{"title":"Endogenous antioxidant defenses in neonates","authors":"Warren Rosenfeld, Luzminda Concepcion","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80013-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80013-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Deficiencies of antioxidant defenses have been postulated as possible mechanisms in the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Neonates, especially prematures with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), are exposed to high oxygen tensions for prolonged periods.</p><p>To evaluate the neonates' ability to respond to an oxygen challenge with increased superoxide dismutase (SOD), 9 prematures were studied immediately at birth and on days I, 3, 5, and 7. An increase in plasma levels was noted during the first week of life in the patients who were exposed to oxygen. The mean endogenous SOD level at birth was 1.28 <em>μ</em>g/ml. On day 1, plasma SOD rose to 1.53 <em>μ</em>g/ml and to 2.25 <em>μ</em>g/ml on day 3 (<em>P</em> =.003). This trend continued into the fifth and seventh days.</p><p>Whether this increase in SOD has clinical significance in the prevention of BPD requires further investigation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"Pages 295-298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80013-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14421707","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":"Damage to biological tissues induced by radical initiator 2,2′-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride and its inhibition by chain-breaking antioxidants","authors":"Kiyoshi Terao , Etsuo Niki","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80070-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80070-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A water-soluble azo compound, 2,2′-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride, a well-known free radical initiator, was administered intraperitoneally to mice to study the toxicological effects on biological tissues in vivo and their inhibition by chain-breaking antioxidants. It caused damage to biological tissues without biotransformation. No specific target organ was observed. The most striking fine structural changes were the degeneration, swelling, and disruption of the endothelium lining cells of the capillaries in various organs. Furthermore, the death of lymphocytes in the lymphoid tissues and the fatty degeneration of the liver and kidneys have also been observed. Water-soluble chain-breaking antioxidants, such as 2-carboxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-6-chromanol (a vitamin E analogue), uric acid, cysteine, and glutathione suppressed the above damage, whereas vitamin C was ineffective.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 3","pages":"Pages 193-201"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80070-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14693702","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":"Superoxide production and chemiluminescence induced in differentiated HL-60 cells by the chemoattractant formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine","authors":"Claes Dahlgren, Tommy Andersson, Olle Stendahl","doi":"10.1016/0748-5514(86)90119-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0748-5514(86)90119-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Superoxide production and chemiluminescence induced in differentiated HL-60 cells by the chemoatractant formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine: In order to study the generation of oxidative metabolites in relation to cell differentiation, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and retinoic acid (RA) differentiated HL-60 cells were stimulated with the chemotactic peptide formylmethionly-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP). The oxidative response was measured as luminol-dependent chemiluminescence, lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence, and cytochrome c reduction. Cells grown in the presence of DMSO or RA progressively expressed morphological changes, and when the mature cells were exposed to FMLP the cells produced oxidative metabolites. Quantitatively the HL-60 cells grown in the presence of DMSO gave rise to the most pronounced response. No correlation was obtained between superoxide production, luminol-chemiluminescence and lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescence, indicating that different aspects of the oxidative response are elucidated by the three different methods. Futhermore, the experiments show that DMSO and RA-induced differentiation of HL-60 cells leads to granulocyte-like cells with different abilities to produce oxidative metabolite, possibly due to differences in receptor function.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"Pages 19-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0748-5514(86)90119-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14154114","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}
Krzysztof Reszka, Pawel Kolodziejczyk, J. William Lown
{"title":"Photosensitization by antitumor agents 3: spectroscopic evidence for superoxide and hydroxyl radical production by anthrapyrazole-sensitized oxidation of nadh","authors":"Krzysztof Reszka, Pawel Kolodziejczyk, J. William Lown","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80009-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80009-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>EPR and spin-trapping techniques were employed to study the oxidation of the dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) photosensitized by an anthrapyrazole-antitumor agent. The superoxide radical was detected as a DMPO adduct upon illumination of the system with visible light. Photoinduced generation of hydroxyl radicals is demonstrated by detection of DMPO adducts of OH scavengers, such as ethyl alcohol, sodium formate, and sodium azide. The dependence of the production of these spin adducts on the presence of catalase implies the involvement of hydrogen peroxide in that process. The production of hydrogen peroxide is demonstrated independently during oxygen consumption measurements with the Clark electrode technique.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"Pages 267-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80009-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14167880","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":"Announcements and calendar","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80044-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80044-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 5","pages":"Pages 411-412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80044-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137211093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Masayasu Bando , Hajime Obazawa , Tetsuji Tanikawa
{"title":"Scavenging of chlorpromazine cation radical by ascorbic acid or glutathione","authors":"Masayasu Bando , Hajime Obazawa , Tetsuji Tanikawa","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80008-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80008-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The report presented here demonstrates that scavenging of chlorpromazine cation radical (an absorption maximum = 530 nm) by ascorbic acid or glutathione can be kinetically and stoichiometrically analyzed at pH 1.5 but not at pH 3.0 and 6.0 using a conventional absorption spectrophotometer. The cation radical decays spontaneously about 10 and 200 times faster at pH 3.0 and 6.0, respectively, than at pH 1.5.</p><p>At pH 1.5, ascorbic acid scavenges the cation radical faster than glutathione does, and the following different scavenging mechanisms are postulated from the above kinetic and stoichiometric analysis. The reaction of the cation radical with ascorbic acid is second order. The ascorbic acid free radical, which decays mainly by dismutation, is generated by the bimolecular reaction. In the case of glutathione, on the other hand, about 70% of the scavenged cation radical disappears through free radical chain reactions that glutathione thiol anion and glutathione free radical probably initiate. The remaining (about 30%) disappears by conjugation with glutathione. It may be due to relative nonreactivity of ascorbic acid free radical that free radical chain reactions, found commonly in radical chemistry, do not occur in the scavenging reaction by ascorbic acid.</p><p>Based on the above results, the physiological scavenging mechanisms of the cation radical by the two reducing substances are discussed briefly.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"Pages 261-266"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80008-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14706370","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}
John Guy , E. Ann Ellis , G.M. Hope , Narsing A. Rao
{"title":"Influence of antioxidant enzymes in reduction of optic disc edema in experimental optic neuritis","authors":"John Guy , E. Ann Ellis , G.M. Hope , Narsing A. Rao","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80035-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80035-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Acute experimental allergic optic neuritis was induced in 18 adult strain-13 guinea pigs. The animals were divided into three groups. The first group of six animals received intraperitoneal injections of saline, the second group received superoxide dismutase (SOD), and the third group received catalase, given daily, starting 1 week after encephalogenic myelin sensitization. Morphometric analysis of longitudinal histopathologic sections of the optic nerve head revealed that the animals treated with the antioxidant enzyme catalase had a statistically significant reduction of optic disc edema when compared to the saline-treated group. Although animals treated with SOD had less optic disc swelling than the saline-treated controls, the differences were not statistically significant. These results indicate that detoxification of hydrogen peroxide, released by invading inflammatory cells, can reduce the severity of axonal swelling within the optic nerve head.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 5","pages":"Pages 349-357"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80035-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14719405","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":"Visible chemiluminescence from rat brain homogenates undergoing autoxidation. I. Effect of additives and products accumulation","authors":"E.A. Lissi , T. Cáceres , L.A. Videla","doi":"10.1016/0748-5514(86)90125-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0748-5514(86)90125-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Rat brain homogenate autoxidation was assessed from thiobarbituric acid reactant accumulation (TBAR), light emission, and oxygen uptake, The effect of several additives upon TBAR accumulation and light intensity suggests that these parameters can be employed as a reliable measure of the lipoperoxidation extent. From the different time profiles of TBAR accumulation and light emission, it is concluded that instantaneous light emission is not a measure of the lipoperoxidation rate but it is related to the accumulation of products. The time dependence of the light emitted after addition to an incubated sample of an excess of free radical scavengers indicates that at least two intermediates of widely different lifetimes are contributing to the observed light emission.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 1","pages":"Pages 63-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0748-5514(86)90125-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14889398","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}
Anna T. Viau, Abraham Abuchowski, Sylvia Greenspan, Frank F. Davis
{"title":"Safety evaluation of free radical scavengers peg-catalase and peg-superoxide dismutase","authors":"Anna T. Viau, Abraham Abuchowski, Sylvia Greenspan, Frank F. Davis","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80011-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80011-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Treatment with catalase and SOD (superoxide dismutase) could diminish the damage due to oxygen free radical formation, but these enzymes are rapidly removed from circulation. The covalent attachment of monomethoxypolyethylene glycol (PEG) to catalase and SOD extended their plasma half-lives. Toxicity of PEG-catalase and PEG-SOD was evaluated in mice and rats prior to their use as free radical scavengers. Rodents used in acute, subacute, and subchronic toxicologic studies could tolerate large doses of PEG-catalase and PEG-SOD without developing toxic signs. The conjugates did not affect survival rate, appearance, behavior, food intake, blood chemistry, hematology, or urinalysis. In general, body weight gains, organ weights, and histomorphology were also unaffected. Massive doses of PEG-catalase caused slight weight loss, splenic hypertrophy, and generalized splenic stimulation in mice. Massive doses of PEG-SOD resulted in vacuolation in splenic macrophages in rats. PEG-catalase and PEG-SOD circulated for 3 days and 8 days, respectively, in mice following i.v. or i.m. administration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"Pages 283-288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80011-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14707021","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}
Frans J. Walther , Corrie E.M. Gidding , Irene M. Kuipers , Dirk Willebrand , Edouard M. Bevers , Abraham Abuchowski , Anna T. Viau
{"title":"Prevention of oxygen toxicity with superoxide dismutase and catalase in premature lambs","authors":"Frans J. Walther , Corrie E.M. Gidding , Irene M. Kuipers , Dirk Willebrand , Edouard M. Bevers , Abraham Abuchowski , Anna T. Viau","doi":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80012-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80012-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The use of high oxygen concentrations and high mean airway pressures during mechanical ventilation of premature newborn infants with respiratory distress syndrome leads in 20%–30% of the survivors to chronic lung disease. This study explores if exogenous polyethylene glycol conjugated superoxide dismutase (PEG-SOD) and catalase (PEG-CAT) mitigate oxygen toxicity in premature lambs with respiratory distress syndrome. Six pairs of premature lambs were delivered by cesarean section and treated by tracheal instillation of 60 mg natural sheep surfactant/kg/body weight. After birth, all lambs were ventilated with 100% oxygen, and one of each pair received a single intravenous injection of 1 million U/kg PEG-CAT and 50,000 U/kg PEG-SOD. At 8 h of age or after respiratory failure was established, the lambs were killed and the lungs were removed intact. Lung damage was assessed by microscopy. The arterial blood gases, pH, and mean airway pressures of the lambs treated with PEG-SOD/PEG-CAT did not differ from those of the controls. Mean PaO<sub>2</sub> was > 140 mmHg during the first 4 h of the experiments. In the lambs treated with PEG-SOD/PEG-CAT, SOD and CAT levels were very high during the study period and less bronchiolar epithelial damage and lung hemorrhages were found at microscopy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77737,"journal":{"name":"Journal of free radicals in biology & medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":"Pages 289-293"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0748-5514(86)80012-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14240325","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}