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Anal Chim Acta ; 689(1): 1-7, 2011 Mar 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21338749

ABSTRACT

The goal of the present study is to assess the effects of anticancer treatment with cyclophosphamide and cytarabine during pregnancy on the mineralization of mandible bones in 7-, 14- and 28-day-old rats. Each bone sample was described by its X-ray fluorescence spectrum characterizing the mineral composition. The data collected are multivariate in nature and their structure is difficult to visualize and interpret directly. Therefore, methods like analysis of variance-principal component analysis (ANOVA-PCA) and ANOVA-simultaneous component analysis (ASCA), which are suitable for the analysis of highly correlated spectral data and are able to incorporate information about the underlined experimental design, are greatly valued. In this study, the ASCA methodology adapted for unbalanced data was used to investigate the impact of the anticancer drug treatment during pregnancy on the mineralization of the mandible bones of newborn rats and to examine any changes in the mineralization of the bones over time. The results showed that treatment with cyclophosphamide and cytarabine during pregnancy induces a decrease in the K and Zn levels in the mandible bones of newborns. This suppresses the development of mandible bones in rats in the early stages (up to 14 days) of formation. An interesting observation was that the levels of essential minerals like K, Mg, Na and Ca vary considerably in the different regions of the mandible bones.


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Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/adverse effects , Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating/adverse effects , Calcification, Physiologic/drug effects , Cyclophosphamide/adverse effects , Cytarabine/adverse effects , Mandible/drug effects , Principal Component Analysis/methods , Animals , Animals, Newborn , Female , Mandible/chemistry , Models, Statistical , Potassium/metabolism , Pregnancy , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Zinc/metabolism
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Biofactors ; 30(4): 243-8, 2007.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18607073

ABSTRACT

Concentration of abundant elements e.g. calcium as well as of elements present in trace amount e.g. zinc in mandibles of 7, 14 an 28 day old newborn rats were determined by X-ray fluorescence analysis. The measurements were carried out by using a measurement system containing X-ray tube ECLIPSE-III and X-ray and gamma ray detector XR-100T-CdTe (Amptek Inc.). Concentration of calcium and zinc depended on the region of interest on the rat's mandible due to mineralization degree conditioned by its function. Increasing age produced a remarkable increase in Ca content in contrast to Zn content in the bone tissue obtained from 7, 14 and 28 day old newborn rats. The calculated Zn/Ca concentration ratio was the biggest for 7 day old newborns and successively decreased with age indicating the important role of zinc at the beginning of bone ontogenesis.


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Animals, Newborn/metabolism , Calcification, Physiologic/physiology , Mandible/metabolism , Zinc/physiology , Aging , Animals , Calcium/metabolism , Rats , Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission
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Biol Trace Elem Res ; 102(1-3): 227-43, 2004.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15621941

ABSTRACT

Effects of melatonin, extremely-low-frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF), and their combination on AT478 murine squamous cell carcinoma line were studied. Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/ZnSOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) were used as markers of cells antioxidative status, and malondialdehyde (MDA) level was used as a marker of lipid peroxidation. After melatonin treatment, antioxidative enzyme activities were increased and MDA level was decreased. Application of ELF-MF on treated cells caused an increase of both superoxide dismutases activity and MDA level, but influence of ELF-MF on GSH-Px activity was negligible. All enzyme activity in culture medium containing melatonin (10(-3), 10(-4), 10(-5) M) after exposure to ELF-MF were significantly diminished compared to cells treated only with melatonin. Also MDA levels after combined treatment with melatonin and ELF-MF were significantly decreased. Observed changes were statistically significant (p<0.05). These results strongly suggest that ELF-MF attenuates antioxidative actions of melatonin on cellular level.


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Electromagnetic Fields/adverse effects , Melatonin/pharmacology , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Animals , Antioxidants/metabolism , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell , Cell Line, Tumor , Female , Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism , Malondialdehyde/metabolism , Mice , Superoxide Dismutase/metabolism , Time Factors , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
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