Effect of oestradiol in adrenal corticoidogenesis: an additional step in steroid biosynthesis.
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Previous studies have demonstrated an important role for the cytochrome P450 (CYT-P450) pathway in afferent arteriole autoregulatory responses but the involvement of specific pathways remains unknown. Experiments were performed to determine the role of CYT-P450 epoxygenase and hydroxylase pathways in pressure mediated preglomerular autoregulatory responses. Afferent arteriolar diameter was measured as renal perfusion pressure was increased from 80-160 mmHg. Afferent arteriolar diameter averaged 19+/-2 microm at a renal perfusion pressure of 80 mmHg and decreased by 15+/-2% when pressure was increased to 160 mmHg. Inhibition of the epoxygenase pathway with 6-(2-proparglyloxyphenyl)hexanoic acid (PPOH), enhanced the microvascular response to increasing renal perfusion pressure. In the presence of 50 microM PPOH, afferent arteriolar diameter decreased by 29+/-4% when pressure was increased from 80-160 mmHg. Likewise, the sulphonimide derivative of PPOH, N-methylsulphonyl-6-(2-proparglyloxyphenyl) hexanamide (MS-PPOH, 50 microM), enhanced the afferent arteriolar response to increasing renal perfusion pressure. In contrast, the selective CYT-P450 hydroxylase inhibitor, N-methylsulphonyl-12,12-dibromododec-11-enamide (DDMS) attenuated the vascular response to increasing renal perfusion pressure. In the pressure of 25 microM DDMS, afferent arteriolar diameter decreased by 4+/-2% when pressure was increased from 80-160 mmHg. These results suggest that CYT-P450 metabolites of the epoxygenase pathway alter afferent arteriolar responsiveness and thereby modify the ability of the preglomerular vasculature to autoregulate renal blood flow. Additionally, these results provide further support to the concept that a metabolite of the hydroxylase pathway is an integral component of the afferent arteriolar response to elevations in perfusion pressure.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether exercise augments the improvements in fractional synthetic rate (FSR) of albumin observed with nutrition alone. DESIGN: Randomized crossover study. Each patient randomly participated in two protein metabolism kinetic studies using primed-constant infusion of (13C) leucine 2 h before, during and 2 h after hemodialysis. Plasma enrichments of (13C) leucine and (13C) ketoisocaproate were examined to determine the FSR of albumin. SETTING: General Clinical Research Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. SUBJECTS: Five chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients. INTERVENTIONS: Intra-dialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN) with or without exercise. RESULTS: Exercise performance during hemodialysis significantly improves the FSR of albumin beyond what is observed with IDPN alone (26.2+/-3.1% per day versus 17.7+/-1.9% per day, P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Exercise improves albumin fractional synthetic rate beyond what is observed with IDPN alone in the acute setting in CHD patients.
A gas chromatographic (GC) method was developed for the determination of 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHA), initially in the urine of animals, but subsequently in samples of urine from sawmill workers in order to evaluate their exposure to 2-EHA which is used as a wood preservative. The 2-EHA was derivatised to the pentafluorobenzyl ester, which was then analysed by means of a cross-linked methyl silicone GC column with electron capture detection. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to confirm the identity of the GC peaks. The analytical range of the method was 0.03-2.70 mmol of 2-EHA per mol of creatinine in urine and the limit of detection was 0.01 mmol per mol of creatinine. The recovery of 2-EHA was 81-90% with a coefficient of variation of 9.8%. The amount of 2-EHA excreted in urine was corrected for the excretion of creatinine. The concentration of 2-EHA in the urine of the workers studied varied from 0.01 to 5.40 mmol per mol of creatinine; the median was 0.1 mmol per mol of creatinine.
This report presents the first simultaneous, metal-free synthesis of block copolymers through combination of enzymatic ring-opening polymerisation of epsilon-caprolactone with RAFT-mediated controlled radical polymerisation of styrene.
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