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P Lindner

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[Albumin kinetics in superior mesenteric artery shock in rats].

1. After 1-hour-tourniquet of the arteria mesenterical superior of the rat the result is a loss of intravasal fluid into the small intestine. After 2-hour-tourniquet the loss of fluid into the samll intestine can be higher than the volume of plasma circulating at the start of the experiment. During therapy with plasma substitute on base of gelatine (Haemaccel) the volume of content of the small intestine increases further. 2. After 1-hour-tourniquet the content of intravasal albumin is diminished by 26%, after 2-hour-tourniquet by 46%. Under therapy with a plasma substitute the loss of intravasal albumin increases further. 3. After 1-hour-tourniquet a transient accumulation of albumin was found in the wall of the samll intestine which was reduced after 2-hour-tourniquet. 4. The intravasal albumin is excreted in the small and the large intestine. After 1-hour-tourniquet 46% of excreted albumin was found in the small intestine after 2-hour-tourniquet 61%. It can be demonstrated, that under replacement with plasma substitute the result is mainly an "albumin dilution effect". The wall of the small intestine becomes permeable to high-molecular weight substances with an average molecular weight below 60.000. An effective therapy with the plasma substitute of the AMS-shock should, therefore, contain carrier substances with a molecular weight higher than 60.000.

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Effect of electric fields on light-scattering and fluorescence of chromaffin granules.

Electric field pulses (in the 5 to 25 kV/cm range) were found to cause a transient increase in the intensity of scattered light (wavelength equals 369 nm, scattering angle equals 90 degrees) from aqueous sucrose suspensions of chromaffin granules. Similar observations were made with the membranes of osmotically lysed chromaffin granules. Under the same experimental conditions the degree of polarization of the scattered light changed only very slightly. The fluorescence of the hydrophobic probe diphenyl-hexatriene, incorporated into the membrane of intact chromaffin granules, showed similar transient changes in the intensity. The calculated relaxation times for these changes in optical properties were approximately 150 musec for the rising phase, and approximately 1 msec for the early stage of the decay. A further relaxation time of about 30 msec was also observed by using this probe. Essentially, all of these signals originated from the granule membrane, and could be attributed to rather small changes in particle size, membrane thickness or refractive index. Moreover, these signals were found to be completely reversible. Catecholamine release from intact granules, pulsed at voltages of 25 kV/cm, occurs already during the first few milliseconds of the transient membrane change.

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[Determination of intravasal volume loss in arteria mesenterica superior shock in the rat and attempt for adequate substitution therapy].

In ams-shock of rats the weight of the small bowel contents of an animal 310 g of weight increases from 2.5 g to 13.0 g. The fluid loss into the bowel lumen amounts to 10.5 g and exceeds the plasma volume of 9.6 g. Drainage into the large bowel is not taken into consideration. After treatment of the ams-shock with gelatine infusion the weight of the small bowel wall increases significantly for a limited period of time to 3.2 g% body weight compared to normal controls with 2.3 g% body weight. After at least 24 hours the necrotic epithelium of the small bowel is fully recovered. Following ams-shock it is possible by means of gelatine infusion to improve the time and rate of survival significantly and to give support to the theory of volume loss.

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Regional cerebral blood flow in depression: associations with psychopathology.

Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured during rest and cognitive activation in 21 patients with a major depressive episode and 21 healthy subjects. Depressive patients had significantly lower rCBF during rest in the right global, frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal regions and in the left global and frontal regions. During mental activation patients showed significantly lower values in all right and left parietal regions. rCBF was correlated with the scores of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), the parietal regions. rCBF was correlated with the scores of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), the Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale (BRMS), the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) and the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A). The most significant negative correlations were obtained with the BPRS. Correlation analyses between each single item of the BPRS and CBF values revealed the strongest associations between emotional withdrawal and decreased CBF. Patients with 'reactive' features had higher CBF than patients without 'reactive' symptoms. Only patients without 'reactive' symptoms had a lower CBF than controls. 'Endogenous' features had no impact on CBF.

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Cytotoxicity of liver macrophages against liver tumours. Influence of betamethasone, indomethacin and allopurinol.

Macrophage activation with zymosan has an inhibitory effect on tumour take and initial tumour growth in the rat liver. 91 rats with syngeneic transplanted hepatoma in the liver were treated with zymosan (46) or saline (45). Betamethasone (glucocorticoid), indomethacin (prostaglandin synthesis inhibitor), allopurinol (oxygen radical scavenger) or saline were administered concomitantly. Tumour take, tumour growth and relative spleen weight were used as in vivo parameters of liver macrophages cytotoxicity and general macrophage activation. Zymosan inhibition of tumour take was counteracted by betamethasone, indomethacin and allopurinol. Betamethasone increased the growth rate of the non-zymosan treated tumours during seven days. Indomethacin decreased the growth rate of the tumours in non-zymosan treated rats up to 14 days. Allopurinol significantly blocked the zymosan inhibition of tumour take and tumour growth after 7 and 14 days. Allopurinol blocked zymosan induced increased relative spleen weight. It is proposed that the liver macrophage cytotoxicity induced by zymosan is in part mediated via production of oxygen radicals.

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