In this study, the hepatoprotective effect of aminoguanidine in acute liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride-CCl4 at a dose of 1 mL/kg, i.p. was investigated in experimental rats. Ten days of ...preventive treatment with aminoguanidine before exposure to toxic CCl4, at a dose of 150 mg/kg, i.p., led to significant reduction in biochemical markers of acute liver injury-AST(p < 0.001), ALT (p < 0.01), SDH (p < 0.05) and reduction in pro-oxidative markers-H2O2 (p < 0.05), TOS (p < 0.01), TBARS, and LOOH (p < 0.001) in relation to rats treated only CCl4. Treatment with aminoguanidine resulted in a significant reduction in the consumption of antioxidant-GR (p < 0.01), GST, GPx, GSH (p < 0.001), and a decrease in pro-inflammatory-TNF-α (p < 0.01), IL-1β, IL-6, NO and NGAL (p < 0.001) markers relative to animals exposed to CCl4 alone. Also, aminoguanidine pre-treatment leads to an increase in arginase activity (p < 0.001), and a decrease in citrulline concentration (p < 0.01), as well as polyamine catabolism enzyme activity-putrescin oxidase and spermine oxidase (p < 0.001) in comparison to the CCl4 group. Aminoguanidine led to a striking reduction of the necrotic field (p < 0.001), and a significant increase in the number of apoptotic hepatocytes (p < 0.001), as well as the proapoptotic markers-BAX and Caspase-3 (p < 0.05), compared to CCl4. The hepatoprotective mechanisms in CCl4 induce hepatotoxicity of aminoguanidine are based on the strong antioxidant effects, inhibition of pro-oxidative and pro-inflammatory mediators, as well as induction of damaged hepatocytes into apoptosis.
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•Aminoguanidine ameliorates the acute hepatotoxicdamage caused by CCl4.•Aminoguanidine prevents lipid peroxidation anddecreases oxidative stress.•Aminoguanidine prevents the diversion of the arginine metabolism towards citrulline.•Aminoguanidine decreases the pro-inflammatory markers (NGAL, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, NO).•Aminoguanidine induces cell damage into apoptosis in CCl4 acute liver damage.
Introduction Cisplatin is one of the most frequently used chemotherapeutics, which is known to cause both tumor and normal lung tissue damage through the generation of free radicals and cells ...apoptosis/necrosis. Melatonin is a neurohormone that regulates numerous physiological processes in the body both through receptor pathways and by maintaining tissue redox homeostasis. Material and methods The extent of rat lung damage induced by cisplatin and the effects of melatonin on this process was determined based on the pathohistological changes and biochemical disturbances in tissue lipid peroxidation, protein carbonyl modification and in the activity of xanthine oxidase (XO), caspase-3 and DNases. Results Histopathological analysis of rat lung tissue obtained from animals that received cisplatin found them to be edematous, with significant deterioration of alveolar epithelium. These morphological changes are accompanied by a significant increase in all studied oxidative stress-related parameters, as well as with the activity of apoptosis-related enzymes. A five-day treatment with melatonin completely prevented a cisplatin-induced increase in oxidative stress-related parameters and in the activity of XO, caspase-3 and alkaline DNase. Also, the histopathological changes observed during microscopic analysis were much less pronounced than in the group that received cisplatin only. Conclusions These results can potentially be connected with the ability of melatonin to inhibit the activity of XO, caspase-3 and alkaline DNase and/or its ability to scavenge free radicals, thus preventing lung damage induced by cisplatin.
•Viscosities of eight pure substances and their twenty-three binary mixtures were calculated using free volume theory.•The usage of the simplified model, without dilute gas term, was ...investigated.•Possibility of coupling the model with equations of state for density calculation was analyzed.•Comparison with results obtained with friction theory was performed.
The free volume theory model was used to estimate viscosity of eight pure substances and their twenty-three binary mixtures. The selected viscosity data included compounds such as alcohol, ether, lactam, amine and polymer, measured at atmospheric pressure and in the temperature range (288.15–318.15/323.15/333.15) K depending on the used pure chemical. For pure substances free volume theory is a correlative three-parameter model, while for mixtures different approaches were tested regarding the number of parameters in the proposed extended logarithmic mixing rule, and showed that the optimal one in terms of complexity and yet with good results, also has three parameters to be optimized. The usage of the simplified model, without dilute gas term, was justified by the values of absolute average deviations for both pure component and mixtures. The model was also coupled with different equations of state (Peng-Robinson and Soave-Redlich-Kwong) for calculation of needed density data, in cases when experimental density data are missing. For pure chemicals, values of absolute average deviations are up to 2.3% for tested polymers, and below 0.8% for other classes of chemicals. For binary mixtures overall deviations go to 1% for eleven systems without polymer and to 3.8% for twelve systems with polymer as one compound. Comparison with friction theory is slightly in favor of friction theory for pure compounds, but involves higher number of parameters, while for the mixtures free volume theory showed significantly better results with the same number of optimized parameters.
: In patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), heterogeneous expression of Mismatch repair (MMR) proteins can manifest itself in several different forms and is not such a rare phenomenon. Therefore, it ...is very important to recognize the nuclear expression of MMR proteins of different MMR status in order to avoid false positive or false negative results. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and distribution of heterogeneous expression of MMR proteins in patients with stages II and III of the disease as well as its association with clinical, demographic and pathological characteristics of CRC in relation to proficient and deficient expression of MMR proteins.
: The study included 104 cases of colorectal cancer obtained from surgical colectomy material in stages II and III of the disease.
From a total of 104 patients with colorectal cancer, immunohistochemical analysis of the expression of all four MMR proteins showed that heterogeneous expression of MMR proteins (as well as deficient immunoreactivity of tumor cells) was present in 12 cases, while proficient expression of MMR proteins was detected in 80 tumors.
: Our study showed that the only independent predictors of the loss of MMR protein expression were younger patient age and right-sided anatomical location of the tumor. The study also established the existence of heterogeneous expression of MMR proteins in a non-negligible percentage of CRCs (11.5%), where heterogeneous nuclear expression of MMR proteins was described in several different forms.
In this paper an advanced iterative learning control algorithm for rehabilitation exoskeletons is proposed. A simplified biomechanical model is used as the control object to verify control algorithm ...feasibility. The control design is proposed as two level controller consisting of inner and outer loop. In the inner loop the feedback linearization is applied to cancel out the model nonlinearities. In the outer loop the advanced iterative learning control algorithm of sgnPDD2 type is applied as a feedforward controller and classical PD controller as a feedback controller. Uncertainties are added in order to examine the controller design robustness. Numerical simulation is carried out.
The main goal of this work was to estimate the influence of carboxyl and phenolic groups, as well as aromatic, aliphatic and polysaccharide components, on the soil humic acids (HA) self-aggregation ...process. Soil HAs (leptosol and regosol) were separated using base resin getting fractions with different functional group contents. Blocking of carboxyl groups was performed using the esterification procedure to estimate the participation of each functional group in the HA aggregation. The presence of HA structural components was evaluated by potentiometric titration and ATR-FTIR. The aggregation was monitored at pH 3 using dynamic light scattering. Results indicated that the higher group content, the HA aggregation is less pronounced. A significant positive correlation of aliphatic C and aggregate size revealed their dominant influence in the HA self-aggregation. A lower abundance of aliphatic C in HA fractions could be considered as not sufficient to start the process. An increase of aromatic C in esters likely pointed out to its participation in hydrophobic bonding and, consequently, more pronounced aggregation. The relation of HA self-aggregate size with carboxyl and phenolic group, as well as aliphatic C, at low pH, could be considered universal regardless of the structural characteristics of the original or modified HA forms.
The content of combustible elements in solid mineral fuels (carbon, hydrogen, etc.) are very important, since they most directly affect the heat value. It should be noted that the fuel heat value ...depends on many other constituents, such as ash and moisture. In this paper, special attention has been paid to carbon content. In solid mineral fuels, carbon is found alone or bound in the form of various compounds. One of them is mineral carbonate compounds bound as carbonate carbon, which originates from absorbed CO2 from atmosphere. Determination of carbonate carbon content of solid mineral fuels was performed by standard gravimetric method (according to ISO 925: 2019), and newly developed instrumental method, using thermogravimetric analyzer LECO TGA 701. Comparison of obtained experimental results was done. Four types of coal, Kolubara lignite, Kostolac lignite, brown coal, and control coal sample were included in experimental analysis. In addition, moisture in the samples was also determined using analytical method and inspected using LECO TGA 701 thermogravimetric analyzer, as well as total carbon content using the LECO CHN 628 elemental analyzer. An analysis and comparison of the obtained results was performed, and comments and conclusions are presented. The experiments were done in the department for fuel characterization, Laboratory for Thermal Engineering and Energy, Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca.
Deficient mismatch repair (MMR) status is associated with good prognosis but poor therapeutic response to adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer. However, there are some opposed ...arguments considering therapeutic outcomes in patients with evidenced MMR deficiency in colorectal cancer. The aim of the study was the investigation of prognostic value and immunohistochemical analysis of the MMR-deficiency tumors.
The study enrolled 104 patients with resected stage II and III colorectal cancer samples from the period 2018-2019.
The tumors with deficient MMR status were significantly associated with age up to 50 years and right-sided localization (
< 0.001). During the follow-up period of 22.43 ± 6.66 months, 21 patients (20.2%) died, whereas 14 patients (13.5%) had relapses. The loss of mutL homologue 1/postmeiotic segregation increased 2 (MLH1/PMS2) expression, compared to proficient MMR tumors, was associated with shorter disease-free survival in patients with lymphovascular invasion (
< 0.05), perineural invasion (
< 0.01), stage III (
< 0.05) and high-grade tumor (
< 0.05).
This retrospective pilot study of a single-center cohort of patients with stage II and III colorectal cancer highlights the clinical importance of using immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis as a guide for diagnostic algorithm in a country with limited resources, but with a high prevalence of colorectal carcinoma in the young patients. MMR-deficiency tumors compared with proficient MMR colorectal cancer was not shown to be a significant predictor of disease-free and overall survival.
We conducted a retrospective study to analyze the histologic and immunohistochemical findings in three main types of odontogenic cyst. We studied 90 archived cystic jaw lesions: 30 dentigerous cysts, ...30 keratocystic odontogenic tumors, and 30 radicular cysts. The cyst types were identified on the basis of clinical, radiologic, and histopathologic findings. Immunohistochemical analyses included staining with Ki-67, p53, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), cytokeratin (CK) 8, CK14, CK17, and CK18. Cell immunopositivity was evaluated for the entire epithelium. The criteria for Ki-67 and p53 positivity were dense and/or faint nuclear staining, and cells were considered EGFR-positive if they exhibited membrane staining and/or cytoplasm staining. For the cytokeratins, cells exhibiting cytoplasm staining were considered positive. Five representative fields of each lesion were selected and identified in each of the Ki-67- and p53-stained slides. We found a statistically significant difference in the ratio of Ki-67-positive cells in the entire layer between the keratocystic odontogenic tumors and both the dentigerous cysts and the radicular cysts. A statistically significant difference was observed in the ratio of p53-positive cells between the keratocystic odontogenic tumors and the radicular cysts. Cytokeratins proved to be useful in differentiating radicular cysts from other types of cystic jaw lesions because of their CK8-positive and CK17-negative immunolabeling.
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