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1.
PLoS One ; 14(4): e0215093, 2019.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30986263

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) is a novel image-guided tissue ablation technology that induces cell death via very short but strong pulsed electric fields. IRE has been shown to have preserving properties towards vessels and nerves and the extracellular matrix. This makes IRE an ideal candidate to treat prostate cancer (PCa) where other treatment modalities frequently unselectively destroy surrounding structures inducing severe side effects like incontinence or impotence. We report the retrospective assessment of 471 IRE treatments in 429 patients of all grades and stages of PCa with 6-year maximum follow-up time. MATERIAL AND FINDINGS: The patient cohort consisted of low (25), intermediate (88) and high-risk cancers (312). All had multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging, and 199 men had additional 3D-mapping biopsy for diagnostic work-up prior to IRE. Patients were treated either focally (123), sub-whole-gland (154), whole-gland (134) or for recurrent disease (63) after previous radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, etc. Adverse effects were mild (19.7%), moderate (3.7%) and severe (1.4%), never life-threatening. Urinary continence was preserved in all cases. IRE-induced erectile dysfunction persisted in 3% of the evaluated cases 12 months post treatment. Mean transient IIEF-5-Score reduction was 33% within 12-month post IRE follow-up and 15% after 12 months. Recurrences within the follow-up period occurred in 10% of the treated men, 23 in or adjacent to the treatment field and 18 outside the treatment field (residuals). Including residuals for worst case analysis, Kaplan Maier estimation on recurrence rate at 5 years resulted in 5.6% (CI95: 1.8-16.93) for Gleason 6, 14.6% (CI95: 8.8-23.7) for Gleason 7 and 39.5% (CI95: 23.5-61.4) for Gleason 8-10. CONCLUSION: The results indicate comparable efficacy of IRE to standard radical prostatectomy in terms of 5-year recurrence rates and better preservation of urogenital function, proving the safety and suitability of IRE for PCa treatment. The data also shows that IRE, besides focal therapy of early PCa, can also be used for whole-gland ablations, in patients with recurrent PCa, and as a problem-solver for local tumor control in T4-cancers not amenable to surgery and radiation therapy anymore.


Assuntos
Eletroporação/métodos , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/terapia , Neoplasias da Próstata/terapia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Estudos Retrospectivos , Resultado do Tratamento
2.
Phys Rev Lett ; 113(22): 227001, 2014 Nov 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25494081

RESUMO

Our comprehensive study on EuFe_{2}As_{2} reveals a dramatic reduction of magnetic detwinning fields compared to other AFe_{2}As_{2} (A=Ba, Sr, Ca) iron pnictides by indirect magnetoelastic coupling of the Eu^{2+} ions. We find that only ∼0.1 T are sufficient for persistent detwinning below the local Eu^{2+} ordering; above T_{Eu}=19 K, higher fields are necessary. Even after the field is switched off, a significant imbalance of twin domains remains constant up to the structural and electronic phase transition (190 K). This persistent detwinning provides the unique possibility to study the low temperature electronic in-plane anisotropy of iron pnictides without applying any symmetry-breaking external force.

3.
Phys Rev Lett ; 110(23): 237002, 2013 Jun 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25167524

RESUMO

By systematic investigations of the magnetic, transport, and thermodynamic properties of single crystals of EuFe(2)(As(1-x)P(x))(2) (0≤x≤1), we explore the complex interplay of superconductivity and Eu(2+) magnetism. Below 30 K, two magnetic transitions are observed for all P substituted crystals, suggesting a revision of the phase diagram. In addition to the canted A-type antiferromagnetic order of Eu(2+) at ∼20 K, a spin glass transition is discovered at lower temperatures. Most remarkably, the reentrant spin glass state of EuFe(2)(As(1-x)P(x))(2) coexists with superconductivity around x≈0.2.

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Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol ; 263(11): 1023-30, 2006 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16847682

RESUMO

Little is known about the effectiveness of clinical courses as a learning environment. To accurately assess performance in these courses, equal conditions for all candidates are required. We investigated the influence of the proximity of the course to the students test taking, the students' learning styles, and their self-motivation for learning in relation to performance success. One hundred and eleven students were randomized into eight groups, each attending a 2 week course in otolaryngology with a high proportion of patient-related teaching, and a 2 week long course in neurology with a low level of patient-related teaching. All students took multiple-choice end-of-term exams to assess their knowledge in both subjects. There was a different time interval between the course participation and the test taking for each of the groups. Performance success was correlated with the different groups, as well as with the type of learning style (LIST questionnaire) and with motivation for learning (study interest questionnaire). Explorative rank variance analysis showed a significant correlation between students' performance on the written exam and the time interval between completion of the neurology course and test-taking, with the shortest interval corresponding to highest scores (P = 0.002). There was no such effect on the success rate in otolaryngology (P = 0.28). Study motivation was not the major component for performance success, but a strong correlation between the use of strategic and deep learning styles and success in the exam was observed (R = 0.62; P < 0.001). The duration of time between a clinical course with little practical teaching and the students' taking of the exam plays a significant role on performance success; this effect does not occur in a course with a high proportion of practical patient-related teaching. More studies on clinical courses are needed to establish how students can be given adequate opportunities to develop necessary skills for patient care and for objective success on assessment. With such further information, the effectiveness of clinical courses as a learning experience might be enhanced.


Assuntos
Competência Clínica , Educação Baseada em Competências/organização & administração , Educação de Graduação em Medicina/organização & administração , Neurologia/educação , Otolaringologia/educação , Humanos , Aprendizagem , Motivação , Estudantes de Medicina/psicologia , Fatores de Tempo
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Anticancer Res ; 25(1A): 213-24, 2005.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15816541

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: p53 is the most frequently mutated gene in human cancers and its functional integrity is an important predictor of treatment response and clinical outcome. The majority of mutations found in different types of cancer cluster within the DNA binding domain encoded by exons 5-8. In clinical specimens the functional status of p53 is, therefore, often evaluated by direct mutation analysis of exons 5-8 or indirectly by immunostaining and evaluation of the subcellular localization pattern or protein accumulation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a panel of glioma cell lines, the status of the P53 gene was analyzed by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE) of exons 5-8 and direct sequencing of all p53 exons. The nuclear accumulation of p53 in unstressed cells was assessed by immunostaining. These data were correlated with stress induction of the p53 protein, nuclear translocation and a direct determination of the transcriptional activity of endogenous p53 protein and induction of p53 target genes. RESULTS: Our analysis demonstrated that a p53 gene mutation analysis limited to exons 5-8 and analysis of immunostaining patterns can not serve as reliable predictors of functional p53 in tumor cells. Conversely, in some presumably rare cases, the transcriptional activity of p53 may be retained in tumor cells in the presence of a mutation and a pathological immunostaining pattern. In our analysis, the constitutive dephosphorylation at Ser 376 correlated with the nuclear accumulation of p53, but not with the transcriptional activity of the protein. This suggests that constitutive dephosphorylation at Ser376 may be one of the factors determining stabilization of mutant and wild-type p53, which is frequently observed in glial tumors. CONCLUSION: The incidence of a dysfunctional p53 protein in gliomas may be higher than expected, based on a single parameter evaluation by mutation analysis of exons 5-8 or assessment of p53 accumulation and subcellular localization by immunostaining.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/metabolismo , Glioma/genética , Glioma/metabolismo , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/fisiologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Eletroforese/métodos , Éxons/genética , Genes p53/genética , Humanos , Mutação , Fosforilação , Frações Subcelulares/metabolismo , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/genética , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/metabolismo
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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 146(5): 483-94, 2004 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15118886

RESUMO

Previous studies have demonstrated that inhibitors of the arachidonic acid metabolism block migration and sensitise human glioma cells to treatment inducing apoptosis. This paradigm may provide a new concept for anti-invasive treatment strategies targeting invasive glioma cells. However, the effect of such treatment on other cellular elements in glial tumours such as endothelial cells is unknown. In this study we have analysed the expression of metabolites of the arachidonic acid pathway in endothelial cells in vitro and in vivo and we have assessed the influence of inhibitors of this pathway on motility, capillary like tube formation, and apoptosis in human endothelial cells. Human endothelial cells (HUVEC) in culture showed expression for thromboxane synthase and both isoforms of cyclo-oxygenase, COX-1 and COX-2. Immunostaining demonstrated low levels of COX-1 expression in capillaries and larger vessels of normal brain and moderately elevated levels of this enzyme in small vessels of brain tumours of various grades. Both thromboxane synthase and COX-2 expression was limited to endothelial cells found in anaplastic gliomas and glioblastomas. Thromboxane synthase inhibitors strongly decreased endothelial cell migration in HUVEC in vitro and capillary like tube formation was strongly inhibited by the compound at a similar dose range. The non-selective cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor ASA and the selective COX-2 inhibitor sulindac only had a minor effect on endothelial cell migration, however, the COX-2 inhibitor sulindac showed a synergistic effect with the thromboxane synthase inhibitor. Thromboxane synthase inhibitors induced apoptosis in endothelial cells as demonstrated by intracellular histone-complexed DNA fragmentation. These data suggest that inhibitors of thromboxane synthase influence migration and apoptosis in both human glioma cells and human endothelial cells. An anti-invasive treatment strategy using this class of compounds may therefore not only sensitise glioma cells to conventional treatments inducing apoptosis but may also be supported by an anti-angiogenic effect.


Assuntos
Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Benzofuranos/farmacologia , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Endoteliais/fisiologia , Imidazóis/farmacologia , Tromboxano-A Sintase/antagonistas & inibidores , Ácido Araquidônico/antagonistas & inibidores , Ácido Araquidônico/metabolismo , Aspirina/farmacologia , Técnicas de Cultura de Células , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Inibidores de Ciclo-Oxigenase/farmacologia , Humanos , Neuroglia
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Disabil Rehabil ; 24(1-3): 47-58, 2002.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11827154

RESUMO

PURPOSE: There has been an increase in the use of service animals assisting persons with disabilities in the past decade. However many of the service dog agencies do not utilize an assessment that is designed to match the person to the animal in the rehabilitation and psycho-social domains. The purpose of this study was to develop the Service Animal Adaptive Intervention Assessment (SAAIA) and to measure the content validity, inter-rater reliability and clinical utility of the assessment. METHOD: Two subject groups were used. Subject group one had 43 subjects who measured the content validity and clinical utility of the SAAIA Survey. Subject group two had 12 subjects who measured the inter-rater reliability by completing the SAAIA using information obtained through a video-taped client case scenario. RESULTS: Content validity results indicated a good to high percentage of agreement and a fair percentage of agreement for clinical utility. Inter-rater reliability results indicate good to high agreement on six of the eight variables of the SAAIA. However, the Kappa score indicates low inter-rater reliability. CONCLUSION: Results indicate the SAAIA has good content validity and inter-rater reliability and fair clinical utility based on percent agreement. However, further research is needed on the reliability of the SAAIA.


Assuntos
Pessoas com Deficiência , Inquéritos e Questionários , Animais , Pessoas com Deficiência/reabilitação , Cães , Humanos , Tecnologia Assistiva
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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 144(1): 71-87, 2002 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11807649

RESUMO

We have previously identified thromboxane synthase as an important regulator of glioma cell migration. Inhibitors of this enzyme abrogate cell motility and induce apoptosis. However, the formation rate of thromboxanes is indirectly dependent on the activity of cyclo-oxygenase, which represents the rate-limiting step in the synthesis of prostaglandins and thromboxanes. In this study we have analyzed the expression of COX-1 and COX-2 in glioma cell lines and biopsies of glial tumors. In normal glia no expression of both COX isoforms was present, however, reactive astrocytes and glial tumors of all grades demonstrated expression of both COX-1 and COX-2. In contrast to inhibitors of thromboxane synthase, selective and non-selective cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors did not block cell motility. Specific COX-2 inhibitors resulted in growth inhibition and induction of intracellular DNA fragmentation indicative of apoptotic cell death. Treatment of glioma cells with thromboxane synthase inhibitors had a synergistic effect on induction of apoptosis by camptothecin, whereas COX inhibitors had not. Furthermore, combined treatment using COX-2 inhibitors and specific thromboxane synthase inhibitors did not show a synergistic increase of apoptosis. These data indicate that COX inhibitors and thromboxane synthase inhibitors influence apoptosis in glioma cells through different pathways. We hypothesize that, in contrast to the COX-2 inhibitors, thromboxane synthase inhibitors block the invasive phenotype of glioma cells and therefore increase the pro-apoptotic disposition of the cells and increase the susceptibility to induced apoptosis. This effect may be independent of prostaglandin synthesis controlled by cyclo-oxygenases.


Assuntos
Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Divisão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Movimento Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores de Ciclo-Oxigenase/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Glioma/patologia , Isoenzimas/antagonistas & inibidores , Tromboxano-A Sintase/antagonistas & inibidores , Ciclo-Oxigenase 1 , Ciclo-Oxigenase 2 , Inibidores de Ciclo-Oxigenase 2 , Humanos , Proteínas de Membrana , Invasividade Neoplásica , Prostaglandina-Endoperóxido Sintases , Prostaglandinas/biossíntese , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Acta Neurochir (Wien) ; 143(6): 563-73, 2001.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11534673

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Only less than half of the patients with malignant gliomas respond to a continuous high dose Tamoxifen (TAM) and/or Carboplatin (CP)-treatment. Therefore, a method for predicting the efficacy of TAM-treatment would be desirable. METHODS: Paralleling a clinical study, the predictive value of in vitro-sensitivity testing of TAM and TAM's metabolite 4-OH-TAM in primary cultures of tumour explants from 15 of a total of 50 patients was examined. Additionally, the influence of TAM, 4-OH-TAM, and CP on the proliferation of established glioblastoma cell lines and of those explanted from athymic nude mice and re-established in cell culture was investigated. Human glioblastomas xenotransplanted subcutaneously into athymic nude mice and subsequently treated with TAM and/or CP were examined in a parallel in vivo-study. FINDINGS: TAM-chemosensitivity-testing of glioblastomas failed to predict the clinical response to TAM-treatment in our patients and did not correlate with the in vivo-TAM-response of tumours xenotransplanted into nude mice. TAM's and 4-OH-TAM's ability to inhibit growth of various glioblastoma cell lines in vitro in very similar concentrations was shown to be a consistent phenomenon which seems to be independent of the in vivo response in either patients or mice as previous hosts. However, CP's antiproliferative effect on glioblastomas in vivo was paralleled by respective in vitro results. Whereas TAM showed to mediate its in vitro antiproliferative effect by inducing apoptosis in most cell lines examined, CP-treatment lead to necrosis of cells. INTERPRETATION: Combining the results obtained from our human and mouse studies, it has to be postulated that host factors other than the sensitivity to TAM of the individual cell, determine the efficacy of TAM-treatment in vivo.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Neoplasias Encefálicas/tratamento farmacológico , Carboplatina/farmacologia , Glioblastoma/tratamento farmacológico , Tamoxifeno/farmacologia , Adulto , Animais , Ensaios Clínicos Fase II como Assunto , Técnicas de Cultura , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Nus , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Transplante de Neoplasias , Valor Preditivo dos Testes
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Toxicology ; 166(1-2): 97-108, 2001 Sep 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11518616

RESUMO

The objective of this study is to evaluate a novel approach to chemosensitivity testing with respect to its predictive value in the selection of clinically effective cytostatic drugs to optimize the therapeutic treatment of cancer. The chemosensitivity assay, which we used in this study, has its roots in pharmaceutical drug screening and the surrounding intellectual property is protected by various patent applications and trademarks. Therefore, we will refer to this test in the following pages as ChemoSelect. ChemoSelect is a sensor-chip based diagnostic test, which permits the functional and continuous real-time measurement of induced tumor cell cytotoxicity following the administration of chemotherapeutic drugs. Chemosensitivity is measured through the reduction of the excretion of lactic and carbonic acids--by-products of the metabolic processes of glycolysis and respiration and a parameter for cell vitality--generated specifically by ATP hydrolysis and lactic acid production. We used this test to study the applicability of this assay for tumor cells based on the analysis of tumor cell lines and tumor specimens. In this preliminary study, this test was studied in predicting chemoresistance and chemosensitivity in cell lines and tumor specimens for which the result was already predetermined by the properties of the cell line or the tumor specimen used in the experiment. The applicability in a clinical setting was studied by confirming the trends on selected drug sensitivity and drug resistance with an interim analysis of an ongoing clinical study in selected patients with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The minimum detection limit of cells and biologic cell responses, an important variable determining the applicability of the test in routine clinical use, was also assessed. ChemoSelect avoids many of the limitations of existing chemoresistance assays and provides more comprehensive information and output, as it has a 24-h turnaround time, is applicable to the majority of solid tumors and available cytostatic drugs, does not need more than 10(5) cells in total, cultivated tumor cells, provides dynamic monitoring of cellular responses through on-line data read-out during the perfusion with drugs and can be extended to the analysis of novel therapeutic modalities such as biologics.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias da Mama/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Fatores de Tempo , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
11.
Calcif Tissue Int ; 66(5): 338-41, 2000 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10773102

RESUMO

In 20 patients (mean age 23+/-5 years) with anorexia nervosa (AN), bone mass was evaluated by broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) of the calcaneus, peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) of the distal radius, and dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) of the lumbar spine and the hip. Compared with 20 age- and sex- matched healthy controls, patients with AN showed marked osteopenia at all measuring sites. Values of BUA (33.0+/-9 dB/MHz vs. 51.0+/-5.7 dB/MHz; P<0.0001) and of BMD of all regions of the hip (e.g., femoral neck: 0.71+/-0.13 g/cm(2) versus 0.89+/-0.07 g/cm(2); P<0.001), lumbar spine (0.82+/-0.15 g/cm(2) versus 1.24+/-0.06 g/cm(2); P<0.003) and total BMD of the peripheral radius (303.2+/-75 g/cm(3) versus 369.4+/-53.2 g/cm(3), P<0.001) were significantly reduced. Calculating a Z-score we found the most prominent differences between AN and controls by BUA of the calcaneus (-3.2+/-1.6), followed by DXA at the lumbar spine (-2.9+/-2.2) and the hip (femoral neck -2.1+/-1.7) and by pQCT at the distal radius (total BMD -1.2+/-2.0). There were highly significant correlations between BUA of the calcaneus and BMD of the femoral neck (r = 0.78, P<0.0001) and lumbar spine (r = 0.75, P<0.0001) as well as between BMD values of the femoral neck and lumbar spine (r = 0.95; P<0.0001). In addition, there were significant correlations (P<0.001) between body mass index (BMI) and the three different measuring sites and between the duration of the disease and BUA (r = 0.5, P<0.05). Our data suggest that BUA of the calcaneus is a valuable tool in the management of osteoporosis. Being a fast, radiation-free investigation method of good acceptance, it may be well suited for an assessment of the skeletal status in patients with AN.


Assuntos
Anorexia Nervosa/metabolismo , Densidade Óssea , Absorciometria de Fóton , Adolescente , Adulto , Anorexia Nervosa/complicações , Anorexia Nervosa/diagnóstico , Calcâneo/diagnóstico por imagem , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Fraturas Ósseas/etiologia , Articulação do Quadril/metabolismo , Humanos , Osteoporose/diagnóstico , Osteoporose/etiologia , Osteoporose/metabolismo , Rádio (Anatomia)/diagnóstico por imagem , Coluna Vertebral/metabolismo , Ultrassonografia
12.
Int J Dev Neurosci ; 17(5-6): 625-41, 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10571423

RESUMO

The invasive cellular behavior of malignant gliomas is determined by receptor mediated cell-substratum contacts and cell-cell interaction as well as cellular locomotion. This study attempts to break down the complex phenomena of the invasive process into their components of attachment to neighboring cells, aggregate formation, adhesion to matrix substratum, migration and invasion into three-dimensional cellular aggregates separately analyzed in different in vitro assay systems. Using a panel of 13 glioma cell lines, adhesion to non-specifically or merosin coated surfaces was correlated to monolayer cell migration and dissemination of tumor cells from aggregates plated on these substrates. The formation kinetics of aggregates were determined and compared to the ability of these cells to rapidly attach and form mechanically stable cell-cell contacts. The motility rates in the different assay systems as well as cell-cell attachment was correlated to invasion of re-aggregated tumor cells into fetal rat brain. A tight positive correlation was found for substrate adhesion and monolayer migration. In contrast, cell-substratum contacts had little influence on dissemination of cells out of three-dimensional aggregates and no association between monolayer migration and migration of cells out of aggregates was detected. The ability of glioma cells to rapidly form aggregates was associated with enhanced migration out of aggregates. The capacity to invade fetal rat brain aggregates was correlated with the capacity to form stable intercellular adhesion as measured in a cell-cell adhesion assay. Invasion in this system was not found to be associated with migration in monolayer or with migration out of tumor aggregates. This study highlights that current in vitro assays for invasion only represent isolated aspects of the multi-cascade process which is involved in tumor cell invasion.


Assuntos
Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Comunicação Celular/fisiologia , Glioma/patologia , Animais , Adesão Celular/fisiologia , Movimento Celular/fisiologia , Técnicas de Cocultura , Doenças Fetais/patologia , Invasividade Neoplásica , Fenótipo , Ratos
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Neuro Oncol ; 1(1): 3-13, 1999 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11550298

RESUMO

The capacity of glial tumor cells to migrate and diffusely infiltrate normal brain compromises surgical eradication of the disease. Identification of genes associated with invasion may offer novel strategies for anti-invasive therapies. The gene for TXsyn, an enzyme of the arachidonic acid pathway, has been identified by differential mRNA display as being overexpressed in a glioma cell line selected for migration. In this study TXsyn mRNA expression was found in a large panel of glioma cell lines but not in a strain of human astrocytes. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated TXsyn in the parenchyma of glial tumors and in reactive astrocytes, whereas it could not be detected in quiescent astrocytes and oligodendroglia of normal brain. Glioma cell lines showed a wide range of thromboxane B2 formation, the relative expression of which correlated with migration rates of these cells. Migration was effectively blocked by specific inhibitors of TXsyn, such as furegrelate and dazmegrel. Other TXsyn inhibitors and cyclooxygenase inhibitors were less effective. Treatment with specific inhibitors also resulted in a decrease of intercellular adhesion in glioma cells. These data indicate that TXsyn plays a crucial role in the signal transduction of migration in glial tumors and may offer a novel strategy for anti-invasive therapies.


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Aspirina/análogos & derivados , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Glioma/patologia , Lisina/análogos & derivados , Proteínas de Neoplasias/fisiologia , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/fisiologia , Tromboxano-A Sintase/fisiologia , Ácidos Araquidônicos/metabolismo , Aspirina/farmacologia , Astrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Astrócitos/enzimologia , Astrócitos/fisiologia , Benzofuranos/farmacologia , Neoplasias Encefálicas/enzimologia , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Adesão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Movimento Celular/fisiologia , Indução Enzimática , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica , Glioma/enzimologia , Glioma/genética , Humanos , Imidazóis/farmacologia , Indometacina/farmacologia , Lisina/farmacologia , Modelos Biológicos , Proteínas de Neoplasias/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas de Neoplasias/biossíntese , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/efeitos dos fármacos , Células-Tronco Neoplásicas/enzimologia , Oligodendroglia/efeitos dos fármacos , Oligodendroglia/enzimologia , Oligodendroglia/fisiologia , Ácidos Pentanoicos/farmacologia , Fenótipo , Piridinas/farmacologia , RNA Mensageiro/biossíntese , RNA Neoplásico/biossíntese , Transdução de Sinais , Tromboxano B2/biossíntese , Tromboxano-A Sintase/antagonistas & inibidores , Tromboxano-A Sintase/biossíntese , Tromboxano-A Sintase/genética , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/enzimologia , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/fisiologia
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Anticancer Res ; 18(4A): 2435-47, 1998.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9703890

RESUMO

Within the brain, dissemination of glioma cells follows myelinated fiber tracts and extracellular matrix containing structures such as the basement membranes of blood vessels. These patterns represent the two major routes of invasion frequently observed in clinical disease. Previously, we have characterized the substrates for preferential glioma adhesion and migration on purified ECM protein. In this study sections of human brain from different anatomical regions were used as adhesive substrates and also characterized for the presence and distribution of matrix proteins. Adhesion of marker gene transfected glioma cell suspensions to different regions and anatomical structures of human brain was quantified using a computer assisted image analysis system. Monoclonal antibodies against different adhesion molecules were used to inhibit glioma cell attachment ot specific anatomical structures. In addition, glioma cell aggregates were allowed to adhere to brain sections and single cells were observed to migrate out of these aggregates. Scanning electron microscopy was used to morphologically study the preferred routes of glioma dissemination on brain sections. In brain sections different kinetics of cell adhesion to distinct structures were observed. Within 15 minutes cells adhered and spread on blood vessels and arachnoid tissue containing sections. Choroid plexus and the ventricular wall were also adhesive structures. Adhesion to cortex required 1 hour, while adhesion and spreading on myelinated fiber tracts was retarded and required several hours of incubation. The predominant matrix proteins in small vessels were found to be laminin, collagen type IV, and fibronectin. Choroid plexus and the ependyma showed a similar composition of matrix proteins. Arachnoid fibers contained different types of collagens, predominately type I and III, whereas the only matrix protein identified in the subependyma was fibronectin. Antibodies to the alpha 2, alpha 3, and beta 1 integrin subunits completely blocked adhesion to arachnoid tissue, anti-NCAM inhibited attachment to cortex. Adhesion to blood vessels in brain sections could only be inhibited to 50% by anti-integrin beta 1. Antibodies to the av containing integrin av beta 3 also blocked 50% of adhesion to vessels. Our findings indicate that adhesion of glioma cells to brain sections most rapidly takes place on ECM protein containing regions, especially blood vessels which may serve as guiding structures for glioma dissemination.


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Neoplasias Encefálicas/fisiopatologia , Encéfalo/fisiologia , Glioma/fisiopatologia , Encéfalo/citologia , Neoplasias Encefálicas/patologia , Adesão Celular , Movimento Celular , Circulação Cerebrovascular , Matriz Extracelular/fisiologia , Proteínas da Matriz Extracelular/análise , Genes Reporter , Glioma/patologia , Humanos , Técnicas In Vitro , Integrinas/biossíntese , Cinética , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Especificidade de Órgãos , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Transfecção , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , beta-Galactosidase/análise , beta-Galactosidase/biossíntese
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Z Naturforsch C J Biosci ; 51(7-8): 487-91, 1996.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8810091

RESUMO

A new inhibitor of leukotriene biosynthesis, (+)-10 alpha-hydroxy-4-muurolen-3-one (1), was isolated from fermentations of Favolaschia sp. 87129. Its structure was established by spectroscopic methods. The compound exhibited no antifungal or antibacterial activities. The effects of 1 on leukotriene biosynthesis were compared with (+)-T-cadinol, (-)-3-oxo-T-cadinol, and (+)-3 alpha-hydroxy-T-cadinol, three related sesquiterpenes.


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Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/química , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/toxicidade , Leucócitos/metabolismo , Leucotrienos/biossíntese , Polyporaceae , Sesquiterpenos/química , Animais , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/isolamento & purificação , Cálcio/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Dinoprostona/biossíntese , Dinoprostona/sangue , Fermentação , Células HL-60 , Células HeLa , Humanos , Técnicas In Vitro , Leucemia L1210 , Leucócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Antagonistas de Leucotrienos , Leucotrieno C4/biossíntese , Leucotrieno C4/sangue , Camundongos , Conformação Molecular , Estrutura Molecular , Ratos , Sesquiterpenos/isolamento & purificação , Sesquiterpenos/farmacologia
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Fortschr Med ; 111(4): 46-9, 1993 Feb 10.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8449466

RESUMO

AIMS: In a retrospective study, the results of the excision of keloids in combination with postoperative irradiation were investigated with respect to the cosmetic effect and the recurrence rate. PATIENTS: Between 1978 and 1990, 20 patients aged between 15 and 64 years who, together, had a total of 23 localized keloids, were submitted to prophylactic irradiation following excision of the latter. TREATMENT: Radiotherapy was applied, fractionated, using low-energy (soft) X-rays, the strontium 90 Dermaplatte, or with electrons produced by a linear accelerator. The mean total surface dose applied was 20 Gy. RESULTS: Eighteen patients with 21 keloids were followed-up for a period of between 2 months and 12 years (mean: 33 months). The cosmetic result was good or very good in 17, and unsatisfactory in four of the 21 keloids. Prior to treatment, 18 of the keloids were associated with local complaints; 15 of these cases were symptom-free after treatment. CONCLUSION: With the combination of excision and postoperative irradiation, the results of keloid treatment can be improved, and recurrence largely avoided.


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Cicatriz Hipertrófica/radioterapia , Queloide/radioterapia , Adolescente , Adulto , Cicatriz Hipertrófica/patologia , Cicatriz Hipertrófica/cirurgia , Terapia Combinada , Feminino , Humanos , Queloide/patologia , Queloide/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva , Pele/patologia
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Unfallchirurg ; 95(6): 301-5, 1992 Jun.
Artigo em Alemão | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1636111

RESUMO

Rotational deformities are common complications following fractures of the femoral shaft. Computed tomography for determination of the anteversion angle of the femoral neck has proved to be the most suitable way of quantifying rotational faults. Out of our inpatient collective, 45 patients who had undergone interlocking intramedullary nailing of the femur and 10 in whom dynamic compression plating had been performed were examined by clinical investigation and computed tomography. Patients impression and clinical findings proved to be less reliable. Computerized determination of the anteversion angle showed rotational deviations of more than 10 degrees in 18 patients with interlocking nails and in 3 with dynamic compression plates. According to our investigations, rotational deviations less than 20 degrees will not usually handicap the patient. Therefore, we suggest that use of the term "rotational fault" be restricted to deviations exceeding 20 degrees compared with the uninjured side.


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Fraturas do Fêmur/cirurgia , Fixação Interna de Fraturas , Fixação Intramedular de Fraturas , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/diagnóstico por imagem , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Adulto , Placas Ósseas , Fraturas do Fêmur/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/cirurgia , Cicatrização
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