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    Combating endometriosis by blocking proteasome and nuclear factor-?B pathways
    (Oxford Univ Press, 2008) Celik, Onder; Hascalik, Seyma; Elter, Koray; Tagluk, M. E.; Gurates, Bilgin; Aydin, N. E.
    BACKGROUND: The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate [PDTC; a nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappa B) inhibitor] and bortezomib (Velcade; a proteasome inhibitor) on the development of experimental endometriotic implants in rats. METHODS: Endometriosis was surgically induced in 30 rats using the method of Vernon and Wilson. Three weeks later the viability and volume of the implants were recorded and classified. Afterwards, rats were put into three groups with equal numbers. The groups were labelled as the control, the PDTC and the bortezomib groups. Seven days after treatment, a third laparotomy was done and the volume of implants was measured again. The animals were then sacrificed, and the implants were stained with Ki67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), CD34, CD31 and Masson's trichrome histochemical staining. RESULTS: In 80% of the implanted rats, vesicles at the suture region were observed, and the rats graded according to average vesicle diameter (D) as: Grade 1 (no vesicle, 20% of rats), Grade 2 (D < 2 mm, 33.3% of rats), Grade 3 (2 mm < D > 4.5 mm, 26.7% of rats) and Grade 4 (D > 4.5 mm, 20% of rats). After treatment with PDTC or bortezomib, these percentages were decreased for Grades 3 and 4, and increased in Grade 1. The post-treatment implant volumes were decreased in the PDTC and bortezomib groups (P < 0.002 and P < 0.001), and slightly increased in the control group (P = 0.279). In the PDTC and bortezomib groups, CD34, CD31, PCNA and Ki67 expression levels were similar but were significantly reduced compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS: PDTC and bortezomib may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for treatment of endometriosis.
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    Serum and salivary obestatin concentrations in the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome
    (2021) Yavuz, Adem; Aydin, Suleyman; Gurates, Bilgin
    Aim: : To measure obestatin levels in the blood and saliva samples of normal-weight patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in comparison with normal-weight healthy controls, and to determine whether there were relationships between blood and/or salivary obestatin levels and other measured parameters.Materials and Methods: Fifteen healthy women and 15 patients with PCOS, all of which had normal weight, were included in the study. Participants’ age, height, weight, menstrual characteristics, hormone levels, body mass index, waist/hip ratio, and modified Ferriman-Gallwey (FG) scores were recorded. Obestatin levels were measured in both fasting blood and saliva samples. Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA-IR) was used to predict insulin resistance.Results: In the PCOS group, menstrual cycle duration and FG scores were significantly higher (P-value, 0.001, 0.001, respectively). The levels of luteinizing hormone, total testosterone and androstenedione were significantly higher in the PCOS group than in the control group (P-value, 0.001, 0.009, 0.004, respectively). In the PCOS group, blood obestatin level was 1265.2 ± 221.9 pg/ml, salivary obestatin level was 3095.33 ± 310.2 pg/ml; whereas the control group demonstrated lower levels of 939.66 ± 72.3 pg/ml and 2611.20 ± 217.1 pg/mL, respectively. However, no statistically significant difference was found between the PCOS and control groups when comparing obestatin levels in blood or saliva (P-value, 0.218, 0.369, respectively). No correlation was found between blood and salivary obestatin levels in either group. Finally, obestatin levels were not associated with any of the other measured parameters.Conclusion: Our results suggest that increased levels of obestatin, albeit in a small amount that would not be statistically significant in normal weight patients with PCOS, may have significant effects on weight control in these patients. In addition, our findings show that saliva sample can be used as an alternative to blood sample in the measurement of obestatin level in patients with PCOS.