Oxidative stress monitoring in biological samples by bioluminescent method.

The integral bioluminescent biotest with lyophilized fluorescent bacteria was used for monitoring of LPO processes in tissue extracts and serum of rats exposed to stress. A relationship between the content of MDA (LPO indicator) and fluorescence of bacteria was observed in all biological samples.

Effect of quinones and phenols on the triple-enzyme bioluminescent system with protease.

The study addressed the effects of redox-active compounds on trypsin activity. Series of organic oxidizers (quinones) and reducers (phenols) were chosen as model redox-active compounds. Trypsin activity was quantified by bioluminescent technique. Interactions of these compounds with trypsin were studied by fluorescent and light absorption methods. Luminescence intensity decay constants in the reduced nicotinamidadeninedinucleotide (NADH): flavinmononucleotide (FMN)-oxidoreductase (R)-luciferase (L)-trypsin (T) (R + L + T) triple-enzyme system were calculated and compared in the presence of different concentrations of quinones and phenols. The triple-enzyme system was shown to be sensitive to quinones and not sensitive to phenols. It has been found that the effects produced by quinones on the coupled enzyme system (R + L) and on the trypsin molecule (T) are not related. The conclusions were extrapolated to the properties of other proteases and antiproteases.

Bioluminescent analysis of intensity of pathological oxidative processes in cells of perfused rat liver after hyperthermia.

We studied the possibility of evaluation of the intensity of pathological oxidative processes in rat liver using an integral bioluminescent test with controlled perfusion of the isolated organ. The test revealed a significant correlation between the level of TBA-reactive products and bioluminescence intensity.