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Kannan R, Tang D, Mackic JB, Zlokovic BV, Fernandez-Checa JC. A simple technique to determine glutathione (GSH) levels and synthesis in ocular tissues as GSH-bimane adduct: application to normal and galactosemic guinea-pigs. Exp Eye Res 1993; 56:45-50. [PMID: 8432334 DOI: 10.1006/exer.1993.1007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A fluorimetric technique previously described for other tissues has been applied to determine levels of glutathione and its synthetic rates in ocular tissues of Hartley guinea-pigs. Monochlorobimane forms a stable, fluorescent adduct with glutathione in a reaction catalyzed by glutathione-S-transferase. The fluorescent signal recorded over time is directly proportional to the synthetic rate of glutathione. Lens, cornea and retina were homogenized and cytosolic fractions dialyzed overnight to deplete endogeneous glutathione. Glutathione synthetic rates were determined from a mixture of glutathione precursors and co-factors, viz. cysteine+dithiothreitol, glutamate+glycine, ATP and Mg++ in the presence of monochlorobimane. The mixture was supplemented with glutathione-S-transferase to catalyze the formation of the fluorescent adduct. Glutathione synthetic rates were determined in the absence and presence of buthionine sulfoximine, an inhibitor of gamma-glutamyl cysteine synthetase. The difference in fluorescence change over time in the presence and absence of buthionine sulfoximine was used to estimate glutathione synthesis. Basal levels of glutathione in pre-dialyzed cytosolic fractions of the lens, cornea, and retina were 21.8 +/- 2.2, 36.5 +/- 4.1 and 38.6 +/- 2.8 nmol mg-1 protein, respectively. The maximal glutathione synthetic rates in these tissues were 0.52 +/- 0.04, 2.25 +/- 0.67 and 3.35 +/- 0.65 nmol min-1 mg-1 protein, respectively. When gamma-glutamyl cysteine is used as a precursor instead of cysteine, the glutathione synthetase activities from lenses and retinas were 0.19 +/- 0.08 and 1.54 +/- 0.76 nmol-1 min mg-1 protein.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- R Kannan
- Division of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California School of Medicine
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Perera FP, Tang D, Grinberg-Funes RA, Blackwood MA, Dickey C, Blaner W, Santella RM. Molecular epidemiology of lung cancer and the modulation of markers of chronic carcinogen exposure by chemopreventive agents. J Cell Biochem Suppl 1993; 17F:119-28. [PMID: 8412183 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.240531017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Chronic inhalation exposure to environmental carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), cigarette smoke, 4-aminobiphenyl (4-ABP), ethylene oxide, and styrene is associated with elevations in biomarkers such as DNA adducts, protein adducts, sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs), chromosomal aberrations, gene mutation, and/or oncogene activation. These biomarkers indicate an increased cancer risk for the exposed population, although quantitative estimates cannot be made with certainty. There is convincing epidemiological evidence that the antioxidant and free radical-scavenging vitamins C and E and beta-carotene (beta-C) protect against cancer of the lung and other epithelial tissues, with somewhat weaker evidence for retinol. Experimental studies demonstrate that these micronutrients are capable of blocking or reducing tumor formation caused by diverse carcinogens. A variety of mechanisms appear to be involved, including suppression of carcinogen activation, enhancement of carcinogen detoxification, induction of cellular differentiation, inhibition of mutagenesis, enhancement of immunologic function, and/or reduction of the formation of carcinogen-DNA adducts, SCEs, micronuclei, and other markers of genotoxic damage. Therefore, we have recently investigated the possible modifying effect of serum vitamins C and E, beta-C, and retinol on a number of such biomarkers in a case-control study of lung cancer, and in a cross-sectional study of heavy smokers. Preliminary results indicate an inhibitory effect of certain vitamins on DNA adduct formation. A significant number of human intervention trials are ongoing involving these vitamins. It appears that biomarkers can provide useful intermediate endpoints for assessment of both the mechanisms and the efficacy of chemopreventive agents.
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- F P Perera
- Division of Environmental Sciences, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032
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Timar J, Tang D, Bazaz R, Haddad MM, Kimler VA, Taylor JD, Honn KV. PKC mediates 12(S)-HETE-induced cytoskeletal rearrangement in B16a melanoma cells. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton 1993; 26:49-65. [PMID: 8221907 DOI: 10.1002/cm.970260106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The fatty acid 12(S)-HETE may be a new second messenger capable of activating PKC. In tumor cells 12(S)-HETE stimulates cytoskeleton-dependent cellular responses such as adhesion and spreading. Analysis of 12(S)-HETE effects on B16a melanoma cell cytoskeleton revealed reversible rearrangement of microtubules, microfilaments, the actin-binding proteins, vinculin, myosin heavy (MHC) and light chains (MLC), as well as bundling of vimentin intermediate filaments. The alterations in microfilaments and intermediate filaments occurred very rapidly, i.e., 5 min after exposure of tumor cells to 12(S)-HETE. The 12(S)-HETE-induced cytoskeletal alterations were accompanied by centrifugal organelle-translocation. Interestingly, MLC exhibited clear association with the cytoplasmic organelles. Biochemical analysis of the 12(S)-HETE effect indicated a PKC-mediated reversible hyperphosphorylation of MLC, vimentin, and a 130 kD cytoskeletal-associated protein. Optimal effects were obtained after 5 min treatment with 12(S)-HETE at 0.1 microM concentration. 12(S)-HETE pretreatment induced tumor cell spreading on a fibronectin matrix which required the intactness of all three major cytoskeletal components. The spreading process was dependent upon the activity of PKC. Our data suggest that 12(S)-HETE is a physiological stimulant of PKC. Further, it induces rearrangement of the cytoskeleton of tumor cells in interphase resulting in the stimulation of cytoskeleton-dependent cell activity such as spreading.
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- J Timar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Perera F, Brenner D, Jeffrey A, Mayer J, Tang D, Warburton D, Young TI, Wazneh L, Latriano L, Motykiewicz G. DNA adducts and related biomarkers in populations exposed to environmental carcinogens. Environ Health Perspect 1992; 98:133-137. [PMID: 1486841 PMCID: PMC1519595 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9298133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Prevention of environmentally related cancer will be enhanced by the availability of sensitive early warning systems and by improvements in quantitative assessment of human risks. Accordingly, we have carried out a series of molecular epidemiologic studies aimed at validating a panel of biologic markers, including carcinogen-DNA and -protein adducts, sister chromatid exchange, micronucleus formation, DNA strand breaks, and DNA repair capacity. Results from three such studies illustrate the usefulness of these biomarkers in elucidating low-dose-response relationships, correlations between biomarkers, and the range of variation in biomarkers between individuals exposed to similar concentrations of carcinogens. Low-level workplace or ambient exposures to styrene, ethylene oxide, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were associated with significant increases in both molecular dose of carcinogens (adducts) and various markers of preclinical effects. Correlations between biomarkers varied by exposure. For example, in the styrene study, sister chromatid exchange frequency was not correlated with any of the markers, in contrast to the studies of ethylene oxide and PAH. Significant molecular effects were observed not only in occupationally exposed people but also in residents of an area in Poland characterized by high levels of air pollution. For example, the mean PAH-DNA level in exposed residents (winter sample) was 30.4 adducts per 10(8) nucleotides. This level was significantly higher than that of adducts seen in summer samples from the same area (4.2/10(8), or in winter samples from residents of a rural area (11.01/10(8). Significant seasonal variation in PAH-DNA adduct formation in this group was consistent with recorded fluctuations in air pollution levels. Striking interindividual variation was observed in all three exposed populations.
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- F Perera
- Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032
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- K V Honn
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
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Bryant DD, Grant RE, Tang D. Fibular strut grafting for fibrous dysplasia of the femoral neck. J Natl Med Assoc 1992; 84:893-7. [PMID: 1404469 PMCID: PMC2571794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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When fibrous dysplasia affects the femoral neck, normal bone is replaced by fibro-osseous dysplastic bone that is both mechanically weakened and biomechanically abnormal. Surgical management is recommended for persistent pain, progressive deformity, or impending fracture. Surgical options include curettage and cancellous bone grafting, osteotomy and nail-plate fixation, intramedullary rodding, and cortical bone grafting. We present the case of a patient with a painful, dysplastic lesion of the femoral neck who underwent cortical bone grafting using dual fibular strut grafts. To ensure long-term graft incorporation, the fibular cortical grafts bridged the lesion in the femoral neck and were securely anchored to the normal bone of the lateral femoral cortex and a head of the femur. No supplemental internal fixation was required. The biological basis for success of the fibular strut grafting procedure is that creeping substitution of the cortical graft necrotic bone does not replace the interstitial lamellae, which persist to lend structural support. Fibular strut grafting is an excellent procedure for fibrous dysplasia of the femoral neck.
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- D D Bryant
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
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Chen Y, Gao X, Timar J, Tang D, Grossi I, Chelladurai M, Kunicki T, Fligiel S, Taylor J, Honn K. Identification of the alpha IIb beta 3 integrin in murine tumor cells. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)41927-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Tang D, Chong PL. E/M dips. Evidence for lipids regularly distributed into hexagonal super-lattices in pyrene-PC/DMPC binary mixtures at specific concentrations. Biophys J 1992; 63:903-10. [PMID: 1420934 PMCID: PMC1262227 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(92)81672-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We have examined the effect of 1-palmitoyl-2-(10-pyrenyl)decanoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphatidylcholine (Pyr-PC) concentration on the ratio of excimer fluorescence to monomer fluorescence (E/M) in L-alpha-dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) multilamellar vesicles at 30 degrees C, with special attention focussed on the smoothness of the curve. We observed a series of dips, in addition to kinks, in the plot of E/M versus the mole fraction of Pyr-PC (XPyrPC). The observation of dips is a new finding, perhaps unique for Pyr-PC in DMPC since only kinks were observed for Pyr-PC in L-alpha-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and in egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (egg-PC) (Somerharju et al., 1985. Biochemistry. 24: 2773-2781). The dips/kinks observed here are distributed according to a well defined pattern reflecting a lateral order in the membrane, and distributed symmetrically with respect to 50 mol% Pyr-PC. Some of the dips appear at specific concentrations (YPyrPC) according to the hexagonal super-lattice model proposed by Virtanen et al. (1988. J. Mol. Electr. 4: 233-236). However, the observations of dips at XPyrPC > 66.7 mol% and the kink at 33.3 mol% cannot be interpreted by the model of Virtanen et al. (1988). These surprising results can be understood by virtue of an extended hexagonal super-lattice model, in which we have proposed that if the pyrene-containing acyl chains are regularly distributed as a hexagonal super-lattice in the DMPC matrix at a specific concentration YPyrPC, then the acyl chains of DMPC can form a regularly distributed hexagonal super-lattice in the membrane at a critical concentration (1-YPyrPC). The excellent agreement between the calculated and the observed dip/kink positions, except for the dip at 74 mol% and the kink at 40 mol%, provides most compelling evidence that lipids are regularly distributed into hexagonal super-lattices in Pyr-PC/DMPC mixtures at specific concentrations. The physical nature of the dips not only gives us a better understanding of lipid lateral organization in membranes but also will lead to new theoretical considerations and experimental designs for exploring the relationship between lipid regular distribution and membrane functions.
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- D Tang
- Department of Biochemistry, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208
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Tang D, Zhou S. Hemophilic blood cyst--a case report. Chin Med Sci J 1992; 7:181-3. [PMID: 1286188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We report a case of hemophilic blood cyst in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment are discussed, and neither inflammatory changes nor pathological cells were seen in the numerous histological sections obtained surgically.
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- D Tang
- First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejing Medical University, Hangzhou
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Chen YQ, Gao X, Timar J, Tang D, Grossi IM, Chelladurai M, Kunicki TJ, Fligiel SE, Taylor JD, Honn KV. Identification of the alpha IIb beta 3 integrin in murine tumor cells. J Biol Chem 1992; 267:17314-20. [PMID: 1512266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Previously, we have identified an alpha IIb beta 3-like integrin in tumor cells by using antibodies against platelet alpha IIb beta 3. However, alpha IIb beta 3 was considered to be expressed strictly in megakaryocyte lineage cells. In order to resolve this controversy, the alpha IIb beta 3-like integrin in murine B16 amelanotic melanoma (B16a) cells was characterized at DNA, RNA, and protein levels. The presence of alpha 5, alpha v, alpha IIb, beta 1, and beta 3 genes in B16a cells was confirmed by Southern analysis. mRNAs for all these integrins except alpha v were detectable by Northern blotting. The alpha IIb beta 3 protein was identified by Western blotting using subunit-specific antibodies and by immunoprecipitation using complex-specific antibody. The alpha IIb beta 3 integrin was localized intracellularly by immunocytochemistry. Finally, alpha IIb and beta 3 mRNAs were amplified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and the identity of alpha IIb was verified by sequencing. Partial DNA and deduced amino acid sequence analysis showed that B16a alpha IIb shares approximately 80% homology with the human alpha IIb and approximately 90% homology with the rat alpha IIb, whereas B16a alpha IIb shares only approximately 26% homology with the human alpha v. These experiments indicate that the alpha IIb beta 3-like protein in B16a cells is the authentic alpha IIb beta 3 and demonstrate, for the first time, that integrin alpha IIb beta 3 is not confined to megakaryocyte lineage cells.
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- Y Q Chen
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Perera FP, Motzer RJ, Tang D, Reed E, Parker R, Warburton D, O'Neill P, Albertini R, Bigbee WL, Jensen RH. Multiple biological markers in germ cell tumor patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy. Cancer Res 1992; 52:3558-65. [PMID: 1319825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Blood samples from 36 germ cell tumor patients receiving chemotherapy with either cisplatin or carboplatin in combination with other drugs [etoposide or vinblastine, cyclophosphamide, dactinomycin, and bleomycin (VAB-6)] were analyzed for the presence of 7 different biological markers. The biomarkers included platinum-protein adducts, platinum-DNA adducts, sister chromatid exchange (SCE), micronuclei (MN), and somatic gene mutation at the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) locus and the glycophorin A (GPA) loci (NO and NN). Patients were asked to donate 9 serial blood samples: a pretreatment sample followed by another drawn 12-24 h after each of four cycles of treatment and a final sample provided 3-6 months after the last cycle. Most individuals gave 7-8 samples; 7 individuals donated all 9. Because of limited amounts of cells in some cases, it was not possible to carry out all 7 assays on every sample. Pt-protein adducts, Pt-DNA adducts, and SCE showed a direct and consistent effect of treatment and were very highly correlated. A significant correlation was also seen between both Pt-protein and Pt-DNA adducts and HPRT mutation. All of the posttreatment samples were significantly elevated compared to the baseline sample. These markers also remained elevated 3-6 months after the end of treatment. By contrast, MN, HPRT mutation, and GPA mutation (both NO and NN variants) showed varying patterns of dose response, probably reflective of the differing biology of these markers scored in lymphocytes (MN and HPRT) and erythrocytes (GPA). MN were significantly elevated in the posttreatment samples drawn at cycles 2 and 3. Although induction of HPRT mutation was only of marginal significance, results here are for the mutant frequency determination assay only. In progress is the potentially more informative analysis of the type of mutations by Southern blot and the sequencing of mutations to look for characteristic mutational spectra. The GPA assay showed a significant increase over baseline in samples drawn after cycles 3 and 4 (NO variants) and after cycles 2, 3, and 4 (NN variants). The level of GPA mutation (both NO and NN variants) was clearly elevated even 3-6 months after the last cycle of chemotherapy. Correlations were seen between HPRT and MN as well as between GPA NO and GPA NN variants. Analysis of biomarkers by treatment group does not reveal a consistent pattern or trend across all cycles.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- F P Perera
- Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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Nagalla SR, Gibson BW, Tang D, Reeve JR, Spindel ER. Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) is not mammalian bombesin. Identification and molecular cloning of a true amphibian GRP distinct from amphibian bombesin in Bombina orientalis. J Biol Chem 1992; 267:6916-22. [PMID: 1551901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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On the basis of structural homology and similar biological activity, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) has been considered the mammalian equivalent of amphibian bombesin. In this paper we now show this to be incorrect. Chromatography of frog (Bombina orientalis) gut extracts demonstrated two peaks of bombesin-like immunoreactivity (BLI), one similar in size to GRP and one similar in size to amphibian bombesin. These peaks were purified by high pressure liquid chromatography then subjected to mass spectrometric analyses to determine molecular weights and amino acid sequence. Based on the amino acid sequence of the lower molecular weight BLI species, a mixed oligonucleotide probe was prepared and used to screen a B. orientalis stomach cDNA library. Sequence analysis showed that all hybridizing clones encoded a 155-amino acid protein homologous to the mammalian GRP precursor. The mass spectra of the high and low molecular weight peaks of frog gut BLI were consistent with their origin from the processing of the frog GRP (fGRP) precursor into GRP-29 and GRP-10, just like the processing of the rat GRP precursor. Sequence homology showed that the fGRP precursor is more homology showed that the fGRP precursor is more closely related to the mammalian GRP precursors than to either the frog bombesin or frog ranatensin precursors. Northern blot analysis showed that fGRP is encoded by a mRNA of 980 bases, clearly different from the 750-base mRNA which encodes frog bombesin. Northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization showed fGRP mRNA in frog brain and stomach and bombesin mRNA in frog skin, brain, and stomach. That frogs have independent genes for both GRP and bombesin raises the possibility that mammals have an as yet uncharacterized gene encoding a true mammalian bombesin.
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- S R Nagalla
- Division of Neuroscience, Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton 97006
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The DNA sequence of an open reading frame (ORF) corresponding to the murine adenovirus type 1 (Mav1) proteinase gene was determined. 1162 base pairs were sequenced from the downstream end of the SmaI-D Mav1 genomic fragment. The sequence defines the 204 amino acid proteinase, which apparently does not possess the usual L3 polyadenylation signal, but instead the sequence AAATAA. This gene is followed by a 147 amino acid C-terminal portion of the DNA-binding protein, encoded by the complementary strand.
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- F Cai
- Département de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
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Mayer J, Warburton D, Jeffrey AM, Pero R, Walles S, Andrews L, Toor M, Latriano L, Wazneh L, Tang D. Biologic markers in ethylene oxide-exposed workers and controls. Mutat Res 1991; 248:163-76. [PMID: 2030705 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(91)90098-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ethylene oxide (EtO) is an alkylating agent and a model direct-acting mutagen and carcinogen. This study has evaluated a panel of biologic markers including EtO-hemoglobin adducts (EtO-Hb), sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs), micronuclei, chromosomal aberrations (CAs), DNA single-strand breaks (SSB) and an index of DNA repair (ratio of UDS to NA-AAF-DNA binding) in the peripheral blood cells of 34 workers at a sterilization unit of a large university hospital and 23 controls working in the university library. Comprehensive environmental histories were obtained on each subject including detailed occupational and smoking histories. Industrial hygiene data obtained prior to the study and personal monitoring during the 8 years preceding the study showed that workers were subject to low-level exposure near or below the current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard of 1 ppm (TWA). Personal monitoring data obtained during 2 weeks prior to blood sampling were uniformly less than 0.3 ppm (TWA). After adjusting for smoking, EtO workplace exposure was significantly (p less than 0.001) associated with EtO-Hb (a carcinogen-protein adduct) and 2 measures of SCEs [the average number of SCEs/cell (SCE50) and the number of high frequency cells (SCEHFC)]. There was an apparent suppression of DNA repair capacity in EtO-exposed individuals as measured by the DNA repair index; i.e., the ratio of unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) and NA-AAF-DNA binding (p less than 0.01). No association of DNA repair index with smoking was found. Another important finding of this study is the highly significant correlation between EtO-Hb adduct levels and SCEHFC (p less than 0.01) and SCEs (p less than 0.02) which provides evidence of a direct link between a marker of biologically effective dose and markers of genotoxic response. In contrast, micronuclei, CAs and SSBs were not significantly elevated in the workers. The activity of the u-isoenzyme of glutathione-S-transferase (GT) was measured as a possible genetic marker of susceptibility and a modulator of biomarker formation. However, possibly because of confounding by age, no significant relationships were found between GT and any of the exposure-related markers by ANOVA or among other independent variables by regression. This study demonstrates significant effects of low-level EtO exposure, independent of smoking history, near or below 1 ppm on multiple biomarkers and suggests that the current OSHA standard may not be adequately protective. Previously described effects of smoking on EtO-Hb adducts, SCEs and SCEHFC were also seen in this study.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J Mayer
- Division of Environmental Sciences, Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032
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McLean AB, Ludeke R, Prietsch M, Heskett D, Tang D, Wong TM. Two-dimensional electronic structure of the GaAs(110)-Bi system. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1991; 43:7243-7253. [PMID: 9998188 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.43.7243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Tang D, Jankowiak R, Seibert M, Small GJ. Effects of detergent on the excited state structure and relaxation dynamics of the photosystem II reaction center: A high resolution hole burning study. Photosynth Res 1991; 27:19-29. [PMID: 24414442 DOI: 10.1007/bf00029973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/1990] [Accepted: 08/24/1990] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Low temperature (4.2 K) absorption and hole burned spectra are reported for a stabilized preparation (no excess detergent) of the photosystem II reaction center complex. The complex was studied in glasses to which detergent had and had not been added. Triton X-100 (but not dodecyl maltoside) detergent was found to significantly affect the absorption and persistent hole spectra and to disrupt energy transfer from the accessory chlorophyll a to the active pheophytin a. However, Triton X-100 does not significantly affect the transient hole spectrum and lifetime (1.9 ps at 4.2 K) of the primary donor state, P680(*). Data are presented which indicate that the disruptive effects of Triton X-100 are not due to extraction of pigments from the reaction center, leaving structural perturbations as the most plausible explanation. In the absence of detergent the high resolution persistent hole spectra yield an energy transfer decay time for the accessory Chl a QY-state at 1.6 K of 12 ps, which is about three orders of magnitude longer than the corresponding time for the bacterial RC. In the presence of Triton X-100 the Chl a QY-state decay time is increased by at least a factor of 50.
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- D Tang
- Ames Laboratory-USDOE and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, 50011, Ames, IA, USA
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- F X Cai
- Departement de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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Cai FX, Bourbonnière M, Tang D, Hu SL, Weber JM. Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of the bovine adenovirus type 3 proteinase. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:5568. [PMID: 2216745 PMCID: PMC332260 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.18.5568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- F X Cai
- Departement de Microbiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
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McLean AB, Heskett D, Tang D, DiNardo NJ. Comment on "Schottky-barrier formation at low metal coverages: A consistent molecular-orbital calculation for K on GaAs(110)". Phys Rev Lett 1990; 65:524. [PMID: 10042942 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.65.524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Lew JY, Zawadzka H, Feigenblum D, Tang D, Filer D, Benedetto P, Goldstein M. Regulation and molecular characterization of dopamine D2 receptors in a prolactin-secreting 7315a anterior pituitary tumor. Eur J Pharmacol 1990; 188:329-34. [PMID: 1695574 DOI: 10.1016/0922-4106(90)90193-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The regulation and molecular properties of the dopamine (DA) D2 receptors were compared in the prolactin-secreting 7315a anterior pituitary tumor with those in the striatum of rats. Chronic treatment with haloperidol increases the maximal binding for [3H]spiroperidol in tumor and striatum, but the percent increase is much higher in tumor than in striatum. Photoaffinity labelling of DA D2 receptors with N-(p-azido-m-[125I]iodophenethyl)spiperone ([125I]N3-NAPS) yielded a major specifically labeled peptide with the Mr of 32-34 kDa in tumor, and two specifically labeled peptides with Mr of 32-34 and 92-94 kDa in striatum. The analysis of DA D2 receptor mRNA shows that the size is similar in tumor and striatum. The DA D2 receptor mRNA in tumor is very low and chronic treatment with haloperidol produces a considerable increase of the specific mRNA. It is postulated that the reported defect in regulation of prolactin release by DA agonists might be due to posttranslational changes in the tumor DA D2 receptor.
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- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016
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Liu YW, Xiang SB, Fan HF, Tang D, Li FH, Pan Q, Uyeda N, Fujiyoshi Y. Image deconvolution of a single high-resolution electron micrograph. Acta Crystallogr A 1990. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767390000265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Lee KY, Lew JY, Tang D, Schlesinger DH, Deutch AY, Goldstein M. Antibodies to a synthetic peptide corresponding to a Ser-40-containing segment of tyrosine hydroxylase: activation and immunohistochemical localization of tyrosine hydroxylase. J Neurochem 1989; 53:1238-44. [PMID: 2570128 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1989.tb07420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A peptide corresponding to position 32-47 in tyrosine hydroxylase was synthesized (TH-16) and polyclonal antibodies against this peptide were raised in rabbits (anti-TH-16). The effects of anti-TH-16 on modulation of tyrosine hydroxylase activity were investigated. Anti-TH-16 enhanced the enzymatic activity in a concentration-dependent manner, and the antigen TH-16 inhibited the stimulatory activity of the antiserum in a concentration-dependent manner. The activated enzyme had a lower Km app for the cofactor 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropterin and a higher Vmax app than the nonactivated enzyme. Anti-TH-16 was characterized further by its ability to immunoprecipitate the enzyme activity by labeling tyrosine hydroxylase after Western blotting and by immunohistochemical labeling of catecholaminergic neurons. Anti-TH-16 did not block activation of tyrosine hydroxylase by phosphorylation catalyzed by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. Exposure of the enzyme to anti-TH-16 and subsequent phosphorylation of the enzyme resulted in a greater activation of the enzyme than the sum of activation produced by these two treatments separately. However, the activation was less than additive when the enzyme was first phosphorylated and subsequently exposed to anti-TH-16. The present study demonstrates the utility of anti-TH-16 in investigating the molecular aspects of the enzyme activation.
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- Neurochemistry Research Laboratory, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016
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Aguila N, Miro M, Tang D, Castillo V, Piñeiro Lamas R, Jiménez Pantoja O. [Nursing care for the diabetic child]. Rev Cubana Enferm 1989; 5:107-13. [PMID: 2608992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Nursing care is reviewed in six patients hospitalized with diagnosis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type I), three of them with poor metabolic control of disease (hospitalized in miscellaneous ward) and three with diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis (hospitalized in intensive care ward). Importance of nurse's work in the hospital assistance staff is pointed out.
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Oseroff A, Krishnamurti C, Hassett A, Tang D, Alving B. Plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor activities in men with coronary artery disease. J Lab Clin Med 1989; 113:88-93. [PMID: 2783330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Although elevated levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) have been associated with the development of myocardial infarction, the correlation between the presence of coronary artery disease and increased levels of PAI-1 is controversial. The present study evaluated the association between angiographically-documented coronary artery disease and plasma levels of PAI-1 and tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) in 65 men (ages 35 to 65 years) who had no previous history of myocardial infarction, angioplasty, or other medical illnesses. PAI-1 activity in these 65 patients was inversely correlated with t-PA activity, which was measured before and after venous occlusion. PAI-1 activity correlated positively with levels of triglycerides. There was a significant negative correlation between PAI-1 activity and levels of high-density lipoprotein. Each patient was placed in one of five groups according to the severity of coronary atherosclerosis, which ranged from normal vessels (group I) to greater than 50% occlusion of three vessels (group V). There were no significant differences among the five groups with respect to mean activity of PAI-1 (p = 0.98) or t-PA activity measured before venous occlusion (p = 0.22) or after occlusion (p = 0.70). T-PA and PAI-1 activities in these five groups were not different from those in 35 healthy men. These data indicate that there is no association between activities of PAI-1 or t-PA and coronary artery disease in this well-characterized male population.
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- Division of Cardiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20307-5100
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Maly K, Overstreet C, Qiu X, Tang D. Dynamic bandwidth allocation in a network. SIGCOMM Comput Commun Rev 1988. [DOI: 10.1145/52325.52327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Recently protocols have been introduced which enable us to integrate periodic traffic (voice or video) and aperiodic traffic (data) and to extend the size of local area networks without any loss in speed and capacity. One of these, the DRAMA protocol, is based on broadband technology and allows for dynamic allocation of bandwidth to clusters of nodes in the total network. In this paper we propose a distributed algorithm to allocate bandwidth in a
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- Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA
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- Changdu Univ. of Science and Technology, Changdu, P.R. China
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Hayes J, Gillie J, Tang D, Small G. Theory for spectral hole burning of the primary electron donor state of photosynthetic reaction centers. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(88)90166-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tang D, Teng CM, Zou J, Li FH. Pseudo-weak-phase-object approximation in high-resolution electron microscopy. II. Feasibility of directly observing Li+. Acta Crystallogr B Struct Sci 1986. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108768186098130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Tang D. [Impact of educational attainments on women's fertility]. Renkou Yanjiu 1985:26-7. [PMID: 12159344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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Spitzer W, Sörgel F, Krakau I, Tang D, Benet LZ, Lang E. [Heart failure and diuretics. Pharmacokinetics with furosemide]. MMW Munch Med Wochenschr 1983; 125:913-4. [PMID: 6417494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Jonkman JH, Tang D, Upton RA, Riegelman S. Measurement of excretion characteristics of theophylline and its major metabolites. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 1981; 20:435-41. [PMID: 7286053 DOI: 10.1007/bf00542096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Analysis of urinary excretion after administration of 320 mg of theophylline to six normal volunteers appears to indicate the occurrence of capacity limited formation of most of the theophylline metabolites and non-linear renal excretion of theophylline. The renal clearance is elevated at high concentrations where the metabolic clearance is reduced. Even though the individual process of elimination is non-linear, the compensating relationship appears to yield a constant total elimination clearance. The implication of these results in chronic therapy and dose adjustment is discussed.
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Lombardi JP, Tang D, Myhre OA. Squamous cell papilloma of the esophagus: a case report and review of the literature. Int Surg 1980; 65:459-61. [PMID: 7451069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Squamous cell papilloma of the esophagus is exceedingly rare. This is the seventh case to be presented since histological verification began in 1959. Clinical, radiographic and microphotographic evidence are presented, together with a survey of the literature.
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The spinal cords of larval sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) and adult river lampreys (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis) were injected with horseradish peroxidase through a transection 1 cm caudal to the last gill. Some animals also had a spinal hemisection 1 cm caudal to the injection. After recovery periods of 1 to 52 days, the spinal cords were treated with diaminobenzidene and hydrogen peroxide, and the projections of various cell types determined in wholemount slides. From these observations the following conclusions were drawn. Most dorsal cells (primary sensory cells) are bipolar with a long rostral projection and a short caudal projection of no more than 5-10 mm. Both processes travel in the ipsilateral dorsal column. Their peripheral processes enter the dorsal roots as branches of their central axons. Some dorsal cells send processes out three or more dorsal roots both rostral and caudal to the cell body. Myotomal motoneurons have characteristic locations in the medial gray column and send prominent transversely oriented dendrites into the lateral columns. A few motoneurons are unusually large. In addition to giant interneurons the majority of smaller rostrally projecting interneurons also have decussating axons. A recently described cell type, the oblique bipolar cell, appears to have an exclusively crossed rostral projection. Although most edge cells project rostrally, as many as 20% may have a caudal projection or both rostral and caudal projections. Edge cells project equally to the ipsilateral and contralateral spinal hemicord, but their processes do not extend more than about 18 mm in sea lamprey larvae and 37 mm in adult river lampreys. Lateral cells project exclusively to the ipsilateral caudal hemicord. A few cells which resemble lateral cells in location and in possessing large lateral dendrites, project rostrally. However, these have atypical morphologic features which probably distinguish them from true lateral cells. Thus far, regardless of cell type, all decussating axons seem to pass ventral to the central canal, while decussating medial dendrites pass dorsally.
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Myhre OA, Silverman ED, Tang D. Mechanical problems in the use of the intra-aortic balloon. Int Surg 1979; 64:57-61. [PMID: 541188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Although there are many complications in the use of the intraortic balloon (IAB) support device, they are relatively benign compared to the benefits of the device. The purpose of this paper is, firstly, to review a protocol in the safe use of this device, and secondly to remind enthusiastic users of the IAB that the use of this method is not always as benign as we would like it to be. Rarely reported findings at postmortem examination in two patients who died in cardiogenic shock are described. The aorta of one of the two cases in this report had a longitudinal tear which involved only the intima and extended from the common femoral artery to well above the renal arteries. In the second case, the balloon tip had entered at the bifurcation of the aorta in a subintimal manner and had re-entered well below the renal arteries, to be relocated in the proper site in the descending aorta.
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A DNA nicking-closing enzyme has been purified from the nuclei of mouse L cells to 90% homogeneity. The denatured and reduced form of the enzyme has a molecular weight of 68,000 which is in agreement with the molecular weight of the native enzyme as determined by gel filtration and by sucrose sedimentation velocity assuming the protein is globular. Therefore, the active form of the enzyme is a monopolypeptide. Its isoelectric point is pH 4.2 +/- 0.2. The nicking-closing activity does not require a cofactor and does not involve any sulfhydryl group. The enzyme requires 0.2 M NaCl and pH in the range of 6.5-7.5 for optimal activity.
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Pulleyblank DE, Shure M, Tang D, Vinograd J, Vosberg HP. Action of nicking-closing enzyme on supercoiled and nonsupercoiled closed circular DNA: formation of a Boltzmann distribution of topological isomers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1975; 72:4280-4. [PMID: 1060106 PMCID: PMC388704 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.72.11.4280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Highly purified nicking-closing enzyme from mouse cells in 20-fold enzyme/substrate excess converts closed circular native PM2, ColE1, and Minicol DNA into limit product sets of DNAs. Each set has a mean degree of supercoiling of approximately zero. The individual species in the sets differ by deltatau = +/-1, +/-2, etc., and the relative masses fit a Boltzmann distribution. It was also demonstrated that "nonsupercoiled" closed circular duplex molecules serve as substrates for the nicking-closing enzyme, and that a distribution of topological isomers is generated. Polynucleotide ligase, acting on nicked circular DNA, forms under the same conditions, the same set of closed DNAs. The latter enzyme freezes the population into sets of molecules otherwise in configurational equilibrium in solution.
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Maxwell RA, Ferris RM, Burcsu J, Woodward EC, Tang D, Williard K. The phenyl rings of tricyclic antidepressants and related compounds as determinants of the potency of inhibition of the amine pumps in adrenergic neurons of the rabbit aorta and in rat cortical synaptosomes. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1974; 191:418-30. [PMID: 4427288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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