{"title":"Hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative damage on mechanical properties of the articular cartilage.","authors":"Ekrem Cicek","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.4.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Articular cartilage has unique mechanical and physicochemical properties which are responsible for its load carrying capabilities. This work investigates the effects of hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative damage on mechanical properties of articular cartilage. Bovine articular cartilage was exposed to hydrogen peroxide for a week. Dynamic and static mechanical tests applied to calculate articular cartilage compressive modulus. We observed higher control curve slopes than that of hydrogen peroxide curves which account for lesser stiffness values in the exposed articular cartilage. For the instantaneous experiments, results were statistically significant (p = 0.01, p < 0.05). Here report that hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative damage causes reduction in the stiffness of the articular cartilage.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 4","pages":"368-375"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35675250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kokkadan K Srikumar, Sukumaran Smitha, Bastian S Kumar, Balakrishnan Radhakrishnan
{"title":"Electro-antennographic response of Helopeltis theivora to synthetic pesticides used in tea plantations.","authors":"Kokkadan K Srikumar, Sukumaran Smitha, Bastian S Kumar, Balakrishnan Radhakrishnan","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Helopeltis theivora is considered as one of the major pest in tea plantations causing considerable economic damage. Recent control strategies against this notorious polyphagous pest mainly depend on the application of insecticides. The study is focused on the antennal response of H. theivora on exposure to different insecticides using electroantenogram (EAG). The result showed that the insects perceive quinalphos as they are frequently exposed to it. The hierarchy of the EAG response of exposed and unexposed insects was quinalphos > bifenthrin > deltamethrin > thiamethoxam.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 4","pages":"358-367"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35674994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zoltán Mayer, Nguyen Hong Duc, Zita Sasvári, Katalin Posta
{"title":"How arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi influence the defense system of sunflower during different abiotic stresses.","authors":"Zoltán Mayer, Nguyen Hong Duc, Zita Sasvári, Katalin Posta","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.4.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The association between terrestrial plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is one of the most common and widespread mutualistic plant-fungi interaction. AM fungi are of beneficial effects on the water and nutrient uptake of plants and increase plant defense mechanisms to alleviate different stresses. The aim of this study was to determine the level of polyphenol oxidase (PPO), guaiacol peroxidase (POX) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) enzyme activities and to track the expression of glutathione S-transferase (GST) gene in plant-arbuscular mycorrhizal system under temperature- and mechanical stress conditions. Our results suggest that induced tolerance of mycorrhizal sunflower to high temperature may be attributed to the induction of GST, POX and PPO enzyme activities as well as to the elevated expression of GST. However, the degree of tolerance of the plant is significantly influenced by the age which is probably justified by the energy considerations.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 4","pages":"376-387"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35674998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Péter Radácsi, Szilvia Sárosi, Lotti Ágnes Szomor, Éva Németh-Zámbori
{"title":"Comparison of the production and chemical constituents of five Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt. accessions.","authors":"Péter Radácsi, Szilvia Sárosi, Lotti Ágnes Szomor, Éva Németh-Zámbori","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.4.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An open field experiment was carried out with five purple Perilla frutescens accessions (588P, GB, J3, JTD3, PS3) in 2014 and 2015. Morphological traits, production, total phenolic content (TPC), essential oil content (EOC) and composition as well as the antioxidant capacity (AOC) were investigated. Highest biomass was produced by JTD3 in both years. The antioxidant capacity and total phenolic content in the stems was lower than in the leaves in all accessions. Leaves of accession GB produced the highest AOC values (215.594 ± 1.437 in 2014 and 86.609 ± 3.602 mg AAE g<sup>-1</sup> in 2015, respectively) while the strain 588P showed the lowest values (139.544 ± 1.934 in 2014 and 38.966 ± 4.569 mg AAE g<sup>-1</sup> in 2015, respectively). The highest TPC values were measured by PS3 in 2014 (204.320 ± 1.822 mg GAE g<sup>-1</sup>) and GB in 2015 (136.450 ± mg GAE g<sup>-1</sup>). The 588P produced the highest essential oil content (1.432 ml 100 g<sup>-1</sup> DM) while J3 had the lowest (0.144 ml 100 g<sup>-1</sup> DM) in both years. Strong positive correlation was found between the density of glandular hairs and the essential oil content. Three accessions (588P, J3, JTD3) belong to the perillaldehyde chemotype while GB and PS3 to the dehydro elsholtzia ketone chemotype. All studied accessions can be cultivated in Hungary. For the biomass production the JTD3, while for the essential oil production the 588P can be recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 4","pages":"453-465"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.10","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35675347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Establishment of an efficient plant regeneration culture protocol and achievement of successful genetic transformation in Jatropha curcas L.","authors":"Ying Liu, Guoxuan Liu, Yali Yang, Sufang Niu, Fuguang Yang, Shaoxia Yang, Jianian Tang, Jianping Chen","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.4.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An efficient and reproducible protocol is described for shoot-bud regeneration and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation of J. curcas. Treating the explants with high concentrations (5-120 mg/L) of TDZ for short durations (5-80 min) before inoculation culture increased significantly the regeneration frequency and improved the quality of the regenerated buds. The highest shoot-buds induction rate (87.35%) was achieved when petiole explants were treated with 20 mg/L TDZ solution for 20 min and inoculated on hormone-free MS medium for 30 days. Regenerated shoots of 0.5 cm or a little longer were isolated and grafted to seedling stocks of the same species, and then the grafted plantlets were planted on half-strength MS medium containing 0.1 mg/L IBA and 2 mg/L sodium nitroprusside (SNP). This grafting strategy was found to be very effective, to obtain that healthy grafted plantlets ready for acclimatization within 20 days. By the above mentioned protocol and with general Agrobacterium - mediated genetic transformation methods only 65 days were needed to obtain intact transgenic plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 4","pages":"428-442"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35675248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
János Győri, Anna Farkas, Oksana Stolyar, András Székács, Mária Mörtl, Ágnes Vehovszky
{"title":"Inhibitory effects of four neonicotinoid active ingredients on acetylcholine esterase activity.","authors":"János Győri, Anna Farkas, Oksana Stolyar, András Székács, Mária Mörtl, Ágnes Vehovszky","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.4.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a great concern about the decline of pollinators, and neonicotinoids emerging bee disorders are assumed to play a significant role. Since changes in learning ability has been observed in honey bees exposed to some acetylcholine esterase (AChE) inhibitors, we therefore, tested in vitro the effect of four neonicotinoids on purified eel AChE. AChE activity was inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner, and calculated IC<sub>50</sub> values for thiamethoxam (IC<sub>50</sub> = 414 μM) and clothianidin (IC<sub>50</sub> = 160 μM) were found to be much higher compared to acetamiprid (IC<sub>50</sub> = 75.2 μM) and thiacloprid (IC<sub>50</sub> = 87.8 μM). The Lineweaver-Burk reciprocal plots for acetamiprid shows unchanged V<sub>max</sub> and increased K<sub>m</sub> values with inhibitor concentrations, while analysis of Michaelis-Menten plots shows predominantly competitive mechanism. The inhibition constant value (K<sub>i</sub> = 24.3 μM) indicates strong binding of the acetamiprid complex to AChE. Finally, the four tested neonicotinoids are not a uniform group regarding their blocking ability. Our results suggest a previously not established, direct AChE blocking mechanism of neonicotinoids tested, thus the neuronal AChE enzyme is likely among the direct targets of the neonicotinoid insecticides. We conclude, that these AChE inhibitory effects may also contribute to toxic effects on the whole exposed animal.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 4","pages":"345-357"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35675245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tivadar Kiss, Lilla Mácsai, Dezső Csupor, Zsolt László Datki
{"title":"In vivo screening of diterpene alkaloids using bdelloid rotifer assays.","authors":"Tivadar Kiss, Lilla Mácsai, Dezső Csupor, Zsolt László Datki","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.4.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The group of diterpene alkaloids contains numerous compounds with complex chemistry and diverse pharmacological activities. Beside toxicity, these compounds possess activity on the cardiovascular system, tumor cell lines and nervous system. The pharmacological properties have been described using in vitro and in vivo techniques; however, the bioactivities of many compounds have not thoroughly been studied. Here we report on the in vivo evaluation of ten diterpene alkaloids using bdelloid rotifer assays. Napelline exerted toxic effects on rotifers, while wide tolerance range was observed for other investigated compounds. Weak toxicity of songorine is supported by our experiment. Toxicological data for senbusine A, senbusine C, septentrioidine and hetisinone are reported for the first time.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 4","pages":"443-452"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.4.9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35675249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eszter Laczkó-Zöld, Péter Forgó, István Zupkó, Eşianu Sigrid, Judit Hohmann
{"title":"Isolation and quantitative analysis of physalin D in the fruit and calyx of Physalis alkekengi L.","authors":"Eszter Laczkó-Zöld, Péter Forgó, István Zupkó, Eşianu Sigrid, Judit Hohmann","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.3.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.3.7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Physalin D was isolated from the methanol extract of Physalis alkekengi L. fruits by combination of different chromatographic methods (CPC, TLC, HPLC). The structure was elucidated based on <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>13</sup>C NMR spectral analysis with the aid of 2D-correlation spectroscopy (<sup>1</sup>H, <sup>1</sup>H-COSY, HSQC and HMBC) and comparison with literature data. The quantity of physalin D in mature and immature fruits and calyces was determined by RP-HPLC-UV method. Among the studied samples, immature calyx showed the highest content of physalin D (0.7880 ± 0.0612%), while mature calyx contained 4 times less amount (0.2028 ± 0.016%). The physalin D content of the fruit was much lower; immature fruits contained 0.0992 ± 0.0083% physalin D and mature fruits 0.0259 ± 0.0021%. The antiproliferative activity of the CHCl<sub>3</sub> extract and its fractions was tested on three cancer cell lines (HeLa, MCF-7 and A431). The antiproliferative activity of physalin D is discussed with regard the published data.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 3","pages":"300-309"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.3.7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35399477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
László Forró, Judit Nédli, Enikő Csata, Virág Krízsik, Csilla Balogh, László G-Tóth
{"title":"Morphometric characteristics and COI haplotype diversity of Arctodiaptomus spinosus (Copedoda) populations in soda pans in Hungary.","authors":"László Forró, Judit Nédli, Enikő Csata, Virág Krízsik, Csilla Balogh, László G-Tóth","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.3.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.3.5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Arctodiaptomus spinosus (Daday, 1891) is a characteristic species of the soda pan zooplankton in the Great Hungarian Plain. The biogeographical distribution of the species is interesting, since its range expands from the Pannonian Biogeographic region to the other side of the Carpathians, occurring in saline lakes in Eastern Anatolia, Armenia, Iran and in temporary waters in Ukraine. Our investigations focused on the morphometric characteristics and the COI haplotype diversity of four Hungarian populations in the Kiskunság area. We detected substantial morphological differences between the Böddi-szék population and the rest of the sampling sites, however considerable differences were not observable in the COI haplotypes in the populations. The 20 animals investigated for COI haplotypes belonged to the same haplotype network. Tajima's D indicated departures from the neutral Wright - Fisher population model and suggested population expansion. The genetic composition of Arctodiaptomus spinosus populations in the Kiskunság area is rather uniform.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 3","pages":"279-289"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.3.5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35399400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mónika Homa, Kinga Hegedűs, Ádám Fülöp, Vanessza Wolfárt, Shine Kadaikunnan, Jamal M Khaled, Naiyf S Alharbi, Csaba Vágvölgyi, László Galgóczy
{"title":"In vitro activity of calcium channel blockers in combination with conventional antifungal agents against clinically important filamentous fungi.","authors":"Mónika Homa, Kinga Hegedűs, Ádám Fülöp, Vanessza Wolfárt, Shine Kadaikunnan, Jamal M Khaled, Naiyf S Alharbi, Csaba Vágvölgyi, László Galgóczy","doi":"10.1556/018.68.2017.3.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/018.68.2017.3.10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the current therapeutic options, filamentous fungal infections are associated with high mortality rate especially in immunocompromised patients. In order to find a new potential therapeutic approach, the in vitro inhibitory effect of two antiarrhythmic agents, diltiazem and verapamil hydrochloride were tested against different clinical isolates of ascomycetous and mucoralean filamentous fungi. The in vitro combinations of these non-antifungal drugs with azole and polyene antifungal agents were also examined. Susceptibility tests were carried out using the broth microdilution method according to the instructions of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document M38-A2. Checkerboard microdilution assay was used to assess the interactions between antifungal and non-antifungal drugs. Compared to antifungal agents, diltiazem and verapamil hydrochloride exerted a relatively low antifungal activity with high minimal inhibitory concentration values (853-2731 μg/ml). Although in combination they could increase the antifungal activity of amphotericin B, itraconazole and voriconazole. Indifferent and synergistic interactions were registered in 33 and 17 cases, respectively. Antagonistic interactions were not revealed between the investigated compounds. However, the observed high MICs suggest that these agents could not be considered as alternative systemic antifungal agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":7009,"journal":{"name":"Acta Biologica Hungarica","volume":"68 3","pages":"334-344"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1556/018.68.2017.3.10","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35399475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}