{"title":"Molecular-biological and immunological properties of ribosomal vaccines.","authors":"L V Nikolaeva, E P Savel'ev","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Data on the immunological properties and protective action of ribosomal vaccines are reviewed from the point of view of the structural and functional properties of ribosomes. Comparative analyses are presented for ribosomes from Gram-negative and Gram-positive microorganisms, and for ribosomes from prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Special consideration is given to the nature of the protective factors of ribosomal preparations and the mechanisms of ribosomal vaccine immunogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13071367","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}
Belyi YuF, I S Tartakovskii, Vertiev YuV, S V Prosorovskii
{"title":"ADP-ribosyltransferase activity of Legionella pneumophila is stimulated by the presence of macrophage lysates.","authors":"Belyi YuF, I S Tartakovskii, Vertiev YuV, S V Prosorovskii","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>ADP-ribosyltransferases are among the most biologically active of bacterial products in eukaryotes, and act by transferring the ADP-ribosyl moiety of NAD to acceptor proteins. The detection of ADP-ribosylated Legionella proteins in ultrasonic lysates of Legionella pneumophila strain Philadelphia 1 is reported. The ADP-ribosylating reaction was not influenced by addition of guinea pig spleen-cell and lung-cell lysates, but was considerably increased in the presence of lysates of guinea pig peritoneal macrophages, which are known to be target cells for virulent Legionella. It is suggested that ADP-ribosylation may play an important role in the multiplication of this pathogenic bacterium in the tissues and cells of infected organisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 1","pages":"94-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13071374","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":"On the ionic cyclotron resonance in biomolecules.","authors":"D S Chernavskii, M V Vol'kenshtein","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 1","pages":"97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13071375","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":"Factors within the body determining the glycogen reserves in the tissues of rats with transplantable tumours.","authors":"V P Shelepov, V A Chekulaev, G R Pasha-Zade","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attempts have been made to determine the reason for the depletion of glycogen reserves in tumour-bearing rats. The possible roles of anorexia, competition for glucose by the tumour, and lack of hormonal control of glycogen biosynthesis have been investigated. The glycogen content of the liver, skeletal muscle, and brain, and the levels of glucose and the hormones corticosterone, insulin, and glucagon were determined in healthy rats which had been starved for various periods and in tumour-bearing rats carrying the fast-growing Zajdela ascites hepatoma or the slow-growing solid hepatoma 27. It was found that towards the terminal stages of tumour development there was an increase in the content of corticosterone and glucagon in the blood serum and also an increase in the glycogen reserves in skeletal muscle and brain despite the presence of hypoglycaemia and hypo-insulinaemia. There was at this time a sharp fall in the level of liver glycogen. It is shown that neither anorexia nor excessive competition for glucose by the tumour were the main reasons for liver glycogen depletion and hypoglycaemia. A strong correlation was observed, however, between the occurrence of anaemia and the loss of liver glycogen, which suggests that the former may be an important factor in the changes in host tissue observed in response to tumour growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 2","pages":"111-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12935359","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":"Adaptation to short-term stress prevents post-infarction hyperactivation of the endothelium and decrease in blood pressure in rats.","authors":"F Z Meerson, E B Manukhina, A V Lapshin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of the study was to elucidate the possibility of preventing the decrease in blood pressure (BP) and the endothelial hyperactivation that are induced by experimental myocardial infarction in rats. The endothelial hyperactivation manifested itself in potentiated endothelium-dependent relaxation and in attenuated contractile responses to noradrenaline in isolated rat aortas. Furthermore, the postinfarction changes in BP showed a negative correlation with the endothelium-dependent relaxation. Preliminary adaptation of rats to short-term nondamaging stress exposures or pretreatment with the antioxidant, ionol, prevented to a great extent both the postinfarction decrease in BP and the disturbances in endothelium-mediated responses of smooth muscle. Since, according to the literature, infarction-concomitant stress strongly activates free-radical processes which may result in a hyperproduction of endothelium-derived relaxing factor, it is suggested that the increased potency of anti-oxidant systems is the mechanism common to the protective effects both of adaptation and of ionol.</p>","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 6","pages":"623-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13002799","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":"Secretory function of cells in the rat metrial gland.","authors":"V M Mikhailov","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The immunochemical determination of antigens, products of the secretory activity of metrial gland cells, in the serum of pregnant rats is described. In order to prepare a specific immune antiserum, rabbits were immunised with homogenates of the rat metrial gland removed at day 15 of pseudopregnancy. The resultant immune antisera were adsorbed by glutaraldehyde-polymerised sera from nonpregnant rats until the Ouchterlony test ceased to give a positive reaction with sera of nonpregnant rats. These adsorbed specific sera continued to react with sera of pregnant and pseudopregnant animals, indicating that the latter both contain one or more antigens identical to those produced by the cells of the metrial gland, and against which the specific antisera had been raised. When 10% and 15% fresh serum from nonpregnant females was added to molten agar or was initially dropped into wells in the agar, the positive reaction between the specific antisera and the sera of pregnant and pseudopregnant rats was not eliminated. An antigen identical to the serum antigen was also found in amniotic fluid, in sera, and in extracts of metrial glands from pregnant and pseudopregnant laboratory animals. The data obtained indicate that cells in the metrial gland have a secretory function. It is proposed that the serum antigen of pregnant and pseudopregnant rats is secreted by the granular cells in the metrial gland.</p>","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 5","pages":"477-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13003025","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}
T E Semenov, S F Barbashov, A N Surovaya, I I Fridlyanskaya
{"title":"Monoclonal antibodies reveal structural similarity between cytoskeletal filaments and a model nucleopeptide.","authors":"T E Semenov, S F Barbashov, A N Surovaya, I I Fridlyanskaya","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The cytoskeleton is considered to be a very important cellular component, playing a role in the interactions between different organelles. However, in many cases the true biochemical functions and some of the structural aspects of cytoskeletal filaments are still unknown. Several hybridoma cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies (Mab) against a complex of linear DNA with the tridecapeptide Dns-NH2-VVTGVKTGVKTVT-CO2H have been established. (Dns is 5-methylaminonaphthalene-1-sulphonic acid.) The organization of this complex, in which the DNA is in a compact form, has been well-characterized previously by physicochemical methods and electron microscopy. A monoclonal antibody, Mab 66/9, was selected for further study on the basis of its reactivity with the immunizing DNA-peptide complex and minimal reaction with DNA alone. In immunofluorescence studies with cultured cells, this Mab did not recognize any nuclear structures, but reacted with cytoskeletal intermediate filaments and with nuclear lamins. Thus, Mab 66/9 appears to define an epitope present in the immunizing DNA-peptide complex and in cytoskeletal elements. The epitope is probably determined by the conformation of the oligopeptide since it was not detected in denatured cell lysates. Our observations provide some indirect evidence in support of the DNA-binding properties of cytoskeletal components which have been hypothesized in some recent publications.</p>","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 5","pages":"498-502"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13003028","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":"Direct recording of postcapillary resistance in cat skeletal muscle: measurement in the presence of humoral stimuli.","authors":"B I Tkachenko, Kudryashov YuA","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A procedure involving the parallel perfusion of deep veins in a cat shank preparation with endogenous blood and a constant volume of dextran solution has been devised. The dextran is supplied to these deep veins via superficial and communicator veins (venae communicantes). With this method it is possible to record dynamic changes in the resistance of the deep veins (postcapillary resistance) in response to intraarterial administration of vasoactive agents into the vascular bed of the shank. Data are presented which indicate that the number of deep veins involved in the changes in venous resistance is equivalent to 67% of the total capacity of the vascular bed of the shank. It is shown that the increase in venous perfusion pressure caused by infusion of noradrenaline into the vascular bed of the shank is essentially equivalent to the increase in mean capillary pressure as determined isovolumetrically. With this new method it is demonstrated for the first time that angiotensin II causes constriction of the deep veins of the shank and that isoproterenol causes dose-dependent dilatatory reactions in the veins within the muscle preparation.</p>","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 1","pages":"33-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13071370","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":"The participation of cAMP and protein kinase C in the regulation of aldosterone biosynthesis by potassium.","authors":"V M Pushkarev, A S Mikosha","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mechanism of the effect of potassium ions (K+) on aldosterone production in guinea pig adrenal cortex was examined. At high K+ concentrations (approximately 8 mM) in the incubation media, aldosterone output and content was elevated, and there was a significant increase in the phosphorylation of intracellular proteins and of protein kinase C activity. Cyclic AMP levels showed a less significant increase. EGTA and lanthanum ions (La3+), and also chlorpromazine with regard to protein phosphorylation, appeared to remove the effect of raised K+ concentrations on steroidogenesis and protein phosphorylation. At low K+ concentrations, addition of EGTA led to a significant accumulation of cyclic AMP. Evidence that steroidogenesis is regulated by a cyclic-AMP-dependent mechanism at low K+ levels is presented, and we also report the first direct evidence of activation of aldosterone synthesis by protein kinase C at high K+ concentration.</p>","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 2","pages":"135-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12828796","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}
V G Korobko, I V Davydov, L N Shingarova, S A Filippov, D S Esipov, V N Dobrynin
{"title":"Construction and properties of fusion proteins between human interferon-gamma and human tumour necrosis factors alpha and beta.","authors":"V G Korobko, I V Davydov, L N Shingarova, S A Filippov, D S Esipov, V N Dobrynin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A number of recombinant plasmids coding for fusion proteins between human interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and human tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) or beta (TNF beta) were constructed by using site-directed mutagenesis and ligation of the respective genes. In these proteins the whole IFN-gamma sequence of the molecule is linked at the N terminus via a short polypeptide linker to the TNF alpha sequence lacking two N-terminal amino acid residues or to the whole TNF beta sequence. A series of mutants with deletions in the interferon part of the fusion proteins were also produced. All the fusion genes obtained were efficiently expressed in Escherichia coli under the control of early promoters of bacteriophage T7. The recombinant fusion proteins were found to be unstable inside bacterial cells. Bacterial cell lysates expressing these fusion genes or their deletion mutants showed both biological activities in vitro: the antiviral activity of IFN-gamma and the cytotoxic activity of TNF.</p>","PeriodicalId":77499,"journal":{"name":"Biomedical science","volume":"2 6","pages":"634-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12834926","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}