Association of CYP1B1 codon 432 mutant allele in head and neck squamous cell cancer is reflected by somatic mutations of p53 in tumor tissue

Tobacco use is causally associated with head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC). Here, we present the results of a case-control study that investigated the effects that the genetic variants of the cytochrome (CYP)1A1, CYP1B1, glutathione-S-transferase (GST)M1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 genes have on modifying the risk of smoking-related HNSCC. Allelisms of the CYP1A1, GSTT1, GSTM1, and GSTT1 genes alone were not associated with an increased risk. CYP1B1 codon 432 polymorphism was found to be a putative susceptibility factor in smoking-related HNSCC. The frequency of CYP1B1 polymorphism was significantly higher (P < 0.001) in the group of smoking cases when compared with smoking controls. Additionally, an odds ratio (OR) of 4.53 (2.62-7.98) was discovered when investigating smoking and nonsmoking cases for the susceptible genotype CYP1B1*2/*2, when compared with the presence of the genotype wild type. In combination with polymorphic variants of the GST genes, a synergistic-effect OR was observed. The calculated OR for the combined genotype CYP1B1*2/*2 and GSTM1*2/*2 was 12.8 (4.09-49.7). The calculated OR for the combined genotype was 13.4 (2.92-97.7) for CYP1B1*2/*2 and GSTT1*2/*2, and 24.1 (9.36-70.5) for the combination of CYP1B1*2/*2 and GSTT1-expressors. The impact of the polymorphic variants of the CYP1B1 gene on HNSCC risk is reflected by the strong association with the frequency of somatic mutations of the p53 gene. Smokers with susceptible genotype CYP1B1*2/*2 were 20 times more likely to show evidence of p53 mutations than were those with CYP1B1 wild type. Combined genotype analysis of CYP1B1 and GSTM1 or GSTT1 revealed interactive effects on the occurrence of p53 gene mutations. The results of the present study indicate that polymorphic variants of CYP1B1 relate significantly to the individual susceptibility of smokers to HNSCC.

The vascular targeting agent combretastatin-A4 and a novel cis-Restricted {beta}-Lactam Analogue, CA-432, induce apoptosis in human chronic myeloid leukemia cells and ex vivo patient samples including those displaying multidrug resistance

Combretastatin-A4 (CA-4) is a natural derivative of the African willow tree Combretum caffrum. CA-4 is one of the most potent antimitotic components of natural origin, but it is, however, intrinsically unstable. A novel series of CA-4 analogs incorporating a 3,4-diaryl-2-azetidinone (β-lactam) ring were designed and synthesized with the objective to prevent cis -trans isomerization and improve the intrinsic stability without altering the biological activity of CA-4. Evaluation of selected β-lactam CA-4 analogs demonstrated potent antitubulin, antiproliferative, and antimitotic effects in human leukemia cells. A lead β-lactam analog, CA-432, displayed comparable antiproliferative activities with CA-4. CA-432 induced rapid apoptosis in HL-60 acute myeloid leukemia cells, which was accompanied by depolymerization of the microtubular network, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage, caspase-3 activation, and Bcl-2 cleavage. A prolonged G(2)M cell cycle arrest accompanied by a sustained phosphorylation of mitotic spindle checkpoint protein, BubR1, and the antiapoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Bcl-x(L) preceded apoptotic events in K562 chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cells. Molecular docking studies in conjunction with comprehensive cell line data rule out CA-4 and β-lactam derivatives as P-glycoprotein substrates. Furthermore, both CA-4 and CA-432 induced significantly more apoptosis compared with imatinib mesylate in ex vivo samples from patients with CML, including those positive for the T315I mutation displaying resistance to imatinib mesylate and dasatinib. In summary, synthetic intrinsically stable analogs of CA-4 that display significant clinical potential as antileukemic agents have been designed and synthesized.

Niagara Ship Canal [to accompany Bill H.R. no.432] (1858)

At head of Caption title: 35th Congress, 1st session. House of Representatives, Report no. 374.

Resolución 432(XIX): Programa de trabajo y calendario de conferencias de la CEPAL = Resolution 432(XIX): Programme of work and calendar of conferences of CEPAL = Résolution 432(XIX): Programme de travail et calendrier de conférences de la CEPAL

Publicado separadamete en cada idioma

Studio di un metodo per la determinazione dei polifenoli dell'olio d'oliva in accordo con le indicazioni salutistiche previste dal reg.(ue) n. 432/2012

La principale finalità di questo lavoro sperimentale riguarda la messa a punto di un metodo analitico rapido ed economico di tipo colorimetrico, che possa essere attuato anche in laboratori attrezzati per eseguire solo semplici determinazioni spettrofotometriche, con il quale quantificare il contenuto in composti fenolici in accordo con quanto riportato nell’health claim salutistico relativo ai polifenoli negli oli d’oliva (Reg. UE 432/2012). A questo scopo, il metodo sarà testato su dodici oli extra vergini di oliva, sia italiani che spagnoli, caratterizzati da concentrazioni diverse in composti fenolici, in parallelo ad un metodo cromatografico (HPLC-UV-MS) preceduto da idrolisi acida, già presente in letteratura. Tale reazione idrolitica consente, infatti, una conversione dei fenoli complessi tipici dell’oliva - i secoiridoidi - in fenoli semplici (idrossitirosolo e tirosolo), permettendo una determinazione semplificata del contenuto fenolico di un campione rispetto a quanto possibile mediante l’applicazione del solo metodo COI ("Determinazione dei biofenoli degli oli di oliva mediante HPLC", COI/T.20/Doc.n.29, 2009) per la verifica di quanto richiesto dall’health claim. Sulla base dei risultati ottenuti, sarà possibile valutare se i test colorimetrici più comunemente applicati per la determinazione dei composti fenolici negli oli d’oliva (Folin-Ciocalteu e metodo per la determinazione degli orto-difenoli con sodio molibdato) siano effettivamente applicabili per la determinazione del contenuto totale di idrossitirosolo e derivati in oli vergini di oliva, indicando se gli oli oggetto dello studio soddisfino o meno i requisiti UE per l’indicazione in etichetta del claim salutistico.

Nachtrag zu dem Artikel "die Fälschung in dem Texte der Septuaginta" ff. : Voriger Jahrgang, S. 432 ff.

Heinrich Graetz

Na 50 Nachlass Arthur Schopenhauer - 'Schopenhauer-Archiv', 432 - Stichworte zu Kant, Schelling, Jacobi und Fries

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Ms.Ff.F.Stoltze 3. 432 - Brief von Friedrich Stoltze und Lyda Stoltze an Hermann Stoltze

Krankheit Friedrich Stoltzes II, Marie Stoltze in Zürich

THE CLINICAL AND PARASITOLOGIC COURSES OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM AND PLASMODIUM VIVAX INFECTIONS IN HUMANS: AN ANALYSIS OF 432 EPISODES OF INDUCED MALARIA IN THE JESSUP VOLUNTEER STUDIES, 1966-1975

The clinical records of 432 P. falciparum and P. vivax infected volunteer male inmates of the Maryland House of Corrections in Jessup, Maryland, were studied to determine (1) the clinical and parasitologic courses of infections in both parasite species, and (2) the influence of previous homologous and/or heterologous strain exposures on subsequent infections. The clinical and parasitologic courses of infection with both P. falciparum and P. vivax species indicated that: (a) there were characteristic strain related differences between P. falciparum and P. vivax. P. falciparum strains were more apt to cause severe infections than P. vivax strains. (b) Blood-induced infections produced significantly shorter prepatent and incubation periods than mosquito-induced. (c) Blacks tolerated the infections better than whites and, (d) homologous and heterologous strain immunities persisted with previous malaria history. In previously exposed cases, clinical manifestations were moderate, peak fever lowered, and peak parasitemias limited. (e) Anti-malarial drugs were effective in reducing sexual and asexual forms of the malaria parasite, and limiting peak fevers, irrespective of method of induction, race, parasite strain and species, and drug type used.^ Given these findings, and the current worldwide resurgence of malaria, this study has major implications in terms of setting malaria control and public health policies in both developed and developing countries.^