Comparative Analysis of the Presence of Staphylococcus Epidermidis in the Implant-Abutment Junction Zone in Different Dental Implant Models

The aim of this study was to investigate the amount of Staphylococcus epidermidis present at the implant-abutment interface of two different brands of dental implants. Twenty implants and 20 straight internal connection abutments of these brands were analyzed by immersing them in blood agar in Petri dishes and evaluating the DNA of the colonies at the interface. Using a saliva sample dipped in a Staphylococcus epidermidis strain, the number of microorganisms entering the implant-abutment interface was determined. Brand B1 exhibited a lower presence of Staphylococcus epidermidis (range 0-2000 CFU/ml) compared to brand C1, which presented a higher quantity (range 12000-19000 CFU/ml). It was evident that the presence of Staphylococcus epidermidis at the implant-abutment interface of B1 (average 800 CFU/ml) was lower than in C1 (1560 CFU/ml). These results indicate a moderate presence in C1 and a slight presence in B1, and it was statistically determined that the adhesion and quantity of Staphylococcus epidermidis depend on the colonized surfaces (p <0.05)

Acyl-CoA synthetase-4, a new regulator of mTOR and a potential therapeutic target for enhanced estrogen receptor function in receptor-positive and -negative breast cancer

Although the role of acyl-CoA synthetase 4 (ACSL4) in mediating an aggressive phenotype is well accepted, there is little evidence as to the early steps through which ACSL4 increases tumor growth and progression. In this study, and by means of the stable transfection of MCF-7 cells with ACSL4 using the tetracycline Tet-Off system (MCF-7 TetOff/ACSL4), we identify the mTOR pathway as one of the main specific signatures of ACSL4 expression and demonstrate the partial involvement of the lipoxygenase pathway in the activation of mTOR. The specificity of ACSL4 action on mTOR signaling is also determined by doxycycline inhibition of ACSL4 expression in MCF-7 Tet-Off/ACSL4 cells, by the expression of ACSL4 in the non-aggressive T47D breast cancer cell line and by knocking down this enzyme expression in the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, which constitutively express ACSL4. ACSL4 regulates components of the two complexes of the mTOR pathway (mTORC1/2), along with upstream regulators and substrates. We show that mTOR inhibitor rapamycin and ACSL4 inhibitor rosiglitazone can act in combination to inhibit cell growth. In addition, we demonstrate a synergistic effect on cell growth inhibition by the combination of rosiglitazone and tamoxifen, an estrogen receptor α (ERα) inhibitor. Remarkably, this synergistic effect is also evident in the triple negative MDA-MB-231 cells in vitro and in vivo. These results suggest that ACSL4 could be a target to restore tumor hormone dependence in tumors with poor prognosis for disease-free and overall survival, in which no effective specifically targeted therapy is readily available.Fil: Orlando, Ulises Daniel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Castillo, Ana Fernanda. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Dattilo, Melina A.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; ArgentinaFil: Solano, Angela Rosario. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Maloberti, Paula Mariana. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Podesta, Ernesto Jorge. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentin

Angiotensin II stimulation promotes mitochondrial fusion as a novel mechanism involved in protein kinase compartmentalization and cholesterol transport in human adrenocortical cells

In steroid-producing cells, cholesterol transport from the outer to the inner mitochondrial membrane is the first and rate-limiting step for the synthesis of all steroid hormones. Cholesterol can be transported into mitochondria by specific mitochondrial protein carriers like the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). StAR is phosphorylated by mitochondrial ERK in a cAMP-dependent transduction pathway to achieve maximal steroid production. Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles that undergo replication, mitophagy and morphology changes, all processes allowed by mitochondrial fusion and fission, known as mitochondrial dynamics. Mitofusin (Mfn) 1 and 2 are GTPases involved in the regulation of fusion, while dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) is the major regulator of mitochondrial fission. Despite the role of mitochondrial dynamics in neurological and endocrine disorders, little is known about fusion/fission in steroidogenic tissues. In this context, the present work aimed to study the role of angiotensin II (Ang II) in protein subcellular compartmentalization, mitochondrial dynamics and the involvement of this process in the regulation of aldosterone synthesis. We demonstrate here that Ang II stimulation promoted the recruitment and activation of PKCε, ERK and its upstream kinase MEK to the mitochondria, all of them essential for steroid synthesis. Moreover, Ang II prompted a shift from punctate to tubular/elongated (fusion) mitochondrial shape, in line with the observation of hormone-dependent upregulation of Mfn2 levels. Concomitantly, mitochondrial Drp1 was diminished, driving mitochondria toward fusion. Moreover, Mfn2 expression is required for StAR, ERK and MEK mitochondrial localization and ultimately for aldosterone synthesis. Collectively, this study provides fresh insights into the importance of hormonal regulation in mitochondrial dynamics as a novel mechanism involved in aldosterone production.Fil: Helfenberger, Katia Estefanía. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Castillo, Ana Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Mele, Pablo Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Fiore, Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Herrera, Lucía Manuela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Finocchietto, Paola Vanesa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Inmunología, Genética y Metabolismo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Inmunología, Genética y Metabolismo; ArgentinaFil: Podesta, Ernesto Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Poderoso, Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentin

Gene expression profile and signaling pathways in MCF-7 breast cancer cells mediated by acyl-CoA synthetase 4 overexpression

Aim: Breast cancer comprises a heterogeneous group of diseases that vary in morphology, biology, behavior and response to therapy. Previous studies have identified an acyl-CoA synthetase 4 (ACSL4) gene-expression pattern correlated with very aggressive tumors. In particular, we have used the tetracycline Tet-Off system to stably transfect non-aggressive breast cancer MCF-7 cells and developed a stable line overexpressing ACSL4 (MCF-7 Tet-Off/ACSL4). As a result, we have proven that cell transfection solely with ACSL4 cDNA renders a highly aggressive phenotype in vitro and results in the development of growing tumors when injected into nude mice. Nevertheless, and in spite of widespread consensus on the role of ACSL4 in mediating an aggressive phenotype in breast cancer, the early steps through which ACSL4 increases tumor growth and progression have been scarcely described and need further elucidation. For this reason, the goal of this work was to study the gene expression profile and the signaling pathways triggered by ACSL4 overexpression in the mechanism that leads to an aggressive phenotype in breast cancer. Methods: We have performed a massive in-depth mRNA sequencing approach and a reverse-phase protein array using MCF-7 Tet-Off/ACSL4 cells as a model to identify gene expression and functional proteomic signatures specific to ACSL4 overexpression. Results and Conclusion: The sole expression of ACSL4 displays a distinctive transcriptome and functional proteomic profile. Furthermore, gene networks most significantly upregulated in breast cancer cells overexpressing ACSL4 are associated to the regulation of embryonic and tissue development, cellular movement and DNA replication and repair. In conclusion, ACSL4 is an upstream regulator of tumorigenic pathways. Because an aggressive tumor phenotype appears in the early stages of metastatic progression, the previously unknown mediators of ACSL4 might.Fil: Castillo, Ana Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; ArgentinaFil: Orlando, Ulises Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; ArgentinaFil: Lopez, Paula Veronica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; ArgentinaFil: Solano, Angela Rosario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; ArgentinaFil: Maloberti, Paula Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; ArgentinaFil: Podesta, Ernesto Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Bioquimica; Argentin

Sistematización del proceso de participación vivido entre marzo del 2011 y marzo del 2012 por parte de los jóvenes del barrio Puertas del Sol (sector 4) del distrito de Aguablanca, pertenecientes al programa gestores de paz de la institución Visión Mundial, orientado a la construcción de una organización juvenil

El siguiente documento, es el resultado de la sistematización de experiencia del proceso de participación vivido por un grupo de jóvenes del Movimiento Gestores de Paz, del barrio Puertas del Sol, ubicado en la comuna 14 al oriente de la ciudad de Cali. El grupo, ha sido conformado por la iniciativa de la Organización de ayuda humanitaria Visión Mundial, con el propósito de promover en comunidades como las del Distrito de Aguablanca una cultura de paz. El interés por sistematizar la experiencia de gestores de paz, surgió a partir de la realización de la práctica pre-profesional de Trabajo Social orientada al fortalecimiento formativo del grupo de jóvenes en el período marzo de 2011 a marzo del 2012, en el marco de la construcción de organización juvenil.PregradoTRABAJADOR(A) SOCIA

Programas de intervención penal del homicidio en el ámbito internacional: Apuntes para el tratamiento psicológico penitenciario Colombiano

El presente trabajo se centró en los programas de tratamiento penitenciario sobre el delito de homicidio a nivel nacional e internacional, para lo cual se hizo una discriminación de países por medio de una serie de criterios de inclusión, dando como resultado de ello la selección de los 10 países analizados: Nueva Zelanda, Finlandia, Estonia, Suecia, Dinamarca, Corea del sur, República Checa, Georgia, Polonia y Noruega. Posteriormente, se realizó un análisis individualizado por país basado en una estructura fija, compuesta por: Ficha técnica - Datos generales, Características del sistema penitenciario, Programas de tratamiento penitenciario generales, Programas de tratamiento psicológicos Penitenciarios y Programas de tratamiento psicológicos Penitenciarios sobre el delito de homicidio.he present work focused on prison treatment programs on crime of homicide at the national and international level, for which a discrimination of countries was made through a series of inclusion criteria, resulting in the selection of the 10 countries analyzed: New Zealand, Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, South Korea, Czech Republic, Georgia, Poland and Norway. Subsequently, an analysis individualized by country based on a fixed structure, composed of: Technical sheet - Data general, Characteristics of the penitentiary system, Prison treatment programs general, Prison psychological treatment programs and treatment programs Penitentiary psychological tests on the crime of homicide

La significación de la música en San Basilio de Palenque /

Este artículo tiene como objetivo abordar la significación de la música en San Basilio de Palenque, su presencia en diferentes ámbitos sociales, culturales, recreativos y ceremoniales. Así mismo, busca resaltar los diferentes procesos comunicacionales que se vienen desarrollando desde la comunidad por el colectivo de comunicaciones Kushá Suto y como este ha sido un movimiento de preservación cultural frente a la crisis de identidad que han enfrentado los últimos años. Abstract: This article aims to address the significance of music in San Basilio de Palenque, its presence in different social, cultural, recreational and ceremonial spheres. It also seeks to highlight the different communication processes that have been developed from the community by the communication collective Kushá Suto and how this has been a movement of cultural preservation in the face of the identity crisis they have faced in recent years

Regulatory mechanisms leading to differential Acyl-CoA synthetase 4 expression in breast cancer cells

Acyl-CoA synthetase 4 (ACSL4) overexpression plays a causal role in the aggressiveness of triple negative breast cancer. In turn, a negative correlation has been established between ACSL4 and estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) expression. However, the upstream regulatory mechanisms leading to differential ACSL4 expression between triple negative breast cancer and ERα-positive cells remained unknown. We performed the characterization of the human ACSL4 promoter and the identification of transcription factors involved. Deletional analysis demonstrated the proximal 43 base pairs of the promoter are involved in overexpression. By site directed mutagenesis we describe that retinoid-related orphan receptor alpha (RORα), Sp1 and E2F elements are involved in the promoter activity. We established for the first time that estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα) is a transcription factor involved in the higher activation of the human ACSL4 promoter in breast cancer cells. Furthermore, a combination of inhibitors of ACSL4 and ERRα produced a synergistic decrease in MDA-MB-231 cell proliferation. We also demonstrated that ERα restoration in triple negative breast cancer cells downregulates ACSL4 expression. The results presented in this manuscript demonstrated transcriptional mechanism is involved in the different expression of ACSL4 in human breast cancer cell lines of different aggressiveness.Fil: Dattilo, Melina Andrea. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Benzo, Yanina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Herrera, Lucía Manuela. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Prada, Jesica Giselle. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Castillo, Ana Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Orlando, Ulises Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Podesta, Ernesto Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; ArgentinaFil: Maloberti, Paula Mariana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas; Argentin

Humic like substances extracted from oil mill wastes in photo-Fenton processes: Characterization, performance and toxicity assesment

[EN] Olive mill waste has been used as sourcing materials for the isolation of humic like substances (OMW-HLS) which have demonstrated its capacity to expand the range of applicability of photo-Fenton process to pH= 5. During the isolation process, membranes of three different pore sizes (300 kDa, 150 kDa and 50 kDa) were employed in order to obtain three batches of OMW-HLS. Four pollutants contained in 2013/39/EC were used as target substances: terbutryn (TBT), diclofenac (DCF), chlorfenvinphos (CVF) and pentachlorophenol (PCP). Results showed that OMW-HLS was able to enhance photo-Fenton at pH = 5, but differences were not significant, either among fractions or with commercial humic substances. Reactions were scaled-up and driven under real sunlight and pollutants removal was faster in the presence of OMW-HLS. Toxicity was monitored according to bioassays based on different organisms or cell lines. Detoxification was observed with and without OMW-HLS, although higher toxicity was detected in the presence of humic acids, most probably due to the surfactant effect, that allows a better contact between pollutant and organism.The authors thank the financial support of the European Union H2020 (2018-2022) (Ref. 776816) Proyect O, and Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidad (RTI 2018-097997-B-C31) . Paula Garcia Negueroles thanks Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades for providing their fellowships BES-2016-0777962.García-Negueroles, P.; García-Ballesteros, S.; Santos-Juanes Jordá, L.; Sabater Marco, C.; Castillo López, M.; López Pérez, MF.; Vicente Candela, R.... (2021). Humic like substances extracted from oil mill wastes in photo-Fenton processes: Characterization, performance and toxicity assesment. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 9(6):1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.106862189

Influencia de los hábitos de higiene oral en la longevidad de restauraciones adhesivas, estudio in vivo

Objectives. To assess whether the establishment and execution of regular oral hygiene habits, measured through the visible plaque index and gingival bleeding index, influenced the durability of adhesive restorations performed in children between 4-8 years old who accomplished inclusion and exclusion criteria previously determined.Materials and methods. Restorations with adhesive materials were executed according to the split-mouth criteria using two techniques of carioso tissue removal. Parents and children involved in the study received motivation, training and devices of oral toilet on a permanent way, with accompanying each month.Evaluation of gingival health index and the state of restorations using FDI criteria were performed before the intervention, immediately completed restorative processes, at 6 and 12 months. The data collected were subject to descriptive analysis and them interaction between variables, through graphs of estimated densities, diagrams of dispersion anObjetivos. Evaluar si la instauración y ejecución de hábitos de higiene bucal de forma regular valorados a través de los índices de placa visible y de sangrado gingival influencia en la durabilidad de restauraciones adhesivas ejecutadas en niños entre 4 a 8 años de edad, que cumplieron los criterios de inclusión y exclusión previamente determinados. Materiales y métodos. Las restauraciones con materiales adhesivos fueron ejecutadas bajo el criterio de boca dividida empleando dos técnicas de remoción de tejido carioso.Padres y menores involucrados en el estudio recibieron motivación, capacitación y dispositivos de aseo bucal de forma permanente, con acompañamiento cada mes. La evaluación de los índices de salud gingival y el estado de las restauraciones mediante criterios de la FDI, fueron realizados antes de iniciar la intervención, inmediatamente concluido los procesos restauradores, a los 6 y 12 meses. Los datos recogidos fueron sometidos a análisis descriptivo y la interac