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Interaction of type I collagen with sepiolite (magnesium silicate).

Type I collagen from calf skin interacts with magnesium silicate (sepiolite) resulting in a collagen-clay complex which is separated by centrifugation. The interaction primarily occurs with high molecular weight aggregates of the protein as indicated by the fact that collagen from the skin of lathyritic rats interacts to a lesser extent. Thus, when calf skin collagen is fully retained, 45% of protein from lathyritic animals remains in solution. Monomeric forms of collagen remain soluble after short periods of interaction with sepiolite; at 5 minutes, 34% of the calf skin collagen preparation is recovered in apparently monomeric form. In contrast protein-protein interaction produces the complete retention of the total collagen with longer periods of time.

Animals

Use of magnesium silicate before gas-liquid chromatography for determination of "total estrogens" in urine during pregnancy.

The authors propose a simple, rapid, reproducible and reliable method for determination of "total estrogens" in urine during the last three months of pregnancy. The procedure consists of separation of free urinary estrogens, obtained after rapid hydrolysis, on a column of magnesium silicate. The estrogens are adsorbed on the column at acid pH and eluted by 1 M potassium hydroxide. Following extraction of the eluate by diethyl ether and formation of trimethylsilyl ether derivatives, the steroids are analysed by gas-liquid chromatography. This new procedure is used routinely in our laboratory, one assay being carried out in less than three hours. The results appear to be comparable to those obtained with classic methods. We wish to report the elimaination curves of "total estrogens" during normal pregnancies and their allowable limits.

Chromatography, Gas

Interaction between polyethylene films and bromhexine HCl in solid dosage form. IV. Prevention of the sorption by addition of magnesium aluminum silicate.

The effects of magnesium aluminum silicate (MAS) addition on the sorption of bromhexine HCl to polyethylene film in tablets were studied. The addition of MAS prevented the sorption of bromhexine HCl to polyethylene film. In order to investigate the mechanism, the interaction between bromhexine HCl and MAS was studied by the powder X-ray diffraction method. It was observed that bromhexine HCl was preferentially adsorbed to the surface of MAS rather than to polyethylene film. The adsorption was accelerated at high temperature and reduced pressure conditions. The sorption of bromhexine base and bromhexine HCl to packaging material were compared using tablet dosage forms. The sorption of bromhexine base to polyethylene film was greater than that of bromhexine HCl.

Aluminum Compounds

Insulin secretion in magnesium silicate-induced osteopenia in rats.

Local inflammation induced in rats by subcutaneous injection of magnesium silicate is followed by general metabolic, endocrine and immune reactions. Three weeks after inflammation induction, important bone loss, inflammation-mediated osteopenia (IMO) were found. The study proposes to investigate if IMO influences endogenous insulin secretion and if insulin therapy modifies the amount of bone loss, knowing its osteoprotective effect. Experiments were carried out on adult rats, three weeks after local inflammation induction. Baseline glucose and insulin levels did not change as compared to controls. After glucose stimulation, insulinogenic index decreased in the IMO group, which evidences decrease of insulin secretion. Insulin treatment initiated at the same time with IMO did not induce significant changes as regards the response to glucose tolerance test. However, bone calcium was increased as compared to the untreated IMO group, without reaching the control level.

Animals

An aluminum silicate binding assay for quantitation of degradation of cholecystokinin octapeptide and other short peptides.

Most available techniques for the quantitation of enzymatic degradation of peptide hormones are time-consuming and require expensive equipment and/or novel reagents. Our aim here was to develop a rapid and sensitive assay for the measurement of degradation of cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) as well as other short, hydrophobic peptides. The proposed technique is based on our novel observation that intact CCK-8, but not its degradation product(s), binds to Lloyd reagent, a form of aluminum silicate. When radiolabeled CCK-8 was exposed to rat liver cytosol containing endogenous CCK-degrading activity, there was a time-dependent decrease in the binding of radiolabel to aluminum silicate [from 86 to 8% over 60 min at 37 degrees C]. The decrease in binding closely paralleled the extent of CCK-8 degradation over time as assessed by high-performance liquid chromatography and immunoprecipitation with specific polyclonal antibodies to CCK-8. While aluminum silicate did not efficiently bind to C-terminal and N-terminal CCK tetrapeptides, magnesium silicate bound to both tetrapeptides (> 82%), but not to their radiolabeled degradation products. Both aluminum and magnesium silicate also extensively bound (> 82%) to other peptide hormones including Met-enkephalin, somatostatin, and secretin, but did not bind their degradation products. These binding assays will be useful in studies of peptidases which degrade cholecystokinin or other small, hydrophobic peptides.

Aluminum Silicates

Glycolipids of the fish testis.

Glycolipids were purified from the total lipid extract of the testis or milt of a kind of puffer (Fugu rubripes rubripes) by adsorption column chromatography using silicic acid and magnesium silicate and by preparative silica gel TLC. The glycolipids were identified as glucosylceramide (116 mug/g wet tissue) and galactosylceramide 26.7 mug/g). Seminolipid, a sulfagalactolipid specific to mammalian testis was not detected, but the presence of a small amount of sulfatide (15.2 mug/g) was demonstrated. The long-chain bases of both cerebrosides were mainly C18-sphingenine, but in sulfatide, C20-sphingenine was more abundant than C18-sphingenine. In both cerebrosides and sulfatide, the fatty acid compositions were similar, with nervonic acid as the predominant component. Two species of gangliosides were also obtained and were identified as N-acetylgalactosaminyl(1 leads to 4)[N-acetylneuraminyl(2 leads to 3)]galactosyl(1leads to 4)glucosylceramide (59.8 mug/g) and N-acetylneuraminyl(2 leads to 3)galactosyl(1 leads to 4)N-acetylglucosaminyl(1 leads to 3)galactosyl(1 leads to 4)glucosylceramide (45.0 mug/g). The long-chain bases of the two gangliosides consisted of C18-spingenine and C20-sphingenine, and the major fatty acids were palmitic and stearic acids.

Animals

[Silicate urolithiasis: a case report].

A 62-year-old male visited our department complaining of left flank pain and urinary retention on November 6, 1989. Intravenous pyelography showed small stone shadows in bilateral ureters and lower calyx of kidney and the left kidney was not visualized. Endoscopically, calculi were seen in bilateral ureteral orifice. An ureteral catheter could not be passed up from there bilaterally. On November 13, 1989, January 24 and 26, 1990, calculi were passed out spontaneously. Analysis of the stones revealed silica calculus. The patient had a past history of duodenal ulcers. He was administered magnesium silicate and magnesium alminometasilicate as an anti-acid drug for ten years. Sixteen cases of silica calculus in Japan are reviewed.

Cystoscopy

Outgrowth of fibroblasts on sepiolite-collagen complex.

The studies reported here are part of a series of experiments designed to characterize connective tissue cell response to sepiolite (magnesium silicate)-collagen complexes. The process of cell migration from skin explants to these complexes, normal and glutaraldehyde-treated, is similar to the control. The relative outgrowth value for both types of complex is 1.02 and 0.90 respectively, thus indicating a normal cell outgrowth.

Animals

Biocompatibility and degradability of sepiolite-collagen complex.

Sepiolite, a magnesium silicate, binds collagen resulting in a complex which has a gel-like structure when hydrated. The binding of the protein to the clay decreases its degradability by collagenase, and no degradation was observed after treatment of the complex with glutaraldehyde. Extracts of both the untreated and the glutaraldehyde-treated complex are biocompatible for fibroblast growth. Based on its properties, this material should be considered in the design of biomaterials.

Biocompatible Materials

Inflammation-mediated osteopenia (IMO) during acute inflammation in rats is due to a transient inhibition of bone formation.

Local inflammation was induced in rats through the subcutaneous injection of magnesium silicate. Trabecular bone volume of the tibia decreased progressively during a 3 week observation period following the inflammatory stimulus. The trabecular bone surface covered with osteoblasts was strikingly reduced during the first week but had normalized by the end of the third week. Calcification rate in the cortical bone of the tibia was reduced with a parallel reduction in endosteal osteoid seam width. Both calcification rate and tetracycline double-labeled surface of vertebral trabecular bone were reduced during the first 2 weeks. Neither total bone resorption surface nor active bone resorption surface were increased. There was a decrease in osteoclast numbers/mm2 bone tissue associated with decreasing bone volume. Our data demonstrate a transient inhibition of bone formation during acute inflammation in the rat and indicate that changes in osteoblast function are part of the acute phase response following local inflammation.

Acute-Phase Reaction