The effects of opioids on cigarette smoke-induced plasma exudation were investigated in vivo in the main bronchi of anesthetized guinea pigs, with Evans blue dye as a plasma marker. Acute inhalation of cigarette smoke increased plasma exudation by 216% above air control values. Morphine, 0.1-10 mg/kg but not 30 mg/kg, inhibited the exudation but had no significant effect on substance P-induced ...

Exudation, (86)Rb transport, and water permeability were examined in excised roots of honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos L.) treated by removing the tip 2 mm (tip-cut 2 mm) or tip 8 mm of the root, or by adding kinetin, or by both treatments. Tip removal increased the rate of exudation. Kinetin, 5 x 10(-6)m, inhibited exudation and Rb transport in tip-cut 2-mm roots; the inhibition was reversi...

The flux of soluble organic carbon (C) from roots to soil (hereafter ‘root exudation’) is believed to have profound effects on C and nutrient cycling in ecosystems. Root exudates can comprise up to 10% of net primary productivity (NPP) in forests (Grayston et al. 1997, Phillips et al. 2011) and may accelerate C and nutrient cycling by up to 30% (Brzostek et al. 2013, Yin et al. 2014, Finzi et a...

BACKGROUND Marine angiosperms, seagrasses, are sentinel species of marine ecosystem health and function. Seagrass carbon budgets provide insight on the minimum requirements needed to maintain this valuable resource. Carbon budgets are a balance between C fixation, growth, storage and loss rates, most of which are well characterized. However, relatively few measurements of dissolved organic carb...

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), the simplest of the water-soluble phospholipids, can evoke various biological responses. The present study examined the activity of LPA to induce plasma exudation and histamine release in mice. Plasma exudation was assessed by extravasation of Evans blue. Subcutaneous administration of LPA (1 - 100 microg/site) led to increased plasma exudation in the skin. The LPA-...

Both phosphorus (P) deficiency and aluminum (Al) toxicity induce root exudation of carboxylates, but the relationship between these two effects is not fully understood. Here, carboxylate exudation induced by Al in Lupinus albus (white lupin) was characterized and compared with that induced by P deficiency. Aluminum treatments were applied to whole root systems or selected root zones of plants w...

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between shoot nitrate concentration, mediated by nitrate supply to roots, and root exudation from Hordeum vulgare. Plants were grown for 14 d in C-free sand microcosms, supplied with nutrient solution containing 2 mM nitrate. After this period, three treatments were applied for a further 14 d: (A) continued supply with 2 mM nitrate (zero b...