scholarly journals Glutaraldehyde-Polymerized Hemoglobin: In Search of Improved Performance as Oxygen Carrier in Hemorrhage Models

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Anca D. Farcas ◽  
Vlad Al Toma ◽  
Ioana Roman ◽  
Bogdan Sevastre ◽  
Florina Scurtu ◽  
...  

Hemoglobin- (Hb-) based oxygen carriers (HBOC) have for several decades been explored for treatment of hemorrhage. In our previous top-up tests, HBOC with lower in vitro prooxidant reactivity (incorporating a peroxidase or serum albumin to this end) showed a measurable but small improvement of oxidative stress-related parameters. Here, such HBOCs are tested in a hemorrhage set-up; ovine hemoglobin is also tested for the first time in such a setting, based on in vitro data showing its improved performance versus bovine Hb against oxidative and nitrosative stress agents. Indeed, ovine Hb performs better than bovine Hb in terms of survival rates, arterial tension, immunology, and histology. On the other hand, unlike in the top-up models, where the nonheme peroxidase rubrerythrin as well as bovine serum albumin copolymerized with Hb were shown to improve the performance of HBOC, in the present hemorrhage models rubrerythrin fails dramatically as HBOC ingredient (with a distinct immunological reaction), whereas serum albumin appears not feasible if its source is a different species (i.e., bovine serum albumin fares distinctly worse than rat serum albumin, in HBOC transfusions in rats). An effect of the matrix in which the HBOCs are dissolved (PBS versus gelofusine versus plasma) is noted.

1969 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1392-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Stewart ◽  
Diane M. Foley

The levels of fluorescent material in the hemolymph of lobsters injected with serum proteins from lobster hemolymph labelled with fluorescein remained relatively constant over a 6-day test period; the levels in lobsters injected with bovine serum albumin labelled with fluorescein declined rapidly. A precipitin-like reaction was observed when lobster hemolymph serum was titrated with bovine serum albumin in vitro.


2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 2450-2453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiong-Jie Jiang ◽  
Jian-Dong Huang ◽  
Yu-Jiao Zhu ◽  
Fen-Xiang Tang ◽  
Dennis K.P. Ng ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Capezzone de Joannon ◽  
Angela Testa ◽  
Natalie Falsetto ◽  
Michela Procaccini ◽  
Lorella Ragni

Aim: Ethanol is highly effective at inactivating enveloped viruses, including SARS-CoV-2. The aim of this study is to evaluate the virucidal activity of Amuchina Gel Xgerm (74% ethanol) against SARS-CoV-2, according to the European Standard EN14476:2013+A2:2019. Materials & methods: Virucidal activity of the study product was evaluated against SARS-CoV-2 strain USAWA1/2020 in suspension, in the presence of 0.3 g/l of bovine serum albumin. Results: The log10 reduction of SARS-CoV-2 in the presence of bovine serum albumin was ≥4.11 ± 0.12 after 30 s of exposure to the study product (80% dilution). Cytotoxicity was observed in the 100 dilution, affecting the detection limit by 1 log10. Conclusion: Virucidal activity against SARS-CoV-2 supports the effectiveness of this alcohol-based formulation as a prevention measure for COVID-19 illness.


2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Ashraful Alam ◽  
Md Abdul Awal ◽  
Mahbub Mostofa ◽  
Md Kamrul Islam ◽  
Nusrat Subhan

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio A. Benadiva ◽  
Barbara Kuczynski-Brown ◽  
Tobi G. maguire ◽  
Luigi Mastroianni ◽  
George L. Flickinger

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 482-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolei Shi ◽  
Xuwen Li ◽  
Yantao Sun ◽  
Wei Wei ◽  
Ruijie Yang ◽  
...  

1983 ◽  
Vol 212 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Imber ◽  
S V Pizzo

These studies explore the role of carbohydrate recognition systems and the direct involvement of terminal alpha 1-3-linked fucose in the clearance of lactoferrin from the murine circulation and in the specific binding of lactoferrin to receptors on murine peritoneal macrophages. As previously reported, radiolabelled lactoferrin cleared very rapidly (t1/2 less than 1 min) after intravenous injection into mice. However, competing levels of ligands specific for the hepatic galactose receptor (asialo-orosomucoid), the hepatic fucose receptor (fucosyl-bovine serum albumin), and the mononuclear-phagocyte system pathway recognizing mannose, N-acetylglucosamine and fucose (mannosyl-, N-acetylglucosaminyl- and fucosyl-bovine serum albumin) did not block radiolabelled lactoferrin clearance in vivo or binding to mouse peritoneal macrophage monolayers in vitro. Almond emulsin alpha 1-3-fucosidase was used to prepare defucosylated lactoferrin in which 88% of the alpha 1-3-linked fucose was hydrolysed. No difference in clearance or receptor binding was observed between radiolabelled native and defucosylated lactoferrin. Fucoidin, a fucose-rich algal polysaccharide, completely inhibits the clearance in vivo and macrophage binding in vitro of lactoferrin. This effect, however, is probably not the result of competition for binding to the fucose receptor, since gel-filtration studies demonstrated formation of a stable complex between lactoferrin and fucoidin. The present results indicate that the lactoferrin-clearance pathway is distinct from several pathways mediating glycoprotein clearance through recognition of terminal galactose, fucose, N-acetylglucosamine or mannose. Furthermore, alpha 1-3-linked fucose on lactoferrin is not essential for lactoferrin clearance in vivo or specific binding to macrophage receptors in vitro.


2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 2697-2700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingxin Wu ◽  
Yan Qian ◽  
Hao Cui ◽  
Xiaomin Lai ◽  
Xianchuan Xie ◽  
...  

Nanomedicine ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre Gonçalves Prospero ◽  
Lais Pereira Buranello ◽  
Carlos AH Fernandes ◽  
Lucilene Delazari dos Santos ◽  
Guilherme Soares ◽  
...  

Background: We evaluated the impacts of corona protein (CP) formation on the alternating current biosusceptometry (ACB) signal intensity and in vivo circulation times of three differently coated magnetic nanoparticles (MNP): bare, citrate-coated and bovine serum albumin-coated MNPs. Methods: We employed the ACB system, gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry analysis. Results: Higher CP formation led to a greater reduction in the in vitro ACB signal intensity and circulation time. We found fewer proteins forming the CP for the bovine serum albumin-coated MNPs, which presented the highest circulation time in vivo among the MNPs studied. Conclusion: These data showed better biocompatibility, stability and magnetic signal uniformity in biological media for bovine serum albumin-coated MNPs than for citrate-coated MNPs and bare MNPs.


Development ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-540
Author(s):  
J. B. Gurdon

A method is described by which nuclei associated with some cytoplasm can be rapidly prepared from a suspension of cells. The method involves the use of lysolecithin and bovine serum albumin. Oocytes of Xenopus laevis were injected with about 200 nuclei prepared from human He La cells by this method. Nuclei were deposited in oocyte cytoplasm, in the oocyte nucleus, or in the dispersed contents of a ruptured oocyte nucleus. Injected He La nuclei enlarge up to several hundred times in volume in the course of a few days. Their enlargement is associated with chromatin dispersion, increased binding of an acidic dye, and with the reduction in size, and eventual disappearance, of nucleoli. The amount of He La nucleus enlargement is much greater when the oocyte nucleus is ruptured. The fate of injected nuclei was followed by the use of HeLa nuclei whose DNA had been previously la belled with [3H] thymidine. La belled DNA does not pass from injected He La nuclei into the oocyte nucleus. Injected nuclei appear not to fuse with each other or with the oocyte nucleus. Nuclei prepared by the above method look morphologically healthy in oocytes cultured in vitro for up to one month after nuclear injection. Nuclei prepared by other methods, such as those involving the use of detergents, undergo deterioration within a few days after injection into oocytes.


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