大剂量电离辐射对小鼠肺组织的影响

目的探讨大剂量电离辐射对小鼠肺的影响。方法 60Coγ照射小鼠,HE染色观察小鼠肺组织损伤,免疫组化检测小鼠肺转化生长因子β1(TGFβ1)和细胞间粘附因子1(ICAM1)的表达。结果大剂量照射后3d,小鼠肺发生明显异常病变,TGFβ1和ICAM1表达量明显增加。结论肺内皮细胞损伤和血管内物质外漏可能是急性放射性肺损伤的早期重要事件,早期检测ICAM1有助于预测急性放射性肺损伤的发生程度。     

NF-κB p65的敲减加重结肠上皮HCT116细胞氧化损伤

炎症细胞诱导的活性氧类生成和肠道氧化应激与慢性炎症性肠疾病以及结直肠肿瘤的发病密切相关。NF-κB信号通路参与氧化应激反应以及在结直肠炎症和肿瘤发生中的作用还并不完全清楚。本研究将化学合成一对编码小干扰RNA 序列、靶向人NF-κB 基因的长60 bp寡核苷酸链定向克隆至pSUPER小干扰RNA表达载体中,通过单酶切、双酶切及测序证实重组RNA干扰载体构建成功. 将构建成功的质粒转染至结肠上皮细胞HCT116中敲减p65,分别采用Western blot方法检测NF-κB p65蛋白表达水平,（3-(4,5-二甲基噻唑-2)-3,5-二苯基四氮唑溴盐（MTT）方法检测细胞存活情况. 结果显示,pSUPER-NF-κB p65载体可特异性下调NF-κB p65蛋白表达;下调p65表达可导致过氧化氢诱导的HCT116内活性氧类物质生成增高,存活细胞数目显著减少,氧化损伤加重。研究表明,在人结肠上皮细胞内NF-κB p65通路的抑制显著加重了结肠上皮细胞氧化损伤情况.     

Axonal protection by Nmnat3 overexpression with involvement of autophagy in optic nerve degeneration

Axonal degeneration often leads to the death of neuronal cell bodies. Previous studies demonstrated the crucial role of nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (Nmnat) 1, 2, and 3 in axonal protection. In this study, Nmnat3 immunoreactivity was observed inside axons in the optic nerve. Overexpression of Nmnat3 exerts axonal protection against tumor necrosis factor-induced and intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation-induced optic nerve degeneration. Immunoblot analysis showed that both p62 and microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3)-II were upregulated in the optic nerve after IOP elevation. Nmnat3 transfection decreased p62 and increased LC3-II in the optic nerve both with and without experimental glaucoma. Electron microscopy showed the existence of autophagic vacuoles in optic nerve axons in the glaucoma, glaucoma+Nmnat3 transfection, and glaucoma+rapamycin groups, although preserved myelin and microtubule structures were noted in the glaucoma+Nmnat3 transfection and glaucoma+rapamycin groups. The axonal-protective effect of Nmnat3 was inhibited by 3-methyladenine, whereas rapamycin exerted axonal protection after IOP elevation. We found that p62 was present in the mitochondria and confirmed substantial colocalization of mitochondrial Nmnat3 and p62 in starved retinal ganglion cell (RGC)-5 cells. Nmnat3 transfection decreased p62 and increased autophagic flux in RGC-5 cells. These results suggest that the axonal-protective effect of Nmnat3 may be involved in autophagy machinery, and that modulation of Nmnat3 and autophagy may lead to potential strategies against degenerative optic nerve disease.     

Autophagy triggered by magnolol derivative negatively regulates angiogenesis

Angiogenesis has a key role in the tumor progression and metastasis; targeting endothelial cell proliferation has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy for the prevention of cancer. Previous studies have revealed a complex association between the process of angiogenesis and autophagy and its outcome on tumorigenesis. Autophagy, also known as type-II cell death, has been identified as an alternative way of cell killing in apoptotic-resistant cancer cells. However, its involvement in chemoresistance and tumor promotion is also well known. In this study, we used a derivate of natural product magnolol (Ery5), a potent autophagy inducer, to study the association between the autophagy and angiogenesis in both in vitro and in vivo model system. We found that the robust autophagy triggered by Ery5, inhibited angiogenesis and caused cell death independent of the apoptosis in human umbilical cord vein endothelial cells and PC-3 cells. Ery5 induced autophagy effectively inhibited cell proliferation, migration, invasion and tube formation. We further demonstrated that Ery5-mediated autophagy and subsequent inhibition of angiogenesis was reversed when autophagy was inhibited through 3-methyl adenine and knocking down of key autophagy proteins ATG7 and microtubule-associated protein light chain 3. While evaluating the negative regulation of autophagy on angiogenesis, it was interesting to find that angiogenic environment produced by the treatment of VEGF and CoCl2 remarkably downregulated the autophagy and autophagic cell death induced by Ery5. These studies, while disclosing the vital role of autophagy in the regulation of angiogenesis, also suggest that the potent modulators of autophagy can lead to the development of effective therapeutics in apoptosis-resistant cancer.     

Respiratory control in aquatic insects dictates their vulnerability to global warming

Forecasting species responses to climatic warming requires knowledge of how temperature impacts may be exacerbated by other environmental stressors, hypoxia being a principal example in aquatic systems. Both stressors could interact directly as temperature affects both oxygen bioavailability and ectotherm oxygen demand. Insufficient oxygen has been shown to limit thermal tolerance in several aquatic ectotherms, although, the generality of this mechanism has been challenged for tracheated arthropods. Comparing species pairs spanning four different insect orders, we demonstrate that oxygen can indeed limit thermal tolerance in tracheates. Species that were poor at regulating oxygen uptake were consistently more vulnerable to the synergistic effects of warming and hypoxia, demonstrating the importance of respiratory control in setting thermal tolerance limits.     

Perturbation of the mutated EGFR interactome identifies vulnerabilities and resistance mechanisms

We hypothesized that elucidating the interactome of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) forms that are mutated in lung cancer, via global analysis of protein–protein interactions, phosphorylation, and systematically perturbing the ensuing network nodes, should offer a new, more systems‐level perspective of the molecular etiology. Here, we describe an EGFR interactome of 263 proteins and offer a 14‐protein core network critical to the viability of multiple EGFR‐mutated lung cancer cells. Cells with acquired resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) had differential dependence of the core network proteins based on the underlying molecular mechanisms of resistance. Of the 14 proteins, 9 are shown to be specifically associated with survival of EGFR‐mutated lung cancer cell lines. This included EGFR, GRB2, MK12, SHC1, ARAF, CD11B, ARHG5, GLU2B, and CD11A. With the use of a drug network associated with the core network proteins, we identified two compounds, midostaurin and lestaurtinib, that could overcome drug resistance through direct EGFR inhibition when combined with erlotinib. Our results, enabled by interactome mapping, suggest new targets and combination therapies that could circumvent EGFR TKI resistance.     

成人烟雾病合并后循环病变的相关因素分析

目的:探讨成人型烟雾病合并后循环病变发生的相关危险因素,以期指导临床诊治.方法:回顾性分析2009年3月～2010年1月于解放军307医院神经外科就诊并住院的成人烟雾病患者418例,根据是否合并后循环病变(大脑后动脉病变为主)分为合并后循环病变组130例,未合并后循环病变组为288例.分别记录患者的的性别、年龄、籍贯、临床表现类型、铃木分期、既往病史(高血压、高脂血症、高血糖)、不良生活习惯(吸烟、饮酒),是否有烟雾病家族史.对其进行组间对比及logistic回归法进行变量分析.结果:阳性家族史是成人烟雾病患者合并后循环病变的独立危险因素(OR=3.898,95％CI:1.103～13.776,P=0.035),而其余观察指标均无明显相关性(P＞0.05);相对于只存在前循环病变的患者,成人烟雾病合并后循环病变的患者较易出现卒中及头痛,脑出血相对较少;此类患者于31-40岁组出现小高峰.结论:阳性家族史是成人烟雾病患者合并后循环病变的独立危险因素,患者的临床表现较重,治疗后仍可出现反复卒中.     

抗环瓜氨酸肽抗体联合类风湿因子在检测类风湿关节炎中的临床价值

目的：探讨抗环瓜氨酸肽抗体（抗CCP抗体）以及类风湿因子（RV）检测对类风湿关节炎（RA）诊断的意义。方法：采用酶联免疫吸附试验（ELISA）检测355份人血清的抗CCP抗体,同时采用使用贝克曼库尔特Image800双光镜免疫浊度分析仪定量监测类风湿因子（RF）,其中包括门诊及住院RA患者135例,非RA组170例,正常对照组来自本院的健康体检人员50例。结果：抗-CCP检测在RA组与非RA组（和正常对照组）之间的检测结果有统计学差异（P〈0．05）。RF检测在RA组与非RA组（和正常对照组）之间的检测结果有统计学差异（P〈0．05）。在135例RA病人中,抗CCP抗体的阻性率为70．4％,在非RA病人中的阳性率为3．5％,抗CCP抗体对RA的敏感性和特异性分别为70．4％、96．5％。RF的阳性率为63．7％,在非RA病人中的阳性率为14．1％,RF对RA的敏感性和特异性分别为63．7％、81．1％。联合应用抗CCP抗体与RF进行诊断,串联时敏感性为59．3％,特异性为97．1％。并联时敏感性为74．8％,特异性为85.3％。结论：抗CCP抗体和RF对RA具有较好的敏感性和很高的特异性,二者联合检测可提高对RA早期诊断的准确性。