[Characterization of Vibrio cholerae eltor in the city of Kazan in 2001]. / Kharakteristika kholernykh vibrionov él'tor, vydelennykh v g. Kazan' v 2001 g.

Information on V. cholerae eltor isolated in the focus of cholera in Kazan in 2001 at different periods of the outbreak is presented. The identity of strains isolated from patients, vibriocarriers and environmental objects, including their antibioticograms (sensitivity to cyprofloxacin and resistance to trimethoprim--sulfamethoxazole, streptomycin, furazolidone and nalidixic acid, which may be regarded as markers), is shown. Variable tandem repetitions in the DNA of 30 isolates strains of different origin have been determined. The results of this determination make it possible to classify all these strains as one genotype, which confirms the suggestion on the circulation of one subclone of the infective agent of cholera in the focus. As revealed in this investigation, the isolated strains are labile with respect to diagnostic phage eltor, while ctx+ strains are resistant to phage eltor ctx+.

[Effect of thyrotoxicosis on lipid fatty acid composition in various subcellular fractions of the rat brain]. / Deistvie tireotoksikoza na zhirnokislotnyi sostav lipidov razlichnykhsubkletochnykh fraktsii golovnogo mozga krys.

Thyrotoxicosis, which developed after subcutaneous administration of L-thyroxin at a dose of 400 micrograms/100 g of body mass, was accompanied by distinct alteration of fatty acid composition in lipids of adult rat brain myelin, synaptosomes, mitochondria and microsomes. The most significant alterations were detected in synaptosomes and mitochondria. Under conditions of thyrotoxicosis the ratio of polyunsaturated docosahexaenic and docosatetraenic acids was decreased in synaptosome lipids, whereas the content of palmitic, oleic and neuronic acids was increased. The ratio of unsaturated arachidonic and docosahexaenic fatty acids was increased but content of palmitic and linoleic acids was decreased in mitochondrial lipids.

[Participation of glutamate and alanine in amino acid biosynthesis, in lipogenesis, and in gluconeogenesis in the brain]. / Uchastie glutamata i alanina v biosinteze aminokislot, v lipogeneze i gliukoneogeneze golovnogo mozga.

The participation of glutamate and alanine in lipogenesis and gluconeogenesis of brain was investigated. 5(14)C glutamate was injected intracisternally in an amount of 5 mcCu/l g tissue and 3(14)C-alanine was injected subcutaneously 30 mcCu/100 g body weight. Labels from glutamate and alanine were recovered in different lipid franctions -- in phospholipids, glycerides, free fatty acids and cholesterol, as well as in glucose and glycogen. An intensive incorporation of label from 5(14)C glutamate into various amino acids--aspartic acid, glutamine, serine, glycine and alanine--was demonstrated. The data presented indicate the participation of amino acids in lipogenesis and gluconeogenesis of brain.