Wnt/β-catenin信号通路与儿童过敏性紫癜的相关性观察

该文旨在观察Wnt/β-catenin信号通路在儿童过敏性紫癜(Henoch-Schonlein purpura,HSP)中的表达,并探讨了该信号通路在HSP中的作用及可能机制。应用免疫组化法检测HSP患儿皮肤和过敏性紫癜性肾炎(Henoch-Schnlein purpura nephritis,HSPN)患儿肾脏组织中Wnt4、β-catenin和E-cadherin的表达,同时对HSPN患儿的24 h尿蛋白定量与肾组织中Wnt4、β-catenin和E-cadherin的表达做相关性分析。免疫组织化学结果显示,HSP组患儿皮肤中,Wnt4、β-catenin表达量较正常对照组表达量显著增多(P0.01),E-cadherin表达量较正常对照组显著减少(P0.01)。HSPN患儿肾脏组织中,Wnt4、β-catenin表达量较正常对照组表达量显著增多(P0.01),主要表达在肾小管;Ecadherin表达量较正常对照组显著减少(P0.01)。HSPN患儿肾脏组织中,E-cadherin表达量与24 h尿蛋白定量呈负相关(R=–0.695,P0.05)。该研究结果提示,Wnt4、β-catenin和E-cadherin在HSP患儿皮肤和HSPN患儿肾脏组织中均有异常表达,肾组织中E-cadherin表达量与尿蛋白有相关性,推测Wnt/β-catenin信号通路可能参与了HSP的发病。     

RPN2与肝癌患者预后及对肝癌细胞生长的作用

目的:探讨核糖蛋白2(ribophorin II,RPN2)在肝细胞肝癌(HCC)组织中的表达和对HCC患者生存的影响,同时分析RPN2对肝癌HepG2细胞生长和克隆形成的作用。方法:应用免疫组化方法和HCC公共芯片数据,从蛋白和m RNA水平检测HCC组织中RPN2的表达,同时分析RPN2与HCC患者临床参数的关系及预后相关性;进一步利用MTS法和克隆形成实验在肝癌HepG2细胞中检测RPN2对细胞生长的作用。结果:98例肝癌组织中,RPN2阳性表达率88.78%,对应癌旁肝组织中,RPN2阳性表达率74.49%;癌组织中RPN2染色评分为5.80±3.15,癌旁肝组织RPN2染色评分为2.13±1.59,肝癌组织中RPN2表达显著上调(P0.001)。3个肝癌公共芯片数据(共522例肝癌)中RPN2的m RNA表达水平同样显著升高(均P0.001)。98例肝癌患者RPN2表达水平与肿瘤直径(P=0.004)、门脉侵袭(P=0.012)和TNM分期(P=0.009)相关;RPN2高表达的患者总体生存期(OS)和无复发生存期(RFS)较RPN2低表达的患者短(OS:P=0.027;RFS:P=0.036)。肝癌HepG2细胞转染RPN2小干扰RNA后,细胞生长能力显著受抑制。结论:RPN2在肝癌中表达显著升高,RPN2的表达与肝癌的恶性进展有关,RPN2显著促进肝癌细胞生长。     

肝细胞生长因子和基质金属蛋白酶-9在过敏性紫癜中表达的意义

目的:探讨肝细胞生长因子(HGF)和基质金属蛋白酶-9(MMP-9)在儿童过敏性紫癜(HSP)中表达的意义,探寻肾脏损害预测的敏感指标。方法:选取HSP与过敏性紫癜肾炎(HSPN)患儿各30例,并选取同期体检的健康儿童30名作为对照组,采用酶联免疫吸附试验法(ELISA)检测3组血清和尿液中的HGF及血清MMP-9含量,并采用比浊法检测24 h尿蛋白,分析HGF、MMP-9与24 h尿蛋白的相关性。结果:HSP组、HSPN组血清、尿液HGF,血清MMP-9及尿蛋白定量均高于对照组(P0.05);HSPN组中Ⅱ~Ⅳ期患者血清HGF及Ⅰ~Ⅳ期尿液HGF、Ⅲ~Ⅳ期MMP-9及Ⅰ~Ⅳ期尿蛋白定量均高于HSP组(P0.05);血清及尿液HGF与血清MMP-9无明显相关性(r=0.014,0.027,P0.05);血清HGF与尿蛋白定量无明显相关性(r=0.032,P0.05);尿液HGF、血清MMP-9与尿蛋白定量均呈正相关(r=0.412、0.302,P0.05)。结论:尿液HGF、MMP-9均参与HSP、HSPN病情的发展,尿液HGF、MMP-9水平的监测有助于评估HSPN的病情及预后,但HGF与MMP-9之间无明显相关性。     

MMP-2、MMP-9 及P53 的表达在肝移植后肿瘤复发与转移预测中 的价值研究

目的:探讨MMP-2、MMP-9及P53的表达在预测肝癌行肝移植后肿瘤复发与转移中的价值。方法:选择肝癌行全肝移植患者85例,应用免疫组化方法检测其切除的肝癌组织中MMP-2、MMP-9及P53的表达,并对患者进行移植术后随访,观察术后肝癌复发与转移情况。分析MMP-2、MMP-9及P53的表达与移植后肝癌复发与转移之间的关系和意义。结果:肝癌组织中MMP-2、MMP-9及P53阳性表达率均明显高于癌旁组织(P<0.01)。MMP-2表达与肝癌肿瘤直径、TNM分期、病理分级及门静脉癌栓显著相关性(P<0.05),MMP-9表达与肝癌肿瘤直径、TNM分期、门静脉癌栓及肿瘤包膜显著相关性(P<0.05),P53表达与肝癌肿瘤直径、门静脉癌栓及肿瘤包膜显著相关性(P<0.05)。MMP-2、MMP-9在未复发和转移组中的表达明显低于复发和转移组(P<0.05),而P53在两组间的表达差异无显著性(P>0.05)。肝癌组织中MMP-2、MMP-9高阳性表达均是预测肝癌患者肝移植后肿瘤复发和转移的独立预见因子,而P53未显示其具有预测意义。结论:MMP-2、MMP-9及P53在肝癌组织中呈高表达,MMP-2、MMP-9的表达水平可以有效预测肝癌患者肝移植后肿瘤复发和转移。     

Stanford A型主动脉夹层血管壁及外周血中热休克蛋白90的表达及意义

目的:探索热休克蛋白90(Heat shock protein 90, HSP90)在Stanford A型主动脉夹层(Aortic dissection, AD)血管壁组织中的表达及其与平滑肌细胞(Smooth muscle cells, SMCs)表型标志物的相关性。方法:收集本院急性Stanford A型主动脉夹层患者病变主动脉壁组织和外周血标本(AD组,20例),心脏移植供体等来源的正常主动脉壁组织和外周血标本(正常组,10例);ELISA法检测血浆HSP90含量;免疫组化染色检测HSP90的表达差异及定位;Western blot检测组织标本中蛋白的表达差异;应用Spearman分析HSP90和SMCs表型标志物表达的相关性。结果:AD患者血浆中HSP90的含量显著高于正常组(142.38±40.16ng/mL vs. 54.99±24.46 ng/mL,P<0.01)。相对于正常主动脉壁组织,主动脉夹层血管壁组织中HSP90表达明显升高,且主要分布在血管壁中层细胞的胞浆中,分泌型SMCs标志物OPN的表达明显增多,而收缩型标志物α-SMA表达则显著减少。HSP90和α-SMA的蛋白表达呈负相关(R2=0.677,P<0.01),和OPN呈正相关(R²=0.572,P<0.01)。结论:主动脉夹层患者的血管壁组织及外周血中的HSP90含量明显升高,参与了主动脉夹层的发生发展。     

HSP70和JNK信号转导通路在肝癌组织中的表达及意义

目的探讨HSP70和JNK信号转导通路在肝癌组织中的作用,以及它们之间的关系。方法用SP免疫组化方法检测62例肝癌组织中HSP70、JNK1、JNK2和c-Jun的表达。应用SSPS统计软件进行数据处理。结果(1)HSP70蛋白1级染色16例(25.8%),2级染色25例(40.3%),3级染色21例(33.9%)。JNK1、JNK2和c-Jun蛋白低表达分别为40例(64.5%)、33例(53.2%)和36例(58.1%),高表达分别为22例(35.5%)、29例(46.8%)和26例(41.9%)。(2)HSP70蛋白表达与肝癌分化程度呈正相关(r=0.449,P=0.000),JNK1、JNK2和c-Jun蛋白表达均与肝癌分化程度呈负相关(r=-0.351,P=0.005;r=-0.303,P=0.017;r=-0.302,P=0.017)。(3)HSP70蛋白的表达与JNK1(r=-0.385,P=0.002)、JNK2(r=-0.309,P=0.015)和c-Jun(r=-0.302,P=0.017)蛋白的表达呈负相关。(4)Kaplan-Meier法生存分析发现HSP70和JNK1蛋白的表达与术后无复发生存时间密切相关(P<0.01)。(5)多因素Cox比例风险模型分析,结果HSP70与预后明显相关(P=0.004)。结论HSP70蛋白与肝癌的进展和预后密切相关。JNK信号转导通路与肝癌的分化有关。HSP70可能通过抑制JNK信号传导途径,而阻断由其介导的肝癌细胞的凋亡,提高了肝癌细胞在应激状态下的稳定性。     

DLL4 和VEGFR 表达与肝细胞癌临床特征的相关性研究

目的:探讨DLL4和血管内皮生长因子受体(Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor,VEGFR)基因表达与临床特征的相关性,为肝细胞癌的防治提供新的靶点。方法:采用荧光定量PCR检测DLL4和VEGFR基因的表达,DLL4与VEGFR基因表达的关系采用Spearman相关系数分析。DLL4与肝癌临床病理特征的相关性分析采用Knlskal-Wallis H方法。结果:DLL4和VEGRR在肝细胞癌组织中呈高表达,且VEGFR随着DLL4基因表达的升高而升高,呈正相关关系。DLL4基因的高表达与有无包膜、肿瘤结节数目、肿瘤直径、Edmondson-Steiner分级及有无静脉浸润均有显著的相关性(P0.05)。结论:DLL4和VEGFR在肝细胞癌组织中的高表达与临床病理特征均有显著相关性。     

缺氧对大鼠大脑皮质细胞色素氧化酶亚基Ⅰ、Ⅳ表达协同性的影响

本文探讨缺氧对细胞色素氧化酶（cytochrome oxidase,COX,即complexⅣ）的mtDNA和nDNA编码亚基Ⅰ,Ⅳ表达及其协同性的影响。实验用成年雄性Wistar大鼠随机分为对照组,缺氧2,5,15和30d组,缺氧大鼠于低压舱内模拟海拔5000m连续减压,对照组大鼠于舱外同时喂养（舱外海拔高度为300m)。用半定量逆转录-PCR法测定大脑皮质COXⅠ,ⅣmRNA量,用Western blot分析大脑皮质线粒体COXⅠ,Ⅳ蛋白量,以两个亚基的蛋白量,mRNA量的比值反映亚基表达的协同性,结果显示,缺氧2,5d,COXⅠmRNA增加,缺氧15,30d时下降至对照水平,缺氧2,5和15d时,COXⅣmRNA显著增加,缺氧30d时降低,与对照组差异非常显著。COXⅣ,ⅠmRNA比值在缺氧15d时最高,其它各缺氧组与对照组的差异无显著意义。各组COXⅠ,Ⅳ蛋白量及其比值均无显著差异。上述结果表明,缺氧可影响COXⅠ,ⅣmRNA的表达及其协同性,但对蛋白的表达及其协同性没有显著影响,提示转录后调节是缺氧过程中线粒体内COXⅠ,Ⅳ蛋白表达协同的主要机制。     

卵巢良、恶组织中mPGES-1的表达及其与COX2的相关性分析

目的:探讨卵巢良、恶性组织中mPGES-1的表达及其与病理类型和细胞分化的关系,并分析mPGES-1和COX2的相关性.方法:采用实时荧光定量PCR的方法,分别检测我院手术切除卵巢癌组织和良性卵巢囊肿组织中mPGES-1和COX2的mRNA表达,分析mPGES-1和COX2的相关性以及与病理类型、分级的关系.结果:卵巢恶性组织中mPGES-1和COX2的表达量显著增高,分别是良性囊肿组织的27倍和113倍,两者的mRNA表达量和肿瘤的病理类型或分级相关,分化低和恶性度高的肿瘤组织表达量高.在卵巢癌组织中mPGES-1和COX2的表达呈直线正相关.结论.mPGIES-1的mRNA在卵巢癌组织中显著高于良性囊肿组织,并且和卵巢肿瘤的病理类型、分级有关,和COX2表达呈直线正相关.     

MFN1在肝癌转移中的调控作用研究

目的:探讨线粒体融合蛋白MFN1(mito-fusion 1)在肝癌转移中的作用及其机制。方法:1).采用免疫组化实验检测15对肝癌转移灶组织与原发灶组织中MFN1的表达,以明确肝癌转移时是否伴有MFN1表达的改变。2).采用si RNA (small interference RNA)下调肝癌细胞中MFN1的表达后,提高Transwell迁移实验和Transwell侵袭实验分别检测其迁移和侵袭能力,通过实时荧光定量PCR (Quantitative Real-time PCR,qRT-PCR)和Western blot实验分别检测基质金属蛋白酶1 (matrix metalloproteinase 1,MMP1)、MMP2、MMP7及MMP9的m RNA和蛋白表达。结果:1)肝癌转移灶组织中MFN1表达显著低于原发灶组织(P0.05)。2).下调MFN1表达后,肝癌细胞的迁移和侵袭能力显著升高,MMP7的表达显著增加,而MMP1、MMP2与MMP9的表达无明显变化。结论:线粒体融合蛋白MFN1在肝癌转移组织中表达显著降低,可能通过激活MMP7表达,促进肝癌细胞侵袭和转移。     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒研究进展

传染性法氏囊病(Infection bursal disease, IBD)是由鸡传染性法氏囊病毒(Infectious bursal disease virus, IBDV)引起的鸡和火鸡的一种高度接触性传染病,给世界各国的禽养殖业带来了巨大损失.自IBDV发现至今新的变异株不断出现,分子结构的改变导致病毒致病力的改变及宿主对疫苗应答的改变,使得传统的疫苗已不能控制其流行,因此各国学者对其基因组结构和功能进行了广泛深入的研究,并积极研制新型有效的疫苗以达到防治的目的.     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.