[Kinetics of the effect of noradrenaline, dopa and dopamine on the glycemia of bees in vivo]

Propranolol and somatostatin interactions with the hyperglycemic effects of glucagon, octopamine, noradrenaline and cAMP in worker honeybees in vivo

The hyperglycemic effects of vertebrate glucagon, octopamine and noradrenaline, are depressed when propranolol or somatostatin is simultaneously injected into emerging adult worker bees. The inhibitory action of the peptidic antagonist (somatostatin) is more marked against the peptidic agonist (glucagon) and the action of the aminergic antagonist (propranolol) is more marked against the aminergic agonist (octopamine). Somatostatin seems to be inactive against the hyperglycemic effects of cyclic AMP itself. Lastly, octopamine and cAMP might share a common stimulatory activity towards the honeybee's hemolymph trehalases.

Comparative toxicity of aminoglycoside antibiotics towards the lysosomes in a cell culture model

Cultured rat fibroblasts were used to compare the cellular toxicity of 4 aminoglycosides: accumulation of the antibiotic in the lysosomes, its adverse effect on phospholipases and consequently the intralysosomal accumulation of phospholipids. Gentamicin and Tobramycin are more noxious than Netilmicin and Amikacin. These data, when corrected for the lesser capture of Tobramycin by the kidney proximal tubules, closely match the toxicological evaluation of these aminoglycosides on the basis of animal and clinical studies.