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Tytuł:
"Comata est signum naturale pestilentiae". O komecie w średniowiecznych łacińskich tekstach polskich autorów
"Comata est signum naturale pestilentiae". The comet in Latin texts by medieval Polish authors
Autorzy:
Maciąg-Fiedler, Agnieszka
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2167426.pdf
Data publikacji:
2022-12-30
Wydawca:
Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Tematy:
comet
astronomical and astrological terminology
synonymy
the Middle Ages
kometa
terminologia astronomiczna i astrologiczna
synonimia
średniowiecze
Opis:
Artykuł przedstawia i charakteryzuje łacińskie słownictwo odnoszące się do komety, użyte przez polskich autorów doby średniowiecza. Teksty, w których znajdujemy opisy lub wzmianki o kometach, możemy podzielić na dwie grupy. Do pierwszej zaliczymy dzieła astronomiczne i astrologiczne, do drugiej kroniki i roczniki. Terminologia, którą cechuje niejednoznaczność i synonimiczność, odzwierciedla poziom wiedzy pisarzy, jakość źródeł oraz osobiste zainteresowania. Trzeba podkreślić, że komety rzadko były opisywane obiektywnie, często przypisywano im nadnaturalne znaczenie, a ich nazwy były efektem określonej perspektywy i interpretacji.
The article presents and characterizes the Latin vocabulary relating to the comet, used by the Polish writers of the Middle Ages. Texts with descriptions or mentions of comets can be divided into two groups. The first includes astronomical and astrological works, the second chronicles and annals. Ambiguous and synonymous terminology reflects the writers’ level of knowledge, quality of sources, and personal interests. It should be emphasized that comets were rarely described objectively: they were often assigned supernatural meanings, and their names were the result of a specific perspective and interpretation.
Źródło:
Polonica; 2022, 42; 85-93
0137-9712
2545-045X
Pojawia się w:
Polonica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
A comparison of the in vitro genotoxicity of anticancer drugs idarubicin and mitoxantrone.
Autorzy:
Błasiak, Janusz
Gloc, Ewa
Warszawski, Mariusz
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1043821.pdf
Data publikacji:
2002
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne
Tematy:
mitoxantrone
oxidative DNA damage
DNA damage
idarubicin
comet assay
DNA methylation
DNA repair
Opis:
Idarubicin is an anthracycline antibiotic used in cancer therapy. Mitoxantrone is an anthracycline analog with presumed better antineoplastic activity and lesser toxicity. Using the alkaline comet assay we showed that the drugs at 0.01-10 μM induced DNA damage in normal human lymphocytes. The effect induced by idarubicin was more pronounced than by mitoxantrone (P < 0.001). The cells treated with mitoxantrone at 1 μM were able to repair damage to their DNA within a 30-min incubation, whereas the lymphocytes exposed to idarubicin needed 180 min. Since anthracyclines are known to produce free radicals, we checked whether reactive oxygen species might be involved in the observed DNA damage. Catalase, an enzyme inactivating hydrogen peroxide, decreased the extent of DNA damage induced by idarubicin, but did not affect the extent evoked by mitoxantrone. Lymphocytes exposed to the drugs and treated with endonuclease III or formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase (Fpg), enzymes recognizing and nicking oxidized bases, displayed a higher level of DNA damage than the untreated ones. 3-Methyladenine-DNA glycosylase II (AlkA), an enzyme recognizing and nicking mainly methylated bases in DNA, increased the extent of DNA damage caused by idarubicin, but not that induced by mitoxantrone. Our results indicate that the induction of secondary malignancies should be taken into account as side effects of the two drugs. Direct strand breaks, oxidation and methylation of the DNA bases can underlie the DNA-damaging effect of idarubicin, whereas mitoxantrone can induce strand breaks and modification of the bases, including oxidation. The observed in normal lymphocytes much lesser genotoxicity of mitoxantrone compared to idarubicin should be taken into account in planning chemotherapeutic strategies.
Źródło:
Acta Biochimica Polonica; 2002, 49, 1; 145-155
0001-527X
Pojawia się w:
Acta Biochimica Polonica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Cell Profiler software: An easy screening tool for DNA damage estimation in fish erythrocytes from comet assay image
Autorzy:
Palit, Amitra
Talukdar, Partha
Gupta, Kaushik
Talapatra, Soumendra Nath
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1192589.pdf
Data publikacji:
2016
Wydawca:
Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
Tematy:
Peripheral fish erythrocytes
Comet image analysis
DNA damages scoring
Comet morphology measurement
Image analysis software
CellProfiler software
Opis:
DNA fragmentation by single strand breaks (SSBs) or double strand breaks (DSBs) is major concern in genotoxicity research. DNA damages can be easily known through comet assay or single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE). Since decades, scoring through software for DNA damages in images have been developed by researchers. These softwares depend upon manual scoring on individual comet in a particular interface. The evaluation under software may have biasness and error during scoring by each researcher and few softwares are unable to access easily because many of these are commercial products. However, CellProfiler (CP) image analysis software (Version 2.1.0) is free, easy operation, faster and automated screening by computer itself. An attempt was made to detect DNA damages mainly comet scoring through CP software as whole comet, comet head and comet tail from image of previously studied single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) in the peripheral erythrocytes of fish exposed to benzene as experimental image. The results particularly on length and area of whole comet, head and tail were obtained after automated analysis in the CP software. The image processing study was done of the objects present in fluorescence microscopy image to know maximum DNA damage at each cell level for the fish erythrocytes. It was concluded that the present study of image based screening for DNA damages as details of comet and its head and tail evaluation by shape and area in the fish erythrocytes can be a suitable tool for genotoxicity prediction along with risk assessment at DNA level. The shape descriptor as Zernike moments order 0 to 9 can also be suitable parameters to know accuracy of the shape of comet and its head and tail in the image. Finally, high-throughput automated screening of comet test can help in disease diagnosis and repair mechanisms as well as environmental monitoring of genotoxin(s) within short period of time.
Źródło:
World Scientific News; 2016, 55; 1-14
2392-2192
Pojawia się w:
World Scientific News
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Comparison of the effects of bleomycin and ionizing radiation in two sublines of murine lymphoma L5178Y
Autorzy:
Kruszewski, M.
Zaim, J.
Grądzka, I.
Szumiel, I.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/147561.pdf
Data publikacji:
2001
Wydawca:
Instytut Chemii i Techniki Jądrowej
Tematy:
bleomycin
comet assay
DNA damage
gamma radiation
single cell gel electrophoresis
Opis:
We compared the effects of bleomycin (BLM) and ionizing radiation on two sublines of murine lymphoma L5178Y (LY): LY-R, radiation resistant and LY-S, radiation sensitive. This radiosensitivity difference is related to the ability to rejoin DNA double strand breaks. LY-S cells were about two times more sensitive to BLM than LY-R, similarly as in the case of sensitivity to X rays. Since there was no difference in the P-glycoprotein-related drug transport system between the sublines, it could be expected that the enhanced sensitivity of LY-S cells to BLM was caused by the DNA repair defect. Growth disturbances in BLM treated cell populations were proportional to the lethal effect and their duration was observed until elimination of dead cells (3-6 days after 50 ěM BLM, 1 h at 37oC). There was no slow growth phase accompanied by normal viability, as previously described for X-irradiated LY-S cells. Initial DNA damage, estimated with the single cell gel electrophoresis method was linearly related to BLM dose in LY-S cells; in LY-R cells - in the low dose range (up to 10 ěM) - there was more damage than in LY-S cells, however, at higher doses the dose - effect curves became identical. The doseeffect relationship for ă rays was linear and identical in both cell sublines. DNA damage distribution in BLM treated cells was much less uniform as compared to that in irradiated cells and indicated the presence of cells with severely damaged DNA, a feature typical for BLM action in vitro.
Źródło:
Nukleonika; 2001, 46, 3; 81-86
0029-5922
1508-5791
Pojawia się w:
Nukleonika
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Correlation between folate and vitamin B12 and markers of DNA stability in healthy men: preliminary results
Autorzy:
Milić, Mirta
Rozgaj, Ružica
Kašuba, Vilena
Oreščanin, Višnja
Balija, Melita
Jukić, Irena
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1040381.pdf
Data publikacji:
2010
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne
Tematy:
folic acid
vitamin B12
DNA damage
healthy men
comet assay
micronucleus
Opis:
The aim of this study was to find correlations between folate and vitamin B12 on baseline damage in white blood cells and their association with smoking, alcohol consumption and ageing. Thirty-six healthy vitamin non-deficient male subjects were selected in a randomized study. Comet assay (SCGE) and micronucleus (MN) assay were used as biomarkers of DNA damage. The amount of DNA damage was correlated with vitamin B12 and folic acid concentration. Positive, but non-significant correlation (canonical R = 0.61; χ2=28.97; P=0.253) was found between micronucleus (MN) frequency or comet assay parameters (SCGE) and five covariates (age, smoking, alcohol consumption, vitamin B12 and folate blood serum concentration). The highest MN frequency was observed in the group with the lowest vitamin B12 concentration (F=3.59; P=0.024). The SCGE assay failed to show significant correlation with vitamin B12 or folic acid concentration. Concentration of vitamin B12 was significantly correlated with incidence of micronuclei. Our results present background data that could be valuable for future genotoxicological monitoring.
Źródło:
Acta Biochimica Polonica; 2010, 57, 3; 339-345
0001-527X
Pojawia się w:
Acta Biochimica Polonica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Cytotoxic, Genotoxic and Apoptotic Activity of Isolated Compound from Pandanus odorattissimus
Autorzy:
Kamble, Abhaykumar
Swamy, Paramjyothi
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1161866.pdf
Data publikacji:
2018
Wydawca:
Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
Tematy:
Apoptotic activity
Comet assay
Cytotoxic activity
Human Leukemia 60 (HL-60) cells
Pandanus odorattissimus L
Opis:
The present study reports potential activities like cytotoxic, genotoxic and apoptotic activity of phenolic compound 4-(4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)hexahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan-1-yl)-2-methoxyphenyl acetate isolated from methanolic extract of Pandanus odorattissimus. The compound showed a significant cytotoxic effect on Human Leukemia 60 (HL-60) cell line. Exposure of the compound reduced the viability of HL-60 cells after 12, 24 and 48 hours, the compound exerted a significant cytotoxic effect on HL-60 cells. The compound also induced significant DNA damage. The results of comet assay with pattern of the HL-60 cells has shown an intact head and complete absence of DNA fragments in the form of tail suggesting that the doses are not genototoxic. The phenolic compound at concentration of 20 µg/mL, showed an increase in percentage tail of DNA upto 6.21 units when compared to control 5.35. Although all of the compound induced significant DNA damage it induced apoptotic in the middle level and led to significant level. Apoptotic effect of compound on HL-60 cells after 72 h increased. Furthermore, the compound induced slight necrosis in HL-60 cells. Although the compound induced significant DNA damage, it induced apoptotic at the middle level. Apoptotic effect of compound on HL cells after 72 hrs increased level, furthermore the compound induced slight necrosis in HL-60 cells.
Źródło:
World Scientific News; 2018, 112; 193-206
2392-2192
Pojawia się w:
World Scientific News
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Decoded codes of Comet Halley
Autorzy:
Kurić, L.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/411823.pdf
Data publikacji:
2014
Wydawca:
Przedsiębiorstwo Wydawnictw Naukowych Darwin / Scientific Publishing House DARWIN
Tematy:
Halley's comet
orbit diagram
orbital code
Opis:
The subject of the research we are discussing in this text is the cyber-information access to the research of the harmonic dynamics of comet Halley. Cosmic mechanics has been always a perfect example of the regular, deterministic, motion which allows a prediction to a fairly high accuracy. The analysis of these data allowed us to conclude that the motion of Halley's comet is harmonious.
Źródło:
International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy; 2014, 10; 62-73
2299-3843
Pojawia się w:
International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Detection of alkylation damage in human lymphocyte DNA with the comet assay.
Autorzy:
Collins, Andrew
Dušinská, Mária
Horská, Alexandra
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1044089.pdf
Data publikacji:
2001
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne
Tematy:
AlkA
DNA damage
comet assay
Opis:
The enzyme 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase II (AlkA) is a bacterial repair enzyme that acts preferentially at 3-methyladenine residues in DNA, releasing the damaged base. The resulting baseless sugars are alkali-labile, and under the conditions of the alkaline comet assay (single cell gel electrophoresis) they appear as DNA strand breaks. AlkA is not lesion-specific, but has a low activity even with undamaged bases. We have tested the enzyme at different concentrations to find conditions that maximise detection of alkylated bases with minimal attack on normal, undamaged DNA. AlkA detects damage in the DNA of cells treated with low concentrations of methyl methanesulphonate. We also find low background levels of alkylated bases in normal human lymphocytes.Single cell gel electrophoresis (the comet assay) is widely used for the detection of strand breaks in nuclear DNA. It is particularly appropriate for studying the low background levels of damage present in normal human cells, such as peripheral lymphocytes. The cells are embedded in agarose on a microscope slide and lysed with Triton X-100 and 2.5 M NaCl, which remove cytoplasm and most nuclear proteins, but leave the DNA, in supercoiled form, as nucleoids. After incubation in alkali, the DNA is electrophoresed at high pH; DNA is drawn out to form a 'tail' (hence the name 'comet assay') - but only if breaks are present to relax the supercoiling of the nucleoid DNA. In order to increase its sensitivity and selectivity, we have incorporated into the assay an extra step in which the nucleoid DNA is digested with a lesion-specific endonuclease; the additional breaks revealed with this procedure indicate the presence of the particular lesion. So far, endonuclease III (NTH, specific for oxidised pyrimidines) (Collins et al., 1993), formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (FPG, acting on ring-opened purines and the major purine oxidation produce, 8-oxoguanine) (Dušinská & Collins, 1996) and T4 endonuclease V (recognising UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers) (Collins et al., 1997b) have been successfully employed. Amongst other things, we have estimated background levels of DNA oxidation (Collins et al., 1997a), and have found this damage to be elevated in human diseases such as diabetes and ankylosing spondylitis (Dušinská et al., 1999).We now report the use of AlkA, a bacterial repair enzyme whose main substrate is 3-methyladenine in DNA, though it also recognises - with lower efficiency - other modified bases (Lindahl, 1993). A recent report (Berdal et al., 1998) suggests that repair enzymes supposedly specific for alkylated bases may in fact create breaks non-selectively (though much less efficiently) at normal bases. Given the size of the genome, even a low efficiency of non-specific breakage could significantly interfere in estimations of background levels of alkylation damage. We reasoned that, by employing a range of concentrations of the enzyme, and carrying out incubations for different lengths of time, we might find a concentration at which only the alkylated bases would be detected, so that the number of breaks would increase to a certain level and then plateau. After optimising reaction conditions, we tested the assay on lymphocytes from different individuals, and also, as a positive control, examined alkylation damage induced by methyl methanesulphonate.
Źródło:
Acta Biochimica Polonica; 2001, 48, 3; 611-614
0001-527X
Pojawia się w:
Acta Biochimica Polonica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
DNA damage and repair in lymphocytes of normal individuals and cancer patients: studies by the comet assay and micronucleus tests.
Autorzy:
Palyvoda, Olena
Polańska, Joanna
Wygoda, Andrzej
Rzeszowska-Wolny, Joanna
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1043662.pdf
Data publikacji:
2003
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne
Tematy:
ionizing radiation
DNA damage
human lymphocytes
comet assay
head and neck tumors
DNA repair
Opis:
A population study is reported in which the DNA damage induced by γ-radiation (2 Gy) and the kinetics of the subsequent repair were estimated by the comet and micronucleus assays in isolated lymphocytes of 82 healthy donors and patients with head and neck cancer before radiotherapy. The parameters of background and radiation-induced DNA damage, rate of repair, and residual non-repaired damage were measured by comet assay, and the repair kinetics for every donor were computer-fitted to an exponential curve. The level of background DNA damage before irradiation measured by comet assay as well as the level of micronuclei were significantly higher in the head and neck cancer patient group than in the healthy donors, while the parameters of repair were widely scattered in both groups. Cancer patient group contained significantly more individuals, whose irradiated lymphocytes showed high DNA damage, low repair rate and high non-repaired DNA damage level. Lymphocytes of donors belonging to this subgroup showed significantly lower inhibition of cell cycle after irradiation.
Źródło:
Acta Biochimica Polonica; 2003, 50, 1; 181-190
0001-527X
Pojawia się w:
Acta Biochimica Polonica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
DNA damage in subpopulations of human lymphocytes irradiated with doses in the range of 0-1 Gy of X-radiation
Autorzy:
Wojewódzka, M.
Machaj, E. K.
Goździk, A.
Iwaneńko, T.
Ołdak, T.
Kruszewski, M.
Pojda, Z.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/147760.pdf
Data publikacji:
2008
Wydawca:
Instytut Chemii i Techniki Jądrowej
Tematy:
alkaline comet assay
biodosimetry
micronucleus test
histone gammaH2AX foci immunofluorescence assay
T lymphocytes
B lymphocytes
ionizing radiation
DNA damage
Opis:
We compared three methods usually applied in biological dosimetry for estimation of radiation-induced DNA damage in human T and B lymphocytes: alkaline comet assay, micronucleus (MN) test and formation of histone gamma-H2AX foci. Human peripheral blood lymphocytes were fractionated using T cells and B cells isolation kits. Cells were irradiated with doses in the range of 0-1 Gy of X-rays. Induction of DNA damage was assessed by the standard alkaline comet assay, MN test and histone gammaH2AX foci immunofluorescence assay. Notwithstanding different end-points measured by the applied methods, all tests revealed a similar induction of DNA damage in B lymphocytes as compared with T lymphocytes. The results indicated that all three tests detect DNA damage with similar sensitivity, the lowest dose being approximately 0.3 Gy. The difference between irradiated and control cells was expressed as the ratio of the value obtained for irradiated cells (1 Gy) to that for control cells. The highest ratio was obtained for formation of gammaH2AX foci and was 6.2 for T and 13.8 for B lymphocytes, whereas those for comet assay and micronucleus test were 3.5; 3.6 and 5.6; 4.8, respectively.
Źródło:
Nukleonika; 2008, 53, 4; 145-149
0029-5922
1508-5791
Pojawia się w:
Nukleonika
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
DNA double-strand break rejoining in radioadapted human lymphocytes: evaluation by neutral comet assay and pulse-field gel electrophoresis
Autorzy:
Wojewódzka, M.
Buraczewska, I.
Szumiel, I.
Grądzka, I.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/146153.pdf
Data publikacji:
2006
Wydawca:
Instytut Chemii i Techniki Jądrowej
Tematy:
human lymphocytes
radioadaptation
DNA double-strand break rejoining
neutral comet assay
pulsefield gel electrophoresis
Opis:
Adaptive response (AR), an enhanced resistance to a high dose of ionising radiation acquired after pretreatment with a very low dose, was estimated in normal human lymphocytes. The question posed was whether the extent of radioadaptation, assessed by micronucleus test, would be related to the rate of DNA double-strand break (DSB) rejoining. Phytohemagglutinin-stimulated G1-lymphocytes from 5 healthy male volunteers were pre-treated (or not) with an adaptive (5 cGy) dose of X-rays, followed by a higher (5 or 10 Gy) challenge dose after 20-22 h. DSB rejoining after the challenge dose was monitored with the use of two methods: neutral comet assay, modified to reduce the contribution of single-strand breaks (SSBs) and thermolabile sites, and pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), specific for DSBs. At the level of micronuclei, an AR was observed in lymphocytes of 3 of 5 donors. Up to 60 min, comet assay showed no statistically significant differences in DNA break rejoining between adapted and non-adapted lymphocytes, independently of AR appearance. PFGE gave similar results, although in three donors it revealed secondary increases in DSBs levels at 30 min and/or 60 min post-irradiation in the adapted vs. the non-adapted samples. Failure to demonstrate changes in DSBs rejoining rate in the adapted lymphocytes could be due to diversity of AR intensity/timing at the level of DNA repair in not fully homogenous cell populations. Also, “rare” DNA cuts characteristic of early apoptosis/necrosis could overlap the process of DNA break rejoining.
Źródło:
Nukleonika; 2006, 51, 4; 185-191
0029-5922
1508-5791
Pojawia się w:
Nukleonika
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Effects of an antimutagen of 1,4-dihydropyridine series on cell survival and DNA damage in L5178Y murine sublines
Autorzy:
Dalivelya, O.
Savina, N.
Kuzhir, T.
Buraczewska, I.
Wojewódzka, M.
Szumiel, I.
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/146264.pdf
Data publikacji:
2006
Wydawca:
Instytut Chemii i Techniki Jądrowej
Tematy:
1,4-dihydropyridine
DNA repair
neutral comet assay
L5178Y cells
cytotoxicity
radioprotective effect
Opis:
In a series of studies it was shown that 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives (1,4-DHP) show antimutagenic and anticlastogenic properties and accelerate repair of oxidant and ionising radiation generated DNA damage. Here, effects of one of 1,4-DHP compounds (sodium 3,5-bis-ethoxycarbonyl-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-4-carboxylate denoted as DHP) in X-irradiated L5178Y cells (murine lymphoma sublines, LY-R and LY-S) are reported. DHP treatment 1 h before, during and after X-irradiation gave a radioprotective effect in double strand break (DSB) repair competent LY-R cells: there was an increase in post-irradiation proliferation and cell viability as well as a slight acceleration of break rejoining as measured by the neutral comet assay. In the radiosensitive LY-S cells with impaired non-homologous end-joining system, the radioprotective effect was seen as enhanced growth and viability. There was, however, no effect on the DSB repair rate. Notably, there was no dependence of the biological effects on DHP concentration in the range of concentrations studied (1 nM - 100 mM), suggesting an all-or-none effect, as in cellular signaling induction observed in radioadaptation or bystander effect. We assume that DHP acts by decreasing fixation of radiation inflicted DNA damage, among others, by increasing the rate of DNA repair and enhancing the efficiency of checkpoint control. Direct confirmation of this assumption is necessary.
Źródło:
Nukleonika; 2006, 51, 3; 141-146
0029-5922
1508-5791
Pojawia się w:
Nukleonika
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Evaluation of DNA damage in white blood cells of healthy human volunteers using the alkaline comet assay and the chromosome aberration test
Autorzy:
Kopjar, Nevenka
Želježić, Davor
Garaj-Vrhovac, Verica
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1041246.pdf
Data publikacji:
2006
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne
Tematy:
peripheral blood
chromosome aberration test
white blood cells
DNA damage
alkaline comet assay
lymphocytes
Opis:
The present study was undertaken to contribute to the characterization of the degree of variability in baseline damage in white blood cells from control population, and to investigate how this variability is associated with external and internal factors. Altogether 170 healthy volunteers, randomly selected from the general population of the Republic of Croatia, participated in the study. Two sensitive tests: the alkaline comet assay and the chromosome aberration test were applied to study the background levels of DNA damage in their white blood cells. The results point to inter-individual differences, indicating different genome sensitivity. As revealed by both assays, the background levels of DNA damage were mostly influenced by smoking habit as well as medical exposure (especially to diagnostic X-rays). Sex and age of subjects did not significantly influence the values of DNA damage recorded in the white blood cells. Although higher levels of DNA damage were recorded in blood samples collected during winter and autumn, they were mostly influenced by medicinal exposure and smoking habit. Statistical evaluation of the data confirmed that a positive correlation exists between DNA migration and the number of long-tailed nuclei found with the comet assay and the total number of chromosome aberrations. The data obtained can serve as control values in forthcoming biomonitoring studies.
Źródło:
Acta Biochimica Polonica; 2006, 53, 2; 321-336
0001-527X
Pojawia się w:
Acta Biochimica Polonica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
Tytuł:
Evaluation of HI-6 oxime: potential use in protection of human acetylcholinesterase inhibited by antineoplastic drug irinotecan and its cyto/genotoxicity in vitro
Autorzy:
Radić, Božica
Vrdoljak, Ana
Želježić, Davor
Fuchs, Nino
Berend, Suzana
Kopjar, Nevenka
Powiązania:
https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1041045.pdf
Data publikacji:
2007
Wydawca:
Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne
Tematy:
irinotecan
HI-6
protection
reactivation
micronuclei
apoptosis
comet assay
acetylcholinesterase
chromosome aberrations
Opis:
The function of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is the rapid hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh), which is involved in the numerous cholinergic pathways in both the central and the peripheral nervous system. Therefore, AChE measurement is of high value for therapy management, especially during the course of intoxication with different chemicals or drugs that inhibit the enzyme. Pyridinium or bispyridinium aldoximes (oximes) are able to recover the activity of the inhibited enzyme. Since their adverse effects are not well elucidated, in this study the efficiency of HI-6 oxime in protection and/or reactivation of human erythrocyte AChE inhibited by the antineoplastic drug irinotecan as well as its cyto/genotoxicity in vitro were investigated. HI-6 was effective in protection of AChE and increased its activity up to 30%; the residual activity after irinotecan inhibition was 7%. Also, it reactivated the enzyme previously inhibited by 50% irinotecan (4.6 µg/ml) applied at ¼ of the IC50 value. The tested concentrations of HI-6 exhibited acceptable genotoxicity towards white blood cells, as estimated by the alkaline comet assay, DNA diffusion assay and cytogenetic endpoints (structural chromosome aberrations and cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay). The results obtained warrant the further investigation of HI-6 in vivo, as well as its development for possible application in chemotherapy.
Źródło:
Acta Biochimica Polonica; 2007, 54, 3; 583-593
0001-527X
Pojawia się w:
Acta Biochimica Polonica
Dostawca treści:
Biblioteka Nauki
Artykuł
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