This paper presents a new assay to determine the activity of the lysosomal enzyme α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (Naga, EC 3.2.1.49) in human serum. It is based on the use of a new chromogenic substrate, DNP-α-GalNAc (2,4-dinitrophenyl-N-acetyl-α-D-galactosaminide) and is performed at pH 4.3 and 37 °C. This allows continuous monitoring of the absorbance of the released DNP. The assay can be perfor...

A mechanochemical "solvent-free" route is presented for the preparation of solid samples ready to be employed in the Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP). (1)H-DNP build-up curves at 3.46 T as a function of temperature and radical concentration show steady state nuclear polarization of 10% (0.5% TEMPO concentration at 1.75 K).

the oxygen uptake and acetoacetate oxidation when added alone or with fumarate, but not in the presence of a-oxoglutarate. The reasons for these differences are discussed. Anaerobically, relatively slight inhibitions of the reduction of acetoacetate were observed. 6. The oxidation of L( + )-p-hydroxybutyrate is inhibited by dinitrophenol, whereas that of the D(-)-form is not. This is related to...

2,4-dinitrophenol, dinitrophenol together with deoxyglucose, sodium azide and ouabain didn't alter cytoplasmic microtubule (MT) network of cultured PK (pig kidney embryo) cells, meanwhile they induced an increase in the average number of pericentriolar satellites and percentage of centrioles with the primary cilium in these cells. Also all drugs studied increase number of MTs attached to and or...

Background: Phenol and its derivatives like dinitrophenol and pentachlorophenol (carbolic acid) are widely used as insecticides, but they are very toxic substances. Phenol is a general protoplasmic poison with corrosive local effects that denature proteins. Poisoning with phenol compounds may occur by ingestion, inhalation, and absorption through skin. In this report we presented the toxicity e...

The isolation and partial characterization of subcellular particles from rabbit and rat lung are described. Detailed methods for separating a purified, active mitochondrial fraction are outlined and evaluated in terms of enzymatic, chemical, and morphological criteria. Mitochondrial preparations from rabbit and rat liver were used as comparative indices. The lung mitochondrial fraction was iden...

Mice were given daily per os amounts of dinitrophenol or of thyroid extract sufficient to prevent or retard the normal weight gain of uninfected animals, but not large enough to cause their death. When mice maintained on these regimens for 1 or 2 weeks were infected with staphylococci, most of them died within 12 days-much more rapidly than did mice fed a normal diet. Deaths occurred even when ...

• Fn a recent study, it was observed that 2,4. dinitrophenol, in concentrations of 2 to 5 X 10~ M, produced a shortened action potential duration and a decrease in the amplitude of the action potential in the atrial fiber of the isolated mouse heart and in the ventricular fibers of the intact and isolated perfused frog heart. The membrane resting potential was unchanged even during the period o...