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  • Immunohistochemistry
  • calcium
  • Springer  (75)
  • Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research & German Society of Polar Research
  • 2005-2009
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    Increase in cellular cyclic GMP level by potassium stimulation and its relation to ciliary orientation inParamecium (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 62-64 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Cyclic GMP ; calcium ; Paramecium ; triton-extracted model ; ciliary reversal ; excitable membrane
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Physiological roles of cyclic GMP in the control of ciliary movement inParamecium caudatum were investigated. We found that 1) an increase in cellular cyclic GMP level was observed in association with recovery from the ciliary reversal produced by K stimulation, and 2) the presence of cyclic GMP inhibited the Ca-induced ciliary reversal in triton-extracted models. These results suggest that cyclic GMP plays a key role in the control of the Ca-mediated ciliary reversal mechanism.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01975897
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    Calcitonin-like peptide in the shrimpPalaemon serratus (Crustacea, Decapoda) during the intermolt cycle (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 419-420 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Crustacean ; calcitonin ; radioimmunoassay ; calcium ; molt
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary A molecule immunologically related to salmon calcitonin has been detected in the hemolymph of the shrimpPalaemon serratus. Its concentration varies inversely with the calcium level during the molt cycle; a maximum (14 ng/ml) is found in the post-molt stage and a minimum (0.5 ng/ml) during the premolt stage.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02118638
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    Heterogeneity of calcium compartmentation: Electron probe analysis of renal tubules (1986)
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    The journal of membrane biology 94 (1986), S. 191-196 
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    ISSN: 1432-1424
    Keywords: calcium ; kidney proximal tubule ; electron probe ; X-ray microanalysis ; mitochondria ; cytoplasmic calcium
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Summary The objective of this study has been to determine the intracellular localization of calcium in cryofixed, cryosectioned suspensions of kidney proximal tubules using quantitative electron probe X-ray microanalysis. Two populations of cells have been identified: 1) „Viable” cells, representing the majority of cells probed, are defined by their relatively normal K/Na concentration ratio of ∼4∶1. Their measured Ca content is 4.1±1.4 (sem) mmol/kg dry wt in the cytoplasm and 3.1 ± 1.1 mmol/kg dry wt in the mitochondria, or an average cell calcium content of ∼3.8 mmol/kg dry wt. 2) “Nonviable” cells, defined by the presence of dense inclusions in their mitochondria and a K/Na concentration ratio of ∼1. The Ca content is 15±2 mmol/kg dry wt in the cytoplasm and 685±139 mmol/kg dry wt in the mitochondria of such cells. Assuming 25 to 30% of the cell volume is mitochondrial, the overall calcium content of such nonviable cells is ∼ 210 mmol/kg dry wt. The presence of these inclusions in 4 to 5% of the cells would account for the average total Ca content measured in perchloric acid extracts of isolated proximal tubule suspensions (≈ 18 nmol/mg protein or 12.6 mmol/kg dry wt). Whole kidney tissues display a large variability in toal Ca content (4.5 to 18 nmol/mg protein, or 3.4 to 13.5 mmol/kg dry wt), which could be accounted for by inclusion in 0 to 4% of the cells. The electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPXMA) data conclusively demonstrate that thein situ mitochondrial Ca content of viable cells from the kidney, proximal tubule is low and support the idea that mitochondrial Ca may regulate dehydrogenase activity but probably does not normally control cytosolic free Ca.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01871198
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    Polymorphisms in the genomic distribution of copia-like elements in related laboratory stocks ofDrosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Journal of molecular evolution 24 (1986), S. 83-88 
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    ISSN: 1432-1432
    Keywords: Transposons ; Polymorphism ; Drosophila ; Southern technique
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The genomic distributions of the copia, 297, 412, mdg 1, and B 104 transposable elements have been compared by the Southern technique among two Oregon R and four Canton SDrosophila laboratory lines that have been maintained separately for defined periods of a few years. The heterogeneity of the autoradiographic patterns suggests that multiple transposition events have occurred during the time of separation. The hypothesis that transposition could be induced by, variations of environmental parameters is discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02099954
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    Arsenazo, 2-(4-arsonophenyl(azo-7-(4-antipyril)azo-1,8-dihydroxy-3,6-naphtalene disulphonic acid as reagent for calcium ions. New parameters for metallochromic indicator characterization (1986)
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    Microchimica acta 88 (1986), S. 73-85 
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    ISSN: 1436-5073
    Keywords: arsenazo ; calcium ; titration ; tristimulus-colorimetry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Ca(II) ions react with arsenazo, 2-(4-arsonophenyl)-azo-7-(4-antipyril)azo-l,8-dihydroxy-3,5-naphtalene disulphonic acid, at pH 10.0 to produce a blue complex, with stoichiometry 1∶1, and stability constant of 6.64×105. Its molar absorptivity is 3.78×1041·mol−1 cm−1. This reagent has been used as metallochromic indicator in the complexometric titration of Ca. Its colour transition has been specified by tristimulus colourimetry. New parameters are defined and compared to Ringbom's parameters.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01196689
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    Segmental organisation of the head in the embryo of Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 359-377 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Drosophila ; Blastoderm fate map ; Head segmentation ; Larval cuticle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary Embryos of Drosophila melanogaster were irradiated in the presumptive head region with a UV-laser microbeam of 20 μm diameter at two developmental stages, the cellular blastoderm and the extended germ band. The ensuing defects were scored in the cuticle pattern of the head of the first-instar larva, which is described in detail in this paper. The defects caused by irradiating germ band embryos when morphologically recognisable lobes appear in the head region were used to establish the segmental origin of various head structures. This information enabled us to translate the spatial distribution of blastoderm defects into a fate map of segment anlagen. The gnathal segments derive from a region of the blastoderm between 60% and 70% egg length (EL) dorsally and 60% and 80% ventrally. The area anterior to the mandibular anlage and posterior to the stomodaeum is occupied by the small anlagen of the intercalary and antennal segments ventrally and dorsally, respectively. The labrum, which originates from a paired anlage dorsally at 90% EL, is separated from the remaining head segments by an area for which we did not observe cuticle defects following blastoderm irradiation, presumably because those cells give rise to the brain. The dorsal and lateral parts of the cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton appear to be the only cuticle derivatives of the non-segmental acron. These structures derive from a dorso-lateral area just behind the putative brain anlage and may overlap the latter. In addition to the segment anlagen, the regions of the presumptive dorsal pouch, anterior lobe and post-oral epithelium, whose morphogenetic movements during head involution result in the characteristic acephalic appearance of the larva, have been projected onto the blastoderm fate map. The results suggest that initially the head of the Drosophila embryo does not differ substantially from the generalised insect head as judged by comparison of fate map and segmental organisation.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00402870
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    Immunohistochemical detection of subunit A(M) of lactate dehydrogenase in tissues of the developing chick (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 409-416 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Immunohistochemistry ; Tissue distribution of LDH5 ; Developing chicken embryos
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The distribution of A(M) subunits of lactate dehydrogenase (mainly LDH5) in developing muscle, heart, liver, lung, kidney and cartilage tissue of chicken embryos was examined by the indirect fluorescent antibody technique. Antibodies against porcine LDH5, purified by affinity chromatography, were used for this purpose. In special areas of newly formed myofibrils in somitic myoblasts fluorescence was already detected after 4 days of incubation, and located at the same place in muscle tissue of all advanced developmental stages examined. During the myotube stage of muscle development staining was also located in the peripheral thickened cytoplasma of the myotubes. The myocardium did not exhibit any fluorescent staining in the developmental stages examined. Endocardium, epicardium and pericardium, however, were fluorescent in young developmental stages. The liver showed fluorescence in 5- to 8-day embryos mainly in the endothelial cells of the blood sinusoids. In 9- to 12-day embryos the bile ducts became fluorescent. In lungs after 9- to 12-day development the epithelium and the surrounding tissues of bronchi exhibited strong immunofluorescence. The mesonephros exhibited faint granular fluorescence in tubule-forming cells and their membranes after 4–9 days of incubation. Advanced developmental stages only exhibited fluorescent blood cells. This latter staining is at least partly due to non-specific reactions of blood cell membranes with FITC-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG. Cartilage is characterized by non-specific fluorescence, but in embryos older than 8 days strong granular fluorescence of chondrocytes and staining of the perichondrium distinguished sections treated with anti-LDH5 antibodies from control sections reacted only with FITC-conjugated anti-rabbit IgG. In addition, strong fluorescent staining was detectable in certain areas of the 5-day neural tube and faint staining in the mucosa of the intestine from embryos older than 10 days.
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    Lineage analysis of transplanted individual cells in embryos of Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 489-498 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Pole cells and midgut progenitors ; Cell lineages ; Embryogenesis ; Drosophila
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary In this paper experiments concerning some aspects of the development of pole cells and midgut progenitors in Drosophila are reported. Cells were labelled by injecting horseradish-peroxidase (HRP) in embryos before pole bud formation and transplanted at different stages into unlabelled embryos, where the transplanted cells developed together with the unlabelled cells of the host. The hosts were then fixed and stained at different ages in order to demonstrate the presence of HRP in the progenies of transplanted cells. The main conlusions of the study are as follows. The gonads are the only organ to the formation of which pole cells normally contribute; those pole cells which do not participate in the formation of the gonads are finally eliminated or degenerate. Since the number of primordial germ cells in the gonads is the same irrespective of the number of pole cells present in the embryo, an (unknown) mechanism must exist regulating the final number of pole cells in each of the gonads. After their formation and before reaching the gonads, pole cells have been found to divide only up to two times. With respect to the midgut progenitors, the cells of both anlagen have been found to be committed to develop into midgut, although they behave as equivalent in that they do not apparently distinguish between the anterior and posterior anlage. Midgut progenitors have been found to divide a maximum of three times and to produce two different types of cells, epithelial cells of the midgut wall and spindle-like cells located internally in the gut.
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    Dominance for enzyme activity inDrosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 191-192 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Drosophila ; enzyme ; sn-glycerol-3-phosphate ; dehydrogenase ; dominance ; trans, regulation
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary A regulatory element tightly linked to theGpdh locus inDrosophila melanogaster has been isolated from a natural population. Flies homozygous for second chromosomes bearing the element,H31, have half the GPDH activity of normal homozygotes. Heterozygotes betweenH31 andF orS alleles exhibit dominance in GPDH activity. Heterozygotes betweenH31, F orS andDf(2L) GdhA have half the diploid level. The contribution of theS allele to the activity inS/H31 heterozygotes is more than four times that ofH31. The regulatory element distinguishingH31 is tightly linked to theGpdh + locus.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01952463
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    Release of calcitonin gene-related peptide from a human medullary carcinoma of the thyroid in vitro (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 829-830 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Calcitonin gene-related peptide ; calcitonin ; calcium ; perifusion ; medullary carcinoma of thyroid
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    Notes: Summary The secretion of human calcitonin gene-related peptide was examined in perifusates of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid with a sensitive radioreceptor assay. Calcitonin gene-related peptide was released after the addition of calcium (25–100 mM), in a dose-dependent manner. The results indicate that human medullary carcinomas of the thyroid secrete the calcitonin gene-related peptide as well as calcitonin.
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    Effects of water acidification on the distribution pattern and the reproductive success of amphibians (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 495-503 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Acidication ; pH ; calcium ; (heavy) metals ; ammonium ; amphibians ; development of eggs ; hatching percentage ; mortality of larvae
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Nine amphibian species were encountered in poorly buffered waters of The Netherlands (alkalinity ≦1 meq·l−1). These soft water systems are highly sensitive to acidifying precipitation. The number of species as well as the percentage of waters which harbour amphibian populations are strongly reduced in the extremely acid pH-class $$(\bar pH〈 4.0)$$ . The reproductive success of amphibians is negatively affected by low pH. The eggs become heavily infested with fungi (Saprolegniaceae). In acidifying systems many physico-chemical parameters are significantly correlated with the pH of the water. Strongly acidified waters are characterized by low alkalinity, conductivity and ionic content but high acidity and high concentrations of (heavy) metals and ammonium and a high relative sulphate concentration. Culture experiments with eggs and larvae ofRana arvalis. Rana ‘esculenta’, Rana temporaria andBufo bufo show that apart from the pH, elevated aluminium, cadmium and ammonium contents may also affect the reproductive success of amphibians.
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    Pupation-temperature range in 12Drosophila species from different ecological backgrounds (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 600-604 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Drosophila ; temperature-effects ; pupation ; mating ; oviposition ; adaptive strategies
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary A comparison of pupation-temperature range was made in the laboratory on a temperature gradient (3–38°C) using 12 species ofDrosophila representing four species groups and four different ecological backgrounds (temperate-montane forest:virilis group; desert;repleta group; cosmopolitan:melanogaster group; tropical forest:willistoni group). Within groups, differences are found which usually reflect species' distributions. Comparisons of species' mating-, oviposition- and pupation-temperature ranges reveal that pupation most-often occurs at temperatures beyond those for mating and oviposition. Each species reflects a different combination of temperature effects. Individual species have different temperature-limits for mating, oviposition and pupation. Temperatures permissive for one response are not predictive of limits on other responses. Among species, temperature can affect a particular response differently. Within groups, species differences can be at high and/or low temperatures for any response, and temperature effects among closely related species can manifest themselves in one, or any combination of responses. One cannot predict which responses will be most and least limited, or at which end of the temperature scale a response will be most limited. Among groups,common, but notabsolute temperature ranges generally correspond to the geographic distributions and ecological backgrounds of the species triads. The evaluation of temperature effects on species, based on a single activity, may not be adequate for predicting adaptive strategies.
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    Clonal analysis of the blastoderm anlage of the Malpighian tubules in Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 22-32 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Drosophila ; Cell lineage ; Malpighian tubules ; Compartments ; Cell death
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    Notes: Summary Genetically marked maroon-like (mal) clones were induced by mitotic recombination with X-rays at the blastoderm stage in mal/mal + heterozygotes and were analysed in differentiated Malpighian tubules (MT). Marked cells were not confined to single anterior (MA) or posterior (MP) tubules, but were distributed among the four tubules. About 70% of the clones with two or more cells were fragmented, i.e. mal cells were separated by wild-type cells. Since the clones contain, on average, 6 cells and the differentiated MT consist of 484 cells (2 × 136 MA cells, 2 × 106 MP cells), we estimate that there are about 80 cells in the blastoderm anlage which on average pass through two to three mitoses. With increasing radiation doses (254 R, 635 R, 1270 R) a linear increase in clone frequency is observed. The mean sizes and size distributions of clones, however, remain unchanged. Since the increasing radiation dose also results in fewer differentiated Malpighi cells, we assume that regeneration does not occur. Therefore, size distributions of marked clones presumably represent real mitotic patterns in normogenesis. We suggest that essentially three successive mitoses take place, with a decreasing fraction of cells showing mitotic activity. Only a small fraction of cells goes through a fourth or even a fifth mitosis. Marked non-Minute clones induced in Minute heterozygotes are more frequent, but are not larger than non-Minute clones in wild-type background. Therefore, compartment boundaries cannot be recognized by this method. However, frequencies of marked cells found simultaneously in MA and MP pairs or in several single tubules of the same individuals are significantly higher than frequencies of multiple recombination events predicted by the Poisson distribution. From this, we conclude that neither the MA pair nor the MP pair nor single tubules represent compartments of the MT anlage.
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    Lineage analysis of transplanted individual cells in embryos of Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 389-398 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Cell lineage ; Embryogenesis ; Drosophila ; Cell marking ; Cell transplantation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary A method is presented which allows the study of the progeny of single cells during Drosophila embryogenesis. Cells from various larval anlagen of donor embryos labelled with a lineage tracer are individually transplanted from defined positions into similar, or different, positions in unlabelled hosts. The clones produced by these cells can be seen in whole mounts or in sections of fixed material, when using a histochemical marker (i.e. HRP), and/or in living embryos, when using fluorescent lineage tracers. The characteristics of the clones disclose lineage parameters, such as division patterns, morphogenetic movements and differentiation. The method is especially useful for testing the respective roles of positional information and cell lineage on the commitment of progenitor cells by transplanting these cells into heterotopic positions or into hosts of different genotypes.
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    Developmental genetics of a P element induced allele of suppressor-of-forked in Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 334-337 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Suppression ; P elements ; Lethality ; Drosophila
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary In this paper we describe a new allele of suppressor of forked, su(f) hd37, referred to as hd37, which was isolated in a hybrid dysgenesis mutation screen and is shown to be P induced by its high frequency of reversion in hybrid dysgenic crosses, and by in situ hybridization. hd37 suppresses forked and fails to complement the forked suppression of known su(f) alleles. However, it complements the recessive lethality of alleles in both of the su(f) lethal complementation groups. We also describe a new phenotypic effect of su(f) alleles, the enhancement of Minute(3)i 55. Recessive lethal alleles enhance the lethal effects of this Minute, but hd37 does not. The temperature sensitive period for forked bristle suppression by hd37 was found to be very narrow, consisting of a short interval (12–18 h) immediately before bristle formation. These results suggest that the several genetic functions associated with this locus may be genetically separable.
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    The peripheral nervous system of mutants of early neurogenesis inDrosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 210-221 
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    Keywords: Peripheral nervous system ; Neurogenesis ; Mutants ; Drosophila
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    Notes: Summary Mutations previously known to affect early neurogenesis inDrosophila melanogaster have been found also to affect the development of the peripheral nervous system. Anti-HRP antibody staining has shown that larval epidermal sensilla of homozygous mutant embryos occur in increased numbers, which depend on the allele considered. This increase is apparently due to the development into sensory organs of cells which in the wild-type would have developed as non-sensory epidermis. Thus, neurogenic genes act whenever developing cells have to decide between neurogenic and epidermogenic fates, both in central and peripheral nervous systems. Different regions of the ectodermal germ layer are distinguished with respect to their neurogenic abilities.
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    Maternal-effect mutations altering the anterior-posterior pattern of the Drosophila embryo (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 302-317 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Drosophila ; Maternal effect Mutations ; Pattern formation
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    Notes: Summary Mutations in seven different maternal-effect loci on the second chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster all cause alterations in the anterior-posterior pattern of the embryo. Mutations in torso (tor) and trunk (trk) delete the anterior- and posterior-most structures of the embryo. At the same time they shift cellular fates which are normally found in the subterminal regions of the embryo towards the poles. Mutations in vasa (vas), valois (vls), staufen (stau) and tudor (tud) cause two embryonic defects. For one they result in absence of polar plasm, polar granules and pole cells in all eggs produced by mutant females. Secondly, embryos developing inside such eggs show deletions of abdominal segments. In addition, embryos derived from staufen mothers lack anterior head structures, embryos derived from valois mothers frequently fail to cellularize properly. Mutations in exuperantia (exu) cause deletions of anterior head structures, similar to torso, trunk and staufen. However in exu, these head structures are replaced by an inverted posterior end which comprises posterior midgut, proctodeal region, and often malpighian tubules. The effects of all mutations can be traced back to the beginning stages of gastrulation, indicating that the alterations in cellular fates have probably taken place by that time. Analysis of embryos derived from double mutant mothers suggests that these three phenotypic groups of mutants interfere with three different, independent pathways. All three pathways seem to act additively on the system which specifies anterior-posterior cellular fates within the egg.
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    Extra tarsal joints and abnormal cuticular polarities in various mutants ofDrosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 145-157 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Drosophila ; Cell polarity ; Limb development ; Pattern formation ; Bristle
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    Notes: Summary The legs of flies from 16 different mutant strains ofDrosophila melanogaster were examined for abnormal cuticular polarities and extra joints. The strains were chosen for study because they manifest abnormal cuticular polarities in some parts of the body (10 strains) or because they have missing or defective tarsal joints (6 strains). All but three of the stocks were found to exhibit misorientations of either the bristles, hairs, or “bract-socket vectors” on the legs. The latter term denotes an imaginary vector pointing from a hairlike structure called a “bract” to the bristle socket with which it is associated. On the legs of wild-type flies nearly all such vectors point distally, as do the bristles and hairs. In the mutant flies, the most common vector misorientation is a 180° reversal. When the bract-socket vectors of adjacent bristle sites in the same bristle row point toward one another, the distance between the sites is frequently abnormally large, whereas when the vectors point in opposite directions, the interval is frequently abnormally small. This correlation is interpreted to mean that bristle cells actively repel one another via cytoplasmic extensions that are longer in the direction of the bract-socket vector than in the opposite direction. Repulsive forces of this kind may be responsible for “fine-tuning” the regularity of bristle spacing in wild-type flies. Extra tarsal joints were found in eight of the 16 strains. A ninth strain completely lacking tarsal joints appears in some cases to have an extra tibia-basitarsus joint in its tibia. Whereas the tarsi of wild-type flies contain four joints, the tarsi ofspiny legs mutant flies contain as many as eight joints. In this extreme extra-joint phenotype, four of the joints correspond to the normal wild-type joints, and there is an extra joint in every tarsal segment except the distal-most (fifth) segment. Nearly all such ectopic extra joints have inverted polarity. In other strains the extra tarsal joints are located mainly at the wild-type joint sites, and joints of this sort have wild-type polarity. The alternation of normal and inverted (extra) joints inspiny legs resembles the alternation of normal and inverted (extra) body segment boundaries in the embryonic-lethal mutantpatch, suggesting that tarsal and body segmentation may share a common patterning mechanism.
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    The sense organs in theDrosophila larva and their relation to the embryonic pattern of sensory neurons (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 222-228 
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    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Sense organs ; Drosophila ; Pattern formation ; Peripheral nervous system
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    Notes: Summary Various types of sense organs are arranged in a highly reproducible pattern on the thoracic and abdominal segments ofDrosophila embryos and larvae. We describe this pattern and identify the neurons that innervate each sense organ. This identification is confirmed by the analysis of partial deficiencies for the scute region, which delete specifically some of the sense organs and their innervating neurons. Since our description of the sense organs accounts for all the sensory neurons that have been identified in the embryo, we believe that this description is accurate and complete, except in the terminal segment, where some sense organs remain to be identified.
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    Lineage analysis of transplanted individual cells in embryos of Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Development genes and evolution 195 (1986), S. 445-454 
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    Keywords: Neural and epidermal cell lineages ; Embryogenesis ; Drosophila
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    Notes: Summary Some aspects of neural and epidermal cell lineages during embryogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster were studied by transplanting horseradish-peroxidase-(HRP-) labelled ectodermal cells from young gastrula donors into host embryos of similar ages. Heterotopic transplantations permitted us to assess the degree of commitment already attained by the transplanted cells. The resulting cell clones showed normal characteristics of cytodifferentiation and cell number. The results indicate that epidermal progenitors perform a maximum of three mitoses during embryonic development, whereas neuroblasts may perform more than ten mitoses. Clone size distribution is in both cases scattered, suggesting either a rather irregular mitotic pattern or cell death. As indicated by heterotopic transplantations, the neurogenic ectoderm for the ventral nervous system exhibits different neurogenic abilities in its different regions, decreasing from medial to lateral; we discuss the hypothesis that some medially located cells of the young gastrulating embryo could be committed towards the neural fate before segregating from the ectoderm. On the other hand, the cells of the dorsal ectodermal regions at the same stage seem to be indifferent with respect to commitment, for they are able to give rise to central neural lineages following their transplantation in the neurogenic region.
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    The effects of acid deposition on benthic animals in lakes and streams (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 471-486 
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    Keywords: Acidification ; benthic animals ; calcium ; invertebrates ; lakes ; pH ; streams ; fresh water
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    An interpretation of some bristle pattern modifications caused by directional selection inDrosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 846-848 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; bristles ; phenotype ; directional selection ; chaetogen
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    Notes: Summary The variations of the dorsocentral and scutellar bristle patterns founded in two bidirectionaly selected lines are discussed in terms of the Richelle and Ghysen model. The phenotype obtained through selection for bristle suppression can be accounted for by a decrease in chaetogen production. Extra bristles can be accounted for by an alteration of the response of the cells to positional information.
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    Yeast communities from host plants and associated Drosophila in southern arizona: new isolations and analysis of the relative importance of hosts and vectors on comunity composition (1986)
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    Oecologia 70 (1986), S. 386-392 
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    Keywords: Yeast ; Drosophila ; Host plants ; Communities ; Vectors
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    Notes: Summary The yeast communities from slime fluxes of three deciduous trees (Prosopis juliflora, Populus fremontii and Quercus emoryi) and the necroses of two cacti (Opuntia phaeacantha and Carnegiea gigantea) were surveyed in the region of Tucson, Arizona. In addition, the yeasts carried by dipterans associated with the fluxes or necroses (Drosophila carbonaria, D. brooksae, D. nigrospiracula, D. mettleri, and Aulacigaster leucopeza) were sampled. The results indicate that each host sampled had a distinct community of yeasts associated with it. The dipterans, which can act as vectors of the yeasts, deposited yeasts from other sources in addition to those found on their associated hosts. It is argued that host plant physiology is relatively more important than the activity of the vector in determining yeast community composition. Furthermore, the average number of yeast species per flux or necrosis is not different from the average number of yeast species per fly. It is hypothesized that the vector may affect the number of species per individual flux or not, and that the number is lower than the rot or necrosis could potentially support.
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    Genetic and developmental characterization of the aldox-2 locus of Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Biochemical genetics 24 (1986), S. 683-699 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; aldox-2 ; molybdoenzymes
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    Notes: Abstract The aldox-2 locus in Drosophila melanogaster has been shown to affect differentially three molybdoenzymes, aldehyde oxidase, pyridoxal oxidase, and xanthine dehydrogenase. These effects are most obvious at times surrounding the pupal-adult boundary, when the normal organism accumulates large amounts of these enzymes in their active form. This locus has been more precisely mapped genetically to 2–82.9±2.1, with complete concordance between the effects of all recombinant chromosomes on all three enzymes. The cytogenetic location has also been determined to be between 52E and 54E8, with the likelihood that it lies within the region 54B1-54E8. The aldox-2 mutant allele has no visible phenotype and is completely recessive for enzyme effects at all stages tested. Segmental duplication of this region, including the aldox-2 + allele, has no apparent effect on the visible phenotype or the enzymatic activity. The mutant aldox-2 allele has no effect on the developmental expression of two unrelated enzymes, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase. The effects of this locus on aldehyde oxidase, xanthine dehydrogenase, and pyridoxal oxidase suggest that this locus may code for a product involved in the synthesis of the molybdenum cofactor common to these enzymes.
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    Analysis of Aldox n alleles isolated from natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Biochemical genetics 24 (1986), S. 291-308 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; aldehyde oxidase ; gene dosage ; Aldox
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    Notes: Abstract Aldox “null” alleles which were isolated from natural populations in Great Britain and North Carolina were analyzed for complementation. No complementation was observed between any combinations of “null” alleles for aldehyde oxidase (AO) specific activity in late third-instar larvae and newly emerged adults. AO immunologically cross-reacting material (AO-CRM) was quantitated in all homozygous stocks at both developmental stages as well as all allelic combinations in newly emerged adults. When the adult organism contains only Aldox n alleles, the polypeptides are not immunologically recognizable or may be rapidly degraded. Larvae and adults have different abilities to degrade mutationally altered enzymatically inactive AO polypeptide or synthesize them differentially. This is indicated by easily measurable AO-CRM levels in late third-instar larvae of Aldox n homozygotes, while newly emerged adult Aldox n homozygotes have very little, if any, AO-CRM. Newly emerged adult heterozygotes of Aldox n /Aldox + do have increased AO-CRM, indicating that the Aldox n alleles can code for a polypeptide which can be “rescued” if Aldox + gene product is present. Heterozygotes containing an Aldox + allele with a deficiency for the Aldox region produce 74.2% of the AO-CRM found in Aldox + homozygotes. This may indicate the presence of trans-acting factors which serve to activate gene expression in a system in which each gene copy is not maximally expressed.
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    The effect of temperature on biochemical and molecular properties ofDrosophila alcohol dehydrogenase (1986)
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    Biochemical genetics 24 (1986), S. 873-889 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; alcohol dehydrogenase ; temperature ; adaptation ; enzyme polymorphism
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    Notes: Abstract The gene products of the two major alleles of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH-F and ADH-S) have been subjected to kinetic and biochemical analyses over a range of temperatures. Although temperature was found to have a significant effect on both kinetic and biochemical properties ofDrosophila ADH, no significant differential effect was observed between the major ADH allozymes. The results are discussed within the context of the selective maintenance ofAdh polymorphism in natural populations.
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    sn-glycerol-3-phosphate oxidase and alcohol tolerance inDrosophila melanogaster larvae (1986)
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    Biochemical genetics 24 (1986), S. 859-872 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; alcohol tolerance ; glycerol-3-phosphate oxidase
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    Notes: Abstract The role of sn-glycerol-3-phosphate oxidase (GPO; EC 1.1.99.5) in the variation of ethanol tolerance inDrosophila melanogaster was assessed in isofemale lines derived from individuals collected at the Chateau Tahbilk Winery and Wandin North Orchard of Victoria, Australia. When fed an undefined medium (semolina-treacle) with 6% ethanol (v/v), larvae of lines with high GPO activities survived better than did larvae of lines with low GPO activities. Although GPO was induced to higher activity levels by dietary ethanol in larvae of all the test lines, GPO activity was greater in lines representing the area outside the wine cellar. This implied that the cellar environment selected against individuals with high levels of GPO. These data do not explain the established difference in tolerance between cellar and outside populations. The GPO activities of lines were not dependent upon the activities of the lipogenic enzyme, glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; the major ethanol-degrading enzyme, alcohol dehydrogenase; or the citric acid cycle enzyme, fumarase. Thus, GPO activity is an important component of the metabolic mechanism of ethanol tolerance in larvae, but the mode of action of GPO has not been defined.
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    Coadaptation ofDrosophila and yeasts in their natural habitat (1986)
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    Journal of chemical ecology 12 (1986), S. 1037-1055 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Diptera ; Drosophilidae ; yeasts ; cactus ; community ecology ; mutualism ; coadaptation ; evolution ; alkaloids ; fatty acids ; sterols
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    Notes: Abstract The mutualistic interactions of cactophilicDrosophila and their associated yeasts in the Sonoran Desert are studied as a system which has evolved within the framework of their host cactus stem chemistry. Because theDrosophila-yeast system is saphrophytic, their responses are not thought to directly influence the evolution of the host. Host cactus stem chemistry appears to play an important role in determining where cactophilicDrosophila breed and feed. Several chemicals have been identified as being important. These include sterols and alkaloids of senita as well as fatty acids and sterol diols of agria and organpipe cactus. Cactus chemistry appears to have a limited role in directly determining the distribution of cactus-specific yeasts. Those effects which are known are due to unusual lipids of organpipe cactus and triterpene glycosides of agria and organpipe cactus.Drosophilayeast interactions are viewed as mutualistic and can take the form of (1) benefits to theDrosophila by either direct nutritional gains or by detoxification of harmful chemicals produced during decay of the host stem tissue and (2) benefits to the yeast in the form of increased likelihood of transmission to new habitats. Experiments on yeast-yeast interactions in decaying agria cactus provide evidence that the yeast community is coadapted. This coadaptation among yeasts occurs in two manners: (1) mutualistic increases in growth rates (which are independent of the presence ofDrosophila larvae) and (2) stabilizing competitive interactions when growth reaches carrying capacity. This latter form is dependent on larval activity and results in benefits to the larvae present. In this sense, the coadapted yeast community is probably also coadapted with respect to itsDrosophila vector.
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    Habitat choice byDrosophila pseudoobscura: The roles of genotype and of experience (1986)
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    Behavior genetics 16 (1986), S. 271-279 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; habitat choice ; learning ; experience
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    Notes: Abstract Microhabitat preferences ofDrosophila pseudoobscura strains were examined in a Waddington maze, with an emphasis on learning how early environment affected adult habitat choice. The genotypes were roughly those expected in a natural population; the environmental variables included light, temperature, and food. It was found that (1) the different genotypes chose habitats differently; (2) early experience affected subsequent habitat choice; and (3) the effect of early experience was complex, as preference for one niche dimension (temperature) was reinforced by experience with the generally preferred value, preference for another niche dimension (light) was weakened by experience with the generally preferred value, and preference for other niche dimensions (food) was generally unaffected by experience. In this study the contribution to the total chi square was about equal from genotype and from environment. The significance of these findings for studies of dispersal and population structure of natural populations is discussed.
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    Measuring learning in individual flies is not necessary to study the effects of single-gene mutations inDrosophila: A reply to Holliday and Hirsch (1986)
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    Behavior genetics 16 (1986), S. 449-455 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; learning ; memory ; classical conditioning ; mutants
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    Notes: Abstract Holliday & Hirsch (this issue) now agree that “Quinnet al. (1974) have demonstrated learning [inDrosophila] with group data, and their inability to identify individual differences (IDs) in performance does not invalidate their conclusion that some individuals in the population must have learned.” However, they consider it important, if not necessary, to show that anindividual fly has learned. In response to Holliday and Hirsch, this paper discusses why it is not necessary to measure learning in individual fruit flies before searching for underlying biochemical mechanisms.
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    The effect of dietary ethanol on the composition of lipids of Drosophila melanogaster larvae (1986)
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    Biochemical genetics 24 (1986), S. 51-69 
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    Keywords: ethanol ; lipid ; alcohol dehydrogenase ; Drosophila ; nutrition
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    Notes: Abstract At a moderate concentration (2.5%, v/v) dietary ethanol reduced the chain length of total fatty acids (FA) and increased the desaturation of short-chain FA in Drosophila melanogaster larvae with a functional alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). The changes in length in total FA were postulated to be due to the modulation of the termination specificity of fatty acid synthetase. Because the ethanol-stimulated reduction in the length of unsaturated FA was blocked by linoleic acid, it was thought to reflect the properties of FA 9-desaturase. Although the ethanol-stimulated reduction in chain length of unsaturated FA was also observed in ADH-null larvae, ethanol promoted an increase in the length of total FA of the mutant larvae. Thus, the ethanolstimulated change in FA length was ADH dependent but the ethanol effect on FA desaturation was not. Ethanol also stimulated a decrease in the relative amount of phosphatidylcholine and an increase in phosphatidylethanolamine. Because similar ethanol-induced changes have been found in membrane lipids of other animals, ethanol may alter the properties of membranes in larvae. It is proposed that ethanol tolerance in D. melanogaster may be dependent on genes that specify lipids that are resistant to the detrimental effects of ethanol.
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    Relationship between α-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity and metabolic rate during flight in Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Biochemical genetics 24 (1986), S. 245-257 
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    Keywords: flight metabolism ; Drosophila ; αGPDH ; Kacser-Burns
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    Notes: Abstract Measurements of wing-beat frequency (WBF) have been used to characterize flight muscle metabolic rate in Drosophila melanogaster during tethered flight. Progeny of crosses between 17 X-chromosome substitution lines and three null-activity stocks have been studied in order to determine the effect on flight metabolism of sharply reduced activity of α-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (αGPDH). It was found that flies with an approximate 50% reduction in αGPDH activity have a metabolic rate that is, in most cases, indistinguishable from that of wild-type flies and, in the most extreme cases, reduced by only 4%. These results demonstrate that αGpdh is not a “major gene” for flight metabolism, in the quantitative genetic sense of the term. These results are in agreement with the Kacser and Burns (1973, 1979, 1981) theory of flux, which postulates that the activity of an enzyme embedded in a multienzyme pathway can sometimes vary from wild-type to very low levels (perhaps 5–10% wild type) with no significant effect on flux through the total pathway.
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    The role of phosphoinositiees in signal transduction (1986)
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    The journal of membrane biology 89 (1986), S. 193-210 
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    Keywords: phosphoinositides ; phosphatidylinositol ; inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate ; diacylglycerol ; arachidonic acid ; calcium
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    Polycation inhibition of exocytosis from sea urchin egg cortex (1986)
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    The journal of membrane biology 91 (1986), S. 85-96 
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    Keywords: exocytosis ; polycations ; cortical lawn ; calcium ; sea urchin
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    Notes: Summary The Ca2+-stimulated release of vesicle contents from cortical fragments prepared from sea urchin eggs is an in vitro model for exocytosis. Cortical fragments have been isolated either in suspension (cell surface complex, CSC preparation), or attached to polycation-coated surfaces (cortical lawn, CL preparation). CL, but not CSC, have been reported to undergo a rapid “aging” process whereby they fail to respond to micromolar free Ca2+. Since, in principle, the only difference between the two preparations is the use of polycations in the CL preparation, polycations were suspected of being inhibitory. This hypothesis was tested by evaluating the effects of polycation-containing buffers on the Ca2+ threshold, rate, and extent of exocytosis in CL prepared from the eggs ofStrongylocentrotus purpuratus. A sensitive microphotometric assay, based on light scattering by the individual cortical vesicles in the CL, was used to quantitate the exocytotic response. Buffers containing polylysine were found to be potent inhibitors of cortical exocytosis. The Ca2+ threshold of CL that had been treated for 15 min at room temperature with 50 μg/ml of polylysine was more than three orders of magnitude greater than that of freshly prepared CL. The other polycations tested (protamine, spermine and neomycin) were also found to be inhibitory, but to a lesser degree than polylysine. Two lines of evidence suggested that the polycations used in the preparation of CL are responsible for the rapid “aging” phenomenon: (i) CSC fragments that had been affixed to polylysine-coated coverslips were shown to aquire “aging” characteristics similar to the CL preparations; control CSC that had been maintained in suspension did not. (ii) Radiolabeled poly-l-lysine was shown to dissociate from coated coverslips and redistribute onto CL.
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    Parathyroid hormone-induced changes of the brush border topography and cytoskeleton in cultured renal proximal tubular cells (1986)
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    The journal of membrane biology 92 (1986), S. 151-162 
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    Keywords: kidney ; parathyroid hormone ; angiotensin II ; calcium ; brush border ; cytoskeleton
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    Notes: Summary In order to examine the possibility of parathyroid hormone-mediated ultrastructural rearrangements in target epithelium, isolated canine renal proximal tubular cells were grown on a collagen-coated semipermeable membrane in a defined medium. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy of these monolayers revealed abundant microvilli. Exposure of the proximal tubular cells to parathyroid hormone resulted in a biphasic changes involving: (1) dramatic shortening and rarefaction of microvilli within 1 min; and (2) recovery of microvillar topography after 5 min. A similar shortening of microvilli was observed following exposure to ionomycin, whereas incubation with cyclic AMP resulted in an elongation of microvilli. Parathyroid hormone stimulated cyclic AMP production and increased cytoplasmic free calcium concentration in cultured proximal tubular cells. Pretreatment of cells with a calmodulin inhibitor abolished the effect of parathyroid hormone on brush border topography. Shortening of microvilli was associated with a disappearance of microvillar core filaments. Staining of F-actin with fluoresceinphalloidin showed that parathyroid hormone resulted in fragmentation of stress fibers. It is concluded that parathyroid hormoneinduced cell activation involves cytoplasmic-free calcium, calmodulin, and the cytoskeleton.
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    Immunohistochemical evidence for a magnocellular somatostatin cell group in the anterior paraventricular thalamus of the rat (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 246 (1986), S. 683-685 
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    Keywords: Somatostatin (SRIF, GHR-IF) ; Neuropeptides ; Immunohistochemistry ; Thalamus ; Retrograde tracing ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary By use of the indirect immunofluorescence technique a small group of large somatostatin-positive neurons is described in the subependymal area of the anterior paraventricular thalamus of the male rat. Retrograde-tracing experiments suggest that they project to areas outside the blood-brain barrier.
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    Immunocytochemical and biochemical localization of parvalbumin in the retina (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 243 (1986), S. 213-217 
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    Keywords: Ca2+-binding protein ; Parvalbumin ; Retina ; Immunohistochemistry ; Radioimmunoassay ; Mammals
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    Notes: Summary The cellular distribution of parvalbumin-like immunoreactivity (PA-LI) in normal retina of rat, monkey, and human was investigated by immunohistochemical peroxidase antiperoxidase methods, and the levels of PA-LI in normal rat retina and brain were measured by radioimmunoassay. The antibody, raised in rabbits using rat skeletal muscle parvalbumin, did not cross-react with other Ca2+-binding proteins such as calmodulin or S-100 proteins. In rat retina, PA-LI-containing cells are located in the proximal inner nuclear layer and send processes to the external half of the internal plexiform layer, suggesting that they are amacrine cells. In monkey and human retina, PA-LI positive cells exist in the outermost sublayer of inner nuclear layer, and PA-LI-containing fibers that extend horizontally are found in the internal zone of outer plexiform layer. The radioimmunoassay revealed that the rat retina contained 1710±91 ng PA-LI/mg protein, the levels of which were higher than that of brain (881±165 ng PA-LI/mg protein). These results show an additional location for PA-LI outside skeletal muscle and brain, and also provide information on the function of interneurons of retina, which are still poorly understood.
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    Distributional pattern of serotonin-immunoreactive nerve fibers in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the rat, cat and monkey (Macaca fuscata) (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 243 (1986), S. 249-253 
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    Keywords: Serotonin-immunoreactive nerve fibers ; Lateral geniculate nucleus ; Immunohistochemistry ; Rat ; Cat ; Monkey (Macaca fuscata)
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    Notes: Summary The distribution of serotonin-containing nerve fibers in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the rat, cat, and monkey (Macaca fuscata) was studied by use of the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method and an antiserum against serotonin. In all three species, the pattern of fibers was denser in the ventral portion of the LGN (LGNv) than in the dorsal nuclear portion (LGNd). In the LGNd of rat, serotonin-immunoreactive fibers were evenly distributed in the form of a dense network, but in cat and monkey there were marked regional differences. Serotonin-immunoreactive elements were most numerous in the C complex and medial interlaminal nucleus of cat, and in the S layer and interlaminar zones of Macaca fuscata.
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    Distribution and characterization of the opioid octapeptide met5-enkephalin-arg6-gly7-leu8 in the gastrointestinal tract of the rat (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 244 (1986), S. 77-85 
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    Keywords: Met5-enkephalin-arg6-gly7-leu8 ; Enkephalin ; Gastrointestinal tract ; Immunohistochemistry ; Opioid peptides ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The distribution and characterization of the opioid octapeptide met5-enkephalin-arg6-gly7-leu8 (met5-enk-arg6-gly7-leu8) within the gastrointestinal tract of the rat has been determined by immunohistochemistry and radioimmunoassay by use of a newly developed antibody to met5-enk-arg6-gly7-leu8. With both techniques, met5-enk-arg6-gly7-leu8-immunoreactivity (met5-enk-arg6-gly7-leu8IR) was detected in all regions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract except the esophagus. The highest concentration of immunoreactive met5-enk-arg6-gly7-leu8 was observed in the colon, while intermediate concentrations were found in the stomach, duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. Immunostained somata were observed chiefly in the myenteric plexus; immunostained processes were present primarily in the myenteric plexus and the circular muscle layer. This distribution pattern is similar to that previously observed with antiserum to met5-enkephalin-arg6-phe7 (met5-enk-arg6phe7). Chromatographic analysis of met5-enk-arg6-gly7leu8-immunoreactive peptides extracted from the GI tract revealed the presence of an immunoreactive peptide of high molecular weight which accounted for approximately three-quarters of met5-enk-arg6-gly7-leu8-IR in both stomach and colon. These findings suggest a role for peptides related to the octapeptide met5-enk-arg6-gly7-leu8 in the regulation of GI function.
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    Differences in marker expression among branched histiocytic cells in T-cell areas of the lymphoreticular system and among their epidermis- and mucosa-associated equivalents (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 244 (1986), S. 471-478 
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    Keywords: Branched histiocytic cells ; T-zone histiocytes ; Intraepithelial histiocytes ; Immunohistochemistry ; Man
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    Notes: Summary Branched histiocytic cells of the epidermis, the oral and anal mucosa, the tonsillar crypt epithelium, the thymus and of the T-cell-dependent areas of lymph node, spleen, and tonsil were examined with immunohistochemical single- and double-staining techniques. The markers used were a monoclonal anti-T6-antibody, a monoclonal anti-HLA-DR-antibody, heteroantiserum to S-100 protein and peanut agglutinin. Anti-HLA-DR and peanut agglutinin reacted with a considerable number of branched histiocytic cells, whereas anti-T6 and anti-S-100 protein only stained relatively small subpopulations. Concerning the population of branched histiocytic cells, double-staining revealed that the tissue distributions of all the markers used overlapped each other to various degrees; this was demonstrated by the different numbers of double-stained cells obtained in the experiments using all six possible combinations of primary reagents. The number of branched histiocytic cells co-expressing the markers varied depending upon marker combinations, types of tissue and microenvironment. We suggest that much of the immunologic phenotype of branched histiocytic cells is dynamic rather than static.
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    A reinvestigation of the Gn-RH (gonadotrophin-releasing hormone) systems in the goldfish brain using antibodies to salmon Gn-RH (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 244 (1986), S. 327-337 
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    Keywords: Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone ; Teleosts ; Immunohistochemistry ; Neuroendocrine control ; Reproduction ; Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
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    Notes: Summary The organization of Gn-RH systems in the brain of teleosts has been investigated previously by immunohistochemistry using antibodies against the mammalian decapeptide which differs from the teleostean factor. Here, we report the distribution of immunoreactive Gn-RH in the brain of goldfish using antibodies against synthetic teleost peptide. Immunoreactive structures are found along a column extending from the rostral olfactory bulbs to the pituitary stalk. Cell bodies are observed within the olfactory nerves and bulbs, along the ventromedial telencephalon, the ventrolateral preoptic area and the latero-basal hypothalamus. Large perikarya are detected in the dorsal midbrain tegmentum, immediately caudal to the posterior commissure. A prominent pathway was traced from the cells located in the olfactory nerves through the medial olfactory tract and along all the perikarya described above to the pituitary stalk. In the pituitary, projections are restricted to the proximal pars distalis. A second immunoreactive pathway ascends more dorsally in the telencephalon and arches to the periventricular regions of the diencephalon. Part of this pathway forms a periventricular network in the dorsal and posterior hypothalamus, whereas other projections continue caudally to the medulla oblongata and the spinal cord. Lesions of the ventral preoptic area demonstrate that most of the fibers detected in the pituitary originate from the preoptic region.
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    Evidence for the presence of Calbindin-D 28K (CaBP-28K) in the tibial growth cartilages of rats (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 245 (1986), S. 331-335 
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    Keywords: Calbindin-D 28K (CaBP-28K) ; Immunohistochemistry ; Growth cartilage ; Vitamin D ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The distribution of the vitamin-D dependent calcium-binding protein (Calbindin-D 28K) (CaBP-28K) in the tibial growth plate cartilage of the rat has been studied immunohistochemically using an antibody raised against rat renal CaBP-28K. The protein was detected mainly in the nuclei of chondrocytes and occasionally in the juxta-nuclear cytoplasm. The distribution was not uniform throughout the growth plate, but concentrated in the proliferatively active chondrocytes of the resting and proliferative zones. These findings raise the possibility that CaBP-28K may be involved in the mitotic activity of the chondrocytes, acting as a regulator of the proliferative process, perhaps via intranuclear calcium.
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    Immunohistochemical localization of urotensin I and other neuropeptides in the caudal neurosecretory system of three species of teleosts and two species of elasmobranchs (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 244 (1986), S. 687-690 
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    Keywords: Caudal neurosecretory system ; Urotensin ; Neuropeptides ; Teleosts ; Elasmobranchs ; Immunohistochemistry
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    Notes: Summary In three species of teleosts — carp Cyprinus carpio; grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella; and crucian carp Carassius auratus — the caudal neurosecretory system displays small, medium-sized and large neurons. Urotensin I (UI)-immunoreactive and UI-nonreactive neurons were found in all three groups; in general, the number of the latter neurons exceeded that of the former. Noteworthy are: (i) UI-immunoreactive fibers in the caudal spinal cord and (ii) dense accumulations of UI-immunoreactive product around the capillaries of the urophysis. In two species of elasmobranchs — cat shark Heterodontus japonicas and swell shark Cephaloscyllium umbratile — neurosecretory neurons decreased in size in rostro-caudal direction. Most of the neurosecretory perikarya, their axons and the corresponding neurohemal areas were UI-immunoreactive, but a small number of secretory neurons was devoid of immunoreaction. Oxytocin, arginine vasopressin, substance P, somatostatin, neurotensin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide and gastrin-releasing peptide were not detected in the caudal neurosecretory system of the carp.
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    Light-microscopic immunocytochemical localization of growth hormone-releasing factor in the human hypothalamus (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 245 (1986), S. 461-463 
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    Keywords: Growth hormone ; Releasing factor ; Immunohistochemistry ; Hypothalamus ; Pituitary stalk ; Man
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    Notes: Summary The distribution of growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF)-like immunoreactivity in the human hypothalamus was studied by light-microscopic immunocytochemistry. With antibodies that we developed against synthetic human pancreatic GRF (hpGRF), we localized GRF immunoreactivity in neuronal cell bodies that were observed only in the infundibular (arcuate) nucleus. Immunostained nerve fibers were found in large numbers in the neurovascular zone of the median eminence, in the proximal portion of the pituitary stalk and in periventricular areas. These localizations are in agreement with those of studies recently performed in other species and strongly suggest that GRF can be released into the capillaries of the pituitary portal plexus to reach the anterior pituitary gland. The projections of GRF neurons in extra-infundibular regions suggest that GRF can also act as a neuromodulator or neurotransmitter in the hypothalamus.
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    Characteristic pattern of monoaminergic nerve fibers in the pineal organ of the monkey, Macaca fuscata (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 245 (1986), S. 453-456 
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    Keywords: Pineal organ ; Noradrenergic fibers ; Serotonin ; Fluorescence histochemistry ; Immunohistochemistry ; Monkey, Macaca fuscata
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    Notes: Summary Monoaminergic nerve fibers were studied in the pineal organ of the monkey, Macaca fuscata, by use of fluorescence and immunohistochemical procedures. Abundant formations of noradrenergic nerve fibers were observed in the pineal organ. They entered the parenchyma in the form of several coarse bundles via the capsule in the distal portion of the organ and spread throughout the organ after branching into smaller units. The density of the autonomic innervation decreased gradually toward the proximal portion of the organ. In the distal portion, numerous nerve fibers formed perivascular plexuses around the blood vessels and some fibers ran as bundles unrelated to the blood vessels in the stroma. Fine varicose fibers and bundles derived from these plexuses penetrated among the pinealocytes. However, only a few intraparenchymal fluorescent fibers were detected in the proximal third of the gland. With the use of serotonin antiserum serotonin-immunoreactive nerve fibers were clearly restricted to the ventroproximal part of the pineal organ. Although the somata of the pinealocytes showed intense immunoreactivity, their processes were not stained. In one exceptional case, clusters of pinealocytes displaying very intense immunoreactivity were found in an area extending from the distal margin of the ventral portion of the pineal stalk to the proximal portion of the pineal organ proper; these cells were bipolar or multipolar and endowed with well-stained processes.
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    Substance P-like-immunoreactive neurons in the photosensory pineal organ of the rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson (Teleostei) (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 246 (1986), S. 359-364 
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    Keywords: Pineal organ ; Neuronal types ; Substance P ; Immunohistochemistry ; Salmo gairdneri (Teleostei)
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    Notes: Summary Restricted numbers of substance P-like-immuno-reactive (SPL-IR) neurons were demonstrated in the photosensory pineal organ of the rainbow trout. The small parapineal organ of this teleost species receives a distinct SPL-IR innervation via the habenular nuclei, but displays no intrinsic SPL-IR neurons. Intrapineal SPL-IR neurons were located in the rostral portion of the pineal end-vesicle. Neuronal somata were found in a lateral position with smooth axonal processes extending mediad. Immunoreactive somata and axonal processes were observed intraparenchymally as well as in the pineal lumen. The pattern of immunoreactivity was not changed in excised pineal organs that had been incubated in tissue culture medium in the dark for 18 h. The possibility that the intrapineal SPL-IR neurons are not part of the neural circuitry involved in the transduction of photic information, but may have other functions, is discussed.
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    The early postnatal development of the primary immune response in TNP-KLH-stimulated popliteal lymph node in the rat (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 246 (1986), S. 673-677 
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    Keywords: Ontogeny ; Lymph node ; Immunohistochemistry ; Primary immune response ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The popliteal lymph nodes were removed from young rats of various ages five days after a single immunization with TNP-KLH in the hind footpads. Cryostat sections of the lymph nodes were investigated by means of enzyme and immunohistochemical techniques at the light-microscopical level. The presence and localization of anti-TNP antibody-containing cells were examined using a new technique to visualize specific antibodies. Moreover, the development of the lymph nodes following exogenous antigenic stimulation was compared with that of unstimulated lymph nodes. Specific antibody-containing cells could not be found before day 15 after birth, in rats immunized at day 10. From that time these lymphoid cells were located primarily at the border between cortex and medulla. Younger popliteal lymph nodes showed only aspecific immunoglobulin-containing lymphoid cells. With age, the number of specific antibody-containing cells tended to increase. These cells were more mature, according to morphological criteria and were located nearer the medulla. The first primary follicles were seen at day 19, as was the case in unstimulated animals. The first secondary follicles, containing germinal centers, were detected at day 23, whereas in unstimulated popliteal lymph nodes they were never found. Trapping of immune complexes could not be demonstrated before day 33 after birth. The later appearance of this phenomenon might be a consequence of the techniques applied to demonstrate specific antibody-containing cells.
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    Neuropeptide Y, enkephalin and noradrenaline coexist in sympathetic neurons innervating the bovine spleen (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 243 (1986), S. 495-508 
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    Keywords: Neuropeptide Y ; Enkephalin ; Noradrenaline ; Immunohistochemistry ; Sympathetic neurons ; Neurotransmitters ; Spleen ; Bovine
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    Notes: Summary The subcellular distribution of noradrenaline (NA), neuropeptide Y (NPY), Met and Leu-enkephalin (ENK), substance P (SP), somatostatin (SOM), and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) was investigated in homogenates of bovine splenic nerve. The distribution of noradrenergic peptide-containing nerves in the bovine celiac ganglion, splenic nerve and terminal areas in spleen was studied by indirect immunofluorescence histochemistry using antisera to tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH), NPY, enkephalin peptides, SP, SOM, VIP and peptide HI (PHI). After density gradient centrifugation, high levels of NPY and ENK-like immunoreactivity (LI) were found in high-density gradient fractions, coinciding with the main NA peak. SP, SOM and VIP were found in fractions with a lower density, VIP being also enriched in a heavy fraction; the latter three peptides were present in low concentrations. Immunohistochemistry revealed that staining for NPYLI and ENK-LI partly overlapped that for TH and DBH in celiac ganglia, splenic nerve axons and terminal areas of spleen. Almost all principal ganglion cells were TH- and DBH-immunoreactive. Many were also NPY-immunoreactive, whereas a smaller number were ENK-positive. In the celiac ganglion patches of dense SP-positive networks and some VIP/PHI- and ENK-immunoreactive fibers were seen around cell bodies. The results indicate that NPY and ENK are stored with NA in large dense-cored vesicles in unmyelinated axons of bovine splenic nerve. SP, SOM and VIP appear in different organelles in axon populations separate from sympathetic noradrenergic nerves.
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    Immunohistochemical demonstration of nerves in the predentin and dentin of human third molars with the use of an antiserum against neurofilament protein (NFP) (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 243 (1986), S. 469-475 
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    Keywords: Immunohistochemistry ; Neurofilament protein ; Sensory nerves ; Dentin ; Man
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    Notes: Summary Immunohistochemistry by use of an antiserum against neurofilament protein (NFP) was applied for staining nerve fibers in the predentin and dentin of human third molars. By devising methods for fixation, decalcification and immunostaining, nerve fibers were clearly and specifically demonstrated in thick (more than 50 μm) sections of teeth. Numerous NFP-positive fibers were distributed in the predentin throughout the coronal region, while a few positive fibers penetrated only a short distance into the dentin. The NFP-positive nerve fibers in the predentin took transverse and complicated courses across, rather than penetrating longitudinally through, the dentinal tubules. Pain sensation in the teeth might be attributable to these complex nerve fibers showing two or three-dimensional extensions.
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    Sex differences in pituitary LH storage and release in LHRH-stimulated pubertal rats (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 243 (1986), S. 509-515 
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    Keywords: LHRH ; LH depletion ; Pituitary gland, pars anterior ; Immunohistochemistry ; Radioimmunoassay ; Pubertal rats
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    Notes: Summary This study investigates the relationship between pituitary LHRH responsiveness and the depletion of LH in pubertal rats. The anterior pituitaries of 7-week-old rats of both sexes were stimulated for a maximum of 24 h with either a continuous, or pulsatile exposure to LHRH in vitro. Immunohistochemical examination revealed that most LH-cells in females became depleted of immunoreactive material, regardless of the mode of LHRH administration. In contrast, the majority of LH-cells in the male gland retained a strong immunostaining intensity. Radioimmunoassay showed that the initial pituitary LH content was significantly lower in the female rats (P〈 0.001), but, even so, they released a higher percentage of stored LH in response to LHRH stimulation in vitro. A similar result was also obtained after a single injection of LHRH in vivo. Thus, the lower LH content and higher LHRH responsiveness of the female pituitary explain why LHRH treatment induced a pronounced LH depletion in this sex. These results are discussed in relation to available data on heightened LH secretion in maturing female rats.
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    Serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system and gonad of the scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 244 (1986), S. 515-517 
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    Keywords: Serotonin ; Immunohistochemistry ; Central nervous system ; Gonad ; Patinopecten yessoensis
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    Notes: Summary The localization of neurons containing serotonin in the central nervous system and the gonad of the scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis, was examined immunohistochemically. In the central nervous system a large number of immunoreactive perikarya were observed in the following regions: a part of the anterior lobe of the cerebral ganglion; the posterior lobe of the cerebral ganglion; the pedal ganglion; and the accessory ganglion. No immunoreactive perikarya were found in the visceral ganglion. Numerous immunoreactive fibers were revealed in the neuropil of all central ganglia. In the gonadal region immunoreactive fibers were distributed around the gonoduct and along the germinal epithelium.
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    Immunohistochemical demonstration of histamine N-methyltransferase-like structures in rat kidney (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 243 (1986), S. 681-684 
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    Keywords: Histamine ; Histamine N-methyltransferase ; Immunohistochemistry ; Kidney ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Histamine N-methyltransferase (S-adenosylmethionine: histamine N-methyltransferase, E.C. 2.1.1.8) was purified to homogeneity from rat kidney, and antibody was raised against it in guinea pigs. The antibody immunoprecipitated histamine N-methyltransferase. Immunofluorescent histochemical studies with anti-histamine N-methyltransferase antibody as the first antibody and goat antiguinea pig IgG conjugated with fluorescein isothiocyanate as the second, showed the presence of immunoreactive structures in the proximal tubules of rat kidney. The brain showed no immunoreaction with the antibody.
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    Urotensin I-like immunoreactivity in the midgut endocrine cells of the insects Gryllus bimaculatus and Periplaneta americana (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 244 (1986), S. 565-568 
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    Keywords: Urotensin I ; Gut endocrine cell ; Insects ; Immunohistochemistry
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    Notes: Summary The occurrence of urotensin I (UI)-like immunoreactivity is demonstrated in the midgut of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus and the cockroach Periplaneta americana. The immunoreactivity is restricted to endocrine cells dispersed in the epithelium of the midgut. The UI-positive endocrine cells are numerous in the cricket, but much fewer in the cockroach. These UI-positive cells are different from bovine pancreatic polypeptide (BPP)-immunoreactive cells which represent a dominant cell type in the midgut of both insects. This study suggests the possibility that the neuropeptide UI or a closely related substance may also occur in animals other than fishes.
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    Ontogenesis of corticotropes and lactotropes in situ in the pituitary gland of the hamster (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 245 (1986), S. 673-679 
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    Keywords: Pituitary gland ; ACTH cells ; PRL cells ; Immunohistochemistry ; Development ; Mesocricetus auratus
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    Notes: Summary The development of corticotropes and lactotropes was investigated in the golden Syrian hamster using an anti-porcine ACTH antiserum and a homologous antihamster PRL antiserum. Oval corticotropes were first visible in the ventral region of the pars distalis at 13 days of gestation. By the end of gestation, corticotropes were found throughout the pars distalis and in the pars intermedia. Corticotropes in the pars distalis of postnatal hamsters were either round or irregularly-shaped, often appearing in clusters. Throughout development, corticotropes often appeared to be surrounding other cells. Scarce, very small lactotropes were first observed in the pars distalis of hamsters on the first postnatal day. The number of these cells, which were either round or polyhedral, increased dramatically between 4 and 20 days of postnatal life. These observations indicate that the sequence of appearance of corticotropes and lactotropes in the hamster is similar to that in other species and that lactotropes are confined to the pars distalis of postnatal hamsters.
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    Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical studies on steroid-secreting cells of the testis and ovary of normal and 3-methylcholanthrene-treated mice (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 245 (1986), S. 681-683 
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    Keywords: Smooth endoplasmic reticulum ; Cytochrome P-450 ; Testis ; Ovary ; Immunohistochemistry ; Mouse
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    Notes: Summary The testis and ovary of normal and 3-methylcholanthrene-treated mice were studied ultrastructurally and immunohistochemically in order to learn whether steroid-secreting cells of the gonads are involved in drug metabolism. The steroid-secreting cells, i.e., Leydig cells of the testis, and theca interna cells, interstitial gland cells, and corpus luteum cells of the ovary of 3-methylcholanthrene-treated mice, show a strong positive reaction to the antiserum against, hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450, of liver which is the terminal oxidase of the drug-metabolizing enzyme complex. In addition, it was found that elements of smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) in drug-treated mice become well developed as compared with those in control animals. These findings indicate that the steroid secreting cells in testis as well as ovary are involved in the metabolism of both endogenous and exogenous chemical compounds.
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    A comparative in vitro study on LHRH responsiveness of LH cells of the pars tuberalis and pars distalis (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 245 (1986), S. 369-375 
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    Keywords: LHRH stimulation ; Pars distalis ; Pars tuberalis ; Immunohistochemistry ; Radioimmunoassay ; Rat ; Mouse
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    Notes: Summary The aim of the present study was to test whether the luteinizing-hormone (LH) cells in the pars tuberalis (PT) of the rat and mouse respond to LH-releasing hormone (LHRH) as do those of the pars distalis. A part of the basal hypothalamus containing the pituitary stalk, median eminence and the pars tuberalis (H-PT), was dissected out and incubated in vitro. The LH-secreting capacity of the PT was investigated after removal of the “pituitary body” (i.e., partes distalis, intermedia and nervosa). First, some rat and mouse H-PT tissues were treated with synthetic LHRH (100ng/ml), while others were incubated without LHRH. After 24 h of incubation, variable amounts of LH release were detected in the medium. This LH discharge, however, was not LHRH-dependent but proportional to the number of PT LH cells that were immunohistochemically detected in each incubated tissue. Since there was marked individual variation in the number of LH cells in the PT, the LH levels in the incubation medium were next compared before and after LHRH treatment using the same H-PT of the rat. An effect of LHRH could not clearly be shown in this experiment. Finally, the cytological response of the PT to LHRH was investigated by incubating both the H-PT and pituitary body connected to the intact pituitary stalk. Immunohistochemical examination of LHRH-treated tissues after 24 h revealed that, in females of both rats and mice, hormone depletion occurred in LH cells of the pars distalis but not in those of the PT. These results indicate that although LH cells in the PT can release LH in vitro, their mode of hormone synthesis and/or discharge differs from that of LH cells in the pars distalis. Since there was a marked individual variation and small LH-secreting capacity by the PT tissue, it seems unlikely, at least in rats and mice, that LH of PT origin plays an important role in the normal physiological state.
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    Protein absorption by tubular mesonephric and metanephric structures in the human embryo (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 246 (1986), S. 77-80 
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    Keywords: Mesonephros ; Metanephros ; Protein reabsorption ; Immunohistochemistry ; Development, ontogenetic ; Man
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    Notes: Summary The presence of different serum proteins in the cells of the proximal tubule of both meso- and metanephric nephrons in human embryos (7th–12th week of intrauterine life) was investigated using immunohistochemistry. Endogenous lysozyme, alpha-1-antitrpysin and ferritin were detected in mesonephric proximal tubules and, starting from the 8th week, also in metanephric proximal tubules. Our observations provide information concerning the appearance and distribution of tubular protein reabsorption during the early stages of development.
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    Glucagon-related peptides in the rat hypothalamus (1986)
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    Cell & tissue research 246 (1986), S. 71-75 
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    Keywords: Glucagon-related peptides ; Rat hypothalamus ; Radioimmunochemistry ; Immunohistochemistry ; Food deprivation ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Immunohistochemically, nerve fibers and terminals reacting with anti-N-terminal-specific but not with anti-C-terminal-specific glucagon antiserum were observed in the following rat hypothalamic regions: paraventricular nucleus, supraoptic nucleus, anterior hypothalamus, arcuate nucleus, ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus and median eminence. Few fibers and terminals were demonstrated in the lateral hypothalamic area and dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus. Radioimmunoassay data indicated that the concentration of gut glucagon-like immunoreactivity was higher in the ventromedial nucleus than in the lateral hypothalamic area. In food-deprived conditions, this concentration increased in both these parts. This was also verified in immunostained preparations in which a marked enhancement of gut glucagon-like immunoreactivity-containing fibers and terminals was observed in many hypothalamic regions. Several immunoreactive cell bodies were found in the ventromedial and arcuate nuclei of starved rats. Both biochemical and morphological data suggest that glucagon-related peptides may act as neurotransmitters or neuromodulators in the hypothalamus and may be involved in the central regulatory mechanism related to feeding behavior and energy metabolism.
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    Deletion polymorphism in a Drosophila melanogaster heat shock gene (1986)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 204 (1986), S. 266-272 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Heat shock ; Polymorphism ; Transcript mapping ; Deletion
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    Notes: Summary We have continued the transcriptional analysis of the region of cytological locus 67B that contains the four small heat shock genes and other genes. Transcription from one of the heat shock genes in the region, hsp 26, takes place during high temperature treatment and at certain developmental stages, without heat shock, in several tissues, such as imaginal discs and adult ovaries. Observations of unexpected products after nuclease protection experiments periments provided the first indication of what genomic blot experiments showed to be small deletions. The alleles containing the deletion are expressed at the same level as the wild type allele. The deletion shortens the protein product, implying that it is in the coding region. Furthermore, flies homozygous for one of the deletion alleles are viable.
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    Sequence analysis of a yolk protein secretion mutant of Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 205 (1986), S. 557-560 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Secretion mutant ; Sequence analysis ; Yolk protein
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    Notes: Summary The female-sterile mutants fs(1) 1163 of Drosophila melanogaster described by Gans et al. (1975) has been characterised as a yolk protein 1 (YP1) secretion mutant (Bownes and Hames 1978b; Bownes and Hodson 1980). We have cloned and sequenced the YP1 gene from this strain, and the strain in which the mutant was induced. One amino acid substitution was found in the predicted polypeptide sequence, an isoleucine to asparagine change at position 92. The sequence of the leader peptide was identical to previously published YP1 sequences. The possible effects of the amino acid change were investigated by computer analysis, which suggests there is no major alteration of secondary structure, but that a hydrophobic region in YP1 is lost in the mutant. This may affect higher order structure.
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    Role of Ca++ in vasodilator reactions (1986)
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 101 (1986), S. 150-154 
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    Keywords: α-adrenoreceptors ; metabolism ; calcium ; hormone-dependent vasodilatation
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    Mechanisms of platelet aggegation in experimental hypoparathyroidism (1986)
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 102 (1986), S. 1648-1650 
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    Keywords: hypoparathyroidism ; platelet aggregation ; calcium ; arachidonic acid ; PAF
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    Dissociation of insulin binding from insulin stimulation of 2-deoxyglucose transport by ruthenium red (1986)
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    Bioscience reports 6 (1986), S. 317-322 
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    Keywords: Insulin binding ; insulin action ; glucose transport ; calcium ; ruthenium red
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Ruthenium red increased specific insulin binding to isolated adipocytes 5.4 fold and 2.6 fold over binding determined in the absence and presence of Ca2+ and Mg2+. The increase in insulin binding was not accompanied by an increase in insulin sensitivity. The lack of effect of ruthenium red on insulin action argued strongly against an increase in intracellular Ca2+ as a potential messenger/transducer of insulin action and suggested that the enhancing effect of Ca2+ on insulin action was a result of increased receptor affinity.
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    Variation in sexual behavior and negative assortative mating inDrosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Behavior genetics 16 (1986), S. 307-317 
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    Keywords: assortative mating ; sexual selection ; inbreeding ; polymorphism ; Drosophila
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    Topics: Biology , Psychology
    Notes: Abstract The hypothesis that negative assortative mating occurs as a mechanism limiting inbreeding between genetically related individuals ofDrosophila melanogaster was tested. In order to avoid bias linked to using inbred lines, experiments made use of the F1 hybrid progeny between lines rendered homozygous on chromosomes 1, 2, and 3. No negative assortative mating was found, but significant additive variation was observed between lines for orientation, vibration, copulation latencies, and copulation duration. There was no consistency of results, either among parameters or between sexes from the same line. It is therefore unlikely that the variations observed are due merely to quantitative differences in “vigor”. Since all lines originated from the same wild population, these differences are a possible estimate of natural variation in sexual behavior.
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    The influence of light on pupation height inDrosophila (1986)
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    Behavior genetics 16 (1986), S. 407-413 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; pupation height ; larval behavior ; light
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    Notes: Abstract A comparison of pupation height in light and dark was made using 12 species ofDrosophila, representing four species groups and four different ecological backgrounds (temperate-montane forest,virilis group desert,replate group; cosmopolitanmelanogaster group; tropical forest,willistoni group). Light condition has a significant effect on pupation height in only two of the species. In the light,D. montana stays close to the food surface, whileD. melanogaster pupates higher in light than in dark. Light-dependent patterns of pupation response do not correspond to those previously reported for the light-dependent mating response. Considerable interspecific variation exists for pupation height in each species triad, some of which could provide a basis for larval niche separation. Patterns of species differences in the desertrepleta triad are the same in light and in darkness.
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    Identification and comparisons of the yolk polypeptides and the genes which code for them in D. melanogaster sibling species (1986)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 204 (1986), S. 302-309 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Yolk polypeptides ; Yolk protein genes ; Evolution ; In situ hybridisation
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    Notes: Summary The yolk proteins stored in Drosophila, oocytes for utilisation during embryogenesis are an ideal system for studying the regulation of gene expression during development. The 3 major polypeptides found in yolk in D. melanogaster are synthesised in the fat body and ovarian follicle cells and selectively accumulated by the oocyte during vitellogenesis. In order to understand more about their regulation and the mechanism of uptake, studies on other species are necessary. Three yolk polypeptides have previously been identified in the D. melanogaster sibling species (D. melanogaster, D. simulans, D. mauritiana, D. erecta, D. teissieri, D. orena and D. yakuba). In D. melanogaster three genes located on the X chromosome are known to code for these yolk polypeptides. in this study genomic Southern transfers and in situ hybridisation experiments were carried out on the sibling species. Using the three cloned yolk protein genes from D. melanogaster, homologous sequences could be detected in the sibling species. It is suggested that three yolk protein genes occur in each of these species, all being located on the X chromosome, and that two of the genes are very closely linked in these same species. Yolk protein gene-homologous DNA sequences have also been identified in two more distantly related species D. funebris and D. virilis.
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    Autonomy of the wingless mutation in Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 205 (1986), S. 483-486 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; wingless ; Autonomy
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    Notes: Summary T(Y;2) translocations were used to cytologically localise the wingless locus of Drosophila melanogaster. We found that an existing T(Y;2), which is an insertion of a segment of 2L into the Y chromosome, has wg + within this insert. This Y chromosome was used to generate an attached XY chromosome containing wg +. The mutation claret-nondisjunctional (ca nd) was used to induce the loss of this XY chromosome and thus generate gynandromorphs with wg 1/wg 1 male tissue and wg +/wg 1/wg 1 female tissue. Analysis of these gynanders demonstrated that a genotypically wingless mutant hemithorax is usually also phenotypically mutant in these half body mosaics; thus wg 1 is discautonomous. This observation is of interest as it is known that wg is not cell autonomous.
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    Correlation between a female sterile mutation and a set of follicle cell proteins in Drosophila melanogaster (1986)
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    Molecular genetics and genomics 205 (1986), S. 213-216 
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    Keywords: Drosophila ; Follicle cell ; Protein ; Female sterile ; Mutation
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    Notes: Summary In order to correlate the synthesis of a previously described set of follicel cell (Fc) proteins with a known mutation that affects female fertility, three female sterile mutations, fs(1)384, fs(1)508 and fs(1)1501, mapping in the same region as the Fc locus (7C1-9), were analysed with respect to Fc synthesis. The fs(1)508 strain displayed a normal Fc protein pattern, while in fs(1)384 no Fc protein synthesis could be detected. The fs(1)1501 pattern of Fc polypeptide synthesis was totally different from that of any previously analysed strain, displaying a set of proteins that were much larger than the standard Fc variant form. Two of the female sterile mutations, fs(1)384 and fs(1)1501, were combined in rans with two wild-type strains displaying two different electrophoretic variant forms of the Fc proteins. The combinations were then analysed for Fc protein synthesis, using the fact that females heterozygous for two of the Fc variant forms display both parental forms. The results indicate that the fs(1)384 mutation is directly involved in the synthesis of the Fc proteins, as the trans heterozygotes only synthesize the Fc form derived from the wild-type parent. We also suggest that the large proteins synthesized by the fs(1)1501 mutant are a defective Fc variant form. The nature of the two mutations is also discussed.
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    The possible involvement of gibberellins and calcium in tipburn of Chinese cabbage: Study of intact plants and detached leaves (1986)
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    Plant growth regulation 4 (1986), S. 3-11 
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    Keywords: Chinese cabbage ; tipburn ; gibberellins ; calcium ; water stress ; misting
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Spraying Chinese cabbage seedlings [Brassica pekinensis (Lour.) Rupr.] with the growth retardant daminozide (succinic acid-2,2-dimethylhydrazide) reduced tipburn of the mature plants. As the concentration of daminozide increased, the reduction in tipburn damage was correlated with increased calcium content in young susceptible leaves. This effect was much more pronounced in plants that were misted once a day during the head formation period. Incubation of detached Chinese cabbage leaves for 48 h (in the dark) in solutions which contained either EDTA or EGTA caused characteristic lesions at the leaf tips. The extent of the damage was reduced by including CaCl2 in the solutions. Leaves which were incubated in a solution of EDTA+GA3 or EGTA+GA3 were severely affected, with the latter solution being the more harmful. GA3 alone did not enhance tipburn. CaCl2 greatly reduced the effect of a complex of chelating agents and GA3. Leaves derived from daminozide-treated plants which were incubated in EDTA+GA3 were less affected with tipburn lesions than leaves of control plants treated with the same solutions. When detached leaves were water-stressed for 24 h prior to incubation in these solutions, the severity of tipburn symptoms increased. The possible interactions between GA, calcium chelation and tipburn development are discussed.
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    An experimental study of the uptake and loss of Ra-226 by the tissue of the tropical freshwater musselVelesunio angasi (Sowerby) under varying Ca and Mg water concentrations (1986)
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    Hydrobiologia 139 (1986), S. 59-80 
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    Keywords: Radium-226 ; uptake ; mussel ; calcium ; magnesium ; metabolic analogue ; competitive inhibition ; uranium ; mining
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    Notes: Abstract Freshwater musselsVelesunio angasi (Sowerby) from Magela Creek, Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory, Australia, experimentally exposed to mean elevated Ra-226 water concentrations ranging between 0.95 and 1.85 Bq 1−1 for 28 days, accumulated Ra-226 in their tissue to mean concentrations ranging from 2.8 to 4.8 Bq per gram of dry tissue. The Ra-226 (log10) was accumulated in a linear pattern over exposure periods of 28 and 56 days. Mussel size and sex had little or no effect on the rates of uptake of Ra-226 per gram of tissue. Increased Ca and Mg water concentrations, both in combination and singly, reduced the rate of uptake of Ra-226 by mussel tissue. The experimental data are consistent with Ra-226 accumulation being inversely proportional to both Ca and Mg water concentrations; for Ca the constant of proportionality i.e. $$Ra = \frac{C}{{[Ca]}}$$ is unity; for Mg it is about 0.1. The results indicate competitive inhibition of the uptake of Ra-226 by Ca, i.e. that the mussel treated Ra-226 as a metabolic analogue of Ca; however, there are other possible interpretations of these results that need not invoke competitive inhibition. For Mg the results suggest involvement of some other mechanism(s) apart from or in addition to competitive inhibition of Ra-226 by Mg. Exposure of mussels that had accumulated Ra-226 under field and laboratory conditions to radium-free water for up to 286 days resulted in no significant loss (P 〉 0.05) of Ra-226 from the tissue. This indicates a very long biological half-life for Ra-226 in the tissue ofV. angasi.
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    Properties of potassium activatedp-nitrophenyl phosphatase of plasma membranes isolated from rat stomach muscle (1986)
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    Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 18 (1986), S. 295-306 
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    Keywords: Smooth muscle ; sodium pump ; p-nitrophenyl phosphatase ; plasma membranes ; calcium
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract The plasma membrane-enriched fraction isolated from smooth muscle of rat gastric fundus was found to contain a substantial level of potassium-stimulatedp-nitrophenylphosphatase activity (K-pNPPase), and its subcellular distribution closely resembled that of other plasma membrane enzyme markers. The kinetic profile of K-pNPPase and its sensitivity toward ouabain and vanadate confirmed the identification of this activity with the partial reaction of the sodium pump. The specific activity of K-pNPPase and its sensitivity to ouabain was significantly increased in the presence of saponin, indicating that part of this activity is latent when assayed on native membrane preparation. K-pNNPase was sensitive to the presence of calcium ions in the assay medium. The Ca2+-inhibition of K-pNNPase was accompanied by increased sensitivity of the enzyme to ouabain. On the other hand, calmodulin and Ca antagonists had no effect on K-pNPPase activity nor its sensitivity to calcium.
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    Cation-induced aggregation of membrane vesicles isolated from vascular smooth muscle (1986)
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    Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 18 (1986), S. 487-505 
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    Keywords: Membrane aggregation ; smooth muscle plasma membranes ; calcium ; blood vessels
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract Cations stimulated aortic muscle membrane aggregation with increasing potency according to their effective charge, e.g., K+〈Mg2+〈La3+, and the stimulation is reciprocally related to the apparent affinity for these cations. Divalent metal ion-induced membrane aggregation showed a dependence on the ionic radius, being optimal for Cd2+. Polyvalent cation-induced membrane aggregation was reversibly suppressed by high ionic strength as well as by metal ion chelators, irreversibly inhibited by the cross-linking agent glutaraldehyde, and enhanced by increasing concentrations of ethanol and increased temperature of the medium. When the pH is lowered below 6.0, membrane aggregation progressively increased with a concomitant decrease in cation-induced aggregation. The patterns of aggregation of microsomal membranes and further purified plasma membranes were almost identical whereas the aggregation of the heterogeneous mitochondrial membrane-enriched fraction was distinctly different in the initial rate of aggregation, its pH dependence, and metal ion concentration dependence. Our results indicate that cation-induced membrane aggregation can also be used to isolate a plasma membrane-enriched fraction from vascular smooth muscle.
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    Protein phosphorylation and the role of Ca2+ in planarian turbellarian regeneration (1986)
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    Hydrobiologia 132 (1986), S. 223-227 
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    Keywords: DNA synthesis ; protein kinases ; phosphorylation ; regeneration ; calcium ; calmodulin
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    Notes: Abstract During planarian regeneration, relationships in timing were established between variations of calcium and calmodulin contents on one hand, and protein phosphorylation and stimulation of DNA and RNA synthesis on the other. Special attention was paid to changes in histone phosphorylation in regenerating fragments. Using in vitro experiments on dissociated planarian cells, we demonstrated causal relationships between these events. In particular, the key role of Ca2+ in the activation of protein kinases and in the initiation of DNA synthesis was emphasized.
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    Axonal contribution to subthreshold currents inaplysia bursting pacemaker neurons (1986)
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    Cellular and molecular neurobiology 6 (1986), S. 239-253 
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    Keywords: molluscan neuron ; axon ; pacemaker ; calcium
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    Notes: Summary 1. The contribution of axonal activity to the ionic currents which generate bursting pacemaker activity was studied by using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique inAplysia bursting neuron somata in conjunction with intraaxonal voltage recordings. 2. Depolarizing voltage-clamp pulses applied to bursting cell somata triggered axonal action potentials. The voltage-clamp current recording exhibited transient inward current “notches” corresponding to each of the axonal spikes. The addition of 50µM tetrodotoxin (TTX) to the bathing medium blocked the fast axonal spikes and current notches, revealing a slower axonal spike which was blocked by the replacement of external Ca2+ with Co2+. 3. The inward current evoked by applying a depolarizing voltage-clamp pulse in the soma is distorted by the occurrence of the axonal Ca2+ spike. Elimination of the axonal spike, by injecting hyperpolarizing current into the axon, changes both the time course and the magnitude of the inward current. 4. The axonal Ca2+ spikes are followed by a series of Ca2+-dependent afterpotentials: a rapid postspike hyperpolarization, a depolarizing afterpotential (DAP) and, finally, a long-lasting postburst hyperpolarization. The long-lasting hyperpolarization is not blocked by 50mM external tetraethyl ammonium, an effective blocker of Ca2+-activated K+ current [I K(Ca)], and does not appear to reverse atE K. Hence, the axonal long-lasting hyperpolarization may not be due toI K(Ca). 5. Somatic voltage-clamp pulses in bursting neurons are followed by a slow inward tail current, which is sometimes coincident with a DAP in the axon. In some cells, the amplitude of the slow inward tail current is greatly reduced if axonal spikes and DAPs are prevented by hyperpolarization of the axon, while, in other cells, elimination of axonal activity has little effect. Therefore, the slow inward tail current is not necessarily an artifact of poor voltage-clamp control over the axonal membrane potential but probably results from the activation of an ionic conductance mechanism located partly in the axon and partly in the soma.
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    Structural and metabolic changes in femaleSchistosoma mansoni following male stimulation (1986)
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    Journal of chemical ecology 12 (1986), S. 1755-1764 
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    Keywords: Schistosoma mansoni ; vitelline gland ; differentiation ; tyrosine ; thymidine ; calcium ; rates of uptake ; male stimulation
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Pairing of males and females from single-sex infections results in the multiplication and differentiation of undifferentiated cells of the vitelline lobule culminating in the production of mature vitelline cells involved in egg shell formation. These changes are accompanied by increases in the rate of uptake of tyrosine, thymidine, and an increased accumulation of calcium.
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