scholarly journals Luminol chemiluminescence and peroxidation of unsaturated fatty acid induced by the xanthine oxidase system: Effect of oxygen radical scavengers.

1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 3402-3407 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOSHIAKI MIURA ◽  
TAKETO OGISO
1986 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. I. Jepras ◽  
R. B. Fitzgeorge

SUMMARYFour strains ofLegionella pneumophilaof different virulence as identified by ability to produce pneumonia and death in guinea-pigs infected by a fine-particle aerosol were examined for factors which may intracellularly influence virulence. Possible bactericidal mechanisms possessed by alveolar phagocytes were examined. A relationship could be established between resistance to H2O2, catalase activity and virulence amongst the strains.Virulent strains resisted the bactericidal activity generated by the xanthine oxidase system; avirulent strains did not. Incorporation of various specific inhibitors of the xanthine oxidase system indicated that the main bactericidal activities were associated with the production of H2O2and hydroxyl radicals ('OH).All strains ofL. pneumophilawere susceptible to the bactericidal activity generated by the myeloperoxidase-H202-halide system, confirming earlier observations that polymorphonuclear neutrophil leucocytes (PMNLS) are able to kill both virulent and avirulent strains ofL. pneumophila.


1992 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 687-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Fujimoto ◽  
S. Yoshikawa ◽  
S. Martin ◽  
S. G. Kayes ◽  
J. C. Parker

The protective effect of oxygen radical scavengers on lung injury induced by activated eosinophils was examined in isolated perfused rat lungs. Eosinophils were obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage from rats infected with Toxocara canis and activated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). There were no changes in pulmonary vascular (RT) and airway (Raw) resistances and only minimal changes in vascular permeability assessed using the capillary filtration coefficient (Kf,c) in PMA control lungs and nonactivated eosinophil-treated lungs. In lungs receiving 3 x 10(6) PMA-activated eosinophils, there were significant increases from baseline of 7.3-fold in RT at 30 min, primarily due to the constriction of small arteries and veins; 3.6-fold in Kf,c at 90 and 130 min; and 2.5-fold in Raw. The lungs also became markedly edematous. Both superoxide dismutase and catalase pretreatment prevented the significant increase in Kf,c and lung wet-to-dry weight ratios and partially attenuated the increase in Raw, but did not significantly inhibit the increase in RT induced by activated eosinophils. Heat-inactivated catalase did not attenuate the eosinophil-induced increases in Kf,c, Raw, or RT. Thus, activated eosinophils acutely increased microvascular permeability primarily through production of oxygen free radicals. The free radical scavengers superoxide dismutase and catalase partially attenuated the bronchoconstriction but had no significant effect on the vasoconstriction induced by activated eosinophils.


2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen Thi Hoang ◽  
Quynh Thi Thu Tran ◽  
Ha Hoang Chu ◽  
Tuyen Thi Do ◽  
Thanh Tat Dang ◽  
...  

Purple nonsulfur bacteria are a group that has so much biotechnological applications, particularly in producing of functional food rich with unsaturated fatty acids. A purple nonsulfur bacterium (named HPB.6) was chosen based on its strong growth, high lipid and synthesis of unsaturated fatty acid (omega 6,7,9). Studying on basic biological characteristics showed that the cells of HPB.6 were observed as ovoid-rod shape, none motility, Gram negative staining. The diameter of single bacterium was about 0.8-1.0 µm. The cells divide by binary fission and had bacteriochlorophyll a (Bchl a). This bacterium grew well on medium with carbon and nitrogen sources such as acetate, succinate, pyruvate, butyrate, glutamate, arginine, leucine, tyrosine, alanine, methionine, threonine, glutamine, yeast extract and NH4Cl. This selected strain grew well on medium with salt concentrations from 1.5 - 6.0% (optimum 3%), pH from 5.0 to 8.0 (optimum at pH 6.5) and could withstand Na2S at 4.0 - 5.2 mM. Based on morphological, physiological properties and 16S rRNA analysis received demonstrated that HPB.6 strain belongs to the species Rhodovulum sulfidophilum.


2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily M.G. Panggabean ◽  
Abdullah Rasyid ◽  
Zarrah Duniani ◽  
Yana Meliana ◽  
Indah Kurniasih

Trigliceride or triacylglicerol (TAG) composition in crude oil of sixteen strain of marine diatom has been detected by spectra analyses on an Electrospray - Ion Trap – Mass Spectrometry (ESI-IT-MS) HCT Bruker-Daltonic GmbH instrument with AgNO3 used as coordination ionization agent. Biomass samples of each microalga strain were taken from early and late stationary cultures in f/2 enriched seawater and algal oils were extracted according to Bligh and Dyer. Results from spectra analysis showed that P-Pt-P (C16:0-C16:1-C16:0) were distinguished in TAG from diatom strains Chaetoceros sp.1, Chaetoceros sp.2, Thalasiossira sp.1, Thalasiossira sp.2, Thalasiossira sp.3, Navicula sp. 1, Navicula sp. 2, Navicula sp. 3, Navicula sp. 4, Nitzschia sp. 2 and Amphora sp. In contrast, TAGs in Melosira sp. included P-P-P (C16:0-C16:0-C16:0) and P-P-O (C16:0-C16:0-C18:1) were identified. TAGs from Chaetoceros sp. were the most varies among samples, i.e. P-Pt-P (C16:0-C16:1-C16:0), A-P-M (C20:4-C16:0-C14:0), P-Pt-Lt (C16:0-C16:1-C18:3), P-Pt-A (C16:0-C16:1-C20:4), D-P-P (C22:6-C16:0-C16:0), A-Ln-P (C20:4-C18:2-C16:0). Various TAGs were also detected in Nitzschia sp.2, i.e. P-Pt-M (C16:0-C16:1-C14:0), P-Pt-P (C16:0-C16:1-C16:0), P-Pt-S (C16:0-C16:1-C18:0), P-Pt-A (C16:0-C16:1-C20:4). TAGs composition in Skeletonema strains that similar to those in Nitzschia sp.1 has longer carbon, i.e. P-P-O (C16:0-C16:0-C18:1), P-O-O (C16:0-C18:1-C18:1) and O-O-O (C18:1-C18:1-C18:1). TAGs with longer carbon chain and more double bond including highly unsaturated fatty acid C20:4 were increased with culture age in diatoms Chaetoceros sp.1, Chaetoceros sp.2, Thalasiossira sp.2, Navicula sp.1 and Nitzschia sp. 2.Keywords: diatom, TAG, ESI-IT-MS, f/2, early and late stationary


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