scholarly journals Proteins of the oral mucosa in experimental herpetic stomatitis

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (5) ◽  
pp. 854-857
Author(s):  
S E Reuk ◽  
N A Terekhina

Aim. To conduct a comparative analysis of acute phase proteins levels and permeability proteins in the tissues of oral mucosa and blood plasma in case of experimental herpetic stomatitis. Methods. Levels of total protein, C-reactive protein, orosomucoid, α1-antitrypsin, prealbumin, albumin and microalbumin were determined in the homogenates of oral mucosa and blood plasma of 30 rats with experimental herpetic stomatitis. Results. Levels of C-reactive protein, orosomucoid and α1-antitrypsin in serum of rats with experimental herpetic stomatitis are increased. In the homogenates of the rat oral mucosa, levels of the studied proteins increased significantly, by 1.5-3.5 times compared to the control levels. Total protein, orosomucoid, prealbumin, and microalbumin levels increased not only in tissues affected by herpes, but also in the oral mucosa on the opposite side, indicating alterations of histochematic barrier transport of, most importantly, low molecular weight proteins, increased cell membrane permeability and changes in oral mucosa periodontal tissue structural integrity. Conclusion. Herpetic infection of the oral cavity is accompanied by increased levels of acute phase reactants in rat oral mucosa both on the side of oral mucosa infected by herpes and on healthy side. The level of not only acute phase proteins, but also low-molecular transport proteins allows to evaluation the alterations of oral mucosa membrane permeability in herpetic stomatitis.

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_4) ◽  
pp. 337-338
Author(s):  
Mikhail Atroshchenko ◽  
Mariya Engalycheva ◽  
Anna Kudlaeva ◽  
Elena Borodkina ◽  
Mariya Fomina ◽  
...  

Abstract The aim of this work was to study the relationship between acute phase indicators of a biochemical blood test with the quality and cryostability sperm in stallions. Semen from 59 stallions (aged from 5 to 15 years) were collected during the breeding season (February–May). Blood plasma samples were studied using a Vegasys automatic biochemical analyzer (Analyzer Medical System, Italy). The following parameters were determined in blood plasma: total protein, level of albumin, globulin, albumin/globulin ratio, C-reactive protein, fibrinogen. Each sperm sample was evaluated by volume, concentration, total sperm, as well as progressive motility and survival of sperm in chilled and thawed sperm during hypothermic storage at +40С. The normality of the distribution of quantitative traits was determined using the Shapiro-Wilk test. For each of the indicators, the Spearman coefficient was calculated. Significance of differences was assessed using the Mann-Whitney test, the results were statistically significant at P ≤0.05. The concentration of biochemical parameters in blood serum averaged: total protein - 67.4 ± 0.7 g/l, albumin - 39.4±0.6 g/l, globulins - 28.4±0.8 g/l, C reactive protein - 0.3±0.1 mg/l, fibrinogen - 3.1±0.1 g/l. A significant negative correlation between the plasma fibrinogen and sperm survival during hypothermic storage (at +4ºС) of chilled (r=0.48; P < 0.001) sperm and progressive sperm motility after thawing (r =-0.29; < 0.05) was found. We suggest that an increase in the level of fibrinogen in the blood may indicate the presence of latent inflammatory, immuno-mediated processes in the body, including those affecting the quality and cryostability of sperm in stallions. Authors acknowledge financial support from Russian Science Foundation, Grant No: 20-16-00101, development program of Bioresource collections “Cryobank of genetic recourses the All-Russian Research Institute for Horse Breeding.”


2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 269-274
Author(s):  
S. E. Reuk ◽  
N. A. Terekhina

The high frequency of herpes infection in children determines the need to search for new diagnostic markers, evaluate treatment efficacy and predict relapse of the disease. The purpose of the work is to assess the possibility of using biochemical analysis of oral fluid to assess the effectiveness of treatment of children with acute herpetic stomatitis. In the oral fluid and blood plasma of 28 children of patients with acute herpetic stomatitis in the dynamics of the disease, the content of total protein, proteins of the acute phase of inflammation, as well as the concentrations of calcium, magnesium, copper and zinc was determined spectrophotometrically. Oral fluid and blood plasma of 45 practically healthy children were used as a control. In acute herpetic stomatitis, the content of C-reactive protein, orosomucoid, α1-antitrypsin, ceruloplasmin, prealbumin and microalbumin, as well as magnesium, calcium and zinc, increases in the oral fluid of children, but the level of total protein and transferrin decreases. In this blood plasma, the level of ceruloplasmin, orosomucoid, C-reactive protein, α1-antitrypsin is higher, and zinc is lower than in healthy children. The copper content in the oral fluid and blood plasma of children increases with moderate herpetic stomatitis, and significantly decreases with severe herpetic stomatitis. The degree of changes in the content of the proteins of acute phase of inflammation and indicators of mineral metabolism of the oral fluid and blood plasma of children with a herpetic infection of the oral cavity correlates with the severity of the disease. Highly significant correlations were revealed when comparing the concentrations of proteins of the acute phase of inflammation, electrolytes between the oral fluid and the blood plasma of children with acute herpetic stomatitis. After treatment of children with acute herpetic stomatitis, the content of minerals and proteins of the acute phase of inflammation in the oral fluid returned to normal only with a mild disease severity. A method has been developed for evaluating the effectiveness of treatment of children with acute herpetic stomatitis by determining the content of minerals in the oral fluid. The ratio of copper to calcium in the oral fluid of children more than 45 should be considered an indicator of effective treatment of children with herpetic stomatitis.


2020 ◽  
pp. 2199-2207
Author(s):  
Mark B. Pepys

The acute phase response—trauma, tissue necrosis, infection, inflammation, and malignant neoplasia induce a complex series of nonspecific systemic, physiological, and metabolic responses including fever, leucocytosis, catabolism of muscle proteins, greatly increased de novo synthesis and secretion of a number of ‘acute phase’ plasma proteins, and decreased synthesis of albumin, transthyretin, and high- and low-density lipoproteins. The altered plasma protein concentration profile is called the acute phase response. Acute phase proteins—these are mostly synthesized by hepatocytes, in which transcription is controlled by cytokines including interleukin 1, interleukin 6, and tumour necrosis factor. The circulating concentrations of complement proteins and clotting factors increase by up to 50 to 100%; some of the proteinase inhibitors and α‎1-acid glycoprotein can increase three- to fivefold; but C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum amyloid A protein (an apolipoprotein of high-density lipoprotein particles) are unique in that their concentrations can change by more than 1000-fold. C-reactive protein—this consists of five identical, nonglycosylated, noncovalently associated polypeptide subunits. It binds to autologous and extrinsic materials which contain phosphocholine, including bacteria and their products. Ligand-bound CRP activates the classical complement pathway and triggers the inflammatory and opsonizing activities of the complement system, thereby contributing to innate host resistance to pneumococci and probably to recognition and safe ‘scavenging’ of cellular debris. Clinical features—(1) determination of CRP in serum or plasma is the most useful marker of the acute phase response in most inflammatory and tissue damaging conditions. (2) Acute phase proteins may be harmful in some circumstances. Sustained increased production of serum amyloid A protein can lead to the deposition of AA-type, reactive systemic amyloid.


2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 2124-2128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M.S. Schmidt ◽  
Camila P. Rubio ◽  
Funmilola Thomas ◽  
João C.P. Ferreira ◽  
David P. Eckersall

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to evaluate and to compare the possible inflammatory changes by screening acute phase proteins concentrations in healthy bitches subjected to ovariohysterectomy. Minimally invasive and conventional (laparotomy) ovariohysterectomies were performed in 17 client-owned adult female mixed breed dogs. Nine animals were subjected to minimally invasive and eight animals to conventional ovariohysterectomy. Blood samples were taken before surgery, 24, 48 hours, and seven days postoperatively. Serum C-reactive concentration was determined by a commercial ELISA kit and serum haptoglobin concentration was measured via hemoglobin binding assay, both previously validated for use in dogs. As the data did not meet the normal distribution criteria, the nonparametric Kruskall-Wallis was performed to compare quantitative variables between groups. One-way ANOVA and the Friedman test were used for multiple comparisons between time points, with a P<0.05 considered significant. C-reactive protein concentration was significantly different (P<0.0001) at 24 hours postoperatively between groups. There was no significant difference in haptoglobin concentration between groups. C-reactive protein and haptoglobin concentrations were significantly different at 24 and 48 hours postoperatively for minimally invasive and conventional ovariohisterectomies. These findings provided an overview of the short-term inflammatory effects produced by minimally invasive and conventional ovariohysterectomies.


1986 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 743-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Braun ◽  
T Schultek ◽  
K F Tegtmeier ◽  
A Florenz ◽  
C Rohde ◽  
...  

Abstract We describe immunoluminometric assays for seven acute-phase proteins, which can be determined in minimal volumes of plasma, serum, sputum, and bronchioalveolar lavage. The theoretical volume of serum or plasma required to measure all seven analytes in duplicate is 130 nL, although in practice the smallest volume of sample was enough to fill a hematocrit tube (about 25 microL of blood), collected from neonates by the heel-prick method. The assays could be performed with 10 microL of sputum or with 100 microL of bronchioalveolar lavage. We measured alpha 1-antitrypsin, alpha 2-macroglobulin, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, thyroxin-binding prealbumin, C-reactive protein, and total and secretory immunoglobulin A. The assays are rapid enough for all results to be returned to the ward on the same day and are suitable for monitoring neonatal sepsis. All coefficients of variation, derived from compound precision profiles, were less than 7% for clinically relevant analyte concentrations. Correlation with commercially available nephelometric assays was good.


2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (11 Supplement) ◽  
pp. B87-B87
Author(s):  
Anne Dee ◽  
Roberta McKean-Cowdin ◽  
Anne McTiernan ◽  
Richard N. Baumgartner ◽  
Kathy B. Baumgartner ◽  
...  

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Perier ◽  
A Chamson ◽  
R Engler ◽  
J Frey

Abstract We studied the pattern of acute-phase proteins (orosomucoid, C-reactive protein, and haptoglobin) in hepatocellular deficiency due to chronic alcohol consumption, characterized by a decrease in serum transferrin concentration. We found that their patterns could vary independently of hepatocellular deficiency, but depend on the progression of hepatic disease. The most useful protein for discriminating the stage of inflammatory reaction is orosomucoid. In moderate hepatocellular deficiency, acute-phase proteins are increased independently of the decrease in transferrin, whereas in severe hepatocellular deficiency the acute-phase proteins are also decreased. Thus, it is possible to distinguish the two stages of hepatocellular deficiency by following changes in the concentration of orosomucoid.


1989 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 869-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Paavonen ◽  
M Lehtinen ◽  
M Lehto ◽  
S Laine ◽  
R Aine ◽  
...  

Abstract We measured tumor-associated trypsin inhibitor (TATI) and C-reactive protein (CRP) in serum of 29 patients with proven pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). TATI values were increased in seven (24%), paralleling increases in CRP. TATI was increased by about 3.5-fold in seven of eight patients with CRP concentrations greater than 90 mg/L, but in none of 21 patients with CRP concentrations less than 90 mg/L. TATI concentration and severity of PID as determined by laparoscopy or endometrial biopsy were not correlated. These results suggest that, in severe infections, regulation of TATI synthesis resembles that of acute-phase proteins.


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