Taenia taeniaeformis: Characterization of larval metabolic products and growth of host gastric cells in vitro

1984 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuko Rikihisa ◽  
Thomas Letonja ◽  
Nancy Pratt ◽  
Young Chin Lin
Keyword(s):  
Gastric Cells ◽  
Metabolic Products ◽  
Taenia Taeniaeformis

THE METABOLISM OF ALDOSTERONE BY SURVIVING DOG AND HUMAN LIVER SLICES

1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 739-756
Author(s):  
Thomas Sandor ◽  
Wojciech J. Nowaczynski ◽  
Jacques Genest
Keyword(s):  
Human Liver ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Liver Slices ◽  
Metabolic Products ◽  
Reducing Substances ◽  
Dog Liver ◽  
Human Liver Slices ◽  
Acetate Form

Surviving dog liver slices were incubated with d,l-aldosterone-21-monoacetate, d,l-aldosterone, d-aldosterone, and d-aldosterone-21-C14. Human liver slices were incubated with d,l-aldosterone-21-monoacetate and d-aldosterone. The incubations were performed in a Krebs–Ringer–phosphate medium (pH 7.4), with 200 mg glucose added per 100 ml of medium, at a temperature of 37 °C. After incubation, the medium was extracted with chloroform and the crude extract extensively fractionated on column and paper chromatographic systems. In addition to free aldosterone, four metabolic products were isolated, two ring A reduced α-ketolic and two ultraviolet absorbing, non-reducing substances. The partial chemical characterization of these metabolites was attempted. The search for aldosterone metabolites in human urine resulted in the isolation of a substance in acetate form from the urine of a patient suffering from primary aldosteronism which may be identical with one of the ring A reduced metabolites obtained in the in vitro experiments.

THE METABOLISM OF ALDOSTERONE BY SURVIVING DOG AND HUMAN LIVER SLICES

1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 739-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Sandor ◽  
Wojciech J. Nowaczynski ◽  
Jacques Genest
Keyword(s):  
Human Liver ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Liver Slices ◽  
Metabolic Products ◽  
Reducing Substances ◽  
Dog Liver ◽  
Human Liver Slices ◽  
Acetate Form

Surviving dog liver slices were incubated with d,l-aldosterone-21-monoacetate, d,l-aldosterone, d-aldosterone, and d-aldosterone-21-C14. Human liver slices were incubated with d,l-aldosterone-21-monoacetate and d-aldosterone. The incubations were performed in a Krebs–Ringer–phosphate medium (pH 7.4), with 200 mg glucose added per 100 ml of medium, at a temperature of 37 °C. After incubation, the medium was extracted with chloroform and the crude extract extensively fractionated on column and paper chromatographic systems. In addition to free aldosterone, four metabolic products were isolated, two ring A reduced α-ketolic and two ultraviolet absorbing, non-reducing substances. The partial chemical characterization of these metabolites was attempted. The search for aldosterone metabolites in human urine resulted in the isolation of a substance in acetate form from the urine of a patient suffering from primary aldosteronism which may be identical with one of the ring A reduced metabolites obtained in the in vitro experiments.

Assays for Phospholipid-Dependent Formation of Thrombin and Xa: A Potential Method for Quantifying Lupus Anticoagulant Activity

1991 ◽  
Vol 66 (04) ◽  
pp. 453-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T Brandt
Keyword(s):  
Specific Activity ◽  
Anticoagulant Activity ◽  
Factor Xa ◽  
Clinical Importance ◽  
Potential Method ◽  
Quantitative Expression ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Apparent Association

SummaryLupus anticoagulants (LAs) are antibodies which interfere with phospholipid-dependent procoagulant reactions. Their clinical importance is due to their apparent association with an increased risk of thrombo-embolic disease. To date there have been few assays for quantifying the specific activity of these antibodies in vitro and this has hampered attempts to purify and characterize these antibodies. Methods for determining phospholipid-dependent generation of thrombin and factor Xa are described. Isolated IgG fractions from 7 of 9 patients with LAs were found to reproducibly inhibit enzyme generation in these assay systems, permitting quantitative expression of inhibitor activity. Different patterns of inhibitory activity, based on the relative inhibition of thrombin and factor Xa generation, were found, further substantiating the known heterogeneity of these antibodies. These systems may prove helpful in further purification and characterization of LAs.

Characterization of the Original Christmas Disease Mutation (Cysteine 206 → Serine): From Clinical Recognition to Molecular Pathogenesis

1992 ◽  
Vol 67 (01) ◽  
pp. 063-065 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherryl A M Taylor ◽  
Jacalyn Duffin ◽  
Cherie Cameron ◽  
Jerome Teitel ◽  
Bernadette Garvey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Substitution ◽  
Novel Mutation ◽  
Factor Ix ◽  
Causative Mutation ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Splice Junctions

SummaryChristmas disease was first reported as a distinct clinical entity in two manuscripts published in 1952 (1, 2). The eponym associated with this disorder, is the surname of the first patient examined in detail and reported by Biggs and colleagues in a paper describing the clinical and laboratory features of seven affected individuals (3). This patient has severe factor IX coagulant deficiency (less than 0.01 units/ml) and no detectable circulating factor IX antigen (less than 0.01 units/ml). Coding sequence and splice junctions of the factor IX gene from this patient have been amplified in vitro through the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). One nucleotide substitution was identified at nucleotide 30,070 where a guanine was replaced by a cytosine. This mutation alters the amino acid encoded at position 206 in the factor IX protein from cysteine to serine. The non conservative nature of this substitution, the absence of this change in more than 200 previously sequenced factor IX genes and the fact that the remainder of the coding region of this gene was normal, all provide strong circumstantial evidence in favour of this change being the causative mutation in this patient. The molecular characterization of this novel mutation in the index case of Christmas disease, contributes to the rapidly expanding body of knowledge pertaining to Christmas disease pathogenesis.

IN VITRO/IN SILICO CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE STRESSES IN CARDIAC MUSCLE

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Boel ◽  
Oscar J. Abilez ◽  
Ahmed N Assar ◽  
Christopher K. Zarins ◽  
Ellen Kuhl
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Muscle ◽  
In Silico ◽  
In Silico Characterization
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