PATHOMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF THE SKELETAL MUSCLES UNDER FORMATION OF THE REPERFUSION SYNDROME.

Analysis of pathomorphological changes which taking place in muscle tissue after reperfusion of previously ischemic rats limbs allowed to identify three phases of the experimental reperfusion syndrome (RS): the first or ischemic, the second or initial reperfusional, the third or late reperfusional. Morphological changes of the skeletal muscles in the first stage are characterized by presence of dystrophic-necrotic processes and reflect the compensatory-adaptive reaction of the organism to hypoxia. In the third stage one can see the progress of morphological damages, which develop during the ischemic period against a background of exhaustion of proteinase inhibitors. This indicates the intensity of endogenous intoxication of the organism with the products of disturbed metabolism and determines the irreversibility of destructive processes and probability of multiple organ failure. Proceeding from the character of the pathomorphological changes and the state of proteinase-inhibitor system one can suppose, that the optimal time for medical measures is the first stage and the first hours of the second stage (to increase the ischemic tolerance of the skeletal muscles). Taking into account the direct relation between the intensity of pathomorphological injuries and the imbalance of proteinase-inhibitor system, the usage of proteinase-inhibiting medicines for correction of RS-development and reduction of the destructive changes during first and second stages is substantiated. When reperfusion syndrome lasts for a long time, medical measures become ineffective due to the high degree of pathological changes.

Experimental induction of reparative morphogenesis and adaptive reserves in the ischemic myocardium using multipotent mesenchymal bone marrow-derived stem cells.

INTRODUCTION: Current experimental research has proven the efficacy of transplantation bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) in the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI). The one of the main purposes of research was to evaluate the comparative data of the MSC transplantation with (5-azacytidine) and without commitment and to assess the post transplantation effects. METHODS: The efficiency of intravenous cardiomyoplasty by infusion of MSC was evaluated in female Wistar-Kyoto rats with myocardial infarction model using echocardiography, morphological study, morphometry, immunohistostaining, data from in situ hybridization, and by measurement of blood serum levels of nitric oxide, endothelin-1, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2). RESULTS: The transplanted MSC were detected in all layers of the myocardium; MCS actively participate in the formation of blood vessels and connective tissue in the scar zone. There was no observable differentiation of male MSC into cardiomyocytes in female rats with MI. However, MSC transplantation leads to significant improvement in vascularization in the area of MI, elevation blood serum levels of nitric oxide, VEGF, and FGF2. No significant differences were identified morphologically between the two groups of animals after transplantation with unmodified MSC or commited MSC (5-azaC). CONCLUSION: Intravenous transplantation of MSC without commitment in rats with MI improves the contractile function of the heart, the morphology of the myocardium, and should be recommended for further clinical investigation as an alternative approach to deal with heart diseases.

[A study on the taxonomy of soil amoebas from Caspian plague foci based on an analysis of ribosomal operon sequences].

The results of a study on the taxonomy and quantitative abundance of free-living amoebas in soil samples from the Russian plague foci of the northwestern Caspian steppe, the Caspian sand, and the Volga-Ural steppe are presented. Amoebas of the Willaertia and Hartmanella genera, as well as representatives of myxomycetes, were isolated from samples. From these, amoebas of the Acanthamoeba genus predominated and could be as abundantas 300000 cells per 1 g of soil. Sequencing of the 18S rRNA gene region showed that Acanthamoeba from the Volga-Ural steppe focus belonged to the A. castellanii species. Phylogenetic analysis confirmed that amoebas from two other Caspian foci belonged to the species of Acanthamoeba spp.

[Correction of protein metabolism in myocardial infarction according to the results of radionuclide studies with 131-albumin during during treatment with a number of drugs (retabolyl, methyluracil, panangin, strophanthin) and combinations of them]. / Korrektsiia belkovogo metabolizma pri infarkter miodarda po dannym radionuklidnykh issledovanii so 131I-albuminom pod vliianiem riada lekarstvennykh sredstv (retabolila, metiluratsila, panangina, strofantina) i ikh kombinatsii.

The effect of a series of drugs (retabolil, strophanthin, retabolil with strophanthin, retabolil with panangin , methyluracil with panangin ) on protein metabolism was investigated in 246 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Retabolil both alone and combined with panangin , and a methyluracil-- panangin combination were found to have anticatabolic and protein synthesizing effects. Strophanthin, when used in the acute period of myocardial infarction, contributes to an increase in the protein decay rate and a decrease in protein synthesis. When it is employed in combination with metabolism corrective agents (retabolil), the adverse effects of strophanthin mentioned above are eliminated.