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The distribution of protein-bound zinc in serum of rat with analbuminemia was analyzed with gel filtration and affinity chromatography. From the profiles of chromatography, the zinc present in analbuminemic rat serum is composed of two principal species in similar to that of Sprague-Dawley rat: one fraction is firmly bound to alpha 2-macroglobulin, and a second fraction is more loosely bound to various proteins.
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The mechanism of 201Tl chloride accumulation is unclear in thyroid gland and thyroid tumor. This report examines 108 patients that received thyroid scintigraphy examinations with both 201Tl chloride and sodium 131I. The patients were diagnosed clinically and histologically whenever possible. The ROI were obtained by subtraction imaging with both isotopes and by subtraction positive and negative areas of imaging. Dynamic curves were obtained for 201Tl chloride per square unit of each ROI. The dynamic curve in the radioiodide-accumulated area was examined. The data indicate that the clearance rate of 201Tl chloride (T15) was correlated with the sodium 131I uptake rate at 24 h (r = 0.70).
X irradiation and exposure to high oxygen tension are known to induce lipid peroxidation. The effects of these stresses on hepatic content of metallothionein, which may be involved in the regulation of zinc and copper metabolism, have been studied. The amount of metallothionein in rat liver was increased 11-fold by a high dose of X irradiation (1000 R). Increased metallothionein content (about 15 times) was also observed in liver of rats exposed to high oxygen tension for 3 days.
To evaluate the usefulness of maltose as an energy substrate to be administered during surgery, five per cent maltose in lactated Ringer's solution and five per cent glucose in lactated Ringer's solution were administered to 10 cases each, at a rate of 5 ml . kg-1 hour (0.25 g . kg-1 hour as sugar) for two hours from the start of oral surgery, and their metabolic effects were compared. The maltose group showed a smaller increase in blood sugar level than the glucose group immediately after the completion of infusion. The mean plasma concentration of maltose reached a maximum of 121.6 mg/dl, and it remained at 12.3 mg/dl at four hours, indicating that the retention time of maltose in blood was longer than that of glucose. The mean recovery of sugar from four-hour urine samples was 3.26 per cent in the maltose group and 0.06 per cent in the glucose group respectively, showing greater urinary excretion by the maltose group. Plasma insulin was elevated less after maltose than after glucose infusion. The elevation following maltose infusion was considered not to be due to the administration of maltose per se, but to glucose produced from the maltose in the body. The anti-ketogenic effect of maltose was comparable to and tended to last longer than that of glucose. From overall assessment it was concluded that maltose exerts essentially the same metabolic effects as glucose when used under these conditions.
Metallothionein inhibited in a concentration-dependent fashion the reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium [NBT] mediated by xanthine oxidase and by NADH-phenazine methosulfate. This catalytic activity of metallothionein for dismutation of O2- is dependent on the copper content in metallothionein.
Various o-carboranes and nido-type dicarbollide anions have been synthesized and tested for antimicrobial activity. Nearly all of the dicarbollide monoanions investigated were active in vitro against fungi such as Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Tricophyton asteroides, as well as against Gram-positive bacteria. From a consideration of the structure-activity relationships, it seems most reasonable to conclude that the introduction of lipophilic alkyl or o-carboranyl groups to the hydrophilic dicarbollide anions leads to the antimicrobial activity.
Interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) and plasma colloid osmotic pressure (plasma COP) were measured in dogs following acute haemorrhage and following the infusion of saline, 10% dextra 40 in saline and 3% dextran 40 in lactated Ringer's solution. Exsanguination decreased IFP, plasma COP and total plasma protein and albumin concentrations, and increased plasma glucose concentration and osmotic pressure. A massive infusion of physiological saline increased IFP, and decreased plasma COP and total plasma protein and albumin concentrations. The volume of saline infused correlated with the increase in IFP. When a 10% dextran 40 saline solution was used, there was a marked increase in plasma COP but a decrease in IFP. When 3% dextran 40 in lactated Ringer's solution was infused, IFP was little affected in the early stage, but gradually increased thereafter. Plasma COP increased slightly immediately after infusion, but remained near the pre-exsanguination value for at least 3 h.
During in vitro investigation of changes in mitochondrial function accompanying lipid peroxidation, it was found that cepharanthine, a biscoclaurin alkaloid, protects against such change. Results obtained were as follows: (1) Fe2+ induces lipid peroxidation of isolated mitochondria, resulting in diminished oxidative phosphorylation. (2) This diminishment largely depends on deterioration of ion compartmentation of the membrane and an increase in latent ATPase activity. (3) The Fe2+-induced deterioration in ion compartmentation is inhibited by cepharanthine. (4) Cepharanthine inhibits the mitochondrial lipid peroxidation induced by Fe2+. (5) Cepharanthine inhibits the lipid peroxidation of soybean lecithin liposomes by 60Co-irradiation.
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Biscoclaurine-type alkaloids were examined for ability to act as membrane-stabilizing agents and to protect against lipid peroxidation and deterioration of biological membrane. The following results were obtained. Biscoclaurine-type alkaloids inhibit Fe2+-induced lipid peroxidation of biological membrane. Cepharanthine protects against decrease in membrane compartmentation due to Fe2+-induced lipid peroxidation. Peroxidation of membrane lipid causes decrease in membrane fluidity but cepharanthine protects against this decrease. These protective actions are structure specific. They are also biscoclaurine-type specific and do not apply to coclaurine-type alkaloids such as papaverine. Based on these findings, the biological action of the alkaloid is discussed relative to membrane-stabilizing action and protective action against leukopenia induced by X-ray irradiation or mitomycin treatment in cancer therapy.
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During studies of the mechanism by which hemolysis is induced in irradiated human erythrocytes in vitro, several inducements of membrane lipid peroxidation and protective effects of vitamin E (V.E) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were investigated. Findings were: (1) Before hemolysis, K+ release from erythrocytes induced by radiation stimulated hemolysis but was inhibited by V.E or SOD. (2) Lipid peroxidation of mitochondria induced by Fe3+, ADP, and superoxide (O2-) generating system, and lipid peroxidation of microsome induced by O2- generating system, were also inhibited by V.E or SOD. (3) X-ray or 60Co gamma-ray radiation stimulated lipid peroxidation of liver homogenate, microsome, and liposome. Some of this peroxidation was inhibited by V.E. or SOD. These results suggest that O2- and/or OH formation by radiation induces membrane lipid peroxidation, which causes deterioration of membrane resulting in change of ion permeability and consequent hemolysis.
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