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Adenocarcinoma gástrico T4b: experiência de 12 anos em Hospital Universitário
(2013-12) FAVACHO, Bernard Costa; COSTA, Carleno da Silva; MAGALHÃES, Thamer Costa; ASSUMPÇÃO, Paulo Pimentel de; ISHAK, Geraldo
Gastric neoplasia is a heterogeneous and multifactorial disease and its incidence and mortality vary widely based on geographic location. Approximately 60% of the diagnoses of patients from occidental countries were made on the stages III and IV. The best treatment still is to realize a surgical procedure. AIM: Identify the epidemiological aspects of the patients diagnosed with T4b gastric adenocarcinoma. METHODS: The study was observational, transversal and retrospective; it was also based on secondary sources from patients diagnosed with T4b gastric adenocarcinoma, through pathologic stages. A total of 815 charts were analyzed and 27 patients studied. The variables were: demographic aspects, main symptoms, risk factors, access to health system, surgical aspects, morbidity, mortality and survival. RESULTS: Were included 22 men (81,5%) and five woman (18,5%), in the age group between 38 and 87 years old - median age of 58. The time, in months, to access the health system varied from one to 120, average of 12,5 months. The most prevalent signs and symptoms were: weight loss 23 (85,2%), epigastric pain 22 (81,5%), vomit 16 (59,3%) and gastric fullness 12 (44,4%). The frequency of the affected adjacent body structures was: pancreas 8 (29,6%), liver 7 (25,9%), transverse colon 6 (22,2%), small intestine 6 (22,2%), mesocolon 3 (11,1%), spleen 1 (3,7%) and gallbladder 1 (3,7%). Postoperative morbidity occurred in 51, 85% of the patients. There were a significative association between surgical mortality and the occurrence of fistula/ dehiscence, septic shock and bleeding. The survival rate after six months was 63,27%. CONCLUSION: The mean time between onset of symptoms and access to specialized health services was high. More than half of the patients had postoperative morbidities. Patients who had fistula / dehiscence, bleeding and septic shock were significantly associated with surgical mortality. The survival rate after six months was 63.27%.
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Alterações mitocondriais e tumorigênese de câncer gástrico em Sapajus apella
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-06-15) ANTUNES, Symara Rodrigues; BORGES, Bárbara do Nascimento; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0676220027193876
Cancer is the name given to a variety of diseases that can occur in different regions of the body, which is characterized primarily by the deregulated proliferation of cells. A very important organelle in both normal and mutated cells is mitochondria, responsible for most of the ATP production in the cell. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA can lead to apoptosis or influence the efficiency of ATP formation. Considering several different estimates, gastric cancer still in the five most incidental in world population, as well as in Brazilian and local population. In this way, understanding tumor behavior becomes important for fight against this pathology. With this, the objective of the present work was to analyze presence of mitochondrial DNA alterations of gastric carcinoma lines implanted in an animal model. Four mitochondrial genes (COI, ATPase 8, ND1 and ND3) from four gastric cancer strains (AGP01, ACP02, ACP03 and PG100) and one control (Carcinossarcoma 256 from Walker) were analyzed to evaluate possible mitochondrial DNA mutations. These strains were inoculated in non-human primates of the Sapajus apella species, and some animals received the carcinogenic substance N-methyl-N-nitrosurea (MNU) concomitantly with the strains. The gastric tumors that developed in the animals were surgically removed, after which DNA extraction, amplification and sequencing of the sequences of interest were done. Changes were observed in the ND1 and ND3 genes. The two transitions found in ND1, one at position 3594 (CT) and 3693 (GA) of mitochondrial DNA, had no associated pathological record and were related to population markers. The AG transition at position 10398 of the ND3 gene resulted in the change from one threonine to alanine in the resulting amino acid, only in lines with more aggressive behavior or after MNU administration. Two heteroplasms were also identified in the ND1 gene at positions 3594 (C / T) and 3693 (A / G) only in the PG100 line after MNU, suggesting a difference in the DNA repair system of this line compared to the others. The results suggest that changes in the genes encoding proteins that participate in Complex I of the respiratory chain are more frequent than in other portions of the mtDNA in the analyzed gastric carcinoma strains.
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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 gênica de pacientes com adenocarcinoma gástrico associado ao vírus Epstein-Barr
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2024-08) SILVA, Valéria Cristiane Santos da; MOREIRA, Fabiano Cordeiro; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5745396559731337
Infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is one of the risk factors for gastric cancer (GC). Epstein-Barr is a virus with oncogenic activity and was the first to be associated with malignant diseases such as lymphomas and carcinomas. Thus, EBV detection can be performed both by in situ hybridization and, currently, by using RNA sequencing techniques to identify the presence of viral genes in samples. In this context, aiming to better understand the EBV-positive subtype, this study proposed a molecular classification based on RNA sequencing of 76 tumor samples from patients diagnosed with GC. RNA sequencing of the samples was performed, and molecular classification was done using the Kraken2 software. Of the 76 samples, 8 were considered positive according to the adopted method. Subsequently, to understand the different mechanisms by which EBV might be acting in gastric cancer, we analyzed the patterns of human gene expression in samples classified as positive and negative. In our study, there are approximately 834 differentially expressed genes, of which 92 have an AUC greater than 0.85. These genes are associated with tumor progression, cellular metabolism, and innate and adaptive immunity. Additionally, viral genes expressed in the positive samples were evaluated, and we found manifestations of both lytic phase and latent phase genes. Finally, our study presents an efficient strategy for the molecular classification of EBV-positive
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Análise da expressão gênica diferencial entre o adenocarcinoma da junção esôfago-gástrica e o adenocarcinoma gástrico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-03-03) MASCARENHAS JUNIOR, Rui Wanderley; ASSUMPÇÃO, Paulo Pimentel de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7323606327039876
Gastric cancer is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide and the third in mortality. In 2010, UICC released the latest edition of the TNM staging manual in the adenocarcinoma esophageal-gastric junction (JEG) with epicenter at 5 cm from the JEG and extending into the esophagus is classified and staged together with the esophageal tumors, while those that do not extend into the esophagus remain classified and staged as gastric adenocarcinoma. This change was due to differences between adenocarcinomas of the JEG and stomach, risk factors, treatment and prognosis. With the development of molecular biology, several areas - such as transcriptomics, studying gene expression on a genomic scale - started to be used to explore differences in expression in various tumor types. In this sense, the Atlas Genomic Cancer (TCGA) is a database that aims to generate complete maps of the genomic key changes of the major types of cancer, in order to accelerate the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of technology genome analysis, which makes it a powerful tool in this area. Considering these aspects, the aim of this study is to comparatively analyze the transcriptome of adenocarcinomas of the JEG and gastric using TCGA data as a tool for validation. To this end, the gastrectomy at the University Hospital João de Barros Barreto eight patients samples were obtained submitted, four adenocarcinomas of the JEG and four gastric adenocarcinomas. Samples were analyzed using the technique of expression microarray chips with Human Gene 1.0 ST Array (Affymetrix®) which allow the analysis of 36,079 transcripts. The transcriptome analysis revealed 36 genes differentially expressed (fold-change greater than or equal to 5), 11 and 25 hipoexpressos hiperexpressos genes in JEG adenocarcinoma in relation to gastric adenocarcinomas. In the analysis of TCGA were identified 509 differentially expressed genes (p <0.05), and the ASPN genes, LiPF HNRNPM and validated for this database. Thus, it is concluded that the differential gene analysis shows significant changes between gastric adenocarccinoma and JEG and its molecular differences may reflect the clinical features, stressing that these tumors should be classified and staged differently.
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Análise de patógenos orais entre indivíduos portadores de câncer gástrico e indivíduos sem câncer
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2021-06) OLIVEIRA, Gyselle Ribeiro de Carvalho; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodriguéz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4362051219348099; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-234X
The loss of teeth and lack of oral hygiene have been associated with the risk of developing gastric cancer in several populations evidenced in epidemiological studies. In this study, we quantitatively compared the proportion of oral pathogens in individuals with gastric cancer and individuals without cancer in a referral hospital in the city of Belém, Brazil. This study evaluated 192 patients with gastric cancer and 192 patients without cancer. Periodontal clinical examination was performed, and all individuals were submitted to the collection of salivary and dental biofilms. When comparing the median periodontal indexesin the gastric and cancer-free groups, it was statistically significant in the gastric cancer group compared to the probing depth of the periodontal pocket. Levels of bacterial DNA were observed in saliva and dental plaque, with a statistically significant difference between individuals with cancer and without neoplasia in all the bacteria surveyed. Significant relationships between biological agents and gastric cancer have been found in bacterial species that cause high rates of periodontal pathology and caries. The results suggest a different quantitative association in the presence of oral pathogens between individuals without cancer and patients with gastric cancer. As noted, it cannot be said that the bacteria present in the oral cavity increase the risk of gastric cancer or are aggravating factors of the disease. However, it is worth mentioning that, as it is part of the digestive system, the lack of care for the oral cavity can negatively affect the treatment of patients with gastric 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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Atividade antineoplásica da 1-desoxinojimiricina em modelos de câncer in vitro
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2021-12) FONSECA, Suzanne Suely Santos da; PEREIRA JÚNIOR, Antônio; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1402289786010170; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0808-1058
Cancer is one of the diseases that kill the most in Brazil, with alarming projections until 2030. In view of the problems related to cancer treatment, such as the compromise of healthy cells and, consequently, the presence of adverse effects, it is imperative to seek of alternative substances that may have antineoplastic effects and that are effective in the treatment of patients with this disease. In this way, the use of bioactive compounds has been widely used in the fight against neoplasms. Thus, the substance 1-deoxynojimyricin (1-DNJ) isolated from Bagassa guianensis may have great anticancer potential. In view of the problems related to cancer treatment, such as the impairment of healthy cells and, consequently adverse effects, it is necessary to search alternative substances that may have antineoplastic effects and they are effective in the treatment of patients with this disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of 1-deoxynojirimycin (1-DNJ) extracted from wood residue of the species Bagassa guianensis in different cancer cell lines to investigate possible antineoplastic actions in vitro using gastric adenocarcinoma and glioblastoma cancer cell lines. To do that, it was evaluated the effect of the substance 1-deoxynojirimycin on cell viability in vitro after 72h of treatment in cell lines ACP02 and A172. We also evaluated the effect of this bioactive compound on cell migration pattern, cell death by apoptosis and cell cycle changes using flow cytometry and reactive oxygen production. The results showed that 1-deoxynojirimycin makes a significant reduction in cell viability of cancer cell cultures in both glioblastoma (A172) and gastric cancer cell (ACP02) cell lines. The reduction in viability appears to be more effective in glioblastoma cell lines, with a common ic50 much lower when compared to other cell lines. We propose that the reduction in viability may be related to the decrease in reactive oxygen production in both lines after treatment with 1-DNJ. Besides that, 1-DNJ interrupts the cell cycle, prevents cell migration and induces necrosis-like cell death in the ACP02 lineage and apoptosis in the A172 lineage. Therefore, we suggest that 1-deoxynojirimycin may be an important and effective chemopreventive substance for the treatment of glioblastoma and gastric adenocarcinoma cancers.
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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 do perfil de metilação e expressão do gene CDH1 em Cebus apella como modelo experimental para câncer gástrico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-07-09) ANTUNES, Symara Rodrigues; BORGES, Barbara do Nascimento; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0676220027193876; ANSELMO, Nilson Praia; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6518287721873199
The gastric cancer remains a major cause of death among cancers in the world. In Brazil, are expected around 500 000 new cases in 2012/2013. The origin of stomach cancer, as in others, arises from the accumulation of genetic alterations. Therefore, it is necessary to know which genetic changes are important in triggering the pathogenesis of gastric cancer. We know that the intestinal type develops through well defined stages. The MNU - a known carcinogen - when ingested in oral form at dosages determined triggers development of this histological type of gastric cancer. Based on this knowledge, we conducted an experiment with six specime of Cebus paella, induced to develop intestinal type gastric cancer. The animals consumed 16mg/kg of body weight daily drugs. All pre-neoplasic lesions developed. Due to drug toxicity, only one survived the entire treatment and developed a tumor. Periodic evaluations were made of animals in pre-determined days (the beginning, days 120, 150, 300, 940) during which samples were made of the gastric mucosa. We collected 20 samples of tissue, distributed among normal mucosa, gastritis, dysplasia, metaplasia, and tumor. DNA extracted from these samples for further analyzes of the CDH1 gene. There is no sequence of this gene in the literature for the species under study. So the first step was to get this sequence. Using the initiators constructed from sequences of CDH1 Callithrix jacchus (species phylogenetically closer to C. apella) we get a sequence of 342pb. There is a similarity of 98% with humans, the presence of binding sites for transcription factors like (sp1, Ap2, NF-x, AREB6, Puf and CTF) and the presence of CAAT Box. The sequence has 30 CpG sites could suffer epigenetic regulation. We also performed MSP analysis with specific primers and found that the region analyzed, there was predominance of the unmethylated CDH1 alleles for all samples pre-neoplastic and adenocarcinoma sample is methylated. When we compared these data with immunohistochemistry revealed that only tumor sample did not express the protein cadherin. Our analyzes suggest that methylation of the CDH1 gene plays an important role in gastric tumorigenesis in C. apella. And, from the similarity between sequences, we suggest that the same occurs in humans. This cadherin promoter methylation leads to inactivation of the gene and establishment of gastric adenocarcinomas. The cadherin promoter hypermethylation has been reported in several articles associated with the development of gastric cancer.
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Avaliação in vitro do potencial genotóxico e citotóxico do extrato do açaí (Euterpe oleracea) clarificado sobre a linhagem celular AGP01 (câncer gástrico)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2024-01) SANTOS, Thiago Souza; BAHIA, Marcelo de Oliveira; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3219037174956649; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodríguez; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4362051219348099; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-234X
Açaí (Euterpe oleracea MART) is a fruit of great importance for the Amazon region in nutritional, cultural and socioeconomic terms. In recent years, açaí has been the subject of several studies due to its beneficial properties for health, including effects against tumor cells. Therefore, the present work aimed to evaluate in vitro the genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of the clarified extract of açaí juice in a human metastatic gastric cancer cell line (AGP01 cells). For comparison purposes, a non-transformed cell line of African green monkey renal epithelial cells (VERO cells) was used. The viability assay by resazurin reduction, the comet assay, the determination of cell death by differential fluorescent dyes and the wound healing migration assay were performed. A reduction in viability was observed only in the AGP01 line within 72h. There was no genotoxic damage or cell death (through apoptosis or necrosis) in any of the cell lines. However, açaí extract induced motility reduction in both cell lines. The reduction in cell viability and the induction of the anti-migratory effect in the AGP01 cell line opens perspectives for exploring the potential of Euterpe oleracea as an adjuvant in the treatment of gastric cancer.
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Detection of Helicobacter pylori in gastric cancer
(2001-10) PEREIRA, Luana Paredes Leite de Barros; WAISBERG, Jaques; ANDRÉ, Eduardo Antonio; ZANOTO, Arnaldo; MENDES JÚNIOR, João Paulo; SOARES, Heloísa Prado
Background and Objectives — Considering the high prevalence of stomach cancer in the northern region of Brazil and the recognized relationship between chronic gastric inflammation caused by Helicobacter pylori, and its carcinogenic potential, the objective we had with this study was to investigate the presence of the microorganism in macro and microscopic presentations of neoplasm in different regions of the stomach, and in non-malignant lesions concomitant to the adenocarcinoma in patients originating from the metropolitan area of Belém (State of Pará, Brazil). Methods - Examinations were made on 172 patients divided into two groups: group I, formed by 75 patients with gastric carcinoma, and group II, formed by 97 patients with mild enanthematic gastritis, considered control group. The diagnosis was obtained during endoscopic examination and the respective biopsy. Gastric neoplasms were classified macroscopically in accordance with Borrmann's classification, and microscopically in accordance with Laurén's classification. In group I, 54 patients were male and 21 female while in group II, 22 patients were male and 75 female. The average age in group I was 61.2 years (range 27 to 86 years), while in group II it was 37.5 years (range 16 to 69 years). Thin sections were prepared and stained using the hematoxylin-eosin method. In the Helicobacter pylori research, the modified Gram stain was utilized. Statistical analysis was done by utilizing the chi-squared (c 2) test, Mann-Whitney test (U), and Fisher's exact test. Results - The results showed the detection of Helicobacter pylori were significantly greater in patients with mild enanthematic gastritis than in patients with gastric carcinoma. The presence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with gastric carcinoma and mild enanthematic gastritis was significantly greater in the antral region than in other gastric regions. Helicobacter pylori detection in patients with gastric carcinoma did not present a significant difference in relation to the macroscopic aspect of the tumor either intestinal or diffuse histological types. Conclusions - These data suggest the presence of the bacteria is predominant in the antral region and it does not show relation with the macroscopic types or histological intestinal or diffuse types of gastric carcinoma.
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Determination of strains of Helicobacter pylori and of polymorphism in the interleukin-8 gene in patients with stomach cancer
(2011) VINAGRE, Ruth Maria Dias Ferreira; CORVELO, Tereza Cristina de Oliveira; ARNAUD, Vanda Catão; LEITE, Ana Claudia Klautau; BARILE, Katarine Antonia dos Santos; MARTINS, Luisa Caricio
CONTEXT: Gastric neoplasia is the second most common cause of death by cancer in the world and H. pylori is classified as a type I human carcinogen by the World Health Organization. However, despite the high prevalence of infection by H. pylori around the world, less than 3% of individuals carrying the bacteria develop gastric neoplasias. Such a fact indicates that evolution towards malignancy may be associated with bacterial factors in the host and the environment. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between polymorphism in the region promoting the IL-8 (-251) gene and the H. pylori genotype, based on the vacA alleles and the presence of the cagA gene, using clinical and histopathological data. METHODS: In a prospective study, a total of 102 patients with stomach cancer and 103 healthy volunteers were analysed. Polymorphism in interleukin 8 (-251) was determined by the PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism reaction and sequencing. PCR was used for genotyping the vacA alleles and the cagA in the bacterial strains PCR. Gastric biopsies were histologically assessed. RESULTS: The H. pylori serology was positive for 101 (99%) of all patients analysed, and 98 (97%) of them were colonized by only one strain. In patients with monoinfection, 82 (84%) of the bacterial strains observed had the s1b/m1 genotype. The cagA gene was detected in 74 (73%) of patients infected by H. pylori. The presence of the cagA gene was demonstrated as associated with the presence of the s1b/m1 genotype of the vacA gene (P = 0.002). As for polymorphism in the interleukin 8 (-251) gene we observed that the AA (P = 0.026) and AT (P = 0.005) genotypes were most frequent in the group of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. By comparing the different types of isolated bacterial strains with the interleukin -8 (-251) and the histopathological data we observed that carriers of the A allele (AT and AA) infected by virulent strains (m1s1 cagA+) demonstrated a greater risk of presenting a degree of inflammation (OR = 24.75 CI 95% 2.29-267.20 P = 0.004) and increased neutrophilic activity (OR = 28.71 CI 95% 2.62-314 P = 0.002) in the gastric mucosa. CONCLUSION: Our results demonstrate that the interaction between polymorphism in the interleukin -8 (-251) gene, particularly with carriers of the A allele and the infecting type of H. pylori strain (s1m1 cagA positive) performs an important function in development of gastric adenocarcinoma.
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Efeitos do consumo de água de pH alcalino em pacientes com gastrite e correlação com marcadores epigenéticos relacionados com a inflamação
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-10-10) CHAVES, Juliana Ramos; KHAYAT, André Salim; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6305099258051586
In the carcinogenesis of gastric cancer, the stages usually manifest clinically as gastritis, gastric atrophy, ulcerations, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia and finally, as malignant neoplasia. The association between gastric cancer and diet is already widely described in the literature and several studies have demonstrated the influence of food intake with preservatives and with high concentration of nitrates and salt, with the development of this neoplasia. Regarding water consumption, there’s no relevant evidences. The pH of most of the water sold in the metropolitan área of Belem does not match the standarts recommended by the govermnment Health department, being more acidic. Thus, the benefits of both healthy eating and alkaline water consumption are object of several discussions. Nowadays the other types of markers that can aid the detection of pre-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions will be hosted. Among them, find themselves as epigenetic proteins. Environmental factors such as diet, inflammation and infection have been excluded as contributors to epigenetic changes. Hence, the present work intends to provide evidence that only the water pH modification is able to lead the variations the expressions pattern of miRNAs, associated with a first stage of gastric carcinogenesis, a gastritis. For this it was applied the microRNAs miR-7, mir-155, mir-29c and mir-135b, in 28 patients porters of gastritis that were burned to digestive endoscopy alkaline PH. After collection, the RNA from the samples was extracted, and the complementary tape DNA (cDNA) was obtained. The cDNAs were submitted to qPCR amplification analysis for analysis of miRNA expression. They assessment were using the Biostat and Stata 11.0 programs, being statistically superior to values of p <0.05. Comparing the levels of expression and clinical evaluation of gastritis by EDA before and after alkaline water consumption, the results demonstrated that there was a increasing of the target microRNAs, of miR-7 (p = 0.09), miR155 (p = 0.13), miR-29c (p =0.21) and miR-135b(p=0.19). On the other hand, it was possible to observe a significant endoscopic improvement of the gastritis (p=0.024), demonstrating the clinical benefit of alkaline water intake.
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Gender, age, endoscopic findings, urease and Helicobacter pylori: all uncorrelated within a sample of a high gastric cancer prevalence population in Amazon
(Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia e Outras Especialidades, 2019-09) MIRANDA, Ariney Costa de; CALDATO, Cássio; SAID, Mira Nabil; LEVY, Caio de Souza; TEIXEIRA, Cláudio Eduardo Corrêa; QUARESMA, Juarez Antônio Simões
BACKGROUND: It is widely assumed that gender, age, gastritis and Helicobacter pylori , all have some degree of cor-relation and, therefore, can synergistically lead to the development of gastric cancer. OBJECTIVE: In this cross-sectional study, we expected to observe the above mentioned correlation in the analysis of medical records of 67 patients of both sexes (female, n=44), mean age ± standard deviation: 41±12 years old, all from Belém (capital of Pará State, Brazilian Amazon), a city historically known as one with the highest gastric cancer prevalence in this country. METHODS: All patients were submitted to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for gastric biopsy histopathological analysis and rapid urease test. All diagnoses of gastritis were recorded considering its topography, category and the degree of inflammatory activity, being associated or not associated with H. pylo-ri infection. RESULTS: The results show that no statistically relevant associations were found among the prevalences of the observed variables. CONCLUSION: The authors hypothesize that observed risk factors associated to gastric cancer might be lesser syner-gistic than is usually expected.
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Homocisteína vitamina B12 e ácido fólico como biomarcadores de triagem no diagnóstico precoce e monitoramento do câncer gástrico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-10-11) ALCÂNTARA, Fernanda Farias de; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodriguéz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4362051219348099
Gastric cancer in the last decades has shown a decrease in the number of cases, which is much due to the progress in sanitary health, and the greater access of the population to educational policies. However, it remains the third leading cause of death worldwide between men and women. Such deaths are usually linked to late diagnosis. The present study intends to establish a profile of screening biomarkers by the homocysteine, vitamin B12 and folic acid dosages, which can be inserted in the routine routine of examinations, aiming the rapid diagnosis of the disease. A total of 207 control and 207 cases of gastric cancer patients were analyzed, both of which were biochemical measurements of homocysteine, folic acid and vitamin B12, matched in relation to age, tumor location, subtype, tumor classification, EBV (Epstein-Barr Virus), and Helicobacter pylori. For the triad dosage, chemiluminescence techniques were used, and the other variables were obtained by hospital information. As results, significant differences were found between the means of the triad of cancer patients in relation to the control, in all paired variables. In conclusion, our study showed that the triad analysis (homocysteine, vitamin b12 and folic acid) has its value in the diagnosis of gastric cancer, and may in the future be an effective marker of screening for this type of cancer.
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Investigação de polimorfismos nos genes XRCC1, MTHFR e EGFR como possíveis marcadores de suscetibilidade ao câncer, na população de Belém-PA
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-04-08) VIEIRA, Priscilla Cristina Moura; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodriguéz; SANTOS, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4362051219348099; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1290427033107137
Cancer is defined as a multifactorial disease resulting from complex interactions between extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Among the main intrinsic factors are the genetic and/or epigenetic alterations in genes involved with the carcinogenesis process. The identification and characterization of these genes may provide a better understanding of the molecular basis of cancer. Considering the importance of alterations in XRCC1, MRHFR and EGFR genes in various pro-carcinogenic pathways, it is extremely important to investigate the effects of functional polymorphisms in these genes and their molecular consequences in cancer susceptibility.The objective of this study was to identify possible associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) Arg194Trp (XRCC1) e Ala222Val (MTHFR) e Arg521Lys (EGFR) with the development of gastric and breast cancers in the population of Belém-PA, in a case-control study. Furthermore, the control of genomic ancestry was held to avoid spurious results arising from population substructuring in the groups investigated. Molecular analysis of SNPs was carried out by TaqMan. Statistical analyses were performed using the program SPSS v.20 and to estimate the interethnic admixture we used the program STRUCTURE v.2.2. Regarding polymorphisms Arg194Trp, Ala222Val we did not observe any significant association with susceptibility to breast and gastric tumors (P > 0.05).For the polymorphism Arg521Lys, in a first moment (univariate analysis), a significant effect for susceptibility to cancers investigated was found (P = 0.037). However, after genomic control for African and European ancestries, this result has proved to be spurious (P = 0.064). Regarding ancestries, our results showed a strong association of African ancestry with susceptibility to gastric and breast cancers (P = 0.010, OR = 76,723; 95% CI = 2.805 - 2098.230) whereas for European contribution a protective effect was found (P = 0.024, OR = 0071, 95% CI = 0.007-0.703). In conclusion, our study presented the evidence that the African and European genomic ancestries are important factors related to susceptibility to gastric and breast cancers. Regarding Arg521Ly polymorphism, further studies are necessary to confirm whether the association is indeed spurious.
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Methylation status of ANAPC1, CDKN2A and TP53 promoter genes in individuals with gastric cancer
(2008-06) LIMA, Eleonidas Moura; LEAL, Mariana Ferreira; BURBANO, Rommel Mario Rodriguéz; KHAYAT, André Salim; ASSUMPÇÃO, Paulo Pimentel de; BELLO, Maria Josefa; HERRANZ, Juan Antonio Rey; SMITH, Marília de Arruda Cardoso; CASARTELLI, Cacilda
Gastric cancer is the forth most frequent malignancy and the second most common cause of cancer death worldwide. DNA methylation is the most studied epigenetic alteration, occurring through a methyl radical addition to the cytosine base adjacent to guanine. Many tumor genes are inactivated by DNA methylation in gastric cancer. We evaluated the DNA methylation status of ANAPC1, CDKN2A and TP53 by methylation-specific PCR in 20 diffuse- and 26 intestinal-type gastric cancer samples and 20 normal gastric mucosa in individuals from Northern Brazil. All gastric cancer samples were advanced stage adenocarcinomas. Gastric samples were surgically obtained at the João de Barros Barreto University Hospital, State of Pará, and were stored at -80°C before DNA extraction. Patients had never been submitted to chemotherapy or radiotherapy, nor did they have any other diagnosed cancer. None of the gastric cancer samples presented methylated DNA sequences for ANAPC1 and TP53. CDKN2A methylation was not detected in any normal gastric mucosa; however, the CDKN2A promoter was methylated in 30.4% of gastric cancer samples, with 35% methylation in diffuse-type and 26.9% in intestinal-type cancers. CDKN2A methylation was associated with the carcinogenesis process for ~30% diffuse-type and intestinal-type compared to non-neoplastic samples. Thus, ANAPC1 and TP53 methylation was probably not implicated in gastric carcinogenesis in our samples. CDKN2A can be implicated in the carcinogenesis process of only a subset of gastric neoplasias.
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Polimorfismo do gene da interleucina IL-1B e sua associação com o risco ao desenvolvimento do câncer gástrico em uma população do norte do Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-12-22) CASTRO, Yaisa Gomes de; SANTOS, Ândrea Kely Campos Ribeiro dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3899534338451625
Cancer is understood as a set of diseases with similar characteristics, but with great heterogeneity that occurs in a random manner and covers both tumor and inflammatory and immune cells. Gastric tumors, in Brazil and notably in the State of Pará, have a high incidence. In general, gastric cancer has a multifactorial etiology. Communication and cellular signaling that regulate the immune system are facilitated by interleukins that represent small, specific proteins, have diverse functions, they regulate transcription factors, role genes, inflammation, differentiation, proliferation, and secretion of antibodies. Single polymorphism nucleotide, in specific IL-1B proinflammatory interleukin gene, is associated with the immune response to H. pylori infection. Thefore variations within the IL-1 family genes were associated with susceptibility to the development of gastric cancer. In this case-control study, we investigated whether the polymorphisms IL-1BF1 (rs16944) and IL-1BE1 (rs1143627) are associated with the risk of developing gastric cancer in a population from the north of Brazil; Compared to their respective genotypes, defined haplotypes and these related to ancestry and their rates. SNPs were genotyped by VIC / FAM (Real Time PCR, Fluorescent, Life Technologies, CA, USA) labeled probes. The biostatistical analyzes showed that for the demographic variables, there were significant differences between the groups in European and African ancestry. The distribution of the genotypic, allelic and haplotype frequencies of the IL-1B gene was not statistically significant between the groups. More comprehensive studies and analyzes are needed to help understand better why these polymorphisms in this population do not appear to be associated with the development of the disease in question.
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Polimorfismos de citocinas (TNF-A, IL-10 e IL-17) no câncer gástrico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-02-02) OLIVEIRA, Gabriela Almeida de; SANTOS, Ândrea Kely Campos Ribeiro dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3899534338451625
Gastric cancer (GC) is the second most common malignancy among men and the third in women, and therefore, an important public health problem in northern Brazil. The investigation of genetic factors related to immunological characteristics can aid the understanding of carcinogenesis in CG. The objective of the present work was investigate polymorphisms present in interleukin genes IL17G-197A, IL 17FA7488G, TNFαG-308A, IL10G-1082A, IL10C-819T e IL10C-592A, on samples of patients with gastric cancer and healthy patients without cancer. Case group was composed of 100 patients diagnosed with CG, met in the Hospital HUJBB (Pará, Brazil). Control group was composed of 100 individuals without cancer, unrelated, of the same population. The genetic material was extracted from 5 mL of peripheral blood with the DNA commercial kit from Roche, followed by quantification with the NanoDrop 1000 spectrophotometer. Analysis of the molecular polymorphisms was performed by real-time PCR with Taqman® probes. Measures of ancestry were investigated using a panel of 48 autosomal ancestry informative markers (AIMs). The proportions of ancestry of European, African and Amerindian were estimated using the software STRUCTURE v. 2.3.3. It was observed that the ethnic composition of the case group was 27% African, 42% European and 31% of Amerindian, while in the control group 21% African, 52% of European and 27% of Amerindian. In relation to the set of markers of interleukin IL-10 (IL10G-1082A, IL10C-819T, IL10C-592A), when the genotypic and haplotypic patterns were compared, it was noted that the haplotype distribution related to high expression (GCC/GCC, GCA, GCC/GCC/GTC, GCA/GCA, GCA/GTA) was more frequent in the patients with gastric cancer (P = 1,15e-11; OR = 2.630; IC 95% = 2.116-3.271). Among the individuals with the genotype related to the high production of IL-10, it was observed that the control group had more European contribution in their ancestry (P = 1e-06) while the group of patients with CG had more African contribution in their ancestry (P = 1.4e-5). Patients who presented TNF-α AA and TNF-α AG genotypes for TNF-α gene mutation presented a higher risk for development of cancer (P<0.001; OR 10.375; IC 95% 3.149-34.061). It is concluded that patients with a distribution of haplotypic markers of interleukin IL-10 (IL10G-1082A, IL10C-819T, IL10C-592A) related to a higher expression and higher contribution of African ancestry have a high risk of developing gastric cancer.