E L Novelli, J L Novelli Filho, N L Rodrigues, B O Ribas
{"title":"Increased oxygen radical and high-dietary-carbohydrate pancreatic damage.","authors":"E L Novelli, J L Novelli Filho, N L Rodrigues, B O Ribas","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>These data suggest that an improved understanding of the relationship between high dietary carbohydrate and the rate of lipid peroxidation may give some insight into possible treatment modalities for pancreatic damages and may shed light on molecular mechanisms underlying certain pathological processes. High dietary carbohydrate lesions are age related and induced alterations on ceruloplasmin, phospholipids, total proteins, copper and zinc serum levels. Significantly increased serum and pancreatic amylase, and lipoperoxide determinations were observed in 20 month old rats. Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase was decreased in these animals. Daily injection of Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase conjugated with polyethylene glycol (SOD-PEG) prevented the serum and pancreatic changes, indicating that superoxide radical is an important intermediate to high dietary carbohydrate lesion.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"42 1-4","pages":"21-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18786010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preliminary characterization of epithelial root sheath cells in vitro.","authors":"H Arzate","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Murine root sheath cells from CD-1 mice were isolated and propagated in culture in both monolayer and tridimensional system using basement membrane components as substrata. Cells were grown for a period of seven days. The epithelial cells cultured in monolayer exhibited the typical cobblestone-like feature and also were cytokeratin positive when they were immunostained with the specific antibody. The histological analysis of the cells cultured in basement membrane components revealed differentiated behavior of the cells, and they organized in a round structure with a center of material probably representing keratin. Also the cells differentiated and organized into a squamous stratified epithelia, with a basal, intermedium and superficial layers. The preliminary data obtained with this model could be useful as a new approach to study root formation in the murine periodontum.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"42 1-4","pages":"27-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18786011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New electrophysiological approaches to the suprachiasmatic circadian pacemaker.","authors":"L Zhang","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Suprachiasmatic nucleus contains the main circadian pacemaker for mammals rhythmical behavior and physiology. In this paper we revise recent experimental advances on electrophysiological studies to suprachiasmatic circadian pacemaker in rodents. Our growing understanding of the electrophysiology of this nucleus will help to elucidate the clock organization and its input and output mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"42 1-4","pages":"31-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18786013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distribution of mast cells in the tracheal tissue components of the guinea pig and its bearing on the Schultz-Dale reaction.","authors":"G Sánchez-Mejorada, F Alonso-de-Florida","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The distribution of mast cells in the tracheal tissue components and its bearing on anaphylaxis was studied in the guinea pig. According to a statistical analysis (Nested ANOVA) the density found in the tissue elements showed the following gradation (mean +/- SE): muscle (299.7 +/- 61.6 cells/mm3) < serosa (802.7 +/- 131.2 cells/mm3) < submucosa (24283.5 +/- 2549.2) < mucosa (48066.4 cells/mm3 +/- 7837.4). Regardless of their location in tissue elements, the cell density in a zone far from the muscle was larger than in a zone close to the muscle. Considering the histamine release capability of mast cells, the density found either in muscle or in its surroundings does not account for the mediation theory unless some postulates ad hoc are introduced. A direct biophysical mechanism is possibly involved. Another alternative is a reflex to histamine, since there is preponderant location of mast cells in mucosa and submucosa.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"42 1-4","pages":"3-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18786012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alterations in the thalamic reticular nucleus of rats neonatally treated with thyroxine.","authors":"M Salas, C Torrero, M Regalado, P Carrillo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Golgi-Cox impregnated loci of the thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN) of normal and neonatally T4-treated Wistar strain rats at 12, 20 and 30 days of age were analyzed. In a total of 120 TRN camera lucida drawings. The number of visible neurons, the area and the maximal transverse TRN length were quantitated. T4-treated rats showed a significant increase in the number of neurons at 12 days of age, followed by significant reductions of this parameter at 20 and 30 days old. By contrast the area of TRN hyperthyroid rats showed significant reductions on days 20 and 30 postnatally, and the maximal transverse length of the same group of rats showed a consistent significant reduction only at 30 days postpartum. The data are partly in line with previous studies showing an initial accelerated brain maturation, followed by a subsequent neuronal retardation, although the area and the maximal transverse TRN length measurements did not exhibit this sequence of development. The findings suggest that neonatal T4-treatment may interfere with the TRN morphological organization, and the modulatory actions upon the thalamic sensory transmission.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19068432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modulated intra-train spike responses in the cat superior cervical ganglion in vivo.","authors":"M A Morales, F Alonso-de-Florida","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The known two-stage facilitation/depression pattern of postganglionic responses was found at high (24 Hz) frequency stimulation of the preganglionic nerves. We found that the depression stage was exaggerated under partial hexamethonium blockade but it was not affected by partial transection of the preganglionic trunk. At low frequency (8 Hz) normal recruitment turned into the familiar two-stage pattern under moderated hexamethonium doses. The depression course under the competitive nicotinic antagonist dihydro-beta-erythroidine was markedly slower than under hexamethonium. These observations are accountable to the known use-dependence effect of hexamethonium.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"8-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18912633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A González-Quevedo, J C García, R Fernández, L Fernández Cartaya
{"title":"Monoamine metabolites in normal human cerebrospinal fluid and in degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.","authors":"A González-Quevedo, J C García, R Fernández, L Fernández Cartaya","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Measurement of monoamine metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been one of the few methods available to study monoamine transmitter function in the human central nervous system (CNS). It has steadily proved to be of much use in clinical research of neurological and psychiatric diseases, in which altered functions of central monoamine neurotransmitters have been identified. In this work 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethylglycol (MHPG), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC), homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) were quantified in normal CSF and in patients with untreated Parkinson's disease (PD) and olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA). Normal CSF was obtained from 162 patients at the time of spinal anesthesia for surgery. Reference values for monoamine metabolites were established for normal adult lumbar CSF. Up to the age of 70 years no relation of monoamine metabolite concentration with age or sex were encountered. In individuals above 70 years of age higher levels of MHPG, HVA, and 5-HIAA were present in women, while in men only higher levels of MHPG could be detected. A strong correlation between 5-HIAA and HVA concentrations were observed in all groups. PD patients exhibited normal CSF metabolite levels, but an altered 5-HIAA/HVA ratio, favoring 5-HIAA. Dominant and recessive OPCA differed essentially in HVA concentration-diminished in the first group and elevated in the last. Comparing the results obtained in PD and dominant OPCA, we suggest that the decrease of CSF HVA in the latter group might not reflect nigrostriatal degeneration as we previously thought. Possibly another factor influencing dopamine function in the CNS is involved.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"13-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18528116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of levonorgestrel action on the flank organ and the sebaceous gland lipogenesis of female hamsters.","authors":"M Cabeza, L Díaz de León","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The role of testosterone and levonorgestrel action on the flank organ by measuring sebaceous gland lipogenesis of female hamsters by the metabolic incorporation of 14C-glucose were investigated. Also, a partial characterization of the radiolabeled lipid fraction was obtained. The effects of in vivo steroids administration were evaluated by 14C-U-glucose metabolic incorporation into lipids by the female hamster flank organs in culture conditions, in the presence or absence of LNG and/or T in the incubation medium. The radioactive lipids were identified by thin layer chromatography. Levonorgestrel alone or together with testosterone on female hamster flank organs decreased the organ weight and sebum content compared with T-treatment alone. In culture conditions, a rapid and significant increase of radiolabeled glucose was observed with T. By contrast when LNG was present in the incubation medium, no differences in 14C-U-glucose incorporation were observed when compared with their controls. When T+LNG were added, a similar result to the obtained when using LNG alone was determined. Testosterone increased glycerides and free fatty acids but decreased polar lipids; whereas LNG did not have any effect in the relative proportions of 14C-U-glucose incorporated into the different classes of lipids, when it was compared with their controls. The results indicated that LNG abolished the increasing effect of 14C glucose incorporation caused by T and changed the lipid composition induced on female hamsters flank organs.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"20-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19068427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protective effect of nickel chloride on superoxide damage: enhancement of CuZn superoxide dismutase affinity to the oxygen free radical.","authors":"E L Novelli, N L Rodrigues, B O Ribas","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of nickel from soluble NiCl2 on Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, as well as on rate of nitro blue tetrazolium reduction, was studied in vitro since lipid peroxidation has been implicated in cell damage by nickel insoluble compounds, whose toxicity and carcinogenicity are well established. The physical and chemical nature of nickel compounds is one of the key determinations of its toxicity. Soluble nickel freely enter cells, but is just as readily excreted reducing the opportunity for production of lipid damage. Nickel from NiCl2 strongly activated SOD activity. In vitro addition of nickel chloride to a crude lung preparation altered the KM for SOD without changing the Vmax. Nickel chloride produced increased enzyme affinity to the substrate, because decreased (O2-) concentration that yields half-maximal velocity. The combination of nickel and SOD may contribute to stabilization of the particular conformation of SOD responsible for maximal catalytically activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"28-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19068430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of nimodipine on multiunit activity of several brain structures following acute global cerebral ischemia-anoxia in cats.","authors":"M Cervantes, I Chávez-Carrillo, A Antonio-Ocampo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effects of nimodipine, a 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, on multiunit activity (MUA) of several brain structures were investigated in cats during 6 h immediately following acute global cerebral ischemia-anoxia induced by a 10 min cardiorespiratory arrest (CRA), as well as in cats exposed to sham procedures corresponding to CRA. Four groups of cats were studied: 1) CRA and continuous administration of nimodipine, 1 microgram/kg/min iv during 6 h; 2) CRA and continuous administration of vehicle; 3) sham and continuous administration of nimodipine as in group 1; 4) sham and vehicle as in group 2. MUA and electroencephalogram disappeared during ischemia-anoxia; their progressive recovery occurred throughout the hours following CRA, although 6 h after CRA MUA was still lower than its control prearrest values in all the recorded subcortical structures. Delta-like waves, isolated spikes, and bursts of fast EEG waves occurred during the recovery of EEG activity. Nimodipine inhibited the otherwise increasing MUA in mesencephalic reticular formation, hippocampus and putamen, but not in ventromedial hypothalamus, during the hours following acute global cerebral ischemia-anoxia. Absence of isolated spikes and bursts of fast EEG activity was noted in the EEG of CRA-, nimodipine-treated cats. Nimodipine significantly reduced MUA in hippocampus but not in other cerebral structures in cats of the sham treated group. The results suggest the involvement of 1,4 dihydropyridine sensitive calcium channels in the cellular mechanisms related to neuronal activity after cerebral ischemia-anoxia, and the possible relationship between the effects of nimodipine on MUA and better functional conditions of the central nervous system after acute global cerebral ischemia-anoxia.</p>","PeriodicalId":75608,"journal":{"name":"Boletin de estudios medicos y biologicos","volume":"40 1-4","pages":"21-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12471252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}