免疫重建荷人膀胱癌 -SCID 鼠模型的建立 *

摘要 目的：探讨建立稳定的荷人膀胱癌 SCID 鼠人化复合型的方法,为在人免疫重建荷人膀胱肿瘤 SCID 鼠型检测重组 BCG 的免疫刺激和免疫保护中打下基础。方法： 经 SCID 鼠腹腔内注射人 PBL、 皮下接种 RT4 膀胱癌细胞, 于接种后 4 周检测 SCID 鼠体内人免疫细咆水平(IgG 和 CD 3+ 、 CD 4+ 、 CD 8+ T 细胞)及脾脏重量, 观察皮下成瘤潜伏期及成瘤率。结果： 型组 100％ 成 瘤,病理类型为移行细胞癌; 检测 SCID 鼠血中人 IgG 均一定水平存在, 与对照组间差异有统计学意义(P<0.01); 人 CD 3+ 、 CD 4+ 、 CD 8+ T 细胞在鼠血及脾中均有表达, 而对照组均未检出(P<0.05); 4 周鼠脾重平均(178.9± 45.2)mg。较对照组(40.6± 14.8)mg 差异 有统计学意义(P<0.01)。结论： 采用腹腔注射人 PBL、 皮下接种 RT4 膀胱癌细胞的方法可以有效地建立人化荷人膀胱癌 SCID 鼠 型, 较好地拟人浸润性膀胱癌体内生物学特性,是膀胱癌免疫基因治疗的较理想型。     

Androgen Receptor as a Driver of Therapeutic Resistance in Advanced Prostate Cancer

The role of the androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis in the progression of prostate cancer is a cornerstone to our understanding of the molecular mechanisms causing castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Resistance of advanced prostate cancer to available treatment options makes it a clinical challenge that results in approximately 30,000 deaths of American men every year. Since the historic discovery by Dr. Huggins more than 70 years ago, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been the principal treatment for advanced prostate cancer. Initially, ADT induces apoptosis of androgen-dependent prostate cancer epithelial cells and regression of androgen-dependent tumors. However, the majority of patients with advanced prostate cancer progress and become refractory to ADT due to emergence of androgen-independent prostate cancer cells driven by aberrant AR activation. Microtubule-targeting agents such as taxanes, docetaxel and paclitaxel, have enjoyed success in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer; although new, recently designed mitosis-specific agents, such as the polo-kinase and kinesin-inhibitors, have yielded clinically disappointing results. Docetaxel, as a first-line chemotherapy, improves prostate cancer patient survival by months, but tumor resistance to these therapeutic agents inevitably develops. On a molecular level, progression to CRPC is characterized by aberrant AR expression, de novo intraprostatic androgen production, and cross talk with other oncogenic pathways. Emerging evidence suggests that reactivation of epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT) processes may facilitate the development of not only prostate cancer but also prostate cancer metastases. EMT is characterized by gain of mesenchymal characteristics and invasiveness accompanied by loss of cell polarity, with an increasing number of studies focusing on the direct involvement of androgen-AR signaling axis in EMT, tumor progression, and therapeutic resistance. In this article, we discuss the current knowledge of mechanisms via which the AR signaling drives therapeutic resistance in prostate cancer metastatic progression and the novel therapeutic interventions targeting AR in CRPC.     

Periostin accelerates human malignant melanoma progression by modifying the melanoma microenvironment

Given no reliable therapy for advanced malignant melanoma, it is important to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying the disease progression. Using a quantitative proteomics approach, the ‘isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)’ method, we identified that the extracellular matrix protein, periostin (POSTN), was highly expressed in invasive melanoma compared with normal skin. An immunohistochemical analysis showed that POSTN was expressed in all invasive melanoma (n = 20) and metastatic lymph node (n = 5) tissue samples, notably restricted in their stroma. In terms of the intercellular regulation of POSTN, we found that there was upregulation of POSTN when melanoma cells and normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) were cocultured, with restricted expression of TGF‐β1 and TGF‐β3. In a functional analyses, recombinant and NHDF‐derived POSTN significantly accelerated melanoma cell proliferation via the integrin/mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway in vitro. The size of implanted melanoma tumors was significantly suppressed in POSTN/Rag2 double knockout mice compared with Rag2 knock‐out mice. These results indicate that NHDF‐derived POSTN accelerates melanoma progression and might be a promising therapeutic target for malignant melanoma.     

Genomewide RNAi screen identifies protein kinase Cβ and new members of mitogen‐activated protein kinase pathway as regulators of melanoma cell growth and metastasis

A large‐scale RNAi screen was performed for eight different melanoma cell lines using a pooled whole‐genome lentiviral shRNA library. shRNAs affecting proliferation of transduced melanoma cells were negatively selected during 10 days of culture. Overall, 617 shRNAs were identified by microarray hybridization. Pathway analyses identified mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway members such as ERK1/2, JNK1/2 and MAP3K7 and protein kinase C β (PKCβ) as candidate genes. Knockdown of PKCβ most consistently reduced cellular proliferation, colony formation and migratory capacity of melanoma cells and was selected for further validation. PKCβ showed enhanced expression in human primary melanomas and distant metastases as compared with benign melanocytic nevi. Moreover, treatment of melanoma cells with PKCβ‐specific inhibitor enzastaurin reduced melanoma cell growth but had only small effects on benign fibroblasts. Finally, PKCβ‐shRNA significantly reduced lung colonization capacity of stably transduced melanoma cells in mice. Taken together, this study identified new candidate genes for melanoma cell growth and proliferation. PKCβ seems to play an important role in these processes and might serve as a new target for the treatment of metastatic melanoma.     

Biomarker-guided sequential targeted therapies to overcome therapy resistance in rapidly evolving highly aggressive mammary tumors

Combinatorial targeted therapies are more effective in treating cancer by blocking by-pass mechanisms or inducing synthetic lethality. However, their clinical application is hampered by resistance and toxicity. To meet this important challenge, we developed and tested a novel concept of biomarker-guided sequential applications of various targeted therapies using ErbB2-overexpressing/PTEN-low, highly aggressive breast cancer as our model. Strikingly, sustained activation of ErbB2 and downstream pathways drives trastuzumab resistance in both PTEN-low/trastuzumab-resistant breast cancers from patients and mammary tumors with intratumoral heterogeneity from genetically-engineered mice. Although lapatinib initially inhibited trastuzumab-resistant mouse tumors, tumors by-passed the inhibition by activating the PI3K/mTOR signaling network as shown by the quantitative protein arrays. Interestingly, activation of the mTOR pathway was also observed in neoadjuvant lapatinib-treated patients manifesting lapatinib resistance. Trastuzumab + lapatinib resistance was effectively overcome by sequential application of a PI3K/mTOR dual kinase inhibitor (BEZ235) with no significant toxicity. However, our p-RTK array analysis demonstrated that BEZ235 treatment led to increased ErbB2 expression and phosphorylation in genetically-engineered mouse tumors and in 3-D, but not 2-D, culture, leading to BEZ235 resistance. Mechanistically, we identified ErbB2 protein stabilization and activation as a novel mechanism of BEZ235 resistance, which was reversed by subsequent treatment with lapatinib + BEZ235 combination. Remarkably, this sequential application of targeted therapies guided by biomarker changes in the tumors rapidly evolving resistance doubled the life-span of mice bearing exceedingly aggressive tumors. This fundamentally novel approach of using targeted therapies in a sequential order can effectively target and reprogram the signaling networks in cancers evolving resistance during treatment.     

Survivin小分子抑制剂的研究进展

Survivin是凋亡抑制蛋白家族的一员,在抑制细胞凋亡、调控细胞周期、参与血管形成等方面发挥重要的生物学功能。Survivin在多种肿瘤组织中过量表达,与肿瘤不良预后和耐药性密切相关。Survivin作为一种潜在的肿瘤治疗靶点,其小分子抑制剂用于肿瘤治疗的研究为人们所关注。概述了Survivin的结构、功能及其在肿瘤组织中的特异性表达,综述了目前靶向Survivin的小分子抑制剂的研究进展。     

洋葱伯克霍尔德菌致恶性肿瘤患者医院获得性感染的耐药性分析

目的分析我院恶性肿瘤患者医院获得性感染洋葱伯克霍尔德菌的临床特点及对常用抗菌药物的耐药性,为临床合理治疗提供依据。方法回顾性分析2011年1月至2013年12月,从我院恶性肿瘤感染患者送检的细菌培养标本;细菌鉴定用美国BD公司phoenix-100全自动细菌鉴定药敏系统,药敏试验采用纸片法,同时使用WHONET 5.6软件对相关资料进行统计。结果从检测部位分析主要分布在下呼吸道（74.1%）,其次为血液（9.4%）;药敏试验表明139株洋葱伯克霍尔德菌对米诺环素、氯霉素、美罗培南、头孢他啶和头孢哌酮/舒巴坦仍较敏感,可作为临床治疗洋葱伯克霍尔德菌感染的首选药物,其余15种抗菌药物的耐药率高达30.0%~100%。结论洋葱伯克霍尔德菌在恶性肿瘤患者中的耐药现象非常严重,临床应引起高度关注,及早进行微生物学检测,并根据药敏试验结果合理选用抗菌药物。     

肠内营养联合复方氨基酸在恶性肿瘤患者化疗中的应用

为了观察肠内营养(EN)支持治疗联合复方氨基酸在恶性肿瘤化疗患者中的临床疗效及并建立相关护理方法,将68例恶性肿瘤化疗患者随机分为治疗组和对照组,每组34例,治疗组给予肠内营养支持治疗联合复方氨基酸治疗,对照组给予常规处理。对两组病人治疗前后进行生化指标监测、记录不良反应以及进行营养评估。研究结果显示,治疗组与对照组比较,人体测量值增加,血清清蛋白升高,两组比较有显著性差异(p<0.05)。本研究表明,肠内营养(EN)支持治疗联合复方氨基酸对于改善恶性肿瘤化疗病人的营养状况效果明显,并且可以提高患者对化疗的耐受力、增强免疫功能。     

基于Solexa高通量测序的香菇C_(91-3)功能基因的挖掘和开发

香菇是全球人工种植最为普遍的食用菌,近年来,国内外的研究者对香菇进行了深入的研究,发现香菇在预防、治疗恶性肿瘤方面都具有重要的药用价值。尤其是香菇多糖制剂现已正式作为辅助化疗药物应用于临床。但是对香菇中蛋白质生物学活性的研究以及从蛋白质水平去发掘其抗肿瘤活性的功能基因却鲜有报道。本文拟就香菇的基因组、转录组及功能基因挖掘和开发现状进行简要论述。     

长链非编码RNAs与妇科肿瘤

长链非编码RNAs(long non-codiong RNAs,lncRNAs)是具有原始或是剪切转录本功能的RNA,并不符合小分子RNAs和结构RNAs的已知定义。它们分别在宫颈癌、卵巢癌、子宫内膜癌、乳腺癌等妇科肿瘤中出现异常表达的现象,使其有希望成为未来妇科肿瘤的新型标志物和治疗靶点,但其作用机制有待于进一步探索。