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Sini Thomas Anjali Anand Viswanthan Chinnusamy Anil Dahuja Sudipta Basu 《Acta Physiologiae Plantarum》2013,35(12):3401-3411
Chickpea seeds of Pusa 1053 (Mediterranean) and Pusa 256 (native) were magnetoprimed with 100 mT static magnetic field for 1 h to evaluate the effect of magnetopriming on germination of seeds under saline conditions. Enhanced rate of germination and seedling growth parameters (root and shoot length, and vigour indices) under different salinity levels indicated that magnetopriming was more effective in alleviating salinity stress at early seedling stage in Pusa 1053 as compared to Pusa 256. Dynamics of seed water absorption in magnetoprimed seeds showed increased water uptake in Pusa 1053 under non-saline as compared to saline conditions. This could have resulted in faster hydration of enzymes in primed seeds leading to higher rate of germination. Total amylase, protease and dehydrogenase activities were higher in primed seeds as compared to unprimed seeds under both non-saline and saline conditions. Production of superoxide radicals was enhanced in germinating seeds of both the genotypes under salinity irrespective of priming. Increased levels of hydrogen peroxide in germinating magnetoprimed seeds, under both the growing conditions, suggested its role in promotion of germination. Our results showed that magnetopriming of dry seeds of chickpea can be effectively used as a pre-sowing treatment for mitigating adverse effects of salinity at seed germination and early seedling growth. 相似文献
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Sudipta Hazra Subhalakshmi Ghosh Madhushree Das Sarma Smriti Sharma Mousumi Das Prakash Saudagar Vijay Kumar Prajapati Vikash Kumar Dubey Shyam Sundar Banasri Hazra 《Experimental parasitology》2013
World health organization has called for academic research and development of new chemotherapeutic strategies to overcome the emerging resistance and side effects exhibited by the drugs currently used against leishmaniasis. Diospyrin, a bis-naphthoquinone isolated from Diospyros montana Roxb., and its semi-synthetic derivatives, were reported for inhibitory activity against protozoan parasites including Leishmania. Presently, we have investigated the antileishmanial effect of a di-epoxide derivative of diospyrin (D17), both in vitro and in vivo. Further, the safety profile of D17 was established by testing its toxicity against normal macrophage cells (IC50 ∼ 20.7 μM), and also against normal BALB/c mice in vivo. The compound showed enhanced activity (IC50 ∼ 7.2 μM) as compared to diospyrin (IC50 ∼ 12.6 μM) against Leishmania donovani promastigotes. Again, D17 was tested on L. donovani BHU1216 isolated from a sodium stibogluconate-unresponsive patient, and exhibited selective inhibition of the intracellular amastigotes (IC50 ∼ 0.18 μM). Also, treatment of infected BALB/c mice with D17 at 2 mg/kg/day reduced the hepatic parasite load by about 38%. Subsequently, computational docking studies were undertaken on selected enzymes of trypanothione metabolism, viz. trypanothione reductase (TryR) and ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), followed by the enzyme kinetics, where D17 demonstrated non-competitive inhibition of the L. donovani ODC, but could not inhibit TryR. 相似文献
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Sweety Mittal Mohini Bhadwal Sudipta Chakraborty H.D. Sarma Sharmila Banerjee M.R.A. Pillai 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2013,23(6):1808-1812
Radiolabeled Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptides are promising agents for non invasive imaging of αvβ3 expression in malignant tumors. The integrin αvβ3 binding affinity and consequent tumor uptake could be improved when a dimeric RGD peptide is used as the targeting moiety instead of a monomer. Towards this, a novel approach was envisaged to synthesize a 99mTc labeled dimeric RGD derivative using a RGD monomer and [99mTcN]+2 intermediate. The dithiocarbamate derivative of cyclic RGD peptide G3-c(RGDfK) (G3 = Gly-Gly-Gly, f = Phe, K = Lys) was synthesized and radiolabeled with [99mTcN]+2 intermediate to form the 99mTcN-[G3-c(RGDfK)]2 complex in high yield (~98%). Biodistribution studies carried out in C57/BL6 mice bearing melanoma tumors showed good tumor uptake [4.61 ± 0.04% IA/g at 30 min post-injection] with fast clearance of the activity from non-target organs/tissue. Scintigraphic imaging studies showed visible accumulation of activity in the tumor with appreciable target to background ratio. 相似文献
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Lily L. Wong Suzanne M. Hirst Quentin N. Pye Christopher M. Reilly Sudipta Seal James F. McGinnis 《PloS one》2013,8(3)
Cerium oxide nanoparticles (nanoceria) possess catalytic and regenerative radical scavenging activities. The ability of nanoceria to maintain cellular redox balance makes them ideal candidates for treatment of retinal diseases whose development is tightly associated with oxidative damage. We have demonstrated that our stable water-dispersed nanoceria delay photoreceptor cell degeneration in rodent models and prevent pathological retinal neovascularization in vldlr mutant mice. The objectives of the current study were to determine the temporal and spatial distributions of nanoceria after a single intravitreal injection, and to determine if nanoceria had any toxic effects in healthy rat retinas. Using inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), we discovered that nanoceria were rapidly taken up by the retina and were preferentially retained in this tissue even after 120 days. We also did not observe any acute or long-term negative effects of nanoceria on retinal function or cytoarchitecture even after this long-term exposure. Because nanoceria are effective at low dosages, nontoxic and are retained in the retina for extended periods, we conclude that nanoceria are promising ophthalmic therapeutics for treating retinal diseases known to involve oxidative stress in their pathogeneses. 相似文献
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Abstract A highly sensitive nested polymerase chain reaction method was designed for the detection of a wide spectrum of strains from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. This technique allows the detection of as little as 3 fg of total genomic DNA extracted and purified from pure cultures of the organism, this amount corresponds to less than 10 organisms. Two sets of primers homologous to conserved spots in the coding region of the hbb gene, encoding a conserved histone-like protein, were constructed. These were based on a multiple sequence alignment of 39 strains representing all the genomic groups described in B. burgdorferi sensu lato. 相似文献
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Anish George Raghav T. Bhatia Gill L. Buchanan Anne Whiteside Robert S. Moisey Stephen F. Beer Sudipta Chattopadhyay Thozhukat Sathyapalan Joseph John 《PloS one》2015,10(11)
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To investigate the prognostic effect of newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus (NDM) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) post myocardial infarction (MI).Research Design and Methods
Retrospective cohort study of 768 patients without preexisting diabetes mellitus post-MI at one centre in Yorkshire between November 2005 and October 2008. Patients were categorised as normal glucose tolerance (NGT n = 337), IGT (n = 279) and NDM (n = 152) on pre- discharge oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). Primary end-point was the first occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) including cardiovascular death, non-fatal MI, severe heart failure (HF) or non-haemorrhagic stroke. Secondary end-points were all cause mortality and individual components of MACE.Results
Prevalence of NGT, impaired fasting glucose (IFG), IGT and NDM changed from 90%, 6%, 0% and 4% on fasting plasma glucose (FPG) to 43%, 1%, 36% and 20% respectively after OGTT. 102 deaths from all causes (79 as first events of which 46 were cardiovascular), 95 non fatal MI, 18 HF and 9 non haemorrhagic strokes occurred during 47.2 ± 9.4 months follow up. Event free survival was lower in IGT and NDM groups. IGT (HR 1.54, 95% CI: 1.06–2.24, p = 0.024) and NDM (HR 2.15, 95% CI: 1.42–3.24, p = 0.003) independently predicted MACE free survival. IGT and NDM also independently predicted incidence of MACE. NDM but not IGT increased the risk of secondary end-points.Conclusion
Presence of IGT and NDM in patients presenting post-MI, identified using OGTT, is associated with increased incidence of MACE and is associated with adverse outcomes despite adequate secondary prevention. 相似文献9.
Prajna Gayen Sudipta Maitra Sutapa Datta Santi P. Sinha Babu 《Journal of biosciences》2010,35(1):73-77
Wolbachia are symbiotic endobacteria that infect the majority of filarial nematodes, including Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Onchocerca volvulus. Recent studies have suggested that Wolbachia are necessary for the reproduction and survival of filarial nematodes and have highlighted the use of antibiotic therapy
such as tetracycline/doxycycline as a novel method of treatment for infections caused by these organisms. Before such therapy
is conceived and implemented on a large scale, it is necessary to assess the prevalence of the endosymbiont in W. bancrofti from different geographical locations. We present data from molecular and electron microscopic studies to provide evidence
for Wolbachia symbiosis in W. bancrofti microfilariae collected from two districts (Bankura and Birbhum) of West Bengal, India. 相似文献
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Introgression and functional expression of either the PcINO1 (l-myo-inositol 1-phosphate synthase or MIPS coding gene from the wild halophytic rice, Porteresia coarctata) or McIMTI (inositol methyl transferase, IMTI coding gene from common ice plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) has earlier been shown to confer salt tolerance to transgenic tobacco plants (Sheveleva et al., Plant Physiol 115:1211–1219, 1997; Majee et al., J Biol Chem 279:28539–28552, 2004). In this communication, we show that transgenic tobacco plants co-expressing PcINO1 and McIMT1 gene either in cytosol or in chloroplasts accumulate higher amount of total inositol (free and methyl inositol) compared to non-transgenic plants. These transgenic plants were more competent in terms of growth potential and photosynthetic activity and were less prone to oxidative stress under salt stress. A positive correlation between the elevated level of total inositol and methylated inositol and the capability of the double transgenic plants to withstand a higher degree of salt stress compared to the plants expressing either PcINO1 or McIMT1 alone is inferred. 相似文献