scholarly journals FREE-RADICAL OXIDATION AND OXYGENATION OF HEMOGLOBIN AT EXACERBATION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION IN THE SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Andrievskaya ◽  
N. A. Ishutina ◽  
O. L. Kutepova
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Arachidonic Acid ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Cytomegalovirus Infection ◽  
Free Radical Oxidation ◽  
Thiobarbituric Acid ◽  
Gas Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Blood Monocytes ◽  
Radical Oxidation

The aim of the study was to assess free radical processes and their effect on oxygenation of hemoglobin in the blood of 18-21 weeks  pregnant women with exacerbation of cytomegalovirus infection. We  examined 40 pregnant women with exacerbation of cytomegalovirus  infection and various levels of specific antibodies (IgM) at 18-21  weeks and 30 pregnant women without cytomegalovirus. The  spectrophotometric method was used to determine the content of oxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, thiobarbituric acid (TBA)-active  products, superoxide dismutase in blood erythrocytes; thin layer  chromatography – phosphotidylcholine, lysophosphatidylcholine;  gas-liquid chromatography – arachidonic acid. Exacerbation of  cytomegalovirus infection changes the activity of free radical  oxidation processes, the severity of which is determined by the level  of IgM antibodies and is manifested by a decrease in superoxide  dismutase (p = 0.000) and phosphatidylcholine (p = 0.000), an  increase in phospholipase A2 (p = 0.000), lysophosphatidylcholine (p  = 0.000), arachidonic acid (p = 0.000) and TBA-active products  (p = 0.000). Accumulation of superoxide anion radical and products of lipoperoxidation in erythrocytes decreases  oxyhemoglobin (p = 0.000) and increases methemoglobin (p =  0.000). Exacerbation of cytomegalovirus infection at 18-21 weeks is  associated with the enhancement of free radical lipid oxidation and a  deficiency in the antioxidant activity of superoxide dismutase. It  decreases oxygen transport properties and increases phagocytosis  by red blood monocytes; and pregnant women develop further  hemic hypoxia.

scholarly journals CHANGES OF PARAMETRES OF FREE-RADICAL STATUS, OF ANTIOXIDANT PROTECTION AND MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES OF ERYTHROCYTES OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF PREGNANT WOMEN OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER WITH CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (68) ◽  
pp. 57-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Наталия Ишутина ◽  
Nataliya Ishutina ◽  
Ирина Андриевская ◽  
Irina Andrievskaya
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Cytomegalovirus Infection ◽  
Thiobarbituric Acid ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Antioxidant Protection ◽  
Diene Conjugates ◽  
First Trimester Of Pregnancy ◽  
Morphologic Changes

The aim is to study the features of changes of free-radical status, antioxidant protection and morphologic changes of erythrocytes of the peripheral blood of pregnant women of the first trimester with exacerbation of cytomegalovirus infection (CMVI). 35 pregnant women with exacerbation of CMVI in the first trimester of gestation (the main group) and 35 pregnant women without this pathology of the same age and term as the patients of the main group were examined. Erythrocytes of the venous blood stabilized by heparine as well as blood plasma became the material of the study. There has been studied the condition of lipid peroxidation (LP) by the contents of diene conjugates and active products reacting with thiobarbituric acid; the state of nonenzymatic antioxidant protection by the contents of α-tocopherol as well as of the enzyme of erythrocytes (superoxide dismutase); morphologic changes of erythrocytes. It was found out that the exacerbation of CMVI in the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with activation of LP processes which include modification of not only primary, reverse stages of this process – the increase of the concentration of diene conjugates (p<0.001), but they lead to an increased formation of secondary active products reacting with thiobarbituric acid (p<0.001), intensifying the destructive action on the membrane of erythrocytes. Primary and secondary products of LP against the decrease of concentration of erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (p<0.001) and α-tocopherol (p<0.001) are accumulated in increasing concentrations and become potential factors of erythrocytes damage causing their functional and metabolic inferiority. Metabolic disturbances and damages of cellular membranes lead to the increase of population of echinocytes, target-like and degenerative forms of erythrocytes, which can be accompanied by a high probability of intravascular hemolysis and contribute to the development of hemic hypoxia complicating the infectious process and the course of pregnancy. Within the present hyperoxidation and suppression of antioxidant protection that lead to the worsening of the rheology of blood, women with exacerbation of CMVI in the first trimester of pregnancy should be prescribed the medicine stabilizing the lipid exchange.

State of the enzyme link of antioxidant protection in boys with hypoandrogenism

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
L. K. Parkhomenko ◽  
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L. A. Strashok ◽  
S. I. Turchina ◽  
G. V. Kosovtsova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Glutathione Peroxidase ◽  
Free Radical Oxidation ◽  
Conjugated Dienes ◽  
Delayed Puberty ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Antioxidant Protection ◽  
Radical Oxidation

Recently, interest in the problem of free radical oxidation in biological membranes, which is directly related to both the normal functioning of cells and the occurrence, course and outcome of many pathological conditions, has increased again in clinical medicine. The aim was to determine the role and impact of antioxidant defense in boys with hypoandrogenism. The study involved 75 adolescents with hypoandrogenism aged 13–18 years, who underwent a complex of clinical and laboratory examinations. All patients were conducted complex of anthropometric research and determination of the degree of delayed puberty, laboratory and instrumental examination. Free radical oxidation was determined by the levels of malondialdehyde, conjugated dienes, carbonated proteins, superoxide dismutase and catalase in the serum, and restored glutathione and glutathione peroxidase in whole blood. Based on their determination, the coefficient of oxidative stress was calculated. Statistical processing of results was performed using parametric and nonparametric methods. The study of indicators of the free radical oxidation process found that adolescents with hypoandrogenism have multidirectional changes in the oxidation of proteins and lipids, namely: the level of conjugated dienes increases, the concentration of malondialdehyde remains at the level of the control group, and the level of carbonated proteins tends to decrease. As for the activity of antioxidant protection enzymes, a significant decrease in the level of glutathione peroxidase was detected, while the level of superoxide dismutase and catalase remained at the level of normative indicators. Oxidative stress accompanies and is one of the pathogenetic links in the formation or maintenance of the state of hypoandrogenism in boys. This requires the use of antioxidants, the complex of which must be selected individually.

Analysis of the content of zinc ions in the ejaculate of men with inflammatory diseases of the genitourinary system with indicators of sperm motility

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
O.A. Gizinger
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Seminal Plasma ◽  
Inflammatory Diseases ◽  
Free Radical Oxidation ◽  
Zinc Ions ◽  
Radical Oxidation ◽  
Genitourinary System ◽  
Sperm Dna

The results of previous studies have shown that the content of zinc ions in the semen significantly correlated with the number of sperm and influenced the volume of ejaculate. After ejaculation, the zinc contained in the seminal plasma binds to the plasma membrane and stabilizes the sperm DNA. Due to its cyto- and immunoprotective properties: induction of zinc-dependent superoxide dismutase, protection of DNA and transcriptional proteins from free radical oxidation, inhibition of proteinases, zinc is an indispensable trace element in the processes of DNA synthesis and repair, embryogenesis and reproduction.

scholarly journals Effects of His-Phe-Arg-Trp-Pro-Gly-Pro peptide on free-radical oxidation processes in conditions of chronic restraint stress

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
AO Vorvul ◽  
II Bobyntsev ◽  
OA Medvedeva ◽  
IuE Azarova ◽  
AE Belykh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Radical ◽  
Restraint Stress ◽  
Free Radical Oxidation ◽  
Regulatory Peptides ◽  
Thiobarbituric Acid ◽  
Synthetic Analog ◽  
Chronic Restraint Stress ◽  
Radical Oxidation ◽  
Oxidation Processes ◽  
Wide Range

Studying the effects of regulatory peptides on the stress-induced shifts in the bodily processes is of great fundamental and applied significance. Currently, a wide range of peptide neurotropic drugs, affecting the stress response development, are used in medicine, and new promising molecules are being studied. The study was aimed to assess the effects of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) synthetic analog, ACTH(6-9)-Pro-Gly-Pro, administered at a dose of 5, 50 and 500 μg/kg, on the free-radical oxidation processes in Wistar rats, subjected to chronic restraint stress (CRS) during two weeks. Serum levels of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and superoxide dismutase 3 (SOD3) were assessed by enzyme immunoassay, and the levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were assessed by fluorimetric method. CRS lead to the significant increase in the 8-OHdG levels by 18.4% (p = 0.01) and the decrease in the SOD3 levels by 14.3% (p = 0.01), however, it had no effect on the levels of TBARS. ACTH(6-9)-Pro-Gly-Pro, administered at a dose of 5 and 50 μg/kg, significantly decreased the levels of 8-OHdG by 19.8% (p = 0.03) and 30% (p = 0.001), respectively. Thus, it was found that CRS resulted in oxidative stress in animals. ACTH(6-9)-Pro-Gly-Pro administration at a dose of 5 and 50 μg/kg inhibits the stress-induced free-radical oxidation processes.

scholarly journals Some indicators of free radical oxidation and antioxidant protection in the erythrocytes of former athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
A. V. Elikov
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Free Radical Oxidation ◽  
The State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Enzymatic Antioxidants ◽  
Antioxidant Protection ◽  
Radical Oxidation ◽  
Former Athletes ◽  
Oxidative Balance

Objective: to study the main indicators of free radical oxidation and antioxidant protection in the erythrocytes of former athletes, depending on the period of termination of sports.Materials and methods: 24 former male athletes aged 19–29 years were examined, who were divided into 2 groups of 12 people each (1st group — former athletes who stopped training for up to 2 years; 2nd — over 2 years). The control group consisted of 15 practically healthy untrained student volunteers of the same age. In erythrocytes, spectrophotometrically (spectrophotometer Shimadzu 1240, Japan), the activity of antioxidant enzymes was determined: superoxide dismutase (SOD) (K.F. 1.15.1.1) — by inhibiting the reduction of nitro blue tetrazolium by superoxide anion radical at λ = 540 nm, after preliminary processing of erythrocytes by the method of Dubinina E.E. and others [8]; catalase (K.F. 1.11.1.6) — according to the rate of utilization of hydrogen peroxide at λ = 260 nm; glutathione peroxidase (HP) (KF 1.11.1.9) — by the change in the content of reduced glutathione in samples before and after incubation of the substrate with dithiobis-nitrobenzoic acid at λ = 412 nm; glutathione reductase (GR) (K.F. 1.6.4.2) — according to the catalytic NADPH ∙ H+-dependent transformation of the oxidized form of glutathione into the reduced form, the intensity of which was estimated by the rate of decrease in the extinction of samples at λ = 340 nm, at which the NADPH H+ solution has a maximum light absorption (Warburg test).Results: the direction of the shifts in the state of the oxidative balance was established depending on the period of detraining. A significantly lower value of the total antioxidant activity was revealed in the former athletes of the 1st group. This phenomenon is probably associated with a decrease in the efficiency of the enzymatic link of the antioxidant defense in the absence of regular physical exertion, and, as a consequence, an increased consumption of non-enzymatic antioxidants. It was found that the early post-sports period is characterized by significantly lower, in comparison with the control group, the values of the activity of the first-order enzymes (superoxide dismutase) against the background of the increased activity of the second-order enzymes (catalase).Conclusions: the obtained data can be recommended for monitoring the state of athletes who stopped playing sports and taken into account when prescribing rehabilitation measures for the corresponding contingent.

scholarly journals S-ADEMETHIONINE EFFECT ON THE ACTIVITY OF FREE RADICAL OXIDATION PROCESSES AND ARGININE/CITRULLINE CYCLE WITH DOXORUBICIN-INDUCED LIVER INJURY

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-161
Author(s):  
G.S. Maslova ◽  
R.I. Skrypnyk ◽  
І.М. Skrypnyk
Keyword(s):  
Free Radical ◽  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Liver Injury ◽  
Liver Homogenate ◽  
Free Radical Oxidation ◽  
Thiobarbituric Acid ◽  
Arginase Activity ◽  
Radical Oxidation ◽  
Group I ◽  
Doxorubicin Administration

Seeking for effective methods for doxorubicin-induced toxicity prevention is of great clinical importance. The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of S-ademethionine on the activity of free radical oxidation and antioxidant protection and arginine / citrulline cycle, and the relationship between the indicators during the modeled doxorubicin-induced liver injury in rats. Materials and methods. The series of study were performed on 30 white non-linear adult rats, 15 (50%) males, 15 (50%) females, weighing 160-220 g. The experimental animals were divided into 3 groups: I group (n=10) included rats (5 males and 5 females), which during 3 days were intraperitoneally administered with doxorubicin of 5 mg/kg/day to achieve cumulative dose of 15 mg/kg and 0.9% sodium chloride solution 1 ml; ІІ group (n=10) included rats (5 males and 5 females), which for 3 days were administered with doxorubicin in dosage similar to that in group I and S-ademethionine intraperitoneally in a dose of 100 mg/kg/day with a total dose of 300 mg/kg; ІІІ group (n=10) included rats (5 males and 5 females), which were injected intraperitoneally for 3 days with 0.9% sodium chloride 1 ml solution by 2 injections. Thiobarbituric acid reactants, arginine, catalase, arginase and ornithine decarboxylase activity were studied in the liver homogenate. Results. The rats of group I in the course of doxorubicin administration demonstrated the growth of the thiobarbituric acid reactants in 2.57 times (p=0.002) in the liver homogenate that was accompanied by 1.7-fold decreased arginase activity compared to the control group III. An inverse correlation was found between the content of thiobarbituric acid reactants and arginase activity in the liver homogenate of group I rats (r=-0.71; p=0.02). Coadministration of S-ademethionine and doxorubicin administration led to 1.4-fold increase in catalase activity in the liver homogenate of rats compared to the control (p=0.009) that reduced the severity of oxidative stress and prevented changes in the arginine/citrulline cycle. Conclusions: S-ademethionine combined with doxorubicin, reduces the activity of free radical oxidation by potentiating the production of antioxidant protective enzymes that prevent impairments in the arginine / citrulline cycle.

scholarly journals Characteristics of influence of 4-[4-oxo-3 h-quinazoline-3-yl] benzoic acid (pc-66) on a course of adrenaline myocardiodystrophy in rats according to biochemical research

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. V. Dzhyhaliuk ◽  
H. I. Stepaniuk ◽  
N. V. Zaichko ◽  
S. I. Kovalenko ◽  
K. P. Shabelnyk
Keyword(s):  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Free Radical ◽  
Glutathione Peroxidase ◽  
Benzoic Acid ◽  
Free Radical Oxidation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
No Production ◽  
Marker Enzymes ◽  
Radical Oxidation ◽  
Group I

According to the literature the leading cause of mortality among the population of Ukraine are cardiovascular diseases, what incidence tripled over the past 25 years and today stands at801.6 in100 000. It necessitates a search for new chemical compounds, suitable for creating manufacturing with a better safety profile and a high degree of efficiency.The aim of the study was to describe the effect of 4-[4-oxo-4N-quinazoline-3- il] benzoic acid (PC-66), compared with kordaron on the processes of free radical oxidation, endothelial nitric oxide production and activity of marker enzymes cytolysis cardiomyocytes adrenaline myocardiodystrophy (AMD) in rats.The study was conducted on 28 nonlinear rats of both sexes (weight – 165–220 grams), divided into four groups: group I (n = 7) – intact rats; group II (n = 7) – rats with untreated AMD (control); group III (n = 7) – rats with AMD treated with entity PC-66 (10 mg/kg intraperitoneally (i/p)); Group IV (n = 7) – rats with AMD treated with kordaron (10 mg/kg, i/p).Research shown that the development of a pilot AMD in rats was characterized by increased free radical oxidation processes, depletion of antioxidant defense system (with decreased content of G-SH, activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase), oppression of endothelial NO production. The most expressive metabolic disturbances were registered in the acute period of AMD (as of 2nd day). The use of 4-[4-oxo-4N-quinazoline-3-il] benzoic acid (PC-66, 10 mg/kg, i/p) provided an expressive cardioprotective effect which was compared with kordaron (10 mg/kg, i/p) at various stages of AMD.The mechanisms of cardioprotective action 4-[4-oxo-4N-quinazoline-3-il] benzoic acid can be realized due to the stabilization of cellular and subcellular membranes (as evidenced by the dynamics of marker enzymes cytolysis cardiomyocytes in serum and reduction of TBA-reactive substances in the myocardium), increasing the efficiency of the antioxidant system and correction of cellular redox buffer (as evidenced by the increasing pool of reduced glutathione, glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activity increased) and anti-ischemic activity associated with increased activity of endothelial NO synthase in cardiac muscle.

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