Objective Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R),similar to insulin receptor,is one of the families of re- ceptor tyrosine kinases.,which has been found to be overexpressed in a variety of cancer.It is the main proliferation and survival sig- nal molecule in cancer cell and plays an important role in cancer growth and progress.Blocking signal transduction of IGF-1R by vari- ous strategies can suppress tumor growth and induce regression of established tumor.This study is to construct the siRNA expression vector targeting IGF-1R and to evaluate its ability to induce cell apoptosis in human lung cancer cells.Methods Two siRNA expres- sion vector,pENTR/U6-shRNA-1 and pENTR/U6-shRNA-2 targeting IGF-1R,were constructed using pENTR/U6 vector,and a vector targeting hieiferase gene,pENTR/U6-shRNA-Iuc,was constructed as control.After vectors were transfected into A549 for 48h, knockdown of IGF-1R mRNA and protein and Akt phosphorylation were accessed,and DNA ladder and flow cytometry were used for cell apoptosis.Results siRNA expression vectors targeting IGF-1R were successfully constructed,which was confirmed by PCR and DNA sequencing,pENTR/U6-shRNA-1 and pENTR/U6-shRNA-2 demonstrated the expression were (22.1?2.5) % and (80.1? 3.9) % in IGF-1R mRNA level,(15.2?3.1)% and (47.1?4.1)% in protein level,respectively,compared with pENTR/U6- shRNA-luc.Suppression of IGF-1R by pENTR/U6-shRNA-1 blunted Akt phosphorylation,increased cell apoptosis induced by 3% ethanol,and retained 77.5 % A549 cells in the G0/G1 phase.Conclusion siRNA expression vector targeting IGF-1R can effectively suppress the expression of IGF-1R expression in A549.This study suggests that DNA vector-based RNAi has the potential to be effec- tive and practical cancer gene therapy strategy.

A simple assay for detection of phospholipase C (PLC) activity was developed based on a fluorescence liposome probe using the Liss Rhod PE-loaded phospholipid liposomes.The liposome probe was prepared by the coassembly of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and fluorescent lipid (Liss Rhod PE).The probe showed very low background fluorescence due to fluorescence self-quenching effect of Liss Rhod PE.As the PLC enzyme selectively digested lipid, the Rhod fluorescence was recovered from its quenched state, leading to the sensitive detection of PLC.This assay provided a limit of detection (at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3) of 2 U/L for PLC.In the presence of PLC inhibitor, the fluorescent response of the sensor for PLC decreased, indicating that the assay could also be used for screening PLC inhibitors.

Objective To evaluate the protective effect of aminophylline on myocardium in the patients undergoing prothetic valve replacement operation of heart.Mothods Thirty patients undergoing prothetic valve replacement operation of heart were randomized to be treated either with aminophylline(n=15)or without aminophylline treatment(n=15). Aminophylline(5mg/kg)was injected intravenously at 15 minutes after induction of anesthesia.Cardiac troponin I(cTnI), cyclic adenosine monophosphate(cAMP),myeloperoxidase(MPO),ratio of aortic blood neutrophil count to coronary vein sinus blood neutrophil count,hemodynamics,time of aortic cress-clamping and other clinical data were recorded during the operation.Results There were no differences between the two groups in the major perioperative variables.Plasm cTnI concentration in both groups increased after off-clamping than that before CPB,however,it was lower in aminophylline group than that in control group.Concentration of cAMP in both groups after off-clamping was lower than that before CPB, however cAMP concentration in aminophylline group after off-clamping was higher than that in control group.Myocardial MPO activity and neutrophil count ratio after aortic off-clamping in aminophylline group was significantly lower than that in control group.Conclusion These results suggest that aminophylline is helpful to unprotection of myocardial and decreases the sequestration of neutrophil in myocardium.The mechanism of the protection may be related to the cAMP increased in myocardium.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Animals ; Bone Marrow ; metabolism ; Brain ; metabolism ; Brain Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; CDC2 Protein Kinase ; metabolism ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Glioma ; classification ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Neoplastic Stem Cells ; metabolism ; Young Adult

Bordetella pertussis ; immunology ; Consensus ; Humans ; Pertussis Vaccine ; therapeutic use ; Whooping Cough ; immunology ; prevention & control

OBJECTIVEThe finding of vasculogenic mimicry (VM) in many solid tumors indicates that tumor cells themselves could participate in the construction of tumor vessels. However the origin of these cells is still not fully elucidated, and whether these vessels have the ability of blood-supply is still unclear. Preliminary studies were performed to investigate whether part of tumor neovascularity is derived from tumor stem cells (TSCs) and whether TSCs-derived vessels are functional.

METHODSTransplanted glioma tissues obtained from subcutaneous and orthotopic transplantation nude mouse models were processed into paraffin sections. In order to identify the cell origin and types of tumor vessels, sections were stained with CD31, CD34, CD133, GFAP, Ki67 and HLA, respectively. CD34-PAS staining was performed as well. A part of tumor-bearing mice were perfused with activated carbon through the systemic circulation and the distribution of activated carbon was observed.

RESULTSCD34-PAS staining showed that endothelium-dependent vessels (CD34(+), PAS(+)), VM vessels (CD34(-), PAS(+)), and the MVs (CD34(+), PAS(-)) could be seen in the transplantated tumors. Activated carbon particles were observed in all three types of vessels. CD31(+) cells adherent to the luminal surface of vessel wall. CD34(+) cells distributed along the vessels as well, but morphologically were more like a transition type between tumor cells and endothelial cells. Human specific Ki67 and HLA positive cells could be seen in the tumor vessels indicating that these vessels were derived from human tumor cells. Moreover, cells of tumor vessels were proved to be constructed by human tumor cells mainly and fusion cells of host cells and tumor cells under confocal microscope.

CONCLUSIONSThree types of blood supply sources including endothelium-dependent vessels, vasculogenic mimicry (VMs) and mosaic vessels (MVs) exist in transplantation tumors of human glioma. Glioma stem and progenitor cells (GSCPs) have the potential to differentiate and transdifferentiate into VMs and MVs.

AC133 Antigen ; Animals ; Antigens, CD ; metabolism ; Antigens, CD34 ; metabolism ; Brain ; blood supply ; Brain Neoplasms ; blood supply ; metabolism ; pathology ; Carbon ; metabolism ; pharmacokinetics ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Endothelium, Vascular ; metabolism ; pathology ; Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein ; metabolism ; Glioma ; blood supply ; metabolism ; pathology ; Glycoproteins ; metabolism ; HLA Antigens ; metabolism ; Humans ; Ki-67 Antigen ; metabolism ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Microcirculation ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Neoplastic Stem Cells ; metabolism ; pathology ; Neovascularization, Pathologic ; metabolism ; pathology ; Peptides ; metabolism ; Periodic Acid-Schiff Reaction ; Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo compare the predictive values of eight staging systems for primary liver cancer in the prognosis of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocellular carcinoma (cHCC-CC) patients after surgery.

METHODSThe clinical data of 54 cHCC-CC patients who underwent hepatectomy or liver transplantation from May 2005 to Augest 2013 in Chinese PLA General Hospital were collected. We evaluated the prognostic value of the Okuda staging system, Cancer of the Liver Italian Program (CLIP) score, French staging system, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system, 7th edition of tumour-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system for hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), Japan Integrated Staging (JIS) score, and Chinese University Prognostic Index. The distribution, Kaplan-Meier method, Log-rank test, and area under a receiver operating characteristic curve were used to compare the prognosis-predicting ability of these different staging systems in 54 cHCC-CC patients after surgery.

RESULTSThe TNM staging system for ICC and JIS score had a better distribution of cases. The 12-and 24-month survivals of the entire cohort were 65.5% and 56.3%, respectively. A Log-rank test showed that there was a significant difference existing in the cumulative survival rates of different stage patients when using TNM staging system for ICC (stage 1 vs. stage 2, P=0.012; stage 2 vs. stage 3-4, P=0.002), Okuda staging system (stage 1 vs. stage 2, P=0.025), and French staging system (stage A and stage B, P=0.045). The 12-and 24-month area under curve of TNM staging system for ICC, BCLC staging system, JIS score, and CLIP score were 0.836 and 0.847, 0.744 and 0.780, 0.723 and 0.764, and 0.710 and 0.786, respectively.

CONCLUSIONThe 7th edition of TNM staging system for ICC has superior prognostic value to other seven staging systems in cHCC-CC patients undergoing surgical treatment.

Bile Duct Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Cholangiocarcinoma ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Hepatectomy ; Humans ; Liver Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Neoplasm Staging ; methods ; Predictive Value of Tests ; Prognosis ; ROC Curve ; Survival Rate

OBJECTIVEOur previous cDNA array data have shown that expression level of CDK1 increased along with the malignant progression of ganglioglioma, and decreased with the differentiation process of neural stem cells. The purpose of this study was to investigate the CDK1 expression levels in gliomas and the effects of CDK1 knockdown on phenotype of glioma cells.

METHODSGlioma tissue array was constructed, which was composed of surgical specimens of gliomas with different malignancy grades, glioma xenografts in nude mice, cellular spheroids of brain tumor stem cells, normal neural stem cells and glioma cell line. CDK1 expression was detected in glioma tissue array with immunohistochemical techniques. CDK1 expression in human brain glioma cell line and relevant xenogeneic graft tumor was inhibited by retroviral vectors expressing short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs). Both in vitro and in vivo changes of biological characteristics were further observed.

RESULTSThe expression level of CDK1 increased along with the malignancy progression of glioma in clinical specimens. The positive expression rates of CDK1 in human brain glioma tissues were 22.2% (grade I), 40.0% (grade II), 69.6% (grade III) and 78.6% (grade IV), P = 0.01, respectively. The positive expression rate of CDK1 in glioma cell line and implanted xenografts was similar as the clinical tumors with high malignancy, and higher than those in neural stem cells and brain tumor stem cells (P = 0.0014). Expression of CDK1 was high in human fetal brain tissues and bone marrows of nude mice, but low in normal adult human brain tissues. Downregulation of CDK1 inhibited the proliferation activities notably both in SHG-44 cells in vitro and relevant xenogeneic graft tumors, and induced apoptosis of tumor cells prominantly as well.

CONCLUSIONOverexpression of CDK1 may promote oncogenesis and progression of human gliomas. Downregulation of CDK1 expression can inhibit the proliferation activities of human malignant gliomas.

Animals ; Apoptosis ; drug effects ; Astrocytoma ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Brain Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Brain Stem Neoplasms ; metabolism ; CDC2 Protein Kinase ; genetics ; metabolism ; Cell Cycle ; drug effects ; Cell Differentiation ; drug effects ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Ganglioglioma ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Gene Silencing ; Glioma ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Neoplasm Staging ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; RNA, Messenger ; metabolism

OBJECTIVETo investigate the target cells and molecules with sodium valproate induced differentiation of human glioma cells.

METHODSNude mice bearing human glioma xenogenic graft subcutaneously were treated with sodium valproate. The expressions of HDAC1 and Tob genes of xenografts were analyzed with semiquantitative RT-PCR. The CD133+ cells (BTSCs) were isolated from glioma specimens by immunomagnetic sorting, and cultured in the medium containing FCS or in the serum-free medium supplemented with growth factors, respectively, followed by treatment with sodium valproate in vitro for 21 days. The cell surface markers were detected with flow cytometry and confocal microscopy.

RESULTSSodium valproate inhibited the growth of subcutaneous xenografs bearing on nude mice (P<0.05), and up-regulated the HDAC1 expression (P<0.01), down-regulated the Tob expression (P<0.05). The cell surface markers of BTSCs were detected by flow cytometry after sodium valproate treatment for 21 days. In the FCS group, the GFAP or beta-tubulin III positive cells increased significantly (P<0.01), but in the growth factor group, no statistical differences were observed in the GFAP or beta-tubulin III expression (P>0.05). The results of confocal microscopy indicated that the GFAP+ or beta-tubulin III+ cells coexpressed with Nestin.

CONCLUSIONSHDAC1 and Tob genes were the potential target molecules in reversion of the differential inhibition of human glioma cells with sodium valproate. The BTSCs undergoing the processes of differentiation were the target cells for sodium valproate.

AC133 Antigen ; Actins ; analysis ; Animals ; Antigens, CD ; analysis ; Brain Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; prevention & control ; Cell Differentiation ; drug effects ; Flow Cytometry ; Gene Expression ; drug effects ; Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein ; analysis ; Glioma ; metabolism ; pathology ; prevention & control ; Glycoproteins ; analysis ; Histone Deacetylases ; genetics ; Humans ; Intermediate Filament Proteins ; analysis ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Microscopy, Confocal ; Nerve Tissue Proteins ; analysis ; Nestin ; Peptides ; analysis ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Tumor Cells, Cultured ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins ; metabolism ; Valproic Acid ; pharmacology ; Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays ; methods

Objective To investigate the origin of tumor cells and vascular endothelial cells in intraeranial brain tumor stem cell (BTSC) xenografls and elucidate the role of BTSCs in brain tumor tissue remodeling. Methods BTSC spheres were injected into the right candate nucleus of nude mice, and the mice were sacrificed after the occurrence ofcachexia to obtain the tumor tissue. Routine paraffin embedding, slicing, HE staining and human leucocyte antigen (HLA) staining of the tumor tissues were performed for observation of the tumor tissues under optical microscope. Results HE staining displayed dissemination growth of the tumor cells in the host brain tissue. HLA staining revealed the presence of blood vessels constituted directly by the tumor cells. Conclusion In the intracranial xenografts of BTSCs, the tumor cells are extensively distributed and constitute the blood vessels. The BTSCs play an important role in glioma tissue remodeling by differentiating into vascular endothelial cells in the tumors.