1. Degradation rate constants for individual biotin-labelled proteins were measured in Swiss 3T3-L1 adipocytes that had been incubated with inhibitors of autophagy or of lysosomal proteolysis. 2. Inhibitory effects produced by 10 mM-3-methyladenine and a combination of 5 mM-NH4Cl and leupeptin (50 micrograms/ml) were approximately equal. The inclusion of NH4Cl did not significantly enhance the ...

Functional expression of the rat colonic H+-K+-ATPase was obtained by coexpressing its catalytic α-subunit and the β1-subunit of the Na+-K+-ATPase in Xenopus laevis oocytes. We observed that, in oocytes expressing the rat colonic H+-K+-ATPase but not in control oocytes (expressing β1 alone), NH4Cl induced a decrease in86Rb uptake and the initial rate of intracellular acidification induced by ex...

Nonionic diffusion and diffusion equilibrium of ammonia have been generally accepted as the mechanism of urinary ammonium excretion. However, these characteristics have not been examined directly in vitro. In the present studies, nonionic diffusion and diffusion equilibrium of ammonia were examined in rabbit cortical collecting tubules perfused in vitro. Collected fluid ammonium and pH were mea...

Bauxite residue (red mud), which is an industrial byproduct, contains valuable trace elements. Solid NH4Cl was used as a chlorinating agent during the microwave heating of red mud to convert elements into soluble metal chloride. Red heated using ovens under various conditions (i.e., with addition solid and range output powers times). Leaching tests were then conducted deionized (DI) water on mi...

Anabaena sp. CA fails to synthesize heterocysts and nitrogenase when grown with KNO3 as the nitrogen source. By contrast, both heterocysts and proheterocysts are synthesized in NH4Cl-containing media to a level nearly commensurate with cells grown in the absence of combined nitrogen. The growth rate of the organism in NH4Cl-containing media was similar to that obtained with KNO3 as the nitrogen...

Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites were loaded with the fluorescent indicator fura 2 to investigate the transport mechanisms involved in maintaining their intracellular Ca2+ homoeostasis. The mitochondrial ATPase inhibitor oligomycin and the endoplasmic-reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin increased the intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), thus indicating the requirement for ATP and...

The asexual erythrocytic stage of the malarial parasite ingests and degrades the hemoglobin of its host red cell. To study this process, we labeled the cytoplasm of uninfected red cells with fluorescein-dextran, infected those cells with trophozoite- and schizont-rich cultures of Plasmodium falciparum, and harvested them 110-120 h later in the trophozoite stage. After lysis of the red cell cyto...

Ammonia production increases in several models of renal hypertrophy in vivo. The present study was designed to determine whether ammonia can directly modulate the growth of renal cells in the absence of a change in extracellular acidity. In serum-free media NH4Cl (0-20 mM) caused JTC cells and a primary culture of rabbit proximal tubule cells to hypertrophy (increase in cell protein content) in...

Three metallosupramolecular assemblies composed of two bis-NHCs and silver atoms, [4](PF6)2, tetra-NHCs four [7](PF6)4, tri-NHCs three atoms [8](BF4)3, have been prepared. Assemblies [4](PF6)2 [7](PF6)4 feature NHC ligands decorated with terminal olefin groups. Irradiation yielded complex [5](PF6)2 cyclobutane rings linking the bis-NHC ligands. Liberation macrocyclic tetrakisimidazolium salt H4...