scholarly journals Biochemical adaptation in brain Acetylcholinesterase during acclimation to sub-lethal temperatures in the eurythermal fish Tilapia mossambica

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay Aswani ◽  
David Trabucco
Keyword(s):  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Tropical Fish ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Molecular Forms ◽  
Thermal Stabilities ◽  
Biochemical Adaptation ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Tilapia Mossambica ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Brain Acetylcholinesterase

AbstractTilapia mossambica is a eurythermal tropical fish. We studied the effect of temperature on the kinetics of brain Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) during adaptation to sublethal temperatures by acclimating the fish to 37 °C, and controls to 25 °C. Electrophoresis showed the presence of two AChE bands that did not change in position or intensity with acclimation period or temperature. The apparent Km was 0.23 ± 0.01 mM ATChI and remained relatively constant over the in vitro assay temperature range 10 °C to 40 °C. Biochemical characterization suggested that the enzyme is a ‘eurytolerant protein’ in its stability of kinetic and thermal properties over a wide temperature range. Thermal stability and arrhenius plots suggested that the AChE was made up of two forms that differed in their thermal properties.The two molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase were purified from the brain of T. mossambica. Molecular weight studies revealed that the two forms were size isomers: a monomer of 59 KDa and a tetramer of 244 KDa. They differed in their Kms, thermal stabilities and energies of activation. We suggest that biochemical adaptation to temperature in the brain acetylcholinerase system of the fish Tilapia mossambica is based on the aggregation-dissociation of these size isomers.

scholarly journals Differential Inhibition of the Brain Acetylcholinesterase Molecular Forms Following Sarin, Soman and VX Intoxication in Laboratory Rats

1997 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 89-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Bajgar
Keyword(s):  
Electrophoretic Mobility ◽  
Ache Activity ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Molecular Forms ◽  
Laboratory Rats ◽  
Quantitative Expression ◽  
Female Wistar Rats ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Acetylcholinesterase Molecular Forms ◽  
Brain Acetylcholinesterase

The female Wistar rats were intoxicated (i.m.) with sarin, soman and VX in doses equal to 1xLD50 and pontomedullar areas of the brain were prepared, homogenized, centrifuged and in these samples, acetylcholinesterase (AChE, EC 3.1.1.7) activities were determined. In the same samples, AChE was separated using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and AChE molecular forms were detected and densitometrically evaluated. In control animals, AChE was separated into four forms differing in their electrophoretic mobility and their quantitative content in the sample. The form with lowest electrophoretic mobility represent the main part of AChE activity constituting the whole enzymatic activity. Following intoxication with the nerve agents mentioned, the whole AChE activity in the pontomedullar area of the brain was decreasing in intervals of ten minutes (soman and sarin) or one hour (VX). The AChE activity at the time of death (or terminal stage) was represented 5-30 % of controls. Molecular forms of AChE were inhibited in different extent: the form with lowest electrophoretic mobility was diminished to zero level while the form with the highest mobility was practically unaffected, independently on the type of nerve agent. From quantitative expression of percentage content of the forms vs their activity we can imply that values of the total AChE activity represent the ãmeanÒ activity of the forms determined.

Acetylene chemisorption at palladium: Effect of temperature and structure of the surface

1984 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 1448-1458
Author(s):  
Josef Kopešťanský
Keyword(s):  
Work Function ◽  
Atomic Hydrogen ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Thermally Stable ◽  
Template Effect ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Adsorbed Layers ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Adsorption Complexes ◽  
Low Coverage

The effect of temperature and structure of the palladium surfaces on acetylene chemisorption was studied along with the interaction of the adsorbed layers with molecular and atomic hydrogen. The work function changes were measured and combined with the volumetric measurements and analysis of the products. At temperature below 100 °C, acetylene is adsorbed almost without dissociation and forms at least two different types of thermally stable adsorption complexes. Acetylene adsorbed at 200 °C is partly decomposed, especially in the low coverage region. Besides the above mentioned effects, the template effect of adsorbed acetylene was studied in the temperature range from -80° to 25 °C. It has been shown that this effect is a typical phenomenon of the palladium-acetylene system which is not due to surface impurities.

Thermoanalytical Methods in Vulcanizate Analysis II. Derivative Thermogravimetric Analysis

1975 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 661-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Brazier ◽  
G. H. Nickel
Keyword(s):  
Preceding Paper ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Inorganic Pigments ◽  
Thermal Stabilities ◽  
Pyrolysis Products ◽  
Exothermic Reactions ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Black Oil ◽  
Scan Rate ◽  
Tg And Dtg

Abstract We have shown in this and the preceding paper that fully compounded stocks can be analyzed for all main constituents by use of a combination of DSC, TG, and DTG. Further, this can be achieved on a time scale consistent with routine quality control. DSC gives information on cure characteristics, sulfur, and accelerator levels in approximately five minutes. Elastomer, elastomer ratio, carbon black, oil/plasticizer, and inorganic pigments are determined in about 35 minutes by TG/DTG, at a scan rate of 10°C/min. This time can be reduced by increasing the scan rate, but interference from highly exothermic reactions can be a limiting factor. Each compound must be treated individually to determine the maximum scan rate that can be used without impairing reproducibility. Clearly limitations exist for identification of unknown blends by DTG. The main problem is that many commercial elastomers have very similar thermal stabilities, which results in DTG peaks in the same temperature range. Further work is being undertaken with the DTG—gas chromatography interface to identify not only the pyrolysis products, but the temperature range over which they are evolved. In this manner, the DTG acts essentially as a thermal fraetionation unit and GC analysis of products from a given component in a blend can be achieved.

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE RATE AND VARIATION OF OPERCULAR MOVEMENT IN FUNDULUS DIAPHANUS DIAPHANUS

1947 ◽  
Vol 25d (2) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
Benjamin N. Kropp
Keyword(s):  
Constant Temperature ◽  
Beat Frequency ◽  
Nervous Activity ◽  
Respiratory Movement ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Sources Of Variation ◽  
Fundulus Diaphanus

The rates of opercular beat of 16 specimens of Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus were recorded over a temperature range from 4.3° to 17.5 °C. in order to determine how this respiratory movement varied with temperature and some of the sources of variation in rate. While the rate of beat varies directly as the temperature, over a period of several hours at any constant temperature continuous recordings of the rate show recurring cycles of rise and fall in beat frequency that are chiefly responsible for the scatter of the observations. Both the duration of a cycle and the limits of rise and fall for each cycle are definitely set by the temperature. The possible dependence of these phenomena upon central nervous activity is discussed.

Mitochondrial membrane fluorescence and temperature adaptation in Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea)

Parasitology ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Walker ◽  
J. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Arrhenius Plot ◽  
Gallus Domesticus ◽  
Temperature Adaptation ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Acclimation Temperature ◽  
Membrane Composition ◽  
Mitochondrial Membranes ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Schistocephalus Solidus

The fluorescent probe 1-anilino-8-naphthalene suiphonic acid (ANS) was used to investigate the effect of temperature on the physical state of the mitochondrial membranes of adult and larval schistocephalus solzdus together with that of their hosts Gasterosteus aculeatus and Gallus domesticus. Arrhenius plots of ANS/membrane fluorescence for S. solidus plerocercoids was linear over the temperature range 15 to 58 °C, while that for the adult was biphasic with a discontinuity at 39·9 °C. This was interpreted as a physical change which occurred in the adult membrane but not in the plerocercoid membrane and pointed to an alteration in membrane composition during infection. Gasierosteus aculeatus showed a linear Arrhenius plot for membrane fluorescence, irrespective of acclimation temperature. Gallus domesticus showed a discontinuity in the Arrhenius plot for membrane fluorescence at 46·9 °C, outside the normal physiological temperature range.

NQR Relaxation Studies on Halogenomethyl Groups in Halogenoacetates

1998 ◽  
Vol 53 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 480-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Zdanowska-Fnjczek
Keyword(s):  
Room Temperature ◽  
Relaxation Times ◽  
Lattice Relaxation ◽  
Spin Lattice Relaxation ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Relaxation Theory ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Spin Lattice ◽  
Relaxation Studies

Abstract The effect of temperature on the chlorine NQR spin-lattice relaxation times in CsH(ClH2-CCOO)2 , KH(Cl3 CCOO) 2 and N(CH3)4 H(ClF2CCOO)2 has been studied in the temperature range 77 K to room temperature. The results were discussed on the basis of NQR relaxation theory.

scholarly journals Effect of Temperature, Pressure, and Chemical Composition on the Electrical Conductivity of Schist: Implications for Electrical Structures under the Tibetan Plateau

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenqing Sun ◽  
Lidong Dai ◽  
Heping Li ◽  
Haiying Hu ◽  
Changcai Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Plateau ◽  
High Pressures ◽  
High Conductivity ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
The Tibetan Plateau ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Electrical Conductivities ◽  
Conductivity Anomalies ◽  
Lower Temperature Range ◽  
Lower Temperature

The experimental study on the electrical conductivities of schists with various contents of alkali ions (CA = K2O + Na2O = 3.94, 5.17, and 5.78 wt.%) were performed at high temperatures (623–1073 K) and high pressures (0.5–2.5 GPa). Experimental results indicated that the conductivities of schist markedly increased with the rise of temperature. Pressure influence on the conductivities of schist was extremely weak at the entire range of experimental temperatures. Alkali ion content has a significant influence on the conductivities of the schist samples in a lower temperature range (623–773 K), and the influence gradually decreases with increasing temperature in a higher temperature range (823–1073 K). In addition, the activation enthalpies for the conductivities of three schist samples were fitted as being 44.16–61.44 kJ/mol. Based on the activation enthalpies and previous studies, impurity alkaline ions (K+ and Na+) were proposed as the charge carriers of schist. Furthermore, electrical conductivities of schist (10−3.5–10−1.5 S/m) were lower than those of high-conductivity layers under the Tibetan Plateau (10−1–100 S/m). It was implied that the presence of schist cannot cause the high-conductivity anomalies in the middle to lower crust beneath the Tibetan Plateau.

Differential recovery of acetylcholinesterase in guinea pig muscle and brain regions after soman treatment

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxine C Lintern ◽  
Janet R Wetherell ◽  
Margaret E Smith
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Similar Rate ◽  
Molecular Forms ◽  
Similar Degree ◽  
Brain Areas ◽  
Pig Muscle ◽  
Rate Of Recovery ◽  
The Brain

1 In brain areas of untreated guinea-pigs the highest activity of acetylcholinesterase was seen in the striatum and cerebellum, followed by the midbrain, medulla-pons and cortex, and the lowest in the hippocampus. The activity in diaphragm was sevenfold lower than in the hippocampus. 2 At 1 h after soman (27 mg/kg) administration the activity of the enzyme was dramatically reduced in all tissues studied. In muscle the three major molecular forms (A12, G4 and G1) showed a similar degree of inhibition and a similar rate of recovery and the activity had returned to normal by 7 days. 3 In the brain soman inhibited the G4 form more than the G1 form. The hippocampus, cortex and midbrain showed the greatest reductions in enzyme activity. At 7 days the activity in the cortex, medulla pons and striatum had recovered but in the hippocampus, midbrain and cerebellum it was still inhibited. 4 Thus the effects of soman administration varied in severity and time course in the different tissues studied. However the enzyme activity was still reduced in all tissues at 24 h when the overt signs of poisoning had disappeared.

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