[Sulfonium derivatives of thioxanthenone, a new class of photodetritylating agents for microarray oligonucleotide synthesis].

The usability of a new class of photo acids, namely, sulfonium hexaphosphates based on thioxanthenone, for the removal of the dimethoxytrityl protective group in the process of oligonucleotide synthesis has been studied in order to search for new detritylating agents for microarray oligodeoxyribonucleotide synthesis. 2,4-Diethyl-9-oxo-10-(4-heptyloxyphenyl)-9H-thioxanthenium hexafluorophosphate has been successfully used for the solid-phase synthesis of (dT)(10).

[Rapid identification of mycobacteria using laser fluorescence].

AIM: To develop rapid method of identification of mycobacteria based on laser fluorescence. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Characteristics of laser-induced fluorescence of 19 bacteria species, including 17 species of mycobacteria, were studied. Identification of microorganisms was performed using measurement of spectral-fluorescent characteristics. RESULTS: Library of spectral-fluorescent characteristics of mycobacteria in different concentrations ratios and associations was created, which formed the basis of database for identification of mycobacteria by laser-fluorescent method. Principles of diagnostic algorithm of indication and differentiation of mycobacteria using this method were developed. Effect of myramistin for increasing the intensity of mycobacteria fluorescence, account of the diffracting characteristics of medium for adjustment of spectral characteristics of mycobacteria and processing of data by factor analysis are needed. Efficacy of the method was 80 - 90%. CONCLUSION: Principles of rapid identification of mycobacteria and their associations developed on the basis of laser-fluorescent method are experimentally founded and tested on unknown cultures of mycobacteria and objectively prove the possibility to apply this method for express identification of mycobacteria belonging to M. tuberculosis complex as well as non-tuberculous mycobacteria.

[Antimicrobial activity determination of the preparations used in comprehensive treatment of patients with parodontitis].

Determination of antimicrobic activity of the preparations of Metrogyl denta, Cholisal and Solcoseryl on the complex culture of microorganisms employing the developed procedure was carried out. Degree of the antimicrobic action manifestation of each preparation was revealed.

[Modelling of photoinducted diffusion of antimicrobial preparations in gingival tissues and face skin].

The study was made of laser radiation influence upon diffusion speed of medicines applied on tissue surface. Photophoresis use allow to increase diffusion speed of medicines applied on parodontal tissues and face skin during photophoresis process.

[Frequency of RET/PTC rearrangement and somatic BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid cancer].

Frequency of RET/PTC rearrangement and somatic BRAF mutation was investigated in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) vis-a-vis relevant demographic and clinico-pathological features. The study group included 76 patients with a female/male ratio of 4.8:1; mean age - 45.7 +/- 9.7 yrs. BRAF mutation was identified in 49 (65%) (V600E--47, KSRWS600--1 and E585K--1). RET rearrangement was detected in 9 (12%): RET/PTC1--5, RET/PTC3--2, unspecified RET/PTC--1 and delta RET/PTC--1. It was age at diagnosis alone that proved to be consistently associated with BRAF mutations (p = 0.017). Younger tumor patients were mostly prone to RET/PTC rearrangement (p = 0.08). No correlation between mutation and clinico-pathological features was established.

[Age- and sex-related differences in sensitivity to hepatotoxic action of estragole in mice].

As determined by blood activity of alanine- and aspartate aminotransferases, intraperitoneal injection of estragole in subcarcinogenic dose 300 mg/kg does not damage the liver of suckling off-spring of both sexes and of adult SWR/J males but drastically damages it in mature females of this strain. Castration only slightly decreases the resistance of males to hepatotoxic action of estragole but significantly increases it in females; exogenous administration of estradiole benzoate to castrated males decreases their resistance to the hepatotoxin, whereas administration of testosterone propionate to ovariectomyzed females does not elevate it. Morphologically, estragole damages the same number of liver cells in females and males, but in males it induces mostly hydropic degenerative, and in females--necrotic changes of hepatocytes.

[Abnormal methylation of p16/CDKN2A AND p14/ARF genes GpG Islands in non-small cell lung cancer and in acute lymphoblastic leukemia]. / Sravnitel'nyi analiz anomal'nogo metilirovaniia CpG-ostrovkov, raspolozhennykh v promotornykh oblastiakh genov p16/CDKN2A i p14/ARF, pri nemelkokletochnom rake legkogo i ostrom limfoblastnom leikoze.

Multiplex methylation-sensitive PCR and methylation-specific PCR were employed in studying the methylation of CpG islands in the p16/CDKN2A and p14/ARF promoter and the first exon regions in non-small cell lung cancer (54 samples) and acute B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (61 samples). Differences in methylation were detected between types of neoplasia as well as between CpG islands studied within the same types of tumors. High level of the p16/CDKN2A first exon CpC island methylation was revealed in non-small cell lung cancer (68%) and in acute B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia (55%) and the CpG island of p14/ARF first exon was nonmethylated in these types of tumors. The methylation of CpG-rich fragments of genes p16/CDKN2A and p14/ARF promoters was analysed. As was found out, CpG islands located in 5' areas of one and the same gene can differ in methylation frequencies. The comparison of sensitivity between methylation-specific PCR and methylation-sensitive PCR used in the methylations studies was carried out.

[Molecular analysis of structural abnormalities in papillary thyroid carcinoma gene]. / Molekuliarnyi analiz strukturnykh narushenii genoma papilliarnykh kartsinom shchitovidnoi zhelezy.

Rearrangements of the RET proto-oncogene (RET/PTC) and BRAF gene mutations are the major genetic alterations in the etiopathogenesis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We have analyzed a series of 118 benign and malignant follicular cell-derived thyroid tumors for RET/PTC rearrangements and BRAF gene mutations. Oncogenic rearrangements of RET proto-oncogene was revealed by semiquantitative RT-PCR of simultaneously generated fragments corresponding to tyrosine kinase (TK) and extracellular RET domains. The clear quantitative shift toward the TK fragment is indicative for the presence of RET rearrangements. The overall frequency of RET/PTC rearrangements in PTC was 14% (12 of 85), including 7 RET/PTC1, 2 RET/PTC3, 1 deltaRFP/RET and 2 apparently uncharacterized rearrangements. The most common T1796A transversion in BRAF gene was detected in 55 of 91 PTC (60%) using mutant-allele-specific PCR. We also identified two additional mutations: the substitution G1753A (E585K) and a case of 12-bp deletion in BRAF exon 15. Moreover, there was no overlap between PTC harboring BRAF and RET/PTC mutations, which altogether were present in 75.8% of cases (69 of 91). Taken together, our observations are consistent with the notion that BRAF mutations appear to be an alternative pathway to oncogenic MAPK activation in PTCs without RET/PTC activation. Neither RET/PTC rearrangements nor BRAF muta-tions were detected in any of 3 follicular thyroid carcinomas, 11 follicular adenomas and 13 nodular goiters. The high prevalence of BRAF mutations and RET/PTC rearrangements in PTCs and the specificity of these alterations to PTC make them potentially important markers for the preoperative tumor diagnosis.

[Diagnostics for epigenetic pathology in hereditary and oncologic diseases]. / Diagnostika épigeneticheskoi patologii pri nasledstvennykh i onkologicheskikh zabolevaniiakh.

The review considers the epigenetic defects and their diagnostics in several hereditary disorders and tumors. Aberrant methylation of the promoter or regulatory region of a gene results in its functional inactivation, which is phenotypically similar to structural deletion. Screening tests were developed for Prader-Willi, Angelman, Wiedemann-Beckwith, and Martin-Bell syndromes and mental retardation FRAXE. The tests are based on allele methylation analysis by methylation-specific or methylation-sensitive PCR. Carcinogenesis-associated genes (RB1, CDKN2A, ARF14, HIC1, CDI, etc.) are often methylated in tumors. Tumors differ in methylation frequencies, allowing differential diagnostics. Aberrant methylation of tumor suppressor genes occurs in early carcinogenesis, and its detection may be employed in presymptomatic diagnostics of tumors.

[Diagnosis and treatment of syndrome of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2]. / Diagnostika i lechenie sindroma mnozhestvennykh éndokrinnykh neoplazii 2-go tipa.

Since 1969 to 2000 twenty one patients from 16 families with syndrome of multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type 2 were examined. Medullary cancer of the thyroid gland (MCTG) was diagnosed in 18 patients, pheochromocytoma--in 15 (in 13 of them--two-sided), primary hyperparathyroidism--in 2. In 9 patients from 5 families syndrome MEN 2 was confirmed genetically (mutation in codon 634 of 11th exon RET in 7 patients with MEN 2a and in codon 918 in 2 patients with MEN 2b). None of the patients had extraadrenal pheochromocytoma, in 9 (60%) patients multicentric tumors within one adrenal gland were diagnosed. All the 18 patients with MCTG underwent extrafascial thyroidectomy with removal of fat and lymph nodes of paratracheal zone, 9 patients--one-sided (6) or two-sided (3) removal of fat and lymph nodes of lateral triangle of neck. Prophylactic thyreoidectomy was performed in 11-year old patient with genetically verified MEN 2a and without topical data of MCTG, 2 patients of 3 and 19 years of age with genetically verified MEN 2 are to undergo prophylactic thyroidectomy. Prophylactic thyroidectomy is necessary in the presence of genetic disorders in members of families with MEN 2 despite absence of structural changes in thyroid gland. Level of basal and stimulated calcitonin may be used as marker of recurrence or metastatic growth only. In MEN 2 after organ-saving operation rate of true recurrence of tumor is high because of genetic damage of medullary layer of adrenal gland.

[A computerized expert system for the diagnosis and prognosis of the course of acute odontogenic inflammatory diseases (DIAPRO)]. / Komp'iuternaia ékspertnaia sistema diagnostiki i prognozirovaniia techeniia ostrykh odontogennykh vospalitel'nykh zabolevanii (DIAPRO).

A computer-aided expert system for diagnosis and prediction of the course of acute odontogenic inflammatory diseases DIAPRO is created. Based on commonly used laboratory and clinical parameters, it permits a long-distance diagnosis of acute maxillofacial inflammations and their complications and provides data for 13 signs of patient's status.

[A set of instruments for laser choledochotomy and papillosphincterotomy]. / Komplekt instrumentov dlia lazernoi kholedokhotomii i papillosfinkterotomii.

Development and series production of a special instrument for realization of extrahepatic biliary tract surgery with the use of laser surgery units Skalpel-1, Romashka-1 and Romashka-2 is planned for 1987. It will expand the possibilities of biliary tract laser surgery and increase the effect of surgical interventions.