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1.
Georgian Med News ; (345): 196-202, 2023 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38325323

RESUMO

A major issue among adolescents in recent years has been social isolation, or the sensation cut off and alone from peers and society. The effects of social isolation on youngsters and adolescents are investigated with special attention paying to the possible negative effects on their physical and mental health. Multiple studies have shown a link between adversity in life domains and adolescent social isolation. Firstly, it can have a major effect on mental health, raising the probability of experiencing things like anxiety, sadness and even suicidal thoughts. Second, it prevents the development of vital social abilities, making it harder to make and keep close friends. In addition, social isolation is associated with worse academic performance, which in turn reduces the number of courses a student can take and the number of jobs they can have in the future. After looking over 520 papers, 15 were chosen for the systematic review. Four researches reported the implications on general health, while two investigations reported on ramifications affecting the Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis area along with social and mental growth of children. In conclusion, social isolation affects youth development across a wide spectrum, including psychological well-being, interpersonal skills, and academic success. Children and adolescents who experience isolation are more likely to suffer from anxiety and sadness, according to the review's findings. Cortical levels rise and mental growth slows in socially isolated children. Children and adolescents should be monitored by health professionals during and after the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that their mental and physical health needs are met.


Assuntos
Isolamento Social , Humanos , Adolescente , Isolamento Social/psicologia , Criança , Saúde Mental , COVID-19/psicologia , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , COVID-19/epidemiologia , Ansiedade/psicologia , Desenvolvimento do Adolescente/fisiologia
2.
J Cell Biol ; 115(4): 1091-105, 1991 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1955457

RESUMO

Isoform-specific antibodies to TGF beta 1, TGF beta 2, and TGF beta 3 proteins were generated and have been used to examine the expression of these factors in the developing mouse embryo from 12.5-18.5 d post coitum (d.p.c.). These studies demonstrate the initial characterization of both TGF beta 2 and beta 3 in mammalian embryogenesis and are compared with TGF beta 1. Expression of one or all three TGF beta proteins was observed in many tissues, e.g., cartilage, bone, teeth, muscle, heart, blood vessels, lung, kidney, gut, liver, eye, ear, skin, and nervous tissue. Furthermore, all three TGF beta proteins demonstrated discrete cell-specific patterns of expression at various stages of development and the wide variety of tissues expressing TGF beta proteins represent all three primary embryonic germ layers. For example, specific localization of TGF beta 1 was observed in the lens fibers of the eye (ectoderm), TGF beta 2 in the cortex of the adrenal gland (mesoderm), and TGF beta 3 in the cochlear epithelium of the inner ear (endoderm). Compared to the expression of TGF beta mRNA transcripts in a given embryonic tissue, TGF beta proteins were frequently colocalized within the same cell type as the mRNA, but in some cases were observed to localize to different cells than the mRNA, thereby indicating that a complex pattern of transcription, translation, and secretion for TGF beta s 1-3 exists in the mouse embryo. This also indicates that TGF beta 1, beta 2, and beta 3 act through both paracrine and autocrine mechanisms during mammalian embryogenesis.


Assuntos
Embrião de Mamíferos/metabolismo , Desenvolvimento Embrionário e Fetal , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Animais , Anticorpos/imunologia , Especificidade de Anticorpos , Western Blotting , Desenvolvimento Embrionário e Fetal/genética , Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Camundongos , Conformação Molecular , Especificidade de Órgãos/genética , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/genética
3.
Science ; 185(4149): 444-5, 1974 Aug 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-4841147

RESUMO

A gonadotropin similar to human chorionic gonadotropin or luteinizing hormone has been demonstrated in rabbit blastocyst prior to implantation. The gonadotropin has been detected by a radioreceptor assay for human chorionic gonadotropin with the use of the plasma membranes of bovine corpora lutea obtained during the first trimester of pregnancy. The concentrations of the human chorionic gonadotropin or luteinizing hormone per milliliter of blastocyst fluid were tenfold higher than those in the blood of pregnant rabbits on days 5 and 6 after mating.


Assuntos
Blastocisto/metabolismo , Implantação do Embrião , Gonadotropinas/biossíntese , Animais , Ligação Competitiva , Blastocisto/análise , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Gonadotropina Coriônica/sangue , Gonadotropina Coriônica/metabolismo , Corpo Lúteo/metabolismo , Feminino , Gonadotropinas/análise , Humanos , Radioisótopos do Iodo , Hormônio Luteinizante/sangue , Hormônio Luteinizante/metabolismo , Gravidez , Testes de Gravidez , Ligação Proteica , Coelhos , Ensaio Radioligante
4.
Science ; 198(4318): 738, 1977 Nov 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-910156

RESUMO

A group of 590 women who, 4 to 5 weeks after their last menstrual period, were confirmed to be pregnant, as measured by the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) by radioreceptor assay. Nine of these women had serum hCG levels approximately twofold higher than the others and were suspected of having twin pregnancy. When these women were tested at 12 weeks of gestation, pelvic sonography confirmed twin pregnancies in all the nine cases. Serum hCG levels thus provide a simple, rapid, and easy method to detect twin pregnancy.


Assuntos
Gonadotropina Coriônica/sangue , Testes Imunológicos de Gravidez , Gravidez Múltipla , Feminino , Humanos , Gravidez , Primeiro Trimestre da Gravidez , Gêmeos
5.
Science ; 184(4138): 793-5, 1974 May 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-4362476

RESUMO

A rapid, sensitive, and specific radioreceptor assay for the determination of human chorionic gonadotropin and luteinizing hormone in plasma is described. Plasma membranes of bovine corpora lutea of early pregnancy, which bind biologically active labeled human chorionic gonadotropin, have been used as receptor. Pregnancy could be detected by assaying the gonadotropin in plasma samples obtained from day 6 to 8 after conception.


Assuntos
Gonadotropina Coriônica/sangue , Testes de Gravidez , Ensaio Radioligante , Acromegalia/sangue , Animais , Bovinos , Corpo Lúteo/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Hipotireoidismo/sangue , Lactação , Hormônio Luteinizante/sangue , Menstruação , Gravidez , Receptores de Superfície Celular , Fatores de Tempo
6.
J Food Prot ; 69(6): 1463-7, 2006 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16786876

RESUMO

In a multicenter study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research, 1,646 samples of wheat grain collected from rural and urban areas of 10 states representing different geographical regions of India were analyzed for aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). AFB1 concentrations of > or = 5 microg kg(-1) were recorded in 40.3% of the samples, and concentrations above the Indian permissible regulatory limit of 30 microg kg(-1) were found in 16% of the samples. The proportion of samples with AFB1 concentrations above the Indian regulatory limit ranged from 1.7 to 55.8% in different states, with the minimum in Haryana and the maximum in Orissa. The variation in wheat contamination among states seems to be mainly the result of unsatisfactory storage conditions. Median AFB1 concentrations of 11, 18, and 32 microg kg(-1) were observed in samples from Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Orissa, respectively; concentrations in other states were <5 microg kg(-1). The maximum AFB1 concentration of 606 microg kg(-1) was observed in a sample from the state of Uttar Pradesh. The calculated probable daily intakes of AFB1 through consumption of contaminated wheat for the population in some states were much higher than the suggested provisional maximum tolerable daily intake. Human health hazards associated with such AFB1 exposure over time cannot be ruled out.


Assuntos
Aflatoxina B1/isolamento & purificação , Qualidade de Produtos para o Consumidor , Contaminação de Alimentos/análise , Manipulação de Alimentos/métodos , Venenos/isolamento & purificação , Triticum/química , Aflatoxina B1/análise , Microbiologia de Alimentos , Humanos , Incidência , Índia , Concentração Máxima Permitida , Venenos/análise , Triticum/microbiologia
7.
Food Nutr Bull ; 27(4): 311-5, 2006 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17209473

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Nutritional anemia is one of India's major public health problems. The prevalence of anemia ranges from 33% to 89% among pregnant women and is more than 60% among adolescent girls. Under the anemia prevention and control program of the Government of India, iron and folic acid tablets are distributed to pregnant women, but no such program exists for adolescent girls. OBJECTIVE: To assess the status of anemia among pregnant women and adolescent girls from 16 districts of 11 states of India. METHODS: A two-stage random sampling method was used to select 30 clusters on the basis of probability proportional to size. Anemia was diagnosed by estimating the hemoglobin concentration in the blood with the use of the indirect cyanmethemoglobin method. RESULTS: The survey data showed that 84.9% of pregnant women (n = 6,923) were anemic (hemoglobin < 110 g/L); 13.1% had severe anemia (hemoglobin < 70 g/L), and 60.1% had moderate anemia (hemoglobin > or = 70 to 100 g/L). Among adolescent girls (n = 4,337)from 16 districts, the overall prevalence of anemia (defined as hemoglobin < 120 g/L) was 90.1%, with 7.1% having severe anemia (hemoglobin < 70 g/L). CONCLUSIONS: Any intervention strategy for this population must address not only the problem of iron deficiency, but also deficiencies of other micronutrients, such as B12 and folic acid and other possible causal factors.


Assuntos
Anemia Ferropriva/epidemiologia , Anemia/epidemiologia , Hemoglobinas/análise , Ferro/uso terapêutico , Estado Nutricional , Complicações na Gravidez/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição do Adolescente , Adulto , Anemia/prevenção & controle , Anemia Ferropriva/prevenção & controle , Análise por Conglomerados , Feminino , Ácido Fólico/uso terapêutico , Deficiência de Ácido Fólico/epidemiologia , Deficiência de Ácido Fólico/prevenção & controle , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Gravidez , Complicações na Gravidez/prevenção & controle , Prevalência , Deficiência de Vitamina B 12/epidemiologia , Deficiência de Vitamina B 12/prevenção & controle
8.
Cancer Res ; 54(9): 2347-58, 1994 May 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8162580

RESUMO

Endometrial carcinoma is associated with antecedent simple and complex hyperplasia, and the endometrium is a target tissue for the action of cytokines and growth factors. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta s are potent cellular growth and differentiation regulatory factors. Therefore, we investigated the potential role for TGF-beta s in the normal proliferative endometrium and its possible involvement in the transition to complex hyperplasia and progression to endometrial carcinoma. The angiogenic and mitogenic growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, was used for comparison. Differential TGF-beta isoform-specific immunoreactivity was observed in the normal endometrium, which is composed of glandular and stromal cells. There was an increase in TGF-beta 3 but not TGF-beta 1 or TGF-beta 2 in the glandular epithelium from the proliferative to the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. Immunostaining for TGF-beta 2 was more intense in the stroma than the glands. In contrast, TGF-beta 1 and TGF-beta 3 were near equal intensity in these two endometrial compartments, TGF-beta 3 being the most intense. The glandular epithelium demonstrated a statistically significant stepwise increase in the expression of all three TGF-beta s progressing from the normal proliferative endometrium to simple hyperplasia and on to complex hyperplasia. However, the stromal cells maintained approximately the same level of immunoreactivity for TGF-beta in all these samples. In comparing proliferative endometrium with complex hyperplasia, there was a 5.1-, 3.4-, and 2.6-fold increase in immunostaining in the glands for TGF-beta 1, TGF-beta 2, and TGF-beta 3, respectively (P < or = 0.001). There was no further increase in immunoreactivity with progression from preneoplastic complex hyperplasia to carcinoma. Immunoreactive basic fibroblast growth factor was slight in normal endometrium and simple hyperplasia. There was a 4.6- and 4.2-fold increase in immunostaining observed in complex hyperplasia compared with proliferative endometrium in the glandular (P < or = 0.0054) and stromal (P < or = 0.0053) cells, respectively, with no further increase in carcinoma. By in situ hybridization, an increase in mRNA for all TGF-beta isoforms paralleled TGF-beta immunoreactivity. However, in contrast to the increased immunostaining in the glands in complex hyperplasia, there was remarkably more mRNA in the stromal cell compartment. The discordant expression of mRNA and protein was only observed in the pathological endometrium since both were more highly expressed in the stromal cells in normal proliferative endometrium.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)


Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/química , Hiperplasia Endometrial , Neoplasias do Endométrio/química , Endométrio/química , Fator 2 de Crescimento de Fibroblastos/análise , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/análise , Feminino , Humanos , Pós-Menopausa , RNA Mensageiro/análise
9.
Indian J Public Health ; 50(3): 173-8, 2006.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17191404

RESUMO

Maternal mortality is a major health and development concern. The available information on maternal mortality in rural India is inadequate and scanty. This study presented maternal mortality data from the demographically and developmentally (including for health) poor performing state of Uttar Pradesh. A descriptive, cross-sectional survey was conducted utilizing a stratified cluster sampling design between 1989-90 in eight districts of Uttar Pradesh. Four good performing districts namely, Agra, Farrukhabad, Ghaziabad and Badaun from the western region and four poor performing districts from the eastern region namely, Gorakhpur, Basti, Varanasi and Pratapgarh were chosen. A door-to-door household interview survey was carried out in the selected villages covering a population of 11.67 lakhs in 889 villages. Maternal mortality rates during 1989 ranged between 533745 per 100,000 live births except in Ghaziabad district where the rate was as low as 101 per 100,000 live births. The rate in Eastern U.P. was higher (573 per 100,000 live births) as compared to that in Western U.P. (472 per 100,000 live births). A total of 286 maternal deaths were reported during the study period. The direct obstetric causes accounted for 55.7% of maternal deaths with haemorrhage (26.4%) being the most prevalent. Anaemia and jaundice (17.4%) were the most prevalent indirect causes of maternal deaths. Most of the maternal deaths could have been prevented if timely medical care was available.


Assuntos
Mortalidade Materna , Complicações na Gravidez/epidemiologia , Saúde da População Rural , Adolescente , Adulto , Análise por Conglomerados , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Gravidez
10.
Biochim Biophys Acta ; 576(1): 81-7, 1979 Jan 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-367446

RESUMO

Based on the regeneration of the hormonal activity following recombination, the alpha and beta subunits of human follicle-stimulating hormone have been designated as 'functional' or 'nonfunctional'. Chemical modifications of the tryptophan, methionine, tyrosine and arginine residues of human follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and the 'functional' human follicle-stimulating hormone alpha and beta subunits have indicated that the tryptophan in human follicle-stimulating hormone-beta and human luteinizing hormone-beta is essential for the biological activity. The iodination of human follicle-stimulating hormone-alpha did not interfere with the hormonal activity. The modification of arginine abolishes the biological activity of the hormones. The accessibility of tyrosine and methionine in human follicle-stimulating hormone-alpha, of arginine in both native hormones and subunits, and the non-availability of the tryptophan residues to 2-hydroxy 5-nitrobenzyl bromide suggest that the alpha subunit lies on the surface of the native molecule.


Assuntos
Arginina , Hormônio Foliculoestimulante , Metionina , Triptofano , Tirosina , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Brometo de Cianogênio , Glioxal/análogos & derivados , Hormônio Liberador de Gonadotropina , Humanos , Iodetos , Iodoacetatos , Hormônio Luteinizante , Substâncias Macromoleculares
11.
Biochim Biophys Acta ; 624(2): 436-42, 1980 Aug 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6158338

RESUMO

Human follicle-stimulating hormone (human FSH), dansylated human FSH, human FSH-alpha and human FSH-beta subunits were individually conjugated by photoactivation to an azidobenzoyl derivative of a glycopeptide isolated from fetuin. The conjugates were purified on a column of Sephadex G-100. The carbohydrate content of the conjugated human FSH increased 2.7-fold with a concomitant 1.5- and 2-fold increase in the immunological and biological activity of the human FSH. The glucosamine content of the human FSH-alpha and human FSH-beta increased 6- and 1.4-fold, respectively, after conjugation. Human FSH-alpha conjugate, when recombined with untreated human FSH-beta showed up to 50% increase in the biological activity over the control. When the conjugated human FSH-beta was combined with untreated human FSH-alpha, there was little change in the biological activity. These experiments demonstrate that the photoactivation procedure, although random and site-nonspecific in nature, provides a potential means of attachment of glycopeptides to the protein moiety and enhancement of the hormonal activity of human FSH.


Assuntos
Hormônio Foliculoestimulante , alfa-Fetoproteínas , Configuração de Carboidratos , Sequência de Carboidratos , Humanos , Substâncias Macromoleculares , Fotoquímica , Ligação Proteica
12.
Biochim Biophys Acta ; 492(1): 186-93, 1977 May 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-861247

RESUMO

Amniotic fluid, obtained from women at term, was centrifuged and concentrated by ultrafiltration. The concentrated amniotic fluid was purified by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100 and ion-exchanged chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. The fractions obtained during purification procedures were assayed for prolactin and somatotropin activities by respective radioimmunoassays. The prolactin-rich fraction obtained from ion-exchange chromatography was further purified by isoelectric focusing. A yield of 0.21 mg of highly pruified prolactin containing 40 units/mg was obtained from 1 liter of the amniotic fluid. The prolactin was free of somatotropin and human placental lactogen.


Assuntos
Líquido Amniótico/análise , Prolactina/isolamento & purificação , Feminino , Hormônio do Crescimento/análise , Humanos , Lactogênio Placentário/análise , Gravidez , Radioimunoensaio
13.
Biochim Biophys Acta ; 624(2): 428-35, 1980 Aug 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6774759

RESUMO

Human follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) was digested with subtilisin, thermolysin, cyanogen gromide, pronase and trypsin to isolate the cystine-containing peptides. These peptides were purified by gel filtration through Sephadex G-50 column and by high-voltage paper electrophoresis at pH 6, 3.5 and/or 2. The location of the cystine-containing peptides in human FSH alpha- and beta-subunits was established by amino acid composition, end-group analysis and determination of the amino acid sequence by Edman degradation. The results indicate that the disulfide bonds are present between half-cystine residues located between positions 7 and 10, 28 and 87 and 82 and 84 in the alpha-subunit, and between positions 3 and 28, 17 and 51 and 32 and 104 in the beta-subunit of human FSH.


Assuntos
Dissulfetos/análise , Hormônio Foliculoestimulante , Hipófise/análise , Animais , Bovinos , Brometo de Cianogênio , Cistina/análise , Humanos , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/análise , Conformação Proteica , Ovinos , Especificidade da Espécie , Subtilisinas , Suínos , Termolisina
14.
Indian J Orthop ; 49(4): 458-64, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26229169

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Incidence of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) is increasing due to increase in human life expectancy and prevalence of osteoporosis. Vertebroplasty had been traditional treatment for pain, but it neither attempts to restore vertebral body height nor eliminates spinal deformity and is associated with a high rate of cement leakage. Balloon kyphoplasty involves introduction of inflatable balloon into the fractured body of vertebra for elevation of the end-plates prior to fixation of the fracture with bone cement. This study evaluates short term functional and radiological outcomes of balloon kyphoplasty. The secondary aim is to explore short-term complications of the procedure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of 199 kyphoplasty procedures in 135 patients from March 2009 to March 2012 were evaluated with short form-36 (SF-36) score, visual analogue scale (VAS), detailed neurological and radiological evaluations. The mean followup was 18 months (range 12-20 months). Statistical analysis including paired sample t-test was done with statistical package for social sciences. RESULTS: Statistically significant improvements in SF-36 (from 34.29 to 48.53, an improvement of 14.24, standard deviation (SD) - 20.08 P < 0.0001), VAS (drop of 4.49, from 6.74 to 2.24, SD - 1.44, P < 0.0001), percentage restoration of lost vertebral height (from 30.62% to 16.19%, improvement of 14.43%, SD - 15.37, P < 0.0001) and kyphotic angle correction (from 17.41° to 10.59°, improvement of 6.82, SD - 7.26°, P < 0.0001) were noted postoperatively. Six patients had cement embolism, 65 had cement leak and three had adjacent level fracture which required repeat kyphoplasty later. One patient with history of ischemic heart disease had cardiac arrest during the procedure. No patients had neurological deterioration in the followup period. CONCLUSIONS: Kyphoplasty is a safe and effective treatment for VCFs. It improves physical function, reduces pain and corrects kyphotic deformity.

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Endocrinology ; 100(5): 1403-8, 1977 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-849731

RESUMO

An improved method is described for the purification of prolactin from the same batch of acetone-dried pituitary glands which is used for the isolation of other anterior pituitary hormones. The residue obtained after the extraction of the glycoprotein fraction from the pituitary acetone powder was extracted for growth hormone. The supernatant after the precipitation of growth hormone at 50% ethanol concentration was adjusted to 85% in ethanol. To the supernatant obtained from that step an equal volume of acetone was added to precipitate the 'PRL fraction.' This fraction was further purified by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and isoelectric focussing. A yield of 23 mg prolactin, 37 U/mg, was obtained per 1000 g pituitary acetone powder.


Assuntos
Hipófise/análise , Prolactina/isolamento & purificação , Acetona , Cromatografia em Gel , Eletroforese Descontínua , Humanos , Focalização Isoelétrica , Métodos
16.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab ; 43(5): 1186-9, 1976 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-186480

RESUMO

The use of specific receptors has provided a novel method to prepare LH-free serum. LH-free serum was used in RRA to measure basal LH levels in serum of men and women during menstrual cycle as well as during post menopause.


Assuntos
Hormônio Luteinizante/sangue , Ensaio Radioligante , Receptores de Superfície Celular , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Corpo Lúteo/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Menopausa , Menstruação , Métodos , Gravidez , Radioimunoensaio , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo
17.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab ; 50(1): 169-75, 1980 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7350180

RESUMO

A simple, specific, rapid, centrifugation-free solid phase RIA for hCG has been developed. Purified gamma-globulin isolated from antisera produced against hCG-beta in rabbits is covalently linked to glutaraldehyde-activated aminopropyl glass beads. The entire assay can be completed within 3 h at room temperature. The sensitivity (1 ng/ml), precision (intra- and interassay variabilities, less than 10% and less than 15%, respectively), and specificity (0.4% cross-reactivity with LH) are comparable to other methods. The hCG levels determined by the present method show good correlation with those obtained by another RIA and by radioreceptorassay. The present method also provides the basis for the development of similar rapid and sensitive assays of other hormones.


Assuntos
Gonadotropina Coriônica/análise , Reações Cruzadas , Feminino , Vidro , Humanos , Microquímica , Gravidez , Radioimunoensaio/métodos
18.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab ; 83(2): 476-80, 1998 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9467560

RESUMO

We describe a patient with onset of puberty at the age of 5 yr. characterized by accelerated growth, enlargement of genitalia, pubarche, and serum hormone levels compatible with noncentral precocious puberty. Exon 11 of the LH receptor gene was amplified from genomic DNA by PCR and directly sequenced. We identified a heterozygous C to T base change at nucleotide position 1126, exchanging codon 373 from Ala to Val in the first transmembrane domain. The LH receptor sequence of the parents was normal. The mutated receptor displayed an up to 7.5-fold increase in basal cAMP production compared to that of the wild-type receptor in transiently transfected COS-7 cells. Treatment of the patient with ketoconazole resulted in inconsistent suppression of serum testosterone levels. At the age of 9.1 yr, central activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis occurred. Additional treatment with a GnRH agonist led to complete suppression of testosterone secretion. This is the first description of constitutive activation of the LH receptor in the first transmembrane segment. It suggests the involvement of the first transmembrane helix in signal transduction and provides further insight into the structural organization of the seven transmembrane domains of the glycoprotein hormone receptor proteins.


Assuntos
Mutação , Puberdade Precoce/genética , Receptores do LH/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Sequência de Bases , Células COS , Criança , Gonadotropina Coriônica/farmacologia , AMP Cíclico/biossíntese , DNA/análise , Éxons , Humanos , Masculino , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Puberdade Precoce/tratamento farmacológico , Receptores do LH/química , Receptores do LH/metabolismo , Análise de Sequência , Homologia de Sequência , Transfecção , Pamoato de Triptorrelina/uso terapêutico
19.
Am J Med ; 68(1): 105-12, 1980 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7350796

RESUMO

This study was designed to test the feasibility of a patient-monitored glucose determination program to establish and maintain normal blood glucose levels. Ten pregnant women, who were insulin-dependent diabetics prior to becoming pregnant and who were in their eighth week or less of pregnancy, were offered the program. All 10 accepted and continued the program for the duration of their pregnancy. Normal plasma glucose (60 to 140; mean = 80 mg/dl) levels were achieved after one week of the program and were maintained throughout the pregnancy as documented by 5 to 8 blood glucose determinations a day. The hemoglobin A1c level, which was elevated in all 10 patients at the start (9.4 +/- 1.6 per cent) of the program, fell into the normal range (2 to 5.0 per cent) five weeks after glucose values became normal. Serum estradiol (0.8 +/- 0.6 ng/ml), serum prolactin (10 +/- 9 ng/ml) and serum human chorionic gonadotropin (5,500 +/- 1,700 ng/ml), although all abnormal at the start of the program, became normal after glucose control was achieved (program weeks 4, 5 and 6, respectively). The infants showed no signs of macrosomnia (2,988 +/- 959 g), hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, hypocalcemia, erythremia or respiratory distress. Therefore, a program to maintain normal blood glucose levels during a diabetic patient's pregnancy is not only possible but may also improve the pregnancy and the outcome.


Assuntos
Glicemia/metabolismo , Insulina/uso terapêutico , Gravidez em Diabéticas/sangue , Adulto , Glicemia/análise , Gonadotropina Coriônica/sangue , Dieta para Diabéticos , Estradiol/sangue , Feminino , Hemoglobina A/análise , Humanos , Cooperação do Paciente , Gravidez , Gravidez em Diabéticas/terapia , Prolactina/sangue
20.
Biotechnol Adv ; 10(4): 577-95, 1992.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14543707

RESUMO

Rifampicin, an important antibiotic, is manufactured by chemical conversion of rifamycin S which is obtained by the chemical modification of rifamycin B. Rifamycin B is a product of Nocardia mediterranei fermentations. The chemical conversion of rifamycin B to rifamycin S has many disadvantages: Strong acidic conditions are required, heavy foam formation accompanies transformation and the yields are low. This review highlights the developments in alternative, biochemical transformations using enzymes and cells; the main focus is on transformations carried out by rifamycin oxidase.

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