Biomedical subjects

A Jaworska

Publications and source records attributed to A Jaworska.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2001

Evaluation of ionizing radiation sensitivity markers in a panel of lymphoid cell lines.

PURPOSE: To examine the possible associations between radiation sensitivity to doses 2 Gy, and such features of lymphoid cell responses as apoptosis, expression of apoptosis regulatory proteins (Bcl-2 family) and cell cycle progression in relation to biological dosimetry. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The cell lines examined were: Epstein Barr virus transformed lymphoid ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) cell lines, GM00717C, homozygous, and GM00736A, heterozygous, for ATM; human pro-B lymphoblastic leukaemia, Reh; murine L5178Y lymphoma sublines, LY-R and LY-S. Assays performed following X-irradiation with doses from 0.1 to 2 Gy were: terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase (TdT) assay to measure apoptotic fraction, DNA content analysis by flow cytometry to assess cell cycle distribution, trypan blue exclusion test to determine cell viability, cytochalasin block micronucleus assay to assess cytogenetic damage, and Western blotting to detect proteins from the Bcl-2 family. RESULTS: The cell lines in the study were of different but rather high radiation sensitivity, which was unrelated to their propensity to undergo apoptosis or micronucleus frequency. The expression of apoptotic regulatory proteins from the Bcl-2 family (constitutive and expressed 4 or 24 h after irradiation) was not related to radiation sensitivity. CONCLUSION: None of the simple predictive tests used in the study, alone or evaluated together was suitable for detection of radiation hypersensitivity although cells known to be hypersensitive (LY-S and GM00717C) were included in the analysis.

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PubMed2001

[Evaluation of the postnatal treatment efficacy in congenital toxoplasmosis identified by the newborn screening programme].

The effectiveness of neonatal screening for anti-Toxoplasma IgM or IgA and IgM specific antibodies followed by an intensive anti-parasitic therapy for a prevention of clinical and immunological reactivations of congenital infection was studied. Thirty-five congenitally infected infants were included into clinical and serological follow-up. The children were mostly asymptomatic at birth or they expressed some non-specific reversible clinical abnormalities in neonatal period. Clinically overt toxoplasmosis occurred in 10 patients, including one infant with a severe form; 2 children had co-existing CMV infections. During the follow-up period, no clinical relapses were reported. Asymptomatic immunological rebounds of IgG or of IgG and IgA specific antibodies were observed in 16 patients. Anti-parasitic treatment initiated soon after birth seems to be promising in a prevention of early clinical sequelae of congenital T. gondii infection.

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PubMed2000

Differential induction of apoptosis in x-irradiated L5178Y sublines bearing p53 mutation.

We examined apoptosis and expression of p53, E2F-1, bax, bclx(L) and bc12 proteins in two L5178Y (LY) murine lymphoma sublines, LY-R and LY-S, which differ in radiosensitivity and double-strand break (DSB) repair. Both sublines are heterozygous for a p53 mutation in codon 170 that precludes the transactivation function. Accordingly, there is no G1/S arrest after irradiation. We found that there is no change in expression of E2F-1, bax, bclx(L) or bc12 proteins in both LY sublines after x-irradiation. LY-R cells do not constitutively express bc12, whereas both sublines show high bax content. Radiation induces delayed apoptosis to a greater extent in LY-S than in LY-R cells. The apoptosis can be seen 24 h after irradiation (2 Gy) of LY-S cells, with a maximum at 48 h. LY-R cells need 5 Gy and 72 h post-irradiation incubation to show marked apoptosis (identified by the TUNEL method). The reported observations support the assumption that differential radiosensitivity of LY sublines is associated with the induction of apoptosis that is not related to transactivation by p53 and is primarily related to differential DNA repair ability.

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PubMed2000

Bilirubin- and light induced cell death in a murine lymphoma cell line.

Cells from the mouse lymphoma cell line L5178Y-R were exposed to blue light from phototherapy lamps in the presence of solutions of 160 microM bilirubin supplemented with serum albumin. HPLC analysis showed that the bilirubin solution was photooxidised as a function of increasing light dose. The cells were stained with trypan blue to score necrosis, and apoptosis was assayed by the terminal deoxynucleotide transferase assay (TdT) or by studying the nuclear structure in cells stained with propidium iodide. A rapidly developing apoptosis was observed after light doses killing 60-80% of the cells as judged from the trypan blue exclusion test. The fraction of apoptotic cells was smaller than the fraction of necrotic cells. Exposure of the cells to fractions of light at a high dose rate was compared to the effect of the same total dose at a lower dose rate given as a single fraction. No large differences were found, however, there was a tendency of a higher degree of necrosis as well as apoptosis in the cells receiving the light in fractions at a high dose rate.

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PubMed1993

The effect of paraquat on the radiosensitivity of melanoma cells: the role of superoxide dismutase & catalase.

The activities of reactive oxygen species scavenging enzymes, superoxide dismutases (SODs) and catalase (in cells of two melanomas (mouse B16 and human SK23) and in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were examined. Melanoma cells are relatively depleted in activities of superoxide dismutases and catalase as compared to CHO cells. Short equitoxic (500 microM for CHO and B16 cells and 5 microM for SK23 cells) paraquat treatment (15 min before the X-irradiation, 45 min in postirradiation period--the total time of treatment was 1 h) caused an increase in radiation resistance, measured as colony forming ability, in two of the three lines examined. It is proposed that PQ may exert its radioprotective effect by induction of antioxidant enzymes.

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PubMed1992

[Late results of stomatologic and ophthalmologic treatment of injuries involving the central part of the face].

The authors present an analysis of the results of treatment of patients with injury of the central fragment of the face, who have been hospitalized in the 2nd Department of the Maxillofacial surgery in Silesian Academy of Medicine. In the period 1980-1987 there were 447 patients with an injury of the central fragment of the face. Among this group 60 (13.4 p.c.) patients showed disturbances of the visual system. The most frequent causes of the injury were: assault (61.5 p.c.), traffic accidents (20.1 p.c.), occupational injuries (8.8 p.c.). Deformation of the face was the most frequent pathology observed in the course of a control stomatological check-up (32.0 p.c.). The most important ocular pathology were the posttraumatic atrophy of the eye (3.3 p.c.) and optic atrophy. Palpebral scars (33 p.c.) and diplopia (7.6 p.c.) were the most frequent ocular signs.

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PubMed1991

Paraquat increases superoxide dismutase activity and radiation resistance in two mouse lymphoma L5178Y cell strains of different radiosensitivities.

It is shown that paraquat treatment (1 h, 1 x 10(-5) mol/l) increases the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in L5178Y (LY) R and S cells by about three times. When combined with X-irradiation, 0.5 h of treatment preceding irradiation increased the SOD activity two-fold and the alpha/beta ratio three-fold, as estimated from the X-ray survival curves. LY-S cells were more sensitive than LY-R cells to treatment with paraquat alone. These results indicate that SOD may be a radioprotective enzyme in LY strains and that LY-S cells are particularly sensitive to superoxide radicals as a result of a relatively low SOD activity. This explains their sensitivity to paraquat, which generates O2-, and to X-rays. The low SOD level may also explain the higher initial DNA damage in X-irradiated LY-S than LY-R cells.

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PubMed1991

Alveolar soft part sarcoma: an analysis of 8 cases. Review of the literature.

Eight cases of alveolar soft part carcinoma (ASPS) are presented. The average age of the patients was 28 years. There were 6 women and 2 men. The left sided and right sided tumours were equal in number. Local recurrence was not observed in any of the patient treated, but lung metastases occurred in 6 of them. Three patients died with disease the average 35 months after treatment. Histologically in one case the uniform sheets of cells were observed without alveolar arrangement. The presence of beta glucuronidase (BG), acid phosphatase (AP) and non specific esterase (NE) in tumor cells was seen in one case studied. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural examination confirm the thesis, that ASPS consist a distinct clinico-morphologic entity, the histogenesis of which remains uncertain.

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PubMed1990

Structure-activity relationship of polyamine derivatives of 1,3-dichloroacetone-thiosemicarbazone: induction of metastases and increase in sialylation of murine lymphoma L5178Y-R cells.

A number of polyamine (PA) derivatives of thiosemicarbazone of 1,3-dichloroacetone (TDA) have been prepared and their effect on growth in vivo of tumorigenic but not metastatic cell strain (LY-R) of mouse lymphoma L5178Y has been investigated. Polyamine derivatives of TDA (PDT) were injected i.p. every third day (4 times, 10 or 25 mg/kg per injection) into DBA/2 mice inoculated i.p. or s.c. with LY-R cells. It has been found that disubstituted putrescine (Put), spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm) derivatives TDA exhibit a prometastatic activity as indicated by the appearance of solid tumor foci in subcutaneous tissues, liver and spleen. This activity depends mainly on the structure of the PA fragment and the presence of TDA. An increase in lipid bound sialic acid content after treating LY-R cells in vitro and in vivo with a Spm derivative has been found. These findings suggest that disubstituted PA derivatives of TDA and LY-R cells may be a useful model for investigation of the final steps in formation of metastases by lymphoma cells.

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PubMed1989

[Evaluation of the indications for conservative and surgical treatment of mandibular fractures in the light of late therapeutic results. Own material results of studies].

The studied material comprised 300 inpatients with mandibular fractures in whom the data necessary for the intended assessment were collected according to an acc epted programme. The collected material made possible to evaluate the indications to surgical and conservative treatment in the light of immediate and late results considering the duration of the treatment and its effectiveness, and the time of disability to work or school work. On the basis of the obtained therapeutic results the necessity was demonstrated of introduction of slight corrections in the presently accepted indications to the choice of treatment type. The result of the study is a suggestion for extension of the indications to surgical treatment with consideration of the modern methods of osteosynthesis in certain groups of patients with mandibular fractures. It was noted that a considerable number of patients had too long, unjustified illness leaves from work which the authors regard as a sociological phenomenon requiring further studies.

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PubMed1989

[Tuberculosis of jaw bones].

The authors report three cases of isolated tuberculous foci of jaw bones and stress the increase in the prevalence of tuberculosis in last years. The process had a protracted course and was associated with isolated or multiple pus-discharging fistulae. In all cases the final diagnosis was based on the histological examination of scrapings from the pathological lesions. In one case establishing of correct diagnosis was very difficult since the initial laboratory investigations and microscopic examination of cells from the pus and sputum failed to demonstrate specific changes. Only later histological examination during repeated exacerbations demonstrated tuberculosis. The treatment with tuberculostatic agents made possible achieving of improvement.

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PubMed1986