Measurement of oxidatively induced DNA damage and its repair, by mass spectrometric techniques.

abstract：:Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze is a species critically endangered of extinction and its development and propagation is strongly affected by abiotic stress. We have previously shown the activation of uncoupling protein in A. angustifolia embryogenic stem cells subjected to cold stress. Now, we have furthered ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Dorigan de Matos Furlanetto AL,Valente C,Martinez GR,Merlin Rocha ME,Maurer JBB,Cadena SMSC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of free radical formation in serum of beta-thalassemia/Hb E patients receiving a single oral dose of 25 mg/kg body weight of deferiprone, a bidentate orally active iron chelator, was evaluated using EPR/spin trapping technique. In the presence of ascorbic acid and tert-butylhydroperoxide, EPR signals of ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Jirasomprasert T,Morales NP,Limenta LM,Sirijaroonwong S,Yamanont P,Wilairat P,Fucharoen S,Chantharaksri U

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a lung disease caused by an inflammatory response to various inhaled toxins, especially cigarette smoke. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and epigenetic abnormality are intimately related to the pathology of COPD, and the overproduction of ROS results in a decrease of histo...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Chikuma K,Arima K,Asaba Y,Kubota R,Asayama S,Sato K,Kawakami H

更新日期：2019-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Tocopherol (a form of vitamin E) is a fat-soluble vitamin that can prevent lipid peroxidation of cell membranes. This antioxidant activity of α-tocopherol can help to prevent cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis and cancer. We investigated the α-tocopherol level and the expression of α-tocopherol transfer protein...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Misaki K,Takitani K,Ogihara T,Inoue A,Kawakami C,Kuno T,Kawamura N,Miyake M,Nakagawa T,Tamai H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperthermia-induced apoptosis and its enhancement in the presence of a temperature-dependent free radical initiator, 2,2'-azobis (2-aminopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH) were examined in human uterine cervical cancer cell lines, CaSki and HeLa. When both cell lines were treated with hyperthermia at 44 degrees C for 60...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Yuki H,Kondo T,Zhao QL,Fujiwara Y,Tanabe K,Ogawa R,Nakashima A,Fushiki H,Fujimura M,Saito S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creatol (CTL) is a product resulting from the reaction of creatinine (Cr) with the hydroxyl radical and is identified as a precursor of methylguanidine (MG), a uremic toxin. In this study, we investigated serum CTL levels together with those of Cr and MG in 66 patients who were on maintenance hemodialysis (HD). Prior ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Tomida C,Aoyagi K,Nagase S,Gotoh M,Yamagata K,Takemura K,Koyama A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain is highly susceptible to oxidative stress due to its high metabolic demand. Increased oxidative stress and depletion of glutathione (GSH) are observed with aging and many neurological diseases. Exercise training has the potential to reduce oxidative stress in the brain. In this study, nine healthy sedentary ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Rai S,Chowdhury A,Reniers RLEP,Wood SJ,Lucas SJE,Aldred S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The singlet oxygen (1O2) quenching and free radical (DPPH(*), ABTS(* +) and O2(* -)) scavenging ability of three structurally-related flavonoids (7-hydroxyflavanone HF, 2',4'-dihydroxychalcone DHC and 3,7-dihydroxyflavone DHF) present in the Argentinean native shrub Zuccagnia punctata Cav. were studied in solution by ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Vieyra FE,Boggetti HJ,Zampini IC,Ordoñez RM,Isla MI,Alvarez RM,De Rosso V,Mercadante AZ,Borsarelli CD

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uraemic subjects undergoing chronic haemodialysis show increased oxidative stress. The use of non-biocompatible filters and reduced antioxidative defences are important sources of reactive oxygen species (ROS) release. The highly oxidative environment accelerates the onset and progression of tissue damage and atherosc...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Odetti P,Traverso N,Monacelli F,Menini S,Vazzana J,Tasso B,Pronzato MA,Robaudo C,Deferrari G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orellanine is the tetrahydroxylated and di-N-oxidized bipyridine toxin extracted from several Cortinarius mushrooms among them C. orellanus. The pathogenic mechanism involved in the C. orellanus-poisoning by orellanine leading to kidney impairment is not yet fully understood until now. Electron spin resonance (ESR) sp...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Oubrahim H,Richard JM,Cantin-Esnault D

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of the present study was to determine whether single administration of the antioxidant enzyme bovine superoxide dismutase (bSOD) after radiation therapy (RT) mitigates development of pulmonary toxicity in rats. METHODS:Female F344 rats (n = 60) were divided among six experimental groups: (1) R...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Antonic V,Rabbani ZN,Jackson IL,Vujaskovic Z

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids, which are dietary components and have possible drug uses, inhibit lipoprotein oxidation in vitro. The present study considered whether flavonoid supplementation in humans could influence lipoprotein vulnerability to oxidation. Citrus flavonoid supplementation (about 1g/day, 3 weeks), or placebo, was given ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Blostein-Fujii A,DiSilvestro RA,Frid D,Katz C

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that H2O2-induced apoptosis in HL-60 human leukemia cells takes place in the presence of chloride, requires myeloperoxidase (MPO), and occurs through oxidative reactions involving hypochlorous acid and chloramines. We now report that when chloride is replaced by the pseudohalide thiocyanate...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Wagner BA,Reszka KJ,McCormick ML,Britigan BE,Evig CB,Burns CP

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated Langendorff-perfused rat hearts, after 30 min of preperfusion, were submitted to increasing times of global normothermic ischemia (1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 30 min) or to the same times of ischemia followed by 30 min of reperfusion. Analysis of malondialdehyde, ascorbic acid, oxypurines, nucleosides, nicotinic coen...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Tavazzi B,Di Pierro D,Bartolini M,Marino M,Distefano S,Galvano M,Villani C,Giardina B,Lazzarino G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of paraquat generates oxygen radicals. Paraquat has thus been suggested as a model compound to induce oxidative damage to DNA, lipids and proteins in different cells and tissues, although experimental data are inconsistent. In order to explore the possibilities for an animal model of oxidative DNA damag...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Sørensen M,Loft S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silibinin, a major active constituent of silymarin, is clinically used as a hepatoprotectant, and in recent years, it has been used for the treatment of cancer in China. Because the mechanism of silibinin action on cancer cells was still unclear, we investigated the contribution of silibinin to the induction of apopto...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Yu Y,Fan SM,Yuan SJ,Tashiro S,Onodera S,Ikejima T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiations such as X-ray and γ-ray can directly or indirectly produce clustered or multiple damages in DNA. Previous studies have reported that overexpression of DNA glycosylases in Escherichia coli (E. coli) and human lymphoblast cells caused increased sensitivity to γ-ray and X-ray irradiation. However, the...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Yoshikawa Y,Yamasaki A,Takatori K,Suzuki M,Kobayashi J,Takao M,Zhang-Akiyama QM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of antioxidants on ammonia induced CNS and renal pathobiology in 10 sheep infested by L. Cuprina larvae was investigated. The condition produces severe dermatitis, proliferation of macrophages and hyperammonaemia, and free radicals may therefore be involved in the pathogenesis. Five of the sheep (treated gr...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Guerrini VH

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preventive effect of 20(S)-ginsenoside Rg(3) (20(S)-Rg(3)) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced oxidative tissue injury in rats was investigated in this study. The elevated serum nitrite/nitrate, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase and creatinine levels in LPS-treated control rats were ...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Kang KS,Kim HY,Yamabe N,Park JH,Yokozawa T

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation-induced reactions of a water-soluble coumarin derivative, coumarin-3-carboxyl acid (C3CA), have been investigated in aqueous solutions by pulse radiolysis with a 35 MeV electron beam, final product analysis following (60)Co γ-irradiations and deterministic model simulations. Pulse radiolysis revealed tha...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Yamashita S,Baldacchino G,Maeyama T,Taguchi M,Muroya Y,Lin M,Kimura A,Murakami T,Katsumura Y

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of esculetin (ES) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) and the lung epithelial A549 cells. Mice were intragastrically administered with ES (20 and 40 mg/kg) 1 h prior to LPS challenge. ES pretreatment at doses of 20 and 40...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Chen T,Guo Q,Wang H,Zhang H,Wang C,Zhang P,Meng S,Li Y,Ji H,Yan T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of experimental evidence suggests that the oxidative neurotoxicity of hemoglobin A may contribute to neuronal loss after CNS hemorrhage. Several hemoglobin variants, including hemoglobin S, are more potent oxidants in cell-free systems. However, despite the increased incidence of hemorrhagic stroke asso...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Vanderveldt GM,Regan RF

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine local and systemic oxidative status of lung cancer (LC) and oxidant effects of radiotherapy (RT), this study evaluated antioxidants and markers of oxidative and nitrosative stress in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and in the blood of 36 LC patients and 36 non-cancer controls at baseline and during and a...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Crohns M,Saarelainen S,Kankaanranta H,Moilanen E,Alho H,Kellokumpu-Lehtinen P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we isolated proteasome complexes from control, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer's disease (AD) subjects. No significant difference in the amount of proteasomes was detected across the different groups, although impairments in chymotrypsin-like proteasome activity was observed in AD s...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Cecarini V,Ding Q,Keller JN

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether oxidant status and antioxidant enzyme activities during ageing of mouse brain are regulated in sex-dependent manner. In the homogenate from the brain of 1, 4, 10 and 18 months old male and female CBA mice, lipid peroxidation (LPO), total superoxide dismutase (tSOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathio...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Sobocanec S,Balog T,Sverko V,Marotti T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human organism, the gaseous radical molecule nitric oxide (NO) is produced in various cells from L-arginine by the catalytic action of NO synthases (NOS). The metabolic fate of NO includes oxidation to nitrate by oxyhaemoglobin in red blood cells and autoxidation in haemoglobin-free media to nitrite. Nitrate and ni...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Tsikas D

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the involvement of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in the oxidative stress-induced increase of permeability in endothelial cells, the effects of a p38 MAPK inhibitor (SB203580) and ERK inhibitor (PD90859) on the H2O2-induced increase of permeab...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Niwa K,Inanami O,Ohta T,Ito S,Karino T,Kuwabara M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After minimal sample preparation, two different HPLC methodologies, one based on a single gradient reversed-phase HPLC step, the other on multiple HPLC runs each optimised for specific components, were used to investigate the composition of flavonoids and phenolic acids in apple and tomato juices. The principal compon...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Bremner PD,Blacklock CJ,Paganga G,Mullen W,Rice-Evans CA,Crozier A

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) is essential for life as dramatically illustrated by the neonatal lethality of mice that are deficient in MnSOD. In addition, mice expressing only 50% of the normal compliment of MnSOD demonstrate increased susceptibility to oxidative stress and severe mitochondrial dysfunction r...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Macmillan-Crow LA,Cruthirds DL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available data on the absorption, metabolism and pharmacokinetics of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) are reviewed in this paper. CoQ10 has a fundamental role in cellular bioenergetics. CoQ10 is also an important antioxidant. Because of its hydrophobicity and large molecular weight, absorption of dietary CoQ10 is slow and limited...

journal_title：Free radical research

authors： Bhagavan HN,Chopra RK

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00