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  • Cell & Developmental Biology  (8)
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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Morphology 50 (1930), S. 475-495 
    ISSN: 0362-2525
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Four species of iceryine coccids have been studied cytologically in connection with certain breeding experiments. These are Icerya littoralis, Icerya montserratensis, Echinicerya anomola, and Crypticerya rosae. For the three first-named species the complete chromosomal history has been established, and the evidence on the fourth, Crypticerya rosae, is sufficient to indicate that it differs in no essential respect from the others. The following résumé may, therefore, be considered to apply to all four species. The females are diploid, with a chromosome number of four, and the males are haploid, with a chromosome number of two. Oogenesis proceeds quite normally; two tetrads are formed and two maturation divisions occur in which the chromosomes are reduced to two in each female pronucleus. All eggs undergo this reduction: if the eggs are then fertilized, the diploid number is thus restored and development into females ensues; if the eggs remain unfertilized, whether in the body of a virgin or of a fertilized female, they develop parthenogenetically, with no restoration of diploidy, into haploid males. The spermatogenesis of the haploid males involves a single meiotic division, demonstrably equational in character; the accompanying cytoplasmic division is suppressed, and from each of the binucleate spermatids thus produced two spermatozoa are formed. These conditions are contrasted with the functional hermaphroditism and haploid parthenogenesis of Icerya purchasi.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: forskolin ; cholera toxin ; pertussis toxin ; interleukin-2 ; T lymphocyte ; G protein ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: The Nb2 T lymphoma is unique in that these lymphocytes proliferate in response to prolactin as well as in response to interleukin-2. In this study, we have examined the responsiveness of the adenylate cyclase system in Nb2 cells and the role of this signaling system in regulating proliferation and protein phosphorylation. An analog of cAMP inhibited prolactin-stimulated proliferation and blocked a prolactin-induced decrease in protein phosphorylation. Forskolin, a potent activator of adenylate cyclase in T lymphocytes, did not elevate cAMP levels in Nb2 cells and was not an effective inhibitor of prolactin-induced proliferation. In fact, one preparation of forskolin stimulated proliferation of quiescent Nb2 cells. Like forskolin, prostaglandin E2 did not stimulate cAMP production in Nb2 cells even though, it increased cAMP in a preparation of rat peripheral blood lymphocytes. Cholera toxin appeared to ADP-ribosylate a stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding protein in Nb2 cells, but the toxin did not increase intracellular levels of cAMP nor was it a potent anti-mitogenic agent. Pertussis toxin, an agent that can increase cAMP production through suppression of the inhibitory guanine nucleotide-binding protein, exerted only minor anti-proliferative actions on prolactin-stimulated Nb2 cells. These data suggest that cAMP inhibits Nb2 cell proliferation and prolactin-induced changes in protein phosphorylation but that the adenylate cyclase system in our clone of Nb2 cells responds poorly to agents that normally increase cAMP.
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  • 3
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 54 (1994), S. 265-272 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: DNA synthesis ; cAMP ; cell growth inhibition ; lymphoma ; PGA1 ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Our previous studies have implied that prostaglandins inhibit cell growth independent of cAMP. Recent reports, however, have suggested that prostaglandin arrest of the cell cycle may be mediated through protein kinase A. In this report, in order to eliminate the role of c-AMP in prostaglandin mediated cell cycle arrest, we use the-49 lymphoma variant (cyc-) cells that lack adenylate cyclase activity. We demonstrate that dimethyl prostaglandin A1 (dmPGA1) inhibits DNA synthesis and cell growth in cyc- cells. DNA synthesis is inhibited 42% by dmPGA1 (50 μM) despite the fact that this cell line lacks cellular components needed for cAMP generation. The ability to decrease DNA synthesis depends upon the specific prostaglandin structure with the most effective form possessing the α,β unsaturated ketone ring. Dimethyl PGA1 is most effective in inhibiting DNA synthesis in cyc- cells, with prostaglandins PGE1 and PGB1 being less potent inhibitors of DNA synthesis. DmPGE2 caused a significant stimulation of DNA synthesis. S-49 cyc- variant cells exposed to (30-50 μm) dmPGA1, arrested in the G1 phase of the cell cycle within 24 h. This growth arrest was reversed when the prostaglandin was removed from the cultured cells; growth resumed within hours showing that this treatment is not toxic. The S-49 cyc- cells were chosen not only for their lack of adenylate cyclase activity, but also because their cell cycle has been extensively studied and time requirements for G1, S, G2, and M phases are known. Within hours after prostaglandin removal the cells resume active DNA synthesis, and cell number doubles within 15 h suggesting rapid entry into S-phase DNA synthesis from the G1 cell cycle block. The S-49 cyc- cells are known to have a G1/S boundary through M phase transition time of 14.8 h, making the location of the prostaglandin cell cycle arrest at or very near the G1/S interface. The oncogenes, c-fos and c-myc which are normally expressed during G1 in proliferating cells have a 2-3 fold enhanced expression in prostaglandin G1 arrested cells. These data using the S-49 variants demonstrate that dmPGA1 inhibits DNA synthesis and arrests the cell cycle independent of cAMP-mediated effects. The prostaglandin arrested cells maintain the gene expression of a G1 synchronous cell which suggests a unique molecular mechanism for prostaglandin action in arresting cell growth. These properties indicate that this compound may be an effective tool to study molecular mechanisms of regulation of the cell cycle.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 0362-2525
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The epithelial and sub-epithelial organization of the accessory respiratory organs of Anabas testudineus has been compared with that of gills by using light and transmission electron microscopy. The details of vascular supply of respiratory islets (RI) and gill filaments and the presence of venous sinusoids in the two systems suggest that the RI have been derived from gill filaments and lamellae. The biserial arrangement of transverse capillaries (TC) in the respiratory islets (RI) is evident under the scanning electron microscope and their homology with the gill filaments and their secondary lamellae has been established. The two sets of transverse capillaries of respiratory islets have been derived either from embryonic transverse or marginal channels of two sets of lamellae of a gill filament. These capillaries with their endothelial septate valves and tongue-like processes offer resistance to blood flow.Gill filaments have two vascular pathways, arterio-arterial and arterio-venous. However, the RI of accessory respiratory organs contain the arterio-venous pathways. This arrangement as well as the septate transverse capillaries may lower the “pulmonary” blood pressure considerably.Two types of mitochondria-rich cells are identified: i) chloride cells with flat microvilli bearing surfaces, devoid of apical pit and (ii) an elongated cell type with sac-like endoplasmic reticulum, with apical pit that comes into close contact with the complex matrix of macrophages, lymphocytes and other loose cells of the epithelium. These cells may be associated with detoxification of the internal media of fish inhabiting foul waters.
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  • 5
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    BioEssays 14 (1992), S. 519-525 
    ISSN: 0265-9247
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The hemolysin toxin (HlyA) is secreted across both the cytoplasmic and outer membranes of pathogenic Escherichia coli and forms membrane pores in cells of the host immune system, causing cell dysfunction and death. The processes underlying the interaction of HlyA with the bacterial and mammalian cell membranes are remarkable. Secretion of HlyA occurs without a periplasmic intermediate and is directed by an uncleaved C-terminal targetting signal and the HlyB and HlyD translocator proteins, the former being a member of a transporter superfamily central to import and export of a wide range of substrates by prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The separate process by which HlyA is targetted to mammalian cell membranes is dependent upon fatty acylation of a non-toxic precursor, proHlyA. This is achieved by a novel mechanism directed by the activator protein HlyC, which binds to an internal proHlyA recognition sequence and provides specificity for the transfer of fatty acid from cellular acyl carrier protein.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Individual single-cell-cloned cell lines of the different rat mammary (Rama) cell types have been tested for their ability to bind the lectins Griffonia simplicifolia-1(GS-1) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) using fluorescent, histochemical, and radioactive assays. Myoepithelial-like cell lines isolated from neonatal rat mammary glands and from nonmetastasizing tumors strongly bind GS-1 and PWM, whereas the corresponding epithelial and fibroblastic cell lines do not. When the epithelial cell lines are grown on floating gels of polymerised rat tail collagen, the basally situated or peripheral cells are stained strongly with peroxidase-conjugated lectins, whereas the apically or luminally situated cells are unstained. The capacity of cell lines intermediate in morphology between epithelial and myoepithelial-like cells to bind to GS-1 is as follows: Rama 25 epithelial 〈 Rama 25-12 〈 Rama 25-I1 〈 Rama 25-14 〈 Rama 29 myoepithelial-like cells, the same order as for other markers of myoepithelial cells. Conjugated PWM, however, binds only to the myoepithelial-like cell lines. Treatment of Rama 25 epithelial cells with agents that disrupt microtubules accelerates their conversion to elongated, myoepithelial-like cells in culture. The binding of cells to GS-1 is observed prior to, and that to PWM after, the major morphological change. It is suggested that the stepwise appearances of carbohydrate receptors for GS-1 and PWM mark discrete stages in the differentiation of epithelial to myoepithelial-like cells in culture, in the same way that they mark similar differentiation stages in ductal development in mammary glands of prepubertal rats.
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    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Physiology 146 (1991), S. 442-450 
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The ability of rat skin fibroblasts (RSF) and human periodontal ligament fibroblasts (HPL) to inhibit the formation of mineralised bone nodules in rat bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC) cultures was studied. Co-culture of HPL or RSF with BMSC resulted in a large reduction of bone nodule formation when compared with controls. Conditioned medium from HPL or RSF cultures inhibited bone nodule formation in a dose-dependent manner. HPL-conditioned medium depressed cell proliferation and alkaline phosphatase expression in BMSC cultures. These effects were not due to increased cytotoxicity or nutrient depletion. Inhibitory activity was recovered in a fraction of less than 1 kD following ultrafiltration and was insensitive to freeze-thawing. The inhibitory activity was blocked when HPL cultures were grown in the presence of 105M indomethacin. Dose-dependent inhibition of bone nodule formation was also observed in cultures incubated with prostaglandins E2 (at 10-6M) or F2α(at 10-7). The results indicate that fibroblasts may inhibit osteoblast differentiation and function in part by release of soluble factors including prostaglandins.
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    ISSN: 0265-9247
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: One of the most interesting and challenging aspects of formation guidance law design is the coupling of the orbit design and the science return. The analyst s role is more complicated than simply to design the formation geometry and evolution. He or she is also involved in designing a significant portion of the science instrument itself. The effectiveness of the formation as a science instrument is intimately coupled with the relative geoniet,ry and evolution of the collection of spacecraft. Therefore, the science return can be maximized by optimizing the orbit design according to a performance metric relevant to the science mission goals. In this work, we present a simple method for optimal formation guidance that is applicable to missions whose performance metric, requirements, and constraints can be cast as functions that are explicitly dependent upon the orbit states and spacecraft relative positions and velocities. We present a general form for the cost and constraint functions, and derive their semi-analytic gradients with respect to the formation initial conditions. The gradients are broken down into two types. The first type are gradients of the mission specific performance metric with respect to formation geometry. The second type are derivatives of the formation geometry with respect to the orbit initial conditions. The fact that these two types of derivatives appear separately allows us to derive and implement a general framework that requires minimal modification to be applied to different missions or mission phases. To illustrate the applicability of the approach, we conclude with applications to twc missims: the Magnetospheric Mu!tiscale mission (MMS), a,nd the TJaser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).
    Keywords: Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance
    Type: 595 Flight Mechanics Symposium; Oct 18, 2005 - Oct 20, 2005; Greenbelt, MD; United States
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 2019-07-13
    Description: The Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE) is a 3.0 meter, 60 degree half-angle sphere cone, inflatable aeroshell experiment designed to demonstrate various aspects of inflatable technology during Earth re-entry. IRVE will be launched on a Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket from NASA s Wallops Flight Facility in the fall of 2006 to an altitude of approximately 164 kilometers and re-enter the Earth s atmosphere. The experiment will demonstrate exo-atmospheric inflation, inflatable structure leak performance throughout the flight regime, structural integrity under aerodynamic pressure and associated deceleration loads, thermal protection system performance, and aerodynamic stability. Structural integrity and dynamic response of the inflatable will be monitored with photogrammetric measurements of the leeward side of the aeroshell during flight. Aerodynamic stability and drag performance will be verified with on-board inertial measurements and radar tracking from multiple ground radar stations. In addition to demonstrating inflatable technology, IRVE will help validate structural, aerothermal, and trajectory modeling and analysis techniques for the inflatable aeroshell system. This paper discusses the structural analysis and testing of the IRVE inflatable structure. Equations are presented for calculating fabric loads in sphere cone aeroshells, and finite element results are presented which validate the equations. Fabric material properties and testing are discussed along with aeroshell fabrication techniques. Stiffness and dynamics tests conducted on a small-scale development unit and a full-scale prototype unit are presented along with correlated finite element models to predict the in-flight fundamental mod
    Keywords: Spacecraft Design, Testing and Performance
    Type: AIAA Paper 2006-1699 , 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference; May 01, 2006 - May 04, 2006; Newport, RI; United States
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