Livin蛋白在乳腺癌中的表达及与Bcl-2关系

目的 探讨凋亡抑制基因Livin和Bcl-2蛋白在乳腺癌组织中表达及与临床病理参数的关系.方法 应用western blot和免疫组织化学SP法检测90例乳腺癌、30例乳腺良性病变和15例乳腺癌旁组织中Livin和Bel-2蛋白的表达情况,分析两种蛋白表达的相关性.结果 Livin蛋白在乳腺癌组织中的阳性表达率及蛋白表达量明显高于癌旁组织和乳腺良性病变,差异有显著性(P＜0.05).Livin蛋白在乳腺癌中的阳性表达与肿瘤大小,组织学类型,组织学分级及淋巴结转移无关(P＞0.05),但随临床分期的增加而升高(P＜0.05);Livin和BcI-2蛋白在乳腺癌组织中的表达显著相关(P＜0.05).结论 Livin蛋白在乳腺癌组织巾表达上调,且与病理分期有关,提示Livin蛋白可通过抑制细胞凋亡促进乳腺癌的发生、发展,Livin与Bel-2蛋白可能在乳腺癌的演进中起着协同作用.     

乙醛脱氢酶1和肿瘤坏死因子相关诱导凋亡配体在膀胱癌组织中的表达及其临床意义

目的:探讨乙醛脱氢酶1(ALDH-1)和肿瘤坏死因子相关诱导凋亡配体(TRAIL)在膀胱癌组织中的表达及其临床意义。方法:选取2015年3月到2018年1月在河北北方学院附属第一医院进行治疗的膀胱癌患者70例,收集其手术切除的癌组织和癌旁正常组织,采用免疫组化法检测癌组织和癌旁正常组织中ALDH-1、TRAIL表达情况,分析ALDH-1、TRAIL的表达与膀胱癌患者的临床病理特征的关系及癌组织中ALDH-1、TRAIL表达的相关性。结果:癌组织中的ALDH-1的阳性表达率高于癌旁正常组织,TRAIL的阳性表达率低于癌旁正常组织(P0.05)。膀胱癌患者的ALDH-1阳性表达率与年龄、性别、分化程度、肿瘤数量无关(P0.05),临床分期为T2-T3期、有淋巴结转移的膀胱癌患者ALDH-1阳性表达率高于临床分期为Ta-T1期、无淋巴结转移的膀胱癌患者(P0.05)。膀胱癌患者的TRAIL阳性表达率与年龄、性别、临床分期、淋巴结转移、肿瘤数量无关(P0.05),高分化的膀胱癌患者TRAIL阳性表达率高于中低分化的膀胱癌患者(P0.05)。Pearson相关性分析显示,癌组织中ALDH-1、TRAIL表达无明显的相关性(P0.05)。结论:膀胱癌组织中ALDH-1的表达偏高且与临床分期和淋巴结转移有关,TRAIL的表达偏低且与分化程度有关,但ALDH-1和TRAIL之间无相关性,需进一步探讨与研究。     

转录因子Snail在非小细胞肺癌中的表达及意义

目的检测转录因子Snail mRNA及蛋白在非小细胞肺癌(non-small cell lung cancer,NSCLC)中的表达,探讨Snail在NSCLC发生发展中的作用。方法采用免疫组织化学、RT-PCR的方法检测NSCLC、癌旁相对正常肺组织(>5cm)中转录因子Snail蛋白及mRNA的表达,并分析其与临床病理参数之间的关系。结果 NSCLC组织中Snail mRNA的阳性表达率(82.7%)高于癌旁相对正常肺组织(23.1%,P<0.05);NSCLC组织中Snail mRNA的阳性表达量(1.368±0.614)高于癌旁相对正常肺组织(0.579±0.217,P<0.05)。NSCLC组织中Snail蛋白的阳性表达率(80.8%)高于癌旁相对正常肺组织(23.1%,P<0.05),且癌组织中Snail蛋白阳性表达率与TNM分期、淋巴结转移有关(P<0.05),而与组织分型、分化程度、吸烟史无关(P>0.05)。结论 NSCLC的癌变、侵袭、转移可能与Snail蛋白、mRNA的高表达有关。     

甲状腺乳头状癌中Survivin,VEGF,EGFR的表达及临床意义分析

目的:探讨甲状腺乳头状癌(PTC)中存活素(Survivin)、血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)、表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)的表达及临床意义。方法:选择2013年4月~2016年4月在我院收治的100例PTC患者的手术标本以及同期100例癌旁正常甲状腺组织为研究对象,采用免疫组化方法检测盒比较Survivin、VEGF、EGFR的表达在PTC及癌旁正常甲状腺组织中的表达及二者的相关性,并分析其Survivin、VEGF、EGFR的表达与PTC患者临床病理特征的相关性。结果:PTC组织中Survivin、VEGF、EGFR阳性表达率均显著高于癌旁正常甲状腺组织,差异具有统计学意义(P0.05);Survivin、VEGF在淋巴结转移患者中的阳性表达率显著高于无淋巴结转移者(P0.05);EGFR在女性PTC患者中的阳性表达率显著高于男性(P0.05)。PTC组织中VEGF和Survivin、EGFR的表达无显著相关性(P0.05),但Survivin和EGFR的表达显著相关(r=0.235,P0.05)。结论:Survivin、VEGF、EGFR在PTC组织中表达上调,Survivin、VEGF与PTC的淋巴结转移有关,Survivin和EGFR在PTC的发生、发展过程中可能存在着协同作用。     

抗凋亡蛋白Survivin和Ki-67在肝癌组织中的表达及相关性研究

目的:观察抗凋亡蛋白Survivin和Ki-67在原发性肝癌(PHC)中的表达并探讨其临床意义.方法:采用免疫组织化学S-P法检测34例原发性肝癌组织、14例癌旁正常肝组织中survivin和Ki-67的表达情况.结果:原发性肝癌组织中survivin的阳性表达定位于细胞浆和细胞核,阳性表达率明显高于癌旁正常肝组织(P＜0.05);Ki-67的阳性表达主要定位于细胞核,其阳性表达率亦明显高于癌旁正常肝组织(P＜0.05).二者的阳性表达与原发性肝癌患者的性别、年龄、肿瘤大小无相关性(P＞0.05),与淋巴结转移、组织分化程度及癌栓是否形成有关(P＜0.05);此外,二者在原发性肝癌组织中的表达呈显著正相关(P＜0.05).结论:Survivin和Ki-67在原发性肝癌组织中表达上调,均与原发性肝癌的组织分化程度及癌栓是否形成密切相关;检测survivin和Ki-67的表达有助于原发性肝癌的预防、治疗和预后评估.     

非小细胞肺癌中DPC4、VEGF基因的表达及相关性研究

目的:研究DPC4和VEGF基因在非小细胞肺癌中的表达及相关性.方法:利用免疫组织化学SP法检测60例NSCLC组织、10例相应的癌旁正常肺组织中DPC4、VEGF的表达.结果:DPC4在60例NSCLC标本中的阳性表达率为63.3%(38/60),癌旁正常肺组织中的阳性表达率90.0%(9/10),差别有显著性意义(P＜0.05);DPCA与患者的年龄、性别、组织学类型、TNM分期、肿瘤细胞分化程度无关(P＞0.05),而与淋巴结转移显著相关(P＜0.05).肺癌组织中VEGF阳性率(81.7%,49/60)明显高于正常肺组织(20.0%,2/10),有显著性差别(P＜0.05);VEGF的阳性表达与患者的年龄、性别、组织学类型无关(P＞0.05),而与TNM分期、肿瘤细胞分化程度、淋巴结转移明显相关.60例NSCLC中,DPCA的表达与VEGF呈明显的负相关(r=0.303,P＜0.05).结论:DPC4在肺癌组织中低表达,可促进肺癌的淋巴结转移.VEGF在肺癌组织中高表达,可促进肺癌的发生、发展、转移.DPC4、VEGF在肺癌中的表达呈负相关,提示DPC4可能通过下调VEGF的表达而抑制血管的生成.     

Livin和p-p38MAPK在乳腺癌中的表达及意义

目的观察凋亡抑制因子Livin和磷酸化p38MAPK(p-p38MAPK)在乳腺癌组织中的表达,探讨其表达的临床意义。方法随机选取70例乳腺癌和对照组的30例癌旁组织蜡块标本,应用免疫组织化学技术检测Livin和p-p38MAPK蛋白的表达及细胞内定位,分析其表达与乳腺癌患者临床病理相关指标之间的关系。收集手术切除的20例新鲜乳腺癌和其相对应的癌旁组织标本,运用免疫印迹(Western blot)技术进一步定量检测Livin和p-p38MAPK蛋白的表达水平。并应用统计学软件Spearman等级相关检验分析Livin和p-p38MAPK蛋白表达的相关性。结果免疫组织化学结果显示,Livin、p-p38MAPK分别在64.3%(45/70)和57.1%(40/70)的乳腺癌组织中阳性表达,其阳性率均显著高于对照组的癌旁组织(P0.05)。并且Livin、p-p38MAPK蛋白表达均与乳腺癌患者的不同TNM分期、有或无腋窝淋巴结转移密切相关(P0.05)。Western blot亦进一步证实,Livin、p-p38MAPK蛋白在乳腺癌中的表达水平亦均高于其相对应的癌旁组织(P0.05)。此外,Livin与p-p38MAPK蛋白表达呈正向相关性(r=0.318,P=0.008)。结论 Livin、p-p38MAPK蛋白的表达在乳腺癌的发展演进过程中可能起着不可忽视的作用,并且两者可能存在一定的调控关系。     

Livin及survivin表达与结肠癌发生、发展、转移及预后的关系

目的：探讨Livin及survivin表达与结肠癌发生、发展、转移及预后的关系。方法：采用免疫组化sP法检测100例结肠癌病人的癌、癌旁组织和正常结肠组织标本中Livin及survivin的表达,分析其与结肠癌发生、发展、转移及预后的关系,并通过随访研究其与5年生存率的关系。结果：Livin和Survivin在结肠癌组织中的阳性表达率均显著高于癌旁组织和正常结肠组织（P〈0．05）,在结肠癌组织中的表达与患者年龄、性别、肿瘤的大小和分化程度均不具有相关性（P〉O．05）,在有淋巴结及远处转移患者中高表达,与无转移者差异显著（P〈0．05）;Livin和Survivin表达阳性者5年生存率均明显低于表达阴性者（P〈0．05）;Livin和Survivin的表达无相关性。结论：Livin和Survivin在结肠癌的发生、发展和转移中起重要作用,对预后的判断具有一定的参考意义。     

甘油二酯激酶α在结直肠癌中的表达及其与PKC、TNFα的相关性

目的探讨甘油二酯激酶α(DGKα)在结直肠癌中的表达及其与蛋白激酶C(PKC)、肿瘤坏死因子α(TNFα)表达的相关性。方法应用免疫组化方法检测DGKα、PKC和TNFα在48例结直肠癌、癌旁正常组织和9例腺瘤性息肉中的表达。结果 DGKα在结直肠癌组织和癌旁正常组织有表达,结直肠癌组织中DGKα阳性表达率(79.2%)显著高于腺瘤性息肉(阴性)和癌旁正常组织(33.3%,P0.05);PKC主要分布在结直肠癌和癌旁正常组织中,结直肠癌组织中PKC阳性表达率(35.4%)显著高于腺瘤性息肉(阴性),与癌旁正常组织(20.8%)相比无显著性差异(P0.05);TNFα在三种组织中均表达阳性,结直肠癌组织中TNFα阳性表达率(95.8%)显著高于腺瘤性息肉(55.6%,P0.05),与癌旁正常组织(87.5%)相比无显著性差异(P0.05);结直肠癌组织中,DGKα与PKC的表达呈负相关(r=-0.437,P0.05),与TNFα的表达没有相关性(r=0.185,P0.05)。结论DGKα在结直肠癌组织中的表达高于腺瘤性息肉,DGKα可能抑制了PKC的活性,但对TNFα没有明显的抑制作用,在临床病理鉴别诊断中有辅助价值。     

Nucleostemin基因在非小细胞肺癌组织中的表达及意义

目的探讨Nucleostemin(NS,核干细胞因子)基因在非小细胞肺癌(non-small cell lung cancer,NSCLC)组织中的表达及临床意义。方法利用RT-PCR法检测13对NSCLC组织和癌旁正常组织中NS mRNA的表达;采用免疫组织化学SP法检测73例NSCLC组织和13例癌旁正常组织中NS蛋白的表达,并分析与NSCLC患者临床病理特征的关系。结果 NSCLC组织中NS mRNA相对表达强度(0.848±0.305)显著高于癌旁正常组织(0.153±0.020)(t=8.712,P0.01)。NS蛋白在NSCLC中的表达率为58.9%(43/73)显著高于癌旁正常组织中的表达率0%(0/13)(χ2=15.315,P0.01)。NS蛋白的表达率与NSCLC的组织类型及分化程度相关,腺癌组织的表达率为76.5%(26/34)明显高于鳞癌组织的表达率43.6%(17/39)(χ2=8.113,P0.01);低分化组织的表达率81.5%(22/27)明显高于高、中分化组织的表达率45.7%(21/46)(χ2=9.023,P0.01),而与患者性别、年龄、肿瘤大小、TNM分期及淋巴结转移无关(P0.05)。结论 NS基因mRNA及蛋白在NSCLC组织中高表达,对肿瘤细胞的恶性增殖起了重要作用,是一个新的有应用价值的肿瘤分子标志物。     

Trout sertoli and leydig cells: Isolation,separation, and culture

Trout testes at various stages of maturation were dissociated by perfusion at 12°C with collagenase plus pronase and then with collagenase alone, followed by slight shaking overnight in 1% bovine albumin. This step provided a suspension of isolated somatic and germ cells, clusters of interstitial cells, and either intact spermatogenetic cysts (meiotic testes) or clusters of Sertoli cells (other testes). Most of the spermatozoa were removed from the testis cell suspension by centrifugation in Percoll (density 1.065 g/ml). Sertoli and Leydig cells were prepared by a two-step separation method: (1) the testis cell suspension was separated by sedimentation at unit gravity into “isolated cell” and “cell cluster” populations; (2) these populations were fractionated by isopyknic centrifugation in Percoll gradients. In terms of somatic cell composition, a nearly pure Sertoli cell (clusters) population was obtained between 1.017 and 1.033 g/ml and a Leydig cell (clusters) enriched population of between 1.033 and 1.048 g/ml (testes resuming spermatogenesis) or 1.048 and 1.062 g/ml (other testes). These various cell populations were cultured in modified Leibovitz L15 medium for 10–15 days. When seeded, the Sertoli cells had a normal ultrastructure that remained unchanged for at least 10 days, and the steroidogenic activity of Leydig cells could be stimulated by salmon gonadotropin. Leydig cells remained 3β-HSD positive and produced progesterone and 17α, 20β-OH progesterone for at least 11 days. This study points out that viable and differentiated trout somatic testicular cells can be prepared and cultured for several days.     

BMP signaling and stem cell regulation

Stem cells play an essential role in cellular specialization and pattern formation during embryogenesis and in tissue regeneration in adults. This is mainly due to a stem cell's ability to replenish itself (self-renewal) and, at the same time, produce differentiated progeny. Realization of these special stem cell features has changed the prospective of the field. However, regulation of stem cell self-renewal and maintenance of its potentiality require a complicated regulatory network of both extracellular cues and intrinsic programs. Understanding how signaling regulates stem cell behavior will shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying stem cell self-renewal. In this review, we focus on comparing the progress of recent research regarding the roles of the BMP signaling pathway in different stem cell systems, including embryonic stem cells, germline stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells, and intestinal stem cells. We hope this comparison, together with a brief look at other signaling pathways, will bring a more balanced view of BMP signaling in regulation of stem cell properties, and further point to a general principle that self-renewal of stem cells may require a combination of maintenance of proliferation potential, inhibition of apoptosis, and blocking of differentiation.     

干细胞理论及研究进展

干细胞是目前细胞工程研究最活跃的领域,通过对各种干细胞的界定,胚胎干细胞和成体干细胞的比较研究、以及干细胞的技术应用,揭示出干细胞尤其是胚胎干细胞在医学以及整个生命科学中的巨大潜势,乃至于引发医学领域的重大变革。     

微囊化K562细胞生长周期及代谢特性的研究

以K562细胞为模型,分别进行微囊化和游离培养,运用流式细胞术考察两种培养体系下细胞周期和生长代谢变化;建立数学模型,模拟了两种培养体系下细胞的生长活性和代谢特性。实验发现：微囊化培养过程中的K562细胞处于DNA合成期（S期）的百分含量显著高于游离培养,并且细胞保持较高的增殖活性。模型计算表明,所建模型动力学参数能够很好地描述微囊化和游离两种培养体系下细胞的代谢情况;对细胞活性的理论计算表明,微囊化的细胞具有较高的增殖和代谢活性,同时细胞能够较长时间保持此活性;模型参数表明,两种培养体系下,葡萄糖对细胞生长的影响无显著差别 (k^Free_L≈k^APA_L),乳酸对游离培养细胞的生长具有明显抑制作用,但对微囊化培养细胞抑制作用较小(kFreeL>≈kAPAL)。     

Stem cells and regenerative medicine

Stem cells have been defined as clonogenic cells that undergo both self-renewal and differentiation to more committed progenitors and functionally specialized mature cells. Of late years, stem cells have been identified in a variety of tissues of an adult body. Depending on the source, they have the potential to form one or more, or even all cell types of an organism. Stem cell research provided some outstanding contributions to our understanding of developmental biology and offered much hope for cell replacement therapies overcoming a variety of diseases. The establishment of human ES cell lines enabled us to generate all tissues we comprise. Recently, excitement has been evoked by the controversial evidence that adult stem cells have a much higher degree of developmental plasticity than previously imagined. More recently, the existence of multipotent somatic stem cells in bone marrow has been reported. Combined with these discoveries and achievements as well as the developing technologies, scientists are now trying to bring stem cell therapies to the clinic.     

Zinc and immunity

Nutritional deficiency of zinc is widespread throughout the developing countries and a conditioned deficiency of zinc is known to occur in many diseased states. Zinc is known to play an important role in the immune system and zinc deficient subjects may experience increased susceptibility to a variety of pathogens. We have studied the effects of a mild deficiency of zinc on T cells in an experimental model of human zinc deficiency. We showed that T cell functions were affected adversely even when the deficiency of zinc was mild in humans. Characteristically during zinc deficiency, the serum thymulin activity (a thymic hormone) was decreased which was restored following zinc supplementation. Our studies also showed that zinc deficiency caused an imbalance between TH1 and TH2 functions. The production of IFN-g, IL-2, TNF-a (products of TH1 cells) were decreased, whereas the production of IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10 (products of TH2) were not affected during zinc deficiency. T cell subpopulation studies revealed that the CD4+ CD45RA+ to CD4+ CD45RO+ ratio was decreased as a result of zinc deficiency, suggesting that zinc may be required for the regeneration of new CD4+ T cells. We further documented that zinc deficiency decreased NK cell lytic activity and caused a decrease in the percentage of CD8+ CD73+ T cells which are known to be predominantly precursors of cytotoxic T cells. In a suitable cell culture model our studies revealed that the gene expression of a DNA synthesizing enzyme TK was affected adversely which resulted in delayed cell cycle and decreased cell growth. The above immunological consequences of zinc deficiency may be responsible for decreased cell mediated immune functions in zinc deficient subjects.     

Of mice, frogs and flies: generation of membrane asymmetries in early development

Embryonic development begins with cleavage of the fertilized egg. Cleavage comprises two major processes: cytokinesis and formation of a polarized epithelial cell layer. The focus of this review is comparison of the generation of membrane polarity during embryonic cleavage in three different developmental model systems. In mammalian embryos, as exemplified by analysis of the mouse, generation of distinct membrane domains is uncoupled from cleavage divisions and is initiated in a specific developmental phase, called compaction. In Xenopus laevis embryos, generation of polarized blastomeres occurs simultaneously with cytokinesis. The origin of specific membrane domains of X. laevis polar blastomeres, however, can be traced back to oogenesis. Finally, in Drosophila melanogaster, generation of polarized cells occurs at cellularization. The relevance of cell adhesion, cell junctions and cytocortical scaffolds will be discussed for each of the model systems. Despite enormous morphologic differences, the three models share many common features; in particular, many important molecular interactions are conserved.     

The role of glutamine, serum and energy factors in growth of enterocyte-like cell lines

Background: Glutamine is routinely added to most cell cultures. Glutamine has been found to be the preferential nutrient to the rapidly replicating intestinal mucosa, but whether this is a metabolic effect or due to other properties of this amino acid is not determined. To study the importance of glutamine on the growth of two enterocyte-like cell lines, the effects of depriving the media or supplementing it with glutamine were assessed in media with different serum and energy supplements. Methods: CaCo-2 and HT-29 cells were grown in serum-free medium, with fetal bovine or synthetic serum, and with or without glucose or galactose. The glutamine content was varied between 0 and 4 mM. All growth assays were performed in triplicate by counting in a hemocytometer. Results: Both cell lines were dependent of serum factors for growth, but displayed distinct requirements on glutamine supplementation. Glutamine was an obligate supplement with dose-dependent correlation to growth (r=0.87, p<0.01) for CaCo-2 cells cultured in synthetic, but not in fetal bovine serum. In HT-29 cells, the correlation between glutamine and growth was significant (r=0,68, p<0,05) only in fetal bovine serum in the absence of galactose. Conclusion: This study shows that glutamine has different growth stimulating effects on two enterocyte-like cell lines studied. This could reflect different modes of action of glutamine on proliferation and differentiation in an enterocyte cell population.     

Efficient and Innocuous Live‐Cell Delivery: Making Membrane Barriers Disappear to Enable Cellular Biochemistry

The confluence of protein engineering techniques and delivery protocols are providing new opportunities in cell biology. In particular, techniques that render the membrane of cells transiently permeable make the introduction of nongenetically encodable macromolecular probes into cells possible. This, in turn, can enable the monitoring of intracellular processes in ways that can be both precise and quantitative, ushering an area that one may envision as cellular biochemistry. Herein, the author reviews pioneering examples of such new cell‐based assays, provides evidence that challenges the paradigm that cell penetration is a necessarily damaging and stressful event for cells, and highlights some of the challenges that should be addressed to fully unlock the potential of this nascent field.     

钙离子对鼠角质细胞生长和分化的影响

用无血清培养基培养角质细胞,研究了Ca²⁺对鼠角质细胞生长和分化的影响。实验结果表明,培养基中钙离子最佳浓度为0.2mmol/L。在此浓度下,细胞克隆形成率达到10.8%,细胞的贴壁率达到28.7%,细胞的分化比例和老化比例分别为5.4%和26.3%;当Ca²⁺浓度达到0.6mmol/L以上时,则会引起角质细胞显著的分化和老化。