Abstract：
:Oxalate induced renal calculi formation and the associated renal injury is thought to be caused by free radical mediated mechanisms. An in vivo model was used to investigate the effect of phycocyanin (from Spirulina platensis), a known antioxidant, against calcium oxalate urolithiasis. Male Wistar rats were divided into four groups. Hyperoxaluria was induced in two of these groups by intraperitoneal infusion of sodium oxalate (70 mg/kg) and a pretreatment of phycocyanin (100 mg/kg) as a single oral dosage was given, 1h prior to sodium oxalate infusion. An untreated control and drug control (phycocyanin alone) were also included in the study. We observed that phycocyanin significantly controlled the early biochemical changes in calcium oxalate stone formation. The antiurolithic nature of the drug was evaluated by the assessment of urinary risk factors and light microscopic observation of urinary crystals. Renal tubular damage as divulged by urinary marker enzymes (alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transferase) and histopathological observations such as decreased tubulointerstitial, tubular dilatation and mononuclear inflammatory cells, indicated that renal damage was minimised in drug-pretreated group. Oxalate levels (P < 0.001) and lipid peroxidation (P < 0.001) in kidney tissue were significantly controlled by drug pretreatment, suggesting the ability of phycocyanin to quench the free radicals, thereby preventing the lipid peroxidation mediated tissue damage and oxalate entry. This accounts for the prevention of CaOx stones. Thus, the present analysis revealed the antioxidant and antiurolithic potential of phycocyanin thereby projecting it as a promising therapeutic agent against renal cell injury associated kidney stone formation.
journal_name
Chem Biol Interactjournal_title
Chemico-biological interactionsauthors
Farooq SM,Asokan D,Kalaiselvi P,Sakthivel R,Varalakshmi Pdoi
10.1016/j.cbi.2004.05.006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-08-10 00:00:00pages
1-7issue
1eissn
0009-2797issn
1872-7786pii
S0009279704000511journal_volume
149pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the potential therapeutic effect of trikatu, an herbal compound and its underlying molecular mechanism in rats with adjuvant-induced arthritis (AIA). Our results indicate that trikatu (1000 mg/kg/b.wt. oral) administration suppressed the production of pro-inflammatory cyto...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2016.09.003
更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00
abstract：:A novel post-addition method, based on the trapping of ABTS-radicals, is applied for studying the total antioxidant capacity of seminal plasma. A remarkable profile is observed, in which seminal plasma quenches radicals in a continuous, relatively slow fashion. Five putative antioxidants present in seminal plasma were...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0009-2797(00)00179-4
更新日期：2000-07-03 00:00:00
abstract：:To determine correlations between the biological action pattern and chemical reactivity of alkylating agents, the rate constants for reactions of 1,3-propane sultone and 1,4-butane sultone with a series of nucleophiles at 37 degrees C have been determined. Previously published data on the mutagenicity of the two sulto...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0009-2797(76)90036-3
更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In isolated frog heart it was established that methylene-blue (MB, an oxidizing agent) decreased, while ascorbate (ASC, a reducing agent) increased the frequency of autorhythmic heart contractions. After MB treatment, in parallel with this phenomenon, the extracellular K+ concentration [K+]o showed a slow increase, bu...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0009-2797(87)90092-5
更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Increased oxidative stress and apoptosis have been implicated in the cardiotoxicity that limits the clinical use of doxorubicin (DOX) as an anti-tumoral drug, but the mechanism of DOX-mediated apoptosis remains unclear. We examined the interplay between oxidative stress and cell death in cardiac-derived H9c2 myocytes ...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2008.09.012
更新日期：2009-01-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Human populations are exposed to complex environmental mixtures of acrolein, methylvinyl ketone (MVK) and other type-2 alkenes. Many members of this chemical class are electrophiles that possess a common molecular mechanism of toxicity; i.e., protein inactivation via formation of stable cysteine adducts. Therefore, ac...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2016.06.014
更新日期：2016-07-25 00:00:00
abstract：:Unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS), following exposure to dimethylnitrosamine (DMN), was potentiated in cultured hepatocytes isolated following treatment of rats for 14 or 28 days with 20% ethanol/5% sucrose solution. Ethanol treatment was associated with increased UDS, a concomitant increase in hepatic microsomal protei...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0009-2797(84)90039-5
更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling pathway in alveolar epithelial cells plays an important role in many pathologic processes such as acute lung injury (ALI). The single immunoglobulin IL-1 receptor-related protein (SIGIRR) is an inhibitor of LPS-TLR4 signaling, but its expression and fu...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2009.11.022
更新日期：2010-02-12 00:00:00
abstract：:The neuroligins are postsynaptic cell adhesion proteins whose extracellular domain belongs to the alpha/beta-hydrolase fold family of proteins, a family characterized through the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and other enzymes with various substrate specificities. Neuroligin associations with the pre-synaptic neu...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2010.01.030
更新日期：2010-09-06 00:00:00
abstract：:An updated biokinetic model for human exposures to cobalt (Co) was developed based on a comprehensive set of human pharmacokinetics data collected from five male and five female volunteers who ingested ∼1 mg Co/day of a Co supplement for 3 months. Three key experimental observations from the human dosing studies were ...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2014.04.001
更新日期：2014-06-05 00:00:00
abstract：:We firstly synthesized derivatives of 6-methyluracil, alloxazine, and xanthine, containing omega-tetraalkylammonium (TAA) groups at the N(1) and N(3) atoms in a pyrimidine cycle and assayed their anticholinesterase activities. Compounds with triethylpentylammoniumalkyl groups behaved as typical reversible inhibitors o...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2008.05.037
更新日期：2008-09-25 00:00:00
abstract：:The antitumor activity of a series of diorganotin dihalide and di-pseudohalide complexes, R2SnX2, L2, where R = Methyl (Me), Ethyl (Et), n-Propyl (Pr), n-Butyl (Bu) or Phenyl (Ph); X = F, Cl, Br, I or NCS; and L = O- or N- donor organic ligand, which were modelled on the active platinum complexes, has been investigate...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0009-2797(80)90075-7
更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cigarette smoke is a major risk factor for human diseases, such as lung cancer and atherosclerosis. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of non-fractionated water-soluble cigarette smoke extract (NFWS CSE) on DNA damage and cellular adhesion molecule expression in human umbilical vein endothelial...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2004.09.014
更新日期：2004-12-07 00:00:00
abstract：:It has previously been shown that rats pre-treated with butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), a well-known inducer of the enzyme DT-diaphorase, are protected against the toxic effects of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone but are made more susceptible to the harmful action of 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone. In the present experiment...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0009-2797(99)00138-6
更新日期：1999-12-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Glucosamine oligomers--monomer through tetramer--form complexes with Cu2+ that catalyse the hydrolysis of the 'nerve gas' 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl- methylphosphonofluroidate (soman) by cleaving the P-F bond. A 1/1 glucosamine/Cu2+ ratio whether as glucosamine or glucosamine units, gives the highest hydrolytic rate over t...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0009-2797(93)90031-s
更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A chromatographic procedure for improved separation of deoxyribonucleosides and methylated deoxyribonucleosides is described. DNA was isolated from liver and small intestine of rats treated with [14C]dimethylnitrosamine ([14C]DMN) or N-[3H]methyl-N-nitrosourea ([3H]MNU), and the purified DNA was hydrolyzed enzymatical...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0009-2797(77)90123-5
更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The current experimental work deals with the immunomodulatory studies on the extract of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal root powder against benzo(a)pyrene induced lung cancer in male Swiss albino mice. In our previous study, we reported the antioxidant and anticarcinogenic effect of W. somnifera (L.) Dunal along with pa...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2005.11.003
更新日期：2006-02-25 00:00:00
abstract：:Alcohol dehydrogenase 3 (ADH3) has emerged as an important regulator of protein S-nitrosation in its function as S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) reductase. GSNO depletion is associated with various disease conditions, emphasizing the potential value of a specific ADH3 inhibitor. The present study investigated inhibition o...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2009.01.008
更新日期：2009-06-15 00:00:00
abstract：:The metabolism of radiolabelled benz(j)aceanthrylene (B(j)A) was studied by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) using suspensions of hepatocytes and liver microsomes from control- or Aroclor 1254 (PCB)-treated rats, or with human liver microsomes (five different donors) as activation systems. The major metab...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0009-2797(98)00037-4
更新日期：1998-06-05 00:00:00
abstract：:Until the last decade, two unrelated aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) superfamilies, i.e. the phosphorylating and non-phosphorylating superfamilies, were known to catalyze the oxidation of aldehydes to activated or non-activated acids. However, a third one was discovered by the crystal structure of a bifunctional enzyme ...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2012.11.006
更新日期：2013-02-25 00:00:00
abstract：:The caseinate and glycated caseinate generated from the transglutaminase-catalyzed reaction of caseinate and oligochitosan were digested using pepsin and trypsin, and the activity of the resultant digests was measured in rat intestinal epithelial cell line (IEC-6) using several biological responses as indicators. Comp...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109201
更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Benzene exposure is associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), and probably lymphoma and childhood leukemia. Biological plausibility for a causal role of benzene in these diseases comes from its toxicity to hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) or progenitor cells, from which all leukemias...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2011.02.010
更新日期：2011-06-30 00:00:00
abstract：:Pelargonidin (PEL) is a well-known red pigment found in plants, and has been reported as having important biological activities that are potentially beneficial for human health. Here, we tested the possible use of PEL in the treatment of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated vascular inflammatory responses. The anti-infla...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2019.02.007
更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) catalyzes the oxidative phosphorylation of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate to 1,3-diphosphoglycerate, one of the precursors for glycolytic ATP biosynthesis. The enzyme contains an active site cysteine thiolate, which is critical for its catalytic function. As part of a conti...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2005.05.002
更新日期：2005-06-30 00:00:00
abstract：:V-crk avian sarcoma virus CT10 oncogene homolog-like (CRKL) is a member of CRK family and act as an adaptor protein participating in intra-cellular signal transduction. The role of CRKL in gastric cancer (GC) remains unclear. In this study, we show that CRKL was aberrantly highly expressed in both GC tumor specimens a...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2013.09.003
更新日期：2013-11-25 00:00:00
abstract：:Pyrazolone based metal complexes have strong bio-activity but the anti-cancer mechanism of these derivatives is not fully understood. In recent years, Cu(II) complexes have attracted the interest of researchers increasingly because of their high antitumor activities that are usually related to DNA binding. The reactio...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2015.08.022
更新日期：2015-10-05 00:00:00
abstract：:We have studied the effect of muscular dystrophy by merosin deficiency on mouse thymus acetyl- (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). The organ contains AChE and BuChE activities. Merosin deficiency causes an important decrease (46%) in AChE specific activity. Thymus produces dimers, monomers and tetramers of AChE,...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2005.10.092
更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00
abstract：:HPV infections in the oral cavity that progress to cancer are on the increase in the USA. Model systems to study co-factors for progression of these infections are lacking as HPVs are species-restricted and cannot grow in preclinical animal models. We have recently developed a mouse papillomavirus (MmuPV1) oral mucosa...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2020.109321
更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00
abstract：:The development of alcoholic liver diseases depends on the ability of hepatocyte to proliferate and differentiate in the case of alcohol-induced injury. Our previous work showed an inhibitory effect of alcohol on hepatocyte proliferation. However, the effect of alcohol on hepatocyte differentiation has not yet been pr...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.cbi.2013.08.016
更新日期：2013-11-25 00:00:00
abstract：:The hydroquinone and catechol like metabolites, NCQ344 and NCQ436 respectively, of the antipsychotic remoxipride have recently been demonstrated to induce apoptosis in myeloperoxidase (MPO)-rich human bone marrow progenitor and HL-60 cells [S.M. McGuinness, R. Johansson, J. Lundstrom, D. Ross, Induction of apoptosis b...
journal_title：Chemico-biological interactions
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0009-2797(00)00188-5
更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00
