[Immunohistochemical study of Ki-67, p53 and Notch1 expressions in prostate cancer of different grades]. / Immunogistokhimicheskoe issledovanie ekspressii Ki-67, p53 i Notch1 v adenokartsinomakh predstatel'noi zhelezy razlichnoi stepeni zlokachestvennosti.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prognostic value of the expression of Ki-67, p53, and Notch1 in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Surgical and diagnostic materials obtained from patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate intraepithelial neoplasia, and prostate cancer of different grades underwent studies; a total of 98 patients were examined. Cell antigens were determined using rabbit anti-Ki-67 monoclonal antibodies (Clone SP6), mouse anti-p53 monoclonal antibodies (Clone Y5), and recombinant anti-Notch1 antibodies (Clone EP1238Y). RESULTS: Comparing Ki-67, p53, and Notch1 expression indices revealed statistically significant differences. There was a significant direct correlation between Ki-67 and p53 expression indices and prostate cancer grade groups based on the morphological Gleason grading system (rs=0.736; p<0.001; rs=0.682; p=0.035, respectively) and a strong inverse correlation between Notch1 expression and prostate cancer grade groups (rs= -0.425, p<0.001). CONCLUSION: Notch1 expression in conjunction with the low proliferative activity of cells and the absence of p53 (Y5) protein may suggest that the mechanism of apoptosis is preserved in tumor cells, which expands indications for medical treatment of prostate cancer.

Stimulation of Spermatogenesis and Synthesis of Testosterone by Allotransplantation of Neonatal Testicular Tissue under Tunica Albuginea of Cryptorchid Testis.

The abdominal type of cryptorchism was modeled on random-bred albino rats by replacing both testes from the scrotum into the abdominal cavity for 3 weeks; thereupon they were manipulated into the scrotum. In control rats, no additional surgery was performed. In experimental rats, the testicular tissue obtained from 1-2-day rat pups was transplanted under testicular tunica albuginea. Prior to orchiopexy, the weight of testes decreased by 62.5-64.1%. In 6 month after the surgery, it increased by 36.1% in the control group, whereas in experimental rats the weight of testes elevated by 123.2% and approximated the normal value. Histologically, the control group demonstrated persistent disturbance in spermatogenesis with emptiness of numerous seminiferous tubules where only Sertoli cells could be revealed and with pronounced dystrophic alterations in the spermatogenous epithelium of the partially preserved tubules where spermatogenesis was blocked at the spermatogonial level. In contrast, the transplantation region of the experimental testes exhibited formation of novel mature testicular tissue enclosed by a connective tissue capsule incorporating the seminiferous tubules with differentiated epithelium and with the clusters of Leydig cells in the stroma. In 6 month, spermatogenesis was observed in most seminiferous tubules of the host testicular tissue, which had spermatozoa in the lumens. To the moment of orchiopexy, the blood testosterone decreased by about 2.5-fold. In control group it remained diminished during entire observation period (up to 6 month), while in the experiment group its level normalized completely as early as in 2 month and remained even elevated to the end of observation period.

Comparative analysis of proteome maps of Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates.

The gram-negative bacterium Helicobacter pylori is found in human gastric mucosa. A widely distributed H. pylori infection is associated with chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, and malignant neoplasms. In this study proteome maps of four H. pylori clinical isolates derived from patients of two Russian regions (Moscow/Moscow Region and Novosibirsk) were obtained using 2D-electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF-mass-spectrometry. Variability of some H. pylori proteins and the level of their expression have been evaluated. These four isolates could be easily subdivided into two equal groups characterized by the close proteome profiles and the isolate from Moscow Region and the isolate from Novosibirsk constituted one group. The present study demonstrates the potential of proteome technology, which can be employed together with genome and transcriptome studies for the multiparameter typing of clinical isolates of pathogenic microorganisms.