorescence induction is due to photoreduction of the -20 mV quencher. Current ideas concerning heterogeneity on the acceptor side of photosystem II were discussed.
Electro-osmosis in a saturated porous rigid medium is studied by both theoretical and experimental approach. Relationships giving liquid and electrical coupled macroscopic flows are obtained from the homogeneization m...
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Electro-osmosis in a saturated porous rigid medium is studied by both theoretical and experimental approach. Relationships giving liquid and electrical coupled macroscopic flows are obtained from the homogeneization method. They point out possible non symmetrical cross effects that explain deviations from Onsager reciprocal relations. Experiments on a kaolinite are reported which exhibit an important non symmetrical coupling.
A sensitive method for the quantitation of IgG on platelets had not been demonstrated until 1975, when Dixon, Rosse, and Ebbert described a quantitative antiglobulin consumption test useful in detecting platelet assoc...
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A sensitive method for the quantitation of IgG on platelets had not been demonstrated until 1975, when Dixon, Rosse, and Ebbert described a quantitative antiglobulin consumption test useful in detecting platelet associated IgG (N Engl J Med 292:230, 1975). A modification of that technique has rendered the assay reproducible and removed the need for daily repetition of a standard IgG titration curve for quantitation. This modification utilizes 1-ethyl-3-3(dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide HCl (ECDI) (Sigma, E-7750), in place of chromic chloride, as a coupling agent for attaching IgG (Miles 64–145) to sheep cells (SRC), used as indicator cells. The ECDI consistently couples IgG to SRC and does not subject the SRC to sporadic spontaneous lysis, as does chromic chloride. This modification permits the detection of IgG on platelets (Direct Test), or in sera (Indirect Test) by incubation of a washed platelet pool with sera in vitro, and testing as in the Direct Test. Normal values of 0.01–1.56 and 0.14–1.6 femtograms (f) per platelet have been obtained for the Direct and Indirect Tests, respectively. In six cases of suspected ITP, values ranged 12.0–221.0 f and 2.9–37.6 ffor the Direct and Indirect Tests, respectively. In conclusion, in disease states or other abnormal situations, quantities of IgG can be detected that are not usually present on the platelets of normal subjects.
When tetramethyl-p-benzoquinone (TMQ) is reduced to tetramethyl-p-hydroquinone (TMQH2) by NaBH4, TMQH2 will act as an electron donor in isolated pea chloroplasts. The resulting electron transport is highly sensitive t...
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When tetramethyl-p-benzoquinone (TMQ) is reduced to tetramethyl-p-hydroquinone (TMQH2) by NaBH4, TMQH2 will act as an electron donor in isolated pea chloroplasts. The resulting electron transport is highly sensitive to inhibition by 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone (DBMIB) and the site of donation is inferred to be plastoquinone, in agreement with previous findings. When TMQ is added to chloroplasts with ascorbate as reductant, the resulting electron transport is relatively insensitive to DBMIB and so plastoquinone is assumed not to be involved. In darkness, TMQH2 activates the chloroplast protein kinase that phosphorylates the light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complex (LHCP), while TMQ with ascorbate does not. TMQH2 also activates ATP-dependent chlorophyll fluorescence quenching to a much greater extent than does TMQ with ascorbate. These findings are explained by the recent proposal that phosphorylation of LHCP is activated by reduced plastoquinone. This is evidence for plastoquinone-regulated protein phosphorylation as a mechanism for self-adjustment of distribution of excitation between the 2 light reactions of photosynthesis.
Two non-reducing hexasaccharides isolated from the roots of Asparagus officinalis were identified as 1 f -β-fructofuranosyl-6 G (1-β-fructofuranosyl) 3 sucrose and 1 f (1-β-fructofuranosyl) 2 -6 G (1-β-fructofuran...
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Two non-reducing hexasaccharides isolated from the roots of Asparagus officinalis were identified as 1 f -β-fructofuranosyl-6 G (1-β-fructofuranosyl) 3 sucrose and 1 f (1-β-fructofuranosyl) 2 -6 G (1-β-fructofuranosyl) 2 sucrose by examination of the constituent saccharides, GLC analysis of methyl derivatives, and investigation of partial acid hydrolysates and β-fructofuranosidase-catalysed hydrolysis products.
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