5-烯丙基-7-二氟亚甲基白杨素（C19H14O4F2）诱导人卵巢癌CoC1细胞凋亡

目的 观察5-烯丙基-7-二氟亚甲基白杨素（ADFMChR）诱导人卵巢癌（CoCl）细胞凋亡的作用。方法 以体外培养的人卵巢癌CoCl为研究对象。采用软琼脂克隆测定ADFMChR对细胞集落的影响;流式细胞术（FCM）检测ADFMChR诱导细胞凋亡率;凝胶电泳观察ADFMChR诱导基因DNA梯形条带。Westernblot分析ADFMChR对CoCl细胞PPARγ,NF-κB,Bcl-2,Bax蛋白表达的影响。结果软琼脂克隆显示ADFMChR呈剂量依赖性抑制细胞集落形成;FCM分析发现ADFMChR呈剂量依赖性诱导细胞凋亡;ADFMChR（30μmol／L）孵育CoCl细胞48h后,DNA琼脂糖凝胶电泳呈现典型梯形条带。Westernblot分析结果表明ADFMChR以剂量依赖方式上调CoCl细胞PPARγ和Bax蛋白表达,下调NF-κB和Bcl-2蛋白表达。结论 ADFMChR诱导人卵巢癌CoCl细胞凋亡与其活化PPARγ,抑制NF-κB表达和提高Bax／Bcl-2比值有关。     

5-烯丙基-7-二氟亚甲基白杨素对人肺癌A549细胞裸鼠移植瘤生长的影响

目的研究5-烯丙基-7-二氟亚甲基白杨素（ADFMChR）对人肺癌A549细胞裸鼠移植瘤生长的影响。方法建立人肺癌A549细胞裸鼠移植瘤模型,测定荷人肺癌裸鼠移植瘤的大小和重量,应用免疫组化SP法检测移植瘤组织中PCNA、VEGF、CD31的表达。结果ADFMChR对肺癌移植瘤生长有显著抑制作用（P〈0.01）,5.0、10.0、20.0 mg/（kg.bw）的ADFMChR对移植瘤的瘤重抑制率分别为42.98%,82.31%和89.91%。免疫组化检测结果表明：ADFMChR具有抑制肺腺癌裸鼠移植瘤细胞PCNA、VEGF及CD31蛋白表达作用。结论ADFMChR抑制肺腺癌裸鼠移植瘤的生长作用与其抑制移植瘤细胞PCNA、VEGF以及CD31的蛋白表达相关。     

芒柄花黄素在体外对内皮细胞细胞周期的影响

目的观察芒柄花黄素在体外对人脐静脉内皮细胞（HUVEC）增殖及周期的影响。方法采用四甲基偶氮唑蓝（MTT）法检测不同芒柄花黄素对HUVEC增殖的影响,流式细胞术检测细胞周期,Western blot检测cyclin D1蛋白表达水平。结果芒柄花黄素呈剂量依赖性促进HUVEC增殖。且药物作用后,S期细胞比例增加,cyclin D1蛋白表达升高。结论芒柄花黄素对人脐静脉内皮细胞有明显的促进增殖作用,可通过上调cyclin D1蛋白表达增加S期细胞比率。     

抗酶1基因转染对HeLa细胞增殖及细胞周期的抑制作用

研究抗酶(antizyme)1对人宫颈癌HeLa细胞增殖与细胞周期的影响,并分析抗酶1对细胞周期蛋白D1(cyclin D1)的表达影响.采用定点突变技术,将抗酶1的frameshift位点缺失,随后将突变基因重组至真核表达载体pEGFP-N1中,鉴定后转染HeLa细胞.通过MTT法检测细胞增殖变化,流式细胞术分析抗酶1对细胞周期的影响.RT-PCR和Western印迹检测抗酶1转染对细胞周期蛋白 D1基因表达的影响.酶切结果显示,抗酶1突变基因成功克隆至pEGFP-N1中.成功转染HeLa细胞后,检测结果显示,抗酶1能够减慢HeLa细胞增殖速度,并使细胞停滞于G₀/G₁期,细胞周期蛋白D1基因的表达同时受到抑制.实验说明,抗酶1基因能够抑制HeLa细胞增殖,通过降低细胞周期蛋白D1的表达阻滞细胞周期.     

维生素C诱导人宫颈癌Caski细胞凋亡及其分子机制的研究

为了研究维生素C对人宫颈癌Caski细胞体外抑制、诱导凋亡的作用及其分子机制,使用不同剂量维生素C处理人宫颈癌Caski细胞,采用噻唑蓝(MTT)法检测药物对细胞增殖的抑制作用;流式细胞仪检测Cas-ki细胞周期变化;琼脂糖电泳法观察凋亡细胞DNA Ladder现象;Western blot检测凋亡相关蛋白Bcl-2、Bax和E6的表达以及Caspase 3的激活;荧光染色观察细胞线粒体膜电位的改变.分析发现,维生素C可显著抑制人宫颈癌Caski细胞增殖,呈现明显的时间和剂量依赖性;将细胞阻滞于S期;诱导细胞凋亡,下调Bcl-2和E6、上调Bax蛋白表达,促进Caspase3活化,降低线粒体膜电位.表明维生素C在体外可有效抑制人宫颈癌Caski细胞增殖,诱导细胞凋亡.     

TnI-fast基因表达抑制卵巢癌移植瘤生长

为探讨利用TnI-fast 基因进行卵巢癌基因治疗的有效性及其机制, 将TnI-fast基因 cDNA转染人卵巢癌细胞系SKOV3. 采用MTT法和流式细胞技术分别检测TnI-fast基因转染、空载体转染和未转染的SKOV3细胞体外生长状态. 收集3种细胞培养上清液, 检测3种培养上清液对人脐静脉内皮细胞增殖抑制效应. 3种细胞分别接种到裸鼠, 观察肿瘤生长、细胞凋亡、肿瘤血管生成和TnI-fast基因局部表达. 体外试验发现, 与空载体转染和未转染的SKOV3细胞比较, TnI-fast基因表达对肿瘤细胞自身的生长无抑制作用, 但可抑制人脐静脉内皮细胞增殖. 动物实验中, TnI-fast基因表达可显著抑制肿瘤生长, 生长抑制率达73%. 其肿瘤细胞增殖率与对照组相当, 但微血管密度显著降低, 细胞凋亡显著增加. 提示, 肿瘤自身血管生成抑制可显著延缓卵巢癌生长. 利用血管生成特异性抑制基因TnI-fast进行抗肿瘤血管生成基因治疗可作为肿瘤治疗的新策略之一.     

siRNA抑制c-myc基因的表达对宫颈癌细胞增殖的影响

目的:利用siRNA(small interference RNA)技术研究c-myc基因的对宫颈癌HeLa细胞增殖的影响.方法:依据Promega公司在网上提供的设计软件,设计针对c-myc基因的siRNA,合成DNA模板,体外转录合成siRNA.通过阳离子聚合物jet-SITM-ENDO将合成的siRNA转染入HeLa细胞,以未转染细胞以及错义序列siRNA-scr转染细胞为对照.用细胞计数法检测siRNA对HeLa细胞增殖的影响.流式细胞法检测细胞周期及蛋白表达的变化,RT-PCR法比较转染前后c-myc mRNA表达水平的变化.结果:细胞计数法结果显示,转染24h后c-myc基因siRNA明显抑制MCF-7细胞增殖,转染48h后,抑制效率稳定.c-myc基因siRNA转染后能有效地抑制HeLa细胞的增殖,阻滞细胞周期于G0/G1期,siRNA转染组c-myc mRNA、蛋白的表达量明显低于空白对照组、错义序列组.结论:体外转录合成的siRNA可有效降低HeLa细胞c-myc基因的表达,抑制细胞增殖.     

Sulfiredoxin基因敲低对HeLa细胞恶性生物学行为的影响

Sulfiredoxin（SRX)作为一种重要的抗氧化蛋白质,最近研究发现其对某些肿瘤细胞生物学行为及细胞恶性转化有重要作用,而SRX对宫颈癌细胞恶性生物学行为有何影响尚未见报道.本研究选取宫颈癌HeLa细胞株,分别设为Wild-type（WT）组,Non-target（NT）组,Knock-down（KD）组. 利用siRNA技术干扰SRX基因在HeLa细胞中的内源性表达,采用MTT法、平板克隆形成实验、Transwell实验、流式细胞术分别检测肿瘤细胞增殖力、浸润、迁移能力、细胞凋亡情况,并分别用3组HeLa细胞上清液处理人脐静脉内皮细胞,观察各组条件培养基对内皮细胞血管形成能力的影响.结果表明,与两对照组比较,SRX干扰组细胞增殖力、浸润、迁移力显著降低,且干扰组上清使内皮细胞体外血管形成能力也明显下降（P<0.05）,而凋亡率则明显增加（P<0.05）.而两对照组之间结果均无显著差异（P>0.05）.实验结果表明,SRX基因对宫颈癌HeLa细胞恶性生物学行为具有促进作用,说明SRX可能与宫颈癌恶性进展有密切关系.     

HPV-siRNA 对Hela细胞生长抑制作用的实验研究

以HPV18 E6基因为靶位,研究siRNA对宫颈癌Hela细胞生长的抑制作用。设计并合成siRNA,脂质体siNEO FX转染Hela细胞,分别用MTT法,双层软琼脂克隆形成试验和流式细胞术分析了siRNA对Hela细胞体外生长增殖活力、细胞周期分布的作用。siRNA作用后的Hela细胞增殖速度减慢,软琼脂克隆形成率降低,G0/G1期细胞比率增加。HPV18 E6 siRNA能抑制Hela细胞体外生长增殖能力并诱导细胞周期重新分布。     

人组氨酸磷酸酶蛋白PHP14的过表达及其对NIH-3T3细胞体外增殖和非锚定依赖性生长的影响

目的:获取人组氨酸磷酸酶蛋白PHP14基因,并构建其N端和C端GFP融合的真核表达载体,建立过表达PHP14的NIH-3T3细胞系,并观察其对NIH-3T3细胞体外增殖和非锚定依赖性生长的影响.方法:以HeLa cDNA为模板,PCR扩增PHP14的全长编码基因,分别克隆到pEGFP-N2和pEGFP-C3载体中,构建pEGFP-N2-PHP14和pEGFP-C3-PHP14真核表达载体,利用脂质体将构建的载体转染到NIH-3T3细胞中,MTT法检测细胞增殖,软琼脂成集落法检测体外非锚定依赖性生长能力.结果:成功构建了过表达PHP14的真核表达载体pEGFP-N2-PHP14和pEGFP-C3-PHP14,并在NIH-3T3细胞中检测到了目的基因的过表达,PHP14在NIH-3T3细胞中过表达并不影响NIH-3T3细胞的体外增殖,但赋予了NIH-3T3细胞非锚定依赖性生长的能力.结论:成功构建了过表达PHP14的NIH-3T3细胞模型,在NIH-3T3细胞中过表达PHP14并不影响NIH-3T3细胞的体外增殖,但赋予了NIH-3T3细胞非锚定依赖性生长能力.     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.