Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:50:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-05-27 / Objetivo: Investigar a imuno-expressão do c-kit e sua correlação com o prognóstico em pacientes portadores de Osteossarcoma e o efeito do Mesilato de Imatinibe (STI571) na proliferação e invasão de linhagens de células humanas de osteossarcoma. Material e Método Estudo retrospectivo com realização de imunohistoquímica dos blocos de parafina de 52 pacientes com osteossarcoma de extremidades de alto grau, tratados no Instituto de Oncologia Pediátrica e diagnosticados no Departamento de Patologia da UNIFESP. Somente espécimes pré-quimioterapia foram analisados. Imunoexpressão forte e citoplasmática foram considerados como positivos. A linhagem cellular MG 63 foi incubada e o efeito inibitório do STI571 na proliferação e invasão dessas células tumorais in vitro foi estudada. Resultados: 24 casos (46,15%) expressaram o c-kit, sendo que esses tumores positivos tiveram pior resposta à qumioterapia pré-operatória. Não foi encontrada correlação entre os casos c-kit positivos e sobrevida global e livre de doença. STI571 inibiu a proliferação de células de osteossarcoma in vitro, em baixas doses e a invasão dessas células, em altas doses. Conclusões: Osteossarcomas expressam c-kit e esses tumores c-kit positivos são maus respondedores (têm menos necrose) à quimioterapia pré-operatória. O Mesilato de Imatinibe inibe a proliferação de células de osteossarcomas que expressam o c-kit, mas não inibem a invasão. Esses achados permitem sugerir que o STI571 pode ser uma nova estratégia no tratamento dos pacientes portadores de osteossarcomas. / Purpose: To investigate the immunoexpression and its prognostic relevance of KIT in patients with osteosarcomas and the effect of Imatinib mesylate (STI571) on proliferation and invasion of human cell osteosarcoma line. Material and Methods: A retrospective immunohistochemical study was performed on archival formalin fixed paraffin-embedded tissue obtained from Department of Pathology of Federal University of São Paulo of 52 high-grade patients with primary osteosarcomas of extremities treated at the Instituto de Oncologia Pediátrica. Only pre-chemotherapy specimens were analysed. Strong cytoplasmic and membranous staining cases were taken as positive. The human cell line MG 63 was incubated and inhibitory effect of STI571 on cell proliferation and invasion was studied. Results: Twenty four cases (46,15%) expressed c-kit and tumours ckit positive had lower necrosis pos chemotherapy. No correlation was found between ckit expression and overall and disease free survival. STI571 inhibited the rates of cell growth of osteosaroma cells in low doses and invasion in high doses Conclusions: Tumours c-kit positives had worse response to chemotherapy and STI571 plays a role in blocking or slowing the rate of growth of osteosarcoma cells expressing ckit, but not the invasive capacity of these neoplastic cells. These data suggested that Imatinib Mesylate could be a therapeutic target of strategies against Osteosarcoma that express c-kit. / TEDE / BV UNIFESP: Teses e dissertações

Câncer é a proliferação descontrolada de células anormais do organismo. As células cancerosas podem se transferir para outras partes do corpo onde passam a crescer e substituir o tecido sadio, num processo conhecido como metástase. De um total de 58 milhões de mortes ocorridas no mundo em 2007, o câncer foi responsável por 7,6 milhões. O câncer de mama é o segundo tipo de câncer mais freqüente no mundo, sendo o mais comum entre as mulheres. A cada ano, cerca de 20% dos novos casos de câncer em mulheres são de mama. No que diz respeito a valores absolutos, o câncer de próstata é o sexto tipo de câncer mais comum no mundo e o mais prevalente em homens, representando cerca de 10% do total. As principais formas de tratamento são a cirurgia, quimioterapia, radioterapia, hormonioterapia, imunoterapia e as terapias-alvo. Os tratamentos quimioterápicos e radioterápicos, principalmente, possuem baixa seletividade em sua ação frente a células malignas e benignas. O presente trabalho de dissertação tem como objetivo o desenvolvimento de testes in vitro, como o wound healing e o de migração, empregando células de adenocarcinoma mamário humano (MDA-MB-231) e de câncer de próstata humano (DU-145), além da triagem biológica de compostos químicos visando à identificação de novos candidatos a inibidores do processo de migração celular (metástase). Os protocolos experimentais foram estabelecidos e padronizados com sucesso, fornecendo resultados reprodutíveis, confiáveis e validados. Após extensivas triagens biológicas, duas classes de candidatos a inibidores foram identificadas. / Cancer is an abnormal proliferation of cells from an organ or tissue. The cancer cells may spread from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part in a process called metastasis. In 2007, cancer was responsible for 7.6 million out of the 58 million deaths occurred in the World. Breast Cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the World, and the most frequent in women. Each year, over 20% of the new cases of cancer in women are breast cancer. In absolute values, prostate cancer is the sixth type of cancer more common in the World and the most prevalent in the men, representing about 10% of the total. There are a number of different methods used to treat cancer, including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments show low effectiveness and selectivity towards malignant and benign cells. The objective of the present dissertation work is to develop in vitro assays, such as wound healing and cell migration employing MDA-MD-231 breast cancer cells and DU-145 prostate cancer cells, as well as perform biological screening of chemical compounds in order to identify selective inhibitors of tumor metastasis as novel lead candidates for further development. The experimental protocols have been successfully implemented providing reproducible and reliable results. After extensive biological investigations, two inhibitor candidate classes have been identified.

Preclinical testing is an important part of cancer drug development. The aim of this thesis was to establish and evaluate preclinical in vitro methods useful in the development of new anticancer drugs. In paper I, the development of non-clonogenic assays (FMCA-GM) using CD34+ stem cells for assessment of haematological toxicity was described. A high correlation was seen when comparing the 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50) from FMCA-GM with the IC50 from the established clonogenic assay (CFU-GM). In paper II, FMCA-GM was complemented with additional cell models, establishing a normal cell panel. In vitro toxicity towards the five normal cell types was compared with known clinical adverse event profiles. The normal cell panel roughly reflected the tissue specific toxicities but was most useful in the prediction of therapeutic index. In paper III the use of peripheral blood lymphocytes from human, dog, rat and mouse to detect species differences in cellular drug sensitivity was described. Good agreement between our method and the established CFU-GM assay was observed. In paper II the benefit of using primary tumour cells from patients to predict cancer diagnosis-specific activity was studied. The in vitro activity of fourteen anticancer drugs was tested in tumour samples of both haematological and solid tumour origin. In general, clinical activity was well reflected. In paper IV, the efficacy and toxicity models were applied for experimental follow-up of a novel inhibitor of the ubiquitin-proteasome system, CB3 (Phosphoric acid, 2,3-dihydro-1,1-dioxido-3-thienyl diphenyl ester). In the preliminary characterization of CB3, antitumour activity and a favourable toxicity profile were displayed, although the exact mechanism of action remains to be elucidated. CB3 will therefore be further investigated. In conclusion, the work presented here contributes to different parts of the preclinical drug development and the methods may aid in the characterization of anticancer compounds

Câncer é a proliferação descontrolada de células anormais do organismo. As células cancerosas podem se transferir para outras partes do corpo onde passam a crescer e substituir o tecido sadio, num processo conhecido como metástase. De um total de 58 milhões de mortes ocorridas no mundo em 2007, o câncer foi responsável por 7,6 milhões. O câncer de mama é o segundo tipo de câncer mais freqüente no mundo, sendo o mais comum entre as mulheres. A cada ano, cerca de 20% dos novos casos de câncer em mulheres são de mama. No que diz respeito a valores absolutos, o câncer de próstata é o sexto tipo de câncer mais comum no mundo e o mais prevalente em homens, representando cerca de 10% do total. As principais formas de tratamento são a cirurgia, quimioterapia, radioterapia, hormonioterapia, imunoterapia e as terapias-alvo. Os tratamentos quimioterápicos e radioterápicos, principalmente, possuem baixa seletividade em sua ação frente a células malignas e benignas. O presente trabalho de dissertação tem como objetivo o desenvolvimento de testes in vitro, como o wound healing e o de migração, empregando células de adenocarcinoma mamário humano (MDA-MB-231) e de câncer de próstata humano (DU-145), além da triagem biológica de compostos químicos visando à identificação de novos candidatos a inibidores do processo de migração celular (metástase). Os protocolos experimentais foram estabelecidos e padronizados com sucesso, fornecendo resultados reprodutíveis, confiáveis e validados. Após extensivas triagens biológicas, duas classes de candidatos a inibidores foram identificadas. / Cancer is an abnormal proliferation of cells from an organ or tissue. The cancer cells may spread from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part in a process called metastasis. In 2007, cancer was responsible for 7.6 million out of the 58 million deaths occurred in the World. Breast Cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the World, and the most frequent in women. Each year, over 20% of the new cases of cancer in women are breast cancer. In absolute values, prostate cancer is the sixth type of cancer more common in the World and the most prevalent in the men, representing about 10% of the total. There are a number of different methods used to treat cancer, including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments show low effectiveness and selectivity towards malignant and benign cells. The objective of the present dissertation work is to develop in vitro assays, such as wound healing and cell migration employing MDA-MD-231 breast cancer cells and DU-145 prostate cancer cells, as well as perform biological screening of chemical compounds in order to identify selective inhibitors of tumor metastasis as novel lead candidates for further development. The experimental protocols have been successfully implemented providing reproducible and reliable results. After extensive biological investigations, two inhibitor candidate classes have been identified.

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Dvořáková Zdeňka: Alkaloids of Narcissus 'Dutch Master' (Amaryllidaceae) and their biological activity II. Diploma thesis 2016, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology. The content of this work was isolation of compounds from the selected fraction ND-6 obtained by column chromatography of Narcissus 'Dutch Master' alkaloid extract. Preparation of extract and its column chromatography was performed by Mrg. Daniela Hulcová as part of her doctoral studies. By the means preparative TLC was from fraction ND- 6 homolycorine type alkaloid (+)-O-methyllycorenine gained. Its structure was determined on the basis NMR, GC-MS analysis and optical rotation. The obtained data were compared with facts in known literature. By the isolated alkaloid was determined its cholinesterase inhibitory activity against acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. Its inhibitory activity was expressed as IC50 (M) and compared with known standards galanthamine, physostigmine, and Huperzine A. This alkaloid is inactive against cholinesterase (IC50 AChE > 1000 M, IC50 BChE > 1000 M). On the basis of gained results, we can evaluate this alkaloid from the point of view of cholinesterase inhibition as potentially unusable in the treatment of AD. Key...

Vacková, L.: Alkaloids Narcissus 'Dutch Master' (Amaryllidaceae) and their biological activity. I. Diploma thesis, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology, Hradec Králové 2016. From a selected fraction ND-6, which was obtained by column chromatography of an alkaloid extract of Narcissus 'Dutch Master' (preparation of the alkaloid extract and column chromatography was performed by Mgr. Daniela Hulcová within her doctoral thesis), lycorine alakloid O-acetylpluviin was isolated using preparative TLC. Its structure was determined on the basis of MS, NMR analysis, and optical rotation, the obtained data were compared with the literature. The isolated alkaloid was tested on its possibility to inhibit human acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. The activity was expressed as IC 50 values (IC50 AChE = 648.03 ± 53.95 μM, IC50 BChE = 602.50 ± 48.50 μM) and compared with IC50 values of galanthamine, huperzine A and physostigmine. O-acetylpluviine showed a very low inhibitory cholinesterase activity, and so, the alkaloid does not seem to be a suitable cholinesterase inhibitor for potential use in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Keywords: Narcissus 'Dutch Master', Amaryllidaceae, lycorine alkaloids, Alzheimer's disease,...