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Lysozyme-like activity in eggs and in some tissues of land snails Helix aspersa maxima and Achatina achatina

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Fiolka M. J., Witkowski A.
Folia Biologica
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2004
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vol. 52
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issue 3-4
233-237
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Antibacterial lysozyme-like activity against Micrococcus luteus in eggs and some tissues of snails Helix aspers maxima and Achatina achatina was detected in a turbidimetric standard assay. The bacteriolytic activity in Helix aspersa maxima was higher than in Achatina achatina. After the application of the bioautography technique, several lytic zones of Micrococcus luteus were observed in both studied species. Electrophoresis in denaturing conditions followed by immunodetection of lysozyme using EWL antibodies indicated the presence of several lysozyme forms in the tested snails.
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Guanine and inosine nucleotides, nucleosides and oxypurines in snail muscles as potential biomarkers of fluoride toxicity

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Rac M. E., Safranow K., Dolegowska B., Machoy Z.
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2007
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vol. 55
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issue 3-4
153-160
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The aim of the present study was to determine the toxicity of fluorides on energy metabolism in muscles of the Helix aspersa maxima snail. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of purine compounds was performed in slices of foot from mature snails with high-performance liquid chromatography. Fluoride concentrations were measured using an ion-selective electrode and gas chromatography. The results show that exposure to fluoride pollution was accompanied by a statistically significant increase in fluoride concentrations in soft tissues. This effect was already noticeable with the smallest fluoride dose. Accumulation was greatest in the shell. There is a significant and positive correlation between fluoride concentrations in foot muscles and guanine and inosine nucleotides or uridine content. The content of low-energy guanylate, inosylate and oxypurine in foot muscles significantly increased with rising dose of fluoride. The difference as compared with controls was significant only for the highest dose of fluoride. Interestingly, uric acid, the final product of purine catabolism, dominated quantitatively in the foot muscles of snails. In conclusion, increased low-energy guanylate and inosylate as well as decreased xanthine concentrations in snail muscle can be indicators of the toxic influence of fluoride on the organism. The measuring of fluoride accumulation in the shell is the most suitable bioindicator of fluoride pollution in the environment.
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The strategy of fusion genes construction determines efficient expression of introduced transcription factors

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Adamus T., Konieczny P., Sekuła M., Sułkowski M., Majka M.
Acta Biochimica Polonica
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2014
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vol. 61
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issue 4
773-778
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The main goal in gene therapy and biomedical research is an efficient transcription factors (TFs) delivery system. SNAIL, a zinc finger transcription factor, is strongly involved in tumor, what makes its signaling pathways an interesting research subject. The necessity of tracking activation of intracellular pathways has prompted fluorescent proteins usage as localization markers. Advanced molecular cloning techniques allow to generate fusion proteins from fluorescent markers and transcription factors. Depending on fusion strategy, the protein expression levels and nuclear transport ability are significantly different. The P2A self-cleavage motif through its cleavage ability allows two single proteins to be simultaneously expressed. The aim of this study was to compare two strategies for introducing a pair of genes using expression vector system. We have examined GFP and SNAI1 gene fusions by comprising common nucleotide polylinker (multiple cloning site) or P2A motif in between them, resulting in one fusion or two independent protein expressions respectively. In each case transgene expression levels and translation efficiency as well as nuclear localization of expressed protein have been analyzed. Our data showed that usage of P2A motif provides more effective nuclear transport of SNAIL transcription factor than conventional genes linker. At the same time the fluorescent marker spreads evenly in subcellular space.
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