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  • 101
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    Cell & tissue research 251 (1988), S. 87-93 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Paneth cells ; Ultrastructure ; Morphometry ; Facultative anaerobes ; Germ-free mice
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Germ-free mice were given live or heat-killed facultative anaerobes, and the ultrastructure of ileal Paneth cells was quantitatively examined with special reference to secretory granules showing a bipartite substructure (central core and peripheral halo). After administering live or heatkilled bacteria, there was a decrease in the area occupied by the cores of secretory granules in Paneth cells, and exocytosed core material was observed in the crypt lumen. There were no changes in the area occupied by the halo of secretory granules. None of the examined Paneth cells phagocytosed bacteria. It is concluded that certain bacteria may affect the secretion of antibacterial agents contained in the secretory granules of Paneth cells.
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  • 102
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Endothelium ; Swim bladder ; Capillaries ; Vesicles ; Ultrastructure ; Cryofixation ; Anguilla rostrata (Teleostei)
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Several recent studies comparing chemically fixed and cryofixed endothelium have indicated that glutaraldehyde fixation may result in increases in the population of “vesicles” in the cytoplasm. Other reports based on ultrathin serial-section reconstruction of chemically fixed endothelium have revealed that the vesicular system is comprised of interconnected membranous compartments, which are ultimately continuous with either cell surface but do not extend across the endothelial cell. In this study, we have investigated the three-dimensional organization of the vesicular system in directly frozen, freeze-substituted capillaries of the rete mirabile from the swim bladder of the eel, specifically using the same block of embedded capillaries in which frozen capillaries had previously been found to contain less “vesicles” than chemically fixed capillaries. The results show that essentially all vesicles remain inter-connected with each other and are part of two separate sets of invaginations from the luminal and abluminal cell surface like in chemically fixed tissue. Any increase in vesicle number resulting from glutaraldehyde fixation does not affect the overall three-dimensional organization of the vesicular system in these endothelial cells.
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    Cell & tissue research 252 (1988), S. 123-132 
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    Keywords: Uterine epithelium ; Cell culture ; Proteins ; Ultrastructure ; Rabbit
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Morphological and biochemical changes occurring in rabbit endometrial epithelial cells when placed in culture were investigated. Cells were examined by scanning- and transmission electron microscopy and freeze-fracture. Morphologically, cultured cells are shorter and broader than the columnar epithelial cells in vivo, but retain their polarity as indicated by the presence of apical microvilli and a well-developed junctional belt. To study changes in biochemical function, proteins synthesized by cells in primary culture were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Proteins were labeled during a 24-h incubation with 35S-methionine and gels examined by fluorography. The pattern of proteins changed after cells had been in culture for 48 h. On day 3 new proteins were synthesized and several protein species labeled during days 1 or 2 of culture, including uteroglobin, no longer appeared. On days 3–8 of culture the protein patterns were similar. Addition of progesterone, estradiol, prolactin, or combinations of these hormones to the culture medium for 24–144 h failed to elicit consistent changes in the pattern of labeled proteins established after 3 days of culture. Minor differences in protein patterns among unrelated cultures appear to have been derived from the original cells of the culture. These results indicate that after 48 h in primary culture, cells grown in vitro resemble endometrial epithelial cells morphologically, but no longer reflect functionally the character of epithelial cells in the uterus.
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    Cell & tissue research 252 (1988), S. 157-163 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Frog skin culture ; Desmogenesis ; Interdigitations ; Lamellipodia ; Ultrastructure ; Rana esculenta
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Small trypsinized explants from ventral skin of frogs (Rana esculenta) were maintained in culture for 4 days during which a newly formed epithelium differentiated along the cut edges of the dermis. During the first 6 h adjacent cells produced numerous interdigitating lamellipodia. After 2 days, epithelial polarity was restored by the formation of zonulae occludentes and the epithelial cells were joined by a few small newly formed desmosomes and by numerous interdigitations. Bipartite junctional complexes consisting of a zonula occludens, followed by a series of typical desmosomes, and characteristic of adult frog epidermis were formed only after 4 days. When cultured in the presence of an inhibitor of protein synthesis (cycloheximide) the trypsinized epidermis no longer formed desmosomes. Therefore pools of one or more crucial desmosomal proteins must be very low or non-existent. However, cycloheximide did not prevent the formation of cell contact specializations, consisting of a highly developed system of complex lamellar interdigitations, between adjacent cells.
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    Cell & tissue research 251 (1988), S. 243-248 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Thoracic duct ; Smooth muscle cell ; Ultrastructure ; Rat
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The three-dimensional cytoarchitecture and ultrastructure of the smooth muscle cells in the wall of the rat thoracic duct were investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The muscle layer basically consists of a single layer of circularly arranged cells. The smooth muscle cell is fusiform or ribbon-like in shape, as in veins or venules with a similar or smaller diameter. Connections by spinous processes are observed between adjacent muscle cells along their length. Spot-like membrane contacts frequently occur in areas where facing membranes are closely apposed. These are thought to be gap junctions and may be responsible for electrical coupling and mechanical attachment. Large invaginations arranged regularly in rows on the surface of the smooth muscle cells can be observed. These invaginations are closely associated with a flattened sarcoplasmic reticulum, and caveolae tend to open into the invaginations.
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    Cell & tissue research 253 (1988), S. 397-402 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Paneth cells ; Ultrastructure ; Morphometry ; Atropine ; Germ-free/Ex-germ-free ; Mouse
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Previous studies have shown that the secretory products of Paneth cells contain antibacterial agents (lysozyme, IgA) that are affected by the bacterial milieu in the intestine. To investigate whether Paneth-cell secretion is controlled via cholinergic mechanisms, the ultrastructure of Paneth cells was studied in four animal groups: (1) germfree (GF) control mice (Jcl: ICR [GN], male, 13 weeks old), (2) GF mice injected subcutaneously with atropine sulfate (200 mg/kg body weight, dissolved in physiological saline 20 mg/ml), (3) ex-GF mice inoculated with feces from specific-pathogen-free (SPF) mice, and (4) ex-GF mice injected with atropine and inoculated with feces from SPF mice. In ex-GF mice inoculated with feces, 70–90% of the Paneth cells showed fewer secretory granules than those from GF mice (p〈0.01). Approximately 30% of the Paneth cells had a large vacuole (3–10 μm diameter) in the apical cytoplasm. Exocytosed electron-dense material from secretory granules was observed in a few crypt lumens. In ex-GF mice inoculated with feces and given atropine, about 90% of the Paneth cells contained numerous secretory granules, like those in GF control mice, but vacuolated Paneth cells and exocytotic figures were rare; thus the secretion of Paneth cells was blocked by atropine. It is therefore possible that the bacterial milieu in the intestine affects the secretory activity of Paneth cells via cholinergic mechanisms.
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    Cell & tissue research 251 (1988), S. 189-195 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Lymphocytes ; Epithelium ; Mast cells ; Granular leukocytes ; Basophils ; Ultrastructure ; Chicken
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Examination, by light and electron microscopy, of the morphology and the staining properties of intraepithelial lymphocytes from the intestine of the chicken revealed a population of lymphoid cells, of which a proportion (up to 20%) is granulated. The majority of cells were immunoreactive with anti-T cell serum and can therefore be considered to be related to T-lymphocytes, but they did not proliferate when cultured with phytohaemagglutinin. The granulated cells were identical to those previously designated globule-containing leukocytes, but were distinct from mast cells in their morphology, staining reactions and the stability of the granules in different fixatives and buffers.
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    Cell & tissue research 251 (1988), S. 205-214 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Kupffer cells ; Granulocytes ; Ultrastructure ; Lipopolysaccharide ; Liver ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The fine structure of Kupffer cells has been studied at various times after an intravenous injection of lipopolysaccharide of Salmonella abortus equii. The most prominent effects were: an increase in the number and dimensions of phagocytic vacuoles (often containing ingested LPS and neutrophilic granulocytes); mitochondrial damage, including disintegration of the matrix and cristae; an increase in the amount of dilated, lucent rough endoplasmic reticulum; presence of fat droplets in the cytoplasm. Five days after injection of lipopolysaccharide, the Kupffer cells had resumed their normal ultrastructure. Several minutes after injection of lipopolysaccharide, platelets adhered to the Kupffer and endothelial cells. Between one and six hours, neutrophilic granulocytes accumulated in the liver sinusoids. The resulting obstruction of the hepatic microcirculation most probably affected cellular ultrastructure by ischaemia. At three days, the number of Kupffer cells was doubled, and increased further at later time intervals.
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  • 109
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    Keywords: Chromatophores ; Color change ; Ultrastructure ; Melanophores ; Macrophages ; Xanthophores ; Cichlasoma citrinellum (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary We describe the histological basis of color metamorphosis in the polychromatic Midas cichlid, Cichlasoma citrinellum. Eight percent of the individuals in a natural population transform from gray with black markings to orange, simultaneously losing their ability to adjust coloration in response to background and social context. This trait is inherited. Light- and electron microscopy revealed that this transformation is a two-step process. First, the melanophores die, then macrophage-like cells remove the debris. As a result of this initial process, the underlying xanthophores become visible, producing the orange coloration. A similar process may occur in individuals that further transform to white, or go directly from gray to white.
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  • 110
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Cytoskeleton ; Plasma membrane ; Microtubules ; Ultrastructure ; Freeze-fracture ; Flagellates ; Proteromonas lacertae
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The anterior half of the cell surface of the parasitic flagellateProteromonas lacertae is corrugated while the posterior half is covered by hair-like appendages, called somatonemes. In the anterior part, the cortical microtubules are lined by a zig-zag shaped microfibril. Here, these two structures seem to be separated from the plasma membrane. In the posterior half of the cell the somatonemes, analogous to the mastigonemes of chrysophytes, are anchored to the cortical microtubules by paired small deposits of dense material. This was clearly demonstrated by Triton X 100 treatment which solubilized the plasma membrane but left the somatonemes attached to the cortical microtubules. Freeze-fracture images revealed the alignment of clustered intramembrane particles on the P-face of the plasma membrane which correspond to the attachment sites of the somatonemes, seen as dots in thin sections. The ER-derived membrane-associated somatonemes are probably linked to the cortical microtubules by anchoring proteins which are part of the plasma membrane.
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  • 111
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Heat shock ; Soybean root ; Ultrastructure
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary Soybean seedlings (Glycine max) were incubated in narrow temperature regimes to study the effects of heat shock on cell structures. The incubation temperatures used were as follows: 1. 28 °C (2h); 2. 40 °C (2h); 3. 45 °C (2h); 4. 40 °C (2h)→45 °C (2h); 5. 47. 5 °C (10 min); 6. 40 °C (2h)→47. 5 °C (10 min). Both optical and electron micrographs were taken of the different tissues of root meristems as they responded to heat shock. Cells of roots heated to 45 °C (2h) or 47.5 °C (10 min) with lethal treatment showed drastic heat injuries:e.g., membrane damage, coagulated plasmolysis, protoplasmic contraction, and leakage of cell content. Nucleolar segregation occurred in cells treated at both lethal and supraoptimal temperatures. Seedlings preincubated at 40 °C (2 h) became thermo-tolerant to lethal temperature treatment of 45 °C (2 h) or 47.5 °C (10 min), by protecting the plasmalemma, mitochondria, plastids and nuclei from heat damage. Without preincubation, however, these structures were destroyed.
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    Protoplasma 146 (1988), S. 65-71 
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Apiaceae ; Eryngium campestre ; Metabolism ; Pollen grain ; P-particle ; Ultrastructure
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The metabolism of P-particles (polysaccharide particles) was investigated in mature pollen grains ofEryngium campestre L. Numerous P-particles, originating from dictyosome activity, are found to be accumulated near the apertures, followed by mitochondria. A single layer of ER profiles seems to prevent the fusion of the P-particles with the intine. Instead of this, they fuse with each other forming nonmembrane-bounded polysaccharide-aggregates, which subsequently change their granulated structure to an amorphous. Mitochondria together with small vesicles are involved in the conversion-process. The so formed wall precursors pass through the ER and fuse into the intine.
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    Protoplasma 147 (1988), S. 55-63 
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Generative cell ; Sperm cell ; Treetomato ; Ultrastructure ; Vegetative nucleus
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Summary The structure of the generative cell and its association with the vegetative nucleus in the pollen tube ofCyphomandra betacea Sendt. were observed with the electron microscope. The generative cell, bounded by its own plasma membrane and the inner plasma membrane of the vegetative cell, possesses the cytoplasmic extension which lies within the embayments of a vegetative nucleus. The generative cell contains the normal complement of organelles and, especially, microtubules which cluster into several groups adjacent to the plasma membrane, oriented along the longitudinal axis of the cell. In the pollen tube reaching the lower end of the style aftersemivivo pollination, both of the sperm cells are elongated and polyribosomes and microtubules are the outstanding feature in the cytoplasm. The two sperm cells are connected by a common transverse cell wall, while cytoplasmic channels exist in both the periplasm of the two sperm cells and the transverse wall. The leading sperm cell (Svn) is closely associated with the vegetative nucleus. Thus the present study demonstrates the existence of the male germ unit in the pollen tube ofC. betacea. The possible cytoplasmic continuity between the sperm cells and between the gametes and vegetative cell is considered.
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    Protoplasma 146 (1988), S. 166-173 
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Entomophthorales ; Entomophthora muscae ; Ultrastructure ; Cytochemistry ; Protoplast ; in vitro growth
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    Notes: Summary Entomophthora muscae (C.) Fres. can be grownin vitro as protoplasts. Light and electron microscopical studies of thein vitro developed protoplasts have demonstrated the absence of an organized wall over the protoplasmic Con A-positive membrane at all stages of growth. The cytological organization is typical of the Entomophthorales with condensed chromatin in the interphase nuclei and small eccentric metaphase spindles. Long strands of endoplasmic reticulum, microubules and vesicles surrounding the plasmalemma may be involved in maintaining the precise shape ofE. muscae protoplast. Starvation of the fungus induces the formation of hyphal bodies after deposition of Con A- and WGA-positive wall material at the plasmalemma surface.
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  • 115
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Aphanochaete ; Astral microtubules ; Immunofluorescence ; Phycoplast ; Spindle breakdown ; 3-D reconstruction ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The spatial and temporal organization of the microtubular cytoskeleton at the transitional stage of mitosis and cytokinesis has been studied in the chaetophoralean green algaAphanochaete magna using indirect immunofluorescence light microscopy and transmission electron microscopic analysis of serial sections including computer-aided three-dimensional reconstruction. At late mitosis, elaborate asterlike microtubule systems including bundles interconnecting both centriolar regions are present. These systems disappear a the onset of interzonal spindle disintegration. The incipient phycoplast consists of a star-shaped microtubule assemblage projecting from the intact interzonal spindle. It develops strongly at the time of spindle disintegration, later on it becomes compressed by daughter nuclei movement. Cell plate formation is associated with a two-dimensional phycoplast. Phycoplast microtubules remain for a while associated with the completed cross wall but finally they depolymerize. The general occurrence of astral microtubule systems (includingA. magna) is evaluated. The subsequent developmental stages of the phycoplast, formation, maturation and depolymerization, are discussed.
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    Protoplasma 146 (1988), S. 143-149 
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Hyphal tip ; Ultrastructure ; Freeze substitution ; Sclerotium rolfsii
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    Notes: Summary The hyphal tip ofSclerotium rolfsii was examined after fixation by freeze substitution. The Spitzenkörper consisted of a dense mass of apical vesicles and microvesicles surrounding a vesicle-free zone. Linear arrangements of microvesicles were occasionally observed within the Spitzenkörper. Abundant microfilaments were seen within the Spitzenkörper region, often in close association with apical vesicles and microvesicles. Microtubules passed through the Spitzenkörper and terminated at the plasmalemma at the extreme hyphal apex. Filasomes were mostly observed within the apical region and were in close proximity to the plasmalemma. Rough ER, mitochondria, microtubules, and vacuoles were abundant in the subapical region and were usually oriented parallel to the long axis of the hypha. Ribosomes were aligned on the outer surfaces of mitochondria. Golgi body equivalents were observed throughout the subapical region and appeared as inflated cisternae of varying shapes and electron opacities. Relationships to other basidiomycetous hyphal tip cells are discussed.
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 106 (1988), S. 1699-1702 
    ISSN: 1573-8221
    Keywords: platelets ; aggregation ; refractoriness ; calcium ; ADP
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 105 (1988), S. 181-183 
    ISSN: 1573-8221
    Keywords: diabetes mellitus ; calcium ; anticalcitonin antibodies ; reaction of enzyme-labeled antibodies
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 105 (1988), S. 244-247 
    ISSN: 1573-8221
    Keywords: biorhythms ; calcium ; immunization ; helio-geophysical rhythms
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    Cellular and molecular neurobiology 8 (1988), S. 115-128 
    ISSN: 1573-6830
    Keywords: adrenal gland ; chromaffin cells ; phorbol ester ; digitonin ; secretion ; calcium ; trypsin
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    Notes: Summary 1. Catecholamine secretion from digitonin-treated chromaffin cells is stimulated directly by micromolar Ca2+ in the medium. The permeabilized cells are leaky to proteins. 2. In this study trypsin (30–50µg/ml) added to cells after digitonin treatment completely inhibited subsequent Ca2+-dependent catecholamine secretion. The same concentrations of trypsin did not inhibit secretion from permeabilized cells if trypsin was present only prior to cell permeabilization. 3. The data indicate that trypsin entered digitonin-treated chromaffin cells which were capable of undergoing secretion and that an intracellular, trypsinsensitive protein is involved in secretion. Chymotrypsin was less potent but had effects similar to those of trypsin. 4. The enhancement of Ca2+-dependent secretion from permeabilized chromaffin cells induced by the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) was inhibited by trypsin added simultaneously with Ca2+ to permeabilized cells at concentrations (3–10µg/ml) which had little or no effect on Ca2+-dependent secretion from cells untreated with TPA. Ca2+-dependent secretion in TPA-treated cells was reduced by trypsin only to the level that would have occurred in cells not treated with TPA. Trypsin reduced the large TPA-induced increment of membrane-bound protein kinase C. 5. The data indicate that Ca2+-dependent secretion in the absence of TPA does not require aTPA-like effect of Ca2+ to activate protein kinase C. Protein kinase C activation by TPA probably enhances Ca2+-dependent secretion by modulating the normal Ca2+-dependent pathway or by activating another Ca2+-dependent pathway which functions in parallel to the normal pathway.
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    Cellular and molecular neurobiology 8 (1988), S. 129-138 
    ISSN: 1573-6830
    Keywords: GTP-binding proteins ; calcium ; exocytosis ; guanine nucleotides ; adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) ; AtT-20 cells
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    Notes: Summary 1. We have examined the effects of guanine nucleotides on ACTH secretion from digitonin-permeabilized AtT-20 cells, with the aim of analyzing the involvement of GTP-binding proteins (G proteins) in the secretory process. 2. AtT-20 cells permeabilized with 20µM digitonin displayed calciumdependent secretion. The EC50 of calcium was ~2µM and the maximal stimulation was 350% of basal release. 3. Nonhydrolyzable guanine nucleotides also stimulated ACTH release, in a virtually Ca2+-free medium. The EC50 of guanosine 5′-(3-O-thio)triphosphate (GTP γ S) was ~15µM and the maximal stimulation was ~230% of basal release. The effects of calcium and guanine nucleotides were not additive. 4. In the presence of the inhibitory hormone, somatostatin guanine nucleotides inhibited the calcium-stimulated secretion. 5. Both the stimulatory and the inhibitory effects on secretion of guanine nucleotides were independent of changes in cyclic AMP (cAMP) and calcium. It is suggested that G proteins influence an unknown step in the secretion process, which would be near or at the exocytotic site. 6. The results can be explained by assuming the existence of two types of G proteins, one with stimulatory effects on exocytotic release (GeS) and another with inhibitory effects (GeI).
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    Plant and soil 106 (1988), S. 263-268 
    ISSN: 1573-5036
    Keywords: calcium ; lipid ; peanut(Arachis hypogaea) ; potassium ; starch
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract A greenhouse study was conducted to determine the effect, of certain nutrient elements, on the maturing peanut. Peanut fruits were grown in fruiting zones, which contained a complete nutrient medium, for 15 days. Individual plants were then cultured to maturity whilst allowing the fruit to develop in a nutrient medium which contained the complete nutrient (N, P, K, Ca, Mg and B) from which one element had been excluded. Except in the ‘minus B’ treatment, the basal seed weighed more than 500 mg. In the head seed the “minus Ca” treatment produced the lowest number of seeds which weighed 500 mg or more and P, K and B deficiencies produced not quite such low numbers of seeds above 500 mg. When basal and head seeds were grouped into 3 grades of fresh weights, those from Ca and K deficiencies produced smaller dry weights in seeds harvested on the 80th day. Seeds from a Ca deficient medium had a smaller lipid content and an increased sugar content. The starch content of the seed was decreased by K deficiency.
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  • 123
    ISSN: 1573-5036
    Keywords: calcium ; chlorophyll ; Cucumis melo L. ; magnesium ; plant growth ; potassium
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Muskmelon seedlings were grown hydroponically in a greenhouse and starved of nitrogen and/or phosphorus for 4 weeks. They were then transferred to an optimal N and P regime or to the opposite stress for an additional 3-week period. Nitrogen stress reduced markedly N, Ca, and chlorophyll contents of leaves and stems, but increased P content. Phosphorus stress reduced significantly P and K concentrations in stems and leaves but did not affect markedly chlorophyll content and did not result in N accumulation. Both stresses reduced significantly the area of the first leaf mainly by adversely affecting cell division. Repair of N and P concentrations in deficient seedlings by transfer to the optimal nutrition regime was more rapid in N- than in P-stressed seedlings.
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    Plant and soil 105 (1988), S. 25-32 
    ISSN: 1573-5036
    Keywords: calcium ; cultivars ; foliar injury ; Glycine max ; phosphate uptake ; sodium ; solution cultures ; soybean ; toxicity
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Many soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes that are grown in solution cultures are highly sensitive to the combination of both salinity and inorganic phosphate (Pi) in the substrate. This effect has been observed on numerous occasions on plants grown in a saline medium that contained a substantial amount of Ca (i.e., CaCl2/NaCl=0.5 on a molar basis). Because Ca is important in regulating ion transport and membrane permeability, solution culture experiments were designed to examine the effects of various concentrations of Pi and ratios of CaCl2/NaCl (0 to 0.5 on a molar basis) at a constant osmotic potential (−0.34 MPa) on this adverse interaction. Four soybean cultivars (‘Lee’, ‘Lee 74’ ‘Clark’ and ‘Clark 63’) were tested. No adverse salinity x Pi interaction was found on Lee at any ratio and leaf P and Cl were maintained below 300 and 200 mmol kg−1 dry wt, respectively. Clark, Clark 63 and Lee 74 soybean plants, on the other hand, were severely injured by solution salinity (−0.34 MPa osmotic potential) when substrate Pi was ≥0.12 mM. Reduced substrate Ca did not intensify the salinity x Pi interaction. On the contrary, the onset of injury was hastened and more severe with increased CaCl2/NaCl ratios in isotonic solutions. Shoot and root growth rates decreased as injury increased. Leaf P concentrations from these cultivars grown in saline solutions with 0.12 mM Pi were excessive (〉600 mmol kg−1 dry wt) compared with concentrations commonly found in soybean leaf tissue yet they were independent of the severity of injury. Since leaf Cl increased wiht increased CaCl2/NaCl ratio, we suspect that the severity of foliar injury was related to the combined effects of excessive P and Cl within the tissue. Lee 74, the only injured cultivar examined that excluded Cl from its leaves, was less sensitive than either Clark cultivar and its injury was characteristically different. Other ion interactions were reported that may have played a role in injury susceptibility.
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  • 125
    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: deepwater rice ; water chemistry ; diel change ; oxygen ; anoxic ; calcium ; Eichhornia
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    Notes: Abstract The chemistry of water in fields at two Bangladesh deepwater rice locations is compared. Although Manikganj lies in the Jamuna (-Brahmaputra) floodplain and Sonargaon in the old Meghna floodplain, their chemistries during the flood season are similar, apart from higher Mg % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGadiiEayaara% aaaa!3703!\[\bar x\]: 3.57 v.1.8 mg 1−1), Ca (% MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafiart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGqiVu0Je9sqqrpepC0xbbL8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGadiiEayaara% aaaa!3703!\[\bar x\]: 13.1 v.4.5 mg l−1 ), pH and total alkalinity at the former. Diel changes in oxygen and sometimes also pH were evident 10 cm below the surface in deepwater rice fields, but such changes were typically much greater in fallow fields. Measurements made between 1400 and 1600 h in a range of habitats showed a trend for high pH values to be associated with high O2 values. Water in Eichhornia beds had the lowest values, deepwater rice fields were intermediate and fallow fields and other open areas typically had the highest values. O2 concentrations in excess of 15 mg l−1 and pH values of about 10.0 sometimes occurred in fallow fields with dense masses of submerged plants and loosely associated algal flocs. There was an increasing tendency for the water to become anoxic towards the end of the season and water 10 cm above the bottom was almost or entirely anoxic in deepwater rice fields at both locations over the whole 24-h period of 4/5 October, at a time when the depth of the water was starting to drop. Nitrite increased and sulphate decreased at both locations towards the end of the season.
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    New forests 2 (1988), S. 173-193 
    ISSN: 1573-5095
    Keywords: salinity ; calcium ; seedling nutrition ; lime-induced chlorosis ; fertilization ; soil management
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Soils that contain high levels of calcium salts can affect tree seedling growth in two ways: high total salts can reduce water availability, and excess calcium can affect seedling nutrition. Nutritional problems, such as iron deficiency (“lime-induced chlorosis”) and phosphorus deficiency, can seriously affect forest nursery production through growth losses, stunting, and sometimes seedling mortality. High calcium soils can be diagnosed by visible symptoms, soil tests, and seedling nutrient analysis. Soil management practices that have been used to treat high calcium soils include site selection and soil mapping, species and stock type selection, fertilization, and soil acidification. Cultural practices, including irrigation, mulching, deep ripping, organic matter amendments, and mycorrhizal treatments, have been used to lessen the adverse affects of high calcium soils.
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    Hydrobiologia 158 (1988), S. 201-214 
    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: Artemia ; saline lakes ; calcium ; Holocene ; Mono Lake ; Great Salt Lake
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The geographic distribution, history, and ionic composition of habitats of Artemia franciscana are reviewed with emphasis on habitats with extreme values for ionic concentrations or ionic ratios: a) high-chloride waters (sea water salterns and Zuni and Great Salt Lakes); b) high-sulfate lakes in Saskatchewan (Chaplin and Little Manitou) and on the Okanogan plateau of Washington (Penley Lake complex); and c) high-carbonate habitats in Nevada (Fallon), in California (Mono Lake) and in the Nebraska sandhills (Jesse and Antioch). First-instar nauplii from populations representative of each of these three habitat clusters were tested for tolerance of potassium (0–5 g K l-1), magnesium (0–1.3 g Mg l-1), and calcium (0\2–0.6 g Ca l-1). Viabilities were recorded until survivors reached adulthood in pairs of simple defined synthetic culture media which differed in only one parameter. Eight populations showed four levels of tolerance of high potassium. Of four populations tested, all had high viability and fertility in media lacking potassium (above the level in the yeast diet). Artemia from sea water salterns or from Zuni, Chaplin, or Great Salt Lakes could not tolerate low levels of calcium (〈20 mg l-1). This accounts for their inability to tolerate hypersaline high-carbonate waters. Mono and Fallon nauplii had high viability and fertility in media with low levels of calcium (0–10 mg l-1) but lacking magnesium. They could not survive for seven days, however, in low-calcium (〈 10 mg l-1) media that contained moderate amounts of magnesium (1.3 g l-1), indicating that magnesium interferes with utilization of low levels of calcium. For each of the three cations, the range of concentrations encountered by each population in the habitat is narrower than the range affording high viability in laboratory media. As expected, the midpoints of the two ranges are sometimes similar. In many cases, however, the narrower range of ionic concentrations reported for lake water is at the end of the range affording high viability in the laboratory.
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    Environmental biology of fishes 22 (1988), S. 69-77 
    ISSN: 1573-5133
    Keywords: Acid ; Metals ; Ultrastructure ; Olfaction ; Electrical response ; Pollution
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Synopsis The effects of acid ((H2SO4) and aluminum AIKSO4 in acidified water on rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, olfactory organ were examined using scanning electron microscopy and electrophysiology. Exposure to pH 4.7 resulted in an increase in the number of mucus droplets over parts of the olfactory epithelium, primarily along the ridges of the secondary folds. The addition of aluminum (5.0, 9.5, 20.0 µmol · 1−1) at pH 4.7 resulted in loss of receptor cell cilia, irregularly shaped olfactory knobs, clumped microvilli and swellings on microridge cells. Electrical responses recorded from the olfactory nerve in response to the amino acid L-serine were similar to controls in fish exposed to acidified water. When fish were exposed to acidified water and aluminum the response was depressed. These morphological and electrophysiological changes could be used to indicate metal-induced stress in fish from natural ecosystems.
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    ISSN: 1573-5036
    Keywords: Acer rubrum ; calcium ; cations ; Cornus florida ; decomposition ; litter ; magnesium ; nitrogen ; nutrient release ; phosphorous ; potassium ; Quercus prinus ; sulfur
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Calcium, magnesium and potassium dynamics in decomposing litter of three tree species were measured over a two-year period. The speices studied were flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), red maple (Acer rubrum) and chestnut oak (Quercus prinus). The order of decomposition was:C. florida〉A. rubrum〉Q. prinus. Calcium concentrations increased following any initial leaching losses. However, there were net releases of Ca from all three litter types since mass loss exceeded the increases in concentration. Net release of Ca by the end of two years from all three species combined was 42% of initial inputs in litterfall. Magnesium concentrations increased in the second year, following decreases due to leaching during the first year inC. florida andA. rubrum litter. Net release of Mg by the end of two years was 58% of initial inputs. Potassium concentrations decreased rapidly and continued to decline throughout the study. Net release of K by the end of two years was 91% of initial inputs. These data on cation dynamics, and similar data on N, S and P dynamics from a previous study, were combined with annual litterfall data to estimate the release of selected nutrients from foliar litter of these tree species at the end of one and two years of decomposition. The relative mobility of all six elements examined in relation to mass loss after two years was; K〉Mg〉mass〉Ca〉S〉P〉N.
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    ISSN: 1573-5036
    Keywords: calcium ; deficiency ; magnesium ; needles ; nutrition ; nutrient mobilisation ; potassium ; seasonal dynamics ; soil solution ; soil water ; spruce ; xylem sap
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Soil solution, xylem sap and needles of mature trees were sampled in three spruce stands over one vegetation period and analysed for major cations. Investigations of nutrient distribution between these three pools and evaluations of seasonal dynamics give the following results: The highest nutrient concentrations in the xylem sap occur at the time of bud break and become gradually lower during the vegetation period. The trees show similar trends of xylem sap concentrations with time for potassium, calcium and magnesium regardless of the nutritional status of the plots. No coupling of xylem sap to soil solution composition can be observed in spite of a high variability of soil solution chemistry in time. The major cations in the current needles exhibit a significantly different trend with time. No time-based correlations for nutrient contents could be found for the needles from the previous year. Despite mobilisation of storage pools in the deficient stand, trees are not able to increase the Ca and Mg contents in the needles up to the level of the other stands. Potassium could be retranslocated in sufficient extent for nutrition of current needles. Due to seasonal variability and dependence upon internal processes, such as retranslocation and mobilisation of nutrients, xylem sap does not seem to be a good tool for the estimation of the nutritional status of forest sites. It was concluded that only minor transport into new foliage via xylem sap will proceed after nutrient flush during the bud break and the nutrient content in the new biomass will be governed by dilution due to biomass growth or by nutrient transport by other means than xylem sap.
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    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 54 (1988), S. 221-228 
    ISSN: 1572-9699
    Keywords: calcium ; cation ; conidiation ; mitochondria ; respiration
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The respiratory properties of isolated mitochondria from P. cyclopium were studied with particular attention to their response to calcium ions. The results obtained indicate concentration dependent stimulation of NADH oxidation by calcium ions. Similar effects could also be obtained with other divalent cations.
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    ISSN: 1572-9680
    Keywords: Theobroma cacao ; shade trees ; Erythrina poeppigiana ; Cordia alliodora ; modelling ; organic matter ; nitrogen ; phosphorus ; potassium ; calcium ; magnesium ; litter production
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract During 7 years (1979–1985) cacao harvests (beans and husks) have been recorded for the agroforestry systems ofTheobroma cacao underCordia alliodora andErythrina poeppigiana shade trees. The mean oven dry cacao yields were 626 and 712 kg.ha−1.a−1 cocoa beans underC. alliodora andE. poeppigiana respectively. Harvests have gradually increased over the years and the plantation has now reached maturity. Annual extraction of N, P, K, Ca and Mg in fruits, which is relatively small, was calculated on the basis of chemical analyses. The following average values were found (kg.ha−1.a−1): At the age of 8 years, theC. alliodora trees have reached 26.7 cm diameter (DBH) and 14.0 m in height. Mean annual growth (from age 5 to 7) is 14.6 m3.ha−1.a−1. Natural plant residue production has been measured for 4 years (Nov. 1981–Oct. 1985). UnderE. poeppigiana it has reached a value of 8.91 t.ha−1.a−1 and underC. alliodora 7.07 t.ha−1.a−1. The shade trees have contributed 57 and 47% respectively. Transference and decomposition rates are high and important in the nutrient cycles. The nutrient content of the litter was analysed and corresponding average yearly transfers were (kg.ha−1.a−1):
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    ISSN: 1572-9680
    Keywords: Theobroma cacao ; shade trees ; Erythrina poeppigiana ; Cordia alliodora ; modelling ; organic matter ; nitrogen ; phosphorus ; potassium ; calcium ; magnesium ; litter production
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    Notes: Abstract During 7 years (1979–1985) cacao harvests (beans and husks) have been recorded for the agroforestry systems ofTheobroma cacao underCordia alliodora andErythrina poeppigiana shade trees. The mean oven dry cacao yields were 626 and 712 kg.ha−1.a−1 cocoa beans underC. alliodora andE. poeppigiana respectively. Harvests have gradually increased over the years and the plantation has now reached maturity. Annual extraction of N, P, K, Ca and Mg in fruits, which is relatively small, was calculated on the basis of chemical analyses. The following average values were found (kg.ha−1.a−1): At the age of 8 years, theC. alliodora trees have reached 26.7 cm diameter (DBH) and 14.0 m in height. Mean annual growth (from age 5 to 7) is 14.6 m3.ha−1.a−1. Natural plant residue production has been measured for 4 years (Nov. 1981–Oct. 1985). UnderE. poeppigiana it has reached a value of 8.91 t.ha−1.a−1 and underC. alliodora 7.07 t.ha−1.a−1. The shade trees have contributed 57 and 47% respectively. Transference and decomposition rates are high and important in the nutrient cycles. The nutrient content of the litter was analysed and corresponding average yearly transfers were (kg.ha−1.a−1):
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    Keywords: Theobroma cacao ; shade trees ; Erythrina poeppigiana ; Cordia alliodora ; modelling ; organic matter ; nitrogen ; phosphorus ; potassium ; calcium ; magnesium
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Models for cycles for organic matter and nutrients element (N, P, K, Ca and Mg) are presented for the agroforestry systems of cacao (Theobroma cacao) withCordia alliodora orErythrina poeppigiana in Turrialba, Costa Rica. For the models, system reserves (soil, humus, vegetation divided into leaves, branches, stems, fine roots, fruits) and transference between compartments (production and decomposition of litter residues) inputs (fertilizer, rainfall) and outputs (harvests) of the system are considered. The implications of the models are discussed in detail. Aspects of net primary production in the systems studied are considered. N fixation is calculated on the basis of balances. Analysis of soil water showed high variations that coincided with rainfall patterns and pruning of theE. poeppigiana.
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    ISSN: 1572-9680
    Keywords: Theobroma cacao ; shade trees ; Erythrina poeppigiana ; Cordia alliodora ; modelling ; organic matter ; nitrogen ; phosphorus ; potassium ; calcium ; magnesium
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Models for cycles for organic matter and nutrients element (N, P, K, Ca and Mg) are presented for the agroforestry systems of cacao (Theobroma cacao) withCordia alliodora orErythrina poeppigiana in Turrialba, Costa Rica. For the models, system reserves (soil, humus, vegetation divided into leaves, branches, stems, fine roots, fruits) and transference between compartments (production and decomposition of litter residues) inputs (fertilizer, rainfall) and outputs (harvests) of the system are considered. The implications of the models are discussed in detail. Aspects of net primary production in the systems studied are considered. N fixation is calculated on the basis of balances. Analysis of soil water showed high variations that coincided with rainfall patterns and pruning of theE. poeppigiana.
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    ISSN: 1573-5036
    Keywords: β-galactosidase activity ; calcium ; lac fusion ; nod gene expression ; pH ; Rhizobium trifolii ; seedling exudates ; Trifolium repens ; T. subterraneum
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract The expression of nodulation genes inR. trifolii is induced by flavone compounds present in clover root exudates. In the present experiments a bioassay with an indicator strain ofR. trifolii, which contained thelacZ gene fromEscherichia coli fused to theR. trifolii nodA gene, was used to measure the level ofnod gene expression inR. trifolii. Compounds that stimulatednodA gene expression were shown to be present in exudates of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and nine cultivars of subterranan clover (T. subterraneum L.) seedling sgrown at a range of pH between pH 3.0 and pH 8.0. Thenod gene-induction activity of exudates was, however, reduced when seedlings of all clover species were grown at pH〉7.0 and at pH〈4.0 and pH〈5.0 for white clover and subterranean clover respectively. No major differences were apparent in the activity of exudates from seedlings of the various cultivars of subterranean clover.Nod gene-induction activity of exudates was shown to increase markedly with seedling age. The presence of Ca at concentrations up to 10 mM in seedling culture solutions also resulted in marked increases in thenod gene-induction activity of seedling exudates. Increases in activity due to the presence of Ca were most apparent at low pH where between 5 and 10-fold increases were observed for white clover and subterranean clover respectively. Conversely, the presence of Al at concentrations up to 60 μM in seedling culture solutions had no effect on thenod gene-induction activity of seedling exudates. The observations that both low pH and Ca concentrations affected thenod gene-induction activity of seedling exudates suggested that the net presence of stimulatory flavones in root exudates was an important contributing factor to the ‘acid-sensitive’ step in nodule formation.
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    ISSN: 1573-515X
    Keywords: vegetation ; soil pH ; calcium ; magnesium
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Geosciences
    Notes: Abstract Changes in vegetation, litter, and soil nutrient content were measured in selected plots on Walker Branch watershed, Tennessee, from 1972–73 to 1982. The watershed has been allowed to revert to forest since 1942, before which it consisted of small subsistence farms and woodland pastures. Changes in Ca status were of particular interest because initial nutrient cycling characterizations indicated that net Ca accumulation in vegetation could have caused large decreases in soil exchangeable Ca2+ within 20 years. Decreases in forest floor and subsoil (45–60 cm) N, exchangeable Ca2+, and Mg2+ content were noted in several plots from 1972 to 1982. Surface soils (0–15 cm) showed either no change or, in some cases (e.g., N and exchangeable K+ in certain plots), increases over the 11-year period. Reductions in forest floor and subsoil exchangeable Ca2+ and exchangeable Mg2+ on cherty, upper slope oak-hickory and chestnut oak forests were most striking. The changes in Ca2+ are thought to be due primarily to high rates of Ca2+ incorporation into woody tissues of oak and hickory species. Reductions in forest floor and subsoil exchangeable Mg2+ could not be accounted for by woody increment; leaching may have played a major role in causing these decreases. Changes in P and exchangeable K+ were variable, with both increases and decreases. There were significant increases in exchangeable Al3+ in both subsoils and surface soils of certain plots, but these were not accompanied by decreases in exchangeable base cations or consistent decreases in pH. Dissolution of interlayer Al from 2:1 clays may be the cause of the exchangeable Al3+ increases. These results suggest a general decline in fertility, especially with regard to Ca and Mg in those forests with low soil Ca and Mg supplies. Monitoring of further changes (if any) in these ecosystems will continue as the currently aggrading forests approach steady state.
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    Pharmaceutical research 5 (1988), S. 501-505 
    ISSN: 1573-904X
    Keywords: calcium ; supplements ; nephrocalcinosis ; magnesium
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The utilization of calcium from commercially available calcium supplements and yogurt and the effects of these calcium supplements on the utilization of other minerals were evaluated. Moderate and high levels (4 and 8 mg Ca/g diet) of calcium from four different sources of dietary calcium (yogurt, calcium phosphate dibasic, calcium magnesium chelate, and oyster shells) were fed to retired female breeder rats. Rats absorbed calcium equally efficiently from all four sources but ingestion of calcium phosphate dibasic tended to cause abnormal accumulation of calcium in kidneys. Ingestion of the calcium magnesium chelate improved calcium retention in bone but depressed the digestibility of the total diet. The elevation of dietary calcium did not affect tissue calcium levels or fecal β-glucuronidase activity but depressed the apparent absorption of phosphorus, increased kidney phosphorus levels, decreased tibia iron levels, and decreased the digestibility of the total diet.
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    ISSN: 1432-1424
    Keywords: didodecylphosphate ; calcium ; membrane fusion ; lamellar phase ; hexagonal phase
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Summary Electron microscopic techniques have been employed to investigate the ability of didodecylphosphate vesicles (diameter approx. 900 Å) to fuse in the presence of Ca2+. As revealed by negative staining, Ca2+ induces extensive fusion and large vesicles with diameters up to 7000 Å are formed. In a processsecondary to fusion, the fused vesicles display a tendency to flatten and are subsequently transformed into extended tubular structures. Freeze-fracture electron microscopy, in conjunction with31P NMR and selected area electron diffraction measurements indicate that the tubes are packed in a hexagonal (HII) array and that the amphiphiles are converted from the lamellar to the hexagonal HII phase. The relationship between membrane fusion and the lamellar-to-hexagonal phase transition is discussed in terms of formation and abundance of transiently stable inverted micellar intermediates at contact regions between two interacting membranes. A model for the conversion of the (vesicular) lamellar into the (tubular) hexagonal HII phase is presented, taking into account the molecular shape of the amphiphile. The relevance of using simple synthetic amphiphiles as models for phospholipid bilayers and complex biomembrane behavior is briefly discussed.
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    The journal of membrane biology 96 (1987), S. 243-249 
    ISSN: 1432-1424
    Keywords: cholera toxin ; ionophore ; calcium ; brush-border membrane vesicles
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Summary The physiological relevance of an apparent ionophore activity of cholera toxin towards Ca2+ has been examined in several different systems designed to measure affinity, specificity, rates of ion transfer, and effects on intracellular ion concentrations. Half-maximal transfer rates across porcine jejunal brush-border vesicles were obtained at a concentration of 0.20 μM Ca2+. When examined in the presence of competing ions the transfer process was blocked by very low concentrations of La3+ or Cd2+. Sr2+, Ba2+ and Mg2+ were relatively inefficient competitors for Ca2+ transport mediated by cholera toxin. The relative affinities observed would be compatible with a selectivity for Ca2+ transfer at physiological ion concentrations, as well as an inhibition of this ionophore activity by recognized antagonists of cholera toxin such as lanthanum ions. Entry rates of Ca2+ into brush-border vesicles exposed to cholera toxin were large enough to accelerate the collapse of a Ca2+ gradient generated by endogenous Ca, Mg-ATPase activity. The treatment of isolated jejunal enterocytes with cholera toxin caused a significant elevation in cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations as measured by Quin-2 fluorescence. This effect was specifically prevented by prior exposure of the cholera toxin to excess ganglioside GM1. We conclude that cholera toxin has many of the properties required for promoting transmembranes Ca2+ movement in membrane vesicles and appears to be an effective Ca2+ ionophore in isolated mammalian cells.
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    ISSN: 1432-2285
    Keywords: Cambial activity ; Frost hardiness ; Phenology ; Salix ; Ultrastructure
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    Topics: Biology , Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of cells in the cambial region of Salix dasyclados Wim. (clone 78056) was studied during the development of winter hardiness and the onset of cambial activity in spring. Plants were grown at relative growth rates (RG) of 8% and 12% respectively, resulting in different nitrogen content in the stems. Frost hardiness of the plants was estimated by standardized freezing tests. Plants with a higher nitrogen status ceased growth later and started re-growth earlier in spring than plants with lower nitrogen content. Differences in ability to withstand low temperatures during autumn and spring were found between plants grown in the two nutrient treatments. During the development of frost hardiness in the autumn, the number of meristematic cells in the cambial region decreased. The cessation of meristematic activity was accompanied by cell wall thickening and ultrastructural changes in the cells. Frost hardiness increased from the ability to survive -6° C in October to survival of -80° C at the beginning of December. From November to February the cambial region comprised a layer of 2–3 thick-walled cells with conspicuous ultrastructural features. Starch accumulated in plastids in September, decreased during November to March and then increased again in accordance with changes of frost hardiness. Onset of cambial activity began between the end of March and the beginning of April, as shown by increased vacuolization of meristematic cells and mitotic activity. By April, the starch content had increased and lipolysis was observed. Frost hardiness had decreased, and plants with low and high nitrogen content were able to survive -15° C and -10° C, respectively. After budburst, all axillary shoot parts were damaged at temperatures below-3° C.
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    Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems 11 (1987), S. 113-121 
    ISSN: 1573-0867
    Keywords: ammonium sulfate ; urea ; calcium nitrate ; nitrogen-calcium interaction ; leaching ; subirrigation ; calcium
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Slow growth and high seedling mortality limit direct seeding establishment of guayule (Parthenium argentatum G.). This study was conducted to assess seedling growth enhancement by the addition of different rates and forms of N fertilizers and Ca salts. Experiments were conducted in a greenhouse with cultivar 593 under both surface and subirrigated conditions using water low in salts (salinity of 0.8 dSm−1, SAR of 5.0 and 10 mg Ca L−1). Under surface-irrigated conditions, seedling height and fresh plant weight increased with N application to the irrigation water to 70 mg L−1. The best seedling growth was observed when (NH4)2SO4 was added in combination with CaCl2 or CaSO4. Progressively less growth was observed by addition of (NH4)2SO4 alone, CO(NH2)2 plus CaSO4, CO(NH2)2 alone and Ca(NO3)2. When seedlings were subirrigated, however, the best growth was observed with Ca(NO3)2. Intermediate growth was obtained with (NH4)2SO4 plus CaSO4 and lowest growth rates with (NH4)2SO4 alone. These differential responses may be explained by the differences in leaching and volatile characteristics of the N forms. Growth enhancement from N and Ca additions increased with time with significant increases 45 days after seeding. Nitrogen application with Ca may be effective amendment in promoting subsequent growth of direct seeded guayule.
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    Nutrient cycling in agroecosystems 13 (1987), S. 155-159 
    ISSN: 1573-0867
    Keywords: triticale ; contents of nitrogen ; phosphorus ; potassium ; calcium ; magnesium ; trace elements ; heavy metals ; stage of growth
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wurden die Schwankungen in den Konzentration von N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, B, Ba, Be, Bi, Sn, Sr, Sb, Ti, Te, V, Se, As und Hg in Triticale unter Feldbedingungen untersucht. Von der Bestockung bis zur Vollreife wurden alle 10 Tage von je 0.5 m2 pro Parzelle Pflanzenproben genommen. In allgemeinen haben die Konzentrationen von Frühjar bis zur Ernte abgenommen. Der elementengehalt in Triticale war demjenigen der übrigen Getreidearten verschieden, aber der Trend der Änderungen war ähnlich.
    Notes: Abstract The variation of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, B, Ba, Be, Bi, Sn, Sr, Sb, Ti, Te, V, Se, As and Hg concentrations was studied under field conditions in triticale. The samples were collected every 10 days from tillering to full ripening stage using plant material from 0.5 m2 per plot. The concentrations generally decreased from early growth to harvest. The elemental concentrations in triticale differed from the other cereals, but the variation's trend was similar.
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    Development genes and evolution 196 (1987), S. 367-371 
    ISSN: 1432-041X
    Keywords: Vitellogenesis ; Bufo marinus oocyte ; Yolk-platelet membrane ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Oocytes of the toad Bufo marinus have been studied by means of thin section and particularly freeze-fracture electron microscopy to characterize the cytoplasmic membranes around the yolk organelle, and the storage of yolk material in precursors and platelets. This appears to be a previously unknown type of yolk-platelet formation. During yolk-organelle development from the primordial precursor to the bi-partite fully grown yolk platelet, numerous lipoid droplets are attached to the periphery of the platelet, indicating an intense uptake of lipids. As is typical for amphibians, the fully grown yolk platelet has a crystalline internum covered by a dense osmiophilic externum, and the whole organelle is enveloped by a plasma membrane that shows no direct connection or fusion with endocytotic vesicles. The yolk membrane exhibits few intramembraneous particles (IMPs) at the core areas and some more where it borders fields of lipoid droplets. Here the IMPs show a net-like arrangement in the furrows between adjacent droplets.
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 43 (1987), S. 1025-1027 
    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Plant cytokinesis ; lithium ; caffeine ; calcium ; magnesium ; sodium and potassium
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    Notes: Summary The biological effects of lithium ions have been studied, using plant cytokinesis in onion root meristems as the experimental model. Lithium induces binucleate cells by inhibiting cell plate formation. Moreover, lithium and caffeine have additive effects on the induction of binucleate cells. Na+, K+, Ca++ and Mg++ antagonize lithium-induced inhibition of cytokinesis.
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    European biophysics journal 14 (1987), S. 369-374 
    ISSN: 1432-1017
    Keywords: Single-channels ; model membranes ; gramicidin ; surface potential ; phosphatidylserine ; calcium
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    Notes: Abstract In phosphatidylserine membranes the decrease in the conductance of the gramicidin A single channel caused by calcium is attributed to a reduction of surface potential and to a direct blocking of the pore (Apell et al. 1979). The aim of this paper is to make a, quantitative evaluation of these two effects. We recorded the conductance of gramicidin single channels in 100 mM KCl in the presence of different amounts of CaCl2, MgCl2 or TEACl. The ionic activities at the channel mouth were calculated using the Gouy-Chapman-Stern theory. Our experiments showed that even when the K+ activity at the channel mouth was estimated to be the same, the single channel conductance was lower if divalent cations were present. This effect is attributed to a blocking action of these ions.
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    European biophysics journal 14 (1987), S. 441-447 
    ISSN: 1432-1017
    Keywords: Neutron scattering ; lens ; cataract ; calcium ; cold cataract
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    Notes: Abstract Small angle neutron scattering (SANS) was used to compare two models of cataracts: the cold cataract induced in the lens nucleus cytoplasm by lowering the temperature and the opacification induced by calcium in the lens cortex cytoplasm. In both cases opacified cytoplasms display additional scattering at low angles as compared to their clear controls. An analysis of this additional scattering provides quantitative information concerning the size distribution, the number and contrast of the scatterers responsible for lens opacification. The scatterers of cold cataract and of calcium—induced opacification not only have, as shown elsewhere, a different composition but are also found to display completely different sizes (in the thousand Å range for cold-cataract, in the hundred Å range for calcium—induced opacification). These results illustrate the diversity of scatterer types which are able to cause comparable lens opacities.
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    Archives of microbiology 148 (1987), S. 150-154 
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    Keywords: Bacteroides ; Vesicles ; Ultrastructure ; Cellulolytic bacteria ; Rumen
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    Notes: Abstract In 3-day-old cultures of Bacteroides succinogenes grown on filter paper, no cell division was observed. When grown on cellulosic substrate, bacteria exhibited vesicles clustered within cell wall pockets. In 2 day-old filter paper cultures, cells adhered tightly to the substrate. Twenty to 30% of them were dividing. There were cell wall pockets in about 25% of the bacteria, but no vesicles. Whether they adhered to the cellulosic substrate or not, and irrespective of the age of the bacteria, storage polysaccharides were found in the form of dense granules in the cytoplasm. It would appear that vesicles are not essential for cellulose degradation, but are rather a sign of ageing of the cells.
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  • 149
    ISSN: 1573-4935
    Keywords: calcium ; exocytosis ; insulin secretion ; permeabilized cells
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    Notes: Abstract The regulation of insulin secretion from RINm5F cells exposed to high voltage discharge has been investigated. Electron microscopy revealed that the overall structure of the cells was preserved after permeabilization. In this preparation insulin release was stimulated by Ca2+ (EC50=2.4 μM). The stable GTP analogue GTPγS enhanced secretion both at intermediate (nano- to micromolar) and vanishingly low (〈10 pM) Ca2+ concentrations. At optimal Ca2+ (10 μM) the effect of GTPγS was greatly reduced. We investigated whether the secretory response to GTP analogues was mediated by any of three enzyme systems regulated by GTP-binding proteins, i.e. generation of cyclic AMP by adenylate cyclase, of diacylglycerol by phospholipase C and of arachidonic acid by phospholipase A2. The involvement of these messenger systems could be excluded as (i) cyclic AMP only had minor, Ca2+ dependent effects, (ii) phospholipase C was not activated in the absence of Ca2+ and insulin secretion due to the phorbol ester TPA displayed a different Ca2+ dependency, (iii) arachidonic acid did not elicit Ca2+ independent insulin secretion. These results, taken together with the finding that insulin secretion due to Ca2+ or TPA is attenuated by the inhibitory guanine nucleotide GDPβS, suggest the existence of a regulatory site in exocytosis which is sensitive to guanine nucleotides.
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    Bioscience reports 7 (1987), S. 355-367 
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    Keywords: calcium ; diacylglycerol ; exocytosis ; secretion
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    Notes: Abstract Measurements of intracellular Ca2+ in adrenal medullary cells suggest that a transient rise in Ca2+ leads to a transient secretory response, the rise in Ca2+ being brought about by an influx through voltage-sensitive Ca channels which subsequently inactivate. The level of Ca2+ observed is much smaller than the Ca2+ needed to trigger secretion when introduced directly into the cell. The discrepancy is removed by the presence of diacylglycerot, which increases the sensitivity of the secretory process to Ca2+. The site of action of Ca2+ and diacylglycerol is probably protein kinase C, and tile different secretory responses to increases of Ca2+ and diacylglycerol can be modelled in terms of a preferential order of binding of these two substrates to the enzyme. ATP is needed for secretion: one role is possibly to confer stability to the secretory apparatus; another may involve phosphorylation of some key protein. The kinetics of secretion suggest that if Ca2+ regulates phosphorylation or dephosphorylation, then it is therate of change of phosphorylation that controls secretion rather than theextent of phosphorylation or dephosphorylation. Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins may play a role not only at the level of signal transduction coupling, but also at or near the site of exocytosis, and the mechanism by which some Botulinum toxins inhibit secretion may be associated with these proteins.
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    Bioscience reports 7 (1987), S. 383-397 
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    Keywords: calcium ; eggs ; exocytosis ; sea urchin
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    Notes: Abstract The process of secretory granule-plasma membrane fusion can be studied in sea urchin eggs. Micromolar calcium concentrations are all that is required to bring about exocytosisin vitro. I discuss recent experiments with sea urchin eggs that concentrate on the biophysical aspects of granule-membrane fusion. The backbone of biological membranes is the lipid bilayer. Sea urchin egg membrane lipids have negatively charged head groups that give rise to an electrical potential at the bilayer-water interface. We have found that this surface potential can affect the calcium required for exocytosis. Effects on the surface potential may also explain why drugs like trifluoperazine and tetracaine inhibit exocytosis: they absorb to the bilayer and reduce the surface potential. The membrane lipids may also be crucial to the formation of the exocytotic pore through which the secretory granule contents are released. We have measured calcium-induced production of the lipid, diacylglycerol. This lipid can induce a phase transition that will promote fusion of apposed lipid bilayers. The process of exocytosis involves the secretory granule core as well as the lipids of the membrane. The osmotic properties of the granule contents lead to swelling of the granule during exocytosis. Swelling promotes the dispersal of the contents as they are extruded through the exocytotic pore. The movements of water and ions during exocytosis may also stabilize the transient fusion intermediate and consolidate the exocytotic pore as fusion occurs.
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    Bioscience reports 7 (1987), S. 167-185 
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    Keywords: cystic fibrosis ; exocrine ; autonomic ; cyclic AMP ; calcium ; chloride ; epithelial
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    The journal of membrane biology 98 (1987), S. 275-283 
    ISSN: 1432-1424
    Keywords: Paramecium ; calcium ; cilia ; mutants ; Ca2+ pump ; Ca2+ buffering ; ion channels
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    Notes: Summary A new mutant ofParamecium tetraurelia, k-shyA, was characterized behaviorally and electrophysiologically. The mutant cell exhibited prolonged backward swimming episodes in response to depolarizing conditions. Electrophysiological comparison of k-shyA with wild type cells under voltage clamp revealed that the properties of three Ca2+-regulated currents were altered in the mutant. (i) The voltage-dependent Ca2+ current recovered from Ca2+-dependent inactivation two- to 10-fold more slowly than wild type. Ca2+ current amplitudes were also reduced in the mutant, but could be restored by EGTA injection. (ii) The decay of the Ca2+-dependent K+ tail current was slower in the mutant. (iii) The decay of the Ca2+-dependent Na+ tail current was also slower in the mutant. All other membrane properties studied, including the resting membrane potential and resistance and the voltage-sensitive K+ currents, were normal in k-shyA. Considered together, these observations are consistent with a defect in the ability of k-shyA to reduce the free intracellular Ca2+ concentration following stimulation. The possible targets of the genetic lesion and alternative explanations are discussed. The k-shy mutants may provide a useful tool for molecular and physiological analyses of the regulation of Ca2+ metabolism inParamecium.
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  • 154
    ISSN: 1432-1424
    Keywords: endothelial cells ; Na+/K+/Cl− cotransport ; cyclic AMP ; phenothiazines ; calcium ; angiotensin
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    Notes: Summary The specific activity of the Na+/K+/Cl− cotransporter was assayed by measuring the initial rates of furosemide-inhibitable86Rb+ influx and efflux. The presence of all three ions in the external medium was essential for cotransport activity. In cultured smooth muscle cells furosemide and bumetanide inhibited influx by 50% at 5 and 0.2 μm, respectively. The dependence of furosemide-inhibitable86Rb+ influx on external Na+ and K+ was hyperbolic with apparentK m values of 46 and 4mm, respectively. The dependence on Cl− was sigmoidal. Assuming a stoichiometry of 1∶1∶2 for Na+/K+/Cl−, aK m of 78mm was obtained for Cl−. In quiescent smooth muscle cells cotransport activity was approximately equal to Na+ pump activity with each pathway accounting for 30% of total86Rb+ influx. Growing muscle cells had approximately 3 times higher cotransport activity than quiescent ones. Na+ pump activity was not significantly different in the gorwing and quiescent cultures. Angiotensin II (ANG) stimulated cotransport activity as did two calcium-transporting ionophores, A23187 and ionomycin. The removal of external Ca2+ prevented A23187, but not ANG, from stimulating the cotransporter. Calmodulin antagonists selectively inhibited86Rb+ influx via the cotransporter. Beta-adrenoreceptor stimulation with isoproterenol, like other treatments which increase cAMP, inhibited cotransport activity. Cultured porcine endothelial cells had 3 times higher cotransport activity than growing muscle cells. Calmodulin antagonists inhibited cotransport activity, but agents which increase cAMP or calcium had no effect on cotransport activity in the endothelial cells.
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    Theoretical and applied genetics 74 (1987), S. 177-187 
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Keywords: Barley ; Grain development ; Mutants ; Ultrastructure ; Genetics
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    Notes: Summary Eleven Na-azide induced barley shrunken endosperm mutants expressing xenia (sex) were characterized genetically and histologically. All mutants have reduced kernel size with kernel weights ranging from 11 to 57% of the wild type. With one exception, the mutant phenotypes are ascribable to single recessive mutant alleles, giving rise to a ratio of 3∶1 of normal and shrunken kernels on heterozygous plants. One mutant (B10), also monofactorially inherited, shows a gene dosage dependent pattern of expression in the endosperm. Among the 8 mutants tested for allelism, no allelic mutant genes were discovered. By means of translocation mapping, the mutant gene of B10 was localized to the short arm of chromosome 7, and that of B9 to the short arm of chromosome 1. Based on microscopy studies, the mutant kernel phenotypes fall into three classes, viz. mutants with both endosperm and embryo affected and with a non-viable embryo, mutants with both endosperm and embryo affected and with a viable embryo giving rise to plants with a clearly mutant phenotype, and finally mutants with only the endosperm affected and with a normal embryo giving rise to plants with normal phenotype. The mutant collection covers mutations in genes participating in all of the developmental phases of the endosperm, i.e. the passage from syncytial to the cellular endosperm, total lack of aleurone cell formation and disturbance in the pattern of aleurone cell formation. In the starchy endosperm, varying degrees of cell differentiation occur, ranging from slight deviations from wild type to complete loss of starchy endosperm traits. In the embryo, blocks in the major developmental phases are represented in the mutant collection, including arrest at the proembryo stage, continued cell divisions but no differentiation, and embryos deviating only slightly from the wild type.
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  • 156
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    Keywords: Subcommissural organ ; Innervation ; Neu rophysins ; Mesotocin ; Immunocytochemistry ; Ultrastructure ; Snake, Natrix maura
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    Notes: Summary The subcommissural organ (SCO) of the snake Natrix maura was studied by use of the immunoperoxidase procedure. Primary antisera against bovine neurophysins (Nps I + II, OXY-Np), oxytocin (OXY), mesotocin (MST), arginine-vasotocin (AVT), somatostatin (SOM), β-endorphin (END) and bovine Reissner's fiber were used. A conventional ultrastructural study, with special emphasis on the nerve fibers present in the SCO, was also performed. Nerve fibers containing immunoreactive OXY-Np and MST were seen to reach the SCO. The staining of adjacent sections with the anti-Reissner's fiber serum showed that the OXY-Np- and MST-immunoreactive fibers were distributed among the cell bodies and processes of the ependymal secretory cells. No fibers containing immunoreactive OXY, AVT, SOM or END were found in the SCO. The ultrastructural analysis revealed in the SCO the presence of nerve fibers filled with electron-dense granules, 170–210 nm in diameter. Although a direct apposition between these fibers and the SCO cells was frequently seen, no synaptic differentiations were identified. Structures identical to the Herring bodies (found in the neurohypophysis) were seen in the SCO.
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    Cell & tissue research 249 (1987), S. 421-425 
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    Keywords: Cholinergic synapses ; Ultrastructure ; Exocytosis ; Non-synaptic release ; Neuropeptides ; Carassius auratus ; Rana pipiens ; Wistar white rat ; Hamster
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    Notes: Summary Nerve terminals forming typical synapses with adrenal chromaffin tissues have been examined in the goldfish, frog (Rana pipiens), hamster and rat. Presumptive secretory inclusions present in the terminals are of two distinct types. Electron-lucent synaptic vesicles 30–50 nm in diameter are densely clustered adjacent to membrane thickenings and presumably discharge their contents into the synaptic clefts. Secretory granules (i.e. large dense-cored vesicles) 60–100 nm in diameter are more abundant in other parts of the terminals. Sites of granule exocytosis have been observed in each of the animals investigated. They are usually encountered within apparently undifferentiated areas of plasmalemma and only rarely occur within synaptic thickenings. Granule exocytosis from within synaptic terminals and chromaffin gland cells is most readily observed in specimens exposed, prior to fixation, to saline solutions containing both tannic acid, and 4-aminopyridine and/or elevated levels of K+. These findings show that the pattern of secretory discharge, involving both synaptic and non-synaptic release, which is widespread in invertebrate central nervous systems, is also characteristic of vertebrate, peripheral cholinergic terminals.
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    Cell & tissue research 249 (1987), S. 437-442 
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    Keywords: Angiotensin II ; Glomerulus ; Salmo gairdneri ; Seawater-adaptation ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The effect of angiotensin infusion on the glomerular ultrastructure of freshwater- and seawater-adapted rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, has been examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Adaptation of trout to seawater resulted in epithelial podocyte flattening, primary process broadening and apparent loss of foot processes in almost all glomeruli, features which were uncommon in freshwater-adapted trout. Similar changes were induced by infusion of freshwater-adapted animals with angiotensin, suggesting that the renin-angiotensin system plays a role in the modification of glomerular epithelial ultrastructure. Adaptation of trout to seawater also reduced glomerular diameter, but infusion of freshwater-adapted animals with angiotensin did not mirror this effect. Infusion of angiotensin into seawater-adapted animals increased the overall thickness of glomerular basement membrane by increasing the lamina rara interna and lamina densa. This did not occur when freshwater-adapted fish were either infused with angiotensin or adapted to seawater. These findings suggest that other humoral systems are involved in the control of glomerular diameter and basement membrane thickness as part of an integrated response to increased environmental salinity.
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    Keywords: Leydig cells ; Ethane dimethanesulphonate ; Ultrastructure ; Degeneration ; Resistance ; Rodents
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    Notes: Summary The morphological response of the testis of rats, guinea pigs, Syrian hamsters and mice to treatment with the cytotoxin ethane dimethanesulphonate was examined using light and electron microscopy. One to two days after a single administration of ethane dimethanesulphonate to adult rats, guinea pigs, and hamsters, the Leydig cells showed marked ultrastructural alterations suggestive of degeneration and cell death. The former alterations included karyopyknosis, cytoplasmic vesiculation and accumulation of lipid inclusions and large lipofuscin bodies. Fragments of necrotic Leydig cells were often engulfed by the interstitial tissue macrophages. The morphology of the seminiferous epithelium of these three species was unchanged from the morphology observed in vehicle-injected control animals. In contrast, multiple injections of ethane dimethanesulphonate given to mice produced no ultrastructural alterations to Leydig cells yet the seminiferous epithelium exhibited disruption of spermatogenesis. Although the Leydig cells of the mouse appear resistant to ethane dimethanesulphonate, this agent exerts a selective cytotoxic action upon Leydig cells of the rat, guinea pig and hamster thus identifying ethane dimethanesulphonate as a useful chemical for future endocrine and physiological studies of testicular function in three common laboratory species.
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    Keywords: Macula densa ; Intercellular spaces ; Ultrastructure ; Frusemide ; Tubulo-glomerular feedback ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary In situ drip-fixation of superficial glomeruli and tubules in the rat kidney verified the results obtained from high pressure perfusion fixation studies indicating that distinct spaces normally exist between the cells of the macula densa. Following treatment with frusemide these intercellular spaces between the macula densa cells became closed in both drip-fixed and perfusion-fixed kidneys. These findings suggest that the variability of extracellular compartmentation found in the macula densa is unlikely to be an artifact but most likely represents changes in the in vivo status of the macula densa.
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    Cell & tissue research 247 (1987), S. 465-468 
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    Keywords: Adenylate cyclase ; Cytochemistry ; Gastrulation ; Ultrastructure ; Chick embryo
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    Notes: Summary Adenylate cyclase activity was localized in various tissues of the early chick embryo using an ultrastructural histochemical technique. Reaction product was deposited on the lateral plasma membrane of all cells, but with a preferential localization at the apical terminal complex in the epiblast. There was no activity associated with the free surfaces of these or other cells in the embryo. Intracellular deposits were found in all cells associated with the endoplasmic reticulum, nuclear envelope and Golgi bodies. In the last organelle, the deposit was sometimes observed to be distributed through the stack in a non-uniform way, with the heaviest deposits occurring at the forming face. No clear difference could be detected between the cytochemical activity associated with cells in various regions of the embryo, or with embryos at different stages of early development.
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    Keywords: Gonadotropic cells ; LHRH analogue ; Pimo-zide ; Ultrastructure ; Goldfish ; Carassius auratus
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    Notes: Summary The effect of pimozide and an LHRH-analogue (LHRH-A) on gonadotropic cells of the goldfish pituitary gland were described qualitatively and quantitatively. A scale of four categories was devised to reflect various ultrastructural appearances of the cells. Experimental animals were divided into a control group, a group injected with LHRH-A alone, pimozide alone, and groups receiving these two substances in combination. Fish injected with the single substance were killed 12 h after injection while the groups receiving the combined treatments were killed at 4, 12 and 48 h. Serum levels of gonadotropin measured by radioimmunoassay were used to indicate whether an increase in hormone release had occurred. An immunocytochemical technique, the protein A-gold procedure, assured that the cells studied were gonadotropes. The control group showed variation in the profiles of gonadotropic cells. The single treatment groups showed some increase in secretory inclusions. At 4 h after injection the combined treatment caused a significant increase in hormone granules; at 12 and 48 h there was a gradual decrease in content of secretory products, and an increase in vacuolization. The results indicate that the combined pimozide and LHRH-A treatment stimulated gonadotropin production as well as release.
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    Keywords: Endolymphatic sac ; Calcium carbonate ; Otoconia ; Ultrastructure ; Frog (Hyla arborea japonica)
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    Notes: Summary The endolymphatic sac of the tree frog and its crystals were observed by light- and electron microscopy. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the crystals have a faceted body and two pointed ends. Light- and transmission electron microscopy revealed that the endolymphatic sac is composed of many small chambers. In their lumina, numerous “ghosts” of crystals that resulted from decalcification were observed. The ghosts were demarcated by a linear dense material or embedded in a flocculent substance. The epithelium of the endolymphatic sac is simple squamous or cuboidal and peculiar cytoplasmic granules are found in most cells. The granules are surrounded by a limiting membrane and have varying electron density. Some granules contain a core and/or tubular structures. Vacuoles containing large ghosts are also found in the epithelial cells. These ghosts were quite similar to those in the lumen and sometimes coexist with cell debris. The fine structure of the endolymphatic sac and its crystals is discussed.
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    Keywords: Epididymis ; Immunogold technique ; Ultrastructure ; Protein secretion ; Antagglutinin ; Boar
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    Notes: Summary Antagglutinin, a specific protein synthesized by the boar epididymis, was localized by an ultrastructural immunogold-labeling procedure in the principal cells of the three regions of the caput epididymidis, most notably at the sites of synthesis and secretion. The intensity of the reaction was variable in the three epididymal zones. Labeling was of low intensity in the proximal and middle caput, except in the granules of the latter. These granular “storage sites” did not correspond to typical secretory granules but appeared to be intracellular sites of degradation of this protein. In the distal caput, which was devoid of these granules, intense secretory activity for antagglutinin was detected. Few gold particles were localized in the RER profiles but labeling was detected in the Golgi zone, in numerous dense vesicles, in structures distributed between the Golgi zone and the apex of the cell, and in the epididymal lumen. This study has enabled us to visualize immunocytochemically antagglutinin along its intracellular secretory pathway, i.e. at the site of its synthesis, during its passage via the Golgi zone, and its intracellular transport to the lumen.
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    Cell & tissue research 247 (1987), S. 215-225 
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    Keywords: Kidney ; Endoplasmic reticulum ; Ultrastructure ; Membrane transport ; Metabolism ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary The spatial organization of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) was examined in all segments of rat nephron. Tissues were fixed with glutaraldehyde, impregnated “en bloc” with osmium tetroxide, prepared for and examined by standard (80–100 kV) and high voltage (1 mEV) transmission electron microscopy. In all proximal tubule cells, ER forms a continuous and extensive network of canaliculi and abundant fenestrated saccules which surround mitochondria and cytoplasmic bodies; the cage-like structure of the fenestrated saccules was most evident around the spherical mitochondria of the S3 segment. In the cells of the distal straight and convoluted tubules, the network consists mostly of canaliculi with rare non-fenestrated saccules. The ER network of canaliculi is particularly rich in intercalated cells, in contrast with its rudimentary appearance in the adjacent principal cells of the collecting tubule. In fact, in these cells there are few isolated ER cisternae and they are rarely impregnated. The nuclear envelope is well impregnated in most cells throughout the various segments. Segmental variations in ER organization and its relative abundance are most likely related to the well, established functional heterogeneity of the nephron segments. Moreover, the extensive and unique organization among mitochondria, ER and the basolateral membrane suggests that these three organelles function as a unit which is related to active electrolyte transport. In addition, because of its transepithelial organization, ER may well constitute a transcellular pathway for molecules.
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    Cell & tissue research 247 (1987), S. 259-265 
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    Keywords: Epidermis ; Acidophilic cell ; Histochemistry ; Ultrastructure ; Salmo trutta ; Salvelinus alpinus
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    Notes: Summary Sacciform cells containing an acidophilic, proteinaceous secretion, were identified in the epidermis of the brown trout and Arctic char. This cell type increased in number during the chronic stages of infestation by the ectoparasitic flagellate, Ichthyobodo sp., in immature brown trout, and decreased during sexual maturation in male brown trout and char. It is suggested that the salmonid sacciform cell produces a secretion which protects the fish against infestation or damage by skin parasites.
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    Keywords: Calcergy ; Calciphylaxis ; Cutaneous calcinosis ; Experimental calcification ; Ultrastructure ; Rat
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    Notes: Summary Skin calcification induced by topical calciphylaxis was provoked by a subcutaneous injection of iron chloride in rats previously sensitized by dihydrotachysterol. A cutaneous topical calcergy was induced by an injection of potassium permanganate. An electron-microscopical study of the long-term evolution of both these models of calcification was made. After the initial stages, mineralization of the connective tissue continued by a secondary nucleation process without matrix vesicles. The mineral composed of needle-like structures, apatite in nature, was mainly deposited between and around collagen fibrils, and showed various arrangements in calcified plaques. Intrafibrillar calcification was rarely observed and appeared only in the later stages. The extension of calcified deposits then stopped. Finally, there was a fragmentation of the mineralized area which was progressively surrounded by uncalcified collagen fibrils. A demineralization process, caused by cells such as macrophages and multinucleated giant cells, rather than a resorption of the calcified deposits, was noted. It is important to emphasize that, in both models of ectopic calcification, an evolution toward ectopic ossification was never observed, which is perhaps due to the absence of extensive resorption mechanisms.
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    Keywords: Sublingual gland ; Ultrastructure ; Golgi apparatus ; Rapid-freezing ; Freeze-substitution ; Gerbil
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    Notes: Summary We compare the ultrastructure of the gerbil sublingual gland as seen after cryofixation followed by substitution with osmium tetroxide, with the more familiar appearance of material processed by glutaraldehyde-osmium chemical fixation. After primary cryofixation of fresh salivary glands, the nuclei of the mucous cells are found to be spherical in shape and, rather than being displaced toward the cell base, occupy a nearly central position in the cytoplasm, even in the storage phase of the secretory cycle. The mucous secretory granules are seen as membrane-limited inclusions, only rarely partially fused to each other. In both mucous and serous cells the Golgi cisterns have numerous large fenestrae which are aligned to form cytoplasmic channels which extend across the stack.
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  • 169
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    Keywords: Retina ; Photoreceptor cells ; Freeze-fracturing ; Ultrastructure ; Immunocytochemistry ; Lampetra japonica
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    Notes: Summary In common with other cyclostomata, the Japanese river lamprey (Lampetra japonica) has a retina consisting of distinct types of photoreceptor cells called long and short photoreceptor cells. After freeze-fracture, disc membranes of these photoreceptor cells were characterized in common by a homogeneous distribution of intramembrane particles on the protoplasmic fracture faces, in contrast to those of the myeloid bodies bearing scattering particles. Immunofluorescent examination was applied to the retina with monoclonal antibodies raised against bovine and chicken rhodopsins. Positive immunoreactivity was found to be limited to outer segments of the short cell, leaving the entire body of the long cell and all other components of the retina negative. The results suggest that the short cell is more closely related to a rod-type photoreceptor cell characterized by rhodopsin as its visual pigment.
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    Keywords: Tentacles ; Ultrastructure ; Adhesion ; Echinodermata ; Dendrochirodita (11 species)
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    Notes: Summary The tentacles of eleven species of dendrochirote holothurians have been studied. The water vascular system, deep fibre system, ectoneural nerve ring and superficial fibre system are described and are similar to those of other holothurian tentacles. A conspicuous fuzzy coat covers the entire tentacular surface except for the tips of cilia. On the basis of its structure it is thought to be an attenuated glycocalyx. Its function is discussed in relation to anti-fouling and surface adhesion. The two surface coats underlying the fuzzy coat are termed the cuticle. Bacteria are found both within the surface coats and in the sub-cuticular space. Primary fixatives lacking osmium give poor preservation of the surface coats. The adhesive papillae of the apices of the tentacles contain elements of support cells and two other cells named Type-1 and Type-2 papillar cells. The secretions of Type-1 papillar cells are dense-cored vesicles and may contain a proteinaceous adhesive. The vesicles fuse with the cuticle and release their products which are apparently disseminated along the fuzzy coat filaments. The secretions of Type-2 papillar cells may have a neurosecretory function. The different models of food capture by dendrochirote tentacles are discussed as are duo-glandular adhesive systems in relation to dendrochirote tentacles.
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    Cell & tissue research 250 (1987), S. 513-519 
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    Keywords: Oocytes ; Structural patterns ; Pore canals ; Ultrastructure ; Salmonids ; Onchorhynchus tshawytscha, O. kisutch, O. gorbuscha, Salmo trutta, S. gairdneri, Salvelinus namaycush
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    Notes: Summary The zona radiata from unactivated and activated eggs from chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), chum salmon (O. kisutch), pink salmon (O. gorbuscha), brown trout (Salmo trutta), rainbow trout (S. gairdneri) and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) were examined using scanning and transmission microscopy. The zona radiata in all species examined consisted of an outer adhesive coating, a thin densely staining zona radiata externa with pore canal plugs and a thick, fibrous zona radiata interna with a fibrous network on the inner surface. There was a two layer adhesive coating over the zona radiata externa in all species except pink salmon in which only one layer was observed. There were structural differences among species in the adhesive layer, zona radiata externa and plugs in the pore-canal openings.
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    Protoplasma 140 (1987), S. 13-21 
    ISSN: 1615-6102
    Keywords: Aconitum vulparia ; Endopolyploid antipodals ; Giant mitochondria ; Rough endoplasmic reticulum ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of antipodals ofAconitum vulparia Rchb. was studied at two stages of development: at the earlier stage the endosperm has several nuclei, at the later one the endosperm is multinucleate. Over the investigated period the antipodal size enlarges distinctly. The wall ingrowths increase in size and number. Finally, they occur throughout the antipodal walls except for a small area in the extreme chalazal part, sunk deep into the nucellar podium. There are no plasmodesmata in the antipodal cell walls. The cytoplasm is dense and rich in ribosomes; it shows weak vacuolation. The rough endoplasmic reticulum is well developed. At the later stage dilated cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum are formed. Mitochondria, plastids and active dictyosomes are abundant. At the later stage some giant mitochondria are present; their matrix contains a large clear area with fine fibrils and an aggregation of fibrillar material. At this stage of development plastids have two types of inclusions: electron-transparent vacuoles and aggregations of electron-dense granules. The giant endopolyploid nuclei are considerably larger than those at the mature embryo sac stage; they are lobed on all sides. During the studied periodA. vulparia antipodals seem to be at their most active state.
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    Protoplasma 140 (1987), S. 187-189 
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    Keywords: Chloroplast ; Inclusion ; Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase ; Spinach ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Rapid-freezing and substitution-fixation method revealed more detailedin situ ultrastructure of spinach intrathylakoidal inclusions, which cannot be recognized by anti-RuBPCase large subunit immunocytochemically. This supports the possibility that the intrathylakoidal crystalline inclusion is not RuPCase but some other molecule normally synthesized within the lumen.
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    Keywords: Chlorella ; Protoplasts ; Photosynthesis ; Osmotic properties ; Nonosmotic volume ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Protoplasts were prepared from cells ofChlorella saccharophila by treatment with a mixture of pectinase and cellulase. The yield of protoplasts is dependent upon the culture conditions prior to cell wall digestion. In thin section chemically-fixed protoplasts were without wall remnants at the surface of the plasma membrane. Of particular interest is the relationship between the Golgi apparatus and a nuclear envelope-endoplasmic reticulum continuum. Protoplasts have a photosynthetic capacity lying between 70 and 80% of that of normal cells, but show the same response towards CO2 concentration and DCMU inhibition. Protoplasts also respond to changes in the osmolarity of the surrounding medium in accordance with the Boylevan't Hoff equation as if they are an osmometer. The nonosmotic volume (NOV) was calculated.
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  • 175
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    Keywords: Alkaloid production ; Catharanthus roseus ; Plant cell culture ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) cells cultured in 1-B 5 medium display the ultrastructure of parenchyma cells. The parenchyma character remained unchanged when cells were exposed to any one of three different conditions effecting alkaloid accumulation. Transfer of cells to “alkaloid production medium” for 2 weeks (condition 1) accorded two special features,i.e., unusually big lipid droplets in the cytoplasm and, upon fixation, one or several electron-dense droplets of spongy precipitate in vacuoles. Among hormone-autotrophic cultures (condition 2) some cells showed a fine electron-dense vacuolar precipitate. Addition ofPhythium homogenate (fungal elicitor) to cells cultured in 1-B 5-medium for 10 days (condition 3), cells showed a frequent appearance of singular big lipid droplets in the cytoplasm, whereas vacuoles remained devoid of precipitate. The appearance of big lipid droplets and of vacuolar precipitate is interpreted as progressing cytodifferentiation, but is coincidental with alkaloid accumulation.
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    Protoplasma 137 (1987), S. 71-83 
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    Keywords: Alisma ; Embryogenesis ; Endopolyploidy ; Suspensor differentiation ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The development of the suspensor (consisting of a basal cell and a few chalazal cells) inAlisma plantagoaquatica andA. lanceolatum was investigated using cytochemical methods, light and electron microscopy. The basal cell becomes differentiated during the first three days of embryo development. As a result of endopolyploidization the volume of the nucleus rapidly increases, as does the quantity of chromatin it contains and the size of the nucleolus. As basal cell grows, its cytoplasm increases in volume and the number of organelles increase, and wall ingrowths begin to form on the walls at the micropylar pole of the cell. The full development and functioning of the suspensor occurs during the next three days. The enormous basal cell then attains its maximum degree of differentiation: its nucleus reaches a ploidy of 256n or 512n, the micropylar transfer wall is fully developed, as is the cytoplasm, rich in proteins, ribonucleic acids (RNA) and organelles, particularly dictyosomes and long cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The chalazal suspensor cells joining the embryo proper to the basal cell also become differentiated. In the seven-day embryo the suspensor begins to degenerate which coincides with the cellularization of the endosperm at the micropylar pole of the embryo sac. The senescence of the suspensor involves the degradation of the nucleus, increasing cytoplasmic vacuolization, and a distinct decrease in protein and RNA content, first in the basal cell, then in the chalazal suspensor cells. Analysis of the development and ultrastructure of the basal suspensor cell suggests that it plays the role of an active metabolic transfer cell, translocating nutrients from the maternal tissues via the chalazal suspensor cells to the growing embryo proper.
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    Protoplasma 137 (1987), S. 145-155 
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    Keywords: Mistletoe fruit ; Phthirusa pyrifolia ; Ultrastructure ; Development ; Viscin
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    Notes: Summary The viscin tissue ofPhthirusa pyrifolia consists at maturity of two different cell types. The first of these (viscin cells) are greatly elongated and have massive secondary walls, the microfibrils of which are arranged strictly transversely, and are soaked with mucilaginous noncellulosic polysaccharides. The second type of cells (vesicular cells) is much broader, with a very extensive vacuolar system and thin primary cell walls only. Viscin cells are capable of being stretched very greatly, the microfibrils of the secondary wall then becoming oriented more or less longitudinally. In nature, this corresponds to the time of attachement to the host surface, and is followed by drying and, possibly, shortening of the viscin cells. Developmental study of the tissue suggests that Golgi bodies are the major organelles participating in polysaccharide production. The actual mucilage seems to originate from three sources: an unorganized substance which accumulates between the plasmalemma and compound middle lamella; spherical vacuoles which seem to be embedded in the central vacuole, some of which are seen open to the outside of the cell; and from the dissolution at maturity of the compound middle lamella. It is suggested that the two types of cells may correspond to the two major functions of viscin, viz., host attachment (viscin cells) and nutrition of the disseminator (vesicular cells).
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    Protoplasma 137 (1987), S. 168-182 
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    Keywords: Nectary ; Secretion rates ; Strelitzia ; Sugar fluxes ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary Flowers ofStrelitzia reginae grown at a constant 20°C have been shown to secrete nectar at a rate of up to 5.0 mg (d.w.) sugar h−1 (mean rate 1.2±0.1 mg h−1) for up to seven days. The nectar has a total concentration of about 25% during the early part of the secretory period but often falling to less than 10% towards the end of secretion. Each flower has three septal nectaries, the cuticle-lined ducts of which open into a nectar basin formed by the fused bases of two petals on the top of the receptacle. The layer of epithelial cells which secretes the sugars is thrown into highly convoluted folds and the distal parts of these cells have profuse wall inpushings. Both of these modifications have the effect of increasing the surface area of the plasmalemma apparently available for unloading the nectar. The glandular epithelium of the three, 26 mm long, nectaries of a single flower would be lined by more than 17×106 cells with a total plasmalemma surface area for unloading of at least 2,000 mm2. There is little evidence to suggest that secretion is a granulocrine process inStrelitzia. While there is abundant, stacked endoplasmic reticulum, and numerous vesicles containing fibrillar material, these do not appear to be directly concerned with sugar secretion. Data from specific flowers suggest that transmembrane fluxes in the range of 1.0×106 to 1.0×10−7 mol s−1 m−2 would be necessary to sustain the observed rates of secretion. While these are relatively high, when taken together with the structural information, they lead to the conclusion that secretion inStrelitzia is probably an eccrine process.
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    Keywords: Ultrastructure ; Erwinia amylovora ; Outer membrane ; Fixation procedure ; Cold storage ; Virulence
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    Notes: Summary Modifications of the ultrastructure of the plant pathogenic bacteriumErwinia amylovora were analyzed according to growth conditions and fixation procedures. Six bacterial strains with various virulence characteristics were examined. Cultures were grown either in Yeast Peptone Glucose medium (YPG) or in a medium containing asparagine (ASP) supplemented with sorbitol (1% or 5% sorbitol). When grown in ASP + 1% sorbitol or in YPG, the strains, structurally similar to each other in ASP + 5% sorbitol, presented different frequencies of small evaginations which were observed arising from the cell surface mainly after an OsO4 fixation step. There was no correlation between the frequency of evaginations and the virulence of the strain. An overnight storage at 4 °C considerably enhanced the frequency of the evaginations. It was suggested that the OsO4 fixation step visualized differences in the bacterial outer membrane structure.
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    Protoplasma 137 (1987), S. 45-55 
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    Keywords: Carbohydrates ; Chilling effects ; Populus ; Sugars ; Ultrastructure ; Xylem ray cells
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    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of xylem ray cells inPopulus was studied in conjunction with their content of individual sugars and of starch. They differ considerably in structure and in carbohydrate content at the three chosen stages,i.e., of starch deposition (August), of starch maximum (November), and of starch dissolution (January). The transition from the summer to winter stage was also induced experimentally by storage of tissue at 0°C. Both in nature and after cold-storage, sucrose and its galactosides raffinose and stachyose were accumulated to a great extent, contributing up to 69.7 and 57.3% of total sugar content, respectively. They originated parallel to the breakdown of starch and to the appearance of abundant vesicular and dilated ER cisternae. Results indicating that they are the specific sites of sucrose accumulation, and/or its galactosides, are discussed. The occurrence of phytoferritin-like crystalloids in amyloplasts and of vacuolar flocculent material, which condenses into electron-dense bodies of suspectedly proteinaceous nature, is described.
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    Protoplasma 139 (1987), S. 100-104 
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    Keywords: Triticale ; Ultrastructure ; Fertilization ; Karyogamy
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    Notes: Summary Karyogamy during fertilization inTriticale starts about 60 minutes after pollination. It was studied in the egg and the central cell by electron microscopy. The fusion of the sperm cell nuclei with the egg and central cell nuclei begins with nuclear envelope fusion presumably with participation of the endoplasmic reticulum cisternae. Initially, fusion is restricted to small bridges between the nuclei. It is accompanied by the appearance of intracisternal lipid droplets.
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    Protoplasma 140 (1987), S. 100-109 
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    Keywords: Actin ; Conifer ; Electron microscopy ; Picea glauca ; Somatic embryo ; Tissue culture ; Ultrastructure ; White spruce
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    Notes: Summary Somatic embryos in embryogenic callus cultures derived from Immature zygotic embryos ofPicea glauca (White spruce) were examined by light and electron microscopy. Somatic embryos consist of an embryonic region of small densely cytoplasmic cells subtended by a suspensor consisting of long highly vacuolated cells. Mitotic figures are frequent in the embryonic cells but are not observed in the suspensor. Cell divisions in the embryonic region apparently produce rows of cells which elongate to form the suspensor. The presence of abundant polysomes, coated membranes and dictyosomes in the cytoplasm of embryonic and upper suspensor cells suggests rapid growth of the embryo. In contrast the basipetal suspensor cells appear to be senescing. While only a few scattered microfilaments are present in the meristematic cells, the upper suspensor cells contain numerous bundles of longitudinally oriented microfilaments. These bundles correspond to actin cables observed in light microscope preparations stained with rhodamine labelled phalloidin and are oriented parallel to the direction of active streaming in these cells.
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 103 (1987), S. 400-402 
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    Keywords: luteinizing hormone ; sex steroids ; calcium ; verapamil
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    ISSN: 1573-8221
    Keywords: calcium ; spontaneous hypertension ; orthovanadate
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    Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine 104 (1987), S. 1220-1223 
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    Keywords: biological membranes ; antioxidant ; calcium
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    ISSN: 1573-4935
    Keywords: stimulus-secretion coupling ; G-proteins ; mast cells ; calcium ; permeabilised cells ; streptolysin-O ; exocytosis
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract The secretory process is a coordinated cellular response, initiated by occupation of surface receptors and comprising an ordered sequence of biochemical steps subject to multiple controls. Conceptually we can divide the sequence into two main sections comprising early, receptor-mediated events leading to generation of intracellular second messengers, and later events leading to membrane fusion and exocytosis. With the discovery that occupation of Ca2+ mobilising receptors leads to activation of polyphosphoinositide phosphodiesterase (PPI-pde) through the mediation of a G-protein (Gp), all the early events can be ascribed to the plasma membrane. Investigation of the exocytotic stage of secretion has been simplified by the use of permeabilised cells in which the composition of the cytosol can be precisely controlled. We have used streptolysin-O, a bacterial cytolysin which generates protein-sized pores in the plasma membrane, to investigate the exocytotic mechanism of rat mast cells. We find that in addition to the activation of PPI-dpe, GTP also acts in concert with Ca2+ at, or close to, the exocytotic site. Exocytosis can occur after substantial depletion of cytosol lactate dehydrogenase and 3-phosphoglycerate kinase indicating that soluble cytosol proteins are unlikely to play any role. There is no absolute requirement for ATP or phosphorylating nucleotide in exocytosis though when present the effective affinities of the two obligatory effectors (i.e. Ca2+ and GTP) are substantially enhanced.
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    Bioscience reports 7 (1987), S. 543-551 
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    Keywords: calcium ; F-actin ; myosin ; SH2 region
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    Notes: Abstract The rate constant of modification of a specific thiol group, SH2, with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) has been used to estimate the conformational change in the local area containing SH2 (SH2 region) of skeletal myosin as a structural probe. The rate of Mg2+-ATP-induced SH2 modification of subfragment-1 (S-l) isozymes was regulated by Ca2+ in the pCa range below 6.4 and was not regulated in the pCa range above 6.4. No substantial difference between S-1 containing alkali light chain, A1, (S-1(A1)) and S-1 containing alkali light chain, A2, (S-1(A2)) was observed in the Ca2+-dependent rate of SH2 modification. Due to the presence of this Ca2+ regulation in myosin (absence in S-1 isozymes) in the pCa range above 6.4, absence of 5,5′-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) light chain in S-1 isozymes, and high affinity of Ca2+ for DTNB light chain, this Ca2+ regulation in the pCa range above 6.4 is possibly related to the Ca2+ binding to DTNB light chain. F-Actin, which is entirely free from tropomyosin and troponin, enhanced the rate of Mg2+-ATP-induced SH2 modification of S-1 isozymes equally and of myosin, and reduced the Ca2+ sensitivity with an increase in F-actin concentration.
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    ISSN: 1573-5036
    Keywords: calcium ; cupressaceae ; leaf litter ; litterfall ; nutrients ; pinaceae ; taxodiaceae
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Foliar litterfall nutrient concentrations were analysed for selected members of Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae families andPseudotsuga menziesii for two arboreta in western Oregon and Washington. Nutrient results between arboreta show similar concentrations with the exception of magnesium, which may be the result of historical land use. Nutrient concentrations between species vary considerably.Pseudotsuga menziesii is particularly distinctive from the Cupressaceae and Taxodiaceae by retaining large amounts of phosphorus and potassium. Taxodiaceae is distinctive by high concentration of Mg while Cupressaceae retains calcium, especiallyChamaecyparis nootkatensis. Results suggest that all members of Taxodiaceae and Cupressaceae retain considerably more Ca than Pinaceae in foliar litter.
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    Plant and soil 101 (1987), S. 211-221 
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    Keywords: aeration ; calcium ; cotton ; flooding ; magnesium ; manganese ; phosphorus ; potassium ; sodium chloride ; waterlogging
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of intermittent waterlogging on the nutrient status of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum cv. Deltapine 61). The crop was grown in a sloping plot of soil in which a gradient of water-table depth ranging from 0.04m above to 0.60m below the soil surface was established during two periods of waterlogging in mid summer and early autumn. The first waterlogging lasted 8 days; the second lasted 16 days. Dry matter increases were less for severely waterlogged plants than for plants with well-aerated root systems during the first flooding, but the increases were similar during the second. Waterlogging impaired uptake of most nutrients by young plants in the first flooding, but had much less effect on nutrient uptake by older plants in the second. Waterlogging consistently reduced concentrations of P and K in the petioles and laminae of young fully-expanded leaves, and severely waterlogged plants were deficient in these nutrients by the end of the first flooding. Mn did not accumulate to toxic levels in waterlogged plants. During each flooding, waterlogged plants gained in total content of all nutrients studied, but the gains of each nutrient, except for Na, were proportionally smaller than for well-aerated plants. Fluxes of K-, Cl- and HPO4- ions in xylem sap exuded from stumps of detopped plants which had been waterlogged were lower than those from plants with well-aerated root systems. Seed cotton yields and concentrations of nutrients in mature bolls were not affected by the two periods of waterlogging. It is concluded that although intermittent waterlogging induced nutrient stress in cotton plants, especially for P and K in young plants before flowering, they recovered with no detrimental effect upon yield.
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    Plant and soil 103 (1987), S. 199-204 
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    Keywords: calcium ; growth ; influx ; iron ; magnesium ; nutrient solution ; potassium
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Abstract Accumulation of cations in roots and shoots and influx of K+(86Rb+) and Ca2+(45Ca2+) into the roots were investigated in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Svenno). Plants were sampled at four main developmental stages: tillering, shooting, heading and grain filling. The effects of switches between a high and a low supply of nutrients were characterized. Growth of the shoots and roots was affected by the switches. A high supply of nutrients at the seedling stage and towards tillering supported a high growth rate, while a further high supply of nutrients increased vegetative growth and delayed grain filling. An early high supply of nutrients followed by a low supply at shooting, heading and grain filling accelerated root growth and growth of the main culm. Switches of the mineral supply gave only small changes in concentration of Mg in the plants. Generally, the K+(86Rb+) influx into the roots decreased during ontogenesis, while Ca2+(45Ca2+) influx increased more or less independent of the switches between nutrients levels.
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    Keywords: pyriform cortex ; kainate ; quisqualate ; N-methyl aspartate ; ion channels ; zinc ; cobalt ; calcium ; magnesium
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    Notes: Summary 1. The actions of ionophoretically appliedN-methyl aspartate (NMA), quisqualate, and kainate, thought to activate three different types of excitatory amino acid receptors, were studied on pyramidal neurons of the rat pyriform cortex, maintained in an isolated, submerged, and perfused brain slice. Intracellular recordings were made with either K acetate or CsCl electrodes. 2. In most neurons all three agonists elicited monophasic responses which could be evoked at 20-sec intervals. Some neurons showed biphasic responses, most commonly to kainate but, on occasion, also for quisqualate. The slower component appeared to be correlated with excitotoxicity and, consequently, was difficult to study. As a result the kainate responses studied were from neurons selected for having a single component. 3. In neurons selected for having a linear current-voltage relationship or neurons loaded with Cs to suppress K conductance and linearize the current-voltage relationship, the average changes in resistance recorded during ionophoretic responses at resting potential were as follows: NMA, 131.2 ± 6.7% of control; kainate, 104.7 ± 5.8% of control; and quisqualate, 92.8 ± 2.8% of control. The magnitude and direction of the conductance change were very reproducible in any one neuron, but especially for kainate some cells showed clear conductance increases, while others showed clear conductance decreases. 4. Using CsCl electrodes it was possible to reduce K+ conductance and depolarize the neurons over a wider range. By passing depolarizing current it was possible to reverse the responses. The response to all three agonists reversed at the same depolarized potential. This observation indicates that while there are differences in the ionic channels associated with the three agonists at resting potential, the channels have similar properties at more depolarized potentials. 5. Responses to all three agonists were influenced by the concentrations of divalent cations in the perfusion medium. The NMA responses were most sensitive to Mg, increasing in amplitude in the absence of Mg and being depressed by Mg elevation. All responses were sensitive to Ca, with discharges being greatly increased by low Ca and depressed by high Ca. The kainate response was most sensitive to Ca concentration changes. 6. Unlike reports from other preparations the apparent conductance decreases to NMA were not altered by the perfusion of solutions with either no added Mg or no added Ca. 7. The NMA response was very much reduced in either Co (1–2mM) or Zn (100–200µM). In contrast, the quisqualate response was relatively insensitive to Co but was consistently increased in the presence of Zn. The kainate response was not consistently affected by either, although there was some variation in individual experiments. 8. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that there are at least three distinct types of receptors for the excitatory amino acids in pyriform cortex and that these receptors are associated with three distinct ionic channels. The channels have many similar properties but possibly differ in divalent cation binding sites which regulate conductance to other ions.
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    Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 19 (1987), S. 297-303 
    ISSN: 1573-6881
    Keywords: Cyclosporine ; calcium ; mitochondria
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract Cyclosporine (Cys A) is a potent immunosuppressor used to reduce rejection in transplantation surgery. We studied its action upon mitochondrial functions: oxidative phosphorylation and Ca2+ movements through mitochondrial membrane. We show that Cys A exhibits an inhibitory effect upon mitochondrial respiration. This result is in good agreement with previous works and may be correlated with Cys A toxicity. The action of cyclosporine on calcium fluxes is more pronounced. Indeed it blocks mitochondrial calcium efflux and allows mitochondria to accumulate a large amount of calcium. If this effect occurs in the cell, it would induce a Ca2+ decrease in cytosol. This action might be correlated with the inhibitory effect of Cys A upon the mitogenic stimulation of T lymphocytes.
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    Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 19 (1987), S. 285-295 
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    Keywords: Mitochondria ; lead ; calcium ; NAD(P)H oxidation ; calcium transport ; mitochondrial calcium ; pyridine nucleotide oxidation ; kidney mitochondria
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    Notes: Abstract Addition of Pb2+ to rat kidney mitochondria is followed by induction of several reactions: inhibition of Ca2+ uptake, collapse of the transmembrane potential, oxidation of pyridine nucleotides, and a fast release of accumulated Ca2+. When the incubation media are supplemented with ruthenium red, the effect of Pb2+ on NAD(P)H oxidation, membrane ΔΨ, and Ca2+ release are not prevented if malate-glutamate are the oxidizing substrates; however, the latter two lead-induced reactions are prevented by ruthenium red if succinate is the electron donor. It is proposed that in mitochondria oxidizing NAD-dependent substrates, Pb2+ induces Ca2+ release by promoting NAD(P)H oxidation and a parallel drop in ΔΨ due to its binding to thiol groups, located in the cytosol side of the inner membrane. In addition, it is proposed that with succinate as substrate, the Ca2+-releasing effect of lead is due to the collapse of the transmembrane potential as a consequence of the uptake of Pb2+ through the calcium uniporter, since such effect is ruthenium red sensitive.
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    Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 19 (1987), S. 515-524 
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    Keywords: Mitochondria ; diethylpyrocarbonate ; heart ; inhibition ; sodium ; calcium
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    Notes: Abstract Diethylpyrocarbonate inhibits Na+/Ca2+ antiport activity in isolated heart mitochondria. The inhibition is time-dependent with maximum activity developed after 5 min at 25°C. The reaction of diethylpyrocarbonate with the mitochondrial membrane is biphasic with 25–30 nmol mg−1 reacting rapidly and an additional 30 nmol mg−1 taken up slowly over a 30-min incubation. Inhibition of mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ antiport by diethylpyrocarbonate decreases theV max of the reaction, and the inhibition cannot be reversed by washing the mitochondria or addition of excess histidine. The inhibition occurs at levels of inhibitor that have little or no effect on Ca2+ uptake, Na+/H+ antiport, or succinate respiration. A portion of the Na+-dependent efflux of Ca2+ is insensitive to diethylpyrocarbonate and this component is abolished by diltiazem. The mechanism by which diethylpyrocarbonate inactivates Na+/Ca2+ antiport is still uncertain, but may involve the modification of an unprotonated histidine residue in the transporter.
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    Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 19 (1987), S. 571-580 
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    Keywords: Mitochondria ; calcium ; mitochondrial Ca2+ transport ; adenine nucleotides ; glutamic dehydrogenase ; kidney mitochondria ; ADP-stimulated glutamic dehydrogenase
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    Notes: Abstract The protective effect of ADP on unspecific Ca2+ release and collapse of the transmembrane potential was analyzed in mitochondria from kidneys of rats. The presence of ADP in the incubation mixture prevents Ca2+ leakage and collapse of δω in sucrose-containing medium, but fails to do so in KCl medium. The effect of the adenine nucleotide in sucrose media correlates with an increase in the level of reduced pyridine nucleotides; the increase was due to a stimulatory effect on the activity of glutamic dehydrogenase. It also was observed that in KCl media, in the presence and in the absence of ADP the rate of NADH oxidation through the respiratory chain was higher than in sucrose; in this latter medium a high level of reduced pyridine nucleotides was found, in comparison to KCl media. It is proposed that the role of ADP is to increase glutamic dehydrogenase activity and in consequence to provoke a higher rate of formation of NADH which in turn controls Ca2+ release.
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    Cellular and molecular neurobiology 7 (1987), S. 339-352 
    ISSN: 1573-6830
    Keywords: enkephalin ; neuropeptide ; secretion ; biosynthesis ; calcium ; cyclic AMP ; gene regulation
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    Notes: Summary 1. Enkephalinergic cells are found throughout the diffuse neuroendocrine system, in the adrenal medulla, brain, spinal cord, peripheral and enteric nervous systems, and endocrine pancreas. 2. In each of these diverse cell types, the enkephalin phenotype is (i) established during development, (ii) modified by the particular environment in which the cell is located, and (iii) maintained by ongoing biosynthesis at a rate consistent with loss of enkephalins from the cell during periods of secretion. 3. Enkephalin expression and biosynthesis have been studied in several neuroendocrine cell types and tumor cell lines. Transcriptional, translational, and posttranslational factors can play a role at all three stages (establishment, modification, and maintenance) in the regulation of enkephalin expression during the lifetime of the cell. 4. Cyclic nucleotides, glucocorticoids, and calcium may all act to control the overall level of enkephalin biosynthesis pretranslationally, while regulation of posttranslational processing of proenkephalin seems to be important in determining the pattern of proenkephalin-derived opiate peptides produced in a given tissue. 5. The themes (and variations) of cell regulation that apply to enkephalin expression may be similar for other bioactive peptides produced in neural and endocrine tissues.
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 42 (1986), S. 62-64 
    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Cyclic GMP ; calcium ; Paramecium ; triton-extracted model ; ciliary reversal ; excitable membrane
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    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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    Keywords: Crustacean ; calcitonin ; radioimmunoassay ; calcium ; molt
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    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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    The journal of membrane biology 94 (1986), S. 191-196 
    ISSN: 1432-1424
    Keywords: calcium ; kidney proximal tubule ; electron probe ; X-ray microanalysis ; mitochondria ; cytoplasmic calcium
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    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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    Keywords: arsenazo ; calcium ; titration ; tristimulus-colorimetry
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    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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