PubMed · 8595708
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J E Buttery, R N Ratnaike. 1995. Can ethanol be omitted from the lactose absorption test?. https://doi.org/10.1016/0009-9120(95)00045-2
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Two multistep extractions were achieved on porcine aortic tissues to obtain acellular matrices used for cardiac bioprostheses. The evaluation of structural modifications and the possible damage of extracellular matrix fibrous proteins were investigated by means of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Protein-water interactions and degradation temperatures were determined by TGA. DSC was used to characterize protein thermal transitions (glass transition and denaturation), which provided information on the dynamic structure of the aortic tissue components. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) extraction had a destructuring effect, while Triton and cholate treatments did not affect the structural integrity of either elastin and collagen. A DSC comparison showed that SDS destabilizes the collagen triple helical domain and swells the elastin network.
Two short-wavelength cone opsins, frog (Xenopus laevis) violet and mouse UV, were expressed in mammalian COS1 cells, purified in delipidated form, and studied using cryogenic UV-vis spectrophotometry. At room temperature, the X. laevis violet opsin has an absorption maximum at 426 nm when generated with 11-cis-retinal and an absorption maximum of 415 nm when generated with 9-cis-retinal. The frog short-wavelength opsin has two different batho intermediates, one stable at 30 K (lambda(max) approximately 446 nm) and the other at 70 K (lambda(max) approximately 475 nm). Chloride ions do not affect the absorption maximum of the violet opsin. At room temperature, mouse UV opsin has an absorption maximum of 357 nm, while at 70 K, the pigment exhibits a bathochromic shift to 403 nm with distinct vibronic structure and a strong secondary vibronic band at 380 nm. We have observed linear relationships when analyzing the energy difference between the initial and bathochromic intermediates and the normalized difference spectra of the batho-shifted intermediates of rod and cone opsins. We conclude that the binding sites of these pigments change from red to green to violet via systematic shifts in the position of the primary counterion relative to the protonated Schiff base. The mouse UV cone opsin does not fit this trend, and we conclude that wavelength selection in this pigment must operate via a different molecular mechanism. We discuss the possibility that the mouse UV chromophore is initially unprotonated.
Several Gelfoam (absorbable gelatin sponge, USP) based surfactant free devices containing either sodium or zinc insulin were prepared with diluted acetic or hydrochloric acid. They were evaluated by the lowering of the blood glucose concentration in rabbits. The systemic absorption of insulin from the device can be enhanced by using a 5% or higher concentration of acetic acid solution as well as 1% HCl solution. The results indicate that the proposed device prepared with up to 30% of acetic acid solution produced no eye irritation. A single device containing 0.2 mg of insulin is sufficient to control the blood glucose levels in a uniform manner (60% of initial) for over 8 h.