It is not yet known what properties distinguish macrophages which can kill facultative intracellular bacteria, such as Listeria monocytogenes, from those which cannot. Listeria is an organism which requires iron for growth, yet macrophage listericidal mechanisms are also likely to be iron dependent. We show here that resident peritoneal macrophages and thioglycollate-elicited macrophages cannot...

Growth of Bacteroides fragilis under anaerobic conditions in the presence of either haemin or protoporphyrin IX was inhibited by the ferrous iron chelator bipyridyl. The ferric-iron chelator desferrioxamine inhibited growth in the presence of protoporphyrin but not haemin, suggesting that even under anaerobic conditions Fe3+ is involved in uptake of non-haem iron, which is required in the absen...

Addition of aminomethylphosphane P{CH2N(CH2CH2)2O}3 (), PPh2{CH2N(CH2CH2)2O} () or PPh2{CH2N(CH2CH2)2NCH2CH3} () to a methanolic solution of RuCl3 results in reduction of ruthenium(iii) ions giving finally ttt-[RuCl2()2] (), ttt-[RuCl2()2] () and ttt-[RuCl2()2] (). The synthesized complexes are the first examples of ruthenium(ii) coordination compounds possessing aminomethylphosphanes chelating...

Synovial iron deposition associated with rheumatoid disease may result in the production of highly reactive oxygen free radicals, leading to tissue damage. This chain of events can be interrupted by iron chelation. Families of strong iron (III) chelators have been tested for their iron scavenging properties in vitro and their effects assessed in vivo using a rat model of inflammation. All the c...

The characteristics of manganese and iron binding to human apotransferrin (apo-tf) have been investigated and compared in this study. Both metal ions were taken up by human apo-tf and formed complexes, with the maximum absorbances observed at 410 and 340 nm for manganese-transferrin (Mn-tf) and 465 nm for iron-transferrin (Fe-tf). Addition of manganese (1.5 µg/ml) to the reaction mixture contai...

I . The effects of ingestion of diets deficient in both copper and iron on storage of these elements and on the red cell indices have been studied in rats. 2. Injection of Cu into rats whose stores of Cu had been virtually exhausted resulted in a temporary increase in the concentration of plasma Fe and depletion of the Fe stored in the liver. Storage of Fe in the spleen seemed to be affected so...