In Slovakia, approximately 200 kidneys are transplanted annually. Each patient-recipient must be adjusted to the most appropriate immunosuppressive treatment to eliminate renal rejection. The high-performance liquid chromatography connected to tandem mass spectrometry was validated for the determination of cyclosporine A, tacrolimus, sirolimus, and everolimus in the whole blood. For the determination, C18 analytical column with a gradient of 10 mmol/L ammonium acetate, pH 4.0 and acetonitrile was used. A simple protein precipitation with zinc sulphate: methanol was used for the pretreatment of whole blood. The method provides reliable and reproducible results and it can be introduced to routine clinical practice.
OBJECTIVE: Besides genetic factors there are environmental effects including nutritional habits which can influence the risk of age-related diseases. The aim of the study was to assess the age dependence of selected cardiovascular risk markers in two groups of subjects with different nutritional pattern. METHODS: In 470 long-term vegetarians and 478 subjects of general population the following indicators were measured: total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triacylglycerol, glucose, insulin concentrations, LDL-cholesterol, atherogenic index and insulin resistance IR(HOMA) were also calculated in studied subjects. Obtained data were evaluated according to age decades. RESULTS: Vegetarian vs. non-vegetarian concentrations of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, insulin, and values of atherogenic index and IR(HOMA) were significantly reduced in all age decades. Vegetarian vs. non-vegetarian triacalglycerol concentrations were significantly reduced from 4th–7th decade. Vegetarian average decade values of all lipid parameters were in reference range. In non-vegetarian group, the risk average values of total cholesterol (>5.2 mmol/l) were found from 5th–7th decade, LDL-cholesterol (>3.3 mmol/l) in 7th decade and atherogenic index (>4) in 6th–7th decade. In vegetarians vs. non-vegetarians were noted the average decade values for total cholesterol ranging from 4.01–4.59 vs. 4.48–5.67 mmol/l, for triacylglycerols 1.00–1.33 vs. 1.13–1.74 mmol/l, for LDL-cholesterol 2.03–2.58 vs. 2.43–3.49 mmol/l, for atherogenic index 2.72–3.31 vs. 3.05–4.21 and for IR(HOMA) 0.99–1.15 vs. 1.15–1.84. CONCLUSION: Our data show significantly reduced mean age decade values of lipid and non-lipid cardiovascular risk markers in all adult vegetarians. Smaller changes of markers between decades compared to non-vegetarians document a protective effect of vegetarian nutrition in prevention of cardiovascular disease.
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- biologické markery krev MeSH
- cholesterol krev MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- inzulin krev MeSH
- kardiovaskulární nemoci krev MeSH
- krevní glukóza * MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lipidy krev MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- rizikové faktory MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- vegetariáni statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- věkové faktory MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- dopisy MeSH
HPLC determination of a background level of 8 oxodG and 2-dG in rat liver after addition of copper to perfusate was developed. The reversed phase analytical column Purospher® STAR C18e with 50 mmol L1 phosphate buffer, pH 5.5 and methanol (92:8, v/v) mobile phase was applied for the analysis. The validation of the HPLC method according to linearity, accuracy and precision was carried out. Oxidative DNA damage (expressed as concentration ratio of 8-oxodG/106 2-dG) was determined by the simultaneous measuring of 2-dG with UV detection followed by coulochemical detection of 8 oxodG. The procedure using a model of liver damage caused by intoxication with copper and ischemia / reperfusion with addition of various concentrations of CuSO4 to the perfused rat livers was tested. The aim of this study was to decide whether the toxicity of copper in liver perfusates is related to protein oxidation and oxidative DNA damage. The high contribution to the DNA damage can be related to the physical liver manipulation during harvest and reperfusion as well as to artefacts induced during the sample preparation (time-consuming sample handling during DNA isolation and extraction). The obtained results pointed out that the DNA damage occurred already during liver handling even before application of CuSO4, whereby concentration of CuSO4 higher than 0.03 mmol L1 caused a total liver damage, which led to a complete stop of the flow of the perfusate.
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- biologické markery MeSH
- deoxyguanosin chemie MeSH
- elektrochemické techniky * metody využití MeSH
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- měď * toxicita MeSH
- nemoci jater * MeSH
- oxidační stres MeSH
- poškození DNA * MeSH
- spektrofotometrie metody využití MeSH
- vysokoúčinná kapalinová chromatografie * metody využití MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
