The effect of interleukin-1 on iron metabolism in rats was evaluated. Plasma iron decreased from 184 +/- 16 micrograms/dl (mean +/- SE) to 24 +/- 12 at 6 hours after interleukin-1 intramuscular administration in non-fasting rats and 109 +/- 6 micrograms/dl to 12 +/- 1 micrograms/dl in fasting rats, which was significantly lower than in control rats. Ferrokinetic studies showed a more rapid disappearance rate and lower iron turnover in interleukin-1-injected rats. The release of iron from the mononuclear phagocyte system to plasma was studied at 3 h after interleukin-1 administration. Although the percent of radioactivity in plasma of the total injected dose was 3.2 +/- 0.6% in interleukin-1, which was significantly lower than in the control rats (5.4 +/- 0.6%) at 9 h after intravenous injection of 59Fe chondroitin ferrous sulfate, there was no difference between the amount of 59Fe released from the mononuclear phagocyte system over the first 9 h in interleukin-1 and control rats. These data appear to imply that iron release is unimpaired but that, for some reason, there is an enhanced rate of clearance of the 59Fe once it has been released from the mononuclear phagocyte system into the plasma. 相似文献
Arsenic pollution has become increasingly severe. It occurs as the result of geological processes and different human activities. Arsenic toxicity at the respiratory level occurs mainly by inhalation of products of coal combustion. The aim of this study was to evaluate sodium arsenite (As3+) toxicity in murine alveolar macrophages (AMs) in vitro and its association with the alterations in cell metabolism.
No changes in viability, apoptosis or cell area were detected in AMs treated with As3+ concentrations up to 2 μM for 24–96 h. A marked decrease in these end-points was observed for As3+ concentrations ranging from 2.5 μM to 10 μM.
Regarding the dynamics of the endo-exocytic process triggered by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) cell incorporation, no variations were detected for As3+ concentrations lower than 2 μM while higher concentrations markedly modified this response.
MTT specific activity, as a measure of cell metabolic activity, was not modified irrespective of the As3+ concentration assayed. However, nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) specific activity, as a measure of superoxide anion generation, is responsive but only to low As3+ doses.
Although this study focuses on lung macrophages, the effects of As3+ described herein may also apply to the response of macrophages residing in other organs.
Arsenite modifies the metabolic and the oxidative status of AMs in vitro. When macrophages are in an As3+ rich medium, they exhibit a reduction in respiratory burst levels and lose their intrinsic capacity to respond to toxicants. 相似文献
Summary This study was undertaken to elucidate, using the Golgi method, the neuropathological change in the brain of the macular mutant mouse, whose hemizygote (Ml/y) is considered to be a model of Menkes kinky hair disease (MKHD). The hemizygote mice gradually lost weight after 10 days of age and died with emaciation and seizure around day 15. The normal littermate (+/y) was well developed. In the cerebrum, the arborization of pyramidal neurons in the layer V of the Ml/y was the same as that in the +/y on day 10. However, development of arborization in the Ml/y was delayed in comparison with that in the +/y on days 12 and 14. Purkinje cells with several somal sprouts were observed in the cerebellum in both the Ml/y and +/y on day 7. The somal sprouts in the +/y had regressed gradually by day 12, while they were still in the anterior and middle lobes of the Ml/y on day 14. Additionally, the trunks of Ml/y stem dendrites became thicker and a cactus formation was recognized on the branching portion of the dendrites on day 14. Arborization of these abnormal Purkinje cells was distinctly poor compared with that in the +/y. These results suggest that the growth of the neurons is delayed in the Ml/y and simultaneously their cytoskeletal developments are disturbed, especially in the Purkinje cells. There is a close similarity in many respects to the neuropathological change in MKHD. 相似文献
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a unique lipid that elicits dramatic reductions in adiposity in several animal models when included at < or = 1% of the diet. Despite a flurry of investigations, the precise mechanisms by which conjugated linoleic acid elicits its dramatic effects in adipose tissue and liver are still largely unknown. In vivo and in vitro analyses of physiological modifications imparted by conjugated linoleic acid on protein and gene expression suggest that conjugated linoleic acid exerts its de-lipidating effects by modulating energy expenditure, apoptosis, fatty acid oxidation, lipolysis, stromal vascular cell differentiation and lipogenesis. The purpose of this review shall be to examine the recent advances and insights into conjugated linoleic acid's effects on obesity and lipid metabolism, specifically focused on changes in gene expression and physiology of liver and adipose tissue. 相似文献
Global coronary blood flow and metabolism were measured in seven patients on the first postoperative day following coronary
revascularization to test the hypothesis that tracheal extubation produces adverse haemodynamic responses akin to those observed
during tracheal intubation. Regional coronary flow and metabolic measurements were made in five of the seven patients. Extubation
from a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) of 5 cm H2O was associated with a statistically significant rise in cardiac index from 3.44 ± 0.23 L · min-1 · m-2 to 3.73 ± 0.15L·min-1 ·m-2 related to an increase in stroke index, without significant changes in heart rate, mean arterial and pulmonary capillary
wedge pressure. Consequently the changes in myocardial oxygen consumption (8.52 ± 0.55 to 8.85 ± 0.93 ml · min-1) and coronary blood flow (172 ± 18 to 179 ± 17 ml·min-1) were less prominent than those reported during intubation, where substantial rises in myocardial oxygen consumption and
coronary flow occurred. Two patients experienced cardiac lactate production but there were no changes in systemic or coronary
haemodynamics, nor were there clinical or electrocardiographic signs of ischaemia. We conclude that extubation does not appear
to be associated with adverse systemic or coronary haemodynamic responses in patients following coronary bypass grafting.
However, the revascularized myocardium may remain vulnerable to anaerobic metabolism in the immediate postoperative period.
Pour savoir si comme ľintubation, ľextubation de la trachée provoque des perturbations hémodynamiques, on a mesuré le métabolisme
et la circulation coronarienne globale chez sept patients, au lendemain ďun pontage aorto-coronarien. On a aussi calculé les
valeurs régionales de ces mêmes variables pour cinq ďentre eux. Ľindex cardiaque de 3.44 ± 0.23 L · min-1 · m-2 sous pression positive en respiration spontanée (CPAP) de 5 cm. H2O s’est élevé à 3.73 ± 0.15 L · min-1 · m-2 post-extubation avec une augmentation significative du volume ďéjection. La fréquence cardiaque et les pressions artérielles
moyennes et capillaires pulmonaires n’ont pas changé. Ainsi ľaugmentation de la consommation ďoxygène du myocarde de 8.52
± 0.55 à 8.85 ± 0.93 ml · min-1 et celle du flot coronarien de 172 ± 18 à 179 ± 17 ml · min-1 ont été moindres que celles, importantes, déjà observées lors de ľintubation. On a noté chez deux patients une production
de lactate par le myocarde, sans changement de ľhémodynamic systémique et coronarienne non plus que de signe clinique ou électrocardiographique
ďischémie. Donc, après un pontage coronarien, ľextubation ne semble pas causer ďeffet néfaste sur les circulations systémique
et coronarienne, toutefois, le myocarde revascularisé peut demeurer sensible au métabolisme anaérobique. 相似文献