当归及其炮制品水提物体外抗脂质过氧化作用

为了研究当归及其不同炮制品水提物抗脂质过氧化的作用。采用体外小鼠肝组织自发性脂质过氧化、H2O2诱导的红细胞膜脂质过氧化和溶血反应,评价了当归及其炮制品水提物对脂质过氧化的抑制作用。结果表明当归及其不同炮制品水提物体外对肝组织自发性脂质过氧化的抑制能力为当归碳酒当归生当归油当归土当归;对H2O2诱导的红细胞膜脂质过氧化的抑制能力为当归碳土当归生当归酒当归油当归;对H2O2诱导的溶血作用的抑制能力为酒当归当归碳土当归油当归生当归,且抑制效果均呈现良好的剂量依赖关系。说明当归及其不同炮制品水提物体外都具有一定的抗脂质过氧化的作用,其中抗肝组织自发性脂质过氧化和H2O2诱导的红细胞膜脂质过氧化的能力以当归碳最好,而抗H2O2诱导的溶血作用以酒当归最好。     

应用冷Schiff组织化学法检测人体组织脂质过氧化反应的研究

自由基引发的生物膜不饱和脂肪酸脂质过氧化反应涉及多种疾病过程,多年来检测脂质过氧化反应一直沿用生物化学（如硫代巴比妥酸法测定丙二醛）或生物物理技术（如分光光度法测定共轭双烯）。自从冷Schiff组织化学染色技术用于自由基研究以来,使形态学方法研究脂质过氧化反应成为可能,当前,应用冷Schiff组织化学法进行组织细胞的脂质过氧化反应检测大多限于动物实验研究,本研究对多种人体离体新鲜组织的冰冻切片应用冷Schiff组织化学法进行检测,未发现被组织存在组织化学水平上的脂质过氧化反应;胆对被测组织人为施加氧化攻击（用Fe-NADPH促氧化剂孵育）后,肝、肾及胃的泌酸细胞与其它组织相比呈现较明显的脂质过氧化反应;皮肤、脂肪组织几科不出现脂质过氧化反应;甲状腺C细胞、肌肉、骨骼等与钙代谢、贮存及利用相关的组织也出现较明显的脂质过氧化反应。结论：冷Schiff组织化学方法检测人体组织脂持过氧化反应具有简便易行、同时可以形态学定位的优点,在医学生物学、肿瘤学及老年医学研究中具有应用前景。     

茶油中皂苷的指纹图谱及抗脂质过氧化的研究

采用双溶剂萃取法提取茶油中的皂苷类成分,建立其HPLC指纹图谱,测定其抗脂质过氧化活性,并考察共有峰与抗脂质过氧化活性之间的相关性。茶油皂苷HPLC指纹图谱的最佳色谱条件为:Sun Fire C18色谱柱(4.6mm×250 mm,5μm);流动相:乙腈-0.2%甲酸水溶液梯度洗脱;流速:1.0 m L/min;检测波长:234 nm;柱温:30℃。用"相似度评价软件(2004A)"处理分析,建立茶油皂苷的HPLC指纹图谱,确立了7个共有峰,10批次的茶油皂苷样品相似度较好。测定茶油皂苷的抗脂质过氧化活性,其中来自吉安市安福县、上饶市弋阳县、九江市武宁县的茶油皂苷抗脂质过氧化活性最强,来自景德镇市浮梁县的茶油皂苷抗脂质过氧化活性最弱。相关性分析的结果表明,峰3、峰5、峰7与抗脂质过氧化活性具有显著的正相关性,总皂苷含量与抗脂质过氧化活性也呈现显著的正相关性。     

金樱子多糖的抗氧化作用

目的：探讨金樱子多糖(PRL)体外抗氧化作用。方法：邻苯三酚自氧化法测定PRL清除超氧阴离子自由基效果;比色法测定PRL对羟自由基诱导红细胞溶血、脂质过氧化反应的影响。结果：PRL能显著清除超氧阴离子自由基、押制羟自由基对细胞膜的破坏而引起的溶血和脂质过氧化产物的形成。结论：PRL具有显著的抗氧化作用。     

北虫草抗氧自由基和羟自由基作用的研究

基于很多疾病与脂质过氧化有关 ,探讨了利用人工培育的北虫草的抗脂质过氧化作用。结果显示 :人工培育的北虫草子座对 Fenton反应生成的羟自由基具有较强的清除作用 ,且作用明显强于相同剂量的羟自由基特异清除剂甘露醇 (P<0 .0 1 ) ;北虫草对邻苯三酚自氧化体系产生的氧自由基亦具有清除作用 ,与对照组比较 P<0 .0 1 ,但作用弱于相同剂量的抗坏血酸。结果提示 :北虫草具有抗脂质过氧化作用。     

当归水提液和醇提液体外抗脂质过氧化和红细胞溶血作用

研究当归水提液和醇提液对小鼠肝组织自发性过氧化酯质分解产物丙二醛（malondialdehyde,MDA）的生成和对红细胞膜脂质过氧化及红细胞溶血作用的影响。采用TBA比色法测定肝组织匀浆MDA生成,分光光度法测定过氧化氢诱导红细胞膜脂质过氧化和溶血。实验分为空白组、对照组、加药组。加药组分为25、50、100和200mg/mL四个浓度组。当归水提液和醇提液均在25～200mg／mL的浓度范围内,能够明显抑制小鼠肝组织匀浆自发性MDA的生成,具有抑制过氧化氢诱导红细胞膜脂质过氧化和溶血的作用,抑制效果随当归水提液和醇提液浓度的增大而逐渐增强,抑制率与药物浓度成良好的量效关系。当归水提液和醇提液具有抗脂质过氧化和红细胞溶血的作用。     

桂丁、草蔻挥发油抗氧化性研究

采用脂质过氧化方法和DPPH方法分别检测了2种植物挥发油抗脂质过氧化活性和清除自由基活性.且通过和阳性对照Vitamin E和Vitamin C的比较发现2种植物挥发油均有不同程度的抗脂质过氧化活性和清除自由基的活性.草蔻的抗脂质过氧化活性在低浓度下抑制率很高,在浓度为0.097～1.2 mg/mL之间其抗氧化能力强于桂丁.用IC50和EC50来评价抗脂质过氧化能力和清除自由基活性,则草蔻挥发油的抗脂质过氧化活性最强,且强于阳性对照Vitamin C,即草蔻的IC50为0.099 mg/mL.对于草蔻和桂丁的清除自由基的能力是相似的,EC50分别为4.50和4.46 mg/mL.     

罗汉果不同溶剂提取物抗氧化及清除活性氧自由基作用

以水、甲醇、乙醇和乙酸乙酯为溶剂,对罗汉果干果进行提取,分别采用磷钼酸铵体系、邻苯三酚自氧化体系、Fenton反应体系和卵黄脂质过氧化体系测定各种提取物的总抗氧化性能、超氧阴离子自由基和羟基自由基清除性能及其抗脂质过氧化作用。结果表明,四种溶剂提取物均具较强的抗氧化性和活性氧自由基清除性能,其能力的大小顺序为:乙酸乙酯提取物>水提物>甲醇提取物>乙醇提取物。     

大鼠心肌缺血／再灌及高脂血症的心肌膜损伤

通过大鼠心肌缺血／再灌及高脂血症的模型证实,两者均有明显的生物膜损伤,主要表现为膜磷脂的降低、胆固醇及胆固醇／磷脂比增高、膜脂流动性及膜酶(Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺-ATPase)活性降低,这些异常变化与氧自由基引发的脂质过氧化增强或脂质交换有关.     

大脑皮层神经元膜蛋白构象改变的ESR研究

采用马来酰亚胺标记完整的大脑皮层细胞,观察由低氧引起的ESR谱线的变化及脑细胞脂质过氧化程度,低氧引起细胞过氧化物生成增加,膜蛋白构象改变．金属硫蛋白(10^-5mol/L)能明显抑制过氧化反应,具有一定的抗氧化作用．并对实验的分子机理进行了简要的讨论．     

Fluorinert, an oxygen carrier, improves cell culture performance in deep square 96-well plates by facilitating oxygen transfer

In bioprocess development, the 96-well plate format has been widely used for high-throughput screening of production cell line or culture conditions. However, suspension cell cultures in conventional 96-well plates often fail to reach high cell density under normal agitation presumably due to constraints in oxygen transfer. Although more vigorous agitation can improve gas transfer in 96-well plate format, it often requires specialized instruments. In this report, we employed Fluorinert, a biologically inert perfluorocarbon, to improve oxygen transfer in 96-well plate and to enable the growth of a Chinese Hamster Ovary cell line expressing a recombinant monoclonal antibody. When different amounts of Fluorinert were added to the cell culture medium, a dose-dependent improvement in cell growth was observed in both conventional and deep square 96-well plates. When sufficient Fluorinert was present in the culture, the cell growth rate, the peak cell density, and recombinant protein production levels achieved in deep square 96-wells were comparable to cultures in ventilated shake flasks. Although Fluorinert is known to dissolve gases such as oxygen and CO(2), it does not dissolve nor extract medium components, such as glucose, lactate, or amino acids. We conclude that mixing Fluorinert with culture media is a suitable model for miniaturization of cell line development and process optimization. Proper cell growth and cellular productivity can be obtained with a standard shaker without the need for any additional aeration or vigorous agitation.     

A semiautomated hemolysis microassay for membrane lytic proteins

A simple, rapid, semiautomated microassay for hemolysis using a microtiter plate spectrophotometric system is described. The assay relies on the differences in light scattering (turbidity) properties of intact and of lysed erythrocytes. Lysis of erythrocyte suspensions in 96-well plates is determined by absorbance at 690 nm. A linear correlation between the percentage of hemolysis and the turbidity decrease is observed, indicating that this assay may be used for both rapid screening and quantitation of the hemolytic activity. This assay allows screening of 300 samples in less than 6 min. Small samples derived from protein fractionation columns (HPLC, for example) can be rapidly screened. This assay has been used in the successful isolation of a cytolytic membrane-lytic protein from the granules of cloned cytotoxic T lymphocytes and NK cells.     

An antioxidant screening assay based on oxidant-induced growth arrest in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

This report describes a biological screening system to measure the antioxidant capacity of compounds using the oxidant-induced growth arrest response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Alternative methods using the nonphysiological free radical compounds such as diphenylpicrylhydrazyl and azinobis ethylbenzothiaziline-6-sulphonate (ABTS) only provide an indication of the ability of a compound to scavenge oxidants. In contrast, this yeast-based method can also measure the ability of a compound to induce cellular resistance to the damaging effects of oxidants. The screening assay was established against a panel of six physiologically relevant oxidants ranging from reactive oxygen species (hydrogen peroxide, cumene peroxide, linoleic acid hydroperoxide), to a superoxide-generating agent (menadione), reactive nitrogen species (peroxynitrite) and a thiol-oxidizing agent (diamide). The antioxidants ascorbate and gallic acid displayed scavenging activity and induced the resistance of cells against a broad range of oxidants using this assay. Lipoic acid, which showed no scavenging activity and thus would not be detected as an antioxidant using a nonphysiological screen was, however, identified in this assay as providing resistance to cells against a range of oxidants. This assay is high throughput, in the format of a 96-well microtitre plate, and will greatly facilitate the search for effective antioxidants.     

A simplified in vitro model of oxidant injury using vascular endothelial cells

Summary Oxidant injury of the vascular endothelium is considered an early event in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. The model of oxidant injury is crucial to the investigation of antioxidants. In the present study, a convenient in vitro model of oxidant injury induced by hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) was developed using bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAEC). Viability of PAEC grown in 96-well culture plates was determined with methylthiazol tetrazolium (MTT) colorimetric assay. Cell membrane integrity was measured by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release from PAEC grown in 24-well plates. Malondialdehyde (MDA, a product of lipid peroxidation) in PAEC grown in 6-well plates was detected by a thiobarbituric acid fluorometric assay. Incubation of H₂O₂ with PAEC caused a dose-dependent decrease of cell viability, an increase of LDH release, and an elevation of MDA production. MTT assay was convenient, quantitative, non-radioactive, and suitable for testing a large number of samples. The fluorometric assay for measuring MDA production in endothelial cells used 6-well plates instead of 80-cm² flasks employed by previous investigators. The use of multiwell culture plates in these assays made it possible for more samples to be tested in any single experiment. The three assays are reproducible with low intraplate and interplate coefficients of variation. This in vitro model is suitable for screening antioxidants and for studying pharmacodynamics at the cellular level.     

A methylcellulose microculture assay for the in vitro assessment of drug toxicity on granulocyte/macrophage progenitors (CFU-GM)

In a recent prevalidation study, the use of a methylcellulose colony-forming unit-granulocyte/macrophage (CFU-GM) macroassay for two independent in vitro tests (human and murine cell based) was suggested for quantifying the potential haematotoxicity of xenobiotics. In this paper, we describe the transfer of the macroassay to a 96-well plate microassay, in which the linearity of the response was studied (both in terms of CFU-GM and optical density [OD] versus the number of cells cultured), and the inhibitory concentration (IC) values for doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil and taxol were determined and compared with those obtained by using the original macroassay. Fresh murine bone marrow and human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells were used as a source of myeloid progenitors. The cells were cultured in methylcellulose containing granulocyte/macrophage-colony-stimulating factor, and in the presence of increasing drug concentrations. The cloning capacity of the progenitors was measured both as the number of colonies counted manually (CFU-GM), and as OD evaluated with an automated plate reader in an MTT test. Our results show that, in the microassay, up to 20 colonies/well could be easily counted, and that this range (20 to zero) gave a regression line from which IC values were calculated, which were very close to those obtained by using the macroassay (where the range of colony numbers was from 100 to zero). The test did not give good results when the OD (instead of the colony count) was used as the endpoint, because, although a high coefficient of determination was obtained, the OD values ranged from 0.6 to zero and the IC values determined were not comparable to those obtained by manual counts. The use of the microassay dramatically reduces the quantity of methylcellulose needed, and permits hundreds of cultures to be processed in the same experiment, contributing to significant reductions in both the work involved and the cost. A further important benefit is a reduction of the amount of drug needed for testing, which is crucial for screening new molecules, when many different toxicological tests have to be carried out. The microassay is therefore a useful and reproducible tool for screening compounds (chemicals, drugs and xenobiotics) for potential haematotoxicity directly on human myeloid progenitors, and could contribute significantly to reducing the use of animals in toxicity testing.     

Action of 6-amino-3-pyridinols as novel antioxidants against free radicals and oxidative stress in solution,plasma, and cultured cells

Free radical-mediated lipid peroxidation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various diseases. Lipid peroxidation products are cytotoxic and they modify proteins and DNA bases, leading eventually to degenerative disorders. Various synthetic antioxidants have been developed and assessed for their capacity to inhibit lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress induced by free radicals. In this study, the capacity of novel 6-amino-2,4,5-trimethyl-3-pyridinols for scavenging peroxyl radicals, inhibiting plasma lipid peroxidation in vitro, and preventing cytotoxicity induced by glutamate, 6-hydroxydopamine, 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridium (MPP⁺ ), and hydroperoxyoctadecadienoic acid was assessed. It was found that they exerted higher reactivity toward peroxyl radicals and more potent activity for inhibiting the above oxidative stress than α-tocopherol, the most potent natural antioxidant, except against the cytotoxicity induced by MPP⁺. These results suggest that the novel 6-amino-3-pyridinols may be potent antioxidants against oxidative stress.     

A microassay for ATPase

A newly developed microtechnique for quantitating activity of myosin ATPase (EC 3.6.1.32) is more sensitive and less time-consuming than existing spectrophotometric methods. Measurement of ATPase activity using the new method can be accomplished in a final volume of 0.25 ml, allowing the assay to be conducted in individual wells of 96-well microplates commonly used for the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The microassay is performed by adding purified myosin to microplate wells followed by addition of ATP to initiate the enzymatic reaction. The reaction is subsequently terminated by addition of an acidic solution containing malachite green and ammonium molybdate. The level of inorganic phosphate produced by enzymatic hydrolysis of ATP is measured by scanning the microplates using a microELISA plate reader. An entire 96-well microplate can be scanned in less than 2 min, and data from the microassay can be transferred directly to a microprocessor for statistical analysis. The microassay is capable of detecting between 0.2 and 3 nmol of inorganic phosphate in a reaction volume of 50 microliter, and the ATPase activity of as little as 10 ng of rat cardiac myosin can be measured. The increased sensitivity compared with that of other spectrophotometric assays and ease of performing the microassay enable a detailed analysis of the enzymatic properties of cardiac myosin to be conducted on large numbers of small tissue specimens. Several kinetic properties of rat cardiac myosin were determined using this technique.     

Porous membranes for reconstitution of ion channels

Functional biological synthetic composite (BSC) membranes were made using phospholipids, biological membrane proteins and permeable synthetic supports or membranes. Lipid bilayers were formed on porous polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) and poly (l-lactic acid) (PLLA) membranes and in 10-100 μm laser-drilled pores in a 96-well plastic plate as measured by increased resistance or decreased currents. Bilayers in 50 μm and smaller pores were stable for up to 4 h as measured by resistance changes or a current after gramicidin D reconstitution. Biological membrane transport reconstitution was then carried out. Using vesicles containing Kv1.5 K⁺ channels, K⁺ currents and decreased resistance were measured across bilayers in 50 μm pores in the plastic plate and PLLA membranes, respectively, which were inhibited by compound B, a Kv1.5 K⁺ channel inhibitor. Functional reconstitution of Kv1.5 K⁺ channels was successful. Incorporation of membrane proteins in functional form in stable permeable membrane-supported lipid bilayers is a simple technology to create BSC membranes that mimic biological function which is readily adaptable for high throughput screening.     

Micromethods for the spectrophotometric determination of bacterial protease activities

Microassays for the spectrophotometric determination of bacterial proteases were developed using congo red elastin, a substrate specific for elastolytic activity, and hide powder azure, a substrate sensitive to more general proteolytic activity. The small reaction volume (0.1 ml) allows incubation, filtration and quantitation to be carried out in 96 well microassay plates. Using a simple spin filtration device constructed from microassay plates a large number (768) of microassays can be filtered simultaneously. The microassays are particularly useful for screening large numbers of bacterial colonies for proteolytic mutants since they allow the rapid and efficient handling of multiple samples. These assays also permit the qualitative estimation of enzyme levels.     

A Microtiter Plate Assay for Screening Antioxidant Activity in Extracts of Marine Organisms

A novel microtiter plate assay was developed to determine the total peroxyl radical-trapping activity of antioxidants extracted from marine organisms by measuring the inhibition rate of dye-substrate oxidation. We compared use of dihydrorhodamine-123, dihydrofluorescein, and dichlorodihydrofluorescein as reduced substrates for oxidation by peroxyl radicals generated from 2,2-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride. The oxidation products of these highly reactive substrates are intensely colored dyes that absorb maximally in the wavelength region, _max = 489 to 512 nm, and their concentrations were determined photometrically using a 96-well, microtiter plate reader. The microtiter plate method provides for concurrent multisample analysis with automated data storage, regression analyses, and calculation of oxidation inhibition rates. Dihydrorhodamine was selected as the preferred substrate for screening crude extracts, and typical assay results are presented. Novel lead antioxidants are selected from active extracts by chromatographic analysis with electrochemical detection.