BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The neuroprotective efficacy of an intravenous formulation of the antioxidant ebselen has been comprehensively assessed with specific regard to conventional quantitative histopathology, subcortical axonal damage, neurological deficit, and principal mechanism of action. METHODS Transient focal ischemia (2 hours of intraluminal thread-induced ischemia with 22 hours of rep...

Ebselen is a seleno compound whose antioxidant properties have been attributed to its thiol-peroxidase and thioredoxin-like activity. However, the excessive oxidation of thiols can be potentially toxic. Thus, this work investigated whether lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) can be a possible in vitro target to the toxicity of ebselen, in comparison with diphenyl diselenide [(PhSe)(2)] and diphenyl dit...

Peroxynitrite (ONOO-/ONOOH) is a powerful oxidant that can induce mutations and cause single-strand breaks in plasmid supercoiled DNA. The selenium-containing compound ebselen rapidly reacts with peroxynitrite. Therefore, ebselen [2-phenyl-1,2-benzisoselenazol-3(2H)-one] and other selenium-containing molecules, selenomethionine and selenocystine, were studied as agents protecting DNA from singl...

Synthetic organic selenium compounds, such as ebselen, may show glutathione peroxidase-like antioxidant activity and have a neurotrophic effect. We synthesized 1,3-selenazolidin-4-ones, new types of synthetic organic selenium compounds (five-member ring compounds), to study their possible applications as antioxidants or neurotrophic-like molecules. Their superoxide radical scavenging effects we...

Prolonged hypoxia produces reversible changes in endothelial permeability, but the mechanisms involved are not fully known. Previous studies have implicated reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cytokines in the regulation of permeability. We tested whether prolonged hypoxia alters permeability to increasing ROS generation, which amplifies cytokine production. Human umbilical vein endothelial cell ...

Abstract Iron-overload-associated cardiomyopathy has been one of the primary causes mortality in thalassemia patients with iron burden. There is growing evidence citing beneficial effects ebselen as an antioxidant selectively blocking divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT-1) to deter ingress into cardiomyocytes, raising internets viewing this component population order treat and even prevent occurr...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced from cigarette smoke cause oxidative lung damage including protein denaturation, lipid peroxidation, and DNA damage. Glutathione peroxidase-1 (gpx-1) is a detoxifying enzyme that may protect lungs from such damage. The aim of this study was to determine whether gpx-1 protects the lung against oxidative stress-induced lung inflammation in vivo. Male wild-ty...

The growth of Staphylococcus aureus 209P was inhibited by 0.20 micrograms of 2-phenyl-1,2-benzoisoselenazol-3(2H)-one (PZ51) per ml, while strains of the family Enterobacteriaceae were more resistant to the drug. The MIC for 90% of methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains was 1.56 micrograms/ml, and the drug was bactericidal. The selenium in PZ51 was essential, since its sulfur analog (PZ25) los...

BACKGROUND An effect of cryopreservation on human sperm is sublethal cryodamage, in which cell viability post-thaw is lost more rapidly at later times than in fresh cells. OBJECTIVE This study examined whether the addition of an antioxidant to cryopreservation medium could improve the post-thaw parameters and evaluation of sperm chromatin quality of cryopreserved human spermatozoa from men wi...