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Deletion of myosin VI causes slow retinal optic neuropathy and age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-relevant retinal phenotype
2015
The unconventional myosin VI, a member of the actin-based motor protein family of myosins, is expressed in the retina. Its deletion was previously shown to reduce amplitudes of the a- and b-waves of the electroretinogram. Analyzing wild-type and myosin VI-deficient Snell’s Waltzer mice in more detail, the expression pattern of myosin VI in retinal pigment epithelium, outer limiting membrane, and outer plexiform layer could be linked with differential progressing ocular deficits. These encompassed reduced a-waves and b-waves and disturbed oscillatory potentials in the electroretinogram, photoreceptor cell death, retinal microglia infiltration, and formation of basal laminar deposits. A pheno…
Voltammetric analysis of iron oxide pigments
2002
Eighteen earthy and four pure synthetic pigments containing alpha-Fe2O3 (hematite), alpha-FeOOH (goethite) and poorly crystalline Fe and Mn oxide species were analyzed by voltammetry of microparticles. Three natural samples were subjected to an interlaboratory test to evaluate the reproducibility of the voltammetric peak potentials and peak shapes. The results confirmed that linear-sweep voltammetry is able to distinguish between poorly crystalline, ferrihydrite-like oxides and well-crystalline hematite and goethite and to detect XRD-amorphous Mn(III,IV) oxides via the peak occurrence. Voltammetry is further able to distinguish between pigments containing well-crystalline goethite (accordin…
Organ xenografting between rodents: an evolutionary perspective
1994
Rejection times of heart xenografts in several donor-recipient combinations including the guinea pig, rat, hamster, and mouse are examined in light of the paleontological history of rodents and the resulting phylogenetic distances between taxa. This multidisciplinary review at the molecular, chromosomal and morphological levels suggests that xenograft rejection time is inversely proportional to the time divergence or phylogenetic distance, and that the binomial terminology concordant/discordant does not reflect the amplitude of phylogenetic distances.
Isolation and Characterization of Epidermal DNA and RNA from Guinea Pig Skin
1971
DNA and RNA were isolated from mammalian epidermis in a relatively small scale procedure. The high purity and native state of the DNA isolated is reflected by its molar absorptivity E (P), its thermal hyperchromicity and its hyperchromicity upon DNase treatment and by its sedimentation profile as well as by its profile in a cesium chloride density gradient. The very low content of protein and RNA, as well as the data of DNA determination, indicate that this method permits the isolation of a highly purified product. This is further substantiated by the determination of UV absorption spectra and by analysis of the base composition.The mammalian skin DNA showed the following properties: Mol. w…
In vitro synthesis of factor B of the alternative pathway of complement activation by mouse peritoneal macrophages
1976
Factor B of the alternative pathway of complement activation was shown to be synthesized and secreted by unstimulated mouse peritoneal macrophages. The activity of B in the culture supernatants from macrophage monolayers was detected by consumption of C3 in reaction mixtures containing supernatant and guinea pig factors C3, D and insoluble C3b. Using a monospecific antiserum, factor B in concentrated culture supernatants was shown by immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis to be identical to factor B in mouse plasma and to form a characteristic complex with cobra venom factor in the presence of D. A steady rate of factor B secretion was observed for 4 days providing the medium was changed…
�ber den Einflu� von Thyroxin auf die Repolarisationsphase des Aktionspotentials vom Meerschweinchenvorhof
1961
Mit intracellularen Mikroelektroden werden Aktionspotentiale von Meerschweinchenvorhofen in vitro abgeleitet. Nach Vorbehandlung der Tiere mit Thyroxin (5 Tage lang 1 mg dl-Thyroxin je Kilogramm) ist die Repolarisationsphase und damit die Refraktarperiode im Vergleich zu Kontrolltieren bei gleicher Schlagfrequenz verkurzt.
H2-Antihistaminika, 28. Mitt. Synthese und H2-antagonistische Wirkung 3-(3-piperidinomethyl-phenoxy)propyl-substituierter Kohlensäurederivate und Ana…
1986
Es wurden 3-(3-piperidinomethyl-phenoxy)propyl-substituierte Kohlensaurederivate wie Harnstoffe, Thioharnstoffe, Guanidine und Cyanoguanidine sowie analoge Nitroethendiamine dargestellt und am isolierten Meerschweinchenvorhof und zum Teil an der histaminstimulierten Sauresekretion der narkotisierten Ratte auf H2-antagonistische Wirkung untersucht. H2-Antihistaminics, XXVIII: Syntheses and H2-Antagonistic Activity of Derivatives of Carbonic Acid and Analogues Carrying a 3-[3-(Piperidinomethyl)phenoxy]propyl Substituent Derivatives of carbonic acid such as ureas, thioureas, guanidines, and cyanoguanidines as well as the analogous nitroethenediamines were prepared with a 3-[3-(piperidinomethyl…
Influence of Macrophage Activation on the Synthesis of Complement Components C2, C3, C4
1982
Macrophages are a major site of complement synthesis. In the guinea pig production of complement components C1, C2, C4, C3, D, B, and P by peritoneal macrophages has been demonstrated (reviewed in Ref. 1). Whereas marked differences exist in biological activity between resident, elicited and activated macrophages (2), we investigated whether this holds true for the synthesis and secretion of complement components C2, C3, and C4.
Anticomplementary Activity of Guinea Pig Serum Euglobulin: Its Relation to C 1 and to TAMe Esterase
1969
The interaction of complement with a suitable antigen-antibody aggregate triggers a chain of chemical reactions involving consecutively the nine factors of complement (C1 to C9). The triggering reaction is identical with the material fixation of Cl to the immune complex ; this leads to the formation of Ag-Ab-C1. By its fixation Cl is converted from its chemically inert form to a highly reactive state (“fixed” or “activated” C1). The reactivity of fixed Cl is directed first against C4. Consequently C4 rapidly disappears from the fluid phase in the presence of fixed Cl. A strikingly similar process occurs spontaneously in a fraction of guinea pig serum [5, 6].
Linkage of C4 and C4 deficiency to BF and GPLA
1977
The C4, Bf, and GPLA phenotypes of homo- and heterozygous C4-deficient guinea pigs were studied. The electrophoretic patterns suggest that the deficiency in circulating C4 results from an impaired structural gene, allelic to the C4F, C4S, and C4S1 alleles at the C4 locus. In family studies, support for linkage of C4 and Bf to theGPLA system was obtained. The defective gene appears to be the fourth allele, which is rare, in the polymorphism of the fourth component of guinea pig complement.