scholarly journals The Relationship of Hyperthermia to Liver Growth and Liver Glycogen in the Chick Embryo

1967 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1454-1459 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Delphia ◽  
Shamer Singh ◽  
Harold Baskin
1986 ◽  
Vol 251 (6) ◽  
pp. G859-G865
Author(s):  
J. D. Yarbrough ◽  
J. M. Grimley ◽  
P. I. Karl

To investigate the sequence of events that occur in the liver during mirex-induced adaptive liver growth, [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA, thymidine kinase (TK), and ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) were studied in intact and adrenalectomized (ADX) mirex-dosed rats, and the responses were compared with experimental groups receiving corticosterone. In intact mirex-dosed rats (a response that is both hyperplastic and hypertrophic) there was a 36-h peak in ODC activity, and a 48-h peak in both [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA and TK activity. This was accompanied by a 72% increase in relative liver weight (RLW). In contrast, in ADX mirex-dosed rats (a predominately hyperplastic response), there was a biphasic ODC response (18- and 36-h peaks), a 36-h TK peak, and a 48-h peak in [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA. Both TK activity and [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA were significantly elevated for the remainder of the 96-h study period. There was a 38% increase in RLW. Corticosterone supplements to mirex-dosed intact rats resulted in a biphasic peak of TK activity (30- and 48-h peaks), a reduced ODC peak at 36 h, and a 48-h peak in [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA. RLW response was similar to the response in intact mirex-dosed rats. Corticosterone supplements to mirex-dosed ADX rats eliminated the 48-h peak of [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA, reduced TK activity and shifted the peak to 30 h, and eliminated the ODC biphasic response. The RLW increase was similar to the response in intact mirex-dosed rats with a maximum 80% increase at 72 h postmirex dose.


1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 1303-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward T. Sheaff ◽  
Robert B. Stewart

Studies of the effect of interferon on the growth of Sindbis virus in cultures of chick embryo cells have shown that interferon is taken up by cells and that such uptake must occur before antiviral activity is observed. Evidence is presented here that the quantitative expression of antiviral activity is dependent on the amount of interferon that becomes cell associated.


Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.


Author(s):  
D. F. Blake ◽  
L. F. Allard ◽  
D. R. Peacor

Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates which has been extant since Cambrian time (c.a. 500 m.y. before the present). Modern examples of echinoderms include sea urchins, sea stars, and sea lilies (crinoids). The endoskeletons of echinoderms are composed of plates or ossicles (Fig. 1) which are with few exceptions, porous, single crystals of high-magnesian calcite. Despite their single crystal nature, fracture surfaces do not exhibit the near-perfect {10.4} cleavage characteristic of inorganic calcite. This paradoxical mix of biogenic and inorganic features has prompted much recent work on echinoderm skeletal crystallography. Furthermore, fossil echinoderm hard parts comprise a volumetrically significant portion of some marine limestones sequences. The ultrastructural and microchemical characterization of modern skeletal material should lend insight into: 1). The nature of the biogenic processes involved, for example, the relationship of Mg heterogeneity to morphological and structural features in modern echinoderm material, and 2). The nature of the diagenetic changes undergone by their ancient, fossilized counterparts. In this study, high resolution TEM (HRTEM), high voltage TEM (HVTEM), and STEM microanalysis are used to characterize tha ultrastructural and microchemical composition of skeletal elements of the modern crinoid Neocrinus blakei.


Author(s):  
Leon Dmochowski

Electron microscopy has proved to be an invaluable discipline in studies on the relationship of viruses to the origin of leukemia, sarcoma, and other types of tumors in animals and man. The successful cell-free transmission of leukemia and sarcoma in mice, rats, hamsters, and cats, interpreted as due to a virus or viruses, was proved to be due to a virus on the basis of electron microscope studies. These studies demonstrated that all the types of neoplasia in animals of the species examined are produced by a virus of certain characteristic morphological properties similar, if not identical, in the mode of development in all types of neoplasia in animals, as shown in Fig. 1.


Author(s):  
J.R. Pfeiffer ◽  
J.C. Seagrave ◽  
C. Wofsy ◽  
J.M. Oliver

In RBL-2H3 rat leukemic mast cells, crosslinking IgE-receptor complexes with anti-IgE antibody leads to degranulation. Receptor crosslinking also stimulates the redistribution of receptors on the cell surface, a process that can be observed by labeling the anti-IgE with 15 nm protein A-gold particles as described in Stump et al. (1989), followed by back-scattered electron imaging (BEI) in the scanning electron microscope. We report that anti-IgE binding stimulates the redistribution of IgE-receptor complexes at 37“C from a dispersed topography (singlets and doublets; S/D) to distributions dominated sequentially by short chains, small clusters and large aggregates of crosslinked receptors. These patterns can be observed (Figure 1), quantified (Figure 2) and analyzed statistically. Cells incubated with 1 μg/ml anti-IgE, a concentration that stimulates maximum net secretion, redistribute receptors as far as chains and small clusters during a 15 min incubation period. At 3 and 10 μg/ml anti-IgE, net secretion is reduced and the majority of receptors redistribute rapidly into clusters and large aggregates.


1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Collins ◽  
Robert McDonald ◽  
Robert Stanley ◽  
Timothy Donovan ◽  
C. Frank Bonebrake

This report describes an unusual and persistent dysphonia in two young women who had taken a therapeutic regimen of isotretinoin for intractable acne. We report perceptual and instrumental data for their dysphonia, and pose a theoretical basis for the relationship of dysphonia to this drug. We also provide recommendations for reducing the risk of acquiring a dysphonia during the course of treatment with isotretinoin.


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