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M Sh Promyslov

Publications and source records attributed to M Sh Promyslov.

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[Glycogen breakdown in the tissue of human cerebral glial tumors].

The activity of gamma-amylase (acid alpha-glucosidase) and phosphorylase in the tissue of human glial tumours and the brain tissue adjacent to the tumour was studied. A sharp (more than three-fold) increase of the activity of gamma-amylase was found in the tissue of glial tumours. In the adjacent tissues of the brain its activity was also elevated (approximately, two-fold). The activity of phosphorylase is practically lacking in human glial tumours, and is only slightly apparent in the brain tissue neighbouring the tumour. Gamma-amylase may be suggested to play an important role in glycogen metabolism of glial tumours in man.

Amylases↗

[Study of homocarnosine metabolism in the brain tissue in diseases of the nervous system].

An increase in content of homocarnosine was observed in brain tissue of animals under experimental trauma of cranium. In tissue of glial tumors of human brain low content of homocarnosine was found as compared with the level of the substance in brain tissue. The data obtained suggest that homocarnosine was the substance, associated with the functional activity of a nervous cell.

Animals↗

[Cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism in the acute stage of cerebral aneurysm rupture].

The relationship between lipid peroxidation products and the severity of arterial spasm was studied in 86 patients. For this, the level of radical production, the content of the end lipid peroxidation product malonic dialdehyde and the overall antioxidative activity of lumbar cerebrospinal fluid were determined during 24-hour Doppler monitoring of blood flow in the middle cerebral and internal carotid arteries. Following subarachnoidal hemorrhage, the activation of lipid peroxidation processes was shown to correlate with the severity of arterial spasm and it is likely to contribute to the development of late ischemias. Nimotop used to treat patients with significant arterial spasm caused a reduction in the rate of free radical lipid peroxidation to that characteristic for patients with moderate spasm. The findings suggest that it is expedient of including antioxidants into the combined therapy of patients with acute subarachnoidal hemorrhage.

Acute Disease↗

[The role of biochemical processes in the pathogenesis of complicated hydrocephalus in children].

Spinal fluid radical formation levels, malonic dialdehyde concentrations, and intrinsic antioxidative activity were studied in 84 patients with hydrocephalus. The findings suggest that there is a considerable activation of free radical reactions and lipid peroxidation, as well as a reduction in antioxidative activity. These changes were most drastically profound in children with inflammation-complicated hydrocephalus with spinal fluid hemorrhagic changes in particular. Timely correction of impaired energy exchange in children by using antioxidants and nootropics promotes the arrest of inflammation and prevents a number of postoperative complications.

Antioxidants↗

[Lipid-bound sialic acids in the blood of patients with brain diseases].

The results of studies of the blood levels of lipid-bound sialic acids (LBSA) in patients with various brain tumors, subarachnoidal hemorrhage (SAH) caused arterial aneurysmal rupture and in those with brain injury (BI) are analyzed. Significant differences were found in blood LBSA levels in patients with hemispheric tumors and in those with chiasmal sellar ones. The findings suggest that blood LBSA levels cannot be a marker for brain tumors as the blood of patients with benign chiasmal sellar tumors shows high LBSA levels reaching those in patients with malignant hemispheric tumors. The blood levels of LBSA in patients SAH and BI were much higher than those in controls. The blood levels of LBSA are very equal in SAH and BI.

Aneurysm, Ruptured↗

[Lipid peroxidation in the cyst fluid of craniopharyngiomas].

Comparing of the craniopharyngiomas cyst fluid, collected during the surgery, with blood plasma revealed significantly enhanced lipid peroxidation and lactate accumulation in tumour cysts contents. These processes were usually more prominent in endosuprasellar than in suprasellar craniopharyngiomas. The maximum of free radical formation in conjunction with the lowest level of malondialdehyde (MDA) was observed in primary tumours with relatively high proliferation rate. Controversial parameters ratio characterised the recurrent craniopharyngiomas, and in cyst fluids of the primary tumours with low proliferation rate the medium parameter's values were observed. Thus, the estimation of free radical formation level and MDA concentration in cyst fluid of craniopharyngioma seems to be prognostic for the tumour recurrence.

Adolescent↗

[X-ray contrast filler for balloons at endovascular surgery (20 years of experience with original balloon filler)].

In 1984, the authors designed a X-ray contrast balloon filler polyacryl amide gel (PAAG) that has a polymerization rate of 1-3 min. PAAG has been used to fill over 5000 balloons for nearly 20 years. With this filler, recurrent anastomoses reduced by 1.5 times as compared to previously used silicone. PAAG is a reliable and easy-to-use balloon filler. Its use as a balloon filler has been permitted by the USSR Ministry of Health.

Acrylic Resins↗

[Lipid peroxidation of the cerebrospinal fluid in patients with arterial cerebral aneurysms].

It was established from study of lipid peroxidation (LOP) products in 19 patients (16 with subarachnoid hemorrhages /SAH/ resulting from rupture of arterial aneurysms and 3 with arterial hemorrhages in the "cold" period) that their content was significantly higher in patients with a history of 2 or 3 SAH than in those who had suffered from a single SAH. The LOP level in the c.s.f. in patients of both groups differed significantly from that in the c.s.f. of patients without SAH. It was also established that the content of LOP products in patients with an unfavourable outcome of the disease was more than twice that in patients with a favourable course and outcome of the disease. Administration of antioxidants (alpha-tocopherol and ascorbic acid) inhibited the LPO processes, which was manifested by a decrease of the content of malonyl dialdehyde in the c.s.f.

Antioxidants↗

[Cerebrospinal fluid lactate and peroxide compounds in young children with craniocerebral trauma].

The content of lactate and products of lipid peroxidation in the c. s. f. of infants with craniocerebral trauma was studied. The content of lactate and malonic dialdehyde in the c. s. f. was significantly increased, which correlated with the severity of the trauma. The results of the study make it possible to followup the course of the cerebral traumatic disease and the efficacy of the applied therapy and also may severe as prognostic criteria in evaluating the possible sequelae of the craniocerebral trauma.

Acute Disease↗

[Effect of the functional state of the central nervous system on brain lipid peroxidation processes in experimental cranial-brain trauma].

Interrelationship between the functional state of central nervous system and brain metabolism was studied in animals with craniocerebral trauma. Stimulation of nervous activity was shown to prevent an increase in lipid peroxidation in brain of the experimental animals. A distinct decrease of the brain antioxidative activity was also noted. Lipid peroxidation and antioxidative activity were markedly impaired in the animals with craniocerebral trauma either after depression of central nervous system or without any additional treatment.

Amphetamine↗

[Effect of serotonin on the viability of rats with transplanted glioblastoma multiforme].

Mongrel adult albino female rats with multiform glioblastoma transplanted to the right cerebellar hemisphere were given subcutaneous injections of 8 mg/kg of a serotonin-creatine sulphate solution beginning with the 3rd and to the 28th postoperative days. Rats with a tumor inoculated at the same periods and given injections of a physiological saline solution served as controls. The injection of serotonin leads to a significant increase in the survival of rats by 20% as compared to the survival of rats in the control group, but practically has no effect on the life span of sick animals. Consequently, serotonin either produces an antineoplastic effect in which case the animals do not contract the disease, or it has no effect on the tumor so that the animals die of the developing tumor. Study of the tryptophan content in the neoplasm and the 5-OIAA content in urine provides evidence of a disturbed serotonin synthesis and metabolism in these neoplasms.

Animals↗

[Inhibitory effect of cerebrospinal fluid on the activity of sodium-, potassium-ATPase in animal brain synaptic membranes].

Liquor cerebrospinalis, obtained from patients with various diseases, inhibited Na, K-ATPase from rat and bovine synaptic membranes and did not influence on the activity of Mg-ATPase. The inhibition was independent on the type of disease. The inhibitory effect of liquor cerebrospinalis disappeared after dyalisis of it against Krebs-Ringer solution. Liquor cerebrospinalis appears to contain an endogenous inhibitor of synaptic Na,K-ATPase, which controls the enzymatic activity in vivo.

Animals↗

[The role of lipids in middle molecular weight fractions as a feature of the pathological process].

About 20-66% of lipids was found in the middle molecular fraction of blood serum from neurosurgical patients. Content of the substances extracted with organic solvents was distinctly increased as the clinical status aggravated. Precipitation of proteins using chloric acid instead of trichloracetic acid proved to be more convenient for isolation of the middle molecular fraction from blood serum and for the subsequent studies of its composition.

Brain Injuries↗

[The compensatory function of a GABA shunt in brain energy metabolism in measured craniocerebral trauma in rats].

A severe compression craniocerebral trauma was induced in rats under short-term halothane anesthesia. The activity of pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complexes reduced significantly in the tissue of the damaged hemisphere, ALT activity increased sharply, AST activity grew slowly, the production of GABA in the glutamate decarboxylase reaction was slightly inhibited and its utilization in the GABA transaminase reaction was clearly accelerated. The GABA level in the nerve tissue showed a tendency to reduce, while the glutamate level had a tendency to increase. The observed changes are evidence that the inclusion of the GABA skeleton in the reaction of further oxidation intensifies, which may be of significance in compensation of the transport of the energetically oxidizing succinate and, possibly, in the formation of endogenous GABA possessing a stress-relieving effect.

Acute Disease↗

[Serotonin metabolism in the tissue of glial brain tumors].

Content of serotonin was distinctly decreased in human brain glial tumors and in transplanted rat gliomas. Activities of 5-hydroxytryptophane decarboxylase and mitochondrial monoamine oxidase were also lowered as compared with the normal state. Content of tryptophane (the main precursor of serotonin) was increased in human and animal tumor tissues; 5-hydroytryptophane was not found in gliomas. A decrease in the tryptophane hydroxylase activity occurred apparently in glioma tissues. The decrease in activity of 5-hydroxytryptorphane decarboxylase, found in tissues of brain glial tumors, might be considered as an adaptive mechanism, since content of serotonin was increased in the tumor tissues after administration of exogenous 5-hydroxytryptophane.

5-Hydroxytryptophan↗