... constituted ofthe same material, and the cold object has twice the mass ofthe hot one, then we observe that the increase in temperature ofthe former is only half the decrease in temperature ofthe ... transformation, in the form of either heat or work, are of great interest, whether the transformation is the combustion of a fuel, the fission of a uranium nucleus, or the transport of a metabolite ... principle, the notion ofthe flow of a substance from the hot to the cold object appears almost intuitively, together withthe concept that the total quantity ofthe caloric can be represented by the...
... between the groups? The answers to these problems are nontrivial The purpose of this book is to introduce the basic tools for answering these questions The mathematical foundations ofthe statistical ... control for factors that are related to weight gain (the age ofthe rats compared) and then manipulate the single factor that is of interest, namely the amount of ozone in the air Here the goal ... called the lower and upper quartiles (The median is sometimes called the middle quartile.) Roughly, the lower quartile is the median ofthe smaller half ofthe data And the upper quartile is the...
... was used Since the analysis ofthe process requires the study of various aspects relating to the characterization ofthe microstructures before and after the embossing, they started with flat film ... simple flow of polymer from the borders and the formation ofthe mounds of polymer within the cavity, which were resulted from 21 capillary action and the compression causing buckling ofthe polymer ... demolding, the reasons for distortion or damage ofthe molded part were discussed such as the adhesion at the surface, surface roughness ofthe mold, and the negative slopes ofthe cavity sidewalls The...
... and the volume ofthe CsCl and CHAPS must therefore be compensated for by the addition of a small volume of M guanidinium chloride The final weight ofthe sample is calculated from the volume of ... weight ofthe sample is calculated from the volume ofthe tube and the final density ofthe solution Add sodium phosphate buffer to give the final weight and stir the sample gently Measure the density ... defined areas ofthe tissue such as the surface and the submucosa of an epithelium For example, material from the surface epithelium may be enriched by gently scraping the surface mucosa, thereby allowing...
... best with tissues fixed in solutions other than formalin, e.g., methacarn (methanol:chloroform:acetone, 60:30:10) (44) It is beyond the scope ofthe current work to discuss the full range of histochemical ... U (1982) Synthesis of type human blood-group antigenic determinants: the H, X, and Y haptens and variations ofthe H type determinant as probes forthe combining site ofthe lectin of Ulex europaeus ... in the case of lectin histochemistry, MAb reactivity may be modified by the removal of sialic acid (20) and neutral sugars (26) The main advantage of MAbs is in their application to the study of...
... of a glycoform of MUC1 present in the serum of pregnant women that is not detected by the CA15.3 assay (16) Similarly, these two assays show differing specificities for different glycoforms of ... Quantitation of Mucins 47 ter (2) discusses these assays and they are mentioned here only for completeness A number of general carbohydrate assays have been used forthe detection of mucins, and two ofthe ... will differ withthe application and the availability of reagents Subheading 3.2.1 outlines the procedures for preparing the membranes, and Subheading 3.2.2 describes the use ofthe PAS reagent...
... gel surface, the extent of which depends on the hydration of exposed mucosa and the degree of stirring ofthe solution above the mucosa, respectively Consequently, the dimensions of mucous thickness ... end, fill with 0.9% NaCl, and ligate the other end before snap-freezing This ensures minimum disturbance ofthe mucous layers and prevents contact ofthe adjacent luminal walls ofthe tissue ... and the major secretion of mucin ofthe gut, the adherent mucous gel is frequently ignored because ofthe practical difficulties in observing and quantitating it Quantitative measurement of the...
... (au) The dimensions ofthe various calculated values have limited significance, largely because ofthe use of arbitrary units for each ofthe measurements of radioactivity, owing to the use ofthe ... correlate with MUC2 protein synthesis, but that the MUC2 protein synthesis correlated highly withthe total amount of MUC2 present in the tissue (6) Therefore, this study implies that MUC2 synthesis ... However, the presence of mRNA is only indirect proof ofthe biosynthesis ofthe encoded mucin This point was proven by to our knowledge, the only study that actually correlated the levels of mRNA,...
... ofthe effectiveness ofthe separation is monitored with a periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) assay and with a variety of lectins and mucin- or carbohydrate-specific antibodies (for a discussion ofthe ... remove the problem of peptides arising from the enzyme The amount of enzyme added was calculated assuming that protein constitutes 20% ofthe total mass ofthe mucin subunit and that approx 50% of ... example ofthe data obtained, using this methodology with a salivary mucin reduced subunit preparation, is shown in Fig The range of charge density ofthe molecules (Fig 2a) is typical of that...
... in the term r (distance from the center of rotation ofthe meniscus and bottom ofthe tube), and this information is available from the rotor data sheet Using this information together withthe ... supporting medium of increasing density The sample is centrifuged and a separation of different species in the mixture is effected on the basis of their sedimentation rates The role ofthe preformed gradient ... µL) ofthe spreading agent to the surface and leave the solution for 5–15 In this time the mucins diffuse to the surface and become entrapped in the BAC monolayer Touch the carbon surface of a...
... protocol for PVDF-bound protein samples During the evacuation and argon flush ofthe hydrolysis vessel, the bottom ofthe vessel will become cold and the acid will boil under vacuum These are the ... sample of mucin into an autosampler glass vial and dry under vacuum (see Note 3) Place the vials, 400 µL of HCl (6 N), and a crystal of phenol into the bottom ofthe hydrolysis vessel Assemble the ... 4) Place the vessel in a 105°C oven for 24 h Remove the vessel from the oven and open the vacuum tap immediately within a fume hood (see Note 4) Place the vials into a vacuum centrifuge for 10...
... bond between the carboxyl group ofthe sialic acid and the amine ofthe support Although the alternative of using diisothiocyanate-derivatized membranes is possible, we have found them of little ... Wet with 10 µL of methanol When the excess methanol has evaporated, but before the membrane has dried, apply the sample in 10-µL aliquots (see Note 12) When all ofthe sample is applied dry the ... methanol rather than ethyl acetate forthe extraction ofthe cleaved amino acid from the cartridge (Fig 1, vessel 1; see Note 17) to the converter (Fig 1, vessel 2; see Note 18) Notes The arylamine-coated...
... MUC1-related antigens forthe interrogation of antibody specificity; however, the methodology for their preparation is beyond the scope of this chapter By far the most widely used method for modifying ... specificity of an antibody-peptide interaction The Pepscan approach has been the most widely used and involves the synthesis of a set of overlapping peptides that span the length ofthe antigenic ... air-dry for c DMF to half the pin height forThe next cycle of peptide synthesis can begin immediately with Fmoc deprotection When the required peptides have been synthesized, deprotect and wash the...
... the “linker” sequence and primes the 5' end ofthe target domain of rat Muc2: a 5'-GGCTTGGAATCTAACTGTGAAGTTGCTGC-3' Dimerization of Domains of Mucin 145 Fig Schematic showing the synthesis of ... incubate the reaction at 72˚C to allow extension ofthe linked templates Add µg each of primers and 6, and continue the PCR with 30 cycles at 94˚C for 30 s, 50˚C for and 72˚C for min, ending with ... H2O for mock-transformation control), stir gently with a pipet tip, and incubate the cells on ice for 30 Heat shock the reactions in a 37˚C water bath for 20 s, and then incubate them on ice for...
... these conditions, the hydroxyl groups of carbohydrates are converted to oxyanions with pKa values in the range of 12–14 The anomeric hydroxyl group ofthe reducing sugar is more acidic than the ... Wash the column successively with mL of 10 mM , mL of M and mL of M formic acid h Pool the fractions and lyophilize 3.1.2 Enzymatic Release of Sialic Acid Resuspend 1–10 mg of mucin in mL of 100 ... increase the sensitivity of detection As described under HPLC, the most common tagging methods are based on the reductive amination procedure, wherein the reducing end ofthe sugar reacts with the...
... Re-N-acetylate the glycans on the column by adding 1.4 mL of reagent C for 30 at room temperature Wash the column with × mL of reagent B followed by mL of methanol (see Note 6) Elute the oligosaccharides with ... HPLC Column Wash the column with water for 30 at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min Wash the column with acetonitrile for 30 at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min 186 Hounsell Wash the column with 0.5 M ammonium ... with × mL of reagent D Complete the re-N-acetylation with 0.1 mL of acetic anhydride for 30 at room temperature Wash a Sep-Pak C18 cartridge with mL of methanol and mL of H2O 10 Transfer the sample...
... resonances ofthe GalNAc-ol unit Moreover, the quadruplet ofthe H-6' signal of GalNAcol is upfield shifted out ofthe bulk at δ ~ 3.50 ppm in the case of an O-6 substitution with sialic acid The presence ... atoms; and CH3 ofthe acetamido groups The first step of spectrum analysis consists ofthe identification ofthe core region (Table 1), based on the characteristic chemical shifts ofthe H-2 and ... members of a series of closely related sequences, as it is happily the case for most of O-glycans When the material is available in the range of 0.1–5 µmol, the de novo structural elucidation of the...
... the AS11 ion column to the high-performance liquid chromatograph Attach the ion suppressor downstream ofthe column, and the conductivity cell downstream ofthe ion suppressor, according to the ... detection of sulfate by ion chromatography as described here is about nmol Since mucins are often highly sulfated (i.e., the number of moles of sulfate >> the number of moles of protein), the amount of ... baseline over the course ofthe separation method Note that the flow rate of sulfuric acid to the ion suppressor does not need to be precise; in our laboratory the flow of sulfuric acid to the suppressor...
... sequence of changes in the epithelium allows precise studies of how the changes in cells influence the mucins that are produced Several ofthe end products of malignant transformation of colonic epithelium ... guish them from the cells in vivo On the other hand, the cell lines may consist of only one cell type, which can be an advantage Study ofthe colon has the advantage that the sequence of changes ... which the production of mucin is being assessed, or removing the 3T3 feeders from the flask once the epithelium has grown In addition, the 3T3 cells should be examined forthe production of mucin...
... migration ofthe sample into the gels (8) 17 Markers for agarose gel electrophoresis reflect the separation of molecules on the basis of their size and charge This is in contrast to the normal ... glycoproteins The metabolic rate ofthe cells should be considered for optimum labeling withthe radioactive precursor during continuous labeling cultures The type of isotope will govern the amount ... labeled withthe latter compounds The origin(s) ofthe differences in labeling efficiency among these organs is not known It is essential that incubation commences within 10 of removal from the body...