Vol 144, No 3 (2024)

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To the 90th Anniversary of Ilya Artemyevich Zakharov-Gezekhus

Uspehi sovremennoj biologii. 2024;144(3):247-248
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A Theory of the Evolutionary Role of Hereditary Tumors (carcino-evo-devo): the History and the Current State. Part 1. From General Principles to Hypothesis, and from Hypothesis to New Concept

Kozlov A.P.

Abstract

The theory of the evolutionary role of hereditary tumors, or carcino-evo-devo theory, may be considered as the next step after A.N. Severtsov theory of phylembryogenesis, the theory of evo-devo, and Susumu Ohno theory of evolution by gene duplication. The carcino-evo-devo theory pretends to be a unifying biological theory, because it unifies within an integrated consideration three main types of biological development – individual, evolutionary and neoplastic development. The carcino-evo-devo theory explains a series of unexplained biological phenomena. In the first place, it explains the mechanisms of progressive evolution and biological complexity increase using the concept of relatively unstable transitory forms and autonomous uncontrolled processes. The theory of the evolutionary role of hereditary tumors has formulated several non-trivial predictions in various fields of biology, which have been confirmed in the lab of the author and in other laboratories. The consequences of the carcino-evo-devo theory have implications in medicine and biotechnology. The first part of the article describes the basic principles from which the main hypothesis followed, the progressive developments of the concept, and the first experimental data in support of non-trivial predictions obtained in the laboratory of the author in the period before 2014, when our monograph “Evolution by Tumor Neofunctionalization” (Kozlov, 2014) has been published.

Uspehi sovremennoj biologii. 2024;144(3):249-264
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Structure and Morphogenetic Properties of Collagen Matrixes Obtained from Connective Tissue Sheaths of Paravertebral Tendons

Gaidash А.А., Kulak A.I., Krut’ko V.K., Blinova M.I., Musskaya O.N., Aleksandrova S.A., Skrotskaya K.V., Kulchitsky V.A.

Abstract

The morphogenetic properties of a collagen gel prepared by acetic acid extraction from the tendon sheaths (peritenons) of the paravertebral tendons of Wistar rats were studied. The gel was used as a substrate during in vitro cultivation together with mesenchymal stromal cells for 14 days in the growth and osteogenic incubation media. It has been established that the collagen framework of the peritenon substrate is strengthened by increasing the connectivity of fibrillar nodes and is structured with the formation of lamellar and tangle formations. Sesamoid globules, penetrating into the substrate from the initial peritenon gel, during cultivation remain inert in the growth medium, but exhibit an increased ability to structure calcium phosphates in the osteogenic medium. The formation of cell-mediated structures occurs by directions of fibro-, tendo-, ligament- and osteogenic differentiation. The fibrogenic direction provides a structuring framework; the tenogenic direction – the formation of embryonic tendons according to the mechanism of lateral assembly of collagen subfibrils on cell surfaces and their autonomization in the form of tendon filament primordia; the ligamentogenic direction – structuring of collagen ribbons associated with tangles and elastic fibers; the osteogenic direction – the formation of lamellar, trabecular and nodular osteoid structures through intramembranous ossification, accompanied by activation of alkaline phosphatase and mineralization. The formation of enthesis predictors is the organization of commissures between mechanically different-phase components of osteoid structures and frame. A classification of taxonomic forms has been developed and a hypothesis has been proposed about the role of evolutionary tools in the structuring of the collagen framework in tissue cultures in vitro. The classification of taxonomic forms has been developed and a hypothesis has been proposed about the role of evolutionary tools in the structuring of the collagen framework in tissue cultures in vitro.

Uspehi sovremennoj biologii. 2024;144(3):265-290
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Human Health, Environmental Comfort and Well-Being. Part 1. Engineering and Design Resources of the Bioindustry on the Way to Safe Competition with the Resources of Natural Biocenoses and Health-Saving Systems

Suchkov S.V., Abe H., Murphy S., Smith D., Polyakova V.S., Scherman D., Glinushkin A.P., Barach P., Terentʼev A.O., Tan M., Suvorov A.N.

Abstract

Everyone has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, and modern preventive, preventive and rehabilitative manipulations promote health and well-being. Thanks to a number of fundamental projects on the study of human health at various levels (genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic), and molecular mechanisms of the development of pathological conditions, there has been a great leap in the field of applied sectors of industrial biotechnology, including segments of the pharmaceutical and food industries, significantly replenished health-saving resources and improved the quality of life of the population. This article will review the advanced achievements of fundamental and applied research, as well as promising areas of the bioindustry.

Uspehi sovremennoj biologii. 2024;144(3):291-313
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Human Health, Environmental Comfort and Well-Being. Part 2. Ecological Comfort as a New and Strategic Factor in the Protection of Modern Human Health

Suchkov S.V., Abe H., Murphy S., Smith D., Polyakova V.S., Scherman D., Glinushkin A.P., Barach P., Terentʼev A.O., Tan M., Suvorov A.N.

Abstract

Since the dawn of humanity, human beings have inherently sought a state of security, trying to make their existence as comfortable as possible. Accordingly, among the many factors affecting human health, comfort and well-being, the quality of the micro-environment and ecology, as well as the health care system and health-saving resources, are important. In this regard, environmental security, with its systemic nature, brings a significant contribution to the PPM model by optimizing the state of balance in the interrelationship of natural, anthropogenic, physiological and social processes. Accordingly, individualized nutrition and pharmacointervention for preventive and prophylactic purposes, being important tools for health preservation, represent an integrative approach aimed at understanding the interaction between nutrition and the environment within the formed or formed lifestyle. This review will consider the main components of human health protection, as well as their impact on the preservation of ecobiocenosis stability.

Uspehi sovremennoj biologii. 2024;144(3):314-334
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Settlement and Acclimatization of Sika Deer in the Russian Federation

Kaledin A.P., Zhukov D.V., Beketov S.V., Fertikov V.I., Smurov A.V., Makeeva V.M.

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The article discusses the issues of conservation, distribution and acclimatization of sika deer on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Central Federal District and of the National Park “State Complex “Zavidovo”. A detailed analysis of the condition of the first range of sika deer in the Primorsky Krai, as well as the history of settlement and dynamics of its population in the Russian Federation. For the regions of the Central Federal District, the results of the cadastral assessment of sika deer resources were calculated, including the average long-term week, the average long-term illumination of the population (animals) per 1000 hectares of characteristic lands and the average long-term cost of resources (million rubles). As an effective model for the acclimatization of sika deer, an experience of its economic use was carried out in the National Park “State сomplex “Zavidovo” (Tver region).

Uspehi sovremennoj biologii. 2024;144(3):335-353
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Changes in the Content of microRNA775a and its Role in Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Targeted Genes in Corn Leaves under Hypoxia

Fedorin D.N., Khomutova A.E., Eprintsev A.T.

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Under the influence of hypoxia in the plant organism, the transcription of genes responsible for adaptation to stress caused by low oxygen levels changes. Changes in metabolic pathways under stress conditions may be regulated by microRNAs. It was found that the content of microRNA775A increases in corn leaves under the influence of hypoxia. The use of the fluorescent probe miR775A-ROX made it possible to establish an increase in the number of RNA-inducing silencing complexes (RISC), formed on the basis of microRNA775A, in maize leaves during the development of hypoxic stress. The results obtained indicate that microRNA775A is involved in the processes of adaptation of the body to hypoxic conditions by regulating the expression of target genes at the post-transcriptional level using the RNA interference mechanism.

Uspehi sovremennoj biologii. 2024;144(3):354-360
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