scholarly journals Detection of Rickettsia RaoultiI Genotypes in Southern Kazakhstan

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
I. E. Samoylenko ◽  
L. V. Kumpan ◽  
N. A. Okolelova ◽  
Y. P. Igolkina ◽  
A. Yu. Tikunov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Shell Vial ◽  
Rickettsia Raoultii

Previously it was established that different species of genus Rickettsia were detected in Kazakhstan. Nevertheless, rickettsial species spectrum of some regions of Kazakhstan has not been studied. Dermacentor niveus ticks from Southern Kazakhstan were investigated using cell cultures by shell vial technique. The first isolates close related to genotypes Rickettsia raoultii RpA4 and DnS14 were obtained. The role of these agents in tick-borne rickettsioses morbidity in Southern Kazakhstan is discussed.

The role of calcium in the increase in flocculence of yeast growing in the presence of copper

1965 ◽  
Vol 162 (989) ◽  
pp. 555-566 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Medium ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Chloride Solution ◽  
Liquid Copper ◽  
Acquired Resistance ◽  
Calcium Chloride Solution ◽  
Copper Resistance ◽  
Liquid Cultures ◽  
Selection Of

Growth in the presence of inhibitory concentrations of copper enhances the tendency of yeast to flocculate. Many yeasts will not flocculate unless calcium is included in the growth medium and Guinness strain 522 used in the present work required a relatively large amount. Single cell cultures may undergo variation during subculture, resulting in the production of a large number of variants (Chester 1963). The cells of these variants differ considerably in their ability to adhere together. Flocculation variants of strain 522 differed among themselves in the amount of calcium necessary for flocculation, the most flocculent variants requiring least calcium. Washed cells of the more flocculent yeasts removed more calcium from a calcium chloride solution than did those with lesser powers of adhesion. In a copper medium con­taining calcium the more flocculent variants replaced the less flocculent. Calcium protected cells from copper and the more flocculent variants enjoyed most protection. All variants acquired resistance to copper during growth in the copper medium. Despite the selection of the more flocculent yeasts during growth in liquid medium, their copper resistance was less than that of the less flocculent yeasts. When calcium was added to the liquid copper medium, cultures developed less resistance. It is concluded that the less flocculent cells, having less protection by calcium, were exposed to what was effectively a greater concentration of copper and therefore became more resistant. This greater resistance did not enable these cells to compete with the flocculent cells in liquid cultures.

Possible role of mitochondria in posttetanic potentiation of GABAergic synaptic transmission in rat neocortical cell cultures

Synapse ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maksim V. Storozhuk ◽  
Svetlana Y. Ivanova ◽  
Pavel M. Balaban ◽  
Platon G. Kostyuk
Keyword(s):  
Synaptic Transmission ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Posttetanic Potentiation ◽  
Gabaergic Synaptic Transmission

Effects on growth behavior in continuous hybridoma cell cultures: The role of viral contamination

1998 ◽  
pp. 19-29
Author(s):  
Andrea Hawerkamp ◽  
Dirk Lütkemeyer ◽  
Frank Gudermann ◽  
Anna Falkenhain ◽  
Heino Büntemeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Growth Behavior ◽  
Viral Contamination

scholarly journals Uremic Toxin Lanthionine Interferes with the Transsulfuration Pathway, Angiogenetic Signaling and Increases Intracellular Calcium

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmela Vigorito ◽  
Evgeniya Anishchenko ◽  
Luigi Mele ◽  
Giovanna Capolongo ◽  
Francesco Trepiccione ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Protein Content ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Uremic Toxin ◽  
Vascular Endothelial ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Transsulfuration Pathway ◽  
Strip Test ◽  
Endothelial Growth Factor

(1) The beneficial effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on the cardiovascular and nervous system have recently been re-evaluated. It has been shown that lanthionine, a side product of H2S biosynthesis, previously used as a marker for H2S production, is dramatically increased in circulation in uremia, while H2S release is impaired. Thus, lanthionine could be classified as a novel uremic toxin. Our research was aimed at defining the mechanism(s) for lanthionine toxicity. (2) The effect of lanthionine on H2S release was tested by a novel lead acetate strip test (LAST) in EA.hy926 cell cultures. Effects of glutathione, as a redox agent, were assayed. Levels of sulfane sulfur were evaluated using the SSP4 probe and flow cytometry. Protein content and glutathionylation were analyzed by Western Blotting and immunoprecipitation, respectively. Gene expression and miRNA levels were assessed by qPCR. (3) We demonstrated that, in endothelial cells, lanthionine hampers H2S release; reduces protein content and glutathionylation of transsulfuration enzyme cystathionine-β-synthase; modifies the expression of miR-200c and miR-423; lowers expression of vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF; increases Ca2+ levels. (4) Lanthionine-induced alterations in cell cultures, which involve both sulfur amino acid metabolism and calcium homeostasis, are consistent with uremic dysfunctional characteristics and further support the uremic toxin role of this amino acid.

scholarly journals Interleukin 4 induces cultured monocytes/macrophages to form giant multinucleated cells.

1988 ◽  
Vol 167 (2) ◽  
pp. 598-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
A McInnes ◽  
D M Rennick
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Inflammatory Response ◽  
Cell Fusion ◽  
Cell Cultures ◽  
Soft Agar ◽  
Interleukin 4 ◽  
Multinucleated Cells ◽  
Granulomatous Lesions

Giant multinucleated cells (GMCs) are associated with granulomatous lesions that form in response to various infectious and noninfectious agents. The present study shows that mouse IL-4 induces the in vitro formation of GMCs by factor-dependent bone marrow and alveolar monocytes via cell fusion. GMCs appear 2 d after incubation of cell cultures with 20 U/ml or more of IL-4. Anti-IL-4 mAbs block the appearance of GMCs in these cultures, indicating that IL-4 acts directly on monocytes to promote fusion and does not secondarily induce the production of other soluble fusion factors. In soft agar cultures, IL-4 also causes the aggregation of macrophages and diminishes their migration. The role of IL-4 in a granulomatous inflammatory response is discussed.

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