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Cohen AD, Mermershtain W, Geffen DB, Schoenfeld N, Mamet R, Cagnano E, Cohen Y, Halevy S. Cutaneous photosensitivity induced by paclitaxel and trastuzumab therapy associated with aberrations in the biosynthesis of porphyrins. J DERMATOL TREAT 2009; 16:19-21. [PMID: 15897162 DOI: 10.1080/09546630510026724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Paclitaxel and trastuzumab are new treatments for patients with metastatic breast cancer. CASE REPORT We describe here a 40-year-old female patient with metastatic breast cancer who developed a photosensitive rash 1 month after initiation of paclitaxel and trastuzumab therapy. The eruption appeared on the dorsal aspect of her hands, forearms, legs and face and consisted of erythema, edema and vesicles, and was associated with distal onycholysis. Aberrations in various parameters of the metabolism of porphyrins were observed in urine and erythrocytes. Sun avoidance and withdrawal of paclitaxel was followed by resolution of the rash and a return to the normal pattern of porphyrins biosynthesis. CONCLUSION The combination of paclitaxel and trastuzumab treatment and sun exposure may induce a photosensitive reaction, associated with changes in various parameters of porphyrins biosynthesis.
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- A D Cohen
- Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Cohen AD, Chetov T, Cagnano E, Naimer S, Vardy DA. Treatment of multiple miliary osteoma cutis of the face with local application of tretinoin (all- trans retinoic acid): a case report and review of the literature. J DERMATOL TREAT 2009; 12:171-3. [PMID: 12243710 DOI: 10.1080/09546630152607925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Multiple miliary osteoma cutis of the face represents primary extra-skeletal bone formation that arises within the skin of the face. METHODS A 60-year-old woman with multiple miliary osteoma cutis of the face was treated by application of 0.05% tretinoin (all-trans-retinoic acid) cream nightly. RESULTS After 3 months of therapy there were fewer papules and a decrease in size of remaining lesions. In a literature search, it was found that local application of tretinoin was successful and achieved a decrease in the number of papules over the face in all patients with multiple miliary osteoma cutis of the face; however, the length of time to achieve response varied from a few weeks to 6 months. CONCLUSION It is suggested that local application of tretinoin cream should be considered in the therapy of multiple miliary osteoma cutis of the face, particularly when the lesions are small and superficial.
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- A D Cohen
- Dermatology Institute Clalit Health Services, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Hammody Z, Argov S, Sahu RK, Cagnano E, Moreh R, Mordechai S. Distinction of malignant melanoma and epidermis using IR micro-spectroscopy and statistical methods. Analyst 2008; 133:372-8. [DOI: 10.1039/b712040k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Grunwald MH, Amichai B, Cagnano E. A facial tumour. Clin Exp Dermatol 2007; 33:83-5. [PMID: 17501967 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02442.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- M H Grunwald
- Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Davidovici BB, Naveh HP, Cagnano E, Halevy S. [Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) following intake of furosemide]. Harefuah 2006; 145:477-9, 552. [PMID: 16900732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is an acute pustular eruption with unique clinical features, a rapid clinical course and a typical histopathology. The causative agents are mostly drugs but other triggers have also been described. CASE REPORT A 52 year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus type II, dyslipidemia and osteomyelitis was treated for about a year with metformin (Glucophage) and simvastatin (Simovil) tablets. Due to the osteomyelitis, the patient was started on a regimen of intravenous vancomycin as well as furosemide tablets (Fusid) for pedal edema. About seventeen days after beginning treatment with vancomycin and a week after starting furosemide the patient was hospitalized due to an acute pruritic pustular eruption, involving most of her body surface area. Both vancomycin and furosemide treatment were discontinued, and topical treatment was provided. The clinical course was rapid with spontaneous resolution of the pustules followed by a characteristic pin-point post-pustular desquamation. The morphological, clinical and histological findings suggested a definite case of AGEP based on the EuroSCAR scoring system. The latent period between the initiation of medication intake and the appearance of AGEP, as well as a literature search, suggest that furosemide might be the incriminated drug. CONCLUSION We have described a rare case of typical AGEP most probably induced by furosemide.
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- Batya B Davidovici
- Department of Dermatology and Institute of Pathology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Birnbaum RY, Zvulunov A, Hallel-Halevy D, Cagnano E, Finer G, Ofir R, Geiger D, Silberstein E, Feferman Y, Birk OS. Seborrhea-like dermatitis with psoriasiform elements caused by a mutation in ZNF750, encoding a putative C2H2 zinc finger protein. Nat Genet 2006; 38:749-51. [PMID: 16751772 DOI: 10.1038/ng1813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2006] [Accepted: 05/01/2006] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We describe an Israeli Jewish Moroccan family presenting with autosomal dominant seborrhea-like dermatosis with psoriasiform elements, including enhanced keratinocyte proliferation, parakeratosis, follicular plugging, Pityrosporum ovale overgrowth and dermal CD4 lymphocyte infiltrate. We mapped the disease gene to a 0.5-cM region overlapping the PSORS2 locus (17q25) and identified a frameshift mutation in ZNF750, which encodes a putative C2H2 zinc finger protein. ZNF750 is normally expressed in keratinocytes but not in fibroblasts and is barely detectable in CD4 lymphocytes.
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- Ramon Y Birnbaum
- The Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics, National Institute for Biotechnology and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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Vardy DA, Cohen AD, Tchetov T, Cagnano E, Naimer S. Chronic penoscrotal oedema: a presenting sign for Crohn's disease. BJU Int 2003; 92 Suppl 3:e5-e6. [PMID: 19125463 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2003.02944.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- D A Vardy
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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We describe a patient with an unusual presentation of multiple arteriovenous haemangioma (AVH) grouped in one area of the scalp. The diagnosis was confirmed by histological, X-ray and ultrasound studies. These lesion represent a rare, benign, acquired vascular hamartomatous formation that arises from the suprapapillary vascular plexus.
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- M H Grunwald
- Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel.
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A 7-month-old infant developed a discrete pustular rash confined to both soles during the acute phase of Kawasaki disease. Histological examination of a pustular lesion from the sole of a foot showed subcorneal neutrophilic microabscesses, psoriasiform acanthosis with a thin granular layer and mononuclear perivascular infiltrates in the upper dermis, consistent with psoriasis. Following the standard treatment with intravenous gamma globulin, the initial symptoms and signs of Kawasaki disease resolved completely. Eight weeks later, psoriasiform plaques appeared on both cheeks and on the extensor surfaces of the forearms and legs. Skin biopsy from one of these lesions revealed psoriasiform epidermal hyperplasia, focal parakeratosis and dilated papillary capillaries. The patient was treated with mild-potency topical steroids that resulted in rapid and complete resolution of the skin lesions. Concurrent association of psoriatic skin lesions and Kawasaki disease might not be incidental and could stem from a common pathogenetic mechanism induced by superantigens.
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- A Zvulunov
- Department of Paediatrics, Joseftal Hospital, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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We report unusual congenital ichthyosiform dermatosis in 5 of 12 children in two related families of unaffected, consanguineous Bedouin parents. It appeared shortly after birth as a fine peeling of nonerythematous skin on palms and soles. Gradually it evolved into prominent, well-demarcated areas of peeling skin in moist and traumatized regions. The cutaneous manifestations share features of ichthyosis bullosa of Siemens (IBS) and peeling skin syndrome (PSS). Histologic examination revealed orthokeratosis, a thickened granular cell layer, and spongiosis without epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. On electron microscopy there was prominent intercellular edema and numerous aggregates of keratin filaments in basal keratinocytes. This combination of clinical, histologic, and ultrastructural features has not been previously reported in the heterogeneous group of congenital ichthyoses. We suggest that it represents a new variant of exfoliative ichthyosis.
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- A Zvulunov
- Departments of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.
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Bogdanov-Berezovsky A, Cohen A, Glesinger R, Cagnano E, Krieger Y, Rosenberg L. Clinical and pathological findings in reexcision of incompletely excised basal cell carcinomas. Ann Plast Surg 2001; 47:299-302. [PMID: 11562035 DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200109000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In common practice, patients with incompletely excised basal cell carcinomas (BCCs) are referred to elective reexcision. In previous reports, it was observed that tumor cells are found in only 50% of the reexcised specimens. The authors performed a retrospective analysis of a large series of patients to evaluate clinical and pathological findings in patients who underwent reexcision of incompletely excised BCCs. A total of 1,478 BCCs arising in 1,278 patients were excised by plastic surgeons in a plastic and reconstructive surgery department during a 4-year period. In 159 patients (10.8%), the excision was incomplete according to the pathological report. These tumors were defined as an incompletely excised BCCs. One hundred of the 159 patients with incompletely excised BCCs (62.9%) were reoperated. Residual tumor cells were found in 28 of 100 patients (28%) within the pathological specimen of the reexcised tissue (defined as positive reexcision, or +veRE). There was no correlation between +veRE and the age or sex of the patient. Location of the BCCs in the cheeks, eyelids, or ears was associated with a low percent of +veRE (10.0%, 13.3%, and 22.2% respectively). Pathological factors associated with a low percent of +veRE were dermal inflammatory infiltrate in the pathological specimen (p = 0.003) and sun damage pathological changes (p = 0.03), but there was no correlation with the pathological subtype distribution of the tumors. The authors conclude that lack of tumor cells at reexcision of incompletely excised BCCs is associated with location of the tumors in the cheeks, eyelids, and ears, and with pathological findings of dermal inflammatory infiltrates or sun damage changes. The roles of inflammatory and solar changes in the destruction of residual carcinoma cells should be investigated further.
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- A Bogdanov-Berezovsky
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- A D Cohen
- Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Etzion S, Battler A, Barbash IM, Cagnano E, Zarin P, Granot Y, Kedes LH, Kloner RA, Leor J. Influence of embryonic cardiomyocyte transplantation on the progression of heart failure in a rat model of extensive myocardial infarction. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2001; 33:1321-30. [PMID: 11437538 DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cell transplantation has been proposed as a future therapy for various myocardial diseases. It is unknown, however, whether the encouraging results obtained in animal models of ischemia and reperfusion, cryoinjury or cardiomyopathy can be reproduced in the setting of permanent coronary artery occlusion and extensive myocardial infarction (MI). Embryonic cardiac cells were isolated and cultured for 3 days to confirm viability, morphology and to label cells with BrdU or the reporter gene LacZ. Seven days after extensive MI, rats were randomized to cell (1.5x10(6)) transplantation (n=11) or culture medium injection (n=16) into the myocardial scar. Echocardiography study was performed before and 53+/-3 days after implantation to assess left ventricular (LV) remodeling and function. During follow-up, there was no mortality among cell-treated rats v 4 of 16 control rats (P=0.12). X-gal staining, BrdU and alpha -SMA immunohistochemistry identified the engrafted cells 1 week, 4 weeks and 8 weeks after transplantation, respectively. Antibodies against alpha -SMA, connexin-43, fast and slow myosin heavy chain revealed grafts in various stages of differentiation in 10 of 11 cell-treated hearts. Many of them, however, kept their embryonic phenotype and were isolated from the host myocardium by scar tissue. Serial echocardiography studies revealed that cell transplantation prevented scar thinning, LV dilatation and dysfunction while control animals developed scar thinning, significant LV dilatation accompanied by progressive deterioration in LV contractility. Transplantation of embryonic cardiomyocytes after extensive MI in a rat model attenuate LV dilatation, infarct thinning, and myocardial dysfunction. Still, many grafts remain isolated and do not differentiate into an adult phenotype, even when studied 2 months after grafting.
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- S Etzion
- Cardiac Research Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Cherry angiomas are the most common vascular proliferation; however, little is known about the pathogenesis and etiology of these lesions. We present two laboratory technicians who were exposed to brominated compounds for prolonged periods and who developed multiple cherry angiomas on the trunk and extremities. We suggest that the association between exposure to bromides and cherry angiomas should be investigated by a controlled study.
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- A D Cohen
- Dermatology Institute, Clalit Health Services, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Faculty for Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Zucker G, Cohen A, Cagnano E, Reichenthal E. Supraorbital burr hole via a glabellar incision: a simple approach to anterior skull base. Mt Sinai J Med 2000; 67:333-5. [PMID: 11021786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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A left subfrontopolar lesion with marked edema was totally resected utilizing a minimally invasive approach. It was possible to expose and resect the lesion, which turned out to be a tuberculoma, through a burr hole placed supraorbitally through a glabellar incision. The development and significance of minimalization techniques for surgery in the skull base region are discussed.
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- G Zucker
- Department of Neurosurgery Department, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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A 60-year-old woman presented with a 3-week history of a pruritic papulo-nodular eruption on the face and trunk after a bee sting. Histological examination showed a predominantly lymphocytic infiltrate with follicular centres and tingible body macrophages. Immunohistochemically, positive staining for both kappa and lambda light chains was noted. The eruption settled with oral antihistamine and topical corticosteroid. These findings support the diagnosis of follicular B-cell pseudolymphoma.
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- E Peretz
- Department of Dermatology, Soroka University Medical Centre, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Cohen AD, Vardy DA, Cagnano E, Zvulunov A, Naimer SA. A 17-year-old adolescent with acneiform skin changes. Diagnosis: lipoid proteinosis (Urbach-Wiethe disease, Hyalinosis Cutis et Mucosae). Eur J Pediatr 1999; 158:863-4. [PMID: 10486095 DOI: 10.1007/s004310051224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A D Cohen
- Dermatology Institute, General Sick Fund, Soroka University Medical Centre, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- E Peretz
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Voronov E, Weinstein Y, Benharroch D, Cagnano E, Ofir R, Dobkin M, White RM, Zoller M, Barak V, Segal S, Apte RN. Antitumor and immunotherapeutic effects of activated invasive T lymphoma cells that display short-term interleukin 1alpha expression. Cancer Res 1999; 59:1029-35. [PMID: 10070959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Expression of cytokines in malignant cells represents a novel approach for therapeutic treatment of tumors. Previously, we demonstrated the immunostimulatory effectiveness of interleukin 1alpha (IL-1alpha) gene transfer in experimental fibrosarcoma tumors. Here, we report the antitumor and immunotherapeutic effects of short-term expression of IL-1alpha by malignant T lymphoma cells. Activation in culture of T lymphoma cells with lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophages induces the expression of IL-1alpha. The short-term expression of IL-1alpha persists in the malignant T cells for a few days (approximately 3-6 days) after termination of the in vitro activation procedure and, thus, has the potential to stimulate antitumor immune responses in vivo. As an experimental tumor model, we used the RO1 invasive T lymphoma cell line. Upon i.v. inoculation, these cells invade the vertebral column and compress the spinal cord, resulting in hind leg paralysis and death of the mice. Activated RO1 cells, induced to express IL-1alpha in a short-term manner, manifested reduced tumorigenicity: approximately 75% of the mice injected with activated RO1 cells remained tumor free. IL-1 was shown to be essential for the eradication of activated T lymphoma cells because injection of activated RO1 cells together with IL-1-specific inhibitors, i.e., the IL-1 receptor antagonist or the M 20 IL-1 inhibitor, reversed reduced tumorigenicity patterns and led to progressive tumor growth and death of the mice. Furthermore, activated RO1 cells could serve as a treatment by intervening in the growth of violent RO1 cells after tumor take. Thus, when activated RO1 cells were injected 6 or 9 days after the inoculation of violent cells, mortality was significantly reduced. IL-1alpha, in its unique membrane-associated form, in addition to its cytosolic and secreted forms, may represent a focused adjuvant for potentiating antitumor immune responses at low levels of expression, below those that are toxic to the host. Further assessment of the immunotherapeutic potential of short-term expression of IL-1alpha in activated tumor cells may allow its improved application in the treatment of malignancies.
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- E Voronov
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and The Cancer Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Schwartz B, Benharroch D, Prinsloo I, Cagnano E, Lamprecht SA. Phosphotyrosine, p62 c-myc and p21 c-Ha-ras proteins in colonic epithelium of normal and dimethylhydrazine-treated rats: an immunohistochemical analysis. Anticancer Res 1995; 15:211-8. [PMID: 7537485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In the present study we used monoclonal antibodies to investigate the expression of phosphotyrosine, c-myc and c-Ha-ras proteins along the crypt continuum of normal and transformed rat colon tissue. Colon cancer was induced by administration of dimethylhydrazine. Particular attention was focused on the immunohistochemical pattern of murine colon mucosa during preneoplastic stages so as to permit the identification of putative changes in the expression/location of the oncoproteins prior to frank neoplasia. The immunohistochemical analysis of tyrosinephosphorylated proteins in the normal rat indicated that positive staining was mostly restricted to the lower colonic crypt zones. The carcinogenetic insult altered the magnitude and positional profile of phosphotyrosine along the colon crypt axis during the preneoplastic period. An intense positive reaction was observed in the upper crypt regions. Four weeks following the last DHM administration, viz. before tumor appearance, positive staining was evident in invasive adenocarcinoma tissue. In contrast to phosphotyrosine, the feeble c-myc immunohistochemical staining of normal rat colonic did not exhibit a focal topology. However, following DMH administration and prior to frank neoplasia, a substantial increase in the staining intensity for c-myc was noted, confined mostly to the supranuclear region of luminal cells. Invasive adenocarcinomas displayed intense cytoplasmic c-myc immunoreactivity. p21 c-Ha-ras expression and location along the colon crypt axis showed a different pattern when compared to p62 c-myc and phosphotyrosine. The p21 c-Ha-ras protein was prominently expressed in surface epithelium of normal and DMH-treated rats. Midcrypt colonocytes exhibited moderate p21 ras staining; in contrast, proliferating colonic cells resident in the lower crypt regions were consistently negative. These results suggest that c-Ha-ras gene product plays an important contributory role in determining the differentiated phenotype of the colonic cell.
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- B Schwartz
- Clinical Biochemistry Unit; Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Schwartz B, Cagnano E, Braun S, Lamprecht SA. Characterization of tyrosine protein kinase associated with subcellular components of human colonic epithelium. Anticancer Res 1990; 10:1747-53. [PMID: 2285253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Tyrosine protein kinase (TPK) co-isolated with subcellular components derived from human colonic epithelium. The highest TPK activity, measured in the Triton X-100-insoluble cytoskeletal pellet, was directly related to the degree of malignancy of colonic tissue. TPK activity was assayed by measuring the incorporation of [gamma-32P] from [gamma-32]ATP into the synthetic polymer [Glu80Tyr20]n substrate. Lineweaver-Burk plots yielded an apparent Km of 167 micrograms/ml for [Glu80Tyr20]n and of 19 microM for ATP: Vmax for the phosphate donor was 0.9 nmol/min/mg protein. TPK activity was markedly stimulated by the metal ions Mg2+ and Mn2+ and significantly suppressed by tyrphostins, potent specific TPK inhibitors, shown to interfere with TPK-dependent growth processes. This is first report to present evidence for TPK activity associated with cytoskeleton-enriched subcellular preparations harvested from human colonic epithelium.
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- B Schwartz
- Gastroenterology Laboratory, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
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