Intercellular Glycosaminoglycans in Human Cancer

1979 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 677-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Cella ◽  
Gabriella Fibbi ◽  
Cristina Cantini ◽  
Zita Del Panta ◽  
Simonetta Vannucchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cellulose Acetate ◽  
Molecular Species ◽  
Normal Tissue ◽  
Human Cancer ◽  
Electrophoretic Pattern ◽  
Neoplastic Transformation ◽  
Relative Increase ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis ◽  
Consistent Feature

Intercellular glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) from various tissues were analyzed by cellulose acetate electrophoresis and enzymatic treatment with specific mucopolysaccharidases. Each tissue exhibits a particular composition of sulfated and unsulfated molecular species. Invariably, malignant human neoplasias and their metastases show striking variations in the electrophoretic pattern typical of the corresponding normal tissue. An absolute or relative increase in surface ChS A/C and HA seems to be a consistent feature of neoplastic transformation. On the other hand, the GAGs composition of benign noninfiltrative tumors does not vary greatly with respect to the original normal tissue.

scholarly journals A new allele of the Gpi-1t temporal gene that regulates the expression of glucose phosphate isomerase in mouse oocytes

1984 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. West ◽  
Graham Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Cellulose Acetate ◽  
Structural Gene ◽  
The Other ◽  
Glucose Phosphate Isomerase ◽  
Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis ◽  
Mouse Oocytes ◽  
Glucose Phosphate ◽  
Somatic Tissues ◽  
Developmental Programme

The dimeric enzyme glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI-1) is regulated in oocytes by a cis-acting temporal gene (Gpi-1t) that maps close to the structural gene (Gpi-1s). Quantitative cellulose acetate electrophoresis of GPI-1 allozymes from unfertilized eggs produced by various Gpi-1sa / Gpi-1sb heterozygous females revealed a new Gpi-1t allele that we have designated Gpi-1tc. This allele is present in 101/H mice and a partially congenie stock that carries the Gpi-lsa gene derived from the AKR strain. We have confirmed that Gpi-1tc is closely linked to Gpi-1s and that it is cis-acting. It produces higher levels of GPI-1 in unfertilized eggs than the other two Gpi-lt alleles that are known (Gpi-1ta and Gpi-1tb) but has no effect on GPI-1 in somatic tissues or spermatozoa. This new Gpi-1t allele represents a third developmental programme for GPI-1 expression in oocytes.

An Overview of the Interdiffusion Studies in Mo-Si and W-Si Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 354 ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
Soumitra Roy ◽  
Soma Prasad ◽  
Aloke Paul
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Atomic Number ◽  
Diffusion Coefficients ◽  
Relative Increase ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reactive Diffusion ◽  
Refractory Elements ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Diffusion Rates

The growth of phases by reactive diffusion in Mo-Si and W-Si systems are compared. The crystal structures of MSi2 and M5Si3 phases (M = Mo, W) are similar in these two systems. However, the diffusion rates of the components change systematically with a change in the atomic number. Integrated diffusion coefficients in both phases increase with an increasing atomic number of refractory elements i.e. from Mo to W. On the other hand, the ratio of diffusivities of the components decreases. This indicates a relative increase in the diffusion rates of the metal components with increasing atomic number and a difference in defects concentrations in these two systems.

Magmatic evolution of the Gaussberg lamproite (Antarctica): volatile content and glass composition

2004 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Salvioli-Mariani ◽  
L. Toscani ◽  
D. Bersani
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Infrared Spectra ◽  
Melt Inclusions ◽  
Glass Composition ◽  
Relative Increase ◽  
The Other ◽  
Residual Liquid ◽  
Volatile Content ◽  
Magmatic Evolution ◽  
Ultrapotassic Rock

AbstractThe lamproite of Gaussberg is an ultrapotassic rock where leucite, olivine and clinopyroxene microphenocrysts occur in a glass-rich groundmass, containing microliths of leucite, clinopyroxene, apatite, phlogopite and rare K-richterite.Abundant silicate melt inclusions occur in olivine, leucite and, rarely, in clinopyroxene microphenocrysts. Raman investigations on melt inclusions showed the presence of pure CO2 in the shrinkage bubbles. On the other hand, the glass of the groundmass is CO2-poor and contains up to 0.70 wt.% of dissolved H2O, as estimated by infrared spectra. It is inferred that CO2 was released at every stage of evolution of the lamproite magma (CO2-rich shrinkage bubbles), whereas H2O was retained for longer in the liquid. At Gaussberg, CO2 seems to have a major role at relatively high pressure where it favoured the crystallization of H2O-poor microphenocrysts; the uprise of the magma to the surface decreased the solubility of CO2 and caused a relative increase in water activity. As a consequence, phlogopite and K-richterite appeared in the groundmass.The glass composition of both the groundmass and melt inclusions suggests different evolutions for the residual liquids of the investigated samples. Sample G886 shows the typical evolution of a lamproite magma, where the residual liquid evolves toward peralkaline and Na-rich composition and crystallizes K-richterite in the latest stage. Sample G895 derives from mixing/mingling of different batches of magma; effectively glasses from melt inclusions in leucite and clinopyroxene are more alkaline than those found in early crystallized olivine. Leucite and clinopyroxene crystallized early from a relatively more alkaline batch of lamproite magma and, successively, a less alkaline, olivinebearing magma batch assimilated them during its rise to the surface.

scholarly journals Effect of Cutting and Storage on Acetate and Nonacetate Esters in Convenient, Ready-to-eat Fresh-cut Melons and Apples

HortScience ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Beaulieu
Keyword(s):  
Relative Increase ◽  
The Other ◽  
Relative Decrease ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Different Seasons ◽  
Postharvest Life ◽  
Fresh Cut ◽  
Harvest Regimes ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Volatile Esters

Examples from various harvest regimes, storage regimes, cultivars and different packaging methods are presented to characterize volatile ester differences after cutting and how changes occur in characteristic flavors throughout the postharvest life of certain cut fruit products. In many fresh-cut cantaloupe cultivars and in honeydew, there was a relative increase in nonacetates and coinciding relative decrease in acetates during storage. A similar and consistent nonacetate:acetate ester ratio was conserved in cantaloupe from eastern and western U.S. regions, as well as different cultivars from the same field. Furthermore, similar ratios were observed in many melon cultivars over multiple years from different seasons and growing regions. Since many cultivars exhibited similar trends in 2-year repeated studies, the trend is apparently independent of year and season. Fresh-cut `Gala' apples, on the other hand, displayed a slightly different trend whereby both acetates and nonacetate esters decreased appreciably during storage. The hypothesis is put forward that recycling of esters during storage in certain fresh-cut fruits disturbs the delicate fine balance of characteristic volatiles. Consistently decreasing acetates along with increasing nonacetates could alter the overall perceived desirable flavor attributes during fresh-cut melon storage, even though volatile esters are still abundant.

Usefulness of Cation Exchange High Performance Liquid Chromatography as a Testing Procedure

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 849-851
Author(s):  
Titus H. J. Huisman
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Cation Exchange ◽  
Cellulose Acetate ◽  
Isoelectric Focusing ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Testing Procedure ◽  
Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis ◽  
Blood Samples ◽  
Testing Procedures

Testing of cord blood or newborn blood samples for hemoglobin abnormalities should include clinically important hemoglobinopathies other than sickle cell anemia (SS), such as SC, SD, SO, S-β- thalassemia (thal), EE, SE, and α-thal, and should place the quality of the testing procedures (ie, accuracy of diagnosis) above quantity (ie, number of samples tested over a given period). There is no single method available that is suitable for the identification of each of the numerous abnormalities; thus, at least two, and often more than two, procedures must be used to reach a definitive diagnosis. For this reason, blood samples collected in vacutainers with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid as anticoagulant are preferred to those collected on filter papers. The latter approach also has the disadvantage that, under a less than optimal transport system, hemoglobin is readily modified (oxidation, glycosylation, protein-protein interaction), producting extra bands or peaks in electrophoretic or chromatographic separations that interfere with an appropriate identification of various genetically determined hemoglobin variants. In our laboratories, in which hemoglobin identification has been routine for more than 25 years, we consider the following procedures acceptable primary testing methods: starch gel electrophoresis at pH 8.9, cellulose acetate electrophoresis at pH 8.5 to 8.9, isoelectric focusing, and fast cation exchange high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The following five methods are excellent confirmatory testing procedures: citrate agar electrophoresis at pH 6.1, cation or anion exchange macrochromatography, isoelectric focusing, cation exchange HPLC, and immunologic procedures. Combinations of these techniques will often lead to acceptable data, and the general approach followed in our institute is given in Fig 1. Cellulose acetate electrophoresis at alkaline pH is still the primary testing procedure, and citrate agar electrophoresis at pH 6.1 and micro-HPLC procedures are the main confirmatory methods.

Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis of Proteins of Serum, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and Urine

1970 ◽  
pp. 13-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEX KAPLAN ◽  
JOHN SAVORY ◽  
WILLARD R. FAULKNER ◽  
GUILFORD G. RUDOLPH ◽  
WENDELL J. FORD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Cellulose Acetate ◽  
Cellulose Acetate Electrophoresis ◽  
Electrophoresis Of Proteins
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