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I Binderman

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A preliminary study of activation of collagenase in carious human dentine matrix.

Collagenolytic activity in human carious and non-carious dentine matrix was compared. Results confirmed the presence of latent collagenase in demineralized dentine and indicated a slow rate of degradation of collagen substrate. Collagenolytic activity was enhanced with the addition of trypsin-TPCK to the demineralized dentine. More activity was observed in the carious dentine, suggesting the presence of collagenase activators or partial enzymic destruction of the inhibitor in the collagen-collagenase-inhibitor complex. It seems that during dentine development collagenase-inhibitor complex is secreted and bound to collagen-dentine matrix, and the enzyme can be activated during the process of dental caries.

Dental Caries↗

Oriental hornet venom enhances wound healing and repair in rat skin, possibly through its collagenolytic activity.

Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis) venom sac extract (VSE) was topically applied to experimental wounds produced on the back skin of rats in order to observe histologically its effect on the healing process. In other studies the collagenolytic effect of VSE was investigated. The results clearly indicated that application of VSE enhanced the process of wound healing. Two weeks after wound induction a thick epidermis and maturation of the dermal connective tissue were seen in the experimental animals, whereas in the controls the dermis was thin and still showed granulation tissue, and the epidermis was thin. Incubation of VSE with purified neutral salt-soluble collagen (NSSC) labeled by reduction with [3H]NaBH4 brought about degradation of the substrate. It is assumed that VSE enhances the process of wound healing in the skin, probably due to its collagenolytic effect.

Administration, Topical↗

Evidence for 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol receptors in long bones of newborn rats.

Several reports have appeared that suggest that 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol has a possible biological role in bone formation. We have utilized competition studies, saturation analysis, sucrose-density-gradient sedimentation and DEAE-cellulose chromatography to demonstrate that long bones of vitamin D-depleted newborn rats contain cytoplasmic and possibly nuclear receptors that bind 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol with specificity and high affinity (Kd = 1.79 nM). Sucrose-density-gradient analysis of the cytoplasmic 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol-binding component showed a single binding macromolecule for 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol with a sedimentation coefficient of 3.1 S. DEAE-cellulose chromatography showed a [3H]24,25, dihydroxycholecalciferol-macromolecular complex that binds to DEAE-cellulose and elutes between 0.15 and 0.21 M-KCl. The finding of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol receptors in long bones of newborn rats suggests a possible involvement of 24,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol in the metabolism of developing skeletal tissues.

24,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D 3↗

Urinary prostaglandin E2 in acute bacterial cystitis.

The levels of prostaglandin E2 were studied in the urine of 14 female patients with acute bacterial cystitis. Ten healthy female students served as a control group. Results indicated a significant increase of urinary prostaglandin levels with a consistent relationship to the onset and duration of the clinical symptoms.

Acute Disease↗

A method for processing paraffin sections of multilayer cultured tissue.

A simple and rapid method is described for processing histological preparations from multilayer cultures growing in plastic Petri dishes, A covering collodion film is utilized to remove the tissue from the plastic dish and transfer it onto a paper block prior to embedding in Paraplast. To avoid any disruption by the collodion of the plasticware, the cultured tissue is first immersed in a solution of collodion and absolute alcohol (1:1) and then covered with pure collodion. All steps are carried out in the cold. This procedure allows morphological, histochemical, immunofluorescent, and autoradiographic studies to be carried out on serial sections of cultured tissue.

Animals↗

Calcification of differentiating skeletal mesenchyme in vitro.

Embryonic limb-bud mesenchyme was induced to calcify in culture by the addition of 3 mM inorganic phosphate to the medium. Phosphate enhanced calcification of the matrix produced by mesenchymal or fibroblast-like cells, whereas no calcification was evident in areas where cartilage had developed. However, calcification was induced throughout the cell layer by altering the cartilage matrix properties with certain enzymes or by changing the phenotypic expression of the cells with vitamin A.

Animals↗

New chemotherapeutic agent for root canal treatment. A preliminary electron microscopic study on an in vivo and in vitro endodontically treated tooth.

A preliminary in vivo and in vitro electron microscopic study of root canals treated endodontically with EDTA-C and Salvizol proved the latter to be superior as a chemomechanical and irrigation solution, especially in the apical third of the roots. A further virtue of Salvizol, as has been demonstrated, is its capability to dissolve the organic matrix of dentin, thus exposing the mineralizing front and the patent tubules even in the apical third of the canal. The combined properties of Salvizol which introduce it as a chemotherapeutic agent for endodontics are: (1) broad spectrum of bactericidal activity, (2) ability to dissolve calcium, (3) neutral pH, (4) cleansing potency, and (5) biologic compatibility.

Dental Pulp Cavity↗

Scanning electron microscopy of bone cells in culture.

Embryonic and young rat bone cells have been growing in culture and examined in the scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Compared with cells fixed in situ and taken directly from the animal, the cultured osteoblastic cells were smoother, flatter and more extensive and showed tighter intercellular contacts. Some matrix is formed in culture and undergoes at least partial mineralization as judged by the accumulation of Ca and P measured by energy dispersive x-ray analysis. Findings concerning the morphology of the collagen arrangement were indecisive. Some superficial cells, free of surrounding matrix, resembled osteocytes in normal in vivo bone. This may indicate that a proportion of the extracellular matrix produced by the cultured cells failed to polymerise into recognizable bone matrix, and that osteocytic morphology is not dependent upon the physical characteristics of the bone matrix.

Animals↗

Growth of the rat femur in diffusion chambers.

Growth in the length of 9-day-old rat femurs, isolated and cultivated in diffusion chambers, was studied for a limited period of 16 days. An increment of 40 per cent of the in vivo length was observed. It could be established that the elongation was due to chondral growth, of which 40 per cent occurred at the proximal and 60 per cent at the distal end of the bone during the 16 days of observation. When the trochanteric or the head epiphyses with their physeal plates were resected, no statistically significant loss in total length occurred. A small but statistically highly significant biphasic growth due to enchondral ossification was found. Resection of the trochanter produced a widening of the cervico-diaphyseal angle (valgisation) of an average of 11.2 degrees. The findings in this series of isolated femurs are --in a general way--similar to those observed in the living animal.

Animals↗