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J Havránková

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PubMed1999

Bioassay-directed chemical analysis and detection of mutagenicity in ambient air of the coke oven.

In the present study, we summarize the results of studies on the mutagenic potential of the main fractions and subfractions of extractable organic material (EOM) in the ambient air at the workplaces of the coke oven. The objective of our experiments was to apply the Bioassay-Directed Chemical Analysis (with the use of the Ames test) for the identification of the differences in the mutagenicity of these fractions, in relationship to the complex mixture of EOM in occupational air. From the evaluation of results, it is possible to deduce the following conclusions: (1) The comparison of the mutagenicity in the main fractions (basic, acidic, neutral) demonstrates the existence of differences in mutagenic potential. Of the total mutagenicity, 20.4% is in the basic fraction, 25.4% in the acidic fraction and 54.2% in the neutral fraction. (2) In general, 90.1% of the mutagenicity found in the basic, acidic and neutral fractions together was associated with the requirement of metabolic activation in vitro (+S9). In the case of the neutral fraction, it was 51.8%. (3) These results also suggest that frameshift mutations are the major component (53.8%) of the total mutagenicity of the main fractions. (4) With regards to the mutagenicity of organic compounds in the neutral fraction it appeared that genotoxicants of its subfractions (slightly and moderately polar and aromatic) play the main role. Carcinogenic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and genotoxic nitrocompounds play an important role as determinants of the mutagenic potential of complex mixtures of harmful compounds in ambient air. This is confirmed first by the results of short-term bacterial tests.

Air Pollutants, Occupational↗
PubMed1990

[Detection of antibodies to submitochondrial particles, F1-ATPase complex and liver specific lipoprotein in liver diseases using ELISA].

ELISA was elaborated for the determination of antibodies against liver antigen complexes--submitochondrial particles, F1-ATPase and liver specific lipoprotein. The parameters achieved so far allow to use the assay as an undemanding complementary laboratory technique in diagnosing and monitoring hepatopathies of autoimmune origin. Cross reactivity between individual antigen complexes was recorded in the majority of sera from positively reacting patients. The preliminary results show that individual antigen complexes have similar antigen structures bound to high-molecular membrane complexes, some of which, however, can be solubilized on maintaining antigen activity in ELISA.

Animals↗
PubMed1990

[Serum lysozyme and copper levels in rats after the administration of dust].

Changes in the content of lysozyme and copper were studied in the blood serum of rats in four time intervals (1, 2, 12, and 24 weeks) after administration of 50 mg TiO2, Sio2 or coal dust and the copper content was also studied 12 weeks after administration of 3 industrial dusts. The obtained results were supplemented by histopathological examinations and in the 12-week interval by the determination of the lung wet weight. The lysozyme content was statistically significantly increased compared to controls practically over the whole time course with differences in the level of the response to SiO2 in comparison with the response to TiO2 and coal. With the exception of the first interval, the serum copper level was statistically significantly increased only after quartz dust administration. The obtained results were compared with literary data and findings reported from clinical practice.

Animals↗
PubMed1989

The use of the DENTACRYL rapid (Spofa) resin for preparation of the rat tracheobronchial casts.

We have made tracheobronchial casts of the rat lungs using DENTACRYL Rapid (Spofa)--the synthetic methacrylic resin of Czechoslovak origin. The details of the method are fully described. The differences between preparations of the intact rat tracheobronchial trees and those of the rats after quartz instillation are illustrated. These differences are analogous to the commonly described changes in bronchograms.

Acrylic Resins↗
PubMed1987

[The character of chromosome banding in the karyotype of the roebuck].

We examined the karyotype in five individuals of roe-deer (Capreolus capreolus), coming from Southern Moravia. We subjected to examination the cells of bone marrow, lymphocytes of peripheral blood and germ sexual cells of roebuck. In all examined animals and in all examined tissues we found out a diploid number of seventy chromosomes. All autosomes were acrocentric, sex chromosomes had two arms. During the C-banding the centromere regions of all autosomes stained deep--dark; this demonstrated a great amount of constitutive heterochromatin. Chromosome X stained negatively during the C-banding. The pattern of G-banding was used to establish homologous pairs of chromosomes.

Animals↗
PubMed1987

[Incidence of the 1/29 Robertsonian translocation in the cattle population in Czechoslovakia].

We studied the inheritance of a serious chromosomal aberration--Robertsonian translocation 1/29 (R.t.1/29) in the female and male progeny of three successive generations after five heterozygous sires, carriers of this chromosomal aberration. Of the total number of 43 progenies that were examined cytogenetically, we found in ten sons of the second successive generation R.t.1/29 in 50% and in 26 daughters in 53%. In the third successive generation we found out this chromosomal aberration in one of two bullocks and in none of five heifers. In all cases we recorded the diploid chromosome number 59,XYt or 59,XXt in heterozygous constitution, in 100% of all examined mitoses. The translocation is of a monocentric type. The results including the data on the fertility of sires do not, however, demonstrate explicitly the reduced fertility of sires with this aberration, or of their progeny, as mentioned by some researchers.

Animals↗
PubMed1985

[The karyotype and character of chromosome bands in mountain sheep in Czechoslovakia].

Thirty-one moufflon (Ovis musimon) coming from eight localities in Bohemia and Moravia were examined. All animals had a diploid number of chromosomes without any numerical or structural aberrations from the standard set. On the basis of G-banding, all chromosomes were arranged into homologous pairs. C-banding was used to prove the localization of constitutive heterochromatin in the centromeric regions of the majority of chromosomes. Nucleolus organizers, demonstrated by means of A-staining, were located telometrically on the chromosomes in three big two-arm pairs and two acrocentric pairs. The number of active nucleolus organizers in individual cells ranged from 2 to 7. When these results were compared with the published data on the karyotype of sheep, the two forms were found to have much in common. It can be supposed that the karyotypes of moufflon and domestic sheep differ in the frequency of the occurrence of Ag-positive sections with nucleolus organizers.

Animals↗
PubMed1975

Pattle's bubble-stability method in the rat.

The following report deals with Pattle's alveolar bubble-stability method for surfactant studies in rats. There was no difference in stability ratio of bubbles obtained from separate lung lobes without gross pathological lesions. Bubble stability was not influenced by microscopic illumination (used only briefly for photographing) and by 1-day storage at plus 4degrees C. The stability ratio was significantly lower in distilled water in comparison with the value obtained in isotonic saline. If the time interval passing from squeezing of the bubbles to the time of the first measurement is strictly retained, the reliability of the method is satisfactory. The use of cummulative distribution curves of individual stability ratios' values and non-parametric testing of such results is recommended.

Animals↗