scholarly journals Effect of Penicillium frequentans and Stachybotrys chartarum on respiratory metabolism of developing eggs of Ascaris suum (Nematoda)

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-168
Author(s):  
Lidia Kołodziejczyk ◽  
Wanda Kuźna-Grygiel ◽  
Krystyna Janowicz ◽  
Kinga Mazurkiewicz-Zapałowicz
Keyword(s):  
Lactate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Soil Fungi ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Ascaris Suum ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid ◽  
Stachybotrys Chartarum ◽  
Respiratory Metabolism ◽  
Acid Cycle ◽  
Penicillium Frequentans ◽  
Cellular Oxidation

Effect of saprotrophic soil fungi <i>Penicillium frequentans</i> and <i>Stachybotrys chartarum</i> on respiratory metabolism of <i>Ascaris suum</i>, during its embryogenesis was determined using histoenzymatic methods. Based on histochemical assessment of the enzyme actvity (glycolysis-lactate dehydrogenase-LDH; tricarboxylic acid cycle-succinate dehydrogenase-SDH) changes in the energy metabolism of developing eggs of <i>A. suvm</i> were detected. Of the fungi species tested - <i>P. frequentans</i> caused the most extensive disorders in the processes of cellular oxidation, which were manifested in a decline of SDH activity during gastrulation. Incubation of eggs of Ascaris with mycelia of both fungi: <i>S. chartarum</i> and <i>P. frequentans</i> - in lesser extend affected respiratory metabolism in embryogenesis of this nematode.

scholarly journals Focally perfused succinate potentiates brain metabolism in head injury patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 2626-2638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Jalloh ◽  
Adel Helmy ◽  
Duncan J Howe ◽  
Richard J Shannon ◽  
Peter Grice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Lactate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ◽  
Cerebral Metabolism ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Redox Status ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid ◽  
Acid Cycle ◽  
Pyruvate Ratio

Following traumatic brain injury, complex cerebral energy perturbations occur. Correlating with unfavourable outcome, high brain extracellular lactate/pyruvate ratio suggests hypoxic metabolism and/or mitochondrial dysfunction. We investigated whether focal administration of succinate, a tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediate interacting directly with the mitochondrial electron transport chain, could improve cerebral metabolism. Microdialysis perfused disodium 2,3-13C2 succinate (12 mmol/L) for 24 h into nine sedated traumatic brain injury patients' brains, with simultaneous microdialysate collection for ISCUS analysis of energy metabolism biomarkers (nine patients) and nuclear magnetic resonance of 13C-labelled metabolites (six patients). Metabolites 2,3-13C2 malate and 2,3-13C2 glutamine indicated tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolism, and 2,3-13C2 lactate suggested tricarboxylic acid cycle spinout of pyruvate (by malic enzyme or phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and pyruvate kinase), then lactate dehydrogenase-mediated conversion to lactate. Versus baseline, succinate perfusion significantly decreased lactate/pyruvate ratio (p = 0.015), mean difference −12%, due to increased pyruvate concentration (+17%); lactate changed little (−3%); concentrations decreased for glutamate (−43%) (p = 0.018) and glucose (−15%) (p = 0.038). Lower lactate/pyruvate ratio suggests better redox status: cytosolic NADH recycled to NAD+ by mitochondrial shuttles (malate-aspartate and/or glycerol 3-phosphate), diminishing lactate dehydrogenase-mediated pyruvate-to-lactate conversion, and lowering glutamate. Glucose decrease suggests improved utilisation. Direct tricarboxylic acid cycle supplementation with 2,3-13C2 succinate improved human traumatic brain injury brain chemistry, indicated by biomarkers and 13C-labelling patterns in metabolites.

scholarly journals Effects of sevoflurane anesthesia and abdominal surgery on the systemic metabolome: a prospective observational study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiyong Wei ◽  
Donghang Zhang ◽  
Jin Liu ◽  
Mengchan Ou ◽  
Peng Liang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Surgery ◽  
General Anesthesia ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid ◽  
Metabolic Changes ◽  
Sevoflurane Anesthesia ◽  
Glutamate Metabolism ◽  
Acid Cycle ◽  
Link Type ◽  
The Mean

Abstract Background Metabolic status can be impacted by general anesthesia and surgery. However, the exact effects of general anesthesia and surgery on systemic metabolome remain unclear, which might contribute to postoperative outcomes. Methods Five hundred patients who underwent abdominal surgery were included. General anesthesia was mainly maintained with sevoflurane. The end-tidal sevoflurane concentration (ETsevo) was adjusted to maintain BIS (Bispectral index) value between 40 and 60. The mean ETsevo from 20 min after endotracheal intubation to 2 h after the beginning of surgery was calculated for each patient. The patients were further divided into low ETsevo group (mean − SD) and high ETsevo group (mean + SD) to investigate the possible metabolic changes relevant to the amount of sevoflurane exposure. Results The mean ETsevo of the 500 patients was 1.60% ± 0.34%. Patients with low ETsevo (n = 55) and high ETsevo (n = 59) were selected for metabolomic analysis (1.06% ± 0.13% vs. 2.17% ± 0.16%, P < 0.001). Sevoflurane and abdominal surgery disturbed the tricarboxylic acid cycle as identified by increased citrate and cis-aconitate levels and impacted glycometabolism as identified by increased sucrose and D-glucose levels in these 114 patients. Glutamate metabolism was also impacted by sevoflurane and abdominal surgery in all the patients. In the patients with high ETsevo, levels of L-glutamine, pyroglutamic acid, sphinganine and L-selenocysteine after sevoflurane anesthesia and abdominal surgery were significantly higher than those of the patients with low ETsevo, suggesting that these metabolic changes might be relevant to the amount of sevoflurane exposure. Conclusions Sevoflurane anesthesia and abdominal surgery can impact principal metabolic pathways in clinical patients including tricarboxylic acid cycle, glycometabolism and glutamate metabolism. This study may provide a resource data for future studies about metabolism relevant to general anaesthesia and surgeries. Trial registration www.chictr.org.cn. identifier: ChiCTR1800014327.

scholarly journals Triheptanoin partially restores levels of tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates in the mouse pilocarpine model of epilepsy

2013 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mussie G. Hadera ◽  
Olav B. Smeland ◽  
Tanya S. McDonald ◽  
Kah Ni Tan ◽  
Ursula Sonnewald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid ◽  
Acid Cycle ◽  
Pilocarpine Model ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Intermediates

scholarly journals TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE IN PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA

1951 ◽  
Vol 190 (2) ◽  
pp. 853-858
Author(s):  
Jack J.R. Campbell ◽  
Flora.Norris. Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid ◽  
Acid Cycle
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