104 resultados para Medizingeschichte, Anilinblasenkrebs, Farbwerke Hoechst


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Durch die Entwicklung der chemischen Industrie im 19. Jahrhundert traten völlig neue medizinische Probleme auf. 1895 postulierte Dr. Ludwig Rehn, ein Chirurg am Städtischen Krankenhaus in Frankfurt am Main, auf dem Chirurgenkongreß erstmals einen Zusammenhang zwischen dem Blasenkarzinom und seinem gehäuften Auftreten bei Arbeitern der organisch-chemischen Farbenfabriken. Er hatte bemerkt, daß er in relativ kurzer Zeit einige Patienten mit Blasenkrebs operiert hatte, die auffälligerweise alle in derselben Fabrik arbeiteten. Da diese Krankheit sehr selten war, versuchte er in Zusammenarbeit mit Heinrich Paul Schwerin das Phänomen zu ergründen. Einerseits mußte die schädliche Substanz selbst genau identifiziert werden, andererseits die Kanzerogenese aufgeklärt sowie eine Therapie gefunden bzw. prophylaktische Maßnahmen eingeleitet werden. Wie auch heute bei vielen neuen Entdeckungen dauerte es Jahrzehnte, bis Ärzte diese These anerkannten. Besonders starke Anfeindung erfuhr Ludwig Rehn von Fabrikärzten aufgrund ihrer Verpflichtung für das Wohlergehen der Arbeiter und ihrer Abhängigkeit von der wirtschaftlichen Prosperität der Fabriken, z. B. von Friedrich Wilhelm Grandhomme. Es ergab sich die bis heute bestehende Schwierigkeit, zwischen den Wünschen der produzierenden, arbeitsplätzeschaffenden Industrie und dem Schutz der Arbeitnehmer und der Umwelt einen Konsens herzustellen. Die Probleme Therapie und Prophylaxe sowie Identifikation aller Blasenkrebs verursachenden Substanzen sind auch im 21. Jahrhundert noch nicht völlig geklärt.

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NMR analysis and molecular dynamics simulations of d(GGTAATTACC)2 and its complex with a tetrahydropyrimidinium analogue of Hoechst 33258 suggest that DNA minor groove recognition in solution involves a combination of conformational selection and induced fit, rather than binding to a preorganised site. Analysis of structural fluctuations in the bound and unbound states suggests that the degree of induced fit observed is primarily a consequence of optimising van der Waals contacts with the walls of the minor groove resulting in groove narrowing through: (i) changes in base step parameters, including increased helical twist and propeller twist; (ii) changes to the sugar–phosphate backbone conformation to engulf the bound ligand; (iii) suppression of bending modes at the TpA steps. In contrast, the geometrical arrangement of hydrogen bond acceptors on the groove floor appears to be relatively insensitive to DNA conformation (helical twist and propeller twist). We suggest that effective recognition of DNA sequences (in this case an A tract structure) appears to depend to a significant extent on the sequence being flexible enough to be able to adopt the geometrically optimal conformation compatible with the various binding interactions, rather than involving ‘lock and key’ recognition.

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Melatonin (MEL) acts as a powerful scavenger of free radicals and direct gonadal responses to melatonin have been reported in the literature. Few studies, however, have evaluated the effect of MEL during in vitro maturation (IVM) on bovine embryos. This study tested the addition of MEL to maturation medium (MM) with no gonadotropins on nuclear maturation and embryo development rates and the incidence of DNA damage in resulting embryos. Cumulus-oocyte complexes were aspirated from abattoir ovaries and cultured in MM (TCM-199 medium supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum - FCS) at 39ºC and 5% CO2 in air. After 24 hours of culture in MM with 0.5 µg mL-1 FSH and 5.0 µg mL-1 LH; 10-9 M MEL) or 10-9 M MEL, 0.5 µg mL-1 FSH and 5.0 µg mL-1 LH, the oocytes were stained with Hoechst 33342 to evaluate nuclear maturation rate. After in vitro fertilization and embryo culture, development rates were evaluated and the blastocysts were assessed for DNA damage by Comet assay. There was no effect of melatonin added to the MM, alone or in combination with gonadotropins, on nuclear maturation, cleavage and blastocyst rates. These rates ranged between 88% to 90%, 85% to 88% and 42% to 46%, respectively. The extent of DNA damage in embryos was also not affected by MEL supplementation during IVM. The addition of 10-9 M MEL to the MM failed to improve nuclear maturation and embryo development rates and the incidence of DNA damage in resulting embryos, but was able to properly substitute for gonadotropins during IVM.

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Contents The current study examined the protective effects of l-glutamine and cytochalasin B during vitrification of immature bovine oocytes. Oocyte vitrification solution (PBS supplemented with 10% FCS, 25% EG, 25% DMSO and 0.5 m trehalose) was the vitrification control. Treatments were the addition of 7 mu g/ml cytochalasin B, 80 mm glutamine or both cytochalasin and glutaminine for 30 s. After warming, oocytes were matured in vitro for 24 h, fixed and stained with Hoechst (33342) for nuclear maturation evaluation. l-glutamine improved the vitrified/warmed immature bovine oocytes viability (32.8%), increasing the nuclear maturation rates compared to other treatments and the no treatment vitrified control (17.4%). There was, however, no effect of cytochalasin B on in vitro maturation (14.4%).

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The aim of this study was to assess the effect of exogenous DNA and incubation time on the viability of bovine sperm. Sperm were incubated at a concentration of 5 x 10(6)/ml with or without plasmid pEYFP-NUC. Fluorescent probes, propidium iodide/Hoechst 33342, FITC-PSA and JC-1, were used to assess plasma membrane integrity (PMI), acrosome membrane integrity (AMI) and mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) respectively at 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 h of incubation. Exogenous DNA addition did not affect sperm viability; however, incubation time was related to sperm deterioration. Simultaneous assessment of PMI, AMI and MMP showed a reduction in the number of sperm with higher viability (integrity of plasma and acrosome membranes and high mitochondrial membrane potential) from 58.7% at 0 h to 7.5% after 4 h of incubation. Lower viability sperm (damaged plasma and acrosome membranes and low mitochondrial membrane potential) increased from 4.6% at 0 h to 25.99% after 4 h of incubation. When PMI, AMI and MMP were assessed separately we noticed a reduction in plasma and acrosome membrane integrity and mitochondrial membrane potential throughout the incubation period. Therefore, exogenous DNA addition does not affect sperm viability, but the viability is reduced by incubation time.