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Análise da expressão de hsa-miR-9 e CDH1 em adenocarcinoma gástrico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-06-02) OLIVEIRA, Kelly Cristina da Silva; CALCAGNO, Danielle Queiroz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1326603355062154
The loss of CDH1 expression is a frequent event in gastric cancer (GC), in sporadic and hereditary manifestation, important in the invasion and metastasis process. Approximately, 15-50% of families affected by hereditary diffuse gastric cancer syndrome (HDGC) have germline mutations in the CDH1 gene. Evidences established that hsa-miR-9 participates of this protein downregulation in breast cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma. In the present study, we investigated the possibility of hsa-miR-9 is involved in CDH1 negative regulation in HDGC and sporadic GC. For the relative quantification of hsa-miR-9 expression by real-time PCR, was used samples from 9 patients with HDGC and paired samples of sporadic GC and adjacent non-neoplasic gastric tissue of 138 patients. Additionally, was performed copy number variation analysis of the MYC gene, a positive regulator of has-miR-9, in HDGC samples. The expression of CDH1 mRNA and its protein in sporadic GC samples were performed by real time PCR and Western Blot, respectively. All HDGC samples, exhibited increased of hsa-miR-9 expression and copies number of MYC (≥3 copies) independent of the presence of germline mutation in CDH1 gene. In sporadic GC it was detected a reduction of CDH1 mRNA expression, CDH1 and hsa-miR-9. Moreover, was found a significant association of CDH1 reduced expression in diffuse-type tumors and advanced. The reduction of CDH1 mRNA expression, CDH1 and hsa-miR-9 was significantly associated with lymph node metastasis and tumor stage III-IV. In correlation analysis, was identified a very strong correlation between the expression of mRNA and protein of CDH1, and a strong correlation between the CDH1 mRNA expression and hsa-miR-9, and the protein expression of CDH1 and hsa-miR-9. The hsa-miR-9 takes a controversial role in CG according to the type of manifestation, playing oncomiR paper in HDGC, occasionally behaving like tsmiR in sporadic. In HDGC, we suggest that hsa-miR-9 overexpression could be influenced by MYC amplification and that it functions as a second event mechanism in patients with germline mutation in the gene CDH1. Regarding sporadic GC, as an alternative hypothesis based on the theory of field cancerization, we suggest that there is an increased expression of hsa-miR-9 in the adjacent stomach tissue compared to the gastric tissue without cancer. This overexpression would be higher in adjacent tissue than in the tumor, leading to downregulation of CDH1, important for epithelial-mesenchymal transition and tumor initiation.
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Análise da expressão de miRNAs em carcinoma hepatocelular
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-02-11) SANTOS, Ian Barroso dos; DEMACHKI, Samia; SANTOS, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7568391537270652; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1290427033107137
Hepatocellular carcinoma represents the most common primary malignancy of the liver and the fifth most common solid tumor worldwide. Highly lethal, remais a serious public health problem because of difficulties in early diagnosis and the development of effective therapeutic measures. Recent in the field of molecular biology studies suggest that define the profile of miRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma may considerably influence the identification of risk factors associated with oncogenes and suppressor genes. The objective is to evaluate the expression of miRNA 135b, miRNA 181a-5p and miRNA 181a-3p in samples of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Chronic Hepatitis C and correlate them so likely to seek biomarkers related to the mechanism of carcinogenesis. The research was done in six patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and twenty four cases of Chronic Hepatitis C, Para, northen Brazil. All samples Hepatocellular carcinoma underwent microdissection for subsequent RNA extraction. For the extraction of total RNA and microRNA All=Prep the DNA / RNA FFPE kit (quiagem), quantified by the Qubit® 2.0 Fluorometer (Invitrogen) for final concentration of 5ng/μL standard equipment was used. The cDNA was obtained using TaqMan® MicroRNA Reverse Transcription (Applied Biosystems). Statistical analyzes were performed in softwares SPSS 17.0, using the Mann-Whitney test, with significat differences in the expression levels of the miR181a-3p and miR 181a-5p in hepatocellular carcinoma (average 3.94 and 17.9, respectively) compared with chronic hepatitis C (average 1.18 to 1.8, respectively) with P-value of 0.005 and 0.003. In this study, it was observed that miRNAs 181a-3p and 181a-5p, especially the 181a-5p way were significantly more highly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma samples when compared to non-tumor liver tissue with chronic hepatitis C. Therefore, microRNAs have interesting characteristics that favor them as possible in biological screening for early diagnosis of tumors and targeted therapies selected markers.
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Análise de citocinas no soro de pacientes com câncer gástrico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2017-08-16) HAGE, Pedro Antônio Mufarrej; CALCAGNO, Danielle Queiroz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1326603355062154
Despite the reduction in the worldwide incidence of gastric cancer, this neoplasm remains the second largest cause of cancer death in the world. Late diagnosis occurs mainly due to the absence of symptoms or the presence of non-specific symptoms in the early stages of the disease. In this case, few effective therapeutic options are available, resulting in high rates of morbidity and mortality. The continuous study of new strategies for the early diagnosis, definition of the prognosis and identification of new therapeutic methods is of great interest in this neoplastic type. In the present study was quantified inflammatory proteins candidate to biomarkers in the serum of 19 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma before surgical resection and 13 healthy individuals as control. The methodology used for quantification of proteins was the MAGPIX system and panels of cancer biomarkers inventoried by the manufacturer (Bio-Plex Pro Human Pro-Cytokine, Chemokine and Growth Factors). In the comparison between patients with gastric adenocarcinoma and control group was observed the levels of IL-1β, IL-1RA, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-15, G-CSF, GM-CSF, IFN-γ, MIP1α, RANTES and VEGF were higher in serum of gastric adenocarcinoma patients. According clinicopathological characteristics, was observed elevated levels of IL-5, IL-7, IL-10 and IL-17A in diffuse-type gastric adenocarcinoma in relation intestinal-type. In addition, the association of the expression of the cytokines studied with overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (PFS) were performed using the KM Plotter Online Tool. Overexpression of G-CSF, GM-CSF and VEGF in tumor was associated with lower OS and PFS of gastric cancer patients. However, the overexpression of IL-10 was associated only with PFS. Thus, we can conclude that the IL-1β, IL-1RA, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-15, G-CSF, GM-CSF, IFN-γ, MIP1α, RANTES and VEGF cytokines are potential biomarkers of gastric cancer, and diffuse-type adenocarcinoma can related to a greater inflammatory response than intestinal-type. Survival analysis suggests that elevated levels of IL-10, G-CSF, GM-CSF and VEGF in serum are potential biomarkers of prognosis in gastric cancerpatients.
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Análise imunohistoquímica da ADAMTS-1 e proteoglicanos no ameloblastoma e no tumor odontogênico cístico calcificante
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-06-30) SOUZA NETO, Osvaldo Rodrigues de; PINHEIRO, João de Jesus Viana; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1365260779826770
Ameloblastoma and calcifying cystic odontogenic tumor (CCOT) are odontogenic tumors with origin odontogenic epithelium, but it is not yet known stimulus or trigger that lead to neoplastic transformation of tumors. The biological behavior of the lesions is distinct because the ameloblastoma is more aggressive and significant rate of tumor recurrence. CCOT is a less aggressive tumor and recurrence rarely there and therefore was used as a control in the study. Therefore, the complete elucidation of the mechanisms by which these odontogenic tumors show such biological behavior remains a challenge for researchers. The ADAMTS (A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with thrombospondin) are metalloendopeptidases who are dependent on zinc in its catalytic domain. These enzymes have catalytic activity against a broad range of substrates including proteoglycans (aggrecan, brevican and versican), which are proteins present in the extracellular matrix (ECM). The ADAMTS exhibit structural features that confer great potential to display multiple functions. Exhibit crucial role in various processes such as proliferation, adhesion, invasion and cell signaling. Changes to these enzymes are present in various tumors, suggesting that these proteins may be involved in the carcinogenic process in different ways. Specifically, ADAMTS-1 has been correlated with tumorigenesis of some cancers such as in breast, lung and pancreatic cancer. Like ADAMTS, aggrecan, versican and brevican are expressed in various tumors and altered regulation of proteoglycans may contribute to the development of carcinogenesis. In this work ADAMTS-1, aggrecan, brevican and versican in ameloblastoma and CCOT were studied, 20 cases of ameloblastoma and 6 cases of TOCC, used as controls were included. We evaluated the expression of ADAMTS-1, aggrecan, brevican and versican by immunohistochemical study and the marking areas were measured and analyzed. To correlation analysis between the studied proteins used the Spearman test. All samples of ameloblastoma expressed ADAMTS-1, aggrecan, brevican and versican. All samples TOCC also expressed the same proteins, but in significantly less than the amount ameloblastoma. The difference in expression of ADAMTS-1 and brevican in the epithelium of ameloblastoma and of TOCC was statistically significant (p<0.0105). As the expression of aggrecan and versican, between ameloblastoma and TOCC, in the epithelium was also statistically significant (p<0.0067) and (p<0.0148), respectively. There was no correlation between the proteins studied.
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Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos da infecção pelo Papilomavírus Humano (HPV) em mulheres da população urbana e ribeirinha no município de Santarém-PA
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013) LIMA, Maria Mônica Machado de Aguiar; FUZII, Hellen Thais; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0026958665547973
The human papilloma virus (HPV) is a virus that infects the skin and mucosa and is associated with cancer of the cervix, by increasing the likelihood of this happening, but parallel to this, other behavioral risk factors should be investigated. Focusing research on the prevalence and the clinical epidemiology of genital infection by HPV in women of urban and riverside municipality of Santarém-Para State proposed a comparative study to be observational, descriptive and analytical , transversal, where there was a selection of 511 women, with 391 women (38.54 ± 11.4 years) and 120 for Urban sample comprised the sample riverfront (37.2 ± 11.7 years). For data collection an interview was conducted, containing information about the factors that may be associated with the incidence of HPV and cervical cancer, plus a collection of biological material that was analyzed by cytology, DNA isolation and PCR . The analysis of these data was performed using the tab in excel and subsequent treatment through statistical software Bioestat 5.0, with the results a low prevalence of HPV compared with surveys from other regions, and homogeneity of results between urban and riverside, differing only in the topics of education, smoking status, number of sexual partners during their lifetime, and oral contraceptive used during life. Concluding that despite geographical location, there is for the municipality of Santarém a big change in the profile of woman between data found in the urban area and the waterfront on the epidemiology of HPV.
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Aspectos epidemiológicos da infecção pelo Papilomavírus humano em mulheres residentes às margens do rio Tocantins, na cidade de Imperatriz – MA
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012) SOUSA, Haigle Reckziegel de; PINHEIRO, Maria da Conceição Nascimento; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6353829454533268
The cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide and has been associated with infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) whose diagnosis of suspicion is done through the Pap test. In general, some factors are involved in this relationship, such as early onset of sexual activity, number of sexual partners, promiscuity, however, these factors are not well known in special groups of women, such as the riverside. This study aimed to understand the magnitude of the prevalence of human papillomavirus - HPV and associated risk factors among women living on the river Tocantins, in the municipality of Empress - MA. Participants 107 women enrolled in Basic Health Unit Riverside where they were subjected to a smear test by the Papanicolaou technique. Sociodemographic and epidemiological data related to HPV infection were obtained through the standard form of the Ministry of Health PPCCU Women Study participants averaged 36 years of age, and 88.8% non-white women, most with elementary school, and living with income in the range of 1 to 3 minimum wages (57.9%). Among the risk factors there was a mean age of 16.6 years at first intercourse, an average of 3.1 sexual partners in history, parity of 3 children, high smoking prevalence 24.2%, contraceptive use by 52, 3% of women and the frequent use of condoms by 62.6% of women. Conducting annual preventive examination of cervical cancer of 43.9%. However, there was no association of any of the risk factors studied with HPV infection. The study also revealed that women's knowledge about HPV was having incipient awareness that there was need for further clarification on prevention, health risks and treatment. We conclude that the activities of health education about HPV developed in the Public Health Services of Empress of Maranhão facing special groups, particularly those socially disadvantaged, are still insufficient to make an impact in reducing morbidity by cancer lap, and requires studies on strategies to approach these actions within the Programme for Prevention of Cervical Cancer.
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Associação do perfil de acetilação lenta do gene NAT2 na susceptibilidade ao câncer, na Região Norte do Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-04-10) FERNANDES, Marianne Rodrigues; SANTOS, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1290427033107137; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodriguéz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4362051219348099
Objectives: The N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) gene is a marker for the study of interindividual susceptibility to develop malignant neoplasms, once the enzyme NAT2 takes part in the metabolism of carcinogenic agents and the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of its gene produces enzymes with different activities, leading to either slow or fast acetylation of xenobiotics. The purpose of this study was to investigate a possible association between the NAT2 gene SNPS and susceptibility to the involvement of gastric adenocarcinoma or invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast in patients of northern Brazil. Methods: Five polymorphisms of great importance for defining the metabolism profile of enzyme NAT2 (C282T, T341C, C481T, A803G and G857A) were investigated by direct sequencing of 986 base pairs, amplified in two PCR reactions, totalizing 133 patients with neoplasms (63 with Gastric Cancer-GC and 70 with Breast Cancer-BC) and 89 Control subjects. In order to avoid spurious interpretations resulting from the population substructure, we used a panei with 48 ancestry informative markers (AIM). Results: We found statistical differences for African and European parental contribution when compared between the Cancer and Control groups; a higher African contribution was detected in the study group with Cancer and, in the control group, it was detected a higher European contribution (p<0.001). Dominating polymorph genotypes C282T (TT + CT) showed significant association (p<0.001; OR 3.076; Cl 95% 1.664-5.687) for susceptibility to the different forms of Cancer investigated. A significant association of slow and fast acetylation profile with the susceptibility to develop the investigated neoplasms was noticed (p=0.010; OR 3.054; Cl 95% 1.303-7.159) and (p= 0.041; OR 0.527 Cl 95% 0.280-0.973) clearly showing that individuais with slow acetylator profile showed a risk of developing neoplasms increased to up to three times when compared to Control subjects. Conclusions: Ancestry genomic control was effectively important for this investigation and enabled the control of the ancestry effect on the association of NAT2 gene for susceptibility to cancer. In this study, it was possible to prove the strong influence of xenobiotics slow acetylation profile on the susceptibility to GC and BC.
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Avaliação bacteriológica por cultivo e metagenômica de peixes pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) submetidos a diferentes procedimentos de salga
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2017-12-01) SILVA, Flávia Thamires Barbosa da; ASSUMPÇÃO, Paulo Pimentel de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7323606327039876; KHAYAT, André Salim; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6305099258051586
In the North region, gastric cancer (GC) ranks second of the most frequent types of tumors in men and fourth in women. For 2016, were estimated 690 new cases in the state of Pará, 260 cases in the capital. GC has a multifactorial etiology, resulting from the interaction of genetic (endogenous) and environmental (exogenous) factors. Epidemiological studies have shown a clear association between the excessive consumption of salt-preserved foods and the occurrence of GC, this is mainly due to the carcinogenic action of N-nitroses compounds resulting from the union of Nitrate reduction pathway (from salting) products and of organic compounds present in the stomach region. This reduction is performed by bacterial enzymes (nitrate reductase) that are present in contaminating species that can proliferate in this type of food. Such salt-preserved foods, such as pirarucu (among other fish), shrimp and charque, have been incorporated for many years into the food pattern of the state of Pará and other areas of the Amazon region. This reduction is performed by bacterial enzymes (nitrate reductase) present in contaminating species that can proliferate in this type of food. Salt-preserved foods, such as pirarucu (among other fish), shrimp and charque, have been incorporated for many years into the food pattern of the state of Pará and other areas of the Amazon region. During the salting process, the time and conditions of processing, storage and commercialization of the food are directly related to the quality of these products. For this reason, the importance of studies that evaluate alternative processing conditions, such as use of refrigeration, in order to mitigate the production of components harmful to human health. In the present study, we investigated the bacterial composition in different salting processes of these foods, through bacterial and metagenomic isolation. Samples of fresh pirarucu evidenced growth of E. coli, indicating microbial contamination of fecal origin, which was not noticed in the samples submitted to salting. From the metagenomic analyzes we can observe an abundance of the genus Staphylococcus in the samples of salted fish, especially in those kept exposed at room temperature. This genus contains species that cause toxinfections and have the enzyme nitrate reductase. The contamination of pirarucu by these bacterial species leads to the production of nitrite, which when consumed lead to the formation of carcinogens involved in the formation of mutations, which may trigger gastric neoplasms. Although refrigeration has diminished the bacterial quantitative, the bacteriostatic or bactericidal effect of the salting process was not sufficient to maintain the quality of the salted fish in levels suitable for consumption, therefore, the consumption of the fish can be harmful to the health of the population and be related with high GC rates in the population of Belém and the North region.
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Avaliação clínica e epidemiológica do papilomavírus humano em mulheres idosas em unidades de saúde em Belém –Pará -Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-08-27) FREITAS, Wiviane Maria Torres de Matos; FUZII, Hellen Thais; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0026958665547973
Aging is a real phenomenon that brings individual and social changes. Among these current modifications is the permanence of the elderly population in the field of sexual activity. Once this event was particularly the young, the elderly today and are sexually active still increasingly exposed to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including infection with the human papillomavirus -HPV, not to adopt safe habits such as condom use. The STD rates in the elderly are of concern when associated with increasing number of cervical cancer in this population. The study aimed to evaluate clinically and epidemiologically HPV in older women to health facilities in Belém / PA. It is a cross-sectional, analytical and quantitative study. Information was collected through clinical and epidemiological questionnaire containing variables on first sexual intercourse, sexual partners, alcohol consumption and smoking habits, etc. Cells of the uterine cervix for performing Pap smear, DNA extraction and detection of HPV DNA were collected. The HPV detection was performed by PCR and subtyping of the real-time PCR. The collections are given after approval of the Center for Tropical Medicine / UFPA Research Ethics Committee under the number 401.991 and analyzed by means of the construction of the database and the Chi-square and Fisher exact tests applied level of significance accepted of α ≤ 0.05. For data analysis, counted with 159 samples of older, averaged 67.98 years of age, widows and with incomplete primary education most. Registered a 6.28% prevalence of HPV infection in these elderly surveyed, there was a significant relationship between infection with multiple partners (p≤0,006) and the habit of smoking in the life (p≤0,03) . Another important fact is older in sexual activity as a higher prevalence of HPV (14.28%) than those without activity (2.72%). Added the event of an elderly infected with viruses having a subtype of high oncogenic risk (HPV16), in addition to all older received cytology within the normal range. It is concluded that despite the prevalence is decreasing in this present age, the elderly are exposed to risk factors that may contribute to increased rates of cervical cancer, highlighting the importance of this research and the constant screening in these women.
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Avaliação da atividade antineoplásica dos fármacos metformina e mebendazol isolados e em associação em linhagem celular de câncer
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018) SILVA, Karla de Assis; KHAYAT, André Salim; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6305099258051586
Gastric cancer will account for 782,685 deaths worldwide in 2018, being the fifth most common cause of cancer in the world and a fourth in Brazil. For example, the diagnosis of pathognomonic cases, the diagnosis of gastric cancer occurs late in most cases. In addition, this is a series of patients with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, being a resection surgery that offers the greatest healing potential. Adenocarcinoma is the most common subtype of lung cancer, with incidence greater than 90%. The risk factors for the pathology are multiple and cover the genetic, environmental and food. The drugs metformin and mebendazole, now used in the processes of diabetes and parasitic infections, are presented as antineoplastic effects in studies of various types of cancer. For metformin, it is possible that anticancer mechanisms of action, among others, may be made viable by LKB1 / AMPK / mTOR. Mebendazole prevents the polymerization of tubulins, inhibiting the growth and invasiveness of cancer cells. Thus, the present study has as a preventive effect metformin and mebendazole, known for their anti-neoplastic antibodies and low toxicity, in isolation and in combination with AGP01 (prescribed from neoplastic cells present in the patient with gastric ascites fluid of the intestinal type). This study is in vitro: MTT cytotoxicity, viability / apoptosis and necrosis assessment, cell cycle analysis and migration assay. One metfomine had 6.2mM IC50 and the 300mM IC50 mebendazole given alone, when combined with a new level of new IC50 values of 1.8mM and 88nM, respectively. The cell migration was inhibited for the metformin from the time of 12h and mebendazole from the time of 24h, a combination of the drugs showed no change in the time of inhibition, but increased the reliability of the test. Mebendazole and metformin induced cell death by apoptosis and prevented cell cycle progression, increasing the percentage of cells in the G1 / G0 phase and decreasing the percentage of cells in the S phase and G2 / M phase. These data confirm, at least in the antineoplastic effects of these drugs.
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Avaliação da integridade genômica mitocondrial em gliomas de alto e baixo grau na população paraense
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-12-14) COSTA JÚNIOR, Carlos Antonio da; BORGES, Bárbara do Nascimento; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0676220027193876
Cancer is characterized by fast abnormal cells proliferation which grow beyond their normal limits and may invade adjacent or distant tissue. Cancer CNS represents 2% of all cancers in the world, being slightly higher in men than in women. Mitochondria are responsible for producing most of the cellular ATP by oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), may also act through glycolysis for same purpose, not requiring only oxygen. This option is a particular cancer cell property, also known as the Warburg effect. One hypothesis to explain this metabolic change may be related to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) defects caused by OXPHOS where these mutations can lead cancer cells to glycolysis. Eight mtDNA regions (D-LOOP, ND1, ND3, CO I, CO II CO III, ATPase 6 and ATPase 8) were analyzed in patients’ neoplastic tissues with glial cell cancer in Pará population, relating the data with the pathological and clinical characteristics of the patients. Among the changes found, the complex I seem to be decisive for the progression of high-grade tumors, as well as changes indel seem compromising important structures for OXPHOS. Deletions 4977 bp, when combined with other changes in ND1 / ND3 or heteroplasmias suggest poor prognosis, however, seem to have a reduced risk when changes in ND1 and ND3 are simultaneous.
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Avaliação da toxicidade e correlação com polimorfismos no gene de reparo X-RCC1 em pacientes com neoplasias do trato gastrointestinal submetidos a radio e quimioterapia
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-12-18) SOUZA, Paulo Gustavo Cavalcanti de; ASSUMPÇÃO, Paulo Pimentel de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7323606327039876; SANTOS, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1290427033107137
The intestine tract neoplasms consist in an important problem of Brazil’s health as consequence of its incidence and mortality. Radiotherapy plays a fundamental work as part of gastric and rectal cancer treatment. The vastly background in radiobiology and the recently advances in the comprehension of molecular mechanisms involved in the behaviour of tumour cells and the normal tissues to ionizing radiation has been demonstrating the importance of repair DNA genes. The gene XRCC-1 plays an important work repairing ionizing lesions, working in the answers of single strand break through repairing by base excision. XRCC-1 base polymorphisms can influence the answer of radiotherapy’s answer, in the same way the toxicity showed on them. In the present study we analysed the toxicity of gastric and rectal cancer patients submitted to radiation treatment and chemotherapy and its relation with the occurrence of specifics polymorphisms of XRCC-1 GENE, C194T (rs1799782) and INDEL 4 bp GGCC (rs3213239). Our data showed a general toxicity rate of 64,5 %, but only 24,5 % were grade 3 or 4. The specific toxicity grade 3 or 4 rate were 16,3 % diarrhea, 6 % dermatitis and 6 % nausea. We did not find and correlation between the polymorphisms C194T (rs1799782) and INDEL (rs1799782) and the rate of toxicity found, except when we evaluated patients with gastric and rectal cancer separately. In the latter group, the allele T of C194T was associated with a higher incidence of nausea, with a 10,5 fold risk and a p value of 0,03. Although this positive correlation, we believe that the number of patients in our study was insufficient to a more accurate correlation between toxicity and polymorphisms.
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Avaliação do polimorfismo INDEL no gene TYMS em associação a resposta quanto ao uso de fluoropirimidinas em pacientes portadores de neoplasias do trato gastrointestinal
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-02-26) COSTA, Danielle Feio da; SANTOS, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1290427033107137
Cancer is a public health problem worldwide, with an estimated of 27 million new cases and 17 million cancer deaths in 2030. In Brazil, estimates for cancer in 2014, indicate the occurrence of approximately 580 000 new cases. Fluoropyrimidines are used in the main chemotherapy regimens targeted to tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Recently, much has been investigated on causes of different individual responses to chemotherapy.Thus, it has been sought an individualized therapy that can maximize drug efficacy and minimize adverse effects associated with drugs. We aimed to seek the association of an INDEL polymorphism (rs16430) in TYMS gene with the pattern of response to chemotherapy drugs based on fluoropyrimidines, in order to contribute to the development of personalized medicine. We studied 151 samples of cancer patients treated with fluoropyrimidine, from a population of the Brazilian Amazon region with high interethnic admixture. An INDEL polymorphism (rs16430) was genotyped in TYMS gene that is involved in the response to treatment using fluoropyrimidines. The research reported that most patients had advanced disease at diagnosis, of which 32.7% were treated with palliative intent, and 22.8% neoadjuvant treatment. Our results show that the INDEL polymorphism in the TYMS gene appears to have a protective effect on tumor progression (p = 0.033). Patients treated with fluoropyrimidine who were wild homozygous (INS / INS) had a 24% protection to tumor progression compared to other genotypes of this polymorphism. Estimates of global genetic ancestry of the sample investigated were: 62.4% European, 25.2% Amerindian and 12.4% African. It was possible to establish an inverse correlation between the increase of Amerindian ancestry and metastasis (p = 0.024). Pharmacogenetic studies can provide a personalized therapy toxicity reducing mortality and improving therapeutic efficacy, thereby providing a cancer therapy with better clinical results.
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Avaliação do potencial biotecnológico de compostos isolados de Swietenia macrophylla no tratamento de câncer
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-11-30) BARRETO, Leilane de Holanda; MONTENEGRO, Raquel Carvalho; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0043828437326839
Swietenia macrophylla (mahogany) is a species of plant widely known for its therapeutic potential. The main constituents isolated extracts of this plant are structures known as limonoids. The limonoids also have several biological activities, among them, antitumor activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antitumor potential of the extract and limonoid obtained from leaves of S. macrophylla in cancer cell lines. Cytotoxicity to 5 cancer cell lines and normal revealed that the extract had cytotoxic effect in colorectal cancer cell lines (HCT-116 and HT-29), as the limonoids were cytotoxic for colorectal cancer (HCT-116) and melanoma (SKMEL-19). Given these results, we selected the limonoid L3 and HCT-116 cell line to evaluate the mechanism of action, as well as the HT-29 lineage, which has the TP53 gene mutated for comparison as possible of the compound mechanism of action, once it was less sensitive to L3. Moreover, L3 showed more selective for tumor cells. None of the compounds caused hemolysis of erythrocytes in mice. To evaluate the antiproliferative action of L3, the clonogenic assay was performed, where the two lines there was a significant reduction of colonies, however this reduction was more significant in HCT-116. The L3 compound also has caused death by apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner in the lines, where the number of cells in apoptosis was higher in HCT-116. To evaluate DNA damage, it was held the comet assay, which showed that L3 cause damage to the DNA of the two cancer cell lines, with greater damage index in HCT-116. The assessment of cell cycle distribution of cells after treatment with L3 showed that there was blocking the cycle at the G2 / M phase, mainly in HCT-116 (45% of the cells). From these data, it conducted a study of genes involved in this phase of the cycle, from analysis of their expression by RT-PCR. The ATM gene, which is activated by DNA damage activates the CHK-2 which in turn phosphorylates p53 protein. p53 protein can activate the transcription of p21 gene, which triggers cell cycle stopped, or activate cell death pathways. In this study, we found increased expression of genes ATM, CHK-2, TP53, ARF in a dose dependent in both cacer cell lines, and this expression was higher in HCT-116 cell line. The expression of p21 was increased in HCT-116, while in HT-29 decreased, this is due to the fact that HT-29 possess the mutant TP53 gene, then your protein does not work properly. As the path of apoptosis was evaluated caspase-3 gene and the anti-apoptotic gene BCL-2. There was increase in the expression of caspase-3 mainly in HCT-116 and decrease of BCL-2. These results suggest that L3 may be causing damage to the DNA of cells, triggering a cellular signaling pathway dependent on p53. To evaluate the toxicity of S. macrophylla extract, it was held the acute toxicology testing in mice, where the extract did not cause any changes in the physiological parameters of animals. As the claustogenicidade test (micronucleus) also showed that the extract is not mutagenic in the mouse bone marrow cells.
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Câncer gastrointestinal: dificuldades para o acesso ao diagnóstico e tratamento
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-01-24) MARQUES, Meib Nascimento; MÓIA, Lizomar de Jesus Maués Pereira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8335502787825672
Cancer of the gastrointestinal tract has its importance in mortality profile of Brazil, being among the ten most incidents in the country. Early detection ensures better life quality for cancer patients, but often these arrive at treatment centers in advanced stage of the disease. The study investigates the difficulties of access to diagnosis and treatment for patients with gastrointestinal cancer treated by the Unified Health System. To this end, we performed a descriptive, in the form of a questionnaire survey observational database of patients undergoing treatment were collected in two public hospitals in Belém, in the period from March to June 2013.. Fulfilled the inclusion criteria 122 patients were grouped in different trajectories. In addition, were also obtained information registered in the records of these patients. The analysis of the data obtained showed that the diagnosis of the disease in 68.1% was held by the general practitioner; the greatest difficulty at that stage, was access to diagnostic tests, because spending generating the majority of patients (68.9%) did not carry out specialized examinations through the Unified Health System, but with its own resources. In the centers/units of references in Oncology, the difficulties reported by 56 patients begin with the appointment of medical consultation, schedule delay occurring by the institution for 94.6% of these patients. The lack of bed for hospitalization was cited as the biggest obstacle (54.4%) to start surgical therapy, particularly for gastric cancer and colon and rectum. The analysis of the trajectories followed by patients, since the beginning of the symptoms until the attendance in the references reveals that the diagnosis of the disease in 50% of patients occurred only 10 months after the start of symptoms, and the treatment began only after 90 days of diagnosis. The time that patients remain symptomatic without a diagnosis impacts negatively on the prognosis. In this research, the cases of gastric cancer and colon and rectum were diagnosed late (stage IV and IIIB) and therefore the treatment did not occur within desirable.
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Capacitação de Agentes Comunitários de Saúde para a prevenção e controle do câncer
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-05-08) BRITO, Leidiane Mendes; ASSUMPÇÃO, Paulo Pimentel de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7323606327039876
The present study has as main topic of discussion the Community Health Agent as essential actor for prevention and control of cancer, along with the staff of FHS. We focus our attention here specifically, through the eyes of the CHW, the risks and to facilitate the development of cancer attitudes, as well as alarm signals. We had as guiding to this research the following question: the Community Health Workers, after receiving proper training, attain sufficient skills to work in cancer control, through actions of risk identification and health education? So if systematized the main objective, which was to develop a model of intervention that contribute to cancer control in primary care, with the CHW as the primary mediator. This is an intervention research, cross-sectional qualitative approach, having as object of study, the work of CHW as an instrument of the ESF for cancer control. A sample of five CHW's was selected as the main participants and eight families as secondary participants. For production data, a field research was used, which included the observational method. This production was divided into two stages: a study of effectiveness and efficiency study. Regarding data analysis, we had two periods of interpretation seeking to organize our discussion into two interpretive matrices: considerations of the activities and the corollary of the actions, each with their respective categories and themes. This analysis relied on the theoretical and methodological support of thematic content analysis proposed by Bardin (2011). As for the results, we implement after prior intervention plan, we could reach results supported the model of intervention that we propose to research. Thus, it was possible to see how this should be organized and what steps should be performed. At first, this intervention has sparked changes in the daily lives of participants, resulting in positive health behaviors. The CHW's met expectations and after work training performed well in research and health education activities. Therefore, this research still can not answer whether the intervention produced, in short, is capable of causing long-term changes, and especially if these changes have helped in reducing cancer rates. It is worth to notice that such interventions to be successful, the partnerships need to be strengthened. This way, we can have an efficient public health and at the same time, a primary care quality, it requires in fact, that all work together.
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Correlação entre o câncer bucal e de laringe e a presença do Papilomavírus Humano (HPV) e do vírus Epstein-Barr (EBV) no estado do Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013) ARAÚJO, Marizeli Viana de Aragão; FUZII, Hellen Thais; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0026958665547973; SOUSA, Rita Catarina Medeiros; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3560941703812539
The oral and laryngeal cancer represents a growing public health problem in Brazil. Smoking and alcohol are the main causes of oral cancer and larynx, but a part of the population develops the disease without being exposed to these risk factors, suggesting the existence of other causes such as genetic predisposition, alteration of tumor suppressor genes, diet and viral agents, particularly human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The proposition of this study was to verify prevalence of HPV and EBV in normal oral mucosa, cancer of oral cavity and larynx, and what types are most prevalent in these two situations. For this study we established two groups: one consisting of 70 specimens embedded in paraffin, with a confirmed diagnosis of oral and larynx cancer and other with 166 individuals without lesions in the oral cavity. Laboratory analysis for the viral detection and typing HPV and EBV (EBV type 1 or 2) were performed by conventional PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction). The typing of samples positive for HPV types (6, 11, 16, 18, 33, 35, 38, 52 and 58) was performed by real time PCR using probes specific for each type. The EBV and HPV prevalence found in the oral and laryngeal cancers was 78.6% for HPV and 84.3% for EBV and 24.1% and 45.8% for EBV and HPV, respectively, in individuals without oral lesions. The most prevalent HPV types were HPV 58 (50.9%), HPV 6 (9.1%) and HPV 16 (9.1%) in cancer group and HPV 18 (12.5%), HPV 6 (7.5 %) and HPV 58 (2.5%) in the group with no lesions. The EBV 2 was more prevalent in both the cancer lesions than subjects without lesions, with a frequency of 94.9% and 82.9%, respectively. There was no association of HPV infection with EBV and sex, the prevalence being similar for men and women. Association was observed between the prevalence of HPV and EBV and its co-infections with the group that developed cancer. The prevalence of HPV and EBV and the odds ratio in the occurrence of cancer was 8.86 (p <0.0001) in individuals infected with HPV and 4.08 (p = 0.0004) in patients infected by EBV. The probability value estimated for prevalence of HPV and EBV co-infection and the occurrence of cancer has shown that individuals infected by both viruses have 65.72% likelihood of developing cancer, while infected with HPV has 31.94% and infected with EBV 17.79%. The results of this study may suggest that viral agents (HPV and EBV) are important risk factors for the development of carcinogenesis, and HPV is more effective than EBV in triggering the disease.
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Epidemiologia molecular do papilomavírus humano (HPV) em pólipos gástricos e colorretais
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-05-05) ARAGÃO, José Ismael Viana de; ARAÚJO, Marizeli Viana de Aragão; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7849256617873180; QUARESMA, Juarez Antônio Simões; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3350166863853054
The word “polyp” refers to a macroscopically visible lesion or to a tumor that protrudes from a epithelial surface. The polyps can be classified as neoplastic or non-neoplasic cells. In Brazil, cancer in general is set as a public health problem of national dimensions. With the life expectancy increase of brazillian people, the growing industrialization and globalization, neoplasms have acquired a larger importance in the country’s mortality profile, raking second place with cause of death. Gastric, colon and rectal cancers are among the most prevalent ones in brazillian population. Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been listed as a risk factor associated with the presence of many kinds of cancers. Considering the capacity of the polyps to evolve into neoplasia, this study aimed to verify the prevalence of HPV in gastric and colorectal polyps. It has been analyzed 135 samples of paraffined blocks of gastric and colorectal polyps in patients over 18 years old residents in the state of Pará, divided into three groups: gastric hyperplastic polyps (GHP), colon hyperplastic polyps (CHP) and colon adenomatous polyps (CAP). The samples were collected during endoscopy or colonoscopy procedures. For detecting the presence of HPV it was used the technique of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The samples infected by HPV have been typed to HPV subtypes 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 52 and 58 using specific probes in PCR in real time. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Tropical Medicine Center of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). The obtained data were compiled in a spreadsheet and the statistical analysis was performed by the software SPSS 20.0. 135 polyps were identified (87 in women and 48 in men), the majority of the study participants were between 50 and 69 years old. The obtained results indicate the presence of HPV in 57 samples (42.2% of cases). Five samples were positive for HPV 18, two samples were positive for HPV 16 and HPV 35. One sample was reagent for HPV 31, another for HPV 33 and another isolated for HPV 52. Two samples were co-infected by HPV 18 and 35. No sample (82.5%) was positive for the other tested types. The presence of HPV had no statistically significant difference between the groups (p = 0,306), whereas statistical significance has been found between the studied age groups (p = 0,004). The prevalence of HPV in the gastric and colorectal polyps found in this study suggests that HPV's presence might be an important etiological factor in the development of neoplastic lesions. Therefore further studies are needed to affirm the HPV relationship with gastric and colon cancer.
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Estado nutricional e marcadores clínico-bioquímicos em indivíduos portadores de carcinoma gastrointestinal
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-11-04) MIRANDA, Tayana Vago de; ARAÚJO, Marília de Souza; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9371703949781020
The nutritional status of patients with gastrointestinal carcinoma is frequently affected, being aggravated by the carcinogenesis that promote activation of the inflammatory process and subsequent activation of the immune system, with production of cytokines and acute phase proteins, such as C-reactive protein, which results in hypermetabolism, accelerating weight loss and progresses to cachexia. This study aimed to analyze the nutritional status and biochemical-clinical markers in patients with gastrointestinal carcinoma, treated at Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto (HUJBB), in Belém-PA. Was conducted a descriptive, observational and cross-sectional study involving patients with gastrointestinal carcinoma treated at HUJBB from december 2013 to july 2014. Nutritional assessment was conducted by anthropometric parameters, which included body mass index (BMI), percentage weight loss (%PWL), arm circumference (AC), arm muscle circumference (AMC), arm muscle area corrected (CAMA), triceps skinfold thickness (TST) and muscle adductor pollicis (MAP), biochemical parameters, by classifying hemoglobin, total lymphocyte count (TLC), albumin, transferrin, index-inflammatory nutritional prognosis (IPIN ) and subjective parameters, using the subjective global assessment produced by the patient (ASG-PPP), besides the identification and classification of cachexia. 44 patients were evaluated, 63.3% were male with a mean age of 61.2 years (±13.3); 95.50% were natural of Pará, 45.50% living in the countryside, 50.00% had incomplete education in primary and 52.30% had no family income. 63.60% of the patients evaluated, had stomach cancer; of these, 50.00% were in clinical stage IV and 73.30% in surgical treatment, with an average hospital stay of 45.85 days (± 32.97). In nutritional assessment was obtained 20.50% eutrophy in adults and 42.30% for seniors through BMI, however, in isolated assessment of muscle and fat compartments, there was 59.10% of severe depletion by of CAMA, 54.50% by the TST, 75.00% with the presence of depletion in AC and 68.18% in AMC. Severe weight loss was observed in 61.36% of the patients and in the MAP was obtained higher prevalence of moderate depletion (30.20%). At biochemical parameters, there was severe reduction in hemoglobin to 61.40% of patients, slight depletion of CTL in 56.80%, 47.70% for albumin and 45.50% with moderate depletion in transferrin. In the assessment of IPIN, was obtained medium risk complication for 56.80% of the patients. In ASG-PPP, 63.60% of patients were classified into severe malnutrition and the presence of symptomatic cachexia, was 54.50%. With regard to the correlation analysis, it was found that there was a positive and significant correlation of BMI with AMC, AC, TST, CAMA, MAP and hemoglobin; AMC with AC, and CAMA; AC with TST, CAMA, MAP, and hemoglobin; TST, CAMA; CAMA with MAP. In the principal component analysis, it was found as the most sensitive methods to detect malnutrition the assessment of AC, CAMA, AMC, BMI, TST, MAP, IPIN and evaluation of cachexia. Thus, the results obtained in this study indicate the nutritional impairment in patients with gastrointestinal carcinoma by different parameters, thus demonstrating that malnutrition occurs globally, with loss of both adipose tissue, muscle tissue as well as changes biochemical level.
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Estresse oxidativo associado à infecção pelo HPV e às lesões precursoras do câncer de colo uterino em mulheres ribeirinha
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016) BORGES, Bruna Emanuelle Sanches; PINHEIRO, Maria da Conceição Nascimento; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6353829454533268
This study aimed to evaluate the responses of oxidative stress associated with HPV infection and precursor lesions of cervical cancer in women riverside of the Amazon. Involved 126 riverside women two Itaituba city communities, 68 riverine two communities of Limoeiro do Ajurú and 43 women of a community of Braganca city district, all in the state of Para, aged 14 to 60 years, attended the cervical Cancer Prevention Program Uterine (PCCU) in the years 2013 and 2014. Was realized the Pap test and PCR (polymerase chain reaction) to HPV detection. Collection of blood samples were also obtained for evaluation of lipid peroxidation (MDA) and determination of total glutathione (GSHt) and oxidized (GSSG). Sociodemographic information was obtained during an interview prior to the collection. MDA levels were higher in those with HPV infection in all communities studied and those with low-grade precursor lesions in Itaituba. In Limoeiro do Ajurú and Bragança women the concentrations of total GSH and GSSG were presented suggesting high expression of an oxidative response in women with pre-malignant lesions of low grade uterine or cervical HPV. While women with HPV Itaituba LIEBG or the full GSH levels were higher than GSSG levels, suggesting the antioxidant GSH response. Which is the first work that investigates responses of oxidative stress associated with pre-malignant lesions of cervical cancer and HPV infection in riverside communities in the Amazon, the results showed a significant association between oxidative responses and HPV infection, become relevant studies which investigate the main factors influencing the responses of oxidative stress in this population.