简介:AIM:Toinvestigatetheassociationbetweenendogenousgeneexpressionandgrowthregulationincludingproliferationandapoptosisinducedbytransforminggrowthfactor-β1(TGF-β1)inhumangastriccancer(GC)cells.METHODS:Reversetranscriptionpolymerasechainreaction(RT-PCR)wasperformedtodetectthemaincomponentsoftheTGF-β1/SmadssignalpathwayinhumanpoorlydifferentiatedGCcelllineBGC-823.LocalizationofSmadproteinswasalsodeterminedusingimmunofluorescence.Then,theBGC-823cellswereculturedinthepresenceorabsenceofTGF-β1(10ng/mL)for24and48h,andtheeffectsofTGF-β1onproliferationandapoptosisweremeasuredbycellgrowthcurveandflowcytometry(FCM)analysis.TheultrastructuralfeaturesofBGC-823cellswithorwithoutTGF-β1treatmentwereobservedundertransmissionelectronmicroscope.Theapoptoticcellswerevisualizedbymeansoftheterminaldeoxynucleotidyltransferase(TdT)-mediateddTUPinsitunickend-labeling(TUNEL)method.Meanwhile,theexpressionlevelsofendogenousp15,p21andSmad7mRNAandthecorrespondingproteinsinthecellsweredetectedat1,2and3haftercultureinthepresenceorabsenceofTGF-β1(10ng/mL)bysemi-quantitativeRT-PCRandWesternblot,respectively.RESULTS:TheTGF-β1/SmadsignalingwasfoundtobeintactandfunctionalinBGC-823cells.ThegrowthcurverevealedthemostevidentinhibitionofcellproliferationbyTGF-β1at48h,andFCMassayshowedG1arrestaccompaniedwithapoptosisinducedbyTGF-β1.ThetypicalmorphologicalchangesofapoptosiswereobservedincellsexposedtoTGF-β1.Theapoptosisindex(AI)inTGF-β1-treatedcellswassignificantlyhigherthanthatintheuntreatedcontrols(10.7±1.3%vs0.32±0.06%,P<0.01).Thelevelsofp15,p21andSmad7mRNAandcorrespondingproteinsincellsweresignificantlyup-regulatedat1h,butgraduallyreturnedtobasallevelsat3hfollowingTGF-β1(10ng/mL)treatment.CONCLUSION:TGF-β1affectsbothproliferationandapoptosisofGCcellsth
简介:目的探讨2型糖尿病合并慢性并发症的骨代谢改变机制。方法测定60例2型糖尿病合并慢性并发症病人和60例糖尿病无并发症病人以及与其年龄、体重指数相匹配的60例健康对照组的空腹血糖(FBG)、血钙(Ca)、血磷(P)、血碱性磷酸酶(ALP)、血清骨钙素(BGP)、糖化血红蛋白(HbAlc)、尿羟脯氨酸(HOP)、尿脱氧吡啶啉(DPd)和骨密度(BMD)。结果2型糖尿病合并慢性并发症病人组与无并发症组和对照组相比,血清BGP明显下降、尿HOP、DPd明显升高,BMD下降加快。结论2型糖尿病病人的骨密度下降,合并慢性并发症病人比无并发症病人BMD下降为快。