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Dimere alkoxyverbrückte Verbindungen des Typs [CH\(_3\)SbX\(_2\)(OR)(μ-OR)]\(_2\) (X = Cl, Br; R = CH\(_3\), C\(_2\)H\(_5\)) können durch Oxidation von CH\(_3\)Sb(OR)\(_2\) mit Br\(_2\) oder S0\(_2\)Cl\(_2\) in CH\(_2\)Cl\(_2\) unterhalb -60°C als lichtempfindliche kristalline Feststoffe erhalten werden. Die Struktur der Verbindung [CH\(_3\)SbBr\(_2\)(OCH\(_3\))(μ-OCH\(_3\))]\(_2\) konnte mittels Röntgenstrukturanalyse bestimmt werden. Umsetzungen mit Natriumalkoholaten in den entsprechenden Alkoholen bei 0°C führen zu dimeren Tetraalkoxymethylstiboranen. Austauschreaktionen von Tetramethoxymethylstiboran mit Ethanol ergeben das Ethoxyderivat und mit Diolen symmetrische spirocyclische Methanstibonsäureester.
Diorganoantimonverbindungen R\(_2\)SbX (R = C\(_6\)H\(_5\) X = S-Organyl, O-Organyl) reagieren mit Cycloheptatrienylmolybdäntricarbonyl zu Produkten des Typs [R\(_2\)SbX]\(_3\)Mo(CO)\(_3\). Die analogen Komplexe des Chroms können durch Reaktion von Tris(acetonitril) chromtricarbonyl mit den Antimon-Liganden dargestellt werden. (1,5-Cyclooctadien)molybdäntetracarbonyl reagiert unter Substitution mit Diorganoantimonderivaten R\(_2\)SbX (R = C\(_6\)R\(_5\), X = S-Organyl) zu den Verbindungen [R\(_2\)SbX]\(_2\)Mo(CO)\(_4\) Synthese und Eigenschaften der StibanKomplexe sowie die Kristallstruktur der Verbindung [(C\(_6\)H\(_5\))\(_2\)SbSC\(_6\)H\(_5\)]\(_3\)Mo(CO)\(_3\) werden beschrieben.
The goals of the present study were: (1) to investigate thc binding properlies oi (R)- and (S)-procyclidine and two aehiral derivatives of muscarinic M\(_1\)• M\(_2\) and M\(_4\) receptor subtypes and (2) to identify the interaetions which allow these receptors to diseriminate between the two stereoisomers. (R)-Procyclidine showed a higher affinity for human neuroblastoma NB-OK 1 muscarinie M\(_1\) and rat striatum musearinie M\(_4\) receptors. a~ compared to rat cardiac M\(_2\) receptors. (S)-Procyclidine had a 130-iold lower affinity than (R)-procyclidine for M\(_1\) and M\(_4\) receptors. and a 40-fold lower affinity for M\(_2\) receptors. Pyrrinol. the aehiral diphenyl derivative with the eyclohexyl g.roup of (S}-procyclidine replaeed by a phenyl group, has an eight-fold lower affinity for M\(_1\) and M\(_4\) receptors. as eompared to (R)-procyclidine, and a three-fold lower affinity for M\(_2\) receptors. Hexahydro-procyclidine. the eorresponding achiral dicyclohexyl compound, had a 10- to 20-fold lower affinity than (R)-procyclidine for the three reeeptors. The inerease in binding free energy, which is observed when the phenyl and eyclohexyl groups of procyelidine are separately replaeed by cyclohexyJ and phenyl groups, respectively. was additive in the ease of M\(_1\)• M\(_2\) and M\(_4\) receptcrs. This indicates that the musearinic reeeptor s!ereoseleetivity was based on the eoexistence of two binding sites, one preferring a phenylrather than eyclohexyl group and the seeond preferring a cyclohexyl rather than a phenyl group. In addition. there were aiso binding sites for the hydroxy moiety and the protonated amino group of the ligands. The greater affinity and stereoselectivity of M\(_1\) and M\(_4\) muscarinic receptors for (R)-procyelidine reflected the better fit of the eyclohexyl group of (R)-procyclidine to the subsite of M\(_1\) and M\(_4\) as compared to M\(_2\) receptors.
The present study was performed to qua ntify the distribution of a peptide neurotransmitter after microinjection into the medial preoptic area (POM), using a technique suitable for conscious animal preparations. The results indicate that only 50-ni volumes of injected tracer were sufficiently localized with 77 ± 9% recovery in the POM. Injections of higher volumes resulted in an increasing spread of tracer into distant anatomical regions and structures, including the needle tract and cerebral ventricles. The amount of tracer localized in the POM decreased to 38±4% (200 nl) (P < 0.05) and 41 ±8% (500 nl) (P <0.05), respectively. The data suggest that the volume of injection is critical for intraparenchymal injections into structures of a diameter of I mm or less, such as the POM and should not exceed 50 nl in conscious animal preparations.
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Cholinergie agents arepotent modulators of insulin release that aet via musearinie reeeptors. We now investigated the muscarinic receptor subtype present in rat panereatic islets in binding and funetional studies. Binding of 5 nM [ \(^3\)H]N-methylscopolamine ([\(^3\)H]NMS) was half maximal at 30 min. At 60 min, the maximal total bindingwas 1.29% and the non-specifie binding (presence of 100 ,uM atropine) was 0.18% of the total radioaetivity per 10 f.'g islet protein. Unlabelled atropine inhibited [\(^3\)H]NMS binding with an IC50 of ca. 30 nM. The rank order of antagonist high-affinity binding was atropine > sila-hexocyelium methyl sulfate (SiHC; M\(_1\) > M\(_3\) > M\(_2\) ) > pirenzepine (M\(_1\)> M\(_2\) = M\(_3\) ) = methoctramine (M\(_2\) > M\(_1\) > M\(_3\) ). The high-affinity K\(_d\)s were 8.5, 56, 1300 and 1300 nM, respectively. The high affinity Kd of the muscarinie receptor agonist, arecaidine propargyl ester (APE), was 8.1 nM. The EC\(_{50}\) for the biologieal effects of APE on insulin and glucagon secretion was 3.2 and 2.3 nM. The rank order for the high-affinity biological effects of antagonists (inhibition of APE-mediated insulin/ glucagon release) was almost the same as for binding. The data indicate that rat pancreatie islets contain neither an M\(_1\) subtype (high-affinity for pirenzepine) nor an M\(_2\) subtype (high-affinity for methoctramine) receptor. However, the data evidence an M\(_3\) receptor subtype, since SiHC in the absence of the M\(_1\) receptor subtype shows a relatively high affinity to the receptors in rat panereatic islets.
We investigated the roJe of Escherichia coU expressing mannose-resistant hemagglutination and adhesins with regard to the induction of leukotrienes from a suspension of human lymphocytes, monocytes, and basophils (LMBs) compared with human polymorphonuclear granulocytes (PMNs). Genetically cloned E. coli strains expressing various types of mannose-resistant hemagglutination (MRH+) were phagocytosed to a higher degree by monocytes than the nonadherent E. coli strain. The various strains dUfered in their capacity to induce a chemiluminescence response, which showed the same pattern for LMBs and PMNs. Stimulation of LMBs with bacteria alone, unlike granulocytes, did not activate the cells for the release of leukotrienes. However, preincubation of LMBs with bacteria decreased subsequent leukotriene formation when the cells were stimulated with calcium ionophore. The inhibitory eft'ect was dependent on the concentration of bacteria used for preincubation as weil as on the preincubation temperature. The various bacterial strains dift'ered in inhibitory potency for mediator release. Preincubation of LMBs with zymosan, opsonized zymosan, the bacterfal peptide FMLP, and peptidoglycan bad no inhibitory eft'ect or even increased subsequent IeukotrieDe formation. Opsonized bacteria were far less inhibitory than nonopsonized bacteria. In contrast to human LMBs, preincubation of human PMNs with mannose-resistant bacteria led to increased leukotriene 84 generation and reduced w-oxidation of leukotriene 84 • Our data soggest that phagocytes (neutrophils, monocytes) respond in a different way for leukotriene formation after Interaction with mannose-resistant E. coli.
Die erstmalige Synthese der (Thioacetoxy-S-methyl)diorganylsilane (CH\(_3\))\(_2\)Si(H)CH\(_2\)SC(O)CH\(_3\) (9) und (C\(_6\)H\(_5\))\(_2\)Si(H)CH\(_2\)SC(O)CH\(_3\) (10) und der (Mercaptomethyl) diorganylsilane (CH\(_3\))\(_2\)Si(H)CH\(_2\)SH (11) und (C\(_6\)H\(_5\))\(_2\)Si(H)CH\(_2\)SH (12) wird beschrieben. Während sich die Silane 9 und 10 leicht handhaben lassen, neigen die strukturanalogen (Hydroxymethyl)diorganylsilane (CH\(_3\))\(_2\)Si(H)CH\(_2\)OH (1) und (C\(_6\)H\(_5\))\(_2\)Si(H)CH\(_2\)OH (2) zu einer basenkatalysierten Zersetzung (Bildung oligomerer (polymerer) Alkoxysilane und Wasserstoff). Im Gegensatz zu den thermisch labilen (Acetoxymethyl)diorganylsilanen (CH\(_3\))\(_2\)Si(H)CH\(_2\)OC(O)CH\(_3\) (3) und (C\(_6\)H\(_5\))\(_2\)Si(H)CH\(_2\)OC(O)CH\(_3\) (4) (--+ Umlagerung zu den entsprechenden Acetoxy(methyl) diorganylsilanen (CH\(_3\)) \(_3\)SiOC(O)CH\(_3\) (5) und CH\(_3\)(C\(_6\)H\(_5\))\(_2\)SiOC(O)CH\(_3\) {6)) sind die Thio-Analoga 9 und 10 thermisch stabil (I-molare Lösungen in C\(_6\)D\(_6\), 30 h bei 180 o C).
4-6-year-old children's understanding of cognitive cuing was studied in 2 experiments using a strategic interaction paradigm. Ghildren could fool a competitor by hiding targets in locations that were labeled with semantically weakly associated cues and help a cooperative partner by hiding them in semantically highly associated locations. Very few 4-year-olds, half the 5-year-olds, and almost all 6-year-olds appropriately chose semantically highly vs. weakly associated hiding places to make the targets easy vs. difficult to find. The second experiment showed that 4-year-olds did not strategically manipulate cues as sources of information, although they themselves proficiently used them as such in a search task. These findings are discussed with regard to research on children's developing understanding of origins of knowledge and belief and with regard to recent claims that young preschoolers possess a metacognitive understanding of cognitive cuing.
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Cardiovascular Effects of Anatoxin-A in the Conscious Rat. SJREN, A.-L., AND FEUERSTEIN, G. (1990). Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 102,91-100. The effects ofanatoxin-A on mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate, cardiac index (CI), and blood flow (BF) in hindquarter (HQ), renal (R). and mesenteric (M) vascular beds were studied after intravenous (iv) and intracerebroventricular (icv) administration in the conscious rat. The pharmacological profile of anatoxin-A was further compared to nicotine administered iv and icv. MAP and heart rate were measured from femoral artery, CI by thermodilution method, and blood flow by Doppler velocimetry. Anatoxin-A and nicotine (30, 100 and 300 1-!g/kg iv) produced an increase in MAP with concomitant bradycardia. The highest doses increased Cl. MBF and RBF decreased due to a vasoconstriction in M and R vasculature. These effects were attenuated by the ganglion blocker chlorisondamine (5 mg/kg, iv). Anatoxin-A ( 100 1-!g/k~ iv) increased plasma epinephrine Ievels by 2- fold with virtually no effect on norepinephrine whereas nicotine ( 100 ~oLg/kg, iv) increased plasma epinephrine and norepinephrine by 20- to 30-fold. Central administration of anatoxin-A and nicotine (30-100 ,ug/kg icv) increased MAP with no effect on heart rate and produced M and R vasoconstriction. In summary, the present study demonstrates that anatoxin-A acts as a nicotinic cholinergic agonist in the c.onscious rat after both systemic and centrat administration. Anatoxin-A and nicotine produced pressor and reno-splanchnic vasoconstrictor responses and at high doses increased cardiac output. These effects were mediated by activation ofthe nicotinic receptors in the adrenal medulla and sympathetic ganglia. However, marked differences were found in the potency ofanatoxin-A versus nicotine to stimulate the sympathoadrenomedullary axis.
We used a sensitive silver degeneration staining method to study the effects of insertion of microdialysis probes in rat dorsal hippocampus and neocortex. Nine animals were sacrificed 24 h, 3 days or 7 days after implantation of dialysis tubing. Although mild neuronal cell death and small petechial hemorrhages were seen in elose proximity to the implantation site, the striking finding was the presence of degenerating axons both adjacent to the implantation site and in remote sites such as the corpus callosum and contralateral hippocampus. The observed changes could alter brain function near or remote from the implantation site and should be considered in analysis of dialysis experiments.
The period of natural cell death in the development of rodent motor neurons is followed by a period of sensitivity to axonal injury1-3. In the rat this early postnatal period of vulnerability coincides with that of very low ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) levels in the sciatic nerve before CNTF increases to the high, adult levels4. The developmental time course of CNTF expression, its regional tissue distribution and its cytosolic localization (as suggested by its primary structure)4*5 favour a role for CNTF as a lesion factor rather than a target-derived neurotrophic molecule like nerve growth factor. Nevertheless CNTF exhibits neurotrophic activity in vitro on different populations of embryonic neurons6. To determine whether the vulnerability of motor neurons to axotomy in the early postnatal phase is due to insufficient availability of CNTF, we transected the axons of newborn rat motor neurons and demonstrated that iocal application of CNTF prevents the degeneration of the corresponding cell bodies.
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An Metabasiten der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß, der Erbendorfer Grünschieferzone und der Zone Tirschenreuth-Mähring wurden petrographische, geochemische und phasenpetrologische Untersuchungen sowie K-Ar-Mineraldatierungen durchgeführt. In der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß treten in regionaler Abhängigkeit drei Haupttypen von Metabasiten auf: 1. Flaseramphibolite mit der Paragenese Hornblende + Oligoklas/ Andesin + Granat ± Salit und mit Plagioklas- und / oder Kalksilikat-reichen Flasern findet man hauptsächlich im nördlichen und zentralen Teil der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß. Geochemisch zeigen sie eine deutliche Anreicherung der inkompatiblen Elemente und der leichten Seltenerdelemente und sind vergleichbar mit modernen Tholeiiten von ozeanischen Inseln oder anomalen Abschnitten mittelozeanischer Rükken. Ein kontinentaler Intraplatten-Charakter scheint nicht gegeben. In der Kontaktaureole von Windisch-Eschenbach wurde ein Teil der Flaseramphibolite kontaktmetamorph überprägt. 2. Schiefrige, teils streifige Amphibolite mit der Paragenese Hornblende + Andesin / Labrador ± Salit dominieren im Süd teil der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß, erscheinen aber in einzelnen Ausstrichen auch im Norden. Die Streifung entsteht durch Plagioklas- und / oder Kalksilikat-reiche Zwischenlagen. Geochemisch sind diese Amphibolite bei flachen Spurenelement- und Seltenerdelement- Mustern vergleichbar mit modernen Tholeiiten von normalen Abschnitten mittelozeanischer Rücken. Sowohl Flaseramphibolite als auch schiefrige, teils streifige Amphibolite zeigen Übergänge zu massigen, homogenen Amphiboliten. 3. Metagabbros mit der Paragenese Hornblende + Plagioklas ± Biotit und einer grobkörnigen, gabbro iden Textur treten hauptsächlich im Bereich der Schuppenzone Michldorf-Kaimling (VOLL 1960) auf. Geochemisch nehmen sie bei einer schwachen Anreicherung der inkompatiblen Elemente eine Zwischenstellung zwischen Flaseramphiboliten und schiefrigen, teils streifigen Amphiboliten ein. In der Erbendorfer Grünschieferzone treten Metagabbros und schiefrige, teils gestreifte Amphibolite mit der Paragenese Hornblende + Oligoklas ± Epidot ± Chlorit auf. Die Amphibolite wurden z. T. stark retrograd überprägt und dabei auch deformiert. Dies wird auf größere, post-regionalmetamorphe, tektonische Bewegungen, möglicherweise Deckenüberschiebungen zurückgeführt. Geochemisch sind die Metabasite der Erbendorfer Grünschieferzone mit modernen tholeiitischen bis kalkalkalischen, subduktionsgebundenen Basalten vergleichbar. Sie unterscheiden sich damit völlig von den südlich angrenzenden Flaseramphiboliten der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß und den nördlich benachbarten Amphiboliten des Fichtelgebirges. Dies unterstreicht die Stellung der Erbendorfer Grünschieferzone als eigenständige tektonische Einheit. Im Vergleich mit dem Münchberger Komplex zeigt die Erbendorfer Grünschieferzone große Ähnlichkeit mit der Prasinit-Phyllit-Serie hinsichtlich der tektonischen Stellung, der Lithologie und insbesondere des geochemischen Charakters der Metabasite. Zwischen der Zone Erbendorf-Vohen-strauß und den Münchberger Serien konnten bezüglich der Metabasite dagegen keine Parallelen festgestellt werden. Schiefrige, teils streifige Amphibolite der Zone Tirschenreuth-Mähring mit der Paragenese Hornblende + Andesin ± Salit (± Granat) und hellen Plagioklas- oder Kalksilikat-reichen Lagen sind geochemisch mit modernen Basalten normaler mittel ozeanischer Rücken vergleichbar. Die untersuchten Metabasite dürften die Zusammensetzung des basaltischen Ausgangsmaterials zumindest annähernd wiedergeben. In einigen Fällen wurde jedoch eine sekundäre Mobilisation von Elementen festgestellt: Die kontaktmetamorphe Überprägung eines Teils der Flaseramphibolite in der Kontaktaureole von Windisch-Eschenbach führte zu einer deutlichen Anreicherung von Rb, Li und K und zu einer Abreicherung von Ca, Sr und V, insbesondere aber von Cr und Ni. Die sog. immobilen Elemente Nb, Ce, (P), Zr, Ti, Y, Sc streuen in einem deutlich breiteren Bereich als bei den nicht kontaktmetamorphen Flaseramphiboliten. In einer Probe sind die Seltenerdelemente insgesamt angereichert. Eine Mobilisation von P20 S und den leichten Seltenerdelementen in einigen schiefrigen, teils streifigen Amphiboliten der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß und in einigen kontaktmetamorphen Flaseramphiboliten wird auf einen Abbau von Apatit im Zuge einer post-regionalmetamorphen, möglicherweise postgranitischen, hydrothermalen Überprägung zurückgeführt. Mineralchemische Untersuchungen ergaben für die Zusammensetzung der Hornblenden aus Amphiboliten der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß deutliche regionale Unterschiede, die weitgehend unabhängig von der regionalen Verteilung der einzelnen Metabasit-Haupttypen sind. Vergleichende Untersuchungen an Granat untermauern eine vermutete, frühere, eklogitfazielle Überprägung eines Granatamphibolits vom Nordrand der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß bei Hauxdorf. K-Ar-Altersdatierungen an Hornblende- und Glimmerkonzentraten belegen, daß das letzte, (Mitteldruck-) metamorphe Ereignis im Westteil der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß vor etwa 380 Ma beendet war. Dieses Alter wird korreliert mit einer letzten Metamorphose der höhermetamorphen Serien des Münchberger Komplexes zur gleichen Zeit. Im Ostteil der Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauß treten jüngere Altersdaten mit einem Schwerpunkt bei 324 Ma auf, die entweder auf einen Einfluß der etwa gleichalten Niederdruck-Metamorphose im unmittelbar benachbarten Moldanubikum i. e. S. oder auf die Intrusion des 324 Ma alten (KÖHLER et al. 1974) Leuchtenberger Granits zurückzuführen sind. Im Übergangsbereich vom Saxothuringikum zum Moldanubikum bei Mähring zeigen Altersdaten um 320Ma das Ende der letzten (Niederdruck-)Metamorphose an.
A 42 m drilling was pertormed in the depresalon of Bilma, Xawar, NE-Niger. The sediment and pollen records show that after an initial deposition of dune sands there were repeated lake phases which terminated by desiccation and consolidation of spring mounds. The pollen record indicates a continuous presence of savanna vegetation. The record probably covers the period between the Upper Pleistocene and the Late Holocene. The climate was characterised by a monssonal summer rain regime giving effective rain fall of about 450-500 mm per year. Groundwater recharge was possible but estimates of the amount of water resources are difficult because of the karstic system of the escarpment and the nearly unknown hydrogeological situation.
To probe into the functional properties of the major peripheral myelin cell surface glycoprotein P 0 , its ability to confer adhesion and neurite outgrowth-promoting properfies was studied in cell culture. Tothis aim, Po was expressed as integral membrane glycoprotein at the surface of CV -1 cells with the help of a recombinant vaccinia virus expression system. Furthermore, the immunoglobulin-like extracellular domain of P0 (P0 -ED) was expressed as soluble profein in a bacterial expression system and used as substrafe coated to plastic dishes or as competitor in cell adhesion and neurite outgrowth-promoting assays. The adhesion of P0 -expressing CV-1 cells to P0 -ED substrafe was specifically inhibitable by polyclonal Po antibodies (54% :t 6% ). In addition, the specific interaction between Po molecules could be reduced ( 49% ± 8%) by adding soluble P0 -ED to the culture medium, demonstrating that the homophilic inter~ction between recombinant Po molecules can be mediated, at least on one partner of interacting molecules, by the unglycosylated Ig-like domain. Substrate-coated p -ED also conferred adhesion and neurite outgrowth ability to dorsal root ganglion neurons with neurites of a mean length of about 150 ,_..m. This neurite outgrowth was specifically inhibitable by soluble P" (74% ± 14%) and P 0 antibodies (65% ± 9% ). These observations indicate that Po is capable of displaying two different types of functional roles in the myelination process of . peripheral nerves: The heterophilic interaction with neurons may be responsible for the recognition between axon and myelinating Schwann cell at the onset of myelination, whereas the homophilic interacton may indicate its roJe in the selfrecognition of the apposing loops of Schwann cell surface membranes during the myelination process and in the mature compact myelin sheath.
Am Beispiel einer semantischen Kategorisierungsaufgabe (sort-recall task) wurde der Frage nachgegangen, in welchen Bestimmungsgrößen sich die Gedächtnisleistungen von Schulkindern, jüngeren sowie älteren Erwachsenen voneinander unterscheiden. Es wurde angenommen, daß für diese drei Altersgruppen Gedächtnisleistungen bei dieser Aufgabe in unterschiedlicher Weise durch Strategie- und Wissensaspekte bestimmt sind. Die im Vergleich zu Schulkindern und älteren Erwachsenen üblicherweise besseren Leistungen jüngerer Erwachsener sollten demnach im wesentlichen auf die konsequentere Nutzung von Gedächtnisstrategien rückführbar sein. Erwartet wurde weiterhin, daß die bei Schulkindern und älteren Erwachsenen oft vorfindbaren "Produktionsdefizite" in der Strategienutzung unterschiedliche Ursachen haben : fehlt es bei den Schülern am notwendigen Gedächtniswissen (Metagedächtnis), so sind die Defizite der älteren Menschen vorwiegend auf die mangelnde Erfahrung mit der Aufgabe zurückzuführen. Diese Annahmen wurden in einer Studie mit je 24 Probanden aus den drei genannten Altersgruppen überprüft. Während sich das erwartete Produktionsdefizit bei den Kindern auf unzureichendes Metagedächtnis zurückführen ließ, gab es wenig Anhaltspunkte dafür, daß das Strategiedefizit älterer Menschen in wesentlichen auf mangelnde Aufgabenerfahrung rückführbar ist. Leistungsunterschiede zwischen jüngeren und älteren Erwachsenen beruhen nicht auf unterschiedlichem Gedächtniswissen, sondern dürften auf dem kombinierten Einfluß von Strategie- und Kapazitätsdefiziten basieren.
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S fimbrial adhesins (Sfa) enable pathogenic Escherichia coli strains to bind to sialic acid-containing eucaryotic receptor molecules. In order to determine the inftuence of culture conditions on the expression of the sfa determinant in a wild-type strain, we fused the gene lacZ, coding for the enzyme ß-galactosidase, to the sfaA gene, responsible for the major protein subunit of S fimbriae. By using a plasmid which carries an R6K origin, the sfaA-Iac hybrid construct was site-specifically integrated into the chromosome of the uropathogenic E. coli strain S36WT. The expression of lacZ, which was under the control of the sfa wild-type promoters, was now equivalent to the sfa expression of strain S36WT. With the help of this particular wild-type construct, it was demonstrated that the sfa determinant is better expressed on solid media than in liquid broth. The growth rate bad a strong inftuence on Sfa expression under aerobic but not under anaerobic conditions. Production of Sfa was further regulated by catabolite repression, osmolarity, and temperature.
The S fimbrial adhesin (sfa) determinant of E. co/i comprises nine genes situated on a stretch of 7.9 kilobases (kb) DNA. Here the nucleotide sequence of the genes sfa B and sfaC situated proximal to the main structural gene sfaA is described. Sfa-LacZ fusions show that the two genes are transcribed in opposite directions. The isolation of mutants in the proximal region of the sfa gene cluster, the construction of sfa-phoA gene fusions and subsequent transcomplementation sturlies indicated that the genes sfaB and sfaC play a role in regulation of the sfa determinant. ln addition the nucleotide sequence of the genes sfa D, sfa E and sfa F situated between the genes sfaA and sfaG responsible for S subunit proteins, were determined. lt is suggested that these genes are involved in transport and assembly of fimbrial subunits. Thus the entire genetic organization of the sfa determinant is presented and compared with the gene clusters coding for P fimbriae (pap), F1 C fimbriae (foc) and type I fimbriae ( fim). The evolutionary relationship of fimbrial adhesin determinants is discussed.
Ethyl carbamate is found in fermented foods: bread contains 3-15 ng/g, stone-fruit brandies 200-20,000 ngfg, and about one-third of table-wine samples analysed contained more than 10 ng/g. In animals, ethyl carbamate is degraded to C02, H20 and NH3, with intermediate formation ofethanol. This degradation has been shown tobe inhibited (postponed) in the mouse by ethanol concentrations in the blood of about 0.15% and higher. A quantitatively minor pathway involves a two-step oxidation of the ethyl group to vinyl carbamate and epoxyethyl carbamate, the postulated electrophilic moiety that reacts with DNA. This reaction is probably the mode of the mutagenic action observed in many cellular and animal systems. The fact that only vinyl carbamate, but not ethyl carbamate, is mutagenic in a standard Ames test is probably because there is insufficient production of the intermediate oxidation product in the standard test. Consistent with this metabolism is the carcinogenic activity of ethyl carbamate in various animal species and in different organs; this activity can be seen even after a single high dose in early life. Quantitative analysis of the total tumour incidences after chronic exposure of rats and mice to 0.1-12.5 mg ethyl carbamate/kg body weightjday in the drinking-water showed a dose-related increase. The main target organs were the mammary gland (female rats and mice having similar susceptibilities) and the Jung (mice only). On the basis of sex- and organ-specific tumour data and with a linear extrapolation to a negligible increase of the lifetime tumour incidence by 0.0001% ( one additional tumour in one milüon individuals exposed for life), a "virtually safe dose .. of 20 to 80 ng/kg body weight/day was estimated. The daily burden reached under normal dietary habits without alcoholic beverages is in the range of about 20 ng/kg body weightfday. Regular table-wine consumption would increase the risk by a factor of up to five. Regular drinking of 20 to 40 ml stone-fruit brandy per day could raise the calculated lifetime tumour risk to near 0.01%.
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Nucleoli are the sites of ribosome biogenesis. Transcription of the ribosomal RNA genes as well as processing and initial packaging of their transcripts with ribosomal and non-ribosomal proteins all occur within the nucleolus in an ordered manner and under defined topological conditions. Components of the nucleolus have been localized by immunocytochemistry and their functional aspects investigated by microinjection of antibodies directed against the enzyme responsible for rDNA transcription, RNA polymerase I. The role of nascent transcripts in postmitotic formation of nucleoli will be discussed.
Several species of the genus Xiphophorus are polymorphic for specific pigment patterns. Same of these give rise to malignant melanoma following the appropriate crossings. For one of these pattern Iod from the platyfish Xiphophorus maculatus the melanoma-inducing gene has been doned and found to encode a novel receptor tyrosine kinase, designated Xmrk. Using molecular probes from this gene in Southern blot analyses on single fish DNA preparations from 600 specimens of different populations of various species of the genus Xiphophorus and their hybrids, either with or without melanomapredisposing pattern, it was shown that all individuals contain the Xmrk gene as a proto-oncogene. It is located on the sex chromosome. All fish that carry a melanoma-predisposing locus which has been identified by Mendelian genetics contain an additional copy of Xmrk, closely linked to a specific melanophore pattern locus on the sex chromosome. The melanoma-inducing loci of the different species and populations are homologous. The additional copy of Xmrk obviously arose by a geneduplication event, thereby acquiring the oncogenic potential. The homology of the melanomainducing Iod points to a similar mechanism of tumor suppression in all feral fish populations of the different species of the genus Xiphophorus.
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Tbe genetic organization of tbe foc gene duster bas been studied; six genes involved in tbe biogenesis of Fl C fimbriae were identifi.ed.focA encodes tbe major fimbrial subunit, focC encodes a product tbat is indispensable for fimbria formation,focG andjocH encode minor ftmbrial subunits, andfocl encodes a protein wbicb sbows similarities to the subunit protein FocA. Apart from tbe FocA major subunits, purified FlC fimbriae contain at least two minor subunits, FocG and FocH. Minor proteins of similar size were observed in purified S fimbriae. Remarkably, some mutations in tbe foc gene duster result in an altered 6mbrial morpbology, i.e., rigid stubs or long, curly ftmbriae.
Pharmacokinetic properties of the antimuscarinic drug [\(^3\)H]-hexahydro-sila-difenidol in the rat
(1990)
The pharmacokinetics of tritiated hexahydrosila- difenidol ([\(^3\)H]-HHSiD) were examined in rats. Furthermore, the distribution of radioactivity was studied by means of whole body autoradiography. After i. v. administration of 2.9 mg/kg HHSiD plus [\(^3\)H]-HHSiD to anaesthetized rats bearing a catheter implanted in the ductus choledochus and receiving a mannitol infusion, HHSiD was rapidly distributed and metabolized. Only 5% ofthe radioactivity was recovered in blood after 23 s and 0.4% after 2.5 h. 64% of the plasma radioactivity could be extracted with hexane from the samples taken 23 s after administration. 52% of the radioactivity was eliminated within 2.5 h, 13% by urinary and 39% by biliary excretion. Following oral administration of 8.6 mg/kg HHSiD plus [\(^3\)H]-HHSiD there was an absorption of approximately one fourth of the administered radioactivity within 4 h. By means of whole body autoradiography (i. v. injection) as well as by tissue distribution measurement the highest Ievels of radioactivity were found in bile, urine, lung, kidney, adrenals, liver and .pancreas. Thus, after i. v. administration to rats HHSiD is rather quickly distributed, metabolized and excreted. This explains its low antimuscarinic potency in vivo.
The long terminal repeat (LTR) of the human spumaretrovirus (HSRV) was examined with respect to its ability to function as transcriptional promotor in virus-infected and uninfected cells. Transient transfections using a plasmid in which the 3' L TR of HSRV was coupled to the bacterial chloramphenicol cetyltransferase (cat) gene revealed that the Ievei of HSRV LTR-directed cat gene expression was markedly increased in HSRV-infected cells compared to uninfected cells. Northern blot analysis of cat mRNA from transfected cultures suggests that transactivation of HSRVdirected gene expression occurs at the transcriptionallevel.
An infectious molecular clone (pHSRV) of the human Spumaretrovirus (HSRV) was constructed using viral DNA and cDNA clones. The infectivity of pHSRV was proven by transfection of cell cultures and subsequent infection of susceptible cultures with cell free transfection derlved virus. pHSRV derived virus produced foamy virus typical cytopathic effects in susceptible cultures. lnfected cells could be stained specifically with foamy virus antisera by means of indirect immunofluorescence. Radiolmmunoprecipltatlon revealed the presence of characteristic HSRV structural proteins in pHSRV infected cultures. By cotransfection of pHSRV and an indicator plasmid it was found that pHSRV is able to transactivate the viral L TR. Viral transcripts were found to be approximately 200 bases Ionger in pHSRV infected cultures compared to wildtype infected cultures. This difference is most likely due to an Insertion of DNA of non-viral origin ln the U3 region of the 3'L TR of the infectious clone.
To study the activation of HIV by human spumaretrovirus (HSRV) the long terminal repeats (LTRs) of HSRV, HIVl and HIV2 were examined with respect to their ability to function as transcriptional promoters in virus infected and uninfected cells. Transient transfections using plasmids in which the L TRs of the three viruses were coupled to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CA T) gene revealed (i) the level of cat gene expression directed by the HSRV LTR was markedly increased in HSRV infected cells compared to uninfected cells, (ii) cat gene expression driven by the HIV1 LTR, but not by the HIV2 LTR could be enhanced upon HSRV infection, whereas (iii) neither in HIV1 nor in HIV2 infected cells an effect on HSRV LTR driven cat geneexpression was detected.
Neuropathie und Motorik
(1990)
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The nature of good information processing is outlined as determined by intact neurology, information stored in long-term memory, and general cognitive tendencies, attitudes, and styles. Educators can promote the development of good information processing by promoting what is in long-term memory. This can be accomplished by teaching important literary, scientific, and cultural knowledge; teaching strategies; motivating the acquisition and use of important conceptual knowledge and strategies; and encouraging the general tendencies supporting good information processing. Good information processing can be produced by years of appropriate educational input. Good information processors cannot be produced by short-term interventions.
The present study served to investigate the ability of seven selective muscarinic antagonists to inhibit carbachol-induced drinking in the rat. The muscarinic antagonists were given by intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection 1 min before the i.c.v. injection of carbachol (1 \(\mu\)g/rat). The M\(_2\) antagonist, methoctramine, was inactive up to 80.3 nmol/rat. The M\(_3\) antagonist, p-fluoro-hexahydro-sila-difenidol, elicited a modest (42%) but statistically significant inhibition of drinking only at 80 nmol/rat. On the other band, the selective M\(_1\) antagonists, (R)-trihexyphenidyl, o-methoxy-sila-hexocyclium and pirenzepine, produced a marked and dose-dependent inhibition of carbachol-induced drinking, their 1050 values being 0.51. 7.36 and 9.31 nmoljrat. Also the M\(_1\)/M\(_3\) antagonists, 4-diphenylacetoxy-Nmethylpiperidine methiodide and hexahydro-sila-difen.idol, were potent inhibitors of carbachol-induced drinking, their ID\(_50\) values (0.28 and 11.09 nmoljrat) being related to their pA\(_2\) values for M1 receptors in rabbi t vas deferens. These data suggest that carbachol-induced drinking may be mediated by activation of muscarinic M\(_1\) receptors.
Muscarinic receptors mediating acid secretion in isolated rat gastric parietal cells are of M3 type
(1990)
Five subtypes of muscarinic receptors have been identified by pharmacological and molecular biological methods. The muscarinic receptor subtype mediating acid secretion at the level of the parietal cell was unknown. Therefore, this study was performed to characterize muscarinic receptors on rat gastric parietal cells using the 3 subtype-selective antagonists hexahydrosiladifenidol and silahexocyclium, which have high affinity for glandular M3 subtypes, and AF-DX 116, which has high affinity to cardiac M2 receptors. The affinity of these antagonists was determined by radioligand binding experiments. In addition, their inhibitory potency on carbachol-stimulated inositol phosphate production was investigated. Inhibition of carbachol-stimulated aminopyrine uptake was used as an indirect measure of proton production. Both M3 antagonists, hexahydrosiladifenidol and silahexocyclium, had nanomolar affinities for parietal cell muscarinic receptors and potently antagonized inositol phosphate production with nanomolar Ki values. Silahexocyclium similarly antagonized aminopyrine accumulation while hexahydrosiladifenidol behaved as a noncompetitive antagonist. AF-DX 116 was a low-affinity ligand and a weak competitive antagonist at parietal-cell muscarinic receptors. It was concluded that muscarinic M3 receptors mediate acid secretion probably by activation of the phosphoinositide second messenger system in rat gastric parietal cells.
Five subtypes of muscarinic receptors have been distinguished by pharmacological and molecular biological methods. This report characterizes the muscarinic subtype present in human gastric mucosa by radioligand binding studies. The receptor density was 27 ± 6 fmol/mg protein and the tritiated ligand N-methylscopolamine had an affinity of (Kn) 0.39 ± 0.08 nM (n = 11). The M1 receptor selective antagonist pirenzepine and the M2 receptor selective ligand AF-DX 116 had low affinities of 148 ± 32 nM (n = 13) and 4043 ± 1011 nM (n = 3) K n , respectively. The glandular M3 antagonists hexahydrosiladifenidol and silahexocyclium had high affinities ofKn 78 ± 23 nM (n = 5) and 5.6 ± 1.8 nM (n = 3). The agonist carbachol interacted with a single low-affinity site and binding was insensitive to modulation by guanine nucleotides. Antagonist and agonist binding studies thus showed an affinity profile typical of M3 receptors of the glandular type.
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The selective opioid mu receptor agonist dermorphin increased the locomotor activity of rats dose dependently at 1 0 to 1 00 pmol/kg i.c.v. Respiratory rate, relative tidal volume and respiratory minute volume also increased unrelated to changes in locomotor activity. Higher doses, on the other hand, produced catalepsy and respiratory depression. Pretreatment of the rats with the mu,-selective antagonist naloxonazine (10 mg/kg i.v.) blocked the stimulant locomotor and respiratory effects of low doses of dermorphin (1 0--1 00 pmol/kg), but potentiated the respiratory depressant effect of a high dose (1 0 nmol/kg) of dermorphin. The selective benzodiazepine antagonist flumazenil (5 mg/kg), which has been shown previously to antagonize catalepsy and respiratory depression produced by relatively high doses of dermorphin, did not antagonize the respiratory or locomotor stimulant effect of dermorphin. The data suggest that mu\(_1\)-opioid receptors are responsible for the low dose stimulant effects of dermorphin on locomotor activity and respiration whereas mu\(_2\) receptors mediate the respiratory depressant effect of dermorphin.
Junge und erwachsene Schachexperten und -novizen wurden bezüglich ihrer Behaltensleistungen für kurzzeitig dargebotene Schachstellungen und für Anordnungen geometrischer Körper miteinander verglichen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen eine differenzierte Wirksamkeit von Expertise in Abhängigkeit von der Vertrautheit mit dem zu Lernenden Material und von der Art der Aufgabenstellung. Je vorwissensbezogener das zu Lernende Material ist, desto deutlicher ist der Einfluß von Expertise auf Gedächtnisleistungen nachweisbar. Dies gilt in gleicher Weise für unmittelbare wie für längerfristige Behaltensleistungen und für den Lernfortschritt. Im Unterschied dazu zeigt sich weder bei der Vorhersage eigener künftiger noch bei der Bewertung erbrachter Gedächtnisleistungen ein systematischer Einfluß von Expertise.
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We have identified the major immunogenic structural proteins of the human foamy virus (HFV), a distinct member of the foamy virus subfamily of Retroviridae. Radiolabelied viral proteins were immunoprecipitated from HFV -infected cells by foamy virus antisera of human and non-human primate origin. Precipitated viral proteins were in the range of 31 K to 170K. Labelling of proteins with [\(^{14}\)C]glucosamine or with [\(^{35}\)S]methionine in the presence oftunicamycin, as well as endo-ß-N-acetylglycosaminidase Hand F treatment of [\(^{35}\)S]methionine-labelled proteins, revealed three viral glycoproteins of approximately 170K, 130K and 47K, most likely representing the env gene-encoded precursor, the surface glycoprotein and the transmembrane protein of HFV, respectively.
The gene coding for the sialic acid-specific adhesin SfaS produced by the S fimbrial adhesin (sfa) determinant of Escherichia coli has been modified by oligonucleotide-directed, site-specific mutagenesis. Lysine 116, arginine 118, and Iysine 122 were replaced by threonine, serine, and threonine, respectively. The mutagenized gene dusters were able to produce S fimbrial adhesin complexes consisting of the S-specific subunit proteins including the adhesin SfaS. The mutant clones were further characterized by hemagglutination and by enzyme-linked immunoassay tests with antifimbria- and anti-adhesin-specific monoclonal antibodies, one of which is able to block S-specific binding (Moch et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sei. USA 84:3462-3466, 1987). The lysine-122 mutantclone was indistinguishable from the wild-type clone in these assays. Replacement of Iysine 116 and ai'ginine 118, however, abolished hemagglutination and resulted in clones which showed a weak (Iysine 116) or a negative (arginine 118) reaction with the antiadhesin-specific antibody Al. We therefore suggest that Iysine 116 and arginine 118 have an inßuence on binding of SfaS to the sialic acid residue of the receptor molecule. Substitution of arginine 118 by serine also had a negative efl"ect on the amount of SfaS adhesin proteins isolated from the S fimbrial adhesin complex.
We have assessed the role of tumour necrosis factor-a (TNF) during cutaneous leishmaniasis and demonstrated that significant levels of TNF were released by spleen cells from infected mice after in cirro restimulation with Leishmania major promastigotes. Spleen cells from both genetically resistant and genetically susceptible mice were equally capable of producing TNF. After challenge with bacterial endotoxin, TNF activity could also be demonstrated in the serum of L. mujor-infected mice and the titres correlated with the course of cutaneous disease in susceptible and resistant mice. TNF did not exert a direct leishmanicidal effect in uitro. Furthermore, our study indicated that macrophages are the source of L. major-induced TNF activity and that its elicitation is dependent on the presence of T cells. These findings suggest that TNF acts in concert with other cytokines produced during L. major infection and that its role depends on the composition of T cell subsets and cytokines present.
In a colorimetric assay using 4-( p-nitrobenzyl)pyridine (NBP) as a nucleophilic scavenger of alkylating agents, the nitrosation and alkylation reactions were investigated for a number of amino acids and derivatives. The alkylating activity increased with the square of the nitrite concentration. The nitrosation rate constants for aspartic acid, aspartame, and glycine ethylester ( = precursors C) were 0.08, 1.4 and ~ 0.2, respectively, expressed in terms of the pH-dependent \(k_2\) rate constant of the equation dNOCjdt = \(k_2\) • (C]· [nitrite]\(^2\) • The rates correlated inversely with the basicity of the amino group. The stability of the alkylating activity was astonishingly high, both in acid and at neutral pH. Half-lives of 500, 200, and 30 min were determined for aspartic acid (pH 3.5), aspartame (pH 2.5), and glycine ethylester (pH 2.5). Values of 60, 15, and 2 min; respectively, were found at pH 7. It is concluded that rearrangement of the primary N-nitroso product to the ultimate alkylating agent could be rate-limiting. The potential of nitrosated a-amino acids to bind to DN A in vivo was investigated by oral gavage of radiolabelled glycine ethylester to rats, followed irnmediately by sodium nitrite. DNA was isolated from stomach and liver and analysed for radioactivity and modified nucleotides. No indication of DNA adduct formation was obtained. Based on an estimation of the dose fraction converted from glycine ethylester to the nitroso product under the given experimental conditions, the maximum possible DNA-binding potency of nitroso glycine ethylester is about one order of magnitude below the methylating potency of N-nitrosomethylurea in rat stomach. The apparent discrepancy to the in vitro data could be due to efficient detoxification processes in mammalian cells.
Escherichia coU K-12 strains producing S-fimbrial adhesins, FlC fimbriae, and mutagenized fimbriae were tested in a binding assay with a renal tubular cell line. S-fimbrial adhesins and FlC fimbriae mediated bindlog to tubular cells. The SfaA, SfaG, and SfaS subunits of S fimbriae contributed to attachment. Site-specific mutations in the sfaS gene reduced binding. The Inhibitionprofile of FlC fimbriae resembled that of S fimbriae.
Pandinus imperator is a forest dweller of tropical West Africa. In the field, lobserved aggregations of up to 15 individuals. In the laboratory, mixed age groups of related and also unrelated animals lived jointly in terraria rarely showing within-group aggression or cannibalism. Brood-caring behavior of the mother influenced growth rate and survival probability of the young. With birth, mothers became very aggressive. To study family cohesion in Pandinus, experiments with family groups were conducted. Siblings aggregated around their mother. In choice experiments with two family groups, mothers were placed in enclosures that only the young were able to enter or to leave. Second instars significantly preferred the enclosure containing their own mother. Aggression among unrelated young of the same age was not observed. Feeding experiments studied the possible advantages of long-Iasting group living with regard to enhanced success in prey capture and its effect on growth of the young. Even groups of second instars were unable to subdue large prey on their own. Sibling groups with their mother removed suffered high mortality due to starvation and cannibalism compared to groups with mothers present. Here, young grew significantly faster: they shared the prey that only the mother was able to kill and dismember. Pandinus imperator has to be considered an intermediate subsocial scorpion.
Dose-response relationship and low dose extrapolation in chemical carcinogenesis [commentary]
(1990)
Data supporting various dose-respome relationships in chemical carcinogenesis are summarized. General principles are derived to explain the relationships between exposure dose, JI>NA adduct Ievel, induction of genetic changes, and tumor incidence. Some mechanistic aspects of epigenetic carcinogens (stimulation of ceU division and maldlfl'erentlation) are analyzed in a similar way. In a bomogeneous pnpulation, non-linearities are frequent. They are due to pbenomena of induction or saturation of enzymatic activities and to the multi-step nature of carcinog~: if a carcinogen acce1erates more than one step, the SUperposition of the dose- response curves for the indJvidual steps can result in an exponential relationship. A fourth power of the dose was the maximum seen in animals (fonnaldehyde). At the lowest dose Ievels, a proportionality between dose and tumor induction is postulated independent of the mechanism of action if the carcinogen aceeierotes the endogenous proass responsible for spootaneous tumor formation. Low-dose thresholds are expected only for situations where the carcinogen acts in a way that has no endogenous counterpart. Epidemiologfcal studies in humans show linear dose- response curves in all but two investigations. The difference from the strongly nonlinear slopes ·seen in animal studies could be due to the heterogeneity of the human population: if the individual sensitivity to a carcinogen is governed by a large number of genetic and Iife-style factors, the non-linea.rities will tend to cancel each other out and the dose- response curve becomes 'quasi-linear'.
A list ofendogenaus DNA·damaging agents and processes is given. Endogenaus e/ectrophiles are found with the cosubstrates of physiological transfer reactions (S-adenosylrnethionine for methylation, A TP for phosphorylation, NAD\(^+\) for ADP-ribosylation, acetyl CoA for acetylation). Aldehyde groups (glyceraldehyde- 3-phosphate, formaldehyde, open forms of reducing sugars, degradation products of peroxidation) or alkylating degradation products derived from endogenaus nitrose compounds represent additional possibilities. Radical-forming reactions include leakage of the superoxide anion radical from terminal cytochromes and redox cycles, hydroxyl radical formation by the Fenton reaction from endogenaus hydrogen peroxide, and the formation of lipid peroxides. Genetic instability by spontaneaus deaminations and depurinations as well as replicative instability by tautomer errors andin the presence of mutagenic metal ions represent a third important dass of endogenaus genotoxic processes. The postulated endogenaus genotoxicity could form the mechanistic basis for what is called 'spontaneous' tumor incidence and explain the possibility of an increased tumor incidence after treatment of animals with non-genotoxic compounds exhibiting tumor-promoting activity only. Individual differences are expected to be seen also with endogenaus DNA damage. The presence of endogenaus DNA darnage implies that exogenaus DNAcarcinogen adducts give rise to an incremental darnage which is expected to be proportional to the carcinogen dose at lowest Ievels. An increased tumor risk due to exposure to exogenaus genotoxic carcinogens could therefore be assessed in terms of the background DNA damage~ for instance in multiples of the mean Ievel or of the interindividual variability in a population.
Ich habe versucht darzulegen, daß mechanistische Überlegungen zur Extrapolation der Dosis-WirkungsBeziehung herangezogen werden können. Ein nichtlinearer Verlauf ist nicht nur bei den epigenetischen Kanzerogenen wahrscheinlich, sondern auch bei den DNA-bindenden. Echte Schwellen sind aber nur in solchen Fällen zu erwarten, wo kein endogenes Korrelat besteht. Immerhin können auch steile Nichtlinearitäten zu einer drastischen Risikoreduktion führen, so daß die Anstrengungen dahin gehen sollten, die Steigung und den Bereich des überproportionalen Abfalls experimentell zu zeigen. In einer heterogenen Population kann die 0 0- sis-Wirkungs-Kurve zusätzliche "Wellen" bekommen und wird dadurch grundsätzlich flacher. Im Extremfall ergibt sich eine lineare Dosis-Wirkungs-Beziehung unabhängig vom Wirkmechanismus des Kanzerogens. Diese Proportionalität zwischen tiefster Dosis und Effekt wird bei genotoxischen Kanzerogenen aus mechanistischen Gründen schon für eine homogene Population postuliert, doch kann dies in einer heterogenen Population auch bei epigenetischen Kanzerogenen in Frage kommen.
During the past 50 to over 100 million years communities evolved in the tropics which attained unprecedented levels of biodiversity, strikingly represented by evergreen lowland rain forests offering home to more than 50% of all the world's extant species. Within only some 30 years human action reduced the area covered with tropical rain forests to about half of its former size, thereby negatively affecting local and global functions of the biosphere and exterminating an unknown number of species. With an exponentially increasing rate we are throwing away our and all future generations' biological heritage. We destroy the most complicated, scientifically most interesting living systems before we have gained any knowledge of their structures ,and dynamics. To understand the particular structures and dynamics of tropical communities means in the first place to understand the causes and consequences of their ten- to more than hundredfold higher alphadiversity (as compared to temperate systems). This problem has a historical dimension and a functional side requiring answers as to the nature of the proximate mechanisms of its maintenance. My review is only concerned with the latter aspect, and its maIn emphasis is on the gaps in our knowledge. Two sets of hypotheses have been developed for explaining the high within-commUnIty diversity. (1) According to the classical concept interspecific niche competition and subsequent niche separation are the main forces determining the structure of the community. These so-called equilibrium models have been contrasted in recent times with (2) non-equilibrium models. These models do not attribute the decisive role to interspecific competition. Strong niche overlaps are presumed to be very common within species-rich communities. Continuous stochastic local disturbances are assumed to prevent the achievement of any long-term equilibrium (climax) state. Being on the right spot at the right time is regarded as most important. Whether oneor a combination of both models provide the best key for understanding the structure of a special section within a community will certainly depend on many properties of the species at debate (mobility, disr.ersal, fertility etc.). For the vast majority of tropical organisms all such information is at present unavailable. The principles governing the structure of communities is just one of the very ,basic open problems. Another very prominent question is how the qualitatively very rich, however quantitatively poor resources are distributed among the members of highly diverse guilds of consumers and decomposers. Does the scarcity rather favour generalists or specialists, are small species overrepresented, are resources more extensively used than in temperate communities? One important property is fairly well established: Populations of most tropical species seem to be very small. Since a) in very many' cases distribution range is obviously very limited, since b) predator pressure is generally assumed to be higher in the tropics and c) recent - perhaps unduely generalized - results claim abundance fluctuations in the tropics fully comparable in their dimensions to those in the temperate zone, the question arises as to how these small populations can persist for seemingly long periods of time and avoid rapid extinction. Additionally treated PoInts concern detritivore communities, plant animal Interactions, key stone groups. Saving biodiversity in general and the tropical species and community richness in particular is one of the most urgent tasks of our generation, and biologists have to play a still more prominent role in this extremely important endeavor than they have in the past decades.
0-2A progenitor cells give rise to both oligodendrocytes and type-2 astrocytes in vitro. Whereas oligodendrocyte differentiation occurs constitutively, type-2 astrocyte differentiation requires extracellular signals, one of which is thought to be ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF). CNTF, however, is insufficient by itself to induce the development of stable type-2 astrocytes. In this report we show the following: (a) that molecules associated with the extracellular matrix (ECM) cooperate with CNTF to induce stable type-2 astrocyte differentiation in serumfree cultures. The combination of CNTF and the ECM-associated molecules thus mimics the effect of FCS, which has been shown previously to induce stable type-2 astrocyte differentiation in vitro. (b) Both the ECM-associated molecules and CNTF act directly on 0-2A progenitor cells and can induce them to differentiate prematurely into type-2 astrocytes. (c) ECM-associated molecules also inhibit oligodendrocyte differentiation, even in the absence of CNTF, but this inhibition is not sufficient on its own to induce type-2 astrocyte differentiation. (d) Whereas the effect of ECM on oligodendrocyte differentiation is mimicked by basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), the effect of ECM on type-2 astrocyte differentiation is not. (e) The ECM-associated molecules that are responsible for inhibitin~ oligodendrocyte differentiation and for cooperating with CNTF to induce type-2 astrocyte differentiation are made by non-glial cells in vitro. (f) Molecules that have these activities and bind to ECM are present in the optic nerve at the time type-2 astrocytes are thought to be developing.
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Familiale Arbeitsteilung bei Studierenden mit Kleinkindern : Erste Ergebnisse einer Zeitbudgetstudie
(1990)
Gerade bei jungen Frauen und Männern mit hohem Bildungsniveau haben sich in den letzten Jahren die Einstellungen zur familialen Arbeitsteilung stark gewandelt. Mittlerweile wird eine partnerschaftlieh- egalitäre Verteilung der Pflichten im Haushalt mehrheitlich begrüßt. Um festzustellen, ob veränderte Einstellun· gen auch verhaltenswirksam geworden sind, wurden 66 Studentinnen und Studenten mit Kleinkindern mit Methoden der Zeitbudgetforschung zu Tagesablauf und Zeitverwendung befragt. Bei insgesamt im Vergleich zur Erwerbsbevöl· kerung hoher Gesamtbelastung waren auch hier Hausarbeit und Kinderbetreuung ungleich, und zwar zu Lasten der Frauen, verteilt. Studentinnen können daher wesentlich weniger Zeit in ihr Studium investieren als Studenten. Immerhin hatte eine relativ große Minderheit partnerschaftliehe Formen der Arbeitsteilung verwirklicht.
Talcott Parsons hatte den Interpenetrationsbegriff eingeführt, um strukturelle Beziehungen zwischen verschiedenen System arten erfassen zu können. Niklas Luhmann übernimmt den Begriff von Parsons und benutzt ihn nach weitreichenden Revisionen v. a. dazu, das Verhältnis von psychischen und sozialen Systemen auf den Begriff zu bringen. In dieser Intersystembeziehung spielt Sprache eine entscheidende Rolle. Ein systemtheoretisches Sprachkonzept, das dieser Vermittlungsleistung Rechnung trägt, steht jedoch noch aus; ein zentrales Desiderat dabei ist, den Widerspruch zwischen Sprache als systemübergreifender Vermittlungsinstanz und der autopoietischen Geschlossenheit von Systemen aufzulösen.
Previous research has shown German children to be more strategic on sort-recall memory tasks than their American age-mates, and to show fewer effort-related attributions. We conducted this study to determine if those differences are due to systematic differences in the strategy instruction and attributional beliefs of German and U.S. teachers, and to explore metacognitive instructional practices in the two countries. Teachers responded to a questionnaire that inquired about their use of strategy instructions, fostering of reflective thinking in pupils, sources of children’s learning problems, and modeling of metacognitive skills such as monitoring. The second part of the questionnaire asked about the reasons underlying children’s academic successes and failures. German teachers reported more instruction of task-specific strategies, while American teachers showed more effort-related attributions. The types of strategies instructed and types of learning problems most frequently described varied across the two countries, and also according to how many years the teachers had taught. Results were discussed regarding their implications for metacognitive developmental theory, particularly regarding culture and other environmental influences on the development of controlled processing.
Die Literaturstudie zum Thema "Auswirkungen geringer Alkoholmengen auf Fahrverhalten und Verkehrssicherheit• (FP 8707) wählte aus rund 100 000 geprüften Literaturangaben, nach strengen methodischen Kriterien , 1 126 empirische Befunde im Bereich unter 0,84 Promille BAK aus. Es zeigt sich , daß ab 0,3 Promille BAK nachweisbare Wirkungen des Alkohols vorhanden sind. Bis zu 0,5 Promille sind diese noch stark von den untersuchten Personen und Situationen abhängig, so daß dieser Bereich nicht maßnahmenrelevant erscheint. Bei Konzentrationen über 0 ,5 Promille hat Alkohol deutliche Wirkungen in Verkehrssituationen, die ein hohes Maß an Kontrollprozessen verlangen. Solche sind gefordert, wenn das Fahren an rasch wechselnde, unvorhersehbare Situationen angepaßt werden muß oder wenn sich mehrere Anforderungen gleichzeitig stellen . Ebenfalls deutliche Wirkungen sind in Verkehrssituationen zu erwarten. die einen sozialen Aufforderungsgehalt haben, insbesondere solche mit aggressionsauslösenden Reizen (etwa Bedrängen , Überholtwerden, Vorfahrtsfragen usw). Geringere Wirkungen zeigen sich in Standardsituationen wie Abbiegen, Überholen usw. Fast keine Wirkungen zeigen sich in nicht beanspruchenden Situationen , wo eine leichte Beeinträchtigung nicht leistungsmindernd ins Gewicht fällt oder durch eine Erhöhung der Anstrengung kompensiert werden kann. Die gleiche BAK ist umso gefährlicher, je weniger der Fahrer über automatisierte Handlungen verfügen kann, je mehr er auf Kontrollprozesse angewiesen ist. Dies ist der Fall vor allem bei wenig geübten Fahrern, regelhaft bei Fahranfängern. Aber auch älteren Verkehrsteilnehmer mit ihren größeren Schwierigkeiten bei Kontrollprozessen sind in besonderem Maße betroffen. Legt man die in§ 24a StVG für den Grenzwert von 0 ,8 ausgesprochene Wirkungsvermutung zugrunde, zeigt das Review eindeutig , daß eine BAK über 0,5 Promille in vielen Verkehrssituationen (nicht in allen ) und/oder bei zahlenmäßig großen Risikopopulationen (nicht bei allen) die Leistungen so deutlich mindert, daß von einer abstrakten Gefährdung des Straßenverkehrs auszugehen ist. Damit ist eine Absenkung des Gefahrengrenzwerts auf 0,5 Promille zu befürworten .
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Auf der Grundlage von 1.126 empirischen Befunden stellt die vorliegende Literaturstudie dar, inwieweit die Fahrtüchtigkeit von Verkehrsteilnehmern bei Blutalkoholkonzentrationen (BAK) bis 0,8 Promille beeinträchtigt wird. Es zeigt sich, daß ab 0,3 Promille BAK bereits nachweisbare Wirkungen feststellbar sind. Ab 0,5 Promille treten deutliche Beeinträchtigungen auf: Rasch wechselnde Verkehrssituationen, unvorhersehbare Ereignisse, Mehrfachanforderungen an den Fahrer oder Situationen mit agressionsauslösenden Reizen werden schlecht bewältigt. Fahranfänger, die über weniger automatisierte Handlungen verfügen und ältere Verkehrsteilnehmer mit ihren größeren Schwierigkeiten bei Kontrollprozessen sind besonders gefährdet. Die Studie kommt zu dem Schluß, daß eine Absenkung des Gefahrengrenzwertes auf 0,5 Promille BAK zu befürworten ist. Das detaillierte Gesamtergebnis sowie ein umfangreiches Verzeichnis der bearbeiteten Literatur ist als Heft 213 der Reihe Forschungsberichte der Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen veröffentlicht.
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