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Simultaneous determination of ingredients in an ointment by hydrophobic interaction electrokinetic chromatography.

Hydrophobic interaction electrokinetic chromatography was used to simultaneously determine seven active ingredients (diphenhydramine hydrochloride, dibucaine hydrochloride, chlorhexidine hydrochloride, phenylephrine hydrochloride, hydrocortisone acetate, allantoin and tocopherol acetate) in an ointment. Not only hydrophobic but also ionic compounds were successfully separated by use of a separation solution composed of acetonitrile-water (80:20, v/v), tetradecylammonium salt and ammonium chloride. The migration behavior of the hydrophobic compound depended on tetradecylammonium concentration, while that of the ionic compounds depended on ammonium chloride concentration. An addition of triethylamine to the separation solution markedly improved the reproducibility of the peak areas of cations with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of less than 1.7% (n=6). The established method was validated and confirmed to be applicable to the determination of the active ingredients in a commercial ointment. Sample preparation was performed by liquid-liquid extraction and no interference from the formulation excipients was observed. Good linearities were obtained, with correlation coefficients above 0.999. Recoveries and precisions ranged from 98.0 to 100.8%, and from 0.4 to 2.9% RSD, respectively. These results suggest that hydrophobic interaction electrokinetic chromatography can be used for the determination of ionic compounds as well as hydrophobic compounds in ointment.

Chromatography, Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary↗

Complex catalytic colloids on the basis of firefly luciferase as optical nanosensor platform.

In the present work the layer-by-layer nano-assembly technique was used for the development of complex catalytic microparticles on the basis of firefly luciferase (FL). FL films containing 1, 2, or 3 monolayers were assembled on silver electrode QCM-resonators and on 520-nm diameter sulfonated polystyrene latex by alternate adsorption of FL and polycations using electrostatic interactions for the interlayer interaction. The assembly process was studied with quartz crystal microbalance, UV-vis spectroscopy, and microelectrophoresis (surface potential). Structural studies of the resulting multilayers confirmed stepwise deposition of FL and cationic poly(dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride) with a bilayer thickness of 14 nm; a systematic shift of the surface potential from +28 mV for poly(dimethyldiallyl ammonium chloride) to -14 mV for luciferase outermost layer was established. The functionality and stability of the biocolloids were demonstrated by monitoring the intensity of the light emission. Factors influencing the light emitted upon catalytic activity of FL such as the number of luciferase layers in the film and polyion layer at the outermost layer were studied.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

Inhibition of adhesion-promoting activity of a human salivary protein which promotes adhesion of Streptococcus mutans JBP to hydroxyapatite.

The adhesion-promoting proteins (APP) (molecular mass approx. 300 kDa), which promote adhesion of Streptococcus mutans JBP (serotype c) to hydroxyapatite, were isolated from human submandibular-sublingual (SMSL) saliva by gel filtration on a Trisacryl GP2000 M column. The effects of hexoses, pentoses, methyl-pentoses, hexosamines, N-acetylhexosamines, a basic amino acid, polyamines and ammonium chloride on the bacterial adhesion-promoting activity of the APP were examined. Galactosamine, mannosamine, L-lysine, spermine, putrescine, and ammonium chloride inhibited the adhesion-promoting activities of the APP. The other sugars, including the N-acetylhexosamines, were without effect. Thus, compounds containing a primary amino-group appear to have a specific inhibitory effect on adhesion of S. mutans JBP to APP adsorbed onto hydroxyapatite, an activity which is lost if the amino-group is acetylated.

Bacterial Adhesion↗

Identification of nitrate ester explosives by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry.

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) with electrospray ionization (ESI) and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI), in the negative-ion mode, was investigated for the analyses of three widely used nitrate ester explosives, pentaerythritol tetranitrate, nitroglycerin and ethylene glycol dinitrate, as well as six additional nitrate esters, using post-column additives. In ESI, ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrite, propionic acid and ammonium chloride promoted formation of characteristic adduct ions of the respective nitrate esters. In APCI, chlorinated agents, dichloromethane, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride and ammonium chloride, were employed, fanning chloride attachment adduct ions. Three forensic samples, Booster DYNO, Semtex and Smokeless Powder, were analyzed to demonstrate the validity of the developed LC-MS methods.

Atmospheric Pressure↗

Relation of ammonia excretion adaptation to glutaminase activity in acidotic, subtotalnephrectomized rats.

The response of renal ammonia excretion to acidosis was examined in adult rats with reduced renal mass (SNX). Three days after surgical ablation of 70% of renal mass, the activity of renal phosphate-dependent glutaminase (PDG) in SNX rats was 7.7 +/- 1.5 mu moles of ammonia/100 mg of protein min or approximately 50% of the activity in normal rats (14.5 +/- 2.6 mu moles of ammonia/100 mg of protein min), but enhanced ammonia excretion per unit weight was observed in SNX rats (7.2 +/- 0.7 in control vs. 14.6 +/- 3.2 mumoles/g of kidney.hr in SNX rats). The cause (s) of the reduction in the specific activity of PDG (as well as the increase in ammonia excretion) is unknown. The PDG decrease was not due to apparent tissue damage and appeared to be a specific change as the activity of renal succinate dehydrogenase, another mitochondrial inner-membrane enzyme, did not decrease (from the control level) in SNX rats. Ammonia excretion showed no significant response to an acute acid load (ammonium chloride, 5 mmoles/kg of body wt) in SNX rats. Ammonia excretion, however, did adapt to repeated acid-loading (10 mmoles of ammonium chloride per kg of body wt per day for 3 days); ammonia excretion increased more than two-fold by third day of treatment. This adaptive response was associated with a two-fold rise in renal PDG. Administration of actinomycin D, at a dose which produced no gross toxic signs (100 microgram/kg/day i.p.) inhibited virtually all the increase in both ammonia excretion and PDG activity. The correlation of ammonia excretion and PDG adaptations in acidotic SNX rats was similar to that previously observed in infant rats.

Acidosis↗

Receptor-specific requirements for anthrax toxin delivery into cells.

The three proteins that constitute anthrax toxin self-assemble into toxic complexes after one of these proteins, protective antigen (PA), binds to tumor endothelial marker 8 (TEM8) or capillary morphogenesis protein 2 (CMG2) cellular receptors. The toxin receptor complexes are internalized, and acidic endosomal pH triggers pore formation by PA and translocation of the catalytic subunits into the cytosol. In this study we show that the pH threshold for conversion of the PA prepore to the pore and for translocation differs by approximately a pH unit, depending on whether the TEM8 or CMG2 receptor is used. For TEM8-associated toxin, these events can occur at close to neutral pH values, and they show relatively low sensitivity to ammonium chloride treatment in cells. In contrast, with CMG2-associated toxin, these events require more acidic conditions and are highly sensitive to ammonium chloride. We show, furthermore, that PA dissociates from TEM8 and CMG2 upon pore formation. Our results are consistent with a model in which translocation depends on pore formation and pore formation, in turn, depends on release of PA from its receptor. We propose that because PA binds to CMG2 with much higher affinity than it does to TEM8, a lower pH is needed to attenuate CMG2 binding to allow pore formation. Our results suggest that toxin can form pores at different points in the endocytic pathway, depending on which receptor is used for entry.

Antigens, Bacterial↗

Novel selective kappa-opioid ligands.

The single-crystal X-ray structures of (-)-dimethyl[(2S)-1-(5,6,7,8- tetrahydro-5-oxonaphthalene-2-acetyl)piperidin-2-ylmethyl ]ammonium chloride, C20H29N2O2+.Cl-(BRL-53001A), and (-)-ethylmethyl[(2S)-1-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-5-oxonaphthalene- 2- acetyl)piperidin-2-ylmethyl]-ammonium chloride dihydrate, C21H31N2O2+.Cl-.2H2O (BRL-53188A), have been determined. The two molecules have different conformations in the 1-tetralon-6-ylacetyl residue but the same conformation in the 1-acetyl-2-(dialkylaminomethyl)piperidine moiety. The conformations found are in agreement with the required chemical features for kappa affinity and antinociceptive potency.

Crystallography, X-Ray↗

Ammonium inhibition of nitrogenase activity in Herbaspirillum seropedicae.

The effect of oxygen, ammonium ion, and amino acids on nitrogenase activity in the root-associated N2-fixing bacterium Herbaspirillum seropedicae was investigated in comparison with Azospirillum spp. and Rhodospirillum rubrum. H. seropedicae is microaerophilic, and its optimal dissolved oxygen level is from 0.04 to 0.2 kPa for dinitrogen fixation but higher when it is supplied with fixed nitrogen. No nitrogenase activity was detected when the dissolved O2 level corresponded to 4.0 kPa. Ammonium, a product of the nitrogenase reaction, reversibly inhibited nitrogenase activity when added to derepressed cell cultures. However, the inhibition of nitrogenase activity was only partial even with concentrations of ammonium chloride as high as 20 mM. Amides such as glutamine and asparagine partially inhibited nitrogenase activity, but glutamate did not. Nitrogenase in crude extracts prepared from ammonium-inhibited cells showed activity as high as in extracts from N2-fixing cells. The pattern of the dinitrogenase and the dinitrogenase reductase revealed by the immunoblotting technique did not change upon ammonium chloride treatment of cells in vivo. No homologous sequences were detected with the draT-draG probe from Azospirillum lipoferum. There is no clear evidence that ADP-ribosylation of the dinitrogenase reductase is involved in the ammonium inhibition of H. seropedicae. The uncoupler carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone decreased the intracellular ATP concentration and inhibited the nitrogenase activity of whole cells. The ATP pool was not significantly disturbed when cultures were treated with ammonium in vivo. Possible mechanisms for inhibition by ammonium of whole-cell nitrogenase activity in H. seropedicae are discussed.

Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose↗

Endosomal proteolysis by cathepsins is necessary for murine coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus type 2 spike-mediated entry.

Most strains of murine coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) express a cleavable spike glycoprotein that mediates viral entry and pH-independent cell-cell fusion. The MHV type 2 (MHV-2) strain of murine coronavirus differs from other strains in that it expresses an uncleaved spike and cannot induce cell-cell fusion at neutral pH values. We show here that while infection of the prototype MHV-A59 strain is not sensitive to pretreatment with lysosomotropic agents, MHV-2 replication is significantly inhibited by these agents. By use of an A59/MHV-2 chimeric virus, the susceptibility to lysosomotropic agents is mapped to the MHV-2 spike, suggesting a requirement of acidification of endosomes for MHV-2 spike-mediated entry. However, acidification is likely not a direct trigger for MHV-2 spike-mediated membrane fusion, as low-pH treatment is unable to overcome ammonium chloride inhibition, and it also cannot induce cell-cell fusion between MHV-2-infected cells. In contrast, trypsin treatment can both overcome ammonium chloride inhibition and promote cell-cell fusion. Inhibitors of the endosomal cysteine proteases cathepsin B and cathepsin L greatly reduce MHV-2 spike-mediated entry, while they have little effect on A59 entry, suggesting that there is a proteolytic step in MHV-2 entry. Finally, a recombinant virus expressing a cleaved MHV-2 spike has the ability to induce cell-cell fusion at neutral pH values and does not require low pH and endosomal cathepsins during infection. These studies demonstrate that endosomal proteolysis by cathepsins is necessary for MHV-2 spike-mediated entry; this is similar to the entry pathway recently described for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and indicates that coronaviruses may use multiple pathways for entry.

Animals↗

Intracellular free iron and acidic pathways mediate TNF-induced death of rat hepatoma cells.

Rat hepatoma HTC cells are intrinsically resistant to various apoptosis-inducing agents. Strategies to induce death in hepatoma cells are needed and the present experimental study was aimed to investigate the sensitivity of HTC cells to TNF and to clarify the mechanisms of action of this cytokine. Cells were treated with TNF and death mechanisms characterized employing an integration of morphological and biochemical techniques. HTC cells, sensitized to TNF toxicity with cycloheximide, died in a caspase-independent apoptosis-like manner. Although we found no evidence for a direct involvement of lysosomal cathepsins, bafilomycin A1 and ammonium chloride significantly attenuated TNF toxicity. Also desferrioxamine mesylate, an iron chelator, partly protected the cells from TNF, while a complete protection was afforded by combining ammonium chloride and iron chelator. Moreover, HTC were protected from TNF also by lipophylic antioxidants and diphenylene iodonium chloride, a NADPH oxidase inhibitor. These data depict a novel mechanism of TNF-mediated cytotoxicity in HTC cells, in which the endo-lysosomal compartment, NADPH oxidase and an iron-mediated pro-oxidant status contribute in determining a caspase-independent, apoptosis-like cell death.

Acids↗

[Effect of various forms of inorganic nitrogen on the biosynthesis of rifamycin B].

To study the influence of various forms of inorganic nitrogen on biosynthesis of rifamycin B, ammonium sulfate, ammonium nitrate, ammonium chloride and sodium nitrate were compared. It was shown possible to use mineral salts containing nitrogen in reduced or oxidized form as fermentation medium components. Sodium nitrate induced early alkalization of the fermentation broth, while ammonium nitrate and ammonium chloride induced its early oxidation. Moreover, the chlorine ions inhibited the antibiotic biosynthesis. All this impaired normal development of the culture. Only ammonium sulfate provided the pH levels of the fermentation broth normal for the antibiotic biosynthesis and the highest levels of the antibiotic production. The positive role of this salt was due to the presence of both the ammonium group and the sulfogroup in the fermentation medium, since addition of the sulfogroup contained in the sulfates or sulfuric acid resulted only in partial increase of the antibiotic yield.

Culture Media↗

Species comparison of the influence of ammonia on orotic acid and urea biosynthesis in liver.

Although orotic aciduria occurs in both male and female rats fed an arginine-deficient diet, only hepatocytes from male rats exhibited an enhanced rate of orotate biosynthesis to increasing ammonium compared to controls. Inhibition of incorporation [14C]NaHCO3 into urea by norvaline in the rat and mouse was accompanied by a 20 and 25% increase in orotate biosynthesis, respectively. Injection of ammonium chloride (2 mmol/kg) or consumption of a diet devoid of arginine resulted in an increased urinary orotate excretion in the rat. Injection of a similar quantity of ammonium chloride in mice did not result in an orotic aciduria. The influence of ammonia and arginine on the biosynthesis of orotic acid and urea in isolated liver slices from various mammals was also examined. In rat, mouse and pig liver, increasing quantities of ammonia stimulated the incorporation of [14C]NaHCO3 into orotic acid. In porcine, bovine and ovine liver the incorporation of [14C]NaHCO3 into orotic acid was low and was minimally effected by supplemental ammonia. Addition of arginine to the incubation medium diminished the incorporation of [14C]NaHCO3 into orotic acid in the liver of all species examined except the cow and sheep. This decrease was accompanied by a stimulation of urea biosynthesis in the rat, but a depression in the pig. Addition of ammonium (5.0 mM) markedly increased the incorporation of [14C]NaHCO3 into urea in all mammalian liver slices examined. These studies show that the liver of various mammals can respond to increasing ammonia by increasing orotic acid biosynthesis. However, species differences in the response to ammonia are evident.

Ammonia↗

Generation of beta A4 from the amyloid protein precursor and fragments thereof.

The cellular mechanisms underlying the generation of beta A4 in Alzheimer's disease and its relationship to the normal metabolism of the amyloid protein precursor (APP) are unknown. In this report, we show that expression of the C-terminal 100 residues of APP, with (SPA4CT) or without (A4CT) a signal sequence in the N-terminal position, in human neuroblastoma cells results in secretion of a 4 kDa beta A4-like peptide. In A4CT and SPA4CT expressing SY5Y cells, beta A4 generation could not be inhibited by the lysosomotropic amines chloroquine and ammonium chloride but was inhibited by brefeldin A, monensin and methylamine. The last also selectively inhibits APP secretion in neuroblastoma cells [1]. The finding that chloroquine and ammonium chloride inhibit beta A4 generation from full length APP but not from A4CT and SPA4CT are consistent with the assumption that the two cleavages necessary to generate beta A4 operate in two different compartments. Our data suggest the cleavage which generates the C-terminus of beta A4 takes place in the same compartment (late Golgi or endosomal vesicles) in which the APP-secretase operates.

Alzheimer Disease↗

Nitric oxide and G proteins mediate the response of bovine articular chondrocytes to fluid-induced shear.

Mechanical loading alters the metabolism of articular cartilage, possibly due to effects of shear stress on chondrocytes. In cultured chondrocytes, glycosaminoglycan synthesis increases in response to fluid-induced shear. This study tested the hypothesis that shear stress increases nitric oxide production in chondrocytes, and nitric oxide then influences glycosaminoglycan metabolism. Inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase, G proteins, phospholipase C, potassium channels, and calcium channels were also analyzed for effects on nitric oxide release and glycosaminoglycan synthesis. Fluid-induced shear was applied to primary high-density monolayer cultures of adult bovine articular chondrocytes using a cone viscometer. Nitric oxide release in chondrocytes increased in response to the duration and the magnitude of the fluid-induced shear. Shear-induced nitric oxide production was reduced in the presence of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors-but was unaffected by pertussis toxin, neomycin, tetraethyl ammonium chloride, or verapamil. The increase in glycosaminoglycan synthesis in response to shear stress was blocked by nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, pertussis toxin, and neomycin but not by tetraethyl ammonium chloride or verapamil. The phospholipase C inhibitor, neomycin, also decreased glycosaminoglycan synthesis in the absence of flow-induced shear. As studied here, shear stress increased nitric oxide production by chondrocytes, and the shear-induced change in matrix macromolecule metabolism was influenced by nitric oxide synthesis, G protein activation, and phospholipase C activation.

Animals↗

Early copper-induced leakage of K(+) from Arabidopsis seedlings is mediated by ion channels and coupled to citrate efflux.

Copper tolerance among Arabidopsis ecotypes is inversely correlated with long-term K(+) leakage and positively correlated with short-term K(+) leakage (A. Murphy, L. Taiz [1997] New Phytol 136: 211-222). To probe the mechanism of the early phase of K(+) efflux, we tested various channel blockers on copper and peroxide-induced K(+) efflux from seedling roots. The K(+) channel blockers tetraethyl ammonium chloride and 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) both inhibited short-term copper-induced K(+) efflux. In contrast, peroxide-induced K(+) efflux was insensitive to both tetraethyl ammonium chloride and 4-AP. Copper-induced lipid peroxidation exhibited a lag time of 4 h, while peroxide-induced lipid peroxidation began immediately. These results suggest that short-term copper-induced K(+) efflux is mediated by channels, while peroxide-induced K(+) efflux represents leakage through nonspecific lesions in the lipid bilayer. Tracer studies with (86)Rb(+) confirmed that copper promotes K(+) efflux rather than inhibiting K(+) uptake. Short-term K(+) release is electroneutral, since electrophysiological measurements indicated that copper does not cause membrane depolarization. Short-term K(+) efflux was accompanied by citrate release, and copper increased total citrate levels. Since citrate efflux was blocked by 4-AP, K(+) appears to serve as a counterion during copper-induced citrate efflux. As copper but not aluminum selectively induces citrate production and release, it is proposed that copper may inhibit a cytosolic form of aconitase.

4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid↗

Exposure of intestinal epithelial cell HT29 to bile acids and ammonia enhances Mac-1-mediated neutrophil adhesion.

OBJECTIVE: Bile acids and ammonia (NH3/NH4+) are cytotoxic metabolic products, which are known to influence intestinal epithelial functions such as colonic chloride secretion. In this study, we have investigated the effect of bile acids and ammonia on neutrophil-intestinal epithelial adhesive interaction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Confluently cultured HT29 cells were treated with bile acids or ammonium chloride. Then, 51Cr-labeled neutrophils were added to HT29 cell monolayers, and neutrophil adhesion was assessed by gamma-scintillation counting. RESULTS: Treatment of HT29 cells with 0.1 mM CDCA (chenodeoxycholic acid), DCA (deoxycholic acid), CA (cholic acid) or ammonium chloride but not UDCA (ursodeoxycholic acid) for 30 min increased neutrophil adhesion about 4-folds (p<0.01). The increased adhesion was inhibited 82-91% by 10 microg/ml anti-CD11b and anti-CD18 mAbs (p<0.01), but not by anti-CD11a and anti-CD54 (ICAM-1) mAbs. Interestingly, flow cytometric analysis revealed that ICAM-1 expression on HT29 cells was not changed by bile acid- or ammonia-treatment. In addition, the increased adhesion was inhibited about 65 % by proteinase K-treatment (10 microg/ml, 1 min, p<0.05) but not cycloheximide-treatment (1 microg/ml, 30 min) of HT29 cells. CONCLUSIONS: These observations indicate that exposure of HT29 cells to bile acids or ammonia induces CD11b/CD18 (Mac-1) dependent- but CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) independent-neutrophil adhesion to intestinal epithelial cells, and ICAM-1 is unlikely involved in the interactions. Furthermore, epithelial ligand(s) for neutrophils are protein molecule(s) which are expressed on the cell surface independent of protein synthesis.

Ammonia↗

An experimental and mathematical model for the extravascular transport of a DNA intercalator in tumours.

A new in vitro model has been developed for investigating extravascular diffusion of therapeutic agents in tumour tissue. V79-171b or EMT6/Ak cells are grown on porous Teflon support membranes and submerged in a large reservoir of medium, to give diffusion-limited 'multicellular membranes' (MMs) c. 200 microm in thickness. MMs are histologically similar to multicellular spheroids, but their planar rather than spherical geometry facilitates direct measurement of the flux of radiolabelled agents through the multicellular structure. For [14C]urea, flux kinetics through V79-171b MMs was modelled as simple diffusion, yielding a diffusion coefficient in the MM (DMM) of 1.45 x 10(-6) cm2 s(-1), 11-fold lower than in culture medium. Flux of the 3H-labelled DNA intercalator 9-[3-(N,N-dimethylamino)propylamino]acridine (DAPA) was dramatically slower than urea. Modelling this over the first 5 h gave a DMM of 1.3 x 10(-8) cm2 s(-1), but over longer times the kinetics was not consistent with simple diffusion. Flux of DAPA was markedly increased in the presence of 50 mM ammonium chloride, indicating that sequestration in acidic endosomes is a major impediment to flux. Accumulation in cytoplasmic vesicles was confirmed by fluorescence microscopy. The DAPA flux kinetics, with and without ammonium chloride, was well fitted by a reaction-diffusion model with reversible cellular uptake (modelled as binding), using uptake parameters determined in separate experiments with V79-171b single-cell suspensions. This study demonstrates the utility of the MM model for determining extravascular transport parameters, and indicates that much of the impediment to diffusion of basic DNA intercalators in tumour tissue may arise from lysosomal sequestration rather than DNA binding.

Acridines↗

Synthesis and properties of chiral ammonium-based ionic liquids.

New chiral ammonium-based ionic liquids containing the (1R,2S,5R)-(-)-menthyl group can be easily and efficiently prepared under ambient conditions. The preparation and characterization of trialkyl[(1R,2S,5R)-(-)-menthoxymethyl]ammonium salts is reported. The salts have been demonstrated to be air- and moisture-stable under ambient conditions and can be readily used in a variety of standard experimental procedures. The single-crystal X-ray structure of butyldimethyl[(1R,2S,5R)-(-)-menthoxymethyl]ammonium chloride has been determined. The chiral, room-temperature ionic liquids have been characterized by physical properties such as specific rotation, density, viscosity, thermal degradation, and glass transition temperature. Trialkyl[(1R,2S,5R)-(-)-menthoxymethyl]ammonium chloride prototype ionic liquids have also been found to exhibit strong antimicrobial and high antielectrostatic activities.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗