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  • 1
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    Sexual plant reproduction 10 (1997), S. 74-82 
    ISSN: 1432-2145
    Keywords: Key words Zea mays ; Calcium ; Sperm fusion
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract  In this study, we examined morphological changes of isolated maize (Zea mays L.) sperm cells in the presence of Brewbaker and Kwack salts (BKS) or the individual components of BKS using light, transmission electron and scanning electron microscopy. Freshly isolated sperms are 7.5 μm in diameter. Treatment with BKS for 5 h resulted in large cells with a diameter up to 41 μm. Staining of sperm nuclei with 4′, 6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) revealed two or more nuclei in a single cell, suggesting that BKS induces cell fusion. Treatment with each BKS component showed that cell fusion occurs only in the presence of calcium nitrate. Use of several calcium salts showed the same results, suggesting that the calcium ion, alone, is responsible for the observed cell fusion. Further studies were conducted to examine the relationship between calcium distribution and sperm location in pollen tubes using chlorotetracycline and DAPI. Growing maize pollen tubes exhibited a high membrane calcium region within 20–50 μm from the tip. The Sperms are found no closer than 90 μm to the tip of the tube, suggesting that sperms are located in a low calcium region prior to being released to the degenerating synergid.
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    Calcified tissue international 32 (1980), S. 45-53 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Dentin ; Periodicity ; Allometry ; Calcium ; Sulfur
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary We have described differences in the aspects of biological rhythms for calcium and sulfur deposition on the labial and lingual sides of the growing rabbit incisor, where growth occurs along a spiral axis. The calcium oscillations appear to be smoother on the labial side than on the lingual side. The lingual side is characterized by high-frequency rhythms with high amplitudes which possess the greatest percent of the power (Fourier analysis). These observations also reflect a difference in behavior of the mean Ca concentration across the labial and lingual sides. Sulfur rhythms on the labial side have higher amplitudes than those on the lingual side, but systematic differences in distribution of power between high and low frequencies is not as pronounced as in the case of Ca. The differences in Ca rhythms reflect differences in the growth rates of incisors on either side of the spiral axis. The labial side grows slightly faster than the lingual side, and its odontoblasts secrete Ca along the spiral axis and toward the pulp cavity at the same time. Thus the resultant direction of growth is more nearly opposite the extension of the occlusal end on the labial side, and Ca is consequently deposited over a wider area relative to that on the lingual surfaces. On the lingual side, Ca is deposited within a more limited area, and growth must therefore be continuous at high frequencies. The distribution of Ca on both sides of the tooth reflects these differences in growth rate and periodicity in two ways. First, given a unit area of tooth, the calcium concentration on the labial side is less than that of the lingual side. Second, whereas the calcium concentration on the labial side declines rapidly from the enamel-dentin junction to the pulp cavity, it is uniformly high across the lingual side because its growth is more continuous at high frequencies.
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    Calcified tissue international 32 (1980), S. 29-44 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Rabbit ; Dentin ; Calcium ; Sulfur ; Periodicity ; Circadian ; Ultradian
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary We have identified a variety of biological rhythms involved in the apposition and mineralization of dentin in the rabbit incisor. Animals were injected during the day or night with lead acetate at 2-week intervals—to provide biological time markers in forming dentin—and transverse undecalcified sections of the lower incisors were prepared for electron microprobe analysis. The positions of the lead markers were identified, and the continuous distribution of calcium and sulfur was measured at 1 µm intervals between the markers. In thin sections stained with hematoxylin after decalcification, the widths of a series of structural increments (bands) were measured with an ocular micrometer. Fourier analysis of the data revealed spectra of structural and compositional rhythms with a range of periodicities which extended from a matter of hours [ultradian (〈24 h)] to days [infradian (〉24 h) and circadian (approximately 24 h)]. The structural and compositional rhythms appeared to be independent to the extent that they did not necessarily have the same periods, or amplitudes. Nor were there simple phase relationships between all of the rhythms. At some times, Ca and S fluctuations are inversely proportional (180° out of phase), but in other cases they are directly proportional or out of phase by varying degrees other than 180°. The analyses thus suggest that calcium and sulfur deposition (representing mineral and glycosaminoglycan deposition, respectively) are not simply inversely proportional, and that the hematoxylin-stained structural increments did not solely reflect differences in the distribution of the mineral components in dentin.
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Amorphous ; Apatite ; Electron Microscopy ; Crystallization ; Precipitation ; Calcium
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Du phosphate de calcium amorphe (ACP) sèché peut se présenter sous forme discoide ou sphérique. Les particules discoides sont plus fréquents dans les specimens d'ACP sèché, isolés immédiatement après précipitation. Les formes sphériques dominent dans les specimens sèchés provenant de suspensions plus âgés. Les particules discoides résultent de la dessication de l'échantillon. Les sphères peuvent aussi se produire pendant la dessication, mais s'observent aussi dans la solution. Les disques et les sphères ont une origine commune sous la forme d'un agrégat d'ACP hautement hydraté de morphologie inconnue. La formation d'apatite cristallin en solution est intimement associée avec l'ACP. Les premiers cristaux apparaissent à la surface des sphères amorphes et en contact avec les disques amorphes. En cas de sphères, les cristaux initiaux augmentent de taille et forment de nouveaux cristaux par nucléation secondaire jusqu'à ce que les sphères soient enrobées par l'apatite. Cependant, lorsque la transformation est totale, l'apatite ne remplit pas l'espace occupé préalablement par les sphères amorphes dissoutes. Ces observations ne confirment pas le concept d'une conversion d'un état solidein situ dans ce cas mais suggèrent une transition hétérophasique d'un processus de translocation ionique par l'intermédiaire d'une solution. La production de cristaux dans les disques amorphes suggère que l'apatite peut aussi se former directement du précurseur dans la solution.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Getrocknetes amorphes Calciumphosphat (ACP) kann scheiben- und kugelförmig auftreten. Die scheibenförmigen Partikel herrschen in getrockneten ACP-Proben vor, welche direkt nach der Fällung isoliert wurden. Die kugeligen Formen herrschen in trockenen Proben aus älteren Suspensionen vor. Die Scheibenbildung ist ein Ergebnis des Trocknungsvorganges. Kugelige Formen können beim Trocknungsvorgang ebenfalls auftreten, sie sind aber in der nativen Suspension ebenfalls anwesend. Scheiben- und Kugelformen scheinen einen gemeinsamen Vorläufer in der Lösung zu haben, welcher ein hochhydratisiertes ACP-Aggregat unbekannter Morphologie zu sein scheint. Die Bildung von kristallinem Apatit in der Lösung steht in engem Zusammenhang mit ACP. Die ersten Kristalle erscheinen auf der Oberfläche der amorphen Kugeln und in Kontakt mit den amorphen Scheiben. Die ursprünglichen Kristalle auf den Kugeloberflächen nehmen an Größe zu und bilden durch sekundäre Nukleation weitere Kristalle, bis die Kugeln in Apatit eingehüllt werden. Wenn die Umwandlung abgeschlossen ist, füllt jedoch das Apatit den Platz nicht aus, der vorher von den aufgelösten amorphen Kugeln eingenommen wurde. Diese Beobachtungen bekräftigen die Auffassung einerin situ-Umwandlung in den festen Zustand bei dem beschriebenen Falle nicht, sondern deuten auf eine heterophasischen Übergang, welcher durch einen lösungsbedingten Ionenverschiebungs-Prozeß gefördert wird. Das Auftreten von Kristallen in den amorphen Scheiben deutet darauf hin, daß sich Apatit auch direkt aus dem Lösungsvorläufer bilden kann.
    Notes: Abstract Dried amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) can exist in discoidal and spheroidal forms. The disk-shaped particles are most prominent in dried ACP specimens isolated immediately following precipitation. The spherical forms become dominant in dried specimens taken from older suspensions. The disk-like morphology is a result of sample drying. Spherules can also arise during the drying step but are present in the native suspension as well. Both the disks and spherules appear to have a common solution progenitor in the form of a highly hydrated ACP aggregate of unknown morphology. The formation of crystalline apatite in solution is intimately connected with ACP. The first crystals appear on the surface of the amorphous spherules and in contact with the amorphous disks. In the case of the spherules, the initial crystals increase in size and generate additional crystals by secondary nucleation until the spherules become enveloped by apatite. However, when conversion is completed, the apatite does not fill appreciably the space previously occupied by the dissolved amorphous spherules. These observations do not support the concept of anin situ solid state conversion in this case, but indicate a heterophase transition supported by a solution-mediated ion translocation process. The occurrence of crystals in the amorphous disks suggest that apatite can also form directly from the solution progenitor.
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    Calcified tissue international 9 (1972), S. 95-108 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Amorphous ; Calcium ; Phosphate ; Electron ; Microscopy ; Damage
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Cinq précipités non-cristallins de phosphate de calcium, préparés à partir de solutions qui varient en pH, degré de saturation et contenu en carbonate, sont examinés par des méthodes physico-chimiques et morphologiques. Des mesures de diffractions électronique et en rayons X et de spectrophotométrie infra-rouge confirment la nature amorphe de chaque précipité. Le microscope électronique par transmission et par balayage démontre que les particules élémentaires des 5 produits synthétiques sont de forme sphérique, quelque soit la méthode de préparation. Quatre des précipités contiennent de petites sphères de taille identique (200 à 1200 Å de diamètre), alors que le dernier précipité, riche en carbonate, contient des particules plus grandes (700 à 2000 Å de diamètre). Ces sphères sont de densité électronique uniforme lorsqu'une intensité de courant, la moins élevée, est utilisée. Un faisceau d'électrons, d'intensité plus élevée, permet de mettre en évidence de nombreux centres, transparents aux électrons, dans chaque particule. In chauffage sous vide à 600° ne modifie pas la nature amorphe des précipités ou la morphologie et la taille des particules élémentaires, bien que la presque totalité de l'eau, contenu dans ces précipités, soit éliminée. L'échauffement ne provoque pas la formation de centres transparents aux électrons. Au contraire, les sphères deviennent résistantes à des dommages, causés par le faisceau. Il semble que le faisceau d'électrons agit sur les atomes d'oxygène et d'hydrogène de la phase aqueuse du phosphate de calcium amorphe et que cette réaction initiale est suivie par le déplacement et/ou la perte d'autres atomes.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Fünf nicht-kristalline Calciumphosphat-Niederschläge, welche aus Lösungen mit variierendem pH, Übersättigungsgrad und Karbonatgehalt gewonnen wurden, wurden mit physikochemischen und morphologischen Methoden untersucht. Röntgendiffraktion, Infrarot-Spektrophotometrie und Elektronendiffraktionsmessungen bestätigten die amorphe Natur jedes Niederschlages. Sowohl Durchstrahlungs-, als auch Raster-Elektronenmikroskopie zeigten, daß die nativen Elementarpartikel aller 5 synthetischen Produkte von kugeliger Form und unabhängig von den angewandten Präparativ-Techniken waren. Vier der Niederschläge enthielten Kügelchen von der gleichen Größe (200–1200 Å Durchmesser), während jener mit relativ hohem Karbonatgehalt viel größere Partikel aufwies (700–2000 Å Durchmesser). Die Kügelchen waren für den Elektronenstrahl von einheitlicher Dichte, wenn mit der Stromdichte bei niedrigster brauchbarer Stufe betrachtet. Wurden die Proben stärkeren Elektronenströmen ausgesetzt, so entwickelten sich sogleich in jedem Teilchen zahlreiche elektronendurchlässige Zentren. Erhitzen in Vakuum bis zu Temperaturen von 600° veränderte weder die amorphe Beschaffenheit der Niederschläge noch die Morphologie und Größe ihrer elementaren Partikel, obwohl beinahe alles Wasser, welches in den ursprünglich vorliegenden Proben enthalten war, durch dieses Vorgehen entfernt wurde. Die Hitzebehandlung verursachte keine Bildung von elektronendurchlässigen Zentren sondern machte die Kügelchen im Gegenteil in zunehmendem Maße widerstandsfähig gegenüber Strahlenschädigungen. Diese Befunde lassen vermuten, daß sich die ausgestrahlten Elektronen und die Sauerstoff- oder Wasserstoffatome der wäßrigen Komponente des amorphen Calciumphosphates gegenseitig beeinflussen und daß diese anfängliche Reaktion von einer Verdrängung und/oder einem Verlust anderer Atome gefolgt wird.
    Notes: Abstract Five non-crystalline calcium phosphate precipitates prepared from solutions varying in pH, degree of supersaturation and carbonate content were examined by physicochemical and morphological methods. X-ray diffraction, infrared spectrophotometry and electron diffraction measurements confirmed the amorphous nature of each precipitate. Both transmission and scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that the native elemental particles of all 5 synthetic products were spherical in shape and independent of the preparative procedures employed. Four of the precipitates contained spherules of similar sizes (200–1200 Å in diameter) while the one relatively rich in carbonate exhibited much larger particles (700–2000 Å in diameter). The spherules were uniformly dense to the electron beam when viewed with the current density at its lowest useful level. Exposure to higher electron currents immediately resulted in the development of numerous electron-lucent centers in each particle. Heating in vacuum to temperatures up to 600° did not change the amorphous nature of the precipitates or the morphology and size of their elemental particles even though almost all of the water contained in the original precipitates was removed by this process. Heat treatment did not induce formation of electron-lucent centers. On the contrary it, made the spherules increasingly resistant to beam damage. These findings suggest that the beam electrons interact with the oxygen or hydrogen atoms of the aqueous constituent of the amorphous calcium phosphate and that this initial reaction is followed by displacement and/or loss of other atoms.
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    Biology and fertility of soils 15 (1993), S. 153-159 
    ISSN: 1432-0789
    Keywords: Calcium ; Maize ; Nitrogen ; Brazilian Amazon ; Cation leaching ; Canavalia ensiformes ; Mucuna aterrima
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    Topics: Biology , Geosciences , Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary This work investigated the effectsof amendments of fertilizer N and lime on subsoil acidity and maize rooting depth in an acid soil of the central Amazon basin. A split-plot designed field experiment was conducted on a clayey Oxisol (Typic Acrudox) during a 16-month period. Main plots received 0 or 4 Mt ha-1 of lime. Subplots were four crop sequences: (1) Maize-green manure (Canavalia ensiformes); (2) maize-green manure (Mucuna aterrima); (3) maize-bare fallow, with the maize receiving 300 kg ha-1 of urea-N; and (4) bare fallow, with an application of 300 kg ha-1 of urea-N at the same time as sequence 3. Plots were periodically sampled to 1.2 m. The experimental site received 4265 mm of precipitation during 16 months; approximately 60%–90% of this rain percolated through the profile. Substantial amounts of Ca were leached from the 0–30 cm horizon during the experimental period, but only limited amounts accumulated in the subsoil. Base saturation below 45 cm was less than 50% at the end of the experiment regardless of lime treatment. Roots of maize were concentrated in the 0–30 cm layers in limed plots and the 0–20 cm layers in unlimed plots. In all treatments less than 5% of the roots was found below 50 cm. An acidity balance indicated that considerable acidity was leached below the plow layer and out of the profile.
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    Journal of comparative physiology 175 (1994), S. 415-423 
    ISSN: 1432-1351
    Keywords: Aplysia ; Calcium ; Circadian ; Light ; Serotonin
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The eye of the marine mollusk Aplysia californica contains an oscillator that drives a circadian rhythm of spontaneous compound action potentials in the optic nerve. Both light and serotonin are known to influence the phase of this ocular rhythm. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of extracellular calcium in both light and serotonin-mediated phase shifts. Low calcium treatments were found to cause phase shifts which resembled those produced by the transmitter serotonin. However, unlike serotonin, low calcium neither increased ocular cAMP levels nor could these phase shifts be prevented by increasing extracellular potassium concentration. Low calcium-induced phase shifts were prevented by the simultaneous application of the translational inhibitor anisomycin and low calcium treatment resulted in changes in [35S]methionine incorporation into several proteins as measured by a two-dimensional electrophoresis gel analysis. Finally, light treatments failed to produce phase shifts in the presence of low calcium or the calcium channel antagonist nickel chloride. These results are consistent with a model in which serotonin phase shifts the ocular pacemaker by decreasing a transmembrane calcium flux through membrane hyperpolarization while light-induced phase shifts are mediated by an increase in calcium flux.
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    Calcified tissue international 15 (1974), S. 303-314 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Diphosphonates ; Calcium ; Mitochondria ; ATPase
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The effect of two diphosphonate compounds on calcium handling in rat kidney mitochondria has been studiedin vitro. Initial calcium uptake in the presence of an oxidisable substrate and ATP was not influenced by either diphosphonate tested. The release of accumulated calcium from the mitochondria was, however, delayed by these compounds and the effect was found to be dose dependent. Similarily, a second uptake of calcium, induced by re-addition of ATP following preliminary release, was also modified by diphosphonates, the mitochondrial suspensions incubated with diphosphonates accumulating more calcium than control suspensions. The effect of these compounds could not be detected on three mitochondrial ATPase systems. The results have been discussed in relation to knownin vivo effects of diphosphonates.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1432-2145
    Keywords: Zea mays ; Calcium ; Cell integrity ; Cell viability ; Sperm cell
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Our previous studies showed that Brewbaker and Kwack salts, which have been widely used in pollen germination and sperm isolation, are not appropriate for the maintenance of isolated maize (Zea mays L.) sperm cells. In the present study, we have characterized the effects of each BKS component salt on the integrity of isolated sperm cells using hemacytometry. At 0.01 and 0.1 mM, there were no differences in cell number between control and any salt-treated cells except a 22% decrease with 0.1 mM MgSO4 at 48 h. At the 1 mM level, cell number decreased with time in the presence of Ca(NO3)2 and MgSO4, with loss of integrity of most cells at 48 h, while KNO3 and H3BO3 had little or no effect. Further characterization of calcium-induced reduction in cell integrity using flow cytometry showed that depletion of possible residual free calcium by addition of EGTA to the suspension medium improved cell longevity and viability. Exposure of isolated sperm cells to 1 mM calcium had no effect on cell integrity and viability in 5 h; however, only 12% of cells remained intact at 24 h. The reduction in cell integrity was hastened when cells were pretreated with the calcium ionophore A23187 prior to exposure to 1 mM calcium, with a 54% reduction in cell number at 1 h and complete cell lysis at 24 h. However, depletion of cytosolic free calcium by pretreatment of cells with the calcium ionophore followed by resuspension in the presence of EGTA resulted in rapid reduction of cell integrity as well. These results collectively suggest that maize sperm cells are sensitive to exogenous free calcium; however, a certain level of cytosolic free calcium is necessary for maintenance of integrity. Mechanisms of calcium-induced reduction in cell integrity are discussed along with possible roles of the sensitivity of sperm cells to calcium in fertilization.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Calcium ; Contraction ; Discophrya ; Ionophore A23187 ; Ruthenium red ; Tentacles
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The tentacles of the suctorian protozoonDiscophrya collini are stimulated to contract by externally applied Ca2+. The role of extracellular Ca2+ in tentacle contraction was studied by monitoring45Ca2+ uptake, using ionophore A23187 to facilitate membrane transport of calcium and ruthenium red (RR) as an inhibitor of transport. The degree of tentacle retraction was dependent upon external Ca2+ concentration and studies with45Ca2+ using scintillation counting indicated a linear relationship between external Ca2+ concentration and Ca2+ uptake. Uptake of Ca2+ was enhanced in the presence of the ionophore while RR caused little inhibition.45Ca2+ uptake was only partially inhibited by RR when cells were subjected to a Ca2+, ionophore and RR mixture. Grain counts from light microscope autoradiographs after treatment of cells with45Ca2+/ionophore,45Ca2+/RR or45Ca2+ alone showed heavy, light and intermediate labelling respectively. In all instances the grains were evenly distributed within the cell. These observations are interpreted as supporting the suggestion that the ionophore enhances both the uptake of extracellular Ca2+ and release of Ca2+from an internal source, while the RR could only partially prevent movement of Ca2+ through the plasma mebrane. A model is presented suggesting that tentacle retraction is mediated by cytosolic Ca2+ levels which are determined by the fluxing of Ca2+ across the plasma membrane and the membrane of elongate dense bodies which act as internal Ca2+ reservoirs.
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