994 resultados para Carcinoma de células escamosas. Células matadoras naturais. Linfócitos. Radiação solar
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Atualmente o Brasil apresenta 3 milhões de indivÃduos portadores da cardiomiopatia chagásica. Porém, tratamento etiológico com o fármaco Benzonidazol (BZ) na fase crônica da doença ainda não está elucidado. Acredita-se que a recomendação do BZ nessa fase, pode prevenir ou retardar a evolução clÃnica da cardiomiopatia na Doença Chagas (DC). Assim o objetivo do estudo é avaliar a produção de quimiocinas e expressão de seus receptores em Células mononucleares do sangue periférico - PBMC (de portadores crônicos da doença de Chagas) submetidas in vitro ao tratamento com BZ, após a infecção com T.cruzi. Foram selecionados 11 pacientes na fase crônica da doença. Amostras de sangue desses pacientes foram coletadas para obtenção de PBMC, em que foram cultivadas em placas de cultivo na concentração de 106 células/ml por poço. Após a adesão das células aderentes (principalmente macrófagos), as células não aderentes (principalmente linfócitos) foram removidas e as formas tripomastigotas foram adicionadas ao cultivo para infecção das células aderentes. Subsequente a incubação, as células não aderentes foram adicionadas novamente ao cultivo juntamente com o fármaco Bz (1µg/mL), ficando um co-cultivo de células aderentes infectadas com T.cruzi, células não aderentes e o BZ (C+T+BZ). As placas de cultura foram incubadas por perÃodos de 24h e 5 dias. Para uma análise fidedigna da ação do BZ nas células aderentes e não aderentes foi necessário a criação dos controles: células (C), células e tripomastigotas (C+T) e células e o BZ (C+BZ). Após o cultivo, foram coletados os sobrenadantes das culturas, para avaliação da produção de quimiocinas (CCL2, CXL9, CXL10, CCL5 e CXCL8) por CBA (Cytometric Bead Array). Posteriormente foi realizada a imunofenotipagem, avaliando a expressão dos receptores CCR3, CCR4, CXCR3, CXCR5, CCR1, CXCR4, CXCR2 e CCR5, em linfócitos T CD3+ e monócitos CD14+. Os resultados obtidos na avaliação dos linfócitos mostraram que o receptor CXCR5 esteve aumentado na condição C+T+BZ; e os receptores CCR4 e CCR1 estavam diminuÃdos nessa mesma condição. Nos monócitos observamos uma diminuição de CCR4 e um aumento do CCR5 nas mesmas condições. Com relação a dosagem de quimiocinas no sobrenadante, foi evidenciado que CCL2 e CXCL8 apresentaram uma diminuição na condição C+T+BZ. Assim podemos concluir que devido ao caráter inflamatório modulado, que o BZ conduziu, podemos afirmar que o fármaco demonstrou benefÃcios relevantes na expressão de receptores e na produção de quimiocinas
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O regime de tratamento com múltiplas drogas é correspondente a uma interação de drogas que pode causar efeitos adversos e falha no tratamento. Essa interação pode gerar modificações funcionais dos transportadores de membrana e por consequência a biodisponibilidade das drogas durante o tratamento. Dentre os transportadores de drogas transmembranares está a glicoproteÃna-P (P-gp), uma proteÃna de 170KD, produto do gene MDR1, caracterizada como uma \201CATP Binding cassete\201D (ABC). Seu papel está muito bem definido nas células neoplásicas multirresistentes a drogas, assim como sua relação com as drogas para o tratamento da infecção pelo HIV. Entretanto, pouco tem sido estudado sobre esta bomba de efluxo na tuberculose multirresistente (TBMR). Neste estudo analisamos por citometria de fluxo sua expressão e atividade de efluxo nos monócitos, principal célula relacionada com a tuberculose e também em linfócitos e granulócitos do sangue periférico por meio da citometria de fluxo. A taxa de efluxo foi medida através do uso da Rodamina 123 (Rho123) e a expressão da P-gp através do anticorpo monoclonal anti-CD243 (clone UIC2). A utilização direta do sangue total para a determinação da atividade de efluxo por citometria de fluxo caracterizou a implantação de uma nova ferramenta de análise para a pesquisa A análise contemplou 52% do total de pacientes em tratamento de TBMR no ambulatório do Laboratório de Pesquisa em Micobacterioses do Instituto de Pesquisa ClÃnica Evandro Chagas (IPEC). Para as análises foram levadas em consideração a idade, cor da pele, o tempo de tratamento e a quantidade de drogas administradas. O estudo revelou que há correlação entre a expressão da P-gp nos monócitos e a idade dos pacientes (P<0,01). Diferenças entre pacientes brancos e não brancos também foram observadas. Em linfócitos a expressão de P-gp quando aumentada foi diretamente proporcional à atividade de efluxo observada nos monócitos (P< 0,05). Além disso, pacientes submetidos ao tratamento para TBMR por até seis meses apresentaram uma maior expressão de P-gp e, linfócitos quando comparados à queles que receberam o tratamento por mais de seis meses (P<0,01)
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In this study, a BCR-ABL expressing human chronic myelogenous leukaemia cell line (K562) was used to investigate the antitumoral potential of a novel lectin (CvL) purified from the marine sponge Cliona varians. CvL inhibited the growth of K562 cells with an IC50 value of 70 g/ml, but was ineffective to normal human peripheral blood lymphocytes in the same range of concentrations tested (180 g/ml). Cell death occurred after 72 h of exposure to the lectin and with sign of apoptosis as analysed by DAPI staining. Investigation of the possible effectors of this process showed that cell death occurred in the presence of Bcl-2 and Bax expression, and involved a caspase-independent pathway. Confocal fluorescence microscopy indicated a major role for the lysosomal protease cathepsin B in mediating cell death. Accordingly, pre-incubation of K562 cells with the cathepsin inhibitor L-trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucylamido-(4-guanidino)butane (E-64) abolished the cytotoxic effect of CvL. Furthermore, we found upregulation of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1) and down-modulation of p65 subunit of nuclear factor kappa B (NFB) expression in CvL-treated cells. These effects were accompanied by increased levels of p21 and downmodulation of pRb, suggesting that CvL is capable of cell cycle arrest. Collectively, these findings suggest that cathepsin B acts as death mediator in CvL-induced cytotoxicity possibly in a still uncharacterized connection with the membrane death receptor pathway
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Human multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), also known as mesenchymal stem cells, have become an important and attractive therapeutic tool since they are easily isolated and cultured, have in vitro expansion potential, substantial plasticity and secrete bioactive molecules that exert trophic effects. The human umbilical cord as a cell source for cell therapy will help to avoid several ethical, political, religious and technical issues. One of the main issues with SC lines from different sources, mainly those of embryonic origin, is the possibility of chromosomal alterations and genomic instability during in vitro expansion. Cells isolated from one umbilical cord exhibited a rare balanced paracentric inversion, likely a cytogenetic constitutional alteration, karyotype: 46,XY,inv(3)(p13p25~26). Important genes related to cancer predisposition and others involved in DNA repair are located in 3p25~26. Titanium is an excellent biomaterial for bone-implant integration; however, the use can result in the generation of particulate debris that can accumulate in the tissues adjacent to the prosthesis, in the local bone marrow, in the lymph nodes, liver and spleen. Subsequently may elicit important biological responses that aren´t well studied. In this work, we have studied the genetic stability of MSC isolated from the umbilical cord vein during in vitro expansion, after the cryopreservation, and under different concentrations and time of exposition to titanium microparticles. Cells were isolated, in vitro expanded, demonstrated capacity for osteogenic, adipogenic and chondrogenic differentiation and were evaluated using flow cytometry, so they met the minimum requirements for characterization as MSCs. The cells were expanded under different concentrations and time of exposition to titanium microparticles. The genetic stability of MSCs was assessed by cytogenetic analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and analysis of micronucleus and other nuclear alterations (CBMN). The cells were able to internalize the titanium microparticles, but MSCs preserve their morphology, differentiation capacity and surface marker expression profiles. Furthermore, there was an increase in the genomic instability after long time of in vitro expansion, and this instability was greater when cells were exposed to high doses of titanium microparticles that induced oxidative stress. It is necessary always assess the risks/ benefits of using titanium in tissue therapy involving MSCs, considering the biosafety of the use of bone regeneration using titanium and MSCs. Even without using titanium, it is important that the therapeutic use of such cells is based on analyzes that ensure quality, security and cellular stability, with the standardization of quality control programs appropriate. In conclusion, it is suggested that cytogenetic analysis, FISH analysis and the micronucleus and other nuclear alterations are carried out in CTMH before implanting in a patient
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Chitosan is a natural polymer, biodegradable, nontoxic, high molecular weight derived from marine animals, insects and microorganisms. Oligomers of glucosamine (GlcN) and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) have interesting biological activities, including antitumor effects, antimicrobial activity, antioxidant and others. The alternative proposed by this work was to study the viability of producing chitooligosaccharides using a crude enzymes extract produced by the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Hydrolysis of chitosan was carried out at different times, from 10 to 60 minutes to produce chitooligosaccharides with detection and quantification performed by High Performace Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The evaluation of cytotoxicity of chitosan oligomers was carried out in tumor cells (HepG2 and HeLa) and non-tumor (3T3). The cells were treated for 72 hours with the oligomers and cell viability investigated using the method of MTT. The production of chitosan oligomers was higher for 10 minutes of hydrolysis, with pentamers concentration of 0.15 mg/mL, but the hexamers, the molecules showing greater interest in biological properties, were observed only with 30 minutes of hydrolysis with a concentration of 0.004 mg/mL. A study to evaluate the biological activities of COS including cytotoxicity in tumor and normal cells and various tests in vitro antioxidant activity of pure chitosan oligomers and the mixture of oligomers produced by the crude enzyme was performed. Moreover, the compound with the highest cytotoxicity among the oligomers was pure glucosamine, with IC50 values of 0.30; 0.49; 0.44 mg/mL for HepG2 cells, HeLa and 3T3, respectively. Superoxide anion scavenging was the mainly antioxidant activity showed by the COS and oligomers. This activity was also depending on the oligomer composition in the chitosan hydrolysates. The oligomers produced by hydrolysis for 20 minutes was analyzed for the ability to inhibit tumor cells showing inhibition of proliferation only in HeLa cells, did not show any effect in HepG2 cells and fibroblast cells (3T3)
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Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are powerful sources for cell therapy in regenerative medicine. The long time cultivation can result in replicative senescence or can be related to the emergence of chromosomal alterations responsible for the acquisition of tumorigenesis features in vitro. In this study, for the first time, the expression profile of MSC with a paracentric chromosomal inversion (MSC/inv) was compared to normal karyotype (MSC/n) in early and late passages. Furthermore, we compared the transcriptome of each MSC in early passages with late passages. MSC used in this study were obtained from the umbilical vein of three donors, two MSC/n and one MSC/inv. After their cryopreservation, they have been expanded in vitro until reached senescence. Total RNA was extracted using the RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen) and marked with the GeneChip ® 3 IVT Express Kit (Affymetrix Inc.). Subsequently, the fragmented aRNA was hybridized on the microarranjo Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 arrays (Affymetrix Inc.). The statistical analysis of differential gene expression was performed between groups MSC by the Partek Genomic Suite software, version 6.4 (Partek Inc.). Was considered statistically significant differences in expression to p-value Bonferroni correction ˂.01. Only signals with fold change ˃ 3.0 were included in the list of differentially expressed. Differences in gene expression data obtained from microarrays were confirmed by Real Time RT-PCR. For the interpretation of biological expression data were used: IPA (Ingenuity Systems) for analysis enrichment functions, the STRING 9.0 for construction of network interactions; Cytoscape 2.8 to the network visualization and analysis bottlenecks with the aid of the GraphPad Prism 5.0 software. BiNGO Cytoscape pluggin was used to access overrepresentation of Gene Ontology categories in Biological Networks. The comparison between senescent and young at each group of MSC has shown that there is a difference in the expression parttern, being higher in the senescent MSC/inv group. The results also showed difference in expression profiles between the MSC/inv versus MSC/n, being greater when they are senescent. New networks were identified for genes related to the response of two of MSC over cultivation time. Were also identified genes that can coordinate functional categories over represented at networks, such as CXCL12, SFRP1, xvi EGF, SPP1, MMP1 e THBS1. The biological interpretation of these data suggests that the population of MSC/inv has different constitutional characteristics, related to their potential for differentiation, proliferation and response to stimuli, responsible for a distinct process of replicative senescence in MSC/inv compared to MSC/n. The genes identified in this study are candidates for biomarkers of cellular senescence in MSC, but their functional relevance in this process should be evaluated in additional in vitro and/or in vivo assays
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The oral manifestations due to HIV infection are, a lot of times, the first clinical signs of the disease. These injuries may also function as beepers and sentries of the curse and progression of the HIV infection and AIDS. The objective of this work was to evaluate the prevalence of the oral injuries in HIV positive patients, relating them with the CD4+ cells counting and the viral load in patients from the Hospital of Infected contagious Gizelda Trigueiro in Natal-RN. One hundred and one patients were evaluated, where after the clinical exam of the oral cavity, these ones were conducted to the peripheral blood collection for the counting of CD4+ lymphocytes. We observed a prevalence of 25,6%, that is, 31 cases. The Oral Candidiasis was the most commum injure, followed by Oral Hairy Leukoplakia, linear gingival erytema, lips herpes, gingivitis and periodontitis - HIV. The average counting of cells CD4+ of the injury carrying patients was of 250 cells/mm3. We did not observe relation between the presence of injuries and the viral load of the individuals
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Perovskite-like ceramic materials present the general formula ABO3, where A is a rare earth element or an alkaline metal element, and B is a transition metal. These materials are strong candidates to assume the position of cathode in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC), because they present thermal stability at elevated temperatures and interesting chemical and physical properties, such as superconductivity, dieletricity, magnetic resistivity, piezoelectricity, catalytic activity and electrocatalytic and optical properties. In this work the cathodes of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with the perovskite structure of La1-xSrxMnO3 (x = 0.15, 0.22, 0.30) and the electrolyte composed of zirconia-stabilized-yttria were synthesized by the Pechini method. The obtained resins were thermal treatment at 300 ºC for 2h and the obtained precursors were characterized by thermal analysis by DTA and TG / DTG. The powder precursors were calcined at temperatures from 450 to 1350ºC and were analyzed using XRD, FTIR, laser granulometry, XRF, surface area measurement by BET and SEM methods. The pellets were sintered from the powder to the study of bulk density and thermal expansion
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Portador de carcinoma espinocelular da conjuntiva teve a lesão removida, com recorrência em outra localização. O paciente recebeu ciclos de 5-Fluoruracila como tratamento adjuvante à remoção cirúrgica, apresentando evolução desfavorável que chegou à exenteração orbitária. São feitos comentários quanto ao uso de antimitóticos no tratamento destas lesões.
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Os estudos das secreções traqueobrônquicas são amplamente utilizados nas pesquisas de doenças pulmonares nas diversas espécies animais, inclusive no homem. Os objetivos desta pesquisa foram a viabilização da técnica de colheita de lavado traqueobrônquico na espécie ovina e o estudo da relação clÃnico-citológica do lavado de ovinos portadores de broncopneumonia e sadios. Foram utilizados 33 ovinos, 18 sadios e 15 portadores de enfermidade respiratória com sinais clÃnicos de envolvimento das vias aéreas, divididos nos respectivos grupos, GS e GD. Após o exame fÃsico foi realizado o lavado traqueobrônquico por via nasotraqueal. A colheita do lavado foi feita com a inoculação e aspiração de solução fisiológica estéril. As amostras foram processadas citologicamente através de citocentrifugação e coradas pelos métodos Wright-Giemsa e Shorr. Tanto a contagem total de células epiteliais quanto o número de hemácias por mililitro foi maior no grupo de animais com broncopneumonia. Nos animais sadios notou-se predomÃnio de macrófagos, seguido por células epiteliais cilÃndricas, neutrófilos e linfócitos. No grupo de animais doentes havia menor número de macrófagos, e predomÃnio da população de neutrófilos. Por ser de fácil realização, pouco dispendiosa e pela obtenção representativa de material, a técnica estudada mostrou-se eficaz na obtenção de fluidos traqueobrônquicos e, portanto um bom método de colheita de células para uso nas pesquisas de vias aéreas.
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Relata-se o diagnóstico de linfoma primário no sistema nervoso central em um cão Labrador Retrievier, de 10 anos de idade, que apresentava episódios convulsivos, incoordenação nos membros posteriores, head tilt, ataxia e sensibilidade diminuÃda no lado esquerdo. Constataram-se alterações laterais esquerdas, como ausências de propriocepção e de posicionamento tátil, alterações posteriores nas provas de carrinho de mão e de reação ao pulo e diminuição da extensão da postura e hemilocomoção. No lÃquido cefalorraquidiano (LCR), houve predomÃnio de linfócitos atÃpicos, caracterizados pela presença de anisocitose e anisocariose, nucléolos evidentes e anisonucleose, basofilia e microvacuolização citoplasmáticas, mitoses atÃpicas e corpúsculos linfoglandulares, compatÃveis com linfoma, confirmado pelo exame histológico e imunocitoquÃmico, o qual revelou origem T, com expressão CD3+ e CD79-. A tomografia computadorizada não foi conclusiva e evidenciou diversas áreas hipodensas e intensificação de contraste na região de sulcos e giros do parênquima encefálico. A coleta do LCR foi essencial na rapidez do diagnóstico definitivo, indicando a natureza rara desta lesão primária.
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Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Celular e Molecular) - IBRC
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
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Pós-graduação em Ciência Animal - FMVA
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior (CAPES)