Glutathione, gamma-glutamyl cysteine synthetase (gamma -GCS) and glutathione reductase (GSH-R) activity were determined biochemically in the lens during various stages after subcutaneous administration of sodium selenite in multiple low dosages and single high dosages. The GSH concentration and gamma-GCS and GSH-R activity declined progressively after the selenite administration. The changes ob...

This study was carried out to investigate the preventive effects of galactoglucomannan (GGM), a homogeneous polysaccharide from Dendrobium huoshanense, on liver injury and fibrosis induced by sodium selenite. Sprague-Dawley rats injected subcutaneously with sodium selenite at the dosage of 3.28 mgkg(-1) b.wt. were set as the model groups. Rats treated with sodium selenite at the dosage of 3.28 ...

PURPOSE The activation of transglutaminase 2 (TG2) by oxidative stress through TGFβ has been reported to play a crucial role in cataract formation. The authors investigated whether TG2 is involved in selenite-induced cataract formation in rats and whether cysteamine, a chemical inhibitor of TG2, can prevent cataract formation in this model. METHODS Intracellular TG2 activity was monitored in ...

THE RECOVERY OF SALMONELLAE FROM EGG PRODUCTS WAS STUDIED, BY USE OF THREE DIFFERENT ENRICHMENT PROCEDURES: (i) selenite broth, (ii) selenite broth containing 10% sterile feces, and (iii) the lactose pre-enrichment procedure. Brilliant Green Agar was used throughout as the recovery medium. Although the lactose pre-enrichment methodology promoted Salmonella recovery from samples containing small...

Autophagy can protect cells while also contributing to cell damage, but the precise interplay between apoptosis and autophagy and the contribution of autophagy to cell death are still not clear. Previous studies have shown that supranutritional doses of sodium selenite promote apoptosis in human leukemia NB4 cells. Here, we report that selenite treatment triggers opposite patterns of autophagy ...

The purpose of this experiment was to assess the roles of free, intracellular calcium and calcium-dependent neutral protease (calpain II, EC.34.22.17) in selenite nuclear cataract. Free calcium ion concentrations within lens nuclear fibers during selenite cataractogenesis increased to 3 microM on day 2 post-injection (clear lens) and to 108 microM at day 4 (nuclear cataract). Calpain II is know...

The issue of p53 requirement for the caspase-mediated apoptosis induced by selenium in a cancer chemoprevention or chemotherapy context has not been critically addressed. We and others have shown that selenite induces apoptotic DNA laddering in the p53-mutant DU145 prostate cancer cells and the p53-null HL60 leukemia cells without the cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP; i.e., caspase...

BACKGROUND Sodium selenite at high dose exerts antitumor effects and increases efficacy of cytostatic drugs in multiple preclinical malignancy models. We assessed the safety and efficacy of intravenous administered sodium selenite in cancer patients' refractory to cytostatic drugs in a phase I trial. Patients received first line of chemotherapy following selenite treatment to investigate altere...

Vertical and horizontal profiles from the North and South Pacific Oceans demonstrate the existence of three species of dissolved selenium: selenite, selenate, and organic selenide (operationally defined). In surface waters, organic selenide makes up about 80% of the total dissolved selenium, selenite concentrations are uniformly low, and selenate concentrations rise with increased vertical mixi...

The absorption of selenium (Se) from water by Lemna minor L. and the influence different concentrations forms Se on its biochemical morphological characteristics were studied. Plants exposed to various Se: 1 mg L−1, 2 L−1 5 in sodium selenite selenate solutions a combination (2 L−1) L−1). When was added form selenate, plants accumulated higher amounts compared selenite. Comparisons combined add...