Modifying effect of nitric oxide on rat blood plasma proteins and hemoglobin

Objective and hypotheses. This study aimed at examining the effect of oxidative stress on amount and composition of major plasma carotenoids in prepubertal children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD).Material and methods. Thirteen prepubertal treatment-naive children (2 girls, 11 boys; aged 3.5—12.0 yr, median 8.0 years; bone age 1.5—8.0 yr; median 6.0 years,) with GHD and 7 prepubertal health children (7 boys; aged 6—11 years; median 9.3 years) were included in the study. The levels and composition of carotenoids (lutein with zeaxanthin, lycopene isomers, β-cryptoxanthin, β- and α-carotene and ketocarotenoids) were measured using reverse phase HPLC. Activity of the antioxidant system was assayed via thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), ceruloplasmin (CP) levels and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) of plasma. Total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides (TG) were also measured.Results. The levels of TBARS, TC and LDL-C in the GHD children were higher than in healthy children (median 5.6 vs 3.8 µM/L, 4.00 vs 4.37 and 2.40 vs 2.70 mM/L, respectively). Total carotenoid level did not significantly differ between control and the GHD groups. However, contents of lutein and β-cryptoxanthin were significantly lower in the GHD children in comparison with control group (21.34 vs 6.97 and 25.23 vs 10.08 mg/l, respectively). In contrast, levels of lycopene, α- and β-carotene did not significantly differ in the GHD and control groups. At the same time, the level of ketocarotenoids in the GHD children increases (35.67 vs 114.9 mg/l).Conclusions. We observed that the presence of mild oxidative stress leads to a changes in carotenoid profile of GHD children.

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Effect of oxidative stress on major plasma carotenoid content and composition in prepubertal children with growth hormone deficiency

Панкратова¹,

Юсипович²,

Воронцова³

et al. 2017

“…По методике [9] 0,05 мл крови смешивали с 0,5 мл 0,02 М ЭДТА-Na 2 и 0,5 мл 10% трихлоруксусной кислоты. После экстракции в течение 10 мин пробы центрифугировали в течение 15 мин при 8000 об/мин.…”

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The state of the blood antioxidant system in the patients presenting with acromegaly

Faassen¹,

Pankratova²,

Molitvoslovova³

et al. 2015

The state of the blood antioxidant system in the patients presenting with acromegaly. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the total antioxidant activity (TAA) of blood plasma, the levels of non-protein thiols and 2-thyobarbituric acid-active products (TBA-AP), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities as well as ceruloplasmin (CP) level in the patients presenting with acromegaly. It was shown that plasma TAA and SOD activity in this patients was on the average 20 and 30% lower respectively than in the control subjects. At the same time, the TBA-AP and CP levels increased by 50 and 40% respectively. These data suggest the development of oxidative stress in the acromegalic patients.

Peculiarities of the blood oxygen and antioxidant status in the children presenting with somatotrophic insufficiency and managed by the substitution treatment with growth hormone

Pankratova¹,

Юсипович²,

Воронцова³

et al. 2012

The present work was designed to study the influence of therapy with recombinant growth hormone on the oxygen and antioxidant blood status in the children presenting with somatotrophic insufficiency. A total of 11 children (2 girls and 9 boys) at the age from 3 to 9 years with confirmed somatotrophic insufficiency were available for the observation. They had never before been treated with growth hormone preparations. The blood oxyhemoglobin level and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity increased within 3 months after the onset of therapy. There is direct correlation between oxyhemoglobin levels and SDS for the growth rate (r= 0.64; p<0.05) and negative correlation between mean hemoglobin content in erythrocytes (MHCE) and SDS for the growth rate (r=-0.69), p<0.05). The results of the study suggest the close relationship between the system of growth hormone/growth factors and the morphofunctional state of erythrocytes. It is concluded that the short-term treatment of the children suffering somatotrophic insufficiency with recombinant growth hormone appears to promote the development of adaptive mechanisms.