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V Conard

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[Correlation between permeabiltiy to albumin and levels of cyclic adenosine monophosphate in the incubated rat mesentery].

Histamine, bradykinin and prostaglandin E1 increase the permeability coefficient of albumin; this effect is mimicked by dibutyryl-cAMP and by theophylline. They also cause a significant rise in the cAMP levels of the incubated tissue. Serotonin has lesser activities on these parameters. Presumably, the first three mediators control the transcellular passage of albumin by increasing the cAMP content of the tissue, serotonin being less effective. These findings on the mesentery seem to have a couterpart in vascular tissue as shown by others using different methods.

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[Intracellular processes leading to the induction of insulin membrane receptors. Study on Acetabularia mediterranea].

Algal cells have been incubated for 7 to 10 days in darkness in sea water containing either actinomycin D or cycloheximide (10 mug/ml) or fructose glucose (5.5 mM). Measurements of insulin fixation to whole cells, plasma membranes or cytosol fractions after that treatment indicate that dark consumption of chloroplastic fructosans stored in photosynthetic conditions would lead to a "signal" inducing translation and transcription of nuclear DNA genetic message resulting in an increase of the number of insulin cellular receptor sites.

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