蛹虫草对人胃癌细胞BGC-823生长抑制与诱导凋亡作用研究

目的研究蛹虫草水提物（the aqueous extract of Cordycep Militaris,AEoCM）对人胃癌细胞（BGC-823）生长抑制与凋亡诱导作用。方法采用不同浓度的AEoCM分别作用于胃癌BGC-823细胞,24、48和72h后,应用倒置相差显微镜观察胃癌细胞的形态变化,四氮甲基唑蓝（MTT）测定细胞生长抑制效应,流式细胞仪（FCM）检测细胞周期变化及凋亡率,免疫组化方法测定NK-k BP65的表达。结果AEoCM能显著抑制BGC-823细胞增殖,且在一定的浓度范围内呈时问和浓度依赖性。形态学观察发现,细胞变暗、皱缩,形状不规则;FCM检测结果显示,G2期的细胞于作用72h后分布显著增加,使细胞阻滞于G2期。0．5g／L AEoCM在24、48和72h凋亡率分别为4．655％、11．039％和19．368％,其凋亡程度与时间呈正相关,免疫组化方法测定NK-k BP65的表达下调。结论AEoCM能明显抑制BGC-823细胞的生长,诱导其细胞凋亡,其诱导细胞凋亡的机制可能与下调NK—k BP65的表达有关。     

蛋白质酪氨酸磷酸化在抗失巢凋亡的癌细胞中的失调变化

失巢凋亡是细胞与细胞外基质脱离发生的一种特定的凋亡方式 . 癌细胞抗失巢凋亡或失巢生存能力可以使之在转移过程中生存 . 业已发现癌细胞失巢生存与 PI3K-PKB/Akt 、 MAPK 这两条重要信号途径有关,但是 PI3K-PKB/Akt 、 MAPK 通路的上游酪氨酸激酶途径还不甚清楚 . 为此设计了一种基于 SH2-pTyr 特异性结合特性的功能性筛选方法,以期发现癌细胞失巢生存相关的酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质,为最终明确酪氨酸激酶途径提供有力的实验依据 . 实验发现, MDCK 细胞悬浮培养后失巢凋亡,但癌细胞可以失巢生存 . 与这一现象相一致的是,悬浮培养后, MDCK 细胞中一系列 SH2 结合的酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质水平急剧下降,而癌细胞中蛋白质酪氨酸磷酸化水平并不呈锚着依赖性 . 细胞悬浮培养后,随着培养时间的延长, MDCK 细胞中 Abl S SH2 结合的靶蛋白酪氨酸磷酸化水平逐渐降低,在 H460 肺癌细胞中经过短暂下降后升高, H1792 肺癌细胞随着培养时间的延长, Abl SH2 结合的靶蛋白酪氨酸磷酸化水平逐渐增加 . Fyn SH2 和 Crk SH2 结合的蛋白质分别为 FAK 和 p130Cas ,后者是重要的失巢生存信号 . 这些结果提示,酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质可能赋予肺癌细胞失巢生存能力 . 结果也表明,功能性 SH2 筛查方法可以有效地发现肿瘤细胞中失巢生存相关的酪氨酸磷酸化蛋白质 .     

大黄素抑制胃癌细胞糖酵解并促进凋亡

目的:探讨大黄素对人胃癌BGC-823细胞凋亡及糖酵解的影响。方法:采用不同浓度大黄素(30μmol/L、90μmol/L、180μmol/L)、磷脂酰肌醇3-激酶(Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase,PI3K)抑制剂处理人胃癌BGC-823细胞,通过四甲基偶氮唑盐(MTT)检测细胞活力,采用试剂盒检测细胞葡萄糖消耗及乳酸水平,western blotting检测细胞己糖激酶Ⅱ、Bcl-2相关蛋白(Bcl-2 Associated X Protein,Bax)、PI3K、人低氧诱导因子1α(Human Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α,HIF-α)的表达。结果:大黄素能浓度依赖性的抑制BGC-823细胞增殖、葡萄糖消耗,降低乳酸水平;并降低己糖激酶Ⅱ的表达,促进凋亡蛋白Bax表达。PI3K抑制剂可抑制胃癌细胞糖酵解水平,而将大黄素与PI3K抑制剂联合使用后,与单一抑制剂组比,对细胞糖酵解抑制水平进一步加强,大黄素可下调PI3K下游蛋白及HIF-α的表达。结论:大黄素对人胃癌BGC-823细胞的增殖抑制作用其作用机制与调节PI3K途径及HIF-α,并抑制己糖激酶Ⅱ表达降低胃癌细胞糖酵解水平相关。     

大豆低聚糖对人胃癌细胞株BGC-823细胞的细胞凋亡和细胞周期的影响

目的通过观察大豆低聚糖对胃癌癌细胞株BGC-823细胞的细胞周期和细胞凋亡的影响,探索乳酸杆菌发酵滤液对胃癌细胞作用的可能机制。方法用光镜和流式细胞仪分析不同浓度大豆低聚糖对BGC-823细胞的凋亡诱导效果;用流式细胞仪分析不同浓度大豆低聚糖对BGC-823细胞细胞周期的影响。结果大豆低聚糖可以诱导BGC-823细胞的凋亡。形态学观察处理后的BGC-823细胞,可见细胞变形,细胞皱缩,体积变小,细胞间隙增大,细胞核固缩。流式细胞仪分析50 mg/ml和100 mg/ml大豆低聚糖作用48 h和72 h BGC-823细胞的凋亡比例,分别为6.76%和7.93%。50 mg/ml大豆低聚糖作用48 h,引起BGC-823细胞G1期阻滞,100 mg/ml大豆低聚糖作用48 h,引起BGC-823细胞出现S期阻滞。结论大豆低聚糖可诱导部分BGC-823细胞凋亡。大豆低聚糖对BGC-823细胞的生长抑制作用在低浓度时可能通过G1期阻滞实现,在高浓度时可能通过S期阻滞实现。     

二甲基胂酸抑制胃癌细胞增殖的研究

目的:探讨二甲基胂酸(DMAA)对SGC7901胃癌细胞增殖的抑制作用及其可能的机制.方法:依次用5,10,15,20,25,30mmol/L二甲基胂酸处理培养的SGC7901胃癌细胞24 hrs,在5 mmol/L和10 mmol/L的浓度下分别处理6,12,18.24,30,36,42,48hrs,用MTT计数法测定DMAA对肿瘤细胞增殖的抑制率,用激光共聚焦显微镜检测细胞形态变化以及用DNA凝胶电泳检测细胞凋亡.结果:DMAA在不同浓度下对肿瘤细胞的抑制作用呈现典型的双曲线,即随着浓度的增加DMAA对胃癌细胞的抑制率不断增加并逐渐趋于稳定;在形态学上DMAA在低浓度下引起胃癌细胞的胞膜出泡、核固缩、染色体断裂和凋亡小体等典型的细胞凋亡的变化,而在高浓度下主要引起细胞坏死;DNA凝胶电泳结果显示,在低浓度DMAA作用下胃癌细胞DNA呈现细胞凋亡的梯状带型,而在高浓度下梯状带型则消失.结论:DMAA抑制胃癌细胞的增殖,其在低浓度时能有效诱导胃癌SGC 7901细胞凋亡,而在高浓度时使胃癌细胞坏死而死亡.     

苦参碱对鼻咽癌细胞凋亡及凋亡相关基因p53 的表达研究

目的：探讨苦参碱对体外培养的人鼻咽癌细胞增殖、凋亡及凋亡相关基因p53 mRNA 和蛋白表达的影响,初步探讨苦参碱 诱导人鼻咽癌细胞凋亡的可能机制。方法：采用MTT 法检测不同浓度苦参碱（0、0.25、0.5、1、1.5、2 mg/ml）对CNE1、CNE2 细胞增 殖的影响;采用荧光定量PCR 法检测这些浓度的苦参碱处理48 h后CNE2 细胞p53 mRNA的变化; Western Blot 检测其蛋白的 变化情况。结果：MTT结果显示苦参碱具有抑制CNE1、CNE2 细胞体外增殖作用,其抑制率存在浓度、时间依赖性。荧光定量 PCR及Western Blot 检测结果显示,苦参碱抑制CNE2细胞p53 mRNA 和蛋白的表达,且亦呈浓度依赖性。结论：苦参碱抑制 CNE2 细胞的增殖,诱导细胞凋亡,呈现浓度、时间依赖性,其作用与抑制CNE2 细胞中p53 基因和蛋白的表达密切相关。     

苦参碱对鼻咽癌细胞凋亡及凋亡相关基因p53的表达研究

目的：探讨苦参碱对体外培养的人鼻咽癌细胞增殖、凋亡及凋亡相关基因p53 mRNA和蛋白表达的影响,初步探讨苦参碱诱导人鼻咽癌细胞凋亡的可能机制。方法：采用MTT法检测不同浓度苦参碱（0、0.25、0.5、1、1.5、2 mg/ml）对CNE1、CNE2细胞增殖的影响;采用荧光定量PCR法检测这些浓度的苦参碱处理48 h后CNE2细胞p53 mRNA的变化;Western Blot检测其蛋白的变化情况。结果：MTT结果显示苦参碱具有抑制CNE1、CNE2细胞体外增殖作用,其抑制率存在浓度、时间依赖性。荧光定量PCR及Western Blot检测结果显示,苦参碱抑制CNE2细胞p53 mRNA和蛋白的表达,且亦呈浓度依赖性。结论：苦参碱抑制CNE2细胞的增殖,诱导细胞凋亡,呈现浓度、时间依赖性,其作用与抑制CNE2细胞中p53基因和蛋白的表达密切相关。     

无花果枝提取物体外诱导胃癌BGC-823细胞凋亡的研究

为探讨新鲜无花果枝提取物(FBE)对体外培养的人胃癌细胞株BGC-823增殖和凋亡的影响,用不同浓度FBE处理胃癌BGC-823细胞,采用细胞形态学观察,细胞活力测定(MTY法)及免疫组织化学法检测增殖细胞核抗原(PCNA)表达情况来评价FBE对BGC-823细胞体外增殖的影响,应用流式细胞术的膜联蛋白V/碘化丙啶技术(Annexin V/PI法)检测FBE诱导BGC-823细胞体外凋亡的情况.形态学观察发现中高剂量(＞0.5mg/mL)组处理4 h细胞出现明显凋亡,24 h检测到中高剂量(＞0.5 mg/mE)组细胞增殖活力和增殖细胞核抗原表达显著降低(P＜0.05),流式细胞仪检测到FBE处理4 h所有剂量组细胞平均凋亡率(9.76%,10.87%,14.29%,49.67%,71.37%)均高于对照组(6.1%)(P＜0.05或P＜0.01),以上作用效果呈现剂量依赖性.以上结果说明无花果枝提取物能够通过诱导胃癌BGC-823细胞凋亡从而抑制其体外的生长与增殖.     

靶向survivin基因的siRNA对姜黄素诱导胃癌细胞凋亡的影响

目的:研究靶向survivin基因的siRNA对胃癌细胞,survivin表达的影响,抑制survivin基因表达对姜黄素诱导胃癌细胞凋亡的影响。方法:通过脂质体将survivinsiRNA导入胃癌细胞株BGC-803,用Real-timePCR和Western-blotting检测转染后细胞内survivin基因表达水平,流式细胞仪和Hochest染色检测细胞凋亡的改变。结果:姜黄素可抑制BGC-803细胞的生长,其生长抑制率和药物浓度与作用时间呈依赖关系;姜黄素作用BGC-803细胞后,survivin蛋白和mRNA表达降低;通过转染survivinsiRNA抑制BGC-803细胞survivin基因的表达能促进姜黄素诱导BGC-803细胞凋亡的作用。结论:靶向抑制survivin基因表达后姜黄素诱导胃癌细胞BGC-803凋亡的作用增强。     

反义p73基因诱导人肝癌细胞HepG2的凋亡

目的：构建表达重组反义p73基因的重组逆转录病毒,观察其对人肝癌细胞HepG2的凋亡诱导活性,并进一步探讨其作用机制。方法：克隆p73基因的反义片段,重组法构成逆转录病毒载体pBabe-p73（pBP73）,以脂质体Lipofectamine2000将其转染293A细胞进行病毒包装;将逆转录病毒感染人肝癌细胞HepG2,用MTT法检测细胞生长抑制情况,Western blotting检测p73的表达;再分别用琼脂糖凝胶电泳和流式细胞仪检测肿瘤细胞的凋亡;最后检测p53,caspase-3和bcl-2蛋白的表达变化。结果  重组质粒pBP73经鉴定连接正确,其转染293A细胞后上清液中可得到病毒,滴度达5×107pfu;MTT检测见pBP73病毒组48和72h细胞抑制率高于对照组（45.1% vs. 5.3%,69.5% vs.17.3%,均p<0.05）。琼脂糖凝胶电泳出现典型梯形条带;流式细胞仪检测出现凋亡峰,于转染48h后达最高峰,其凋亡百分率高达20.47%;p73蛋白高表达组p53和caspase-3蛋白的表达亦有显著升高（p<0.05）,但bcl-2蛋白未见表达差异。结论：成功构建了p73逆转录病毒,反义p73基因在体外能够有效地诱导人肝癌细胞HepG2的凋亡,其可能机制是通过激活caspase-3而发生作用。     

Cleavage of p130Cas in anoikis

p130Cas is a multifunctional signaling adaptor protein. It integrates and relays signals generated from a variety of extracellular stimuli and regulates a number of cellular activities including cell death. In this study, we analyzed the regulation and function of p130Cas in anoikis, a type of apoptosis caused by disruption of cell-matrix interactions. We found that p130Cas was specifically cleaved during anoikis in anoikis-sensitive epithelial cells, but not in anoikis-resistant tumor cells. There is a close correlation between p130Cas cleavage and anoikis. Furthermore, we found that the cleavage of p130Cas, as well as another focal adhesion component FAK, is different from that of caspase substrate PARP and spectrin. Although caspases and calpain were found to be involved in the cleavage of p130Cas, there appear to be other unidentified proteases that are mainly responsible for the cleavage of p130Cas, particularly at the early stage of anoikis. Overexpression of the p130Cas cleavage product induced apoptosis. Taken together, these data suggest that there are novel proteases involved in the cleavage of p130Cas during anoikis, which may be functionally involved in the onset of anoikis. p130Cas may have a dual role in the regulation of anoikis. On one hand, it mediates a survival signal from cell-matrix interactions when cells are attached to the extracellular matrix. On the other hand, it participates in executing cell death when cell-matrix interactions are disrupted. These observations provide new insights into the understanding of the function of p130Cas and the molecular mechanism of anoikis.     

Anchorage-independent phosphorylation of p130(Cas) protects lung adenocarcinoma cells from anoikis

The regulation and function of the signaling adaptor protein p130(Cas) in tumor cell anchorage-independent survival, or anoikis resistance, were investigated in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. The tyrosine phosphorylation and function of p130(Cas) during cell detachment were analyzed in tumor cells and compared with that of normal epithelial cells. Cell detachment trigged rapid dephosphorylation of p130(Cas) in the nontumorigenic and anoikis-sensitive normal epithelial cells, but had no effect on the tyrosine phosphorylation of p130(Cas) in the anoikis-resistant lung adenocarcinoma cells. Further analysis revealed that the total tyrosine kinase activities associated with p130(Cas) in the lung tumor cells are anchorage-independent and are significantly higher than that in the normal cells, in which the p130(Cas)-associated tyrosine kinase activities are anchorage-dependent. Analysis of two known p130(Cas)-associated tyrosine kinases FAK and Src indicated that the regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK and Src are altered in the tumor cells. Inhibition of Src specifically abolished phosphorylation of p130(Cas) and induced anoikis. Furthermore, overexpression of dominant-negative forms of p130(Cas) also induced apoptosis. Taken together, these data suggest that p130(Cas) mediates a cell survival signal from cell-matrix interaction. Alterations in tumor cells that lead to constitutive phosphorylation of p130(Cas) can prevent cells from anoikis, hence contribute to tumor cell anchorage independence and metastasis.     

Molecular basis for regulation of Src by the docking protein p130Cas

The docking protein p130Cas (Cas) becomes tyrosine-phosphorylated in its central substrate domain in response to extracellular stimuli such as integrin-mediated cell adhesion, and transmits signals through interactions with various intracellular signaling molecules such as the adaptor protein Crk. Src-family kinases (SFKs) bind a specific site in the carboxyl-terminal region of Cas and subsequently SFKs phosphorylate progressively the substrate domain in Cas. In this study crystallography, mutagenesis and binding assays were used to understand the molecular basis for Cas interactions with SFKs. Tyrosine phosphorylation regulates binding of Cas to SFKs, and the primary site for this phosphorylation, Y762, has been proposed. A phosphorylated peptide corresponding to Cas residues 759MEDpYDYVHL767 containing the key phosphotyrosine was crystallized in complex with the SH3-SH2 domain of the SFK Lck. The results provide the first structural data for this protein-protein interaction. The motif in Cas 762pYDYV binds to the SH2 domain in a mode that mimics high-affinity ligands, involving dual contacts of Y762 and V765 with conserved residues in SFK SH2 domains. In addition, Y764 is in position to make an electrostatic contact after phosphorylation with a conserved SFK arginine that mediates interactions with other high-affinity SH2 binders. These new molecular data suggest that Cas may regulate activity of Src as a competing ligand to displace intramolecular interactions that occur in SFKs (between the C-terminal tail and the SH2 domain) and restrain and down-regulate the kinase in an inactive form.     

CrkI and p130(Cas) complex regulates the migration and invasion of prostate cancer cells

Prostate cancer metastasis is often associated with poor prognosis. The molecular coupling of the adaptor protein Crk to the docking protein p130(Cas) serves as a switch that regulates cell migration in several invasive cancer cells and Ack appears to act upstream of CrkII to modulate the cell motility. However, the precise role of Ack, Crk and p130(Cas) complex in prostate cancer migration remains unknown. In this study we examined the expression of Crk and p130(Cas) in prostate cancer cell lines, and found that CrkI and p130(Cas) protein level was higher in highly invasive PC-3M and PC-3 cell lines than in moderately invasive DU-145 cells. Upon shRNA mediated knockdown of CrkI and p130(Cas) in PC-3M cells, cell migration and invasion were significantly inhibited as analyzed by wound healing assay and transwell invasion assay. Furthermore, co-immunoprecipitation assay showed that p130(Cas) interacted with CrkI in PC-3M cells and the stability of p130(Cas) and CrkI depended on each other. AckI interacted with both CrkI and p130(Cas) and the interaction of AckI with CrkI seemed to be independent of p130(Cas) . Taken together, our results demonstrate the high expression of CrkI and p130(Cas) in invasive prostate cancer cells and the important role of CrkI/p130(Cas) complex in the migration and invasion of prostate cancer cells. These data suggest that CrkI/p130(Cas) could be exploited as potential molecular therapeutic target for prostate cancer metastasis.