Objective To investigate the effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the proportion of G0-G1 phase cells and the expressions of ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 2 (ABCG2)and CD44 +CD24 -/low in breast cancer patients.Methods Sixty untreated cases with breast invasive ductal carcinoma from May 201 3 to March 201 4 were chosen.All patients were tested by core needle biopsy and pathological diagno-sis,then treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy.The proportion of G0-G1 phase cells and the contents of ABCG2 and CD44 +CD24 -/low before and after therapy were compared.Results After chemotherapy,the contents of ABCG2 and CD44 +CD24 -/low were (25.1 0 ±1 .50)% and (36.40 ±3.80)/1 05 ,and the proportion of G0-G1 phase cells was (70.50 ±1 .50)%,which were higher than those before treatment [(1 5.88 ±1 .22)%, (25.00 ±3.40)/1 05 ,(60.65 ±1 .30)%](t =8.685,P <0.05;t =9.226,P <0.05;t =8.898,P <0.05).All patients completed four courses of chemotherapy,and the cCR rate,cPR rate,SD rate were respec-tively 1 8.3% (1 1 /60),73.3% (44 /60),8.3%(5 /60).Conclusion Cell cycle can be arrested and the proportion of stem cells can be raised after neoadjuvant chemotherapy which has exact curative effect and clini-cal popularization value.

Objective:To investigate the clinic effect of r-MHT and hematoma aspiration on the traumatic intracerebral hematoma.Methods:89 cases with traumatic intracerebral hematoma were given hematoma aspiration,47 of them were given r-MHT and hematoma aspiration,the clinic effect on the 1st,7th,14th day after treatment were evaluated by NIHSS,the hematoma volume before treatment on the 1st,7th,14th day after treatment were counted by Dotian formula.Results:The effective rate of treatment group was 93.6％,which was significantly higher than that of the control group (P＜0.05).The NIHSS score of treatment group was significantly higher than that of the control group(P＜0.05) on the 1 st day,1st,2nd week after treatment (P＜0.05).Conclusion:r-MHT and hematoma aspiration couldn effectively reduce the brain damage,improve the patient's neurological fumction in treating traumatic intracerebral hematoma.

Objective To study the effect of histone deacetylase inhibitors on cell cycle of breast cancer cell line MCF-7.Methods The breast cancer cell line MCF-7 was treated by histone deacetylase inhibitors (TSA、SAHA、CS055、MS-275)respectively and observed by MTT assay after 24 hours,48 hours,72 hours,96 hours.The chosen inhibitor was used to treat MCF-7 cell in different concentration.The flow cytometry was used to detect the Sphase cell and Cyclin A2,Cyclin D1.SPSS 10.0 was used to analyze the data.Results Within the four inhibitors,SAHA showed the most powerful effect of depression of cell growth and time-effect relation.The percentage of Sphase cells and level of Cyclin A2 decreased,the level of Cyclin D1 increased.Conclusions SAHA is the most powerful histone deacetylase inhibitors for breast cancer cell MCF-7,the effect of depression of cell growth shows time-effect relation.Cyclin A2 and Cyclin D1 were involed in this regulation of cell cycle.

Objective To study the clinical and prognostic value of CK19 mRNA-positive circulating tumor cells in early breast cancer patients. Methods We analyzed the peripheral blood in 50 patients with early breast cancer after surgery and before the initiation of any adjuvant treatment for the presence of CK19 mRNA-positive circulating tumor cells using a nest reverse polymerase chain reaction assay. All patients were followed up. Results CK19 mRNA-positive cells were detected in 40.0 %(20/50) of patients with early breast cancer, 12.5 %(3/24) of patients with breast benign lesions, but 5 %(1/20) in healthy individuals (P =0.017,P =0.004); 11 to 20 of them relapsed during the follow-up period (P =0.002). There was no significant association between the detection of CK19 mRNA-positive cell and the patients' menstrual status, tumor stage, tumor size, etc (P ＞0.05). Detection of peripheral-blood CK19 mRNA-positive cells was associated with reduced median relapse-free interval in early breast cancer patients (P =0.007). Conclusion CK19 mRNA is one of the molecular markers for the detection of circulating tumor cells in early breast cancer. Detection of peripheral blood CK19 mRNA-positive cells might be an important predictive value as a marker of relapse in early breast cancer patients.

BACKGROUNDIt has been known that Kangfuxin, a drug derived from Periplaneta Americana, can induce cell apoptosis of many cancer cell lines in vitro. The aim of this study is to investigate the inhibitory effect and mechanism of Periplaneta Americana extract (PAE) on 3LL lung cancer in mice.

METHODSThe C57BL/6J mice transplanted with 3LL lung cancer were divided into normal saline (NS), PAE high dose (PAE-H) and PAE low dose (PAE-L) groups. The body weight changes and inhibitory rate of tumor growth in each group were observed. In addition, the cell cycle, apoptosis index (AI) and the expression of apoptosis associated genes were analysed by flow cytometry (FCM).

RESULTSThe body weights were decreased in PAE-L and PAE-H treated group compared with NS group and the inhibitive rate of tumor growth was 41.24% and 81.08% respectively. FCM assay indicated that PAE could induce apoptosis of lung cancer cell, and the apoptosis rate was concentration-dependent. At the same time, the number of S and G2/M phase cells was decreased, most of the cells were arrested in G1/G1 phase. The result of TUNEL showed that there were apoptosis and necrosis associated with upregulated expression of Fas, FasR and p53 genes, and downregulated expression of Bcl-2.

CONCLUSIONSPAE may inhibit the growth of 3LL lung cancer in mice and induce apoptosis of 3LL lung cancer cells. It might be related to its effects on the regulation of apoptotic gene expression.

OBJECTIVETo study the effect of targeted Sox4 gene-knock-down on the growth of xenografts of Xuanwei female lung cancer cell line XWLC-05 cells in nude mice.

METHODSRecombinant plasmid pGFP-V-RS-Sox4 shRNA was constructed and transfected into XWLC-05 cells. Real-time quantitative PCR and Western blot were applied to confirm the effect of Sox4 gene-knock-down. XWLC-05 cells stably transfected with the plasmids were inoculated into nude mice to establish the xenograft model. The nude mouse status, tumor formation and tumor growth were observed, and the tumor inhibition rate was calculated. CT scan was performed to assess the metastasis of xenografts. Immunohistochemical staining was applied to detect Sox4 and ki-67 protein expression.

RESULTSRecombinant plasmid pGFP-V-RS-A-Sox4 shRNA which can effectively knocking-down Sox4 gene was successfully constructed and the stable transfected cells were selected by puromycin-screening. The success rate of tumor cell inoculation was 100% in the mice of all groups except those inoculated with saline. The body weight of all mice inoculated with parental XWLC-05 cells (blank control), pGFP-V-RS-scram shRNA trsfected XWLC-05 cells (negative control), and pGFP-V-RS-Sox4 shRNA transfected XWLC-05 cells was increased to a varying degree, but there was no significant difference among the groups (P > 0.05 ). The growth of xenografts was significantly inhibited after silencing the Sox4 gene expression when compared with that of the blank and negative controls (P < 0.05) . The volume of removed tumors of the Sox4 gene-inhibited mice was (2.30 ± 0.34) cm(3) , significantly smaller than that of the negative control (3.99 ± 0.45) cm(3) and the blank control (4.03 ± 0.42) cm(3) (P < 0.05) . The weight of removed tumors of Sox4 gene-inhibited mice was (0.86 ± 0.14) g, significantly lower than that of the negative control (1.84 ± 0.27) g and blank control (1.86 ± 0.22) g, (P < 0.05). Immunohistochemical staining showed that Sox4 and ki-67 proteins mainly expressed in cell nuclei. The staining was significantly decreased in xenografts of Sox4-inhibited mice when compared with the negative and blank controls (P < 0.05). No distant metastasis was found in any mouse by CT imaging and pathological examination during the observation period.

CONCLUSIONSThe xenograft model of Xuanwei female lung cancer cell line XWLC-05 cells in nude mice is successfully established. Knocking-down of Sox4 gene can suppress the xenograft tumor growth.

Animals ; Female ; Gene Knockdown Techniques ; Heterografts ; Humans ; Lung Neoplasms ; genetics ; pathology ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; SOXC Transcription Factors ; metabolism