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  • 1
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    Gamete Research 4 (1981), S. 203-217 
    ISSN: 0148-7280
    Keywords: α-chlorohydrin ; antifertility agent ; ram ; sperm metabolism ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: The effects of the male antifertility agent, α-chlorohydrin, six of its derivatives, and glycidol were studied on the metabolism of washed ram spermatozoa in vitro with fructose as substrate. The α-chlorohydrin derivatives were the amino, the phosphorylated, and four glycol-bridge (ketal) compounds. All compounds except glycidol, in a concentration between 0.1 and 100 mM, reduced the aerobic glycolsis and/or oxidation of fructose. However, there was not a high correlation between the ability of these compounds to inhibit the metabolism of ram spermatozoa in vitro and their antifertility activity when administered to male rats. Other factors are clearly involved in their antifertility activity, eg, the concentration of the compounds in the epididymis and their conversion of either more or less spermicidal compounds in the body.
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    Journal of Morphology 169 (1981), S. 21-28 
    ISSN: 0362-2525
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Standard histological and SEM techniques have been used to examine the pair of statocyst organs located in the telson of the isopod, Cyathara polita. Each organ is formed as an invagination of the dorsal cuticle of the telson. The invagination narrows to form a stalk between the statocyst and dorsal surface. A canal courses longitudinally through this stalk and forms a continuous channel between the lumen of the cyst and the external environment. On the luminal floor of each statocyst, there are three pits; each correlates with a nodule protruding from the ventro-medial wall. From each pit, a single, bifurcating hair projects dorsally to contact the single concretion within the statocyst lumen. No other static organs have been found in this animal. Thus, maintenance of equilibrium in this species appears to be under the control of but six hairs, three in each statocyst. Innervation of each statocyst is provided by a branch of a nerve which connects anteriorly with the last abdominal ganglion.
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  • 3
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    Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 1 (1980), S. 159-162 
    ISSN: 0886-1544
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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    Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 1 (1980), S. 63-71 
    ISSN: 0886-1544
    Keywords: Physarum polycephalum ; myosin light chains ; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis ; calcium ; cytoplasmic streaming ; actomyosin ATPase regulation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Myosin from the slime mold Physarum polycephalum contains three sizes of polypeptides: a heavy chain and two light chains, LC-1 and LC-2. Using a simple qualitative test for calcium binding by comparing electrophoretic migration of the polypeptides in sodium dodecy1 sulfate (SDS) acrylamide gels in the presence and absence of calcium, we have found that Physarum myosin light chain LC-2 migrates with an apparent molecular weight of 16,900 daltons in the presence of the metal ion chelator ethylene glycol bis (B-aminoethyl ether) N,N′-tetraacetic acid (EGTA). However, if calcium chloride is added to the sample prior to electrophoresis, the apparent molecular weight decreases to 16,100. Lanthanide and cadmium ions, but not magnesium, can substitute for calcium. Because the ionic radii of Ca2+, La3+, and Cd2+ are almost identical, we conclude that Physarum myosin LC-2 possesses a very size-specific binding site for calcium. Physarum myosin LC-1 and the heavy chain give no evidence for binding calcium by this test. Since cytoplasmic streaming in the plasmodium of Physarum requires calcium, our evidence indicates that the calcium-binding property of Physarum myosin LC-2 may be important in regulating the production of force by actomyosin in the ectoplasm. Unexpectedly, the myosin light chain in Physarum capable of binding calcium, LC-2, is the essential light chain, while LC-1 is a member of the regulatory class of myosin light chains [V. T. Nachmias, personal communication]. Until now, essential myosin light chains have not been shown to have high affinity divalent cation binding sites. This means a new version of the myosin-based model for actomyosin regulation by calcium may be required to explain cytoplasmic movement in Physarum, and perhaps in other motile systems involving cytoplasmic myosins as well.
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    Molecular Reproduction and Development 25 (1990), S. 186-194 
    ISSN: 1040-452X
    Keywords: Intracellular calcium ; Intracellular pH ; Mitochondira ; Epididymal sperm ; Bovine ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: This study was undertaken to determine the role of calcium ion, a key regulator of the intensity and form of motility in mature demembranated sperm, in the development of motility during passage through the bovine epididymis. Cellular calcium levels in bovine caput and cauda epididymal spermatozoa were measured with three different techniques. 45Ca2+ uptake measurements revealed that net calcium uptake and Ca2+-Ca2+ exchange in caput spermatozoa were about 2 to 3 times higher than in caudal spermatozoa. Intracellular free calcium determination with the calcium fluorophore Fura 2 showed that the levels were 6 times higher in caput spermatozoa. The values for caput and caudal sperm were 875±55 nM (n = 15) and 155±6 nM (n = 24), respectively. Total cellular calcium levels quantitated by atomic absorption were 626±30 (n = 48) and 304±19 (n = 46) ng/108 sperm in caput and caudal epididymal sperm, respectively. At least one of the reasons for the high calcium content of caput epididymal sperm is the result of a higher rate and extent of mitochondrial calcium accumulation in caput compared to caudal sperm. Mitochondrial calcium uptake rates measured in digitonin permeabilized cells revealed uptake rates 2- to 3-fold higher in caput compared to caudal sperm. However, mitochondrial calcium efflux rates were identical in caput and caudal epididymal sperm. The efflux rates in both cell types were unaffected by external sodium levels but were found to be proportional to pH. Alkalinization or acidification of internal pH of intact sperm resulted in a corresponding lowering or elevation of cytoplasmic free calcium levels. We propose that external calcium has access to sperm only via the mitochondria (Vijayaraghavan and Hoskins: Cell Calcium 10:241-253, 1989) and that this mitochondrial calcium is subsequently redistributed into the cytoplasmic space as a function of the internal pH. We document for the first time that changes in mitochondrial calcium handling properties are important in epididymal sperm maturation and suggest that the acquisition of sperm motility in the epididymis could be related to these changes in sperm calcium handling properties.
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    Journal of Cellular Physiology 102 (1980), S. 175-181 
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: A procedure has been investigated for sorting viable cells according to their DNA content. Cells are stained with the U.V. activated fluorochromes 4′6-diamidino-2-pheylindole (DAPI), Hoechst 33258 or Hoechst 33342, and sorted with a Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter. Hoechst 33342 is a suitable vital stain for a varietyof cell types. Hoechst 33258 and DAPI, however, are quantitative vital stains for CHO cells only. Cloning efficiency is unaffected by the sorting procedure, and these stains are not mutagenic at concentrations suitable for vital staining. Potential applications of this procedure to cell biology are discussed.
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    Journal of Cellular Physiology 104 (1980), S. 153-162 
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: BALB/c or DBA/2 mice were infected with Abelson murine leukemia virus (A-MuLV), pseudotype Molony murine leukemia virus (M-MuLV). Infection of these mice with 104 focus-forming units of A-MuLV (M-MuLV) induced overt leukemia, detectable grossly or microscopically in 90% of the mice at 20-38 days. However, these methods did not detect leukemia at 17 days or before. Bone marrow cells from A-MuLV-infected leukemic or preleukemic mice were placed in tissue culture in a soft agarose gel. Cells from leukemic or preleukemic BALB/c mice grew to form colonies of 103 cells or more, composed of lymphoblasts, whereas marrow cells from normal uninfected mice did not. Cells from these colonies grew to form ascitic tumors after intraperitoneal inoculation into pristane-primed BALB/c recipient. Colony-forming leukemia cells could be detected in the marrow of A-MuLV-infected mice as early as 8 days after virus incoluation. The number of colony-forming leukemia cells increased as a function of time after virus inoculation.Colony-forming leukemia cells require other cells in order to replicate in tissue culture. Normal bone marrow cells, untreated or after treatment with mitomycin-C, provide this “helper” function. Only in the presence of untreated or mitomycin-C treated helper cells was the number of colonies approximately proportional to the number of leukemia cells plated.Marrow cells from leukemic BALB/c mice form more colonies than those from leukemic DBA/2 mice. The number of colonies formed per 103 microscopically identifiable leukemia cells plated was determined to be 2-3 for leukemic BALB/c mice and 0.3 for DBA/2 mice. Cocultivation of leukemic DBA/2 marrow cells with mitomycin-C treated normal BALB/c cells did not increase the number of colonies formed by the DBA/2 leukemic cells. Thus, the decreased ability of DBA/2 leukemia cells to form colonies appears to be a property of the leukemia cell population.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The effect of inhibition of the cell membrane Na+-K+ pump on the Balb/c-3T3 cell growth cycle was studied. Inhibition of the Na+-K+ pump resulted in a dose-dependent reduction of intracellular K+ concentration ({K+}i). However, inhibition of protein synthesis in G0/G1 and of subsequent entry into S phase occurred only after {K+}i fell below a critical threshold (50-60 mmoles/liter). Thus, when the {K+}i falls below a critical threshold, protein synthesis is inhibited, preventing cells from entering the S phase.The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) induces cells to become “competent” to traverse the cell cycle; the platelet-poor plasma component of serum allows competent cells to progress through G0/G1 and enter S phase. Inhibition of the Na+-K+ pump did not prevent the induction of competence by PDGF, but it did reversibly inhibit plasma-mediated events in early G0/G1. Similarly, cycloheximide inhibited plasma-mediated events but did not prevent PDGF-induced competence. Thus, protein synthesis may not be required for induction of competence; alternatively, the induction of the competent state may occur in these cells after removal of PDGF and protein synthesis inhibitor. Protein synthesis is required for subsequent plasma-mediated events in G0/G1.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) serves an important role in extracellular matrix formation by stimulating the production of numerous extracellular matrix proteins by connective tissue cells and by osteoblasts or bone-forming cells. TGFβ has been shown to stimulate alkaline phosphatase (ALPase) activity in the rat osteoblast-like osteosarcoma cell line ROS 17/2.8. Previous studies have shown that this enzyme is elevated during calcification of bone and that it is enriched in matrix vesicles, an extracellular organelle associated with initial hydroxyapatite formation. To test the hypothesis that TGFβ plays a role in regulating mineral deposition in the matrix, the effects of TGFβ on ALPase and phospholipase A2, two enzymes associated with mineralization, were examined. ROS 17/2.8 cells were cultured at high and low density with recombinant human TGFβ (0.1-10 ng/ml) to examine the influence of cell maturation on response to TGFβ. Maximal stimulation of ALPase activity in the low density cultures was seen at 5 ng/ml; in high-density cultures, there was further stimulation at 10 ng/ml. There was a dose-dependent increase in ALPase activity seen in the matrix vesicles and plasma membranes in both types of cultures. Matrix vesicle ALPase exhibited a greater response to factor than did the plasma membrane enzyme. However, in low density cultures, the two membrane fractions exhibited a parallel response with greatest activity consistently in the matrix vesicles. There was a dose-dependent increase in phospholipase A2-specific activity in the plasma membranes and matrix vesicles of both high- and low-density cultures. In agreement with previous studies, TGFβ inhibited cellular proliferation 50%. The results show that addition of TGFβ stimulates the activity of enzymes associated with calcification. The effect of TGFβ is dependent on the stage of maturation of the cell. This study indicates that TGFβ may play an important role in induced bone formation, calcification, and fracture repair in addition to its role in promoting chondrogenesis.
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    Journal of Cellular Physiology 145 (1990), S. 110-119 
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Specific binding of leukemia-inhibitory factor (LIF) to osteoblasts, but not multinucleated osteoclasts, was demonstrated by receptor autoradiography by *using cells isolated from newborn rat long bones. The clonal rat osteogenic sarcoma cells, UMR 106-06, which have several phenotypic properties of osteoblasts, expressed 300 LIF receptors per cell, with an apparent KD of 60 pM. Treatment of calvarial osteoblasts or UMR 106-01 cells with LIF resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of plasminogen activator (PA) activity. Both calvarial osteoblasts and osteogenic sarcoma cells were shown by Western blotting and reverse fibrin autography to produce plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), the production of which was increased by LIF treatment. Northern blot analysis revealed that LIF treatment resulted in a rapid (peak 1 hour), dose-dependent increase in mRNA for PAI-1. LIF treatment of the preosteoblast cell line, UMR 201, enhanced the alkaline phosphatase response of these cells to retinoic acid. Each of the osteoblast-like cell types (calvarial osteoblasts, UMR 106-06, and UMR 201) was shown to produce LIF by bioassay and, by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), was shown to express low levels of mRNA for LIF. These data establish that cells of the osteoblast lineage are targets for LIF action. The reported anabolic effects of this cytokine on bone formation in vivo could be related to inhibition of protease activity. LIF may be an important paracrine modulator in bone, or perhaps an autocrine one, based on the evidence for its production by osteoblasts and osteoblast-like cells.
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