945 resultados para Lewis antigens
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The expression of the ABH and Lewis blood groups was determined in blood and saliva samples from two semi-isolated Black communities of Northern Brazil: Cametá and Alcântara. The distributions of ABO blood group phenotypes and the ABH secretor status frequencies showed no significant differences between these populations. In contrast, there was a difference regarding the frequency of the red blood cell Le(a-b-) phenotypes, associated with erythrocyte/saliva discordance, as confirmed by the observation that individuals with Le(a-b-) red cells have the Lewis antigen in their saliva, resulting in a nongenuine Le(a-b-) phenotype, whose frequency was higher in Alcântara.
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Pós-graduação em Biociências e Biotecnologia Aplicadas à Farmácia - FCFAR
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Um estudo epidemiológico da prevalência da infecção por Candida sp. em mulheres não grávidas foi realizado em uma população do Norte do Brasil (Belém-Pará, 2002). Este estudo teve como objetivo principal contribuir para esclarecer os mecanismos de infecção por Candida sp e sua possível associação com os antígenos de grupos sangüíneos ABO e Lewis e estado secretor de substâncias ABH. Tal estudo compreendeu um total de 165 mulheres, atendidas no Ambulatório do Hospital da Polícia Militar e Laboratório de Análises Clínicas do centro de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal do Pará, que procuraram essas unidades para a realização de exames ginecológicos, das quais foram coletadas amostras de sangue, saliva e muco vaginal. A presença da infecção por Candida sp foi feita através do exame a fresco de secreção vaginal e bacterioscopia da secreção vaginal. A identificação dos fenótipos ABH e Lewis no sangue foi determinada pelos testes de hemaglutinação direta e na saliva pelo dot-blot Elisa. Aplicou-se um questionário padrão para obtenção das informações epidemiológicas. A prevalência da infecção por Candida sp foi de 47,9%. Dentre os sintomas mais comumente associados à infecção por Candida sp, destacaram-se o prurido e corrimento. Mulheres com idade inferior a 40 anos, que não faziam uso de preservativo e que já tiveram infecções anteriores apresentaram um maior risco de infecção vulvovaginal por Candida sp. Mulheres infectadas e não infectadas por Candida sp tiveram distribuição similares para os fenótipos de grupos sangüíneos ABO, Lewis e estado secretor de substâncias ABH. E na comparação da expressão dos antígenos Lewis no sangue, saliva e muco vaginal, verificou-se que ambas as secreções expressavam antígenos Lewis sem qualquer estreita correlação dos fenótipos eritrocitários Lewis. Neste contexto, considera-se que a natureza da diversidade genética na interação entre hospedeiro e Candida sp requer estudos complementares envolvendo a identificação de diferentes cepas para determinar estas prováveis associações entre os fenótipos de grupo sangüíneos ABH e Lewis com candidíase.
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RACIONAL: A aderência do Helicobacter pylori à mucosa gástrica humana é pré-requisito para sua colonização e o desenvolvimento da gastrite crônica. Os antígenos de grupos sangüíneos, presentes no muco gástrico, são descritos como prováveis receptores da bactéria neste epitélio. A expressão alterada destes antígenos está associada ao desenvolvimento do câncer gástrico. OBJETIVOS: Verificar a ocorrência do Helicobacter pylori e a distribuição da expressão dos antígenos ABH e Lewis correlacionada com as alterações histopatológicas de pacientes com gastrite crônica. PACIENTES E MÉTODOS: Analisaram-se 63 amostras de sangue, saliva e biopsias gástricas de pacientes com gastrite crônica através das técnicas dot-blot-ELISA, imunoperoxidase indireta e colorações do Gram modificado e hematoxilina-eosina. RESULTADOS: Não foram encontradas associações significativas entre a presença da bactéria e os fenótipos de grupos sangüíneos ABH, Lewis e Secretor. Na maioria dos pacientes, a expressão dos antígenos ABH e Lewis, estava restrita principalmente ao epitélio foveolar da mucosa gástrica, concordando com a expressão ao nível salivar. A expressão inapropriada desses antígenos ocorria sempre na infecção pelo Helicobacter pylori e/ou alterações pré-neoplásicas da mucosa gástrica. Em áreas com metaplasia intestinal foi observada a redução da reatividade para os antígenos H e Leb, e principalmente o aumento de Leª. CONCLUSÃO: Alterações no padrão de glicosilação destes antígenos refletem diferentes estágios de diferenciação celular e são marcadores potenciais na avaliação diagnóstica e prognóstica das patologias gástricas.
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Histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) have been associated with susceptibility to enteric pathogens including noroviruses (NoVs), enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), Campylobacter jejuni, and Vibrio cholerae. We performed a retrospective cohort study to evaluate the relationship between traveler HBGA phenotypes and susceptibility to travelers' diarrhea (TD) and post-infectious complications. 364 travelers to Guadalajara, Mexico were followed prospectively from June 1 - September 30, 2007 and from June 7–July 28, 2008 for the development of TD and at 6 months for post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PIIBS). Noroviruses were detected from illness stool specimens with RT-PCR. Diarrheal stool samples were also assayed for enterotoxigenic and enteroaggregative E. coli, Salmonella species, Shigella species, Vibrio species, Campylobacter jejuni, Yersinia enterocolitica, Aeromonas species, and Plesiomonas species. Diarrheal stools were evaluated for inflammation with fecal leukocytes, mucus, and occult blood. Phenotyping for ABO and Lewis antigens with an ELISA assay and FUT2 gene PCR genotyping for secretor status were performed with saliva. 171 of 364 (47%) subjects developed TD. HBGA typing for the travelers revealed O (62.9%), A (34.6%), B (1.6%), and AB (0.8%) phenotypes. There were 7% nonsecretors and 93% secretors among the travelers. AB phenotypes were more commonly associated with Cryptosporidium species (P=0.04) and ETEC ( P=0.08) as causes of TD. AB and B phenotype individuals were more likely to experience inflammatory diarrhea, particularly mucoid diarrhea ( P=0.02). However, there were relatively few individuals with AB and B phenotypes. GI and GII NoV and Cryptosporidium species infections and PI-IBS were identified only in secretors, but these differences were not statistically significant, (P=1.00), (P=1.00), and (P=0.60), respectively. Additional studies are needed to evaluate whether AB phenotype individuals may be more susceptible to developing TD associated with Cryptosporidium species or ETEC, and whether AB and B phenotype individuals may be more likely to develop inflammatory TD. Further studies are needed to investigate whether nonsecretor travelers may be at less risk for developing infections with NoVs and Cryptosporidium species and PI-IBS.^
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Helicobacter pylori is a bacterial pathogen that affects more than half of the world’s population with gastro-intestinal diseases and is associated with gastric cancer. The cell surface of H. pylori is decorated with lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) composed of three distinct regions: a variable polysaccharide moiety (O-chain), a structurally conserved core oligosaccharide, and a lipid A region that anchors the LPS to the cell membrane. The O-chain of H. pylori LPS, exhibits unique oligosaccharide structures, such as Lewis (Le) antigens, similar to those present in the gastric mucosa and are involved in interactions with the host. Glucan, heptoglycan, and riban domains are present in the outer core region of some H. pylori LPSs. Amylose-like glycans and mannans are also constituents of some H. pylori strains, possibly co-expressed with LPSs. The complexity of H. pylori LPSs has hampered the establishment of accurate structure-function relationships in interactions with the host, and the design of carbohydrate-based therapeutics, such as vaccines. Carbohydrate microarrays are recent powerful and sensitive tools for studying carbohydrate antigens and, since their emergence, are providing insights into the function of carbohydrates and their involvement in pathogen-host interactions. The major goals of this thesis were the structural analysis of LPSs from H. pylori strains isolated from gastric biopsies of symptomatic Portuguese patients and the construction of a novel pathogen carbohydrate microarray of these LPSs (H. pylori LPS microarray) for interaction studies with proteins. LPSs were extracted from the cell surface of five H. pylori clinical isolates and one NCTC strain (26695) by phenol/water method, fractionated by size exclusion chromatography and analysed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. The oligosaccharides released after mild acid treatment of the LPS were analysed by electrospray mass spectrometry. In addition to the conserved core oligosaccharide moieties, structural analyses revealed the presence of type-2 Lex and Ley antigens and N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) sequences, typically found in H. pylori strains. Also, the presence of O-6 linked glucose residues, particularly in LPSs from strains 2191 and NCTC 26695, pointed out to the expression of a 6-glucan. Other structural domains, namely ribans, composed of O-2 linked ribofuranose residues were observed in the LPS of most of H. pylori clinical isolates. For the LPS from strain 14382, large amounts of O-3 linked galactose units, pointing to the occurrence of a galactan, a domain recently identified in the LPS of another H. pylori strain. A particular feature to the LPSs from strains 2191 and CI-117 was the detection of large amounts of O-4 linked N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residues, suggesting the presence of chitin-like glycans, which to our knowledge have not been described for H. pylori strains. For the construction of the H. pylori LPS microarray, the structurally analysed LPSs, as well as LPS-derived oligosaccharide fractions, prepared as neoglycolipid (NGL) probes were noncovalently immobilized onto nitrocellulosecoated glass slides. These were printed together with NGLs of selected sequence defined oligosaccharides, bacterial LPSs and polysaccharides. The H. pylori LPS microarray was probed for recognition with carbohydratebinding proteins (CBPs) of known specificity. These included Le and blood group-related monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), plant lectins, a carbohydratebinding module (CBM) and the mammalian immune receptors DC-SIGN and Dectin-1. The analysis of these CBPs provided new information that complemented the structural analyses and was valuable in the quality control of the constructed microarray. Microarray analysis revealed the occurrence of type-2 Lex and Ley, but not type-1 Lea or Leb antigens, supporting the results obtained in the structural analysis. Furthermore, the H. pylori LPSs were recognised by DC-SIGN, a mammalian lectin known to interact with this bacterium through fucosylated Le epitopes expressed in its LPSs. The -fucose-specific lectin UEA-I, showed restricted binding to probes containing type-2 blood group H sequence and to the LPSs from strains CI-117 and 14382. The presence of H-type-2, as well Htype- 1 in the LPSs from these strains, was confirmed using specific mAbs. Although H-type-1 determinant has been reported for H. pylori LPSs, this is the first report of the presence of H-type-2 determinant. Microarray analysis also revealed that plant lectins known to bind 4-linked GlcNAc chitin oligosaccharide sequences bound H. pylori LPSs. STL, which exhibited restricted and strong binding to 4GlcNAc tri- and pentasaccharides, differentially recognised the LPS from the strain CI-117. The chitin sequences recognised in the LPS could be internal, as no binding was detected to this LPS with WGA, known to be specific for nonreducing terminal of 4GlcNAc sequence. Analyses of the H. pylori LPSs by SDS-PAGE and Western blot with STL provided further evidence for the presence of these novel domains in the O-chain region of this LPS. H. pylori LPS microarray was also applied to analysis of two human sera. The first was from a case infected with H. pylori (H. pylori+ CI-5) and the second was from a non-infected control.The analysis revealed a higher IgG-reactivity towards H. pylori LPSs in the H. pylori+ serum, than the control serum. A specific IgG response was observed to the LPS isolated from the CI-5 strain, which caused the infection. The present thesis has contributed to extension of current knowledge on chemical structures of LPS from H. pylori clinical isolates. Furthermore, the H. pylori LPS microarray constructed enabled the study of interactions with host proteins and showed promise as a tool in serological studies of H. pyloriinfected individuals. Thus, it is anticipated that the use of these complementary approaches may contribute to a better understanding of the molecular complexity of the LPSs and their role in pathogenesis.
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RESUMO: O cancro do pulmão (LC), uma das principais causas de mortalidade relacionada com cancro em Portugal, pode levar à formação de metástases hematogénicas. A adesão das células tumorais ao endotélio é considerada um dos passos fundamentais envolvidos na metástase. Em células sanguíneas, esta adesão é mediada por ligandos de E-selectina (E-SL), glicoproteínas ou glicolípidos decorados principalmente com sialyl-Lewis x (sLex) e sialyl-Lewis a (sLea). Tem sido descrito a expressão destes antigénios em LC, contudo o seu papel funcional em permitir a adesão das células de LC ao endotélio é ainda pouco compreendido. Foram analisadas amostras emparelhadas normais e tumorais de pacientes com cancro de pulmão de não-pequenas células (NSCLC) e três linhas celulares de LC. Immunoblotting assays com anti-sLex/sLea e molécula quimérica de E-selectina demonstraram que tecidos tumorais de LC sobreexpressam significativamente E-SL e resultados de citometria de fluxo demonstraram uma expressão elevada de E-SL nas linhas celulares. Para compreender o mecanismo da sobreexpressão de E-SL em tecidos tumorais e linhas celulares de LC, foi analisada a expressão de genes envolvidos na biossíntese de E-SL, nomeadamente FUT3, FUT4, FUT6, FUT7, ST3GAL3, ST3GAL4, ST3GAL6, β4GALT1, GCNT1 e GALNT3. Observou-se a sobreexpressão das fucosiltransferases FUT3, FUT6 e FUT7 em tecidos tumorais de LC e FUT3 em linhas celulares de LC, sendo que neste último, esta expressão é correlacionada com um aumento da adesão das células de LC às selectinas endoteliais. Foi observado que uma baixa expressão de FUT4 em tecidos tumorais está associada com estadios menos avançados de NSCLC. Foram analisadas ainda proteínas decoradas com sLex/sLea, tendo-se identificado como E-SL o antigénio carcinoembrionário em NSCLC. Em resumo, esta tese contribuiu para uma melhor compreensão das alterações glicosídicas e moléculas que podem influenciar a progressão tumoral do LC, podendo permitir identificar futuramente novos biomarcadores de diagnóstico/prognóstico e potenciais alvos terapêuticos para o NSCLC.--------------------------ABSTRACT: Lung cancer (LC), one of the major causes of mortality related to cancer in Portugal, may lead to hematogenous metastasis. Adhesion of cancer cells to endothelium is considered one of the crucial steps involved in metastasis. In blood cells, this adhesion is initiated by endothelial selectin ligands (E-SL) that are glycoproteins or glycolipids decorated mostly with sialyl-Lewis x (sLex) and sialyl-Lewis a (sLea). While LC has been described as expressing these sialyl Lewis antigens, its functional role in allowing LC adhesion to endothelium is still poorly understood. We analyzed paired tumor and normal tissues samples from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and three LC cell lines. Immunoblotting assays with anti-sLex/sLea and E-selectin chimera demonstrated that LC tumor tissues significantly overexpress E-SL and flow cytometry results indicated that E-SL are also abundantly expressed in LC cell lines. To understand the mechanism behind the overexpression of E-SL in LC tissues and cell lines, we analyzed the expression of genes involved in its biosynthesis, namely FUT3, FUT4, FUT6, FUT7, ST3GAL3, ST3GAL4, ST3GAL6, β4GALT1, GCNT1 and GALNT3. It was observed the overexpression of fucosyltransferases FUT3, FUT6 and FUT7 in LC tumor tissues and FUT3 in LC cell lines, being this last one correlated with an increased reactivity of the LC cells to endothelial selectins. It was described that low expression of FUT4 in tumor tissues is correlated with early stages of NSCLC. We also analyzed scaffolds proteins of sLex/sLea and it was identified the carcinoembryonic antigen as an E-SL in NSCLC. In summary, this thesis contributed to a better understanding of the glycosidic changes and molecules that can influence tumor progression of LC, allowing identifying in the future new diagnosis/prognosis biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for NSCLC.
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Histo-blood group antigens CD173 (H2) and CD174 (Lewis Y) are known to be developmentally regulated carbohydrate antigens which are expressed to a varying degree on many human carcinomas. We hypothesized that they might represent markers of cancer-initiating cells (or cancer stem cells, CSC). In order to test this hypothesis, we examined the co-expression of CD173 and CD174 with stem cell markers CD44 and CD133 by flow cytometry analysis, immunocytochemistry, and immunohistochemistry on cell lines and tissue sections from breast cancer. In three breast cancer cell lines, the percentage of CD173(+)/CD44(+) cells ranged from 17% to > 60% and of CD174(+)/CD44(+) from 21% to 57%. In breast cancer tissue sections from 15 patients, up to 50% of tumor cells simultaneously expressed CD173, CD174, and CD44 antigens. Co-expression of CD173 and CD174 with CD133 was also observed, but to a lesser percentage. Co-immunoprecipitation and sandwich ELISA experiments on breast cancer cell lines suggested that CD173 and CD174 are carried on the CD44 molecule. The results show that in these tissues CD173 (H2) and CD174 (LeY) are associated with CD44 expression, suggesting that these carbohydrate antigens are markers of cancer-initiating cells or of early progenitors of breast carcinomas.
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Patients who cannot secrete ABO and Lewis blood group antigens into body fluids, an ability controlled by a single gene on chromosome 19, are known to be at increased risk of certain autoimmune diseases associated with human leucocyte antigen (HLA) markers. This study investigated the possibility of an association with coeliac disease using red cell Lewis (Le) blood group phenotype to infer secretor status. Among 73 patients with coeliac disease who had Le a or b antigen, 48% were non-secretors (Le a + b-) compared with 27% of 137 blood donors (p = 0.004: odds ratio 2.49, 95% confidence intervals 1.37 to 4.51) and 26% of 62 medical and nursing staff controls (p = 0.014: odds ratio 2.65, 95% confidence intervals 1.27 to 5.50). Clinical characteristics did not differ between secretors and non-secretors with coeliac disease. Thus, the non-secretor state is significantly associated with coeliac disease, suggesting that genes on chromosome 19 may directly or indirectly participate in conferring susceptibility.
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CONTEXT: Epidemiological studies have demonstrated higher frequencies of the O blood group and the non-secretor phenotype of ABH antigens among patients suffering from peptic ulcers. Since Helicobacter pylori has been established as the main etiological factor in this disease, controversies about the associations of the ABO and Lewis blood group phenotypes and secretor and non-secretor phenotypes in relation to susceptibility towards infection by this bacillus have been presented. OBJECTIVE: To verify the frequencies of ABO, Lewis blood group phenotypes, secretor and non-secretor phenotypes in patients infected or uninfected by H. pylori. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Outpatient clinic. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and twenty patients with dyspeptic symptoms who underwent endoscopy. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: ABO and Lewis blood group phenotypes were determined by a standard hemagglutination test and the secretor and non-secretor phenotypes were evaluated by saliva samples using the inhibitor hemagglutination test. RESULTS: The diagnosis of infection, made via breath and urea tests and confirmed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in gastric biopsy fragments, showed the presence of H. pylori in 61.7% of the patients and absence in 38.3%. The differences between the frequencies of the ABO blood group phenotypes among infected (A 27.0%; B 12.2%; AB 4.0% and O 56.8%) and uninfected patients (A 58.7%; B 13.0%; AB 4.3% and O 24.0%) were significant. The Lewis blood type, secretor and non-secretor phenotypes showed homogeneous distribution between the groups of patients analyzed. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the infection of H. pylori can be related to ABO blood groups but not to the Lewis blood group nor to secretor and non-secretor phenotypes. Copyright©2002, Associação Paulista de Medicina.
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The Lewis blood group system involves two major antigens, Leª and Leb. Their antigenic determinants are not primary gene products but are synthesized by the transfer of sugar subunits to a precursory chain by a specific enzyme which is the product of the FUT3 gene (Lewis gene). The presence of three FUT3 gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (59T > G; 508G > A and 1067T > A) was related to the Lewis phenotype of erythrocytes from 185 individuals of Japanese ancestry living in the town of Tomé-Açu in the Brazilian Amazon region. This relationship was detected using a serological hemagglutination test and the Dot-ELISA assay along with the molecular technique PCR-RFLP. We found that the three SNPs investigated in this study only accounted for a proportion of the Lewis-negative phenotype of the erythrocytes.
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The Lewis blood group system involves two major antigens, Lea and Leb. Their antigenic determinants are not primary gene products but are synthesized by the transfer of sugar subunits to a precursory chain by a specific enzyme which is the product of the FUT3 gene (Lewis gene). The presence of three FUT3 gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (59T > G; 508G > A and 1067T > A) was related to the Lewis phenotype of erythrocytes from 185 individuals of Japanese ancestry living in the town of Tomé-Açu in the Brazilian Amazon region. This relationship was detected using a serological hemagglutination test and the Dot-ELISA assay along with the molecular technique PCR-RFLP. We found that the three SNPs investigated in this study only accounted for a proportion of the Lewis-negative phenotype of the erythrocytes.
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Zelladhäsions- und Zellerkennungsphänomene spielen eine entscheidende Rolle im biologischen Geschehen: So findet die Kommunikation zwischen Zellen zu einem großen Teil zwischen membranständigen Adhäsionsmolekülen und ebenfalls membranständigen Liganden auf Nachbarzellen statt. Zu diesen Adhäsionsmolekülen gehören die Selektine, die von fundamentaler Bedeutung für die Bekämpfung von Entzündungskrankheiten und damit für die Funktionsweise unseres Immunsystems sind. Tritt eine Entzündung in unserem Körper auf, so sind Selektine an Adhäsionsprozessen beteiligt, die zur Auswanderung von Leukozyten aus dem Blutstrom in das entzündete Gewebe führen. Diese auswandernden Zellen enthalten eine Vielzahl von Wirkstoffen, die Krankheitserreger bekämpfen, aber auch körpereigenes Gewebe angreifen können. Viele Krankheitsbilder, die mit akut oder chronisch entzündlichen Prozessen einhergehen, hängen mit einer Dysregulation der Selektine zusammen. In diesen Fällen werden übermäßig Selektine exprimiert und es kommt zu einer lokal überschießenden Akkumulation von Leukozyten, die zu Schädigungen von gesundem Gewebe führen kann. rnZu diesen Krankheiten gehören z.B. die rheumatoide Arthritis, die myocardialen Ischämie, Psoriasis sowie Asthma und Allergien. Auch bei der Abstoßung von Transplantaten und Tumormetastasierung wurde eine Beteiligung der Selektine nachgewiesen. Eine Strategie gegen diese unerwünschten Effekte ist die selektive Inhibierung der Selektine, welche aufgrund der bedeutenden Rolle der Selektine in der Genese zahlreicher Krankheiten, von großem pharmazeutischen Interesse ist. rnIn der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Entwicklung chemischer Synthesen von Verbindungen beschrieben, welche selektininhibierende Eigenschaften aufweisen sollen. Solche sog. Mimetika, die wie die natürlichen Liganden mit den Selektinen wechselwirken, sind nicht nur potenzielle Medikamente, sondern können auch durch veränderte Affinität zur Aufklärung von selektinvermittelten Zelladhäsionsprozessen dienen.rn