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Weber K, Osborn M, Moll R, Wiklund B, Lüning B. Tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) is related to the non-epidermal keratins 8, 18 and 19 typical of simple and non-squamous epithelia: re-evaluation of a human tumor marker. EMBO J 1984; 3:2707-14. [PMID: 6210199 PMCID: PMC557754 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1984.tb02198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Because of the broad clinical interest which tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) has attracted as a tumor marker, human cell lines and human tissues have been analyzed for TPA expression using immunofluorescence microscopy. Epithelial cell lines including HeLa, MCF-7, and A-431 are recognized by TPA antibodies whereas human lines of non-epithelial origin are not. The positive staining patterns coincide with keratin-type intermediate filaments of the cytoskeleton. On tissue sections a subset of epithelial cells including uterine epithelium, bile duct cells in liver and tumor cells in breast carcinoma are strongly positive; cells of the squamous epithelia of skin and tongue as well as cells of non-epithelial origin are negative. In immunoblots of human epidermis, human tongue mucosa, human hair follicles, Detroit 562 cells, HeLa cells, MCF-7 and RT-4 cells, only keratins 8, 18 and 19 show TPA antigenicity. Conversely a TPA preparation is recognized by various antibodies known to react with keratins, including alpha-IFA, KG 8.13.2 and two antibodies which recognize keratins 18 (CK2) and 19, respectively. Our results thus relate TPA to human keratins 8, 18 and 19 which are known cytoskeletal components in both normal and malignant epithelial cells of simple and non-squamous origin. We speculate that the elevated levels of circulating TPA antigenicity present in the sera of patients with carcinoma, which are often used to monitor tumor progression, correspond to soluble proteolytic fragments originating from this particular keratin subgroup.
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Sanger JW, Mittal B, Sanger JM. Interaction of fluorescently-labeled contractile proteins with the cytoskeleton in cell models. J Cell Biol 1984; 99:918-28. [PMID: 6540785 PMCID: PMC2113417 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.99.3.918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To determine if a living cell is necessary for the incorporation of actin, alpha-actinin, and tropomyosin into the cytoskeleton, we have exposed cell models to fluorescently labeled contractile proteins. In this in vitro system, lissamine rhodamine-labeled actin bound to attachment plaques, ruffles, cleavage furrows and stress fibers, and the binding could not be blocked by prior exposure to unlabeled actin. Fluorescently labeled alpha-actinin also bound to ruffles, attachment plaques, cleavage furrows, and stress fibers. The periodicity of fluorescent alpha-actinin along stress fibers was wider in gerbil fibroma cells than it was in PtK2 cells. The fluorescent alpha-actinin binding in cell models could not be blocked by the prior addition of unlabeled alpha-actinin suggesting that alpha-actinin was binding to itself. While there was only slight binding of fluorescent tropomyosin to the cytoskeleton of interphase cells, there was stronger binding in furrow regions of models of dividing cells. The binding of fluorescently labeled tropomyosin could be blocked by prior exposure of the cell models to unlabeled tropomyosin. If unlabeled actin was permitted to polymerize in the stress fibers in cell models, fluorescently labeled tropomyosin stained the fibers. In contrast to the labeled contractile proteins, fluorescently labeled ovalbumin and BSA did not stain any elements of the cytoskeleton. Our results are discussed in terms of the structure and assembly of stress fibers and cleavage furrows.
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Kerlero De Rosbo N, Carnegie PR, Bernard CC, Linthicum DS. Detection of various forms of brain myelin basic protein in vertebrates by electroimmunoblotting. Neurochem Res 1984; 9:1359-69. [PMID: 6083464 DOI: 10.1007/bf00964663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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An electroimmunoblot technique was used to detect various forms of myelin basic protein (MBP) in brain homogenates of 14 vertebrate species. Three antibodies were used to probe the immunoblots: a monoclonal anti-human MPB reacting with an antigenic determinant located at amino acid residues 131 to 136; a polyclonal anti-human MBP and a polyclonal anti-chicken MBP. Because no processing of the tissue is required prior to electrophoresis, in vitro artifacts are minimized. The 18.5 K form of MBP was present in all species except the shark. A 21.5 K MBP was observed in ovine, bovine, pig, rabbit, mouse, rat, monkey, but not in human, guinea pig, shark, toad and marsupial brains. A variant with a molecular weight between 17 K and 18 K was found in mouse, rat, bovine, human, monkey, pig, and chicken brains, and was the sole component in the shark brain. Marsupial brains had five or six forms of MBP between 14.5 K and 18.5 K.
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Glotzbach SF, Heller HC. Changes in the thermal characteristics of hypothalamic neurons during sleep and wakefulness. Brain Res 1984; 309:17-26. [PMID: 6488008 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(84)91006-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The characteristics of the mammalian thermoregulatory system are dependent upon arousal state. During NREM sleep thermoregulatory mechanisms are intact but body temperature is regulated at a lower level than during wakefulness. In REM sleep thermoregulatory effector mechanisms are inhibited and thermal homeostasis is severely disrupted. Thermosensitivity of neurons in the preoptic/anterior hypothalamus (POAH) was determined for behaving kangaroo rats (Dipodomys deserti) during electrophysiologically defined wakefulness, NREM sleep and REM sleep to elucidate possible neural mechanisms for previous findings of state-dependent changes in thermoregulation. Thirty cells were tested during at least two arousal states. During wakefulness, 70% of the recorded cells were sensitive to changes in local temperature, with the number of warm-sensitive (W) cells outnumbering cold-sensitive (C) cells by 1.6:1. In NREM sleep, 43% of the cells were thermally sensitive, with the ratio of W:C remaining the same as in wakefulness. In REM sleep only two cells were thermosensitive (both W). The decrease in neuronal thermosensitivity of POAH cells during REM sleep parallels findings of inhibition of thermoregulatory effector responses during REM, although further work is necessary to determine the source and nature of the inhibition.
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Green L, Miller RD, Dykhuizen DE, Hartl DL. Distribution of DNA insertion element IS5 in natural isolates of Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1984; 81:4500-4. [PMID: 6087327 PMCID: PMC345618 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.81.14.4500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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DNA from Escherichia coli strains in a reference collection of 72 recent natural isolates (ECOR strains) and 25 natural isolates from the "pre-antibiotic" period 1930-1940 (Murray strains) were studied to determine the genomic abundance of insertion element IS5 and the size of genomic restriction fragments carrying sequences homologous to IS5. Among the ECOR strains, nearly two-thirds lack DNA sequences that hybridize with IS5, and one-half of the remainder have only one copy. Among strains in which IS5 is present, extensive variation in the size of IS5-bearing restriction fragments occurs, in many cases allowing distinction among strains that are judged to be nearly identical in genotype because of the identical electrophoretic mobility of the enzyme coded by each of 11 chromosomal loci. Among the Murray strains in which IS5 is present, the average number of elements per strain is larger, but not markedly so, than among recent isolates. Comparison between duplicate strains in the Murray collection suggests that the rate of accumulation of IS5 elements in prolonged storage in stab tubes corresponds to an apparent probability of transposition of approximately 0.008 +/- 0.002 per IS5 element per year. Because of the extensive genetic variation among strains, insertion elements such as IS5 would seem to be convenient genetic markers with which to detect recent common ancestry among strains.
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Vandre DD, Davis FM, Rao PN, Borisy GG. Phosphoproteins are components of mitotic microtubule organizing centers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1984; 81:4439-43. [PMID: 6379644 PMCID: PMC345605 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.81.14.4439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Protein phosphorylation has been suggested as an important control mechanism for the events leading toward the initiation and completion of mitosis. Using a monoclonal antibody recognizing a class of phosphoproteins abundant in mitotic cells, we demonstrated the localization of a subset of these phosphoproteins to several discrete mitotic structures. Patchy immunofluorescence was present in the interphase nuclei, but a significant increase in nuclear immunofluorescence was apparent at prophase. Subsequent mitotic stages demonstrated that immunoreactive material was particularly apparent at microtubule organizing centers, namely, centrosomes, kinetochores, and midbodies. Intense centrosomal localization occurred at the prophase-prometaphase transition and persisted until the reformation of the nuclear membrane in early G1. The cytoplasm of mitotic cells also contained immunoreactive material in sharp contrast to interphase cells that exhibited no cytoplasmic fluorescent staining. Much of the diffuse immunofluorescent cytoplasmic material was removed by a brief lysis of the cells with 0.15% Triton X-100 prior to fixation. The localization of the remaining immunoreactive material after detergent lysis to mitotic microtubule organizing centers suggests that they contain phosphoprotein structural components important, perhaps, in the mitotic phase-interphase transition.
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McDonald K. Osmium ferricyanide fixation improves microfilament preservation and membrane visualization in a variety of animal cell types. JOURNAL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH 1984; 86:107-18. [PMID: 6539826 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5320(84)80051-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Using a fixation formula which includes adding potassium ferricyanide (K3Fe(CN)6) to the osmium step and an en bloc aqueous uranyl acetate step before dehydration we have looked at cells from mammals, birds, amphibia, algae, and higher plants and we have collaborated in fixing cells of teleost fish. In every cell type except the algae and higher plants the final EM image was improved by the OsFeCN-uranium method. The most common improvement was an increase in the membrane contrast but more significantly, some cells show improved preservation of microfilaments. We conclude that the OsFeCN adds contrast to all classes of membrane and does not destroy microfilaments to the extent that osmium alone does. Adding uranyl acetate to the cells may protect delicate filamentous structures from collapse during dehydration and embedding. We have preliminary evidence in PtK1 cells that addition of tannic acid after OsFeCN may function in a similar manner. This method is recommended for any animal cell type where improved visualization of membranes and filaments is required.
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Langford TL. Neural responses elicited by stimuli associated with masking of low-frequency, monaural tonal signals by noise. J Neurophysiol 1983; 50:1516-21. [PMID: 6663340 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1983.50.6.1516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The responses of low-frequency, primary-like neurons of the ventral cochlear nucleus were measured as a function of signal-to-noise ratio for gated tonal signals and noise maskers that were varied in bandwidth and duration. For a given signal-to-noise ratio, each of the maskers is known to produce the same amount of masking in psychophysical experiments. The neural discharge rates measured in the present experiment were different, however, for each of the maskers for each signal-to-noise ratio. In contrast, all three maskers produced the same orderly relationship between signal-to-noise ratio and the degree of neural synchrony to the signals. It is concluded that information concerning the presence and relative strength of a low-frequency tonal signal in a background of masking noise is carried by the nervous system as the degree to which responses are synchronized to the phase of the signal.
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It is shown that specific light-induced subcellular alterations, usually referred to as phase "paling," result from multiphoton absorption processes. For green light (532 nm), four photons are required to induce paling in chromosomes and nucleoli; a two-photon process is observed for UV light (266 nm).
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Wehland J, Willingham MC. A rat monoclonal antibody reacting specifically with the tyrosylated form of alpha-tubulin. II. Effects on cell movement, organization of microtubules, and intermediate filaments, and arrangement of Golgi elements. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1983; 97:1476-90. [PMID: 6685128 PMCID: PMC2112707 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.97.5.1476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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A rat monoclonal antibody against yeast alpha-tubulin (clone YL 1/2; Kilmartin, J. V., B. Wright, and C. Milstein, 1982, J. Cell Biol., 93:576-582) that reacts specifically with the tyrosylated form of alpha-tubulin and readily binds to tubulin in microtubules when injected into cultured cells (see Wehland, J., M. C. Willingham, and I. V. Sandoval, 1983, J. Cell Biol., 97:1467-1475) was used to study microtubule organization and function in living cells. Depending on the concentration of YL 1/2 that was injected the following striking effects were observed: (a) When injected at a low concentration (2 mg IgG/ml in the injection solution), where microtubules were decorated without changing their distribution, intracellular movement of cell organelles (saltatory movement) and cell translocation were not affected. Intermediate concentrations (6 mg IgG/ml) that induced bundling but no perinuclear aggregation of microtubules abolished saltatory movement and cell translocation, and high concentrations (greater than 12 mg IgG/ml) that induced perinuclear aggregation of microtubules showed the same effect. (b) YL 1/2, when injected at intermediate and high concentrations, arrested cells in mitosis. Such cells showed no normal spindle structures. (c) Injection of an intermediate concentration of YL 1/2 that stopped saltatory movement caused little or no aggregation of intermediate filaments and no dispersion of the Golgi complex. After injection of high concentrations, resulting in perinuclear aggregation of microtubules, intermediate filaments formed perinuclear bundles and the Golgi complex became dispersed analogous to results obtained after treatment of cells with colcemid. (d) When rhodamine-conjugated YL 1/2 was injected at concentrations that stopped saltatory movement and arrested cells in mitosis, microtubule structures could be visualized and followed for several hours in living cells by video image intensification microscopy. They showed little or no change in distribution and organization during observation, even though these microtubule structures appeared not to be stabilized by injected YL 1/2 since they were readily depolymerized by colcemid or cold treatment and repolymerized upon drug removal or rewarming to 37 degrees C, respectively. These results are discussed in terms of the participation of microtubules in cellular activities such as cell movement and cytoplasmic organization and in terms of the specificity of YL 1/2 for the tyrosylated form of alpha-tubulin.
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Romney EM, Lindberg RG, Kinnear JE, Wood RA. 90Sr and 137Cs in soil and biota of fallout areas in southern Nevada and Utah. HEALTH PHYSICS 1983; 45:643-650. [PMID: 6885473 DOI: 10.1097/00004032-198309000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Measurements of 90Sr and 137Cs in soil, vegetation and small mammals were made periodically at sites in southern Nevada and Utah that were contaminated by radioactive fallout from nuclear detonations at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) as well as from global sources. Results from a survey in 1980 indicate that both of these fallout-derived radionuclides have remained primarily within the top 5-cm layer of undisturbed soil in these arid land areas. Trace amounts of 90Sr and 137Cs were measured in soil and biota samples. The 90Sr concentrations in jackrabbit and rodent bone samples in 1980 varied within the range of 2-8 pCi/g ash (equivalent to 0.4-1.6 pCi/g wet bone or 5-20 pCi/g Ca). The 137Cs concentrations in muscle-tissue samples were generally less than 1.5 pCi/g ash (less than 0.045 pCi/g wet muscle). Comparisons of data obtained periodically since the early 1950s show that measured concentrations of 90Sr in bone tissues have been highly variable in trace amounts, and that the concentration attenuation appears to be following radioactive decay of this radionuclide.
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Wade MH, Trosko JE. Enhanced survival and decreased mutation frequency after photoreactivation of UV damage in rat kangaroo cells. Mutat Res 1983; 112:231-43. [PMID: 6888409 DOI: 10.1016/0167-8817(83)90009-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The effect of pyrimidine dimers on cytotoxicity, DNA repair and mutagenesis was studied in cells, derived from the rat kangaroo, which possess photoreactivating capabilities. A significant enhancement in colony-forming ability was achieved after UV irradiation in exponentially growing cells if photoreactivating light treatment followed the UV irradiation. If photoreactivation treatment was delayed 24 h after UV irradiation, no significant increase in survival was observed. Assays of pyrimidine dimers, unscheduled DNA synthesis, and survival in contact-inhibited cells all confirmed a minor role of dark excision repair and a major role of photoreactivation. Photoreactivation decreased the frequency of mutations to 6-thioguanine resistance to a greater extent than the alteration seen in survival. Approximately 1.6 times the dose must be given to get equal killing in photoreactivated cells, whereas 4 times the dose must be given to obtain equal mutation frequencies in light-treated cells. This suggests that the removal of dimers is more effective in mutant reduction than enhancement of survival.
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Nadakavukaren KK, Chen LB, Habliston DL, Griffith OH. Photoelectron microscopy and immunofluorescence microscopy of cytoskeletal elements in the same cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1983; 80:4012-6. [PMID: 6191327 PMCID: PMC394190 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.13.4012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Pt K2 rat kangaroo epithelial cells and Rat-1 fibroblasts were grown on conductive glass discs, fixed, and permeabilized, and the cytoskeletal elements actin, keratin, and vimentin were visualized by indirect immunofluorescence. After the fluorescence microscopy, the cells were postfixed and dehydrated for photoelectron microscopy. The contrast in these photoelectron micrographs is primarily topographical in origin, and the presence of fluorescent dyes at low density does not contribute significantly to the material contrast. By comparison with fluorescence micrographs obtained on the same individual cells, actin-containing stress fibers, keratin filaments, and vimentin filaments were identified in the photoelectron micrographs. The apparent volume occupied by the cytoskeletal network in the cells as judged from the photoelectron micrographs is much less than it appears to be from the fluorescence micrographs because the higher resolution of photoelectron microscopy shows the fibers closer to their true dimensions. Photoelectron microscopy is a surface technique, and the images highlight the exposed cytoskeletal structures and suppress those extending along the substrate below the nuclei. The results reported here show marked improvement in image quality of photoelectron micrographs and that this technique has the potential of contributing to higher resolution studies of cytoskeletal structures.
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Hori TA. Induction of chromosome decondensation, sister-chromatid exchanges and endoreduplications by 5-azacytidine, an inhibitor of DNA methylation. Mutat Res 1983; 121:47-52. [PMID: 6191216 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(83)90085-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Ochs R, Lischwe M, O'Leary P, Busch H. Localization of nucleolar phosphoproteins B23 and C23 during mitosis. Exp Cell Res 1983; 146:139-49. [PMID: 6345184 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(83)90332-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Nucleolar phosphoproteins B23 and C23 were simultaneously localized in unsynchronized male rat-kangaroo PtK2 cells during mitosis using a mouse monoclonal antibody against protein B23 and a rabbit antibody against protein C23. The distribution of proteins B23 and C23 during mitosis was compared with the distribution of the silver staining protein. During interphase, proteins B23 and C23 were both localized to the nucleolus. As the nucleolus disappeared in prophase, the distribution of protein B23 became nucleoplasmic, whereas most of protein C23 remained associated with the disappearing nucleolus. Throughout metaphase and anaphase protein B23 was found associated with the chromosomes, whereas protein C23 seemed to disappear. When the nucleolus reformed during telophase, protein C23 appeared first in 'prenucleolar bodies' and then in the nucleolus, whereas protein B23 did not appear in the nucleolus until late telophase or early G1 phase. Silver staining during mitosis closely paralleled the distribution of protein C23, supporting previous conclusions that protein C23 is a silver staining nucleolus organizer region (NOR) protein [19, 20].
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Berns MW, Wile A, Dahlman A, Johnson F, Burns R, Sperling D, Guiltinan M, Siemens A, Walter R, Hammer-Wilson M. Cellular uptake, excretion and localization of hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD). ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1983; 160:139-50. [PMID: 6220570 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-4406-3_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Berns MW, Dahlman A, Johnson FM, Burns R, Sperling D, Guiltinan M, Siemens A, Walter R, Wright W, Hammer-Wilson M, Wile A. In vitro cellular effects of hematoporphyrin derivative. Cancer Res 1982; 42:2325-9. [PMID: 6210430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Several in vitro cell systems were exposed to hematoporphyrin derivative (HPD): established lines of rat kangaroo epithelial kidney; normal mouse embryonic fibroblasts; and differentiated neonatal rat myocardial cells. The uptake of HPD (25 to 100 micrograms/ml) by individual cells occurred rapidly over a 2-hr period and leveled off by 24 hr. HPD was excreted from cells by 48 hr after exposure. However, a low level of HPD (above background) was maintained in cells for up to 4 days following cessation of exposure. Intracellular binding of HPD was to mitochondria as demonstrated by fluorescence microscopy. HPD was also shown to have a growth-inhibiting effect on rat kangaroo cells without added light. The growth effects on mouse cells were less marked.
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Ghosh S. Nucleolar RNA synthesis & segregation pattern in alpha-amanitin treated rat kangaroo cells. INDIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 1982; 20:103-6. [PMID: 7106854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Brenner SL, Brinkley BR. Tubulin assembly sites and the organization of microtubule arrays in mammalian cells. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 1982; 46 Pt 1:241-54. [PMID: 6125294 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1982.046.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Eckert BS, Daley RA, Parysek LM. In vivo disruption of the cytokeratin cytoskeleton in cultured epithelial cells by microinjection of antikeratin: evidence for the presence of an intermediate-filament-organizing center. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 1982; 46 Pt 1:403-12. [PMID: 6179697 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1982.046.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Lane EB, Klymkowsky MW. Epithelial tonofilaments: investigating their form and function using monoclonal antibodies. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 1982; 46 Pt 1:387-402. [PMID: 6179696 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1982.046.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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De Brabander M, Geuens G, Nuydens R, Willebrords R, De Mey J. Microtubule stability and assembly in living cells: the influence of metabolic inhibitors, taxol and pH. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 1982; 46 Pt 1:227-40. [PMID: 6125293 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1982.046.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Bledsoe SC, Rupert AL, Moushegian G. Response characteristics of cochlear nucleus neurons to 500-Hz tones and noise: findings relating to frequency-following potentials. J Neurophysiol 1982; 47:113-27. [PMID: 7057220 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1982.47.1.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Bretscher A, Osborn M, Wehland J, Weber K. Villin associates with specific microfilamentous structures as seen by immunofluorescence microscopy on tissue sections and cells microinjected with villin. Exp Cell Res 1981; 135:213-9. [PMID: 7026267 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(81)90313-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Röhme D. Evidence for a relationship between longevity of mammalian species and life spans of normal fibroblasts in vitro and erythrocytes in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1981; 78:5009-13. [PMID: 6946449 PMCID: PMC320321 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.8.5009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The replicative life spans of mammalian fibroblasts in vitro were studied in a number of cell cultures representing eight species. Emphasis was placed on determining the population doubling level at which phase III (a period of decrease in the rate of proliferation) and chromosomal alterations occur. All the cell cultures studied went through a growth crisis, a period of apparent growth cessation lasting for at least 2 weeks. In most cultures, the crisis represented the end of their replicative capacities, but in some cultures cell proliferation was resumed after the crisis. A predominantly diploid chromosome constitution (more than 75%) was demonstrated prior to the growth crisis. In cultures in which cell proliferation was resumed after the crisis, a nondiploid constitution prevailed in all cases except the rat (with 90% or more diploid cells all the time). The growth crisis occurred at population doubling levels that were characteristic for the species and was shown to be related to the species' maximal life span by a strict power law, being proportional to the square root of the maximal life span. Based on data in the literature, the same relationship was also valid for the lifespans of circulating mammalian erythrocytes in vivo. These results may indicate the prevalence of a common functional basis regulating the life span of fibroblasts and erythrocytes and thus operating in replicative as well as postmitotic cells in vitro and in vivo.
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Wehland J, Weber K. Actin rearrangement in living cells revealed by microinjection of a fluorescent phalloidin derivative. Eur J Cell Biol 1981; 24:176-83. [PMID: 7197219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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A fluorescent derivative of phalloidin with a high affinity for F-actin was microinjected into tissue culture cells and its intracellular reorganization was followed by TV image intensification and video recording. When the F-actin stabilizing drug is used at concentrations, which do not inhibit cellular movement, rearrangement of fluorescently labelled microfilament bundles can be followed directly. We discuss the possibility that active ruffles are governed by structural rules different from those applying to stress fibers and raise the possibility that actin may be released from microfilaments in a form different from G-actin.
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Barak LS, Nothnagel EA, DeMarco EF, Webb WW. Differential staining of actin in metaphase spindles with 7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole-phallacidin and fluorescent DNase: is actin involved in chromosomal movement? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1981; 78:3034-8. [PMID: 6265933 PMCID: PMC319494 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.5.3034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The distribution and polymerization state of actin in metaphase rat kangaroo cells was studied by fluorescence microscopy. Formaldehyde-fixed, acetone-extracted cells were labeled with either of two types of actin probes. The first, 7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole-phallacidin, has high affinity for F actin and does not bind monomeric G actin. The second was a conjugate of DNase I labeled with either tetramethylrhodamine or fluorescein. DNase binds with high affinity to G actin and with lesser affinity to F actin. The polymerization state of actin was deduced by comparing the fluorescence distribution of the phallacidin derivative with that of the fluorescent DNase. The results indicate that the pole-to-chromosome region of the metaphase spindle contains G actin but little if any conventional F actin. F actin is found concentrated in a diffuse distribution outside the spindle region in metaphase cells and returns to the interzone area between the chromosomes by early telophase. These results exclude spindle models for chromosomal movement that require more than about five F actin filaments per chromosome, support the hypothesis that F actin is involved in force generation for cell cleavage, and are not inconsistent with the possibility that actin outside the spindle may be involved in chromosomal movement.
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Rieder CL, Borisy GG. The attachment of kinetochores to the pro-metaphase spindle in PtK1 cells. Recovery from low temperature treatment. Chromosoma 1981; 82:693-716. [PMID: 7261715 DOI: 10.1007/bf00285776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Yamamoro M. [Sequence analyses of highly repeated DNA in eukaryote genomes (author's transl)]. TANPAKUSHITSU KAKUSAN KOSO. PROTEIN, NUCLEIC ACID, ENZYME 1981; 26:726-41. [PMID: 7025105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Weber K, Osborn M, Franke WW. Antibodies against merokeratin from sheep wool decorate cytokeratin filaments in non-keratinizing epithelial cells. Eur J Cell Biol 1980; 23:110-4. [PMID: 6161817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Merokeratin is an easily soluble proteolytic derivative of mature alpha-keratin. Guinea pig antibodies have been raised to merokeratin prepared from sheep wool. These antibodies decorate in immunofluorescence microscopy arrays of bundles of intermediate sized filaments present in established epithelial cell lines growing in culture. Thus, the highly helical soluble proteolytic fragments of mature alpha-keratin contains antigenic determinants shared by the cytokeratins present in non-epidermal cells, and antibodies to these keratin fragments can be used for the demonstration of at least some cytokeratin-containing structures in other cells and tissues.
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Wulf E, Bautz FA, Faulstich H, Wieland T. Distribution of fluorescent alpha-amanitin (FAMA) during mitosis in cultured rat kangaroo (PtK1) cells. Exp Cell Res 1980; 130:415-20. [PMID: 7449859 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(80)90019-1] [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: 01/25/2023]
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Ghosh S, Ghosh I. Ultrastructural characterization of collapsed interchromatin material in alpha-amanitin treated cells. INDIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 1980; 18:1082-5. [PMID: 7216257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Osborn M, Weber K. Dimethylsulfoxide and the ionophore A23187 affect the arrangement of actin and induce nuclear actin paracrystals in PtK2 cells. Exp Cell Res 1980; 129:103-14. [PMID: 6775963 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(80)90335-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Aubin JE, Osborn M, Franke WW, Weber K. Intermediate filaments of the vimentin-type and the cytokeratin-type are distributed differently during mitosis. Exp Cell Res 1980; 129:149-65. [PMID: 6159217 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(80)90340-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Sanger JW, Gwinn J, Sanger JM. Dissolution of cytoplasmic actin bundles and the induction of nuclear actin bundles by dimethyl sulfoxide. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 1980; 213:227-30. [PMID: 6894001 DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402130210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Within 30 minutes of exposure to medium containing 10% dimethyl sulfoxide, PtK2 cells begin to round up and lose their cytoplasmic actin bundles. At the same time, bundles of actin filaments appear in the nuclei of the cells. One to 2 hours after the dimethyl sulfoxide is removed from the medium, the cells revert to their flattened shape, losing the nuclear actin bundles and regaining the cytoplasmic bundles.
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Bledsoe SC, Moushegian G. The 500 Hz frequency-following potential in kangaroo rat: an evaluation with noise masking. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1980; 48:654-63. [PMID: 6155254 DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(80)90422-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This study on kangaroo rat has shown that the volume-conducted 500 Hz FFP can be recorded at stimulus levels which are near behavioral threshold. The response is a complex, double-peaked wave form, indicating that multiple brain stem sources are involved in its generation. The FFP wave form changes in a complex manner with intensity. Recordings of the FFP in the presence of broadband noise demonstrate that the response is neural in origin at suprathreshold stimulus levels. The various configurations of the FFP in the presence of noise, high-pass or broadband, are dependent upon the level of the tone, the level of the noise, and the frequency at which the noise high-pass is set. High-pass masking experiments near threshold levels have demonstrated that the FFP is initiated at a restricted region of the apical cochlea. From all of the results, we conclude that the FFP at moderate and low levels (55--65 dB SPL) is generated primarily by neurons with best frequencies below 1.5--2.0 kHz. The onset component of the FFP is similarly affected by noise, indicating that it too is low frequency in origin.
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Brenner SL, Liaw LH, Berns MW. Laser microirradiation of kinetochores in mitotic PtK2 cells: chromatid separation and micronucleus formation. CELL BIOPHYSICS 1980; 2:139-52. [PMID: 6159088 DOI: 10.1007/bf02795840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Irradiation of the kinetochore region of PtK2 chromosomes by laser light of 532 nm was used to study the function of the kinetochore region in chromosome movement and to create an artificial micronuclei in cells. When the sister kinetochores of a chromosome were irradiated at prometaphase, the affected chromosome detached from the spindle and exhibited no further directed movements for the duration of mitosis. The chromatids of the chromosome remained attached to one another until anaphase, at which point they separated. No poleward movement of the chromatids was observed, and at telophase they passively moved to one of the daughter cells and were enclosed in a micronucleus. The daughter cell containing the micronucleus was then isolated by micromanipulation and followed through subsequent mitoses. At the next mitosis, two chromosomes, each with two chromatids, condensed in the micronucleus. These chromosomes did not attach to the spindle and showed chromatid separation, but no poleward movements at anaphase. They were again enclosed in micronuclei at telophase. The third generation mitosis was similar to the second. Occasionally, both the irradiation-produced and naturally occurring micronuclei exhibited no chromosome condensation at mitosis. Feulgen-stained monolayers of PtK2 cells with naturally occurring micronuclei showed that some micronuclei stain positive for DNA and others do not. This finding raises questions about the fate of chromosomes in a micronucleus.
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Wehland J, Weber K. Distribution of fluorescently labeled actin and tropomyosin after microinjection in living tissue culture cells as observed with TV image intensification. Exp Cell Res 1980; 127:397-408. [PMID: 6892899 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(80)90444-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Osborn M, Franke W, Weber K. Direct demonstration of the presence of two immunologically distinct intermediate-sized filament systems in the same cell by double immunofluorescence microscopy. Vimentin and cytokeratin fibers in cultured epithelial cells. Exp Cell Res 1980; 125:37-46. [PMID: 6985864 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(80)90186-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Hernandez-Verdun D, Bouteille M, Ege T, Ringertz NR. Fine structure of nucleoli in micronucleated cells. Exp Cell Res 1979; 124:223-35. [PMID: 510414 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(79)90198-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Aubin JE, Weber K, Osborn M. Analysis of actin and microfilament-associated proteins in the mitotic spindle and cleavage furrow of PtK2 cells by immunofluorescence microscopy. A critical note. Exp Cell Res 1979; 124:93-109. [PMID: 387430 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(79)90260-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Franke WW, Schmid E, Winter S, Osborn M, Weber K. Widespread occurrence of intermediate-sized filaments of the vimentin-type in cultured cells from diverse vertebrates. Exp Cell Res 1979; 123:25-46. [PMID: 114401 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(79)90418-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 534] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sakaguchi S, Glotzbach SF, Heller HC. Influence of hypothalamic and ambient temperatures on sleep in kangaroo rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 1979; 237:R80-8. [PMID: 223451 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1979.237.1.r80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Unanesthetized, unrestrained kangaroo rats (Dipodomys) were studied to examine the changes in the frequency and duration of sleep states caused by long-term manipulations of hypothalamic temperature (Thy) at a thermoneutral (30 degrees C) and a low (20 degrees C) ambient temperature (Ta). A cold stimulus present in either the hypothalamus or the skin decreased both the total sleep time (TST) and the ratio of paradoxical sleep (PS) to TST. At a low Ta, TST, but not the PS-to-TST ratio, was increased by raising Thy, indicating that a cold peripheral stimulus could differentially inhibit PS. At a thermoneutral Ta, cooling Thy decreased both TST and the PS/TST. Changes in the amount of PS were due largely to changes in the frequency, but not the duration, of individual episodes of PS, suggesting that the transition to PS is partially dependent on the thermoregulatory conditions existing during slow-wave sleep (SWS). These results are consistent with the recent findings that the thermoregulatory system is functional during SWS but is inhibited or inactivated during PS.
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Schreck RR, Erlanger BF, Miller OJ. Binding of anti-nucleoside antibodies reveals different classes of DNA in the chromosomes of the kangaroo rat ( Dipodomys ordii). Exp Cell Res 1977; 108:403-11. [PMID: 70368 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4827(77)80047-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bostock CJ, Christie S, Hatch FT, Mazrimas JA. A stable, "near-haploid" mammalian cell line ( Dipodomys ordii). Exp Cell Res 1977; 106:373-7. [PMID: 193702 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(77)90182-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Rupert AL, Caspary DM, Moushegian G. Response characteristics of cochlear nucleus neurons to vowel sounds. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1977; 86:37-48. [PMID: 835971 DOI: 10.1177/000348947708600107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Most studies in auditory neurophysiology have utilized tonal stimuli to determine the coding properties of neurons in the cochlear nuclei. In this investigation of the kangaroo rat, cochlear nuclei, neuronal responses to vowel sounds, as well as tones, were studied. The vowel sounds, each about 40 msec in duration were: see article. Five were linked together to form a 200 msec stimulus and various combinations of five vowel sounds provided us with 18 different stimuli. The results show that neurons in the cochlear nuclei are remarkably sensitive and selective to vowel sounds. Furthermore, the responses of these neurons to pure tones do not provide a complete basis to predict the types of responses to the vowel sounds. More significant is the finding that the neural discharge rate and pattern of discharge to a particular vowel may depend on where the vowel appears in the stimulus and what other vowel precedes it. This vowel positional effect is not the same for every neuron. We have called this phenomenon a neural "set".
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The relationship between hypothalamic temperature and metabolic heat production was measured during wakefulness, slow-wave sleep, and paradoxical sleep in unrestrained kangaroo rats (Dipodomys). Hypothalamic temperature was manipulated with chronically implanted, water-perfused thermodes while cortical electroencephalogram, electromyogram, metabolic rate, and body movement were continuously recorded. During slow-wave sleep, in comparison to wakefulness, there is a lowered threshold hypothalamic temperature for the metabolic heat production response and a lowered proportionality constant relating rate of metabolic heat production to hypothalamic temperature. During paradoxical sleep no increase in metabolic heat production could be elicited by lowering hypothalamic temperature, which indicates that the thermoregulatory system is inoperative. These results provide a basis for explaining the changes in various body temperatures, metabolic rate, and other thermoregulatory responses during sleep in a variety of mammals.
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