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| Pompeia,C.; Cury-Boaventura,M.F.; Curi,R.. |
| The change in cellular reducing potential, most likely reflecting an oxidative burst, was investigated in arachidonic acid- (AA) stimulated leukocytes. The cells studied included the human leukemia cell lines HL-60 (undifferentiated and differentiated into macrophage-like and polymorphonuclear-like cells), Jurkat and Raji, and thymocytes and macrophages from rat primary cultures. The oxidative burst was assessed by nitroblue tetrazolium reduction. AA increased the oxidative burst until an optimum AA concentration was reached and the burst decreased thereafter. In the leukemia cell lines, optimum concentration ranged from 200 to 400 µM (up to 16-fold), whereas in rat cells it varied from 10 to 20 µM. Initial rates of superoxide generation were high,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Arachidonic acid; NADPH oxidase; Nitroblue tetrazolium; Leukocytes; Reactive oxygen species. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003001100013 |
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| Superoxide (O2-) is the compound obtained when oxygen is reduced by one electron. For a molecule with an unpaired electron, O2- is surprisingly inert, its chief reaction being a dismutation in which it reacts with itself to form H2O2 and oxygen. The involvement of O2- in biological systems was first revealed by the discovery in 1969 of superoxide dismutase, an enzyme that catalyzes the dismutation of O2-. Since then it has been found that biological systems produce a bewildering variety of reactive oxidants, all but a few arising ultimately from O2-. These oxidants include O2- itself, H2O2 and alkyl peroxides, hydroxyl radical and other reactive oxidizing radicals, oxidized halogens and halamines, singlet oxygen, and peroxynitrite. These various oxidants... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: NADPH oxidase; Superoxide; Oxidative stress; Antioxidant; Regulation; Host defense. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997000200001 |
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| Lambert, Christophe; Soudant, Philippe; Jegaden, Marine; Delaporte, Maryse; Labreuche, Yannick; Moal, Jeanne; Samain, Jean-francois. |
| Bivalve hemocyte competence has been measured by quantifying functional characteristics, including reactive oxygen intermediate (ROI) production after activation with zymosan or phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). However, untreated oyster hemocytes also produce ROI and RNI (reactive nitrogen intermediates) after bleeding even if not stimulated by Zymosan or PMA. Extensive investigation of this parameter by flow cytometry showed that, in vitro, ROI/RNI production by untreated hemocytes maintained in seawater appeared to be independent of both bacterial burden in the serum and non-self particle phagocytosis. ROI/ RNI production in granulocytes was higher than in hyalinocytes and could be intensified when activated by zymosan but not by PMA. Both cell types... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: NO synthase; NADPH oxidase; Flow cytometry; Reactive nitrogen intermediate RNI; Reactive oxygen intermediate ROI; Hemocytes; Crassostrea gigas. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3057.pdf |
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