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The anti-inflammatory activity of FL 70, a derivative of 2,5-dihydroxy-benzoic acid, was examined in a number of conventional experimental models. In addition, FL-70 was tested for its inhibitory action on enzymes. The results were as follows: 1. The induction of a local inflammatory reaction and the subsequent i.v. injection of trypan blue showed that FL 70 reduces the capillary permeability. 2, FL-70 significantly suppresses exudation in the formalin-induced peritonitis of the rat. 3. A slight inhibition of an edema in the footpad of the rat induced by formalin-dextran was not shown to be statistically significant. 4. Local swelling could be markedly inhibited in the turpentine-oil induced inflammatory reaction of the rabbit. 5. Exudation and formation of granulomatous tissue was inhibited in Selye's granuloma. 6. FL-70 markedly inhibited the local inflammatory reaction accompanying the cutaneous reaction in experimental vaccinia infection of the rabbit skin. The size of the infiltration after intracutaneous infection of the virus was not reduced. 7. FL-70 could not prevent the onset of clinical signs, if administered in experimental allergic encephalitis. 8. The activity of acid phosphatase was inhibited by FL-70. Alcaline phosphatase, cholinesterase, leucin aminopeptidase, glucose-6- phosphatase-dehydrogenase (G-6-PDH), trypsin and chymotrypsin were unaffe-ted. FL-70 inhibits the following, G-6-PDH activated reduction process: glucose-6-phosphate (see article).
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PMID:[Anti-inflammatory activity of a new quinoid polyradical (FL-70)]. 16 92

Complex formation in vitro between human alpha2-macroglobulin and the human proteases cationic trypsin, chymotrypsin, plasmin and granulocyte elastase and collagenase was clearly visualized by the use of thin-layer electrofocusing in polyacrylamide gel followed by electrophoresis in agarose gel containing antibodies against human alpha2-macroglobulin. The technique permits semi-quantitative determination of the amount of complex and can demonstrate the formation of complexes between alpha2-macroglobulin and protease in vivo in ascitic fluid in peritonitis.
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PMID:Demonstration and semiquantitative determination of complexes between various proteases and human alpha2-macroglobulin. 17 30

High titres of neutralizing activity to transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), a porcine coronavirus, were found in sera and peritoneal fluids from cats infected with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). A small proportion of cats, from a hospital population unaffected by FIP, also had neutralising activity. Procedures to remove non-specific viral inhibitors, including treatment by heat inactivation, trypsin, sulphydryl reagent and kaolin absorption were unsuccessful. The active component was unable to neutralise another porcine coronavirus, haemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus or the porcine enterovirus, Talfan. Gel filtration of feline sera and peritoneal fluid demonstrated high levels of the neutralising activity in the area corresponding to 7S IgG, which could be removed by absorption with specific anti-IgG serum and these properties are suggested to be consistent with those of antibody. These findings imply that there is a coronavirus in cats which is antigenically related to TGEV and its possible nature is discussed.
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PMID:Detection of transmissible gastroenteritis virus neutralising antibody in cats. 20 Feb 3

The effect of the proteolytic enzyme trypsin on kanamycin pharmacokinetics in rats with experimental purulent infection was studied. An increase in the kanamycin serum levels after administration of the drugs in combination was observed as compared to the control. In a dose of 0.03 mg per animal trypsin had no effect on the kanamycin pharmacokinetics in the rats with experimental peritonitis.
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PMID:[Effect of proteolytic enzymes on kanamycin pharmacokinetics in experimental suppurative infection]. 70 2

Precursors of proteolytic enzymes were demonstrated in the peritoneal inflammatory exudate during acute experimental pancreatitis of the rat. This was done by separating the proteinase inhibitors and proenzymes by gel filtration on Sephadex G-200. After elution the proenzymes could be demonstrated by activating them with enterokinase or with trypsin. The proenzymes were eluted after the main protein bulk and proteinase inhibitors. Enzyme precursors were absent from the exudate of formalin-induced peritonitis, which suggests that the proenzymes present in the exudate of pancreatitis are of pancreatic origin. The demonstration of proenzymes in perripheral blood during pancreatitis was tested with the several modifications of the same methods, but the results were not convincing, probably owing to the insensitivity of the methods used.
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PMID:The proteolytic proenzymes in the peritoneal exudate during acute experimental pancreatitis of the rat. 115 82

Samples of acid-soluble blood plasma fractions from 10 healthy donors and 12 patients with peritonitis have been fractionated, using the techniques of vertical electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel and high pressure liquid chromatography. Three basic protein-containing components with the molecular mass 43, 30 and 14 kD have been identified in samples of donor blood plasma. In peritonitis there is an increase in the level of some fractions present in acid-soluble fractions of donor blood plasma and the generation of new protein-containing acid-soluble components. A band corresponding to a component with a molecular mass 64 kD and a wide band in the range of 9-14 kD have been registered. The treatment of donor blood with trypsin generates some components characteristic of acid-soluble blood plasma fraction of patients with peritonitis. The authors believe that increased proteolytic activity is one of the factors responsible for qualitative and quantitative changes in acid-soluble blood plasma fraction in peritonitis.
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PMID:[The protein components of the acid-soluble fraction of normal human blood plasma and in peritonitis patients]. 148 72

The authors describe a method for combined measurements of the plasma trypsin-like proteinases, alpha 1-antitrypsin and alpha 2-macroglobulin. The values of these parameters' activities in the plasma of normal subjects and patients with peritonitis and liver cirrhosis are presented. The suggested method may be used for identification of the type of disorders in the system of trypsin-like proteinases and endogenous inhibitors in other diseases.
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PMID:[Use of a method of combined determination of the activity of the trypsin-like proteinases, alpha 1-antitrypsin and alpha 2-macroglobulin, in a gastroenterology clinic]. 169 55

In patients with diffuse purulent peritonitis, the total pool of an acid-soluble blood plasma fraction (ABPF) considerably increases as compared to that in normals (donors). The present paper is concerned with the role of proteolytic activity and lysis of bacterial cells and cells of different human tissues in the formation of the ABPF in patients with peritonitis. For this purpose the normals' blood and its separate components were treated with various enzymes (trypsin, pronase, chemotrypsin, papain, elastase, alpha-amylase) to measure the ABPF. The pattern of changes detectable on such a treatment was compared with the tendency of changes seen in patients with peritonitis. Measurements were also made of acid-soluble fractions in suspensions of bacterial cells and cells of the pancreas, liver and heart muscle tissue of man. It has been found that on proteolysis of plasma proteins and membrane proteins of blood cells there form products contained by the ABPF. Such products formed in the greatest amount as a result of treatment with pronase. Products of the lysis of bacterial cells may be also contained by the ABPF of peritonitis patients. The possibility of detecting proteolytic degradation and cellular disintegration according to the spectral characteristics of separate fractions of the ABPF is discussed.
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PMID:[The possible pathways for the formation of a pool of an acid-soluble blood plasma fraction in patients with diffuse suppurative peritonitis]. 218 99

Two feline coronaviruses were characterized to determine their biological properties in vitro and their antigenic relatedness to a previously recognized feline infectious peritonitis virus and canine coronavirus. The viruses, designated WSU 79-1146 and WSU 79-1683, were shown to have comparable growth curves with the prototype feline infectious peritonitis virus. Treatment of the feline infectious peritonitis virus strains with 0.25% trypsin indicated that they were relatively resistant to proteolytic inactivation when compared with the feline enteric coronavirus strain. This observation may serve as a useful in vitro marker to distinguish closely related members of the feline coronavirus group. Plaque assay results indicated that the feline infectious peritonitis virus strains produced large homogeneous plaques in comparison to the feline enteric coronavirus strain and canine coronavirus, which showed a heterogenous plaque size distribution. No naturally temperature sensitive mutants were detected in either of the feline coronavirus populations. Both of the viruses were antigenically related to feline infectious peritonitis virus and to a lesser extent to canine coronavirus by virus neutralization.
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PMID:Comparative properties of feline coronaviruses in vitro. 303 90

Fibrin deposition during secondary peritonitis predisposes to abscess formation by protecting bacteria from host-defence mechanisms. To test the hypothesis that local fibrinolytic therapy can prevent the formation of intra-abdominal abscess, daily injections of the fibrinolytic enzymes trypsin and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) were administered intraperitoneally to Wistar rats inoculated intraperitoneally with infected fibrin clots. After 5 days, trypsin (1 mg/ml) had significantly (p less than 0.001) reduced abscess formation in animals inoculated with monomicrobial Bacteroides fragilis clots (20% versus 87%) or mixed Escherichia coli-B. fragilis clots (11% versus 91%). Bacteroides fragilis abscesses were also completely prevented with t-PA (0.25 mg/ml). The number of B. fragilis organisms present in residual abscesses in the trypsin-treated group was significantly (p less than 0.05) lower than in the control group (8.2 +/- 0.2, n = 7 versus 5.7 +/- 1.4, n = 4, log CFU/g abscess). In-vitro studies demonstrated that trypsin had no bactericidal effect on B. fragilis, suggesting enhanced clearance of bacteria. From these studies it appears that controlled fibrinolysis at operation may be a useful adjunct to surgery and systemic antibiotics in preventing abscess formation postoperatively.
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PMID:Prevention of intra-abdominal abscesses with fibrinolytic agents. 312 33


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