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Sosa A, Ordaz H, Romero I, Celis H. Mg2+ is an essential activator of hydrolytic activity of membrane-bound pyrophosphatase of Rhodospirillum rubrum. Biochem J 1992; 283 ( Pt 2):561-6. [PMID: 1315519 PMCID: PMC1131072 DOI: 10.1042/bj2830561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The substrate for the hydrolytic activity of membrane-bound pyrophosphatase is the PP(i)-Mg2+ complex. The enzyme has no activity when the free Mg2+ concentration is lower than 10 microM (at 0.5 mM-PP(i)-Mg2+), and therefore free Mg2+ is an essential activator of the hydrolytic activity. The Km for the substrate changes in response to variation in free Mg2+ concentration, from 10.25 to 0.6 mM when free Mg2+ is increased from 0.03 to 1.0 mM respectively. The Km for Mg2+ depends on the substrate concentration: the Km decreases from 0.52 to 0.14 mM from 0.25 to 0.75 mM-PP(i)-Mg2+ respectively. The extrapolated Km for Mg2+ in the absence of the substrate is 0.73 mM. Imidodiphosphate-Mg2+ and free Ca2+ were used as competitive inhibitors of substrate and activator respectively. The equilibrium binding kinetics suggest an ordered mechanism for the activator and the substrate: Mg2+ ions bind the enzyme before PP(i)-Mg2+ in the formation of the catalytic complex, membrane-bound pyrophosphatase-(Mg2+)-(PP(i)-Mg2+).
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Najafi A, Alauddin MM, Sosa A, Ma GQ, Chen DC, Epstein AL, Siegel ME. The evaluation of 186Re-labeled antibodies using N2S4 chelate in vitro and in vivo using tumor-bearing nude mice. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION APPLICATIONS AND INSTRUMENTATION. PART B, NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1992; 19:205-12. [PMID: 1601674 DOI: 10.1016/0883-2897(92)90009-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have recently described a method for radiolabeling monoclonal antibodies, with metallic radionuclides using a new chelating agent N2S3. Using this chelate the monoclonal antibodies Lym-1 and B72.3 were labeled with 186Re and their biological integrity was evaluated in vitro and in vivo. 186Re-labeled antibodies using N2S4 methodology were found to be stable in human serum and retained their immunoreactivity. Intravenous administration of 0.5 mCi 186Re-labeled antibodies resulted in partial or complete regression of tumor tissue in mice.
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Correa Pérez M, Sosa A, López Acevedo CE. Nerve conduction velocities: normal values for median and ulnar nerves. BOLETIN DE LA ASOCIACION MEDICA DE PUERTO RICO 1986; 78:191-6. [PMID: 3460601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Piedras J, Córdova MS, Ponce de León S, Sosa A, Escalona BE. [Sensitivity and specificity of erythrocyte indices in the diagnosis of iron deficiency in children and women living at 3 different altitudes]. REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA; ORGANO DEL HOSPITAL DE ENFERMEDADES DE LA NUTRICION 1985; 37:21-5. [PMID: 4001614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Sosa A, Giner J, Alva S, Sierra JA, Morales M, Hernández O. Cytoplasmic estradiol binding sites in testis of fertile and infertile men. JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY 1984; 5:159-62. [PMID: 6746409 DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.1984.tb02387.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Free cytoplasmic estradiol receptor was determined in testicular biopsies from six adults showing various primary testicular disorders, and in testicular tissue obtained at autopsy from 18 males of various ages. Estradiol receptors were found in all cases examined. Receptor concentration varied during testicular maturation and from one patient to another. The presence of the receptor at an early stage of development and the changes observed in its concentration during testicular maturation and dysfunction support the idea that estradiol may play, through its receptor interaction, an important role in the regulation of testicular steroidogenesis during postnatal human development.
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Moyer MP, Arizpe H, Sosa A, Pierson K, Moyer RC. The inability of in vitro transforming SV40 subgenomes to cause tumors in vivo. Intervirology 1984; 21:87-95. [PMID: 6321395 DOI: 10.1159/000149506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Linear or subgenomic SV40 DNAs were transfected into cells from a variety of species (including rodent, dog, muntjak, and monkey) and injected subcutaneously into neonate Syrian hamsters for tumorigenicity testing. The 'early-region' subgenomes were capable of transforming cells in vitro. Complete genomes or complementary subgenomes could transform nonpermissive and semipermissive cells, were infectious for permissive cells, and induced tumors from which infectious virus could be rescued. Tumors were not formed in neonate hamsters upon injection with subgenomic SV40 DNAs, even those capable of transforming cells in vitro. These results suggested that SV40 tumor formation in vivo may require a complete genome.
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López-Karpovitch X, Piedras J, Sosa A, Alvarez-Hernández X, Cano R, Gómez-Almaguer D, Córdova MS. Ferritin and malignant hemopathies. II. Serum ferritin in adults with acute lymphocytic leukemia at presentation and in remission. REVISTA DE INVESTIGACION CLINICA; ORGANO DEL HOSPITAL DE ENFERMEDADES DE LA NUTRICION 1983; 35:225-9. [PMID: 6579585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Sosa A, Tally FP, Jacobus NV, Gorbach SL. Bacteroides fragilis resistance to clindamycin in vitro. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1982; 22:771-4. [PMID: 7181487 PMCID: PMC185658 DOI: 10.1128/aac.22.5.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Clindamycin resistance in Bacteroides fragilis was examined in 507 strains isolated from 1973 to 1981. Three groups were recognized: highly susceptible (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] less than or equal to 0.125 microgram/ml), intermediately susceptible (MIC = 0.25 to 4 micrograms/ml), and highly resistant to (MIC greater than or equal to 8 microgram/ml). The incidence of high-level resistance (1.8%) had not changed during this period. Only 8 of 17 isolates reputed to be highly clindamycin resistant that were referred to our laboratory proved to be highly resistant (MICs greater than or equal to 32 microgram/ml), whereas the other 9 were intermediately susceptible. Analysis of 2- and 10-microgram clindamycin disks for determining the susceptibility of B. fragilis revealed a high false-resistance rate with the 2-microgram disk, most errors occurring with the intermediate group. There was no false resistance with the 10-microgram disk. When disk diffusion susceptibility of B. fragilis is employed, we recommend the 10-microgram disk to predict accurately the susceptibility of B. fragilis to clindamycin.
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Ortega-Corona BG, Carranza J, Sosa A, Guzmán-Amaya P, Esparza-Avalos NS, Castro-Osuna G. Brain monoamine oxidase activity after in vivo-chronic iprindole treatment. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1981; 15:951-4. [PMID: 6172802 DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(81)90060-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The effects of chronic administration of three different doses of iprindole on the monoamine oxidase activity and neurotransmitter content were studied in the cerebral cortex, the mesencephalon and the cerebellum of mouse brain. The treatment inhibited mitochondrial monoamine oxidase activity of all three brain regions studied, although a dose-response inhibitory effect was found only in the mesencephalon. Brain regional serotonin contents were markedly increased after iprindole treatment. The 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid contents showed a significant decrease only in the cerebral cortex. Neither dopamine nor norepinephrine brain regional contents were significantly altered. On the basis of these results it is suggested that a substrate-specific inhibition of monoamine oxidase is involved in the mechanism of action of this tricyclic antidepressant.
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Tally FP, Sosa A, Jacobus NV, Malamy MH. Clindamycin resistance in Bacteroides fragilis. J Antimicrob Chemother 1981; 8 Suppl D:43-8. [PMID: 7338489 DOI: 10.1093/jac/8.suppl_d.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Ruiz de Galarreta CM, Sosa A, Freire F, Schiaffini O. Glucose metabolism in the testis of the normal and streptozotocin diabetic rat. REPRODUCCION 1980; 4:219-23. [PMID: 6780393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In the present work, the metabolism of [U-14C]glucose was studied in the testicular tissue of normal and streptozotocin diabetic rats. The results show that diabetes alters 14CO2 production and 14C incorporation into lipids from [U-14C]glucose. No differences were found in the [14C]proteins and [14C]nucleic acids between experimental groups. Results are discussed in relation to an insulin deficiency and/or an alteration in the hypothalamic-hypophyseal-gonadal axis.
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Sosa A, Gonzalez-Angulo A, Calzada L, Alva S. Presence of ATPase on the vesicular membrane of Cysticercus cellulosae. A high resolution cytochemical study. EXPERIENTIA 1978; 34:175-7. [PMID: 146609 DOI: 10.1007/bf01944660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sosa A, Girón H, Alva S, Calzada L. Presence and nature of a glycocalyx-like coat on the external vesicular membrane of cysticercus cellulosae. A high resolution histochemical study. Life Sci 1977; 21:1021-32. [PMID: 73118 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(77)90270-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sosa A, Faneite P. [Effect of dimehydrinate on the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions]. GINECOLOGIA Y OBSTETRICIA DE MEXICO 1977; 41:453-8. [PMID: 885357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hernández-Jáuregui P, Sosa A, González-Angulo A. The fine structure of the glycocalyx of equine spermatozoa: a high-resolution cytochemical study. JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND FERTILITY. SUPPLEMENT 1975:91-4. [PMID: 128631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Equine spermatozoa were obtained from ejaculates of young stallions. The seminal plasma was removed and the sperm pellets washed three times with 0-15 M-NaCl solution before final centrifugation at 4500 g for 15 min. The pellets were fixed in a mixture of 2-5% glutaraldehyde in 0-1 M-cacodylate buffer, pH 7-4, with 0-5% Alcian blue and post-fixed in 1% osmium tetroxide with 1% lanthanum nitrate; other samples were treated with ruthenium red. All samples were dehydrated in ascending concentrations of ethanol, embedded in araldite and thin sections examined in an electron microscope. Electron dense deposits of lanthanum were present on the surface plasmalemma of the head, mid-piece and tail of 70% of mature spermatozoa, and similar deposits were seen in ruthenium red-treated samples. No glycocalyx was observed in untreated spermatozoa.
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Sosa A, Calzada L, Rosado A. [Metabolic capacity of isolated human spermatozoa nucleus]. GAC MED MEX 1974; 108:385-91. [PMID: 4448360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Huacuja L, Sosa A, Delgado NM, Rosado A. A kinetic study of the participation of zinc in human spermatozoa metabolism. Life Sci 1973; 13:1383-94. [PMID: 4202736 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(73)90159-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sosa A, Altamirano E, Giner J, Rosado A. Adenine nucleotide concentration and redox value of human spermatozoa. Biol Reprod 1972; 7:326-31. [PMID: 4404661 DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/7.3.326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Urrusti J, Yoshida P, Velasco L, Frenk S, Rosado A, Sosa A, Morales M, Yoshida T, Metcoff J. Human fetal growth retardation. I. Clinical features of sample with intrauterine growth retardation. Pediatrics 1972; 50:547-58. [PMID: 4677796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Yoshida T, Metcoff J, Morales M, Rosado A, Sosa A, Yoshida P, Urrusti J, Frenk S, Velasco L. Human fetal growth retardation. II. Energy metabolism in leukocytes. Pediatrics 1972; 50:559-67. [PMID: 4627384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Rosado A, Bernal A, Sosa A, Morales M, Urrusti J, Yoshida P, Frenk S, Velasco L, Yoshida T, Metcoff J. Human fetal growth retardation. 3. Protein, DNA, RNA, adenine nucleotides and activities of the enzymes pyruvic and adenylate kinase in placenta. Pediatrics 1972; 50:568-77. [PMID: 5073007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Corral E, Avendaño O, Esesarte G, Minvielle L, Sosa A. [Therapeutic efficacy of an analgesic and antispasmodic mixture in sigmoidoscopy]. LA PRENSA MEDICA MEXICANA 1972; 37:232-5. [PMID: 5069462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Sosa A, Altamirano E, Hernández P, Rosado A. Subcellular distribution and circadian rhythm of some glycolytic enzymes in rat testis. JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND FERTILITY 1972; 28:447-50. [PMID: 5014342 DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.0280447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Sosa A, Bernal A, Reyes A, Rosado A. [Lysosomal enzyme participation in the pathogenesis of amebic liver abscess]. GAC MED MEX 1971; 101:759-70. [PMID: 5562584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Metcoff J, Yoshida T, Morales M, Rosado A, Urrusti J, Sosa A, Yoshida P, Frenk S, Velasco L, Ward A, al-Ubaidi Y. Biomolecular studies of fetal malnutrition in maternal leukocytes. Pediatrics 1971; 47:Suppl 2:180+. [PMID: 5551035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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