Magnetofection of human somatic cells with magnetite and cobalt ferrospinel nanoparticles.

Superparamagnetic nanoparticles varying by their chemical composition and synthesis method were used to transfer DNA into somatic cells under the influence of constant magnetic field (method of magnetofection). Magnetite particles obtained by mechanochemical synthesis ensured higher expression of the marker gene GFP (evaluated by fluorescence intensity of the cell lysate) then particles of ferric oxide obtained by chemical co-precipitation and cobalt ferrospinel particles obtained by the mechanochemical method.

[Glutathione S-transferase P1-1 in normal and cancerous lung tissue: properties, function, and possible mechanisms for regulating activity]. / Glutation S-transferaza P1-1 v normal'noi i opukholevoi tkaniakh legkogo: svoistva, funktsii i vozmozhnye mekhanizmy reguliatsii aktivnosti.

Different forms of one of the enzymes catalyzing the xenobiotic metabolism, glutathione S-transferase P1-1 (GST P1-1), purified from normal and tumoral lung tissues, are described. Statistically significant (p < 0.05) increasing of enzyme activity in tumour, as compared with normal tissue, is shown. Molecular weights and isoelectric points of the enzyme two forms were characterized. Statistically significant increasing in the concentration of fatty acids with C = 18 bound to GST P1-1 in tumour tissues, was demonstrated. The possibility of regulation of GST P1-1 activity, as well as the level of its phosphorylation on serine and threonine, under the influence of the epidermal growth factor, is shown.