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Tetrahymena extract protects Paramecium from oxygen-free radicals
Authors:Robert P. George  Brian E. Leibovitz
Affiliation:(1) Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071;(2) Present address: Dept. Food Science and Technology, 1480 Chemistry Annex, U. California, Davis, CA, 95616
Abstract:
Cells of Paramecium tetraurelia will age and die, while cells of Tetrahymena thermophilia are immortal. Both are free-living, ciliated protozoa. Whole cells and homogenates of both Paramecium and Tetrahymena were treated with iron(+2) to induce peroxidation of membrane lipids and other cellular constituents. Paramecium is far more susceptible to such peroxidative damage than Tetrahymena. Indeed, addition of Tetrahymena extract protects Paramecium from peroxidative damage. Tetrahymena’s protective molecules block the initial attack of oxygen-free radicals on Paramecium constituents. A portion of the protective molecules are high molecular weight and temperature sensitive, but others are of small size. Some of the protective molecules are tightly bound to membranes or cytoskeletal elements pelleted from Tetrahymena sonicates.
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