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The biochemical existing tool of diagnostic methods to lung cancer cases need to be improved. In order to validate an early screening of primary tumor patients, a developed a simple procedure or technique was demanded. The aims of this study were to provide an overview of alkaline Placental Alkaline Phosphatase activity in lung cancer. Using heating inactivation method regarding the measurement of Placental Alkaline Phosphatase activity as an early diagnosis marker in lung cancer cases. Total alkaline phosphatase and Placental alkaline phosphatase activity were measured in patients of Lung cancer patients who were classified according to the site of tumor by histological picture. ALP isoenzymes were identified by heat inactivation, and compared with the most frequently applied method (ELISA). Monitoring of the Total ALP and Placental ALP activity in the studied groups using two different methods were shown a highly performance of heating method by an experimental assessment to confirm the accuracy and validity of the proposed method. The distribution of serum placental ALP isoenzyme activity in patients and control groups which was measured by two different methods were found to be (20.2-43.1) IU/L respectively (measured by heating method) and (394.3- 454.5) pg/mL measured by ELISA method) respectively. Placental ALP isoenzyme showed a high significant activity in lung cancer patients than healthy control with p value less than (0.05). That application of the heat inactivation method yields similar indication to the ones obtained by the highly and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The results of detection Placental alkaline phosphatase in serum were in excellent agreement and could have a potentially extensive application for Placental alkaline phosphatase quantification.
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Objective During pregnancy , exosomes can be released from the placenta into maternal circulation and play im-portant roles in normal pregnancy or placenta-related diseases .We aimed to establish a simple and efficient method for isolating and i-dentifying placental exosomes from maternal serum and lay a foundation for the studies of pregnancy -related diseases . Methods Using sucrose gradient centrifugation with 8% PEG6000 precipitation twice , we isolated and purified placenta-derived exosomes from normal maternal serum and detected their molecular markers CD 63 , CD81 and PLAP by Western blot , followed by silver staining anal-ysis of the protein profile of the exosome pellet .We identified the morphology of the placenta-derived exosomes by transmission electron microscopy ( TEM) and measured the size and distribution of the particles by dynamic light scattering ( DLS) . Results Silver stai-ning of the protein profiles of the exosomes after sucrose gradient centrifugation clearly revealed the bands of the protein molecules . Western blot showed the expressions of CD 63, CD81, and PLAP in the 21-34%density layer, which demonstrated the presence of serum placental exosomes mainly in the 1.09-1.16 g/mL density layer.TEM exhibited that the placenta-derived exosomes were round or oval cup-shaped, specifically expressing PLAP, and the particles were uniform in size, with a mean diameter of (41.79 ±11.94) nm. Conclusion A simple, fast, and efficient method was successfully established for isolating placenta-derived exosomes from ma-ternal serum, which provides a basis for studying the roles of placental exosomes in normal pregnancy and placenta -related diseases.
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It has been observed that placental alkaline phosphatase (PAP) activity progressively rises as pregnancy advances, possibly, because of its increasing synthesis by placental tissue. The present investigation therefore, examines the relationship between placental alkaline phosphatase activity and the biochemical indices of foetal nutrition (cord blood glucose, albumin) and growth (neonatal birth weight). Placental and umbilical cord blood samples were collected from one hundred and five deliveries and prepared for both, placental alkaline phosphatase assay, and glucose and albumin estimations using standard procedures. The birth weights of the neonates at term were taken and recorded. Correlation analyses of the data obtained show significant positive relationships between PAP and cord blood glucose (r² = 0.86, p<0.05), albumin (r² = 0.71, p < 0.05) and birth weight (r² = 0.68, p<0.05), but no significant relationship with gestational age. PAP may be essential in nutrient mobilization to the foetus. However, further studies involving more subjects and an intrauterine growth retardation control group (IUGR) are required to fully document the present report.
Se ha observado que la actividad de la fosfatasa alcalina placentaria (PAP) aumenta progresivamente a medida que avanza el embarazo, posiblemente debido al incremento de su síntesis a través del tejido placentario. Por lo tanto, la presente investigación estudia la relación entre la actividad de la fosfatasa alcalina placentaria y los índices bioquímicos de la nutrición fetal (glucosa sanguínea de cordón umbilical, albúmina) y crecimiento (peso neonatal). Se recolectaron muestran placentarias y sanguíneas provenientes de 105 partos y preparadas tanto para el ensayo de fosfatasa alcalina placentaria como para estimaciones de glucosa y albúmina utilizando los procedimientos estándar. Se tomaron y registraron los pesos de los recién nacidos a término. El análisis y la correlación de los datos obtenidos muestran una relación significativamente positiva entre el PAP y la glucosa en sangre del cordón umbilical (r² = 0,86, P < 0,05), albúmina (r² = 0,71, P < 0,05) y peso al nacer (r² = 0,68, P < 0,05), pero no relación significativa con la edad gestacional. PAP puede ser esencial en la movilización de nutrientes para el feto. Sin embargo, se requieren estudios posteriores que incluyan más sujetos y un grupo control con retardo en el crecimiento intrauterino, para completar el presente reporte.