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A I Lukash

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PubMed2002

[Free radical processes and antioxidant system in depression and treatment efficiency].

Free radical processes and antioxidant systems activities were studied before and after treatment in blood and saliva of 23 depressive patients with ICD-10 diagnosis--6 with depressive episode and 17 with recurrent depression. Compared to control, blood plasma Fe(2+)-rodamine induced chemiluminescence, total peroxidase and catalase activities increased and blood plasma superoxide eliminational activity as well as superoxide dismutase activity in erythrocytes decreased in patients before treatment. At the same time, total peroxidase activity, superoxide eliminational activity and catalase activity were elevated in the patient's saliva. After antidepressant treatment, positive dynamics for many parameters studied was more pronounced in responders. Saliva was shown to be potential biological material for "oxidative stress" assessment and for treatment efficacy evaluation in depression.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

[Changes in the fluorescence in preparations of normal human immunoglobulin during deamidation].

It was shown that self-fluorescence of normal human immunoglobulins prepared with the use of donor and placental raw materials lowered after incubation at 37 degrees C for 28 days and after storage under the standard conditions (4-10 degrees C) for 2 years. Dependence of thermostability of the immunoglobulins on the raw material used for their preparation and the storage period was revealed spectrofluorometrically. Resistance of the proteins to thermal denaturation lowered on storage. However, it was higher in the immunoglobulins prepared with the use of donor serum. Thermostability and lowering of self-fluorescence of the proteins depended on the level of their amidization.

Blood↗
PubMed1984

[Posttranslational deamidation of crystalline lens proteins during animal aging].

The amide content of total proteins and protein fractions (alpha-, beta-, gamma-cristallins and albuminoid) from cortex and nuclear lens zones of cattle has been investigated. The amide content in proteins of cortex and nuclear lens of young animals (1,5-2 years old) is the same. The decrease of the amide content in the proteins of nuclear lenz zone of old animals (6-12 years old) is due to fraction of readily hydrolysed amides. The data obtained prove the posttranslational desamidation of lens proteins at ageing. beta-Cristallines--the proteins with the highest amides content is exposed to posttranslational desamidation most of all.

Aging↗
PubMed1984

[Characteristics of the chemiluminescence of the system containing H202 in the presence of iron compounds].

The relative effectiveness of radical formation by different concentrations of hemoglobin, hemin and Fe2+ in the reaction with H2O2 evaluated by the intensity of chemiluminescence was studied. Hemoglobin was shown to be remarkably effective at the concentrations close to those in blood plasma. It is suggested that exoerythrocyte hemoglobin and the products of its destruction up to hemin are the most effective prooxidants and potential centers of radical formation in the blood.

Ferrous Compounds↗
PubMed1984

[Action of hyperoxia on the total electrical activity of the olfactory epithelium of the frog].

Olfactory mucosa of the frog was stimulated with odours of amylacetat , butanol, alcohol, naphthalene, acetic acid in air and oxygen media under normal and high oxygen pressure (0.2 MPa and 0.7 MPa). The electroolfactogram (EOG) amplitude was higher in oxygen due, probably, to the olfactory mucosa oxygen saturation on concentration gradient as well as to the activation of processes related to the EOG generation. 0.2 MPa pressure as well as 0.7 MPa pressure applied for 60 min decreased the EOG amplitude.

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PubMed1983

[Iron-containing proteins and the proteolytic activity in the blood serum in hyperbaric oxygenation and the protective action of urea].

The number and composition of ferro-containing proteins, the total number of iron, summary peroxidase activity and peptide-hydrolase activity have been determined under different hyperbaro-oxygenation (HBO) in blood serum. It has been established that under HBO the concentration of ferro-containing proteins increases, the fraction composition of serum and erythrocyte haemoglobin changes, the activity of acid peptide-hydrolases increases and the protamine-splitting peptide-hydrolase activity lowers. The administration of urea before HBO-experiments leads to the normalization of the most biochemical indicators of blood serum. The tests of oxygen intoxication depth assessment have been suggested.

Animals↗
PubMed1979

[Hemoglobin, transferrin and total iron content in the blood serum in hyperoxia and during the protective action of urea].

A rise of hemoglobin concentration accompanied by an increase of the total iron in the blood serum of white mice was found under oxygen pressure of 4 atm for an hour (preconvulsive state) and 6 atm (convulsive state). Changes in correlations of hemoglobin fractions in the blood serum were detected in both stages of oxygen poisoning by disc-electrophoresis in 7.5% polyacrylamide gel. A rise of transferrin concentration under these conditions (hyperoxia) was observed. The deflections occurred were less pronounced following administration of urea to the animals before hyperbaric oxygenation.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

[Nonenzymatic deamidation as a factor in protein aging].

Amidation of two protein fractions of brain, heart and liver of senite rats was found to decrease by 15--21% as compared with that of young animals. This decrease was shown to be due to unstable amide groups. Strong evidence is presented favouring the preposition that in proteins the unstable amide groups are those of asparagine and the stable ones those of glutamine. The possibility of the nonenzymatic deamidation of proteins was investigated. Deaminated proteins were found to be more easily attacked by proteinases which could be one of the possible ways of breakdown of aging proteins.

Aging↗
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[Intensity of free radical process and antioxidant enzymes activity in human saliva and plasma under emotional stress].

The intensity of free radical processes (FRP) and the activity of antioxidant (AO) systems in human blood plasma and saliva were studied under physiological emotional strain and depressive pathologies (before and after treatment). The significant alterations in the dynamics of investigative indexes under different emotional strain were revealed. These alterations in saliva were more intensive than in blood plasma. The treatment led to the stabilization of FRP intensity and the activity of AO protection. The correlation between saliva and blood plasma parametres allows to use saliva for the estimation of emotional strain and of the efficiency of therapeutics under depressive pathologies.

Adult↗
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[Lysosome enzymes of brain in hyperoxia and under the effect of urea].

For studying the mechanism of hyperoxia toxic effect on metabolism in the rat brain localization of lysosomes enzymes - acid phosphatase, DNase II and acid peptid-hydrolases were investigated in the brain subcellular fractions under different phases of oxygen poisoning and in the in vitro experiments. Under hyperoxia redistribution of the lysosome enzymes is found between the fraction enriched with lysosomes and the soluble one. The character of redistribution evidences for disturbance of permeability in the brain lysosome membranes under hyperoxia. Urea possessing a protective effect under these conditions prevents from labilization of lysosome enzymes which is evoked by the effect of oxygen hyperoxia. When studying manifestation of the effect of lysosome hydrolases release on the substrate level there were found constancy of DNA content in the brain under hyperoxia and a decrease in polymeric property of the brain DNA an hour after the beginning of the terminal phase of oxygen poisoning.

Acid Phosphatase↗
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[Effect of carbohydrates and polyols on amide content and protein fragmentation in a lactoglobulin preparation].

Certain carbohydrates and polyols are used at various stages of the production of immunobiological preparations as stabilizers of biological activity, particularly in the production of lactoglobulin (against opportunistic pathogens) using membrane ultrafiltration. This study concerns the effect of these substances on changes in the amide content in proteins of this lactoglobulin. Lactoglobulin was incubated in near-physiological (0.9% NaCl, pH 5.5) 10% solutions of glucose, fructose, and sorbitol at 4 and 35 degrees C for 7, 14, and 28 days. A lactoglobulin solution in 0.9% NaCl, pH 5.5, was used as the control. All substances studied suppressed the reduction of the amide group content of asparagine and, in contrast, increased the rate of amide group removal from glutamine residues in proteins of lactoglobulin preparations.

Amides↗
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[Biochemical indicators of oxygen poisoning].

Content of extra erythrocyte hemoglobin (EEH), total peroxidase activity (TPA), tseruloplasmin oxidase activity (TOA) and chemiluminescence intensity have been investigated in plasma. The dose-dependent changes of EEN, TPA, TOA are shown in experiments on the animals under hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) pressure (0.2, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 MPa from 30 min. to 120 min.) and EEH, TPA--under hyperbaric air (1.1 MPa; 4 hours). All these parameters have been studied in patients treated with HBO for the assessment of HBO efficacy in the clinical investigations. These biochemical parameters may be used as informative tests of the functional state of the organism under HBO and hyperbaric air.

Adult↗
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[Iron-containing proteins in the plasma and serum of the blood in patients during hyperbaric oxygenation therapy].

Extra-erythrocyte hemoglobin (EEH) level and total peroxidase activity (TPA) have been analysed in the blood serum and plasma of 44 patients following hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO). The levels of the parameters tested decreased after 3 HBO procedures and remained low to the end of the treatment period in the first group of patients. In the second group of patients, on the contrary, EEH and TPA levels increased after 3 HBO procedures and remained high to the end of the treatment period. In both groups of patients EEH changes correlated with TPA alterations. Possible EEH and TPA determination for the estimation and enhancement of HBO treatment efficacy is discussed.

Hemoglobins↗
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[Changes in the proteolytic activity of tissues during aging].

The intensity of proteolytic processes and qualitative composition of autolysis products of the brain, liver and testicle tissues of young and old rats were studied. The gel-chromatographic analysis (Sephadex G-15 and G-50) revealed no considerable amount of high-molecular peptides (1500 Da and over) before and after autolysis. The measurement of the quantity of free amino groups in the gel-chromatographic fraction after the complete acid hydrolysis has confirmed that result. The low-molecular peptides and free amino acids, are the main products of the tissue autolysis. The intensity of proteolytic processes, determined by an increase in the amount of amino acids depends on the autolysis duration and age of animals. The total increment of amino acids in the brain and liver tissues of old animals for the first hour of autolysis has been higher by 102 and 219% as compared to young ones. The autolysis of testicles of the young and old animals after the first hour of incubation is characterized by the same intensivity. Such a regularity is not revealed when analyzing the same processes by the Lowry method.

Aging↗