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p53 expression and acetylation are crucial for the survival and death of neurons in penumbra. At the same time, the outcome of ischemia for penumbra cells depends largely on the histone acetylation status, but the effect of histone acetyltransferases and deacetylases on non-histone proteins like p53 is largely understudied. With combined in silico and in vitro approach, we have identified enzymes capable of acetylation/deacetylation, distribution, stability, and pro-apoptotic activity of p53 in ischemic penumbra in the course of post-stroke recovery, and also detected involved loci of acetylation in p53. The dynamic regulation of the acetylation of p53 at lysine 320 is controlled by acetyltransferase PCAF and histone deacetylases HDAC1 and HDAC6. The in silico simulation have made it possible to suggest the acetylation of p53 at lysine 320 acetylation may facilitate the shuttling of p53 between the nucleus and cytoplasm in penumbra neurons. Acetylation of p53 at lysine 320 is more preferable than acetylation at lysine 373 and probably promotes survival and repair of penumbra neurons after stroke. Strategies to increase p53 acetylation at lysine 320 via increasing PCAF activity, inhibiting HDAC1 or HDAC6, inhibiting p53, or a combination of these interventions may have therapeutic benefits for stroke recovery and would be promising for neuroprotective therapy of stroke., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)

The Aim of the Study: Was to selectively determine the occurrence frequency of polymorphic alleles in candidate genes of hereditary predisposition to increased thrombosis (T) in persons with mechanical trauma of musculoskeletal system (MS), who died from pulmonary artery thromboembolia (PATE). A total of 48 deaths from PATE cases of sufferers with MS trauma. The character of single nucleotide polymorphisms carriage (SNPC) in 13 candidate genes of hereditary predisposition to increased T (in genes, responsible for the synthesis of plasma proteins of the hemostatic system, platelet factors affecting tension of vessel wall and folate cycle) was determined. It has been established that the most common «mutant» alleles are found in PAI-1 -675 5G/4G, MTHFR 677 CT and MTRR 66AG genes, and in 87.8, 53.85 and 75.0% of the analysed cases, respectively. The consideration of SNP carriage character in the genes of predisposition to increased T is required for the full expert judgement on the causality between a mechanical trauma and PATE.

In this study, we develop a program that allows us to reveal DNA receptors, i.e. nucleotide sequences that may form more than one non-canonical structure. The data obtained may be analysed either experimentally or using DNA banks, and refers to the coding, non-coding or promotor region of the gene. These results provide a better understanding of the role that non-canonical structures play in pathological modifications of the genetic apparatus, resulting in tumour formation or inherited disease. They also reveal the effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms on gene expression, indicate so-called "risk regions" in which the substitution of a single nucleotide may lead to increased formation of non-canonical structures, and elucidate the epigenetic mechanisms of microorganism adaptation., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

We have studied the samples of dry blood immobilized on the FTA cards following a 15-year period of their storage at room temperature. The DNA preparations were obtained based on the protocol recommended by the manufacturer including washing up with the FTA reactant and in parallel by means of complete extraction with the use of robotic stations. The preparations were compared in terms of the content of amplificationally active DNA and the effectiveness of typing STR-loci of chromosomal DNA. The complete genetic profile was derived only from 41 (82%) of the 50 FTA cards with immobilized blood samples available for the investigation that had been treated with the FTA reactant and stored during 15 years at room temperature. In 9 (18%) cases, incomplete genetic profiles were obtained that were characterized by the absence of PCR-products, as well as missing of true alleles and the presence of pseudoalleles. Such poor results are supposed to be attributable to the occurrence of the residual inhibitors of DNA-polymerase activity due to the incomplete purification of the samples. This disadvantage was overcome by the application of robotic stations for the total DNA extraction. This approach made it possible to obtain the acceptable genetic profiles for each blood samples stored at the FTA cards during 15 years. Nevertheless, even these preparations exhibited the reduced matrix activity of high molecular weight SRT-loci. This observation suggests that long-term storage of dry blood samples on FTA cards at room temperature does not guarantee the absence of degradation of their DNA.