[The changes of the motor function of the stomach and the colon under the action of the nanocrystalline cerium dioxide].

We investigated the effect of nanocrystalline cerium dioxide on parameters of spontaneous and stimulated motility of the stomach and colon in rats. It was found that administration of nanocrystalline cerium dioxide for 10 days increased the amplitude of contractions of stimulated motility in the stomach by 33.0 +/- 2.

[Characteristics of primary cell culture from neonatal thyroid grand of pigs: folliculogenesis, hormone and growth].

In the study, comprehensive assessment of proliferative and hormonal activity of primary cell cultures derived from neonatal pig thyroid has been carried out for the first time. We have evaluated the basal and TSH-stimulated secretion of thyroxine and morphological features of culture, depending on the initial state of the material placed in culture: in the form of single cells or follicular conglomerates. Folliculogenesis and formation of dome structures were observed in culture spontaneous and under chronic TSH stimulation.

[A study of the effect of adrenaline on the transmembrane potential of the plasma membrane of hepatocytes from rats of different age using fluorescent probes].

The resting membrane potential of isolated hepatocytes from 2- and 20-month-old rats and its changes upon activation of cells by adrenaline have been studied by the method of quantitative microfluorimetry using diethyl derivatives of polymethine probes (H-510 and D-307). The potential was estimated by the Nernst equation adapted to lipophilic cationic probes. It was shown using both probes that the transmembrane potential of hepatocytes decreases with age.

[Estimation of luminescent properties of the derivatives of polymethine probes on their interaction with cells of different types].

The spectral and luminescent properties of the derivatives of polymethine probes based on 3,3'-dialkyloxacarbocyanine bromide (H-510) and 1,1'-dialkyl-3,3, 3',3'-tetramethylindodicarbocyanine bromide (D-307) (where alkyl is ethyl or octadecyl groups) on accumulation in bone marrow and liver cells of rats have been compared. The general regularities in the interaction between the probes and the membrane microenvironment have been revealed for each type of the cells. It was found that the structural features of membranes and the length of the chains of alkyl substitutes essentially affect the redistribution of dye molecules in the binding censers of particular types, as evidenced by changes in the spectral characteristics of probes.

[Accumulation of oxacarbocyanine dyes with different length of the alkyl chain in marrow cells and hepatocytes].

The incorporation of the fluorescent probe 3,3-dialkyloxacarbocyanine bromide H-510 (where alkyl is ethyl- (C2), nonyl- (C9), or octadecyl (C18) groups) into cells of different kind has been explored. It has been revealed that the length of alkyl chains significantly influences the dynamics and mechanisms of accumulation of the probe by the cells. It has been found by microfluorimetry that all probe species have similar spectral characteristics in bone marrow cells, indicating that all probes, independently on their lipophilic properties, are incorporated into micelle-like structures formed probably by cell phospholipids.