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Peter A, Cozmuta LM, Nicula C, Cozmuța AM, Vulpoi A, Barbu-Tudoran L, Magyari K, Todea M, Baia L, Pop FG. Multi-analyses of gallstones and correlation between their properties with the laboratory results. Anal Biochem 2020; 593:113587. [PMID: 31978457 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2020.113587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
This study explores the morpho-structure of gallstones (GSs) removed from 36 patients in NW Romania and correlate it with the laboratory results of the patients. GSs were analyzed by SEM-EDS, X-ray diffraction and IR, UV-Vis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The laboratory studies consisted in hematological, coagulation, biochemistry, immunological and tumor markers tests. The morphological and structural investigations allowed to classify the GS in five different types and to establish their mechanism of formation. Only macroscopic evaluation, SEM microscopy, FTIR and UV-Vis spectroscopy give different easily noticeable information for each GS type. EDS, XPS and XRD diffraction are recommended to distinguish pigment and carbonate stones from the other GS types and a carefully examination is needed to establish the differences between the pure cholesterol, the mixed cholesterol and the composite cholesterol stones, due to the high similarities. The variation of specific markers cannot differentiate the patients with pure cholesterol GS from those with mixed cholesterol and pigment GS and those with mixed cholesterol from those with composite cholesterol stones. Seven laboratory parameters (RDW-CV, MPV, PCT, GLUC-HK, WBC, PT, GPT) are the key indicators for the GS disease and trend to present generally higher values than normal.
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- Anca Peter
- Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Victor Babes 76, 430083, Baia Mare, Romania.
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- Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Victor Babes 76, 430083, Baia Mare, Romania.
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- Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Victor Babes 76, 430083, Baia Mare, Romania.
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- Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Department of Chemistry and Biology, Victor Babes 76, 430083, Baia Mare, Romania.
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- Nanostructured Materials and Bio-Nano-Interfaces Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 400271, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology & Geology, Clinicilor 5-7, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; NIRD of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donath, 400293, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Nanostructured Materials and Bio-Nano-Interfaces Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 400271, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos blvd. 103, 6720, Szeged, Hungary.
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- Nanostructured Materials and Bio-Nano-Interfaces Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 400271, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Department of Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Nanostructured Materials and Bio-Nano-Interfaces Center, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Bio-Nano-Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, 400271, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Physics & Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Bio-Nano-Sciences, M, Kogalniceanu 1, 400084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Surgery III, Faculty of Medicine, "Iuliu Haţieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Parviainen A, Suárez-Grau JM, Pérez-López R, Nieto JM, Garrido CJ, Cobo-Cárdenas G. Combined microstructural and mineralogical phase characterization of gallstones in a patient-based study in SW Spain - Implications for environmental contamination in their formation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 573:433-443. [PMID: 27572536 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This study explores the environmental impact of metal exposure on humans through detailed phase and structural characterization of gallstones from two environmentally contrasting populations in Huelva Province (SW Spain). A total of 42 gallstone samples, obtained after surgical intervention at the Riotinto Hospital, were studied by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transformed Infra-Red spectroscopy (FTIR), FTIR-μ-ATR (Attenuated Total Reflection) coupled with an optical microscope, and by Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (ESEM-EDS), and subsequently classified according to their phase composition and structure. Additionally, the patients were enquired for their living habits in order to analyze the source of possible exposure to metal contamination. The gallstones were classified into pure, mixed and composite cholesterol stones, black and brown pigment stones, and carbonate stones. The patients from the study group residing in a region with acknowledged metal contamination of both natural and anthropogenic origin have a higher risk of metal exposure through contaminated soil, particle matter in the air, and consumption of local water and food products. According to our findings, the metal exposure is related to a higher tendency of forming black pigment stones in the study group in comparison to the control group residing in a natural park with nearly pristine environmental conditions. Moreover, the gallstones from the study group showed to contain more abundant metal components, such as Cu, Fe, Ni, and Zn, than those from the control group. To our knowledge this is the first study to examine the regional environmental impact of metal exposure on human gallstones.
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- Annika Parviainen
- Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), CSIC-UGR, Avda. de las Palmeras 4, E-18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain.
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva, Campus 'El Carmen', E-21071 Huelva, Spain.
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva, Campus 'El Carmen', E-21071 Huelva, Spain.
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- Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), CSIC-UGR, Avda. de las Palmeras 4, E-18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain.
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- Riotinto Hospital, Avda. La Esquila 5, E-21660 Minas de Riotinto, Huelva, Spain.
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Idris SA, Elsiddig KE, Hamza AA, Hafiz MM, Shalayel MHF. Extensive Quantitative Analysis of Gallstones. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2014.51009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bonney GK, Craven RA, Prasad R, Melcher AF, Selby PJ, Banks RE. Circulating markers of biliary malignancy: opportunities in proteomics? Lancet Oncol 2008; 9:149-58. [PMID: 18237849 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(08)70027-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cholangiocarcinoma, a primary liver tumour that arises from biliary epithelial cells, is increasing in incidence and has poor prognosis. Diagnosis is difficult, particularly in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis, who are at risk of developing the disease. Timely diagnosis is essential because surgical resection in early disease remains the only cure. The lack of a sensitive and specific early diagnostic marker and of alternative treatments are the main reasons why patients have limited survival. The use of proteomic-based approaches, which analyse the physiological or pathological complement of proteins (ie, the proteome) in cells, tissues, or biological fluids, has received substantial interest in biomarker discovery. Proteomics complements genomic studies and examines functional end-units quantitatively and qualitatively, including post-translational modifications which might vary with disease and might have key roles in protein function or localisation. Major advances in technology and bioinformatics have enhanced proteomic studies, resulting in increased understanding of the pathogenesis of many diseases and in biomarker discovery with effective use of tissues, cell lines, and biological fluids. We review the current status and promise of proteomic-based approaches in biomarker discovery for cholangiocarcinoma.
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- Glenn K Bonney
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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Chandran P, Kuchhal NK, Garg P, Pundir CS. An extended chemical analysis of gallstone. Indian J Clin Biochem 2007; 22:145-50. [PMID: 23105703 PMCID: PMC3453815 DOI: 10.1007/bf02913334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chemical composition of gall stones is essential for aetiopathogensis of gallstone disease. We have reported quantitative chemical analysis of total cholesterol bilirubin, calcium, iron and inorganic phosphate in 120 gallstones from haryana. To extend this chemical analysis of gall stones by studying more cases and by analyzing more chemical constituents. A quantitative chemical analysis of total cholesterol, total bilirubin, fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, bile acids, soluble proteins, sodium potassium, magnesium, copper, oxalate and chlorides of biliary calculi (52 cholesterol, 76 mixed and 72 pigment) retrieved from surgical operation of 200 patients from Haryana state was carried out. Total cholesterol as the major component and total bilirubin, phospholipids, triglycerides, bile acids, fatty acids (esterified), soluble protein, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, sodium, potassium, inorganic phosphate, oxalate and chloride as minor components were found in all types of calculi. The cholesterol stones had higher content of total cholesterol, phospholipids, fatty acids (esterified), inorganic phosphate and copper compared to mixed and pigment stones. The mixed stones had higher content of iron and triglycerides than to cholesterol and pigment stones. The pigment stones were richer in total bilirubin, bile acids, calcium, oxalate, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride and soluble protein compared to cholesterol and mixed stones. Although total cholesterol was a major component of cholesterol, mixed and pigment gall stone in Haryana, the content of most of the other lipids, cations and anions was different in different gall stones indicating their different mechanism of formation.
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- P. Chandran
- Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Bio-Sciences, M.D. University, 124 001 Rohtak, Haryana India
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- Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Bio-Sciences, M.D. University, 124 001 Rohtak, Haryana India
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- Department of Surgery, Pt BDS P.G.I.M.S., 124001 Rohtak, India
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- Biochemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Bio-Sciences, M.D. University, 124 001 Rohtak, Haryana India
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Shen Y, Xie A, Huang L, Huang F, Chen Z, Ma D. Biomimetic Synthesis of Calcium Bilirubinate in Different Inverse Microemulsions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1081/sim-200059199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Yuhua Shen
- a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Anhui University , Hefei, China
- b State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry , Nanjing University , Nanjing, China
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- a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Anhui University , Hefei, China
- b State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry , Nanjing University , Nanjing, China
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- a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Anhui University , Hefei, China
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- a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Anhui University , Hefei, China
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- a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Anhui University , Hefei, China
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- a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Anhui University , Hefei, China
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Pastoriza Gallego M, Hulen C. Influence of sialic acid and bacterial sialidase on differential adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to epithelial cells. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2006; 52:154-6. [PMID: 16781124 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2006.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2006] [Accepted: 04/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Epithelial cell lines from several tissues show a differential sensitivity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa adherence. A549 (lung), HepG2 (liver) and Caco-2 (colon) cells presented an adhesion index of about 3, 1.5 and 5 CFU/cell, respectively, whereas Mz-Ch cell lines (gallbladder cholangiocytes) presented adhesion indexes up to 35. These variations could be associated with the variable amount of sialic acid in cell surface glycoconjugates. Moreover, the presence of free sialic acid in culture media induces the secretion by P. aeruginosa of a sialidase which is able to hydrolyze glycoconjugate-linked sialic acid. As shown with A549 cells, this specific hydrolysis increases bacterial adhesion, probably by unmasking new binding sites onto the cell surface.
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- Manuela Pastoriza Gallego
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Physiopathologies Hépatiques Héréditaires, Département de Biologie, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 2 Avenue Adolphe Chauvin, BP322, 95302 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex, France.
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