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Indian J Exp Biol ; 1999 Aug; 37(8): 758-61
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-61836

ABSTRACT

The artificially induced rat deciduoma serves as a model to study cellular changes associated with implantation in the endometrium. The stromal cells differentiate to form two types of decidual cells and are restricted to specific anatomical sites of the uterus. Programmed cell death starts in the antimesometrial area and expression of glutathione-S-transferase, an antioxidant enzyme, enhances in these cells as the deciduoma enters the regressive phase. The enzyme activity is significantly high compared with that of mesometrial decidual cells. Similarly, lipid peroxide content of antimesometrial decidual cells is high during this phase. DNA fragmentation, a feature of cells undergoing programmed cell death, is initiated in the antimesometrial area during regression of deciduoma.


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Animals , Apoptosis , Placenta/cytology , Rats , Rats, Wistar
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Indian J Biochem Biophys ; 1997 Aug; 34(4): 373-8
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-26848

ABSTRACT

Enteric hyperoxaluria manifests due to hyperabsorption of dietary oxalate, secondary to a variety of chronic gastrointestinal disorders. The potential use of chitosan immobilized oxalate oxidase-catalase conjugate to deplete the oxalate content of food materials, while they are in the digestive tract has been evaluated by treating rat stomach chyme with such an enzyme preparation. Oxalate oxidase, obtained from beet stem, was adsorbed on chitosan along with catalase and then cross linked with glutaraldehyde to stabilize the derivative. This chemical modification of oxalate oxidase brought about a shift in its optimal pH from 4.2 to 3.8 with a marginal increase in its K(m). Compared to native enzyme, the modified oxalate oxidase exhibited increased storage stability, higher thermal stability and enhanced resistance to proteolytic digestion and heavy metal inactivation. These improved properties of the immobilized oxalate oxidase possibly render it suitable for oral administration under hyperoxaluric conditions.


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Animals , Catalase/metabolism , Chitin/analogs & derivatives , Chitosan , Enzymes, Immobilized , Gastrointestinal Contents , Hyperoxaluria/metabolism , Oxalates/metabolism , Oxidoreductases/metabolism , Rats
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