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Ko R, Yu Z, Prajapati S, Lee B, Albert R, Daniel A, Nguyen Q, Choi S, Msaouel P, Kudchadker R, Gomez D, Tang C. Neuromuscular Toxicity and Dose-Volume Relationships Following SBRT for Bone Oligometastases: Post-Hoc Analysis of Two Ongoing Clinical Trials. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.07.1633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Jimenez-Fonseca P, Salazar R, Valenti V, Msaouel P, Carmona-Bayonas A. Is short-course radiotherapy and total neoadjuvant therapy the new standard of care in locally advanced rectal cancer? A sensitivity analysis of the RAPIDO clinical trial. Ann Oncol 2022; 33:786-793. [PMID: 35462008 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 04/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The results of the RAPIDO trial have been accepted as evidence in favour of short-course radiotherapy (SC-RT) followed by chemotherapy before total mesorectal excision in high-risk locally advanced rectal cancer. A noteworthy concern is that the RAPIDO trial did not ensure that all patients in the control arm received adjuvant chemotherapy. This may bias statistical estimates in favour of the experimental arm if adjuvant chemotherapy is active in rectal cancer. Moreover, the 5-year update revealed an increase in the risk of local relapse in the experimental arm. MATERIALS AND METHODS We carried out sensitivity analyses to determine how plausible effects of adjuvant chemotherapy, adjusted by the proportion of patients in the standard arm receiving adjuvant treatment, would have influenced the observed treatment effect estimate of the RAPIDO trial. The most plausible values for the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy were determined by Bayesian re-analysis of a prior meta-analysis. RESULTS The meta-analysis suggested that oxaliplatin/fluorouracil-based adjuvant chemotherapy may improve disease-free survival (DFS) in rectal cancer although the signal is weak [hazard ratio (HR) 0.84, 95% credible interval, 0.57-1.15]; probability of benefit (HR <1) was 91.2%. In the sensitivity analysis, the HR for disease-related treatment failure would remain <1, thus favouring total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT), on most occasions, but the null hypothesis would not have been rejected in various credible settings. For the RAPIDO data to be consistent with the null effect, a moderate benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy (HR for DFS between 0.75 and 0.80) and 70%-80% of exposed participants would suffice. CONCLUSION The decision to make adjuvant chemotherapy optional in the standard arm may have biased the results in favour of the experimental arm, in a scenario in which TNT does not offset the increase in local recurrences after SC-RT.
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- P Jimenez-Fonseca
- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Asturias, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Oncobell Program IDIBELL Institut Català d'Oncologia Hospital Duran i Reynals, CIBERONC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Baix Penedès County Hospital, El Vendrell, Spain
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- Hematology and Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, UMI, IMIB, Murcia, Spain.
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Hahn A, Viscuse P, Pieretti A, Wiele A, Jonasch E, Gao J, Zurita A, Shah A, Campbell M, Sharma P, Wood C, Tannir N, Karam J, Msaouel P. 678P Cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) for patients with metastatic sarcomatoid and/or rhabdoid (S/R) renal cell carcinoma (RCC) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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De B, Venkatesan A, Msaouel P, Ghia A, Li J, Yeboa D, Nguyen Q, Bishop A, Jonasch E, Shah A, Campbell M, Wang J, Zurita-Saavedra A, Karam J, Wood C, Matin S, Tannir N, Tang C. Definitive Radiotherapy for Oligoprogressive Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma as a Strategy to Defer Systemic Therapy Escalation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Siddiqui B, Gheeya J, Goswamy R, Subudhi S, Gao J, Campbell M, Shah A, Msaouel P, Zurita-Saavedra A, Goswami S, Wang J, Jonasch E, Siefker-Radtke A, Sharma P, Tannir N. 715P Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) re-challenge after immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in genitourinary cancers (GUC). Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Msaouel P, Siefker-Radtke A, Sweis R, Mao S, Rosenberg J, Vaishampayan U, Kalebasty AR, Pili R, Bupathi M, Nordquist L, Shaffer D, Davis N, Zhang T, Gandhi S, Christensen J, Shazer R, Yan X, Winter M, Der-Torossian H, Iyer GV. 705MO Sitravatinib (sitra) in combination with nivolumab (nivo) demonstrates clinical activity in checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) naïve, platinum-experienced patients (pts) with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (UC). Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Alhalabi O, Hahn A, Msaouel P, Meric-Bernstam F, Naing A, Piha-Paul S, Janku F, Pant S, Yap T, Hong D, Fu S, Karp D, Campbell E, Campbell M, Shah A, Tannir N, Siefker-Radtke A, Gao J, Roszik J, Subbiah V. 779P Validation of prognostic scores in patients with metastatic bladder carcinoma (mBC) enrolled in early phase clinical trials. Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Hahn A, Tidwell R, Surasi D, Msaouel P, Efstathiou E, Zurita-Saavedra A, Tu SM, McQuade J, Fogelman D, Starbuck M, Subudhi S, Corn P, Pilie P, Aparicio A, Logothetis C. 669P Body composition and clinical outcomes in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Ann Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Matulay J, Campbell M, Narayan V, Seif M, Lim A, Shah A, Msaouel P, Gao J, Siefker-Radtke A, Dinney C, Kamat A, Navai N. Pathologic outcomes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk muscle invasive bladder cancer. Ann Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz249.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Shah AY, Kotecha RR, Lemke EA, Chandramohan A, Chaim JL, Msaouel P, Xiao L, Gao J, Campbell MT, Zurita AJ, Wang J, Corn PG, Jonasch E, Motzer RJ, Sharma P, Voss MH, Tannir NM. Outcomes of patients with metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma treated with second-line VEGFR-TKI after first-line immune checkpoint inhibitors. Eur J Cancer 2019; 114:67-75. [PMID: 31075726 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2019.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are being increasingly utilised in the front-line (1L) setting of metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (mccRCC). Limited data exist on responses and survival on second-line (2L) vascular endothelial growth factor-receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (VEGFR-TKI) therapy after 1L ICI therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of mccRCC patients treated with 2L VEGFR-TKI after progressive disease (PD) with 1L ICI. Patients were treated at MD Anderson Cancer Center or Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center between December 2015 and February 2018. Objective response was assessed by blinded radiologists' review using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours v1.1. Descriptive statistics and Kaplan-Meier method were used. RESULTS Seventy patients were included in the analysis. Median age at mccRCC diagnosis was 59 years; 8 patients (11%) had international metastatic database consortium favourable-risk disease, 48 (69%) had intermediate-risk disease and 14 (20%) had poor-risk disease. As 1L therapy, 12 patients (17%) received anti-programmed death ligand-1 (PD-(L)1) monotherapy with nivolumab or atezolizumab, 33 (47%) received nivolumab plus ipilimumab and 25 (36%) received combination anti-PD-(L)1 plus bevacizumab. 2L TKI therapies included pazopanib, sunitinib, axitinib and cabozantinib. On 2L TKI therapy, one patient (1.5%) achieved a complete response, 27 patients (39.7%) a partial response and 36 patients (52.9%) stable disease. Median progression-free survival (mPFS) was 13.2 months (95% confidence interval: 10.1, NA). Forty-five percent of subjects required a dose reduction, and twenty-seven percent of patients discontinued treatment because of toxicity. CONCLUSIONS In this retrospective study of patients with mccRCC receiving 2L TKI monotherapy after 1L ICI, we observed 2L antitumour activity and tolerance comparable to historical data for 1L TKI.
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- A Y Shah
- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Opyrchal M, Allen C, Msaouel P, Iankov I, Galanis E. Inhibition of Rho-associated coiled-coil-forming kinase increases efficacy of measles virotherapy. Cancer Gene Ther 2013; 20:630-7. [PMID: 24157925 DOI: 10.1038/cgt.2013.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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RhoA and its downstream effector Rho-associated coiled-coil-forming kinase (ROCK) are known regulators of the formation of actin cytoskeleton in cells. Actin cytoskeleton is involved in paramyxovirus infection; we, therefore, examined the effect of ROCK inhibition on measles virus (MV) cytopathic effect and replication. Treatment with the ROCK inhibitor, Y27632, significantly increased syncytia size in tumor cell lines following MV infection, associated with cytoskeleton disruption as demonstrated by actin staining. Treatment of prostate cancer, breast cancer and glioblastoma tumor cell lines with Y27632 following MV infection resulted in increased cytopathic effect, as assessed by trypan blue exclusion assays. In addition, there was a significant increase in viral proliferation by at least one log or more as tested in one-step viral growth curves. Increased viral replication was also observed in athymic nude mice bearing MDA-MB-231 xenografts following combination treatment with MV and Y27632. In summary, inhibition of the ROCK kinase by Y27632 enhanced the oncolytic effect of MV and viral proliferation; this approach merits further translational investigation.
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- M Opyrchal
- 1] Division of Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA [2] Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Msaouel P, Iankov ID, Dispenzieri A, Galanis E. Attenuated oncolytic measles virus strains as cancer therapeutics. Curr Pharm Biotechnol 2013; 13:1732-41. [PMID: 21740361 DOI: 10.2174/138920112800958896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2010] [Accepted: 09/18/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Attenuated measles virus vaccine strains have emerged as a promising oncolytic vector platform, having shown significant anti-tumor activity against a broad range of malignant neoplasms. Measles virus strains derived from the attenuated Edmonston-B (MV-Edm) vaccine lineage have been shown to selectively infect, replicate in and lyse cancer cells while causing minimal cytopathic effect on normal tissues. This review summarizes the preclinical data that led to the rapid clinical translation of oncolytic measles vaccine strains and provides an overview of early clinical data using this oncolytic platform. Furthermore, novel approaches currently under development to further enhance the oncolytic efficacy of MV-Edm strains, including strategies to circumvent immunity or modulate immune system responses, combinatorial approaches with standard treatment modalities, virus retargeting as well as strategies for in vivo monitoring of viral replication are discussed.
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- P Msaouel
- Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Makri A, Msaouel P, Petraki C, Milingos D, Protopapas A, Liapi A, Antsaklis A, Magkou C, Koutsilieris M. KISS1/KISS1R expression in eutopic and ectopic endometrium of women suffering from endometriosis. In Vivo 2012; 26:119-127. [PMID: 22210725] [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: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND The KISS1/KISS1R system has been implicated in the physiology of reproduction and many studies have documented the stimulatory effect of kisspeptin on Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin secretion. In addition, the KISS1/KISS1R system has been implicated in several pathophysiological processes, including cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined the pattern of KISS1 and KISS1R expression in eutopic and ectopic endometrium tissues which were obtained from 24 women suffering from endometriosis and 16 control women who underwent laparoscopic excision for other benign gynecological diseases. RESULTS Significant KISS1R expression was detected in 10 out of the 24 samples of eutopic endometrial biopsies of women suffering from endometriosis, while their matched biopsies of ectopic endometrial lesions did not reveal any KISS1R expression. KISS1R expression was not detected in the endometrial biopsies of control women. In addition, KISS1 expression was not detected in practically any the endometrial tissues of either control women or women with endometriosis. CONCLUSION The expression of KISS1R in 10/24 samples of human endometrial biopsies of women suffering from endometriosis and the loss of its expression in the samples of matched ectopic endometrial tissues, suggests that the KISS1/KISS1R system may play a role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis only for a particular group of patients. Since KISS1 is not expressed by the endometrium and endometriotic tissue, it is conceivable that the activation of KISS1R in this particular group is mediated by KISS1 expression by non-endometrial tissues (endocrine action).
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- A Makri
- Department of Physiology, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Micras Asias, Goudi, Athens, 115 27, Greece
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Papaoiconomou E, Msaouel P, Makri A, Diamanti-Kandarakis E, Koutsilieris M. The role of kisspeptin/GPR54 in the reproductive system. In Vivo 2011; 25:343-354. [PMID: 21576407] [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: 05/30/2023]
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The Kiss-1 gene encodes a secreted protein that is proteolytically cleaved to produce a number of structurally related peptides, with high interspecies conservation, globally termed kisspeptins. The original niche for the role of kisspeptin in human physiology is derived from cancer biology, with the loss of Kiss-1 expression being associated with poor prognosis in several malignancies. However, kisspeptin has recently emerged as a fundamental player in the field of reproductive biology. Genetic analysis of large consanguineous pedigrees by two independent groups led to the association of inactivating mutations of GPR54, the receptor which mediates kisspeptin action, with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. In the present paper the most salient aspects of the multifaceted role of kisspeptin in the reproductive system are reviewed, including the association of kisspeptin with the gonadal steroid feedback loop and the triggering of puberty onset.
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- E Papaoiconomou
- Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Goudi-Athens, Greece
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Mantas D, Angelopoulou R, Msaouel P, Plastira K. Evaluation of Sperm Chromatin Quality and Screening of Y Chromosome Microdeletions in Greek Males with Severe Oligozoospermia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 53:5-8. [PMID: 17364456 DOI: 10.1080/01485010600889159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Normal (n = 20) and abnormal (n = 21) semen samples were explored for possible relationships between conventional semen parameters, chromatin status, and microdeletions in the Y chromosome. DNA fragmentation was detected by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl trasferase-mediated dUTP-nick end labelling (TUNEL) assay, chromatin condensation, and DNA packaging quality were assessed by chromomycin A3 (CMA(3)) staining. All men were investigated for Y chromosome microdeletions using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). No deletions were detected in 21 severely oligozoospermic men for the three screened regions (AZFa, AZFb, and AZFc). Men with normal semen parameters showed better chromatin condensation. Spermatozoa with low motility were more likely to contain loosely packaged chromatin. In the abnormal semen group, DNA fragmentation (TUNEL) correlated significantly with sperm motility, concentration, and chromatin packaging assessed by chromomycin A3. However sperm morphology did not correlate significantly with TUNEL and CMA(3) staining.
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- D Mantas
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece.
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Lyrakou S, Mantas D, Msaouel P, Baathalah S, Shrivastav P, Chrisostomou M, Mihalopoulos Y, Hasiakos D, Baka S. Crossover analysis using immunofluorescent detection of MLH1 foci in frozen–thawed testicular tissue. Reprod Biomed Online 2007; 15:99-105. [PMID: 17623546 DOI: 10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60698-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 12/30/2022]
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To date, the effects of freezing on spermatogenesis have not yet been fully investigated at a molecular level. Antibody localization studies have identified the MutL homolog 1 (MLH1) protein, a mis-match repair protein, at the prophase I stage of meiosis, which allows the detection of recombination foci during pachytene. This study investigated the effect of long-term testicular tissue cryopreservation on meiotic prophase I, identified by recombination foci frequency and synaptonemal complex (SC) integrity. Frozen-thawed testicular tissues from 12 males who had each fathered a child were used. Because vasectomy or reverse vasectomy procedures are rare in the locale of the investigation, it was not possible to obtain fresh testicular tissue and use the males as their own controls. Immunocytogenetic analysis of 612 spermatocytes at the pachytene stage was performed. The results indicated a mean number of MLH1 foci of 49.2 (SD +/- 5.9), and no correlation was found between the freezing period, the MLH1 frequency and the SC integrity. The results suggest that freezing of testicular tissue taken post-puberty does not appear to be detrimental to the crossover process as identified by occurrence of MLH1 loci.
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- S Lyrakou
- EuroGene Ltd, 21-23 Gounari, Postcode 185-31, Piraeus, Greece.
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Mantas D, Msaouel P, Angelopoulou R. Evaluation of gram stain as an alternative in the assessment of human spermatozoa quality. Urol Int 2006; 76:57-62. [PMID: 16401922 DOI: 10.1159/000089736] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2005] [Accepted: 07/13/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION During spermiogenesis, protaminosis and sperm chromatin condensation are important prerequisites for the preservation of DNA integrity in spermatozoa. The aim of this study is to assess Gram stain as an alternative technique for the evaluation of human sperm chromatin condensation status. PATIENTS AND METHODS Aniline blue and Gram staining were applied to semen samples from 34 donors in order to determine the relationship between sperm chromatin condensation and infertility. In addition, the possible correlation between morphology and vitality (eosin-Y staining) of spermatozoa compared with their nuclear status (aniline blue and Gram staining) was studied. RESULTS Chromatin condensation and sperm vitality were significantly higher in fertile men compared to the subfertile. A significant correlation was found between chromatin condensation and (a) sperm vitality (p < 0.01), and (b) nuclear protein status (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Gram staining may be used as a routine method in assisted reproduction laboratories and could assist in the evaluation of sperm quality as well as in the selection of the appropriate fertilization technique.
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- D Mantas
- Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Msaouel P, Nixon AM, Bramos AP, Baiba E, Kentarchos NE. Extracellular calcium sensing receptor: an overview of physiology, pathophysiology and clinical perspectives. In Vivo 2004; 18:739-53. [PMID: 15646815] [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: 05/01/2023]
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The identification and cloning of the extracellular calcium sensing receptor (CaR) has provided a new conceptual framework in which we can better understand the interactions between extracellular calcium and the many cell types which express the CaR. The role of the CaR in regulating extracellular calcium ion homeostasis has been well established, as has its role in genetically determined disorders such as Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcaemia (FHH). This recently acquired knowledge has incited the discovery of new compounds which function as positive allosteric modulators of the CaR (named calcimimetics) and which are under clinical investigation for potential use in primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism. Research into the properties of the CaR produced an overwhelming influx of data but key questions have remained unanswered. We summarize the currently available information about the function of the CaR, underlining the significant progress which has been made in deciphering its role in pathological disorders and in drug development.
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- P Msaouel
- Department of Experimental Physiology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.
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