大鼠肝癌发生过程中p53的突变和甲胎蛋白的表达

采用免疫组织化学ＡＢＣ和ＰＡＰ法,对二乙基亚硝胺（ＤＥＮ）诱发大鼠肝癌发生过程中突变型ｐ５３蛋白（ｍｐ５３）和甲胎蛋白（ＡＦＰ）在肝细胞中的表达进行了系统观察。结果显示：（１）ＤＥＮ诱发大鼠肝癌发生率为１００％;（２）正常大鼠及诱癌第４周大鼠的肝细胞均不表达ｍｐ５３,至诱癌第８周,可见少量肝细胞表达ｍｐ５３,诱癌晚期的癌结节内大部分肝癌细胞呈ｍｐ５３阳性表达,ｍｐ５３免疫反应阳性产物为胞核内棕褐色颗粒;（３）正常大鼠肝细胞不表达ＡＦＰ,诱癌早期（４～８周）的大鼠肝小叶内可见少量ＡＦＰ阳性肝细胞,多为小肝细胞,呈散在分布,此后ＡＦＰ阳性肝细胞逐渐增多,晚期的癌结节内大部分癌细胞呈ＡＦＰ阳性,ＡＦＰ免疫反应阳性产物为胞浆内棕褐色颗粒。结果提示,ｍｐ５３和ＡＦＰ可作为分析肝癌进展的病理学指标     

大鼠肝癌发生过程中增殖细胞核抗原（PCNA／Cyclin）的表达

应用免疫组织化学的ＡＢＣ法,对二乙基亚硝胺（ＤＥＮ）诱发大鼠发生过程中增殖细胞核抗原在肝组织中的表达进行了系统观察。结果显示：正常大鼠肝组织中仅见极少数ＰＣＮＡ阳性肝细胞,阳性率为０．０８％,随着诱癌进程发展,大鼠肝组织中ＰＣＮＡ阳性肝细胞逐渐增多,诱癌第４、８、１２周,大鼠肝组织中ＰＣＮＡ阳性肝细胞百分率分别为１．６％、３．８％、１６．２％,诱癌晚期癌结节内大部分肝癌细胞里ＰＣＮＡ阳性表达,阳性率为８０．６％。本研究结果表明原位检测ＰＣＮＡ表达比传统依据形态学分化程度来判断肿瘤发生可能性更为客观、可靠。     

人肝细胞癌中N－ras、c－myc癌基因的表达──原位分子杂交和免疫组织化学研究

为了明确Ｎ－ｒａｓ、ｃ－ｍｙｃ癌基因在人肝细胞癌（ＨＣＣ）中的表达及其形态学分布,我们对３８例石蜡包埋的ＨＣＣ（其中３３例带有癌周肝组织）标本进行了原位核酸杂交和免疫组化研究。结果表明,ＨＣＣ及癌周肝组织中Ｎ－ｒａｓ表达阳性率分别为４２％和３９％;ｃ－ｍｙｃｍＲＮＡ阳性表达率分别为４７％和３６％;ｃ－ｍｙｃ蛋白阳性率分别为５３％和３９％。ＨＣＣ与癌周肝之间Ｎ－ｒａｓ、ｃ－ｍｙｃｍＲＮＡ及ｃ－ｍｙｃ蛋白表达水平无显著差别;ｃ－ｍｙｃｍＲＮＡ及蛋白阳性强度也无显著差别,其形态学分布基本一致,主要集中于癌细胞和癌周肝中的部分高度增生结节;Ｎ－ｒａｓ表达增强主要见于癌细胞、癌周肝中的高度增生结节、小细胞性不典型增生及少部分肝小多角细胞。它们与ＨＢｘＡｇ表达之间无明确的对应关系。上述结果显示,ＨＣＣ中Ｎ－ｒａｓ、ｃ－ｍｙｃ表达都显著增强,它们可能是人ＨＣＣ发生中较晚期的事件,而Ｎ－ｒａｓ表达增强早于ｃ－ｍｙｃ癌基因活化。     

雄激素受体在肝癌发生过程中的表达及意义

为了进一步探讨雄激素受体（ＡｎｄｒｏｇｅｎＲｅｃｅｐｔｏｒ,ＡＲ）作为肝癌标志物的意义,本文采用免疫组织化学ＡＢＣ法,对二乙基亚硝胺（ＤＥＮ）诱发大鼠肝癌发生过程中肝细胞雄激素受体（ＡＲ）的表达进行了系统观察。结果显示：正常大鼠的ＡＲ阳性肝细胞极少,ＤＥＮ诱癌第４周可见少量肝细胞呈ＡＲ阳性表达,细胞散在分布,胞质和／或胞核内可见棕褐色阳性反应颗粒。随着肝癌发展进程,ＡＲ阳性肝细胞数逐渐增多,呈簇状或片状分布。至诱癌第１８周,肝癌结节内肝癌细胞大多呈ＡＲ阳性表达。本实验结果表明,ＡＲ与肝癌的发生和发展具有密切关系     

进行性系统性硬化病患者外周血单个核细胞中癌蛋白的表达和NK亚群状况的研究

本文报告了进行性系统性硬化病（ＰＳＳ）患者外周血单个核细胞中Ｃ－ｍｙｃ、Ｋｉ－ｒａｓ和Ｈａ－ｒａｓ三种癌蛋白的表达和ＮＫ细胞亚群的检测结果。与对照相比,ＰＳＳ患者淋巴细胞的Ｃ－ｍｙｃ癌蛋白阳性率显著升高（Ｐ＜０．０１）,单核细胞的阳性率也倾向于明显升高（Ｐ＝０．０５２）;ＰＳＳ组单核细胞的Ｋｉ－ｒａｓ癌蛋白表达显著高于对照组（Ｐ＜０．００１）。另外,ＰＳＳ患者ＮＫ细胞中Ｌｅｕ－１１ｃ~＋亚群细胞数显著低于对照值,而Ｌｅｕ－７＋亚群细胞数则显著高于对照值（Ｐ＜０．０５）。作者结合文献讨论了ＰＳＳ患者体内癌基因表达的可能机制以及癌基因表达和ＮＫ亚群改变的临床意义。     

外源性神经节苷脂GM3影响人肝癌细胞生长的可能机制的初步研究

通过苔酚蓝染色细胞发现,外源性ＧＭ３能明显抑制人肝癌细胞株ＳＭＭＣ－７７２１细胞生长,在ＧＭ３处理３ｄ时,出现明显差异,通过ＮｏｒｔｈｅｒｎＢｌｏｔ分析发现,外源性ＧＭ３可明显影响人肝癌细胞株ＳＭＭＣ－７７２１细胞中ｃ－ｆｏｓ、ｃ－ｊｕｎ、ｃ－ｍｙｃ和Ｎ－ｒａｓ四种癌基因的ｍＲＮＡ表达,未经ＧＭ３处理的细胞中没有检测到ｃ－ｆｏｓｍＲＮＡ,但ｃ－ｊｕｎ微量表达,并有ｃ－ｍｙｃ和Ｎ－ｒａｓｍＲＮＡ的高     

DAB诱发大白鼠肝癌过程中细胞质膜蛋白质双向电泳的研究

本实验以二甲基氨基偶氮苯（ＤＡＢ）诱发大白鼠肝癌的动物模型为材料,用电泳方法观察了在诱癌过程中中和肝癌形成后大白鼠肝细胞质膜上蛋白质的变化。肝细胞质膜蛋白ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ电泳图谱显示：在诱癌４周,１６周的肝细胞和肝细胞癌的细胞质膜蛋白与正常肝比较没有显著差异,胆管癌细胞质膜蛋白的ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ电泳图谱与正常肝细胞比较,在１５．８ＫＤ～６９．２ＫＤ的带群中新出现一条深染的蛋白带。用双向电泳法方法,     

H－ras在颊粘膜正常、良性、癌前及恶性变上皮中的表达：免疫组织化学定量研究

本文通过建立图象分析方法对免疫组织化学反应结果进行定量,检测观察Ｈ－ｒａｓ在口腔颊粘膜上皮在正常（Ｎ）、慢性炎症（ＩＦ）、癌旁上皮（ＥＡＣ）和鳞癌（ＳＣＣ）的变化过程中的表达并进行分析。结果显示Ｈ－ｒａｓ在ＳＣＣ组中,以中等分化的ＳＣＣ无论是Ｈ－ｒａｓ表达的量还是细胞阳性率都较高。此外,组织学观察显示,Ｈ－ｒａｓ在处于分化末期但尚未角化的正常上皮细胞中有较高的表达。本文结果显示了Ｈ－ｒａｓ的过表达与上皮细胞的会化程度密切相关。本研究还显示,所采用的阳性区域透光值、平均总透光值及阳性反应区域与阴性反应区域比值可靠并有相关性。这进一步说明了用免疫组化定量方法检测Ｈ－ｒａｓ癌基因表达的精确和可靠性。     

大鼠肝癌发生过程中转化生长因子-β1的表达及意义

为了进一步探讨转化生长因子-β1在肝癌发生中的作用和意义。本采用免疫组织化学ABC法,对二乙基亚硝胺（DEN）诱发大鼠肝癌发生过程中转化生长因子-β1（Transforming growth factor-β1,TGF-β1）表达情况进行了观察。结果显示;在正常大鼠肝脏,TGF-β1的表达只局限于血窦内皮细胞或枯否细胞,汇管区血管内皮细胞及胆管上皮细胞,肝细胞呈TGF-β1阴性表达,诱癌早期（4-8周）,大鼠肝小叶内除血窦内皮细胞或枯否细胞呈TGF-β1阳性表达外,可见少量散在分布的肝细胞呈TGF-β1阳性表达,阳性肝细胞胞质内可见棕褐色阳性反应颗粒,随着肝癌发展,TGF-β1阳性肝细胞逐渐增多,至诱癌晚期（18周）,癌结节内的大多数肝癌细胞呈TGF-β1阳性表达。本研究显示TGF-β1与肝癌的发生和发展密切相关。至诱癌晚期（18周）,癌结节内的大多数肝癌细胞呈TGF-β1阳性表达,本研究显示TGF-β1与肝癌的发生和发展密切相关。     

DAB诱发大白鼠肝癌过程中细胞质膜上酶变化的观察

本实验以二甲基氨基偶氮苯（ＤＡＢ）诱发大白鼠肝癌的动物模型为材料,观察了在诱癌过程中和肝癌形成后大白鼠肝细胞质膜上几种酶活性的变化,用不连续蔗糖密度梯度离心法制备肝细胞质膜,分光光度法对酶活性进行定量测定。实验结果表明,在诱无病癌过程中,肝细胞质膜上５′－ＡＭＰａｓｅ活性上降,γ－ＧＴａｓｅ活性显著升高。γ－ＧＴａｓｅ活性升高幅度与病理变化正相关,并且在诱癌早期就能表现出来。     

Ultrastructure and histochemistry of the rudimentary gut of male Asplanchna sieboldi (Rotifera)

The fine structure of the rudimentary gut of male Asplanchna sieboldi in late stage embryos and at o, 12 and 24 hours after birth is described. The results of histochemical tests for acid phosphatase and glycogen indicate that glycogen, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and nuclei are subjected to autolysosomal breakdown, while glycogen remains as the major component of the gut in old males.     

Altered transferrin gene expression in preneoplastic and neoplastic liver lesions induced in rats with N-nitrosomorpholine

The expression of the gene for the iron transport protein transferrin was found to be altered in preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions induced in the rat liver by N-nitrosomorpholine. The total RNA of ten hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) was investigated by Northern blot analysis using a cDNA-probe comprising 150 bp of the 3′ region and compared with the total hepatic RNA in untreated rats. Seven hepatocellular carcinomas showed slight or pronounced reduction in transferrin expression. In situ hybridization of two additional hepatocellular carcinomas revealed marked reduction in the mRNA level for the transferrin gene compared with the surrounding tissue. In contrast, the majority of early preneoplastic lesions storing excess glycogen and tigroid cell foci expressed increased levels of transferrin mRNA. The loss of glycogen in mixed cell foci, which represent a later stage of hepatocarcinogenesis, was usually accompanied by a decrease in transferrin mRNA suggesting a close relationship between this change in gene expression and cellular dedifferentiation emerging during hepatocarcinogenesis.     

Altered transferrin gene expression in preneoplastic and neoplastic liver lesions induced in rats with N-nitrosomorpholine.

The expression of the gene for the iron transport protein transferrin was found to be altered in preneoplastic and neoplastic lesions induced in the rat liver by N-nitrosomorpholine. The total RNA of ten hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) was investigated by Northern blot analysis using a cDNA-probe comprising 150 bp of the 3' region and compared with the total hepatic RNA in untreated rats. Seven hepatocellular carcinomas showed slight or pronounced reduction in transferrin expression. In situ hybridization of two additional hepatocellular carcinomas revealed marked reduction in the mRNA level for the transferrin gene compared with the surrounding tissue. In contrast, the majority of early preneoplastic lesions storing excess glycogen and tigroid cell foci expressed increased levels of transferrin mRNA. The loss of glycogen in mixed cell foci, which represent a later stage of hepatocarcinogenesis, was usually accompanied by a decrease in transferrin mRNA suggesting a close relationship between this change in gene expression and cellular dedifferentiation emerging during hepatocarcinogenesis.     

甲胎蛋白对HeLa细胞N-ras、p53和p21~(ras)表达的促进作用

大量研究已证明甲胎蛋白 (alpha fetoprotein ,AFP)对肿瘤细胞的增殖具有调节作用 .为探讨AFP对细胞生长促进作用的分子机理 ,采用从人脐带血中提取的AFP作用于体外培养的HeLa细胞 ,用Northern印迹分析法分析不同作用时间时细胞N rasmRNA的表达以及用Western印迹分析法分析p5 3、p2 1ras的表达 .结果发现 ,在AFP(2 0mg L)作用后 ,HeLa细胞的N rasmRNA、p5 3蛋白质和p2 1ras蛋白质的表达量与对照组比较在 12h和 2 4h时都有明显增加 .AFP的作用均可被抗AFP单克隆抗体所拮抗 .实验结果提示 ,AFP对细胞生长的调节作用可能通过促进这些原癌基因的表达来实现 .     

Distribution of glucose-6-phosphatase activity in normal,hyperplastic, and preneoplastic rat liver

The significance of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6P) expression by bile duct-like cells proliferating during hepatocarcinogenesis in the histogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma is not clear. To this end, we measured the histochemical and biochemical activity of G6P in normal rat liver, and in rat livers in which bile duct-like proliferation was induced by either hyperplastic (bile duct ligation for 14 days or feeding alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate for 28 days) or neoplastic (feeding a choline-devoid diet containing 0.1% ethionine for 60 days) regimens. In normal, hyperplastic, and preneoplastic livers, G6P histochemical activity was confined to the hepatocytes; proliferated bile duct-like cells, like normal bile ducts, did not display visible G6P staining. When the enzyme activity was determined biochemically, however, hydrolysis of glucose-6-phosphate was observed in both parenchymal and nonparenchymal liver cells isolated from all experimental animals. In elutriated nonparenchymal fractions, G6P activity was directly proportional to the number of cells positive for gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and cytokeratin no. 19 (markers of bile duct cells) and inversely proportional to the number of cells positive for vimentin (marker of mesenchymal cells). These results indicate that, while by light microscopy hepatic G6P histochemical activity is detectable only in the hepatocytes, the biochemical activity is also expressed in proliferating bile duct-like cells. However, the nonparenchymal activity is observed during both neoplastic and hyperplastic liver growth, thus indicating that the presence of this enzyme in bile duct-like cells proliferating during hepatocarcinogenesis should not necessarily be construed as supporting their stem cell nature nor their neoplastic commitment.     

Promoter-independent regulation of vimentin expression in mammary epithelial cells by val(12)ras and TGFbeta

The 1,029 series of mammary epithelial cell lines (D6, GP+E, r3 and r3T) are progressively more transformed: the latter two by val(12)ras. These cell lines respond to TGFbeta by undergoing early events of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), including morphological changes and redistribution of E-cadherin. Tumors formed by r3T cells in the choroid of the eye express vimentin, a late marker of EMT, possibly in response to TGFbeta. In vitro, vimentin expression is induced in all the cell lines by TGFbeta treatment, whereas cytokeratin expression is only slightly affected. Surprisingly, ras transformation results in a 10-fold suppression of vimentin expression. Neither suppression of vimentin by ras transformation nor induction by TGFbeta is mediated by the vimentin promoter in r3T cells. In transient transfection assays, several human vimentin promoter constructs are more active in the low-expressing r3T cell line than in the vimentin-expressing mesenchymal cell line NIH3T3. In the r3T cells, there is no effect of TGFbeta treatment for 9 days on the activity of either promoter. Azacytidine treatment does not affect vimentin expression in either NIH3T3 or r3T, suggesting that promoter methylation is not the mechanism of suppression by ras. Finally, the half-life of the vimentin mRNA is similar in both the r3T cells and NIH3T3 cells. We conclude that the suppression of vimentin expression by ras, and the relief of this suppression by TGFbeta, occurs in a promoter-independent fashion, possibly through sequences in the first or second intron.     

Immunohistochemical detection of tumour-associated aldehyde dehydrogenase in formalin-fixed rat and mouse normal liver and hepatomas

Summary This communication describes a method and results for the immunohistochemical detection of a tumour-associated isoenzyme of aldehyde dehydrogenase (BALDH). The method is a substantial improvement over standard histochemical detection methods which require either frozen or mildly fixed tissues, since BALDH expression was detected in the cells of formalinfixed paraffin-embedded liver tissues of both mice and rats.Using the immunohistochemical method, we detected BALDH expression diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatomas in the male Sprague-Dawley rat and in male B6C3F1 mouse hepatomas induced with either diethylnitrosamine, ethylnitrosourea or dichloroacetic acid. BALDH was also detected in three hepatoma cell culture lines which express different levels of BALDH. These results were compared to results with normal liver and hepatoma sections from the same animals and the three cell culture lines using a standard histochemical method to detect BALDH. In nearly all these tissue sections and cell cultures, expression of BALDH was detected in identical sites with either method.The diethylnitrosamine and dichloracetic acid induction of the BALDH isozyme, as reported here, has not been reported previously and further substantiates the use of BALDH as a histochemical marker for mouse hepatocarcinogenesis. Given the few reliable histochemical markers for mouse hepatocarcinogenesis, the immunohistochemical method will be useful for further validation of BALDH as a histochemical marker for this species. Thus, BALDH expression could be detected in any number of carcinogen-induced lesions such as altered foci, nodule or hepatomas, from archived, formalin-fixed tissues of past mouse carcinogenesis studies which were based on a variety of mouse strains, carcinogens and induction protocols.     

VEGF stimulates MAPK through a pathway that is unique for receptor tyrosine kinases

We demonstrate that stimulation of primary cultures of endothelial cells with vascular endothelial cell growth factor (VEGF) results in a rapid increase in labeled guanine nucleotide bound to p21ras. Surprisingly, although VEGF stimulates ras activity, adenoviral-mediated gene transfer of a dominant negative form of ras (N17ras) had no effect on VEGF-stimulated mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity. In contrast, treatment of endothelial cells with two structurally unrelated inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) abrogated VEGF-stimulated MAPK activity. In addition, inhibition of ras-Raf interactions by expression of a truncated form of Raf containing only the ras binding domain blocked VEGF-stimulated MAPK activation. These results suggest that VEGF stimulation of MAPK in endothelial cells differs from the pathway used by other members of the receptor tyrosine kinase family. In contrast, analogous to certain G-coupled receptors, VEGF appears to activate MAPK through a PKC-dependent pathway that requires a stable ras-Raf interaction but is not inhibited by N17ras expression.     

Glycogen distribution in porcine fallopian tube epithelium during the estrus cycle

Histochemical features of two different parts of the porcine Fallopian tube have been studied, with special reference to cyclic changes in the distribution of glycogen particles. Porcine Fallopian tubes were obtained from a local slaughterhouse. Slides were studied under light microscopy utilising histological and histochemical techniques. The most striking feature during the periovulatory stage of the estrus cycle was the occurrence of glycogen granules in the apical cytoplasm of epithelial cells in both the ampulla and isthmus of the Fallopian tubes. In the isthmus, cells containing numerous granules of polysaccharides aggregated into areas of different sizes were noted after ovulation. During the midluteal phase their number was minimal or were even absent. In the ampula typical extrusion of secretory granules and nuclei protruding into the tubal lumen was visible after ovulation. In the luteal phase a lot of nuclei protruded into the tubal lumen and some free in the lumen were noted. It is possible that glycogen in the preovulatory stage functions as a source of energy for ciliary movement and as a nourishment for the ovum. In the isthmus large number of aggregated glycogen particles was observed also after ovulation. In this stage of the cycle, numerous granules of polysaccharide aggregated in isthmus epithelium could be the major energy source for embriogenesis when the embryo travels down the Fallopian tubes, during the early cleavage stage.