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  • 1
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    Issues in the genetics of social behavior: Revisited (1996)
    Springer
    Behavior genetics 26 (1996), S. 463-470 
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    ISSN: 1573-3297
    Keywords: Mice ; agonistic behavior ; aggression ; homogeneous set ; standard tester ; social behavior
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Psychology
    Notes: Abstract Though social behavior has not been overlooked by behavior geneticists, the number of studies is small when compared to those on individual traits. One reason for the neglect may be the difficulty of making connections between genes and social behaviors, which by definition involve the interaction of two or more organisms. Fuller and Hahn (1976) addressed this issue and described three means of establishing social groups that would facilitate genetic analysis. We survey the literature on agonistic behavior in mice from 1976 through 1994 and describe interesting uses of those three methods. One of those methods (the standard tester design) often employs a “noninteractive” social partner. We present data showing that the standard tester design may be more valuable when using an evocative and interactive standard tester.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02359750
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    Genetic and Developmental Influences on Infant Mouse Ultrasonic Calling. II. Developmental Patterns in the Calls of Mice 2–12 Days of Age (1998)
    Springer
    Behavior genetics 28 (1998), S. 315-325 
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    ISSN: 1573-3297
    Keywords: Mice ; ultrasonic calls ; infants ; individual differences ; signatures
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Psychology
    Notes: Abstract Infant house mice, Mus musculus, produce ultrasonic calls that reliably lead to retrieval by adult mice. While individual differences in calls have been demonstrated both among and within species, the influences of age and sex on call characteristics have not been systematically investigated in mice. This study examined the influences of age, sex, and genotype (inbred versus hybrid) on the rate, length, and frequency characteristics of the calls of 486 male and female mice from 2 to 12 days of age. Rate of calling followed a shallow inverted U-shaped function across days. Call lengths decreased and call frequency characteristics increased, in a linear manner, with age. Females emitted fewer calls, with a smaller bandwidth, at some ages than males. Hybrid pups produced more calls of greater length and a lower frequency than inbred pups. These results indicate the presence of cues that could allow adult mice to behave differentially toward pups as a function of their age and sex.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1021679615792
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    Genetic and Developmental Influences on Infant Mouse Ultrasonic Calling. I. A Diallel Analysis of the Calls of 3-Day Olds (1997)
    Springer
    Behavior genetics 27 (1997), S. 133-143 
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    ISSN: 1573-3297
    Keywords: Mice ; ultrasounds ; ultrasonic calls ; infants ; diallel cross ; individual differences
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Psychology
    Notes: Abstract Ultrasonic calls produced by young mice reliably elicit investigation and retrieval by adults. While there are large individual differences in the characteristics of these calls, little work has been done to partition that variation. We completed a 4 × 4 diallel cross and Hayman analyses on several characteristics of these cries. The major result was the detection of directional dominance toward a higher rate of calling, longer calls, and calls of lower overall frequency with a greater bandwidth. Within the context of biometrical genetic theory, we conclude that calls with such characteristics may have important fitness value. Extending this idea, we propose that within the population sampled for this study (the animals of the four inbred strains and 12 F1 hybrid groups), the calls most effectively eliciting investigation and retrieval would be calls with the average hybrid values of the diallel cross.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1025637408900
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  • 4
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    Synthetic routes to 1,4-difunctionalized cycloheptenesDedicated to Professor Dr. Richard R. Schmidt on the occasion of his 60th birthday. (1995)
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Liebigs Annalen 1995 (1995), S. 1843-1848 
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    ISSN: 0947-3440
    Keywords: Enediynes ; [2 + 2] Cycloaddition ; Bicyclo[3.2.0]heptanes ; Fragmentation ; Ring closing metathesis ; Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Two routes to 1,4-difunctionalized cycloheptenes are described. The first one is based on a fluoride-induced fragmentation reaction of the bicyclic [3.2.0]heptanesilyl monosulfate 10. This compound in turn was prepared by a ketene-cyclopentene cycloaddition route. An alternative strategy took advantage of a ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction of the diolefin 18 with the ruthenium catalyst 21. This reaction proved to be reliable even on a larger scale and allowed the isolation of the cycloheptene 19a in reasonably good yield.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jlac.1995199510258
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    Extracellular matrix receptors, ECMRII and ECMRI, for collagen and fibronectin correspond to VLA-2 and VLA-3 in the VLA family of heterodimers (1988)
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 37 (1988), S. 385-393 
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: cell adhesion ; arg-gly-asp amino acid sequence ; VLA proteins ; integrin superfamily ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: The Very Late Activation Antigen (VLA) proteins are a family of five related heterodimers, which also are part of the integrin superfamily of cell adhesion molecules. Except for the identification of VLA-5 as a fibronectin receptor structure, the functions of the VLA proteins have remained unclarified. In this paper, immuno-precipitation experiments with both anti-α and anti-β subunit antibodies showed that the previously identified cell adhesion receptor for collagen, extracellular matrix receptor II (ECMRII), is equivalent to VLA-2. At the same time a previously described multispecific cell adhesion receptor for collagen, fibroncclin, and laminin (ECMRI) has been shown to be identical to VLA-3. Although the mAb 12F1 and P1H5 both recognized VLA-2 (ECMRII), they appeared to define distinct epitopes on the α2 subunit. On the other hand, the mAb PIB5 and J143 recognized the α3 subunit of VLA-3 (ECMRI) at or near the same site. Consistent with the collagen receptor functions of VLA-2 (ECMRII) and VLA-3 (ECMRI), anti-VLA β antiserum blocked cell attachment to collagen.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcb.240370406
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    Design and Synthesis of Dynemicin Analogs (1999)
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Liebigs Annalen 1999 (1999), S. 1-13 
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    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Keywords: Dynemicin ; Enediynes ; Antitumor agents ; Antibiotics ; Cross-coupling ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: -Dynemicin A is a member of the family of enediyne natural products. It is unique in that it combines a ten-membered enediyne with an anthraquinone substructure. These features stimulated the development of synthetic approaches to the natural product itself and of analogs thereof. This review summarizes the total syntheses of dynemicin A. In addition, an overview of the known analogs is presented. The analogs can be classified according to the designed trigger mechanism. Most of the analogs contain a removable carbamate on the nitrogen atom. Others are quite similar to the natural lead in that they contain a quinone substructure, which upon reduction causes opening of the oxirane ring. In addition, there are analogs that contain an aromatic sector, the enediyne, and the oxirane ring but lack the nitrogen heterocycle. In these compounds the aryl ring assumes a different conformation from that in dynemicin A. Many of the simplified analogs proved to be quite active in vitro as well in vivo against murine tumor models. A highlight is compound 30 which is much more active than dynemicin A itself. However, looking at all analogs there is no clear-cut correlation between the DNA-cleaving ability at neutral pH and the in vitro results. From this one might conclude that there are possibly two mechanisms for antitumor activity. One involves diradical formation whereas the other might be due to a ligand-receptor interaction.
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  • 7
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    Electronic Resource
    Butyrate analogue, isobutyramide, inhibits tumor growth and time to androgen-independent progression in the human prostate LNCaP tumor model (1998)
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 69 (1998), S. 271-281 
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: butyrate ; isobutyramide ; prostate cancer ; LNCaP ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Progression to androgen independence remains the main obstacle to improving survival and quality of life in patients with advanced prostate cancer. Induction of differentiation may serve as a rational basis for prevention of progression to androgen independence by modulating gene expression activated by castration or upregulated during androgen-independent progression. The objectives of this study were to characterize the in vitro effects of sodium butyrate on human prostate cancer cell growth, PSA gene expression, and differentiation in the LNCaP tumor model and to determine whether tumor progression in vivo is delayed by isobutyramide, an orally bioavailable butyrate analogue with a longer half-life. The effects of isobutyramide on LNCaP tumor growth and serum PSA levels in both intact and castrate male mice were compared to controls. At concentrations 〉 1 mM, butyrate induced dose-dependent changes towards a more differentiated phenotype, G1 cell cycle arrest, and an 80% decrease in LNCaP cell growth rates. PSA gene expression was increased threefold by butyrate, indicative of differentiation-enhanced gene expression. The half-life of isobutyramide in athymic mice was determined by gas chromatography to be 4 h. During a 4 week period in intact-placebo mice, tumor volume and serum PSA increased 4.1- and 6.6-fold, respectively, compared to twofold and 2.7-fold increases in tumor volume and serum PSA in intact-treated mice. During a 7 week period in castrate-placebo mice, tumor volume and serum PSA levels increased 2.4-fold and fourfold, respectively, compared to a 50% reduction in tumor volume and a twofold increase in serum PSA above nadir levels in castrate mice treated with adjuvant isobutyramide. Isobutyramide treatment induced pronouced morphological changes in LNCaP tumor cells, with loss of defined nucleoli and dispersion of chromatin distribution. LNCaP tumor PSA mRNA levels actually increased threefold, indicative of differentiation-enhanced gene expression. This study demonstrates that butyrate causes LNCaP cell cycle arrest and increased PSA gene expression, both indicative of differentiation. The combination of castration and adjuvant isobutyramide was synergistic in delaying tumor progression. Decreased tumor cell proliferation and increased PSA gene expression induced by isobutyramide results in disconcordant changes in serum PSA and tumor volume and reduces the utility of serum PSA as a marker of response to therapy. J. Cell. Biochem. 69:271-281, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Electronic Resource
    β1 integrin cytoplasmic domain regulates the constitutive conformation detected by MAb 15/7, but not the ligand-induced conformation (1998)
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 71 (1998), S. 63-73 
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: integrin ; activation epitopes ; ligand binding ; focal adhesions ; cytoplasmic domains ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: The anti-integrin β1 MAb 15/7 sometimes may be a reporter of integrin activation or ligand occupancy. However, certain β1 tail deletions eliminate ligand binding despite inducing maximal constitutive 15/7 expression [Puzon-Mclaughlin et al. (1996): J Biol Chem 271:16580-16585]. Here we describe β1 tail mutations (e.g., double point mutations [D759L/F763L, F766L/E769L], or replacement of the β1 tail by the β5 tail) that prevent rather than induce constitutive appearance of the 15/7 epitope. Despite variable losses of constitutive 15/7 epitope, these mutants all retained a similar inducible 15/7 epitope component as seen upon incubation with GRGDSP peptide ligand. In addition, constitutive 15/7 expression did not correlate with integrin localization into focal adhesions. In conclusion, we show for the first time for a fully functional integrin that specific mutations within the β1 tail can down-regulate the constitutive appearance of an extracellular conformation defined by MAb 15/7. Because this regulation occurs away from the ligand binding site and does not correlate with responsiveness to integrin ligand, cell adhesion, or localization into focal adhesions, a novel type of conformational regulation is suggested. J. Cell. Biochem. 71:63-73, 1998. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 9
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    Electronic Resource
    Human prostate cancer model: Roles of growth factors and extracellular matrices (1992)
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 50 (1992), S. 99-105 
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: extracellular matrices (ECMs) ; bFGF ; NGF ; HGF and KGF ; growth factors (GFs) ; human prostate cancer model ; prostate cancer-bone interaction ; stromal-epithelial interaction ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: A human prostate cancer model was established by inoculating a prostate specific antigen (PSA)-producing LNCaP cell line with either prostate or bone fibroblasts. Alternatively, this human prostate cancer model can also be established by inoculating LNCaP cell with growth factor(s) (GFs) and extracellular matrix (ECM) immobilized on Gelfoam®. The resulting LNCaP tumors were used to evaluate PSA production and excretion athymic hosts. This model was also employed to examine the biochemical nature of mesenchymal cell-derived growth-promoting protein(s) and to assess the efficacy of potential chemotherapeutic agents. Because of the propensity of human prostate cancer to metastasize to the bone, this study defined a 1.0 M NaCI-eluted fraction, MS1, from the conditioned medium of a bone stromal cell line (MS) by heparin-affinity column chromatography. The growth-promoting activity was assayed both in vivo (e.g., tumor formation) and in vitro (e.g., soft agar colony formation). We found that the growth-promoting activity was trypsin-and heat-sensitive, and partially degraded by acid and dithiothreitol. Immunochemical studies indicated that the polyclonal antibody raised against MS1 blocked the growth-promoting effect elicited by the bone-conditioned media. This growth-promoting factor was found to be immunochemically dissimilar to KGF, HGF, and bFGF. However, addition of bFGF, HGF and NGF, but not a FGF, TGFβ, IGF1, IGF2, PDGF, EGF, TGFα and KGF, stimulated anchorage-independent growth of prostate cells, a condition closely parallel to tumor formation in vivo. We found that the MS1 fraction also contained fibronectin and tenascin but not laminin or collagen IV. None of the ECM proteins induced soft agar colony formation by normal prostate epithelial cells. Therefore, it is possible that the ECM protein(s) may potentiate the tumor-inducing activity of locally produced GFs. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcb.240501222
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    Synthesis and Reactivity of a p-Methoxyphenyl-Substituted Enediyne. A Case of Electronic Influence on the Rate of the Bergman Cycloaromatization (1992)
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Liebigs Annalen 1992 (1992), S. 855-861 
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    ISSN: 0170-2041
    Keywords: Enediynes ; 1,5 Diynes ; Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Bicyclo[7.3.1]diynes 19a and 19b were prepared by using dibromo olefin 11 and ketone 12 as building blocks. The key step of the synthetic sequence is an intramolecular Nicholas reaction of 17 to give the bicyclo[7.3.1]diyn-10-one dicobalthexacarbonyl adducts 18a and 18b (66% total yield). Oxidative decomplexation of 18a and 18b with cer(IV) ammonium nitrate gave the diynes 19a and 19b, respectively. Both diynes 19a and 19b could be oxidatively converted into the enediyne 20 by using DDQ. In contrast to the unsubstituted enediyne 4, compound 20 can be isolated at room temperature Quantitative kinetic measurements of the rate of the Bergman cyclization of 20 gave ΔG# (37°C) = 111 kJ mol-1. This value is 12.3 kJ mol-1 higher than that of 4. The difference in the free activation energy between 20 and 4 is attributed to electronic effects.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jlac.1992199201140
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