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    ISSN: 1432-1211
    Keywords: Key words Genes ; MHC class II ; Histocompatibility antigens ; Polymorphism (genetics) ; Rats
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 61-67 
    ISSN: 1066-8527
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Risk assessments have been performed to determine the risk associated with the transportation of hazardous wastes through a city. In the course of these assessments, a number of modeling issues arose relating to transportation accident rates, the characterization of incidents, the effect of thermal radiation, the impact of exposure to toxic chemicals, and the threshold for acceptable risk. This paper discusses these issues.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. S3 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 98-103 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: This paper presents the design of ribbon wound pressure vessels useful for Ammonia, Urea and Methanol plants. The design is to create a thin shell of 1/5 the total wall thickness required, weld it to the end pieces, and wind 4 to 8 mm thick ribbons of 80 mm width at an angle of 15 to 30 degrees on the inner shell, using a prestress. The ribbons are welded at the ends and an even number of layers are wound cross-helically on to the shell. With more than 7000 vessels over the pressure range of 50 to 350 atmospheres in use in the various chemical industries in China over the past 30 years, their safety record has been excellent. Of particular interest has been the application of this technology in the Ammonia and Urea plants, where the design allows fabrication of these vessels at substantial reduction in cost, and early delivery, when compared to the mono wall technology.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 20-22 
    ISSN: 1066-8527
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Most audits try to look at a representative selection of the plant procedures and equipment. An alternative is a survey, a look in depth at selected procedures (such as those for testing alarms and trips, issuing permits-to-work, controlling modifications, taking samples or testing relief devices) or selected equipment (such as level glasses or equipment for handling LPG). If the procedure or equipment is well-chosen, surveys may make a bigger contribution to safety, per person-hour, than a conventional audit.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 39-42 
    ISSN: 1066-8527
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: Under OSHA 1910.119, all Process Safety Management (PSM) facilities are required to keep their pressure relief system design information current. This article demonstrates why a pressure relief system design verification effort must be based on an equipment list, rather than a relief device list, in order to ensure that every piece of equipment is adequately protected. The formerly common practice of simply checking the design bases of all existing relief devices is deficient is deficient since this technique does not systematically ensure that every piece of equipment is protected.The “Berwanger Method” is a step by step process for designing or analyzing a pressure relief system to meet OSHA 1910.119 Process Safety Information (PSI) and Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) mandates. The method uses a relational database which tracks the relationships between protected equipment, potential overpressure scenarios, and protective devices.The challenge facing an operating company does not end once the design basis has been “verified” - the design basis information must also be maintained and be readily accessible to avoid costly reinvention of the wheel down the road. The “Berwanger Method” also addresses these maintenance issues.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 49-60 
    ISSN: 1066-8527
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: This paper reports on a comprehensive literature search and small scale experimental work on the reaction characteristics of phosphorous trichloride and water. More than 30 tests were conducted, including both closed and open test cells. The water to phosphorus trichloride molar ratio was varied from 1 to 25. When in contact, water and phosphorus trichloride will form two liquid layers with a reaction starting at the interface. The impact of variables on reaction rates including the interface surface area, layer depth, and stirring were investigated experimentally. A reaction rate model that fits all the measured data is presented. Case studies illustrating the use of this data for emergency relief systems and vent containment design are presented in reference. [1].
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 68-73 
    ISSN: 1066-8527
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: Two major accidents in the 80's: the summit Tunnel Fire, England and Piper Alpha disaster, an offshore platform in the North Sea; and very recently, possible explosion of the Boeing, TWA flight 800 at New York, makes it imperative that further research into the mechonisms of the ignition of flammable vapor/air mixture in contact with hot surfaces needs to be done. There have been a number of studies of ignition by hot surfaces, but in all these studies the ignition sources were wire, sphere or strip, i.e., most of them were flat surfaces. But to the authors' knowledge, other variables which affect the ignition mechanism such as irregular geometrical shapes have not been studied. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the degree of confinement (or, configuration), size and orientation, of the heated surface affects the ignition temperature of the flammable vapors. The results were obtained by experimentnal and by computational fluid dynamics.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. S3 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 9-15 
    ISSN: 1066-8527
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: The design and deflagration pressure relief vents is based on correlations developed for various types of combustible materials and for enclosures of different strengths. The primary guideline for deflagration vent design in the US is NFPA 68 Guide for Venting of Deflagrations [5]. That document gives guidance for the design of vents for enclosures containing flammable gases, specifically hydrogen, coke oven gas, propane, and methane. Application of the guide to other gases is achieved using the KG value. Values of KG are published for a relatively small number of gases, as seen in Table D-1 of NFPA 68. This work present KG data on several additional gases obtained in a laboratory scale test vessel along with analysis of the results with respect to published values of fundamental burning velocity.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 23-31 
    ISSN: 1066-8527
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: In May 1996, the Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code Committee of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) proposed for adoption by the Association a new edition of NFPA 30, Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code. This new edition was the culmination of two and one-half years' work by the Committee and included one of the most significant changes to that document in some twenty years: the incorporation of mandatory fire protection criteria for warehouses and other inside areas that store flammable and combustible liquids in containers and portable tanks.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 32-38 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: This paper describes the development of a risk ranked Inspection Recommendation procedure that is used by one of Exxon's chemical plants to prioritize repairs that have been identified during equipment inspection.As part of the Company's Safety Management Practices initiative in the late 1980's a procedure was put into place to ensure that an Inspector's repair recommendations were properly addressed by the organization. The initial procedures were successful at “systematizing” the documentation and stewardship-to-completion of the Inspector's recommendation, however, there were complications with the original process: (1)The Inspector made a simple High, Medium or Low assessment of the priority/criticality of the recommendation. Frequently, this resulted in disagreements with Operations about the true priority of the recommendation.(2)If there was agreement on the priority of the recommendation, there was still disagreement on the relative rank within the priority-which high priority was the highest priority?(3)With limited funds to spend on repairs, it was (and is) important to make sure that the money was being spent on the highest risk items that had the greatest risk reduction/cost benefit ratio.To address these concerns, the procedure was modified to incorporate a risk assessment of the recommendation by both the Inspector and Operations. In the new procedure, the Inspector describes the deficiency that he/she finds and assesses the probability of failure within a certain time-frame. Operations must assess the consequences, from an environmental, safety and economics standpoint, were the failure to occur. These assessments are combined in the typical risk equation (risk = probability × consequences) to arrive at a severity index which serves to rank the recommendation relative to the other recommendations. Because Operations participates in the assessment there is very little disagreement about the priority of the recommendation. The severity index puts the recommendations in order so it is quite clear which are the highest priority recommendations. This process has helped to focus the entire organization on those deficiencies that represent the greatest risk with the result that less time and money is spent correcting items that have a low risk/cost benefit ratio, allowing these savings to be used to reduce the higher risks in the plant.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 124-126 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: A simple analytical method is presented for estimating the hybrid minimum ignition energy (HMIE) of dust-gas mixtures, based on the assumed generality of Bartknecht's well-known test data for mixtures of propane with a series of dusts in air. Since the HMIE equation requires input data which might be unavailable, the use of conservative default methods is discussed.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 138-148 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: A large and potentially hazardous decrease in aldehyde autoignition temperature (AIT) occurs with increased pressure. The AIT-pressure curve determined in a 5 L stainless steel sphere was similar for propionaldehyde and butyraldehyde in air, falling from about 185°C at atmospheric pressure to 90°C at 140 psia. Reduction of oxygen concentration had little effect on propionaldehyde AIT. At 100°C and 140 psia, autoignitions accompanied by at least a doubling of pressure were observed above 4% oxygen. In the presence of a few grams of free liquid, propionaldehyde vapor ignited in air at initial conditions significantly below the AIT. The mechanism appears to involve rapid Fe-catalyzed exothermic liquid-phase oxidation leading to autoignition of the adjacent heated gas layer. An acetaldehyde vapor-air mixture in the presence of free liquid and rust exploded at room temperature when air pressure was increased to 95 psia; this result is discussed with reference to a cylinder overpressurization that occurred while making up an ostensibly sub-LFL calibration mixture with compressed air. Propionaldehyde's limiting oxygen concentration (LOC) was investigated in the near-autoignition region using the same 5L apparatus; the findings are discussed with reference to an overpressurization incident in an air-liquid partial oxidation reactor. The general results are used to illustrate the application of LOC in partial oxidation processes subject to autoignition and to discuss elements of the current ASTM draft test method for LOC, which does not address test difficulties associated with condensable and/or reactive gas systems.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. F3 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 157-170 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: Risk analysis in chemical process industries is an elaborate exercise involving several steps from preliminary hazard identification to development of credible accident scenarios, to preparation of strategies for prevention or control of damage.All this requires substantial inputs of time and money. In order to get an approximate yet workable assessment of risk at much lesser costs, indices have been developed which link typical findings of elaborate risk analysis to scales of risk. The scales, in turn, provide workable measures of hazards/risks/safety.In the past, indices have been reported for swift risk assessment - the noteworthy among them include Dow fire and explosion index, Mond fire, explosion and toxicity index, IFAL index, and mortality index. A few rapid ranking techniques have also been proposed.This paper presents a new system of methodologies for Hazard Identification and Ranking (HIRA). The system consists of two indices: one for fire and explosion hazards and another for the hazard due to likely release of toxic chemical. The magnitudes of these indices indicate the severity of the likely accident; in terms of the size of the impacted area.HIRA has been applied to a typical chemical process industry - a sulfolane plant - and its performance has been compared with that of the Dow's and the Mond's indices. The study reveals that HIRA is more sensitive and accurate than the other indices.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 200-208 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 213-218 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: On October 31, 1987 a crane lifting a heat exchanger convection section failed and severed a 4″ loading line and a 2″ pressure relief line to an HF alkylation reactor settler drum at a petroleum refinery in Texas City, Texas. Vapors were emitted under pressure for about two hours and the vessel was plugged and drained aproximately 44 hours later. A plume from this accidental release passed through residential areas, damaging some vegetation (brown lawns), and spawning a class action law suit. An extensive analysis was conducted to determine the total inventory loss and to model the blowdown process and the concentrations of HF in the plume. Since the discharge rate was decreasing with time, a peak concentration of HF in the emitted vapors occurred just before the water spray mitigation system became fully operative. Consequently, the mitigation efforts were more effective late in the response when concentrations were already low. The predicted plume concentrations are consistent with observed vegetation damage effects, with concentrations below Emergency Response Planning Guideline Level 3 past 3/4 mile from the source. These results support a policy of sheltering in place during such an event.
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    Notes: A fifty-five gallon steel drum of a liquid organic peroxide pressurized and ruptured in the mix room of a manufacturing plant. The head of the drum blew off and the ejected material ignited. The resulting fire was extinguished by the building sprinkler system and operating personnel. Although there were no injuries, the fire caused significant damage in the mix room. The investigation of this incident, its likely cause, and the corrective actions will be discussed.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 238-242 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: The Brazoria County Petrochemical Council, 13 companies that are working together to enhance relations between industry and the community, united in a joint effort at complying with the EPA's Risk Management Program. One of the significant issues the group had to address was the need to develop meaningful hazard assessment for presentation to the public. The EPA's “Table Look-Up Approach” found in the Offsite Consequence Analysis Guidance document is certainly a good tool; however, the built-in conservatism results in over-estimates of potential hazard areas. Much more meaningful results are shown to be obtained using one of the hazard release models.The value of using a credible scenario with realistic meteorological data is demonstrated through the consistently smaller areas predicted by the PHAST Model for planning purposes. Realistic scenarios/failure modes and realistic model parameters are important so that the risk to the public is not overstated. Proprietary models such as PHAST are invaluable in providing more meaningful consequences for planning purposes.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 263-271 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Chemical Engineering
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    Notes: Some of the hazards encountered by process plant operators involve the operation of in-line valves to control, start, and to stop flow. Torque required to operate valves may vary according to valve wheel size, in-line pressure, and valve flange position (open/closed). This study determined how valve wheel size, in-line pressure and valve position (open/closed) affect torque required to actuate a valve. Data were gathered with each combination of size, pressure and position for 336 valves in an operating petrochemical process facility. The results indicate that the main effects of valve wheel size, the in-line pressure, and open/closed valve position significantly affect operational torque requirements. In addition, the interaction between position and pressure was significant for operational torque. The implication of these results is that operators are exposed to operational torque requirements that exceed maximum acceptable capabilities that have been determined in previous studies.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 288-296 
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    Notes: An ammonia storage tank was built at the BASF Antwerp site in 1969 on land reclaimed from the sea. After several years of operation uneven foundation settlement, of up 2, occurred. In order to assure stability of this area for the next operation period (at least 10 years) measures were taken to ensure continued safe operation. One key measure was strain gauge monitoring at the location of maximum stress.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 297-301 
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    Notes: The Baker-Strehlow methodology was developed to provide an objective approach to prediction of blast pressures from vapor cloud explosions. The complete methodology was first published in 1994 [1]. Since then, it has evolved through ongoing research and use in VCE hazard analyses, facility siting studies and accident investigations. This article gives a brief overview of a paper on recent developments in the Baker-Strehlow methodology presented at the 31st Loss Prevention Symposium in Houston on March 9-13, 1997. Because the entire paper is too lengthy to be presented here, the following discussions may be lacking in some details. A copy of the complete paper can be obtained from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).Since the Baker-Strehlow method was first published, it has been used extensively in VCE hazard assessments in refineries and chemical plants. As expected, many practical lessons have been learned during the course of the hazard assessments, and the Baker-Strehlow method has evolved as a result. The changes have been evolutionary, not revolutionary. In keeping with the goals of the original study in which the methodology was developed, all changes have been incorporated with the intent of achieving an objective methodology to provide consistent prediction of VCE blast effects.The revisions to the Baker-Strehlow method resulting from experience gained during plant walk-downs and hazard assessments include: Systematic identification of “potential explosion sites” or “PESs,”Selection of the level of confinement for mixed zones of 2D and 3D confinement,Deciding on flame expansion when confinement is elevated above the vapor cloud,Selecting the reactivity for a fuel that is a mixture of fuels with differing reactivities,Predicting blast loads when there are multiple PES's within a vapor cloud considering different ignition source locations.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 83-85 
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    Notes: Safety, health and loss prevention are major areas of interst for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). There has been an evolution of these concerns over the years in the Institute just as it has in industry. This article chronicles this evolution.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 1-8 
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    Notes: Recent guidelines released by the U.S. EPA define a worst-case scenario as a release under stable atmospheric conditions defined as Pasquil-Gifford stability class F. Unfortunately, very few tests at F stability have been available heretofore to provide a basis for models. Recent test data with propane releases by the German research organization TUV provide a set of 60 experiments conducted specifically to define the effects of atmospheric stability class on dispersion. Of these, 25 tests were at F stability. A comparable number were at each other stability class A through E. In addition 23 tests were at wind speeds under 1.5 m/s in stable atmospheres. This paper reports on adjustments made to our models based on these new data by reducing the originally-postulated sensitivity to stability class. In spite of considerable scatter in the TUV data, particularly between two different types of propane analyzers, the model allows us to extract information by averaging over the tests.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 16-19 
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    Notes: A multi-disciplinary team developed a guideline for determining access restriction zones around vented solids handling equipment. The guideline provides a method for ensuring the discharge from a vented explosion will not cause injury to personnel. The steps in this method include: calculating the extent of external hazards from vented explosions; identifying potential areas where personnel could be exposed to a hazard; identifying ways to eliminate or reduce the hazard area; and establishing and documenting any access restrictions needed. Hazard zone calculations use the latest knowledge from research into fireball size, flame length and external pressure equations in VDI 3673. The guideline provides guidance for using this information. Options for mitigating or reducing external hazards from vented explosions are also described. As part of the project, the team audited several solids handling systems to look for potential oversights in existing restricted access areas. Some of the team's learnings from these audits are reviewed.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 43-48 
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    Notes: This paper defines situation awareness (SA) and discusses its importance to operator-machine system safety and functioning in the context of process control activities. Specifically, identified are relationships of human detection of critical process cues converying the status of automated control systems and operator interpretation of the meaning and relevance of such information to the potential for negative incidents in chemical processing. Beyond individual operator SA in interacting with control systems, intra- and inter- work team SA are discussed for supporting individual attainment of process control responsibilities. Factors critical to team SA are discussed. “Road blocks” to team SA are also analytically examined. Lastly, methods for assessing individual and team SA are reviewed and vehicles for relating outcomes of these methods to changes in process control operator and team behavior to improve human-machine system safety and performance are relayed.
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    Notes: The knowledge of the ingition behavior of dust-air mixtures due to electrical sparks (MIE, Minimum Ignition Energy) and hot surfaces (MIT, Minimum Ignition Temperature) is important for risk assessments in chemical production plants. The ignition behavior determines the extent and hence the cost of preventive protection measures.This paper describes the use of the minimum ignition energy and minimum ignition temperature as very important safety indexes in practice.Based on the latest results from large scale experiments on pneumatic filling of silos with polymeric materials and new results of full scale filling tests using Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBC) manufactured from a variety of materials, guidance can be given to ensure safe operation in different situations such as filling, emptying operations, type of powder handled.The aim of this paper is to assist people dealing with product. It reflects the present state of the art and current knowledge of the assessment and measures associated with powder handling.
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    Notes: In mid-1997, an Advanced Process Control (APC) scheme was implemented at a resins manufacturing complex with the goal of minimizing flare fuel gas usage while maintaining sufficient energy (BTU/SCF flare gas) to be in environmental regulatory compliance. Prior to APC implementation, the flare system was manually controlled by plant operators with minor attention paid to the minimization of fuel gas usage. Since implementation, APC has saved the plant thousands of dollars in fuel gas costs and reduced unnecessary combusted fuel gas emissions.Hazard analysis techniques were used in the development of the control scheme. An overview of the APC used, the economic evaluation, and the hazard analysis techniques used in the project are presented here.
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    Notes: In the risk assessment parlance, especially with reference to chemical process industries, the term “domino effect” is used to denote “chain of accidents,” or situations when a fire/explosion/missile/toxic load generated by an accident in one unit in an industry causes secondary and higher order accidents in other units. The multi-accident catastrophe which occurred in a refinery at Vishakhapatnam, India, on September 14, 1997, claiming 60 lives and causing damages to property worth over Rs 600 million, is the most recent example of the damage potential of domino effect.But, even as the domino effect has been documented since 1947, very little attention has been paid towards modeling this phenomena. In this paper we have provided a conceptual framework based on sets of appropriate models to forecast domino effects, and assess their likely magnitudes and adverse impacts, while conducting risk assessment in a chemical process industry. The utilizability of the framework has been illustrated with a case study.
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    Notes: This article deals with fire protection for water miscible flammable liquids stored in plastic containers packaged in boxes located on pallets. A series of fire tests was conducted with palletized rack storage arrangements using in-rack sprinkler protection at various levels. The intent of the paper is to present data from this test series for these types of commodities. The paper will identify various existing water miscible flammable liquid products stored in this fashion and provide background information for protecting this type of storage as it relates to NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code. The test data indicates that further research work is needed in the area of plastic containers for use with the storage of combustible and flammable liquids. Included in the paper are discussions concerning possible protection strategies and suggestions for future research which would benefit those involved in risk management of this type of commodity.
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    Notes: The safest method to prevent fires and explosions of flammable mixtures in the first place. This method requires detailed knowledge of the flammability region as a function of the fuel, oxygen, and nitrogen concentrations. A triangular flammability diagram is the most useful tool to display the flammability region, and to determine if a flammable mixture is present during plant operations.This paper describes how to draw and use a flammability diagram. A procedure to estimate the flammability region using the available and sometimes limited data is discussed. The paper also shows how to use the flammability diagram with plant operations involving inerting and purging, and from bringing vessels into and out of service. A compilation of flammability diagrams for 30 materials, based on previously published data is provided.An automated apparatus for acquiring data for a flammability diagram is described. The apparatus consists of a 20-L sphere with an automated gas mixing system, a fuse-wire ignition system, and a high speed pressure measurement and data acquisition system. Data derived from the apparatus includes flammability limits, maximum pressure during combustion, and the maximum pressure rate. The effect of fuse-wire ignitor dynamics on the results is studied. A flammability diagram for methane drawn from data obtained from the apparatus, is presented.
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    Notes: Regulatory issues related to material safety have made the accurate measurement and/or prediction of flash points essential. The flash point is one of the major physical properties used to determine the fire and explosion hazards of a liquid. Flash points are used by virtually all governmental entities worldwide to define “flammable” and “combustible” materials for shipping and safety regulations.A model is described here for the calculation of closed cup flash points for multicomponent, single liquid phase, mixtures. The model is based upon rigorous vapor/liquid equilibrium calculations supplemented with information about the lower flammable limits (LFL's) and heats of combustion (ΔHc's) for the mixture's constituent components. The closed cup flash points predicted with this model are typically within ± 5°C of the experimentally reported values. Such a model is useful as a means of verifying experimental data and as a tool for screening product formulations prior to experimental flash point determination. The model should considerably enhance the safety evaluation portion of the product development cycle, thus leading to shortened product time-to-market cycles. While flash points calculated with this model are in excellent agreement with experiment, experimental determination is still encouraged for critìcal safety applications.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 134-137 
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    Notes: National Advisory Committee's Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs) for ammonia are critically evaluated. The technical bases for concern about AEGL-2 and AEGL-3 values derived by the committee are summarized recommendations made.
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    Notes: An explosion and flash fire in a fixed bed reactor occurred at a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Two employees were injured in the accident. The accident occurred in an ozone treatment building where ozone was used to treat odors from the offgas of the sludge concentration units. Excess ozone manually was routed to the fixed bed reactor (ozone destruct unit) where the ozone is catalytically transformed into oxygen before being discharged to the atmosphere.An investigation of the accident was conducted to determine the root cause of the explosion and flash fire and identify corrective actions which the WWTP management could undertake to prevent a recurrence. This investigation included site inspections, interview with the injured employees, sampling and analysis of various materials, an explosion dynamics analysis, and a root cause analysis.It was concluded that cooling oil from one of the ozone generation units entered the main ozone gas line due to a crack in one of the reactor's dielectric tubes. The cooling oil was vented into the ozone destruct unit when an employee opened a ball valve on the main ozone gas line. The cooling oil, essentially a saturated hydrocarbon mixture, reacted exothermically when it contacted the manganese dioxide catalyst. The exothermic reaction resulted in an explosion which propelled the access panel outwards and dispersed the catalyst pellets. A flash fire followed the explosion. The flash fire burned two employees and caused thermal damage to a nearby control panel.Although this accident was the first of its kind at this facility, this was not the first time that the ozone generator had experienced a failure of a dielectric tube. Thus, there was a significant probability that a dielectric tube failure could leak cooling oil into the main ozone gas line. This failure event could, in turn, result in another explosion and flash fire. The WWTP staff neither designed nor fabricated the ozone generator-destructor system. Therefore, it did not seem appropriate for the WWTP staff to modify the ozone system. Instead, it was recommended that the ozone destruct unit be taken out of service. The WWTP management acted on this recommendation.
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    Notes: An explosion occurred in a petroleum product storage tank at a refinery. The liquid petroleum product was a heavy oil used as an asphalt extender. There were no injuries, but the cleanup was costly. The storage tank was one of several which received the product stream from a dehydration unit. The accident occurred shortly after the refinery was brought back on-line following a shutdown for schduled maintenance.This was the first incident of this kind to occur at this facility. Analysis of the process data and eyewitness observations indicated that the dehydration tower, which was supposed to be maintained at a minimum of 100°C during the shutdown, was allowed to drift below 100°C for an unknown period of time. This deviation enabled liquid water to enter the storage tank. Three operational factors contributed to the accident. Corrective actions were recommended to prevent a recurrence of a similar incident.
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    Notes: Dust explosions have been with us for a long time. The first record of a dust explosion occurred in Turin, Italy, on December 14, 1785 [1]. The detailed record of this event is left to us by Count Morozzo. The event took place in Mr. Giacomelli's bakery. We know from his account that the weather was unseasonably dry, that a boy who worked in the bakery was using a shovel to stir and transfer the flour to a chute from a store room to the bakery and he had a lighted lamp to work by. The rest, as the saying goes, is history. No one was killed, and the building was saved by the sagacious fact of having plenty of windows. Since that first record, of course, there have been many explosions with much loss of life and significant economic consequences.
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    Notes: The RSST DIERS vent sizing methodology is revised to provide realistic design equations for reactive systems consistent with available large-scale experience. Using easy to obtain RSST data such as rate of temperature rise and rate of pressure rise excellent agreement is illustrated for hybrid, vapor and gassy reactive systems.
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    Notes: From the 1960s onwards, the chemical and oil industries developed and used a number of new safety techniques which, in time, became second nature to those who applied them. They included the use of QRA for deciding priorities, Hazop and audits for identifying problems, inherently safer design for avoiding hazards, and more thorough investigation of incidents for identifying underlying causes. However, it has not yet become second nature to remember the accidents of the past and the actions needed to prevent them happening again.I joined industry in 1944 and moved to production in 1952. Then, and for at least 15 years afterwards, safety was a non-technical subject that could be left to arts graduates and elderly foremen. There was concern that people should not be hurt - great attention was paid to the lost-time accident rate - but there was no realization, that it was a subject worthy of systematic study by experienced technologists.This view changed at the end of the 1960s. A new generation of plants had been built, operating at higher temperatures and pressures and containing larger inventories of hazardous chemicals; the result was a series of fires and explosions and a worsening fatal accident rate. Figure 1 shows the situation in ICI, at the time the UK, s largest chemical company. Other companies experienced a similar state of affairs.As a result in 1968, I was appointed one of the company's first technical safety advisers, an unusual appointment at the time for someone with my experience, and if the reason for my appointment had not been so obvious I would have wondered what I had done wrong. I and my colleagues tried to apply the same sort of systematic thinking to safety that we applied in our other professional work. We developed some new concepts and techniques and adopted others. A common feature of our ides, realized only in restrospect, was that they consisted of more than mere problem-solving techniques. Once people had got used to these new concepts and used them a few times, they began to look at a whole range of problems in a different way.
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    Notes: Case histories of 65 incidents in runaway reactions and emergency relief in Taiwan were analyzed and classified into several categories according to their causes, materials involved, equipment types, reaction types, and ignition sources. The cases in reactors and storage tanks were examined in more detail owing to the higher probability or larger potential hazard in these two types of equipments. The most common consequence of the incidents are explosions, fires, and atmospheric release of toxic chemicals. The most severe case was a thermal explosion from an organic peroxide storage area which caused the death of 33 persons. Popping and direct releasing of process chemicals to the atmosphere from relieving devices cause the greatest environmental concerns to the community close to the plants. Runaway reactions in batch type reactors occur frequently due to various operational mistakes. Heat of reaction is the most frequent ignition source of runaway reactions and emergency relief.
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    Process Safety Progress 17 (1998), S. 272-277 
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    Notes: EPA's Risk Management Program regulation, promulgated in June 1996 as 40 CFR Part 68 requires subject industries to submit Risk Management Plans by June 1999. This plan requires hazard assessment of the operations of a facility using worst case scenarios and alternative releases. EPA has provided an Off-site Consequence Analysis (OCA) guidance to help facilities in their hazard assessment.OxyChem will be significantly impacted by the RMP rule. This paper outlines OxyChem's general experience and its strategy in planning to comply with this rule. OxyChem's approach in the development of the scenarios required by the rule is described in this paper. Limitations involved in the use of EPA's look-up tables or a single modeling solution for conducting all of the OCA are discussed. A three tiered OCA approach is presented as a possible alternative.
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    Notes: HFC-227ea (CF3CHFCF3;1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3-heptafluoropropane) is an effective replacement for Halon 1301 in fire suppression systems, providing rapid extinguishment of flames through a combination of physical and chemical mechanisms. The vast majority of applications for HFC-227ea involve the protection of Class A hazards, which are characterized by low fuel loadings and low energy output, with fire sizes often in the range of 5-10 kW. Mid- and large-scale testing has demonstrated that HFC-227ea, at its minimum design concentration of 7.0% v/v, is effective at extinguishing fires typical of those expected to occur in electronic data processing (EDP) facilities, telecommunication facilities and anechoic chambers. The levels of HF produced following extinguishment of typical Class a fires with HFC-227ea were well below the estimated mammalian LC50 and the human Dangerous Toxic Load (DTL), and do not appear to present a threat to electronic equipment.
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    Notes: Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) has refined a process for developing inherently safer system designs based on methods used by Sandia to design detonation safety into nuclear weapons. The process was created when Sandia realized that standard engineering practices did not provide the level of safety assurance necessary for nuclear weapon operations, with their potential for catastrophic accidents. A systematic approach, which relies on mutually supportive design principles integrated through fundamental physical principles, was developed to ensure a predictably safe system response under a variety of operational and accident-based stesses. Robust, safe system designs result from this thematic approach to safety, minimizing the number of safety critical features. This safety assurance process has two profound benefits: the process avoids the need to understand or limit the ultimate intensity of off-normal environments and it avoids the requirement to analyze and test a large array of accident environment scenarios (e.g., directional threats, sequencing of environments, time races, etc) to demonstrate conformance to all safety requirements.
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    Notes: A new method is described to enhance the management of process safety risks such that the number and type of safety systems protecting against any hazard are consistently predicated upon risk. Further, that such an assignment of safety systems can be made consistent throughout an organization. This consistency is gained through standardization of qualitative risk ranking and by setting company guidelines.
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    Notes: Research was carried out to develop improved protection guidelines for silane handling systems through enhanced understanding of the behavior of releases of this pyrophoric gas. The approach involved addressing three aspects of the problem: the prompt ignition behavior of silane; the reactivity characteristics of quiescent silane/air mixtures; and the rates of reaction of silane leaked into enclosures with and without explosion venting, in the presence of ventilation air flow. A first conclusion, reached from tests in a ventilated cabinet, was that, contrary to prevailing belief, the ventilation flow has no measurable effect on the prompt ignition of the release. From experiments in a 5.1-liter (311-in.3) sphere it was found that silane/air mixtures of concentrations between 1.4 and 4.1% (by volume) are explosive but stable. In this case, piloted ignition tests yielded laminar burning velocities up to 5 m/s (1000 ft/min). Mixtures between 4.5 and 38% (the maximum reached in the tests) were found to be metastable, and would undergo spontaneous ignition after a delay ranging from 15 to 120 seconds, with the shorter values corresponding to higher silane concentrations. Experiments were also performed in a 0.645-m3 (22.8-ft3) vessel both with and without explosion venting, to measure the rates of energy release associated with impulsively-started silane leaks from 1/8 and 1/4-in. (3.2 and 6.4-mm) lines. A method for the prediction of the venting requirements of partial-volume deflagrations (PVD) was evolved into a tool to quantify the pressure rise from ignition of silane leaks in enclosures. These results represent a significant step toward updating existing design recommendations which prescribe ventilation requirements that are based on outdated and, in some instances, misinterpreted data.
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    Notes: Gas explosion simulators are often used as tools in process plant design. This article presents some properties of gas explosions found using the EXSIM simulation software on three offshore modules with a total of nearly 10,000 simulations. The selected results are chosen for their supposed applicability to structural design in the process industries.Generalized data are presented for the effect of gas cloud size, explosion impulse vs. explosion pressure, pressure and impulse vs. duration, the probability of a “short” explosion, loading rate, pressure-time “shape” function, and the effect of introducing louvers.
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    Description: The metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are widely distributed in the brain and play important roles in synaptic plasticity. Here it is shown that some types of mGluRs are activated not only by glutamate but also by extracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+o). A single amino acid residue was found to determine the sensitivity of mGluRs to Ca2+o. One of the receptors, mGluR1alpha, but not its point mutant with reduced sensitivity to Ca2+o, caused morphological changes when transfected into mammalian cells. Thus, the sensing of Ca2+o by mGluRs may be important in cells under physiological condition.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kubo, Y -- Miyashita, T -- Murata, Y -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Mar 13;279(5357):1722-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neurophysiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Musashidai 2-6, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8526, Japan. ykubo@tmin.ac.jp〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9497291" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Actins/ultrastructure ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Brain/metabolism ; CHO Cells ; Calcium/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Cell Size ; Cricetinae ; Cyclic AMP/metabolism ; G Protein-Coupled Inwardly-Rectifying Potassium Channels ; Glutamic Acid/metabolism/pharmacology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oocytes ; Point Mutation ; Potassium Channels/metabolism ; *Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying ; Rats ; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Second Messenger Systems ; Transfection ; Xenopus laevis
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    Publication Date: 1998-08-07
    Description: Clathrin-mediated endocytosis involves cycles of assembly and disassembly of clathrin coat components and their accessory proteins. Dephosphorylation of rat brain extract was shown to promote the assembly of dynamin 1, synaptojanin 1, and amphiphysin into complexes that also included clathrin and AP-2. Phosphorylation of dynamin 1 and synaptojanin 1 inhibited their binding to amphiphysin, whereas phosphorylation of amphiphysin inhibited its binding to AP-2 and clathrin. Thus, phosphorylation regulates the association and dissociation cycle of the clathrin-based endocytic machinery, and calcium-dependent dephosphorylation of endocytic proteins could prepare nerve terminals for a burst of endocytosis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Slepnev, V I -- Ochoa, G C -- Butler, M H -- Grabs, D -- De Camilli, P -- CA46128/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- NS36251/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 7;281(5378):821-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9694653" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits ; Adaptor Protein Complex beta Subunits ; Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport ; Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; Carbazoles/pharmacology ; Chromatography, Affinity ; Clathrin/*metabolism ; Cyclosporine/pharmacology ; Dimerization ; Dynamin I ; Dynamins ; *Endocytosis ; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology ; GTP Phosphohydrolases/*metabolism ; Indole Alkaloids ; Membrane Proteins/*metabolism ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/*metabolism ; Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases/*metabolism ; Rats ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; src Homology Domains
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    Publication Date: 1998-08-14
    Description: Differential actions of acetylcholine on the excitability of two subtypes of interneurons in layer V of the rat visual cortex were examined. Acetylcholine excited low-threshold spike (LTS) cells through nicotinic receptors, whereas it elicited hyperpolarization in fast spiking (FS) cells through muscarinic receptors. Axons of LTS cells were mainly distributed vertically to upper layers, and those of FS cells were primarily confined to layer V. Thus, cortical cholinergic activation may reduce some forms of intralaminar inhibition, promote intracolumnar inhibition, and change the direction of information flow within cortical circuits.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Xiang, Z -- Huguenard, J R -- Prince, D A -- NS 06477/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS 07280/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS 12151/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 14;281(5379):985-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9703513" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylcholine/*physiology ; Animals ; Hexamethonium/pharmacology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Interneurons/physiology ; Membrane Potentials ; Muscarinic Antagonists/pharmacology ; Nerve Net/*physiology ; *Neural Inhibition ; Nicotinic Antagonists/pharmacology ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, Nicotinic/physiology ; Scopolamine Hydrobromide/pharmacology ; Visual Cortex/cytology/*physiology
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    Publication Date: 1998-02-21
    Description: Protein kinase B (PKB) is activated in response to phosphoinositide 3-kinases and their lipid products phosphatidylinositol 3,4, 5-trisphosphate [PtdIns(3,4,5)P3] and PtdIns(3,4)P2 in the signaling pathways used by a wide variety of growth factors, antigens, and inflammatory stimuli. PKB is a direct target of these lipids, but this regulation is complex. The lipids can bind to the pleckstrin homologous domain of PKB, causing its translocation to the membrane, and also enable upstream, Thr308-directed kinases to phosphorylate and activate PKB. Four isoforms of these PKB kinases were purified from sheep brain. They bound PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 and associated with lipid vesicles containing it. These kinases contain an NH2-terminal catalytic domain and a COOH-terminal pleckstrin homologous domain, and their heterologous expression augments receptor activation of PKB, which suggests they are the primary signal transducers that enable PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 or PtdIns- (3,4)P2 to activate PKB and hence to control signaling pathways regulating cell survival, glucose uptake, and glycogen metabolism.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Stephens, L -- Anderson, K -- Stokoe, D -- Erdjument-Bromage, H -- Painter, G F -- Holmes, A B -- Gaffney, P R -- Reese, C B -- McCormick, F -- Tempst, P -- Coadwell, J -- Hawkins, P T -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 30;279(5351):710-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Inositide Laboratory, The Babraham Institute, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9445477" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases ; Alternative Splicing ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Cell Membrane/enzymology ; Cloning, Molecular ; DNA, Complementary ; Drosophila ; Drosophila Proteins ; Enzyme Activation ; Humans ; Liposomes/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Open Reading Frames ; Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Platelet-Derived Growth Factor/pharmacology ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/chemistry/genetics/isolation & ; purification/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins/metabolism ; Sheep ; *Signal Transduction
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    Publication Date: 1998-10-09
    Description: Differential access to cocaine self-administration produced two patterns of drug intake in rats. With 1 hour of access per session, drug intake remained low and stable. In contrast, with 6 hours of access, drug intake gradually escalated over days. After escalation, drug consumption was characterized by an increased early drug loading and an upward shift in the cocaine dose-response function, suggesting an increase in hedonic set point. After 1 month of abstinence, escalation of cocaine intake was reinstated to a higher level than before. These findings may provide an animal model for studying the development of excessive drug intake and the basis of addiction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ahmed, S H -- Koob, G F -- DA04398/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- DA08467/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Oct 9;282(5387):298-300.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Psychopharmacology, Department of Neuropharmacology, CVN-7, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. aserge@sage.scripps.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9765157" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Behavior, Addictive ; Cocaine/*administration & dosage ; Cocaine-Related Disorders/*etiology ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Drug Tolerance ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Reinforcement (Psychology) ; Time Factors
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-21
    Description: Mossy fiber synaptic transmission at hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells and interneurons was compared in rat brain slices to determine whether mossy terminals are functionally equivalent. Tetanic stimulation of mossy fibers induced long-term potentiation in pyramidal neurons but was either without effect or it induced depression at synapses onto interneurons. Unlike transmission onto pyramidal neurons, transmission onto interneurons was not potentiated after adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) activation. Furthermore, metabotropic glutamate receptor depression of transmission onto interneurons did not involve cAMP-dependent pathways. Thus, synaptic terminals arising from a common afferent pathway do not function as a single compartment but are specialized, depending on their postsynaptic target.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Maccaferri, G -- Toth, K -- McBain, C J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Feb 27;279(5355):1368-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology, Room 5A72, Building 49, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD 20892-4495, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9478900" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Afferent Pathways ; Animals ; Colforsin/pharmacology ; Cyclic AMP/metabolism ; Cycloleucine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology ; Cyclopropanes/pharmacology ; Electric Stimulation ; Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects ; Glycine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology ; Hippocampus/cytology/*physiology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Interneurons/drug effects/*physiology ; *Long-Term Potentiation ; Mossy Fibers, Hippocampal/*physiology ; Pyramidal Cells/drug effects/*physiology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate/agonists/physiology ; Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-21
    Description: Long-term potentiation (LTP) is an activity-dependent strengthening of synaptic efficacy that is considered to be a model of learning and memory. Protein tyrosine phosphorylation is necessary to induce LTP. Here, induction of LTP in CA1 pyramidal cells of rats was prevented by blocking the tyrosine kinase Src, and Src activity was increased by stimulation producing LTP. Directly activating Src in the postsynaptic neuron enhanced excitatory synaptic responses, occluding LTP. Src-induced enhancement of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor-mediated synaptic responses required raised intracellular Ca2+ and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. Thus, Src activation is necessary and sufficient for inducing LTP and may function by up-regulating NMDA receptors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lu, Y M -- Roder, J C -- Davidow, J -- Salter, M W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Feb 27;279(5355):1363-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, M5S 1A8, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9478899" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Calcium/metabolism ; Electric Stimulation ; Enzyme Activation ; Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects ; Hippocampus/cytology/enzymology/*physiology ; In Vitro Techniques ; *Long-Term Potentiation ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oligopeptides/pharmacology ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Peptide Fragments/pharmacology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)/pharmacology ; Pyramidal Cells/enzymology/*physiology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, AMPA/physiology ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/physiology ; Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology ; Up-Regulation ; src-Family Kinases/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-09-11
    Description: Leptin is a hormone that regulates food intake, and its receptor (OB-Rb) is expressed primarily in the hypothalamus. Here, it is shown that OB-Rb is also expressed in human vasculature and in primary cultures of human endothelial cells. In vitro and in vivo assays revealed that leptin has angiogenic activity. In vivo, leptin induced neovascularization in corneas from normal rats but not in corneas from fa/fa Zucker rats, which lack functional leptin receptors. These observations indicate that the vascular endothelium is a target for leptin and suggest a physiological mechanism whereby leptin-induced angiogenesis may facilitate increased energy expenditure.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sierra-Honigmann, M R -- Nath, A K -- Murakami, C -- Garcia-Cardena, G -- Papapetropoulos, A -- Sessa, W C -- Madge, L A -- Schechner, J S -- Schwabb, M B -- Polverini, P J -- Flores-Riveros, J R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Sep 11;281(5383):1683-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA. rocio_sierra-honigmann@qm.yale.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9733517" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adipocytes/metabolism ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Carrier Proteins/analysis/*physiology ; Cells, Cultured ; Corneal Neovascularization ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Endothelial Growth Factors/pharmacology ; Endothelium, Vascular/chemistry/cytology/*physiology ; Energy Metabolism ; Humans ; Leptin ; Lipid Metabolism ; Lymphokines/pharmacology ; Molecular Sequence Data ; *Neovascularization, Physiologic ; Phosphorylation ; Proteins/pharmacology/*physiology ; Rats ; Rats, Zucker ; *Receptors, Cell Surface ; Receptors, Leptin ; STAT3 Transcription Factor ; Trans-Activators/metabolism ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
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    Publication Date: 1998-12-29
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sikorski, R -- Peters, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Nov 20;282(5393):1438.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9867652" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Brain/virology ; Genetic Therapy/*methods ; *Genetic Vectors ; HIV/*genetics/physiology ; Neurons/virology ; Rats ; Retina/virology
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    Publication Date: 1998-12-18
    Description: Cocaine regulates the transcription factor CREB (adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate response element binding protein) in rat nucleus accumbens, a brain region that is important for addiction. Overexpression of CREB in this region decreases the rewarding effects of cocaine and makes low doses of the drug aversive. Conversely, overexpression of a dominant-negative mutant CREB increases the rewarding effects of cocaine. Altered transcription of dynorphin likely contributes to these effects: Its expression is increased by overexpression of CREB and decreased by overexpression of mutant CREB. Moreover, blockade of kappa opioid receptors (on which dynorphin acts) antagonizes the negative effect of CREB on cocaine reward. These results identify an intracellular cascade-culminating in gene expression-through which exposure to cocaine modifies subsequent responsiveness to the drug.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Carlezon, W A Jr -- Thome, J -- Olson, V G -- Lane-Ladd, S B -- Brodkin, E S -- Hiroi, N -- Duman, R S -- Neve, R L -- Nestler, E J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Dec 18;282(5397):2272-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Center for Genes and Behavior, Yale University School of Medicine and Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT 06508, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9856954" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Cocaine/administration & dosage/*pharmacology ; Conditioning (Psychology) ; Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/genetics/*metabolism ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Dynorphins/genetics/metabolism ; Gene Expression ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Gene Transfer Techniques ; Genetic Vectors ; Naltrexone/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology ; Narcotic Antagonists/pharmacology ; Neurons/metabolism ; Nucleus Accumbens/*metabolism ; Point Mutation ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Rats ; Receptors, Opioid, kappa/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; *Reward ; Simplexvirus/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1998-05-09
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lawler, A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Apr 24;280(5363):515-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9575093" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Nervous System Physiological Phenomena ; Rats ; *Research ; Space Flight ; *Spacecraft ; United States ; United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; *Weightlessness
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    Publication Date: 1998-05-09
    Description: Many molecular mechanisms for neural adaptation to stress remain unknown. Expression of alternative splice variants of Slo, a gene encoding calcium- and voltage-activated potassium channels, was measured in rat adrenal chromaffin tissue from normal and hypophysectomized animals. Hypophysectomy triggered an abrupt decrease in the proportion of Slo transcripts containing a "STREX" exon. The decrease was prevented by adrenocorticotropic hormone injections. In Xenopus oocytes, STREX variants produced channels with functional properties associated with enhanced repetitive firing. Thus, the hormonal stress axis is likely to control the excitable properties of epinephrine-secreting cells by regulating alternative splicing of Slo messenger RNA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Xie, J -- McCobb, D P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Apr 17;280(5362):443-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9545224" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adrenal Medulla/*metabolism ; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone/metabolism/*pharmacology ; *Alternative Splicing ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Chromaffin Cells/*metabolism ; Corticosterone/blood/*metabolism ; Dexamethasone/pharmacology ; Epinephrine/secretion ; Exons ; Female ; Hypophysectomy ; Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits ; Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels ; Male ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Oocytes ; Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase/genetics ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Potassium Channels/*genetics ; *Potassium Channels, Calcium-Activated ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Xenopus
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    Publication Date: 1998-09-04
    Description: Nerve growth is regulated by attractive and repulsive factors in the nervous system. Microscopic gradients of Collapsin-1/Semaphorin III/D (Sema III) and myelin-associated glycoprotein trigger repulsive turning responses by growth cones of cultured Xenopus spinal neurons; the repulsion can be converted to attraction by pharmacological activation of the guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) and adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate signaling pathways, respectively. Sema III also causes the collapse of cultured rat sensory growth cones, which can be inhibited by activation of the cGMP pathway. Thus cyclic nucleotides can regulate growth cone behaviors and may be targets for designing treatments to alleviate the inhibition of nerve regeneration by repulsive factors.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Song, H -- Ming, G -- He, Z -- Lehmann, M -- McKerracher, L -- Tessier-Lavigne, M -- Poo, M -- NS22764/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Sep 4;281(5382):1515-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0357, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9727979" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Axons/physiology ; Calcium/physiology ; Cells, Cultured ; Cyclic AMP/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology/*physiology ; Cyclic GMP/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology/*physiology ; Ganglia, Spinal/cytology ; Glycoproteins/*physiology ; Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein/physiology ; Nerve Growth Factors/*physiology ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/physiology ; Neurites/*physiology ; Neurons/cytology/*physiology ; Neuropilin-1 ; Rats ; Recombinant Proteins ; Semaphorin-3A ; Spinal Cord/cytology ; Thionucleotides/pharmacology ; Xenopus
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    Publication Date: 1998-01-31
    Description: Candidate mammalian odorant receptors were first cloned some 6 years ago. The physiological function of these receptors in initiating transduction in olfactory receptor neurons remains to be established. Here, a recombinant adenovirus was used to drive expression of a particular receptor gene in an increased number of sensory neurons in the rat olfactory epithelium. Electrophysiological recording showed that increased expression of a single gene led to greater sensitivity to a small subset of odorants.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhao, H -- Ivic, L -- Otaki, J M -- Hashimoto, M -- Mikoshiba, K -- Firestein, S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 9;279(5348):237-42.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9422698" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenoviridae/genetics/physiology ; Aldehydes/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Animals ; Electrophysiology ; Female ; Gene Expression ; Genetic Vectors ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; Luminescent Proteins/analysis/genetics ; Male ; *Odors ; Olfactory Receptor Neurons/*physiology/virology ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, Odorant/genetics/metabolism/*physiology ; Recombinant Proteins
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    Publication Date: 1998-12-29
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Peters, R -- Sikorski, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Nov 20;282(5393):1439.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9867653" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Binding Sites ; Cattle ; Cyclic GMP/chemistry/*metabolism ; Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type I ; Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Dimerization ; Ion Channel Gating ; Ion Channels/chemistry/*metabolism ; Ligands ; Polyethylene Glycols ; Rats ; Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-09-11
    Description: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited form of heart disease that affects 1 in 500 individuals. Here it is shown that calcineurin, a calcium-regulated phosphatase, plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of HCM. Administration of the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporin and FK506 prevented disease in mice that were genetically predisposed to develop HCM as a result of aberrant expression of tropomodulin, myosin light chain-2, or fetal beta-tropomyosin in the heart. Cyclosporin had a similar effect in a rat model of pressure-overload hypertrophy. These results suggest that calcineurin inhibitors merit investigation as potential therapeutics for certain forms of human heart disease.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sussman, M A -- Lim, H W -- Gude, N -- Taigen, T -- Olson, E N -- Robbins, J -- Colbert, M C -- Gualberto, A -- Wieczorek, D F -- Molkentin, J D -- HL58224-01/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Sep 11;281(5383):1690-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9733519" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcineurin/metabolism ; *Calcineurin Inhibitors ; Calcium/metabolism ; *Cardiac Myosins ; Cardiomegaly/metabolism/pathology/*prevention & control ; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/pathology/*prevention & control ; Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/genetics/metabolism/pathology/*prevention & control ; Carrier Proteins/genetics ; Cyclosporine/*pharmacology ; Female ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; *Microfilament Proteins ; Models, Cardiovascular ; Myocardium/*metabolism/pathology ; Myosin Light Chains/genetics/metabolism ; Rats ; Signal Transduction ; Tacrolimus/*pharmacology ; Tropomodulin ; Tropomyosin/genetics
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-07
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hanck, D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Feb 13;279(5353):1004.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9490476" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcium/*metabolism ; Calcium Channels/*metabolism ; Ion Channel Gating ; Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism ; Myocardial Contraction/*physiology ; Myocardium/*metabolism ; Rats ; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism ; Sarcolemma/metabolism ; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism ; Sodium Channels/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-08-15
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Nicoll, R A -- Malenka, R C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jul 17;281(5375):360-1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0450, USA. nicoll@phy.ucsf.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9705712" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral ; Animals ; Carrier Proteins/metabolism ; GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins ; Glycine/*metabolism ; Glycine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins ; Interneurons/*metabolism ; Membrane Proteins/metabolism ; *Membrane Transport Proteins ; Motor Neurons/*metabolism ; *Organic Anion Transporters ; Presynaptic Terminals/*metabolism ; Rats ; Receptor Aggregation ; Receptors, GABA/metabolism ; Receptors, Glycine/metabolism ; Spinal Cord/cytology ; Synaptic Transmission ; Synaptic Vesicles/metabolism ; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-21
    Description: The nocturnal increase in circulating melatonin in vertebrates is regulated by 10- to 100-fold increases in pineal serotonin N-acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) activity. Changes in the amount of AA-NAT protein were shown to parallel changes in AA-NAT activity. When neural stimulation was switched off by either light exposure or L-propranolol-induced beta-adrenergic blockade, both AA-NAT activity and protein decreased rapidly. Effects of L-propranolol were blocked in vitro by dibutyryl adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) or inhibitors of proteasomal proteolysis. This result indicates that adrenergic-cAMP regulation of AA-NAT is mediated by rapid reversible control of selective proteasomal proteolysis. Similar proteasome-based mechanisms may function widely as selective molecular switches in vertebrate neural systems.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gastel, J A -- Roseboom, P H -- Rinaldi, P A -- Weller, J L -- Klein, D C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Feb 27;279(5355):1358-60.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Section on Neuroendocrinology, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4480, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9478897" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adrenergic beta-Agonists/pharmacology ; Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/pharmacology ; Animals ; Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase/*metabolism ; Bucladesine/pharmacology ; Cyclic AMP/metabolism ; Cysteine Endopeptidases/*metabolism ; Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Isoproterenol/pharmacology ; Light ; Melatonin/*biosynthesis ; Multienzyme Complexes/*metabolism ; Pineal Gland/cytology/drug effects/enzymology/*metabolism ; Propranolol/pharmacology ; Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex ; Rats ; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/physiology
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    Publication Date: 1998-06-27
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pallini, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Apr 10;280(5361):181-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9565524" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Axons/*physiology/*ultrastructure ; Brain Tissue Transplantation ; Cell Transplantation ; Denervation ; Myelin Sheath/physiology ; *Nerve Regeneration ; Neuroglia/physiology/*transplantation ; Olfactory Bulb/cytology ; Rats ; Schwann Cells/physiology ; Spinal Cord/cytology/*physiology ; Spinal Cord Injuries/pathology/*surgery
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    Publication Date: 1998-02-21
    Description: There are several forms of hereditary human hair loss, known collectively as alopecias, the molecular bases of which are entirely unknown. A kindred with a rare, recessively inherited type of alopecia universalis was used to search for a locus by homozygosity mapping, and linkage was established in a 6-centimorgan interval on chromosome 8p12 (the logarithm of the odds favoring linkage score was 6.19). The human homolog of a murine gene, hairless, was localized in this interval by radiation hybrid mapping, and a missense mutation was found in affected individuals. Human hairless encodes a putative single zinc finger transcription factor protein with restricted expression in the brain and skin.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ahmad, W -- Faiyaz ul Haque, M -- Brancolini, V -- Tsou, H C -- ul Haque, S -- Lam, H -- Aita, V M -- Owen, J -- deBlaquiere, M -- Frank, J -- Cserhalmi-Friedman, P B -- Leask, A -- McGrath, J A -- Peacocke, M -- Ahmad, M -- Ott, J -- Christiano, A M -- HG-00008/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- P30AR44535/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 30;279(5351):720-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, 630 West 168 Street, VC-15-526, New York, NY 10032, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9445480" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alopecia/*genetics ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Brain/metabolism ; Chromosome Mapping ; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 ; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics ; Female ; Forkhead Transcription Factors ; Gene Expression ; Genes, Recessive ; Homozygote ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Hairless/genetics ; Microsatellite Repeats ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation ; Pedigree ; Proteins/chemistry/*genetics ; Rats ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid ; Skin/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/genetics ; *Zinc Fingers
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    Publication Date: 1998-01-24
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Strauss, E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 2;279(5347):32-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9441405" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/chemical synthesis/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Animals ; Anura ; Azetidines/chemical synthesis/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic/pharmacology/toxicity ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; Nicotinic Agonists/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology/toxicity ; Pain Measurement ; Pyridines/chemical synthesis/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology/toxicity ; Rats ; Receptors, Nicotinic/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-02-07
    Description: Mitogen stimulation of cytoskeletal changes and c-jun amino-terminal kinases is mediated by Rac small guanine nucleotide-binding proteins. Vav, a guanosine diphosphate (GDP)-guanosine triphosphate (GTP) exchange factor for Rac that stimulates the exchange of bound GDP for GTP, bound to and was directly controlled by substrates and products of phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase. The PI 3-kinase substrate phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate inhibited activation of Vav by the tyrosine kinase Lck, whereas the product phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate enhanced phosphorylation and activation of Vav by Lck. Control of Vav in response to mitogens by the products of PI 3-kinase suggests a mechanism for Ras-dependent activation of Rac.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Han, J -- Luby-Phelps, K -- Das, B -- Shu, X -- Xia, Y -- Mosteller, R D -- Krishna, U M -- Falck, J R -- White, M A -- Broek, D -- CA50261/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA71443/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM31278/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 23;279(5350):558-60.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033-0800, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9438848" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Enzyme Activation ; GTP Phosphohydrolases/*metabolism ; GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors ; Guanosine Diphosphate/*metabolism ; Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/metabolism/pharmacology ; Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)/metabolism ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Oncogene Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism ; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*metabolism ; Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate/metabolism/pharmacology ; Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates/metabolism/pharmacology ; Phosphatidylinositols/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Phosphorylation ; Proteins/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav ; Rats ; rac GTP-Binding Proteins ; ras Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
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    Publication Date: 1998-09-12
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 28;281(5381):1302-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9735048" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Apoptosis/drug effects ; Brain/metabolism/*pathology ; Brain Ischemia/drug therapy/metabolism/pathology ; *Cell Death ; Cerebrovascular Disorders/drug therapy/metabolism/*pathology ; Cysteine Endopeptidases/metabolism ; Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology/therapeutic use ; DNA Fragmentation ; Humans ; Mice ; Necrosis ; Neurons/metabolism/*pathology ; Rats
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    Publication Date: 1998-01-31
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Reed, R R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 9;279(5348):193.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. rreed@jhmi.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9446227" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 1-Octanol/pharmacology ; Adenoviridae/genetics/physiology ; Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans ; *Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins ; Electrophysiology ; Genetic Vectors ; Green Fluorescent Proteins ; Helminth Proteins/physiology ; Ligands ; Luminescent Proteins/analysis/genetics ; *Odors ; Olfactory Receptor Neurons/*physiology ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Rats ; Receptors, Odorant/genetics/*physiology ; Recombinant Proteins
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-21
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Feb 27;279(5355):1301.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9508703" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Carotid Body/*cytology/metabolism ; Cell Survival ; *Cell Transplantation ; Corpus Striatum/pathology ; Dopamine/biosynthesis/secretion ; Humans ; Nerve Fibers/ultrastructure ; Nerve Growth Factors/biosynthesis ; Neural Pathways ; Parkinson Disease/pathology/*surgery ; Rats ; Substantia Nigra/pathology
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    Publication Date: 1998-12-04
    Description: The M-current regulates the subthreshold electrical excitability of many neurons, determining their firing properties and responsiveness to synaptic input. To date, however, the genes that encode subunits of this important channel have not been identified. The biophysical properties, sensitivity to pharmacological blockade, and expression pattern of the KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 potassium channels were determined. It is concluded that both these subunits contribute to the native M-current.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wang, H S -- Pan, Z -- Shi, W -- Brown, B S -- Wymore, R S -- Cohen, I S -- Dixon, J E -- McKinnon, D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Dec 4;282(5395):1890-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9836639" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adult ; Animals ; Anthracenes/pharmacology ; Brain/metabolism ; Ganglia, Sympathetic/metabolism ; Gene Expression ; Humans ; Indoles/pharmacology ; KCNQ2 Potassium Channel ; KCNQ3 Potassium Channel ; Kinetics ; Neurons/drug effects/physiology ; Oocytes ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Potassium/*metabolism ; Potassium Channels/chemistry/drug effects/genetics/*metabolism ; Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated ; Pyridines/pharmacology ; Rats ; Sympathetic Nervous System/drug effects/physiology ; Tetraethylammonium/pharmacology ; Xenopus
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    Publication Date: 1998-10-09
    Description: p53 acts as a tumor suppressor by inducing both growth arrest and apoptosis. p53-induced apoptosis can occur without new RNA synthesis through an unknown mechanism. In human vascular smooth muscle cells, p53 activation transiently increased surface Fas (CD95) expression by transport from the Golgi complex. Golgi disruption blocked both p53-induced surface Fas expression and apoptosis. p53 also induced Fas-FADD binding and transiently sensitized cells to Fas-induced apoptosis. In contrast, lpr and gld fibroblasts were resistant to p53-induced apoptosis. Thus, p53 can mediate apoptosis through Fas transport from cytoplasmic stores.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bennett, M -- Macdonald, K -- Chan, S W -- Luzio, J P -- Simari, R -- Weissberg, P -- HL34073/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Oct 9;282(5387):290-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9765154" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Animals ; Antigens, CD95/genetics/*metabolism ; *Apoptosis/drug effects ; Brefeldin A/pharmacology ; Carrier Proteins/metabolism ; Cell Membrane/*metabolism ; Cells, Cultured ; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Etoposide/pharmacology ; Fas Ligand Protein ; Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein ; Golgi Apparatus/metabolism ; Humans ; Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics/metabolism ; Mice ; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology ; Mutation ; Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology ; Rats ; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors ; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*physiology
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-21
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Feb 20;279(5354):1134.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9508686" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Appetite/drug effects ; Appetite Stimulants/*isolation & purification/metabolism/pharmacology ; Hypothalamic Area, Lateral/chemistry/*physiology ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/*isolation & purification/metabolism/pharmacology ; Peptides/*isolation & purification/metabolism/pharmacology ; Rats ; Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism ; Starvation
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    Publication Date: 1998-09-12
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Enserink, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 21;281(5380):1124-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9735026" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Concanavalin A/genetics ; Crops, Agricultural/*adverse effects ; European Union ; *Genetic Engineering ; Great Britain ; Lectins/genetics ; Plant Lectins ; Plants, Genetically Modified/*adverse effects ; Rats ; Solanum tuberosum/*genetics
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    Publication Date: 1998-07-17
    Description: It is widely accepted that individual neurons in the central nervous system release only a single fast transmitter. The possibility of corelease of fast neurotransmitters was examined by making paired recordings from synaptically connected neurons in spinal cord slices. Unitary inhibitory postsynaptic currents generated at interneuron-motoneuron synapses consisted of a strychnine-sensitive, glycine receptor-mediated component and a bicuculline-sensitive, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptor-mediated component. These results indicate that spinal interneurons release both glycine and GABA to activate functionally distinct receptors in their postsynaptic target cells. A subset of miniature synaptic currents also showed both components, consistent with corelease from individual synaptic vesicles.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jonas, P -- Bischofberger, J -- Sandkuhler, J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jul 17;281(5375):419-24.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Physiologisches Institut der Universitat Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany. jonasp@ruf.uni-freiburg.de〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9665886" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Baclofen/pharmacology ; Bicuculline/pharmacology ; GABA Antagonists ; GABA-A Receptor Antagonists ; GABA-B Receptor Antagonists ; Glycine/*metabolism ; Glycine Agents/pharmacology ; In Vitro Techniques ; Interneurons/drug effects/*metabolism ; Motor Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Presynaptic Terminals/*metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Receptors, GABA-A/metabolism ; Receptors, GABA-B/metabolism ; Receptors, Glycine/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Spinal Cord/cytology ; Strychnine/pharmacology ; Synaptic Transmission/drug effects ; Synaptic Vesicles/metabolism ; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-02-21
    Description: Syntaxins are thought to function during vesicular transport as receptors on the target membrane and to contribute to the specificity of membrane docking and fusion by interacting with vesicle-associated receptors. Here, syntaxin 5 (Syn5) was shown to be an integral component of endoplasmic reticulum-derived transport vesicles. This pool, but not the target, Golgi-associated Syn5 pool, was essential for the assembly of vesicular-tubular pre-Golgi intermediates and the delivery of cargo to the Golgi. The requirement for vesicle-associated Syn5 in transport suggests a reevaluation of the basis for operation of the early secretory pathway.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rowe, T -- Dascher, C -- Bannykh, S -- Plutner, H -- Balch, W E -- CA58689/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM 42336/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 30;279(5351):696-700.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9445473" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Animals ; Antibodies ; Biological Transport ; Carrier Proteins/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Endoplasmic Reticulum/*metabolism ; Golgi Apparatus/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Mannose-Binding Lectins ; Membrane Fusion ; *Membrane Glycoproteins ; Membrane Proteins/immunology/*metabolism ; N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Proteins ; Organelles/metabolism ; Qa-SNARE Proteins ; Qb-SNARE Proteins ; Qc-SNARE Proteins ; R-SNARE Proteins ; Rats ; SNARE Proteins ; *Vesicular Transport Proteins ; Vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus/physiology ; Viral Envelope Proteins/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 1998-07-10
    Description: A new method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based on the detection of relatively strong signal from intermolecular zero-quantum coherences (iZQCs) is reported. Such a signal would not be observable in the conventional framework of magnetic resonance; it originates in long-range dipolar couplings (10 micrometers to 1 millimeter) that are traditionally ignored. Unlike conventional MRI, where image contrast is based on variations in spin density and relaxation times (often with injected contrast agents), contrast with iZQC images comes from variations in the susceptibility over a distance dictated by gradient strength. Phantom and in vivo (rat brain) data confirm that iZQC images give contrast enhancement. This contrast might be useful in the detection of small tumors, in that susceptibility correlates with oxygen concentration and in functional MRI.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Warren, W S -- Ahn, S -- Mescher, M -- Garwood, M -- Ugurbil, K -- Richter, W -- Rizi, R R -- Hopkins, J -- Leigh, J S -- GM35253/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- RR02305/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- RR08079/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jul 10;281(5374):247-51.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1009, USA. wwarren@princeton.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9657717" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Brain/*anatomy & histology/physiology ; Brain Mapping ; Brain Neoplasms/*pathology ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods ; Magnetics ; Mathematics ; Phantoms, Imaging ; Rats
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-07
    Description: The tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium ion (Na+) channel is opened by cellular depolarization and favors the passage of Na+ over other ions. Activation of the beta-adrenergic receptor or protein kinase A in rat heart cells transformed this Na+ channel into one that is promiscuous with respect to ion selectivity, permitting calcium ions (Ca2+) to permeate as readily as Na+. Similarly, nanomolar concentrations of cardiotonic steroids such as ouabain and digoxin switched the ion selectivity of the Na+ channel to this state of promiscuous permeability called slip-mode conductance. Slip-mode conductance of the Na+ channel can contribute significantly to local and global cardiac Ca2+ signaling and may be a general signaling mechanism in excitable cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Santana, L F -- Gomez, A M -- Lederer, W J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Feb 13;279(5353):1027-33.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biotechnology Center and School of Medicine, University of Maryland, 725 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9461434" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Action Potentials ; Animals ; Calcium/*metabolism ; Cardiotonic Agents/pharmacology ; Cyclic AMP/metabolism ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Digoxin/pharmacology ; Enzyme Activation ; In Vitro Techniques ; Ion Channel Gating ; Isoproterenol/pharmacology ; Myocardial Contraction/*physiology ; Myocardium/cytology/*metabolism ; Ouabain/pharmacology ; Patch-Clamp Techniques ; Rats ; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/physiology ; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism ; Sarcoplasmic Reticulum/*metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Sodium/metabolism ; Sodium Channel Blockers ; Sodium Channels/drug effects/*metabolism ; Sodium-Calcium Exchanger/metabolism ; Tetrodotoxin/pharmacology
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  • 86
    Publication Date: 1998-06-25
    Description: Long-term potentiation (LTP) at the Schaffer collateral-CA1 synapse involves interacting signaling components, including calcium (Ca2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) and cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) pathways. Postsynaptic injection of thiophosphorylated inhibitor-1 protein, a specific inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1 (PP1), substituted for cAMP pathway activation in LTP. Stimulation that induced LTP triggered cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of endogenous inhibitor-1 and a decrease in PP1 activity. This stimulation also increased phosphorylation of CaMKII at Thr286 and Ca2+-independent CaMKII activity in a cAMP-dependent manner. The blockade of LTP by a CaMKII inhibitor was not overcome by thiophosphorylated inhibitor-1. Thus, the cAMP pathway uses PP1 to gate CaMKII signaling in LTP.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Blitzer, R D -- Connor, J H -- Brown, G P -- Wong, T -- Shenolikar, S -- Iyengar, R -- Landau, E M -- DK52054/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM54508/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- NS33646/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jun 19;280(5371):1940-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Bronx VA Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. rb2@doc.mssm.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9632393" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2 ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism ; *Carrier Proteins ; Cyclic AMP/analogs & derivatives/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Electric Stimulation ; Enzyme Inhibitors/metabolism/pharmacology ; Hippocampus/*metabolism ; In Vitro Techniques ; *Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; *Long-Term Potentiation ; Male ; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Phosphatase 1 ; RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism/pharmacology ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Signal Transduction ; Synapses/*metabolism ; Thionucleotides/pharmacology
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  • 87
    Publication Date: 1998-06-20
    Description: Many of aspirin's therapeutic effects arise from its acetylation of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), whereas its antithrombotic and ulcerogenic effects result from its acetylation of COX-1. Here, aspirin-like molecules were designed that preferentially acetylate and irreversibly inactivate COX-2. The most potent of these compounds was o-(acetoxyphenyl)hept-2-ynyl sulfide (APHS). Relative to aspirin, APHS was 60 times as reactive against COX-2 and 100 times as selective for its inhibition; it also inhibited COX-2 in cultured macrophages and colon cancer cells and in the rat air pouch in vivo. Such compounds may lead to the development of aspirin-like drugs for the treatment or prevention of immunological and proliferative diseases without gastrointestinal or hematologic side effects.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kalgutkar, A S -- Crews, B C -- Rowlinson, S W -- Garner, C -- Seibert, K -- Marnett, L J -- CA47479/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA68485/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- ES00267/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 22;280(5367):1268-70.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉A.B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Vanderbilt Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9596581" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylation ; Acetylene/*analogs & derivatives/chemical synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology ; Alkynes ; Animals ; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/*chemical ; synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology ; Aspirin/chemistry/pharmacology ; Binding Sites ; Cell Division/drug effects ; Cell Line ; Colonic Neoplasms/enzymology/pathology ; Cyclooxygenase 2 ; Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors ; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/*chemical synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology ; Dinoprostone/biosynthesis ; Drug Design ; Humans ; Indomethacin/pharmacology ; Isoenzymes/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Macrophages/enzymology ; Membrane Proteins ; Mutagenesis, Site-Directed ; Prostaglandin D2/biosynthesis ; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Inbred Lew ; Sulfides/*chemical synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology ; Thromboxane B2/biosynthesis ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
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    Publication Date: 1998-08-26
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Blusztajn, J K -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 7;281(5378):794-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA. jbluszta@bu.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9714685" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylcholine/metabolism ; Aging ; Animals ; Apoptosis ; Brain/cytology/*embryology/growth & development/*physiology ; Cell Division ; Choline/*administration & dosage/*metabolism ; Choline Deficiency/physiopathology ; Cognition ; Diet ; Female ; Hippocampus/metabolism ; Humans ; Long-Term Potentiation ; Maternal-Fetal Exchange ; Memory ; Nutrition Policy ; Pregnancy ; Rats
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  • 89
    Publication Date: 1998-06-20
    Description: Stimulation of T lymphocytes results in a rapid increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) that parallels the activation of Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV (CaMKIV), a nuclear enzyme that can phosphorylate and activate the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element-binding protein (CREB). However, inactivation of CaMKIV occurs despite the sustained increase in [Ca2+]i that is required for T cell activation. A stable and stoichiometric complex of CaMKIV with protein serine-threonine phosphatase 2A (PP2A) was identified in which PP2A dephosphorylates CaMKIV and functions as a negative regulator of CaMKIV signaling. In Jurkat T cells, inhibition of PP2A activity by small t antigen enhanced activation of CREB-mediated transcription by CaMKIV. These findings reveal an intracellular signaling mechanism whereby a protein serine-threonine kinase (CaMKIV) is regulated by a tightly associated protein serine-threonine phosphatase (PP2A).〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Westphal, R S -- Anderson, K A -- Means, A R -- Wadzinski, B E -- GM33976/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM51366/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- HD07503/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 May 22;280(5367):1258-61.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9596578" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming/metabolism ; Brain/enzymology ; Calcium/metabolism ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 4 ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases/genetics/isolation & ; purification/*metabolism ; Calmodulin/metabolism ; Coenzymes/metabolism ; Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism ; Enzyme Activation ; Humans ; Jurkat Cells ; Lymphocyte Activation ; Mutation ; Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Phosphatase 2 ; Rats ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; *Signal Transduction ; T-Lymphocytes/*enzymology ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Publication Date: 1998-10-10
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bliss, T V -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Sep 25;281(5385):1975-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Neurophysiology, National Institute for Medical Research, London Nw7 1AA, UK. tbliss@ns1.nimr.mrc.ac.uk〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9767047" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Axons/physiology ; Dentate Gyrus/physiology ; Electric Stimulation ; Electrodes, Implanted ; Hippocampus/*physiology ; Long-Term Potentiation/*physiology ; Maze Learning/*physiology ; Perforant Pathway/physiology ; Pyramidal Cells/physiology ; Rats ; Synapses/*physiology ; Tetany
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    Publication Date: 1998-05-09
    Description: Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and digital imaging microscopy were modified to allow detection of single RNA molecules. Oligodeoxynucleotide probes were synthesized with five fluorochromes per molecule, and the light emitted by a single probe was calibrated. Points of light in exhaustively deconvolved images of hybridized cells gave fluorescent intensities and distances between probes consistent with single messenger RNA molecules. Analysis of beta-actin transcription sites after serum induction revealed synchronous and cyclical transcription from single genes. The rates of transcription initiation and termination and messenger RNA processing could be determined by positioning probes along the transcription unit. This approach extends the power of FISH to yield quantitative molecular information on a single cell.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Femino, A M -- Fay, F S -- Fogarty, K -- Singer, R H -- GM 54887/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Apr 24;280(5363):585-90.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology and Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9554849" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Actins/genetics ; Animals ; Cell Line ; Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate ; *In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence ; Kinetics ; Oligonucleotide Probes ; RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional ; RNA, Messenger/*analysis/*genetics/metabolism ; Rats ; *Transcription, Genetic
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  • 92
    Publication Date: 1998-08-28
    Description: Glutamatergic abnormalities have been associated with several psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and addiction. Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors were targeted to normalize glutamatergic disruptions associated with an animal model of schizophrenia, the phencyclidine model. An agonist of this group of receptors, at a dose that was without effects on spontaneous activity and corticolimbic dopamine neurotransmission, attenuated the disruptive effects of phencyclidine on working memory, stereotypy, locomotion, and cortical glutamate efflux. This behavioral reversal occurred in spite of sustained dopamine hyperactivity. Thus, targeting this group of receptors may present a nondopaminergic therapeutic strategy for treatment of psychiatric disorders.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Moghaddam, B -- Adams, B W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Aug 28;281(5381):1349-52.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center 116A/2, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9721099" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Bicyclo Compounds/administration & dosage/*pharmacology/therapeutic use ; Disease Models, Animal ; Dopamine/metabolism ; Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists/administration & dosage/*pharmacology/therapeutic ; use ; Glutamic Acid/metabolism ; Male ; Memory/drug effects ; Motor Activity/drug effects ; Nucleus Accumbens/drug effects/metabolism ; Phencyclidine/*pharmacology ; Prefrontal Cortex/drug effects/metabolism ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate/*agonists/metabolism ; Schizophrenia/chemically induced/*drug therapy/metabolism ; Stereotyped Behavior/drug effects ; Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
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    Publication Date: 1998-03-28
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Juliano, S L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Mar 13;279(5357):1653-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. sjuliano@mx3.usuhs.mil〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9518376" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Acetylcholine/physiology ; Acoustic Stimulation ; Animals ; Auditory Cortex/*physiology ; Basal Ganglia/*physiology ; *Brain Mapping ; Electric Stimulation ; *Neuronal Plasticity ; Prosencephalon/*physiology ; Rats ; Receptors, Muscarinic/physiology ; Synaptic Transmission ; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/physiology
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  • 94
    Publication Date: 1998-10-23
    Description: Patients with abetalipoproteinemia, a disease caused by defects in the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP), do not produce apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins. It was hypothesized that small molecule inhibitors of MTP would prevent the assembly and secretion of these atherogenic lipoproteins. To test this hypothesis, two compounds identified in a high-throughput screen for MTP inhibitors were used to direct the synthesis of a highly potent MTP inhibitor. This molecule (compound 9) inhibited the production of lipoprotein particles in rodent models and normalized plasma lipoprotein levels in Watanabe-heritable hyperlipidemic (WHHL) rabbits, which are a model for human homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. These results suggest that compound 9, or derivatives thereof, has potential applications for the therapeutic lowering of atherogenic lipoprotein levels in humans.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wetterau, J R -- Gregg, R E -- Harrity, T W -- Arbeeny, C -- Cap, M -- Connolly, F -- Chu, C H -- George, R J -- Gordon, D A -- Jamil, H -- Jolibois, K G -- Kunselman, L K -- Lan, S J -- Maccagnan, T J -- Ricci, B -- Yan, M -- Young, D -- Chen, Y -- Fryszman, O M -- Logan, J V -- Musial, C L -- Poss, M A -- Robl, J A -- Simpkins, L M -- Slusarchyk, W A -- Sulsky, R -- Taunk, P -- Magnin, D R -- Tino, J A -- Lawrence, R M -- Dickson, J K Jr -- Biller, S A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Oct 23;282(5389):751-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Metabolic Diseases, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000, USA. Wetterau_John_R@msmail.bms.com〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9784135" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Alanine Transaminase/blood ; Animals ; Apolipoproteins B/*blood ; Aspartate Aminotransferases/blood ; Carrier Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors ; Cholesterol/*blood ; Cricetinae ; Disease Models, Animal ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Drug Design ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; Fluorenes/chemistry/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology ; Humans ; Hyperlipidemias/blood/drug therapy ; Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II/*blood/drug therapy ; Lipids/blood ; Lipoproteins/blood ; Liver/metabolism ; Mice ; Piperidines/chemistry/pharmacokinetics/*pharmacology ; Rabbits ; Rats ; Triglycerides/*blood/metabolism ; Tumor Cells, Cultured
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  • 95
    Publication Date: 1998-12-18
    Description: cAMP (3',5' cyclic adenosine monophosphate) is a second messenger that in eukaryotic cells induces physiological responses ranging from growth, differentiation, and gene expression to secretion and neurotransmission. Most of these effects have been attributed to the binding of cAMP to cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA). Here, a family of cAMP-binding proteins that are differentially distributed in the mammalian brain and body organs and that exhibit both cAMP-binding and guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) domains is reported. These cAMP-regulated GEFs (cAMP-GEFs) bind cAMP and selectively activate the Ras superfamily guanine nucleotide binding protein Rap1A in a cAMP-dependent but PKA-independent manner. Our findings suggest the need to reformulate concepts of cAMP-mediated signaling to include direct coupling to Ras superfamily signaling.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kawasaki, H -- Springett, G M -- Mochizuki, N -- Toki, S -- Nakaya, M -- Matsuda, M -- Housman, D E -- Graybiel, A M -- P01 CA42063/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 HL41484/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HD28341/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Dec 18;282(5397):2275-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9856955" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine/pharmacology ; Adrenal Glands/metabolism ; Adult ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Brain/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Colforsin/pharmacology ; Cyclic AMP/*metabolism ; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism ; Fetus/metabolism ; GTP-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Gene Expression ; Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors ; Humans ; In Situ Hybridization ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phosphorylation ; Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Rats ; Second Messenger Systems ; Sequence Deletion ; Signal Transduction ; rap GTP-Binding Proteins ; ras Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
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  • 96
    Publication Date: 1998-12-16
    Description: alpha-Dystroglycan (alpha-DG) is a component of the dystroglycan complex, which is involved in early development and morphogenesis and in the pathogenesis of muscular dystrophies. Here, alpha-DG was shown to serve as a Schwann cell receptor for Mycobacterium leprae, the causative organism of leprosy. Mycobacterium leprae specifically bound to alpha-DG only in the presence of the G domain of the alpha2 chain of laminin-2. Native alpha-DG competitively inhibited the laminin-2-mediated M. leprae binding to primary Schwann cells. Thus, M. leprae may use linkage between the extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton through laminin-2 and alpha-DG for its interaction with Schwann cells.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rambukkana, A -- Yamada, H -- Zanazzi, G -- Mathus, T -- Salzer, J L -- Yurchenco, P D -- Campbell, K P -- Fischetti, V A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Dec 11;282(5396):2076-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA. rambuka@rockvax.rockefeller.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9851927" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Bacterial Adhesion ; Binding Sites ; Calcium/physiology ; Cell Line, Transformed ; Cells, Cultured ; Cytoskeletal Proteins/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Dystroglycans ; Edetic Acid/pharmacology ; Glycosylation ; Humans ; Laminin/chemistry/*metabolism ; Membrane Glycoproteins/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Mycobacterium leprae/*metabolism ; Peripheral Nerves/chemistry ; Rats ; Receptors, Laminin/metabolism ; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism ; Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism ; Schwann Cells/metabolism/*microbiology
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  • 97
    Publication Date: 1998-01-24
    Description: Development of analgesic agents for the treatment of severe pain requires the identification of compounds that are devoid of opioid receptor liabilities. A potent (inhibition constant = 37 picomolar) neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) ligand called ABT-594 was developed that has antinociceptive properties equal in efficacy to those of morphine across a series of diverse animal models of acute thermal, persistent chemical, and neuropathic pain states. These effects were blocked by the nAChR antagonist mecamylamine. In contrast to morphine, repeated treatment with ABT-594 did not appear to elicit opioid-like withdrawal or physical dependence. Thus, ABT-594 may be an analgesic that lacks the problems associated with opioid analgesia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bannon, A W -- Decker, M W -- Holladay, M W -- Curzon, P -- Donnelly-Roberts, D -- Puttfarcken, P S -- Bitner, R S -- Diaz, A -- Dickenson, A H -- Porsolt, R D -- Williams, M -- Arneric, S P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jan 2;279(5347):77-81.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Neurological and Urological Diseases Research, Pharmaceutical Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL 60064-3500, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9417028" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Analgesics, Non-Narcotic/chemical synthesis/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Animals ; Azetidines/chemical synthesis/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic/pharmacology ; Capsaicin/pharmacology ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; In Vitro Techniques ; Ligands ; Mecamylamine/pharmacology ; Morphine/pharmacology ; Nerve Fibers/drug effects/metabolism/physiology ; Neuromuscular Junction/metabolism ; Neurons/drug effects/metabolism/physiology ; Nicotine/pharmacology ; Nicotinic Agonists/chemical synthesis/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Nicotinic Antagonists/pharmacology ; Pain/drug therapy ; Pain Measurement ; Pyridines/chemical synthesis/metabolism/*pharmacology ; Rats ; Receptors, Nicotinic/*metabolism ; Spinal Cord/drug effects/metabolism/physiology ; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome/etiology ; Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
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  • 98
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    Publication Date: 1998-12-05
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Barinaga, M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Nov 6;282(5391):1018-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9841441" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Brain/*cytology/embryology ; Cell Differentiation ; Clone Cells ; Dentate Gyrus/cytology ; Fetus ; Humans ; Neuroglia/*cytology ; Neurons/*cytology/physiology ; Rats ; Regeneration ; Stem Cell Transplantation ; Stem Cells/*cytology
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  • 99
    Publication Date: 1998-09-25
    Description: The proapoptotic Bax protein induces cell death by acting on mitochondria. Bax binds to the permeability transition pore complex (PTPC), a composite proteaceous channel that is involved in the regulation of mitochondrial membrane permeability. Immunodepletion of Bax from PTPC or purification of PTPC from Bax-deficient mice yielded a PTPC that could not permeabilize membranes in response to atractyloside, a proapoptotic ligand of the adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT). Bax and ANT coimmunoprecipitated and interacted in the yeast two-hybrid system. Ectopic expression of Bax induced cell death in wild-type but not in ANT-deficient yeast. Recombinant Bax and purified ANT, but neither of them alone, efficiently formed atractyloside-responsive channels in artificial membranes. Hence, the proapoptotic molecule Bax and the constitutive mitochondrial protein ANT cooperate within the PTPC to increase mitochondrial membrane permeability and to trigger cell death.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Marzo, I -- Brenner, C -- Zamzami, N -- Jurgensmeier, J M -- Susin, S A -- Vieira, H L -- Prevost, M C -- Xie, Z -- Matsuyama, S -- Reed, J C -- Kroemer, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Sep 25;281(5385):2027-31.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉CNRS, UPR 420, 19 rue Guy Moquet, F-94801 Villejuif, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9748162" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; *Apoptosis ; Atractyloside/metabolism/pharmacology ; Binding Sites ; Bongkrekic Acid/metabolism/pharmacology ; Cyclosporine/pharmacology ; Dimerization ; HT29 Cells ; Humans ; Intracellular Membranes/physiology ; Liposomes ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Mitochondria/*physiology ; Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases/chemistry/*metabolism ; Permeability ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/pharmacology ; Rats ; Rats, Wistar ; Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology/genetics ; Transfection ; bcl-2-Associated X Protein
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    Publication Date: 1998-12-05
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Peters, R -- Sikorski, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Oct 16;282(5388):432-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9841402" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Arteries/*anatomy & histology ; Helium ; Isotopes ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/*methods ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Veins/*anatomy & histology
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