Autophagy at the crossroads of metabolism and cellular defense

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 588-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Begun ◽  
Ramnik J. Xavier
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Defense

Role of Histamine and Leucotaxin in Function of Cellular Defense Mechanism

1956 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
László Kátó ◽  
Béla Gözsy
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Tissue Damage ◽  
Inflammatory Process ◽  
Defense Mechanism ◽  
Volatile Oils ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Cellular Defense ◽  
Intradermal Administration ◽  
Flow Through

Experiments are presented to the effect that in an inflammatory process histamine and leucotaxin appear successively at different and orderly time intervals, thus assuring an increased fluid flow through the capillary wall. Histamine is released not only in the inflammatory process but also by intradermal administration of such substances (volatile oils or their components) which induce neither the triple response of Th. Lewis nor any tissue damage. This could be explained by the fact that in the tissues histamine is ‘present’ but leucotaxin is ‘formed.’

A new method of long-term preventive cardioprotection usingLactobacillus

2000 ◽  
Vol 278 (5) ◽  
pp. H1717-H1724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana Oxman ◽  
Michal Shapira ◽  
Adriana Diver ◽  
Rodica Klein ◽  
Natalie Avazov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ischemia Reperfusion ◽  
Stress Protein ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Cellular Defense ◽  
Heat Stress Protein ◽  
Protective Proteins ◽  
Perfused Hearts ◽  
Related Compounds ◽  
Stop Flow

Potential long-term cardioprotection was investigated in an extensive experimental study. Lactobacillus cultivation components (LCC) were administered intravenously in anesthetized rats 1, 7, and 21 days before global ischemia (GI). GI was produced by full stop flow in isolated Langendorff-perfused hearts for 20 min and was followed by reperfusion. Control animals were injected with saline. LCC reduced reperfusion tachyarrhythmia significantly and improved functional recovery of the ischemized rat heart. These beneficial effects were associated with reduction of release of norepinephrine (NE) and prostacyclin at the first minute of reperfusion, activation of myocardial catalase, and overexpression of 70-kDa heat stress protein (HSP-70) at ischemia and reperfusion ( P < 0.05). This cardioprotection was documented up to 21 days after a single injection of LCC. Thus Lactobacillus cultivation components are new nontoxic materials that produce marked long-term cardioprotection against ischemia-reperfusion damage. This effect is attributed to an activation of the cellular defense system, manifested by activation of the antioxidant pathway and by expression of protective proteins. NE is involved in this process, and the data also suggest a role for prostacyclin in this model of cardioprotection. The potential of LCC and related compounds working through similar mechanisms in the prevention and therapy of various ischemic heart syndromes should be explored.

The role of corneal crystallins in the cellular defense mechanisms against oxidative stress

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Lassen ◽  
William J. Black ◽  
Tia Estey ◽  
Vasilis Vasiliou
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Cellular Defense

scholarly journals Activation of Cellular Defense Mechanism by Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Molecules

2014 ◽  
Vol 134 (7) ◽  
pp. 813-815
Author(s):  
Tomoya Fujie ◽  
Hiroshi Naka ◽  
Chika Yamamoto ◽  
Yasuhiro Shinkai ◽  
Yoshito Kumagai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Defense Mechanism ◽  
Inorganic Hybrid ◽  
Cellular Defense ◽  
Hybrid Molecules

Cellular Defense Against UVA (320–380 nm) and UVB (290–320 nm) Radiations

Photobiology ◽  
1991 ◽  
pp. 861-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Tyrrell ◽  
S. M. Keyse ◽  
E. C. Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Defense

scholarly journals Antioxidative defense

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 247-256
Author(s):  
Jelka Stevanovic ◽  
Suncica Borozan ◽  
Slavoljub Jovic ◽  
Igor Ignjatovic
Keyword(s):  
Free Radicals ◽  
Glutathione Peroxidase ◽  
Coenzyme Q ◽  
Cellular Protein ◽  
The Body ◽  
Antioxidative Defense ◽  
Cellular Defense ◽  
Physiological Processes ◽  
Vitamins E And C ◽  
And Control

Free radicals occur constantly during metabolism and take part in numerous physiological processes, such as: intra-cellular and inter-cellular signalization, gene expression, removal of damaged or senescent cells, and control of the tone of blood vessels. However, there is an increased quantity of free radicals in situations of so-called oxidative stress, when they cause serious damage to cellular membranes (peroxidation of their lipids, damage of membrane proteins, and similar), to interior cellular protein molecules, as well as DNA molecules and carbohydrates. This is precisely why the organism has developed numerous mechanisms for removing free radicals and/or preventing their production. Some of these are enzyme-related and include superoxide-dismutase, catalase, glutathione-peroxidase, and others. Other, non-enzyme mechanisms, imply antioxidative activities of vitamins E and C, provitamin A, coenzyme Q, reduced glutation, and others. Since free radicals can leave the cell that has produced them and become dispersed throughout the body, in addition to antioxidative defense that functions within cellular structures, antioxidant extra-cellular defense has also been developed. This is comprised by: transferrin, lactoferrin, haptoglobin, hemopexin, ceruloplasmin, albumins, extra-cellular isoform SOD, extracellular glutathione-peroxidase, glucose, bilirubin, urates, and many other molecules.

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