RESUMO
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a complications of patients with severe motor and intellectual disabilities. We examined on 17 patients who operated with GERD. They were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 was comprised of young cases with severe spasticity and chronic respiratory insufficiency. They were under 23 years old. Group 2 with severe intellectual disabilities, aerophagia and/or rumination. They were around 30 years old. Older patients had deformities of the stomach and esophagus. After the operations, fourteen patients had a fair prognosis, three had persistent gastroesophageal reflux (GER), and six patients had subsequent relapse of their GER, and two died.
Assuntos
Pessoas com Deficiência , Refluxo Gastroesofágico/cirurgia , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Transtornos de Alimentação na Infância/complicações , Feminino , Seguimentos , Refluxo Gastroesofágico/etiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Hipertonia Muscular/complicações , Prognóstico , Recidiva , Transtornos Respiratórios/complicaçõesRESUMO
To investigate the effectiveness of a 2',6'-dimethylphenylalanine (Dmp) residue as an aromatic amino acid surrogate, endomorphin 2 (EM(2): Tyr-Pro-Phe-Phe-NH(2)) analogues were prepared, in which the constitutive aromatic amino acids (Tyr(1), Phe(3), or Phe(4)) were replaced by Dmp or its isomer, D-Dmp. Replacement of Phe(3) by Dmp increased the affinity over 10-fold for both mu- and delta-opioid receptors, without affecting receptor selectivity. In contrast, replacement of Phe(4) considerably reduced the mu-receptor affinity and selectivity. These data indicated that the Dmp-substitution of Phe(3), but not Phe(4), in EM(2) is favorable for improving mu-receptor specificity. Inversion of the chirality of the substituted Dmp residue resulted in marked decrease in the mu-receptor affinity. Replacement of Tyr(1) by Dmp yielded an analogue that exhibited only a limited decrease in mu-receptor affinity and GPI potency, despite the lack of a phenolic hydroxyl group at the N-terminal residue. In contrast, D-Dmp(1)- or Phe(1)-substitution of Tyr(1) resulted in a significant decrease in mu-receptor affinity and GPI potency. These results suggested that the Dmp residue can mimic Tyr(1), which is one of the critical structural elements of opioid peptides.