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BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) imposes an unprecedented burden on children and their caregivers. OBJECTIVE: To assess the burden of T1D on children and their informal caregivers, both after a recent diagnosis or after a longer duration of disease. METHODS: A series of systematic literature reviews were performed to explore the burden of T1D on children with the disease and their primary informal caregivers, based on the time of diagnosis. After the extraction of the qualitative and quantitative data from the included studies, two literature-based conceptual frameworks were developed: on the burden of pediatric T1D on children, and on informal caregivers. A third conceptual framework on the shared burden of pediatric T1D on both children and informal caregivers as part of the same family unit was also developed. RESULTS: The review of literature has identified a series of factors that affect the quality of life of children with T1D and their informal caregivers, with a direct impact on physical, emotional, and social outcomes. Generally, female patients and older adolescents experience more worry and stress that affects their quality of life. Other categories of factors affecting the child's and caregiver's burden include social, emotional, and physical factors, treatment-related and disease-related factors, as well as their coping abilities. Anxiety, depression, stress, and worry were commonly found among children and caregivers, starting with the diagnosis of T1D and continuing over time in relation to new challenges pertaining to aging or the disease duration. CONCLUSION: T1D causes a significant burden to affected children and their caregivers, both independently and through transactional interaction within the family unit. Disease burden can be reduced by strengthening individuals for the benefit of the whole family.
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Highly stressful experiences such as terrorist attacks, domestic and sexual violence may lead to persistent pathological symptoms such as those seen in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There is growing evidence of multiple metabolic and immune disorders underlying the etiology and maintenance of PTSD. However, changes in the functioning of various systems and organs associated with PTSD are not well understood. Studies of reliable animal models is one of the effective scientific tools that can be used to gain insight into the role of metabolism and immunity in the comorbidity associated with PTSD. Since much progress has been made using animal models to understand mechanisms of PTSD, we summarized metabolic and immune dysfunction in mice and humans to compare certain outcomes associated with PTSD. The systemic effects of PTSD include chronic activation of the sympathetic nervous system (psycho-emotional stress), that leads to impairment of the function of the immune system, increased release of stress hormones, and metabolic changes. We discuss PTSD as a multisystem disease with its neurological, immunological, and metabolic components.
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Associations between human genetic variation and clinical phenotypes have become a foundation of biomedical research. Most repositories of these data seek to be disease-agnostic and therefore lack disease-focused views. The Type 2 Diabetes Knowledge Portal (T2DKP) is a public resource of genetic datasets and genomic annotations dedicated to type 2 diabetes (T2D) and related traits. Here, we seek to make the T2DKP more accessible to prospective users and more useful to existing users. First, we evaluate the T2DKP's comprehensiveness by comparing its datasets with those of other repositories. Second, we describe how researchers unfamiliar with human genetic data can begin using and correctly interpreting them via the T2DKP. Third, we describe how existing users can extend their current workflows to use the full suite of tools offered by the T2DKP. We finally discuss the lessons offered by the T2DKP toward the goal of democratizing access to complex disease genetic results.
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2 , Humanos , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/genética , Acceso a la Información , Estudios Prospectivos , Genómica/métodos , FenotipoRESUMEN
The present paper is devoted to the search for drug-like molecules with anticancer properties using the thiazolo[3,2-b][1,2,4]triazole-6-one scaffold. A series of 24 novel thiazolo-[3,2-b][1,2,4]triazole-6-ones with 5-aryl(heteryl)idene- and 5-aminomethylidene-moieties has been synthesized employing three-component and three-stage synthetic protocols. A mixture of Z/E-isomers was obtained in solution for the synthesized 5-aminomethylidene-thiazolo[3,2-b]-[1,2,4]triazole-6-ones. The compounds have been studied for their antitumor activity in the NCI 60 lines screen. Some compounds present excellent anticancer properties at 10 µM. Derivatives 2h and 2i were the most active against cancer cell lines without causing toxicity to normal somatic (HEK293) cells. A preliminary SAR study had been performed for the synthesized compounds.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Antineoplásicos/síntesis química , Antineoplásicos/química , Línea Celular , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Ensayos de Selección de Medicamentos Antitumorales , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Estructura Molecular , Relación Estructura-ActividadRESUMEN
A human organism depends on stable glucose blood levels in order to maintain its metabolic needs. Glucose is considered to be the most important energy source, and glycolysis is postulated as a backbone pathway. However, when the glucose supply is limited, ketone bodies and amino acids can be used to produce enough ATP. In contrast, for the functioning of the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) glucose is essential and cannot be substituted by other metabolites. The PPP generates and maintains the levels of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) needed for the reduction in oxidized glutathione and protein thiols, the synthesis of lipids and DNA as well as for xenobiotic detoxification, regulatory redox signaling and counteracting infections. The flux of glucose into a PPP-particularly under extreme oxidative and toxic challenges-is critical for survival, whereas the glycolytic pathway is primarily activated when glucose is abundant, and there is lack of NADP+ that is required for the activation of glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase. An important role of glycogen stores in resistance to oxidative challenges is discussed. Current evidences explain the disruptive metabolic effects and detrimental health consequences of chronic nutritional carbohydrate overload, and provide new insights into the positive metabolic effects of intermittent fasting, caloric restriction, exercise, and ketogenic diet through modulation of redox homeostasis.
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Caenorhabditis elegans is an animal model frequently used in research on the effects of metabolism on organismal aging. This comes with a requirement for methods to investigate metabolite content, turnover, and distribution. The aim of our study was to assess the use of a label-free approach to determine both content and distribution of glycogen, the storage form of glucose, in C. elegans. To this end, we grew C. elegans worms under three different dietary conditions for 24-48 h, representing starvation, regular diet and a high glucose diet, followed by analysis of glycogen content. Glycogen analysis was performed on fixed individual whole worms using Raman micro-spectroscopy (RMS). Results were confirmed by comparison with two conventional assays, i.e. iodine staining of worms and enzymatic determination of glycogen. RMS was further used to assess overall lipid and protein content and distribution in the same samples used for glycogen analysis. Expectedly, both glycogen and lipid content were highest in worms grown on a high glucose diet, lower in regularly fed, and lowest in starved nematodes. In summary, RMS is a method suitable for analysis of glycogen content in C. elegans that has the advantage over established methods that (i) individual worms (rather than hundreds per sample) can be analyzed, (ii) glycogen distribution can be assessed at subcellular resolution and (iii) the distribution patterns of other macromolecules can be assessed from the same worms. Thus, RMS has the potential to be used as a sensitive, accurate, cost-effective and high throughput method to evaluate glycogen stores in C. elegans.
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Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolismo , Glucógeno/metabolismo , Espectrometría Raman , Animales , Proteínas de Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolismo , Yoduros/metabolismo , Yodo/metabolismo , Metabolismo de los LípidosRESUMEN
Maintenance of integrity and function of the gastric mucosa (GM) requires a high regeneration rate of epithelial cells during the whole life span. The health of the gastric epithelium highly depends on redox homeostasis, antioxidant defense, and activity of detoxifying systems within the cells, as well as robustness of blood supply. Bioactive products of lipid peroxidation, in particular, second messengers of free radicals, the bellwether of which is 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE), are important mediators in physiological adaptive reactions and signaling, but they are also thought to be implicated in the pathogenesis of numerous gastric diseases. Molecular mechanisms and consequences of increased production of HNE, and its protein adducts, in response to stressors during acute and chronic gastric injury, are well studied. However, several important issues related to the role of HNE in gastric carcinogenesis, tumor growth and progression, the condition of GM after eradication of Helicobacter pylori, or the relevance of antioxidants for HNE-related redox homeostasis in GM, still need more studies and new comprehensive approaches. In this regard, preclinical studies and clinical intervention trials are required, which should also include the use of state-of-the-art analytical techniques, such as HNE determination by immunohistochemistry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), as well as modern mass-spectroscopy methods.
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A potential contribution of H. pylori contamination to low-grade inflammation, oxidative stress (OS) and insulin resistance as well as correlations between these parameters in asymptomatic sedentary males was analysed. We enrolled 30 apparently healthy asymptomatic young subjects (18 H. pylori negative and 12 positive) and measured whole blood glucose, glycated haemoglobin, insulin, C-peptide, cortisol, aldosterone, testosterone, thyroid stimulating hormone, C-reactive protein, interleukins 6 and 10, TNF-alpha and comet assay. As markers of OS, we used urine levels of iso-PGF2-α and 1,4-dihydroxynonane mercapturic acid (DHN-MA). Twofold elevation of fasting insulin level and HOMA index in H. pylori-positive subjects (p < .05) was shown. Inflammatory parameters and monocyte DNA damage, urine levels of DHN-MA and iso-PGF2-α did not show significant differences between the groups. The early stage of H. pylori-triggered metabolic derangements in sedentary subjects include development of insulin resistance in H. pylori-positive subjects; however, there is no evidence of systemic inflammatory and OS-related changes.
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Enfermedades Asintomáticas , Dinoprost/análogos & derivados , Helicobacter pylori/fisiología , Resistencia a la Insulina , Conducta Sedentaria , Adulto , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Dinoprost/orina , Humanos , Inflamación/metabolismo , Masculino , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Helicobacter pylori-induced oxidative stress in gastric mucosa (GM) is a milieu for the development of chronic gastritis, duodenal peptic ulcer (DPU), gastric cancer, and a number of extragastric diseases. Because our previous study revealed the accumulation of the protein adducts of lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) in GM, which persists after eradication of H. pylori, the aim of the study was to test whether Amaranth oil supplementation in addition to standard anti-Helicobacter treatment could prevent such accumulation of HNE in GM in H. pylori-positive DPU patients. Seventy-five patients were randomly split into two groups: group 1 - standard treatment (n = 39) and group 2 - standard treatment with additional supplementation of 1 ml of concentrated oil from amaranth seeds (Amaranthus cruenthus L., n = 36). Clinical analysis, including endoscopy with biopsies from antrum and corpus of the stomach were performed before and after the treatment, as was heart rate variability (HRV) recorded, as parameter of systemic, extragastric pathophysiological alterations in DPU patients. Improvement of clinical, endoscopic and histologic manifestations, and successful ulcer healing were observed in both the groups. Moreover, supplementation of amaranth oil in addition to standard anti-H. pylori treatment significantly reduced accumulation of HNE-histidine adducts in GM and increased HRV in DPU patients (p < .05). Therefore, standard treatments of DPU require additional therapeutic approaches, in accordance with integrative medicine principles, aiming to reduce persistence of oxidative stress, as was successfully done in our study by the use of amaranth oil.
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Aldehídos/análisis , Úlcera Duodenal/tratamiento farmacológico , Mucosa Gástrica/efectos de los fármacos , Frecuencia Cardíaca/efectos de los fármacos , Aceites de Plantas/farmacología , Adulto , Amaranthus/química , Úlcera Duodenal/etiología , Femenino , Mucosa Gástrica/química , Mucosa Gástrica/metabolismo , Infecciones por Helicobacter/complicaciones , Helicobacter pylori , Humanos , Masculino , Estrés Oxidativo , Aceites de Plantas/uso terapéuticoRESUMEN
Highly purified calf hemodialysate (HPCH) known as Actovegin® or Solcoseryl® is one of the most controversial drugs currently marketed worldwide. It is not registered as drug in some countries and therefore its medical use there is illegal, while in others it is often among the top 10 of the best-selling medications. It could be also found in the list of the "most useless drugs" and was banned for short time by World Anti-Doping Agency as performance enhancer. However, the degree of its usefulness or uselessness remains unclear and there is not enough convincing data to make reliable conclusions. HPCH is claimed to have wound/muscular injuries healing, neuroprotective and antioxidant properties, to enhance glucose uptake and oxygen consumption, and possibly to improve performance of athletes. Since HPCH consists of over 200 naturally occurring substances which potentially may exert some pharmacological effects, it is extremely difficult to perform pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamical studies. In this paper we have analyzed the available literature concerning clinical evidence, in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo effects of HPCH. Based on these data we suggest that the main target of the drug may be endothelium and improvement of endothelial function may be responsible for numerous largely nonspecific effects. We also propose the improvement of protein quality control by the means of activation of ubiquitin-proteasomal system as the most important biochemical mechanism responsible for its effects. The role of sphingolipids as potential proteasome-activators is extensively discussed. The effects of HPCH may also include direct or indirect ones on NF-kB-, Nrf2- and FOXO-mediated regulation of metabolic processes in the cells, which result in improved protein quality control, enhanced energy metabolism and increased resistance to oxidative stress.
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Endotelio Vascular/efectos de los fármacos , Hemo/análogos & derivados , Complejo de la Endopetidasa Proteasomal/metabolismo , Animales , Antioxidantes/farmacología , Bovinos , Doping en los Deportes , Metabolismo Energético , Hemo/uso terapéutico , Humanos , Hipoxia , Modelos Teóricos , FN-kappa B/metabolismo , Estrés Oxidativo , Consumo de Oxígeno , Transducción de Señal , Esfingolípidos/metabolismoRESUMEN
The scope of this research was to determine the bioactive composition, antioxidant, binding, and anti-proliferative properties of red sweet paprika growing under artificial light. The amounts of carotenoids, chlorophyll, polyphenols, tannins, and flavonoids in red paprika (RP), cultivated in Korea, before and after light treatments under high pressure sodium (HPS) and lighting emitting plasma (LEP) lamps (RPControl, RPHPS, RPLEP), were analyzed in water (W) and ethanolic extracts (Et). Spectroscopic, radical scavenging assays, fluorescence and cytotoxicity measurements were applied. The results of this study showed that total chlorophyll and carotenes were the highest in RPHPS (10.50 ± 1.02 and 33.90 ± 3.26 µg/g dry weight (DW)). The strongest antioxidant capacity (µM TE/g DW) in a 2, 2'-azino-bis (3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS(â¢+)) assay was in RPControlEt (24.34 ± 2.36), in a ferric-reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) assay in RPHPSW (27.08 ± 2.4) and in a cupric reducing antioxidant (CUPRAC) in RPLEPW (70.99 ± 7.11). The paprika ethanolic extracts showed lower values in their bioactivity than the water ones. The binding and cytotoxicity abilities of extracted polyphenols correlated with their amounts. LEP treatment is better for plant growth characteristics than other conventional treatments. The investigated paprika samples can be used as a source of antioxidants.
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Antioxidantes/farmacología , Capsicum/química , Extractos Vegetales/química , Polifenoles/farmacología , Antioxidantes/análisis , Capsicum/efectos de la radiación , Carotenoides/análisis , Carotenoides/farmacología , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Clorofila/análisis , Clorofila/farmacología , Flavonoides/análisis , Flavonoides/farmacología , Frutas/química , Frutas/efectos de la radiación , Luz , Fenoles/análisis , Fenoles/farmacología , Extractos Vegetales/análisis , Extractos Vegetales/farmacología , Polifenoles/metabolismo , Espectrometría de Fluorescencia , Taninos/análisis , Taninos/farmacologíaRESUMEN
AIM: To compare anthropometric parameters, body composition, hormonal and inflammatory profiles, oxidative stress indices, and heart rate variability (HRV) in Heliobacter pylori (H.pylori) positive and negative healthy sedentary participants. METHODS: Among 30 recruited apparently healthy male participants (age between 20 and 40) enrolled in this cross-sectional study, 18 were H.pylori negative and 12 were positive (stool antigen test). Participants underwent routine physical examination and body composition determination. The following biochemical parameters were determined in blood: fasting whole blood glucose, glycated hemoglobin, insulin, C-peptide, cortisol, aldosterone, testosterone, thyroid stimulating hormone, C-reactive protein, interleukins 6 and 10, tumor necrosis factor-α, and the urinary level of 1,4-dihydroxynonane mercapturic acid. For HRV evaluation, electrocardiogram in supine position and in orthostatic test was performed. RESULTS: H.pylori contamination was not significantly associated with any changes in anthropometric parameters, body composition, blood pressure, fasting glucose, or glycated hemoglobin levels. No significant difference was found for inflammatory markers as well as 1,4-dihydroxynonane mercapturic acid. H.pylori-positive participants, however, had significantly higher heart rate (P=0.009), sympathetic/parasympathetic balance in orthostatic test (P=0.029), fasting insulin level (P=0.037), and HOMA-index (P=0.047). CONCLUSIONS: H.pylori contamination is linked to a significantly higher heart rate, sympathetic activation, and increased insulin resistance, while inflammatory and oxidative stress markers remain unaffected in healthy sedentary male subjects.
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Frecuencia Cardíaca , Infecciones por Helicobacter/fisiopatología , Helicobacter pylori/aislamiento & purificación , Resistencia a la Insulina , Adulto , Antropometría , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Estudios Transversales , Electrocardiografía , Infecciones por Helicobacter/complicaciones , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estrés Oxidativo , Conducta SedentariaAsunto(s)
Síndrome de Marfan , Presorreceptores , Frecuencia Cardíaca , Humanos , Transducción de SeñalRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: The studies on heart rate variability (HRV), a key predictor of all-cause mortality, in Marfan syndrome (MS), up to now have not been reported, especially in patients with FBN1 mutations. METHODS: Among 18 MS patients with the phenotype of MS meeting inclusion criteria 15 have had a FBN1 gene mutation. Short electrocardiography records were taken in the supine position and during orthostatic tests. The control group consisted of 30 apparently healthy nonathletes matched by age and gender. RESULTS: Heart rates in MS patients with the FBN1 mutation were increased in both the supine position and orthostatic test (p < 0.001). Most of the time-domain (standard deviation, pNN50) and frequency-domain (total power, very low, low, and high frequency) parameters of HRV were significantly reduced in the MS patients (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: A marked decrease in HRV, documented in the study, may be an important clinical feature in MS patients with confirmed FBN1 gene mutations.
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Bradicardia/genética , Fibrilina-1/genética , Frecuencia Cardíaca/genética , Síndrome de Marfan/genética , Mutación , Adulto , Bradicardia/diagnóstico , Bradicardia/fisiopatología , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Análisis Mutacional de ADN , Mareo/genética , Mareo/fisiopatología , Electrocardiografía , Femenino , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad , Humanos , Masculino , Síndrome de Marfan/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Marfan/fisiopatología , Posicionamiento del Paciente , Fenotipo , Posición Supina , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: Sedentary lifestyle is a major risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular and many other age-related diseases. Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects the function of regulatory systems of internal organs and may sensitively indicate early metabolic disturbances. We hypothesize that quantitative and qualitative changes of HRV in young subjects may reflect early metabolic derangements responsible for further development of clinically significant disease. AIM: The aim of our study was to determine whether the parameters of carbohydrate metabolism (fasting blood glucose, HBA1c and surrogate insulin sensitivity/resistance indices) correlate with anthropometric data and HRV. METHODS: The study group consisted of 30 healthy sedentary male subjects aged 20-40, nonsmokers, mainly office and research employees, medical staff and students. Athletes, actively training more than one hour per week, severely obese and men of physical work were excluded from the study. HRV parameters were derived from short term ECG records (five minutes intervals) in supine position and during orthostatic test. Anthropometric data included height, weight, body mass index (BMI), age and body composition (estimation by bioelectric impedance method). The fasting blood glucose, insulin and C-peptide, homeostatic model assessment (HOMA-IR) index and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) were evaluated. Linear correlation coefficient (r) was calculated using Statistica 10.0 software. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: HOMA-IR index correlated positively with body weight, visceral fat and BMI (p=0.047, 0.027 and 0.017 respectively). In supine position pNN50 positively correlated with glucose/insulin ratio (p=0.011) and heart rate with HOMA-IR (p=0.006). In orthostatic test negative correlations of HBA1c with standard deviation, total and low frequency power were determined (p=0.034, 0.400 and 0.403 respectively), which indicates a gradual worsening of functional capacity of cardiovascular system with low-grade increase (under the conventional threshold) of HBA1c. CONCLUSIONS: In apparently healthy sedentary subjects HRV reduction correlates with the age advancement, subclinical deteriorations of carbohydrate metabolism and excessive fat accumulation.
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Metabolismo de los Hidratos de Carbono/fisiología , Hemoglobina Glucada/análisis , Frecuencia Cardíaca/fisiología , Adulto , Glucemia/análisis , Índice de Masa Corporal , Peso Corporal , Electrocardiografía , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Ejercicio Físico , Humanos , Insulina/sangre , Masculino , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Systemic 1,25(OH)2D3 treatment ameliorating murine inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) could not be applied to patients because of hypercalcemia. We tested the hypothesis that increasing 1,25(OH)2D3 synthesis locally by targeting delivery of the 1α-hydroxylase gene (CYP27B1) to the inflamed bowel would ameliorate IBD without causing hypercalcemia. Our targeting strategy is the use of CD11b(+)/Gr1(+) monocytes as the cell vehicle and a macrophage-specific promoter (Mac1) to control CYP27B1 expression. The CD11b(+)/Gr1(+) monocytes migrated initially to inflamed colon and some healthy tissues in dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) colitis mice; however, only the migration of monocytes to the inflamed colon was sustained. Adoptive transfer of Gr1(+) monocytes did not cause hepatic injury. Infusion of Mac1-CYP27B1-modified monocytes increased body weight gain, survival, and colon length, and expedited mucosal regeneration. Expression of pathogenic Th17 and Th1 cytokines (interleukin (IL)-17a and interferon (IFN)-α) was decreased, while expression of protective Th2 cytokines (IL-5 and IL-13) was increased, by the treatment. This therapy also enhanced tight junction gene expression in the colon. No hypercalcemia occurred following this therapy. In conclusion, we have for the first time obtained proof-of-principle evidence for a novel monocyte-based adoptive CYP27B1 gene therapy using a mouse IBD model. This strategy could be developed into a novel therapy for IBD and other autoimmune diseases.
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25-Hidroxivitamina D3 1-alfa-Hidroxilasa/genética , Colitis/genética , Terapia Genética , Traslado Adoptivo , Animales , Antígenos Ly/metabolismo , Antígeno CD11b/metabolismo , Colitis/inducido químicamente , Colitis/complicaciones , Colitis/inmunología , Colitis/patología , Colitis/terapia , Sulfato de Dextran/efectos adversos , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Femenino , Expresión Génica , Hipercalcemia/etiología , Enfermedades Inflamatorias del Intestino/complicaciones , Enfermedades Inflamatorias del Intestino/genética , Enfermedades Inflamatorias del Intestino/patología , Enfermedades Inflamatorias del Intestino/terapia , Activación de Macrófagos/genética , Activación de Macrófagos/inmunología , Antígeno de Macrófago-1/genética , Macrófagos/inmunología , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Ratones , Monocitos/inmunología , Monocitos/metabolismo , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , TransgenesRESUMEN
Glycogen storage in human organism is providing reserve source of glucose which is critical for normal functioning of the nervous system during periods between meals and is also important for many other tissues. Overwhelming excessive consumption of carbohydrates and decreasing physical activity among the world population lead to dramatic increase in incidence and mortality related to cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus type 2. There is an observation that many interventions with proved clinical efficiency like physical activity, intermittent fasting, caloric restriction and some pharmacological treatments have in common the ability to decrease content of glycogen in the liver and skeletal muscles. This effect leads to increased ability of these organs to uptake the next dose of glucose and store it in the form of glycogen. Moreover these interventions lead to significant life span extension, provide better body fitness and prevent development of multiple age-related diseases. In contrast excessive glucose load and saturation of tissues with glycogen provide a metabolic shift toward synthesis of fatty acids by liver. In advanced stages decreased glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, fatty liver disease, impairment of liver function and derangements of cholesterol metabolism are observed. It is suggested that noninvasive measurement of glycogen content in tissues could serve as important diagnostic and follow-up parameter for clinical practice and healthy lifestyle in wide population groups.
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Glucógeno/sangre , Promoción de la Salud , HumanosRESUMEN
This study was aimed to demonstrate the efficacy of interval hypoxic training (IHT) in complex treatment of Helicobacter pylori-associated duodenal peptic ulcer disease (DPUD) by parameters of aerobic metabolism and indexes of heart rate variability (HRV). Eighty patients with H. pylori-associated DPUD were included into the study, mean age 32+/-1.8 yrs, duration of the disease up to 10 years (66.3 %). IHT was modulated using Frolov's hypoxicator (TDI-01) for 30 days after standard eradication therapy. Daily hypoxic sessions consisted of three one-minute sessions, one two-minute, and one three-minute sessions separated by one-minute intervals of room-air breathing. Use of IHT resulted in more efficient elimination of clinical symptoms, histological hallmarks of inflammation and signs of oxidative stress in glandulocytes of the gastric mucosa as determined by 4-hydroxynonenal accumulation. Moderate prooxidant activity of IHT was demonstrated by the increased level of TBARS and oxidatively modified products, normalization of hydroperoxides, middle mass molecules and atherogenic beta-lipoproteins with simultaneous increase in catalase activity and mild decline of SOD activity. Therefore, IHT appeared to be accompanied by higher intensity of redox reactions and enhanced regeneratory processes in cells and tissues. Significant increase in HRV was also noted. Such changes were associated with reduction of inflammation signs and modulation of the autonomic homeostasis in DPUD patients. In general, use of IHT in complex treatment of H. pylori in DPUD patients can be recommended to increase resistance to oxidative stress and to modulate autonomic balance and oxidative homeostasis.
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Infecciones por Helicobacter/terapia , Úlcera Péptica/terapia , Adulto , Aldehídos/análisis , Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico , Antiulcerosos/uso terapéutico , Estudios de Casos y Controles , Femenino , Mucosa Gástrica/química , Infecciones por Helicobacter/complicaciones , Infecciones por Helicobacter/tratamiento farmacológico , Helicobacter pylori/fisiología , Humanos , Hipoxia , Inmunohistoquímica , Masculino , Úlcera Péptica/complicaciones , Úlcera Péptica/tratamiento farmacológico , Úlcera Péptica/microbiología , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Recent studies indicate that oxidative stress caused by Helicobacter pylori and insufficient host antioxidant defense could play important role in pathogenesis of gastrointestinal ulcerations. By specific monoclonal antibodies we have detected weak presence of the major lipid peroxidation bioactive marker 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) in healthy human gastric mucosa, which strongly increased in case of H. pylori-associated peptic ulcer. Considering physiological presence of HNE on one hand, and high prevalence of H. pylori associated disorders on the other, evaluation of oxidative stress after treatment is important. Therefore, in current study immunohistochemical accumulation and distribution of HNE-protein adducts in gastric mucosa was evaluated with 21 patients having H. pylori-associated duodenal peptic ulcer (DPU) before and one month after eradication of H. pylori. Although dramatic decrease in histological manifestations of inflammation was demonstrated after eradication of H. pylori, initially high immunopositivity for the HNE-protein adducts remained elevated in antrum and even increased in stomach corpus. The observed accumulation and redistribution to higher grades of HNE-immunopositivity in nuclei of glandular cells in gastric corpus indicate augmentation of oxidative stress after treatment and open possibilities for adjuvant antioxidant treatments to protect gastric mucosa from progressive oxidative stress after eradication of H. pylori infection.
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Aldehídos/metabolismo , Mucosa Gástrica/metabolismo , Mucosa Gástrica/microbiología , Helicobacter pylori/patogenicidad , Histidina/metabolismo , Úlcera Péptica/terapia , Adolescente , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Estrés Oxidativo , Úlcera Péptica/etiologíaRESUMEN
This study used monoclonal antibody specific for 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE)-histidine to evaluate immunohistochemical distribution of HNE-protein adducts in gastric mucosa biopsies of 52 peptic ulcer patients (all positive for H. pylori) and of 20 healthy volunteers (eight positive and 12 negative for H. pylori). HNE-modified proteins were present in glandular epithelium in all subjects, both patients with duodenal peptic ulcer and healthy subjects. Hence, the presence of HNE did not appear to be related to the presence of H. pylori. However, in patients with duodenal peptic ulcer accumulation of HNE-protein adducts was frequently observed also in nuclei, while in the control group such subcellular distribution of HNE was not observed at all. This study shows physiological presence of HNE in human gastric mucosa, but also suggests its role in pathology of gastric dysfunction in duodenal peptic ulcer patients manifested by accumulation of HNE-protein adducts in particular in nuclei of gastric glandular epithelium.