Serum proteins in ethanol intoxication and hypercholesteremia

Guinea pigs after 30, 60 and 90 days of cholesterol, ethanol and cholesterol + ethanol action have been studied for content of cholesterol, lipoproteins of certain classes, quantitative and qualitative composition of blood serum proteins. It has been found that cholesterol does not induce expressed hypercholesterinemia and does not hinder cholesterol accumulation in the blood serum and liver of animals. The specific activity of [3H] cholesterol in the liver under cholesterinosis and its combination with ethanol intoxication for the whole period of experiments is lower than in the control, which testifies to retardation of its renewal. This may stimulate development of pathological hypercholesterinemia-induced states. After 3-month ethanol intoxication the amount of alkaline serum proteins has grown and ethanol retains its action against a background of hypercholesterinemia. The found effect is supposed to reflect one of the compensatory mechanisms for hypercholesterinemia and atherogenesis prevention.     

The effect of carnosine on indicators of free radical lipid oxidation during acute stress in rats

The effect of carnosine intraperitoneal injection in rats (in doses 0.2, 2.0 or 20 mg/kg) on the vegetative parameters (arterial blood pressure, Hildebrandt index), the content of free radical oxidation (FRO) products and superoxide dismutase activity in serum and brain homogenates and brain lipid composition under normal condition and after different stress forms have been investigated. The carnosine injection in dose 20 mg/kg preserves and increase in arterial pressure and Hildebrandt index at all steps of stress development. The phase non-unidirectional changes in studied biochemical parameters have been revealed depending on the level of stress development in animals under control. The unidirectional and dose-dependent changes of phospholipid content and the level of brain lipids, decrease of FRO products in tissue and brain cholesterol, the increase of the superoxide dismutase activity of serum and brain homogenates have been found in intact and stressed animals after carnosine injection. A comparison of carnosine pharmacokinetics with concentration dependences of the antioxidative effect under in vitro and in vivo experiments comes to conclusion concerning the carnosine indirect adaptogenic action.     

Serum and liver cholesterol in experimental fever]

A single intravenous injection to rabbits of pyrogenal (10 gamma/kg) or of Bac. mesentericus culture (3 milliard microbial cells in 1 ml/kg) led in 3 hours to a decrease in total blood serum cholesterol content (due to decrease of cholesterol esters) and to elevation in the liver of free cholesterol and cholesterol esters. Blood serum and liver cholesterol remained high in 24 hours, although the temperature was normal.     

The dynamics of [3H]-cholesterol incorporation into the liver and aortic tissue of guinea pigs on long-term ethanol administration]

The effect of ethanol administration to guinea pigs (4 g/kg, per os) on the dynamics of [3H]-cholesterol incorporation into the liver and aorta tissues was studied for 3 months. It has been discovered that specific radioactivity of the control animals linearly increased during 24 hours in the blood serum. Ethanol reduced it as compared with the control only 0.5 h after a label has been introduced. Cholesterol renovation in the liver remained unchanged under the prolonged effect of ethanol. In the aorta the ethanol effect was characterized by a decrease of [3H]-cholesterol specific radioactivity 0.5 h after its administration. However, in this case the ratio of aorta/blood serum radioactivity increased. A day after the labelled cholesterol administration to alcoholized animals the radioactivity calculated per 1 mg of cholesterol and per unit of tissue weight and referred to the blood serum radioactivity was lower as compared to the control level.     

Effect of acute alcoholic and acetaldehyde poisoning on lipid metabolism in the rat liver]

Lipid metabolism in the liver of rats in acute alcohol (25% solution, intraperitoneally, 4 g/kg, 30 minutes) and acetaldehyde (5% solution, intraperitoneally, 0.266 g/kg, 30 minutes) intoxication has been studied. It has been revealed that with acute injection of ethanol into the livers of experimental animals the level of cholesterol is decreased, the content of triacylglycerols and phosphatidylethanolamine is increased. Analogous changes in the concentration of lipid fractions have been also revealed after injection of acetaldehyde.     

Dynamics of redistribution of blood serum lipoproteins in patients with alcoholism during alcohol intoxication and its abolition

In the patients with alcoholism at intoxication and different periods of alcohol abolition the blood serum lipoproteins were investigated by a method of gradient gel-electrophoresis using the computer program for qualitative definition. It was found out that change of the total sum of all lipoprotein fractions was approximated to parabolic dependence with maximum in the 3rd day after alcohol abolition. Under intoxication disturbances the individual apoB-containing fractions were minimal as compared with the control, while at the initial stages of alcohol abolition their redistribution was noticed as reflecting the growth of the processes of cholesterol transportation from liver to peripheral tissues. The 14th day after alcohol abolition was characterized by tendency to normalization of these disturbances, but at the 30th day of soberness a recurrence growing the changes of apoA-containing lipoproteins transformation was observed. In the patients under intoxication period and first 3 days after alcohol abolition a significant increase of quantity of all the apoA-containing lipoprotein populations took place which was restored completely in remission. On the base of both the own results and data from literature sources we suppose that these changes are the results of direct influence of ethanol and but they are not a pathogenic indication of a chronic alcoholism.     

Immunoreactive insulin and insulin-like activity of the blood in ontogenesis of the hen]

Studies have been made on immunoreactive insulin (IRI) and insulin-like activity (ILA) in the blood serum of chick embryos (from the 10th day of incubation), chicks and adult hens up to 1 year old. It was shown that IRI content of embryonic blood is relatively low and remains approximately constant during incubation. During postnatal ontogenesis, the level of IRI increases, the increase being most significant at the 1st day after hatching and between the 2nd and the 5th months. With respect to IRI level, 5-month chicks are similar to adult hens. Being assayed by the method of isolated epididymal rat fat, ILA was not found in the blood serum of chick embryos. It was observed in all test samples only from the 30th day after hatching. It is suggested that at this period of postnatal life, some factors are formed in the blood which increase ILA without changes of the insulin content of the blood. After the 30th day, no evident shifts were observed in ILA, although it reached maximum in adult hens. By absolute values, ILA of the blood in chicks was several times higher than the corresponding levels of IRI.     

Comparative characterization of the lipoprotein spectrum and status of free radical processes in the blood of rabbits exposed to external gamma-irradiation and cholesterol administration]

Characteristic of lipoprotein spectrum and state of free-radical processes in the animals under action of ionizing radiation and cholesterin diet are comparatively studied. The content of lipids in the blood serum increases on the 5th day after irradiation and then decreases on the 15th and 30th days. Cholesterin diet increases the content of cholesterin under practically unchanged content of triglycerides in the blood serum in all the terms of investigations. Total decrease of the intensity of induced chemiluminescence of the blood serum and erythrocytes after irradiation is shown. Peroral introduction of cholesterin evokes differently directed changes in the light sum of chemiluminescence--a decrease in erythrocytes and increase in the blood serum.     

Activity of key enzymes of heme metabolism and cytochrome P-450 content in the rat liver in experimental rhabdomyolysis and hemolytic anemia

The 5-aminolevulinate synthase, heme oxygenase, tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase activities, the content of total heme and cytochrome P-450 content in the rat liver and absorption spectrum of blood serum in Soret region under glycerol model of rhabdomiolisis and hemolytic anemia caused by single phenylhydrazine injection have been investigated. The glycerol injection caused a considerable accumulation of heme-containing products in the serum and the increase of the total heme content, holoenzyme, total activity and heme saturation of tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase, as well as the increase of the 5-aminolevulinate synthase and heme oxygenase activities in the liver during the first hours of its action and the decrease of cytochrome P-450 content in 24 h. Administration of phenylhydrazine lead to the increasing of hemolysis products content in blood serum too, although it was less expressed. The phenylhydrazine injection caused the increase of activities of 5-aminolevulinate synthase, holoenzyme, total activity and heme saturation of tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase, as well as decrease of cytochrome P-450 content in the rat liver in 2 h. The increase of the total heme content and heme oxygenase activity has been observed in 24 h. The effect of heme arrival from the blood stream, as well as a direct influence of glycerol and phenylhydrazine on the investigated parameters are discussed.     

Changes in the rhythms of the alpha-fetoprotein content of the blood serum of mice with hepatoma 22A and of tumor cell proliferation depending on the time of cyclophosphane administration

A study was made of the content of alpha-fetoprotein (alpha-FP) in the blood serum and of proliferative processes in hepatoma 22A-bearing mice after injection of cyclophosphamide in a dose of 150 mg/kg at varying time of 4-day tumor growth. The data obtained indicate that the time of appearance of alpha-FP in the blood, the pattern of rhythmic fluctuations in protein content and in the number of DNA-synthesizing and mitotic cells of the tumor depend on the time of the cytostatic injection during the day. Besides, cyclophosphamide exerts a more powerful inhibitory effect on the content of alpha-FP in the blood serum and less powerful on the proliferative processes in hepatoma 22A.     

实验性鸡脂肪肝出血综合征模型的建立与评价

目的 建立一种造模时间较短、成本较低,成功率更高的鸡脂肪肝出血综合征动物模型.方法 320只14日龄青脚麻鸡随机分为对照组、高脂模型组、雌激素模型组和高脂结合雌激素模型组,每组设4个重复,每个重复20只,共处理28 d.期间每天观察记录鸡的临床状况,并于实验14、28 d测定血清生化指标、肝脏相关参数以及腹腔脂肪重、肝脏病理形态学变化.结果 对照组在28 d内未发生脂肪肝出血综合征,而高脂结合雌激素模型组在实验14 d发生了脂肪肝出血综合征.临床观察见10d后部分鸡开始出现张口呼吸、嗜睡、腹部大而下垂等临床表现.14 d及28 d后,剖检见腹腔脂肪过度沉积,肝脏明显肿大、黄染、质脆、边缘钝厚、表面可见散在点状或斑状出血;14 d后,显微镜下可见肝细胞轻度变性,胞质内出现较小的脂肪空泡.28 d后,可观察到大量肝细胞体积极度肿大,胞质内充满较大的脂肪空泡,肝脏结构紊乱等病理学变化;28 d后FLHS发生率高于14 d.血清甘油三酯浓度、总胆固醇浓度、肝脏相对重、腹脂相对重、肝脂率、肝出血分数与对照组相比,差异皆有显著性(P＜0.05或P＜0.01).雌激素模型组和高脂模型组的临床症状、剖检特征、病理组织学变化及血液生化指标的变化趋势与高脂结合雌激素模型组相似,但程度稍轻、发生时间较晚.结论 通过28 d的高脂日粮与雌激素复合诱导,可成功建立鸡脂肪肝出血综合征模型.     

Effect of rutin on the cholesterol content of the lymph, blood and tissues of the dog

It has been discovered in experiments on mongrel dogs anesthetized with morphine and hexenal that intravenous injection of rutin (3 mg/kg bw) reduced the concentration of total, esterified and free cholesterol in blood serum, with the exception of free cholesterol level in arterial blood, which increased. Under the same conditions, the concentration of free and esterified cholesterol in thoracic duct lymph ascended. In the popliteal lymph node, gastrocnemius muscle and liver, the content of total cholesterol appreciably dropped as compared to control. Rutin has been found to accelerate the lymph flow and to raise cholesterol resorption from the interstitial space. It is inferred that lymph plays an important part in cholesterol transport in the body.     

Lipogenic potential in liver of the preweanling rat: influence of dietary cholesterol

We examined the effect of a lower dietary cholesterol load on hepatic lipogenic capacity and plasma cholesterol concentrations during the normal suckling period in artificially reared preweanling rats. The artificially reared rats were fed a milk formula that contained low or normal concentrations of cholesterol during the period from the 5th to 17th day after birth. The activities of HMG-CoA synthase and HMG-CoA reductase in livers of 17-day-old rat pups reared on the low-cholesterol diet were enhanced three- to five-fold over those observed in the age-matched rats in the normal cholesterol and mother-reared control groups. The concentration of cholesterol in plasma of rats reared on the low-cholesterol milk was about 20% lower than that for mother-reared controls. In contrast, rats reared on milk with normal cholesterol content exhibited plasma cholesterol levels about 25 and 50% higher than the mother-reared and low cholesterol groups, respectively. The long-term metabolic consequences of rearing rats on milk formulations without adequate cholesterol remains to be determined.     

Lipid and exocrine pancreatic ultrastructural changes due to experimental diabetes.

The aim of this study was to establish if the changes in the ultrastructure of the exocrine part of the pancreas are correlated with changes in serum glucose, cholesterol and lipoprotein fractions during the progression of diabetes in rabbits. Diabetes mellitus was induced in male New Zealand rabbits by a single injection of alloxan into the auricular vein. On the day 7th the glucose level in the whole blood was measured and this day was designated as the first day of diabetes. Rabbits were divided into 5 groups: untreated control, 21-day diabetes, 42-day diabetes, 90-day diabetes and 180-day diabetes. The cholesterol, HDL (high-density lipoprotein) and LDL (low-density lipoprotein) levels were examined in the serum. The total pancreatic lipase activity was measured spectrophotometrically in the pancreatic homogenate. Histological specimens were examined under an electron microscopy. The glucose level increased significantly in all of the alloxan exposed animals. The significant elevation of cholesterol level was observed on day 21 and 180. The HDL level was increased (P<0.05) only on the day 21st. The LDL level and the total activity of pancreatic lysosomal lipase increased significantly on day 21, 42 and 90. Further dilation of granular endoplasmic reticular ducts and decrease in the number of zymogen granules were observed amongst exocrine cells. Fragmented mitochondrial and translucent matrix were also seen. Intensification of the pancreatic fibrosis was found on day 90. Microvascular changes were reported in exocrine cells after 180 days. Their nuclei were smaller with large bulges on the nuclear membrane, and the number of heterogeneous electron granules of zymogen further declined. We concluded that the intensification of ultrastructural changes of the exocrine part of the pancreas correlated with the changes of the pancreatic lipase activity, and glucose and lipoprotein levels.     

Inhibitory effect of cholesterol on the uptake of liposomes by liver and spleen

The effect of cholesterol content of small unilamellar (SUV) and reverse phase (REV) liposomes on blood clearance and tissue distribution has been studied. [¹⁴C]Inulin has been used as an aqueous marker of liposomes to represent the uptake of intact liposomes in tissues. The blood clearance of the intravenously-injected SUV and REV liposomes depends on the cholesterol content of liposomes. The cholesterol-free (0 mol%) liposomes are cleared more readily from the circulation than the cholesterol-poor liposomes (20 mol%) and the cholesterol-poor are cleared more rapidly than the cholesterol-rich (46.6 mol%) liposomes. This clearance pattern of liposomes from the circulation is not attributed to the change of size of liposomes due to the increase in cholesterol content of liposomes. However, poor stability of cholesterol-free or cholesterol-poor liposomes in the circulation is partly responsible, but the predominant factor responsible for the observed blood clearance pattern is the inhibitory effect of cholesterol on the uptake of liposomes by reticuloendothelial-rich tissues liver and spleen. Uptake of liposomes by these organs is decreased with increasing cholesterol content of vesicles. It is suggested that to produce liposome preparations with a long circulating half life in vivo it is necessary to inhibit their uptake by liver and spleen.     

The influence of N-, S-containing chinasolone derivatives (NC-224) on the biochemical and physicochemical parameters of membrane endoplasmatic reticulum and nuclear chromatine fractions of rats liver cells in conditions of its injury by tetrachloromethane

Using biochemical and physicochemical methods of investigation in vivo, the effect of the substance NC-224, N-, S-chinasolone-derivative, on the lipoperoxidation activity in rat liver endoplasmatic reticulum membranes and nuclear chromatin fractions under tetrachloromethane intoxication have been studied. It was shown that NC-224 has pronounced antioxidant activity which is the biochemical basis of the substance membrane- and genome-protective effects and its ability to restore physicochemical properties of the surface and hydrophobic zones of hepatocyte membranes and structural parameter nuclear chromatin fractions in the conditions of chemical liver injury.     

Lipid peroxidation rate and the antioxidant protection system during the readaptation period after long-term space flights on board the International Space Station

The content of lipid peroxidation (LPO) products (diene conjugates (DC), malondialdehyde (MDA), Schiff bases (SB), and tocopherol (TP, a main lipid antioxidant) were measured in blood serum of 17 astronauts taking part in long-term (125–217 days) missions on board the International Space Station (ISS) during the preflight period, on the day of the landing, and on the 7th and 14th days after landing (the rehabilitation period, RP). A decrease in the DC and MDA levels against a background of an increase in TP has been found in a group of eight astronauts after landing on board the Space Shuttle spacecraft and a group of eight astronauts after a space flight on board the Soyuz TM in the course of RP. The changes in measured indices were more pronounced in the group of astronauts after the space flight on board the Space Shuttle spacecraft. Inhibition of LPO during RP was regarded as an adequate response to readaptation stress to the conditions on earth. The possible mechanisms of differences in the efficiency of LPO inhibition between groups are discussed: the changes in the biomembrane phase state under the conditions of deceleration load during disorbiting and the stressful reaction to landing on board different spacecrafts.     

The role of macrophages in the uptake of endotoxin by the mouse liver.

The purpose of this investigation was to analyse the macrophage subpopulations involved in the uptake of endotoxin in the liver. The results show that in normal B10.D2 mice the liver macrophages constitute a heterogeneous population of cells which, depending on their state of differentiation, are distinguished by their differential distribution in the liver acinus and by their ability to phagocytose latex. Following the intravenous administration of endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide = LPS) from Salmonella abortus equi, endotoxin-carrying non-parenchymal cells of the liver (NPLC) were investigated immunohistochemically (in situ) and immunocytochemically (after isolation) between 1 h and 14 days after the injection. The endotoxin content of the blood and of isolated NPLC was also determined, using radioactivity labeled LPS. Following LPS injection, the total number of macrophages in the liver increased, reaching a maximum after 3 days. There was a striking increase in the ratio of mature to immature macrophages. After day 3, the number of macrophages decreased again, returning to the pre-injection values by day 14. 1 h after the administration of LPS, 41% of the isolated NPLC were already endotoxin-positive, a percentage which remained constant until the 3rd day. Thereafter, the number of LPS-bearing cells increased to a maximum of about 52% on the 5th day. This increase mostly involved macrophages which had taken up endotoxin. Concurrent with these changes there was a threefold increase in radioactivity-labeled LPS from the 7th h to the 5th day after injection.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

The effect of thermally stable factors from cytosol of regenerating liver cells on the processes of cholesterol esterification in rat blood serum after administration of ethionine

In the trials on rats it has been found that ethionine injection damages the system of cholesterol esterification in the blood serum. The factors stimulating hepatocyte proliferation prevent partially the toxic action of ethionine.     

Studies on the effect of manual massage of the ovaries on the reproductive activity of the mare

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of hand massage of mares' ovaries on breeding activity and hormonal changes in the winter anestrous period and during the luteal phase of the oestrus cycle. The experiment was conducted on 5 experimental and 5 control mares. In winter, (January) the experimental mares underwent 30-sec daily massage of both ovaries, for 30 d, and in summer (August) from the 6th day of the cycle to the occurrence of estrus. The sexual behavior of all mares was determined each day by individual teasing by a vigorous stallion, and the ovaries were checked by palpation per rectum and with an USG. Every second day blood samples were drawn from each mare to determine progesterone and estradiol in the plasma. Ovarian massage during deep winter anestrus had no significant effect on acceleration of the mares' active breeding season. Nevertheless, a higher concentration of estradiol was observed in the experimental group. These differences occurring on the 11th, 17th and 20th days were found to be significant (P ≤ 0.05). It was shown that during the summer period, in the luteal phase of the cycle, ovarian massage shortened the length of the estrous cycle, and ovulation was brought on somewhat earlier.