靶向循环肿瘤细胞治疗策略在抗肿瘤转移中的应用

转移是肿瘤治疗的主要挑战，90%的肿瘤相关死亡病例与肿瘤转移有关。循环肿瘤细胞(circulating tumor cells,CTCs)是肿瘤转移形成的关键，与肿瘤转移的形成过程密切相关。因此，靶向CTCs的治疗策略成为目前抗肿瘤转移研究的热点。基于此，本文从CTCs的产生、CTCs的播散和CTCs的远端定植三个阶段综述了CTCs参与肿瘤转移的机制，并分别从调节肿瘤转移相关基因表达和抑制EMT过程抑制肿瘤细胞脱落产生CTCs、激活自身免疫细胞和仿生细胞膜或特异性分子修饰纳米制剂在血液循环捕获消除CTCs、抑制CTCs黏附并穿过血管内皮细胞和破坏PMN处适宜肿瘤细胞生长的微环境等方面总结了控制肿瘤转移的研究进展，以期为肿瘤转移预防和治疗提供新的思路。     

微流控芯片技术在循环肿瘤细胞分离中的研究进展

循环肿瘤细胞(circulating tumor cells,CTCs)是指从原发肿瘤或转移灶脱落、发生上皮-间质转化进入患者外周血血液循环的恶性肿瘤细胞.CTCs在肿瘤研究和临床诊断上的作用逐渐得到认可,外周血中CTCs存在与否以及数量多少不但可以用于肿瘤的早期诊断,还可以用于评估肿瘤预后、监测肿瘤的转移和复发.微流控芯片作为一个高通量、小型化的细胞实验平台,已被应用于CTCs的分选当中.本文综述了用于CTCs捕获的微流控芯片系统的最新研究进展,着重介绍各类芯片的捕获原理、芯片结构和捕获效率,最后对微流控芯片技术在CTCs分选中的应用前景进行了展望.     

循环肿瘤细胞在外周血中的存活与转移机制

肿瘤转移是恶性肿瘤发展的一个重要阶段,也是导致患者死亡的主要原因。实体恶性肿瘤病灶(原发或转移灶)的肿瘤细胞因自发性脱落或外部因素释放入血形成循环肿瘤细胞(circulating tumor cells,CTCs)。CTCs是肿瘤患者出现复发转移的最直接原因。外周血中的CTCs会因血流剪切力作用、失巢凋亡以及免疫细胞杀伤作用死亡,但仍有小部分的CTCs可以存活下来并发生转移。因此,研究CTCs在外周血中的存活转移机制对肿瘤患者的诊治具有重要意义,本文对CTCs在外周血中存活转移机制的最新研究进展进行了综述,并对其未来发展进行展望。     

循环肿瘤细胞在肿瘤治疗中的研究进展

循环肿瘤细胞(circulating tumor cells,CTCs)由原发肿瘤和转移肿瘤灶中的癌细胞播散而来,对CTCs的定量和定性检测可用于肿瘤的早期诊断、转移复发监测、药效分析和生存期预后等方面,在肿瘤预防与治疗中具有重要应用价值。CTCs在肿瘤临床中的应用是当今非常活跃的研究领域,探索新的特异性CTCs分子标志,并研发更加灵敏、高效和特异的CTCs分析新技术,也成为目前研究的热点。本文简要综述了CTCs用于肿瘤防治的研究进展。     

循环肿瘤细胞识别技术研究现状

循环肿瘤细胞(CTCs)对恶性肿瘤传播转移有重要影响,因此CTCs识别技术的出现与不断进步有着重要的临床意义,准确可靠的CTCs识别技术将为尽早确诊肿瘤、指导个性化治疗方案、诊断微小残留病变以及评估抗癌药物的敏感性提供强有力的工具。本文针对核酸检测法、免疫细胞化学术、流式细胞术和基于表征特性图像识别技术等CTC识别技术的发展情况进行了综述总结,比较各种技术的优缺点,对现阶段该领域存在的问题进行了讨论,并对CTCs识别的技术发展方向作了进一步的展望,为学者们提供更广的研究思路。     

循环肿瘤细胞在女性实体器官肿瘤中的研究进展

循环肿瘤细胞(circulating tumor cells,CTCs)指的是从实体的肿瘤或转移的病灶进入外周血液循环的恶性肿瘤细胞。自发现以来,随着其检验技术日趋成熟,循环肿瘤细胞(CTCs)日渐成为肿瘤学炙手可热的研究对象。因为它将通过外周血的检验来实现监测肿瘤的发生、发展、转移、复发等情况,相对于肿瘤实体活检,"液体活检"不仅让患者易于接受,更有利于医务工作者监测病情变化。本文综述了循环肿瘤细胞(CTCs)的检测方法并综述了循环肿瘤细胞在女性实体肿瘤--乳腺癌、卵巢癌、宫颈癌、子宫内膜癌中的研究进展。其中着重介绍了其在早期乳腺癌及复发转移性乳腺癌中的重大意义以及在评价治疗效果中的分子学特征。实践表明,循环肿瘤细胞(CTCs)与HE-4、CA125的联合应用在评估卵巢癌化疗敏感性中也具有重要的临床意义。     

肺癌患者外周血中循环肿瘤细胞的快速分离与体外培养

循环肿瘤细胞(circulating tumor cells, CTCs)是从肿瘤病灶脱落并进入外周血液循环的处于游离状态的肿瘤细胞,代表了肿瘤病灶的分子特征,可用于对肿瘤的“液体活检”。但外周血中CTCs数目极为稀少,使得后续针对CTCs的分子与功能分析面临巨大挑战。鉴于此,本文建立了一种基于微流控芯片和免疫磁珠的能够快速从肺癌患者的外周血中分离CTCs的方法。该方法直接针对全血进行一步分离,可避免血液样本预处理及富集等过程对细胞造成的损伤,从而有效地保护CTCs的活性(>90%)。分离得到的CTCs可富集在小体积中(80 μL),实现高密度的细胞培养,完成体外扩增,扩增后的CTCs可以被进一步冻存、复苏及再次增殖培养,表明已经对患者血液中的CTCs成功建系。本文进一步对CTCs进行了基因突变(EGFR、KRAS、PIK3CA、TP53和BRAF)检测及荧光标记葡萄糖类似物(2-NBDG)摄取的功能分析,证明CTCs存在较大异质性。本研究成功实现了对外周血中稀少的CTCs进行体外培养,并对CTCs进行了基因、蛋白、功能等各个层面的分析,这对于肿瘤精准医疗具有重要的临床意义。     

微流控芯片在分选富集循环肿瘤细胞中的应用

循环肿瘤细胞(circulating tumor cells, CTCs)是指从原发肿瘤部位脱落,进入外周血循环的肿瘤细胞,对其准确检测有利于早期癌症转移的诊断与治疗。然而,血液中CTCs的量极少,检测前要先对其进行分选富集。在众多的分选富集方法中,微流控芯片技术成本低、通量高、样品需求量小,可达到特异、灵敏、高捕获率的效果。该文综述了近年来使用微流控芯片分选富集CTCs的方法,同时,分析了各种方法的优缺点,并对未来的发展趋势进行了探讨。     

循环肿瘤细胞在40例晚期转移性乳腺癌患者中的检测意义

目的:探讨循环肿瘤细胞CTCs在晚期转移性乳腺癌中的应用价值。方法:Cell Search系统检测本院40例复发转移性乳腺癌患者的CTCs水平,比较复发转移性乳腺癌患者血液中CTCs的差异,分析复发转移性乳腺癌患者CTCs与其疾病特征及预后的关系。结果:Cell Search系统检测复发转移性乳腺癌患者外周血CTCs阳性率达42.5%;在复发转移性乳腺癌患者中,CTCs≥5个/7.5 mL者的肝脏转移、骨转移、转移灶≥3处均较CTCs5个/7.5 mL者更高(P0.05),前者的PFS较之后者也表现出强烈的缩短趋势(X2=3.573,P=0.059),而肺转移、淋巴结转移、脑转移、胸壁复发、受体及HER2表达在两组间无差异。结论:Cell Search系统展现出较好的检测复发转移性乳腺癌患者外周血CTCs的能力。在复发转移性乳腺癌患者中,CTCs的高检出率与腹腔脏器转移、肝转移、骨转移相关。CTCs≥5个/7.5 mL患者的预后很可能要差于CTCs5个/7.5 mL者。     

肝细胞癌循环肿瘤细胞标志物及检测方法研究进展

肝细胞癌(hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC)在中国是一种高发病率和高死亡率的恶性肿瘤。肿瘤切除、肝移植是治疗该病最有效的手段,但术后的高复发率和高转移率是影响患者预后的重要因素。外周血循环肿瘤细胞(circulating tumor cells, CTCs)是导致肝细胞癌术后复发和转移的必要因子。综述了CTCs的标记物——磷脂酰肌醇蛋白聚糖-3、转铁蛋白受体、甲胎蛋白、α-L岩藻糖苷酶、上皮细胞粘附因子、高尔基蛋白73和异常凝血酶原等,以及利用这些标记物检测CTCs的特异性和灵敏度,以期为肝细胞癌转移的早期检测、术后的复发、预后评估和选择治疗方案等提供依据。     

On the origin of the Hirudinea and the demise of the Oligochaeta

The phylogenetic relationships of the Clitellata were investigated with a data set of published and new complete 18S rRNA gene sequences of 51 species representing 41 families. Sequences were aligned on the basis of a secondary structure model and analysed with maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood. In contrast to the latter method, parsimony did not recover the monophyly of Clitellata. However, a close scrutiny of the data suggested a spurious attraction between some polychaetes and clitellates. As a rule, molecular trees are closely aligned with morphology-based phylogenies. Acanthobdellida and Euhirudinea were reconciled in their traditional Hirudinea clade and were included in the Oligochaeta with the Branchiobdellida via the Lumbriculidae as a possible link between the two assemblages. While the 18S gene yielded a meaningful historical signal for determining relationships within clitellates, the exact position of Hirudinea and Branchiobdellida within oligochaetes remained unresolved. The lack of phylogenetic signal is interpreted as evidence for a rapid radiation of these taxa. The placement of Clitellata within the Polychaeta remained unresolved. The biological reality of polytomies within annelids is suggested and supports the hypothesis of an extremely ancient radiation of polychaetes and emergence of clitellates.     

On the ontogeny of the haptor and the evolution of the Monogenea

Data on the ontogeny of the posterior haptor of monogeneans were obtained from more than 150 publications and summarised. These data were plotted into diagrams showing evolutionary capacity levels based on the theory of a progressive evolution of marginal hooks, anchors and other attachment components of the posterior haptor in the Monogenea (Malmberg, 1986). 5 + 5 unhinged marginal hooks are assumed to be the most primitive monogenean haptoral condition. Thus the diagrams were founded on a 5 + 5 unhinged marginal hook evolutionary capacity level, and the evolutionary capacity levels of anchors and other haptoral attachement components were arranged according to haptoral ontogenetical sequences. In the final plotting diagram data on hosts, type of spermatozoa, oncomiracidial ciliation, sensilla pattern and protonephridial systems were also included. In this way a number of correlations were revealed. Thus, for example, the number of 5 + 5 marginal hooks correlates with the most primitive monogenean type of spermatozoon and with few sensillae, many ciliated cells and a simple protonephridial system in the oncomiracidium. On the basis of the reviewed data it is concluded that the ancient monogeneans with 5 + 5 unhinged marginal hooks were divided into two main lines, one retaining unhinged marginal hooks and the other evolving hinged marginal hooks. Both main lines have recent representatives at different marginal hook evolutionary capacity levels, i.e. monogeneans retaining a haptor with only marginal hooks. For the main line with hinged marginal hooks the name Articulon-choinea n. subclass is proposed. Members with 8 + 8 hinged marginal hooks only are here called Proanchorea n. superord. Monogeneans with unhinged marginal hooks only are here called Ananchorea n. superord. and three new families are erected for its recent members: Anonchohapteridae n. fam., Acolpentronidae n. fam. and Anacanthoridae n. fam. (with 7 + 7, 8 + 8 and 9 + 9 unhinged marginal hooks, respectively). Except for the families of Articulonchoinea (e.g. Acanthocotylidae, Gyrodactylidae, Tetraonchoididae) Bychowsky's (1957) division of the Monogenea into the Oligonchoinea and Polyonchoinea fits the proposed scheme, i.e. monogeneans with unhinged marginal hooks form one old group, the Oligonchoinea, which have 5 + 5 unhinged marginal hooks, and the other group form the Polyonchoinea, which (with the exception of the Hexabothriidae) has a greater number (7 + 7, 8 + 8 or 9 + 9) of unhinged marginal hooks. It is proposed that both these names, Oligonchoinea (sensu mihi) and Polyonchoinea (sensu mihi), will be retained on one side and Articulonchoinea placed on the other side, which reflects the early monogenean evolution. Except for the members of Ananchorea [Polyonchoinea], all members of the Oligonchoinea and Polyonchoinea have anchors, which imply that they are further evolved, i.e. have passed the 5 + 5 marginal hook evolutionary capacity level (Malmberg, 1986). There are two main types of anchors in the Monogenea: haptoral anchors, with anlages appearing in the haptor, and peduncular anchors, with anlages in the peduncle. There are two types of haptoral anchors: peripheral haptoral anchors, ontogenetically the oldest, and central haptoral anchors. Peduncular anchors, in turn, are ontogenetically younger than peripheral haptoral anchors. There may be two pairs of peduncular anchors: medial peduncular anchors, ontogentically the oldest, and lateral peduncular anchors. Only peduncular (not haptoral) anchors have anchor bars. Monogeneans with haptoral anchors are here called Mediohaptanchorea n. superord. and Laterohaptanchorea n. superord. or haptanchoreans. All oligonchoineans and the oldest polyonchoineans are haptanchoreans. Certain members of Calceostomatidae [Polyonchoinea] are the only monogeneans with both (peripheral) haptoral and peduncular anchors (one pair). These monogeneans are here called Mixanchorea n. superord. Polyonchoineans with peduncular anchors and unhinged marginal hooks are here called the Pedunculanchorea n. superord. The most primitive pedunculanchoreans have only one pair of peduncular anchors with an anchor bar, while the most advanced have both medial and lateral peduncular anchors; each pair having an anchor bar. Certain families of the Articulonchoinea, the Anchorea n. superord., also have peduncular anchors (parallel evolution): only one family, the Sundanonchidae n. fam., has both medial and lateral peduncular anchors, each anchor pair with an anchor bar. Evolutionary lines from different monogenean evolutionary capacity levels are discussed and a new system of classification for the Monogenea is proposed.In agreeing to publish this article, I recognise that its contents are controversial and contrary to generally accepted views on monogenean systematics and evolution. I have anticipated a reaction to the article by inviting senior workers in the field to comment upon it: their views will be reported in a future issue of this journal. EditorIn agreeing to publish this article, I recognise that its contents are controversial and contrary to generally accepted views on monogenean systematics and evolution. I have anticipated a reaction to the article by inviting senior workers in the field to comment upon it: their views will be reported in a future issue of this journal. Editor