Compatible solutes improve regrowth, ameliorate enzymatic antioxidant systems, and reduce lipid peroxidation of cryopreserved Hancornia speciosa Gomes lateral buds

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Débora de Oliveira Prudente ◽  
Renato Paiva ◽  
Fernanda Carlota Nery ◽  
Patrícia Duarte de Oliveira Paiva ◽  
José Donizeti Alves ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina D’Agrosa ◽  
Charles L. Cai ◽  
Faisal Siddiqui ◽  
Karen Deslouches ◽  
Stephen Wadowski ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Neonatal intermittent hypoxia (IH) results in oxidative distress in preterm infants with immature antioxidant systems, contributing to lung injury. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) and fish oil protect against oxidative injury. We tested the hypothesis that CoQ10 is more effective than fish oil for prevention of IH-induced lung injury in neonatal rats. Methods Newborn rats were exposed to two clinically relevant IH paradigms at birth (P0): (1) 50% O2 with brief hypoxia (12% O2); or (2) room air (RA) with brief hypoxia (12% O2), until P14 during which they were supplemented with daily oral CoQ10, fish oil, or olive oil from P0 to P14. Pups were studied at P14 or placed in RA until P21 with no further treatment. Lungs were assessed for histopathology and morphometry; biomarkers of oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation; and antioxidants. Results Of the two neonatal IH paradigms 21%/12% O2 IH resulted in the most severe outcomes, evidenced by histopathology and morphometry. CoQ10 was effective for preserving lung architecture and reduction of IH-induced oxidative stress biomarkers. In contrast, fish oil resulted in significant adverse outcomes including oversimplified alveoli, hemorrhage, reduced secondary crest formation and thickened septae. This was associated with elevated oxidants and antioxidants activities. Conclusions Data suggest that higher FiO2 may be needed between IH episodes to curtail the damaging effects of IH, and to provide the lungs with necessary respite. The negative outcomes with fish oil supplementation suggest oxidative stress-induced lipid peroxidation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sobia Manzoor ◽  
Ayesha Khan ◽  
Beena Hasan ◽  
Shamim Mushtaq ◽  
Nikhat Ahmed

Background: Oxidative damage contributes to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia (SZ). Redox imbalance may lead to increased lipid peroxidation, which produces toxic aldehydes like 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) ultimately leading to oxidative stress. Conversely, implications of oxidative stress points towards an alteration in HNE-protein adducts and activities of enzymatic and antioxidant systems in schizophrenia. Objectives: Present study focuses on identification of HNE-protein adducts and its related molecular consequences in schizophrenia pathology due to oxidative stress, particularly lipid peroxidation. Material and Methods: Oxyblotting was performed on seven autopsied brain samples each from cortex and hippocampus region of schizophrenia patients and their respective normal healthy controls. Additionally, thiobarbituric acid substances (TBARS), reduced glutathione (GSH) levels and catalase (CAT) activities associated with oxidative stress, were also estimated. Results: Obtained results indicates substantially higher levels of oxidative stress in schizophrenia patients than healthy control group represented by elevated expression of HNE-protein adducts. Interestingly, hippocampus region of schizophrenia brain shows increased HNE protein adducts compared to cortex. An increase in catalase activity (4.8876 ± 1.7123) whereas decrease in antioxidant GSH levels (0.213 ± 0.015µmol/ml) have been observed in SZ brain. Elevated TBARS level (0.3801 ± 0.0532ug/ml) were obtained in brain regions SZ patients compared with their controls that reflects an increased lipid peroxidation (LPO). Conclusion: Conclusion: We propose the role of HNE modified proteins possibly associated with the pathology of schizophrenia. Our data revealed increase lipid peroxidation as a consequence of increased TBARS production. Furthermore, altered cellular antioxidants pathways related to GSH and CAT also highlight the involvement of oxidative stress in schizophrenia pathology.


2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
L. G. Netyukhailo ◽  
T. A. Sukhomlin ◽  
Ya. A. Basarab ◽  
V. V. Bondarenko ◽  
S. V. Kharchenko

The objective of research was to study the state of prooxidant and antioxidant systems in the tissues of the lungs, kidneys, pancreas and salivary glands at burn disease. The intensity of the free radical processes was evaluated on the basis of the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) and antioxidant system – based on the indexes of its enzymatic chain: superoxide dismutase and catalase in homogenates of the studied organs. It has been found that changes in experimental burn disease depend on the studied organs and the stage of burn disease. The activation of free radical processes observed in all investigated organs (lungs, kidneys, pancreas and salivary glands). Reactive oxygen species induce lipid peroxidation, which is a universal marker of tissue damage. MDA appears in the body during degradation of polyunsaturated fatty acids and it’s a marker of lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress. It was found the increasing of MDA in all organs, especially in the lungs and kidneys at stage of burn shock. Under these conditions it was observed the decrease of superoxide dismutase and catalase in all investigated organs. At burn disease there is development of disbalance between the action of prooxidant and antioxidant systems due to the activation of free radical processes.


Author(s):  
Fasna K. A. ◽  
Geetha N. ◽  
Jean Maliekkal

Background: Ageing is characterized by a gradual decline in body functions and decreased ability to maintain homeostasis. The free radical theory of ageing proposed by Harman D states that ageing is a result of cumulative damage incurred by free radical reactions. Free radicals are highly reactive molecular species with unpaired electrons; generated in the body by several physiological processes. Prime target to free radical attack are the polyunsaturated fatty acids of cell membranes causing lipid peroxidation. The free radicals are neutralized by the exogenous and endogenous antioxidant systems. Oxidative stress occurs when large number of free radicals are produced or the antioxidant activity is impaired. The present study is focused to find out the role of oxidative stress in ageing.Methods: A cross sectional observational study was undertaken to assess the oxidative stress in ageing; by determining the levels of lipid peroxidation product- malondialdehyde (MDA), the antioxidants- superoxide dismutase (SOD) and ceruloplasmin in various age groups. 150 healthy subjects were selected randomly and categorised into three different age groups of 20-30 years, 40-59 years and 60-90 years; with 50 subjects in each group. Results were expressed as mean ± standard deviation.Results: a significant elevation in serum MDA level and a decline in SOD were observed in 40-59 years and 60-90 years age groups. However, an elevated ceruloplasmin level was found in the above age groups.Conclusions: Aforementioned observations are suggestive of an association between oxidative stress and the progression of ageing process.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (36) ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Abdurrahman Kharbat ◽  
Stephen Rossettie ◽  
Mimi Zumwalt

This paper discusses factors involved in COVID-19 pathophysiology, with a focus on nutrition, exercise, enzymatic antioxidant systems, and the interplay between immune tolerance and resistance. Of all the supplements, zinc has the most evidence for effectiveness against viruses. However, these data were based primarily on studies measuring duration of the common cold rather than on COVID-19, and optimal dosing remains unclear. Exercise has been shown to have protective tolerogenic effects against viral infection due to the impact of extracellular superoxide dismutases (EC-SODs). Exercise may have a combination of beneficial and harmful effects on outright resistance to viruses in the short term, but taken as a whole it likely has a net protective effect on the immune system. The evidence is examined through the lens of the open window theory and a thorough investigation of the relationship between EC-SODs and exercise/diet. By better understanding the host-virus relationship, clinicians and researchers alike can collaborate to establish guiding principles regarding the steps that individuals can take to protect against some of the deleterious effects of viral infections. More research in this area is needed to understand the relationships among exercise, nutrition, and viral disease. Keywords: COVID-19, SARS CoV-2, nutrition, zinc, EC-SODs, superoxide dismutase, exercise, enzymatic antioxidant/immune systems


Author(s):  
Варвара Ильинична Лившиц ◽  
Сергей Николаевич Нагорнев ◽  
Валерий Константинович Фролков ◽  
Галина Анатольевна Пузырева

В статье представлен анализ процессов липопероксидации в ротовой жидкости у пациентов с дентальными периимплантитами при курсовом применении низкоинтенсивной инфракрасной лазеротерапии и низкочастотной электростатической терапии. Полученные результаты позволяют заключить, что развитие воспалительных осложнений, возникающих у пациентов с ортопедическими конструкциями на дентальных имплантатах, характеризуются развитием окислительного стресса, нарушающим динамическое равновесие между про- и антиоксидантными системами. Применение физиотерапевтических факторов (лазера и низкочастотной электротерапии) оказывает выраженное антиоксидантное действие, реализуемое на основе потенцирующего механизма взаимодействия физических факторов и направленное на повышение резервной мощности защитных факторов ротовой жидкости и поддержание окислительного гомеостаза в условиях физиологического равновесия. Установлено, что позитивные сдвиги параметров липопероксидации тесно коррелируют с индексными показателями клинического состояния пациентов, что убедительно свидетельствует не только о патогенетической значимости процессов ПОЛ в развитии постпротетических воспалительных осложнений при дентальной имплантации, но и важности антиоксидантных потенций проводимых лечебных мероприятий в достижении клинической эффективности. Тесная взаимосвязь коэффициента стабильности дентального имплантата с продуктами ПОЛ характеризует собой деструктивное участие липоперекисных процессов в формировании морфологической основы остеоинтеграции имплантатов, а также позволяет рассматривать параметры перекисного метаболизма и значения коэффициента антиоксидантной защиты в качестве информативных индикаторов мониторинга и прогноза устойчивости внутрикостных дентальных конструкций The article presents an analysis of lipid peroxidation processes in the oral fluid in patients with dental peri-implantitis during the course of low-intensity infrared laser therapy and low-frequency electrostatic therapy. The results obtained allow us to conclude that the development of inflammatory complications arising in patients with orthopedic constructions on dental implants are characterized by the development of oxidative stress, which disrupts the dynamic balance between pro- and antioxidant systems. The use of physiotherapeutic factors (laser and low-frequency electrotherapy) has a pronounced antioxidant effect, realized on the basis of a potentiating mechanism of interaction of physical factors and aimed at increasing the reserve power of the protective factors of the oral fluid and maintaining oxidative homeostasis in conditions of physiological equilibrium. It has been established that positive shifts in lipid peroxidation parameters closely correlate with index indicators of the clinical state of patients, which convincingly indicates not only the pathogenetic significance of LPO processes in the development of postprotective inflammatory complications during dental implantation, but also the importance of antioxidant potencies of the therapeutic measures in achieving clinical efficacy. The close relationship of the coefficient of stability of a dental implant with LPO products characterizes the destructive participation of lipoperoxide processes in the formation of the morphological basis of osseointegration of implants, and also allows us to consider the parameters of peroxide metabolism and the value of the coefficient of antioxidant protection as informative indicators for monitoring and predicting the stability of intraosseous dental structures


2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Magdalan ◽  
Aleksandra Piotrowska ◽  
Agnieszka Gomułkiewicz ◽  
Tomasz Sozański ◽  
Adam Szeląg ◽  
...  

α-Amanitin (α-AMA) is the main toxin of Amanita phalloides and its subspecies (A. virosa and A. verna). The primary mechanism of α-AMA toxicity is associated with protein synthesis blocking in hepatocytes. Additionally, α-AMA exhibits prooxidant properties that may contribute to its severe hepatotoxicity. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of α-AMA on lipid peroxidation and the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) in human hepatocyte culture. The effects of benzylpenicillin (BPCN), N-acetyl-L-cysteine (ACC), and silibinin (SIL) on SOD and CAT activities and on lipid peroxidation in human hepatocyte culture intoxicated with α-AMA were also examined. In human hepatocyte culture, 48-hour exposure to α-AMA at a 2-μM concentration caused an increase in SOD activity, a reduction of CAT activity, and a significant increase in lipid peroxidation. Changes in SOD and CAT activity caused by α-AMA could probably enhance lipid peroxidation by increased generation of hydrogen peroxide combined with reduced detoxification of that oxygen radical. The addition of antidotes (ACC or SIL) to the culture medium provided more effective protection against lipid peroxidation in human hepatocytes intoxicated with α-AMA than the addition of BPCN, possessing no antioxidant properties.


2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (05) ◽  
pp. 967-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian-Jun Fu ◽  
Hong-Bing Liu ◽  
Peng Wang ◽  
Hua-Shi Guan

Platycodi Radix is the root of Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC and has been used as a traditional medicine in China. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, Platycodi Radix (PR) possesses the character of lung meridian tropism (Guijing) and has selective effects on the lung and respiratory system. The aim of this study was to confirm the antioxidant effects of saponins from Platycodi Radix (PRS), with emphasis on its selective inhibition of lipid peroxidation in different tissues. The hydroxyl radical scavenging activity was determined by a H2O2/Fe2+ system; a modified thiobarbituric acid reactive species assay was used to measure the lipid peroxide in rats' tissues. These antioxidant activities were compared to ascorbic acid (Vc). The results showed that PRS had antioxidant activities in various antioxidant systems. And the inhibition capability of lipid peroxidation of PRS and Vc were excellent, but differed greatly in different tissues. These results suggested that PRS had antioxidant effects and selective inhibition of lipid peroxidation. It indicated that the mechanism of Platycodi Radix to treat some diseases might be related to its antioxidant activity, especially its tissue selective effects. However, further study is needed.


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