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São Paulo; s.n; 2015. [162] p. ilus, tab, graf.
Thesis in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: biblio-870936

ABSTRACT

A Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica (ELA) é uma doença neurodegenerativa progressiva de evolução rápida, caracterizada pela perda seletiva dos neurônios motores (NM) superiores e inferiores. Recentemente, as células gliais centrais (astrócito, microglia e oligodendrócito) mostraram-se tóxicas aos NM, porém os detalhes moleculares não estão completamente elucidados. Em relação às células gliais periféricas, alterações eletrofisiológicas no nervo ciático do modelo animal da ELA na idade pré-sintomática foram reportadas pelo nosso grupo e os achados de denervação precoce tanto no modelo animal quanto em pacientes sugerem a participação das células de Schwann (CS) na morte neuronal retrógrada na ELA, teoria conhecida como dying back. Nesse contexto, as CS mostraram-se capazes de induzir a retração axonal e a denervação das junções neuromusculares, eventos precoces na doença, ocorrendo possivelmente na fase présintomática. O objetivo deste trabalho foi verificar a influência das CS do modelo experimental na fase pré-sintomática e do paciente com evolução recente da forma esporádica da ELA, na sobrevida e no tamanho dos prolongamentos dos NM in vitro e entender a natureza molecular do fenômeno. Culturas de CS altamente purificadas foram obtidas a partir do nervo ciático do camundongo modelo animal e do nervo periférico de pacientes com ELA. Os NM da medula espinal de camundongos neonatos foram co-cultivados com as CS. A neurodegeneração foi avaliada pela presença do marcador Fluoro-Jade C (FJC). Os NM também foram tratados com o meio condicionado das culturas de CS do modelo animal ou dos pacientes com ELA. Os motoneurônios tiveram os seus prolongamentos contados e a morte neuronal foi identificada pela presença do FJC. Diversos fatores neurotróficos foram quantificados no meio condicionado das culturas de CS pela técnica de ELISA. A reação em cadeia da polimerase quantitativa (do inglês, quantitative polymerase chain reaction - qPCR) foi realizada para...


Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the selective loss of upper and lower motor neurons (MN). Recently, central glia (astrocytes, microglias and olygodendrocytes) were toxic to the MN, but the molecular aspects have not fully described. In relation to the peripheral glia, electrophysiological changes in the sciatic nerve of ALS animal model in the presymptomatic stage have been reported by our group and early denervation findings in both animal models and patients suggests the participation of Schwann cells (SC) in the retrograde neuronal death of ALS , theory known as dying back. In this context, the SC proved to be able to induce axonal retraction and denervation of the neuromuscular junctions, early events in the disease, possibly occurring in the pre-symptomatic phase. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the influence of SC of pre-symptomatic experimental model and from patient with recent evolution of ALS sporadic form, in the survival and axonal length of MN in vitro and understand the molecular nature of the phenomenon. Highly purified SC cultures were obtained from the sciatic nerve of the animal model and from ALS patient's peripheral nerve. MN from the newborn mouse spinal cord were co-cultured with SC and the neurodegeneration was assessed by the presence of the marker Fluoro-Jade C (FJC). MN were also treated with conditioned medium from cultures of SC of the animal model or ALS patients. MN had their neuronal length measured and neuronal degeneration was identified by the presence of the FJC. Several neurotrophic factors were measured in conditioned medium of mice and ALS patient's SC cultures by ELISA. The chain reaction quantitative polymerase (qPCR) was performed to detect changes in the SC and peripheral nerve that could be related with dysfunction in the functional unit SC/MN. The MN co-cultured with ALS SC showed a greater number of neurodegenerative...


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Humans , Animals , Male , Female , Mice , Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis , Cell Culture Techniques , Motor Neurons , Retrograde Degeneration , Schwann Cells
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J. bras. patol. med. lab ; 46(1): 41-45, fev. 2010. ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-547595

ABSTRACT

O linfoma B intravascular de grandes células (IVLBCL) é uma doença rara caracterizada pela proliferação neoplásica de células linfoides no interior de capilares. Relatamos um caso de IVLBCL em paciente jovem do sexo feminino com comprometimento bilateral da glândula suprarrenal. O exame imuno-histoquímico confirmou o IVLBCL. A afinidade entre órgãos endócrinos e células linfoides é uma hipótese levantada para explicar a correlação verificada entre o IVLBCL e o comprometimento da glândula suprarrenal. Além disso, a associação entre o IVLBCL e a sintomatologia descrita parece refletir um padrão que poderá auxiliar em um diagnóstico mais eficaz.


The Intravascular Large B-cell Lymphoma (IVLBCL) is a rare disease characterized by neoplastic proliferation of lymphoid cells within capillaries. We report a case of IVLBCL in a young female patient with bilateral involvement of the adrenal gland. Immunohistochemical examination confirmed IVLBCL. The relationship between endocrine organs and lymphoid cells is a hypothesis to explain the correlation observed between IVLBCL and the involvement of the adrenal gland. Moreover, the association between IVLBCL and the described symptomatology seems to reflect a pattern that may assist in a more effective diagnosis.


Subject(s)
Humans , Female , Adult , Adrenal Glands , Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/diagnosis , Lymphoma, B-Cell/diagnosis , Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/diagnosis
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