Programa de Pós-Graduação em Oncologia e Ciências Médicas - PPGOCM/NPO

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O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Oncologia e Ciências Médicas (PPGOCM) integra o Núcleo de Pesquisas em Oncologia (NPO) da Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). Trata-se do único centro de referência em pesquisa e formação de recursos humanos stricto sensu na área de oncologia na região Norte do Brasil. Os outros centros se concentram nas cidades do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo.

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Análise da expressão de DNA metiltransferases e methyl - binding proteins na carcinogênese gástrica
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-11-28) SOUSA, Stefanie Braga Maia de; CALCAGNO, Danielle Queiroz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1326603355062154
Despite the worldwide decline in the incidence of gastric cancer in recent years, this type of cancer is the third with higher mortality. Modifications in the pattern of DNA methylation are common in different types of cancer, including gastric cancer. In addition, changes in the expression of proteins responsible for this epigenetic mechanism in tumors are associated with changes in DNA methylation patterns. Therefore, understanding the gene machinery of the DNA methylation during carcinogenesis is crucial for understanding the biological processes involved in tumor development. In the present study, the relative mRNA expression of the DNMT1, DNMT3A, DNMT3B, MeCP2 and MBD4 genes from 61 paired samples of gastric tumors and adjacent non-neoplastic gastric tissues and 30 gastric tissue samples from individuals without neoplasia. In the analysis between the different groups of samples, mRNA of DNMT1 gene was significantly more expressed in gastric tumor and non-neoplastic adjacent tissue when compared to gastric tissue of individual without neoplasia (p = 0.0196, p = 0.0466, respectively). In addition, we observed that DNMT3A mRNA was significantly more expressed in adjacent non-neoplastic gastric tissue compared to tumor tissue and non-neoplastic individuals (p = .0.0076, p = 0.0029, respectively). The analysis with clinicopathological data showed an association between DNMT3B mRNA expression with presence of lymph node metastasis (p = 0.034) and gastric tumor stage III-IV (p = 0.048). When performing the gene correlation, it was observed that MECP2 had a strong correlation between DNMT1 (0.666), DNMT3B (0.685) and MBD4 (0.790) genes, another correlation was found between DNMT3B and MBD4 (0.650). These results suggest that alterations in DNMT1 and DNMT3A gene mRNA expression may be present in the early stages of gastric carcinogenesis, DNMT3B can be used as a marker of prognosis.
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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 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 das proteínas relacionadas a formação de metástase em linhagens de adenocarcinoma gástrico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-03-11) VALENTE, Tárik Olívar de Nunes; CALCAGNO, Danielle Queiroz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1326603355062154; KHAYAT, André Salim; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6305099258051586
Gastric cancer is a serious public health problem worldwide. The high incidence of advanced tumors with poor survival by metastasis, especially in the north, made us realize the comparative study of strains of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma (AGP01) with gastric adenocarcinoma without metastasis (ACP02) by proteomic evaluation of cell motility that may be related to the formation of these metastasis. Proteomic study was conducted strains AGP01 and ACP02 through the technique of high performance liquid chromatography 2D Nanoultra (UPLC) together with nanoESI - (MSE mudpit) and functional analysis of differentially expressed proteins in the Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA) software. We observed 19 proteins with increased expression in AGP01 lineage regarding ACP02, which are related to movement, organization and cell morphology, where we suggest that ACTB, ANXA1, LGALS1, IQGAP1, EZR, MSN, MYH9 and S100A11 proteins, according to our findings and supported by the research literature is associated with metastasis of gastric adenocarcinomas. Other proteins showed strong expression in our study, but its expression in the research literature is related to the dissemination routes only other tumors, such as breast (RAB5C), lung (PLS1 and CAP1), rectum (ACTN1) and GIST (SYNE2). Conflicting with our study, the expressions of CAPZA1, FLNA and FLNC protein, were observed in the literature as an inhibitor of tumor advancement, where the expression of MYL6, MYL6B and ACTN2 proteins first appear as being related to cell motility, invasion and metastasis in cancer.
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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 de componentes principais de variáveis nutricionais e de polimorfismos nos genes MDM2, XRCC1 E MTHFR como fatores de risco para Carcinoma Hepatocelular em pacientes com Hepatite C Crônica
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-03-16) PINHO, Priscila Matos de; DEMACHKI, Samia; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7568391537270652; ARAÚJO, Marília de Souza; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9371703949781020
Introduction: Liver diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Hepatitis C is present in approximately 20% of cases of acute hepatitis and 70% of cases of chronic hepatitis. E has been associated with the presence of accumulation of intrahepatic lipids (fatty liver) and it often progresses to development of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the leading cause of liver transplantation. Objective: To evaluate the relationship of nutritional variables and polymorphisms of MDM2 gene, MTHFR and XRCC1 with risk to HCC in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Methods: case - control performed with patients with chronic hepatitis C. Cases were patients with chronic HCV infection, those with positive anti-HCV and HCV-RNA for six months or more since the detection of the infection within the clinical presentation parameters. They considered participants in the control group healthy subjects aged> 20 years, of both sexes. They were invited to participate in the voluntary survey. We used a nutritional assessment questionnaire. The presence of MDM2 polymorphisms (rs3730485) was investigated; XRCC1 (rs3213239) and MTHFR (rs1801133). It used the Fisher's exact test, odds ratio, and analysis of Principal Components. Results: For genotyping, it was found similarity in frequency of polymorphisms of MTHFR genes XRCC1 and MDM2 in both groups. The odds ratios that had significant p values were low fruit intake, physical inactivity and BMI> 25 kg / m². The results of principal component analysis are indicative that there are at least three pathophysiologic processes that operate in the cluster of risk factors for HCC, and are strongly related to body fat, alcohol consumption and low consumption of fruits. Conclusion: The patients evaluated aggregate risk factors for the development of HCC.
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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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Associação de polimorfismos de biomarcadores do envelhecimento (TP53, MDM2, UCP2, HLA-G, IL-1a, IL-4 e NFkB1) com a capacidade funcional de idosos
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-05-30) PEREIRA, Esdras Edgar Batista; SANTOS, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9809924843125163; SANTOS, Ney Pereira Carneiro dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1290427033107137
INTRODUCTION: The functional capacity and overall functionality of the elderly is defined as the capacity to manage their lives or take care of yourself, which is influenced by the degree of autonomy and independence of the individual. In search of understanding of the mechanisms involved in healthy aging and maintenance of functional independence, several studies try to identify candidate genes that may establish the association of genotype with phenotype studied physical fitness and the decline and loss of independence in adulthood. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the possible association between the variability of polymorphisms on biomarkers of aging (TP53, MDM2, UCP2, HLA-G, IL-1a, IL-4 and NFkB1) with the functional capacity of the elderly. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a comparative analytical cross-sectional study, developed from the clinical and functional evaluation and analysis of polymorphisms on biomarkers of aging. The clinical and functional analysis included an assessment of functional capabilities: basic activity of daily living (ABVD), instrumental activities of daily living (AIVD), advanced activities of daily living (AAVD) and functional status (PS-ECOG) functional systems: cognition (MEEM), humor (GDS-15), mobility (TUG) and risk of falls (TT), Nutritional Status (MAN) and Sarcopenia risk (PP). Eight polymorphisms were included (two TP53, MDM2, UCP2, HLA-G, IL-1a, IL-4 and NFkB1) were genotyped by a multiplex PCR reaction followed by capillary electrophoresis. Analysis of PCR amplicons was performed by electrophoresis using the ABI Prism sequencer 3130 and GeneMapper ID v.3.2 software. RESULTS: A total of 228 elderly, mostly women (62%), with about 70 years old on average, with an average comorbidity index of 4.48 (± 2.44) points, sedentary (53%), with a history smoking (58%) and possessing a predominantly European ancestry. It was found that polymorphisms of the TP53 gene, UCP2, HLA-G, IL-1a, IL-4 and NFkB1 significant differences in functional variables between genotypes. The variables that most differed between genotypes were functional status (PS-ECOG), mobility (TUG), risk of falls (TT) and the risk of sarcopenia (PP). This suggested a possible association of these polymorphisms with risk factors or protection, which in most cases were not significant. The NFkB1 gene polymorphism (rs28362491) was the only biomarkers that demonstrated significant association results. The II genotype of this polymorphism was associated with risk of sarcopenia (PP). The elderly who had this genotype showed a three-fold greater susceptibility to muscle loss related to aging, when compared to other genotypes of the same gene. CONCLUSION: Therefore, considering the results of this study, it is believed that the use of biomarkers of aging, as a population screening test may favor the identification of elderly patients with increased susceptibility to the development of organic modifications and functional disabilities. The identification of this risk allows the targeting of strategies for prevention, control and treatment of disabilities linked to physiological or pathological aging.
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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 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 expressão da proteína twist em amostras de carcinoma epidermóide bucal e sua correlação com aspectos clínico-patológicos
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014) ABREU, Michelle Carvalho; PONTES, Hélder Antônio Rebelo; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8076555757131891; KHAYAT, André Salim; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6305099258051586
Among the malignant neoplasms that occur in the mouth, 95% are represented by oral squamous cell carcinoma (oscc). in brazil, the estimates for the 2014, according to the inca point more than 15,290 new cases. these data show that the oscc represents a public health problem because of the morbidity away a large numbers of patients from de work, and weigh the cost of health care in the state, due the days of hospitalization and the treatment applied. the pathogenesis of the oscc is related to genetic factors as well as chemical agents, such as tobacco and alcohol, physical and biological agents considered carcinogenic. the transcription factor twist was recently appointed as an important regulator of emt during tumor progression and metastasis and has become an important diagnostic and prognostic marker for patients due to the fact its positive upregulation and methylation of the gene are being implicated in several cancers. although many studies provide important insights into understanding the biology of malignant tumors as well as genes involved in emt, twist mechanisms in tumorigenesis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in oral squamous cell carcinoma remain to be elucidated. in this study we investigated the pattern of expression of twist protein by immunohistochemical technique in 59 oscc samples from patients from the national health system of the state of pará and evaluated the possible association of the results with clinical and pathologic features survival of patients.the results showed a statistically significant association between alcohol consumption and the most sites affected by the oscc, suggesting that ethanol may play a potentiating role of tobacco agents in sites that receive greater exposure of these substances. the expression of twist protein also showed a decrease in average survival of individuals. despite this decline have not shown statistical significance in our studies, we believe that it should be more widely studied, aiming at a better understanding of its role in oral squamous cell carcinoma. the positivity of protein labeling demonstrated relationship to smoking, where 87.8% of smoking patients showed positive staining for protein, corroborating the fact that smoking can modulate the expression of emt markers including twist. in summary, the results of this study show some intriguing correlations, which in our opinion deserve special attention in order to be clarified. as the intracellular localization of the protein observed in this study, is probably related to some oncogenic process is not described
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Avaliação da qualidade de vida de pacientes com Diabetes Mellitus tipo 1: dados do primeiro estudo multicêntrico no Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013) SOUZA, Ana Carolina Contente Braga de; FELÍCIO, João Soares; YAMADA, Elizabeth Sumi; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8482132737976863; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7240314827308306
The type 1 diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1DM) is the most common endocrine disease of childhood and adolescence and it negatively impacts the quality of life (QOL). The EuroQol is an instrument that assess the health state. It has been used in most global multicenter studies in diabetes and it has been shown to be an extremely useful and reliable tool. The aim of this study is to evaluate the QOL of patients with T1DM in Brazil, a country of continental proportions, by analyzing the EuroQol. For this purpose, we performed a retrospective and cross-sectional study, which analyzed questionnaires from patients with T1DM, answered in the period of December 2008 to December 2010 in 28 research centers in 20 cities of the four regions (Southeast, North-Northeast, South and Midwest). We also collected data about chronic micro and macrovascular complications and lipid profile. The assessment of quality of life by EuroQol shows that the average score assigned to general health is markedly lower than those found in two other T1DM population studies conducted in Europe (EQ – VAS from Germany, Netherlands and Brazil were 82.1 ± 14, 81 ± 15 and 72 ± 22, respectively). The EuroQol shows that the North-Northeast region has the best index in the assessment of the overall health status compared to the Southeast and lower frequency of self-reported anxiety -depression, compared to other regions of the country (North-Northeast = 1.53 ± 0.6, Southeast = 1.65 ± 0.7, South = 1.72 ± 0.7 and Midwest = 1.67 ± 0.7, p <0.05). Additionally, several known variables (age, duration of diabetes, physical activity, HbA1c, fasting glucose, and presence of chronic complications correlated with QOL (r = -0.1, p <0.05, r = -0.1, p <0.05, r = -0.1, p <0.05, r = -0.2, p <0.05, r = -0.1, p <0.05 and r = -0.1, p <0.05, respectively). This is the first population study to evaluate the quality of life of patients with type 1 diabetes in the south hemisphere. Our data indicates poorer quality of life of patients with T1DM in Brazil when compared to data from European countries. Although we found an inferior diabetes duration and lower presence of microvascular complications in the North -Northeast region compared to other regions, our data suggests the existence of additional factors responsible for better QOL and lower presence of anxiety-depression found in this region. More studies are necessary to identify these possible factors.
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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 antineoplásico da idarrubicina associada ao mebendazol em linhagem de adenocarcinoma gástrico metástatico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-10-30) OLIVEIRA, Marcelli Geisse Sousa de; KHAYAT, André Salim; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6305099258051586
Gastric cancer represents the fourth and fifth type of tumor with the highest incidence in Brazil, in men and women respectively. Current therapies directed to this type of cancer have an unsatisfactory success rate. Among the possible strategies is the use of specific inhibitors that assist in the interruption of tumor progression. Therefore, the present study evaluated the cytotoxic potential of idarubicin in combination with mebendazole (MBZ) in a metastatic gastric cancer cell line, AGP01. Idarubicin (IDA) capable of inducing DNA damage through intercalation between base pairs, breaking the DNA strand and interacting with the enzyme topoisomerase II and MBZ, in turn, acts through depolymerization of tubulin and subsequent disruption of microtubule function. In view of this, the study aimed to perform in vitro tests to evaluate the efficacy of these drugs alone and in combination in a cell line established from a sample of a patients with metastatic gastric cancer. The data revealed that both IDA and MBZ showed high cytotoxicity in the AGP01 (242nM and 300nM) cell line, with the highest cytotoxic activity being conferred on the association of the substances with the IC50 of 123,9nM for IDA and 153,5nM for the MBZ. In addition, both isolated and associated substances delayed the cell migration process 12 hours after treatment with IDA isolated at the concentration of 121nM when compared to the negative control (p<0.05), 12 hours after the treatment with isolated IDA at the concentration of 242nM when compared to the negative control (p<0.001), 12 hours after treatment in the 123,9nM concentration (IC50 of the IDA combination) and 153,5nM (IC50 of the combination MBZ) when compared to the negative control (p<0.05). In addition, both IDA and MBZ, isolated and in association induced apoptosis in the AGP01 cell line (p<0.001). In addition, it was found that both substances, both alone and in combination, were able to block the cell cycle, in the S phase for IDA and MBZ + IDA and in the G2/M phase for MBZ. It is worth mentioning that this is the first study that associates IDA with MBZ in cancer. In assessing the effects of substances, it is of the utmost importance to note that by combining the substances we find that the dose needed to produce the same effects as the isolated substances has been halved. The results generated by the present study demonstrate that both MBZ and IDA present a very promising anticancer potential for patients with advanced gastric cancer.
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Avaliação dos picos de hormônio do crescimento nos testes de estímulo com insulina e clonidina em pacientes com diagnóstico de baixa estatura
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-12-28) PINTO, Carlliane Lima e Lins; YAMADA, Elizabeth Sumi; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7240314827308306; FELÍCIO, João Soares; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8482132737976863
Short stature (SS) is an important referral cause for evaluation in pediatric endocrinology. Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) needs to be considered when other causes of BE are excluded, but there are limitations in establishing its definitive diagnosis, being the subject of several debates and controversies. Although highly questioned, GH stimulation tests are still considered the standard for the diagnostic confirmation of GHD. The present study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the different GH peak cut-off points for diagnosis of GHD, in response to stimulus by insulin tolerance test (ITT) and clonidine test, in addition to identifying the best GH peak level to confirm diagnosis using a Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curve analysis. For this purpose, a retrospective and observational study was carried out. Clinical and laboratory data from 62 patients at the endocrinology department of the Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto (HUJBB) were collected. The gold standard considered for performance analysis of cut-off points in both GH stimulation tests was the therapeutic response. Thus, 26 patients who achieved a height increase of at least 0,3 standard-deviation at the end of one year of treatment with recombinant human GH (rhGH) were classified as GHD. The remaining patients who did not obtain this gain formed the group called non-GHD. Both groups had similar mean height (p = 0,8155) and gained height at the end of follow-up, but this gain was higher in the GHD group compared to the non-GHG group (20,5 ± 14,8 cm vs. 9,2 ± 6,7 cm, respectively, p = 0,0064). GHD group had a significantly lower meddle GH peak than the non-GHG group in both tests (p <0,0001). Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of cut-off points 3, 5, 7 and 10 ng/mL were defined in the TTI and in the clonidine test, and there was no superiority of one test over the other. In addition, the cut-off points found were 7,92 ng/mL and 6,78 ng/mL in the TTI and clonidine test, respectively, based on the construction of the ROC curve, representing the most sensitive and specific GH peak levels for the diagnosis of GHD. We conclude that the cut-off points found in this study may represent an emerging tool in the selection of patients who would probably benefit from treatment with rhGH, both in cases of GHD for a known cause and in cases of IGHD.
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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.