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  • 1
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 313-327 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): c-myc promoter utilization ; SV40-induced transformation ; transcription ; temperature-sensitive cells ; 7SK RNA ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: The process of oncogenic transformation has been widely studied but is still poorly understood. We have focused on the mechanism of deregulation of the c-myc gene during transformation of a temperature-sensitive SV40-transformed mouse cell line. Run-on transcription assays showed that the two c-myc minor promoters, P1 and P3, are transiently activated following induction of transformation and that peak activation of both promoters is preceded by a large increase in transcription of a small RNA (7SK). To test the possibility that this RNA might participate in promoter activation, we transfected cells with sense and antisense oligodeoxynucleotides corresponding to different regions of the 7SK RNA predicted to be accessible within the RNP particle. Out of 14 oligos tested, inhibition of activation of P1 and/or P3 was observed with four antisense oligonucleotides corresponding to looped regions in the putative 7SK secondary structure. To identify c-myc promoter sequences which might serve as targets for 7SK activity, we carried out mobility-shift assays with either whole or 7SK-depleted cell extracts. The CT element of the c-myc promoter formed a 7SK-dependent complex which could be competed only with the same antisense 7SK oligo that suppressed P1 and P3 activation in vivo. Taken together these results suggest that 7SK RNP participates in transformation-dependent c-myc deregulation. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:313-327. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 2
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 295-312 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): osteoblast ; glucocorticoids ; hydroxyapatite ; osteoprogenitor ; bone marrow ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Human bone marrow contains a population of cells capable of differentiating along multiple mesenchymal cell lineages. Recently, techniques for the purification and culture-expansion of these human marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) have been developed. The goals of the current study were to establish a reproducible system for the in vitro osteogenic differentiation of human MSCs, and to characterize the effect of changes in the microenvironment upon the process. MSCs derived from 2nd or 3rd passage were cultured for 16 days in various base media containing 1 to 1000 nM dexamethasone (Dex), 0.01 to 4 mM L-ascorbic acid-2-phosphate (AsAP) or 0.25 mM ascorbic acid, and 1 to 10 mM β-glycerophosphate (βGP). Optimal osteogenic differentiation, as determined by osteoblastic morphology, expression of alkaline phosphatase (APase), reactivity with anti-osteogenic cell surface monoclonal antibodies, modulation of osteocalcin mRNA production, and the formation of a mineralized extracellular matrix containing hydroxyapatite was achieved with DMEM base medium plus 100 nM Dex, 0.05 mM AsAP, and 10 mM βGP. The formation of a continuously interconnected network of APase-positive cells and mineralized matrix supports the characterization of this progenitor population as homogeneous. While higher initial seeding densities did not affect cell number or APase activity, significantly more mineral was deposited in these cultures, suggesting that events which occur early in the differentiation process are linked to end-stage phenotypic expression. Furthermore, cultures allowed to concentrate their soluble products in the media produced more mineralized matrix, thereby implying a role for autocrine or paracrine factors synthesized by human MSCs undergoing osteoblastic lineage progression. This culture system is responsive to subtle manipulations including the basal nutrient medium, dose of physiologic supplements, cell seeding density, and volume of tissue culture medium. Cultured human MSCs provide a useful model for evaluating the multiple factors responsible for the step-wise progression of cells from undifferentiated precursors to secretory osteoblasts, and eventually terminally differentiated osteocytes. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:295-312. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 3
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 343-352 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: No abstract.
    Zusätzliches Material: 1 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 4
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 353-368 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): transforming growth factor α ; “TGFαase” ; ultraviolet radiation ; cell surface proteases ; HeLa cells ; membrane fragments ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: We have investigated the effect of UVC irradiation on “TGFαase” activity using both intact HeLa cells and isolated membrane fragments with an assay based on the previously described nonapeptide substrate method [Brown et al. (1992): J Cell Biochem 48:411-423]. This method allows recognition of cleavage at the scissile bond cognate with that of the TGFα N-terminal cleavage site from its membrane-bound precursor. The level of ectoendopeptidase (including “TGFαase”) activity observed on intact cells was lower than that of ectoaminopeptidases. Addition of foetal bovine serum (FBS) enhanced aminopeptidase and dipeptidyl peptidase activity but inhibited “TGFαase” activity, while phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) had no significant effect on the ectopeptidases monitored, except for “TGFαase,” which was also inhibited, in contradistinction to their effects in other cell systems. Sublethal UVC irradiation (10 Jm 2) of the cultures resulted in activation of the ectoaminopeptidase and ectoendopeptidases which was maximal 16 and 20-24 h after irradiation, respectively. The addition of FBS to these irradiated cells appeared to reduce the increase in endopeptidase products, due in part to increased aminopeptidase activity but also to the direct inhibitory effect of FBS on the “TGFαase.” The activation of these proteases by UVC, even at high fluences (500 Jm 2), was not observed within the first 30 min after the cells were irradiated. Purified plasma membrane fragments were prepared from suspension cultures of HeLa cells and displayed high levels of “TGFαase” activity. The rate of “TGFαase” activity using 140 nM peptide substrate (P9) was 5.6 pmol/min/mg membrane protein, which was elevated to 13.7 pmol/min/mg membrane protein, 20 h after the cells had been irradiated with 10 Jm 2 UVC. Inhibition studies indicate that the plasma membrane “TGFαase” is a metalloenzyme, as it was inhibited by EDTA, EGTA, and 1,10-phenanthroline but not by elastase or serine protease inhibitors. “TGFαase” activity on intact cells was shown to be inhibited by 1,10-phenanthroline, which further supports this suggestion. Treatment of the membranes with Triton X-100 resulted in a loss of “TGFαase” activity, raising the possibility that this enzyme may require a cofactor to be fully functional. We show that in purified membrane preparations of HeLa cells there is evidence for the presence of a “TGFαase” which can be activated by UV irradiation, which differs from the putative “TGFαase” described in various other cell lines, and which does not seem dependent on protein kinase C (PKC) activity. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:353-368. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 5
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 390-402 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): carboxy-terminal repeat domain (CTD) ; RNA polymerase II ; cyclin-dependent kinases ; phosphorylation ; transcription ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Cdc2 kinase triggers the entry of mammalian cells into mitosis, the only cell cycle phase in which transcription is globally repressed. We show here that Cdc2 kinase phosphorylates components of the RNA polymerase II transcription machinery including the RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal repeat domain (CTD). To test specifically the effect of CTD phosphorylation by Cdc2 kinase, we used a yeast in vitro transcription extract that is dependent on exogenous RNA polymerase II that contains a CTD. Phosphorylation was carried out using immobilized Cdc2 so that the kinase could be removed from the phosphorylated polymerase. ATPγS and Cdc2 kinase were used to produce an RNA polymerase 110 that was not detectably dephosphorylated in the transcription extract. RNA polymerase 110 produced in this way was defective in promoter-dependent transcription, suggesting that phosphorylation of the CTD by Cdc2 kinase can mediate transcription repression during mitosis. In addition, we show that phosphorylation of pol II with the human TFIIH-associated kinase Cdk7 also decreases transcription activity despite a different pattern of CTD phosphorylation by this kinase. These results extend previous findings that RNA polymerase 110 is defective in preinitiation complex formation. Here we demonstrate that phosphorylation of the CTD by cyclin-dependent kinases with different phosphoryl acceptor specificities can inhibit transcription in a CTD-dependent transcription system. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:390-402. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 6
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 403-413 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): PDGF ; PDGF receptor ; cell migration ; endothelial cell ; endothelium ; angiogenesis ; in vitro ; urokinase-type plasminogen activator ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: To explore direct effects of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) on endothelial cells during angiogenesis in vitro, we have used cloned bovine aortic endothelial cells that spontaneously form cord structures. Recently we have shown that cells forming these endothelial cords express PDGF β-receptors and that PDGF-BB can contribute to cellular proliferation and cord formation. In this study we investigated whether PDGF-induced cellular migration might also contribute to endothelial repair and angiogenesis in vitro.Ten individual endothelial cells in cords were tracked at an early stage of cord formation by video-timelapse microscopy. PDGF-BB (100 ng/ml) induced an increase in endothelial cell movement of 67 ± 15% as compared with diluent control. Interestingly, PDGF-BB also increased movements of entire cord structures, followed at branching points, by 53 ± 12% over diluent control. Taken together, these video-timelapse experiments suggested that the apparent movements of single endothelial cord cells might also be due to the motion of entire underlying cord structures in response to PDGF. To analyze the response of single endothelial cord cells we therefore examined whether PDGF-induced migration contributes to endothelial repair. Abrasions were applied with a razor blade to confluent monolayers of endothelial cells at an intermediate stage of cord formation. PDGF-BB concentration-dependently increased the distance to which cord-forming endothelial cells migrated into the abrasion. An increased number of elongated, i.e., probably migrating, endothelial cells was found in the abrasion in response to PDGF-BB. However, there was no effect of PDGF-BB on the total number of endothelial cells found in the abrasion. PDGF-AA affected neither the distance to which the cells migrated nor the number of elongated cells.Actin and tubulin stainings revealed that these cytoskeletal structures were not appreciably altered by PDGF-BB. Furthermore, urokinase-type plasminogen activator transcripts were not modulated in response to PDGF-BB.We conclude that in this model of angiogenesis in vitro PDGF-BB can elicit the movement of entire cord structures, possibly via u-PA-independent mechanisms. PDGF-BB also controls the migration of single cord-forming endothelial cells. Thus, PDGF-BB possibly contributes to endothelial repair and angiogenesis by direct effects on proliferation and composite movements of PDGF β-receptor-expressing endothelial cells and cords. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:403-413. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): myosin heavy chain ; gene expression ; neonatal rat heart culture ; contraction ; 2,3 butanedione monoxime ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: It is generally accepted that mechanical stress of cardiomyocytes increases RNA and protein synthesis of myosin heavy chain (MHC) quantitatively but it is still a matter of debate whether MHC gene expression is also changed qualitatively. We investigated expression of MHC genes of spontaneously contracting neonatal cardiomyocytes experimentally arrested by permanent depolarization [potassium chloride (KCI)] as well as by electromechanical uncoupling [2,3 butanedione monoxime (BDM)]. Relative distribution of MHC mRNA isoforms (α and β) was studied by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Expression of MHC isoenzymes was the same in contracting (34.5% β-MHC) and arrested (40.5% and 33.0% β-MHC in KCl and BDM, respectively) cardiomyocytes. However, treatment with phenylephrine for the same period increased significantly β-MHC expression to 55%. We conclude that hormonal factors rather than Ca2- or mechanical stress regulate qualitatively MHC gene expression. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:458-465. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 8
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 492-498 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): adenylylcyclase ; protein kinase C ; crosstalk ; conformation ; detergent ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Phorbol ester treatment enhanced the catalytic activity of type II adenylyl cyclase overexpressed in insect cells. In cells coexpressing type II adenylyl cyclase and protein kinase C-α, type II adenylyl cyclase catalytic activity was higher even in the absence of phorbol ester treatment; phorbol ester treatment further and markedly enhanced type II adenylyl cyclase catalytic activity. However, this enhancement, either by phorbol ester treatment or by coexpression of protein kinase C-α, was lost following membrane solubilization with detergents. This attenuation was unaffected by phosphatase inhibitor or salts. In contrast, membrane solubilization did not affect forskolin-stimulated type II adenylyl cyclase catalytic activity. Purified type II adenylyl cyclase was stimulated by forskolin and Gsα, but not by protein kinase C-α. Therefore, a specific mammalian protein kinase C isoenzyme can activate type II adenylyl cyclase, but the mechanism clearly differs from that underlying either Gsα- or forskolin-mediated stimulation. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:492-498. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 9
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 505-513 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): cyclic strain ; human umbilical vein endothelial cell ; integrin ; focal adhesion kinase ; fibronectin ; collagen type 1 ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Cyclic strain has been shown to modulate endothelial cell (EC) morphology, proliferation, and function. We have recently reported that the focal adhesion proteins focal adhesion kinase (pp125FAK) and paxillin, are tyrosine phosphorylated in EC exposed to strain and these events regulate the morphological change and migration induced by cyclic strain. Integrins are also localized on focal adhesion sites and have been reported to induce tyrosine phosphorylation of pp125FAK under a variety of stimuli. To study the involvement of different integrins in signaling induced by cyclic strain, we first observed the redistribution of α and β integrins in EC subjected to 4 h cyclic strain. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) seeded on either fibronectin or collagen surfaces were subjected to 10% average strain at a frequency 60 cycles/min. Confocal microscopy revealed that β1 integrin reorganized in a linear pattern parallel with the long axis of the elongated cells creating a fusion of focal adhesion plaques in EC plated on either fibronectin (a ligand for α5β1) or collagen (a ligand for α2β1) coated plates after 4 h exposure to cyclic strain. β3 integrin, which is a vitronectin receptor, did not redistribute in EC exposed to cyclic strain. Cyclic strain also led to a reorganization of α5 and α2 integrins in a linear pattern in HUVEC seeded on fibronectin or collagen, respectively. The expression of integrins α5, α2, and β1 did not change even after 24 h exposure to strain when assessed by immunoprecipitation of these integrins. Cyclic strain-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of pp125FAK occurred concomitant with the reorganization of β1 integrin. We concluded that α5β1 and α2β1 integrins play an important role in transducing mechanical stimuli into intracellular signals. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:505-513. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): cytokines ; lipopolysaccharide ; interleukin-1β ; interferon-γ ; ECM ; Matrigel ; PGI2, iNOS ; HUVEC ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Both cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions are important regulators of the function of most human cells. In this study we investigated how these interactions controlled the production of vasodilators nitric oxide (NO), and prostacyclin (PGI2), in freshly isolated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). On the reconstituted extracellular matrix (ECM) Matrigel freshly isolated HUVECs treated with interleukin-1β, lipopolysaccharide, and interferon-γ, produced more NO, but less PGI2, than on gelatin substratum. High cell density was essential for inducibility of NO production in cells plated on gelatin substratum, but not on ECM. In cells plated on gelatin substratum at low cell density, which mimicked conventional HUVEC culturing conditions, both inducible NO production and the inducible NO synthase (iNOS) mRNA levels, detected by competitive RT-PCR, were low. However, inducible PGI2 production remained high in these cells. Highest inducible NO productions were observed in HUVECs that presumably had best maintained their original differentiated phenotype. Thus our data imply that the inducible NO and PGI2 productions of freshly isolated HUVECs were differently controlled by the extracellular matrix and cell density. Our data suggest that both cell-matrix and cell-cell interactions may have a strong influence on the proinflammatory cytokine responses of human vascular endothelial cells. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:538-546. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 605-617 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): breast cancer ; proteoglycans ; heparan sulfate ; chondroitin sulfate ; sulfation ; fibroblast growth factor-2 ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: The cellular distribution and nature of proteoglycans synthesised by human breast cancer cells in culture were studied. Proteoglycans were labelled with [35S] sulfate, purified, and characterised after ion-exchange chromatography followed by gel-filtration chromatography and treatment with glycosaminoglycan degrading enzymes. Proteoglycans were isolated from the culture medium and from cell layers of the hormono-dependent well-differentiated MCF-7 cell line, the hormono-independent poorly-differentiated MDA-MB-231 and the HBL-100 cell line which is derived from non malignant breast epithelium. HBL-100 and MDA-MB-231 cells produced larger amounts of proteoglycans which had a lower degree of sulfation than MCF-7 cells. Gel-filtration chromatography on Sepharose CL-6B indicated that HBL-100 and MDA-MB-231 cells accumulated cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG), with a high apparent molecular weight (Kav 0.1). In contrast, the MCF-7 cell monolayers synthesised small sulfated macromolecules (Kav 0.4) which possessed mostly chondroitin sulfate chains. Moreover, considerable differences in the nature of the sulfated proteoglycans released into the culture medium of these breast epithelial cell lines were observed. MCF-7 cells released into the culture medium HSPG as the main proteoglycan component while MDA-MB-231 and HBL-100 cells released mainly chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. In these three cell lines, medium-released sulfated macromolecules have a higher hydrodynamic size than cell-associated ones. Proteoglycans purified by ion-exchange chromatography were tested for their ability to bind 125I FGF-2. We demonstrated that HBL-100 and MDA-MB-231 cells bind more FGF-2 to their heparan sulfate proteoglycans than MCF-7 cells. Taken together, these results suggest that differences in proteoglycan synthesis of human breast epithelial cells could be responsible for differences in their proliferative and/or invasive properties. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:605-617. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 12
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 64 (1997), S. 644-650 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): nuclear matrix proteins ; transgenic murine lens epithelial cells ; vimentin ; human transgenic lens epithelial cells ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: The nuclear matrix (NM) proteins of six tissue cultured lens epithelial cell lines and one embryonic rabbit epidermal cell line were analyzed to determine possible tissue and species specificity of these proteins. The NM proteins were isolated by the modified Penman technique. The tissue cultured cells were pulsed with [35S] methionine and nuclear matrix proteins were fractionated by two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis. The 2-D gels were dried and autoradiographed. The relative abundance of spot patterns of nuclear matrix proteins of different cells were compared. The data from these experiments revealed that all the examined cell lines have distinct spot patterns, however, all of NM profile showed a spot pattern in the 45 kDa region with acidic pH. Some of these spots cross-reacted with anti-vimentin antibodies, whereas a prominent protein spot in this region did not cross react with either vimentin or actin antibodies. The observed variations in the NM protein patterns of lens epithelial cells may reflect tissue and species specificity and also a role in the regulatory properties of these nuclear proteins in the eye tissue development. J. Cell. Biochem. 64:644-650. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 43-53 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): rho A ; C3 exoenzyme ; focal adhesion ; costamere ; myofibrillogenesis ; cardiomyocyte ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: The aim of this study was to provide morphological evidence for the presence of rho A protein in developing cardiomyocytes and to investigate its possible role in myofibrillogenesis. Immunostaining with a monoclonal anti-rho antibody gave a diffuse pattern in the cytosol of cultured cardiomyocytes. Introduction of C3 exoenzyme into the cells by electroporation was used to inactivate rho A protein by ADP-ribosylation. An immunostaining with anti-vinculin, anti-talin, and anti-integrin antibodies showed the focal adhesions in electroporation control cardiomyocytes to be evenly distributed in the ventral sarcolemma; the costameric structure was also detected using these antibodies. In contrast, in C3 exoenzyme treated cells, focal adhesions were disassembled and costamere were absent; in addition, β-actin-positive, non-striated fibrils were lost and assembly of M-protein, titin, and α-actinin into myofibrils was poor, as shown by diffuse and filamentous staining pattern. C3 exoenzyme treatment had a less marked effect on mature cardiomyocytes than on immature cells; in this case, cells became distorted and few myofibrils were seen. The intensity of anti-phosphotyrosine antibody staining of the focal adhesion was also decreased or diffuse in C3 exoenzyme-treated cardiomyocytes, suggesting dephosphorylation of focal adhesion components. We therefore conclude that small G protein rho A plays an important role in myofibril assembly in cardiomyocytes. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:43-53, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 153-164 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): thermotolerance ; molecular chaperone ; breast cancer and CHO cells ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Constitutive expression of human hsp27 resulted in a 100-fold increase in survival to a single lethal heat shock in CHO cells without effecting the development of thermotolerance. A possible mechanism for the thermoprotective function of hsp27 may be increased recovery of protein synthesis and RNA synthesis following a heat shock. A lethal heat shock (44°C, 30 min) results in a 90% reduction in the rate of protein synthesis in non-tolerant cells. Control transfected cells recovered protein synthesis to a pre-heat shock rate 10 h after the heat shock; while cell lines that constitutively express human hsp27 recovered 6 h after the heat shock. Thermotolerant cells had a 50% reduction in protein synthesis, which recovered within 7 h following the heat shock. The same lethal heat shock (44°C, 30 min) reduced RNA synthesis by 60% in the transfected cell lines, with the controls recovering in 7 h; while the hsp27 expressing cell lines recovered within 5 h. Thermotolerant cells had a 40% reduction in RNA synthesis and were able to recover within 4 h. The enhanced ability of hsp27 to facilitate recovery of protein synthesis and RNA synthesis following a heat shock may provide the cell with a survival advantage. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:153-164, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss Inc.
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  • 15
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): vitamin D receptor ; retinoid X receptor ; transactivation systems ; vitamin D regulation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: The transcription factors of the nuclear hormone receptor familiy regulate gene expression via a complex network of macromolecular interactions. The ligand dependent activity of the vitamin D receptor is of particular interest because it modulates gene expression by the heterodimeric interaction with retinoid X receptors. We report here that individual functions of the vitamin D receptor including DNA-binding, homo- and heterodimerization and transactivation can be reconstituted in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Interestingly, the simultaneous expression of the native vitamin D receptor and the retinoid X receptor β resulted in a ligand independent transactivation of the lacZ reporter gene coupled to a mouse osteopontin vitamin D response element. However, homodimerization of the vitamin D receptor and heterodimerization were strongly enhanced upon ligand binding, when the receptors were expressed as fusion proteins with the Gal4 transcription factor in a yeast two-hybrid system. Furthermore, transactivating activity of a Gal4-fused vitamin D receptor was induced by vitamin D in a one-hybrid system devoid of retinoid X receptors. In addition, both Gal4-based systems behaved similar with regard to their dose-dependent response to vitamin D and related compounds when compared to the transcriptional activity of the vitamin D receptor in transiently transfected MCF-7 cells. Our results point out that specific ligands strongly enhanced receptor dimerization and induced transactivation in yeast and in MCF-7 cells. The constitutive transactivation by vitamin D receptor-retinoid X receptor heterodimers in yeast, depending on DNA binding of the receptors, strongly argues for the existence of cofactors, which are absent in yeast, but play a fundamental role in gene regulation in higher eukaryotic organisms. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:184-196, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): nerve growth factor ; fibroblast growth factor ; K-252a ; staurosporine ; p140trk ; receptor ; signal transduction ; tyrosine kinase ; transfection ; overexpression ; PC12/endothelial hybrid cells ; DNA synthesis ; proliferation ; differentiation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Nerve growth factor (NGF) regulates proliferation, differentiation, and survival of sympathetic and sensory neurons through the tyrosine kinase activity of its receptor, p140trk. These biological effects of NGF depend upon the signal-mediating function of p140trk substrates which are likely to differ from cell to cell. To define p140trk receptor substrates and the details of signalling by NGF in the hybrid cell PC12EN, we stably transfected cultures with a vector encoding a full-length human p140trk cDNA sequence. Two stably transfected clones, one expressing p140trk with higher affinity (PC12EN-trk3; Kd 57.4 pM, Bmax 9.7 pmole/mg) and one expressing p140trk with a lower affinity (PC12EN-trk1; Kd 392.4 pM, Bmax 5.7 pmole/mg) were generated. Radioreceptor assays indicate that transfected p140trk receptors show slow NGF-dissociation kinetics, are resistant to trypsin or Triton X-100 treatment, are specific for NGF compared to other neurotrophins, and are internalized or downregulated as are native PC12 p140trk receptors. NGF stimulates p140trk tyrosine phosphorylation in a dose- (0.01-10 ng/ml) and time- (5-120 min) dependent manner, and tyrosine phosphorylation was inhibited by 200-1,000 nM K-252a. NGF-induced Erk stimulation for 60 min was assessed using myelin basic protein as a substrate. NGF treatment also led to an increased phosphorylation of p70S6k, SNT, and phospholipase Cγ, demonstrating that the major NGF-stimulated signalling pathways found in other cells are activated in PC12EN-trk cells. Staurosporine (5-50 nM) rapidly and dBcAMP (1 mM) more slowly, but not NGF induced morphological differentiation in PC12EN-trk cells. Rather, NGF treatment in low-serum medium stimulated a 1.3- and 2.3-fold increase in DNA synthesis measured by [3H]thymidine incorporation in PC12EN-trk1 and PC12EN-trk3, respectively. These data highlight the functionality of the transfected p140trk receptors and indicate that these transfected cells may serve as a novel cellular model facilitating the study of the mitogenic properties of NGF signalling and the transducing role of the p140trk receptor substrates. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:229-244. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc. This article is a U.S. Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
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    Digitale Medien
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    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 277-285 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): pRb ; p107 ; p130/Rb2 ; TBP ; transcription ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: The conserved region 1 and the extreme N-terminus of adenoviral oncoprotein E1A are essential for transforming activity. They also play roles in the interaction of E1A with p300/CBP and pRb and are involved in both transactivation and repression of host gene expression. It was reported recently that p53-mediated transactivation is specifically repressed by E1A and that p53-induced apoptosis can be protected by pRb. In this report, we investigated the roles of pRb and p300 in the N-terminus of E1A-mediated transcriptional regulation. We demonstrate here that p300 and pRb have no effect on DBD.1-70 transactivation and that overexpression of p300 or pRb failed to relieve the repression by E1A. Repression of p53 transactivation requires both the extreme amino terminus and CR1 but not CR2. This repressive activity of E1A specifically correlates with E1A's ability to bind p300 and TBP. On the other hand, E1A inhibited the transactivation activity of a fusion construct containing the DNA binding domain of yeast Gal4 and the transactivation domain of p53. When p53 was cotransfected with E1A, similar inhibition was found in Saos-2 cells that lack endogenous pRb and p53 activity. Introduction of pRb into Saos-2 cells did not affect p53 transcription activity. E1A-mediated repression can be relieved by overexpression of either p300, hTBP, or TFIIB but cannot be released by overexpression of pocket proteins. Our data suggest that p300/CBP and TBP but not the pocket proteins, pRb, p107, and pRb2/p130 are functional targets of E1A in transcriptional regulation and that p53 transactivation requires the function of the p300/TBP/TFIIB complex, thus delineating a new pathway by which E1A may exert its transforming activity. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:277-285, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 18
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): transcription ; promoter ; mRNA stability ; nucleic acid sequence ; matrix metalloproteinase ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is a potent cytokine that stimulates interstitial collagenase-1 (matrix metalloproteinase-1; MMP-1). In this study, we compared the mechanism(s) by which IL-1β induces collagenase gene expression in two very different cells, normal human foreskin fibroblasts (HFFs) and an aggressive breast cancer cell line, BC-8701 cells. Northern analysis showed that the time course of collagenase induction was distinct in the two cells: although both cells expressed low levels of MMP-1 constitutively, addition of IL-1β increased MMP-1 mRNA in HFFs by 1 h and levels remained high over a 24-h period. In contrast, MMP-1 levels in IL-1β-treated BC-8701 cells did not increase until 4 h, peaked by 12 h and then declined. To analyze the transcriptional response, we cloned and sequenced more than 4,300 bp of the human MMP-1 promoter, and from this promoter clone, we prepared a series of 5′-deletion constructs linked to the luciferase reporter and transiently transfected these constructs into both cell types to measure both basal and IL-1β induced transcription. When both cell types were uninduced, promoter fragments containing less than 2,900 bp gave only a minimal transcriptional response, while larger fragments showed increased transcriptional activity. With IL-1β treatment, significant responsiveness (P 〈 0.001) in HFFs was seen only with the larger fragments, while in the BC-8701 cells, all fragments were significantly induced with IL-1β. Finally, we found that IL-1β stabilized MMP-1 mRNA in normal fibroblasts, but not in BC-8701 breast cancer cells. We conclude that both the transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of MMP-1 gene expression by IL-1β is controlled by cell-type specific mechanisms, and we suggest that IL-1 induced MMP-1 expression in tumor cells and in neighboring stromal cells may amplify the invasive ability of tumor cells. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:322-336, 1977. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 370-385 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): nucleus ; glycoprotein ; lectin ; HL60 ; affinity chromatography ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Some years ago, a lectin designated CBP70 that recognized glucose (Glc) but had a stronger affinity for N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), was first isolated from HL60 cell nuclei. Recently, a cytoplasmic form of this lectin was described, and one 82 kDa nuclear ligand was characterized for the nuclear CBP70. In the present study, the use of Pronase digestion and the trifluoromethanesulphonic acid (TFMS) procedure strongly suggest that the nuclear and the cytoplasmic CBP70 have a same 23 kDa polypeptide backbone and, consequently, could be the same protein. In order to know the protein better and to obtain the best recombinant possible in the future, the post-translational modification of the nuclear and cytoplasmic CBP70 was analyzed in terms of glycosylation. Severals lines of evidence indicate that both forms of CBP70 are N- and O-glycosylated. Surprisingly, this glycosylation pattern differs between the two forms, as revealed by β-elimination, hydrazinolysis, peptide-N-glycosydase F (PNGase F), and TFMS reactions. The two preparations were analyzed by affinity chromatography on immobilized lectins [Ricinus communis-I agglutinin (RCA-I), Arachis hypogaea agglutinin (PNA), Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA), and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA)] and by lectin-blotting analysis [Sambucus nigra agglutinin (SNA), Maackia amurensis agglutinin (MAA), Lotus tetragonolobus (Lotus), succinylated-WGA, and Psathyrella velutina agglutinin (PVA)]. Both forms of CBP70 have the following sugar moities: terminal βGal residues, Galβ1-3 GalNAc, Man α1-3 Man, sialic acid α2-6 linked to Gal or GalNAc; and sialic acid α2-3 linked to Gal. However, only nuclear CBP70 have terminal GlcNAc and α-L-fucose residues.All these data are consistent with the fact that different glycosylation pattern found for each form of CBP70 might act as a complementary signal for cellular targeting. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:370-385, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 413-425 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): vitamin D3 analogs ; 24-oxo metabolites ; growth inhibition ; differentiation ; apoptosis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: The seco-steroid hormone, 1α,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1α,25(OH)2D3) binds to a specific nuclear receptor that acts as a ligand-inducible transcription factor. The resulting genomic effects include partial arrest in G0/G1 of the cell cycle and induction of differentiation; these effects have been observed in various types of cancer. Recently, we produced enzymatically the natural 24-oxo metabolites of 1α,25(OH)2D3 and two of its potent synthetic analogs (1α,25-(OH)2-16-ene-D3 and 1α,25-(OH)2-20-epi-D3) using a rat kidney perfusion system. We have found that the 24-oxo metabolites of both 1α,25(OH)2D3 and its analogs have either the same or greater antiproliferative activity against various cancer cells as their parental compounds. Notably, two cell lines (DU-145 (prostate cancer) and MDA-MB-436 [breast cancer]) that were extremely resistant to the antiproliferative effects of vitamin D3 analogs displayed greater sensitivity towards the 24-oxo metabolite of the vitamin D3 analog. Similarly, the 24-oxo metabolites had the capacity to induce differentiation and apoptosis and to diminish the proportion of cells in S phase. Most interestingly, while the analog 1α,25(OH)2-20-epi-D3 induced expression of BRCA1 in MCF-7 breast cancer cells; its 24-oxo metabolite dramatically suppressed BRAC1 expression. Thus, we have shown for the first time that the various biological activities produced by the hormone 1α,25(OH)2D3 and some of its analogs may represent a combination of actions by the hormone 1α,25(OH)2D3 and its natural 24-oxo metabolites. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:413-425, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 21
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 404-412 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): osteocalcin ; osteosarcoma cells ; methylation ; bone-derived cells ; DNA ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: DNA methylation is a general mechanism of controlling tissue-specific gene expression. Osteocalcin is a bone matrix protein whose expression is limited almost entirely to osteoblasts. We were interested in determining whether the state of methylation of the osteocalcin gene plays a role in its expression by studying human bone-derived (MG-63, U2-Os, SaOs-2) and other types (normal lymphocytes, A-498, Hep G2) of cells. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis revealed that osteocalcin mRNA production is stimulated by 1,25(OH)2D3 in MG-63 and induced in SaOs-2 but not in U2-Os osteoblast-like osteosarcoma cells. Genomic analysis of the human osteocalcin gene showed that the local surroundings of this single-copy gene are identical in all cell lines studied. Using an isoschizomeric pair of restriction enzymes and Southern analysis, we found that the osteocalcin gene is identically methylated in all three osteosarcoma cell lines. The same sites are also methylated in human normal lymphocytes and A-498 kidney cells, whereas the degree of methylation is higher in Hep G2 human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Furthermore, the osteocalcin gene was identically protected against enzymatic digestion at the chromatin level in normal lymphocytes and in all cell lines studied. Induction of hypomethylation of DNA by 5-azacytidine treatment did not cause an induction of osteocalcin synthesis in these cell lines. On the contrary, it attenuated the induction by 1,25(OH)2D3 in MG-63 cells. In gel mobility shift assays, human vitamin D receptor and the AP-1 transcription factor bound to an unmethylated response element oligonucleotide of the osteocalcin gene with greater affinity than to an in vitro methylated response element. These results indicate that the in vivo methylation state of the osteocalcin gene at sites determined in this study does not correlate with the inducibility of this gene. Nevertheless, the in vitro results clearly indicated that hypomethylation of critical regions of the osteocalcin gene promoter is a potential mechanism influencing effective binding of specific nuclear factors and, consequently, gene expression. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:404-412, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 65 (1997), S. 267-275 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): allylamine ; osteopontin ; vascular smooth muscle cells ; vascular injury ; atherosclerosis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Repeated cycles of vascular injury by allylamine induce vascular lesions similar to those seen in atherosclerotic vessels, or following balloon catheterization. Vascular (aortic) smooth muscle cells harvested from allylamine-treated animals (i.e., allylamine cells) acquire a proliferative advantage relative to control counterparts that is associated with differential secretion and extracellular matrix sequestration of several proteins. In the present study, we have characterized two of these proteins (Mr 52 and 36 kDa; pl 5.6 and 5.2, respectively) and their putative role in the expression of a proliferative phenotype. Because the physical properties of these proteins were comparable to those of osteopontin (OPN) and its thrombin-generated fragment(s), initial experiments were conducted to examine the expression and processing of OPN in this cell system. OPN mRNA expression was enhanced during early G1 cell cycle progression in allylamine cells relative to control counterparts. However, comparable amounts of OPN (Mr 56, 52, and 50 kDa) were detected by Western analysis in media conditioned by both cell types using the OP-199 or B77-Rat1 antibodies to OPN. Allylamine cells, however, produced increased amounts of a 36 kDa protein recognized by the OP-199 antibody. Incubation of conditioned media from [35S]methionine-labeled allylamine cells with thrombin decreased the intensity of the 52 kDa protein, while increasing the intensity of a 36 kDa protein. RT-PCR analysis demonstrated expression of a 1.2 kb OPN band in both cell types consistent with the predicted size of OPN mRNA, suggesting that the 36 kDa fragment recognized by OP-199 in allylamine cells was likely not due to altered splicing of the OPN transcript. To determine if OPN and/or the 36 kDa fragment played a central role in the proliferative capacity of allylamine cells, the effect of an antibody to an αv integin subunit was examined. An antibody to the αv subunit, but not α4, nullified the proliferative advantage of allylamine cells relative to control counterparts, suggesting that integrin-mediated signaling is a key feature of the proliferative phenotype of allylamine cells. We conclude that enhanced proteolytic cleavage of OPN may characterize the modulation of vascular SMCs to a more proliferative phenotype following chemical injury by allylamine. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:267-275. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): bone morphogenetic protein ; defined media ; in vitro ; development ; stem cell ; ascorbic acid ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: During embryonic development, cartilage formation involves the condensation of mesenchymal stem cells and a series of maturation steps that ultimately results in the mineralized hypertrophic chondrocyte. The embryonic, murine, mesenchymal stem cell line, C3H/10T1/2, is pluripotent; exposure to azacytidine or to bone morphogenetic protein-2 or -4 results in low rates of differentiation to three mesengenic lineages. In contrast to previous studies, we report conditions for 10T1/2 differentiation specifically to the cartilage lineage and at high yields. These conditions include high cell density micromass cultures, a purified mixture of osteoinductive proteins (BP; Intermedics Orthopedics, Denver, CO), a serum substitute, 50 μg/ml ascorbic acid, and 10 mM β-glycerophosphate. The cartilagenous fate was confirmed by 1) histological detection of sulfated proteoglycans, 2) electron microscopic detection of proteoglycan and rounded cells separated by extracellular matrix containing short, disorganized collagen fibrils, 3) morphological detection of a chondrocytes surrounded by a territorial matrix and encompassed within a distinct perichondrium, and 4) immunocytochemical detection of type II collagen and link protein. After 4 weeks in culture, mature although unmineralized cartilage was observed, as indicated by hypertrophic morphology, immunocytochemical detection of osteocalcin, and histological detection of lacunae. These conditions promote overt chondrogenesis for most of the treated cells and preclude lineage determination to the fat, muscle, and bone lineages, as assayed by electron microscopy and histomorphology. The faithful recapitulation of cartilage differentiation that we have established in vitro provides a versatile alternative to the use of chondrocyte and limb bud explant cultures. We propose this as a model system to study the factors that regulate commitment to the chondrogenic lineage, exclusion to related mesengenic pathways, and maturation during chondrogenesis. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:325-339. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 24
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 65 (1997), S. 388-394 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): angiogenesis ; vasculogenesis ; collateral ; vessel ; development ; occlusion ; extracellular matrix ; collagenase ; collagen ; heart failure ; matrix metalloproteinase ; tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase ; growth factors ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Heart failure secondary to ischemic cardiomyopathy is the primary cause of cardiovascular mortality. The promise of the collateral circulation lies in its potential to alter the course of the natural history of coronary heart disease. The collateral circulation of the heart is responsible for supplying blood and oxygen to the myocardium at ischemic risk following severe stenosis and reduced vasoelasticity function of a major coronary artery. In response to flow, stress, and pressure, collateral vessels are restructured and remodeled. Vascular remodeling by its very nature implies synthesis and degradation of extracellular matrix components in the vessel wall. Under normal physiological conditions proteinases that break down the specialized matrix are tightly regulated by antiproteinases. The balance between proteinase and antiproteinase influences is discoordinated during collateral development which leads to adaptive changes in the structure, function, and regulation of extracellular matrix components in the vessel wall. The role of extracellular matrix components in coronary collateral vessel formation in a canine model of chronic coronary artery occlusion has been demonstrated. The role of matrix proteinases and antiproteinases in the collateral vessel play a significant role in the underlying mechanisms of collateral development. This review presents new and significant information regarding the role of extracellular matrix proteinases and antiproteinases in vascular remodeling, function, and collateral development. Such information will have a significant impact on the understanding of the basic biology of the vascular extracellular matrix turnover, remodeling, and function as well as on elucidating potential avenues for pharmacological approaches designed to increase collateral formation and optimize myocardial blood flow in the treatment of ischemic heart disease. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:388-394. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 65 (1997), S. 430-442 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): melatonin ; pineal gland ; cerebellum ; nitric oxide ; nitric oxide synthase ; calmodulin ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Constitutive rat cerebellar nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity is shown to be inhibited by physiological concentrations of the pineal hormone melatonin. The inhibition was dose-dependent and was coupled to an inhibition of the cyclic GMP production activated by L-arginine. Results also show that calmodulin appears to be involved in this process because its presence in the incubation medium was able to prevent the effect of melatonin on both NOS activity and cyclic GMP production. Moreover, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis studies suggest that melatonin can interact with calmodulin modifying the binding of the peptide to the synthetic NOS peptide encompassing the calmodulin-binding domain of constitutive NOS from rat cerebellum, the natural mechanism by which calmodulin activates cerebellar NOS. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:430-442. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 65 (1997), S. 469-478 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): actin autoregulation ; swinholide A ; dimeric actin ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Regulation of the assembly and expression of actin is of major importance in diverse cellular functions such as motility and adhesion and in defining cellular and tissue architecture. These biological processes are controlled by changing the balance between polymerized (F) and soluble (G) actin. Previous studies have indicated the existence of an autoregulatory pathway that links the state of assembly and expression of actin, resulting in the reduction of actin synthesis after actin filaments are depolymerized. We have employed the marine toxins swinholide A and latrunculin A, both disrupting the organization of the actin-cytoskeleton, to determine whether this autoregulatory response is activated by a decrease in the level of polymerized actin or by an increase in monomeric actin concentrations in the cell. We showed that in cells treated with swinholide A the level of filamentous actin is decreased, and using a reversible cross-linking reagent, we found that actin dimers are formed. Latrunculin A also disassembled actin filaments, but produced monomeric actin, followed by a reduction in actin and vinculin expression, while swinholide A treatment elevated the synthesis of these proteins. In cells treated with both latrunculin A and swinholide A, dimeric actin was formed, and actin and vinculin synthesis were higher than in control cells. These results suggest that the substrate that confers an autoregulated reduction in actin expression is monomeric actin, and when its level is decreased by dimeric actin formation, actin synthesis is increased. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:469-478. © 1997 Wiley-Liss Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 66 (1997), S. 471-481 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): substance P ; cell cycle ; cell growth ; endothelial cell ; tachykinin ; nitric oxide ; insulin ; plasma ; MTT ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Substance P (SP) is an important tachykinin in vascular wall biology. In previous studies [Villablanca et al. (1994): Circ Res 75:1113-1120], the authors have demonstrated that SP is a stimulus for endothelial cell growth and proliferation in serum-free culture conditions with cells quiescent in the G0-G1 phase of the cell cycle. As mitogenic and metabolic activity may interrelate, the purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the vasoactive perivascular neuropeptide SP on changes in the metabolic function of endothelial cells, and to characterize the response, by studying cellular reducing capacity in aortic vascular endothelial cells. In addition, interactions between SP and other growth factors (insulin and non-platelet plasma factors) were investigated and compared to the responses to SP alone. Metabolic effects were determined by evaluating cellular reducing capacity by the conversion of (3-[4,5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) to formazan (the MTT assay). The findings demonstrated that SP alone (10 pg/ml-25 μg/ml) inhibited cellular reducing capacity in vascular endothelial cells. In contrast, SP in the presence of insulin (10 μg/ml) stimulated endothelial reducing capacity, as compared to SP alone, by twofold on average. The effect of SP and insulin was additive at ≤0.001 μg/ml SP, and synergistic at SP concentrations ranging within 0.01-1.0 μg/ml. SP in the presence of human platelet-poor plasma (HPPP, 5%) stimulated endothelial reducing capacity, as compared to SP alone, by threefold on average. The effect of SP and HPPP was additive at ≤0.01 μg/ml SP and synergistic at SP concentrations of 0.1-25 μg/ml. Lastly, SP in the presence of insulin and HPPP stimulated endothelial metabolic activity, as compared to SP alone, by 14-fold on average. An additive response to SP, insulin, and HPPP was observed at the lowest SP concentration studied (10 pg/ml). At all other SP concentrations studied (0.0001-25 μg/ml), the responses to insulin, HPPP, and SP were synergistic. Our studies indicate that the vasoactive neuropeptide substance P may synergize with insulin and HPPP in regulating endothelial cell metabolism. In addition, our findings suggest that the mechanisms by which SP stimulates cellular metabolism are different from the mechanisms by which it stimulates cell growth. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:471-481, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): cell cycle control ; H4 gene promoter ; G1/S phase transition point ; CDP/cut ; interferon regulatory factor 2 ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: The histone H4 gene promoter provides a paradigm for defining transcriptional control operative at the G1/S phase transition point in the cell cycle. Transcription of the cell cycle-dependent histone H4 gene is upregulated at the onset of S phase, and the cell cycle control element that mediates this activation has been functionally mapped to a proximal promoter domain designated Site II. Activity of Site II is regulated by an E2F-independent mechanism involving binding of the oncoprotein IRF2 and the multisubunit protein HiNF-D, which contains the homeodomain CDP/cut, CDC2, cyclin A, and the tumor suppressor pRb. To address mechanisms that define interactions of Site II regulatory factors with this cell cycle control element, we have investigated these determinants of transcriptional regulation at the G1/S phase transition in FDC-P1 hematopoietic progenitor cells. The representation and activities of histone gene regulatory factors were examined as a function of FDC-P1 growth stimulation. We find striking differences in expression of the pRb-related growth regulatory proteins (pRb/p105, pRb2/p130, and p107) following the onset of proliferation. pRb2/p130 is present at elevated levels in quiescent cells and declines following growth stimulation. By contrast, pRb and p107 are minimally represented in quiescent FDC-P1 cells but are upregulated at the G1/S phase transition point. We also observe a dramatic upregulation of the cellular levels of pRb2/p130-associated protein kinase activity when S phase is initiated. Selective interactions of pRb and p107 with CDP/cut are observed during the FDC-P1 cell cycle and suggest functional linkage to competency for DNA binding and/or transcriptional activity. These results are particularly significant in the context of hematopoietic differentiation where stringent control of the cell cycle program is requisite for expanding the stem cell population during development and tissue renewal. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:512-523, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 378-385 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): α-difluoromethylornithine ; ornithine decarboxylase ; parietal endoderm ; retinoic acid receptor α ; retinoic acid receptor γ ; tissue plasminogen activator ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: α-Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), an enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase, and all-trans-retinoic acid (RA) are known to induce F9 teratocarcinoma stem cell differentiation. Both compounds induce the formation of the same cell type, i.e., parietal endoderm-like cells expressing tissue plasminogen activator and collagen type IV α-1. The present study shows that DFMO and RA induce terminal differentiation of F9 cells through different pathways. Thus, retinoic acid receptor (RAR) α mRNA is weakly expressed during DFMO treatment, but strongly induced during an early phase of RA treatment. RAR β mRNA is not detectable in DFMO-treated cells, but very strongly induced by RA and maintained at a high level throughout the differentiative process. RAR γ mRNA is relatively strongly expressed in untreated control cells and remains at approximately the same level during DFMO-induced differentiation. In RA-treated cells, however, RAR γ mRNA is rapidly down-regulated and becomes nondetectable during the final course of differentiation. These experiments show that the differentiation of F9 cells into parietal endoderm-like cells does not necessarily involve changes in any of the RAR mRNA subtypes. Even though the steady-state levels of the RAR α and RAR γ transcripts may be sufficient to support the differentiative process, our data clearly show that induction of RAR β mRNA transcription is neither a prerequisite for F9 cell differentiation, nor an absolute consequence of the elevated c-jun mRNA expression that is consistently observed during the course of parietal endoderm differentiation. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:378-385, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 423-431 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): differentiation ; E1A-binding proteins ; DNA tumor viruses ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: In this review, the complex relationship between tissue-specific transcription factors and genes regulating cell cycle is taken into account. Both E1-A binding proteins belonging to the family of the retinoblastoma gene product and the CBP/p300 coactivator of transcription interact physically and functionally with tissue-specific transcription factor. The relationship between these two classes of molecules regulates cell fate in differentiating cells, deciding whether cells continue to replicate, undergo apoptosis or terminally differentiate. We provide here an update on the recent advances in this field and some models of interaction between E1A binding protein and tissue-specific transcription factors. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:423-431, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): Tat ; TAR ; HIV-1 ; TGFβ-1 promoter ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Tat is a transcriptional transactivator produced by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and plays a pivotal role in enhancing expression of the viral genome in the infected cells. Although initial studies have suggested that interaction of Tat with the transactivation responsive element (TAR), located within the LTR, is essential for Tat function, subsequent studies indicated that Tat has the ability to augment transcription of viral and cellular genes by a TAR-independent mechanism. In early studies we demonstrated that HIV-1 Tat stimulates transcription of the transforming growth factor, TGFβ-1, gene in glial cells. In this study, we have identified a cellular protein that interacts with the Tat-responsive region located between nucleotides -323 to -453 of the regulatory sequence of the TGFβ-1 promoter. Results from footprinting analysis revealed association of cellular proteins with the 130 nucleotide sequence located in the Tat-responsive region. Analysis of the associated protein by UV-crosslinking suggested the involvement of a protein between 40-45 kDa in size which preferentially interacts with the GC/GA rich sequence of the TGFβ-1 Tat-responsive sequence in a single-stranded configuration. The ability of the previously identified 40 kDa protein, named Pur α to bind to the GC/GA sequence in the single-stranded configuration, similar to those from TGFβ-1 promoter prompted us to investigate its binding capacity to the TGFβ-1 sequence and its transcriptional activity on the TGFβ-1 promoter. Results from band shift studies indicated the association of the bacterially produced Pur α to the TGFβ-1 DNA sequences positioned within the Tat-responsive region. Overexpression of Pur α in glial cells constitutively producing Tat augmented transcription of the TGFβ-1 gene. These results are consistent with previous reports on the cooperative action of Pur α and Tat in modulating other eukaryotic promoters. The importance of these findings with regard to deregulation of other cellular genes by HIV-1 Tat is discussed. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:466-477, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): chondrocytes ; osteogenic protein-1 ; retinoic acid ; mineralization ; ALP ; proteoglycans ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Osteogenic protein-1 (OP-1), a member of the TGF-β family of proteins, induces endochondral bone formation. Here we studied the effect of OP-1 on the development of primary cultures of avian growth plate (GP) chondrocytes in either serum-free or serum-containing medium, in the absence or presence of retinoic acid (RA). OP-1 was added on day 7 of culture and continued for 7 days, or until the cultures were harvested, typically on day 21. Alone, OP-1 caused ∼2-fold increase in proteoglycan synthesis into both the medium and the cell:matrix layer. Additionally, OP-1 caused a dosage-dependent increase in alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and an increase in protein, when given from days 7-14 and examined on day 14. This stimulation was greater in cells grown in serum-free than in serum-containing media (3-5-fold vs. 2-3-fold increase in ALP; ∼40% vs. ∼20% increase in protein). Such stimulation of ALP activity and proteoglycan (PG) synthesis in cultured GP cells indicates that OP-1 elicits differentiation of chondrocytes. OP-1 minimally affected cell division (DNA content); however, a slight increase was seen when examined early in the culture. Alone, OP-1 increased mineral (Ca and Pi) content of the cultures by ∼2-fold in both types of media. As early as day 14, clusters of mineral encircled many of the OP-1 treated cells. Thus, as in vivo, OP-1 strongly promoted mineral formation by the cultured GP chondrocytes. When present together, OP-1 and RA generally blocked the action of the other. Separately OP-1 and RA each stimulated protein synthesis, ALP activity, and Ca2+ deposition; together they were inhibitory to each. Also, RA blocked the stimulation of PG synthesis induced by OP-1; whereas OP-1 decreased cell division engendered by RA. Thus, this GP chondrocyte culture system is a good model for studying factors that influence differentiation and mineral deposition during bone growth in vivo. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:498-513, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. vi 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
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  • 34
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): cancer ; chemoprevention ; clinical trial ; surrogate endpoint biomarker ; protocol design ; safety ; efficacy ; FDA ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: As with other drugs, applications for marketing approval of new chemopreventive agents in the United States must include data from adequate and well-controlled clinical trials that demonstrate effectiveness and safety for the intended use. Knowledge of a drug's pharmacologic actions and metabolism may benefit protocol design, by identifying the patient populations and dosing schedules associated with a favorable risk/benefit profile. With availability of appropriate preclinical data, including standard assessments of an agent's toxicology, effects on reproductive performance, and genotoxicity, initial Phase I studies of 1-3 months may be performed in normal volunteers or an appropriate higher-risk population. For chronic dosing studies of longer duration, preclinical toxicology studies of longer duration are relevant. Enrollment in chemoprevention studies should be directed toward individuals at sufficient risk of developing cancer so that potential benefit may counterbalance the unpredictable and possibly serious adverse effects that may be observed with prolonged administration of a study drug. Phase I and II studies with clinical dosing lasting up to 12 months often afford opportunities to assess drug effect on surrogate endpoint biomarkers that may correlate with endpoints of clinical effectiveness. Phase III and late phase II chemopreventive investigations should routinely utilize a prospective, randomized study design (double-masked and placebo-controlled, when possible). To support marketing approval, there must be evidence that a chemopreventive agent significantly delays or prevents the occurrence of malignancy, with acceptable safety. In some circumstances, modulation of a surrogate marker may provide a basis for marketing approval, before more definitive endpoint data become available. However, the acceptability of a surrogate depends on the nature and quality of the data supporting its predictive value. Given the considerations of large study size, long duration, and high cost that may hamper development of potential agents, studies designed to examine the predictive value of surrogate endpoint biomarkers are of great importance to the future development of chemoprevention research. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:1-6. Published 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 7-11 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): cancer chemoprevention ; N-4-(carboxyphenyl)retinamide ; chalcone retinoid ; red ginseng ; glycyrrhetinic acid ; Chinese gallotannin ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Since the late 1970s, a comprehensive search for cancer chemopreventive agents has been established in our Institute. A series of new retinoids have been synthesized and screened on the basis of established methodologies of experimental chemoprevention in vitro as well as in vivo. Pharmacological studies demonstrated that N-4-(carboxyphenyl)retinamide (RII) induces cell differentiation of HL-60 cells and inhibits dimethylnitrosamine-induced carcinogenesis of the forestomach in mice, 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced papilloma in mouse skin, and DMBA-induced carcinogenesis of the buccal pouch in Syrian golden hamsters. It significantly promoted lymphoblastic transformation and activated macrophages. In further studies, RII significantly inhibited ornithine decarboxylase activity. After 6 months of chronic toxicological studies in rats and dogs, RII was recommended for clinical trial. Phase II studies found that RII is effective in treating oral and vulvar leukoplakia. It is also effective in treating myelodysplastic syndrome and dysplasia of uterine cervix. The chalcone retinoidal compounds were discovered when the search for new retinoids with less toxicity and higher potency led to third-generation retinoids, which were synthesized and screened. Structure-activity relationship studies found that 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-methoxy-4-carboxyl chalcone (R9158) is the most active inhibitor of a variety of cancer cells. It has no effect on the Colony Forming Unit-Granulocyte/Macrophage (CFU-GM) of bone marrow in mice. In in vivo studies, R9158 showed a remarkable inhibition of chondrosarcoma in rats. It had no cross-resistance to vincristine, but was cross-resistant to all-trans retinoic acid. Red ginseng, a processed Panax ginseng, is considered a typical tonic in traditional Chinese medicine. Our studies demonstrated that red ginseng extract inhibited DMBA-induced skin papilloma significantly. Experiments showed that glycyrrhetinic acid inhibited croton oil-induced ear edema in mice. It also inhibited epidermal ornithine decarboxylase as well as the rapid DNA damage induced by the carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P). Our pharmacological studies demonstrated that Chinese gallotannin inhibited the malignant transformation of B[a]P-induced V79 cells in vitro and B[a]P-induced pulmonary adenoma in A/J mice in vivo significantly. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:7-11 © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): food mutagens ; indole-3-carbinol ; chemoprevention ; DNA adducts ; PhIP ; heterocyclic amines ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a naturally occurring inhibitor of experimental carcinogenesis, was evaluated for its possible inhibitory effect on DNA-adduct formation of 2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP), a dietary mutagen, in female F344 rats. PhIP is a mammary carcinogen in female F344 rats and a colon carcinogen in male F344 rats. Four-week-old animals (4/group) were maintained on powdered AIN-76A diet with or without I3C (0.02% or 0.1%, w/w) for 58 days. PhIP (0.04%, w/w) was added to the diet from days 15 through 42. Animals were killed on days 43 and 58. DNA isolated from mammary epithelial cells (MECs), colon, liver, and white blood cells (WBCs) was analyzed for PhIP-DNA adducts by 32P-postlabeling assays. On day 43, adduct levels of the group receiving 0.1% dietary I3C decreased in MECs (91.9%), colon (67.2%), liver (69.2%), and WBCs (82.3%). On day 58, DNA adduct formation was inhibited in the colon (81.3-82.2%) at both dietary I3C concentrations, and in liver (46.8%) only in the animals fed 0.1% I3C. When incorporated in the diet after exposure to dietary PhIP (0.04% for 2 weeks), I3C (0.1%) had no effect on the rate of removal of PhIP-DNA adducts over the next 28 days. It is concluded that dietary I3C inhibits PhIP-DNA adduct formation in the female F344 rat but does not affect adduct removal. I3C may be a promising chemopreventive agent in PhIP-induced carcinogenesis in rats. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:42-51. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 68-75 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): cigarette smoke ; lung cancer ; green tea ; SCE ; chemoprevention ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Green tea (Camellia sinensis) is consumed daily between the meals or after meals in Japan and other Asian countries. In recent years, green tea and its major polyphenolics have been demonstrated to prevent chemically induced tumors in a variety of experimental animal models system. The exact mechanism(s) of its anticarcinogenic activity remains to be elucidated, but green tea polyphenolics have demonstrated antimutagenic, anticarcinogenic, antioxidant, and antipromotional effects, including inhibition of Phase I and inducing Phase II enzymes. Enzyme activities of glutathione peroxidase, catalase, and quinone reductase, and glutathione S-transferase are also induced. However, a paucity of green tea effects in humans prompted us to investigate antimutagenic effects of green tea against smoke-induced mutation in humans. Chemopreventive effects of green tea and coffee among cigarette smokers were examined in 52 clinically healthy male subjects between 20-51 years of age. Blood specimens were obtained from non-smokers (Group I), smokers (II), smokers consuming green tea (III), and smoker/coffee drinkers (IV). The mean years of cigarette smoking ( 〉 10 cigarettes/day) of Groups II, III, and IV ranged from 13.4-14.7 years. Daily intake of green tea and coffee was 3 cups/day/6 months (III and IV). The frequencies of sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) in mitogen-stimulated peripheral lymphocytes from each experimental group were determined and statistically analyzed. SCE rates were significantly elevated in smokers (9.46 ± 0.46) vs. non-smokers (7.03 ± 0.33); however, the frequency of SCE in smokers who consumed green tea (7.94 ± 0.31) was comparable to that of non-smokers, implying that green tea can block the cigarette-induced increase in SCE frequency. Coffee, by contrast, did not exhibit a significant inhibitory effect on smoking-induced SCE. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:68-75. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. vi 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. vii 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 1-20 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): intraepithelial neoplasia ; cancer chemoprevention ; genomic instability ; clonal evolution ; gene amplification ; computer-assisted image analysis ; biomarkers ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Cancer chemoprevention is concerned with the development of drugs or diet supplements that will avert the onset or stop the progression of the intraepithelial neoplasia which precedes invasive cancer. Two basic processes underlie the onset and development of intraepithelial neoplasia. First is genomic instability (often associated with chronic diffuse epithelial hyperplasia), which is the increased production of genomic structural variants due to unrepaired DNA breaks with secondary formation of abnormal structures, including “mutator” mutations in genes responsible for genomic stability, gene copy amplification or loss from DNA breakage-fusion-anaphase bridge cycles, unequal sister chromatid exchange, and accumulation of double minutes. Second is the development within an epithelium having genomic instability of multicentric neoplastic lesions that independently progress through each of the following processes at a continuously accelerating rate: clonal evolution, hyperproliferation, production of genomic structural variants, and apoptosis. Recommended chemoprevention strategies based on these mechanisms are (1) early diagnosis and treatment of genomic instability before the appearance of intraepithelial neoplasia, i.e., during the “predysplastic” or “premorphologic” phase, (2) development of multiple agents that block intralesional proliferation at steps along the “command” pathways of mitotic signal transduction and along the “execute” pathways of synthesis of daughter cell components, (3) development of nontoxic antiinflammatory agents, antioxidants, antimutagens, and proapoptotics, (4) avoidance of “clonal escape” through use of drug combinations, and (5) use of computer-assisted quantitative image analysis to assay modulation of surrogate endpoints in chemoprevention clinical trials. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppls. 28/29:1-20. Published 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): artificial chromosome ; episome ; YAC ; nuclear matrix attachment region ; MAR ; replication origin ; DNA replication ; fluorescent in situ hybridization ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Three different mammalian origins of DNA replication, 343, S3, and X24, have been cloned into a 15.8 kb circular yeast vector pYACneo. Subsequent transfection into HeLa cells resulted in the isolation of several stably maintained clones. Two cell lines, C343e2 and CS3e1, were found to have sequences maintained as episomes in long-term culture with a stability per generation of approximately 80%. Both episomes also contain matrix attachment region (MAR) sequences which mediate the binding of DNA to the nuclear skeleton and are thought to play a role in DNA replication. Using high salt extraction of the nucleus and fluorescent in situ hybridization, we were able to demonstrate an association of the 343 episome with the nuclear matrix, most probably through functional MAR sequences that allow an association with the nuclear matrix and associated regions containing essential replication proteins. The presence of functional MARs in small episomal sequences may facilitate the replication and maintenance of transfected DNA as an episome and improve their utility as small episomal constructs, potential microchromosomes. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:439-450, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 492-497 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): interferon-γ ; PMA ; proteinase inhibitor ; cytokine ; low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein ; receptor-associated protein ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Human α2-macroglobulin (α2M) is a broad spectrum proteinase inhibitor and cytokine carrier synthesized by a number of cell types including monocytes and macrophages. In this study, we report on the expression of α2M by THP-1 cells. This monocytic cell line can be differentiated into a macrophage-like phenotype by treatment with interferon-γ (IFN-γ) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). α2M was synthesized by THP-1 cells at a rate of 75 ng/106 cells/24 h, as determined by Western blot analysis. After treating the cells with 500 U/ml of IFN-γ or with 100 ng/ml PMA, the synthesis rate increased to 219 ng/106 cells/24 h and to 179 ng/106 cells/24 h, respectively. The same agents also increased α2M expression, as determined by Northern blot analysis. When the α2M receptor antagonist, receptor associated protein (RAP), was included in the THP-1 medium, the amount of α2M recovered in the conditioned medium increased. This result suggests that THP-1-secreted proteinases react with secreted α2M and that the resulting complexes are catabolized by the α2M receptor, which is also called low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein (LRP). We conclude that α2M synthesis by THP-1 cells depends on the state of cellular differentiation. Reaction of α2M with secreted proteinases may have minimized previous estimates of the rate of synthesis of α2M by certain cells in culture. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:492-497, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 514-527 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): smooth muscle ; actin ; myogenesis ; cytoskeleton ; microfilaments ; protein crosslinking ; muscle cells ; cell fractionation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Mouse BC3H1 myogenic cells and a bi-functional chemical cross linking reagent were utilized to investigate the polymerization of newly-synthesized vascular smooth muscle (α-actin) and non-muscle (β- and γ-actin) actin monomers into native F-actin filament structures during myogenesis. Two actin dimer species were identified by SDS-PAGE analysis of phenylenebismaleimide-cross linked fractions of BC3H1 myoblasts and myocytes. P-dimer was derived from the F-actin-enriched, detergent-insoluble cytoskeleton. Pulse-chase analysis revealed that D-dimer initially was associated with the cytoskeleton but then accumulated in the soluble fraction of lysed muscle cells that contained a non-filamentous or aggregated actin pool. Immunoblot analysis indicated that non-muscle and smooth muscle actins were capable of forming both types of dimer. However, induction of smooth muscle α-actin in developing myoblasts coincided with an increase in D-dimer level which may facilitate actin stress fiber assembly. Smooth muscle α-actin was rapidly utilized in differentiating myoblasts to assemble extraction-resistant F-actin filaments in the cytoskeleton whereas non-muscle β- and γ-actin filaments were more readily dissociated from the cytoskeleton by an extraction buffer containing ATP and EGTA. The data indicate that cytoarchitectural remodeling in developing BC3H1 myogenic cells is accompanied by selective actin isoform utilization that effectively segregates multiple isoactins into different sub-cellular domains and/or supramolecular entities. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:514-527, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. v 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): chromatin loops ; chromosome organization ; compositional mapping ; gene cluster ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Eukaryotic chromosomes are ponctuated by specialized DNA sequences (MARs) characterized by their ability to bind the network of nonhistone proteins that form the nuclear matrix or scaffold. We previously described an amplifiable cluster of genes with different tissue-specific expression patterns, located on Chinese hamster chromosome 1q. This model is especially appropriate to study the relationships between MARs and transcription units. We show here that four attachment regions, with sequences exhibiting motifs specific to MARs, are present within the 100 kb of screened DNA. Three of them are relatively short sequences localized in intergenic regions. The last one extends over one of the transcription units and contains a region previously identified as a recombination hot spot. Moreover, the analysis of a DNA sequence extending over some 50 Kb of this region and spanning at least four genes, disclosed a strikingly sharp change in G + C content. This strongly suggests that the studied region contains the boundary of two isochores. We propose that the frequency and the size of MARs are correlated to their localization in G + C rich or poor domains. J. Cell. Biochem. 67:541-551, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): growth hormone ; retinoic acid ; retinoic acid nuclear receptors ; pituitary adenomas ; human pituitary ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: In order to gain a better understanding on the possible role of retinoic acid (RA) on human GH secretion, we have characterized the expression of its nuclear receptors in somatotropic adenoma cell extracts. By immunoblotting with rabbit polyclonal antibodies directed against RARα, β, and γ and RXRα and β, we could only detect the presence of RARα and RXRα proteins. The predominant expression of RXRα was confirmed at the mRNA level by Northern and slot-blot analysis. When then investigated the effect of RA on GH synthesis in cell culture of adenomatous somatotrophs. In cultured cells, RA (1 μM) stimulated GH secretion, increased intracellular GH content and GH mRNA levels within 72 h, suggesting a modulation of GH synthesis by RA. J. Cell. Biochem 65:25-31. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 65 (1997), S. 42-52 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): nuclear matrix ; human cell types ; 2-D gel electrophoresis ; heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins ; B23 ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: The nuclear matrix may be involved in the structural and functional organization of the cell nucleus. However, we still do not understand the molecular basis of the intranuclear network that is part of the nuclear matrix. We recently described a method to identify internal nuclear matrix proteins [Mattern et al. (1996): J Cell Biochem 62:275-289], which was done by comparing two nuclear matrix preparations: one with and one without the internal structure by using quantitative two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. In the present study, we use the same approach to compare the nuclear matrix proteins of four different human cell types to investigate whether they have a similar internal nuclear matrix protein composition. Major nuclear matrix proteins present in all these cell types likely represent the base of the internal nuclear matrix. We demonstrate that the 25 most abundant internal nuclear matrix proteins are common to all four cell types. Together, these common proteins represent more than 75% of the total internal nuclear matrix protein mass in each cell type. This set of proteins includes B23 and most hnRNP proteins. The quantity of most of these proteins is very similar in the four cell types. The fact that the internal nuclear matrix consists mainly of hnRNP proteins, which may be involved in transcription, transport, and processing of hnRNA, supports the idea that the internal nuclear matrix is the result of these processes. J. Cell. Biochem. 65:42-52. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 59-67 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): antioxidants ; black tea ; chemoprevention ; epigallocatechin-3-gallate ; green tea ; tea polyphenols ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: In recent years, the concept of cancer chemoprevention has matured greatly. Significant reversal or suppression of premalignancy in several sites by chemopreventive agents appears achievable. This article summarizes experimental data on chemopreventive effects of tea polyphenols in different tumor bioassay systems. Tea (Camellia sinensis) is cultivated in about 30 countries, and is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. Three main commercial tea varieties - green, black, and oolong - are usually consumed, but most experimental studies demonstrating the antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic effects of tea have been conducted with water extract of green tea, or a polyphenolic fraction isolated from green tea (GTP). The majority of these studies have been conducted in a mouse skin tumor model system where tea is fed either as water extract through drinking water, or as purified GTP. GTP has been shown to exhibit antimutagenic activity in vitro, and inhibit carcinogen- as well as UV-induced skin carcinogenesis in vivo. Tea consumption has also been shown to afford protection against chemical carcinogen-induced stomach, lung, esophagus, duodenum, pancreas, liver, breast, and colon carcinogenesis in specific bioassay models. Several epicatechin derivatives (polyphenols) present in green tea have been shown to possess anticarcinogenic activity; the most active is (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate, which is also the major constituent of GTP. The mechanisms of tea's broad cancer chemopreventive effects are not completely understood. Several theories have been put forward, including inhibition of UV- and tumor promoter-induced ornithine decarboxylase, cyclo-oxygenase, and lipoxygenase activities, antioxidant and free radical scavenging activity; enhancement of antioxidant (glutathione peroxidase, catalase, and quinone reductase) and phase II (glutathione-S-transferase) enzyme activities; inhibition of lipid peroxidation, and anti-inflammatory activity. These properties of tea polyphenols make them effective chemopreventive agents against the initiation, promotion, and progression stages of multistage carcinogenesis. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:59-67. Published 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): thiol conjugates ; isothiocyanates ; lung cancer prevention ; urinary biomarker ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Natural and synthetic isothiocyanates (ITCs) are versatile chemopreventive agents in many animal systems. We have shown that phenethyl ITC (PEITC) and 6-phenylhexyl ITC (PHITC) are potent inhibitors against lung tumorigenesis induced by tobacco nitrosamine 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) in both mouse and rat. The mechanism by which these ITCs inhibited lung tumorigenesis is attributed to their ability to decrease cytochrome P450 (P450) enzyme activities involved in the activation of NNK. Recently, we have found that thiol conjugates of ITCs inhibit P450 enzymes and are effective inhibitors of lung tumorigenesis. This is significant because conjugation with cellular thiols is the major route of ITC metabolism via the mercapturic acid pathway in rodents and humans. The thiol conjugates are less pungent and potentially less toxic, and they are more soluble and chemically less reactive than ITCs. These properties raise the prospect of substituting thiol conjugates for ITCs as chemopreventive agents. Furthermore, although ample rodent studies have established that ITCs inhibit tumorigenesis, the protective role of dietary ITCs against human cancers has not yet been established. As a prerequisite for such human studies, we have developed an HPLC-based assay, based on the condensation reaction of ITCs or conjugates with 1,2-benzenedithiol, for measuring a cyclocondensation product in human urine as an uptake biomarker of total ITCs. This assay was validated using urine samples from subjects who had ingested a known amount of watercress or mustard in a controlled diet. The assay is convenient and rapid, showing promise for analyzing urine samples obtained from population-based studies. Results from two such studies are presented to illustrate the potential application of this biomarker in epidemiologic studies. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:76-85. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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  • 50
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 100-105 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): carcinogenesis ; organosulfur compounds (OSCs) ; garlic ; onion ; rat liver ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Environmental compounds are known to be involved in both the generation and prevention of many human cancers. It is important to discover naturally occurring or synthetic compounds which can block the process of carcinogenesis. We have focused attention on several organosulfur compounds (OSCs) in garlic and onion, and analyzed their potential for chemoprevention in the post-initiation stage in a liver medium-term bioassay (Ito test) and a multi-organ carcinogenesis bioassay. In the ITO test, rats were given diethylnitrosamine (DEN), 200 mg/kg b.w., i.p.; starting 2 weeks later they were treated with test chemicals for 6 weeks and then killed. All rats were subjected to 2/3 hepatectomy 1 week after the start of test chemical treatment. Inhibitory effects of a number of compounds could be identified in terms of reduced numbers and areas of liver glutathione S-transferase placental (GST-P) positive foci. In the multi-organ carcinogenesis bioassay, rats were given DEN, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine, N, N′-dimethylhydrazine, and dihydroxy-dipropylnitrosamine during the first 4 weeks, followed by test chemicals for 24 weeks. Various organs were examined. As a result, oil-soluble OSCs such as methyl propyl disulfide and propylene sulfide demonstrated inhibitory effects on the development of GST-P positive foci. Moreover, water-soluble OSCs such as S-methylcysteine and cysteine similarly decreased GST-P focus formation. In contrast, OSCs such as diallyl sulfide, diallyl trisulfide, and allyl methyl trisulfide enhanced formation of such altered hepatocellular foci. Inhibitory potential for colon and renal carcinogenesis was observed in rats treated with diallyl disulfide. Thus, the results indicate that some OSCs exert chemopreventive effects on chemical carcinogenesis. It must, however, be borne in mind that they may also demonstrate promotion potential, depending on the organ examined. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:100-105. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): apigenin ; curcumin ; kaempferol ; genistein ; PKC ; PTK ; c-jun ; c-fos ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Apigenin, a less-toxic and non-mutagenic flavonoid, suppressed 12-0-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate-(TPA)-mediated tumor promotion of mouse skin. TPA had the ability to activate protein kinase C (PKC) and induced nuclear proto-oncogene expression. Our study indicates that apigenin inhibited PKC by competing with adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Apigenin also reduced the level of TPA-stimulated phosphorylation of cellular proteins and inhibited TPA-induced c-jun and c-fos expression. Curcumin, a dietary pigment phytopolyphenol, is also a potent inhibitor of tumor promotion induced by TPA in mouse skin. When mouse fibroblast cells were treated with TPA alone, PKC translocated from the cytosolic fraction to the particulate fraction. Treatment with 15 or 20 μM curcumin for 15 min inhibited TPA-induced PKC activity in the particulate fraction by 26-60%. Curcumin also inhibited PKC activity in vitro by competing with phosphatidylserine. Curcumin (10 μM) suppressed the expression of c-jun in TPA-treated cells. Fifteen flavonoids were examined for their effects on morphological changes in soft agar and cellular growth in v-H-ras transformed NIH3T3 cells. The results demonstrated that only apigenin, kaempferol, and genistein exhibited the reverting effect on the transformed morphology of these cells. Based on these findings, it is suggested that the suppression of PKC activity and nuclear oncogene expression might contribute to the molecular mechanisms of inhibition of TPA-induced tumor promotion by apigenin and curcumin. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppls. 28/29:39-48. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 12-19 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): farnesyltransferase ; ras ; manumycin ; peptidomimetics ; mutational analysis ; CAAX recognition ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: A variety of compounds that show promise in cancer chemotherapy and chemoprevention have been identified as farnesyltransferase inhibitors. These can be classified into mainly two different types of inhibitors, farnesyl diphosphate competitors and CAAX peptidomimetics. The former type acts by competitively inhibiting farnesyltransferase with respect to one of the substrates, farnesyl diphosphate, whereas the latter type acts by mimicking the other substrate, the C-terminal CAAX motif of Ras protein. One example of a farnesyl diphosphate competitor is manumycin, an antibiotic detected in the culture media of a Streptomyces strain. The CAAX peptidomimetics were developed based on the unique property of farnesyltransferase to recognize the CAAX motif at the C-terminus of the protein substrate. Our recent studies have focused on understanding the structural basis of this CAAX recognition. By using in vitro mutagenesis, residues of yeast farnesyltransferase important for the recognition of the CAAX motif have been identified. Two of these residues are closely located at the C-terminal region of the β-subunit of farnesyltransferase. These and other results on the structural basis of the CAAX recognition may provide information valuable for structure-based design of farnesyltransferase inhibitors. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:12-19. Published 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 67 (1997), S. 26-34 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): anti-inflammatory agent ; antioxidant ; chemoprevention ; Curcuminoid ; cyclooxygenase inhibitor ; food coloring agent ; lipoxygenase inhibitor ; plant phenol ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), the naturally occurring yellow pigment in turmeric and curry, is isolated from the rhizomes of the plant Curcuma longa Linn. Curcumin inhibits tumorigenesis during both initiation and promotion (post-initiation) periods in several experimental animal models. Topical application of curcumin inhibits benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P)-mediated formation of DNA-B[a]P adducts in the epidermis. It also reduces 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced increases in skin inflammation, epidermal DNA synthesis, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) mRNA level, ODC activity, hyperplasia, formation of c-Fos, and c-Jun proteins, hydrogen peroxide, and the oxidized DNA base 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxyuridine (HmdU). Topical application of curcumin inhibits TPA-induced increases in the percent of epidermal cells in synthetic (S) phase of the cell cycle. Curcumin is a strong inhibitor of arachidonic acid-induced edema of mouse ears in vivo and epidermal cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase activities in vitro. Commercial curcumin isolated from the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa Linn contains 3 major curcuminoids (approximately 77% curcumin, 17% demethoxycurcumin, and 3% bisdemethoxycurcumin). Commercial curcumin, pure curcumin, and demethoxycurcumin are about equipotent as inhibitors of TPA-induced tumor promotion in mouse skin, whereas bisdemethoxycurcumin is somewhat less active. Topical application of curcumin inhibits tumor initiation by B[a]P and tumor promotion by TPA in mouse skin. Dietary curcumin (commercial grade) inhibits B[a]P-induced forestomach carcinogenesis, N-ethyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG)-induced duodenal carcinogenesis, and azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon carcinogenesis. Dietary curcumin had little or no effect on 4-(methylnitosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK)-induced lung carcinogenesis and 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA)-induced breast carcinogenesis in mice. Poor circulating bioavailability of curcumin may account for the lack of lung and breast carcinogenesis inhibition. J. Cell. Biochem. Suppl. 27:26-34. © 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1-31 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): Rouse model ; reptation ; glass transition ; Monte Carlo method ; bond fluctuation model ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: A brief review is given of applications of Monte Carlo simulations to study the dynamical properties of coarse-grained models of polymer melts, emphasizing the crossover from the Rouse model toward reptation, and the glass transition. The extent to which Monte Carlo algorithms can mimic the actual chain dynamics is critically examined, and the need for the use of coarse-grained rather than fully atomistic models for such simulations is explained. It is shown that various lattice and continuum models yield qualitatively similar results, and the behavior agrees with the findings of corresponding molecular dynamics simulations and experiments, where available. It is argued that these simulations significantly enhance our understanding of the theoretical concepts on the dynamics of dense macromolecular systems. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 59-67 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): nanocomposites ; glass transition ; confined chains ; intercalation ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: The relaxation behavior of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), intercalated in montmorillonite, a naturally occurring mica-type silicate, was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermally stimulated dielectric depolarization (or thermally stimulated current, TSC). The materials were synthesized by melt or solution-mediated intercalation. In both intercalates, the PEO chains were confined to ca. 0.8-nm galleries between the silicate layers. The solution intercalate contained a fraction of unintercalated PEO chains which exhibited a weak and depressed PEO melting endotherm in DSC. In contrast, the melt intercalate was “starved” such that almost all the PEO chains were effectively intercalated. For these melt intercalates, no thermal events were detected by DSC. TSC thermal sampling technique was used to examine the glass transition regions and to estimate the extent of cooperativity of chain motions. The motions of the intercalated PEO chains are inherently noncooperative relative to the cooperative Tg motions in the amorphous portion of the bulk polymer. This is presumably due to the strong confining effect of the silicate layers on the relaxations of the intercalated polymer. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 47-57 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): longitudinal acoustic modes ; coupled linear chains ; chain modulus ; RAMAN ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: Spectroscopic data can deliver force constants only if the exact chain conformation is known. For the longitudinal acoustic modes (LAM), however, simple linear chain models can be used to yield the effective longitudinal chain modulus from spectroscopic data of oligomer crystals. The model of p-coupled linear chain molecules with N masses and only nearest neighbor interactions was used to investigate the longitudinal acoustic modes with s nodes. The frequencies plotted versus s/N fall onto different branches for different s. The intermolecular coupling and the heavier endmasses shift the LAM branches to higher and lower frequencies, respectively. There exists a value x0 depending on the masses and force constants, where the branches cut the dispersion curve of the infinite molecule. For s/N ≥ x0 the effect of endmasses dominates. Low-frequency RAMAN spectra of n-alkanes (N = 20, …, 40 C atoms) were recorded and analyzed. The LAM1 branch runs clearly above a smooth fit through all other LAM data and the origin. This fit approximates to first order the dispersion curve of the infinite PE molecule in an ideal crystal. Its curvature exceeds that of the dispersion curve of the simple linear chain, but is somewhat smaller than that of the dispersion curve of the planar zig-zag chain with rigid bonds. The slope at the origin yields the limiting elastic modulus Ec = 315 GPa in chain direction of crystalline polyethylene. From our measurements on n-alkanes we obtained the frequency shift of LAM1 due to the interlayer coupling and the heavier endmasses. Calculation of the intermolecular coupling constant of the model of a long row of linear chain molecules with the same frequency shift yield the mean value fl = 2.5 N/m. This value decreases with increasing chain length. The relevance and applicability of the model is discussed. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 91-99 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polynorbornene ; gas separation ; membranes ; permeation ; sorption ; ring-opening metathesis polymerization ; ROMP ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: Advances in the field of membrane gas separation over the past decade have encouraged the search for even better polymers and membranes for gas separation. They also have motivated studies on the relationship between the structure and the gas transport properties of different classes of polymers. Interest has recently been demonstrated in the literature in norbornene polymers with different side groups. These polymers can easily be prepared via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of norbornene (bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene) derivatives. So far, information on the microstructure of the polymers is scarce, so little is known about the influence of stereochemistry and tacticity of the polymer on gas separation properties. In this work, we present gas permeability and selectivity data for stereoregular unsubstituted polynorbornene. It will be shown that a high order of tacticity has a positive effect on both permeation and separation results. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 107-118 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polyoxymethylene ; elastomer blend ; drawn fibers ; mechanical properties ; structure relationships ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: Superdrawn fibers of an elastomer-poly(oxymethylene) (POM) blend have been prepared and investigated in terms of the structure and mechanical properties. The development of the mechanical properties along the fiber axis and the formation of a higher order structure during drawing were slightly retarded by blending, but the loop tenacity increased greatly with the elastomer content. The blend microtextures had an immiscible and phase-separated morphology in which the elastomer was dispersed in the form of streaks between the oriented POM layers, which allowed the fiber to split into smaller filaments on bending. The high loop tenacity of the blend fibers is due to an increase in the radius of curvature resulting from the filament splitting on bending, because the shear stress at the bending corner becomes higher as the radius of curvature increases. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 457-468 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): poly(ether amide)s ; mechanical relaxation ; dielectric relaxation ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: The mechanical and dielectric relaxation of a set of aromatic-aliphatic polyamides containing ether linkages have been examined as a function of temperature (-140 to 190°C) and frequency (3 to 106 Hz). The polymers differ in the orientation (meta and para) of the aromatic rings, in the length of the aliphatic chain, and in the number of ether linkages per repeating unit. Dynamic mechanical experiments showed three main relaxation peaks related to the glass transition temperature of the polymers (α relaxation), the subglass relaxations associated to the absorbed water molecules (β) and to the motion of the aliphatic moieties (γ). Dielectric experiments showed two subglass relaxation processes (β and γ) that correlates with the mechanical β and γ relaxations, and a conduction process (σ) above 50°C that masks the relaxation associated to the glass transition. A molecular interpretation is attempted to explain the position and intensity of the relaxation, studying the influence of the proportion of para- or meta- oriented phenylene rings, the presence of ether linkages and the length of the aliphatic chain. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys, 35: 457-468, 1997
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    Digitale Medien
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1963-1971 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): dynamic mechanical analysis ; fluorinated poly(ethers) ; intermolecular cooperativity ; relaxation behavior ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: The relaxation behavior of six fluorinated aromatic poly(ethers) was investigated using dynamic mechanical analysis. The glass transition temperature was found to increase as the size and rigidity of linking groups increased and varied between 168°C for a dimethyl linking group and 300°C for a bicyclic benzoate ether-linking group. For the α-relaxation the steepness of time/temperature plots and broadness of the loss curves could be qualitatively correlated with chemical structure in a manner predicted by the coupling model of relaxation. Well-separated sub-Tg transitions were also observed, as a shoulder on the low temperature side of the α-peak, and as a broad, low loss transition around -100°C. The higher temperature process was similar to the structural relaxation often found in quenched glassy polymers, while the position, intensity, and breadth of the subambient process was sensitive to chemical structure. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1963-1971, 1997
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    Digitale Medien
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1989-1991 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): hydrodynamics ; crossover ; thermal blob ; apparent exponents ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: The scaling predictions for the temperature dependence of the intrinsic viscosity of flexible polymers are briefly reviewed. When the predictions are fit to a power law over a fixed range of chain length, a relation between the exponent and prefactor of the Mark-Houwink-Sakurada equation emerges. In comparing with the experimental data compilation of Rai and Rosen, we conclude that real polymer systems are nowhere near the true good solvent limit, even when the exponent matches the good solvent prediction. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1989-1991, 1997
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    Digitale Medien
    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2003-2015 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): SBS block copolymers ; fracture energy ; tear test ; cutting test ; solvent effect ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: Specimens of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) block copolymers, Kraton D-1102, were prepared by solution casting using three different solvents: toluene, cyclohexane, and a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and methyl ethyl ketone (THF/MEK). Measurements of fracture energies of SBS specimens were carried out at various temperatures and rates using two methods (i.e., a conventional tear test and a recently developed cutting test). Effect of casting solvent on the fracture energy was investigated as well. It was found that stick-slip tearing dominates at low temperatures (-50 ∼20°C). Tear strength increased with decreasing temperature. Eventually, a value of 180 kJ/m2 was reached at -70°C, close to the glass transition temperature of polybutadiene phase. At temperatures higher than 20°C, however, steady tearing was found and the tear strength gradually decreased with increasing temperature. Tear strength was virtually zero at 100°C, above the glass transition temperature of polystyrene phase. Effect of temperature on tear strength is more pronounced than that of tearing rate. In contrast, the intrinsic strength of SBS block copolymers determined from cutting test remains unchanged, about 570 J/m2, over a wide range of temperatures and rates. Specimens cast from THF/MEK solution exhibit yielding phenomena when stretched. Moreover, they possess a relatively larger tear strength, compared to those cast from either toluene or cyclohexane solution. A more continuous polystyrene phase is expected to develop in THF/MEK as-cast specimens which is believed to account for the large tear strength. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2003-2015, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2049-2056 
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    Schlagwort(e): X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) ; styrene and acrylonitrile copolymer ; composition ; monomer reactivity ratios ; monomer sequence distribution ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Copolymer compositions and reactivity ratios for the radical copolymerization of styrene with acrylonitrile have been determined by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results obtained by this technique were confirmed by elemental as well as 1H-NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) analysis. The monomer sequence distributions have also been calculated utilizing the monomer reactivity ratio values obtained by three different techniques viz., XPS, 1H-NMR, and elemental analysis. The agreement between the monomer sequence distributions in the copolymer chain by these methods is very satisfactory. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2049-2056, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 595-598 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): temperature-induced phase transition ; poly(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate-co-acrylamide) ; hydrogen bonding ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Copolymers of N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and acrylamide (AAm) were prepared to demonstrate a temperature-induced phase transition. Poly DMAEMA has a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) around 50°C in water. With copolymerization of DMAEMA with AAm, the LCST shifts to the lower temperature was observed, probably due to the formation of hydrogen bonds between amide and N,N-dimethylamino groups. FT-IR studies clearly show the formation of hydrogen bonds which protect N,N-dimethylamino groups from exposure to water and result in a hydrophobic contribution to the LCST. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys, 35: 595-598, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 735-747 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polycarbonate ; polyglutanimide ; polymer blends ; copolymer ; compatibilization ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: An acrylic polymer containing acid and anhydride units, referred to as reactive polyglutarimide (RPGI), has been used to react with PC. The reaction has been previously determined as an acidolysis of the carbonate bond which breaks the PC chain in two parts. One of those two parts remains free while the other one is grafted on the acrylic backbone. We have found that the anhydride units could also react with the carbonate bonds. In this case the PC macromolecule would also be broken in two parts, which would, however, both be grafted on the acrylic backbone. The reaction has been performed in solution in order to keep good contact between the reacting units. The influence of temperature and concentration on the grafting ratio has been studied. The best experimental conditions were determined in order to obtain a grafted copolymer where the acrylic backbone only supports, on the average, one PC side chain through acid reaction or two PC chains through anhydride reaction. Indeed, these two types of reactions could not be isolated. The efficiency of this copolymer as emulsifier has been studied in solution cast blends as well as in melt mixed blends. The copolymer strongly affects the microstructure in solution cast blends where films containing 30 wt % of PC have become transparent. However, the dispersed phase size of solvent cast blends could be highly influenced by the casting conditions related to solvent trapping. In melt mixed samples, the copolymer also reduces significantly the dispersed phase size, but no transparent blends have been observed so far. These results were compared with those given in the literature describing the efficiency of a synthesized copolymer which has a more complicated structure. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 735-747, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 789-798 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): solid-state reaction ; structural transitions ; diacetylenes ; polymerization ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Microcalorimetry was used to study the thermal polymerization and the structural instabilities in hydrogenated (pTS-H) and deuterated (pTS-D) diacetylene 2,4-hexadiynylene bis(p-toluenesulfonate). In the induction period, the polymerization reaction proceeds about seven times faster in pTS-D than in pTS-H. Whereas the phase transitions of pure pTS-H and pTS-D monomer crystals and of pure pTS-H and pTS-D polymer crystals are very similar, the situation is completely different for mixed monomer-polymer crystals of pTS-H and pTS-D. The results are interpreted by studying comparative influence of the chain lengths for pTS-H and pTS-D oligomers. A comparison is made between these results and previous experimental results obtained from dielectric measurements, UV-spectroscopy, X-ray, and elastic neutron scattering. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 789-798, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 827-830 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): conformation ; copolymer surfactant ; amphiphilic branch chain ; oxyethylene segment ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The conformation of amphiphilic branch chain in a new type of copolymer surfactants on interface was studied. The results of laser light scattering demonstrated that the branch chain can only lie on the air/water interface. By means of XPS measurement with variable angles, the molecular conformations in different thickness of the copolymer layer were obtained. Depending on the chemical nature of the copolymer surfactants, the oxyethylene segments of the branch chains will have loop-train, train, or loop molecule conformations on the surface. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 827-830, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2329-2353 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): phase separation ; polyolefins ; neutron scattering ; random copolymers ; thermodynamics ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Saturated hydrocarbon polymers may be differentiated by the relative amount and placement of methylene, methyl, methine, and quaternary carbon moieties. While it has been known or suspected for some time that polyolefins of conventional molecular weight (Mw ≈ 100 kg/mol) with dissimilar chemical microstructures are most often immiscible in the liquid state, recent experiments with binary blends of model polyolefins have increased greatly our understanding of thermodynamic interactions between unlike chains. Model systems with methyl (-CH3) and ethyl (-C2H5) short-chain branches give results, expressed as the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter χ, that are nearly universal; repulsive interactions (χ 〉 0) are more pronounced at low temperatures, leading to liquid-liquid phase separation at an upper critical solution temperature. Phase behavior of more complex systems (with distributions of chain microstructures and/or molecular weight) is generally consistent with predictions from model systems. An interesting exception is from work at Bristol on blends of lightly branched ethylene - α-olefin copolymers with unbranched polyethylene as the minority species. Here the presence of two liquid phases is inferred under conditions not expected from model studies; effects of copolymer composition and molecular weight are also unusual. Recent theoretical work points to the importance of chain stiffness (established by short-chain branching) in determining the thermodynamics of model blends. Nonrandom mixing of chains with different stiffness gives rise to an enthalpic χ, which may be negative under certain conditions. Other limitations of the Flory-Huggins approach to describing blend energetics are considered. At present there is no theoretical basis for liquid-liquid phase separation reported by the Bristol group. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2329-2353, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2363-2378 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): liquid crystalline thermoset ; epoxy ; curing ; structural evolution ; thermal and mechanical properties ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The evolution of structure, and thermal and dynamic mechanical properties of a liquid crystalline epoxy during curing has been studied with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), polarized optical microscopy, x-ray scattering, and dynamic mechanical analysis. The liquid crystalline epoxy was the diglycidyl ether of 4,4′-dihydroxy-α-methylstilbene (DGEDHMS). Two curing agents were used in this study: a di-functional amine, the aniline adduct of DGEDHMS, and a tetra-functional sulfonamido amine, sulfanilamide. The effects of curing agent, cure time, and cure temperature have been investigated. Isothermal curing of the liquid crystalline epoxy with the di-functional amine and the tetra-functional sulfonamido amine causes an increase in the mesophase stability of the liquid crystalline epoxy resin. The curing also leads to various liquid crystalline textures, depending on the curing agent and cure temperature. These textures coarsen during the isothermal curing. Moreover, curing with both curing agents results in a layered structure with mesogenic units aligned perpendicular to the layer surfaces. The layer thickness decreases with cure temperature for the systems cured with the tetra-functional curing agent. The glass transition temperature of the cured networks rises with increasing cure temperature due to the increased crosslink density. The shear modulus of the cured networks shows a strong temperature dependence. However, it does not change appreciably with cure temperature. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2363-2378, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2429-2433 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polyethylene composites ; transcrystallinity ; epitaxy ; lamellar twisting ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The aim of this study was to investigate the micro structure of the transcrystalline interphase, obtained under isothermal conditions, in polyethylene-based single-polymer microcomposites. Analysis of the angular distribution of intensity in the X-ray diffraction patterns, obtained from transcrystalline layers of varying thickness, indicate that the transcrystalline growth most probably starts epitaxially with the c-axis of the orthorhombic unit cell aligned in the fiber axis direction. In the growth stage that follows, the lamellae twist as the crystals grow outward from the fiber surface, with the c-axis exhibiting variable angles with respect to the fiber axis for different transcrystalline layer thicknesses. The calculations based on the X-ray diffraction results, suggest that the pitch of the lamellar twist is 28.6 micrometers. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2429-2433, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1049-1053 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): thermodynamic interaction ; Flory-Huggins parameter ; rubbery polymer ; gas ; Henry's law coefficient ; partial molar volume ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The Flory-Huggins interaction parameters χ for 23 gases (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, H2, N2, O2, N2O, CO2, CH4, C2H4, C2H6, C3H6, C3H8, 1,3-C4H6, four C4H8's, n-C4H10, iso-C4H10, and n-C5H12) in five rubbery polymers (1,2-polybutadiene (PB), poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)) (EVAc), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) were determined from either literature data on Henry's law coefficient and partial molar volume or those on sorptive dilation for each polymer/gas system. Values of χ for the gases increased in the order of PDMS 〈 PP ≡ PB 〈 EVAc ≡ PE. Among the gases except He and H2 whose χ values are not reliable, Ne and Xe have respectively the highest and the lowest values of χ for the polyolefins. The χ values of the hydrocarbons were compared together with previously reported χ values of n-alkanes C3-C10. The dependencies of χ upon concentration and temperature were discussed on the basis of the literature data. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1049-1053, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2571-2581 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): cationic polyelectrolytes ; counterion binding ; viscosity ; conductivity ; salts ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The interaction of several mono-, di-, and trivalent anions with cationic polyelectrolytes having different contents in N,N-dimethyl-2-hydroxypropylen ammonium chloride units (polymer A) or tertiary amine N-atoms and PEG (polymer PEGA) in the main chain was studied by viscosimetric and conductometric measurements. Both methods have shown a stronger interaction for tri- and bi- than for univalent counterions. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2571-2581, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2645-2652 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) ; poly(vinylidene chloride) ; polymer blend ; melting point depression ; molecular interaction parameter ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Miscibility behavior of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [PHB]/poly(vinylidene chloride-co-acrylonitrile) [P(VDC-AN)] blends have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and optical microscopy. Each blend showed a single Tg, and a large melting point depression of PHB. All the blends containing more than 40% PHB showed linear spherulitic growth behavior and the growth rate decreased with P(VDC-AN) content. The interaction parameter χ12, obtained from melting point depression analysis, gave the value of -0.267 for the PHB/P(VDC-AN) blends. All results presented in this article lead to the conclusion that PHB/P(VDC-AN) blends are completely miscible in all proportions from a thermodynamic viewpoint. The miscibility in these blends is ascribed to the specific molecular interaction involving the carbonyl groups of PHB. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2645-2652, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2659-2670 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): absorption ; chain scission ; degradation ; desorption ; epoxy resin ; hygrothermal aging ; intercrosslink molecular weight ; leaching ; water ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: Hygrothermal aging at elevated temperatures tends to induce degradation in epoxy resins. To predict the effects of this degradation, a knowledge of absorption and transport behavior of water is needed. In this work, a model material (DGEBA/DDA) has been employed to study the water absorption and absorption/desorption behavior during hygrothermal aging at 90°C, accompanied by degradation. The absorption results show an weight increase during the initial aging period followed by a decrease at later times. Absorption/desorption results show a similar phenomenon but with a net, overall weight loss after a certain period of aging. By assuming that water diffusion is approximately Fickian and that degradation of the resin is mainly caused by hydrolysis reactions, a model has been developed to describe the above-observed phenomena. Results show that the model is in good agreement with experimental data. Moreover, the model proposed can be used to estimate the average molecular weight of the intercrosslink chains after aging. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2659-2670, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1025-1041 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): comb-shaped polymer ; poly(3-dodecyl thiophene) ; poly(octadecyl acrylate) ; electroactive polymer ; chromism ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The conformational mode change of the stiff alkylated polymer, poly(3-dodecyl thiophene) (PDDT), with a flexible comb-like coil poly(octadecyl acrylate) (PODA), and the effect of intermolecular interaction between these two alkylated polymers with different chemical structure of the backbone were investigated using UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and wide-angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD). In addition to the characteristics of thermochromism, a homogeneous one phase was observed above 175°C when the PODA content was 10 wt % or less. Increased conductivity in the PDDT/PODA blend due to the highly conjugated π-system of PDDT backbone was observed in the presence of nonelectroactive PODA. A red-shift of absorption maximum of PDDT/PODA blend observed in solid state at room temperature. From the FTIR spectra, the gauche-trans conformational structure change of methylene units was investigated in two alkylated polymer blends. The increase of combined heat of fusion of the alkyl side chain melting of PDDT and the endothermic peak of PODA, as well as the interlayer d-spacing of PDDT main chain were also observed with the addition of PODA in blends. A more ordered conformational structure of rigid rod backbone of PDDT was induced due to the attractive intermolecular interaction which can cause cocrystallization between the alkylated side chains of two polymers. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35:1025-1041, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1095-1105 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): NMR ; dynamics ; polyethylene oxide (PEO) ; polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) ; polymer blend ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Longitudinal relaxation of proton magnetisation was used to characterize the molecular motions of PEO chains in compatible PEO (hydrogenated)/PMMA (deuterated) blends. Both the temperature and the PEO concentration, Φ, were varied. A maximum in the spin-lattice relaxation rate was observed and its properties were analyzed as a function of Φ. For Φ ≤ 0.50, the maximum is observed below the glass transition temperature of the blend; this shows that PEO chains dispersed in a matrix of PMMA remain highly mobile on a local scale even below Tg(Φ). A frequency-temperature correspondence procedure, applied to the measurements performed at two Larmor frequencies, 32 and 60 MHz, leads to a characteristic correlation time for PEO molecular motions. Its temperature dependence obeys a WLF free volume relation above the glass transition of the blends. The PEO free volume fraction and its thermal expansion are strongly reduced by the presence of the PMMA chains. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1095-1105, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1117-1126 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): Raman spectra ; longitudinal acoustic mode ; poly(ethylene oxide) ; isothermal crystallization ; noninteger fold ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Raman longitudinal acoustic mode (LAM) spectra have been obtained during isothermal crystallization from the melt at various temperatures of a poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) fraction of molecular weight about 3000 and an α,ω-methoxylated fraction (MPEO) derived from it. For both fractions, we find that noninteger fold (NIF) chains are formed in the initial stages of crystallization. With time, and more rapidly at higher crystallization temperatures, the NIF chains transform into integer-fold (IF) structures. The final morphologies of the two fractions are similar, consisting of IF mixed-crystal lamellae composed mainly of extended (E) chains with embedded once-folded (F2) chains. This solid-state transformation from the NIF state may proceed through the F2 state. The effect of hydrogen bonds in the case of PEO is not to change the transformation process but to slow it when compared to MPEO. Comparison with small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) data indicates that in both cases the NIF chains are tilted to the lamellar surface and that the tilt from perpendicular eventually disappears as IF chains form at the later stages of crystallization. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1117-1126, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1145-1159 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polyethylene ; polar functional groups ; atomic force microscopy ; topographical feature ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Argon glow discharge-induced vapor-phase grafting of vinyl monomers containing various polar pendant groups onto PE films was investigated. Relationships between the enhanced wetting properties and the level of grafting, the types of pendant groups, and the surface topographical features were established. Improved wettability of the grafted PE surfaces is attributed to both the increased surface polarity and topographical features. On AA-grafted PE surfaces with optimal wettability, microcracks, with depths of 130 ∼ 250 nm, lengths over 10 µm, and widths between 1.5 and 6.0 µm, are proved to be a topographical feature necessary for improved wettability. With sufficient microcracks, grafting with vinyl monomers containing carbonyl groups, i.e., carboxyl, aldehyde, and ketone groups, improved surface wetting more than grafting with those containing either hydroxyl and epoxy groups. The acquired wettability of vinyl monomer-grafted PE surface is attributed to the physicochemical synergism between the microcracks and the polar groups. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1145-1159, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1545-1560 
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    Schlagwort(e): PEO/water system ; dielectric relaxation ; secondary γ mechanism ; plasticization ; freezable water ; phase separation ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: We report the results of detailed investigations of polymer-water interactions and of the organization of water in the poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)/water system by dielectric techniques. They include thermally stimulated depolarization currents (TSDC) techniques in the temperature range of 77-300 K and broadband dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS) techniques of frequencies, 5 Hz-10 GHz, and temperatures, 173-300 K. The water content h was varied between 0 and 1.21 (grams of water per gram of dry PEO). The secondary γ mechanism of PEO and the reorientation of absorbed water molecules were extensively studied. The γ mechanism was found to be plasticized up to water contents of about 0.20. The reorientation of water molecules was studied in three different experiments and frequency/temperature regions. The results suggest strong interactions in the PEO/water system and indicate the presence of a separate water phase at high water contents. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1545-1560, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1601-1609 
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    Schlagwort(e): positron annihilation ; polyethylene ; polypropylene ; polystyrene ; glass transition ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Transition and relaxation processes of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS) were studied by the positron annihilation technique. From measurements of lifetime spectra of positrons as a function of temperature, the lifetime of ortho-positronium, τ3, and its intensity, I3, were found to increase above 260 K for PP. This fact was attributed to a cooperative motion of large segments of molecules above the glass transition temperature, Tg. For PE, above Tg (140 K), the value of τ3 increased, but the temperature coefficient of I3 was negative below 230 K. From this fact, for PE, the molecular motions that cause the glass transition were associated with a rearrangement of molecules by local motions such as kink motions. The discrepancy between the results for PE and PP was attributed to the presence of methyl groups in PP and the resultant suppression of the local motions. For PS (Tg = 340 K), the molecular motions were found to start above 260 K, but those were suppressed by an interphenyl correlation. Detailed annihilation characteristics of positrons in polymers were also discussed. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1601-1609, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1633-1642 
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    Schlagwort(e): 1-octene based linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) ; low-density polyethylene (LDPE) ; high-density polyethylene (HDPE) ; molecular relaxations in solid state ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Extensive thermal and relaxational behavior in the blends of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) (1-octene comonomer) with low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) have been investigated to elucidate miscibility and molecular relaxations in the crystalline and amorphous phases by using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and a dynamic mechanical thermal analyzer (DMTA). In the LLDPE/LDPE blends, two distinct endotherms during melting and crystallization by DSC were observed supporting the belief that LLDPE and LDPE exclude one another during crystallization. However, the dynamic mechanical β and γ relaxations of the blends indicate that the two constituents are miscible in the amorphous phase, while LLDPE dominates α relaxation. In the LLDPE/HDPE system, there was a single composition-dependent peak during melting and crystallization, and the heat of fusion varied linearly with composition supporting the incorporation of HDPE into the LLDPE crystals. The dynamic mechanical α, β, and γ relaxations of the blends display an intermediate behavior that indicates miscibility in both the crystalline and amorphous phases. In the LDPE/HDPE blend, the melting or crystallization peaks of LDPE were strongly influenced by HDPE. The behavior of the α relaxation was dominated by HDPE, while those of β and γ relaxations were intermediate of the constituents, which were similar to those of the LLDPE/HDPE blends. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1633-1642, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1711-1725 
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    Schlagwort(e): chain polymerization ; molecular weight distributions ; theoretical kinetics ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The kinetics of chain polymerization is investigated for the case of a complicating side reaction. In addition to the polymerization reaction, Ai + M → Ai+1, there is a reversible side reaction, Ai + Q ↔ Bi. Initiation is assumed to be instantaneous. The monomer concentration M, and the concentration of the reacting species Q, are assumed to be constant. The reaction kinetics are solved exactly, yielding the distribution of living and dormant polymer, as well as the molecular weight distribution, as explicit functions of the reaction rate constants and the time. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1711-1725, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1775-1791 
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    Schlagwort(e): n-alkanes ; crystallization from solution ; differential scanning calorimetry ; dissolution ; crystallization rate inversion ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The newly available, strictly uniform n-alkane, C246H494, has been crystallized from dilute solution. The rates of crystallization were followed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) as a function of temperature. Two pronounced rate inversions were registered. The dissolution temperatures of the crystals formed show a sharp discontinuity at the temperature of the rate minimum. From this it is inferred (reinforced by the precedent of previous work on C198H398) that a transition from extended to once folded crystallization is taking place at the temperature of the minimum. The methods by which the rate curves were constructed are laid out in step by step detail, leaving no possible doubt about the reality of the rate inversion. The rate inversion is attributed to “self-poisoning,” and this concept is extended to embrace the wider issue of mutually interacting competition of possible phase variants (“polymorphs”) of which the extended and folded chain crystals represent one special example. In addition, some further effects are noted and discussed regarding solubility behavior. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1775-1791, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1833-1841 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polymer gels ; topological constraints ; osmotic deswelling ; polyelectrolytes ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: Recent data on comparative osmotic deswelling of poly(acrylic acid) gels and solutions shows that the difference between osmotic pressure of the gel and of the solution, Pgel (c, f) - Psolution (c, f), taken at equal polymer concentration (c) and fraction of the ionized acrylic acid monomers (f), changes its sign from negative to positive as the concentration c increases; this effect is enhanced with increasing f whereby it is shifted toward lower concentrations. In order to explain this effect, a model is suggested for the elastic pressure of the gel network which takes into account the effect of topological constraints combined with the effect of network ionization. According to the model, the sign-change of Pgel - Psolution originates from the topological constraints on conformations of the network; the ionization of the network chains enhances this effect and shifts it to the concentration range of the experiment. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1833-1841, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1621-1631 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): pulsed photothermal radiometry ; thermal diffusivity ; polymer films ; chain orientation ; thermal anisotropy ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: We have developed a pulsed photothermal radiometry technique for determining the thermal diffusivity parallel to the surface of a polymer film that involves flashing a line-shaped laser beam on the surface of the sample at right angle to its length, and monitoring the temperature change with time at a distance from the line source using an infrared detector. Combining this with our previous laser-flash radiometry method for thermal diffusivity measurement perpendicular to the film surface, we can now measure the thermal diffusivity of a polymer film along all directions. These two techniques have been used to study uniaxially and biaxially oriented poly(ethylene terephalate) and uniaxially drawn ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene films. For uniaxially oriented poly(ethylene terephalate), the thermal diffusivity along the draw direction is substantially higher than that in the transverse direction, which in turn, is slightly higher than that in the thickness direction. For a polyethylene film with a draw ratio of 200, the axial thermal diffusivity is extremely high, being about five times that of stainless steel. The anisotropy of the thermal diffusivity of this film exceeds 90. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1621-1631, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1649-1650 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1661-1676 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): elastomers ; Brillouin spectroscopy ; oriented polymers ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: We present a new method to interpret data obtained by Brillouin-scattering from oriented networks. Because in rubberlike samples the transverse sound waves are normally not observable, it is not possible to extract the complete set of elastic constants. We will show that by combining a model of the orientation process with the lattice-model from Kondo and Igarashi, force constants can be determined from the sound velocities. These force constants can be discussed in terms of molecular conformations and interactions. The anisotropic hypersound velocity was measured in polyurethane- and polysiloxane networks. With the help of the combined orientation-lattice-model evaluation, different kinds of forces can be distinguished. By comparing the force constants with Raman- or infrared spectroscopic data, information about the conformation of the polymer chains can be determined. The effective force constants of the segments are an order of magnitude lower than that of the polymer main chains and the ratio of force constants along and between the segments lies between 1 : 1 to 5 : 1. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1661-1676, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1727-1736 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polysilane ; microstructure ; mesophase ; liquid crystal ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: The physical structure of poly(methylphenyl) silane (PMPS) has been investigated using wide-angle x-ray scattering at various temperatures and optical polarizing microscopy. The results obtained by these techniques clearly show the existence of an ordered phase in PMPS. The crystallinity of our sample was estimated to be about 10% at room temperature. Below 190°C, the atactic chains pack into a monoclinic crystalline lattice of near hexagonal symmetry, with two types of disorder existing in the packing. At about 190°C, a phase transition to a liquid crystalline columnar hexagonal packing (Dho) occurs. Finally, the sample melts into an isotropic amorphous phase. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1727-1736, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1757-1774 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polyesters ; crystallization ; melting ; morphology ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The melting behavior of isothermally crystallized PET has been studied using linear heating in a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). Variables such as crystallization temperature, crystallization time, heating rate, and average molecular weight are the main focus of the study. On the basis of several experimental techniques, a correlation of the melting behavior of PET with the amount of secondary crystallization was found to exist. It was observed that the triple melting of PET is a function of programmable DSC variables such as crystallization temperature, crystallization time, and heating rate. However, in testing the hypothesis that there was a correlation between melting endotherms and secondary crystallization inside spherulites, it was found necessary to use a DSC-independent variable in order to enhance the observed effects. Therefore, on the basis of a crystallization model that involves secondary branching along the edges of parent lamellar structures, it was speculated that an increase in the average molecular weight could affect the triple melting of PET due to an increase of rejected portions of the macromolecules. It was found that the second melting endotherm increased, apparently, at the expense of the third one as the average molecular weight was increased. The second melting endotherm was also found to correlate proportionally with the amount of secondary crystallization inside spherulites. The results support a model of crystallization which basically consists of parent crystals and at least one population of secondary, probably metastable, crystals. This latter structural component must involve excluded portions of the macromolecules that did not crystallize during the isothermal crystallization period of the parent crystals. An increase of molecular weight gives rise to a higher entanglement density which in turn increases the fraction of initially rejected chain sections and therefore the amount of secondary crystallization. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1757-1774, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 1993-2001 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polyaniline ; conducting polymer ; iodine doping ; XPS ; FTIR ; TGA ; WAXD ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: Polyaniline, synthesized by using potassium dichromate as the oxidant, was doped with iodine in order to increase its electrical conductivity. The iodine-doped polyanilines attained a conductivity of 1.83 × 10-3 S/cm, which was about eight orders of magnitude greater than that of intrinsic polyaniline. The iodine-doped polyanilines did not absorb moisture readily when compared to the protonic-acid-doped polyanilines. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results indicated that iodine-doping reactions occurred at the N-atoms in the quinoid structural units of the polyaniline molecular chains and consequently formed the charge transfer complexes. The iodine in the iodine-doped polyanilines existed mainly in the forms of I-3 and I-5 anions. As the doping level increased, the relative content of I-5 anions increased. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) results showed that there was about 6 wt % of iodine strongly bonded to the polyanilines since they would not evolve even at the structural decomposition temperatures of the polymer backbones. Wide-angle x-ray diffraction spectroscopy (WAXD) results revealed that the intrinsic polyaniline was an amorphous polymer but the regularity of polyaniline chains increased after iodine-doping. The iodine-doped polyanilines also showed a decrease in thermal stability. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 1993-2001, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2029-2047 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): poly(acrylic acid) gel ; polymerization kinetics ; nuclear magnetic resonance ; crosslinking ; superabsorbent ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: The kinetics of the isothermal polymerization of acrylic acid were determined utilizing 1H-NMR spectroscopy. The polymerization rate was observed to depend approximately on the \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \frac{3}{2} $\end{document} power of monomer and the \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$ \frac{1}{2} $\end{document} power of sodium persulfate concentration. This is consistent with a model in which the rate of initiation is itself dependent on the monomer concentration. The polymerization rate was also observed to have a strong dependence on percent neutralization, decreasing with increasing level of neutralization up to 75 to 100% neutralization, and then increasing again. The activation energy for the rate of polymerization was between 9 and 13 kcal/mol except for 100% neutralized acrylic acid, which had an activation energy of 18 kcal/mol. These data suggest that a transition in mechanism occurred at 100% neutralization. Increasing the ionic strength by the addition of sodium chloride also increased the rate. The dependence of the molecular weight on the above variables was also quantified for use in the model. It decreased with increasing conversion, decreasing ionic strength and increasing initiator. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2029-2047, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2063-2071 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): brominated epoxy resin ; dicyandiamide ; curing kinetics ; glass bead ; silanes ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: The curing characteristics of a brominated epoxy resin/dicyandiamide (DICY) system filled with silane-treated glass beads are studied using isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Three different silane coupling agents, N-(2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyl-trimethoxysilane, N-[2-(vinylbenzylamino)-ethyl]-3-aminopropyl-trimethoxysilane, and 3-glycidoxypropyl-trimethoxysilane, are applied. It is found that the reaction heats of the epoxy system are little affected by the curing temperature and the untreated glass fillers, but changed with the addition of silane-coated glass beads. The effect of glass beads on the curing reaction is more significant at the low curing temperature and conversion. The silane treatment results in changes in Tg, activation energy, reaction heat, reaction rate, and reaction order. Three silanes respond differently because of their differences in the activated reaction with the matrix system. Regardless of the various curing mechanisms involved, a simple kinetic expression can describe the curing extent at 170 and 180°C with a good accuracy for all systems studied. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2063-2071, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2093-2101 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): acrylic ; latex blends ; biphasic films ; film formation ; mechanical properties ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: The film-forming ability of latex blends (hard latex + soft latex) and the mechanical behavior at finite strain of latex blend films (soft matrix with tough inclusions) has been investigated. The maximum weight fraction of hard latex particles (φmax) which still gives rise to transparent and crack-free films has been used as film-forming ability criterion. It was shown that when the Tg of the soft latex is low (Tg(soft) 〈 0°C), φmax is constant and equal to 0.55 because the film-forming ability is controlled by contacts between hard particles. Nevertheless, the expected effect of Tg(soft) on film-forming ability is observed (i.e., φmax decreases when Tg(soft) increases) when Tg(soft) is above 0°C. From the mechanical behavior point of view, it was shown that the two main parameters controlling the mechanical behavior of latex blend films are: the mechanical properties of the soft polymer because it represents the continuous matrix and the weight fraction of hard latex particles since they enhance the local deformation of matrix under load. However, it was also proven that debounding between the Tg latex particles and low Tg matrix occurs rapidly (at an elongation ratio ≈ 30%) during uniaxial strain experiments and has to be taken into account in order to gain a thorough understanding of the mechanical behavior of these biphasic films. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2093-2101, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2133-2140 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polyetherethersulfone ; sulfonation ; nitrogen and water vapor permeation ; gas drying membranes ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The novel polyetherethersulfone (PES-C) prepared from phenol-phthalein in our institute is an amorphous, rigid, tough material with good mechanical properties over a wide temperature range. To improve its water vapor permeability for the application of gas drying, the PES-C was sulfonated with concentrated sulfuric acid and transferred in sodium, cupric, and ferric salt forms. The sulfonation degree can be regulated by controlling the temperature and reaction time. Characterization of sulfonated PES-C in sodium form was made by IR. Some properties of the sulfonated PES-C, such as solubility, glass transition temperature, thermal stability, mechanical properties, and transport properties to nitrogen and water vapor have also been discussed. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2133-2140, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2161-2168 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): polycarbonate ; poly(butylene terephthalate) ; melt blends ; differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) ; nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) ; miscibility ; immiscibility ; transesterification ; glass transition temperature ; melting temperature ; copolyester ; compatibility ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The miscibility of polycarbonate PC and poly(butylene terephthalate) PBT is controversially discussed in the literature. Partial miscibility has been generally found in melt blends of the two polymers. However, in solution cast blends they were found to be immiscible. It is known that the transesterification takes place in the melt. Copolyesters formed by the transesterification change the compatibility of PC and PBT. In this work PC/PBT melt blends of various composition were investigated in dependence on the copolyester content by means of DSC and NMR. It can be shown that the time regime of the thermal treatment in the melt determines the transesterification degree. The PBT crystallization behavior is strongly influenced by both the PC and copolyester content. The glass transition temperatures of the PBT-rich and PC-rich phase approach each other with the increasing copolyester content. The analysis of the glass transition behavior permits the conclusion that PC and PBT are inherently immiscible provided that the copolyester content is exactly zero. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2161-2168, 1997
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    Schlagwort(e): structural relaxation ; physical aging ; differential scanning calorimetry ; configurational entropy ; enthalpy relaxation ; heat capacity ; styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: The structural relaxation process in styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer has been characterized by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) experiments. The results in the form of heat capacity, cp(T), curves are analyzed using a model for the evolution of the configurational entropy during the process recently proposed by the authors.11,12 The model simulation allows one to determine the enthalpy (or entropy) structural relaxation times and the β parameter of the Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts equation characterizing the width of the distribution of relaxation times. This material parameters are compared with their analogues determined from the dielectric and dynamic-mechanical relaxation processes. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2201-2217, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 875-888 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): PEEK ; POM ; PET ; PP ; crystallization kinetics ; nonisothermal crystallization ; thermal analysis ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: The crystallization behavior of polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyoxymethylene (POM), polyethyleneterephtalate (PET), and polypropylene (PP) under nonisothermal conditions has been studied. Differential scanning calorimetry was used to monitor crystallization from the melt and a kinetic model has been proposed to describe three-dimensional spherulitic crystal growth. The model, which accounts for crystalline growth rate, uses two modified Avrami equations to represent both heterogeneous and homogeneous nucleation and growth processes. The model parameters are all associated with physical constants. The predicted evolution of absolute crystallinity showed good agreement with experimentally obtained values for a wide range of cooling rates. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys, 35: 875-888, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2495-2501 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): interfacial bonding ; polyurethane ; water-resistant regenerated cellulose film ; semi-IPNs ; electron probe microscopy analysis ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Notizen: A semiinterpenetrating polymer network (IPN) containing 72 wt % polyurethane (PU) and 6 wt % poly(methylacrylate-co-styrene) [P(MA-St)] was coated onto surfaces of regenerated cellulose (RC) film, which was prepared by coagulating a cellulose cuoxam from bagasse pulp. The interfacial structures, bonding manner, and the strength of the coated film were studied by infrared (IR),13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), differential thermal analysis (DTA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and electron probe microscopy analysis (EPMA). It was shown that the RC film coated with PU/P(MA-St) has strong interfacial interactions, where covalent and hydrogen bonds are formed across the interface between cellulose and the PU/P(MA-St) coating. The interfacial structure of the coated film is regarded as a shared PU network crosslinked simultaneously with P(MA-St) and cellulose film. The tensile strength, water resistivity, and optical transmission of the coated films were considerably higher than that of the uncoated films. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2495-2501, 1997
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    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2523-2533 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): chirality ; morphology ; structure ; crystallization ; defects ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
    Notizen: In previous work we have shown that the stable form of syndiotactic polypropylene (sPP) adopts a fully antichiral packing in its crystalline lattice. At the same time, we had also discovered a number of prohibited reflections from crystallographic planes with a c-axis component, indicating distortions or defects along the molecular-chain direction and possible departures from the ideal Ibca unit-cell structure. Three studies that appeared in 1996 have proposed a number of possible minimized structures to explore the energetics of departure from such an ideal Ibca symmetry and to account for the prohibited reflections. Two of the studies were based upon energy minimization of the unit cell using empirical or spectroscopically derived force fields. The third model was based upon Rietveld refinement of the bulk X-ray diffractogram combined with ad hoc choices of space groups selected to reproduce the prohibited reflections, and results in a structure with minimal departures from Ibca. In the present article we examine the structural implications of all these models on various reciprocal-lattice sections of sPP by comparing calculated electron-diffraction patterns for appropriate zones with those we obtained experimentally from single crystals. We find that none of the proposed models fully accounts for the experimental data. One of the energy-minimized models (involving translation along the molecular axis) and the Rietveld-refined structure reproduce some of the observed reflections but are not in agreement with observed intensities and introduce additional unobserved reflections or other artifacts. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 35: 2523-2533, 1997
    Zusätzliches Material: 13 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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    Bognor Regis [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 35 (1997), S. 2559-2563 
    ISSN: 0887-6266
    Schlagwort(e): Avrami master curves ; inflexion points ; polymer crystallization ; scaling ; Physics ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie , Physik
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    Zusätzliches Material: 5 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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