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1. Lyophilized crude rRNA from trout (Salmo gairdneri R.) liver was composed (w/w) of 2.9% protein, traces of DNA and glycogen, 13% water and 83% pure rRNA. The RNA content was derived from the discrepancy between effectively found (8.1%, w/w) and theoretical phosphorus content (9.6%, w/w). 2. The theoretical phosphorus content was calculated on the basis of the molar distribution of nucleotides in rRNA (UMP:GMP:AMP:CMP = 24.7%:30%:19.5%:25.8%), established upon cation exchange chromatography of alkali-degraded crude rRNA. 3. The extinction coefficient (corrected for moisture and none-ribonucleic acid contaminants) of pure rRNA in 0.2 N PCA after digestion in 0.3 N KOH at 37 degrees C for 90 min is 361 in terms of E1%260. That of undegraded, pure rRNA in water amounts to 279.
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PMID:Specific UV-absorbancy of pure rRNA isolated from trout liver as a standard for the quantification of ribonucleic acid from fish tissues. 366 18

p-Hydroxymethamphetamine and p-hydroxyamphetamine in urine samples from methamphetamine addicts were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrochemistry (HPLC-EC). The urine samples were hydrolyzed with equal volumes of 12 N HCl at 60 degrees C for 4 h and were then diluted with water and neutralized with NaOH solution. The neutralized urine was passed through a solid phase extraction column, Bond-Elut C18, and after washing, the substances were eluted with acidified acetonitrile. The eluate was evaporated under a stream of nitrogen. The residue was dissolved in 0.1 N PCA and a small volume of the aliquots was injected into the HPLC. This procedure for determination quantitated both free and conjugated forms of the metabolites together. Thereby we could determine concentrations of the metabolites in minute urine samples; i.e., from 2.5 microliters urine. The free form of the metabolites alone was analyzed by the same procedure except for hydrolysis of the conjugates. Concentrations of methamphetamine, p-hydroxymethamphetamine and p-hydroxyamphetamine in the urine samples of addicts collected at arbitrary times were determined by this procedure or by gas chromatography. It was found that there was no correlation between the concentration of methamphetamine and that of the metabolites. This investigation also revealed that various ratios between the concentrations generally were scattered over a wide range of percentages.
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PMID:Urinary excretion of p-hydroxylated methamphetamine metabolites in man. I. A method for determination by high-performance liquid chromatography-electrochemistry. 381 78

The effect of a water-soluble fraction (CEF) that was prepared from an extract of Corynebacterium equi on primary reaginic antibody formation was studied in Balb/c mice. Mice were immunized with a hapten carrier (DNP-OVA) and received intraperitoneal injections of CEF 7 and 2 days prior to, or 2 and 7 days after the immunization. PCA titers of both antihapten (DNP) and anticarrier (OVA) antibodies of IgE class were reduced significantly by the CEF treatment. Evidence was presented in adoptive transfer experiments that the number of IgE-producing cells in the CEF-treated mice was lower than that of controls. Suppression of IgG1 anti-DNP antibody formation was also achieved by the CEF treatment. Formation of IgG1 anti-OVA antibodies, however, was not suppressed significantly by the treatment. The suppressive activities of CEF were shown to be dose-dependent, but timing of CEF administration did not appear critical.
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PMID:Regulation of allergic reaction by aerobic Corynebacterium equi extract, CEF. I. Antigen-nonspecific suppression of reaginic antibody response in mice. 616 36

CB-1A chemical characterization comprised the determination of nitrogen (Kjeldhal: 15.5%: amino acid composition: 17.5%), total (6.8%) and reducing (1.6%) carbohydrates, amino acid composition (Lys4, His1, Arg11, Asp3, Thr1, Ser7, Glu16, Pro2, Gly5, Ala3, Cys6, Val3, Met1, Ile3, Leu4, Tyr1, Phe1; 82 residues). Its behaviour under several TCA concentrations, ultraviolet absorption of native and oxidized CB-1A under several solvents as well as its enzymatic susceptibility were explored. Physicochemical parameters such as MW (protein moiety - composition: 9.642 Da, column: 9.431 Da: glycoprotein-10.345) Da; E1%1cm,220mm = 49.7 E1%1cm,595mm = 29.7: partial specific volume (anhydrous: 0.703 cm3/g; hydrated; 0.924 cm3/g); Stokes radius (15.1 A); hydration water (22%) and frictional ratio (1:10) were determined. Calculated limit molecular dimensions (semi-axis of revolution: 11.4 to 19.8 A) and equatorial radius (13.2 to 17.5 A suggest dendency to sphericity. CB-1A showed allergenicity by PCA. Fourteen components were detected by IEF.
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PMID:Chemical and physicochemical characterization of CB-1a, an allergenic fraction isolated from castor bean (Ricinus communis L.). 650 26

The water content and amounts of sodium, potassium and chloride were measured in the brains of normal rats, rats with PCA, normal rats fed ammoniated cationic exchange resin, and rats with PCA fed the resin. Plasma electrolytes and ammonia levels were also measured, and sodium and chloride spaces were calculated. Rats with PCA showed increased water content, sodium space and chloride space in the brainstem compared to controls. Rats with PCA fed ammoniated resin showed increased chloride content and Na+:K+ ratio in the brainstem, and an increased chloride space in the brainstem. In these rats the chloride spaces in the cerebrum and cerebellum exceeded the sodium spaces. It is concluded that high circulating ammonia levels can in vivo produce ionic shifts which may interfere with nervous function. It is also concluded that increased cytoplasmic osmolarity produced by ammonium ion-induced stimulation of (Na+ + Ka+) ATPase may result in the appearance of swollen astrocytes in conventional electron micrographs.
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PMID:The brain in experimental portal-systemic encephalopathy. II. Water and electrolyte changes. 687 7

By isoelectric focusing a protein fraction of pI 4.6 was isolated from a crude water-soluble extract of Dactylis glomerata pollen (SE). This fraction was neither immunogenic nor allergenic in BALB/c mice. In one week, this protein inhibited the mouse IgE-specific antibodies to the soluble extract as measured by PCA in rats and was therefore called Dactylis inhibitory protein (DIP). Two experimental approaches which lowered IgE anti-SE titer were undertaken. Pretreatment with DIP as well as injection of DIP after the last sensitizing injection with SE resulted in an inhibition of the circulating IgE antibody level to SE. For both experiments the regulation of the immune response touched only the IgE class, whereas the titers of anti-SE IgG, IgM, IgA antibodies were not modified. DIP treatment did not alter the IgE titers, measured by PCA, in the immune response to ovalbumin.
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PMID:Inhibition of the passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction to Dactylis glomerata pollen allergens by a purified component of this pollen. 688 15

The microfilariae and adults of Setaria cervi, a filarial parasite of Indian water-buffalo (Bubalus bubalis Linn.) and of other ruminants were analysed for various biochemical constituents. Both stages of the parasite were rich in protein, carbohydrate, and lipids while nucleic acids were detectable in only small amounts. Microfilariae and adults contained 10 and 25% dry matter, 57.4 and 63.0% protein, 8.9 and 14.8% carbohydrate, and 12.8 and 9.2% lipid, respectively. Reducing sugars accounted for 52 and 67% respectively of the total carbohydrate in these two stages. Glycogen accounted for 95% of total carbohydrate in the cold PCA soluble fraction of adult worms while its concentration in microfilariae was very low. Glucose was the main constituent of reducing sugars while concentrations of fructose were very low. Microfilariae contained more lipids, nucleic acids, mucopolysaccharides, and total phosphorus than adults. The phospholipid percentage was higher in microfilariae than in adults. The amino acid pattern of both stages was very similar.
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PMID:Biochemical composition of microfiliarial and adult stages of Setaria cervi. 739 8

Lodoxamide tromethamine (U-42,585E) is a new drug intended for prophylaxis of mast cell-mediated allergic disease. It is a water-soluble, cromolyn-like agent with demonstrated activity in rat peritoneal mast cell assay, rat percutaneous anaphylaxis (rat PCA) and sensitized rhesus monkey airway system. Ten allergen-sensitive asthmatics were pretreated with lodoxamide (0.01, 0.1, or 1.0 mg) or placebo, then challenged with serial dilutions of allergen extract. Analysis of allergen dose-response curve parameters shows that pretreatment with lodoxamide offers significant protection against experimental allergen-induced bronchoconstriction. At 0.01 mg, lodoxamide was effective in over half the subjects tested. Administration of lodoxamide by inhalation at doses of 0.1 and 1.0 mg uniformly allowed subjects to tolerate significantly larger doses of inhaled allergen. Side effects observed at these doses were minimal.
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PMID:Protective effect opf lodoxamide tromethamine on allergen inhalation challenge. 741 30

Serotonin and dexamethasone act as differentiating agents during development. Reducing circulating adrenal steroids or central 5-HT levels via adrenalectomy (ADX) or the tryptophan hydroxylase inhibitor, para-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA), respectively, has been shown to have de-differentiating effects in the adult brain. Morphometric analysis of 5-HT, S100 beta, MAP-2 and synaptophysin immunoreactivity (IR) was used to follow the molecular plasticity of several brain regions after lesioning of 5-HT nerve terminals by para-chloroamphetamine (PCA; 2 x 10 mg/kg s.c.), a serotonin neurotoxin. Two weeks after PCA treatment we observed reductions of 5-HT, S100 beta, and MAP-2 IR in parietal and temporal cortex, temporal pole, hippocampus and hypothalamus. The reductions in MAP-2 and synaptophysin-IR were reversed by 3 days of treatment with dexamethasone (10 mg/l drinking water) or ipsapirone, a 5-HT1A agonist (1 mg/kg s.c.). The loss of S100-IR was reversed only by the 5-HT1A agonist. These results indicate that both dexamethasone and serotonin have effects on adult neuronal plasticity but may work via different mechanisms. The implications of these findings to the loss of synaptophysin and MAP-2 staining in Alzheimer's disease are discussed.
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PMID:5-HT1A agonist and dexamethasone reversal of para-chloroamphetamine induced loss of MAP-2 and synaptophysin immunoreactivity in adult rat brain. 755 42

The effects of exogenously applied serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] on the distal arterial vasculature of gill filaments were observed using an epi-illumination microscope equipped with a water-immersion objective and connected to a video camera. In addition, ventral aortic flow (Q) and celiac artery pressure (PCA) were measured. Intra-arterial injection of serotonin (100 nmol/kg) completely stopped the blood flow in the distal part of the filaments and caused a rapid decrease of PCA. Repeatedly, the flow reduction was found to coincide with a constriction of the distal portion of the efferent filamental vasculature. Because there was no concomitant reduction in Q, it is concluded that a redistribution of blood to more proximal parts of the filaments occurred. After treatment with the serotonergic receptor antagonist methysergide, the vasoconstrictor effect of serotonin on the filamental vasculature was eliminated, while a decrease in PCA was still observed. The results demonstrate a specific site(s) for the serotonergic vasoconstriction in the distal portion of the filament.
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PMID:Control of gill filament blood flow by serotonin in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. 777 83


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