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This study aims to explore the effect of advanced glycosylation end products (AGEs) on proliferation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in vitro and the underlying mechanism. Bone marrow cell proliferation was determined by WST-8 assay using Cell Counting Kit-8 under the intervention of AGEs. In addition, the content of maldondialdehyde (MDA) and the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) were also measured. The proliferation activity of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) was significantly inhibited when AGEs were added to culture medium, and this effect was dose-dependent and time-dependent. As the concentration of AGEs-bovine serum albumin increased, the content of intracellular MDA was significantly increased, but the activity of SOD in cell homogenates was significantly suppressed, which also showed a dose-dependent manner. AGEs could significantly inhibit the proliferation of MSCs in vitro by improving the oxidative stress in MSCs and breaking the homeostasis of intracellular environment.
Assuntos
Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Produtos Finais de Glicação Avançada/farmacologia , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/efeitos dos fármacos , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Células Cultivadas , Microambiente Celular , Meios de Cultura , Homeostase , Humanos , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/citologia , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of ovotesticular disorders of sex development (DSD) in children. METHODS: We reviewed the clinical data of 9 cases of ovotesticular DSD admitted in our department from 1988 to 2007. RESULTS: The patients ranged in age from 9 months to 9 years, 7 raised as males and 2 as females. As for the karyotype, 4 cases were 46,XX, 2 were 46,XX/46,XY, 1 was 46,XY, and the other 2 had no karyotype data. All of them presented with obscure external genitalia: perineal or penoscrotal hypospadias with or without cryptorchidism in males and hypertrophy of the clitoris in females. They were diagnosed with ovotesticular DSD by gonad biopsy and underwent genitoplasty. CONCLUSION: The gender assignment of the ovotesticular DSD patient was chiefly based on the development of external genitalia, dominant gonad, karyotype and the parent's will. Laparoscopic technology is recommended in gonad biopsy and orchiopexy during the treatment of ovotesticular DSD.