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Clin Transplant ; 12(5): 430-3, 1998 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9787953

ABSTRACT

On 296 blood samples obtained from 22 bone marrow and 21 kidney transplanted patients, the concomitant measurements of polyclonal and monoclonal cyclosporine (CsA) were performed and the relative polyclonal/monoclonal (P/M) ratios were calculated. Biochemical profiles of kidney and liver functions were also determined in all patients. For each type of transplant, biochemical data were divided into two subgroups on the basis of P/M ratio: A) data obtained in patients with P/M ratio > 3.0; B) data obtained in patients with P/M ratio < or = 3.0. While in kidney transplanted patients no difference of biochemical profiles was found between two subgroups, in bone marrow transplant recipients the subgroup A showed a worsening of hepatic function parameters as compared to subgroup B. Therefore, it appears that P/M ratio could represent in bone marrow transplantation an index of hepatic CsA toxicity.


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Bone Marrow Transplantation , Cyclosporine/blood , Immunosuppressive Agents/blood , Kidney Transplantation , Adult , Cyclosporine/adverse effects , Cyclosporine/therapeutic use , Female , Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay , Humans , Immunosuppressive Agents/adverse effects , Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use , Kidney/drug effects , Kidney/physiology , Liver/drug effects , Liver/physiology , Male , Middle Aged
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Minerva Anestesiol ; 62(5): 187-93, 1996 May.
Article in Italian | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8937042

ABSTRACT

The aim of the present study was to show the therapeutic effect of silibinin dihemisuccinate in a case of intoxication by mushrooms of Amanita gender. We report a clinical case of a 4-person family intoxicated by ingestion of mushrooms Amanita phalloides and admitted to the center for poisoning treatment of the Hospital "A. Cardarelli" in Naples. Although all were treated with standard therapy, there was a worsening of the clinical picture till the third day, when it was decided to add silibinin dihemisuccinate by the intravenous route to the therapy. After the beginning of silibinin administration the patients showed a favourable course with a rapid resolution of the clinical picture, although the prognosis appeared severe on the basis of hematochemical examination results. On day 9 silibinin dihemisuccinate was replaced with silibinin betacyclodextrine per os. All patients were discharged on day 10-13. After two months all hematological parameters are in the normal range also a hepatobiliopancreatic echography does not show any morphological alteration. As in the case of polytherapies and because of the lack of comparative studies, it seems difficult to establish which therapeutic component had the major role in the resolution of the clinical picture. However, on the basis of our experience, and of the literature data, we think that silibinin may play a significant role in protecting hepatic tissue not yet injured. However we believe that other studies are necessary to confirm our hypothesis.


Subject(s)
Mushroom Poisoning , Silymarin/poisoning , Adolescent , Adult , Amanita , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Mushroom Poisoning/diagnosis
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J Neurochem ; 63(5): 1900-7, 1994 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7523602

ABSTRACT

LAN-1 is a human neuroblastoma cell line that, in the undifferentiated state, does not respond to membrane depolarization with an elevation of [Ca2+]i, monitored by fura-2 single-cell microfluorimetry. The exposure of LAN-1 cells to the differentiating agent retinoic acid induced the appearance of [Ca2+]i elevation elicited by 55 mM K+. Maitotoxin, a putative activator of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels, did not evoke an elevation of [Ca2+]i in undifferentiated LAN-1 cells, but produced a marked and sustained increase in [Ca2+]i when superfused in retinoic acid-treated cells. Both high K(+)- and maitotoxin-induced [Ca2+]i elevation in retinoic acid-differentiated LAN-1 cells was reversed by the lanthanide Gd3+, an inorganic Ca(2+)-entry blocker, and by the snail toxin omega-conotoxin GVIA, which interacts with the N subtype of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels. In contrast, both Bay K 8644 and nimodipine, dihydropyridines that selectively activate or block, respectively, the L-channel subtype, were completely ineffective. The tumor promoter phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (100 nM), a protein kinase C activator, inhibited the elevation of [Ca2+]i due to Ca2+ influx elicited by membrane depolarization. K(+)-induced [Ca2+]i elevation appeared 24 h after the addition of retinoic acid and reached the highest magnitude after 72 h. Furthermore, 8 days after the removal of the differentiating agent from the culture medium, the high K(+)-induced increase of [Ca2+]i was still present.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


Subject(s)
Calcium/metabolism , Marine Toxins/pharmacology , Membrane Potentials/physiology , Neuroblastoma/metabolism , Neuroblastoma/pathology , Oxocins , Tretinoin/pharmacology , 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 1,4-dihydro-2,6-dimethyl-5-nitro-4-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-, Methyl ester/pharmacology , Calcium/analysis , Cell Differentiation/drug effects , Cytophotometry , Humans , Membrane Potentials/drug effects , Neuroblastoma/chemistry , Nimodipine/pharmacology , Peptides/pharmacology , Potassium/pharmacology , Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology , Time Factors , Tumor Cells, Cultured , omega-Conotoxin GVIA
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