Distribution trends & antibiogram pattern of Salmonella enterica serovar Newport in India.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Salmonellosis is a major public health concern worldwide. Besides typhoidal salmonellae, infections due to non-typhoidal serovars of Salmonella are also associated with high morbidity and mortality leading to huge economic losses. Among non-typhoidal serovars, Salmonella Newport has been reported as a major cause of foodborne infections resulting in outbreaks due to consumption of contaminated food items. Little data related to this serovar are available from India leading to the scarcity of information on the distribution trends of this important serovar in the country. Therefore, an effort was made in the present study to generate data on distribution trends and antibiogram of S. Newport in the country. METHODS: S. Newport isolates received at the National Salmonella and Escherichia Centre at Kasauli, India, during January 2010 to December 2013 were analysed for their distribution trends and antibiogram data were also generated using standard methods. RESULTS: In the present study, S. Newport isolates were received from eight s0 tates and one union territory of the country and highest proportion of S. Newport isolates were found to be from humans (53.61%) followed by animals (27.84%) and food (18.56%). S. Newport isolates exhibited resistance to all drugs used in the present study except chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin and cefuroxime. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSIONS: Considering distribution of this important serovar of Salmonalla and its wide range of reservoirs, steps towards formulation and execution of efficient surveillance programmes should be taken.

Angiostatic role of the selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor etoricoxib (MK0663) in experimental lung cancer.

Lung cancer was induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by a single intra-tracheal instillation of 9,10-dimethybenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) and evaluated the anti-angiogenic action of etoricoxib, which is a selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor. The animals were divided into four groups. Group 1 (Control) received 0.9% (w/v) normal saline intra-tracheal and 0.5% (w/v) carboxymethyl cellulose per oral daily as the vehicle of the drug, Group 2 received DMBA (20 mg/kg) intra-tracheal once, Group 3 received a daily oral dose of etoricoxib (0.6 mg/kg bw) in addition to the DMBA while Group 4 received etoricoxib alone. Morphological and histological analysis confirmed the presence of lung tumors 20 weeks after the administration of DMBA. Expressions of COX-2, MMP-2, MMP-9, MCP-1, MIP-1ß and VEGF were studied by immunofluorescence, Western immunoblot and mRNA studies, which showed a higher expression of these proteins in the DMBA-treated animals but much lower in DMBA+etoricoxib. Gelatin zymography as applied for the detection of the extracellular protein degrading enzymes, matrix metalloproteinases showed more intense activity in DMBA-treated rats as compared to the other groups. Also, the isolated alveolar macrophages were stained with Merocyanine540 (MC540) to study the membrane fluidity and lipid packing effect. DMBA treatment resulted in a significant increase in the number of lung cells exhibiting a high intensity of MC540 staining, which was reduced by the co-administration of etoricoxib. Thus the effects of etoricoxib on the expression of the angiogenic proteins have been observed, which clearly shows an anti-angiogenic mechanism of action of etoricoxib in lung cancer chemoprevention.

Altered membrane lipid dynamics and chemoprevention by non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs during colon carcinogenesis.

The present work focuses on the anti-neoplastic role of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in modulating the biophysical parameters of the colonic membranes in 1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride (DMH) induced carcinogenesis. The steady-state fluorescence polarization technique was applied to assess membrane fluidity, membrane polarity and lipid phase states. The decline in cholesterol content, biosynthesis and cholesterol: phospholipids ratio with DMH treatment indicates more fluidity associated with carcinogenesis. The DMH group had shown lower order parameter indicating more fluidity whereas NSAIDs resulted in increasing the membrane lipid order. The converging effects of these changes were more in membrane phase separations and membrane phase state. In DMH treatment membrane shows lesser phase separation or high polarity, and more liquid crystalline state while for NSAID groups membranes have higher phase separations or low polarity, and more of the gel phase. Further, NSAIDs induced anti-proliferative effects were evidently observed by apoptosis in the colonocytes by using acridine orange-ethidium bromide fluorescent staining and Terminal de-oxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. The results suggest that NSAIDs induced alteration in the membrane biophysical parameters may be an important initiating event for the chemopreventive action.

Altered membrane lipid dynamics and chemoprevention by non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs during colon carcinogenesis / Alteración de la dinámica de los lípidos de membrana y quimioprevención mediante los fármacos antiinflamatorios no esteroideos en la carcinogénesis de colon

The present work focuses on the anti-neoplastic role of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in modulating the biophysical parameters of the colonic membranes in 1,2-dimethylhydrazine dihydrochloride (DMH) induced carcinogenesis. The steady-state fluorescence polarization technique was applied to assess membrane fluidity, membrane polarity and lipid phase states. The decline in cholesterol content, biosynthesis and cholesterol: phospholipids ratio with DMH treatment indicates more fluidity associated with carcinogenesis. The DMH group had shown lower order parameter indicating more fluidity whereas NSAIDs resulted in increasing the membrane lipid order. The converging effects of these changes were more in membrane phase separations and membrane phase state. In DMH treatment membrane shows lesser phase separation or high polarity, and more liquid crystalline state while for NSAID groups membranes have higher phase separations or low polarity, and more of the gel phase. Further, NSAIDs induced anti-proliferative effects were evidently observed by apoptosis in the colonocytes by using acridine orange-ethidium bromide fluorescent staining and Terminal de-oxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. The results suggest that NSAIDs induced alteration in the membrane biophysical parameters may be an important initiating event for the chemopreventive action (AU)

Este trabajo se centra en el papel antineoplásico de los fármacos antiinflamatorios no esteroideos (AINE) en la modulación de los parámetros biofísicos de las membranas colónicas en la carcinogénesis inducida por 1,2-dihidrocloruro de dimetilhidracina (DMH). Se aplicó la técnica de polarización de la fluorescencia en estado de equilibrio para evaluar la fluidez de la membrana, su polaridad y los estados de fase lipídica. El declive del contenido de colesterol, la biosíntesis y el cociente colesterol: fosfolípidos con el tratamiento con DMH indica más fluidez asociada con la carcinogénesis. El grupo DMH mostraba un parámetro de menor orden, lo que indica más fluidez, mientras que los AINE produjeron un aumento del orden de lípidos de membrana. Los efectos convergentes de estos cambios fueron más notables en las separaciones de la fase de membrana y en el estado de fase de membrana. Con el tratamiento con DMH, la membrana muestra menor separación de fase o polaridad elevada, y un estado cristalino más líquido o polaridad elevada mientras que los grupos de AINE tienen mayores separaciones de membrana o polaridad baja y más fase en estado gel. Además, los efectos antiproliferativos inducidos por los AINE se observaron de forma evidente utilizando tinción fluorescente con naranja de acridinabromuro de etidio y el ensayo de marcado final de la dUTP transferasa desoxinucleotidil terminal (TUNEL). Los resultados sugieren que los AINE inducían una alteración de los parámetros biofísicos de la membrana, lo cual podría ser un acontecimiento inicial importante para la acción quimiopreventiva (AU)