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Query: EC:1.3.5.1 (succinate dehydrogenase)
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A new technique for isolating fragmented plasma membranes from skeletal muscle has been developed that is based on gentle mechanical disruption of selected homogenate fractions. (Na+ + K+)-stimulated, Mg2+-dependent ATPase was used as an enzymatic marker for the plasma membrane, Ca2+-stimulated, Mg2+-dependent ATPase as a marker for sarcoplasmic reticulum, and succinate dehydrogenase for mitochondria. Cell segments in an amber low-speed (800 x g) pellet of a frog muscle homogenate were disrupted by repeated gentle shearing with a Polytron homogenizer. Sarcoplasmic reticulum was released into the low-speed supernatant, whereas most of the plasma membrane marker remained in a white, fluffy layer of the sediment, which contained sarcolemma and myofibrils. Additional gentle shearing of the white low-speed sediment extracted plasma membranes in a form that required centrifugation at 100,000 x g for pelleting. This pellet, the fragmented plasma membrane fraction, had a relatively high specific activity of (Na+ + K+)-stimulated ATPase compared with the other fractions, but it had essentially no Ca2+-stimulated ATPase activity and only a small percentage of the succinate dehydrogenase activity of the homogenate. Experimental evidence suggests that the fragmented plasma membrane fraction is derived from delicate transverse tubules rather than from the thicker, basement membrane-coated sarcolemmal sheath of muscle cells. Electron microscopy showed small vesicles lined bu a single thin membrane. Hydroxyproline, a characteristic constituent of collagen and basememt membrane, could not be detected in this fraction.
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PMID:Isolation of plasma membrane vesicles, derived from transverse tubules, by selective homogenization of subcellular fractions of frog skeletal muscle in isotonic media. 15 42

A cross-sectional study was carried out to examine the activities of certain enzymes representing aerobic and anaerobic energy metabolism as well as the biosynthesis of collagen of M. vastus lateralis in 23 male endurance athletes in habitual training, aged 33 to 70 years. 23 sedentary healthy men of corresponding ages were selected for the control group. The mean maximal oxygen uptake of the trained subjects was 53.6 ml-kg--1. min--1 and that of the control subjects 36.3 ml-kg--1. min--1. As compared to the control group the trained subjects had significantly higher values in the muscle malate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase and prolyl hydroxylase activities, whereas the opposite was true in the activity of lactate dehydrogenase. In hexokinase and creatine phosphokinase no marked differences between the groups were observed. The results showed that endurance training leads to increased activities of oxidative enzymes in the skeletal muscle. The adaptation changes were also observed in old men. The increased activity of prolyl hydroxylase may reflect the general enzymatic adaptation to physical training. A possibility exists that the turnover of muscle collagen in endurance athelets is continuously faster than that in sedentary men of corresponding ages.
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PMID:Enzyme activities in muscle and connective tissue of M. Vastus lateralis in habitually training and sedentary 33 to 70-year-old men. 17 30

(1) The histochemical staining pattern of succinic dehydrogenase (SDH) does not show unequivocal differentiation between the type I red and type II red fibres in mammalian striated muscles. (2) Since high biochemical activity of beta-hydroxybutyric dehydrogenase (beta-HOBDH) occurs in mitochondria of the type I red fibres, the histochemical localization of this enzyme may show a pattern of staining reciprocal to that seen for myofibrillar ATPase. (3) It remains to be confirmed that the type I red fibres, which are possibly slow-twitch physiologically, possess the highest concentration of myoglobin. The histochemical correlation of myoglobin and myofibrillar ATPase in serial sections should be studied. (4) In order to achieve a more realistic picture, various glycolytic and glycogenolytic enzymes should be incubated according to the gelatin film technique, or semipermeable membrane technique or collagen polypeptide technique. A histochemical correlation of phosphorylase, LDH, PFK, alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase, and myofibrillar ATPase in adjacent muscle sections may throw light on the histochemical characteristics of the different fibre-types. (5) The specific histochemical demonstration of AMPase is achieved following preincubation of tissue sections. (6) ADPase has been demonstrated by the calcium precipitation technique only (GUTH and YELLIN, 1971). A number of studies claim, however, that ADPase is not demonstrable histochemically in muscle fibres. (7) The presence of magnesium ions is a prerequisite for the adequate histochemical demonstration of mitochondrial ATPase. The latter is inhibited almost completely by 40 mM Ca++ (when Mg++ is not added) at both neutral and alkaline pH values. (8) The histochemical activity of SR-AT-Pase seen as continuous reticula but without punctuate and sub-sarcolemmal staining possibly represents the extra ATPase of SR. (9) On the basis of myofibrillar ATPase reaction, an inherent heterogeneity, between the type II red and type II white may be recognized. In addition, the above fibre-types possess their respective sub-populations. (10) Following diK+ EDTA preincubation, some type II red fibres show selective lability. These are the mitochondria-rich fibres. Thus in the total absence of both punctuate and subsarcolemmal staining, the presence of mitochondrial ATPase activity under the histochemical conditions for myofibrillar ATPase is unlikely. (11) The reaction pattern of CK/ATPase (coupled reaction) at pH 6.9 is distinctly intermyofibrillar and unlike SDH-pattern. This reticular reaction is associated mainly with the SR and hence the importance of transphosphorylation in this organelle for the Ca++ uptake and muscle relaxation. (12) The CK/ATPase reaction at pH8.0 has shown important histoenzymatic characteristics. At this pH value the type I red fibres and slow-twitch soleus show myofibrillar reaction pattern. This identical histochemical behaviour suggests that type I red fibres are possibly slow-contracting...
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PMID:Histochemical characteristics of vertebrate striated muscle: a review. 18 61

The paper deals with studying the effect of vitamin A deficit in the rat organism on the incorporation of the C14-labelled asparaginic acid serine-3-C14 and glycine-2-C14 into different fractions of skin proteins, with determining the content of glycine cycle components (glycine, glycolic acid and glycolic aldehyde), activity of phosphatases and succinate dehydrogenase in the skin as well as the quantity of mucopolysaccharides and seromucoids in the skin and blood serum. It is established that with vitamin A deficit the intensity of the incorporation of labelled asparaginic acid and serine into the skin total proteins decreases and the incorporation of glycine-2-C14 into the total proteins and the fraction of soluble non-collagen proteins of skin increases. The intensity of the incorporation of the labelled asparaginic acid into the skin soluble collagen falls by 40% but almost twice as high into the soluble non-collagen proteins. A 47% decrease of glycine, 22% fall of glycolic acid and almost two-fold increase of glycolic aldehyde are observed in the skin of the animals with A-avitaminosis. Skin extracts manifest a higher activity of alkaline and acid phosphatases, but a lower activity of succinate dehydrogenase in comparison with control.
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PMID:[Some peculiarities of skin metabolism with vitamin A deficit]. 120 63

Growth of normal and malignant mouse mammary epithelial cells (MMEC) on a biomatrix of substrate-attached material from 3T3-L1 preadipocytes was evaluated to devise culture conditions that are suitable for transformation studies but do not involve embedding cells in a gel. The biomatrix was prepared as described by Levine and Stockdale, and serum-free medium contained bovine serum albumin, insulin, progesterone, prolactin, and linoleic acid. Each cell type produced a distinctive pattern of colony architecture in this culture system. Cells from virgin mice (vMMEC) usually formed elaborate, three-dimensional structures resembling ducts and alveoli; cells from pregnant mice (pMMEC) grew as flat monolayers; and tumor cells grew in multilayered clusters. Cell growth was monitored by an assay for succinate dehydrogenase. Similar growth rates were found through Day 8 in cultures of vMMEC and D2 carcinoma cells. Growth of vMMEC slowed thereafter, whereas tumor cells typically continued growing through Day 14 to 18. Increase in cell number during 18 days in culture was 3-, 7-, 9-, and 11-fold for cells from pregnant and virgin mice, BALB/cfC3H and D2 carcinomas, respectively. The percent cells in S phase on Day 2 of culture was 9% for pMMEC, 4 to 11% for BALB/cfC3H tumor cells, 20% for vMMEC, and 24% for D2 tumor cells. Thus, this culture system promotes extended growth of MMEC and offers several advantages over embedding cells in a collagen gel. It may therefore be applicable to in vitro transformation studies with MMEC.
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PMID:Comparative growth of normal and malignant mouse mammary epithelium cultured serum-free on a biomatrix from preadipocytes. 171 54

A study is performed on the long-term effect of the chloracetanilide herbicide "Acetochlor" in doses 21.0; 10.6: 5.5 and 2.6 mg/kg-1 in conditions of 6-month oral application and 2-month rehabilitation period on the metabolite processes and the balance of the connective-tissue components in the myocardium and aorta of male white rats. A complex of biochemical and histological methods are performed (activity of succinate dehidrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, adenosin triphosphatase, cytochrome oxidase, fructoso-1,6-diphosphatase, level of the thiol groups, soluble globular, elastine, collagen fractions, insoluble collagen and elastine, general and sulphated glucosamino glycanes). The dose 21.0 mg/kg-1 leads to blocking of the thyol groups, inactivation of succinate dehydrogenase, cytochrome oxidase, adenosin triphosphatase, fructose-1,6-diphosphatase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, activation of lactate dehydrogenase, decrease of the soluble globular, elastine, and collagen fractions and increase of the glucoseaminoglycanes in the heart muscle and aorta. The changes established in the heart muscle at 10,6 mg/kg-1 certify for stronger sensitivity of the organ of the aorta wall. The presence of single changes in the examined indices, their complete dying out after the rehabilitation period and absence of structural changes in the myocardium and aorta permit the dose of 5.5 mg/kg-1 to be accepted as not effective in the conditions of chronic experiment concerning the cardiovascular system.
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PMID:[The effect of the acetanilide herbicide Acetochlor on the cardiovascular system of white rats]. 179 94

The usefulness of an in vitro human tumor culture system using a specialized collagen gel matrix derived from pig skin was retrospectively evaluated as a chemosensitivity test for human gastric carcinomas. Seven xenograft tumors derived from human gastric cancers were examined by this system (CGM assay) and compared with the data obtained by a nude mice assay (NM assay) and a succinic dehydrogenase inhibition test (SDI test). Xenograft tumors had three-dimensional growth on the collagen gel matrix like that in vivo. There was increasing cell kill with rising cytotoxic drug concentration. When drug sensitivity was evaluated as effective based on an inhibition rate of 40% or more in the CGM assay, drug sensitivity as measured by the CGM assay corresponded with that measured by the NM assay for all xenograft tumors but not the SDI test. This system could be applied for chemosensitivity test of scirrhous gastric carcinomas. It was suggested that the CGM assay may be more like an in vivo like chemosensitivity test and clinically useful testing for the patients with gastric cancer, including scirrhous one.
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PMID:[In vitro chemosensitivity test using collagen gel matrix for human gastric carcinomas]. 196 Nov 82

A primary adenoid cystic carcinoma of the skin is reported. Light microscopy revealed pseudocysts. PAS-positive basement membrane and true glandular lumen, which in aggregates are specific for adenoid cystic carcinoma. Perineural invasion was also observed. Ultrastructural examinations revealed three types of cystic spaces; pseudocysts, true glandular lumens and intercellular spaces. Enzyme histochemical examinations showed positive reactions for eccrine enzymes, including phosphorylase and succinic dehydrogenase and negative for apocrine enzymes. Immunolocalization of collagens and laminin revealed that basement membranes of the pseudocysts involve Type V collagen as well as Type IV collagen and laminin.
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PMID:Primary cutaneous adenoid cystic carcinoma: ultrastructural study and immunolocalization of types I, III, IV, V collagens and laminin. 196 26

Isolation and culture techniques for hepatocytes from whole livers of the cynomolgus monkey, Macaca fascicularis, are described. Hepatocytes were isolated by two-step perfusion of livers, using collagenase with hyaluronidase; fructose and trypsin inhibitor were included to reduce cell loss. Yields from a single liver average 4 X 10(9) cells with viabilities of 90.8 +/- 5.7%. Cells, plated on collagen substrates, were assessed for changes in morphology and various marker enzyme activities over a period of 7 d in culture. Cells exhibited a morphology similar to that observed for this species in vivo; little change in attached and spread cells was observed over the length of time monitored. Enzyme activities for catalase, succinate dehydrogenase, and tyrosine aminotransferase were observed to decrease significantly (though considerable activity remained), whereas acid phosphatase and 5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase remained unchanged. Activity of cytochrome P-450 reductase was observed to increase slightly for the first 2 d, then decrease to about 60% of initial levels. Activity of alpha-mannosidase was stable for 4 d but was observed to be increased at Day 7. Cells were observed to retain metabolic responsiveness, demonstrated by glucose production by both gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis in response to glucagon stimulation. The monkey hepatocytes obtained by methods described here thus retain hepatocellular morphology and activity through at least 1 wk in culture without medium or culture modification.
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PMID:Isolation and culture of hepatocytes from the cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis). 197 77

The effects of a three-month course of oral ketotifen on the histology and histochemistry of nasal mucosa, assessed on punch biopsy material, were studied in 30 adults with perennial allergic rhinitis. Ketotifen treatment was associated with reversal of the histopathology and enzyme changes in every case. Two months after stopping therapy, the rhinitis changes had returned in all 10 patients from whom posttreatment punch biopsies were taken. Other patients whose symptoms were relieved declined a third biopsy. Five normal volunteers were included as controls. The pretreatment mucosal biopsies showed variations in goblet cell population, thickened basement membranes, hypertrophied serous glands, diminished or absent mucus glands, and varying degrees of cellular infiltrates. There was marked edema with separation of collagen fibers and epithelial metaplasia especially in patients with long-standing allergy and nasal polyps. Ketotifen therapy was linked with reversal of the epithelial changes to normal, marked reduction in edema and cellular infiltration, and the retention of granules by mast cells. Changes in mucosal content of succinic dehydrogenase and acid phosphatase; high tissue levels of both which are associated with allergic rhinitis, also diminished towards the control levels during ketotifen therapy, only to return after its cessation.
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PMID:The histological and histochemical effects of ketotifen in allergic rhinitis. 201 59


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