Influence of dietary fat and vitamin E on antioxidant status of muscles of turkey

The aim of this study was to better understand the effects of more or less unsaturated fat source (tallow/soy oil/rapeseed oil) and/or vitamin E dietary supplementation (200 ppm) on the antioxidant status (at day 1 post-mortem) of turkey muscles [pectoralis major (Pm) and sartorius (S)]. More particularly, when turkeys were fed tallow, supplementation was sufficient to improve significantly the vitamin E status. Feeding rapeseed oil increased the antioxidant enzyme (AOE) activities (catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathion reductase), glutathione concentration, and value from the benzoic acid test. Dietary soy oil increased glutathione peroxidase activity, compared to other dietary fat sources. With tallow, most of AOE activities were lower than with rapeseed or soy oil. Whatever the feeding mode, vitamin E supplementation did not affect the AOE activities, glutathione concentration, or values from the benzoic acid test. AOE activities were always higher in the oxidative S muscle than in the glycolytic Pm muscle. After feeding tallow, 9 days of storage increased TBA-RS and carbonyl contents, whereas the activity of many antioxidant enzymes and the total antioxidant activity (TEAC test and benzoic acid test) decreased.     

外源抗坏血酸与谷胱甘肽对打顶后烟草氧化 还原平衡及烟碱的影响

烟碱含量偏高是我国烤烟的现状。如何有效降低烟叶烟碱含量,提高烤烟工业可用性是烟叶生产中的一个难题。根据烟草打顶导致烟碱含量急剧上升和机械损伤造成细胞氧化迸发的的现象,本试验从打顶创伤引起的一系列生理变化入手,采取打顶后在伤口涂抹抗氧化剂抗坏血酸+谷胱甘肽(As A+GSH)和抗坏血酸(As A)两种方法来抑制活性氧含量的上升,探究茉莉酸刺激烟碱含量上升和活性氧含量之间的关系,并比较两种方法在抑制活性氧及烟碱上升的效果。结果发现,涂抹As A+GSH和As A处理对烟草叶片超氧阴离子、过氧化氢、丙二醛的上升有抑制效果,过氧化氢降解速度慢于超氧阴离子,在烟草内有积累现象。涂抹As A+GSH和As A处理在打顶6 h时茉莉酸含量低于常规打顶,对茉莉酸的产生有抑制效果。其中处理96 h后,打顶后涂抹As A+GSH的处理叶片烟碱含量比常规打顶低21.5%,打顶后涂抹As A的处理叶片烟碱含量比常规打顶低17.5%。且各检测指标之间存在显著或极显著的相关性。另外,打顶后24 h,各处理的活性氧含量回到对照(不打顶)的水平。试验表明,抗氧化型物质(As A+GSH)涂抹打顶后烟草的伤口能有效抑制活性氧、茉莉酸和烟碱含量的上升,且活性氧、茉莉酸、烟碱之间存在着密切联系。As A+GSH比As A有更强的抗氧化性,能更好地抑制打顶后烟碱的上升。     

Microbial responses to fluctuation of soil aeration status and redox conditions

 The response of the microbial community to changes in aeration status, from oxic to anoxic and from anoxic to oxic, was determined in arable soil incubated in a continuous flow incubation apparatus. Soil incubated in permanently oxic (air) and/or anoxic (O₂-free N₂) conditions was used as the control. Before experiments soil was preincubated for 6 days, then aeration status was changed and glucose added. Glucose concentration, extractable C, CO₂ production, microbial biomass, pH and redox potential were determined 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 36 and 48 h after change of aeration status. If oxic conditions were changed to anoxic, the amount of glucose consumed was reduced by about 60%, and CO₂ production was 10 times lower at the end of incubation compared to the control (permanently oxic conditions). Microbial biomass increased by 114% in glucose-amended soil but did not change in unamended soil. C immobilization prevailed over C mineralization. Redox potential decreased from +627 mV to –306 mV. If anoxic conditions were changed to oxic, consumption of glucose and CO₂ evolution significantly increased, compared to permanently anoxic conditions. Microbial biomass did not change in glucose-amended soil, but decreased by 78% in unamended soil. C mineralization was accelerated. Redox potential increased from +238 to +541 mV. The rate of glucose consumption was low in anoxic conditions if soil was incubated in pure N₂ but increased significantly when incubation was carried out in a CO₂/N₂ mixture. Received: 6 January 1999     

Inhibition of acrylamide toxicity in mice by three dietary constituents

The inhibitory effects of three dietary constituents, tea polyphenols, resveratrol, and diallyl trisulfide, on acrylamide-biomacromolecule (liver DNA, protamine, and hemoglobin) adduct formation at human exposure level were studied by accelerator mass spectrometry. The results demonstrated that the three dietary constituents all significantly inhibited the formation of acrylamide adducts with liver DNA, whereas tea polyphenols and diallyl trisulfide reduced protamine and hemoglobin adducts, respectively. Further biochemical studies showed that acrylamide could significantly inactivate creatine kinase and glutathione S-transferase and deplete glutathione. When the inhibitors were cotreated with acrylamide, all of them could effectively recover the activities of creatine kinase. In addition, tea polyphenols and diallyl trisulfide could increase glutathione S-transferase activity remarkably. On the basis of these results, mechanisms of the effects are discussed. This study might provide a beneficial guide to people's diet for the purpose of reducing the harmful effect of acrylamide.     

不同氧化还原条件下土壤性质对非石灰性土壤中锌溶解动力学的影响

Zinc(Zn) deficiency in paddy soils is often a problem for rice production.Flooding can decrease metal availability in some noncalcareous soils through different mechanisms associated with soil redox status.Laboratory experiments were performed in order to better understand the processes that governed the dynamics of Zn in non-calcareous paddy soils at varying redox potentials(Eh).Airdried non-calcareous soil samples collected from four different paddy field sites in the Philippines were submerged and incubated in a reaction cell with continuous stirring and nitrogen purging for 4 weeks,and then purged with compressed air for another week to reoxidize the system.The Eh of the four soils started at 120 to 300 mV,decreased to —220 to —300 mV after 100 to 250 h of reduction,and was maintained at this low plateau for about 2 weeks before increasing again upon reoxidation.Zinc solubility showed contrasting patterns in the four soils,with two of the soils showing a decrease in soluble Zn as the Eh became low,probably due to zinc sulfide(ZnS) precipitation.In contrast,the other two soils showed that Zn solubility was maintained during the reduced phase which could be due to the competition with iron(Fe) for precipitation with sulfide.Differences in the relative amounts of S,Fe,and manganese(Mn) oxides in the four soils apparently influenced the pattern of Zn solubility after flooding.     

Influence of redox conditions and rice straw incorporation on nitrogen availability in fertilized paddy soils

Biology and Fertility of Soils - Temporal nitrogen (N) availability in fertilized rice paddies is the result of a balance of processes, mainly the gross rates of N mineralization, microbial and...     

Influence of PAH contamination on soil ecological status

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study the responses of soil biological parameters as indicator of ecological status on PAH-contaminated soil.

Materials and methods

Studies are conducted on the soils and natural grassy vegetation of monitoring plots subjected to Novocherkassk power station (NPS) emissions. Monitoring plots were established at different distances from the NPS (1.0–20.0 km).

Results and discussion

The level of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) around NPS is the highest at the monitoring plot located at distance 1.6 km to the northwest through the prevailing wind direction. Gradually, decrease of PAHs was observed while increasing the distance from the NPS through the prevailing wind direction. Calculation of correlations between PAH level and biological activity parameters of soils showed lack of dependence with total and every PAH content in all 12 studied monitoring plots. The most significant correlations were found between PAH content and enzyme activity in the monitoring plots situated through the prevailing wind direction from NPS.

Conclusions

The main pollution source in the studied area is NPS. It was found that contamination of soil by PAHs has a direct dependence on the activity of all biological communities in chernozems, as well as the activities of dehydrogenase and the phytotoxicity of soils. Inverse correlations have been revealed between the PAH contamination and abundance of soil bacteria.

     

Influence of soil redox potential on nitrogen uptake and growth of wetland Oak seedlings

A study was conducted to determine ammonium nitrogen uptake by cherrybark oak and overcup oak as affected by soil redox conditions. Seedlings of the two species were grown in laboratory microcosms for 60 days in soil suspensions incubated at three separate Eh levels (+560, +340, and + 175 mV). In both species, uptake of added ¹⁵N labeled nitrogen (N) (NH₄Cl) and photosynthesis activity decreased with decreasing soil redox potentials. Net photosynthesis in cherrybark oak decreased by 72.9 and 100% in response to the +340 and + 175 mV treatments as compared to control plants, respectively. Similarly, net photosynthetic rates were reduced by 53.7 and 65.8% in overcup oak under + 340 and + 175 mV treatments, respectively. A significant correlation between net photosynthesis and leaf ¹⁵N content was found in cherrybark oak (r=0.866, P=0.01) but not in overcup oak (r=0.648, p>0.05). However, in overcup oak, the correlation between net photosynthesis and total leaf N content was significant (r=0.911, P=0.01). Maximum ¹⁵N uptake was measured at the highest soil redox level (+560 mV). Uptake of ¹⁵N in cherrybark oak decreased from a maximum of 1.83 mg under aerated (+560 mV) treatment to 0.11 mg under reduced conditions (+175 mV). Similarly, ¹⁵N uptake in overcup oak decreased from 2.37 mg under the + 560 mV treatment to 0.28 mg under + 175 mV treatment. Greater uptake of soil and fertilizer nitrogen was measured under the soil redox conditions in which adequate plant growth was recorded. Moderately reducing soil redox conditions (+340 and + 175 mV) adversely affected both plant nitrogen uptake and net photosynthetic activities of the two species.     

Metabolic conversion of dietary quercetin from its conjugate to active aglycone following the induction of hepatocarcinogenesis in fisher 344 rats

Quercetin exhibits a potent anticarcinogenic activity. However, ingested quercetin circulates as the glucuronide/sulfate conjugates, which are less active compared to the aglycone in healthy individuals. This study aimed to develop further understandings of the cancer-preventing mechanism with dietary quercetin. According to a two-stage hepatocarcinogenesis model with N-diethylnitrosamine (DEN) and phenobarbital (PB), preneoplasms were induced specifically in the liver of Fisher 344 rats. In the liver, glutathione S-transferase placental form (GST-P) positive foci were produced 14 weeks later. beta-Glucuronidase activity increased significantly in the liver by 1.2-fold in the DEN/PB group compared to the activity in a saline group. In the kidney, thymus, lung, heart, and plasma, the activities were similar between both groups. When quercetin was dosed intragastrically 15 min before sacrifice, the aglycone level of quercetin in liver was significantly 1.9-fold higher in the DEN/PB group than in the saline group. On the other hand, quercetin was dosed to rats 3 times a week for 14 weeks. The treatment kept the aglycone level of quercetin at a significantly higher level and tended to suppress the formation of GST-P positive foci. The increase in beta-glucuronidase activity with carcinogenesis induction became insignificant following the frequent doses of quercetin. It was considered that quercetin aglycone played a preventative role and, thus, the conjugates were converted to the active aglycone by beta-glucuronidase that was induced by the generation of preneoplasms.     

铜和维生素A 及其互作效应对肉鸡免疫功能的影响

采用4×2(铜×维生素A)完全随机试验设计, 研究了日粮添加不同水平的铜(0 mg·kg^-1、8 mg·kg^-1、150 mg·kg^-1、225 mg·kg^-1)和维生素A(1 500 IU·kg^-1、5 000 IU·kg^-1)对肉仔鸡不同生长阶段(0~4 周龄和5~7 周龄)免疫功能的影响。结果表明: 添加铜为8 mg·kg^-1 时, 肉鸡生长前期(0~4 周龄)可显著(P<0.05)或极显著(P<0.01)提高肉鸡脾脏活化T 淋巴细胞百分率和血清抗体效价, 生长后期(5~7 周龄)可极显著(P<0.01)或显著(P<0.05)提高脾脏、胸腺、盲肠扁桃体活化T 淋巴细胞百分率和外周血液中活化T、B 淋巴细胞百分率; 整个试验期添加高铜(150 mg·kg^-1、225 mg·kg^-1)时, 活化T、B 淋巴细胞百分率均不同程度下降。添加维生素A 5 000 IU·kg^-1 时, 肉鸡生长前期可显著(P<0.05)提高其外周血液中活化T 淋巴细胞百分率, 生长后期可极显著(P<0.01)或显著(P<0.05)提高脾脏、盲肠扁桃体活化T 淋巴细胞百分率和血清抗体效价。铜和维生素A 互作效应对肉鸡生长前期的活化T、B 淋巴细胞百分率和血清抗体效价影响不显著, 对生长后期的外周血液、胸腺、盲肠扁桃体活化T 淋巴细胞百分率影响显著(P<0.05), 以8 mg·kg^-1 铜× 5 000 IU·kg^-1 维生素A 处理最高; 以上结果提示铜和维生素A 对肉鸡免疫功能的影响存在互作效应。     

Inhibitory effect of a quercetin metabolite, quercetin 3-O-beta-D-glucuronide, on lipid peroxidation in liposomal membranes.

To study the antioxidant activity of quercetin 3-O-beta-D-glucuronide (Q3GA), which is one of the quercetin metabolites in the blood after intake of quercetin-rich food, the inhibitory effect of Q3GA on lipid peroxidation was estimated using phosphatidylcholine large unilamellar vesicles (PC LUV) as a biomembrane model. Iron ion, an aqueous peroxyl radical generator, a peroxynitrite generator, or lipoxygenase was used as the inducer of lipid peroxidation. In all cases, Q3GA inhibited lipid peroxidation significantly, although its inhibitory effect was lower than that of quercetin aglycon. The ultrafiltration of PC LUV containing Q3GA revealed that Q3GA has low but significant affinity with the membranes of phospholipid bilayers. It is therefore likely that Q3GA acts as an efficient antioxidant in membranous lipid peroxidation through its localization in the phospholipid bilayer. This conjugated quercetin metabolite seems to retain the ability to protect cellular and subcellular membranes from peroxidative attack by reactive oxygen species and peroxidative enzymes.     

Inoculation of the redox effector Pseudomonas fluorescens C7R12 strain affects soil redox status at the aggregate scale

In order to investigate the redox condition in soil aggregates, an approach using the inoculation of the soil bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens C7R12, which affects soil redox, was developed. First, redox modifications were studied at the colony level in pure culture on solid synthetic medium. Then, the effect of strain inoculation on the redox status of soil aggregates was studied under controlled conditions with millimeter size aggregates from a Mollisol. A redox micro-electrode was employed to determine redox intensity (redox potential, E), which ranged from 240±70 to 110±25 mV at the surface of non-inoculated (control) and inoculated aggregates after 3 days. Differential pulse polarography (DPP) was employed to assess redox capacity (amount of electro-active compounds), which was higher (7.17 nA/mV) in inoculated aggregates than in the control samples (3.04 nA/mV). Similarities between redox potential depth profile for P. fluorescens colonies on plates and for some inoculated aggregate profiles suggested a patch colonisation of the surface of the aggregates by the redox effector strain. By comparison with non-inoculated aggregates, the influence of the inoculated strain on the redox status of the aggregates was observed to increase with the amount of some electroactive compounds with potential values from about −110 and +15-40 mV. Lower mean values and the limitation of the redox potential range fluctuation along the profiles from surface to 220 μm depth were also characteristics of the inoculated aggregates.     

外源谷胱甘肽喷施对缺硫胁迫下小白菜谷胱甘肽代谢的影响

[目的]硫是植物生长发育过程中所必需的营养元素,缺硫会阻碍植物生长发育,研究外源谷胱甘肽(GSH)对缺硫胁迫下小白菜GSH代谢的影响,为利用外源GSH减轻缺硫胁迫对植物造成的伤害提供理论依据.[方法]以小白菜为试验材料,采用营养液栽培方法,设正常供硫并喷施蒸馏水对照(CK)、缺硫喷施蒸馏水(H2O)、缺硫喷施25 mg...     

Influence of pH on the redox chemistry of metal (hydr)oxides and organic matter in paddy soils

Purpose

The primary purpose of this study was to determine how flooding and draining cycles affect the redox chemistry of metal (hydr)oxides and organic matter in paddy soils and how the pH influences these processes. Our secondary purpose was to determine to what extent a geochemical thermodynamic equilibrium model can be used to predict the solubility of Mn and Fe during flooding and draining cycles in paddy soils.

Material and methods

We performed a carefully designed column experiment with two paddy soils with similar soil properties but contrasting pH. We monitored the redox potential (Eh) continuously and took soil solution samples regularly at four depths along the soil profile during two successive flooding and drainage cycles. To determine dominant mineral phases of Mn and Fe under equilibrium conditions, stability diagrams of Mn and Fe were constructed as a function of Eh and pH. Geochemical equilibrium model calculations were performed to identify Mn and Fe solubility-controlling minerals and to compare predicted total dissolved concentrations with their measured values.

Results and discussion

Flooding led to strong Eh gradients in the columns of both soils. In the acidic soil, pH increased with decreasing Eh and vice versa, whereas pH in the alkaline soil was buffered by CaCO₃. In the acidic soil, Mn and Fe solubility increased during flooding due to reductive dissolution of their (hydr)oxides and decreased during drainage because of re-oxidation. In the alkaline soil, Mn and Fe solubility did not increase during flooding due to Mn(II) and Fe(II) precipitation as MnCO₃, FeCO₃, and FeS. The predicted levels of soluble Mn and Fe in the acidic soil were much higher than their measured values, but predictions and measurements were rather similar in the alkaline soil. This difference is likely due to kinetically limited reductive dissolution of Mn and Fe (hydr)oxides in the acidic soil. During flooding, the solubility of dissolved organic matter increased in both soils, probably because of reductive dissolution of Fe (hydr)oxides and the observed increase in pH.

Conclusions

Under alternating flooding and draining conditions, the pH greatly affected Mn and Fe solubility via influencing either reductive dissolution or carbonate formation. Comparison between measurements and geochemical equilibrium model predictions revealed that reductive dissolution of Mn and Fe (hydr)oxides was kinetically limited in the acidic soil. Therefore, when applying such models to systems with changing redox conditions, such rate-limiting reactions should be parameterized and implemented to enable more accurate predictions of Mn and Fe solubility.     

Nitrous oxide and methane emissions from different soil suspensions: effect of soil redox status

Four soil samples from fields of different land use [US (paddy field), China (paddy field) and Belgium (maize and wheat fields)] were incubated as soil suspension (soil:water ratio 1:4) to study the N₂O and CH₄ emission under different soil redox potential conditions. The results show that the N₂O emission was regulated within a narrow redox potential range of +120 to +250 mV, due to the balance of N₂O production and its further reduction to N₂. Methane emission occurred below a soil specific redox potential point, and the emission rates were inversely related to soil redox potentials. Both linear and exponential relationships between CH₄ emission and the soil redox potential were significant. By extrapolating the linear relationship of CH₄ emission against soil redox potential, the critical redox potentials for CH₄ production were estimated at about -170 (US paddy soil), -150 (Chinese paddy soil), -215 (Belgian maize soil), and -195 mV (Belgian wheat soil), respectively. In addition, the results indicate that a soil with a lower critical redox potential for CH₄ production had a higher CH₄ production potential. In this study, N₂O and CH₄ emissions were found to occur at a distinctly different soil redox potential condition. The range of soil redox potential values where both N₂O and CH₄ emissions were low was different for different soils, but it was situated between +120 and -170 mV. This is a wide redox potential range enabling field management practices to minimize both N₂O and CH₄ emissions from wetland ecosystems.     

Beneficial effects of dietary fish-oil-derived monounsaturated fatty acids on metabolic syndrome risk factors and insulin resistance in mice

The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of fish-oil-derived monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) containing large amounts of C20:1 and C22:1 isomers on metabolic disorders in mice. Male C57BL/6J mice were fed a 32% lard diet (control) or a 27% lard plus 5% saury-oil-derived MUFA diet for 6 weeks. Dietary MUFA improved insulin resistance and alleviated metabolic syndrome risk factors by reducing blood glucose and lipids. These favorable changes may be attributed to an improved adipocytokine profile. MUFA ingestion resulted in favorable changes in mRNA expression of genes involved in glucose/lipid metabolism (SCD-1, CPT1a, UCPs, and CS) as well as inflammation (MAC1, MMP3, and SAA3) and alterations in fatty acid composition. Our data suggest that marine MUFA improved glucose/lipid homeostasis and hindered the development of metabolic syndrome in obese mice.     

Soy processing affects metabolism and disposition of dietary isoflavones in ovariectomized BALB/c mice

Soy foods and nutritional supplements are widely consumed for potential health benefits. It was previously shown that isoflavone-supplemented diets, which contained equal genistein equivalents, differentially stimulated mammary tumor growth in athymic mice based on the degree of processing. This paper reports plasma pharmacokinetic analysis and metabolite identification using the parental mouse strain fed the same diets, which contained genistin, mixed isoflavones, Novasoy, soy molasses, or soy flour plus mixed isoflavones. Whereas the degree of soy processing did affect several parameters reflecting isoflavone bioavailability and gut microflora metabolism of daidzein to equol, stimulation of tumor growth correlated significantly with only the plasma concentration of aglycon genistein produced by the diets. This conclusion is consistent with the known estrogen agonist activity of genistein aglycon on mammary tumor growth. Conversely, plasma equol concentration was inversely correlated with the degree of soy processing. Although antagonism of genistein-stimulated tumor growth by equol could explain this result, the very low concentration of aglycon equol in plasma (12-fold lower relative to genistein) is inconsistent with any effect. These findings underscore the importance of food processing, which can remove non-nutritive components from soy, on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of isoflavones. Such changes in diet composition affect circulating, and presumably target tissue, concentrations of genistein aglycon, which initiates estrogen receptor-mediated processes required for the stimulation of tumor growth in a mouse model for postmenopausal breast cancer.     

Effect of glutathione on oxymyoglobin oxidation

The oxidation of oxymyoglobin (OxyMb) to metmyoglobin (MetMb) is responsible for fresh meat discoloration. Glutathione (GSH) is an important tripeptide reductant that can protect lipid and protein from oxidation. The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of GSH on MetMb formation in vitro and in bovine skeletal muscle cytosol. Equine MetMb formation was greater in the presence of GSH than controls at pH 5.6 or 7.2 and 25 or 37 degrees C (p < 0.05); GSH addition to purified bovine OxyMb solution also resulted in more MetMb formation at pH 7.2 and 25 or 37 degrees C (p < 0.05). This effect on MetMb formation was partly or completely inhibited by EDTA or catalase in the GSH-equine OxyMb system (p < 0.05). The addition of GSH to bovine muscle cytosol inhibited MetMb formation at pH 5.6 or 7.2 and 4 or 25 degrees C (p < 0.05); the effect was concentration-dependent. The inhibitory effect was observed in a high molecular weight (HMW) but not low molecular weight fraction of cytosol at pH 7.2 and 25 degrees C (p < 0.05); there was no effect when HMW was heated at 90 degrees C for 15 min. These results suggest the antioxidant effect of GSH on bovine OxyMb is dependent on heat-sensitive HMW cytosolic component(s).