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  1. Fulltext A fascinating case of the ‘purple urine bag syndrome'
    Low, Qin Jian, Lim, Tzyy Hue, Teoh, Kuo Zhau, Siow, Garry Peir Woeei, Go, Zher Lin, Tee, Vern Jun, et al.
    Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018;12(3):59-62.
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    Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare presentation of urinary tract infections (UTIs). It is commonly seen in constipated patients. There is a deep purple discoloration of contents of urine bag due to presence of indigo and indirubin pigments which are metabolites of tryptophan. We would like to describe an interesting case of purple urine bag syndrome of 88-year-old woman who presented with catheter-related urinary tract infection. She had low-grade fever and suprapubic discomfort for three days duration. She had increased white cell count and C-reactive peptide (CRP). Urinalysis showed protein 2+, nitrite and leucocyte esterase positive. Urine culture grew Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. She was treated with oral cefuroxime and recovered. This case report may be the first case of PUBS reported in this region.
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites
  2. Microalgal-bacterial granular sludge process for non-aerated aquaculture wastewater treatment
    Fan S, Ji B, Abu Hasan H, Fan J, Guo S, Wang J, et al.
    Bioprocess Biosyst Eng, 2021 Aug;44(8):1733-1739.
    PMID: 33772637 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-021-02556-0
    Microalgal-bacterial granular sludge (MBGS) process has become a focal point in treating municipal wastewater. However, it remains elusive whether the emerging process can be applied for the treatment of aquaculture wastewater, which contains considerable concentrations of nitrate and nitrite. This study evaluated the feasibility of MBGS process for aquaculture wastewater treatment. Result showed that the MBGS process was competent to remove respective 64.8%, 84.9%, 70.8%, 50.0% and 84.2% of chemical oxygen demand, ammonia-nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen, nitrite-nitrogen and phosphate-phosphorus under non-aerated conditions within 8 h. The dominant microalgae and bacteria were identified to be Coelastrella and Rhodobacteraceae, respectively. Further metagenomics analysis implied that microbial assimilation was the main contributor in organics, nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Specifically, considerable nitrate and nitrite removals were also obtained with the synergy between microalgae and bacteria. Consequently, this work demonstrated that the MBGS process showed a prospect of becoming an environmentally friendly and efficient alternative in aquaculture wastewater treatment.
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites
  3. Fulltext Cellular prion protein and γ-synuclein overexpression in LS 174T colorectal cancer cell drives endothelial proliferation-to-differentiation switch
    Ong SH, Goh KW, Chieng CK, Say YH
    PeerJ, 2018;6:e4506.
    PMID: 29527422 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4506
    Background: Tumor-induced angiogenesis is an imperative event in pledging new vasculature for tumor metastasis. Since overexpression of neuronal proteins gamma-synuclein (γ-Syn) and cellular prion protein (PrPC) is always detected in advanced stages of cancer diseases which involve metastasis, this study aimed to investigate whether γ-Syn or PrPCoverexpression in colorectal adenocarcinoma, LS 174T cells affects angiogenesis of endothelial cells, EA.hy 926 (EA).

    Methods: EA cells were treated with conditioned media (CM) of LS 174T-γ-Syn or LS 174T-PrP, and their proliferation, invasion, migration, adhesion and ability to form angiogenic tubes were assessed using a range of biological assays. To investigate plausible background mechanisms in conferring the properties of EA cells above, nitrite oxide (NO) levels were measured and the expression of angiogenesis-related factors was assessed using a human angiogenesis antibody array.

    Results: EA proliferation was significantly inhibited by LS 174T-PrP CM whereas its telomerase activity was reduced by CM of LS 174T-γ-Syn or LS 174T-PrP, as compared to EA incubated with LS 174T CM. Besides, LS 174T-γ-Syn CM or LS 174T-PrP CM inhibited EA invasion and migration in Boyden chamber assay. Furthermore, LS 174T-γ-Syn CM significantly inhibited EA migration in scratch wound assay. Gelatin zymography revealed reduced secretion of MMP-2 and MMP-9 by EA treated with LS 174T-γ-Syn CM or LS 174T-PrP CM. In addition, cell adhesion assay showed lesser LS 174T-γ-Syn or LS 174T-PrP cells adhered onto EA, as compared to LS 174T. In tube formation assay, LS 174T-γ-Syn CM or LS 174T-PrP CM induced EA tube formation. Increased NO secretion by EA treated with LS 174T-γ-Syn CM or LS 174T-PrP CM was also detected. Lastly, decreased expression of pro-angiogenic factors like CXCL16, IGFBP-2 and amphiregulin in LS 174T-γ-Syn CM or LS 174T-PrP CM was detected using the angiogenesis antibody array.

    Discussion: These results suggest that overexpression of γ-Syn or PrPCcould possibly be involved in colorectal cancer-induced angiogenesis by inducing an endothelial proliferation-differentiation switch. NO could be the main factor in governing this switch, and modulation on the secretion patterns of angiogenesis-related proteins could be the strategy of colorectal cancer cells overexpressing γ-Syn or PrPCin ensuring this transition.

    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites
  4. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities contribute to the prophylactic effect of semi-purified fractions obtained from the crude methanol extract of Muntingia calabura leaves against gastric ulceration in rats
    Balan T, Sani MH, Mumtaz Ahmad SH, Suppaiah V, Mohtarrudin N, Zakaria ZA
    J Ethnopharmacol, 2015 Apr 22;164:1-15.
    PMID: 25540923 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.017
    In traditional medicine, the leaves, flowers, barks and roots of Muntingia calabura L. (Muntingiaceae) have been employed as a treatment for various ailments including dyspepsia and to relieve pain caused by gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. The methanolic extract of Muntingia calabura leaves (MEMC) has been proven in the previous study to possess significant antiulcer activity. In this study, we attempted to determine the prophylactic effect of the fractions obtained from MEMC against ethanol-induced gastric lesion in rats and the involvement of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory mediators.
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites/metabolism
  5. Nitric oxide production by a murine macrophage cell line (RAW264.7 cells) stimulated with Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans surface-associated material
    Sosroseno W, Bird PS, Seymour GJ
    Anaerobe, 2011 Oct;17(5):246-51.
    PMID: 21736946 DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.06.006
    Nitric oxide (NO) may play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease and, hence, the aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans surface-associated material (SAM) stimulates inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity and NO production by the murine macrophage cell line RAW264.7. Cells were stimulated with untreated or heat-treated A. actinomycetemcomitans SAM and with or without pre-treatment with L-N(6)-(1-Iminoethyl)-lysine (L-NIL) (an iNOS inhibitor), polymyxin B, interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and Interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-10, genistein [a protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitor], bisindolylmaleimide [a protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor], bromophenacyl bromide (BPB) [a phospholipase A(2) (PLA2) inhibitor] or wortmannin [phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI-3K) inhibitor]. The iNOS activity and nitrite production in the cell cultures were determined. Untreated but not heat-treated A. actinomycetemcomitans SAM-stimulated both iNOS activity and nitrite production in RAW264.7 cells. L-NIL, IL-4, IL-10, genistein, bisindolylmaleimide, or BPB, suppressed but IFN-γ enhanced both iNOS activity and nitrite production by A. actinomycetemcomitans SAM-stimulated cells. Wortmannin and polymyxin B failed to alter both iNOS activity or nitrite production by A. actinomycetemcomitans SAM treated cells. Therefore, the present study suggests that a heat-sensitive protein constituent(s) of A. actinomycetemcomitans SAM stimulates both iNOS activity and nitrite production by RAW264.7 cells in a cytokine, PTK, PKC, and PLA(2) but not PI-3K-dependent fashion.
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites/metabolism
  6. Increased Proinflammatory Cytokine Production by Chronic Hepatitis B Patients with Mutant Hepatitis B Virus: Plausible Mechanisms Underlying Severe Liver Diseases in These Patients
    Raihan R, Akbar SMF, Al Mahtab M, Khan MSI, Tabassum S, Tee KK, et al.
    Viral Immunol, 2020 09;33(7):530-534.
    PMID: 32513066 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2019.0198
    Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a noncytopathic virus and billions of HBV-infected patients live uneventful lives and do not suffer from notable liver damage. However, HBV also causes progressive liver diseases characterized by hepatic inflammation, hepatic fibrosis, and liver cancer in millions of HBV-infected patients. The goal of this study was to evaluate the role of mutant HBV in HBV pathogenesis. In a cohort of 360 chronic HBV-infected patients, mutations at T1762/A1764 of HBV genome were detected in most of the patients with HBV-induced liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. To explore if mutations at T1762/A1764 of HBV genome has any role in progressive liver disease, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and antigen-presenting dendritic cells (DCs) were isolated from five chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with mutations at T1762/A1764 and five comparable patients of CHB without mutations at T1762/A1764. DCs were pulsed with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). The levels of cytokines produced by PBMCs and DCs as well as nitrite production by DCs were evaluated. Significantly higher levels of interleukin-12, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma, and transforming growth factor-beta were detected in cultures of PBMCs, DCs, and HBsAg-pulsed DCs from CHB patients with mutations at T1762/A1764 compared with those without mutations (p 
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites/metabolism
  7. Effects of acute ammonia toxicity on nitric oxide (NO), citrulline-NO cycle enzymes, arginase and related metabolites in different regions of rat brain
    Swamy M, Zakaria AZ, Govindasamy C, Sirajudeen KN, Nadiger HA
    Neurosci Res, 2005 Oct;53(2):116-22.
    PMID: 16009439
    Nitric oxide (NO) is involved in many pathophysiological processes in the brain. NO is synthesized from arginine by nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzymes. Citrulline formed as a by-product of the NOS reaction, can be recycled to arginine by successive actions of argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS) and argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) via the citrulline-NO cycle. Hyperammonemia is known to cause poorly understood perturbations of the citrulline-NO cycle. To understand the role of citrulline-NO cycle in hyperammonemia, NOS, ASS, ASL and arginase activities, as well as nitrate/nitrite (NOx), arginine, ornithine, citrulline, glutamine, glutamate and GABA were estimated in cerebral cortex (CC), cerebellum (CB) and brain stem (BS) of rats subjected to acute ammonia toxicity. NOx concentration and NOS activity were found to increase in all the regions of brain in acute ammonia toxicity. The activities of ASS and ASL showed an increasing trend whereas the arginase was not changed. The results of this study clearly demonstrated the increased formation of NO, suggesting the involvement of NO in the pathophysiology of acute ammonia toxicity. The increased activities of ASS and ASL suggest the increased and effective recycling of citrulline to arginine in acute ammonia toxicity, making NO production more effective and contributing to its toxic effects.
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites/metabolism
  8. Fulltext Sodium nitrite exerts an antihypertensive effect and improves endothelial function through activation of eNOS in the SHR
    Ling WC, Murugan DD, Lau YS, Vanhoutte PM, Mustafa MR
    Sci Rep, 2016 09 12;6:33048.
    PMID: 27616322 DOI: 10.1038/srep33048
    Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) induces relaxation in isolated arteries partly through an endothelium-dependent mechanism involving NO-eNOS-sGC-cGMP pathway. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of chronic NaNO2 administration on arterial systolic blood pressure (SBP) and vascular function in hypertensive rats. NaNO2 (150 mg L-1) was given in drinking water for four weeks to spontaneously (SHR) and Nω-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride (L-NAME) treated hypertensive SD rats. Arterial SBP and vascular function in isolated aortae were studied. Total plasma nitrate/nitrite and vascular cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels were measured using commercially available assay kits. Vascular nitric oxide (NO) levels were evaluated by DAF-FM fluorescence while the proteins involved in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activation was determined by Western blotting. NaNO2 treatment reduced SBP, improved the impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation, increased plasma total nitrate/nitrite level and vascular tissue NO and cGMP levels in SHR. Furthermore, increased presence of phosphorylated eNOS and Hsp-90 was observed in NaNO2-treated SHR. The beneficial effect of nitrite treatment was not observed in L-NAME treated hypertensive SD rats. The present study provides evidence that chronic treatment of genetically hypertensive rats with NaNO2 improves endothelium-dependent relaxation in addition to its antihypertensive effect, partly through mechanisms involving activation of eNOS.
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites/metabolism
  9. Effects of citrus leaf extract on aortic vascular reactivity in hypertensive rats fed repeatedly heated vegetable oil
    Siti HN, Kamisah Y, Mohamed S, Jaarin K
    Appl Physiol Nutr Metab, 2019 04;44(4):373-380.
    PMID: 30216735 DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2018-0175
    The prolonged intake of diet containing repeatedly heated vegetable oil can cause hypertension in the long run.
    In this study, the effects of citrus leaf extract (CLE) supplementation on vascular reactivity, plasma nitrite, and aortic structure in hypertensive rats were investigated by the consumption of repeatedly heated vegetable oil [corrected]. Male Sprague Dawley rats (n = 56) were divided into 7 groups corresponding to the respective diets. For 16 weeks, 1 group was given standard rat chow (control) while other groups were given diets containing 15% w/w of palm oil, fresh palm oil (FPO), palm oil heated 5 times (5HPO), and palm oil heated 10 times (10HPO), with or without the incorporation of 0.15% w/w CLE (FPO+CLE, 5HPO+CLE, or 10HPO+CLE). Plasma nitrite levels were measured before and at 16 weeks of treatment. After 16 weeks, the rats were sacrificed and aortae were harvested for measuring vascular reactivity and for microscopic study. CLE supplementation had significantly reduced the loss of plasma nitrite and attenuated the vasoconstriction response to phenylephrine in the 5HPO group but not in the 10HPO group. However, CLE had no significant effect on the vasorelaxation response to acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside. The elastic lamellae of tunica media in 5HPO, 10HPO, and 10HPO+CLE groups appeared disorganised and disrupted. Obtained findings suggested that CLE was able to enhance nitric oxide bioavailability that might dampen the vasoconstriction effect of phenylephrine.
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites/blood
  10. [FEATURES MANIFESTATIONS COMORBID CURRENTS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE AND ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION DEPENDING ON THE DEGREE OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION]
    Fadieienko G, Gridniev O
    Georgian Med News, 2015 Nov.
    PMID: 26656546
    The purpose of research - to study the features of circadian profile of blood pressure (BP), the data of echocardiography, pH-monitoring, lipid spectrum, level of apelin and the state of the system "lipid peroxidation-antioxidant protection" in patients with a combination of arterial hypertension (AH) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) depending on the level of AH. It was examined 126 patients with combination of AH II stage, 2-3 degrees, and GERD, 70 (55.56%) men and 56 (44.44%) women, mean age 56.84 ± 1.17. The anthropometric indicators, a condition of "lipid peroxidation- antioxidant protection", the level of apelin, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM), echocardiography, esophageal pH-monitoring were evaluated. Analysis of the results was performed using a computer program IBM SPSS Statistics 21.0 for Windows XP. According to the daily averages ABPM systolic BP/diastolic BP in the I group were 141.2 ± 0.8/90.4 ± 0.4 mm Hg., in II group - 163.3 ± 0.9/101.0 ± 0.5 mm Hg., in III group - 185.6 ± 0.8/112.1 ± 0.5 mm Hg., p = 0.001. There are only 25.39% of patients had normal indicators of the variability of BP among individuals with comorbidity. Transformation from mild AH to moderate was accompanied by a significant increase in the severity of left ventricular remodeling by type of concentric hypertrophy. The data of esophageal pH-monitoring allow us to classify the disorders as severe gastroesophageal reflux in patients with a combination of AH and GERD (DeMeester, 1993). In the group with first degree of AH the average rate of circulating apelin was 930.58 ± 56.27 pg/mL, for the patients with 2nd degree of AH - 880.56 ± 17.97 pg/ml, p>0.05, in patients with third degree of AH - 650.91 ± 12.87 pg/ml (p = 0.001). Assessment of lipid profile has allowed to establish the worse dyslipidemia in patients with 3rd degree of AH combined with GERD (atherogenic ratio - 3.11 ± 0.09). The deterioration of degree of AH combined with GERD accompanied by an increase of oxidative stress with increase of nitrites plasma and malondialdehyde concentration, and decrease of glutathione peroxidase and of SH-groups concentration. Increased degree of AH in patients with severe GERD accompanied by worsening of left ventricular remodeling, reduction of apelin levels, progression of dyslipidemia, and imbalances in the system of "lipid peroxidation-antioxidant protection."
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites/blood
  11. The role of nitric oxide on the proliferation of a human osteoblast cell line stimulated with hydroxyapatite
    Sosroseno W, Sugiatno E, Samsudin AR, Ibrahim F
    J Oral Implantol, 2008;34(4):196-202.
    PMID: 18780564 DOI: 10.1563/0.910.1
    The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that the proliferation of a human osteoblast cell line (HOS cells) stimulated with hydroxyapatite (HA) may be regulated by nitric oxide (NO). The cells were cultured on the surface of HA. Medium or cells alone were used as controls. L-arginine, D-arginine, 7-NI (an nNOS inhibitor), L-NIL (an iNOS inhibitor), L-NIO (an eNOS inhibitor) or carboxy PTIO, a NO scavenger, was added in the HA-exposed cell cultures. The cells were also precoated with anti-human integrin alphaV antibody. The levels of nitrite were determined spectrophotometrically. Cell proliferation was assessed by colorimetric assay. The results showed increased nitrite production and cell proliferation by HA-stimulated HOS cells up to day 3 of cultures. Anti-integrin alphaV antibody, L-NIO, or carboxy PTIO suppressed, but L-arginine enhanced, nitrite production and cell proliferation of HA-stimulated HOS cells. The results of the present study suggest, therefore, that interaction between HA and HOS cell surface integrin alphaV molecule may activate eNOS to catalyze NO production which, in turn, may regulate the cell proliferation in an autocrine fashion.
    Matched MeSH terms: Nitrites/analysis
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