1.Study on porphyrin and related metal-porphyrin recognition of carbohydrate
Li WU ; Difeng LUO ; Tianjun LIU
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering 2009;32(6):336-340
Objective To study the molecular recognition of porphyrin compounds with carbohydrate molecular. Methods Fluorescent titration method was developed to explore the porphyrin and its metal porphyrin compounds interaction with carbohydrate compounds. Results The binding constants indicated that porphyrin and its metal compounds involved in this experiment could recognize carbohydrate compounds respectively, and interaction with lactose is stronger than glucose; Comparison with free porphyrin, metal ion Zn~(2+) and Fe~(3+) in the core of porphyrin compounds could enhance the binding capability with carbohydrate. Conclusion Porphyrin compounds has selective molecular recognition abilityto sugar molecular.
2.595nm tunable pulsed dye laser in treatment of children heamangioma of skin
Chunjun YANG ; Zhongying WANG ; Difeng LUO ; Shengxiu LIU ; Jiangbo LIU ; Sen YANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2001;0(04):-
Objective To evaluate of the clinical efficacy and side-effect of 595nm tunable pulsed dye laser in treatment of children heamangioma of skin. Methods A retrospective study was conducted according to 76 children patients with heamangioma of skin (including 53 cases of nevus flammenus, 20 strawberry hemangioma and 3 cavernous hemangioma) treated with 595nm tunable pulsed dye laser. We evaluated the efficacy and side-effect of the treatment. Results The effectiveness rates were 83.2% and 86.63%, respectively, in nevus flammenus and strawberry hemangioma, but there were disappointed efficacy obtained in patients with cavernous hemangioma treated with 595nm tunable pulsed dye laser. There was 7.9% of the side-effect rate in the children with heamangioma of skin treated by 595 nm tunable pulsed dye laser. Conclusion There is satisfactory clinical efficacy and lower side-effect for children hemangioma treated by 595nm tunable pulsed dye laser.
3.Linc00339 promotes the development and progression of triple-negative breast cancer via miR-135b/APC-mediated Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Difeng XU ; Jinglu LUO ; Heng ZHANG
Journal of Chinese Physician 2020;22(10):1505-1510,1515
Objective:To investigate the role of Linc00339 in the development of triple-negative breast cancer and its related molecular mechanisms.Methods:The expression levels of Linc00339 in human normal breast epithelial cells and breast cancer cells were detected by real time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The Linc00339 was overexpressed in MDA-MB-231 cells by plasmid transfection test; the activity of MDA-MB-231 cells was detected by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) method; the adhesion, invasion and migration ability of MDA-MB-231 cells were detected by adhesion test and transwell test respectively; Western blot was used to detect the expression of APC and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway-related proteins in MDA-MB-231 cells. qRT-PCR was used to detect the expression of miRNA-135a, miRNA-135b and miRNA-138 in MDA-MB-231 cells. MDA-MB-231 cells were successfully transfected into nude mice to establish tumor-bearing nude mice model. The volume and weight of tumor were observed and measured. The expression levels of APC, Wnt/β - catenin signaling pathway related proteins were detected by Western blot, and the expression levels of miRNA-135a, miRNA-135b and miRNA-138 were detected by qRT-PCR.Results:Compared with the normal breast epithelial cell group (Hs578Bst), the expression level of Linc00339 in breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-468, MDA-MB-231) was significantly up-regulated, especially MDA-MB-231. The results of transfection experiments showed that the expression level of Linc00339 and cell viability were significantly up-regulated in the Linc00339 group compared with the pcDNA3.1 group. The overexpression of Linc00339 significantly increased the proliferation, adhesion and migration and invasion ability of MDA-MB-231 cells, as well as increased the volume and weight of tumor mass in tumor-bearing nude mice. Western blot results showed that Linc00339 overexpression can down-regulate APC protein expression and up-regulate Wnt/β-catenin signaling protein expression. Meanwhile, qRT-PCR results indicated Linc00339 overexpression can up-regulate miRNA-135b expression levels without affecting miRNA-135a and miRNA-138.Conclusions:This study demonstrated that Linc00339 may promote the development and progression of triple-negative breast cancer via the miR-135b/APC-mediated Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.