Turner syndrome is a sex-chromosome disorder occurring in one out of 2500 female births and characterized by growth retardation, gonadal dysgenesis and cardiovascular anomalies. The 45, XO karyotype is the most frequent type of this disease. Herein, we report on a 6-year-old girl with Turner syndrome and 45, XO karyotype presenting with short stature. She had dextrocardia and hiatal hernia. To ...

It is known that sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) calathide enzymatically hydrolyzed extract (SCHE) contributes to the regulation of serum uric acid (UA); however, evidence regarding its bioactive components and mechanism are lacking. We identified two water-soluble (scopoletin chlorogenic acid) abundant in calathide, especially evaluated for inhibition xanthine oxidase (XO) expression levels u...

Anticancer agent 6-mercaptopurine (6MP) has been in use since 1953 for the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and inflammatory bowel disease. Despite being available for 60 years, several aspects of 6MP drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics in humans are unknown. Molybdoflavoenzymes such as aldehyde oxidase (AO) and xanthine oxidase (XO) have previously been implicated in ...

Evidence is presented that oxygen products generated from xanthine oxidase (XO) may also be involved in the pathogenesis of neutrophil-mediate lung injury following intravascular activation of complement with cobra venom factor (CVF). CVF injection in rats resulted in a rapid increase in plasma of both XO activity (but not xanthine dehydrogenase) and its reaction product, uric acid. These chang...

has a solution «=g(x) for O^x^Xo with g(0)=a and u = h(x) tor xo^x^l with h(l)=b where g(x0)=h(x0). It will be assumed that g'(xo)*h'(xo). The case of (1) with f=l — (y')t and where \a — b\ <1 can be treated explicitly. For small e>0 the solution of (1) tends to the broken line solution of (2) with g(x)=a — x and h = b — 1+x and Xo = (l+a—b)/2. (There is another broken line solution of (2) with...

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) mediates many of the systemic and cellular responses to intermittent hypoxia (IH), which is an experimental model that simulates O2 saturation profiles occurring with recurrent apnea. IH-evoked HIF-1α synthesis and stability are due to increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by NADPH oxidases, especially Nox2. However, the mechanisms by which IH acti...

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease due to lipid deposition in the arterial wall. Multiple mechanisms participate in the inflammatory process, including oxidative stress. Xanthine oxidase (XO) is a major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and has been linked to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we show enhanced XO express...

When investigating the potential for xanthine oxidase (XO)-mediated metabolism of a new chemical entity in vitro, selective chemical inhibition experiments are typically used. Most commonly, these inhibition experiments are performed using the inhibitor allopurinol (AP) and commercially prepared human liver cytosol (HLC) as the enzyme source. For reasons detailed herein, it is also a common pra...

The prototypical xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitor allopurinol, has been the cornerstone of the clinical management of gout and conditions associated with hyperuricemia for several decades. More recent data indicate that XO also plays an important role in various forms of ischemic and other types of tissue and vascular injuries, inflammatory diseases, and chronic heart failure. Allopurinol and it...

This study was conducted to search for xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitors from the root extracts of Tamus communis L. traditionally used in folk medicine in Algeria. Root extracts with different solvents were screened for purified milk xanthine oxidase inhibition. The root extracts (methanol, chloroform and ethyl acetate) and proteins, obtained in distilled water, inhibited bovine, sheep and huma...