[Epigenetic Mechanisms of Peptide-Driven Regulation and Neuroprotective Protein FKBP1b].

Cortexin is a clinically approved cerebral cortex polypeptide complex in calves. The mechanism of cortexin action is not understood well. Two cortexin derivatives, short peptides EDR and DS with neuroprotective activity, were synthesized. According to the data of molecular modeling, these peptides are able to bind to the histone H1.3 protein. This can affect the conformation of histone H1.3, which leads to a change in the chromatin structure in the loci of some genes, in particular Fkbp1b encoding the FK506-binding protein. Electrophysiological processes associated with the Ca^(2+) exchange are disturbed in the pyramidal neurons of the hippocampus during aging of the brain. The Fkbp1b gene encodes peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase, regulating the release of calcium ions from the sarcoplasmic and endoplasmic reticulum of neurons. The activation of the Fkbp1b gene transcription under treatment with short peptides can promote the synthesis of its protein product and the activation of the Ca^(2+) release from organelles of the sarcoplasmic and endoplasmic reticulum of neurons, which, in turn, can lead to an increase in the functional activity of neurons.

Role of LIF Cytokine and CD34 Angiogenesis Marker in Non-Developing Pregnancy.

The expression of cytokine LIF (leukemia inhibiting factor) in the endometrium of women of young reproductive age with non-developing pregnancy of unknown genesis is higher than in older women and women with infection-related miscarriages by 1.26 and 1.43 times, respectively. The expression of angiogenesis marker CD34 in the endometrium of young women with non-developing pregnancy of unknown origin is 1.59 times higher and in case of endometrial inflammation 1.31 times higher than in women of the older reproductive age with the same disease. Correlation between the endometrial expression of LIF and CD34 is detected in women of the younger reproductive age with non-developing pregnancy of unknown etiology. The expression of LIF and CD34 can be used for endometrial function evaluation in women of different age with first trimester non-developing pregnancy.