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S Khan

Publications and source records attributed to S Khan.

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PubMed1981

Human muscle phosphoglycerate mutase deficiency: newly discovered metabolic myopathy.

Muscle phosphoglycerate mutase activity was decreased (5.7 percent of the lowest control value) in a 52-year-old man with intolerance for strenuous exercise and recurrent pigmenturia since adolescence. All of the other enzymes of glycolysis had normal activities, and glycogen concentration was normal. Electrophoretic, heat lability, and mercury inhibition studies showed that the small residual activity in the patient's muscle was represented by the brain (BB) isoenzyme of phosphoglycerate mutase, suggesting a genetic defect of the M subunit which predominates in normal muscle. The prevalence of the BB isoenzyme in other tissues, including muscle culture, may explain why symptoms were confined to muscle.

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PubMed1980

n-Octane and n-nonane induced alterations in xenobiotic metabolising enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation of rat liver.

After 2 and 7 days on n-octane and n-nonane administration (intraperitoneally) to female albino rats, alterations in the levels of hepatic xenobiotic metabolising enzyme activities and TBA reactants were observed. Fifty to eighty per cent reduction in the specific activities of benzo[a]pyrene hydroxylase, benzphetamine-N-demethylase, p-nitroanisole-O-demethylase and glutathione-S-transferase were observed. Cytochrome P-450 and free sulfhydryl contents of liver were also decreased significantly after 7 days treatment on n-octane and n-nonane. A 2- and 3- fold increase in liver lipid peroxidation estimated as TBA reactants was observed in the animals treated for 2 or 7 days with n-octane or n-nonane.

Alkanes↗
PubMed1980

The biological significance of estradiol receptor binding to DNA.

MTW9-D, a rat mammary tumor derived from MTW9 by chronic administration of the dopamine antagonist drug R33,812 shows ovariectomy-induced regression (OIR). MTW9-MtT is also a variant of MTW9, grown by coimplantation of a mammosomatotropic tumor MtTW10, but it does not show OIR. However, when the mammosomatotropic tumor (MtT) is resected, the tumor regresses and shows rapid OIR; implantation of MtT into animals bearing MTW9-D prevents OIR following drug withdrawal. The estradiol receptor (ER) from MTW9-D cytosol binds to DNA-cellulose significantly more than that from MTW9-MtT. After MtT resection, the mammary tumor ER binds to DNA-cellulose, as well as ER from MTW9-D, whereas implantation of MtT into animals bearing MTW9-D decreases ER binding to DNA-cellulose. The significance of these findings in relation to possible clinical application is discussed.

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PubMed1979

Distribution of Fe59 in benzene and iomex treated rats.

The distribution of Fe59 in plasma and blood at various time intervals has been studied in control, benzene and iomex administered, and anemic rats. A significant difference between control and benzene, and iomex treated animals was observed in the rate of reappearance of Fe59 in blood circulation. The accumulation of Fe59 in various organs was noted at the end of 48 h. A significant increase in the radio-iron content was observed in bone marrow, spleen and liver of benzene and iomex treated rats as compared to those of control rats.

Alkenes↗
PubMed1979

Serum factor in cystic fibrosis: correlation with clinical parameters.

The relationship between the activity of the cystic fibrosis serum ciliary dyskinesia factor, detected by the rabbit tracheal bioassay, and clinical status of the patient has been investigated in children, 1-24 years old, with cystic fibrosis. No significant correlation was found between the amount of serum factor activity and age, clinical status assessed by the Schwachman score, pulmonary function (vital capacity, functional residual capacity, total lung capacity, residual volume, maximum breathing capacity, maximal midinspiratory flow, and maximal midexpiratory flow) or blood gas levels (pCO2, pO2). The activity showed no significant relationship to serum galactosyltransferase activity in children with cystic fibrosis.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

Alteration of myoblast phenotype by dimethyl sulfoxide.

Application of dimethyl sulfoxide to proliferating L8 myoblasts (an established cell line of rat skeletal muscle) for 72 hr completely prevented fusion and induction of creatine phosphokinase (EC 2.7.3.2) activity (an indicator of muscle differentiation). The growth pattern changed from the usual sheets of randomly oriented cells to flattened, whorled monolayers of elongated fibroblast-like cells. By electron microscopy, rough endoplasmic reticulum increased and extracellular material appeared that had the morphologic and staining characteristics of collagen. After 120 hr in dimethyl sulfoxide-containing medium, the cells secreted about 6 times more collagen than untreated controls. Dimethyl sulfoxide was ineffective when applied to L8 cells just prior to fusion, and effects of dimethyl sulfoxide were not readily reversible unless treated cells were subcultured at low density.

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