Intrinsic coagulation cascade factors and hemostatic markers of endothelial dysfunction in patients with peripheral artery disease

АРТЕРИОСКЛЕРОЗ ОБЛИТЕРИРУЮЩИЙВНУТРЕННИЙ КАСКАД КОАГУЛЯЦИИГЕМОСТАТИЧЕСКИЕ МАРКЕРЫДИСФУНКЦИЯ ЭНДОТЕЛИЯАЗОТА ОКСИДЫАЗОТА ОКИСЬАЗОТА (II) ОКСИДВИЛЛЕБРАНДА ФАКТОРСОСУДИСТЫЕ ХИРУРГИЧЕСКИЕ ОПЕРАЦИИЦель. Оценка активности факторов внутреннего каскада коагуляции и гемостатических маркеров дисфункции эндотелия у пациентов с облитерирующим атеросклерозом артерий нижних конечностей (ОААНК) до и после эндоваскулярных вмешательств. Материал и методы. В исследование было включено 80 пациентов с ОААНК IIБ-III стадии по А. В. Покровскому-Фонтейну. 40 пациентов с ОААНК подверглись эндоваскулярным вмешательствам на аорто-бедренно-подколенном сегменте (группа А), и 40 пациентов прошли консервативное лечение (группа В). Пациентам было проведено физикальное обследование, ультразвуковая допплерография (УЗДГ), дуплексное сканирование (УЗДС)/рентгеноконтрастная ангиография артерий нижних конечностей. Через 3 и 6 месяцев после проведенного лечения пациенты повторно прошли физикальное обследование, УЗДГ и УЗДС артерий нижних конечностей. При включении пациентов в исследование и через 3 месяца после операции были взяты образцы венозной крови для оценки активности факторов VIII, IХ, ХI, фактора фон Виллебранда (ФВ), оксида азота II (NO) и протеина С (ПрС). Результаты. У пациентов группы А до оперативного вмешательства средние значения активности VIII, IX, XI факторов и ФВ были повышены по сравнению с нормой. Через 3 месяца после операции наблюдался еще больший рост активности VIII, IX, XI факторов, сохранялся повышенный уровень ФВ при снижении показателей метаболитов NO. У пациентов группы В были повышены средние значения активности IX, XI факторов, ФВ при нормальном уровне метаболитов NO и ПрС. Заключение. Анализ исходного состояния системы гемостаза у пациентов с ОААНК позволяет сделать вывод о развитии гиперкоагуляционного состояния на фоне нормального антикоагуляционного потенциала. Оперативное вмешательство способствует еще большему сдвигу в сторону гиперкоагуляции и нарушению функционального состояния эндотелия.Objective. To assess the activity of intrinsic coagulation cascade factors of coagulation and hemostatic markers of endothelial dysfunction in patients with atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease (PAD) before and after endovascular treatment. Methods. The study included 80 patients with PAD in the stage IIB-III of the disease according to Pokrovsky-Fontaine classification. 40 patients with PAD underwent endovascular interventions on the femoropopliteal segment (group A) and 40 patients underwent the conservative treatment (group B). Patients underwent physical examination, ankle-brachial index measurement (ABI), duplex ultrasound (DUS) and digital substraction angiography. 3 and 6 months after treatment patients underwent the same procedures. At inclusion of patients in the study and 3 months after the surgery, peripheral venous blood samples were collected to assess the activity of VIII, IX, XI, von Willebrand factor (VWF), protein С (PrC) and metabolites of nitric oxide II (NO). Results. In patients of the group А mean values of activity VIII, IX, XI factors and VWF were increased in comparison with the norm before the surgery. After 3 months the results shown a greater increase in activity VIII, IX, XI factors, the elevated levels of VWF remained in the reduction of NO metabolites. In patients of the group B the mean activity values of IX, XI factors and VWF were increased with normal levels of NO metabolites and PrC. Conclusions. The analysis of the initial state of the hemostasis system in patients with atherosclerotic peripheral artery disease allows us to conclude that the hypercoagulable state develops against the background of a normal anticoagulation potential. Operative procedures provide a further shift towards a hypercoagulable state and impaired functional activity of endothelium

MEASUREMENTS OF NEUTRON RADIATION SPECTRA AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS WITH PWR

This paper presents data on the reconstruction of neutron spectra. The energy and angular distribution of neutrons have been estimated. Correction factors for individual dosimeters have been calculated

CX3CR1+ cells facilitate the activation of CD4 T cells in the colonic lamina propria during antigen-driven colitis

Dendritic cells (DCs) and macrophages populate the intestinal lamina propria to initiate immune responses required for the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis. To investigate whether CX3CR1(+) phagocytes communicate with CD4 T cells during the development of transfer colitis, we established an antigen-driven colitis model induced by the adoptive transfer of DsRed OT-II cells in CX3CR1(GFP/+) × RAG(-/-) recipients challenged with Escherichia coli expressing ovalbumin (OVA) fused to a cyan fluorescent protein (CFP). After colonization of CX3CR1(GFP/+) × RAG(-/-) animals with red fluorescent E. coli pCherry-OVA, colonic CX3CR1(+) cells but not CD103(+) DCs phagocytosed E. coli pCherry-OVA. Degraded bacterial-derived antigens are transported by CD103(+) DCs to mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs), where CD103(+) DCs prime naive T cells. In RAG(-/-) recipients reconstituted with OT II cells and gavaged with OVA-expressing E. coli, colonic CX3CR1(+) phagocytes are in close contact with CD4 T cells and presented bacterial-derived antigens to CD4 T cells to activate and expand effector T cells

Coagulation Factor Activity and Hemostatic Markers of Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the impact of intrinsic coagulation factors and hemostatic markers of endothelial dysfunction on complications in patients with atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Materials and Methods : This prospective study enrolled 120 PAD patients at Fontaine stages 2b to 3 who underwent open surgical, endovascular, or conservative treatment. Coagulation factors (FVIII, FIX, and FXI) and endothelial hemostatic markers, including von Willebrand factor (vWF) activity and level, soluble endothelial protein C receptor, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) levels, were assessed. Results : At 3 months after open bypass grafting, activity of FVIII significantly increased from a median of 175% to 233% (P<0.001). At 3 months after endovascular treatment, the activities of FVIII, FIX, and FXI significantly increased from medians of 157%, 180%, and 156% to 184%, 218%, and 181%, respectively (P<0.05). Six patients with increased FVIII activity developed bypass graft thrombosis. Four patients in the endovascular group and three patients in the conservative treatment group with increased activity of vWF developed myocardial infarction (P=0.049). The subjects who developed restenosis had increased vWF activity (P=0.023) and decreased nitric oxide metabolite levels (P=0.003). Three subjects who received conservative treatment and developed PAD progression at 12 months had increased PAI-1 activity (P=0.028). Conclusion : Patients with advanced PAD had a hypercoagulable status, and performance of open or endovascular revascularization was associated with further hypercoagulability. Increased activity of coagulation factors and altered levels of hemostatic markers of endothelial dysfunction were associated with PAD complications such as graft thrombosis, myocardial infarction, disease progression, and restenosis

Data_Sheet_1_Epinephrine extensively changes the biofilm matrix composition in Micrococcus luteus C01 isolated from human skin.DOCX

The importance of the impact of human hormones on commensal microbiota and microbial biofilms is established in lots of studies. In the present investigation, we continued and extended the research of epinephrine effects on the skin commensal Micrococcus luteus C01 and its biofilms, and also the matrix changes during the biofilm growth. Epinephrine in concentration 4.9 × 10–9 M which is close to normal blood plasma level increased the amount of polysaccharides and extracellular DNA in the matrix, changed extensively its protein, lipid and polysaccharide composition. The Ef-Tu factor was one of the most abundant proteins in the matrix and its amount increased in the presence of the hormone. One of the glucose-mannose polysaccharide was absent in the matrix in presence of epinephrine after 24 h of incubation. The matrix phospholipids were also eradicated by the addition of the hormone. Hence, epinephrine has a great impact on the M. luteus biofilms and their matrix composition, and this fact opens wide perspectives for the future research.</p