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PubMed1979

Synthesis and spectral properties of a hydrophobic fluorescent probe: 6-propionyl-2-(dimethylamino)naphthalene.

Environmentally sensitive fluorescent probes involve two groups, an electron donor and an electron acceptor, attached to an aromatic ring system, and maximal effects may be expected when these groups are as far apart as feasible. The syntheisis, characterization, and spectroscopic properties of 6-propionyl-2-(dimethylamino)naphthalene (PRODAN), a compound that fulfills these conditions, are described. The maximum of emission is at 401 nm in cyclohexane solution and at 531 nm in water solution, indicating an increase of dipole moment of approximately 20 D units on excitation to the lowest singlet state. The effect of temperature upon the spectral distribution and the bandwidth of fluorescence of PRODAN in 1:1 complexes with albumin shows the existence of a dynamic relaxation process of the protein surroundings within th 2-4 ns of the fluorescence lifetime.

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PubMed1975

N-Isopropyl derivatives of dopamine and 5,6-dihydroxy-2-aminotetralin.

Secondary and tertiary amino homologs of the title compounds have been prepared, bearing an N-isopropyl group. In peripheral evaluation, certain members of the series exhibited beta-adrenergic agonist effects of lower activity than isoproterenol. N-Methyl-N-isopropyl-5,6-dihydroxytetralin exhibited marked properties consistent with its being an alpha agonist, and it is concluded that introduction of considerable bulk about the nitrogen of a catecholamine does not a priori destroy alpha-agonist effects. The compounds qualitatively paralleled the effects of dopamine in assays based upon direct intrastriatal administration in rats, although they were less potent than dopamine.

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PubMed1976

Studies on the chemical nature of urinary chemiluminescence.

Studies on the nature of the chemicals responsible for urinary chemiluminescence have been carried out. Urinary chemiluminescence can be increased slightly by sulphatase, more by glucuronidase but most of all by boiling for 1 hour at pH 1. It is suggested that most of the chemicals responsible for urinary chemiluminescence are bound as non-chemiluminescent precursors to sulphate, glucuronic acid and in other ways. Both the chemiluminescent material and the inactive precursors are freely ultrafiltrable with molecular weights below 500. A survey of various chemicals has revealed considerable chemiluminescence in certain metabolites of naphthylamines and known to cause bladder cancer but little or no chemoluminescence in the tryptophane metabolites that have been thought to cause bladder cancer.

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PubMed1979

Ozonation of mutagenic and carcinogenic polyaromatic amines and polyaromatic hydrocarbons in water.

The Salmonella-microsome assay for mutagenesis was used to determine the effect of ozone on the mutagenesis of selected carcinogens and mutagens in water. Short periods of ozonation were shown to completely inactivate the mutagenicity of several polyaromatic amine mutagens including acriflavine, proflavine, and beta-naphthylamine. Selected polyaromatic hydrocarbons were also sensitive to ozonation. Kinetic studies revealed that the mutagenicity of benzo(a)pyrene, 3-methylcholanthrene, and 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene was destroyed after short periods of ozonation. To correlate loss of mutagenicity with loss of carcinogenicity, two polyaromatic hydrocarbons were treated with ozone, extracted from water with hexane, and tested for carcinogenicity in mice. When 7,12-dimethyl-benz(a)anthracene and 3-methyl-cholanthrene were treated with ozone, there was a substantial reduction in carcinogenicity compared to control groups treated with oxygen alone. However, a small number of tumors developed in the group of animals receiving a hexane extract of ozonated 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene. This activity may be due to breakdown products of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene that are not mutagenic.

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PubMed1975

Antitumor activity of amino acid derivatives in the primary screening.

Approximately 350 amino acid derivatives were synthesized and tested for antitumor activity in four tumor systems. The effect on life prolongation and tumor growth was examined using mouse leukemia SR-61, Ehrlich ascites carcinoma, ascites sarcoma-180, and rat ascites hepatoma (AH-60C). Among these 350 derivatives, 29 compounds were found to be significantly effective in prolongation of the median life-span and inhibitory effect on tumor growth in the primary screening. Among these 29 compounds, the following five compounds were found to possess potential antitumor activity: N-(2-Naphthalene)sulfonyl-DL-tryptophan (A-91), 2-naphthylaminomethyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid (A-144), N-ethylcarbaminomethyl-L-isoleucine (A-145), N-9-fluorenylacetyl-L-phenylalanine (A-192), and N-propionyl-L-valine (A-195). These five compounds were active in prolongation of the life-span of mice bearing Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and in the inhibition of the cell growth. Some of these amino acid derivatives inhibited biosynthesis of macromolecules, DNA, RNA, and protein, in tumor cells. These results suggest that the site of action of the five amino acid derivatives appears to result from the inhibition of macromolecules and another unknown mechanism.

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PubMed1977

Flow cytometric measurement of peptidases with use of 5-nitrosalicylaldehyde and 4-methoxy-beta-naphthylamine derivatives.

Enzyme activity can be measured in single cells or in cell suspensions by either static or flow microfluorometry when a fluorogenic substrate is used. We have used amino acid derivatives of arylamines as fluorogenic substrates for tagging cellular proteinases. The liberated aromatic amine, which can diffuse from the cell, is trapped as a fluorescent insoluble Schiff-base product with 5-nitrosalicylaldehyde, with the peak of fluorescence emission shifted from lambdaem 425 nm to lambdaem 530 and 595 nm. Although the reaction is faster at pH 4 than at higher pH's, the equilibrium during the assay of certain peptidase activities is such that the liberated aromatic amine is trapped in the cell at pH values as high as 7.5. 5-Nitrosalicylaldehyde causes almost no inhibition of substrate hydrolysis at 1 mmol/liter, a concentration exceeding that required for complete trapping of reaction product. The kinetics of enzymatic reactions with four synthetic substrates are demonstrated in intact Balb 3T3 cells and sonicated preparations in the presence of 5-nitrosalicylaldehyde. Hydrolytic rates for the substrate, CBZ-ala-arg-arg-4-methoxy-beta-naphthylamine, are given for single 3T3 cells by microfluorophotometry and for suspensions of 3T3 cells by flow cytometry. The clinical value of the method is demonstrated for differentiating mixed populations of leukocytes.

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PubMed1977

Mutagenicity of cancer chemotherapeutic agents in the Salmonella/microsome test.

Seventeen cancer chemotherapeutic agents were tested for their ability to mutate Salmonella typhimurium tester strains in the Salmonella/microsome mutagenicity test. There was a high correlation between the mutagenicity and carcinogenicity of a given agent. Carcinogens positive in the test were Adriamycin, daunomycin, 1-propanol-3,3'-iminodimethanesulfonate, cyclophosphamide, isophosphamide, hycanthone, chlornaphazin, nitrogen mustard, uracil mustard, melphalan, and thio-tepa. Two carcinogesn, actinomycin D and bleomycin, were not detected as mutagens. The presumptive noncarcinogen, methotrexate, was negative in the test. Tilorone and 6-mercaptopurine, tentatively classified as noncarcinogens, were mutagenic. The carcinogenicity of cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum(II), which was positive in the test, has not been determined.

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[Characteristics of extracellular proteolytic enzymes of Actinomyces fradiae 0072].

The composition of extracellular proteinases from Actinomyces fradiae 0072 and their effect on proteins and synthetic substrates were studied. The enzyme preparation was found to have keratinolytic, caseinolytic, collagenolytic, collagenase, trypsin-like, carboxy- and aminopeptidase activities. Five low molecular weight proteinases capable to hydrolyse keratin, casein, azocollagen were obtained via fractionation of the enzyme preparation on DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex columns. Proteinases from Act. fradiae and aminopeptidase with a molecular weight of 31,000 were shown to be different enzymes. In hydrolysis of L-leucyl-2-naphthylamide the Michaelis constant and Vmax of the enzyme were found to be 3.02 X 10(-3) M and 0.35 X 10(2) micronM/ml-min, respectively.

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PubMed1975

[Kinetics of the proteolytic activity of intact human spermatozoa].

Seminal plasma free intact human washed spermatozoa have hydrolytic activity on N-benzoil-D-L-arginine-naftilamide (BANA). Kinetic activities of this enzymatic activity are similar to those described for acrosine. Therefore, it is likely that it would be the same enzyme. BANA- hydrolytic activity might be liberated to the medium by incubation of pH lower than 4.0 and reincorporates to the membrane after adjustment of the medium to alkaline pH. pH- dependant enzyme liberation curve is similar to titration curve of sialic acid attached to the membrane. Attachment of the enzyme to the spermatic membrane diminishes its specific activity. However, if spermatozoa are previously treated with neuraminidase, its membrane afinity is inhibited. It is thought that this enzyme in the spermatozoon is present as protein ionically bound to the membrane and that sialic acid participates in this union. It is postulated that drastic treatments such as the use of ultrasound or detergents produce redistribution of specific proteins.

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PubMed1978

[Hypotensive and antihypertensive activity of a newly synthesized derivative of 2-aminotetralin].

The report describes the hypotensive and antihypertensive activity of the compound N-(trans-3-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-naphtyl)-N'-(3-oxo-3-phenylpropyl) piperazine dihydrochloride (P11). The work is made on normotensive cats and rats as well as on spontaneous and experimental (metacorticoid) hypertension. The studies were carried out under the conditions of acute and chronic experiment as the arteria pressure was recorded by blood and bloodless method. The compound P11 show a manifested hypotensive activity with favourable duration and therapeutic width. Its antihypertensive activity is revealed in rats with spontaneous and metacorticoid hypertension both after single and chronic applciation of the compound. The influence on the blood pressure weakens after reserpinization of the animals. The compound possesses slight ganglion-blocking action and manifested alpha and beta adreno-blocking activity: diminishes noradrenaline, adrenaline and isoprenaline responses on the arterial pressure and heart activity in anesthetised cats and rats, shifts to the right the cumulative dose-response curve of noradrenaline on vas deferens of a rat, ect. The hypotensive and antihypertensive effect of the compound P11 is discussed on the basis of its alpha and beta adrenoblocking action and its specific sedative effect.

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PubMed1979

The identification and control of occupational bladder cancer.

The recognition of an increasing number of environmental and occupational factors imvolved in cancer etiology indicates the urgent need for more effective identification and control procedures. On the evidence of experience derived from the historical example of occupational bladder cancer, it is suggested that the problems of identification and control require an integrated approach which must involve the toxicity screening of industrial materials, the environmental screening of the industrial process and the epidemiological screening of those who work in industry. Such a programme will depend for its success upon the cooperation and understanding of all concerned, and the need for consultation and the full provision of information is stressed. Benefits are indicated which might ultimately accrue from the establishment of a computerized data bank in which the results of toxicological, epidemiological and carcinogenicity investigations have been accumulated and collated under the auspices of an international agency.

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PubMed1979

[Antihistamine and antiserotonin action of 2 aminotetralin derivatives].

The authors performs studies under the conditions of whole organism in vivo and on isolatid organs in vitro and examined antihistamine and antiserotonine activity of two derivatives of 2-aminotetraline, synthesized by D. Dancev and Iv. Ivanov, namely: N-(trans-e-hydroxy-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydro-2-naphtyl (-N-) 3-oxo-3-phenylpropyl) piperasine dichloride and N-(trans-3-hydroxy-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydro-2-naphtyl (-N-) 3-oxo-3-3phenyl-2-methylpropyl (piperasine dichloride) indicated respectively as P10 and P11. The experiments on isolated ileum of a guinea pig showed that the compound P11 (in concentration of 1.10(-7), 1.10(-6), and 1.10(-5) gm/ml) and P11 (in concentration of 1.10(-6) and 1.10(-5) gm/ml) inhibited the spasomogenic effect of histamine (1.10(-8) and 1.10(-7) gm/ml) as better antihistaminev effect revealed P10. Both compounds inconcentrations of 1.10(-6) and 1.10(-5) gm/ml inhibited the spasmogenic effect of serotonine (1.10(-7) gm/ml), as more significant changes occurred under the influence of the compound P11. The compound P10, administered subcutaneously in a guinea pig in a dose of 0.5 mg/kg of body weight 30 minutes before the occurrence of histamine shock, prevented its development. The same compound inhibited also the development of enterocolitis in mice, induced by serotonine (in a dose of 1 mg/kg of body weight). Both examined compounds inhibited the development of serotonine oedema of the hind paw of a rat as better effect showed the compound P11. The established facts are discussed.

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