简介:AIM:Toinvestigatetheefficacyofneoadjuvantchemoradiotherapy(NACRT)forresectabilityoflocallyadvancedgastriccancer(LAGC).METHODS:BetweenNovember2007andJanuary2014,29patientswithLAGC(clinicallyT3withdistalesophagusinvasion/T4orbulkyregionalnodemetastasis)thatweretreatedwithNACRTfollowedbyD2gastrectomywereincludedinthisstudy.ResectabilitywasevaluatedwithradiologicandendoscopicexamsbeforeandafterNACRT.Usingthreedimensionalconformalradiotherapy,patientsreceived45Gy,withadailydoseof1.8Gy.Theentiretumorextentandtheregionalmetastaticlymphnodeswereincludedinthegrosstumorvolume.PatientspresentingwitharesectabletumorafterNACRTreceivedatotalorsubtotalgastrectomywithD2dissection.ThepathologictumorresponsewasevaluatedusingJapaneseGastricCancerAssociationhistologicevaluationcriteria.PostoperativemorbiditywasevaluatedusingtheNationalCancerInstitute-CommonTerminologyCriteriaforAdverseEventsversion4.0.Overallsurvival(OS)andprogression-freesurvival(PFS)rateswereestimatedusingaKaplan-Meieranalysisandcomparedusingthelog-ranktest.RESULTS:Allpatientswereassessedasunresectablecases.Twenty-fourpatients(24/29;82.8%)showedLAGConpositronemissiontomography-computedtomography(CT)andcontrast-enhancedCT,whereasfourpatients(4/29;13.8%)withvagueinvasionorabutmenttoanadjacentorganunderwentdiagnosticlaparoscopy.Onepatient(1/29;3.4%),initiallyassessedasaresectablecase,underwentan'openandclosure'afterthetumorwasfoundtobeunresectable.Abutmenttoanadjacentorgan(34.5%)wasthemostcommonreasonforNACRT.TheclinicalresponserateonemonthafterNACRTwas44.8%.AfterNACRT,69%(20/29)ofpatientshadaresectabletumor.Ofthe20patientswitharesectabletumor,18patients(62.1%)underwentaD2gastrectomy.TheR0resectionratewas94.4%andtwopatients(2/18;11.1%)showedacompleteresponse.Themedianfollow-updurationwas13.5mo.Theone-yearOSandPFS
简介:AIM:ToinvestigatetheeffectofhepatitisBvirus(HBV)XgeneonapoptosisandexpressionsofapoptosisfactorsinXgene-transfectedHepG2cells.METHODS:TheHBVXgeneeukaryonexpressionvectorpcDNVA3-XwastransientlytransfectedintoHepG2cellsbylipid-mediatransfection.UntransfectedHepG2andHepG2transfectedwithpcDNA3wereusedascontrols.ExpressionofHBxinHepG2wasidentifiedbyPT-PCR.MTTandTUNELwereemployedtomeasureproliferationandapoptosisofcellsin.threegroups.Semi-quantifiedRT-PCRwasusedtoevaluatetheexpressionlevelsofFas/FasL,Bax/Bcl-xL,andc-mycineachgroup.RESULTS:HBVXgenewastransfectedintoHepG2cellssuccessfully.RT-PCRshowedthatHBxwasonlyexpressedinHepG2/pcDNA3-Xcells,butnotexpressedinHepG2andHepG2/pcDNA3cells.AnalyzedbyMTT,cellproliferationcapacitywasobviouslylowerinHepG2/pcDNA3-Xcells(0.08910±0.003164)thaninHepG2(0.14410±0.004927)andHepG2/pcDNA3cells(0.12150±0.007159)(P<0.05andP<0.01).AnalyzedbyTUNEL,cellapoptosiswasmuchmoreinHepG2/pcDNA3-Xcells(980/2000)thanHepG2(420/2000),HepG2/pcDNA3cells(520/2000)(P<0.05andP<0.01).Evaluatedbysemi-quantifiedRT-PCR,theexpressionlevelofFas/FasLwassignificantlyhigherinHepG2cellstransfectedwithHBxthaninHepG2andHepG2/pcDNA3cells(P<0.05andP<0.01).Bax/Bcl-xLexpressionlevelwasalsoelevatedinHepG2/pcDNA3-Xcells(P<0.05andP<0.01).Expressionofc-mycwasmarkedlyhigherinHepG2/pcDNA3-XcellsthaninHepG2andHepG2/pcDNA3cells(P<0.05andP<0.01).CONCLUSION:HBVXgenecanimpaircellproliferationcapacity,improvecellapoptosis,andupregulateexpressionofapoptosisfactors.TheinterventionofHBVXgeneontheexpressionofapoptosisfactorsmaybeapossiblemechanismresponsibleforthechangeincellapoptosisandproliferation.
简介:AIM:Toevaluatetheefficacyofthe14-dmoxifloxacinbasedtripletherapyforthesecond-lineeradicationofHelicobacterpylori(H.pylori)infection.METHODS:Between2011and2013,weconductedaretrospectivereviewofthemedicalrecordsof160patientswhohadexperiencedfailureoftheirfirst-lineprotonpumpinhibitor-basederadicationtherapyandsubsequentlyreceivedthemoxifloxacin-basedtripletherapyasasecond-lineeradicationtreatmentregimen.Thepatientswhoweretreatedwiththemoxifloxacinbasedtripletherapy(oral20mgrabeprazoleb.i.d.,1000mgamoxicillinb.i.d.,and400mgmoxifloxacinq.d.)for7dwereassignedtotheRAM-7group(n=79)whilethosewhotookthemfor14dayswereassignedtoRAM-14group(n=81).Theeradicationratesforbothgroupsweredeterminedbyintentionto-treat(ITT)andper-protocol(PP)analyses.ITTanalysiscomparedthetreatmentgroupsasoriginallyallocatedwhilethePPanalysisincludingonlythosepatientswhohadcompletedthetreatmentasoriginallyallocated.SuccessfuleradicationtherapyforH.pyloriinfectionwasdefinedasthedocumentationofanegative13C-ureabreathtest4wkaftertheendoftheeradicationtreatment.RESULTS:TheoverallITTeradicationratewas76.2%(122/160).ThefinalITTeradicationrateswere70.8%(56/79;95%CI:63.3%-77.1%)intheRAM-7groupand81.4%(66/81;95%CI:74.6%-88.3%)intheRAM-14group(P=0.034).TheoverallPPeradicationratewas84.1%(122/145),andthefinalPPeradicationrateswere77.7%(56/72;95%CI:70.2%-85.3%)intheRAM-7groupand90.4%(66/73;95%CI:82.8%-98.1%)intheRAM-14group(P=0.017).TheH.pylori-eradicationratesintheRAM-14groupweresignificantlyhighercomparedwiththatoftheRAM-7groupaccordingtoboththeITT(P=0.034)andthePPanalyses(P=0.017).Bothgroupsexhibitedgoodtreatmentcompliance(RAM-7/RAM-14group:100%/100%).Theadverseeventrateswere19.4%(14/72)and20.5%(15/73)intheRAM-7andRAM-14groups,respectively(P=0.441).Adverseeventsoccurredin14
简介:AIMTodeterminetheroleofcorticotropinreleasingfactorreceptor(CRF2)inepithelialpermeabilityandenterocytecelldifferentiation.METHODSForthispurpose,weusedratSpragueDawleyandvariouscoloncarcinomacelllines(SW620,HCT8R,HT-29andCaco-2celllines).ExpressionofCRF2proteinwasanalyzedbyfluorescentimmunolabelinginnormalratcolonandthenbywesternblotindissociatedcolonicepithelialcellsandinthelysatesofcoloncarcinomacelllinesorduringtheearlydifferentiationofHT-29cells(tenfirstdays).ToassesstheimpactofCRF2signalingoncoloniccelldifferentiation,HT-29andCaco-2cellswereexposedtoUrocortin3recombinantproteins(Ucn3,100nmol/L).Insomeexperiments,cellswerepre-exposedtotheastressin2b(A2b)aCRF2antagonistinordertoinhibittheactionofUcn3.Intestinalcelldifferentiationwasfirstanalyzedbyfunctionalassays:thetrans-cellularpermeabilityandthepara-cellularpermeabilityweredeterminedbyDextran-FITCintakeandmeasureofthetransepithelialelectricalresistancerespectively.Morphologicalmodificationsassociatedtoepithelialdysfunctionwereanalyzedbyconfocalmicroscopyafterfluorescentlabelingofactin(phaloidin-TRITC)andintercellularadhesionproteinssuchasE-cadherin,p120ctn,occludinandZO-1.Theestablishmentofmatureadherensjunctions(AJ)wasmonitoredbyfollowingthedistributionofAJproteinsinlipidraftfractions,afterseparationofcelllysatesonsucrosegradients.Finally,themRNAandtheproteinexpressionlevelsofcharacteristicmarkersofintestinalepithelialcell(IEC)differentiationsuchasthetranscriptionalfactorkrüppel-likefactor4(KLF4)orthedipeptidylpeptidaseIV(DPPIV)wereperformedbyRT-PCRandwesternblotrespectively.ThespecificactivitiesofDPPIVandalkalinephosphatase(AP)enzymesweredeterminedbyacolorimetricmethod.RESULTSCRF2proteinispreferentiallyexpressedinundifferentiatedepithelialcellsfromthecryptsofcolonandinhumancoloncarcinoma
简介:背景:维生素D受体(VDR)属于类固醇激素受体超家族,参与细胞增殖、分化、凋亡以及免疫应答等多种生物学过程,在多种恶性肿瘤中呈低表达。目的:探讨VDR在结直肠癌中的表达及其调控机制。方法:收集2010年2月-2012年12月上海交通大学医学院附属仁济医院收治的结直肠癌患者30例,以免疫组化法检测癌组织和相应癌旁非癌组织标本的VDR表达情况。从基因表达汇编(GEO)数据库中提取224例结直肠癌患者的临床资料,分析其癌组织VDR表达与患者临床病理特征和生存期的关系。采用组蛋白-赖氨酸N-甲基转移酶EZH2-siRNA或5-氮杂胞嘧啶核苷(5-AZA)处理人结肠癌细胞株HCT116和SW620,以实时PCR检测VDR表达水平,以甲基化特异性PCR(MSP)检测VDR启动子区甲基化水平。结果:结直肠癌患者癌组织VDR阳性表达率显著低于癌旁非癌组织(26.7%对70.0%,P〈0.001)。结直肠癌组织VDR表达与肿瘤组织学分期、远处转移、脉管转移、淋巴结转移呈负相关(P〈0.05);VDR高表达者生存期显著长于低表达者(P=0.032)。与转染对照-siRNA相比,HCT116、SW620细胞转染EZH2-siRNA后,EZH2mRNA表达水平和VDR启动子区甲基化水平均显著降低(P〈0.05),VDRmRNA表达水平显著升高(P〈0.05)。5-AZA处理HCT116、SW620细胞后,VDR启动子区甲基化水平较阴性对照组显著降低(P〈0.05),VDRmRNA表达水平显著升高(P〈0.05)。结论:结直肠癌中VDR表达下调且与患者预后呈正相关。VDR在结直肠癌中的转录抑制受组蛋白甲基化和DNA甲基化共同调控。
简介:背景:Gankyrin是一个含锚蛋白重复序列的原癌蛋白,其高表达参与了多种恶性肿瘤的发生、发展进程。目的:探讨下调gankyrin表达对胃癌细胞增殖能力的影响及其可能机制。方法:以携带gankyrinsiRNA的慢病毒载体转染人胃癌细胞株MKN28,分别采用MTT实验、流式细胞术和蛋白质印迹法检测下调gankyrin表达对MKN28细胞增殖、细胞周期分布及其β-catenin/cyclinD1信号通路的影响。结果:慢病毒载体的转染效率在90%以上,转染gankyrinsiRNA后,MKN28细胞gankyrin蛋白表达显著受抑(P<0.01)。与未转染慢病毒和转染对照病毒的细胞相比,转染gankyrinsiRNA的MKN28细胞体外生长于第3天起显著受抑,细胞周期G1期细胞比率增高,S期细胞比率降低,细胞中的β-catenin和cyclinD1表达水平降低,差异均有统计学意义(P<0.01)。结论:下调胃癌细胞中的gankyrin表达可通过抑制β-catenin/cyclinD1信号通路引起细胞周期G1期阻滞和细胞增殖抑制,gankyrin有望成为胃癌靶向治疗的新靶点。
简介:Medicaltherapyfortype2diabetesmellitusisineffectiveinthelongtermduetotheprogressivenatureofthedisease,whichrequiresincreasingmedicationdosesandpolypharmacy.Conversely,bariatricsurgeryhasemergedasacost-effectivestrategyforobesediabeticindividuals;ithaslowcomplicationratesandresultsindurableweightloss,glycemiccontrolandimprovementsinthequalityoflife,obesity-relatedco-morbidityandoverallsurvival.Thefindingthatglucosehomeostasiscanbeachievedwithaweightloss-independentmechanismimmediatelyafterbariatricsurgery,especiallygastricbypass,hasledtotheparadigmofmetabolicsurgery.However,theprimaryfocusofmetabolicsurgeryisthealterationofthephysio-anatomyofthegastrointestinaltracttoachieveglycemiccontrol,metaboliccontrolandcardio-metabolicriskreduction.Todate,metabolicsurgeryisstillnotwelldefined,asitisusedmostfrequentlyforlessobesepatientswithpoorlycontrolleddiabetes.Themechanismofglycemiccontrolisstillincompletelyunderstood.Publishedresearchfindingsonmetabolicsurgeryarepromising,butmanyaspectsstillneedtobedefined.Thispaperexaminestheproposedmechanismofdiabetesremission,theefficacyofdifferenttypesofmetabolicprocedures,thedurabilityofglucosecontrol,andtherisksandcomplicationsassociatedwiththisprocedure.Weproposeatailoredapproachfortheselectionoftheidealmetabolicprocedurefordifferentgroupsofpatients,consideringtheindicationsandprognosticfactorsfordiabetesremission.
简介:目的探讨微小RNA-363(miR-363)靶向调控E2F转录因子3(E2F3)的表达对HepG2细胞增殖和凋亡的影响。方法体外培养HepG2细胞,采用Lipofectamine法将miR-363抑制剂或其阴性对照转染到HepG2细胞,继续培养48h,收获细胞,采用四噻唑蓝(MTT)法测定细胞增殖率,使用流式细胞术法检测细胞凋亡率,采用实时荧光RT-PCR法检测HepG2细胞miR-363mRNA水平,采用WesternBlot法检测HepG2细胞E2F3、BAX和Caspase-3蛋白表达水平。结果对照组HepG2细胞增殖率为(96.4±9.7)%,显著高于抑制剂处理组【(72.3±6.5)%,P<0.05】,凋亡率为(8.2±1.4)%,显著低于抑制剂处理组【(9.7±0.8)%,P<0.05】;对照组HepG2细胞miR-363mRNA相对水平为(1.0±0.1),显著高于抑制剂处理组【(0.6±0.2),P<0.05】,E2F3蛋白表达量为(1.0±0.1),显著高于抑制剂处理组【(0.6±0.1),P<0.05】,而对照组HepG2细胞Bax和Caspase-3蛋白表达量分别为(0.4±0.0)和(0.5±0.1),均显著低于抑制剂处理组【(0.6±0.1)和(0.7±0.0),P均<0.05】。结论miR-363可靶向调控E2F3的表达,抑制HepG2细胞增殖,诱导其凋亡。本研究结果为肝癌靶向治疗提供了一定的理论依据。