The objective of this study was to determine thiol/disulphide homeostasis (TDH) in infertile cows with subclinical endometritis (SCE). Endometrial cytological samples were collected using a cytobrush diagnose SCE 36 cows. According the results cytology examination, those acute classified as Group I (n = 20) and chronic II 16). A control group formed heifers III 20). Blood taken from each on day...

A cytocompatible visible light-mediated interfacial thiol-norbornene photopolymerization scheme was developed for creating hydrogel conformal coating on pancreatic islets. The step-growth thiol-norbornene reaction affords high consistency and tunability in gel coating thickness. Furthermore, isolated islets coated with thiol-norbornene gel maintained their viability and function in vitro.

Using environmentally friendly conditions, the nucleophilic ring-opening reaction of 6-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-en-2-ol with 1-methyl-1H-tetrazole-5-thiol provided a novel thiol-incorporated aminocyclopentitol, (1R,4S,5S)-5-((3-hydroxypropyl)amino)-4-((1-methyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)thio)cyclopent-2-en-1-ol, in excellent yield (95%). The newly synthesized compound was analyzed and characterized via 1H...

The reagent 2-iminothiolane (2-IT) is used to introduce thiol groups into proteins and peptides by reactions of their amino groups. In this study, we report that the thiol adduct initially formed by the reaction of an amine with 2-IT (a 4-mercaptobutyramidine) is unstable and decays by a first-order process to a nonthiol product (an N-substituted 2-iminothiolane) with the loss of ammonia. The t...

Single-molecule electrical conduction studies are used to evaluate how the molecular linking unit influences the tunneling efficiency in metal-molecule-metal (m-M-m) junctions. This work uses conducting-probe atomic force microscopy (CP-AFM) to compare the molecular conduction of two pi-bonded molecules: one with a single thiol linker, and another with a conjugated double thiol linker at both e...

In most cells, the major intracellular redox buffer is glutathione (GSH) and its disulfide-oxidized (GSSG) form. The GSH/GSSG system maintains the intracellular redox balance and the essential thiol status of proteins by thiol disulfide exchange. Topoisomerases are thiol proteins and are a target of thiol-reactive substances. In this study, the inhibitory effect of physiological concentration o...

background: growth hormone deficiency (ghd) is associated with an increased cardiovascular mortality.increased oxidative stress has been associated with development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. in the present study, we aimed to evaluate oxidant and antioxidant status in patients with ghd by analyzing serum paraoxonase1 (pon1) activity, and malondialdehyde (mda) and thiol leve...

Chemical reactions lie at the heart of many biological processes, from photosynthesis and respiration to cell signaling and drug metabolism. Thanks to an atmosphere rich in oxygen, many organisms use oxygen to carry out these life processes. But oxygen metabolism produces highly toxic by-products called reactive oxygen species. When oxidation outpaces detoxifying reactions, oxidative stress occ...