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Because successful human islet transplantation requires large quantities of viable islets that must be separated from the highly immunogenic exocrine tissue and because handpicking is too time-consuming and laborious to be clinically relevant, a new approach for solving this problem has been established in rat models. It is based on the principle that magnetic microspheres (MMSs) coupled to lectins with binding specificity for the exocrine tissue portion are trapped in an electromagnetic field, thus providing effluent islets of a high degree of purity. In this study our aim was to adapt this princip'le to human islet preparations. In this context our prime interest was focused on a lectin suitable for human pancreatic tissue. Of 19 different lectins tested, only 1, Wisteria floribunda agglutinin (WFA), is suitable, as shown by immunofluorescence, MMS-Iectin binding, and magnetic separation
Durch Umsetzung der jeweiligen Chiaraphosphane mit den entsprechenden Natriumdithiocarbamaten können folgende Verbindungen erhalten werden: Verbindungen des Typs RP(S\(_2\)CNR\(_2\)')\(_2\) mit R = CH\(_3\), C\(_6\)H\(_5\); R' = CH\(_3\) , C\(_2\)H\(_5\), CH(CH\(_3\))\(_2\). C\(_6\)H\(_5\) ; Verbindungen des Typs (C\(_6\)H\(_5\)) \(_2\)PS\(_2\)CNR\(_2\) mit R' = CH\(_3\) , CH(CH\(_3\))\(_2\) sowie [(C\(_6\)H\(_5\)))\(_2\)PS\(_2\)CN(CH\(_3\))CH\(_2\)--]\(_2\). Die Kristallstruktur von C\(_6\)H\(_5\)P(S\(_2\)CN(C\(_2\)H\(_5\))\(_2\))\(_2\) zeigt, daß sich der Trend zu schwächer ausgeprägter zweizähniger Bindungsweise der Dithiocarbamatliganden in der homologen Reihe RE(S\(_2\)CN(C\(_2\)H\(_5\))\(_2\))\(_2\); E = Bi, Sb, As, P für E = P fortsetzt.
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A non-radioactive in situ hybridization method is described for the localization of transcription units of defined genes to lateral loops of Xenopus laevis lampbrush chromosomes. Two Xenopus cONA probes were used encoding the nucleolar protein N038/ B23 and cytokeratin 1(8). Both proteins are known to be synthesized in Xenopus oocytes, and Northern blot analysis revealed the presence of the corresponding mRNAs in different oogenic stages. The probes were enzymatically labeled with biotin-dCTP and hybridized to lampbrush chromosomes. The sites of hybridization were detected either by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy using rabbit antibodies against biotin and fluorescein-conjugated antirabbit IgG or enzymatically using peroxidase-conjugated streptavi din. The probe encoding the nucleolar protein hybridized to two sets of lateral loops on different bivalents, the cytokeratin probe to at least four. Our finding that each probe hybridized to more than one chromosomal locus may reflect the tetraploid nature of the Xenopus laevis genome or results from cross-hybridization to other transcriptionally active members of the N038/ B23-nucleoplasmin or the cytokeratin-Iamin gene families. The method described should facilitate further in situ hybridization studies with appropriate genomic clones in order to map specific DNA sequences to defined loop regions and to come to a better understanding of the relationship between loop organization and gene transcription unit.
l In an attempt to assess the structural requirements for the musearlnie receptor selectivity of hexahydro-diphenidol (hexahydro-difenidol) and hexahydro-sila-diphenidol (hexahydro-sila-difenidol), a serles of structurally related C/Si pairs were investigated, along with atropine, pirenzepine and methoctramine, for their binding affinities in NB-OK 1 cells as well as in rat heart and pancreas. 2 The action of these antagonists at musearlnie receptors mediating negative inotropic responses in guinea-pig atrla and ileal contractions has also been assessed. 3 Antagonist binding data indicated that NB-OK 1 cells (M\(_1\) type) as weil as rat heart (cardiac type) and pancreas (glandularjsmooth muscle type) possess different muscarinic receptor subtypes. 4 A highly significant correlation was found between the binding affinities of the antagonists to muscarinic receptors in rat heart and pancreas, respectively, and the affinities to muscarinic receptors in guinea-pig atria and ileum. This implies that the musearlnie binding sites in rat heart and the receptors in guinea-pig atrla are essentially similar, but different from those in pancreas and ileum. 5 The antimuscarinic potency of hexahydro-diphenidol and hexahydro-sila-diphenidol at the three subtypes was inftuenced differently by structural modifications (e.g. quaternization). Different selectivity profiles for the antagonists were obtained, which makes these compounds useful tools to investigate further muscarinic receptor heterogeneity. lndeed, the tertiary analogues hexahydrodiphenidol (HHD) and hexahydro-sila-diphenidol (HHSiD) bad an M\(_1\) = glandularjsmooth muscle > cardiac selectivity profile, whereas the quaternary analogues HHD methiodide and HHSiD methiodide were M\(_1\) preferring (M\(_1\) > glandularjsmooth muscle, cardiac).
An immunogold-silver enhancement technique, which combines effective labeling of viable isolated islets with the ultrastructural resolution of cytological details, was applied in electron microscopy to identify major histocompatibility complex (MHC) structures on islet cells. Incubation of freshly isolated islets from CAP (RT1C) and LEW (RT1') rats with OX18, an MHC class I antibody, showed strong positive reactivity in macrophages and/or dendritic-like cells (M0-DCs) and vascular endothelial cells (VEs) and a comparatively weaker reactivity in endocrine a-, p-, and 8-ce"s. With MHC class" antibody OX6 (anti-I-A), M0-DCs were strongly labeled in both rat strains on the surface and on internal structures. Three of five particularly high titered batches of OX6 revealed MHC class" expression on VE and p-ce"s. Four days of in vitro culture in combination with a high concentration of glucose and interferon-'Y induced strong enhancement of MHC class I structures and, to a lesser extent, class " structures on p-ce"s.
A recombinant plasmid was constructed containing the gene for bovine growth hormone joinea with the regulatory region and the region coding the signal sequence of the Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase gene. In conditions of phosphorus starvation, which c~s derepression of alkaline phosphatase, expression was shown of the gene for bovine growth hormone, in addition to partial processing and secretion of protein into periplasm.
Ten monoclonal antibodies (McAbs) raised to Schistosoma japonicum eggs could be assigned using several serological and immunochemical techniques to 3 groups. The McAbs, termed A, B and C-McAbs, apparently recognize carbohydrate epitopes that can be located on the same antigen molecule. The antibodies, generally of IgM isotype, are idiotypically related. They are distinct from another IgM McAb (Group D-McAb) the carbohydrate target epitope of which can also be associated with the epitopes of A. B and C-McAbs. The McAbs produce large vacuolated bleb reactions in the circumoval precipitin test (COPT) and target epitopes have different representations in various life cycle stages such as immature and mature eggs, male and female worms (including S. mansoni). Antigens affinity purified on columns containing A, B, C and D-McAbs stimulate proliferation of T cells from egg-sensitized mice and elicit DTH reactions in such mice. This raises the possibility that the target antigens of these carbohydrate-reactive monoclonal antibodies are immunopathologic and involved in egg-induced granuloma formation.
In the present work we studied the pharmacological profile of adenosine receptors in guinea pig atria by investigating the effect of different adenosine analogues on 86Rb + -efflux from isolated left atria and on binding of the antagonist radioligand 8-cyclopentyl-1 ,3-[\(^3\)H]dipropylxanthine ([\(^3\)H]DPCPX) to atrial membrane preparations. The rate of \8^{86}\)Rb\(^+\) -effiux was increased twofold by the maximally effective concentrations of adenosine receptor agonists. The EC50-values for 2-chloro-N\(^6\)-cyclopentyladenosine (CCPA), R-N\(^6\)-phenylisopropyladenosine (R-PIA), 5'-Nethylcarboxamidoadenosine (NECA), and S-N\(^6\)-phenylisopropyladenosine (S-PIA) were 0.10, 0.14, 0.24 and 12.9 \(\mu\)M, respectively. DPCPX shifted the R-PIA concentration-response curve to the right in a concentration-dependent manner with a K\(_B\)-value of 8.1 nM, indicating competitive antagonism. [\(^3\)H]DPCPX showed a saturable binding to atrial membranes with a Bmax·value of 227 fmol/mg protein and a K\(_D\)-value of 1.3 nM. Competition experiments showed a similar potency for the three agonists CCPA, R-PIA and NECA. S-PIA is 200 times less potent than R-PIA. Our results suggest that the K\(^+\) channel-coupled adenosine receptor in guinea pig atria is of an A\(_1\) subtype.
The synthesis of the potent and highly selective silicon-containing antimuscarinic agent o-methoxysila- hexocyclium methyl sulfate and its corresponding tertiary amine (isolated as the dihydrochloride) is described. The quarternary compound is an omethoxy derivative of sila-hexocyclium methyl sulfate, which represents one of the tools currently used in experimental pharmacology for the subclassification of muscarinic receptors. The omethoxy derivative, the pharmacological profile of which differs substantially from tbat of the nonmethoxy compound, is also recommended as a tool for the investigation of muscarinic receptor heterogeneity.
Sila-Hexocyclium-methylsulfat (7b), ein Silicium-Analogon des therapeutisch eingesetzten Antimuscarinileums Hexocyclium-methylsulfat (7a), wurde durch eine sechsstufige Synthese - ausgehend von (CH\(_3\)0)\(_3\)SiCH\(_2\)Cl - dargestellt (Gesamtausbeute 16%). Außerdem wurden die hiervon abzuleitende freie Base 9b (fünfstufige Synthese, ausgehend von (CH\(_3\)0)\(_3\)SiCH\(_2\)O; Gesamtausbeute 29%) und das strukturverwandte (Aminomethyl)silanol 13 (dreistufige Synthese, ausgehend von cyclo-C\(_6\)H\(_{11}\)(C\(_6\)H\(_5\))Si(OCH\(_3\))CH\(_2\)Cl, Gesamtausbeute 46$) synthetisiert. 7b ist ein hochwirksames und selektives Antimuscarinikum, das in der experimentellen Pharmakologie aufgrund seines bemerkenswerten Selektivitätsprofils zur Klassifizierung von Subtypen muscarinischer Rezeptoren eingesetzt wird.
(R)-1,1-Dimethyl-1-sila-cyclohexan-2-ol [(R)-2] was prepared by enantioselective microbial reduction of 1,1-dimethyl-1-sila-cyclohexan-2-one (1) with growing cells of the yeast Kloeckera corticis (ATCC 20109). At a substrate concentration of 0.5 g/1 (temperature 27° C, incubation time 16 h), (R}-2 was obtained on a preparative scale in 60% yield and with an enantiomeric purity of 92% ee. Repeated recrystallization of the biotransformation product from n-hexane raised the enantiomeric purity to 99% ee.
CILIARY neurotrophic factor (CNTF) was originally characterized as a survival factor for chick ciliary neurons in vitro. More recently, it was shown to promote the survival of a variety of otherneuronal cell types and to affect the differentiation of E7 chick sympathetic neurons by inhibiting their proliferation and by inducing the expression of yasoactiYe intestinal peptide immunoreactiyity (VIP-IR). In cultures of dissociated sympathetic neurons from newborn rats, CNTF induces cholinergic differentiation as shown by increased levels of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT.
Das Arbeitsgebiet mit den im einzelnen untersuchten Regionen umfaßt ungefähr die östliche Hälfte der Republik Niger. Es erstreckt sich zwischen 8° (Agadez) und 13° (Stufe von Bilma) östlicher Länge und zwischen 13°40° und 21° nördlicher Breite. Dabei umfaßt es eine Fläche von insgesamt rund 440.000 km2. Administrativ sind die untersuchten Teilregionen den Departements Agadez und Zinder zugeordnet. Der Untersuchungsraum wird von wenigen geologisch-tektonischen Großeinheiten aufgebaut, die ihren Niederschlag auch in der morphologischen Ausprägung finden: Der Hauptteil des Arbeitsgebietes gehört dem geologisch-hydrologischen Tschadbecken an, zu dem auch das nördlich anschließende Becken von Bilma gerechnet werden kann. Das im Nordosten des Untersuchungsraumes gelegene Djado-Becken wird randlich erfaßt. Bis auf wenige Ausnahmen ist dieser Raum von weitgespannten Ebenheiten geprägt, die teilweise als Serirflächen entwickelt sind, teilweise aber auch von den Sandmassen des Erg du Tenere und des Grand Erg de Bilma überdeckt werden. Die darin inselhaft aufragenden Schichtstufenkomplexe lehnen sich an grob NW-SE-gerichtete Störungszonen an. Die geologisch-morphologische Umrahmung des Arbeitsgebietes bilden die Hebungsgebiete des Air, des Tibesti (bereits außerhalb des Untersuchungsraumes im Tschad gelegen) und des Damagaram/Mounio. Die Gebirgsmassive erreichen Höhen bis knapp 3.300 m ü.NN (Tibesti) bzw. um 2.000 m ü.NN (Air), während das dazwischen liegende Tenere bei etwa 400 m ü.NN (im Süden) bis 500 m ü.NN (im Norden) entwickelt ist. Nach naturräumlichen Gesichtspunkten gegliedert hat der Untersuchungsraum sowohl Anteil an der südlichen zentralen und der südlichen Sahara als auch am nördlichen Sahel. Innerhalb dieses Gesamtraumes konzentrieren sich die hier vorgestellten Untersuchungen auf mehrere Teilgebiete. Von Norden nach Süden sind dies das südwestliche Djado, die Stufe von Bilma mit dem Kaouar, die Massive von Termit und Koutous, sowie weiter westlich gelegen die Stufe von Tiguidit etwa 80 km südlich des Air. Einzelbeobachtungen aus dem Kristallin des Air und des Damagaram/Mounio ergänzen die Untersuchungen.
Leishmanien besitzen eine Vielzahl von Mechanismen, die humorale und zelluläre Immunabwehr effektiv zu unterlaufen. Diese hängen eng mit der Expression von hauptsächlich zwei Glykokonjugaten auf der Parasitenoberfläche zusammen, dem gp63 und dem Lipophosphoglykan. Die Parasiten sind einerseits schlechte Aktivatoren des alternativen Komplementweges und umgehen damit ihre eigene extrazelluläre Lyse. Oberflächengebundene Komplementfaktoren fördern andererseits die Aufnahme der Leishmanien durch Makrophagen. Solange diese nicht durch T-Zellen aktiviert sind, dienen sie den Parasiten als "Refugium". Dies gilt insbesondere, als Leishmanien in der Lage sind, 1. den "oxidative burst" zu hemmen; 2. toxische Sauerstoffmetaboliten zu entgiften; 3. abbauende lysosomale Enzyme zu hemmen und 4. das saure Milieu in den Lysosomen für ihren eigenen Metabolismus auszunutzen. Schließlich unterlaufen Leishmanien die zelluläre Immunabwehr des Wirts, indem sie die Aktivierung von T-Lymphozyten hemmen und die Expansion von T-Zell-Sub-populationen bewirken, die für ihr eigenes Überleben nützlich sind.
The effects of i.c.v. administered dermorphin, a highly selective \(\mu\)-opioid agonist, on cardiac function and renal, mesenteric and hindquarter blood ftow were studied in conscious rats. Core temperature, blood gases, arterial plasma levels of norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine and dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) also were examined. Cardiac output was rneasured using a thermodilution technique and regional blood ftows using directional pulsed Doppler velocimetry. Dermorphin, at doses of 0.1-100 nmol/kg, increased blood pressure and hindquarter blood flow, renal and mesenteric resistance, and core temperature. Higher doses (1-5 \(\mu\)mol/kg) caused respiratory depression, acidosis, and shock despite profaund sympatho-adrenomedullary stimulation. Circulating Ieveis of catecholamines were significantly increased at the dermorphin doses of 0.1-1 00 nmol/kg. At the 100 nmol/kg dose, plasma levels of epinephrine, norepinephrine, the dopamine metabellte dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and the catecholamine precursor 3,4,-dihydroxyphenylalanine were increased by 2-15-fold. The data indicate that mu opioid receptor Stimulation exerts potent effects on cardiorespiratory functions, activates the sympathoadrenomedullary system and produces a pattem of blood flow changes consistent with the stress-induced •detense· response (skeletal muscle vasodilation and splanchnic vasoconstriction). Excessive mu opioid receptor Stimulation Ieads to shock due to respiratory and hemodynamic collapse.
The capacity of L-649,923-sodium ( ßS, -yR * )-4-(3-( 4-acetyl-3-hydroxy-2-propylphenoxy)propylthio)-- y-hydroxy-ß-methylbenzene butanoate-to block vascular receptors of leukotriene D\(_4\) ( L TD\(_4\)) was examined in the conscious rat. Hindquarter (HQ), renal, and mesenteric blood flow and vascular resistance were evaluated in the conscious rat chronically equipped with miniaturized Doppler probes for organ blood flow measurement by directional pulsed Doppler technique. In addition, cardiac outpul was measured by thermodilution technique in conscious rats equipped with minithermistors in the ascending aorta. Systemic hemodynamic variables. mean arterial pressure, and heart rate were monitored through femoral catheters. L TD\(_4\) (I or 10 \(\mu\)g/kg) produced a marked dose dependent increase in the mesenteric vascular resistance associated with a marked decrease in blood flow whereas no consistent effects were demonstrated in the renal circulation. L TD\(_4\) • at I \(\mu\)g/kg. increased the HQ blood flow whereas the higher dose of LTD\(_4\) produced a biphasic response: an early increase followed by a decrease in blood flow. Infusion of L TD\(_4\) • 3 \(\mu\)g/kg per min over 10 min decreased cardiac output and increased total peripheral resistance. L-649,923 (10 or 30 mg/kg, i.v.) effectively blocked the L TD4-induced mesenteric constriction and the second I phase of HQ vasoconstriction but did not modify the , LTD\(_4\) induced HQ vasodilation. L-649,923 also effectively attenuated the cardiac effects of LTD\(_4\) infusion. I These studies suggest that L-649,923 could preserve cardiac and vascular functions in pathologic states mediated by cysteinylleukotrienes, such as traumatic or endotoxin shock. Key Words: Leukotriene D4 -Cardiovascular system- Leukotriene antagonist- Mesenteric blood tlow-Renal blood flow-Hindquarter blood flowAnaphylaxis.
The diet contains a large number of constituents which can be nitrosated in the gastrointestinal tract (especially in the stomach) to potentially carcinogenic nitroso compounds (NOC). The nitrosation of food mixtures has been investigated with a number of assays, such as chemical analysis or detection of alkylating potential, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. Relatively good information is available on the formation of stable nitrosamines using high nitrite concentrations. Little is known, however, about the formation of chemically unstable NOC at low nitrite concentration and their genotoxicity in target cells. A comparison of the precursor classes, alkylamines, aromatic amines, amino acids, amides and peptides, ureas and guanidines, reveals a vast range, both with respect to daily intake (105-fold) and nitrosation rate (104-fold both for 1st and 2nd order nitrite dependence). A total span of 108 results for the relative yield of NOC in the stomach. The endogenous NOC burden from dietary ureas and aromatic amines may represent as large a hazard as the intake of preformed NOC. Recent evidence also indicates that heterocyclic amines and phenols must be considered and that the half-life of nitrosated a-amino acids can be much longer than that of nitrosated primary alkylamines. In these classes, more information should be collected on dietary concentrations, on the nitrosation under realistic conditions and on the genotoxicity in stomach lining cells. Within a chemical precursor class, a wide range is seen with respect to alkylating potency. It cannot, therefore, be excluded that individual precursors within the top ranking classes might become more important than single preformed NOC. Not considered in the above analysis but probably just as important for a risk evaluation in a population is the knowledge of the nitrosation conditions and target cell susceptibility in individuals.
Comprehensive geochemical investigations of rnetabasites yielded constraints for a correlation of, or discrimination between the different tectonic units within the northeast Bavarian crystalline basement. The Münchberg nappe pile consists of at least five large tectonic units which exhibit differences in lithology, in part also in metamorphie grade and in metamorphie history. The metabasites in each of these nappes show their own, significant geochemical characteristics. The lowermost tectonic unit, the Bavarian lithofacies, includes the anchimetamorphie Ordovician Randschieferserie which contains alkaline basalts. In their geochemistry, they are sirnilar to the metabasites of the Fichtelgebirge crystalline complex in the autochthonous Saxo-thuringian. The next higher tectonic unit of the Münchberg nappe pile, the Prasinit-Phyllit-Serie contains metabasites which can be derived from subalkaline basalts with a clear calc-alkaline tendency. There is a striking geochemical resemblance to the metabasites of the Erbendorf Greenschist Zone (EGZ) underscorinq the similar lithology of both allochthonous units which appear to be in a similar tectonic position. The Randamphibolit-Serie higher up in the Münchberg nappe pile consists of metabasites with tholeiitic characteristics and a pronounced differentiation trend. The next higher tectonic unit, the Liegendserie of the Münchberg gneiss cornplex s. str., contains metagabbros to metagabbronorites with a high-Al basaltic composition. The amphibolites and banded hornblende gneisses of the overlying Hangendserie are of subalkaline basaltic character with calc-alkaline affinity. The Zone Erbendorf-Vohenstrauss (ZEV) is currently regarded as an allochthonous unit equivalent to the higher crystalline nappes of the Münchberg pile. However, the geochemical character of the metabasites do not encourage such a correlation. Neither the schistose and striped amphibolites nor the flaseramphibolites of the ZEV with their N-KORB and E-MORB character respectively, find convincing counterparts in the crystalline nappes of the Münchberg pile. However, an interestingly close resemblance exists between the schistose and striped amphibolites in the ZEV, on the one hand, and in the autochthonous Zone Tirschenreuth- Mähring (ZTM) and the adjacent Moldanubian sensu strictu, on the other. Owing to the absence of age criteria, our results cannot be used, so far, to reconstruct the paleogeographical position of the individual tectonic units, based on the geochemical characteristics of their respective metabasites.
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Domain-Specific Knowledge and Memory Performance: A Comparison of High- and Low-Aptitude Children
(1989)
Two studies compared memory performance and text comprehension of groups that were equivalent on domain-specific knowledge but differed in overall aptitude, to investigate whether prior knowledge about a particular domain or overall aptitude level was more important when the task was to acquire and use new information in the domain of interest. Both studies dealt with third-, fifth-, and seventh-grade soccer experts' and novices' memory and comprehension of a story dealing with a soccer game. Several measures of memory performance, memory monitoring, and text comprehension were used. Levels of soccer knowledge and of overall aptitude were varied in a factorial design. Neither study detected significant differences between high-aptitude and low-aptitude experts, regardless of their ages. Low aptitude experts outperformed high-aptitude novices on all memory and comprehension measures. The results indicate that domain-specific knowledge can compensate for low overall aptitude on domain-related cognitive tasks.
In a short-term longitudinal study, we investigated how domain-specific knowledge in soccer influences the amount of text recall and comprehension in elementary school and junior high school children of high and low overall aptitudes. Both level of soccer knowledge and overall aptitude were varied in a factorial design. Third, fifth, and seventh grade children were given several measures of text recall and comprehension and were retested on these measures about 1 year later. Performance was more a function of soccer knowledge than of aptitude level.
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Im vorliegenden Beitrag werdenneuere nends in der Forschung zur frühen Prognose von Leseleistungen dargestellt. Der Überblick ergibt, daß sich insbesondere solche Forschungsarbeiten bewährt haben, die an kognitiven Informationsverarbeitungsmodellen orientiert sind. Über die Verknüpfung von korrelativen Längsschnitt- und experimentellen Trainingsstudien ließ sich belegen, daß die im Vorschul- bzw. Kindergartenalter beobachtete Informationsverarbeitungskompetenz eine kausale Beziehung zu der schulischen Leseleistung aufwies. Es wurde weiterhin gezeigt, daß phonologische Kompetenzen im Vorschulalter auch effizient trainiert werden können. Trotz dieser insgesamt beeindruckenden Befunde scheinen individuelle Prognosen des Schriftspracherwerbs nach wie vor jedoch problematisch.
The S flmbrial adhesln (Sfa) enables Esch richla colito attach to slalfc acld-containing receptor molecules of eukaryotJc cells. As prevlously reported, the genetlc determinant coding for the Sfa of an E. co/1 06 strain was cloned, the gene codlng for the major fimbrfal subunit was ldentlfled and sequenced and th.e S speclflc adhesin was detected. Here we present evidence that ln addltlon to the major subunit proteln SfaA three other minor subunit proteins, SfaG (17 kD), SfaS (14kD) and SfaH (31 kD) can be isolated from the S..speclfic flmbrial adhesln complex. The genes coding for these minor subunits were ldenblied, mutagenlzed separately and sequenced. Using haemagglutlnatton tests. electron-microscopy and quantitative ELISA assays with monoclonal anti-SfaA and anti-SfaS antlbodles the functlons of the minor subunlts were determined. lt was determlned that SfaS ls ldentlcal to the S-specific adhesln; whlch also plays a role ln deterrninatlon of the degree of fimbri· ation ofthe cell. The mlnor subunit SfaH also had some Jnfluence on the Ievei of fimbrlation of the cell. while StaG ls necessary for full expression of S·specific binding. lt was further shown that the amino-terminal proteln sequence of the isolated SfaS profein was identJcal to the proteln sequence calculated from the DNA sequence of the sfaS gene locus.
It has been suggested that the proto-oncogene c-src plays a functional role in developing neurons, and in the mature nerve cells of higher vertebrales. The coelenterate Hydra represents tbe most primitive known organism possessing nerve cells. With Southern blot hybridizations we have demonstrated src-related sequences in Hydra. Antisera specific for the c-src gene product (pp60 c-src) of birds and mammals precipitate a protein from Hydra cell extracts with a tyrosine-specific protein kinase activity. Studies of tissues and cells fractionated from a temperature sensitive mutant of Hydra which is depleted of interstitial (including nerve) cells at tbe non-permissive temperature, have indicated the src-like kinase of Hydra to be preferentially expressed in nerve cells. The high conservation of structural features and of the expression pattern indicates a basic function for pp60c-src in neurons.
Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) influences the levels of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) in cultures of dissociated sYmpathetic neurons from newborn rats. In the presence of CNTF both the total and specific activity of ChAT was increased 7 d after culture by 15- and 18-fold, respectively, as compared to cultures kept in the absence of CNTF. Between 3 and 21 d in culture in the presence of CNTF . the total ChAT activity increased by a factor of >100. Immunotitration demonstrated that the elevated ChAT levels were due to an increased number of enzyme molecules. In contrast to the increase in ChAT levels, the total and specific activity levels' of TH were decreased by 42 and 36 %, respectively, after 7 d in culture. Half-maximal effects for both ChAT increase and TH decrease were obtained at CNTF concentrations of rvO.6 ng and maximal levels were reached at I ng of CNTF per milliliter of medium. The effect of CNTF on TH and ChAT levels were seen in serum-containing medium as well as in serum-free medium. CNTF was shown to have only a small effect on the long-term s.urviVal of rat sympathetic neurons. We therefore concluded that the effects of CNTF on ChAT and TH are not due to selective survival of cells that acquire cholinergic traits in vitro, but are rather due to the induction of cholinergic differentiation of noradrenergic sympathetic neurons.