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The effects of acute (10 mg/kg) and chronic 10 mg/kg for 30 days) administration of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta9-THC) have been studied histochemically in the rat adrenal medulla, which include total catecholamines, noradrenaline, histometric measurements of adrenal medullary areas, calcium content of the medullary cells along with adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase), acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) and butyryl cholinesterase (BChE) activities. Acute delta9-THC treatment reduced the total catecholamine content (including noradrenaline) of the gland, was accompanied by increased ATP-ase, AChE, BChE activities and increased calcium distribution in the gland. Chronic delta9-THC treatment caused significant hypertrophy of the chromaffin tissue, with decreased total catecholamine content, although noradrenaline containing areas exhibited no notable change. The calcium content and ATPase activity were increased along with a concomitant increase in AChE and BChE activities. Although the changes in adrenal medullary enzyme activities following both acute and chronic delta9-THC treatment are qualitatively similar, marked quantitative increase is noted in the chronically treated groups. The results indicate an increased total catecholamine releasing activity of the adrenal medulla following acute delta9-THC treatment, while chronic delta9-THC administration produces a preferential release of adrenaline.
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PMID:Changes in rat adrenal medulla following delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol treatment. A histochemical study. 12 28

In this study, enzyme activities of the pancreatic appendages of the ductus hepatoPancreas (the so-called "pancreas") in Sepia officinalis L. have been demonstrated by light and electron micicroscopical methods: Malate dehydrogenase, monoamine oxidase, acid phosphatase, beta-glucuronidase, adenosine triphosphatase and carbonic anhydrase were shown by the former, and monoamine oxidase, catalase, glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, choline esterase (non-specific), alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase and carbonic anhydrase by the latter technique. The correlation between enzyme activity and distribution, and the presumed function of the two pancreatic epithelia is discussed.
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PMID:The localization of enzyme activities in the pancreatic appendages of Sepia officinalis L. (Cephalopoda). 15 95

The study deals with the distribution of acid and alkaline phosphatases, ATPase, 5-nucleotidase, nonspecific esterase, specific cholinesterase, and beta-galactosidase in the diencephalon of the frog. The highlights of the present study are the following: i) Acid phosphatase is present in all the neurons, whereas the tracts and commissures are completely negative. ii) Most of the tracts and commissures are positive for 5-nucleotidase. This confirms the author's previous findings that the tracts and commissures of all the areas of frog brain are intensely positive for 5-nucleotidase. iii) beta-galactosidase activity in the nuclei of the diencephalon is either mild or completely absent, whereas the commissures and tracts show positive activity. iv) Habenulothalamic connections are intensely positive for specific cholinesterase and non-specific esterase, moderately positive for beta-galactosidase and completely negative for other enzymes. v) The epiphysis (pineal organ) shows intense reaction for adenosine triphosphatase, acid phosphatase, and 5-nucleotidase and moderate reaction for alkaline phosphatase and non-specific esterase. In contrast to the above enzymes, the specific cholinesterase and beta-galactosidase are completely missing. vi) Lateral forebrain bundles are completely negative for all the enzymes except alkaline phosphatase and beta-galactosidase. The distribution of these enzymes has been correlated with the functional aspects of various nuclei, tracts, and commissures of the diencephalon of the frog.
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PMID:The chemoarchitectonics of the diencephalon of frog (Rana tigrina). 15 81

A zonal rotor technique for the preparation of synaptosomes in bulk from bovine brain frontal cortex based on an impirical transformation of a small-volume discontinuous sucrose density gradient arrangement is presented in detail. The procedure yields new information concerning synaptosomes prepared in sucrose gradients. Cerebroside analysis and electron microscopy show myelin contamination to be restricted to the leading, less dense edge of the synaptosomal profile, free mitochondria to the trailing, more dense edge. Exclusion of fringe areas yields a highly purified synaptosome preparation which entirely enters the next dense layer beyond the 0.8 : 1.2 M sucrose interface. This interface collects most of the oubain-sensitive (Na+, K+) adenosine triphosphatase activity. The purified synaptosomes display very high intrinsic sialidase activity and are rich in di-, tri-, and tetrasialogangliosides, the preferred substrates for the enzyme. Up to 90% of the cholinesterase activity in the zonal rotor synaptosome preparation is specific acetylcholinesterase.
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PMID:Large-scale preparation of synaptosomes from bovine brain using a zonal rotor technique. 15 41

Neurochemical and psychopharmacological studies of rats were designed to examine four hypotheses which have been proposed to account for the development of behavioral tolerance to the anticholinesterase, diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP). The fact that the activity of the enzymes, adenosine triphosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and cytochrome oxidase, did not change concomitantly with behavioral measures during chronic treatment with DFP suggests that nonspecific metabolic changes are unlikely mechanisms of behavioral tolerance. Similarly, a lack of change in choline acetylase activity coupled with constantly high acetylcholine levels (140%) and low cholinesterase activity (28.5%) tends to eliminate end-product inhibition of acetylcholine synthesis as a primary mechanism of tolerance to DFP. Alpha-Methyl-p-tyrosine in doses to 150 mg/kg affected the behaviors of control and DFP-treated rats to a comparable degree, offering no support for the hypothesis that a redundant adrenergic system may replace the cholinergic system during the development of tolerance to DFP. In contrast to these various negative findings, pilocarpine was less effective in suppressing the responding of rats tolerant to DFP than that of control subjects. This confirms other evidence indicating that a decreased sensitivity of cholinergic (muscarinic) receptors is one mechanism underlying the development of tolerance to DFP.
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PMID:Experimental tests of hypotheses about neurochemical mechanisms underlying behavioral tolerance to the anticholinesterase, diisopropyl fluorophosphate. 16 30

Comprehensive investigations were carried out for establishing the biological and nutritional value of low erucic-acid rapeseed oil from a variety of rape called Janpol selected in Poland. The pathophysiological effects of Janpol rapeseed oil were observed after giving it as the only source of fat in the diet or added in different proportions to other edible fats. In all cases the total amount of fat in the diet was 20 p. 100 kcal. The investigations were carried out on 78 young male Wistar rats aged 25 days at the beginning of the experiment. The rats were divided into 7 groups and they were given diets containing: 1) soybean oil; 2) mixed fats; 3) rapeseed oil of high erucic-acid content; 4) mixed fats containing 25 p. 100 of Janpol rapeseed oil; 5) mixed fats with 50 p. 100 of Janpol rapeseed oil; 6) mixed fats with 75 p. 100 of Janpol rapeseed oil; 7) Janpol rapeseed oil only. The experiment lasted 3 months. After its completion the rats were decapitated after 18 hours of starvation. The investigation s included : determination of weight gain, determination of the weight of selected organs (liver-lungs, heart, kidneys, testes, spleen), determination of alkaline phosphatase and pseudocholinesterase activity in the serum, determination of triglycerides and cholesterol in the serum, tests for adrenocortical function, histo-chemical investigations of the liver (alkaline and acid phosphatase, adenosine triphosphatase, fatty infiltration of the liver), macroscopic and microscopic anatomopathological examinations. The authors found the Janpol rapeseed oil caused less pronounced changes in the determined indices of the biological and nutritional evaluation as compared with high-erucic-acid rapeseed oil. Janpol repeseed oil given to experimental animals mixed with other fats in proportions of 25 p. 100 and 50 p. 100 of all fats in the diet, that is 5 p. 100 and 10 p. 100 kcal in the diet derived from Janpol oil gave in most determinations of the investigated parameters results very similar to those observed in animals receiving soybean oil. The results of these investigations show that Janpol rapesed oil can be used for nutrition of man in amounts not exceeding 10 p. 100 of the total caloric content of food.
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PMID:[Nutritional and biological experiences on low-erucic acid rapeseed oil "Janpol". Studies on rats after ingestion of "Janpol" oil and other edible fats]. 22 Sep

The dermal cells in grey, xanthic, and white goldfish integuments were cytochemically characterized for the following enzymatic activities: tyrosinase, DOPA-oxidase, cytochrome oxidase, monoamine oxidase, peroxidase, non-specific esterase, cholinesterase, NAD-diaphorase, NADP-diaphorase, aryl sulfatase, nucleotide phosphodiesterase, beta-glucuronidase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, adenosine triphosphatase, thiamine pyrophosphatase, glucose-6-phosphatase, aldolase, as well as succinate, malate, isocitrate, glutamate, glucose-6-phosphate, 6-phosphogluconate, alpha-glycerophosphate, alcohol, lactate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenases. It was found that the epidermis was a significant barrier to the access of cytochemical reaction substrates. Removal of the epidermal barrier provided dermal cell localizations of enzymatic activities which were reproducible. Further, alterations in reaction times and temperatures from the mammalian methodology provided conditions fe various integumental cells were compared for possible interrelationships. The basic foundations for future work with the dermis of poikilothermic vertebrates on an experimental basis were established. In addition, a previously undescribed non-pigmented dermal cell, the "x"-cell, was found to have enzymatic characteristics similar to both melanophores and lipophores. The "x"-cell may be the common precursor of both types of pigment cells.
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PMID:Cytochemical characterization of goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) dermis with special reference to the pigment cells. 82 86

Mothers who smoke cigarettes during pregnancy give birth to babies with lower birth weights than do nonsmoking mothers. One hypothesis to explain this finding is that nicotine depresses the activity of the placental cholinergic system, which has been linked to the placental transport of amino acids and other substances. The levels and activities of several components of the term placental cholinergic system were determined in smokers and nonsmokers to investigate whether this system is involved in the effect of smoking. There were no statistically significant differences in the levels, synthesis or release of acetylcholine in the tissues from smoking and nonsmoking mothers, nor in the activities of the choline uptake system or the enzymes choline acetyltransferase, cholinesterase or sodium/potassium adenosine triphosphatase. The results do not support the hypothesis that the lower birth weights of babies born to smoking mothers is mediated by an effect of nicotine or other tobacco components on the placental cholinergic system.
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PMID:The effect of cigarette smoking during pregnancy on the cholinergic system in isolated term human placental tissue. 293 60

Human platelets separated from blood by six different methods have been compared for aggregability, adhesion to glass, adenine nucleotide content and release, and adenosine triphosphatase and cholinesterase activities. Methods of separation of platelets from blood included three differential centrifugation technics, gel filtration and two albumin density gradient methods. Platelets prepared by the different methods aggregated comparably except those separated by albumin density gradient technics which tended to be hyporeactive. Differences in adhesion to glass, adenine nucleotide content and release, and monitored enzyme activities of the various platelet preparations were noted in several cases but were not marked in general. Ultrastructural studies, reported elsewhere, revealed that platelets separated by the method of Mustard or by gel filtration were less altered morphologically than those separated by the other methods. Platelets separated from blood by gel filtration also appeared somewhat superior functionally to platelets separated by other methods.
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PMID:Comparison of certain functions of human platelets separated from blood by various means. 427 71

1. The action of beryllium on the following enzymes has been examined: alkaline phosphatase (Escherichia coli and kidney), acid phosphatase, phosphoprotein phosphatase, apyrase (potato), adenosine triphosphatase (liver nuclei, liver mitochondria, brain microsomes), glucose 6-phosphatase, polysaccharide phosphorylases a and b, phosphoglucomutase, hexokinase, phosphoglyceromutase, ribonuclease, A-esterase (rabbit serum), cholinesterase (horse serum), chymotrypsin. Alkaline phosphatase and phosphoglucomutase are inhibited by 1mum-beryllium sulphate whereas the other enzymes are largely unaffected by 1mm-beryllium sulphate. 2. Possible mechanisms for the inhibition of phosphoglucomutase and alkaline phosphatase are discussed.
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PMID:The inhibition of enzymes by beryllium. 428 87


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