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Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) ; 67(5): 388-393, 2018 Nov.
Artigo em Francês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30201181

RESUMO

A 26-year-old woman of Cap Verdean origin was admitted to emergency unit with chest pain and dyspnea. Because of sinus tachycardia without any other electrocardiogram abnormalities, high NT-pro BNP level, and weakly positive cardiac troponin I and D-dimer levels, an aortic and pulmonary non ECG-gated CT-angiography was performed that excluded pulmonary embolism and aortic dissection. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed a contained rupture of the non-coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm sized 23 to 24mm into the right atrium. According to the high rupture risk, patient had been immediately transferred in a cardiologic surgical center where transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and thoracic angiography ECG-gated Multiple Detector Computerized Tomography (ECG-gated MDCT) reinforced the diagnosis. Patient underwent surgical repair resection of the aneurysmal sac, which was described as "tissue paper thin" and at risk for impending rupture, without evidence of communication between the aorta and the right atrium. Anatomopathological examination described a thick sclerotic and oedematous aneurysm wall without inflammation, and bacteriological examination was negative. It is a rare case of contained rupture of the congenital non-coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm into the right atrium (Type IV of Sakakibara classification), with a high rupture risk. This case shows that the use ECG-gated-MDCT is more appropriate when aortic dissection is suspected, allowing a detailed analysis of aorta, especially the proximal portion which is more susceptible to motion artifacts.


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Aneurisma Aórtico/cirurgia , Ruptura Aórtica/cirurgia , Átrios do Coração/cirurgia , Seio Aórtico/cirurgia , Adulto , Aneurisma Aórtico/diagnóstico por imagem , Ruptura Aórtica/diagnóstico por imagem , Dor no Peito/etiologia , Dispneia/etiologia , Feminino , Átrios do Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Seio Aórtico/diagnóstico por imagem
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Eur J Cancer ; 45(16): 2825-34, 2009 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19682889

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: This trial randomly assessed short-term adjuvant hormonal therapy added to radiotherapy (RT) for intermediate- and high-risk (UICC 1997 cT2a or cT1b-c with high PSA or Gleason score) localised prostate cancer. We report acute toxicity (CTCAE v2) assessed weekly during RT in relation to radiation parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Centres selected the RT dose (70, 74 or 78Gy) and RT technique. Statistical significance is at 0.05. RESULTS: Of 791 patients, 652 received 3D-CRT (70Gy: 195, 74Gy: 376, 78Gy: 81) and 139 received IMRT (74Gy: 28, 78Gy: 111). During RT, grade 3 gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicities were reported by 7 (0.8%) and 50 (6.3%) patients, respectively. No grade 4 was reported. The risk of grade 2 GI toxicity increased significantly with increasing D50%-rectum (p=0.004) and that of grade 2 GU toxicity correlated only to Dmax-bladder (p=0.051). 3D-RT technique, increasing total dose and V95% >400 cc increased D50% and Dmax. One month after RT, only 14 patients (1.8%) reported grade 3 toxicity. AST did not seem to influence the risk of GU or GI acute toxicity. CONCLUSION: RT up to 78Gy was well tolerated. Dmax-bladder and D50%-rectum influenced the risk of grade 2 GU toxicity and GI toxicity, respectively. Both were lower with IMRT but remained high for an irradiated RT volume>400 cc for 3D-RT and for a dose of 78Gy. Hormonal treatment did not influence acute toxicity.


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Neoplasias da Próstata/radioterapia , Lesões por Radiação/complicações , Doença Aguda , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Antagonistas de Androgênios/uso terapêutico , Antineoplásicos Hormonais/uso terapêutico , Gastroenteropatias/etiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias da Próstata/tratamento farmacológico , Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúde , Radioterapia/efeitos adversos , Doenças Urológicas/etiologia
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Eur J Surg Oncol ; 33(1): 16-22, 2007 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17071045

RESUMO

AIMS: To evaluate the clinical significance of tumour metastases detected using real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) in sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) of breast cancer patients. METHODS: Sixty-seven patients with T1-T2 primary breast cancer were included in a prospective study. SLN were analysed for the presence of metastatic tumour cells using standard histopathology staining, immunochemistry (IHC) and multimarker real-time RT-PCR assay for mammaglobin (MMG), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cytokeratin-19 (CK19) mRNA expression. Correlations between molecular metastases and traditional clinicopathological prognostic factors, including St Gallen risk categories were studied. RESULTS: Of the 67 patients, 15 (22.3%) had one or more pathology-positive SLN. Five (9.6%) pathology-negative SLN were positive by IHC and 19 (36.5%) by RT-PCR. Of note, RT-PCR analysis was also positive in all cases with pathology- or IHC-positive SLN. MMG was the most informative tumour marker in the panel. Molecularly detected metastases were significantly associated with intermediate St Gallen risk category (p=0.023). CONCLUSION: Molecular staging of SLN using real-time RT-PCR for early breast cancer could serve as a useful complement to standard clinicopathological risk factors. Studies with long-term follow-up are necessary to define the impact of molecular metastases on disease free survival and overall survival.


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Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Antígeno Carcinoembrionário/genética , Carcinoma Ductal de Mama/genética , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Queratina-19/genética , Proteínas de Neoplasias/genética , RNA Neoplásico/genética , Uteroglobina/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Mama/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Antígeno Carcinoembrionário/metabolismo , Carcinoma Ductal de Mama/metabolismo , Carcinoma Ductal de Mama/secundário , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Queratina-19/metabolismo , Metástase Linfática , Mamoglobina A , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Fatores de Risco , Biópsia de Linfonodo Sentinela , Uteroglobina/metabolismo
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Rev Pneumol Clin ; 58(1): 27-30, 2002 Feb.
Artigo em Francês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11981502

RESUMO

Bronchial atresia with mucocele and focal hyperinflation of the lung is a rare anomaly. We report the observation of a 12-year-old girl which presented a right hilar opacity on chest X-ray. The thoracic computed tomography identified an atretic segmental bronchus of the middle lobe with mucocele and focal hyperinflation of the lung. Bronchial endoscopy ruled out any acquired etiology of bronchial obstruction. The definitive diagnosis was bronchial atresia with mucocele and focal hyperinflation of the lung. This uncommon malformation is usually a radiological description. Eighty-four cases were collected in the main series in 1989. Nowadays, about 12 new cases have been published.


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Brônquios/anormalidades , Pulmão Hipertransparente/congênito , Mucocele/congênito , Criança , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Pulmão Hipertransparente/diagnóstico por imagem , Mucocele/diagnóstico por imagem , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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J Neurosurg ; 94(1): 97-101, 2001 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11147905

RESUMO

OBJECT: Glioblastomas multiforme (GBMs) grow rapidly and are highly resistant to treatment compared with other glioma types and grades. Consequently, it is of major interest to identify markers of aggressiveness in these tumors that could represent new therapeutic targets. Interleukin (IL)-6 is frequently produced in gliomas and, given its manifold properties, could be considered as a candidate marker. Expression of IL-6 may be involved in cell growth, resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy (via an antiapoptotic pathway), and angiogenesis. This study was conducted to test this hypotheses and to evaluate the suitability of IL-6 as a target in the treatment of GBMs. METHODS: The authors studied the relationship between the level of IL-6 gene expression as assessed using semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and by determining various histological types and grades in a series of 59 gliomas. It was found that GBMs displayed a significantly higher level of IL-6 expression than other types of glioma (p < 0.001). Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that IL-6 was produced mainly by malignant cells and a few vascular endothelial cells. CONCLUSIONS: It can be inferred from these findings that IL-6 gene expression is related to glioma aggressiveness and that IL-6 may play a central role in GBM behavior. Interleukin-6, therefore, could be considered as a new potential target in the treatment of GBMs.


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Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Central/metabolismo , Glioma/metabolismo , Interleucina-6/metabolismo , Idoso , Biomarcadores Tumorais/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Central/genética , Criança , Expressão Gênica , Glioma/genética , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Interleucina-6/genética , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa
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J Mol Cell Cardiol ; 32(9): 1703-34, 2000 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10966833

RESUMO

The intracellular mechanisms of regulation of energy fluxes and respiration in contracting heart cells were studied. For this, we investigated the workload dependencies of the rate of oxygen consumption and metabolic parameters in Langendorff-perfused isolated rat hearts.(31)P NMR spectroscopy was used to study the metabolic changes during transition from perfusion with glucose to that with pyruvate with and without active creatine kinase system. The experimental results showed that transition from perfusion with glucose to that with pyruvate increased the phosphocreatine content and stability of its level at increased workloads. Inhibition of creatine kinase reaction by 15-min infusion of iodoacetamide decreased the maximal developed tension and respiration rates by a factor of two.(31)P NMR data were analyzed by a mathematical model of compartmentalized energy transfer, which is independent from the restrictions of the classical concept of creatine kinase equilibrium. The analysis of experimental data by this model shows that metabolic stability-constant levels of phosphocreatine, ATP and inorganic phosphate-at increased energy fluxes is an inherent property of the compartmentalized system. This explains the observed substrate specificity by changes in mitochondrial membrane potential. The decreased maximal respiration rate and maximal work output of the heart with inhibited creatine kinase is well explained by the rise in myoplasmic ADP concentration. This activates the adenylate kinase reaction in the myofibrillar space and in the mitochondria to fulfil the energy transfer and signal transmission functions, usually performed by creatine kinase. The activity of this system, however, is not sufficient to maintain high enough energy fluxes. Therefore, there is a kinetic explanation for the decreased maximal respiration rate of the heart with inhibited creatine kinase: i.e. a kinetically induced switch from an efficient energy transfer pathway (PCr-CK system) to a non-efficient one (myokinase pathway) within the energy transfer network of the cell under conditions of low apparent affinity of mitochondria to ADP in vivo. This may result in a significant decrease in the thermodynamic affinity of compartmentalized ATPase systems and finally in heart failure.


Assuntos
Metabolismo Energético/fisiologia , Coração/fisiologia , Modelos Biológicos , Modelos Teóricos , Contração Miocárdica/fisiologia , Animais , Masculino , Reperfusão Miocárdica , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley
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Anticancer Res ; 20(4): 2617-23, 2000.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10953334

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: As multidrug resistant (MDR) tumour cells generally exhibit a drug accumulation deficit, the effects of three prototype modulators and their combinations were investigated by studying the modulation of 3H-dounomycin cellular accumulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two cell lines derived from a rhino-pharingeal human carcinoma, either sensitive (KB-3-1) or selected as MDR (KB-A1) were used. Verapamil (10mumol.L-1), PSC 833 (lmumol.L-1) and S9788 (5mumol.L-1) were tested alone or in association two by two. The cells were characterized by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in terms of pleiotropic resistance gene expression. RESULTS: A strong mdr1 and a light LRP gene expression were found in KB-A1 resistant cells compared to KB-3-1, whereas MRP expression was found to a similar extent. Relative to the KB-3-1, cells, accumulation of 3H-daunomycin was reduced to 31 +/- 5% in the KB-A1 cells. In these KB-A1 cells, the three agents tested significantly increased the 3H-daunomycin intracellular concentration, S9788 being the most active (311 +/- 37%) and inducing a near complete reversion to the basal level of the sensitive cells. Verapamil and PSC 833 demonstrated an additive effect (252 +/- 69% compared to 188 +/- 33% and 126 +/- 27%, respectively). On KB-3-1 sensitive cells, S9788 had no effect, while verapamil or PSC 833 moderately increased the 3H-daunomycin accumulation, without additive effect. CONCLUSION: These results show a strong MDR reversing effect of S9788, which appears specific to P-glycoprotein (Pgp) and an additive effect between verapamil and PSC 833, suggesting a better therapeutic efficiency if used in well defined combinations.


Assuntos
Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Ciclosporinas/farmacologia , Daunorrubicina/farmacocinética , Piperidinas/farmacologia , Triazinas/farmacologia , Verapamil/farmacologia , Membro 1 da Subfamília B de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/genética , Resistência a Múltiplos Medicamentos , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Humanos , Células KB
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Int J Cancer ; 84(4): 416-20, 1999 Aug 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10404096

RESUMO

Repair of cytotoxic DNA damage by O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is a potentially important factor of chemoresistance to chloroethylnitrosoureas (CENUs), commonly used in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The value of p53 as a prognostic factor in GBMs remains unclear, but a possible relationship between MGMT gene expression and p53 has been suggested. To further examine these GBM characteristics in vivo, we assessed MGMT gene expression using semi-quantitative RT-PCR and p53 alteration by immuno-histochemistry on a series of 39 GBMs. MGMT gene expression was inversely correlated with age (p < 0.03), consistent with the results of others. Interestingly, tumors from male patients had higher MGMT mRNA amounts than tumors from female patients (p < 0.03). No prognostic implication was observed either for MGMT gene expression or for p53 accumulation. However, MGMT gene expression was significantly lower in p53-altered GBM, regardless of the percentage of positive cells (p < 0.01). Our observation suggests that in human glial tumors, a low level of MGMT gene expression might promote p53 alteration, probably via mutation of its gene. Int. J. Cancer (Pred. Oncol.) 84:416-420, 1999.


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Neoplasias Encefálicas/enzimologia , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Genes p53 , Glioma/enzimologia , Glioma/genética , O(6)-Metilguanina-DNA Metiltransferase/genética , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismo , Idoso , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Encefálicas/mortalidade , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Neoplasias Encefálicas/terapia , Carmustina/uso terapêutico , Quimioterapia Adjuvante , Terapia Combinada , Feminino , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Glioma/mortalidade , Glioma/patologia , Glioma/terapia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , O(6)-Metilguanina-DNA Metiltransferase/análise , O(6)-Metilguanina-DNA Metiltransferase/metabolismo , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Prognóstico , RNA Mensageiro/genética , Recidiva , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Fatores Sexuais , Análise de Sobrevida , Transcrição Gênica
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J Nucl Med ; 40(4): 672-6, 1999 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10210228

RESUMO

UNLABELLED: Because 99mTc-sestamibi (MIBI) appears to be a potent candidate for multidrug resistance (MDR) evaluation in tumors, its cellular uptake should be similar to that of 3H-daunomycin in a variety of conditions of expression and inhibition of MDR activity. METHODS: We used a human rhinopharyngeal carcinoma cell line (KB-3-1) and its MDR variant (KB-A1). Cells were incubated 2 h with 99mTc-MIBI and 3H-daunomycin under control conditions or in the presence of a reversing agent such as verapamil (10 pmol/L), PSC833 (1 micromol/L) or S9788 (5 micromol/L). RESULTS: Relative to the KB-3-1-sensitive cells, accumulations of 99mTc-MIBI and 3H-daunomycin were reduced to 31% +/- 5% and 36% +/- 11% (P < 0.001 for both) in KB-A1-resistant cells. In sensitive cells, accumulation of both agents was increased by verapamil and PSC833 (range 115%-140%; P < 0.05) but not by S9788. In KB-A1 cells, only S9788 significantly increased the cellular uptake of 99mTc-MIBI (138% +/- 25%; P < 0.01), whereas the intracellular uptake of 3H-daunomycin was markedly increased with the three reversing agents (up to 311% +/- 37% with S9788; P < 0.001). With this last treatment, uptake of 3H-daunomycin in KB-A1 cells nearly returned to its basal level in sensitive cells. CONCLUSION: 99mTc-MIBI monitors the MDR phenotype of tumor cells effectively but responds to reversing agents differently than 3H-daunomycin.


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Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Daunorrubicina/farmacocinética , Tecnécio Tc 99m Sestamibi/farmacocinética , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Ciclosporinas/farmacologia , Resistência a Múltiplos Medicamentos , Humanos , Piperidinas/farmacologia , Compostos Radiofarmacêuticos/farmacocinética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Triazinas/farmacologia , Trítio , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Verapamil/farmacologia
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Invest Radiol ; 34(3): 185-9, 1999 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10084661

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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The extracellular volume fraction (v) was estimated in leg rabbit muscles by MRI dynamic longitudinal relaxation rate (R1) relaxometry to distinguish between slow- and fast-twitch muscle fiber types. METHOD: The extracellular volume fraction was calculated from the dynamic increase of the longitudinal relaxation rate after intravenous administration of a gadolinium (Gd-DTPA) contrast bolus, assuming a biexponential plasma concentration model. RESULTS: It has been shown that the extracellular volume fraction increases with the slow fiber content (oxidative type I); the maximal value (v = 0.186+/-0,018) was obtained in pure slow-twitch muscle fiber (100% type I). CONCLUSION: NMR extracellular volume estimates closely agree with those obtained using the more classic invasive isotopic method (99mTc-DTPA) carried out on the same rabbit strain and with data reported in the literature. The method has potential applications to characterize the pathophysiologic status of tissues. It is also applicable to a wide range of tissues and pathologies, in particular for the characterization of malignant tissues and their response to therapies.


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Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Fibras Musculares Esqueléticas/citologia , Animais , Meios de Contraste/administração & dosagem , Meios de Contraste/farmacocinética , Gadolínio DTPA/administração & dosagem , Gadolínio DTPA/farmacocinética , Membro Posterior , Matemática , Músculo Esquelético/anatomia & histologia , Coelhos
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Am J Pathol ; 153(5): 1623-30, 1998 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9811355

RESUMO

The BIO14.6 hamster is an extensively used animal model of autosomal recessive cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy. Recently, a large deletion in the 5' end of the delta-sarcoglycan gene was found to be the primary genetic defect in the hamster. In the present investigation, we studied the effects of the delta-sarcoglycan deletion on transcription, expression, and function of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex in skeletal and cardiac muscle. We demonstrated that in striated muscle the genetic defect leads to the complete deficiency of delta-sarcoglycan and a concomitant loss of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-sarcoglycan. In addition, absence of the sarcoglycan complex reduced the expression of alpha-dystroglycan in striated muscle fibers. These findings indicated that the primary defect in the BIO14.6 hamster leads to the dissociation of the dystroglycan complex from the sarcoglycan complex and disrupted anchorage of alpha-dystroglycan to the cell surface. Using intravenous injection of Evans blue dye as an in vivo tracer assay, we demonstrated that perturbation of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex caused extensive fiber damage in skeletal and cardiac muscle of the BIO14.6 hamster. Based on our results, we propose that loss of delta-sarcoglycan results in the impairment of sarcolemmal integrity, finally leading to muscular dystrophy and cardiomyopathy.


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Cardiomiopatias/genética , Cardiomiopatias/patologia , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/genética , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Músculo Esquelético/patologia , Mutação , Miocárdio/patologia , Animais , Cricetinae , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/deficiência , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Distroglicanas , Distrofina/metabolismo , Feminino , Imuno-Histoquímica , Substâncias Macromoleculares , Masculino , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/deficiência , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Mesocricetus , Fibras Musculares Esqueléticas/patologia , Sarcoglicanas , Sarcolema/metabolismo , Sarcolema/patologia , Transcrição Gênica
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Arch Dermatol ; 134(9): 1121-4, 1998 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9762026

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: During twin pregnancies, several complications may result in the death of a co-twin depending on the date of death. We describe herein 2 infant survivors of monozygotic twin pairs with 2 distinct possible complications: a aplasia cutis congenita and Volkmann ischemic contracture. OBSERVATIONS: One infant had extensive aplasia cutis congenita with an associated monozygotic co-twin who died at 3 months of gestation, and the other child had a localized arm defect due to Volkmann ischemic contracture and brain damage, with a co-twin who died at approximately 6 weeks of gestation. CONCLUSIONS: Congenital cutaneous defects may result in the death of a co-twin. The most common of these defects is aplasia cutis congenita associated with a fetus papyraceus or a dead fetus related to ischemic/thrombotic events in the placenta and fetus. Volkmann ischemic contracture is rare in the newborn but can cause neonatal cutaneous defects. The cause of Volkmann ischemic contracture in newborns is unknown; however, our second observation suggests the possible role of a dead fetus.


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Síndromes Compartimentais/etiologia , Doenças em Gêmeos/etiologia , Displasia Ectodérmica/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Masculino
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J Cell Biol ; 142(6): 1461-71, 1998 Sep 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9744877

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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D (LGMD 2D) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the alpha-sarcoglycan gene. To determine how alpha-sarcoglycan deficiency leads to muscle fiber degeneration, we generated and analyzed alpha-sarcoglycan- deficient mice. Sgca-null mice developed progressive muscular dystrophy and, in contrast to other animal models for muscular dystrophy, showed ongoing muscle necrosis with age, a hallmark of the human disease. Sgca-null mice also revealed loss of sarcolemmal integrity, elevated serum levels of muscle enzymes, increased muscle masses, and changes in the generation of absolute force. Molecular analysis of Sgca-null mice demonstrated that the absence of alpha-sarcoglycan resulted in the complete loss of the sarcoglycan complex, sarcospan, and a disruption of alpha-dystroglycan association with membranes. In contrast, no change in the expression of epsilon-sarcoglycan (alpha-sarcoglycan homologue) was observed. Recombinant alpha-sarcoglycan adenovirus injection into Sgca-deficient muscles restored the sarcoglycan complex and sarcospan to the membrane. We propose that the sarcoglycan-sarcospan complex is requisite for stable association of alpha-dystroglycan with the sarcolemma. The Sgca-deficient mice will be a valuable model for elucidating the pathogenesis of sarcoglycan deficient limb-girdle muscular dystrophies and for the development of therapeutic strategies for this disease.


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Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/deficiência , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/deficiência , Distrofia Muscular Animal/etiologia , Proteínas de Neoplasias , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Proteínas de Transporte/biossíntese , Proteínas de Transporte/fisiologia , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/genética , DNA Complementar , Progressão da Doença , Distrofina/metabolismo , Técnicas de Transferência de Genes , Glicoproteínas/metabolismo , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Proteínas de Membrana/biossíntese , Proteínas de Membrana/fisiologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Contração Muscular , Distrofia Muscular Animal/fisiopatologia , Sarcoglicanas , Sarcolema/metabolismo
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Mol Cell ; 1(6): 841-8, 1998 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9660967

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Four types of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) are known to be caused by mutations in distinct sarcoglycan genes. The BIO 14.6 hamster is a model for sarcoglycan-deficient LGMD with a deletion in the delta-sarcoglycan (delta-SG) gene. We investigated the function of the sarcoglycan complex and the feasibility of sarcoglycan gene transfer for LGMD using a recombinant delta-SG adenovirus in the BIO 14.6 hamster. We demonstrate extensive long-term expression of delta-sarcoglycan and rescue of the entire sarcoglycan complex, as well as restored stable association of alpha-dystroglycan with the sarcolemma. Importantly, muscle fibers expressing delta-sarcoglycan lack morphological markers of muscular dystrophy and exhibit restored plasma membrane integrity. In summary, the sarcoglycan complex is requisite for the maintenance of sarcolemmal integrity, and primary mutations in individual sarcoglycan components can be corrected in vivo.


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Adenoviridae , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/genética , Técnicas de Transferência de Genes , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Distrofia Muscular Animal/genética , Distrofia Muscular Animal/terapia , Animais , Cricetinae , Humanos , Injeções Intramusculares , Masculino , Microinjeções , Fibras Musculares Esqueléticas/química , Fibras Musculares Esqueléticas/fisiologia , Músculo Esquelético/química , Músculo Esquelético/citologia , Músculo Esquelético/fisiopatologia , Mutação/fisiologia , Plasmídeos/farmacologia , Proteínas Recombinantes/farmacologia , Sarcoglicanas , Sarcolema/fisiologia
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Eur J Dermatol ; 8(5): 353-4, 1998.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9683868

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Papular mucinosis is a rare, papular eruption caused by the dermal deposition of mucin. Three clinical subtypes have been described. The evolution is usually chronic and no effective treatment is available. Papular mucinosis has recently been reported in patients with AIDS. We describe another case of papular mucinosis in an HIV patient with an uncommonly rapid, total regression.


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Infecções por HIV/complicações , Erupções Liquenoides/complicações , Mucinoses/complicações , Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Remissão Espontânea
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Neuromuscul Disord ; 8(1): 30-8, 1998 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9565988

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The sarcoglycan complex is involved in the etiology of four autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD2C-F). A missense mutation (T151R) in the beta-sarcoglycan gene on chromosome 4q12 has been shown to cause a mild form of LGMD2E in 11 families from a Southern Indiana Amish community sharing a common haplotype. We now report that two sibs from another Amish family with mild LGMD2E are compound heterozygotes for chromosome 4q12 markers. In order to characterize the genetic defect in this new family, we determined the genomic organization of the beta-sarcoglycan gene. A second missense mutation (R91C) has now been identified in this LGMD2E Amish family. This mutation is also present in the homozygous state in another family of probable Amish ancestry. Finally, analysis of all the components of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex was performed for the first time on a biopsy from a patient homozygous for the beta-sarcoglycan mutation (T151R). Interestingly, in addition to the loss of the entire sarcoglycan complex, we detected a reduction of alpha-dystroglycan which suggests a role for the sarcoglycan complex in stabilizing alpha-dystroglycan at the sarcolemma.


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Cromossomos Humanos Par 4 , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/genética , Etnicidade/genética , Glicoproteínas de Membrana/genética , Distrofias Musculares/genética , Mutação Puntual , Adolescente , Adulto , Processamento Alternativo , Sequência de Bases , Criança , Mapeamento Cromossômico , Distroglicanas , Distrofina , Éxons , Feminino , Genes Recessivos , Triagem de Portadores Genéticos , Haplótipos , Homozigoto , Humanos , Hipertrofia , Indiana , Íntrons , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Músculo Esquelético/patologia , Distrofias Musculares/patologia , Distrofias Musculares/fisiopatologia , Núcleo Familiar
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J Nucl Med ; 38(11): 1674-7, 1997 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9374331

RESUMO

UNLABELLED: This study was undertaken to verify whether 99mTc-sestamibi uptake parallels that of 3H-daunomycin in cells treated with multidrug resistance (MDR) reversing agents. Since we have detected in a previous work a moderate typical MDR phenotype in rat cardiac cells, a model of cultured myocardial cells was used. METHODS: Newborn-rat cultured myocardial cells were incubated 120 min with the MDR-reversing agent verapamil 50 microM, PSC833 1 microM or S9788 10 microM alone or in combination, and the cellular retention of 3H-daunomycin and 99mTc-sestamibi was counted. RESULTS: Hydrogen-3-daunomycin cellular accumulation was never modified by more than 15% when compared to control values, while 99mTc-sestamibi decreased to 75% +/- 32% (m +/- s.d.) of controls in the presence of S9788 and to 44% +/- 19% when S9788 was associated with verapamil. CONCLUSION: The variations of 99mTc-sestamibi and 3H-daunomycin cellular accumulation induced by MDR-reversing agents in cultured myocardial cells can be dramatically different. While some MDR-reversing agents can significantly increase the 3H-daunomycin retention in cardiac cells, they have unexpected effects on that of 99mTc-sestamibi.


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Membro 1 da Subfamília B de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/metabolismo , Antineoplásicos/farmacocinética , Daunorrubicina/farmacocinética , Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Tecnécio Tc 99m Sestamibi/farmacocinética , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Células Cultivadas , Ciclosporinas/farmacologia , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Genes MDR/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas In Vitro , Miocárdio/citologia , Piperidinas/farmacologia , Cintilografia , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Triazinas/farmacologia , Trítio/farmacocinética , Verapamil/farmacologia
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Leukemia ; 11(7): 1095-106, 1997 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9204997

RESUMO

Since there is no consensus on the techniques for multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype evaluation, many discrepancies concerning the importance and frequency of mdr1 gene expression in leukemias and solid tumors are observed in the literature. In order to establish an inter-laboratory consensus in France, a multicenter study was carried out to propose further guidelines for MDR phenotype evaluation. The techniques used by the 38 laboratories participating in the trial were: immunodetection (immunohisto and/or cytochemistry, flow cytometry), functional tests, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or Northern blot. We present the results obtained by 19 laboratories concerning the measurement of mdr1 gene expression assessed by RT-PCR or Northern blot in: (1)19 samples of tumor cells obtained from leukemic patients; (2) six solid tumor samples obtained at surgery; (3) eight cell lines exhibiting variable levels of resistance, and; (4)10 preparations of RNA and of cDNA obtained from solid tumors. Standardization of the RT-PCR technique and preliminary results comparing RT-PCR with immunohistochemistry in solid tumors are also reported.


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Membro 1 da Subfamília B de Cassetes de Ligação de ATP/genética , Leucemia/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase/normas , DNA Complementar/análise , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , RNA/análise
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Am J Cardiol ; 79(5): 545-52, 1997 Mar 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9068506

RESUMO

To assess the effect of optimal directional coronary atherectomy (DCA) on restenosis and left ventricular (LV) function, 95 patients who underwent DCA and adjunctive balloon angioplasty for de novo lesions were prospectively followed for 6 months. Absolute and relative coronary lumen measurements were analyzed with online quantitative coronary angiography. LV volumes, ejection fraction, and segmental wall motion were measured off-line according to the radial method for LV cineangiograms acquired in a right anterior oblique projection. Target vessels were the left anterior descending artery in 63 patients and right coronary artery in 32. Mean (+/- SD) reference diameter was 3.58 +/- 0.65 mm. Mean lumen diameter improved significantly after DCA from 1.19 +/- 0.44 to 3.03 +/- 0.45 mm, yielding a 14 +/- 10% residual stenosis. Overall angiographic restenosis rate (> 50% stenosis in diameter) at control was 23%. In patients without restenosis, there were no significant changes in LV volumes or in LV pressures. In this subgroup, ejection fraction improved significantly in the left anterior descending group (mean difference 3 +/- 10%, p < 0.04). Moreover, there was an increase in fractional shortening of all anterior segments (mean difference 11 +/- 16%, p < 0.005). Improvement in fractional shortening was less marked in the right coronary artery group even without restenosis. We conclude that: (1) optimal DCA can achieve a low restenosis rate in selected large vessels, (2) long-term beneficial effects on regional LV function are possible, particularly in patients with left anterior descending disease and in the absence of coronary restenosis.


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Aterectomia Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/cirurgia , Doença das Coronárias/cirurgia , Função Ventricular Esquerda , Angioplastia Coronária com Balão , Volume Cardíaco , Cinerradiografia , Constrição Patológica/fisiopatologia , Constrição Patológica/cirurgia , Constrição Patológica/terapia , Angiografia Coronária , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/fisiopatologia , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/terapia , Doença das Coronárias/fisiopatologia , Doença das Coronárias/terapia , Vasos Coronários/patologia , Vasos Coronários/cirurgia , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Contração Miocárdica , Estudos Prospectivos , Recidiva , Volume Sistólico , Pressão Ventricular
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