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The creA204, creB15 and creC27 mutations have been shown to cause carbon catabolite derepression of acetly CoA synthase and isocitrate lyase in Aspergillus nidulans. A recessive mutation, cre-34, which is linked to the creC gene, results in these enzymes being more sensitive than cre or wildtype strains to catabolite repression. The acetamidase levels of strains containing cre mutations have been investigated and provide support for the hypothesis that an acetate metabolite, rather than acetamide, induces this enzyme.
Mol Gen Genet 1977 Nov 04
PMID:Increased and decreased sensitivity to carbon catabolite repression of enzymes of acetate metabolism in mutants of Aspergillus nidulans. 2 91

An androgen binding protein (ABP) with an electrophoretic mobility (Rf) of 0.56 is present in the rete testis fluid of adult rams. Its steroid specificity was found to be in the following order: 5alpha-DHT, testosterone, oestradiol-17 beta, dehydroepiandrosterone 5beta-DHT, androstenedione, cyproterone, cyproterone acetate, cortisol and progesterone. The characteristics of the ABP are similar to those found for the ABP of the testis and the epididymis of the rat and the rabbit. The concentration of ABP, determined by the dextran-coated charcoal method and sometimes confirmed by the steady-state polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis method, was significantly higher in the breeding season than in the non-breeding season (4.40 +/- 0.98 X 10(-9) M vs. 2.60 +/- 0.62 X 10(-9) M; P less than 0.037). The affinity constant of the ABP was independent of the season (2.45 +/- 0.21 X 10(9) M-1 vs. 2.66 +/- 0.1 X 10(9) M-1; NS). In addition, ABP was positively correlated with 5alpha-DHT (r = 0.506; P less than 0.0009), testosterone (r = 0.445; P less than 0.0003), total protein (r = 0.329; P less than 0.02) and spermatozoa (r = 0.406; P less than 0.006) in the RTF and with blood plasma testosterone (r = 0.584; P less than 0.0001). Furthermore, testosterone and 5alpha-DHT in RTF were positively correlated (r = 0.582; P less than 0.0001). These androgens were also correlated with plasma testosterone (r = 0.262, P less than 0.052 for testosterone in RTF; r = 0.341, P less than 0.018 for 5 alpha-DHT). Total proteins and spermatozoa were found to be positively correlated in the RTF (r = 0.789; P less than 0.0001).
Mol Cell Endocrinol 1978 Jan
PMID:Studies of the androgen binding protein in the rete testis fluid of the ram and its relation to sexual season. 2 74

In connection with a hypothesis of segmental flexibility of pepsin and its derivative aminopepsin (containing 3-aminotyrosine residues), a dynamic behaviour of pepsin and dansylated aminopepsin in aqueous solutions at pH 1.0--8.3 in investigated. It is shown that a dynamic structure of pepsin at pH 2.5--6.0 is almost invariant and very close to a structure studied in detail at pH 5.5. The lowering of a solution pH value from 2.5 to 1.0 is accompanied by labilization of pepsin and dansylated aminopepsin structures. Denaturation phenomena after thermal treatment of dansylated aminopepsin are also studied. An incubation of the latter in 0.1 M acetate buffer at pH 5.5 and temperature 50--80 degrees C with a subsequent cooling leads to irreversible conformational changes. The character of these changes is essentially dependent upon the incubation conditions.
Mol Biol (Mosk)
PMID:[Influence of pH and thermal treatment on the intramolecular mobility of pepsin]. 3 50

Groups of hairless mice received one, two, five and fifty applications of 20 nmoles TPA (12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate) on the skin of the back, and were observed for 20 months. The animals developed some papillomas, some squamous cell carcinomas, some fibrosarcomas of the dermis, and some malignant and benign tumours in internal organs. There was a small, not significantly different, incidence of benign and malignant tumours after 1, 2 and 5 paintings, and a significantly higher tumour incidence after 50 applications. Apart from reticuloses, which are commonly seen in these animals, the occurrence of other tumours is believed to be related to the TPA treatment. The results are interpreted as showing that TPA, like croton oil, should be regarded as a complete carcinogen.
Virchows Arch B Cell Pathol Incl Mol Pathol 1979 May 04
PMID:The carcinogenic effect of TPA (12-0-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate) when applied to the skin of hairless mice. 3 42

Two distinct steroid-binding proteins are present in rabbit plasma. One of the proteins (TeBG) binds [3-H]5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (5 alpha DHT) and [3-H]testosterone. The affinity of this binding protein for 5 alpha DHT was 3-4 times greater than for testosterone. Binding of [3-H]5 alphaDHT could be inhibited by unlabeled 5 alpha DHT, testosterone, 5 alpha-androstan-3 alpha,17 beta-diol (3 alpha-diol), and 17 alpha-methyl- B-testosterone (skf) 7690). The relative affinity of the competitors was: 5 alpha DHT greater than 3 alpha-diol greater than testosterone greater than SKF 7690. The antiandrogens, cyproterone (1,2 alpha-methylene-6-chloro-pregn-4,6-diene-17 alpla-ol-3,20 dione), cyproterone-17-acetate, and 6 alpha-bromo-17 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyl-4-oxa-5 alpha-androstan-3-ine (BOMT) were ineffective in competing for [3-H5d alpha DHT binding sites, as were 4-androstene-3, 17-dione, 17 beta-estradiol (E2), progesterone, and cortisol. The formation of the [3-H]5 alpha DHT-TeBG complex was extremely rapid; the binding reaction was essentially completed in 15 s. The complex dissociated rapidly in the presence of charcoal. The dissociation rate constant (Kdiss) was 0.157 min- minus 1 and the dissociation half-time t-1/2) was 4.5 min. In the presence of charcoal and unlabeled 5 alpha DHT the Kdiss was 0.268 min- minus 1 and the t=1/2 was 2.6 min. The sedimentation coefficient of TeBG was congruent to 4.6 S and its molecular weight, estimated by gel filtration on a calibrated Sephadex G-200 column, was congruent to 75,000. The concentration of TeBG in male rabbit plasma decreased with sexual maturation and was approximately three times higher in adult females than in adult males. The other protein (CBG) bound both [3-H]cortisol and [3-H]progesterone. Binding of these compounds could be inhibited by unlabeled cortisol and progesterone, but not by unlabeled 5 alpha DHT, testosterone, or E2. CBG had a sedimentation of congruent to 3.9 S and an apparent molecular weight of congruent to 105,000. TeBG could be separated from CBG by a 60% ammonium sulfate precipitation and by gel filtration chromatography. Both proteins are thermolabile; TeBG is inactivated at temperatures above 30 degrees C and CBG is inactivated at temperatures above 50 degrees C.
Mol Cell Endocrinol 1975 May
PMID:Steroid-binding proteins in rabbit plasma: Separation of testosterone-binding globulin (TeBG) from corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG), preliminary characterization of TeBG, and changes in TeBG concentration during sexual maturation. 4 21

Cardiac conducting fibers were selected from two dogs defined as A and B. The specimens differed in the reaction of their electron dense granules, commonly referred to as glycogen, to the treatment en bloc with uranyl acetate. Material was fixed in glutaraldehyde and OsO4. Blocks were processed either conventionally or immersed in uranyl acetate before dehydration. Sections were examined unsatined, stained with U and/or Pb or with a histochemical technique (PA-TSC-SP) specific for glycogen. Electron dense granules have affinity to Os, U and Pb which suggests ionic reactions specific for protein but improbable for glycogen. Large granules in A turned into pale ghosts and small granules in B disappeared after treatment en bloc with uranyl acetate. PA-TSC-SP in conventional samples showed glycogen particles arranged into aggregates corresponding in size to the electron dense granules. Treatment en bloc slightly affected glycogen aggregates in A and resulted in a formation of large clumps of glycogen particles in B. It was concluded that the electron dense granules represented protein bound to glycogen in the organelles called glycosomes. Acidic action of uranyl acetate removed protein from glycosomes. The degree of this removal depended on the amount of protein present in glycosomes in the moment of fixation.
Virchows Arch B Cell Pathol Incl Mol Pathol 1979 Jun 29
PMID:Glycosomes (protein-glycogen complex) in the canine heart. Ultrastructure, histochemistry and changes induced by acidic treatment. 9 43

Six chloroplast gene mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii resistant to spectinomycin, erythromycin, or streptomycin have been assessed for antibiotic resistance of their chloroplast ribosomes. Four of these mutations clearly confer high levels of antibiotic resistance on the chloroplast ribosomes both in vivo. Although one mutant resistant to streptomycin and one resistant to spectinomycin have chloroplast ribosomes as sensitive to antibiotics as those of wild type in vivo, these mutations can be shown to alter the wildtype sensitivity of chloroplast ribosomes in polynucleotide-directed amino acid incorporation in vitro. Genetic analysis of these six chloroplast mutants and three similar mutants (Sager, 1972), two of which have been shown to affect chloroplast ribosomes (Mets and Bogorad, 1972; Schlanger and Sager, 1974), indicates that in Chlamydomonas at least three chloroplast gene loci can affect streptomycin resistance of chloroplast ribosomes and that two can affect erythromycin resistance. The three spectinomycin-resistant mutants examined appear to be alleles at a single chloroplast gene locus, but may represent mutations at two different sites within the same gene. Unlike wild type, the streptomycin and spectinomycin resistant mutants which have chloroplast ribosomes sensitive to antibiotics in vivo, grow well in the presence of antibiotic by respiring exogenously supplied acetate as a carbon source, and have normal levels of cytochrome oxidase activity and cyanide-sensitive respiration. We conclude that mitochondrial protein synthesis in these mutants is resistant to these antibiotics, whereas in wild type it is sensitive. To explain the behavior of these two chloroplast gene mutants as well as other one-step mutants which are resistant both photosynthetically and when respiring acetate in the dark, we have postulated that a mutation in a single chloroplast gene may result in alteration of both chloroplast and mitochondrial ribosomes. Mitochondrial resistance would appear to be the minimal necessary condition for survival of all such mutants, and antibiotic-resistant chloroplast ribosomes would be necessary for survival only under photosynthetic conditions.
Mol Gen Genet 1975 Oct 03
PMID:Chloroplast genes in Chlamydomonas affecting organelle ribosomes. Genetic and biochemical analysis of analysis of antibiotic-resistant mutants at several gene loci. 12 89

Cadmium nitrate, acetate and sulphate cause death of root meristems of Allium sativum at 5.10(-7) Mol/ml concentration for the two first ones and 10(-7) Mol/ml for the last one. Lower concentrations do not induce chromosomal aberrations. As to the cellular toxicity, cadmium salts are between phenyl-mercuric-hydroxid and lead nitrate, the first one being the most active.
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PMID:[Cytotoxicity of cadmium : study on root meristems of Allium sativum L]. 14 Jul 26

After i.m. injection of [3H]butyrobetaine into rats, the accumulation of carnitine into the epididymis, prostate gland, seminal vesicles, testis and heart was studied. The concentration of radiolabeled carnitine into the cauda epididymis increased linearly with time up to 72 h after the injection of the precursor, while its level in the prostate and seminal vesicles decreased rapidly. Very low levels of carnitine were found in the testis. Castration reduced the carnitine accumulation by cauda epididymis to 6% of the control levels while treatment of castrated animals with testosterone propionate (500 mug/day) partly restored the carnitine uptake. Similar treatment with 17beta-oestradiol valerate or 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone had no effect. Surprisingly, cyproterone acetate (5 mg/day) also significantly stimulated carnitine accumulation by the epididymis to a level above that of the castrated controls. Simultaneous injection of both cyproterone acetate and testosterone propionate to castrated animals caused an additive effect of these steroids. This indicated that cyproterone acetate in this system is working as a weak androgen. Treatment of rats with 17beta-oestradiol valerate also reduced carnitine accumulation by the cauda epididymis. This is due to suppression of pituiatry gonadotrophin secretion, since concommitant treatment with testosterone propionate (500 mug/day) caused a normalization of the carnitine uptake. Treatment of intact rats with cyproterone acetate significantly reduced the epididymal weight, but not the carnitine accumulation. 17alpha-Hydroxyprogesterone treatment had no effect either on the epididymal weight or the accumulation of the carnitine. Unilateral orchiectomy reduced the carnitine accumulation by the cauda epididymis to about 40% of that occurring in the non-operated control side. This indicates that the luminal contact between the testis and epididymis or the luminal content of the epididymis itself is of importance for the androgen-dependent metabolic process occurring in the cauda epididymis. Castration or hormone treatment did not change the conversion of butyrobetaine to carnitine, or the carnitine uptake by heart. Carnitine uptake by the testis after [3H]butyrobetaine injection was rather low and this would exclude the possibility of synthesis of carnitine in the testis as a source of epididymal carnitine. Carnitine only accumulated in the cauda epididymis in vivo 4 to 96 h after injection of [3H]butyrobetaine. The presence of radioactively labeled butyrobetaine or methylcholine was not detected.
Mol Cell Endocrinol 1975 Aug
PMID:Androgen-dependent accumulation of carnitine by rat epididymis after injection of [3H]butyrobetaine in vivo. 17 Jan 50

We previously demonstrated that the caput epididymis of intact sexually mature rabbits contains a specific high-affinity binding protein for 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (5alphaDHT). The other anatomical segments (corpus and cauda) of the epididymes of these animals had no detectable 5alphaDHT-binding activity. We have further shown that this binding was due to an androgen-binding protein of testicular origin. In the present study we have investigated 5alphaDHT binding to epididymal cytosol from sexually immature rabbits (20-104 days old). Using sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation, we have detected a unique pattern of binding. The pattern correlated well with testicular and epididymal maturation, but there was little correlation with chronological age or body weight. In the most immature animals (Group I) the seminiferous tubules appeared as solid cords and the epithelium of the ductus epididymis detectable 5alphaDHT-binding activity. In the second group (Group II), there was 5alphaDHT-binding to all three segments. The seminiferous tubules of these rabbits exhibited spermatogenic activity and lumen formation. The height of the epididymal epithelium had increased uniformly throughout the duct. The third group (Group III) had 5alphaDHT-binding only in caput cytosol. Spermatogenesis had progressed to the formation of elongated spermatids in the most immature animals of this group to the release of spermatozoa in the most mature ones. The caput epithelium of this last group of rabbits was fully differentiated. Unilateral orchidectomy of Group II rabbits resulted in a decrease in [3H]5alphaDHT-binding activity on the operated side as compared to the contralateral non-operated control side, suggesting the testicular origin of the binding protein. The failure of cyproterone or cyproterone acetate to inhibit [3H]5alphaDHT-binding to the protein, the lack of effect of N-ethylmaleimide on binding, and the rapid dissociation rate of the [3H]5alphaDHT-binding protein complex suggested that the binding moiety was testicular androgen-binding protein (ABP).
Mol Cell Endocrinol 1975 Sep
PMID:Changes in 5alpha- dihydrotestosterone binding to epididymal cytosol during sexual maturation in rabbits: correlation with morphological changes in the testis and epididymis. 17 Nov 84


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