Physiologically controlled

Melatonin thus could represent a new approach to the physiological control of stress and stress-related infectious diseases (48). 

When the energy flows in and out of a compartment do not balance, the energy difference accumulates and the temperature increases or decreases. The changes in core and skin temperature then in turn alter the physiological control signals to restore balance and thermal stability. 

There have been many references in this book to the role of neurotransmitters in the control of CNS excitability. It is therefore appropriate, but possibly foolhardy, to see if the two natural extremes of that excitability, namely sleep and waking, can be explained in terms of neurotransmitter activity. Of course, these states are not constant our sleep can be deep or light and, even when we are awake, our attention and vigilance fluctuate, as the reading of these pages will no doubt demonstrate. Also, the fact that we sleep does not mean that our neurotransmitters are inactive this would imply that sleep is a totally passive state, whereas all the evidence suggests that it is an actively induced process, subject to refined physiological control. 

The process of tubular reabsorption is essential for the conservation of plasma constituents important to the body, in particular electrolytes and nutrient molecules. This process is highly selective in that waste products and substances with no physiological value are not reabsorbed, but instead excreted in the urine. Furthermore, reabsorption of many substances, such as Na+, H+, and Ca++ ions, and water is physiologically controlled. Consequently, volume, osmolarity, composition, and pH of the extracellular fluid are precisely regulated. 

This reabsorption occurs regardless of the sodium content of the body. In order to make adjustments in the sodium load, the reabsorption of the remaining 10% of filtered Na+ ions from the distal tubule and collecting duct is physiologically controlled by two hormones ... 

Fell DA, Thomas S. Physiologic control of metabolic flux the requirement for multisite modulation. Biochem J 1995 311 35-39. 

However, the current view of the regulation of calcium ion entry into the cytoplasm by PLC-linked stimuli holds that activation occurs not as a direct result of the action of IP3 on the plasma membrane but indirectly, as a result of depletion of calcium ions from an intracellular store by IP3 [14]. In the context of this capacitative model , the actions of intracellularly applied IP3 and heparin reflect the effects of these maneuvers on intracellular release process from ER into cytosol, rather than via the plasma membrane. The reported actions of I(1,3,4,5)P4, if in fact they do represent physiological control mechanisms, may reflect an ability of I(1,3,4,5)P4 to augment the calcium-releasing ability of IP3, rather than a distinct and... 

In summary, the physiological control of silk protein conversion shows an ingenious balance of activating and inhibiting mechanisms that are dependent on composition and sequence arrangement (Krejchi et al., 1994). Denaturing effects observed in silks appear to be identical to those found in amyloid-forming proteins, and they principally alter the competitive outcome of the hydration of nonpolar and polar residues (Anfinsen, 1973 Dill, 1990 Dobson and Karplus, 1999 Kauzmann, 1959). The key differences to amyloids may lie in the hierarchical level of the structures (Muthukumar et al., 1997) involved in the assembly of silks compared to amyloids. 

In situ models are to evaluate absorption or membrane permeability under the physiologically relevant tissue condition. While the luminal environment can be modulated by the administered solution, the tissue condition is physiologically controlled. The estimated membrane permeability can be, in most cases, assumed to represent the transport across the epithelial cell layer at steady state or quasisteady state. However, one needs to be aware that the involvement of metabolic degradation, which may occur at the cellular surface or within the cytosol, can be a factor leading to biased estimates of membrane permeability and erroneous interpretation of the transport process. Particularly,... 

Photoperiod The effect of a given light period within a 24-h cyde exerts physiologic control over some aspects of plant development. Research has shown that plants are more sensitive to ambient oxidants and ozone when grown under an 8-h photoperiod than either a 12-h or a 16-h photoperiod - - (Table 11-8). 

Blood-Coagulation Factor VIII Genetics, Physiological Control, and Bioassay G. I. C. Ingram... 

Newman, J.D. (1988) The Physiologic Control of Mammalian Vocalization. New York Plenum Press. 

In addition to the proposed regulatory role of ATP and pyrophosphate, some possibility exists that 3, 5 -cyclic phosphate diesterase is under physiological control. Such ideas arose through observations of Cheung (43, 62) that the partially purified enzyme from beef brain was markedly activated by snake venom. The stimulatory factor was labile at extreme pH it was not dialyzable and appeared to be a protein. A similar activating factor is also present in brain tissue (63) and is removed during purification of the diesterase. It seems to interact stoichiometrically with the enzyme. The activator is destroyed by trypsin and is not proteolytic itself. The precise role of this protein in regulating the phosphodiesterase in vivo is not yet established, however. 

Droge W. 2002. Free radicals in the physiological control of cell function. Physiol Rev 82 47-95. 

Schematic diagram of one model of the physiologic control of hydrogen ion secretion by the gastric parietal cell. ECL cell, enterochromaffin-like cell G(CCK-B), gastrin-cholecystokinin-B receptor H, histamine H2, histamine H2 receptor Mi, M3, muscarinic receptors ST2, somatostatin2 receptor ATPase, K /H ATPase proton pump. Some investigators place histamine receptors—and possibly cholinoceptors—on nearby tissue cells rather than on the parietal cell itself. (Modified and redrawn from Sachs G, Prinz C Gastric enterochromaffin-like cells and the regulation of acid secretion. News Physiol Sci 1996 11 57, and other sources.)...

One might be more inclined to attach significance to this inhibitor as a means of physiological control if there were tissues that lacked it but contained susceptible enzyme. In any case, the action of this inhibitor does not explain the changes in (8-glucuronidase activity that are seen in vivo.9... 

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