A method of intracranial transplantation of the tumor induced by adenovirus type 12 in syrian hamster has been described. The incidence of intracranial tumor development was 86 (90.5 %) out of 95 animals and the average survival time and tumor size at death were 15.1 days and 4.1 mm in diameter respectively. The consistency of the days of death after intracranial transplantation of the tumor wa...

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most frequent congenital cardiac malformation in humans, and appears frequently associated with dilatation of the ascending aorta. This association is likely the result of a common aetiology. Currently, a Syrian hamster strain with a relatively high (∼40%) incidence of BAV constitutes the only spontaneous animal model of BAV disease. The characterization of mo...

ts11 is a temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant isolated from the BHK-21 Syrian hamster cell line that is blocked in the G1 phase of the cell cycle at the non-permissive temperature (39.5 degrees C). We previously showed that the human gene encoding asparagine synthetase (AS) transformed ts11 cells to a ts+ phenotype and that ts11 cells were auxotrophic for asparagine at 39.5 degrees C. We show her...

A 14-month-old intact male Syrian hamster was admitted for lethargy and hematuria. A total body radiographic image and abdominal ultrasonography showed the presence of a vesical calculus. During cystotomy, a sterile urine sample was obtained and sent to the diagnostic laboratory along with the urolith for analysis. Urine culture was found negative for bacterial growth, and the urolith was ident...

Purpose: The efficacy of oncolytic viruses depends on multiple actions including direct tumor lysis, modulation of tumor perfusion, and stimulation of tumor-directed immune responses. In this study, we investigated whether a sequential combination of immunologically distinct viruses might enhance antitumor efficacy through the induction of tumor-specific immunity and circumvention or mitigation...

PURPOSE The efficacy of oncolytic viruses depends on multiple actions including direct tumor lysis, modulation of tumor perfusion, and stimulation of tumor-directed immune responses. In this study, we investigated whether a sequential combination of immunologically distinct viruses might enhance antitumor efficacy through the induction of tumor-specific immunity and circumvention or mitigation ...

The NMR structures of the recombinant human prion protein, hPrP(23-230), and two C-terminal fragments, hPrP(90-230) and hPrP(121-230), include a globular domain extending from residues 125-228, for which a detailed structure was obtained, and an N-terminal flexibly disordered "tail." The globular domain contains three alpha-helices comprising the residues 144-154, 173-194, and 200-228 and a sho...

The hepatic effects of phthalate esters and related compounds on peroxisomal and microsomal enzyme activities were investigated in the intact animal and in primary hepatocyte cultures. In vitro studies with a series of phthalate monoesters demonstrated structure activity differences in the induction of the specific peroxisomal marker KCN-insensitive palmitoyl-CoA oxidation and also of carnitine...

Failure of isoproterenol (ISO) injections to raise pineal melatonin content has generated doubt about beta-adrenergic control of the melatonin rhythm in Syrian hamsters. However, the effect of ISO injected at night after light-induced reduction of pineal melatonin has not been reported. In this study, light exposure began at 6 1/4 h into one (normally 10-h) dark phase. The hamsters were injecte...

The prion diseases seem to be caused by a conformational change of the prion protein (PrP) from the benign cellular form PrPC to the infectious scrapie form PrPSc; thus, detailed information about PrP structure may provide essential insights into the mechanism by which these diseases develop. In this study, the secondary structure of the recombinant Syrian hamster PrP of residues 29-231 [PrP(29...