Fatemeh Nemati nikoo; Korosh Godarzvand Chegini; Nematollah Gheibi
Volume 22, Issue 2 , May and June 2015, , Pages 419-426
Abstract
Background and purpose: Calprotectin is a participant factor in innate immune system which, with its subunits, interferes in inflammatory and tumorigenesis processes. This study performed in order to evaluate thermal stability of native and modified recombinant calprotectin subunits in presence of Calcium ...
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Background and purpose: Calprotectin is a participant factor in innate immune system which, with its subunits, interferes in inflammatory and tumorigenesis processes. This study performed in order to evaluate thermal stability of native and modified recombinant calprotectin subunits in presence of Calcium ligand.
Methods and materials: Recombinant subunitsin two native and modified forms, S100A8 & S100A9, were denatured by fluorescence spectroscopy in the temperature range of 20-95˚c after incubation with Calcium. Using Excel program, Gibbs free energy changes and Tm were calculated with fluorescence intensity of native and denatured forms and the stability of different forms of protein was indicated.
Results: The chart of fluorescence intensity against temperature changes in three forms, native, DEP modified and Calcium incubated ones. Also the calculateed Gibbs free energy showed increasing stability of both DEP modified and Calcium incubated protein in comparison with native form.
Conclusion: Stability or instability of protein affects its performance and it can be useful or harmful. According to dual properties of calprotectin and its subunits in cancer process, structure and stability changes of this protein can be affect its performance in cancer process. Therefore, study of calprotectin can be useful for inhibition of cancer by a natural resource.
Baghatollah Salehi; Hasan Ajdari ZarMehri; Mohammad Sofiabadi; Elahe Erami; Nematollah Gheybi
Volume 20, Issue 3 , September and October 2013, , Pages 338-346
Abstract
Introduction: It is well recognized that gender and race differences play a role in pain sensitivity, pain perception, response to analgesic drug and prevalence of certain chronic pain disorders. In this study investigated gender and strain-related differences in the effect of food deprivation on formalin ...
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Introduction: It is well recognized that gender and race differences play a role in pain sensitivity, pain perception, response to analgesic drug and prevalence of certain chronic pain disorders. In this study investigated gender and strain-related differences in the effect of food deprivation on formalin induced nociceptive behaviors in rats.
Methods: This study was done in Qazvin University of Medical Sciences 8 groups of rats (220-300gr). Groups 1 and 2: Effect formalin-induced nociceptive behaviours in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. Groups 3 and 4: Effect formalin-induced nociceptive behaviours in male and female Wistar rats. Groups 5 and 6: Effect of food deprivation on formalin-induced nociceptive behaviours in male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. Groups 7 and 8: Effect of food deprivation on formalin-induced nociceptive behaviours in male and female Wistar rats. Food was withdrawn 48 h (short-term food deprivation) prior to performing the formalin test, but water continued to be available ad libitum. The formalin (50 μL, 2%) was injected into hind plantar paw. Immediately after the formalin injection, pain behaviors recorded for 90 minutes.
Results: There is significant difference between male and female control Sprague-Dawley rats during phase 2B. Although interphase in male rats is more than female ones, but the phase 2B in female rats is more than male ones and phase 2 finished with delay in Sprague-Dawley race. There are no significant differences between male and female control Wistar rats during formalin test. Following 48-h food deprivation, male and female rats exhibited enhanced nociceptive behaviors in response to formalin injection during phase 1, the interphase, phase 2. In contrast, 48 h food deprivation had significant effect on formalin-evoked nociceptive behaviors in phase 2B for male Wistar and in interphase and phase 2B for female rats.
Conclusion: The present study demonstrates the existence of gender and strain-related differences in rats in the development and maintenance of inflammatory hyperalgesia. Also, these differences observed following food deprivation.