Cytokine profile in women with threatened miscarriage and intestinal dysbiosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Alexander A. Bezmenko ◽  
Natalia D. Sadovaya ◽  
Marina E. Meshkova ◽  
Elena A. Malakhova

Hypothesis/Aims of study: Systemic endotoxinemia resulting from intestinal dysbiosis activates the Th1 immune response and excessive production of proinflammatory cytokines, which can cause abortion. This study was aimed at assessing interleukin levels in women with the threat of miscarriage and exploring their dependence on intestinal microbiocenosis and the level of endotoxinemia. Study design, materials and methods: The study involved 87 women aged 18 to 43 years in pregnancy from six to 22 weeks. The main group consisted of 50 women with a threatened miscarriage. The control group included 37 women with normal pregnancy. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of intestinal microbiocenosis was performed by real-time PCR, with endotoxin and interleukin levels evaluated using conventional methods. Results: In patients of the main group, intestinal dysbiosis of grade I was detected in 30 % (n = 15), of grade II in 46 % (n = 23), and of grade III in 24 % (n = 12) of cases. In the control group, intestinal microflora disorders corresponded to grade I dysbiosis in 67.6 % (n = 25) and grade II dysbiosis in 32.4 % (n = 12) of cases, there being no cases of severe dysbiosis revealed. The level of endotoxin in pregnant women of the main group was 0.57 0.02 nmol / ml and was classified as increased. The endotoxin level in the blood serum of pregnant women of the control group was 0.34 0.02 nmol / ml and was characterized as low (p 0.001). A strong correlation was found (r = 0.8, p 0.001) between the grade of intestinal dysbiosis and the level of endotoxinemia. The cytokine profile in patients of the main group was characterized by increased concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1 4.9 1.6 pg / ml, IL-6 4.8 1.5 pg / ml) and a decreased concentration of anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL-10 18.0 4.5 pg / ml), when compared to the control group (IL-1 1.8 0.2 pg / ml, IL-6 2.1 0.2 pg / ml, IL-10 30.3 4.4 pg/ml). There were a statistically significant moderate positive correlation between the level of endotoxinemia and the concentration of pro-inflammatory cytokines and a weak negative correlation between the endotoxin level and the concentration of anti-inflammatory IL-10. Conclusion: Endotoxinemia, which occurs as a result of intestinal microflora dysbiosis and activates pro-inflammatory pathways, can really be as a triggering factor in the pathogenesis of miscarriage in pregnant women.

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Alexandr A. Bezmenko ◽  
Natalya D. Sadovaya

Hypothesis/aims of study. It is assumed that intestinal dysbiosis, as well as bacterial vaginosis, may be one of the risk factors, and in some cases, the direct cause of pregnancy complications. This study was aimed to assess the intestinal and vaginal microbiocenosis composition in women with threatened miscarriage and normal pregnancy. Study design, materials and methods. The study involved 68 women aged 18 to 35 years (mean age 27.6 0.7 years) in pregnancy from 6 to 18 weeks. The main group consisted of 38 women with threatened miscarriage. The control group included women (n = 30) with normal pregnancy. Patients of the main and control groups were examined in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health order No. 572n. In addition, a qualitative and quantitative microbiological analysis of vaginal discharge and feces was performed using the real-time polymerase chain reaction method. Results. Vaginal dysbiosis was detected in 60.5% of pregnant women of the main group and only 13.3% of women of the control group. In the main group, grade II dysbiosis was found in 23.7% of cases, and grade I dysbiosis in 36.8% of cases, while in the control group, these grades were found only in 3.3% and 10% of cases, respectively. Intestinal dysbiosis was diagnosed in 100% of the examined pregnant women. In patients of the main group, intestinal dysbiosis was detected as follows: grade I in 29% of cases, grade II in 52.6% of cases, and grade III in 18.4% of cases. In patients of the control group, the disorders corresponded mainly to grade I (83.4%) and, to a lesser extent, grade II (16.6%) dysbiosis, there being no cases of severe dysbiosis revealed. Conclusion. Women with threatened miscarriage had the most pronounced dysbiotic changes in vaginal and intestinal microflora compared to the control group. Vaginal dysbiosis was combined with intestinal dysbiosis in 100% of cases in patients of the main and control groups, and the degree of dysbiotic changes in the vaginal microflora was directly proportional to the degree of intestinal dysbiosis.


Author(s):  
А.В. Бойко ◽  
Н.Д. Олтаржевская ◽  
В.И. Швец ◽  
Л.В. Демидова ◽  
Е.А. Дунаева ◽  
...  

Цель исследования. Разработка методов сопроводительной терапии для защиты нормальных органов и тканей, входящих в зону облучения. Методы. В исследование включено 112 больных раком шейки и тела матки после комбинированного или самостоятельного лучевого лечения с 2012 по 2016 гг. У 71 пациентки основной группы в качестве терапии сопровождения применяли гидрогель с деринатом и у 41 больной группы контроля - традиционные методы профилактики (масло оливковое, подсолнечное, метилурациловая мазь). Для профилактики эпителиита слизистой влагалища и шейки матки в основной группе использовали гидрогель в виде аппликаций с первого дня облучения. Для профилактики лучевого ректита гидрогель вводили в прямую кишку 1 раз в день с первого дня облучения. Инстилляции гидрогеля в мочевой пузырь начинали только при развитии первых признаков клинической картины цистита. Пациенткам контрольной группы для профилактики лучевых реакций проводились масляные, мазевые аппликации во влагалище, масляные микроклизмы в прямую кишку с первого дня облучения. Лечение лучевого цистита проводили с помощью растительных диуретиков, уросептиков. Результаты. Применение гидрогеля с деринатом позволило провести курс лучевой терапии без перерыва у 84,5% (60/71) больных, в контрольной группе - лишь у 48,8% (20/41). Лучевые циститы возникали в 2,5 раза реже (25,3% ± 3,3 против 63,4% ± 2,7, р<0,01). Анализ степени выраженности лучевого цистита по RTOG в двух группах показал, что у 75% больных основной группы наблюдалась I степень, у 25% - II степень, III и IV степени не отмечено, тогда как в контрольной группе лучевой цистит I степени развился у 44% пациенток, II - 40% и III - 16% больных. Применение гидрогеля снизило частоту лучевых ректитов в 2 раза (26,7% ± 3,3 против 53,7% ± 3,2 р<0,1).При использовании ежедневных аппликаций гидрогеля с деринатом со стороны слизистой оболочки влагалища и шейки матки преобладали эпителииты I степени (53,5%), II степень наблюдалась у 29,5% и III степень лучевой реакции - лишь в 16,9% случаев, IV степень реакции не отмечена. В контрольной группе эти показатели составили 26,8%, 24,3%, 31,7% и 17,2% соответственно. Разработаны цитологические критерии оценки течения лучевых реакций слизистой влагалища. Выделены три степени изменения цитограммы, которые коррелировали с клинической картиной. В основной группе лучевые изменения I степени зафиксированы в 4,5 раза чаще (52 ± 9,9% против 11,5 ± 6,3%, р<0,002), а III степень представлена в 3,8 раза реже, чем в контрольной группе (12 ± 6,5% против 46,1 ± 9,8%, р<0,003). Заключение. Применение гидрогелевого материала с деринатом в качестве препарата сопроводительной терапии во время курса облучения позволяет уменьшить частоту и степень выраженности лучевых повреждений со стороны слизистой влагалища, мочевого пузыря и прямой кишки, провести курс лучевой терапии без перерыва и улучшить качество жизни пациенток. Objective. Development of methods for accompanying therapy to protect normal organs and tissues in the irradiation zone. Method. The study included 112 patients with cervical and endometrial cancer after combined or independent radiotherapy from 2012 to 2016. In 71 female patients of the main group, Derinat with hydrogel was applied as a supportive therapy and in 41 patients of the control group, conventional prevention methods (olive oil, sunflower oil, methyluracyl ointment) were applied. For prevention of vaginal mucosal and cervical epitheliitis in the main group, hydrogel was used as applications from the first radiation day. For prevention of radiation proctitis, hydrogel was injected into the rectum once daily from the first radiation day. Hydrogel instillations into the bladder were started only with the first clinical signs of cystitis. For prevention of radiation reactions, vaginal oil and ointment and rectal oil micro-enema were administered to patients of the control group from the first day of irradiation. Radiation cystitis was treated with vegetable diuretics and uroseptic drugs. Results. Using the hydrogel with Derinat allowed to administer a course of radiotherapy without interruption in 84.5% (60/71) of patients and only in 48.8% (20/41) in the control group. Radiation cystitis occurred 60% less frequently (25.3% ± 3.3 versus 63.4% ± 2.7, p <0.01). Analysis of radiation cystitis severity in two groups (according to RTOG) showed that 75% of patients in the main group had grade I and 25% had grade II. Grade III and grade IV did not occur. At the same time, in the control group, grade I radiation cystitis developed in 44% of patients, grade II - in 40%, and grade III - in 16% of patients. The hydrogel treatment halved the frequency of radiation proctitis (26.7% ± 3.3 vs. 53.7% ± 3.2 p <0.1). With daily application of the hydrogel with Derinat, grade I epitheliitis (53.5%) predominated in vaginal and cervical mucosa, grade II was observed in 29.5%, and grade III radiation reaction - only in 16.9% of cases; grade IV reaction was not observed. In the control group, these proportions were 26.8%, 24.3%, 31.7%, and 17.2%, respectively. Cytological criteria were developed to evaluate the course of radiation reactions in the vaginal mucosa. Three degrees of change in the cytogram were identified, which correlated with clinical picture. In the main group, incidence of grade I radiation-induced changes was increased by more than 350% (52 ± 9.9% vs. 11.5 ± 6.3%, p <0.002), and incidence of grade III was decreased by more than 70% compared to the control group (12 ± 6.5% vs. 46.1 ± 9.8%, p <0.003). Conclusion. Using the hydrogel material with Derinat as an accompanying therapy during the course of irradiation allows to reduce frequency and severity of radiation injuries of the vaginal mucosa, bladder, and rectum, administer an uninterrupted course of radiotherapy, and improve the quality of life of patients.


2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-177
Author(s):  
V. F. Oleshko

A functional cervical insufficiency plays an important role in the etiology of miscarriage and premature birth. The aim of research was to estimate the hormonal balance indexes during the course of pregnancy in pregnant women with functional cervical insufficiency and to correct the revealed violations in order to prevent obstetric complications. 101 pregnant women with confirmed diagnosis of a functional cervical insufficiency in term of gestation 22–32 weeks of pregnancy (the main group) and 34 pregnant women and women in labor with physiological condition of the cervix (the control group) were examined. The content of estradiol, progesterone, cortisol and prolactin was examined in the blood serum. On the second stage of examination 63 pregnant women obtained general basic therapy (I main group) and 38 pregnant women (II main group) received a developed treatment complex which included progesterone support by the micronized progesterone 200–400 mg twice a day up to 34–35 weeks of pregnancy, magnesium support by the magnesium orotate dehydrate in the therapeutic dosage and arginine glutamate in the therapeutic dosage. The correction of cervical insufficiency was performed with the help of a cervical pessary (according to indications). The examination of hormonal balance revealed an accurate decease of progesterone concentration on the background of high concentration of estradiol and increased levels of stress-associated hormones. Propitious influence of the developed therapy is proved by increase of progesterone concentration in the blood serum, normalization in stress-associated hormones balance according to gestational age. All this provideded the decrease of specific weight of threatened preterm labors, placental dysfunction, vaginitis, bacterial vaginosis and delay the labors up to 38–39 weeks of gestation in 97,4% of pregnant women (82,5% in the I main group). Prescription of micronized progesterone, magnesium orotate dehydrate, arginine glutamate to pregnant women with a cervical insufficiency is reasonable and effective one comparing with general and traditional therapy.


2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Alexandr A. Bezmenko ◽  
Andrei A. Schmidt ◽  
Natalya D. Sadovaya

Hypothesis/aims of study. To date, there have been some publications on the possible role of systemic endotoxinemia resulting from intestinal dysbiosis in the pathogenesis of miscarriage. The aim of this study was to compare the state of intestinal microbiocenosis and the level of endotoxinemia in women with threatened abortion and normal pregnancy. Study design, materials and methods. The study involved 50 women aged 18 to 35 years (mean age 28.1 0.6 years) in pregnancy from 6 to 18 weeks. The main group consisted of 30 women with threatened abortion. The control group included 20 women with normal pregnancy. Patients of the main and control groups were examined in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation No. 572n. In addition, a qualitative and quantitative microbiological analysis of feces was performed using the real-time PCR method. The level of endotoxinemia was studied to assess the possible systemic effect of intestinal dysbacteriosis on a pregnant woman. Results. 23.3% of patients of the main group were diagnosed with intestinal dysbiosis of degree I, 60% of degree II, and 16.6% of degree III. In patients of the control group, dysbiotic changes corresponded mainly to degree I (75%) and degree II (25%). Degree III was not detected. Microbiological disorders in the main group were characterized by a decrease in the number of members of intestinal normal flora and a high concentration of opportunistic microorganisms. Microbiological disorders in the control group were characterized by a decrease in the intensity of colonization of the large intestine by lactobacilli and bifidobacteria. The average level of endotoxinemia in patients of the main group was 0.52 0.05 nmol/ml and was classified as elevated, significantly exceeding that in patients of the control group 0.34 0.05 nmol/ml. Conclusion. In patients with threatened abortion, intestinal microflora was characterized by a decrease in normal flora and a high concentration of opportunistic microorganisms with high a pathogenic potential and their associations. During normal pregnancy, microbiological disorders in the intestinal biocenosis were characterized by a decrease in the intensity of colonization of the large intestine by lactobacilli and bifidobacteria. The level of endotoxemia was directly proportional to the degree of dysbacteriosis of the intestine and was significantly higher in women of the main group.


Author(s):  
V. H. Korniienko ◽  
A. S. Fitkalo

According to modern data, the cardiovascular system is a kind of indicator of the organism's adaptive activity, and the structure of the heart rhythm carries information about the development of adaptive reactions in response to irritating factors of the external and internal environment.The aim of the study – to investigate the functional state of the autonomic nervous system in pregnant women who have harmful habits by evaluating and analyzing the parameters of heart rate variability in order to prevent complications of non-delivery of gestational process.Materials and Methods. The study involved 73 pregnant women, 53 of them were pregnant (the main group) who had malignant habits in history. Before studying adaptive reactions in pregnant women, a study of cardiac rhythm variability was performed in practically healthy non-pregnant women of reproductive age (25.3±2.2) years). The control group consisted of 20 pregnant women without any harmful habits. Determination of heart rate variability was performed on the basis of peripheral heart rate recording, which included measuring the sequence of RR intervals for 5 minutes, followed by mathematical analysis using the PlsMntr software product.Results and Discussion. It was established that in the main group, in the complicated failure to pass the gestational process, violations of cardiac rhythm variability were detected in 59.7 % of cases. There is an increase in the frequency of very low frequency (VL F) waves (43.5 % relative to control, p<0.05), indicating a predominance of humoral and metabolic rate of regulation of the cardiac rhythm. At the threat of premature births, a decrease in the particle (LF) is observed at 36.6 %, a decrease in the share of high-frequency waves (НF) by 30.8 %. Taking into account the results of the study, one can speak of a decrease in the tone of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system, reducing the influence of the reflexive vegetative level of regulation, which, in turn, indicates the depletion of regulatory mechanisms and the lack of an adaptive protective effect of n.vagus on the heart.Conclusions. Our innovative low-invasive method of evaluating the adaptive reactions of the organism through the determination and analysis of indicators of cardiac rhythm variability in pregnant women with the existing harmful habits offers us the opportunity to observe manifestations of functional stress of regulatory systems of pregnant women, preceding the development of complication of non-delivery of gestational process.


Author(s):  
Инна Довжикова ◽  
Inna Dovzhikova ◽  
Михаил Луценко ◽  
Mikhail Lutsenko ◽  
Ксения Петрова ◽  
...  

The aim of the work is to assess the effects of cytomegalovirus infection on the 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in the villous chorion syncytiotrophoblast in the first trimester of pregnancy. The materials for the study included 48 villous chorions samples taken during spontaneous abortions at 8th–10th weeks of gestation from women with reactivation of cytomegalovirus infection (the main group). The control group included 35 villous chorions samples from pregnant women with chronic cytomegalovirus infection in the latent stage taken at medical abortions at the same stage of gestation. The results of women’s examination were studied taken into account the activity of cytomegalovirus infection by immunoassay by detection of IgM antibodies or by 4 times and more increase of IgG antibody titers in the paired serums in dynamics in 10 days. The activity of 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase was assessed by the histochemical method. Quantitative evaluation of the reaction products was carried out on sections under the microscope MT (Japan) connected to software-hardware complex «SCION Corporation» (USA). At histochemical specimen of villous chorion of pregnant women who had a reactivation of cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy (main group), there was a decrease of cytophotometric parameter of 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity till 30.1±2.12 pixels/μm2 (p<0.001) compared with the control group. The decrease in the reaction activity in syncytiotrophoblast indicated a decrease in the contents of 20α-dihydroprogesterone in placenta, which contributed, in our opinion, to spontaneous abortion.


Author(s):  
E. Iu. Iupatov ◽  
L. I. Maltseva ◽  
T. P. Zefirova ◽  
R. S. Zamaleeva ◽  
I. M. Ignatiev ◽  
...  

Aim: to study the activity of the hypoxia marker HIF-1α (hypoxia-inducible factor-1α) in pregnant women with phlebopathy.Materials and Methods. We examined 70 women with phlebopathy in the dynamics of pregnancy. The main group consisted of 30 patients whose newborns had signs of hypoxia; the control group consisted of 40 women with healthy children. All women underwent ultrasound examinations of the veins of the lower extremities and pelvis with an assessment of vascular patency, the condition of the venous valves, and the phenomenon of platelet sludge. The expression of the HIF-1α transcription factor at 18–20 and 36 weeks was performed by real-time PCR.Results. Disorder of veins functional state was found in all pregnant women of the main group, which was accompanied by the formation of platelet sludge of varying degrees in the area of the venous valves in the majority, signs of endothelial dysfunction and venous hypoxia – an increase in the expression of the hypoxia gene HIF1-α by 2.18 times. In the women of the control group the indicators were not violated.Conclusion. The transcription factor HIF1-α can be considered a marker of unfavorable perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with signs of phlebopathy.


Author(s):  
Margarita Yu. Serkova ◽  
E. B Avalueva ◽  
I. G Bakulin ◽  
S. I Sitkin

In patients with oncological diseases chemotherapy leads to the damage of a mucous membrane of gastrointestinal tract, as well as to a deterioration of the intestinal microbiocenosis. The article presents the changes in intestinal microbiocenosis in lung cancer patients, chemotherapy, the nature of the influence appointed in the schemes of the treatment of lung cancer, impact of anticancer drugs on the state of the intestinal microflora, and the improvement of technologies of treatment of lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy on the basis of supplementation of the complex therapy by the probiotics Material and methods. 41 lung cancer patient receiving the first line of the first cycle of chemotherapy was included. The age of patients varied from 49 to 73 years, the average duration of the disease was 1 year. Patients from the main group (n = 21) received probiotics treatment together with the chemotherapy course. Patients from the control group (n = 20) received only chemotherapeutic preparations. All patients were observed before and after treatment, the study of metabolites of intestinal microorganisms in blood was performed by the method of the gas-liquid chromatography - mass-spectrometry by G.A. Osipov’s method, determination of cytokine status multiplex method. The efficiency of probiotic therapy was evaluated by results of the dynamics of studied indices. Results. The deterioration in intestinal microflora was manifested as the decreased quantity of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, and increased quantity of different pathogenic microorganisms. It was noted decreased rate in the improvement of composition intestinal microflora after the treatment course with the metabiotic. Conclusion. Using of metabiotic medicines with the chemotherapy in lung cancer patients is promising to prevent deterioration of the gut microflora.


Author(s):  
E. N. Nenashkina

Introduction. The presence of somatic diseases during pregnancy leaves a serious imprint on the emotional state of a woman, significantly worsens the quality life indicators and affects the clinical characteristics of pregnancy. One of these diseases is chronic pyelonephritis. There are a fairly large number of recommendations for the treatment of this pathology. However the focus is mainly on drug therapy. At the same time the existing restrictions on the number of drugs using during pregnancy, the problem of polypragmasia, and the increase in the number of allergic complications of drugs using dictate the need to search alternative methods of treatment, primarily non-drug ones. Moreover, the problems of pregnant women life quality with chronic pyelonephritis during complex drug therapy are often not given due attention.The goal of research — to assess the impact of osteopathic correction on the psycho-emotional state and life quality of pregnant women with concomitant pathology of the urinary system.Materials and methods. A prospective controlled randomized study was conducted in the period 03.2016– 01.2018 on the basis of medical clinics of LLC «Mokhov Institute of osteopathy» and LLC «Vasileostrovskaya clinic of reproduction and genetics». There were observed work 48 pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis aged 25–45 years, with a gestation period 13–27 weeks. During the processing of the clinical material, 8 patients were eliminated. As a result of the selection process, a group of 40 people was formed. All pregnant women with chronic kidney disease, depending on the used treatment method, were divided into two groups using a simple randomization method with a random number generator. There was formed the main group (20 people), and the control group (20 people). Patients of the main group received medication and osteopathic correction (3 procedures with an interval of 7–10 days). Patients in the control group received only traditional drug therapy. All pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis had an osteopathic examination before and after treatment with forming an osteopathic conclusion, and the assessment of the pain syndrome severity by a visual analog scale (VAS), the general psycho-emotional state (the method of rapid assessment of health, activity and mood — HAM), and the level of life quality (Questionnaire Medical Outcomes Study — Short Form).Results. Pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis were characterized by a weak pain syndrome, a psychoemotional state violations in the categories «well-being» and «activity», and a decrease in both the physical and mental components of life quality. After the complex treatment including the additional to traditional drug therapy osteopathic correction methods, the statistically significant decrease of the pain severity degree (p=0,001), increase of psychoemotional state rates in the category of «activity» (p=0,05) and the increase of physical and mental components of life quality (p=0,02) were observed in the main group compared with the control.Conclusion. Chronic pathology of the kidneys during pregnancy affects the emotional state of a woman, significantly worsens life quality indicators. The use of osteopathic correction as a part of the complex therapy of pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis can improve the emotional state and life quality; reduce the pain severity, and so can be used to improve medical care for this population category. 


2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (2 (70)) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. V. Shchuruk

The article presents some data of effectiveness of two-step approach to genital tract treatment of pregnant women with miscarrages. According to the obtained data, the vaginal dysbiosis of pregnant women with the risk of miscarrages was trated by means of probiotic – bioenteroseptic “Enterogermina” on the the second stage of treatment. It resulted in recovery of vaginal microbiocenosis in 28 (87,5 %) out of 32 patiens of the main group, while in the control group this index was 37,5 %. It is recommended to use the proposed way of treatment in the obstetric and gynecologic facilities, as the most effective method.


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