In this work, the degradation performance of Fe2+/PAA/H2O2 on three typical pollutants (reactive black 5, ANL, and PVA) in textile wastewater was investigated comparison with Fe2+/H2O2. Therein, had a high removal RB5 (99%) mainly owing to contribution peroxyl radicals and/or Fe(IV). Fe2+/H2O2 showed relatively PVA (28%) resulting from ·OH. comparative removals ANL. Additionally, more sensitive...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of oxidative stress caused by hydroperoxide (H2O2) in the presence of iron ions (Fe2+) on mitochondria of the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii. We used isolated mitochondria of A. castellanii and exposed them to four levels of H2O2 concentration: 0.5, 5, 15, and 25 mM. We measured basic energetics of mitochondria: oxygen consumption in phospho...

Phenanthroline, a strong iron chelator, prevents both the formation of DNA single-strand breaks and the killing of mouse cells produced by H2O2. These results, taken together with our previous findings, indicate that the DNA damage is produced by hydroxyl radicals formed when H2O2 reacts with chromatin-bound Fe2+ and that this damage is responsible for the killing effect.

The ability of transferrin to potentiate oxygen free radical-mediated endothelial cell injury was assessed. 51Cr-labeled endothelial cells derived from rat pulmonary arteries (RPAECs) were incubated with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the presence and absence of holosaturated human transferrin, and the effect of transferrin on H2O2-mediated endothelial cell toxicity was determined. Addition of hol...

Na-Ca exchange activity in bovine cardiac sarcolemmal vesicles was stimulated up to 10-fold by preincubating the vesicles with 1 microM FeSO4 plus 1 mM dithiothreitol (DTT) in a NaCl medium. The increase in activity was not reversed upon removing the Fe and DTT. Stimulation of exchange activity under these conditions was completely blocked by 0.1 mM EDTA or o-phenanthroline; this suggests that ...

Bleomycin (BLM) is an anticancer antibiotic isolated from the supernatant of Streptomyces verticillus culture [21]. The cytotoxic activity of BLM depends on generation of singleand double-strand breaks in DNA (for review, see [16]). Indispensable for this BLM activity is the presence of metal ions, specifically Fe2+. Fe2+ BLM complexed with O2 or Fe 3+ BLM complexed with H2O2 leads to formation...

BACKGROUND This study examines the dual role of Escherichia coli in the course of ulcerative colitis (UC). The intestinal microbiota is considered to play an important role in UC pathogenesis, but how E. coli contributes to inflammation in UC is still unknown. On the one hand, we demonstrated that there was a significant increase in the number of E. coli at the sites of inflammation in patients...

Glutathione deficiency has been associated with a number of neurodegenerative diseases including Lou Gehrig's disease, Parkinson's disease, and HIV. A crucial role for glutathione is as a free radical scavenger. Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain is characterized by oxidative stress, manifested by protein oxidation, lipid oxidation, oxidized glutathione, and decreased activity of glutathione S-tran...