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  • 1
    ISSN: 1420-908X
    Keywords: Dipyrone ; Metamizol ; Spinal cord ; Afferent fibres ; Inflammatory pain
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Electrophysiological experiments in anesthetized cats and rats were performed in order to study the effects of dipyrone on single afferent fibers from the knee joint and on spinal cord neurons with knee joint input. The neurons were activated and/or rendered hyperexcitable by an acute inflammation in the knee joint. In the joint nerve in cats, intravenous dipyrone (25–100 mg/kg) reduced ongoing activity in 10/12 thinly myelinated afferents but only in 1/10 unmyelinated afferents; the responses to movements of the inflamed knee were reduced in 8/10 thinly myelinated but only in 3/10 unmyelinated units. The reduction of activity was significant 20–30 min after application and was maximal at 60–180 min. In the spinal cord of spinalized cats, intravenous dipyrone (25–100 mg/kg) reduced ongoing activity and/or responses to pressure onto the inflamed knee in 14/16 neurons and in non-spinalized rats similar effects were seen in 10/11 neurons. Effects on spinal cord neurons started 5–10 min after application and were maximal after 20–40 min. These data show pronounced suppression of inflammation-induced nociception by dipyrone and they suggest that the spinal cord is a major site of action of this compound.
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  • 2
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    Experimental brain research 6 (1968), S. 116-129 
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Cutaneous afferents ; Primary afferent depolarization ; Presynaptic inhibition ; Surround inhibition ; Spinal cord
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In five types of mechanoreceptor afferents of the cat's hind foot, the primary afferent depolarization (PAD) induced by mechanical skin stimulation was measured by testing the excitability of their terminations in the dorsal horn. Two types of skin stimuli were used to set up activity in distinct populations of rapidly and slowly adapting mechanoreceptors respectively. The experiments revealed that two systems exist to generate PAD in cutaneous afferents, both being of negative feedback character. One system is activated by impulses from rapidly adapting low threshold receptors and preferentially depolarizes the terminals of such afferents, and correspondingly, the other system is activated by and operates on the slowly adapting units. In both PAD systems the size of the depolarization is graded depending on the stimulus strength. Further, the “tonic” system displays a “surround” pattern of organization similar to that of the “phasic” system which has already been described (Schmidt et al. 1967b). In the discussion the operational relationships of both systems and their functional implications are outlined.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1335
    Keywords: Diterpene ; Tumorpromoter ; Plasminogen-Aktivator ; Blutplättchen-Aggregation ; Diterpene ; Tumor promoter ; Plasminogen activator ; Platelet aggregation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary Phorbol and eight of its derivatives were investigated for their ability to stimulate the synthesis of the enzyme plasminogen activator in cultured chick embryo fibroblasts and to aggregate human blood platelets and have been assayed for tumor, promoting and skin, irritant activities. Over a range of concentrations, elevation in the levels of plasminogen activator activity induced by phorbol derivatives correlates well with their promoting and irritant properties. In the platelet aggregation assay however, the parallelism between the activities measured in different biological assays was less complete. While strong promoters, such as TPA, are potent aggregating agents, and weak promoters, such as PDA, are poor or ineffective inducers of aggregation, two derivatives, PDD and PDB, deviate from this general result. Platelets must be exposed to PDD in relatively high concentrations before they will aggregate, and PDB was found to be the most potent aggregating agent of all the derivatives tested.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Phorbol und acht seiner Derivate wurden auf ihre Fähigkeit untersucht, die Synthese von Plasminogen-Aktivator in Zellkulturen von Hühnerembryo-Fibroblasten zu stimulieren und die Aggregation von Blutplättchen zu induzieren und auf ihre tumorpromovierende und hautirritierende Wirkung getestet. Die Erhöhung der Plasminogen-Aktivator Aktivität durch Phorbolderivate korreliert gut mit ihren irritierenden und promovierenden Eigenschaften. Im Test auf Blutplättchen-Aggregation ist die Korrelation nicht eindeutig: Sie gilt für starke Promotoren (wie TPA), die auch hochwirksame Induktoren der Aggregation sind, sowie für schwache Promotoren (wie PDA), die nur gering oder nicht induzieren; Ausnahmen sind PDD und PDB: PDD, ein starker Promoter, ist nur schwach wirksam, PDB, ein schwacher Promotor, ist dagegen das am stärksten aggregationsstimulierende Derivat.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-1335
    Keywords: Tumorpromoter ; Phorbol ; Diterpene ; Leukemogenesis cocarcinogens ; Tumorpromotor ; Cocarcinogene ; Phorbol ; Diterpen ; Leukämogenese
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Phorbol und sechs strukturverwandte Substanzen, die die polyfunktionellen Diterpene des Tiglian-, Ingenan- und Lathyrantyps repräsentieren, wurden an SWR-Mäusen auf systemische promovierende und leukämogene Wirkung geprüft. Zur systemischen Initiation wurde kurz nach Geburt 15 μg Dimethylnitrosamin (DMN) s.c. injiziert. Die Diterpene wurden i.p. entweder mit oder ohne vorhergehende Initiation mit DMN gegeben. Systemische Promotion für Leber zeigten alle geprüften Diterpene mit der Entstehung von Adenomen. Einige der Diterpene erwiesen sich wirksamer als Phorbol. Die relativ hohe Dosis von DMN, die als Initiator verwendet wurde, machte eine Auswertung bezüglich promovierender Wirkung auf die Lunge unmöglich. Die leukämogene Wirkung von Phorbol bei SWR Mäusen wurde für drei verschiedene Dosen bestätigt. Die übrigen Diterpene zeigten mit der jeweils geprüften Dosis keine signifikante leukämogene Wirkung. Die leukämogene Wirkung des Phorbols wurde durch vorausgehende DMN-Injektion vollständig verhindert. Die fehlende Korrelation zwischen promovierender Wirkung an Haut, systemischer promovierender Wirkung an Leber und leukämogener Wirkung der getesteten Diterpene wird diskutiert.
    Notes: Summary Phorbol and six structurally related compounds representing the polyfunctional diterpenes of the tigliane, ingenane, and lathyrane types were tested for systemic promoting and leukemogenic activity in SWR mice. For systemic initiation soon after birth, 15 μg dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) was injected s.c. The diterpenes were administered i.p. either with or without prior systemic initiation with DMN. Systemic promotion was expressed for liver by induction of adenomas with all the diterpenes tested, some of them being more potent than phorbol. The relatively high dose of DMN used as initiator prevented an evaluation of promoting action in relation to lung carcinogenesis. The leukemogenic effect of phorbol in SWR mice was confirmed at three different dose levels. The other diterpenes tested had no significant leukemogenic activity. The leukemogenic action of phorbol was totally inhibited by prior DMN injection. The lack of correlation between promoting action in skin, systemic promoting action in liver and leukemogenic action, among the diterpenes tested, is discussed.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Joint ; Pain ; Inflammation ; Spinal cord ; Ascending tracts ; Cat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary 1. Recordings were made from 16 ascending tract cells in the spinal cords of anaesthetized, spinalized cats before and after an acute arthritis was produced by injection of kaolin and carrageenan into the knee joint. 2. The responses tested routinely were to passive flexion of the knee, an innocuous movement. In some cases, responses to other movements were also tested, and changes in background discharge rates were monitored. 3. Control recordings for a period of 1 h or in 3 cases of 3 h indicated that the responses to flexion were reasonably stationary. 4. Four tract cells that initially showed little or no response to flexion of the knee joint developed large responses within 1 to 2 h after inflammation of the joint. 5. Another 9 cells were tested that had responses to flexion of the knee joint prior to inflammation. In 6 cases, inflammation produced enhanced static or transient responses. In 2 cases, the effect of flexion was initially inhibitory or variable, but after inflammation these cells showed large excitatory responses. In the other case, inflammation had no effect. Background discharges were increased by inflammation in 6 of these 9 cells. 6. The effect of inflammation of the knee joint was tested on 3 tract cells that had no clearly defined receptive field in the knee. In 1 case, a response developed to knee flexion after acute inflammation was produced. In the other 2 cases, there were initially responses to knee flexion, but these were unchanged by inflammation. 7. Two of the cells tested had bilateral receptive fields in or around the knee joints. Inflammation of one knee joint enhanced the responses to flexion of the same but not of the contralateral knee in one case but greatly increased the responses to flexion of both knees in the other case. 8. Injections of prostaglandin (PGE2) caused an enhancement of the responses to knee flexion beyond that caused by inflammation in 5 of 7 cases. One cell whose responses to flexion of the knee were unaffected by inflammation showed inhibitory responses to prostaglandin injections into the inflamed knee joint. 9. The effects of inflammation on the responses of ascending tract cells of the spinal cord appear to serve as a useful neural model of the events responsible for the development of arthritic pain.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Joint ; Spinal cord ; Pain ; Ascending tracts ; Cat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary 1.Responses were recorded from 160 ascending tract cells in segments L4 to L6 of the spinal cord in chloralose anaesthetized, spinalized cats. The tract cells were identified by antidromic activation following stimulation of pathways in the lateral and ventral funiculi at the level of the spinal cord transection at the thoracolumbar junction. Axonal conduction velocities ranged from 9 to 114 m/s. 2. A sample of 152 of the neurones examined could be subdivided according to the distribution of their receptive fields into 49 cells activated just from receptors located in skin (“s” cells), 17 neurones excited by receptors in deep tissues (“d” cells), 15 units with a convergent input from receptors in skin and deep tissues (“sd” cells), and 25 neurones with a convergent input from the knee joint and either skin (“sj” cells), deep tissues (“dj” cells) or both (“sdj” cells). No receptive fields could be demonstrated for the remaining 46 neurones. 3. “S” and “sj” cells were found almost exclusively in the dorsal horn, whereas many “d”, “sd”, “sdj” and “dj” units were in the ventral horn. Almost all of the cells that lacked receptive fields were in the ventral horn or intermediate grey. 4. Ninety-one of 158 cells (56%) demonstrated no background activity. Of these, 43 cells (27%) lacked receptive fields. Many of the silent neurones were in the ventral horn, but some were in the dorsal horn. Of 25 cells having knee joint input, 18 (72%) had background activity. 5. All of the neurones that had a receptive field in the knee joint also had a convergent input from receptors in other tissues. In 3 cases, there was a receptive field in the skin over the foot (“sj” cells). For 16 cells, receptive fields included not only the knee joint but also skin and deep tissue (“sdj” cells). Usually, the cutaneous receptive field was near the knee joint, but sometimes it was remote, such as on the foot. The deep receptive fields were chiefly in the muscles of the thigh and/or leg. For 6 “dj” cells, the receptive fields included not only the knee joint but also deep fields like those of “sdj” cells. 6. Cutaneous receptive fields were classified as “low threshold” (cells excited best by innocuous intensities of mechanical stimulation), “wide dynamic range” (cells activated by weak mechanical stimuli, but the best responses were to noxious stimuli) or high threshold (innocuous stimuli had little effect, but noxious mechanical stimuli produced a vigorous discharge). Similarly, stimulation of the knee joint with weak mechanical stimuli could excite some neurones, while others could be activated by weak or strong articular stimuli but were excited best by noxious stimuli, and still other neurones were activated by knee joint stimuli only if the intensity was noxious. 7. In several instances, contralateral receptive fields were noted. These were generally in deep tissue or in the knee joint. 8. It was concluded that many of the responses to articular stimulation of the spinal cord ascending tract cells examined in this study could have been mediated by the fine afferent fibres that supply the knee joint. Although further work will be required to determine which particular ascending tracts transmit nociceptive information concerning the knee joint, it can be proposed that many of the responses demonstrated here were likely to play a role in either joint pain of in triggering responses associated with joint pain.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-1106
    Keywords: Pain ; Inflammation ; Descending inhibition ; Nociception ; Spinal cord ; Cat
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In ten cats, single unit electrical activity was recorded in the lumbosacral spinal cord from neurones driven by stimulation of afferent fibres from the ipsilateral knee joint. Tonic descending inhibition (TDI) on the responses of these cells was measured as increases in resting and evoked activity of the neurones following reversible spinalization of the animals with a cold block at upper lumbar level. Acute inflammation of the knee joint was induced in five of the cats by the injection of kaolin and carrageenan into the joint. TDI was observed in 25 of 33 neurones recorded in normal animals (76%) and in 36 of 40 (90%) neurones recorded in animals with acute knee joint inflammation. In both kinds of preparation TDI was more pronounced in neurones recorded in the deep dorsal horn and in the ventral horn than in those recorded in the superficial dorsal horn. There was a tendency in the whole sample for TDI to be greater in neurones with input from inflamed knees. We conclude that the spinal processing of afferent information from joints is under tonic descending influences and that the amount of TDI can be altered during acute arthritis.
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  • 8
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    Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology 103 (1982), S. 17-29 
    ISSN: 1432-1335
    Keywords: Diterpene ; Tumor promoter ; Differentiation ; Leukemia cells
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), the prototype polyfunctional diterpene ester tumor promoter of two-step carcinogenesis in mouse skin, induced differentiation of human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60) in culture. Differentiation of HL-60 cells was characterized by increased phagocytosis, increased lysozyme activity (EC 3.2.1.17) in the growth medium, and changes in morphology to those characteristics of more mature cells resembling macrophages. Many of the cells treated with TPA became aggregated, attaching firmly to culture flasks. The average intracellular myeloperoxidase activity (EC 1.11.1.7) per cell decreased during induction of differentiation by TPA. It was also found that TPA enhanced, rather than inhibited, differentiation of HL-60 cells induced by DMSO. In addition to TPA, several polyfunctional diterpene esters of the tigliane, ingenane, and daphnane type have been tested for their ability to induce morphological and functional changes of HL-60 cells. The activities of the compounds to induce these changes correlated well with their activities as tumor promoters in two-step carcinogenesis in mouse skin. In particular, half the concentrations required for induction of adhesion of the cells to flasks were roughly correlated to the potency of these compounds as tumor promoters. Among the compounds tested, phorbol-12,13-didecanoate (PDD), ingenol-3-hexadecanoate, Pimelea factor P1 and Pimelea factor P2 were as active as TPA, while 4-O-methyl-TPA and 4α-PDD were much less active. Phorbol and ingenol were totally inactive up to a concentrations 10,000-fold higher than that of TPA.
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  • 9
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    Weinheim [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Materials and Corrosion/Werkstoffe und Korrosion 47 (1996), S. 716-717 
    ISSN: 0947-5117
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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  • 10
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    Materials and Corrosion/Werkstoffe und Korrosion 45 (1994), S. 21-28 
    ISSN: 0947-5117
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
    Description / Table of Contents: Microbial deterioration of materials - fundamentals: Mathematical modelling of destruction mechanismsModern trends in materials science require novel methods and strategies. The general aim is to describe by models the reactions occurring at the surface and within a solid. At the present time, however, it is only possible to derive, from the experimental work, mathematical relations, and this is not sufficient for a prediction of materials behaviour. On the basis of the three steps involved in the description of materials behaviour, i. e. rules of thumb, statistical evaluation of experimental data (including models developed for the presentation of reaction kinetics), and development of physical models (among others Monte Carlo simulations), these three steps and, in particular, the preliminary step of biocorrosion, i. e. biofilm formation, are discussed. Only physical models allow a prediction of reactions, although a prediction independent from experiment is not possible because of the unknown distributions of the acting energies and their possible fluctuations. Beyond that an outline is given of the description of corrosion reactions and crack propagation. A general problem, in particular in connection with biological reactions, is the lack of interdisciplinary education of scientists and engineers.
    Notes: Die moderne Entwicklung der Werkstoffwissenschaft bedingt einen Wandel in den Methoden und Strategien. Es wird angestrebt, die an und im Festkörper ablaufenden Reaktionen in Form von Modellen zu beschreiben. Gegenwärtig gelingt es aber nur, aus experimentellen Untersuchungen mathematische Zusammenhänge abzuleiten, womit eine Vorhersage des Werkstoffverhaltens mit theoretischen Mitteln nicht gelingt.Ausgehend von den drei Erkenntnisstufen zur Beschreibung des Werkstoffverhaltens, den Faustregeln, einer Auswertung von Experimenten mit statistischen Methoden, hierzu gehören auch reaktionskinetische Modellansätze, und der Entwicklung physikalischer Modelle, u.a. Monte-Carlo-Simulationen, werden diese insbesondere für die „Vorstufe“ der biokorrosiven Schädigung vorgestellt, der Biofilmbildng. Nur physikalische Modelle ermöglichen die „Voraussage“ von Reaktionsabläufen, wobei infolge der Unkenntnis der Verteilungen für die wirkenden Energien und deren möglichen Fluktuationen eine vom Experiment getrennte Voraussage nicht möglich ist.In einem Überblick wird darüber hinaus auch auf die Beschreibung von Korrosionsreaktionen und das Rißwachstum eingegangen. Ein generelles Problem, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit biologischen Reaktionsabläufen, stellt die nicht fachgrenzenübergreifende Ausbildung von Naturwissenschaftlern and Ingenieuren dar.
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