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Synthesis And Evaluation Of New Cathepsin D Inhibitors, Rose M. Mcconnell, Walter E. Godwin, Kelley Sayyer, Carol Trana, Adam Green, Matthew Mcconnell, Ashley Young, Lauren Young, Susan E. Hatfield Jan 2005

Synthesis And Evaluation Of New Cathepsin D Inhibitors, Rose M. Mcconnell, Walter E. Godwin, Kelley Sayyer, Carol Trana, Adam Green, Matthew Mcconnell, Ashley Young, Lauren Young, Susan E. Hatfield

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Cathepsin D, a lysosomal aspartic protease, has been suggested to play a role in the metastatic potential of several types of cancer A high activated cathepsin D level in breast tumor tissue has been associated with an increased incidence of relapse and metastasis. High levels of active cathepsin D have also been found in colon cancer, prostate cancer, uterine cancer, and ovarian cancer. Hydroxyethyl isosteres with cyclic tertiary amine have proven to be clinically useful as inhibitors of aspartyl proteases, such as cathepsin D and the HIV1 aspartyl protease. Also cathepsin D has recently been associated with the development of …


Effect Of Ionizing Radiation On Trichomonas Vaginalis: Increase In Red Pigmented Intracellular Bodies Associated With Irradiated Cells, James J. Daly Sr., Terryl L. Hostetler, Max L. Baker Jan 2005

Effect Of Ionizing Radiation On Trichomonas Vaginalis: Increase In Red Pigmented Intracellular Bodies Associated With Irradiated Cells, James J. Daly Sr., Terryl L. Hostetler, Max L. Baker

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Examination Of The Cell Wall Of Micrasterias Radiosa Var Radiosa (Conjugatophyceae) By Transmission And Scanning Electron Microscopy, Jennifer A. Akin, Richard L. Meyer Jan 1996

Examination Of The Cell Wall Of Micrasterias Radiosa Var Radiosa (Conjugatophyceae) By Transmission And Scanning Electron Microscopy, Jennifer A. Akin, Richard L. Meyer

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The cell wall of Micrasterias radiosa var. radiosa Ralfs 1848 (Conjugatophyceae) was examined by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Previous electron microscopy of this taxon has not been performed; thus these are new observations. The cell wall was recognized to be of the Cosmarium type with complex pores external to the plasma membrane that penetrate the secondary wall and with ornamentation arising from the secondary wall. Subdivided regions of the pore apparatus, the pore head, pore bulb, connecting pore channel, and pore depression were detected. Pores of type 4 were located in the isthmal region and at the division of …


Liver Lipids Profiles In Nude Mice Implanted Subcutaneously With Cells Of Human Prostate Adenocarcinoma Grade Iv, Lawrence M. Mwasi Jan 1994

Liver Lipids Profiles In Nude Mice Implanted Subcutaneously With Cells Of Human Prostate Adenocarcinoma Grade Iv, Lawrence M. Mwasi

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Liver lipid changes in male BALB-c nude mice due to subcutaneously implanted human prostate metastatic grade IV adenocarcinoma was studied. The prostate cancer cells were cultured in F12 plus 7.5% horse serum and 25% fetal calf serum medium. When they reached confluence, some of these cells were fixed with glutaraldehyde and thoroughly washed with buffer then 4 x107 cells were implanted into four mice. Four more mice were implanted with 4 x 106 viable, unfixed cells. Four uninjected mice served as controls. All the mice were sacrificed 18 days later. The total liver lipids (TLL) from each liver were extracted …


Correlation Between Chromatid Deletion Production And Progression Of The Dna Replication Fork In Uv-Irradiated S Phase Xenopus Cells, Daniel M. Yoder, Jason M. Hiles, H. Gaston Griggs Jan 1994

Correlation Between Chromatid Deletion Production And Progression Of The Dna Replication Fork In Uv-Irradiated S Phase Xenopus Cells, Daniel M. Yoder, Jason M. Hiles, H. Gaston Griggs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Experimentation was performed primarily to determine whether progression of the DNA replication fork along segments of S phase Xenopus chromosomes, which contain UV-induced pre-aberrational lesions, plays a significant role in conversion of these lesions into chromatid deletions. Specifically, a Xenopus chromosome that was both easy to identify and that possessed a single DNA replication fork in one arm was found and used to conduct the experimentation. This chromosome was exposed to UV in early S phase and a Bromodeoxyuridine/Giemsa differential staining technique was applied in conjunction with conventional aberrational techniques to correlate progression of the DNA replication fork through segments …


Photoreactivation Of Uv-Induced Damage In G1 Phase Xenopus Cells That Leads To A Sister Chromatid Exchanged And Cell Death, Dawn Laswell, Jennifer Barber, H. Gaston Griggs Jan 1991

Photoreactivation Of Uv-Induced Damage In G1 Phase Xenopus Cells That Leads To A Sister Chromatid Exchanged And Cell Death, Dawn Laswell, Jennifer Barber, H. Gaston Griggs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Experiments were conducted with the A87 Xenopus tissue culture cell line which centered on use of the line's efficient photoreactivation (PR) mechanism to: (1) determine the extent to which sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs), induced by exposing early G1 phase cells to low UV fluenced, are photoreactivable, and (2) determine the extent to which the photoreactivable SCEs resulting from these low UV fluences constitute lethal lesions. For the first determination, UV fluences - SCE frequency relations and UV fluence + PR fluence - SCE frequency relations were established for UV fluences in the range 0-12 J/m2 and a single PR fluence …


Time Course Of Photoreactivation Of Uv Induced Damage In G1 Phase Xenopus Cells That Leads To Chromosome Breaks Observable By Premature Chromosome Condensation, Robert Wright, Stephen Ruble, H. Gaston Griggs Jan 1990

Time Course Of Photoreactivation Of Uv Induced Damage In G1 Phase Xenopus Cells That Leads To Chromosome Breaks Observable By Premature Chromosome Condensation, Robert Wright, Stephen Ruble, H. Gaston Griggs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Photoreactivation Of The Effect Of Uv Light On Gamma Ray Induced Chromosome Aberration Production In G1 Phase Xenophus Cells, Rebecca Rowe, H. Gaston Griggs Jan 1989

Photoreactivation Of The Effect Of Uv Light On Gamma Ray Induced Chromosome Aberration Production In G1 Phase Xenophus Cells, Rebecca Rowe, H. Gaston Griggs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Photoreactivation Of Chromatid Deletions Induced By Uv-Irradiation Of G1 Phase Hamster X Xenophus Hybrid Cells, Joel Staggers, H. Gaston Griggs Jan 1989

Photoreactivation Of Chromatid Deletions Induced By Uv-Irradiation Of G1 Phase Hamster X Xenophus Hybrid Cells, Joel Staggers, H. Gaston Griggs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Repair Of Ultraviolet And Gamma-Ray Induced Lethal Damage In An Insect Tissue Culture Cell Line, Craig Endres, Susan Kulp, H. Gaston Griggs Jan 1983

Repair Of Ultraviolet And Gamma-Ray Induced Lethal Damage In An Insect Tissue Culture Cell Line, Craig Endres, Susan Kulp, H. Gaston Griggs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Dark Repair Of Lethal Damage Induced In A Hybrid Mammalian Tissue Culture Cell Line By Ultraviolet Light, Robin Haetten, Margaret Mcguinness, H. Gaston Griggs Jan 1982

Dark Repair Of Lethal Damage Induced In A Hybrid Mammalian Tissue Culture Cell Line By Ultraviolet Light, Robin Haetten, Margaret Mcguinness, H. Gaston Griggs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Time Course Of Pr Of Uv-Induced Chromosomal Aberrations And Lethal Damage In S And G2 Xenopus Cells, Jan Payne, H. Gaston Griggs Jan 1979

Time Course Of Pr Of Uv-Induced Chromosomal Aberrations And Lethal Damage In S And G2 Xenopus Cells, Jan Payne, H. Gaston Griggs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Sand G2 phase cells were exposed to 150 ergs mm⁻² UV and their ability to photoreactivate the induced cell killing (loss of colony forming ability) and chromosomal aberrations was determined as a function of time following the UV exposure. In S phase cells, the lesions leading to cell death and those leading to aberrations were both converted to a non-photoreactivable state shortly after the UV exposure. A significant fraction of the lesions induced in G2 cells, that led to cell death, were converted to a non-photoreactivable state before the progeny of the exposed cells reached the next succeeding S phase. …


Scanning Electron Microscope Study Of Brachysclereids Of Pear (Pyrus Communis L.), Clarence B. Sinclair Jan 1976

Scanning Electron Microscope Study Of Brachysclereids Of Pear (Pyrus Communis L.), Clarence B. Sinclair

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The external surfaces of pear sclereids commonly are illustrated as covered with apertures. This SEAA investigation of the surface features has shown the surface to have few or no apertures. When the primary wall layer was removed the typical ramiform canal system was obvious. This observation confirms the often-ignored fact that the pitapertures of the secondary wall are not continuous with the primary wall. Hence, they do not show on the surfaces of the intact cell.


Light And Electron Microscope Study Of The Mitotic Apparatus Of The Ring-Legged Earwig, Euborellia Annulipes (Lucas), Vonnie R. Prentice, William L. Evans Jan 1974

Light And Electron Microscope Study Of The Mitotic Apparatus Of The Ring-Legged Earwig, Euborellia Annulipes (Lucas), Vonnie R. Prentice, William L. Evans

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The mitotic apparatus in dividing cells of the ring-legged earwig is composed of the cell center or pole, chromosomal fibers, continuous fibers, and chromosomal and background structure. Parts from cellular elements such as Golgi membranes, endoplasmic reticulum, and nuclear envelope as well as whole mitochondria associate with the spindle microtubules to produce the diffraction pattern of the spindle fibers as seen with the light microscope. The microtubules of the chromosomal fibers attach independently and demonstrate the diffuse nature of the centromere or polycentric condition of the chromosomes.


Effects Of Urethan On Fish Epithelial And Fibroblast Cells In Vitro, Leland F. Morgans Jan 1971

Effects Of Urethan On Fish Epithelial And Fibroblast Cells In Vitro, Leland F. Morgans

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The effects of urethan on RTG-2 and FHM cells were studied in vitro, by using the mitotic index, it was determined that 0.3 percent urethan caused an increase in the rate of cell division while higher concentrations (0.6, 0.9, 1.2, and 1.5 percent) caused either a decrease in the rate or a cessation of cell division. Concentrations of urethan higher than 1.5 percent killed the cells. The mitotic index data also indicated that epithelial cells continued to divide at a higher concentration of urethan than did the fibroblast cells. The morphological effects of urethan on the two cell lines were …


Rapid Electroosmosis Measurements, James O. Wear Jan 1971

Rapid Electroosmosis Measurements, James O. Wear

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

A cell has been designed and built that allows for rapid measurement of volume moved in a definite time by electroosmosis. The cell is simple to use and is not very elaborate. Using a water jacket, the cell temperature can be controlled to ± 0.1° C. Measurements are presented for acetonitrile, dimethylformamide, and nitrobenzene at 25° C for applied voltages of 25, 50, 75, and 100 volts.


Hemolysis By Crotalus Horridus Atricaudatus Venom, Franklin E. Byrd, Bob D. Johnson Jan 1969

Hemolysis By Crotalus Horridus Atricaudatus Venom, Franklin E. Byrd, Bob D. Johnson

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Microirradiation Of Living Fungal Cells With A Laser, John L. Robertson, Charles L. Wilson Jan 1968

Microirradiation Of Living Fungal Cells With A Laser, John L. Robertson, Charles L. Wilson

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Hydroxyurea On Cultured Somatic Cells Of The Chinese Hamster, Cricetulus Griseus, Charlotte Neill, William C. Guest Jan 1967

Effects Of Hydroxyurea On Cultured Somatic Cells Of The Chinese Hamster, Cricetulus Griseus, Charlotte Neill, William C. Guest

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Proposed Mechanisms Of Asexual Nuclear Division In Neurospora Crassa Shear And Dodge, Charles L. Wilson, John A. Brushaber, James R. Aist Jan 1966

Proposed Mechanisms Of Asexual Nuclear Division In Neurospora Crassa Shear And Dodge, Charles L. Wilson, John A. Brushaber, James R. Aist

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Observations On Nuclear Division In Vegetative Hyphae Of Ceratocystis Fagacearum, James R. Aist, Charles L. Wilson Jan 1965

Observations On Nuclear Division In Vegetative Hyphae Of Ceratocystis Fagacearum, James R. Aist, Charles L. Wilson

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Some Effects Of Ionizing Radiation On The Oral Suckers Of Rana Pipiens Embryos, Charles C. Reed Jan 1962

Some Effects Of Ionizing Radiation On The Oral Suckers Of Rana Pipiens Embryos, Charles C. Reed

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Epidermal Pore Of Oxcymitra Paleacea Bischoff, Eugene B. Wittlake Jan 1958

Epidermal Pore Of Oxcymitra Paleacea Bischoff, Eugene B. Wittlake

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.