mGS评分联合血清 FGFR-1、PTX3对脑室出血患者脑室外引流术后预后不良的预测价值

摘要 目的：探讨脑室改良的Graeb评分（mGS评分）联合血清成纤维细胞生长因子受体-1（FGFR-1）、正五聚蛋白3（PTX3）对脑室出血（IVH）患者脑室外引流术后预后不良的预测价值。方法：选择河北医科大学第一医院2020年2月至2022年2月行脑室外引流治疗的109例IVH患者，出院后3个月采用格拉斯哥预后评分（GOS）评价患者预后，根据GOS评分将IVH患者分为预后不良组（51例）和预后良好组（58例）。术前评估mGS评分，并检测血清FGFR-1、PTX3水平。多因素Logistic回归分析法分析影响IVH患者脑室外引流术后预后不良的因素。绘制受试者工作特征曲线（ROC）分析mGS评分联合血清 FGFR-1、PTX3预测IVH患者脑室外引流术后预后不良的价值。结果：预后不良组术前mGS评分、血清PTX3水平高于预后良好组（P＜0.05），血清FGFR-1水平低于预后良好组（P＜0.05）。并发脑疝、高mGS评分、高PTX3是IVH患者脑室外引流术后预后不良的危险因素（P＜0.05），高FGFR-1是保护因素（P＜0.05）。联合mGS评分和血清 FGFR-1、PTX3预测IVH患者脑室外引流术后预后不良的曲线下面积为0.894，高于以上各指标单独预测。结论：IVH脑室外引流术后预后不良患者mGS评分和血清PTX3水平增高，血清FGFR-1水平降低，联合mGS评分、血清FGFR-1和PTX3对IVH患者脑室外引流术后预后的预测价值较高。     

血清肌钙蛋白I、同型半胱氨酸、乳酸联合检测对动脉瘤性蛛网膜下腔出血患者术后转归的预测价值分析

摘要 目的：研究血清肌钙蛋白I（cTnI）、同型半胱氨酸（Hcy）以及乳酸（Lac）联合检测对动脉瘤性蛛网膜下腔出血（aSAH）患者术后转归的预测价值。方法：将本院从2018年1月～2020年1月期间收治的115例aSAH患者纳入研究,记作研究组。另取100例健康体检志愿者作为对照组。检测并比较所有受试者血清cTnI、Hcy以及Lac水平。此外,按照术后转归情况将研究组患者分作转归不良组以及转归良好组,比较两组各项基线资料以及血清cTnI、Hcy、Lac水平,并采用多因素Logistic回归分析aSAH患者术后转归不良的影响因素。另外,借助受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线分析明确cTnI、Hcy及Lac联合检测对aSAH术后转归不良的预测价值。结果：研究组血清cTnI、Hcy以及Lac水平均明显高于对照组（P＜0.05）。转归不良组血清Hcy以及Lac水平均高于转归良好组（P＜0.05）。经单因素分析可得：Hunt-Hess分级、动脉瘤大小、术前格拉斯哥昏迷指数（GCS）评分、术前脑疝、术前再出血均和aSAH患者术后转归密切相关（均P＜0.05）。经多因素Logistic回归分析发现：Hunt-Hess分级Ⅳ～Ⅴ级、动脉瘤大小≥5 mm、术前GCS评分、术前脑疝、术前再出血及血清cTnI、Hcy、Lac均是研究组患者术后转归不良的危险因素（均P＜0.05）。经ROC曲线分析可得：血清cTnI、Hcy及Lac联合预测aSAH患者术后转归不良的曲线下面积、灵敏度、特异度以及约登指数均高于上述三项指标单独预测。结论：血清cTnI、Hcy及Lac联合检测对aSAH患者术后转归不良的预测价值较高。     

急性脑梗死患者血清Cav-1、VILIP-1、UCH-L1与神经功能损伤程度、脑梗死面积和预后的关系研究

摘要 目的：探讨急性脑梗死（ACI）患者血清陷窝蛋白1（Cav-1）、视锥蛋白样蛋白1（VILIP-1）、泛素羧基末端水解酶1（UCH-L1）与神经功能损伤程度、脑梗死面积和预后的关系。方法：选择2021年6月至2022年6月徐州医科大学附属医院收治的ACI患者120例为ACI组,另选择同期在本院进行健康检查的健康对象76例为对照组;根据美国国立卫生研究院发布的卒中量表（NIHSS）评分将ACI患者神经功能损伤程度分为轻度组、中度组和重度组,根据脑梗死面积分为大面积梗死组、中面积梗死组、小面积梗死组,根据改良Rankin量表（mRS）评分分为预后良好组和预后不良组,比较对照组与ACI组以及ACI各亚组间血清Cav-1、VILIP-1、UCH-L1水平;分析血清Cav-1、VILIP-1、UCH-L1水平与梗死面积、NIHSS评分、mRS评分的相关性,采用受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线分析血清Cav-1、VILIP-1、UCH-L1预测ACI神经功能损伤程度、脑梗死面积和预后的价值。结果：血清Cav-1、VILIP-1、UCH-L1水平对照组低于ACI组（P＜0.05）;轻度组低于中度组,中度组低于重度组（P＜0.05）;小面积梗死组低于中面积梗死组,中面积梗死组低于大面积梗死组（P＜0.05）;预后良好组低于预后不良组（P＜0.05）。ACI患者血清Cav-1、VILIP-1、UCH-L1与NIHSS评分、梗死面积及mRS评分呈正相关（P＜0.05）。血清Cav-1、VILIP-1、UCH-L1联合预测ACI神经损伤程度、脑梗死面积、预后的曲线下面积（AUC）分别为0.927、0.907、0.953,均大于单指标检测。结论：ACI患者血清Cav-1、VILIP-1、UCH-L1水平异常升高,且升高程度与患者神经功能损伤程度、脑梗死面积及预后有关,早期联合检测血清Cav-1、VILIP-1、UCH-L1水平有助于ACI病情及预后评估。     

动脉瘤性蛛网膜下腔出血后持续腰大池引流的时机探讨及分流依赖性脑积水的危险因素分析

摘要 目的：研究对比动脉瘤性蛛网膜下腔出血（aSAH）后不同时机开展持续腰大池引流的效果,并对分流依赖性脑积水（SDHC）的危险因素进行分析。方法：本院于2017年1月～2020年12月期间诊治的aSAH患者171例,将其纳入研究。将其按照持续腰大池引流时机不同分为A组（＜24 h）50例、B组（24～72h）84例以及C组（＞72 h）37例。观察三组头痛持续时间,双侧大脑中动脉（MAC）血流流速以及SDHC发生率,对aSAH后持续腰大池引流术后并发SDHC的影响因素进行单因素和多因素Logistic回归分析。结果：C组头痛持续时间长于A组和B组,MAC血流流速快于A组和B组,SDHC发生率高于A组和B组（均P＜0.05）;而A组和B组上述指标对比差异均不明显（均P＞0.05）,但是A组SDHC发生率更低。经单因素分析可得：aSAH持续腰大池引流术后并发SDHC和年龄、病变部位、中枢神经系统感染、改良Fisher分级及Hunt-Hess评分有关（均P＜0.05）。经多因素Logistic回归分析可得：年龄≥60岁、病变部位后循环、中枢神经系统感染、改良Fisher分级Ⅲ～Ⅳ级、Hunt-Hess评分Ⅲ～Ⅳ级及持续腰大池引流≥24 h均是aSAH持续腰大池引流术后并发SDHC的危险因素（均OR＞1,P＜0.05）。结论：以aSAH后＜24 h为时机开展持续腰大池引流术的效果较佳,SDHC发生率更低,其中年龄、病变部位、中枢神经系统感染、改良Fisher分级、Hunt-Hess评分、持续腰大池引流时机与aSAH持续腰大池引流术后并发SDHC的风险有关,临床工作中应针对上述因素制定相关措施,以期达到降低SDHC发生风险的目的。     

血清PRDX1、FGF4、Hepc25水平与急性缺血性脑卒中患者病情及预后的关系研究

摘要 目的：探讨血清过氧化还原蛋白1（PRDX1）、成纤维细胞生长因子4（FGF4）、铁调素25（Hepc25）与急性缺血性脑卒中（AIS）患者病情严重程度和预后的关系。方法：选择2018年1月到2020年1月我院收治的73例AIS患者（AIS组）和同期于我院进行体检的56例健康者（对照组），根据入院当日美国国立卫生研究院卒中量表（NIHSS）评分将AIS组进一步分为轻症组（NIHSS评分＜6分，21例）、中症组（6分≤NIHSS评分＜13分，38例）、重症组（NIHSS评分≥13分，14例）。根据患者出院后改良Rankin量表(mRS)评分将其分为预后不良组（≥3分，18例）和预后良好组（0～2分，55例）。检测所有受试者血清PRDX1、FGF4、Hepc25水平，分析PRDX1、FGF4、Hepc25与NIHSS、mRS评分相关性，分析AIS患者预后的影响因素。结果：AIS组血清PRDX1、FGF4、Hepc25水平均高于对照组（P＜0.05），重症组血清PRDX1、FGF4、Hepc25水平高于中症组和轻度症组（P＜0.05），且中症组血清PRDX1、FGF4、Hepc25水平高于轻症组（P＜0.05），预后不良组血清PRDX1、FGF4、Hepc25水平高于预后良好组（P＜0.05）。AIS患者血清PRDX1、FGF4、Hepc25水平均与NHISS评分、mRS评分呈正相关（r=0.636、0.794、0.682；0.619、0.705、0.713，P＜0.05）。单因素分析结果显示年龄、高血压、糖尿病、入院时NIHSS评分与AIS患者预后有关（P＜0.05），多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示入院时高NIHSS评分，高血清PRDX1、FGF4、Hepc25水平是AIS患者预后不良的危险因素（P＜0.05）。结论：AIS患者血清RDX1、FGF4、Hepc25水平明显升高，高水平RDX1、FGF4、Hepc25与AIS患者严重神经缺损和预后不良密切相关，可以作为AIS预后评估的辅助生物学指标。     

高血压基底节区脑出血患者血清CXCL1、CXCL10与神经损伤指标和微创穿刺引流术后预后的关系研究

摘要 目的：探讨高血压基底节区脑出血（HBGH）患者血清CXC趋化因子配体1（CXCL1）、CXC趋化因子配体10（CXCL10）与神经损伤指标和微创穿刺引流术后预后的关系。方法：选取2020年2月~2023年4月聊城市人民医院东院区收治的行微创穿刺引流术治疗的HBGH患者162例纳入研究组，选取体检健康的志愿者110例纳入对照组。检测对比两组血清CXCL1、CXCL10和神经损伤指标[神经元特异性烯醇化酶（NSE）、胶质纤维酸性蛋白（GFAP）、S100β蛋白]水平。采用Pearson检验分析血清CXCL1、CXCL10与神经损伤指标的相关性。所有患者均随访3个月，根据改良Rankin量表（mRS）评分分为预后良好组和预后不良组。采用多因素Logistic回归模型分析HBGH患者微创穿刺引流术后预后的影响因素。结果：研究组的血清CXCL1、CXCL10水平高于对照组（P<0.05）。研究组的血清NSE、GFAP、S100β蛋白水平高于对照组（P<0.05）。Pearson检验分析结果显示，血清CXCL1、CXCL10与NSE、GFAP、S100β蛋白均呈正相关（P<0.05）。单因素分析结果显示，预后不良与年龄、甘油三酯（TG）、低密度脂蛋白（LDL）、凝血酶原时间（PT）、C反应蛋白（CRP）、血肿破入脑室、血肿体积、术后24 h内血肿清除率、尿激酶冲管次数、术后颅内出血再发、CXCL1、CXCL10有关（P<0.05）。多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示，年龄偏大、LDL偏高、血肿体积偏大、术后24 h内血肿清除率偏低、尿激酶冲管次数偏多、CXCL1偏高、CXCL10偏高是HBGH患者微创穿刺引流术后预后不良的危险因素（P<0.05）。结论：HBGH患者血清CXCL1、CXCL10水平升高可能导致神经损伤和不良预后。年龄、LDL、血肿体积、术后24 h内血肿清除率、尿激酶冲管次数、CXCL1、CXCL10是HBGH患者术后预后不良的危险因素，值得引起重视。     

RDW联合血清CRP、PCT、sTLT-1与急性脑梗死患者脑梗死体积、神经功能受损程度和预后的关系研究

摘要 目的：观察红细胞分布宽度（RDW）联合血清C反应蛋白（CRP）、降钙素原（PCT）、可溶性骨髓细胞样转录因子-1（sTLT-1）与急性脑梗死（ACI）患者脑梗死体积、神经功能受损程度和预后的关系。方法：选择我院2019年4月至2021年10月期间收治的100例ACI患者作为研究对象,将100例患者根据入院时美国国立卫生研究院卒中量表（NIHSS）评分分为轻中度损伤组（61例,NIHSS≤15分）和重度损伤组（39例,NIHSS>15分）;根据不同脑梗死体积分为小灶梗死组（41例,梗死体积<5 cm³）、中灶梗死组（35例,5 cm³≤梗死体积≤15 cm³）、大灶梗死组（24例,梗死体积>15 cm³）;根据出院时改良Rankin量表（mRS）分为预后不良组（31例,mRS>3分）和预后良好组（69例,mRS≤3分）。对比不同脑梗死体积、不同NIHSS评分、不同预后ACI患者的RDW和血清CRP、PCT、sTLT-1水平,ACI患者预后不良的影响因素采用单因素及多因素Logistic回归分析。结果：小灶梗死组、中灶梗死组、大灶梗死组患者的RDW和血清CRP、PCT、sTLT-1依次升高,组间对比差异均有统计学意义（P<0.05）。重度损伤组的RDW和血清CRP、PCT、sTLT-1水平高于轻中度损伤组（P<0.05）。预后不良组的RDW和血清CRP、PCT、sTLT-1水平高于预后良好组（P<0.05）。预后良好组、预后不良组在脑梗死分型、吸烟史、性别、入院时NIHSS评分、年龄、梗死体积、饮酒史方面对比差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。多因素Logistic回归分析结果显示：入院时NIHSS评分偏高、梗死体积偏大、脑梗死分型为完全前循环脑梗死、RDW偏高、CRP偏高、PCT偏高、sTLT-1偏高是ACI患者预后不良的危险因素（P<0.05）。结论：RDW和血清CRP、PCT、sTLT-1水平可有效反映ACI患者脑梗死体积、神经功能受损程度,且ACI患者的预后受到入院时NIHSS评分、梗死体积、脑梗死分型、RDW、CRP、PCT、sTLT-1等多种因素的影响。     

颅内压参数联合血清caveolin-1、AQP-4对高血压脑出血患者术后预后不良的预测价值

摘要 目的：探讨颅内压参数联合血清小窝蛋白-1（caveolin-1）、水通道蛋白4（AQP-4）对高血压脑出血（HICH）患者术后预后不良的预测价值。方法：选择2020年1月至2022年1月河北省胸科医院收治的106例HICH患者,术后随访3个月,根据格拉斯哥预后（GOS）评分将患者分为预后良好组（55例）,预后不良组（51例）。术后监测颅内压参数[压力反应指数（PRx）、平均颅内压波幅（MWA）、20 mmHg阈值下颅内压剂量（Dicp20）],检测血清caveolin-1、AQP-4水平。多因素Logistic回归分析HICH患者术后预后不良的因素。受试者工作特征曲线（ROC）分析颅内压参数联合血清caveolin-1、AQP-4预测HICH患者术后预后不良的价值。结果：预后不良组PRx、MWA、Dicp20以及血清caveolin-1、AQP-4水平高于预后良好组（P＜0.05）。低术前格拉斯哥昏迷评分（GCS）评分、高PRx、高Dicp20、高caveolin-1、高AQP-4是HICH患者术后预后不良的危险因素（P＜0.05）。联合PRx、Dicp20、caveolin-1和AQP-4预测HICH患者术后3个月预后不良的的曲线下面积为0.823,大于PRx、Dicp20、caveolin-1和AQP-4单独预测。结论：高PRx、Dicp20、caveolin-1、AQP4是HICH患者术后预后不良的危险因素,联合颅内压参数PRx、Dicp20及血清caveolin-1、AQP4预测HICH患者术后预后不良具有较高的价值。     

血清Klotho蛋白、视锥蛋白样蛋白-1、高迁移率族蛋白1与阿尔茨海默病患者认知功能和预后不良的关系

摘要 目的：探讨阿尔兹海默病（AD）患者血清Klotho蛋白、视锥蛋白样蛋白-1（VILIP-1）、高迁移率族蛋白1（HMGB1）与认知功能及预后的关系。方法：选取2019年4月-2021年5月在我院接受治疗的136例AD患者作为AD组,另选取150例同时期在我院进行体检的健康志愿者作为对照组,应用酶联免疫吸附法检测两组血清Klotho蛋白、VILIP-1、HMGB1表达水平,采用简易精神状态检查量表（MMSE）评估两组认知功能,采用Pearson相关性分析以上三指标与MMSE评分之间的关系;AD患者根据治疗1年后的预后情况分为预后良好组（n=74）与预后不良组（n=62）,应用单因素、多因素Logistic回归分析引发AD患者预后不良的危险因素;采用受试者工作特征（ROC）曲线评估血清Klotho蛋白、VILIP-1、HMGB1联合检测对AD患者预后的预测效能。结果：AD组的MMSE评分、血清Klotho蛋白水平显著低于对照组,而血清VILIP-1及HMGB1水平显著高于对照组（均P＜0.05）;Pearson相关性结果显示血清Klotho蛋白水平与MMSE评分之间呈显著正相关（P＜0.05）,而血清VILIP-1、HMGB1水平与MMSE评分之间呈显著负相关（均P＜0.05）;多因素Logistic回归分析显示血清VILIP-1、HMGB1水平升高是引发AD患者预后不良的独立危险因素,而血清Klotho蛋白水平升高是其保护因素（P＜0.05）;ROC曲线显示 Klotho蛋白、VILIP-1、HMGB1联合检测AD患者曲线下面积为0.839,敏感度为80.65%,特异度为83.78%。结论：血清Klotho蛋白、VILIP-1、HMGB1表达水平与AD患者认知功能和预后均具有较强的关联性,临床可以通过联合检测以上三指标辅助评估AD患者的预后。     

急性脑梗死合并脑白质疏松症患者血清CP、MBP、MCP-1与病情严重程度和预后的关系

摘要 目的：探究急性脑梗死（ACI）合并脑白质疏松症（LA）患者血清C肽（CP）、髓鞘碱性蛋白（MBP）、单核细胞趋化蛋白-1（MCP-1）水平与病情严重程度和预后关系。方法：选取南京鼓楼医院集团宿迁医院于2021年3月至2023年3月期间收治的ACI合并LA患者117例作为观察组,根据根据LA严重程度分为重度组39例、中度组40例和轻度组38例。另选取同期体检健康人120例纳入对照组。检测血清CP、MBP、MCP-1水平。对ACI合并LA患者行6个月的随访。多因素Logistic回归分析ACI合并LA患者预后不良的影响因素。受试者特征曲线（ROC）分析血清CP、MBP和MCP-1对ACI合并LA患者预后的预测价值。结果：与对照组相比,观察组MBP、MCP-1更高,CP更低（P<0.05）。重度组血清CP显著低于轻度组和中度组,MBP、MCP-1水平显著高于轻度组和中度组;中度组血清CP显著低于轻度组,MBP、MCP-1水平显著高于轻度组（均P<0.05）。与预后良好组相比,预后不良组CP更低,MBP、MCP-1更高（P<0.05）。多因素Logistic回归分析显示NIHSS评分升高、MBP升高、MCP-1升高是ACI合并LA患者预后不良的独立危险因素,CP升高是保护因素（P<0.05）。ROC分析结果显示CP、MBP和MCP-1联合预测ACI合并LA患者预后不良的曲线下面积（AUC）为0.916,高于CP、MBP和MCP-1单独预测。结论：ACI合并LA患者血清CP较健康群体更低,血清MBP、MCP-1水平较健康群体更高,且CP、MBP和MCP-1与患者病情程度存在密切联系。血清CP、MBP和MCP-1联合检测对ACI合并LA患者预后有较高预测价值。     

Association of SULT1A1 and UGT1A1 polymorphisms with breast cancer risk and phenotypes in Russian women

Estrogens are critical for breast cancer initiation and development. Sulfotransferase 1A1 (SULT1A1) and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) conjugate and inactivate both estrogens and their metabolites, thus preventing estrogen-mediated mitosis and mutagenesis. SULT1A1 and UGT1A1 are both polymorphic, and different alleles encode functionally different allozymes. We hypothesize that low-activity alleles SULT1A1*2 and UGT1A1*28 are associated with higher risk for breast cancer and more severe breast tumor phenotypes. We performed a case-control study, which included 119 women of Russian ancestry with breast cancer and 121 age-matched Russian female controls. We used PCR followed by pyrosequencing to determine the SULT1A1 and UGT1A1 genotypes. Allele UGT1A1*28 was present at a higher frequency than the wild-type UGT1A1*1 allele in breast cancer patients as compared to controls (P = 0.002, OR = 1.79, CI 1.23–2.63). Consistently, the frequency of genotypes that contain allele UGT1A1*28 in the homozygous or the heterozygous state was greater in breast cancer patients as compared with the frequency of the wild-type UGT1A1*1/*1 genotype (P = 0.003, OR = 4.00, CI 1.49–11.11 and P = 0.014, OR = 2.04, CI 1.14–3.57, respectively). Individuals carrying allele UGT1A1*28 in the homo-or heterozygous state had larger breast tumors (>2 cm) as compared to the group with high-activity genotypes (P = 0.011, IR = 3.44, CI 1.42–8.36). No association was observed between any of the SULT1A1 genotypes and breast cancer risk or phenotypes. Our data suggest that UGT1A1, but not SULT1A1, genotypes are important for breast cancer risk and phenotype in Russian women. Published in Russian in Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, 2006, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 263–270. The article was translated by the authors.     

细胞色素P450 1A1和1B1靶向抗肿瘤前药研究进展

细胞色素P450（CYP）能催化各种内源性及外源性化合物的代谢,与多种肿瘤发生有关。其中CYP1A1参与多种前致癌物和致突变物的代谢活化,CYP1B1被认为在许多人癌细胞中特异性表达,参与药物的氧化代谢和前药的活化。CYP1A1和181已成为靶向抗肿瘤前药研究的新靶点。相继有大量相关研究报道,本文就近年来文献报道的CYP1A1和1B1靶向抗肿瘤前药研究进展。     

CYP1A1, GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms and lung cancer: a pooled analysis of gene-gene interactions

Gene-environment interactions have been extensively studied in lung cancer. It is likely that several genetic polymorphisms cooperate in increasing the individual risk. Therefore, the study of gene-gene interactions might be important to identify high-susceptibility subgroups. GSEC is an initiative aimed at collecting available data sets on metabolic polymorphisms and the risks of cancer at several sites and performing pooled analyses of the original data. Authors of published papers have provided original data sets. The present paper refers to gene-gene interactions in lung cancer and considers three polymorphisms in three metabolic genes: CYP1A1, GSTM1 and GSTT1. The present analyses compare the gene-gene interactions of the CYP1A1*2A, GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms from studies on lung cancer conducted in Europe and the USA between 1991 and 2000. Only Caucasians have been included. The data set includes 1466 cases and 1488 controls. The only clear-cut association was found with CYP1A1*2A. This association remained unchanged after stratification by polymorphisms in other genes (with an odds ratio [OR] of approximately 2.5), except when interaction with GSTM1 was considered. When the OR for CYP1A1*2A was stratified according to the GSTM1 genotype, the OR was increased only among the subjects who had the null (homozygous deletion) GSTM1 genotype (OR=2.8, 95% CI=0.9-8.4). The odds ratio for the interactive term (CYP1A1*2A by GSTM1) in logistic regression was 2.7 (95% CI=0.5-15.3). An association between lung cancer and the homozygous CYP1A1*2A genotype is confirmed. An apparent and biologically plausible interaction is suggested between this genotype and GSTM1.     

Isolation and Characterization of Ubiquitin-activating Enzyme E1-domain Containing 1, UBE1DC1

Ubiquitin and other ubiquitin-like proteins play important roles in post-translational modification. They are phylogenetically well-conserved in eukaryotes. Activated by other proteins, ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins can covalently modify target proteins. The enzymes responsible for the activation of this modification have been known to include UBA1, SAE2, UBA3, SAE1 and ULA1. Here we report a new ubiquitin activating enzyme like cDNA, named ubiquitin activating enzyme E1-domain containing 1 (UBE1DC1), whose cDNA is 2654 base pairs in length and contains an open reading frame encoding 404 amino acids. The UBE1DC1 gene consists of 12 exons and is located at human chromosome 3q22. The result of RT-PCR showed that UBE1DC1 is expressed in most of human tissues. These two authors contributed equally to this paper. The nucleotide sequence reported in this paper has been submitted to GenBank under accession number AY253672.     

Jagged 1与Delta1对树突状细胞的影响

Jagged 1与Delta1是Notch信号通路中的两个配体,近来研究表明,它们能影响树突状细胞的分化和成熟,并通过树突状细胞等抗原提呈细胞介导T辅助细胞的不同分化,可能为免疫性疾病的临床治疗提供新的药物靶点.     

Upregulation of MAPKAPK5-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1 lncRNAs in non-functioning pituitary adenoma

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to be dysregulated in a variety of malignant and non-malignant lesions including non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs). In the current experimental study, we have selected six lncRNAs, namely MAPKAPK5-AS1, NUTM2B-AS1, ST7-AS1, LIFR-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1 to assess their expression in a cohort of Iranian patients with NFPA. MAPKAPK5-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1 were shown to be over-expressed in NFPA tissues compared with control samples (Expression ratios (95% CI) = 10 (3.94–25.36), 11.22 (4.3–28.8) and 9.33 (4.12–21.12); p values < 0.0001, respectively). The depicted ROC curves showed the AUC values of 0.73, 0.80 and 0.73 for MAPKAPK5-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1, respectively. Relative expression level of PXN-AS1 was associated with tumour subtype (p value = 0.49). Besides, relative expression levels of MAPKAPK5-AS1 and LIFR-AS1 were associated with gender of patients (p values = 0.043 and 0.01, respectively). Cumulatively, the current study indicates the possible role of MAPKAPK5-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1 lncRNAs in the pathogenesis of NFPAs.     

IQGAP1 Negatively Regulates HIV-1 Gag Trafficking and Virion Production

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cDNA cloning and characterization of feline CYP1A1 and CYP1A2

Deficiency of drug glucuronidation in the cat is one of the major reasons why this animal is highly sensitive to the side effects of drugs. The characterization of cytochrome P450 isoforms belonging to the CYP1A subfamily, which exhibit important drug oxidation activities such as activation of pro-carcinogens, was investigated. Two cDNAs, designated CYP1A-a and CYP1A-b, corresponding to the CYP1A subfamily were obtained from feline liver. CYP1A-a and CYP1A-b cDNAs comprise coding regions of 1554 bp and 1539 bp, and encode predicted amino acid sequences of 517 and 512 residues, respectively. These amino acid sequences contain a heme-binding cysteine and a conserved threonine. The cDNA identities, as well as the predicted amino acid sequences containing six substrate recognition sites, suggest that CYP1A-a and CYP1A-b correspond to CYP1A1 and CYP1A2, respectively. This was confirmed by the kinetic parameters of the arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase and 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activities of expressed CYPs in yeast AH22 cells and by the tissue distribution of each mRNA. However, theophylline 3-demethylation is believed to be catalyzed by CYP1A1 in cats, based on the high V(max) and low K(m) seen, in contrast to other animals. Because feline CYP1A2 had a higher K(m) for phenacetin O-deethylase activity with acetaminophen, which cannot be conjugated with glucuronic acid due to UDP-glucuronosyltransferase deficiency, it is supposed that the side effects of phenacetin as a result of toxic intermediates are severe and prolonged in cats.