RORα高表达抑制人胃癌MGC803细胞Wnt/β-catenin信号通路靶基因表达

该文探讨了RORα(retinoid acid receptor related orphan receptorα)高表达对人胃癌MGC803细胞Wnt/β-catenin信号通路靶基因的作用。采用MTT检测了MGC803细胞增殖。采用RT-PCR、Western blot与免疫共沉淀检测了Wnt/β-catenin信号通路相关分子与靶基因表达。荧光素酶报告基因方法检测c-Myc基因启动子活性。MTT结果显示,RORα高表达人胃癌MGC803细胞的增殖能力较对照组明显减弱(P0.05)。RT-PCR与Western blot结果显示,RORα高表达组Wnt1m RNA与蛋白质水平较对照组下调(P0.05),而β-catenin m RNA与蛋白质水平无差异(P0.05)。免疫共沉淀结果显示,RORα高表达组RORα与β-catenin结合明显增加(P0.05)。RORα高表达可显著下调核内β-catenin水平(P0.05),同时可显著下调TCF-4(T cell factor-4)蛋白质水平(P0.05)。RORα高表达可显著下调Axin、c-Myc、c-Jun m RNA与蛋白质水平(P0.05)。荧光素酶报告基因实验结果显示,RORα高表达c-Myc启动子活性明显降低(P0.05)。以上结果表明,RORα高表达可通过调控Wnt/β-catenin信号通路相关分子基因表达来抑制人胃癌细胞增殖。     

胃癌细胞中视黄酸受体抑制AP-1活性的不同方式

 研究胃癌细胞中视黄酸受体RARα和RARβ抑制活化蛋白 1(activatorprotein 1,AP 1)活性的不同方式及其与全反式视黄酸 (ATRA)作用的相关性 .瞬时转染RARβ表达载体到MKN 4 5细胞后 ,佛波脂 (TPA)诱导的AP 1活性受到明显抑制 ,且与RARβ浓度正相关 ,与ATRA存在与否无关 ;相反 ,RARα转染细胞后 ,对TPA诱导的AP 1活性的抑制不仅与RARα的浓度相关 ,而且依赖于AT RA .凝胶阻抑测定表明 ,TPA可以显著加强AP 1结合活性 ,当ATRA处理不表达RARβ和低表达RARα的MKN 4 5细胞后 ,AP 1结合活性不受影响 ;然而 ,表达RARα和RARβ的BGC 82 3细胞经AT RA处理后 ,TPA诱导的AP 1结合活性则受到抑制 .另外 ,分析与抗AP 1活性相关的RARβ功能区表明 ,DNA结合区的缺失导致RARβ抑制AP 1活性作用的丧失 ,而配体结合区对于RARβ抑制AP 1活性则是非必需的 .以上结果证实 ,有胃癌细胞中 ,RARβ可能是AP 1活性的抑制因子 ,RARα则可能是ATRA作用的靶向 .尽管它们的作用方式有所不同 ,但最终都可以通过抑制AP 1活性来抑制胃癌细胞生长     

甲状腺乳头状癌组织YAP、SATB1、ROR2与临床病理特征和复发的关系研究

摘要 目的：探讨甲状腺乳头状癌组织Yes相关蛋白（YAP）、核基质结合区结合蛋白1（SATB1）、受体酪氨酸激酶样孤儿素受体2（ROR2）与临床病理特征和复发的关系。方法：选择2019年6月至2021年6月广东省中医院收治的198例行手术治疗的甲状腺乳头状癌患者,取手术切除的癌组织和癌旁组织,免疫组化法检测YAP、SATB1、ROR2蛋白表达情况。术后随访2年,统计复发情况,根据复发情况将患者分为复发组和未复发组。比较甲状腺乳头状癌患者不同临床病理特征之间YAP、SATB1、ROR2蛋白表达差异,多因素Cox回归分析影响甲状腺乳头状癌术后复发的因素。结果：癌组织中YAP、SATB1、ROR2阳性表达率高于癌旁组织（P＜0.05）。低度分化、TNM分期Ⅲ期、淋巴结转移患者癌组织中YAP、SATB1、ROR2阳性表达率高于中高度分化、TNM分期Ⅰ～Ⅱ期、无淋巴结转移患者（P＜0.05）。198例患者随访2年失访1例,复发21例,复发率为10.66%。复发组癌组织中YAP、SATB1、ROR2阳性表达率高于未复发组癌组织（P＜0.05）。多因素Cox回归分析显示低分化、TNM分期Ⅲ期、未淋巴结清扫、YAP阳性表达、SATB1阳性表达、ROR2阳性表达比是甲状腺乳头状癌术后复发的危险因素（P＜0.05）。结论：甲状腺乳头状癌组织中YAP、SATB1、ROR2阳性表达率显著增高,YAP、SATB1、ROR2阳性表达与低分化、淋巴结转移、晚TNM分期以及术后复发有关。     

RORα高表达对二烯丙基二硫抑制人胃癌细胞增殖与迁移侵袭的影响

目的观察高表达RORα对二烯丙基二硫(DADS)抑制人胃癌MGC803细胞增殖、迁移与侵袭的影响。方法集落形成实验与流式细胞术检测细胞增殖与细胞周期;细胞划痕和Transwell实验分别检测细胞迁移与侵袭。RT-PCR与Western blot分别检测RORα、MMP-9和TIMP3 mRNA与蛋白表达水平。结果RT-PCR与Western blot检测显示,RORα高表达与DADS处理较对照组与空载体组RORαmRNA与蛋白表达明显上调,DADS+RORα高表达组上调更为显著(P<0.05)。与对照组和空载体组比较,RORα高表达与DADS处理组MMP-9表达下调,TIMP3表达上调,DADS+RORα高表达组改变最为显著。集落形成实验显示,RORα高表达与DADS处理组较对照组与空载体组的集落形成率明显降低。流式细胞术显示,与对照组和空载体组比较,RORα高表达与DADS处理组G2/M期细胞比率明显升高。细胞划痕和Transwell实验显示,RORα高表达与DADS处理组细胞迁移与侵袭能力明显降低。结论RORα高表达可通过上调TIMP3与下调MMP-9促进DADS阻滞MGC803细胞G2/M期和抑制增殖与迁移侵袭。     

全反式维甲酸在平滑肌细胞中上调apelin基因表达的分子机制

本文旨在研究全反式维甲酸(all-trans retinoic acid,ATRA)在血管平滑肌细胞(vascular smooth muscle cell,VSMC)中对apelin基因表达的影响及分子机制。我们用RT-PCR、实时定量PCR和免疫印迹分析检测ATRA对VSMC中apelin基因表达的影响,然后在VSMC中用小干扰RNA转染下调内源性维甲酸受体α(retinoic acid receptorα,RARα)或用腺病毒载体过表达RARα后,检测ATRA对apelin基因表达的影响。结果显示ATRA能以时间和浓度依赖的方式诱导apelin基因的表达,同时RARα表达水平也显著升高,但RARβ和RARγ表达水平无显著变化。利用小干扰RNA下调内源性RARα或用RARα选择性抑制剂Ro 41-5253抑制RARα活性后,再用ATRA刺激VSMC,ATRA对apelin基因表达的诱导作用受到显著抑制,而过表达RARα,则可促进apelin的表达升高。以上结果表明,ATRA可以上调VSMC中apelin基因表达水平,其分子机制是通过其核受体RARα介导完成的。     

VD通过VDR下调β-catenin磷酸化水平抑制胃癌细胞增殖

为探讨维生素D(vitamin D, VD)及维生素D受体(vitamin D receptor, VDR)对胃癌细胞增殖的作用及分子机制,该研究首先通过免疫荧光实验观察胃癌细胞SGC-7901和MKN-45中VDR的表达水平,进一步利用shRNA干扰慢病毒转染两种胃癌细胞,嘌呤霉素筛选建立shVDR稳定株,应用CCK8及细胞集落形成实验,流式细胞学实验, Western blot实验检测VD/VDR在两种胃癌细胞恶性表型增殖及细胞周期中的作用;最后再次应用Western blot实验检测VD/VDR对胃癌细胞中β-catenin磷酸化表达水平的影响。结果表明两种胃癌细胞均表达VDR;在配体骨化三醇(1α,25(OH)_2D_3)存在的情况下,胃癌细胞的增殖和集落形成受到明显抑制,同时抑制β-catenin的磷酸化水平,但对细胞周期分布及细胞周期蛋白Cyclin D1无明显作用。下调VDR的表达水平后, VD对β-catenin磷酸化表达水平无明显影响。证实VDR通过下调β-catenin的磷酸化水平,发挥抑制胃癌细胞增殖的作用。     

RARα mRNA和RARβ mRNA在过量RA致神经管畸形发生中的表达

目的探讨过量RA对金黄地鼠胚胎神经管RARα和RARβ mRNA表达的影响。方法采用原位杂交及图像分析,半定量分析正常及RA致畸金黄地鼠胚胎神经管中RARα和RARβ mRNA表达水平的变化。结果过量RA可使RARα和RARβ mRNA在金黄地鼠神经管中的表达水平呈现短时下降,随后又大幅上升的变化。结论过量RA引起的RARα和RARβ mRNA表达水平的变化与RA致金黄地鼠神经管畸形相关。     

性激素受体在膀胱肿瘤生存预后中的临床价值

目的:观察性激素受体(雄激素受体和雌激素β受体,AR和ERβ)在膀胱癌中的表达,通过它们与临床病理特征和术后复发预后的相关分析来探讨性激素受体的临床意义与价值。方法:采用免疫组织化学SP法检测AR和ERβ蛋白在64例膀胱尿路上皮癌的表达。显微镜下随机选取5个400×高倍视野,每个视野计数100个癌细胞中的阳性细胞数,通过计算染色阳性的细胞率来评估受体蛋白的表达情况。结果:两种性激素受体蛋白均阳性定位于细胞核中。AR阳性表达率为26.6%,ERβ阳性率为81.2%。AR和ERβ的阳性表达率在男女性别方面均无统计学差别(P=0.1982,0.0669)。随着膀胱癌病理分级升高,AR和ERβ的阳性表达率均增高(P=0.0182,0.0360)。同时,AR和ERβ的表达与患病年龄,膀胱内肿瘤数目,肿瘤大小,肿瘤的临床分期均无统计学相关性(P均>0.05)。术后随访患者时间为2-81月,生存分析显示:AR与肿瘤的复发间隔期和5年复发率相关(P=0.0442)。ERβ则与肿瘤患者的总生存期相关(P=0.0001)。阳性表达AR的患者,复发间隔时间增长,5年复发率较低;ERβ阳性患者总生存期较长。结论:性激素受体AR和ERβ阳性表达于临床膀胱癌组织中,并且均与膀胱癌的分化密切相关。这提示AR和ERβ可能在膀胱癌的发生发展中起一定作用。同时,两种蛋白还能作为评估膀胱癌复发预后的预测指标。     

ROR2在骨肉瘤细胞和组织中的表达及其意义

目的：研究ROR2在骨肉瘤细胞及组织中的表达情况,探讨其表达的临床意义。方法：使用Western-blotting实验方法检测骨肉瘤及骨软骨瘤新鲜原发灶标本中ROR2表达情况;使用免疫组化方法检测骨肉瘤及骨软骨瘤原发灶标本中ROR2表达情况并结合临床资料了解其临床意义;使用RT-PCR实验方法检验SaoS-2骨肉瘤细胞中ROR2mRNA表达情况。结果：①通过免疫组织化学的方法检测骨肉瘤标本ROR2阳性表达率为70.91%,骨软骨瘤标本ROR2阳性表达率为20.00%,两者阳性表达率有显著性差异（x2=12.73 P〈0.05）。②Western-blotting实验检测新鲜骨软骨瘤和新鲜骨肉瘤组织中ROR2蛋白表达有显著性差异（P〈0.05）。③RT-PCR实验检测SaoS-2骨肉瘤细胞株中ROR2基因表达阳性。④检测在有转移的骨肉瘤患者标本中ROR2的阳性表达率为100.00%,在无肿瘤转移患者标本中阳性表达率为61.91%,两者表达阳性率有显著性差异（x2=5.26 P〈0.05）。⑤ROR2在骨肉瘤Enneking分期Ⅰ期表达阳性率为22.22%（2/9）,Ⅱ期表达阳性率为72.73%（24/33）,Ⅲ期表达阳性率为100.00%（13/13）。Ⅰ期与Ⅱ期间有显著性差异（x2=5.66 P〈0.05）,Ⅰ期与Ⅲ期间有显著性差异（x2=11.46 P〈0.05）,而Ⅱ期与Ⅲ期间无显著性差异（x2=2.85 P〉0.05）。结论：ROR2蛋白和基因在骨肉瘤组织及细胞中有较强表达。鉴于ROR2对于骨骼发育的影响及其通过WNT信号通路调节成骨细胞增殖及分化的生物学特点使得我们怀疑ROR2可能在骨肉瘤的发生发展过程中具有一定的作用,其可能促进了骨肉瘤的发生发展及恶性生物学行为。     

TGF-α、TGF-β1在胰腺癌中的表达及临床意义

目的:研究TGF-α、TGF-β1与胰腺癌临床病理的关系.方法:免疫组织化学SABC法检测41例胰腺癌组织和12例正常胰腺组织中TGF-α、TGF-β1的表达情况,并分析其与病人的年龄、性别、肿瘤部位、病理分级和分期(UICC)等指标的相关性.结果:在41例胰腺癌组织中TGF-αTGF-β1的阳性表达率分别为73.2%、63.4%,在12例正常胰腺组织中的阳性表达率分别为16.7%、25.0%,两组之间存在显著差异(P=0.001).在胰腺癌组织中,TGF-β1的表达在不同分期中存在显著差异(P=0.019);TGF-α的表达与胰腺癌患者的年龄、性别、肿瘤部位、大小、分期及组织学分级无相关性(P>0.05).结论:TGF-α、TGF-β1在胰腺癌中高表达.TGF-β1与胰腺癌病理分期有关.     

Daily patterns of clock and cognition-related factors are modified in the hippocampus of vitamin A-deficient rats

The circadian expression of clock and clock-controlled cognition-related genes in the hippocampus would be essential to achieve an optimal daily cognitive performance. There is some evidence that retinoid nuclear receptors (RARs and RXRs) can regulate circadian gene expression in different tissues. In this study, Holtzman male rats from control and vitamin A-deficient groups were sacrificed throughout a 24-h period and hippocampus samples were isolated every 4 or 5 h. RARα and RXRβ expression level was quantified and daily expression patterns of clock BMAL1, PER1, RORα, and REVERB genes, RORα and REVERB proteins, as well as temporal expression of cognition-related RC3 and BDNF genes were determined in the hippocampus of the two groups of rats. Our results show significant daily variations of BMAL1, PER1, RORα, and REVERB genes, RORα and REVERB proteins and, consequently, daily oscillating expression of RC3 and BDNF genes in the rat hippocampus. Vitamin A deficiency reduced RXRβ mRNA level as well as the amplitude of PER1, REVERB gene, and REVERB protein rhythms, and phase-shifted the daily peaks of BMAL1 and RORα mRNA, RORα protein, and RC3 and BDNF mRNA levels. Thus, nutritional factors, such as vitamin A and its derivatives the retinoids, might modulate daily patterns of BDNF and RC3 expression in the hippocampus, and they could be essential to maintain an optimal daily performance at molecular level in this learning-and-memory-related brain area.     

Retinoic acid reduces migration of human breast cancer cells: role of retinoic acid receptor beta

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and the appearance of distant metastases produces the death in 98% of cases. The retinoic acid receptor β (RARβ) is not expressed in 50% of invasive breast carcinoma compared with normal tissue and it has been associated with lymph node metastasis. Our hypothesis is that RARβ protein participates in the metastatic process. T47D and MCF7 breast cancer cell lines were used to perform viability assay, immunobloting, migration assays, RNA interference and immunofluorescence. Administration of retinoic acid (RA) in breast cancer cells induced RARβ gene expression that was greatest after 72 hrs with a concentration 1 μM. High concentrations of RA increased the expression of RARβ causing an inhibition of the 60% in cell migration and significantly decreased the expression of migration‐related proteins [moesin, c‐Src and focal adhesion kinase (FAK)]. The treatment with RARα and RARγ agonists did not affect the cell migration. On the contrary, the addition of the selective retinoid RARβ‐agonist (BMS453) significantly reduced cell migration comparable to RA inhibition. When RARβ gene silencing was performed, the RA failed to significantly inhibit migration and resulted ineffective to reduce moesin, c‐Src and FAK expressions. RARβ is necessary to inhibit migration induced by RA in breast cancer cells modulating the expression of proteins involved in cell migration.     

血清对全反式视黄酸抑制肺癌细胞生长的影响

 研究不同浓度的血清对全反式视黄酸 (ATRA)抑制肺癌细胞生长的影响 .当细胞培养在 10 %血清中 ,ATRA不能抑制肺癌细胞生长 ,但是当细胞培养在 1%血清中 ,ATRA能够有效地抑制肺癌细胞生长 .视黄酸受体RARβ介导视黄酸的抗癌作用 .Northern印迹分析表明 ,在高浓度血清中AT RA不能诱导RARβ表达 ,但在低浓度血清中ATRA可以诱导RARβ表达 ,并且瞬时转染和CAT测定证实是通过激活RABβ启动子转录活性而诱导RARβ表达的 .孤生受体Nur77受到血清生长因子刺激后会大量表达 ,具有抗视黄酸活性的作用 .肺癌细胞培养在低浓度血清中 ,Nur77mRNA低水平表达和Nur77蛋白不表达 .然而在高浓度血清中 ,Nur77mRNA和蛋白高水平表达 .另外 ,在无血清条件下 ,EGF也可以诱导Nur77表达 .结果提示 ,血清中的生长因子可能拮抗ATRA抑制肺癌细胞生长的作用 ,其作用途径可能是通过刺激细胞中Nur77表达 ,或者通过下调RARβ启动子的转录活性而抑制RARβ的表达     

Retinoic acid receptors are required for skeletal growth, matrix homeostasis and growth plate function in postnatal mouse

The retinoic acid receptors α, β and γ (RARα, RARβ and RARγ) are nuclear hormone receptors that regulate fundamental processes during embryogenesis, but their roles in skeletal development and growth remain unclear. To study skeletal-specific RAR function, we created conditional mouse mutants deficient in RAR expression in cartilage. We find that mice deficient in RARα and RARγ (or RARβ and RARγ) exhibit severe growth retardation obvious by about 3 weeks postnatally. Their growth plates are defective and, importantly, display a major drop in aggrecan expression and content. Mice deficient in RARα and RARβ, however, are virtually normal, suggesting that RARγ is essential. In good correlation, we find that RARγ is the most strongly expressed RAR in mouse growth plate and its expression characterizes the proliferative and pre-hypertrophic zones where aggrecan is strongly expressed also. By being avascular, those zones lack endogenous retinoids as indicated by previous RARE reporter mice and our direct biochemical measurements and thus, RARγ is likely to exert ligand-less repressor function. Indeed, our data indicate that: aggrecan production is enhanced by RARγ over-expression in chondrocytes under retinoid-free culture conditions; production is further boosted by co-repressor Zac1 or pharmacologic agents that enhance RAR repressor function; and RAR/Zac1 function on aggrecan expression may involve Sox proteins. In sum, our data reveal that RARs, and RARγ in particular, exert previously unappreciated roles in growth plate function and skeletal growth and regulate aggrecan expression and content. Since aggrecan is critical for growth plate function, its deficiency in RAR-mutant mice is likely to have contributed directly to their growth retardation.     

Nuclear import of NLS- RARα is mediated by importin α/β

The promyelocytic leukemia-retinoic acid receptor α (PML/RARα) is hypothesized to play a vital role in the pathogenesis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). A previous study has demonstrated that PML/RARα is cleaved by neutrophil elastase (NE) in early myeloid cells, which leads to an increase in the nuclear localization signal (NLS) in RARα and in the incidence of APL. In this study, we explored the effects of NLS-RARα on acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells and studied the mechanism of its localization. LV-NLS-RARα recombinant lentivirus and negative control LV-NC lentivirus were transfected into HL-60 cells and U937 cells while mutant NLS-RARα were transfected into U937 cells, and all groups were treated with 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3(1,25D3). The results showed that NLS-RARα was located mainly in the nucleus while mutant NLS-RARα was located in the cytoplasm. Overexpression of NLS-RARα downregulated the expression of CD11b, CD11c, CD14, and three forms of CEBPβ compared to the overexpression of NC and mutant NLS-RARα. It was speculated that the abnormal localization of NLS-RARα was mediated via importin-α/β in the pathogenesis of APL. By producing point mutations in the two NLSs in NLS-RARα, we showed that the nuclear import of NLS-RARα was mainly dependent on the NLS of the RARα portion. Subsequently, we found that importin-α1 (KPNA2)/importin-β1 (KPNB1) participates in the nuclear transport of NLS-RARα. Taken together, abnormal localization of NLS-RARα blocks the differentiation of APL cells, and nuclear localization of NLS-RARα depends on NLS of the RARα portion and is mediated via binding with importin-α/β.     

Pre‐activation of retinoid signaling facilitates neuronal differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can differentiate into neurons in an appropriate cellular environment. Retinoid signaling pathway is required in neural development. However, the effect and mechanism through retinoid signaling regulates neuronal differentiation of MSCs are still poorly understood. Here, we report that all‐trans‐retinoic acid (ATRA) pre‐induction improved neuronal differentiation of rat MSCs. We found that, when MSCs were exposed to different concentrations of ATRA (0.01–100 μmol/L) for 24 h and then cultured with modified neuronal induction medium (MNM), 1 μmol/L ATRA pre‐induction significantly improved neuronal differentiation efficiency and neural‐cell survival. Compared with MNM alone induced neural‐like cells, ATRA/MNM induced cells expressed higher levels of Nestin, neuron specific enolase (NSE), microtubule‐associated protein‐2 (MAP‐2), but lower levels of CD68, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and glial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor(GDNF), also exhibited higher resting membrane potential and intracellular calcium concentration, supporting that ATRA pre‐induction promotes maturation and function of derived neurons but not neuroglia cells from MSCs. Endogenous retinoid X receptors (RXR) RXRα and RXRγ (and to a lesser extent, RXRβ) were weakly expressed in MSCs. But the expression of RARα and RARγ was readily detectable, whereas RARβ was undetectable. However, at 24 h after ATRA treatment, the expression of RARβ, not RARα or RARγ, increased significantly. We further found the subnuclear redistribution of RARβ in differentiated neurons, suggesting that RARβ may function as a major mediator of retinoid signaling during neuronal differentiation from MSCs. ATRA treatment upregulated the expression of Vimentin and Stra13, while it downregulated the expression of Brachyury in MSCs. Thus, our results demonstrate that pre‐activation of retinoid signaling by ATRA facilitates neuronal differentiation of MSCs.