Laser-Induced µ-Rooms for Osteocytes on Implant Surface: An In Vivo Study.

Laser processing of dental implant surfaces is becoming a more widespread replacement for classical techniques due to its undeniable advantages, including control of oxide formation and structure and surface relief at the microscale. Thus, using a laser, we created several biomimetic topographies of various shapes on the surface of titanium screw-shaped implants to research their success and survival rates. A distinctive feature of the topographies is the presence of "µ-rooms", which are special spaces created by the depressions and elevations and are analogous to the µ-sized room in which the osteocyte will potentially live.

A critical threshold of rehabilitation involving brain-derived neurotrophic factor is required for poststroke recovery.

Background: Enriched rehabilitation (ER; environmental enrichment plus skilled reaching) improves recovery after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo) in rats. Fundamental issues such as whether ER is effective in other models, optimal rehabilitation intensity, and underlying recovery mechanisms have not been fully assessed.

Objective: The authors tested whether the efficacy of ER varies with ischemia model and assessed the importance of rehabilitation intensity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in recovery.

The effects of repeated rehabilitation "tune-ups" on functional recovery after focal ischemia in rats.

Background: For most stroke survivors, rehabilitation therapy is the only treatment option available. The beneficial effects of early rehabilitation on neuroplasticity and functional recovery have been modeled in experimental stroke using a combination of enriched environment and rehabilitation. However, the impact of a secondary intervention, such as a periodic return to therapy, remains unclear.

Long-term assessment of enriched housing and subventricular zone derived cell transplantation after focal ischemia in rats.

The potential for using stem cells to treat stroke has garnered much interest, but stem cell therapies must be rigorously tested in animal models before transplantation studies progress to clinical trials. An enriched environment enhances transplanted subventricular zone (SVZ) cell migration and functional benefit following stroke in rats. However, the ability of SVZ cells to survive, migrate, differentiate and promote functional recovery at protracted survival times (e.

Exercise intensity influences the temporal profile of growth factors involved in neuronal plasticity following focal ischemia.

Exercise increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), phosphorylated cAMP response-element binding protein (pCREB), insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) and synapsin-I, each of which has been implicated in neuroplastic processes underlying recovery from ischemia. In this study we examined the temporal profile (0, 30, 60 and 120 min following exercise) of these proteins in the hippocampus and sensorimotor cortex following both motorized (60 min) and voluntary (12 h) running, 2 weeks after focal ischemia. Our goal was to identify the optimal training paradigms (intensity, duration and frequency) needed to integrate endurance exercise in stroke rehabilitation.

Enriched environment enhances transplanted subventricular zone stem cell migration and functional recovery after stroke.

Stroke patients suffer from severe impairments and significant effort is under way to develop therapies to improve functional recovery. Stem cells provide a promising form of therapy to replace neuronal circuits lost to injury. Indeed, previous studies have shown that a variety of stem cell types can provide some functional recovery in animal models of stroke.

Endurance exercise regimens induce differential effects on brain-derived neurotrophic factor, synapsin-I and insulin-like growth factor I after focal ischemia.

The optimal amount of endurance exercise required to elevate proteins involved in neuroplasticity during stroke rehabilitation is not known. This study compared the effects of varying intensities and durations of endurance exercise using both motorized and voluntary running wheels after endothelin-I-induced focal ischemia in rats. Hippocampal levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor, insulin-like growth factor I and synapsin-I were elevated in the ischemic hemisphere even in sedentary animals suggesting an intrinsic restorative response 2 weeks after ischemia.

BAG-1 expression correlates with Bcl-2, p53, differentiation, estrogen and progesterone receptors in invasive breast carcinoma.

BAG-1, a recently identified anti-apoptotic protein, is overexpressed in the majority of invasive breast carcinomas. Overexpression of BAG-1 is important for both multi-step oncogenesis and resistance of cancer cells to apoptosis induced by DNA-damaging alkylating agents. BAG-1 protein species are localized differentially; nuclear expression may be associated with a shorter disease-free and overall survival in early stage breast cancer, while cytoplasmic expression has been associated with longer survival in non-small cell lung cancer.

Efficacy of rehabilitative experience declines with time after focal ischemic brain injury.

To maximize the effectiveness of rehabilitative therapies after stroke, it is critical to determine when the brain is most responsive (i.e., plastic) to sensorimotor experience after injury and to focus such efforts within this period.

Antisense BAG-1 sensitizes HeLa cells to apoptosis by multiple pathways.

To study the mechanism of action of BAG-1 in drug-induced apoptosis, we constructed an antisense BAG-1 vector and established a stably transfected cell line from BAG-1-over-expressing HeLa cells. Reduced BAG-1 protein was confirmed by Western blot. Treatment of the antisense BAG-1-transfected cells with the anti-cancer drugs staurosporine, paclitaxel, all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), and N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) retinamide (4-HPR) resulted in significantly enhanced apoptosis and reduced cell viability relative to vector-transfected cells.

[Enzymatic activity and therapeutic action of pepsin K in chronic gastritis with secretory failure].

Pepsin K (chicken pepsin) in the test for hemoglobin proteolysis is 1.7 times superior to abomin (porcine pepsin) in the medium pH 2 and 44 times more potent in the medium pH 3. Even in pH 4 chicken pepsin retains its enzymatic activity while porcine pepsin in pH 4 looses its activity.

[Comparative experimental enzymatic activity and clinical efficacy of pepsin K and abomin].

Hen pepsin (pepsin K) in the experiment on proteolytic activity of hemoglobin surpasses porcine pepsin (abomin) with pH of medium 2 in 1.7 times, with pH of medium 3 in 44 times, that makes it more acceptable for treatment of enzymatic insufficiency of stomach. In the clinic reception of pepsin K in tablets for 4 weeks had a positive effect for all 10 patients after the surgical intervention on the stomach.

Distinct BAG-1 isoforms have different anti-apoptotic functions in BAG-1-transfected C33A human cervical carcinoma cell line.

BAG-1 protein can be expressed as four isoforms of 50, 46, 33 and 29 kDa with different subcellular localizations, which may have different functions in anti-apoptosis, but the exact mechanism remains unclear. We constructed BAG-1 full length and deletion mutated plasmids in a pCR3.1 vector and established stable transfections of BAG-1 isoforms in low BAG-1 expressing C33A cells.

Retinoic acid inhibits telomerase activity and downregulates expression but does not affect splicing of hTERT: correlation with cell growth rate inhibition in an in vitro cervical carcinogenesis/multidrug-resistance model.

Telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein complex of hTERT, hTR, and TP1, has been reported to be associated with carcinogenesis and multidrug resistance (MDR). This study used our in vitro human cervical multistep carcinogenesis/MDR model system in which normal human ectocervical and endocervical (HEN) cells were immortalized by HPV18 or 16, respectively, and subsequently transformed. The first evidence was found that immortalization and telomerase activation were correlated with increased expression specifically of two of the hTERT alternatively spliced mRNAs, one encoding wild-type protein containing the full-length functional reverse transcriptase (RT) region and one encoding a defective RT protein.

Prognostic significance of BAG-1 expression in nonsmall cell lung cancer.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the expression of BAG-1 in a cohort of patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The intensity and subcellular distribution of BAG-1 expression were correlated with overall survival. Tumor samples were collected from 85 patients diagnosed with NSCLC between 1993-1995 in St.

Human papillomavirus type 16-immortalized endocervical cells selected for resistance to cisplatin are malignantly transformed and have a multidrug resistance phenotype.

Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (cisplatin, CDDP) is a highly effective chemotherapeutic agent against cervical cancer, but drug resistance is a major obstacle in its clinical application. The mechanism of drug resistance in human cervical cancer is not well understood. Here, we established an in vitro endocervical, cisplatin-resistant cell system that mimics the development of cisplatin resistance in the human cervix.

Expression of BAG-1 in invasive breast carcinomas.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the expression of BAG-1 in invasive breast carcinomas. The intensity and subcellular distribution of BAG-1 expression was correlated with conventional prognostic factors and with disease-free and overall survival.

Patients And Methods: One hundred forty patients diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in St.

[Problems of development, production and clinical use of highly effective blood substitutes].

An analysis of biological properties of blood substitutes has shown the expedience of wider clinical use instead of polyglucin of such substitutes as polyglucol, polifer, rondex, neorondex, polyoxidin, volecam; instead of rheopolyglucin--the rheopolyglucin with glucose, rheogluman and rheoglusol prepared for clinical tests; instead of haemodesin--haemodesin-H, neohaemodesin, gluconeodesin; instead of protein hydrolysates--polyamine and purified from peptides infusamine, hydromine, amicin; instead of 0.9% solution of sodium chloride--disol, quintasol, lactasol, mafusol. They have polyfunctional properties and considerably increase the effectiveness of the infusion--transfusion therapy.

Human BAG-1/RAP46 protein is generated as four isoforms by alternative translation initiation and overexpressed in cancer cells.

Previously, a Bcl-2-interacting protein, BAG-1, was cloned from mouse cells and was shown to interact with several other proteins and to be important for inhibition of apoptosis. Human BAG-1 (hBAG-1) cDNA, recently isolated by us and two other groups, has been shown to be identical to a hormone receptor-binding protein, RAP46. However, different molecular masses of hBAG-1 protein products were noted by these three groups.

[Stage-by-stage diagnosis in conducting the cardiological screening of servicemen using a computer].

A 3-staged algorithm and a device named PKSV-01 were worked out to carry out a pre-doctor screening of servicemen. This method made it possible to define the sound servicemen, as well as patients with cardiovascular diseases including ischemic disease and postinfarctional cardiosclerosis. The specificity came to 91.

Intestinal absorption of fish oil in rats previously adapted to diets containing fish oil or corn oil.

A study was conducted to evaluate whether the composition of previous dietary fat affects the absorption and composition of lymph obtained after a meal of fish oil. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were fed diets containing either corn oil or fish oil (MaxEPA) for 2 weeks. They were then given intraduodenally a bolus of an emulsion of 0.

The acute pancreatotoxic effects of the plant nitrile 1-cyano-2-hydroxy-3-butene.

The effects of synthetic 1-cyano-2-hydroxy-3-butene (CHB), a racemic mixture of the (R)- and (S)-enantiomers, were studied in adult male rats. The compound given by gavage in olive oil at doses of 25-200 mg/kg causes toxic effects on the pancreas that resemble those seen when naturally occurring CHB is given to rats. At 6 h after dosing, pancreatic edema is seen with doses of 100 mg/kg and greater.

The effect of ferrous sulfate and pH on L-dopa absorption.

Ferrous sulfate decreases L-dopa bioavailability in humans probably as a result of binding of L-dopa by iron in the gastrointestinal tract. This study was conducted to determine if iron by binding L-dopa decreases L-dopa absorption and to investigate the effect of different pH buffers on intestinal absorption of L-dopa in the presence and absence of ferrous sulfate. A rat model developed to examine drug absorption was used.