Proatrial natriuretic factor (proANF), the 126-amino acid precursor of ANF, is the major storage form in mammalian atria. In contrast, two ANF peptides containing the 28- and 24-carboxyterminal residues of proANF have been isolated from rat plasma. Whether the cleavage of ...

The overwhelming majority of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) receptors in kidney and vascular tissues do not mediate any of the known functional effects of the hormone. To test whether these receptors (C-ANF receptors) function as clearance receptors for circulating ANF-(1-28), we determined the effects of ...

In Azotobacter vinelandii, the anfHDGK operon encodes the subunits for the third nitrogenase complex. Two open reading frames (orf1 and orf2) located immediately downstream of anfK were shown to be required for diazotrophic growth under Mo- and V-deficient conditions. We have designated orf1 and orf2 anfO and anfR, ...

In Azotobacter vinelandii, the anfHDGK operon encodes the subunits for the third nitrogenase complex. Two open reading frames (orf1 and orf2) located immediately downstream of anfK were shown to be required for diazotrophic growth under Mo- and V-deficient conditions. We have designated orf1 and orf2 anfO and anfR, ...

In bovine adrenal zona glomerulosa, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) exerts its physiological effect through high-affinity binding to specific membrane receptors. On studying further the molecular properties of the ANF receptor binding domain, we have observed that incubation of intact or solubilized bovine adrenal zona glomerulosa membranes with ...

Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is synthesized and stored in atrial cardiocytes as a 17-kilodalton (kDa), 126 amino acid polypeptide, proANF, but circulates as smaller, 24 and 28 amino acid peptide fragments of the carboxy terminus of proANF. This reports describes the purification and ...

The post-translational processing and regulated secretion of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) were studied in primary cultures of rat cardiac myocytes. Cultures were established from neonatal rat atria or ventricles, and were maintained for 7-14 days in complete serum free medium. The cultures contained high and constant levels of ANF-(1-126), the known ...

To study the effect of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on airway ciliary motility, we measured ciliary beat frequency by a photoelectric method in response to ANF in cultured tracheal epithelial cells from rabbits. Addition of ANF but not [Tyr8]ANF-(5-27) decreased ciliary beat frequency in a dose-dependent ...

The newly discovered peptides extracted from cardiac atria, atrial natriuretic factors (ANFs), when administered parenterally cause renal hemodynamic changes and natriuresis. The nephron sites and cellular mechanism accounting for profound increase in Na+ excretion in response to ANFs are not yet clarified. In the present study we investigated whether ...

To investigate the role of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in renal responses to a decrease in central blood volume, we examined the effects of ANF infusion on renal function and hormones during prolonged lower-body negative pressure (LBNP). Ten healthy volunteers participated in two experimental sequences, each comprising a 120-min baseline period ...

Apr 21, 2011 ... Formed cyclic GMP was measured by radioimmunoassay. Results: The activity of ANF -sensitive guanylyl cyclase was unaltered. ...

The presence of a biologically active peptide: Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF) has been demonstrated in rat and human circulation and ANF is considered now as a new hormone. ANF may be involved in body fluid regulation. A very sensitive radioimmunoassay for rat ANF allowed the authors to search for immunoreactive ...

The metabolism of alpha-naphthoflavone (ANF) was studied in hepatic microsomes from rats, mice, rabbits, and hamsters, species in which ANF exerts its biological activities. The major metabolites produced by all species were ANF-5,6-oxide, ANF-6-phenol, and ANF-7,8-dihydrodiol. M...

The addition of 200 pM monoiodinated human atrial natriuretic factor-(99-126) (125I-hANF) to cultured bovine aortic smooth muscle cells at 37/degree/C resulted in a rapid clearance from the medium (t1/2 approximately 7.5 min). Within 5 min, (125I)iodotyrosine126 (125I-Y), Arg125-(125I)iodotyrosine126 (125I-RY) and Phe124-Arg-(125)iodotyrosine126 (125I-FRY) appeared in the ...

Modern data on atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) are presented. Synthesis of this factor, its storage and release from cardiac atria are described. The role of ANF in the body fluid volume regulation and blood pressure homeostasis is discussed. ANF is regarded as a circulating hormone. PMID:2144243

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The disappearance of ({sup 125}I)atrial natriuretic factor (ANF; Ser99-Tyr126) from the circulation and its tissue distribution with or without nonlabeled ANF pretreatment were investigated in normotensive Sprague-Dawley rats. Preadministration of the cold peptide increased plasma radioactivity levels for over 8 min following labeled ...

... of the combustor with 62-octane (AN-F-22) and JP-1 (AN-F-32) fuels was made. A comparison of the performance The ...

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Jun 16, 2011 � Description: Describes forest vegetation and health conditions on the Allegheny National Forest (ANF). During the past 20 years, the ANF has ...

Soybean stachyose (SBS) and phytic acid (PA) are anti-nutritional factors (ANF) which have deleterious effects on the growth and digestibility in fish. The present research studied the effects of dietary SBS and PA on the expression of three serine protease genes in the liver of Japanese flounder ( Paralichthys olivaceus). These genes are trypsinogen 1 ...

The effect of short- and long-term sodium loading and sodium restriction on the gene expression as well as on circulating plasma levels of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) was evaluated in normotensive Wistar rats. These rats were fed either a low-, a regular-, or a high-sodium diet (regular diet and 1% saline as drinking fluid) and studied after 1 and 3 wk. The ...

A simple and sensitive radioimmunoassay was developed for measurement of immunoreactive atrial natriuretic factor (IR-ANF) in rat and human plasma and in rat atria. The two atria contain about 20 ..mu..g ANF per rat. The right atrium contained 2.5 times more ANF than did the left. Ether anesthesia and morphine markedly increased ...

Basilar membrane (BM) motion and auditory nerve fiber (ANF) tuning are generally very similar, but the ANF had appeared to be unresponsive to a plateau mode of BM motion that occurs at frequencies above an ANF's characteristic frequency (CF). We recorded ANF responses from the gerbil, concentrating on this supra-CF ...

Several regulatory gene mutants of Azotobacter vinelandii were tested for ability to synthesize functional nitrogenase-1 (Nif phenotype), nitrogenase-2 (Vnf), or nitrogenase-3 (Anf). While nifA mutants were Nif-, Vnf+, and Anf+/-, and ntrC mutants were Nif+, Vnf+, and Anf+, nifA ntrC double mutants were Nif-, Vnf-, and ...

BackgroundThis study examines the structural features and phylogeny of the ? subunits of 69 full-length NifD (MoFe subunit), VnfD (VFe subunit), and AnfD (FeFe subunit) sequences.Methodology/Principal FindingsThe analyses of this set of sequences included BLAST scores, multiple sequence alignment, examination of patterns of covariant residues, phylogenetic analysis and ...

Previous studies have led us to hypothesize that the physiological significance of the diuretic and pulmonary vaso-relaxant effects of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is to protect the right heart. This study was designed to evaluate the relative importance of various peripheral tissues as sites of ANF action by tracing the temporal pattern of distribution ...

To determine atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) concentrations in the circulation and body fluids of adult pregnant sheep and their fetuses, pregnant ewes were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium, and the fetuses were exteriorized for sampling. ANF concentration, as measured by radioimmunoassay, was 47 +/- 6 (SE) pg/ml in maternal plasma, which was ...

Growth of Rhodobacter capsulatus with molecular dinitrogen as the sole N source via the alternative Fe-only nitrogenase requires all seven gene products of the anfHDGK-1-2-3 operon. In contrast to mutant strains carrying lesions in the structural genes of nitrogenase (anfH, anfD, anfG, and ...

Growth of Rhodobacter capsulatus with molecular dinitrogen as the sole N source via the alternative Fe-only nitrogenase requires all seven gene products of the anfHDGK-1-2-3 operon. In contrast to mutant strains carrying lesions in the structural genes of nitrogenase (anfH, anfD, anfG, and ...

There has been no direct demonstration of the presence of guanylate cyclase-linked atrial natriuretic factor receptors in renal preglomerular microvasculature. Using ({sup 125}I)ANF, we have demonstrated the presence of high affinity and low affinity ANF receptors in membranes derived from rabbit renal preglomerular microvessels (afferent arterioles and ...

Binding sites for atrial natriuretic factor (ANF-28) were analyzed in discrete brain areas of Brattleboro rats with hereditary diabetes insipidus and Long-Evans (LE) controls by quantitative autoradiography. The maximum binding capacity (Bmax) and affinity constant (Ka) for /sup 125/I-ANF-28 were elevated significantly in the subfornical organ of ...

Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a recently discovered family of natriuretic peptides highly homologous to atrial natriuretic factor (ANF). Quantitative in vitro autoradiography with a computerized microdensitometer demonstrated that the distribution of BNP binding sites is similar to the known distribution pattern of ANF binding sites in rat tissues. ...

The atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) has pharmacological actions resulting in lower atrial and arterial pressures. Atrial distention stimulates ANF release, suggesting that ANF is an effector limb of a feedback loop for controlling cardiac filling pressure. To test this hypothesis it will be necessary to determine whether physiological ...

BackgroundAtrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and its receptor, NPRA, have been extensively studied in terms of cardiovascular effects. We have found that the ANP-NPRA signaling pathway is also involved in airway allergic inflammation and asthma. ANP, a C-terminal peptide (amino acid 99�126) of pro-atrial natriuretic factor (proANF) and a recombinant ...

To explore the possibility that atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is involved in thermoregulation we used quantitative receptor autoradiography and homogenate receptor binding assays to identify ANF bindings sites in neonatal rat and sheep brown adipose tissue, respectively. Using quantitative receptor autoradiography were were able to localize high levels ...

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We have studied the localization and the characterization of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) binding sites by radioautographic techniques. Quantitative in vitro radioautography with a computerized microdensitometer demonstrated the presence of high-affinity, low-capacity /sup 125/I-ANF-(99-126) binding sites (Kd, 48 pM; Bmax, 63 fmol/mg protein) mainly in ...

Recombination DNA techniques have given cardiac physiologists their first access to the genes, proteins, and chemical signals that regulate the human heart. Scientists have been investigating the molecular biology of the angiotensinogen converting enzyme, renin, and of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), an important cardiac-peptide hormone with a wide range of physiologic ...

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Apr 21, 2011 ... Corynebacterium jeikeium. Corynebacterium pseudodiptheria. Corynebacterium striatum. Corynebacterium xerosis. Corynebacterium Group ANF ...

The effect of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) on adenylate cyclase activity was studied in rat platelet membranes. ANF-(99-126)-, -(101-126)-, -(103-126)- and -(103-123)-peptide inhibited adenylate cyclase activity in a concentration-dependent manner with an order of potency of ANF-(103-123)-peptide greater than ...

The secretion of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) was measured in Brattleboro rats (DI) subjected to 20-h dehydration and in normal Long-Evans rats (LE) subjected to 72-h dehydration and 7 times within the hour following voluntary rehydration by drinking water. In these rats, water deprivation caused a large, significant drop in plasma immunoreactive ANF ...

BackgroundAutosomal dominant Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS) is caused by mutations in the TBX5 gene and is characterized by congenital heart and preaxial radial ray upper limb defects. Most of the TBX5 mutations found in patients with HOS cause premature truncation of the primary TBX5 transcript. TBX5 missense mutations alter the three-dimensional structure of the protein and result in failed nuclear ...

Because atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) can be released from the right atrium into pulmonary blood, the authors studied the possibility of uptake of the peptide by rabbit lung, perfused in situ, at 20 ml/min with Krebs-albumin medium. Single pass removal (multiple indicator dilution with /sup 14/C-dextran as reference) of trace amounts (40 pmoles) of /sup ...

Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a peptide hormone of cardiac origin elevated in acute congestive heart failure (CHF), which is degraded by the enzyme neutral endopeptidase 24.11 (NEP). This study was designed to investigate the pulmonary and urinary clearance of ANF before and after the initiation of acute experimental CHF in dogs, and to assess the ...

Antibodies to the 140-k Da ANF receptor of rat kidney cortex membrane (RKCM) were raised in BALB/c mice by a combination of in vivo/in vitro immunizations with RKCM and electro-eluted 140-k band of RKCM, respectively. The murine spleen cells were fused with a murine myeloma cell line, Sp2/0. Four hybrids were obtained that produced IgG2a monoclonal antibodies (McAbs) directed ...

The characteristics of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) receptors where studied in rat retinal particulate preparations. Specific /sup 125/I-ANF binding to retinal particulate preparations was greater than 90% of total binding and saturable at a density (B/sub max/) of 40 /plus minus/ 8 fmol/mg protein with an apparent dissociation constant (K/sub d/)/sup ...

Expression of the nitrogen fixation gene, nifH, in the gut of the termite Neotermes koshunensis was characterized without cultivation. nifH cDNA was directly amplified from mRNA of the mixed microbial population in the gut by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR. Analyses of the RT-PCR products revealed that, among the diverse nifH sequences, only a few corresponding to an alternative nitrogenase ...

To determine the role of body fluid volume in the chronic hypotensive effect of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats were infused with the peptide (Arg 101-Tyr 126) at a rate of 100 ng/h/rat for 5 days. Blood pressure (BP) was decreased from 176 +/- 4 to 133 +/- 3 mmHg in the SHR group 4 days after ...

Cerebral capillaries constitute the blood-brain barrier. Studies of specific receptors (neurotransmitters or hormones) located on this structure can be performed by means of radioligand-binding techniques on isolated brain microvessels. The authors examined on pure bovine cerebral microvessel preparations the binding of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), using /sup 125/I-labeled ...

Cerebral capillaries constitute the blood--brain barrier. Studies of specific receptors (neurotransmitters or hormones) located on this structure can be performed by means of radioligand-binding techniques on isolated brain microvessels. We examined on pure bovine cerebral microvessel preparations the binding of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), using 125I-labeled ...

Transcription of the genes encoding molybdenum (Mo)-independent nitrogenases 2 and 3 of Azotobacter vinelandii requires the activators VnfA and AnfA, respectively. The effect of NH4+, Mo, or V (vanadium) was tested on the expression of vnfA-lacZ and anfA-lacZ transcriptional fusions. Mo repressed expression of both fusions whereas NH4+ and V repressed the ...

A bolus of Escherichia coli endotoxin (1.5 {mu}g/kg) was administered to chronically instrumented sheep. Immunoreactive atrial natriuretic factor (IR-ANF) was measured in extracted plasma by radioimmunoassay. There was a thirteenfold increase in IR-ANF 2 h after endotoxin administration, and IR-ANF levels remained significantly ...

Interventions that increase atrial pressures in humans or laboratory animals release atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) into the circulation. The authors studied the relation between distension of the right or left atrium and release of ANF in retrograde-perfused isolated rabbit hearts. A fluid-filled balloon within the right or left atrium was inflated to a ...

To examine whether the failing heart has reached a maximal capacity to increase plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) concentration, the change in plasma immunoreactive ANF, measured by radioimmunoassay level due to acute blood volume expansion was determined in conscious rats with chronic heart failure. Varying degrees of myocardial infarction and thus ...

A new methodological approach was developed to study the relationship between specific binding and dose-response curves of the renal effects of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in isolated perfused rat kidneys (IK). IK were perfused with {sup 125}I-labeled and unlabeled ANF 1-28 to determine the following: (1) distribution, capacity (C{sub max}), and ...

It is unknown whether atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a mediator of environmental salt tolerance in euryhaline teleost fish. This was investigated in anesthetized Gila atraria, a euryhaline teleost native to springs of pleistocene Lake Bonneville. Plasma levels of immunoreactive (ir) ANF [using anti-human ANF-(99-126) antibodies] in ...

SUMMARYAtrial natriuretic factor receptor guanylate cyclase (ANF-RGC) is the receptor and the signal transducer of two natriuretic peptide hormones, ANF and BNP. It is a single transmembrane-spanning protein. It binds these hormones at its extracellular domain and activates its intracellular catalytic domain. This results in the accelerated production of ...

For the first time it is shown that each of the three codon bases has a general correlation with a different, predictable amino acid property, depending on position within the codon. In addition to the previously recognized link between the mid-base and the hydrophobic-hydrophilic spectrum, we show that, with the exception of G, the first base is generally invariant within a ...

The present study determined the presence of two types of binding sites for atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), the B and C receptor, on rat glomerular membranes. The effect of short-term salt loading and dehydration on these two receptor populations was investigated consecutively. Salt-loaded rats did not show significant changes in plasma ANF concentrations ...

The involvement of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and its receptor in cadmium(Cd)-induced cardiovascular alterations and neurotoxicity is not known. This study examines the mechanisms underlying Cd-induced changes in the ANF peptide and its receptor in cardiovascular toxicity. In rats on short term Cd exposure (0.01, 0.1, 0.5 and 1.0 mg/kg, i.p., twice a ...

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There is evidence for a functionally important extracelluar calcium-sensing receptor in osteoblasts, but there is disagreement regarding its identity. Candidates are CASR and a putative novel calcium-sensing receptor, called Ob.CASR. To further characterize Ob.CASR and to distinguish it from CASR, we examined the extracellular cation-sensing response in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts and in osteoblasts ...

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A differentiator circuit for use with TGA instrumentation was modified anf found to be satisfactory with Teflon. The studies on Teflon indicated that the degradation of this polymer is probably close to first order over the entire temperature range. In ad...

vnfG and anfG encode the delta subunits of alternative nitrogenases 2 and 3 in Azotobacter vinelandii, respectively. As a first step towards elucidating the role of these subunits, diazotrophic growth and acetylene reduction studies were conducted on mutants containing alterations in the genes encoding these subunits. Mutants containing a stop codon (C36stop) or an in-frame ...

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Formed cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) was measured by radioimmunoassay. Results. The activity of ANF-sensitive guanylyl cyclase was unaltered. ...

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Whether atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) plays a physiological role in primary aldosteronism has yet to be determined. In the present study, the renal, hemodynamic, humoral, and vascular effects of a synthetic (WY-47663) human analogue were studied in five water-loaded (15 ml H2O/kg) patients with adenomatous primary aldosteronism, a salt-sensitive, low renin, volume-expanded ...

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... so far described that has vnf and anf genes for alternative vanadium cofactor (V) and iron cofactor (Fe) nitrogenases, in addition to nif genes for a ...

An increase in central blood volume in microgravity may result in increased plasma levels of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF). Since elevations in plasma ANF are found in clinical syndromes associated with edema, and since space motion sickness induced by microgravity is associated with an increase in central blood volume and facial edema, we determined ...

The atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) R{sub 1} receptor from bovine adrenal zona glomerulosa was solubilized with Triton X-100 and purified 13,000-fold, to apparent homogeneity, by sequential affinity chromatography on ANF-agarose and steric exclusion high-performance liquid chromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silver ...

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Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) binding sites have been recently demonstrated to be present in exocrine pancreas by an in vitro autoradiographic approach. An autoradiographic study was carried out to identify the exocrine cells containing ANF binding sites and to monitor the fate of /sup 125/I-labeled ANF in acinar cells after removal ...

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The discharge chamber of a 30-cm argon ion source was successfully used to texture potential space radiator materials for the purpose of obtaining values of thermal emittance greater than 0.85 at 700 and 900 K. Some samples were also treated in acid prior to texturing. To evaluate the durability of the textured materials to atomic oxygen, samples were exposed to an RF air ...

The discharge chamber of a 30-cm argon ion source was successfully used to texture potential space radiator materials for the purpose of obtaining values of thermal emittance greater than 0.85 at 700 and 900 K. Some samples were also treated in acid prior to texturing. To evaluate the durability of the textured materials to atomic oxygen, samples were exposed to an RF air ...

We have characterized a membrane-bound phosphatidylcholine (PC) specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC) in plasma membranes from rat cardiac muscle, and have investigated the role of PC-PLC and PC-specific phospholipase D (PC-PLD) activities in the mechanism of action of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF). In purified sarcolemma, ANF stimulated over a wide range of ...

The current studies were designed to investigate the functional significance of elevated endogenous atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in acute congestive heart failure (CHF). Integrated cardiorenal and endocrine function were measured in three models of acute low-output congestive heart failure with comparably reduced cardiac output (CO) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). Acute ...

Responses to tones with frequency???5�kHz were recorded from auditory nerve fibers (ANFs) of anesthetized chinchillas. With increasing stimulus level, discharge rate�frequency functions shift toward higher and lower frequencies, respectively, for ANFs with characteristic frequencies (CFs) lower and higher than ?0.9�kHz. With increasing frequency ...

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Plasma levels of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) were measured during a 4 hr head-down tilt at -6 deg in 5 healthy male volunteers (aged 20 to 22 yrs). Experiments took place from 08.00 hr to 14.00 hr, (day), and from 22.00 hr to 07.00 hr (night). The con...

alpha-Naphthoflavone (ANF; 7,8-benzoflavone) is a potent competitive inhibitor of human aromatase cytochrome P-450 (J.T. Kellis, Jr. and L.E. Vickery, Science 225, 1032 (1984)). The authors have further investigated inhibition of aromatase by several derivatives of ANF. Using hum...

Human cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP 3A4) is an alpha-helical membrane-bound protein that metabolizes approximately 50% of all drugs. The interaction between CYP450 3A4 and alpha-naphthoflavone (ANF) was characterized using fluorescence methods. ANF quenched fluorescence from tryptophan residues in CYP 3A4, and CYP 3A4 quenched bound ANF. ...

Cardiac hypertrophy in response to multiple stimuli has important physiological and pathological significances. GATA4 serves as a nuclear integrator of several signalling pathways during cardiac hypertrophy. Sp1 and Sp3 are also reported to be involved in this process. However, the mechanism by which GATA4 acts as a mediator, integrating these ubiquitously expressed transcriptional factors, is ...

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Whole killifish efflux of /sup 36/Cl was increased more than 2x with the addition of 1.4 x 10/sup -7/ M atriopeptin (ANF) to the seawater bath. Atriopeptin II (10/sup -7/ M) added serosally to the isolated Fundulus heteroclitus opercular epithelium resulted in a consistent stimulation of the short-circuit current, from 129.5 +/- 12.3 to 153.5 +/- 13.4 ..mu..A/cm/sup 2/. Tissue ...

To investigate the physiological role of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) in patients with hypoxic pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD), we infused synthetic alpha-human ANF in seven such patients, and investigated the physiological correlates to circulating peptide levels in 24 patients with COLD. ...

To determine the effect of water deprivation (mixed volume and osmotic stimulus) on the secretion of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and arginine vasopressin (AVP), plasma immunoreactive ANF (IR-ANF), and plasma AVP were measured in normal conscious Sprague-Dawley rats. IR-ANF was decreased to 19.9 +/- 3.6 pg/ml ...

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In the present study, we investigated the effects of calmodulin, adenosine 5{prime}-triphosphate (ATP) and pertussis toxin (PT) on phorbol ester (PMA) induced inhibition of ANF-stimulated cyclic GMP formation in cells from the human renal cell line, SK-NEP-1. PMA inhibited ANF-stimulated guanylate cyclase activity in particulate membranes by about 65%. ...

Specific, high-affinity receptors for atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) have been identified on membranes from a variety of tissues and cultured cells. By affinity labeling procedures, radioactivity from /sup 125/I-labeled ANF was specifically incorporated into three different polypeptides of ca. 120,000, 70,000, and 60,000 daltons, which may represent the ...

During the refueling outrage following cycle-10 operations of Oyster Creek nuclear generating station, fuel sipping identified 47 failed Advance Nuclear Fuels (ANF) fuel assemblies. The failed fuel was an unpressurized 8 x 8 design manufactured by ANF prior to 1980. Subsequent inspection of 46 of these 47 assemblies with the ANF ...

Several stimulatory factors for the release of atrial natriuretic factor, such as atrial stretch, atrial pacing and vasopressin, have been reported. We studied the effects of the adrenergic nervous system on the release of ANF using an in vitro perfusion system. Right and left atria from Sprague-Dawley rats were quartered and perfused with Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution ...

A reproducible and sensitive radioimmunoassay (RIA) was developed to measure ANF in human plasma. Immunoreactive ANF was extracted from plasma with Sep-Pak cartridges, using 0.2% ammonium acetate (pH 4) with acetonitrile. The sensitivity of the assay was 3.9 pg/ml. The coefficient of variance for inter-assay and intra-assay was 16.8% and 6.8%, ...

It has been suggested that atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) may increase glomerular filtration rate (GFR) via alteration of the glomerular ultrafiltration area, which is at least in part regulated by the contractile state of mesangial cells. The present study therefore investigated the effect of ANF (atriopeptin III) on arginine vasopressin (AVP)-induced ...

Anacardic acid is an alkylsalicylic acid obtained from cashew-nut-shell liquid, and is a potent inhibitor of p300 histone acetyl-transferase (HAT) activity. We have used anacardic acid to prevent the induction of hypertrophy in isolated neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Hypertrophy was detected as an increase in cell size, the rearrangement ...

The atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is secreted by the atria in mild and moderate cardiac failure but, during the evolution of the cardiac failure, the ventricles are also recruited and secrete ANF. In order to investigate the relation between plasma ANF and Doppler echocardiographic parameters of severe cardiac failure, the ...

The Hey basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors are downstream effectors of Notch signaling in the cardiovascular system. Mice lacking Hey2 develop cardiac hypertrophy, often associated with congenital heart defects, whereas combined Hey1/Hey2 deficiency leads to severe vascular defects and embryonic lethality around embryonic day E9.5. The molecular basis of these disorders is poorly ...

This two-site immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) for human atrial natriuretic factor (ANF)99-126 in plasma utilizes a mouse monoclonal antibody raised against rat (r) ANF103-125 with specificity directed towards the ring structure of ANF, and a rabbit antiserum to human (h) ANF99-126. The monoclonal antibody is ...

Functional chimeras have been generated from the transcriptional activators VnfA and AnfA, which control expression of the alternative nitrogenases in Azotobacter vinelandii. The activation profiles of the native and chimeric proteins have been determined using lacZ fusions to A. vinelandii anf and vnf promoters in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Replacing the ...

To identify Rhodobacter capsulatus nif genes necessary for the alternative nitrogenase, strains carrying defined mutations in 32 genes and open reading frames of nif region A, B or C were constructed. The ability of these mutants to grow on nitrogen-free medium with molybdenum (Nif phenotype) or in a nifHDK deletion background on medium without molybdenum (Anf phenotype) was ...

Some highly trained endurance athletes develop an exercise-induced hypoxemia (EIH) at least partially due to a hemodynamic factor with a potential stress failure on pulmonary capillaries. Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a pulmonary vasodilatator and its release during exercise could be reduced with endurance training. We hypothesized that athletes exhibiting EIH, who have a ...

The mechanism underlying the mineralocorticoid escape phenomenon remains unknown. To assess the possible contribution of natriuretic peptides to mineralocorticoid escape, rats were injected with 5 mg deoxycorticosterone acetate for 3 d. Plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) rose to twice basal levels and atrial ANF content decreased significantly by 24 h ...

A quantitative in vitro autoradiographic study was performed on the aorta, renal glomeruli, and adrenal cortex of cardiomyopathic hamsters in various stages of heart failure and correlated, in some instances, with in vivo autoradiography. The results indicate virtually no correlation between the degree of congestive heart failure and the density of 125I-labeled atrial natriuretic factor ((Ser99, ...

Under diazotrophic conditions in the absence of molybdenum (Mo) and vanadium (V), Azotobacter vinelandii reduces N2 to NH4+ by using nitrogenase 3 (encoded by anfHDGK). However, dinitrogenase reductase 2 (encoded by vnfH) is also expressed under these conditions even though this protein is a component of the V-containing alternative nitrogenase. Mutant strains that lack ...

Under diazotrophic conditions in the absence of molybdenum (Mo) and vanadium (V), Azotobacter vinelandii reduces N2 to NH4+ by using nitrogenase 3 (encoded by anfHDGK). However, dinitrogenase reductase 2 (encoded by vnfH) is also expressed under these conditions even though this protein is a component of the V-containing alternative nitrogenase. Mutant strains that lack ...

During the third year of operations, the Array Network Facility (ANF) for the EarthScope USArray Transportable Array seismic network has continued the timely delivery of metadata and waveform data from the growing number of Transportable Array stations. The network has nearly doubled in size over the last year to 233 stations with 170 out of the 400 new TA sites installed (as ...

Comparative antihypertensive and natriuretic activities of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and its nearest shortened analogues--atriopeptines (AP) were studied in vivo on narcotized rats; and their peripheral vasodilating activities were studied in vitro on isolated rings of rat's thoracic aorta. The results obtained in vivo allow a following series of comparative ...

The system response code RELAP/MOD2 Idaho National Engineering Laboratory cycle 36.02, with modifications developed by Advanced Nuclear Fuels Corporation (ANF), was used to perform small-break loss-of-coolant accident (SBLOCA) calculations for the Comanche Peak steam electric station (CPSES) unit 1. The ability of the ANF-RELAP code to calculate the SBLOCA ...

The Earthscope Transportable Array has increased in size over the last three years to over 200 broadband seismic stations. Assessing the state-of-health of the station equipment, collecting data transfer metadata, and providing this information to analysts, station engineers, administrative staff, researchers and the public is the responsibility of the Array Network Facility ...

The rpoS gene of Serratia entomophila BC4B was cloned and used to create rpoS-mutant strain BC4BRS. Larvae of the New Zealand grass grub Costelytra zealandica infected with BC4BRS became amber colored but continued to feed, albeit to a lesser extent than infected larvae. Subsequently, we found that expression of the antifeeding gene anfA1 in trans was substantially reduced in ...

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Responses to tones, clicks, and noise were recorded from chinchilla auditory-nerve fibers (ANFs). The responses to noise were analyzed by computing the zeroth-, first-, and second-order Wiener kernels (h₀, h₁, and h₂). The h₁s correctly predicted the frequency tuning and phases of ...

The primary reactions of the thermal decomposition of hydrazinium nitroformate (HNF) as well as ammonium nitroformate (ANF) were investigated theoretically using the G3 multilevel procedure. Calculations were performed for the reactions in the gas phase and in the melt using a simplified model of the latter. The influence of the melt on the reaction barriers was taken into ...

The primary reactions of the thermal decomposition of hydrazinium nitroformate (HNF) as well as ammonium nitroformate (ANF) were investigated theoretically using the G3 multilevel procedure. Calculations were performed for the reactions in the gas phase and in the melt using a simplified model of the latter. The influence of the melt on the reaction barriers was taken into ...

Strains with mutations in 23 of the 30 genes and open reading frames in the major nif gene cluster of A. vinelandii were tested for ability to grow on N-free medium with molybdenum (Nif phenotype), with vanadium (Vnf phenotype), or with neither metal present (Anf phenotype). As reported previously, nifE, nifN, nifU, nifS and nifV mutants were Nif- (failed to grow on ...

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The iron (Fe) proteins of molybdenum (Mo)-, vanadium (V)-, and iron (Fe)-only nitrogenases are encoded by nifH, vnfH, and anfH, respectively. While the nifH-encoded Fe protein has been extensively studied over recent years, information regarding the properties of the vnfH- and anfH-encoded Fe proteins has remained scarce. Here, we present a combined ...

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A 3.3 kb HindIII genomic DNA fragment from Clostridium pasteurianum ATCC 6013 which hybridized to the anfDGK genes for the Fe-only 'alternative' nitrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii was cloned. Open reading frames (ORFs D, G, and K) with high sequence identity to anfD, anfG, and part of anfK were located in the ...

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Cardiac homeostasis is maintained by a balance of growth-promoting and growth-modulating factors. Sustained elevation of calcium signaling can induce cardiac hypertrophy through activation of Nfat family transcription factors. FoxP family transcription factors are known to interact with Nfat proteins and to modulate their transcriptional activities in lymphocytes. We investigated FoxP1 interaction ...

Temperature affects the expression of the three different nitrogenases in Azotobacter vinelandii. Molybdenum repressed the vnfH and anfH operons relatively more at 30�C than at 20�C; at 14�C molybdenum did not repress these genes at all. Similarly, V repressed the anf operon at 30�C but not at 20 or 14�C. Mo was poorly transported into cells ...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are pollutants created by the incomplete combustion of carbon, and are increasing in the environment largely due to the burning of fossil fuels. PAHs occur as complex mixtures, and some combinations have been shown to cause synergistic developmental toxicity in fish embryos, characterized by pericardial edema and craniofacial malformations. Previous studies ...

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The developing heart forms during the early stages of embryogenesis, and misregulated heart development results in congenital heart defects (CHDs). To understand the molecular basis of CHDs, a deep understanding of the morphological and genetic basis of heart development is necessary. Atrial Natriuretic Factor (ANF) is an important and extremely sensitive marker for specific ...

This paper describes results from a stochastic computational neuron model that simulates the effects of rate adaptation on the responses to electrical stimulation in the form of pulse trains. We recently reported results from a single-node computational model that included a novel element that tracks external potassium ion concentration so as to modify membrane voltage and cause adaptation-like ...

Candida glabrata (Cgl) and Candida parapsilosis (Cpa) can cause serious infections and can be resistant to some antifungal drugs. In treating infections caused by these organisms, killing rates and post-antifungal effects (PAFE) are important factors in both dose interval choice and outcome. Two strains each of Cgl and Cpa were studied. For PAFE studies, each organism was exposed to micafungin ...

Atrial natriuretic factor, a family of peptides present in saline extract of cardiac atria, was discovered by deBold and colleagues in 1981. It was shown subsequently that ANF is synthesized in, and secreted from, myocytes in cardiac atria, that it circulates in the bloodstream, and that it acts on receptor sites in kidney and blood vessels. It is appropriate, therefore, to ...

Electric stimuli can prosthetically excite auditory nerve fibers to partially restore sensory function to individuals impaired by profound or severe hearing loss. While basic response properties of electrically stimulated auditory nerve fibers (ANF) are known, responses to complex, time-changing stimuli used clinically are inadequately understood. We report that forward-masker ...

In Azotobacter vinelandii, nifB is required for the activity of all three nitrogenases. Expression of a nifB-lacZ fusion was examined to determine which regulatory gene products are important for nifB expression and how its transcription is regulated in response to metals. In all conditions, expression in A. vinelandii was eliminated by an rpoN mutation, confirming the absolute requirement for ...

The binding of radioiodinated atrial natriuretic factor (/sup 125/I-ANF-28) to discrete areas of brain in 7 week old, inbred Dahl salt-sensitive (S/JR) and salt-resistant (R/JR) rats was studied utilizing quantitative film autoradiography. At this age, S/JR rats exhibit systolic blood pressures that are prehypertensive and tend to be slightly higher than systolic blood ...

Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a hormone with the physiological characteristics of a regulator of body fluid volume. It is potent, has a short duration of action, and responds to a physiologically relevant stimulus in a negative feedback-controlled system. It can act directly or indirectly (via inhibition of aldosterone biosynthesis) on the kidney to alter sodium transport ...

ANF-RGC$ membrane guanylate cyclase is the receptor for the hypotensive peptide hormones, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and type B natriuretic peptide (BNP). It is a single transmembrane spanning protein. Binding the hormone to the extracellular domain activates its intracellular catalytic domain. This results in accelerated production of cyclic GMP, a ...

Cardiac energy metabolism is a determinant of the response to hypertrophic stimuli. To investigate how it responds to physiological or pathological stimuli, we compared the energetic status in models of hypertrophy induced by physiological stimuli (pregnancy or treadmill running) and by pathological stimulus (spontaneously hypertensive rats, SHR) in 15 week-old female rats, leading to a 10% ...

Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 is a heterotrophic, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium that has been reported to fix nitrogen and reduce acetylene to ethane in the absence of molybdenum. DNA from this strain hybridized well at low stringency to the nitrogenase 2 (vnfDGK) genes of Azotobacter vinelandii. The hybridizing region was cloned from a lambda EMBL3 genomic library of A. variabilis, mapped, and ...

Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 is a heterotrophic, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium that has been reported to fix nitrogen and reduce acetylene to ethane in the absence of molybdenum. DNA from this strain hybridized well at low stringency to the nitrogenase 2 (vnfDGK) genes of Azotobacter vinelandii. The hybridizing region was cloned from a lambda EMBL3 genomic library of A. variabilis, mapped, and ...

Design of a partially cysteine-depleted C98S/C239S/C377S/C468A cytochrome P450 3A4 mutant designated CYP3A4(C58,C64) allowed site-directed incorporation of thiol-reactive fluorescent probes into alpha-helix A. The site of modification was identified as Cys-64 with the help of CYP3A4(C58) and CYP3A4(C64), each bearing only one accessible cysteine. Changes in the fluorescence of CYP3A4(C58,C64) ...

Design of a partially cysteine-depleted C98S/C239S/C377S/C468A cytochrome P450 3A4 mutant designated CYP3A4(C58,C64) allowed site-directed incorporation of thiol-reactive fluorescent probes into ?-helix A? The site of modification was identified as Cys-64 with the help of CYP3A4(C58) and CYP3A4(C64), each bearing only one accessible cysteine. Changes in the fluorescence of CYP3A4(C58,C64) labeled ...

We report that atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) inhibits electrically induced cholinergic twitches of longitudinal muscle in whole intestinal segments and myenteric-plexus longitudinal muscle (MPLM) strips from the guinea pig ileum. To elucidate the possible presynaptic mechanism of ANF's action, we studied spontaneous and stimulation-evoked ...

The Transportable Array (TA) component of USArray uses real-time telemetry to send data to the Array Network Facility (ANF) through a variety of satellite, mobile phone, wireless and wired communication links. The ANF is responsible for the timely delivery of metadata and waveform data to the IRIS DMC from the growing number of Transportable Array ...

The discovery of the natriuretic properties of atrial muscle extracts pointed to the existence of an endocrine function of the heart that is now known to be mediated by the polypeptide hormones atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). On the basis of such a finding, approximately 27 000 publications to date have described a wide variety of ...

Hormones are important effectors of the body's response to microgravity in the areas of fluid and electrolyte metabolism, erythropoiesis, and calcium metabolism. For many years antidiuretic hormone, cortisol and aldosterone have been considered the hormones most important for regulation of body fluid volume and blood levels of electrolytes, but they cannot account totally for losses of fluid and ...

The Array Network Facility (ANF) for the Earthscope USArray Transportable Array seismic network is responsible for: the delivery of all 400+ Transportable Array stations to the IRIS Data Management Center, collection of regional network stations which contribute data to the Transportable Array; station command and control; verification and distribution of metadata (~560 ...

The authors have previously reported that atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) potently inhibits PGE or forskolin-stimulation aldosterone secretion in bovine zona glomerulosa (ZG) by acting through specific high affinity receptors. In order to evaluate the functional role of the regulatory protein N/sub i/ and the inhibition of adenylate cyclase activity (AC) in ZG, the authors ...

1. The presence of an endogenous digitalis-like factor (EDLF) in the plasma of both normal and volume expanded animals is well documented. In this study we have used ouabain and bufalin as pharmacological analogues to mimic the renal effects of EDLF and to investigate whether any interaction occurs between atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) and EDLF. 2. Conscious Na replete sheep ...

Stable dispersions of nanofibers are virtually unknown for synthetic polymers. They can complement analogous dispersions of inorganic components, such as nanoparticles, nanowires, nanosheets, etc as a fundamental component of a toolset for design of nanostructures and metamaterials via numerous solvent-based processing methods. As such, strong flexible polymeric nanofibers are very desirable for ...

We report an original application of quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (Q.RT-PCR) for the evaluation of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and beta-actin mRNA in small atrial samples (10-15 mg). A fixed amount of total RNA was simultaneously reverse transcribed and amplified with dilutions of a competitor RNA fragment ...

Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), a recently sequenced cardiac peptide, has been shown to have potent natriuretic, diuretic, and vasodilating effects in several species. We have developed a radioimmunoassay to measure the levels of immunoreactive ANF in human plasma. Plasma levels of ANF in healthy volunteers on a low sodium diet were ...

Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), a recently sequenced cardiac peptide, has been shown to have potent natriuretic, diuretic, and vasodilating effects in several species. We have developed a radioimmunoassay to measure the levels of immunoreactive ANF in human plasma. Plasma levels of ANF in healthy volunteers on a low sodium diet were ...

The conformation of the cyclic portion (7-23) of naturally occurring rat atrial natriuretic factor, ANF(1-28), has been examined in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles using high-resolution NMR techniques. Evidence is presented which shows that ANF(7-23) has several regions of definable structure in SDS micelles which were not observed in earlier studies ...

This is the homepage of the Array Network Facility (ANF), a component of the EarthScope USArray and Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) programs. The ANF, established by the Anza Group (a realtime seismic array located in Anza, California), is charged with ensuring all seismic data collected from the arrays are transmitted, checked for quality, archived, and ...

The nuclear protein PARP-1 [poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1] is activated in cardiomyocytes exposed to hypoxia causing DNA breaks. Unlike this stress-induced PARP-1 activation, our results provide evidence for Ca2+-induced PARP-1 activation in contracting newborn cardiomyocytes treated with growth factors and hormones that increased their contraction rate, induced intracellular Ca2+ mobilization and ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), is the most frequent valvulopathy, although it is difficult to evaluate its incidence since this pathology is often asymptomatic. However, in some patients a rich variety of symptoms such as chest pain, dyspnea, palpitations, syncope, dizziness, panic attacks and autonomic dysfunctions have been found. The pathogenesis of these symptoms, incompletely understood, ...

This Letter reports on adhesive modular proteins recorded by atomic force microscopy on live cells from the extracellular mucilage secreted from, and deposited around, the motile form of the pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. This is the first report of modular proteins and their supramolecular assemblies, called adhesive nanofibers (ANFs), to be found on diatoms that ...

alpha 1-Adrenergic agonists and antagonists constitute an important class of therapeutic agents commonly used for the treatment of various cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, congestive heart failure and supraventricular tachycardia. At the heart level, activation of alpha 1-adrenergic receptors is associated with marked morphological and genetic changes. These include enhancement of ...

Full deployment of the 400 Transportable Array (TA) stations of the USArray Earthscope project was reached in September 2007. The original array footprint has rolled eastward at a rate of 200 stations per year. The Array Network Facility (ANF) is responsible for the delivery of all TA data (seismic, state of health and metadata) to the IRIS Data Management Center (DMC). In ...

Temperature affects the expression of the three different nitrogenases in Azotobacter vinelandii. Molybdenum repressed the vnfH and anfH operons relatively more at 30 degrees C than at 20 degrees C; at 14 degrees C molybdenum did not repress these genes at all. Similarly, V repressed the anf operon at 30 degrees C but not at 20 or 14 degrees C. Mo was ...

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Potentially harmful stimulation of the neuroendocrine axis occurs in the early hours of myocardial infarction. It has been suggested that this acute neuroendocrine response might be attenuated by early therapeutic reperfusion. To test this hypothesis we measured plasma concentrations of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), renin, adrenaline (ADR) and noradrenaline (NADR) on ...

Naphthoflavone (ANF) inhibits beta-naphthoflavon-induced rat liver microsomal benzo(a)pyrene metabolism and is transformed by these microsomes into naphthoflavone metabolites. The authors determined the inhibitory effect on benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) metaboli...

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