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S N Chen

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PubMed1982

Glycolytic enzymes in juvenile and adult Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

In extracts of adult Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the activities of enzymes including glucokinase, phosphoglucoisomerase, phosphofructokinase, aldolase, triosepho sphate isomerase, glyceraldehydephosphate dehydrogenase, phosphoglycerokinase, phosphoglyceromutase, enolase, pyruvate kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, pyruvate decarboxylase, alcohol dehydrogenase, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, glycerophosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex were demonstrated. The present of significant activity of glycerophosphate dehydrogenase and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase may indicate the possibility of an operative of alpha-glycerophosphate and pentose phosphate pathway.

Angiostrongylus↗
PubMed1981

Increased radiosensitivity of stimulator cells in the human mixed leucocyte culture reaction and the secondary response of primed lymphocytes.

In chessboard mixed leucocyte culture (MLR) experiments we have identified three unrelated healthy blood donors of lymphocytes which showed low stimulatory capacity with apparently MLR-incompatible and HLA-D-non-identical responder lymphocytes. This was due to increased sensitivity to X-irradiation of stimulators which was demonstrable in both MLR and secondary PLT responses. On the other hand, lymphocytes from these donors exhibited normal radiosensitivity when tested as responders in MLR and phytohaemagglutinin- and pokeweed mitogen-induced blastogenesis. The results of family studies of a low stimulator donor suggested that the radiosensitivity of stimulator cells may be under some genetic control which is probably not linked to HLA.

Cells, Cultured↗
PubMed1979

The uptake in vitro of dyes, monosaccharides and amino acids by the filarial worm Brugia pahangi.

The uptake in vitro of various substances by Brugia pahangi was investigated using infective larvae obtained from Aedes aegypti and worms removed from Meriones unguiculatus at 2, 3, 10, 20 and 90 days post-infection. Worms incubated in growth medium 199 containing 1% Trypan blue possessed demonstrable dye in the oral orifice, the anterior oesophageal lumen and the external openings of the vulva and the cloaca or anus but the dye was not found in the gut lumen even after incubation for 24 h. No uptake of ferritin particles into the intestine of the worms was found and no fluorescence could be demonstrated in the gut lumen of worms incubated in medium containing 50% (v/v) fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated calf serum for up to 24 h. Trypan blue uptake by the gut of Aspiculuris tetraptera was clearly observed after incubation for several hours. The uptake of D-glucose and L-leucine by B. pahangi was demonstrated using autoradiographic and scintillation counting techniques and incorporation into worm tissues was detected. Glucose was found to be readily incorporated in the apical, glycogen-rich areas of the myocytes of worms of all ages studied and in the uterine epithelium of the adult female. In contrast, a lower incorporation of D-glucose was found in the eggs, embryos and vas deferens and especially in the gut. The incorporation of L-leucine occurred throughout the tissue of the worms during a 30 min incubation. Labelling was also located over the surface of the cuticle of the worms, when incubated for a period of 15 to 60 min in L-[H]leucine. Scintillation counting techniques demonstrated that there was no uptake of 14C-labelled L-glucose or sucrose by B. pahangi. The data presented on the uptake in vitro of nutrients or other compounds by infective larvae and adult stages of B. pahangi did not demonstrate an intestinal route of uptake but indicated that the transcuticular route of uptake may be employed.

Animals↗